271: North Ridge of the restricted area, joint hunting

Time quickly reached the end of the first semester. There was actually a trial test at the end of the semester, but Tang Ping was busy cultivating Mystical Arts, condensing Mystical Art Source Seals in his soul, so he didn't participate.

As a genius, he naturally enjoyed this privilege, and there was no need for him to go and 'bully' a group of students who were, at most, level two.

A month quickly passed, and Tang Ping awoke from the school's meditation room, a level six shelter.

This level six shelter could be said to be the foundation of Xingyao Seventh High School.

The Shelter's name, Starry Sky Meditation Tower, was upgraded from a Starry Sky Meditation Tower blueprint.

It possessed extremely precious meditation traits that could assist students in entering deeper meditation faster, thereby increasing cultivation efficiency.

However, this place was not open to all students casually. There were only 108 meditation rooms in total, divided into seventy-two lower rooms and thirty-six upper rooms.

The seventy-two lower rooms were primarily open to students, while the thirty-six upper rooms were for teachers.

However, some exceptionally talented individuals could also cultivate in the thirty-six upper meditation rooms.

Under normal circumstances, contribution points were required to use them, and the cost in contribution points was extremely expensive.

Therefore, even though there were only a little over a hundred meditation rooms, they had never been fully occupied.

Of course, Tang Ping didn't need to spend any contribution points; the meditation room could be used as a classroom.

Every extraordinary high school truly went all out in cultivating S-Rank Talent Users, as this represented future Heavenly Kings.

As long as they didn't fall midway, once they ascended to Heavenly King status in the future, it would bring immense benefits to the extraordinary high school itself.

Of course, if they fell, then everything would come to an end.

Tang Ping left the meditation room. It was now holiday period, and there were barely any people in the school.

The few people who were there were mostly second and third-year high school students.

"Oh, our little genius finally decided to come out."

Elder Wen, the gatekeeper of the Meditation Tower, opened his eyes, filled with admiration. "Not bad, not only is his Talent good, but he's also so diligent at such a young age. His future is limitless."

"Hello, Elder Wen."

Tang Ping bowed, sighing inwardly. The current Xingyao Safe Zone, with just one Seventh High School, was already so full of hidden Talents.

He wondered how powerful the current Xingyao Safe Zone, and even the Star Council, must be.

"There's still a month left of vacation. Do you have any plans for it?" Elder Wen asked.

"I don't have any plans for now."

"That's perfect. You should prepare well. After school starts, the school will organize a group of outstanding students this year to participate in the North Ridge Joint Hunt, organized by various high schools from the three major powers: the Star Council, Heavenly Mansion, and Azure Sky.

The school intends to have you lead some first-year students from our school to participate and see the outside world," Elder Wen said unhurriedly.

Tang Ping was startled, his eyes wide: "What? High school students? North Ridge Hunt? Elder Wen, that joke isn't funny at all."

What kind of place was North Ridge? It was a Forbidden Zone!

"Don't worry, for this joint hunt, our Star Council alone will have four Heavenly King and Heavenly Queen rank powerhouses overseeing it, and other powers will also have many powerhouses of the same rank attending.

As for you students, you will have protective bracelets. These bracelets are meticulously crafted using the vine skin of the Companion Holy Spirit, Azure Sky Vine, of a Titled Rank existence, the Azure Sky Lord, along with the barrier power of Tianfu Base, and our Star Council's star crystals.

Once you encounter danger, a barrier will automatically deploy to protect you, taking you back to the outpost outside the Forbidden Zone. There will be no danger."

"Moreover, this time, it's not just our Star Council, Heavenly Mansion, and Azure Sky participating. The prodigies from Shengtian Group under the Shengtian Domain, the Daoists and Xuan Nü from Xuan Yuan Temple, and numerous other chosen ones from the Holy Summer Divine Alliance, Boundless Sea Region, and so on, will all participate.

The rewards are incredibly generous. The top ten can all receive a strange treasure as a reward.

Furthermore, they can obtain a one-month cultivation spot in the Heavenly Mansion Blessed Land, a one-month opportunity to comprehend natural Mystical Arts in the Evergreen Heaven of the Azure Sky Domain, and a one-month baptism opportunity in the star source tower of the Star Council.

In addition, there are various precious treasures of choice, including supreme treasures, S-rank pet cubs, powerful divine weapons, high-quality Shelters, S-rank Mist Spirits, Nirvana immortal grass, Boundless Sea Crystals, and other rare items brought forth by each faction.

The higher the ranking, the higher the priority in selection. Those within the top hundred can participate in the selection."

"What, supreme treasures? strange treasures? S-rank pet cubs! S-rank Mist Spirits!"

Elder Wen directly threw out a scroll. Tang Ping hastily caught it and, seeing the items listed on it, his breathing instantly quickened.

What a grand gesture, good heavens, it truly was a grand gesture.

Participating in the North Ridge Hunt were not only the seven Hegemon-level Powers Elder Wen mentioned, but also some Hegemon-level Powers he knew little about, or even nothing at all, such as the Southern Border Gu Immortal Alliance and the East Sea Myriad Immortal Island.

These powers also had people participating in this Prodigy Hunt in the Forbidden Zone North Ridge.

However, Tang Ping still felt a bit uncertain: "Elder Wen, even though they are high school students, what if someone uses a system experience stone to raise their realm to an extremely high level? Then what's the point of playing?"

He knew that even now, system experience stones, which were also innate meditation stones, those Hegemon-level Powers could definitely take them out casually and easily stack up a level 7 Heavenly King or Heavenly Queen!

Even level six would be unsolvable.

At that point, what would be the point of playing?

Elder Wen chuckled: "Don't worry, this grand event organized by our Star Council, Heavenly Mansion, and Azure Sky has naturally already considered these situations.

The highest level of participants this time will only be level 4, not exceeding level 5."

"Level 4."

Tang Ping breathed a sigh of relief. This was acceptable, but he thought it might still be impossible for him to enter the top ten.

Although he had SA Dual Talent and his Mystic Light of Flora Mystical Art was initially complete, he probably still had a considerable gap compared to the chosen ones meticulously cultivated by the various Hegemon-level Powers.

If he were given two years, he was confident that entering the top ten would be no problem, but now...

Tang Ping looked at the information about the trial on the scroll, thinking that if he worked hard, entering the top hundred shouldn't be a problem.

The top hundred could all participate in the Hundred Treasures Selection. If his ranking was a bit higher, he might even be able to choose a supreme treasure.

After all, there were ten supreme treasures inside. At worst, he could choose a special shelter trait scroll to see if he could get a better trait for his Shelter, which wouldn't be bad either.

Moreover, if he entered the top hundred, even if there were no other rewards in the trial, as a person from the Xingyao Safe Zone, the Xingyao Safe Zone would also give him many rewards on its own.

Among them was the opportunity to cultivate in the Secret Realm of Stars for a full three months.

"So, are you planning to participate or not?" Elder Wen stroked his beard. If he wasn't old, he would have wanted to contend for it himself.

"Yes, I must participate!" Tang Ping said decisively.

"Hahaha, good, good. How about this: for the next month, you go to the star source tower for baptism.

Strive to raise your strength to level 3, and try your best to break through 500 in your four-dimensional attributes.

If you can obtain a star vein, that would be even better."

"Ah!" Tang Ping was surprised, "Isn't that a reward only for the top ten?"

Elder Wen snorted lightly: "Our own stuff, we can give it to whoever we want. What rewards? What not rewards? Just tell me if you're going or not."

Tang Ping gave a thumbs up: "Awesome!"

"You brat, so disrespectful!" A small stick appeared in Elder Wen's hand at some point, and he tapped Tang Ping on the head with it.

"Hehe, um, Elder Wen, when are we going to that star source tower?"

Suddenly, Tang Ping felt the scenery around him rapidly plummeting downwards!