The Ancient Era of Douluo Continent

The tallest tower in the inner courtyard - Dianfang Tower.

A figure is sitting cross-legged and meditating with eyes closed. This figure is the temporary dean of the inner court—Zhang Xinjie, the former chief elder of the inner court.

"Whoosh."

A golden rainbow landed on the Dianfang Tower, and Zhang Xinjie immediately opened his eyes and stood up.

"Xiaolu, are your injuries feeling better? You were released so quickly."

A figure walked out of the golden rainbow, and over there was Lu Ziming.

"Thank you, Great Elder, for your concern. This subordinate's injuries have recovered to [-]% or [-]%."

Zhang Xinjie said: "That's good, that's good."

Then, he asked: "Xiaolu, you came to me, what's the matter?"

Lu Ziming then told Zhang Xinjie what happened in the outer courtyard.

"Hmm... Well. This college competition was indeed held in a hurry. The rules of the competition are not perfect. I ignored this. This is my fault." Zhang Xinjie scolded himself.

"Great Elder, there is no need to blame yourself. No one is a sage. How can anyone be without fault?" Lu Ziming said.

"Well said, no one can do anything wrong. Now I will summon the senior leaders of the college to come over and renegotiate the rules of the college competition." Zhang Xinjie said with a hearty smile.

Then he used the messenger talisman to contact the senior officials of each college to gather in the meeting hall.

"Let's go, Xiao Lu, let's go to the meeting hall. My mistake has caused you a lot of trouble, and I would like to apologize to you." Zhang Xinjie said as he walked.

"No, Great Elder, it's not a big problem. You don't have to apologize." Lu Ziming declined politely.

……

The two then strolled through the chamber, walking and talking.

After receiving the meeting order from Zhang Xinjie, the senior leaders of the college took care of their matters at hand and went to the inner court meeting hall for the meeting.

When Lu Ziming and Zhang Xinjie came to the meeting hall while talking, the seats were already filled with senior college officials who came. When they saw Lu Ziming and Zhang Xinjie arriving, they immediately stood up from their seats as a sign of their arrival. Respect.

"Hello, both deans."

"Well, let's do it." Zhang Xinjie waved his hand.

Lu Ziming was led by Zhang Xinjie and sat down next to the main seat.

Zhang Xinjie said: "The reason why we are called to this meeting is because the competition rules of the college competition are flawed, and I want to invite everyone to renegotiate a suitable competition rule."

Zhang Xinjie said to everyone. Everyone started talking after hearing these words, and Lu Ziming also fell into thinking.

"Great Elder, I have a suggestion, I don't know if it is feasible." Suddenly, an elder raised his hand and spoke.

Zhang Xinjie looked at him, smiled, and said, "You're welcome, Second Elder."

"Yes! I think the competition should be based on grade, select a grade champion, and then focus on training them to become the mainstay of the college."

"The second elder's suggestion is good. Do you have any other suggestions?" Zhang Xinjie nodded in agreement with the second elder's suggestion, and then continued to ask everyone.

"Wait, this... I'm afraid it's not good! Spreading the cultivation resources so much may not be conducive to the cultivation of truly strong people." An elder retorted.

"Yes, what the Fourth Elder said is correct." Some senior leaders of the college supported the rebuttal.

"Then tell me what to do?" the second elder asked the fourth elder.

The Fourth Elder said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "First concentrate on cultivating a student with great potential and strength to become a strong person, stabilize the foundation of the academy, and then when the academy becomes prosperous, we can then consider cultivating the top students in each grade. I think many people agree with this." Agreed, after all, our college’s current situation is also very unsatisfactory and lacks core combat capabilities.”

"Yes, what the fourth elder said makes sense."

"We have to stabilize the academy first!"

"Yes!"

……

1/3 of the college senior officials on the battlefield agreed with what the fourth elder said, and the remaining 2/3 of the college senior officials were also deep in thought, while Lu Ziming remained silent.

See this situation.Zhang Xinjie's expression also became more solemn. After all, this is related to the future of the college!

The atmosphere in the meeting hall was so quiet that even the elders could hear their own breathing. No one said a word, and the scene fell into a deadlock for a moment.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Ziming sat up from his seat. Although his movement was very small, because the meeting hall was too quiet, his abnormality broke the silent atmosphere, and many senior officials turned their attention to him. .

"Personally, I still agree with the second elder's suggestion." Lu Ziming said calmly.

"Dean Lu, think twice!"

The fourth elder on the side said.

Lu Ziming raised his head slightly towards him and continued: "Although the fourth elder's suggestion is good, and it is in line with our thoughts. But doing so will only show the selfishness and selfishness of the senior management of our college, without any regard for the students. In terms of vital interests, doing this may not be a good thing for the academy. After all, we can’t guess what an unconstrained student will do. Maybe he rebels after becoming strong? This risk is too great, we You can’t gamble, you can’t gamble with all your chips.”

"But the second elder's idea may not be a good idea. To disperse resources like this is simply a waste of resources! This is no different from the status quo." The fourth elder retorted slightly excitedly.

"You are right. The second elder's idea may not be perfect, but at least it can take into account every student's desire to obtain training resources, right? Just now, the junior students of the eighth courtyard in the outer courtyard rioted collectively , they all did this because of the unfair rules of this academy competition." Lu Ziming said calmly.

At this time, the fourth elder no longer refuted, but asked in surprise: "A riot in the outer courtyard?"

"Yes, I will explain the specific situation to everyone later." Lu Ziming replied.

"The foundation of the academy is the vast number of students. If a sect does not have disciples, it is nothing but a sect. Although the cultivation resources are scattered, this also reduces our risks. We do not have to place our hopes solely on It’s not on one person, but on a group of people.” Lu Ziming continued.

At this time, some of the senior college officials who were thinking about it suddenly came to a realization and had a sudden enlightenment.

"What Dean Lu said makes sense, and I agree with him."

"I agree too."

"I'm here too."

More than half of the people agreed with the suggestions of Lu Ziming and the second elder.Even the fourth elder who originally disapproved is now on Lu Ziming's side.

Some senior officials who did not express their stance simply expressed their neutrality by saying nothing.

"Okay, since everyone is so supportive of the second elder's suggestion, the new competition rules of the competition will be as the second elder said." Zhang Xinjie made up his mind.

"Yes!"

Everyone responded.

When the matter came to an end, Zhang Xinjie let out a long sigh of relief.

Suddenly, an elder said: "Dean Lu Ziming, what's going on with the student riots in the outer courtyard? What abilities can those students do? Tell us."

Lu Ziming turned to look at the elder who asked the question. That was the fourth elder from before.

Lu Ziming replied: "The thing is like this..."

After everyone heard this, they were shocked.

"Dean Lu, I'm afraid this riot in the outer courtyard is not simple! What ability do those students have to gather so many people and be so unified without causing internal strife? What's more important is where did they get such courage!" The Sixth Elder, who had been silent all this time, spoke up.

"Well, you think so too." Lu Ziming asked.

"Yes, this matter and this situation can be understood as long as you think deeply about it. But who is so bold and dares to come to the Taipingyuan to cause trouble?" Another elder said.

"This is not clear yet. After all, our Taipingyuan has always adhered to its duties and has never provoked or bullied any family or sect." Lu Ziming replied.

"Could it be a farce caused by those students mobilizing the power of their families?" the second elder said in shock.

"This is unlikely. After all, the disputes between those families are much worse than we imagined. It is simply nonsense to unite them." An elder responded.

"The Eighth Elder is right," Zhang Xinjie said.

"Then who is so determined to mess up our academy?" the second elder asked.

Everyone fell silent and stopped making any sound.

After a while, Zhang Xinjie broke the silence and said: "Let's investigate this secretly first. Now we will announce the new rules for the college competition to prevent those students from causing trouble. Second Elder, I still have to trouble you with this important task."

"Well, my subordinates will do a good job, please don't worry, First Elder." the second elder replied.

"Okay, let's go back now. If you have time, secretly pay attention to the weird and special things happening in the academy."

Zhang Xinjie continued.

"Yes!"

Everyone responded and turned into a golden rainbow and disappeared from their seats.

In the end, only Lu Ziming was left thinking in his seat.

"Great Elder, aren't we falling into those people's traps by doing this? Those people are so obvious in their schemes, we..." Lu Ziming said with some excitement.

"If we don't do that, we will suffer the most losses. At present, we are still speculating on their plans in the open, while they are hiding in the dark and calculating. We are not sure enough. We should take one step at a time and wait and see." Zhang Xinjie was helpless. 's sigh.

"Ugh!"

Lu Ziming also sighed helplessly.

"Okay, let's not worry too much now. I'll take you to meet someone special." Zhang Xinjie looked at Lu Ziming's smile and said.

Lu Ziming raised his head and said in surprise: "Who is it? Is it..."

Zhang Xinjie smiled and nodded to express his acquiescence.

"Okay, take me to meet him quickly. To be honest, I haven't seen him for a few days. I wonder how he is doing now." Lu Ziming said expectantly.

"Come with me."

Zhang Xinjie turned into a golden rainbow and disappeared into the meeting hall, and Lu Ziming also turned into a golden rainbow and followed behind Zhang Xinjie.

In a few breaths, Zhang Xinjie led Lu Ziming into the highest level of the Spirit Gathering Tower in the inner courtyard.Lu Ziming felt the majestic spiritual energy around him and couldn't help asking: "Great Elder, is this happening?"

"That's right. This is the highest level of the Spirit Gathering Tower in the inner courtyard." Zhang Xinjie said calmly.

Lu Ziming looked at Zhang Xinjie blankly, unable to hold back a word for a long time.

Seeing this, Zhang Xinjie woke him up and said, "Don't stay here, go in."

Only then did Lu Ziming react, and then followed Zhang Xinjie into the center of the inner courtyard of the Spirit Gathering Tower.

As soon as Lu Ziming walked inside, he felt that the spiritual energy around him was stirred up.The clothes were fluttering and swaying, but the spiritual energy flowed in only one direction, that is, they all converged towards the center.

Lu Ziming continued to follow Zhang Xinjie forward. The further he went, the greater the fluctuations in spiritual energy.Suddenly, Zhang Xinjie stopped, his eyes glowing with blue light, looking ahead.

"Great Elder, are you... using a technique?" Lu Ziming asked doubtfully.

Zhang Xinjie did not look back, but simply replied: "Yes, we can't go too deep, otherwise we will disturb him. Let's use probing techniques here."

"Yes."

Lu Ziming responded respectfully, and then began to open his exploratory eyes. Dark blue light covered Lu Ziming's eyes, and the two pairs of blue pupils were particularly eye-catching in the dim Spirit Gathering Tower.

"Wow, I haven't seen this child for a few days, but I didn't expect that he would grow to such a terrifying level. If we give him a little more time and enough resources, this child will be unstoppable!" Lu Ziming sighed deeply.

"You are right, but our college's capabilities are limited, I'm afraid..." Zhang Xinjie said in a disappointed tone.

Lu Ziming was stunned for a while after hearing this, and the atmosphere suddenly became deadlocked.

Suddenly, a clear and crisp sound sounded in the ears of Lu Ziming and Zhang Xinjie.

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

……

Lu Ziming and Zhang Xinjie looked at each other, then quickly looked around.

I saw cracks in the array patterns and talismans on the surrounding walls, and this trend of splitting was still slowly spreading.

"Great Elder, these formations seem to be unable to withstand such a large amount of spiritual energy output and are about to collapse!" Lu Ziming exclaimed.

"What?! We have to quickly find a way to consolidate the magic circle on the wall, otherwise not only will the child be at risk, but even the Spirit Gathering Tower will be difficult to preserve." Zhang Xinjie said in a hurried tone.

"Yes, Great Elder, I will definitely keep this place, don't worry."

After speaking, the space ring in Lu Ziming's hand shone brightly, and a large number of formation disks and formation materials poured out.