What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?

Zhang Yu could tell at a glance that the flying swords on the field were completely different from the children's flying swords he had bought before. Clearly, they weren't something you could just casually play around with.

Despite the dissatisfaction from the audience, the host finished reading the advertisement with an unchanged expression and then began to announce the rules of the first match.

The flying swords floating on the field at this moment were products of 'Nine Heavens Flying Swords,' a manufacturer of civilian-grade magical flying swords.

They were touted as not requiring the learning of any sword control techniques, with no requirements for the level of Dao Heart. Control of the flying sword relied solely on changes in mana output, testing one's ability to control the flying sword with mana.

The sword sheath was like a remote control and mana transmitter. The flying sword could be controlled by varying the frequency, type, and amount of mana inputted.

The specific content of this round was to have the participating students use the flying swords to hit signal plates flying in mid-air. The faster and more accurate the hit, the higher the score.

The total score for this round, like the following second and third rounds, was 100.

The final ranking of this magic competition would be determined by the total score of all three rounds combined.

As the flying sword's operation manual was distributed, the students had half an hour to study.

Behind the White Dragon High School team, a middle-aged man in sportswear smiled slightly and said, "So it's still testing mana control? At least it's not too outrageous. I thought we'd have to learn sword control on the spot."

This was Han Xingye, the competition coach of White Dragon High School.

Unlike Songyang High School, where magic teachers served as competition instructors, White Dragon High School had teachers specifically responsible for competitions.

Hearing Han Xingye's words, Song Hailong, who was standing next to him, touched his sky-high hair and said casually, "This is our class's first competition."

"Coach, please help me check out any noteworthy opponents on the scene, especially the quality of Ziyun and Red Pagoda's classes."

White Dragon High School, Ziyun High School, and Red Pagoda High School were the three strongest high schools in Songyang City. If nothing unexpected happened, many of their competitors in the next three years would be on the field at this moment.

Han Xingye readily agreed to Song Hailong's request.

Besides Song Hailong's excellent grades, it was also because of Song Hailong's status as an extremely wealthy individual.

This proud son of a prominent family in Songyang City was a top-performing descendant in his family, and could be called the trump card son of the Song family's generation.

Han Xingye nodded, and his fingertip slid across his talisman book. The next moment, accompanied by a burst of mana output, he activated the Heavenly Eye Talisman.

This Heavenly Eye Talisman was to respectfully request the All-Knowing and All-Questioning Deity of the Department of All People to evaluate the people seen in his eyes.

This evaluation gathered comprehensive information about a person, from bank deposits and personal assets to school grades, work performance, and family relationships, and then gave a comprehensive and vague evaluation.

Dislike the vagueness and want something more detailed and comprehensive? Then you'd need a higher level of faith and spend more money.

In short, the effect of the Heavenly Eye Talisman was that the more detailed, the more expensive, and the more vague, the cheaper.

Naturally, Han Xingye didn't dare to look at any detailed evaluations when he looked at the entire field. He was afraid he'd go bankrupt at a glance. You had to know that such things had happened in the history of Kunxu.

At this moment, as the Heavenly Eye Talisman was activated, golden light particles gathered in Han Xingye's eyes.

When he looked at the entire scene, he could see different evaluations appearing above everyone's heads.

Insignificant, insignificant, insignificant, insignificant, insignificant...

Insignificant, insignificant, bankrupt gambler, insignificant, insignificant...

Insignificant, jade-like skin and bones (expand for details), insignificant, insignificant, insignificant...

"Hmm?"

Han Xingye's eyes moved, and he noticed that a girl from Ziyun High School had actually jumped onto the stands.

"That seems to be Yue Mulan from Ziyun? Why did she climb up there? Is she looking at the signal plates for the competition?"

He looked closely, and the evaluation above the other party's head was immediately expanded.

Jade-like skin and bones | Pill Addict | High Caste | Ziyun Loyalist | Unapproachable Beauty

After all, he was a long-time user of the Heavenly Eye Talisman. Although it looked a little complicated at first glance, Han Xingye roughly guessed what the vague evaluation meant after a little thought.

"This is a high-quality, wealthy person with a special physique, very good at taking pills, excellent grades, loyal to Ziyun High School, and with a complex background."

"Pills? Physique?"

Han Xingye was thoughtful, and also sent the keywords to Song Hailong, and then looked at the other people present.

Just as he was constantly male-gazing at the students on the scene, the competition officially began.

The venue was divided into eighteen sub-venues. Each batch randomly drew 18 contestants to compete in their respective venues, controlling the flying swords to shoot at the signal plates in mid-air.

In Han Xingye's eyes, ordinary high school students with 'insignificant' evaluations went on stage. They operated the flying swords clumsily, like new recruits. It was good enough if they could hit one or two signal plates in mid-air, and the judges would give them 10 or 20 points.

"Looks like none of them have played with flying swords before?"

Han Xingye knew that although this round nominally tested mana control, whether or not you had played with flying swords was different.

Especially the control of space, distance, accuracy, and speed. Even if someone had strong mana control, it would be difficult for them to get a good score if they were playing for the first time.

But for the students of the three famous schools, playing with flying swords was not a difficult thing.

For example, among the ten participants from their White Dragon High School, at least four or five of them had flying swords at home.

In fact, as far as he knew, Song Hailong's family had an entire sword vault of hundreds of flying swords, and he had played with them countless times.

At the same time, in addition to the 'insignificant' ones, students with 'rare' and 'elite' evaluations began to appear under Han Xingye's Heavenly Eye Talisman vision.

Han Xingye knew that these were generally the top students from various ordinary high schools, or the elite students from key high schools.

"It's already amazing if they can get 30 or 40 points."

"Their mana control isn't good to begin with, and they haven't played with flying swords. If it weren't for the good quality of Nine Heavens Flying Swords, they probably wouldn't be able to hit a single signal plate."

Thinking of this, Han Xingye was a little tempted, wondering if he should buy a Nine Heavens mana flying sword.

Just then, his eyes moved slightly, and he finally saw a different evaluation among a pile of insignificant, rare, and elite.

Pure Study Slave

Han Xingye looked at the other party's school uniform, which seemed to be a student from Songyang High School.

In the arena, Qian Shen took a deep breath and slowly grasped the flying sword sheath in front of him.

The next moment, as he inputted a burst of mana into it, the flying sword inside the sheath flew out with a whoosh.

The flying sword was bladed throughout, with no hilt, and soared into the sky like a cold light, shooting at the signal plates in mid-air.

Although he hadn't played with it much, Qian Shen had tried out the mana flying sword at his grandfather's house a few times.

At this moment, according to the tips given by his family teacher, he slowly injected mana into the sword sheath, controlling the flying sword to hit the signal plates one by one by changing the rhythm of the mana injection.

72 points

Seeing his result in this round, Qian Shen breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, I should be able to explain myself."

On the other side, Han Xingye shook his head secretly after looking at the score of 72: "Alas, Songyang High School is also an old key high school, but the students' level is not as good as each class."

"In the end, they are still stuck in the past, unwilling to learn from other schools' advanced experience, such as Ziyun High School's score caste system, or our school's low-score slavery system. There is no innovation in teaching methods, so how can they keep up with the changes of the times..."

Just as Han Xingye was thinking this, he saw another contestant with a special evaluation appear.

In his eyes, Lian Tianji from Ziyun High School walked to the arena with the words 'Son of Heavenly Diligence' on his head, and with a flick of his arm, he shot the flying sword out, and scored 90 points with a swish.

"It seems to be that Lian Tianji, the person in this class of Ziyun High School who is the most compatible with the Heavenly Diligence Heart Technique."

As more and more contestants took turns to play, Han Xingye's eyes moved around, and he saw more and more special students.

A 'Son of the School Board' from Songyang High School had just appeared and scored 78 points.

Yue Mulan, the 'Jade-like Skin and Bones' from Ziyun High School, scored the current highest score of 95 points as soon as she appeared, attracting exclamations from the audience.

Just as Han Xingye was looking around, a woman suddenly caught his attention.

Sword Addict (expand for details)

"Oh? A student from Songyang High School?"

Han Xingye looked at Bai Zhenzhen who was walking onto the arena. He knew that people who could 'expand' were generally complex, representing extraordinary origins or strength and talent, but he didn't expect it to appear among the students of Songyang High School.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he saw a row of words unfolding above Bai Zhenzhen's head.

Sword Addict | Fist Addict | Palm Addict | Saber Addict | Spear Addict | Medicine Addict | Score Bully | Loan Slave | Card Slave | Useless Dao Technique Theory | Songyang Hater | She is poor...

Looking at the evaluations that he couldn't even finish reading in one breath, Han Xingye was deeply shocked.

He never thought that he would be shocked when looking at a student from Songyang High School, and the reason was simply because the other party's composition was too complex and far different from ordinary people.

However, the next moment, his shock subsided slightly, only because the other party's score was 34 points.

"Although I don't know why the evaluation is so long, judging from this score, this woman is insignificant."

Soon his attention was also attracted by Song Hailong.

Before this top player of White Dragon High School took the stage, he took off his sky-high hair from the top of his head.

Zhang Yu was surprised to see this scene: "Damn! Bald in high school?"

Bai Zhenzhen returned to the rest area with a gloomy face. Hearing Zhang Yu's surprise, she pointed out from the side: "That's not a wig, that's an external spiritual root."

"External spiritual root?" Zhang Yu remembered that there seemed to be such a thing, but it was the first time he had seen it in reality.

Bai Zhenzhen said enviously: "This is not the old version of the spiritual root in the school. This external spiritual root is plug-and-play, and can be replaced at any time. Yu Zi, remember, this is the birthday gift I want most."

Zhang Yu patted A Zhen's shoulder and comforted her: "I can't afford an external spiritual root, but I can satisfy you with baldness and wigs."

Bai Zhenzhen rolled her eyes, and then continued to stare at the wig that Song Hailong put on the chair, thinking about the possibility of swiping the thing away.

But after looking at the surrounding students and teachers, she could only sigh.

After Song Hailong took the stage, feeling the mana in his body running as smoothly as his arms and fingers, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Installing a spiritual root to increase mana and let mana skyrocket?

That's the idea of a poor ghost.

Song Hailong's purpose of installing an external spiritual root was only one, to exercise his control over mana in the process of more turbulent spiritual energy exhalation and mana refinement.

Only the weak worry that the mana skyrocketing brought about by spiritual energy will be out of control. For a strong person like me, this is the best training opportunity.

He held the sword sheath in one hand, and as the mana in his palm was released, the flying sword shot out like lightning.

Han Xingye, who was off the stage, watched his student use the flying sword on the stage as if he was manipulating lightning, and scored 100 points in the blink of an eye, becoming the new highest score in the audience. A smug expression appeared on his face.

"100 points, only because the total score is 100 points."

"With Song Hailong's majestic mana, the intensity of his mana control, and his familiarity with the flying sword, he is limited by the total score in this game."

On the other side, after Bai Zhenzhen returned to the rest area, Teacher Yan's eyes would occasionally sweep over her body.

"Bai Zhenzhen only started practicing the magic competition content recently, right? This progress is very fast. Is it talent? Or is it a coincidence?"

However, in Teacher Yan's eyes, Bai Zhenzhen's talent in mana was ultimately not as good as Zhang Yu's.

After a while, when Zhang Yu took the stage, she also looked forward to the student's results.

On the arena, Zhang Yu gently held the sword sheath. As mana was inputted little by little, he could feel the flying sword inside beginning to tremble slightly.

When he was off the stage just now, Zhang Yu had thought about how he should try to get a high score as much as possible.

His current situation was like having flexible hands without disabilities, and then someone running over to him and saying: Yo? Strong finger control? Then let me test you, operate the excavator in front of you to open the bottle cap and see how your finger control is.

Damn it, it's another unfair and inequitable competition where rich people have an absolute advantage.

Zhang Yu complained secretly in his heart.

"The feeling this flying sword gives me is like a drone or a traversing machine. Even if my mana control is exquisite, if I haven't played with this thing, it will inevitably be difficult to control."

Thinking about controlling this flying sword to shuttle back and forth, hitting the signal plates the size of a palm in mid-air, Zhang Yu felt very difficult.

"So you can't play traditional flying swords..."