Chapter 22 Fire Energy Hunting CompetitionUnder such an almost brutal collision, the griffin formation flew for nearly half an hour before its speed finally slowed down. Feeling the speed of the flying monsters slow down, Xiao Yun glanced down and found that there was nothing but a valley under his feet and endless green shade, without any human figure. "Is this the start of a fire hunting competition?" Xiao Yun thought secretly in his heart. "landing!" The powerful aura that had previously risen from Hu Qian's body was quietly retracted into his body. Hu Qian waved his hand with a smile, and ten griffins flapped their wings and slowly landed on the open space in the valley below. The griffin brought up shadows and strong winds and landed safely on the open ground. When Xiao Yun and others saw Hu Qian's gesture, they stood up from their seats and jumped to the ground. However, most of the students had confusion on their faces, staring blankly at the valley in front of them where there was no one. "Where is this? Is the inner courtyard right here?" A student in the crowd couldn't help but ask out loud, wondering. Hearing the voice, most of the students looked towards Hu Qian in front of them. Obviously, they also wanted to know the answer to this question. "The inner courtyard is not so easy to enter." Hu Qian said with a smile, and then under the gaze of everyone, he walked forward a dozen steps, then stopped, waved his hand, and a beam of energy was released, shooting straight into the space in front of him. Soon, a strange scene emerged. When the energy shot through an empty space, it brought up waves like water waves. These ripples fluctuated rapidly, and finally a silver door that was seven or eight feet tall appeared out of thin air. The silver gate slowly opened with a crisp sound under the gaze of everyone. The scene behind the gate was the same dense forest as before, and there seemed to be no change.

"Follow me in." Hu Qian waved his sleeves and walked into the silver gate first. After seeing Hu Qian walk in, it was as if he had entered another space and disappeared out of thin air. After everyone was amazed, they hurriedly took a step forward, walked through the silver gate, and disappeared into the valley. After all the people and the griffins had passed through the silver gate, the gate slowly closed. The last circle of energy ripples dissipated, the silver gate disappeared, and the area turned back into its original ordinary forest. As Xiao Yun stepped through the silver gate, he felt his mind become hazy, and then his feet stepped on solid ground. Looking forward, he found that the scene in front of him was no different from before, except that there were two more old men and several middle-aged men, and behind them stood many young people of the same age as them. Xiao Yun swept his eyes over them and found that these young people were all wearing a small tower-shaped badge on their chests. "Old Hu, you are always so punctual. It makes me feel relieved to have you escort the new students. How are the new students this year?" At this time, one of the two old men, seeing a large group of people coming in from the silver gate, said to Hu Qian with a smile. "It's my duty. Don't worry, it will definitely be much better than last year." Hu Qian walked up to the two old men and replied with a smile, "It's you two old guys who are here this year. It looks like you will be tired." "We can't do anything..." The two old men shook their heads helplessly. "Come here, the five of you." Hu Qian turned around and waved to Xiao Yun and the other four. When Xiao Yun and the other four came to his side, he pointed at two old men and said, "These two are the elders of the inner courtyard. This one is Elder Su, and the other is Elder Liu. If you have any problems in the inner courtyard in the future, you can look for them. These five little guys are the top five in this year's selection. The youngest one is not only the first place this time, but also the apprentice of Old Man Huo." Hu Qian pointed at Xiao Yun and said the following sentence to the two old men. "Oh?" The two elders looked at the five people in surprise, and finally stopped at Xiao Yun. They nodded slightly and said, "At this age, he can get first place. Old Man Huo really got a good disciple." "My name is Xiao Yun, nice to meet you two seniors." Xiao Yun saw that the two elders were staring at him, and he couldn't pretend not to see them, so he had to speak out and salute. "That's right, Xiao Yun, right? When you entered school, your strength as a seven-year-old fighter was well-known in Canaan. Even a few of us old guys wanted to take you in as our disciple, but we didn't expect that old man Huo got ahead of us." Elder Liu stroked his gray beard and said with a smile. "Okay, I won't waste any more time talking nonsense. Although you have passed the selection test and obtained the qualification to enter the inner courtyard, it is not over yet..." Elder Su smiled, raised his hand, and a handful of black chips appeared in his hand. He threw them casually, and all the chips burst out. Then, as if they had eyes, they floated accurately in front of everyone. Xiao Yun and others reached out and held them in their hands. As soon as Xiao Yun picked up the chip, he felt a strange heat seeping out from it. He lowered his head and looked at it carefully. He found that there was a transparent lens on the chip. On the lens, there was a big number printed on it, "Five!" "Is this the Fire Energy Crystal Card?" Xiao Yun's eyes were burning with excitement. This was a great resource for his future cultivation in the inner courtyard. "Some things are difficult for me to explain to you. You will understand them later. But before that, you only need to remember one thing, that is to keep the chip in your hand properly and treat it as your own life. After you enter the inner courtyard, you will understand its importance to you! Now, perhaps you can understand by looking at the eyes of the group of young people behind me." Elder Su pointed to the inner courtyard students behind him and smiled. The group of inner courtyard students were now staring at the black chips in the hands of Xiao Yun and the others with fiery eyes, and there was undisguised greed in their eyes.

"Next, you need to enter this forest, and the inner courtyard is at the end of the forest. As long as you can pass through this forest, you will be successful." Elder Su pointed to the inner courtyard students behind him and said, "When you pass through this forest, be careful of them. According to the rules of the inner courtyard, they can attack you at will in this forest." "Remember, the numbers on the chip in your hand are extremely tempting to them, so, apart from killing people, they will use all means to obtain the numbers on your chip, also known as fire energy!" "As long as you don't get caught by them and successfully reach the inner courtyard, you will receive extra rewards. The earlier you arrive, the richer the rewards you will receive." Elder Su pointed his finger at the dark forest behind him. "We in the inner courtyard call this part the Fire Energy Hunting Competition! Now, I declare that this year's Fire Energy Hunting Competition has officially begun. Students, start your escape!" (End of this chapter)