area51novel Chapter 25 The Heavenly Class
Chapter 25 The Heavenly Class
When March arrived, the people of Aolai received their first immigration notice after the lifting of the ban.
It really is the Great Wilderness Realm!
However, apart from the words "Great Wilderness Realm," the rest of the announcement was completely unexpected by the people of Aolai.
In fact, this announcement shocked the entire celestial realm.
Heavenly Court Announcement: The Great Wilderness Demonic Calamity is unprecedented in history. After ten years of arduous struggle, the demonic disaster has been quelled, but its aftereffects linger. Less than one-tenth of the world's creatures remain, and new blood is urgently needed to sustain life and quell the repercussions. Therefore, the Realm Lord has opened the gates of the Realm, granting over ten thousand titles up to the rank of "Viscount," and seeks to recruit one hundred thousand cultivators and one hundred million mortals!
More than 10,000 noble titles!
One hundred million immigrants!
In the more than 5800 years since the Heavenly Court was established, there has never been such a large-scale immigration!
In the past, when immigrants came, the title of nobility granted by the lord of the realm was usually only a few dozen, and at most a hundred.
Moreover, almost all of them were at the lowest "Gongshi" level, with very few reaching the "Daifu" level. The "Qing" level never appeared, let alone the higher-level "Baron" or "Viscount".
It should be known that those of the rank of "Daifu" and above are capable of possessing spiritual lands.
A "lower-level doctor" means that one can possess a spiritual land with spiritual veins within a radius of ten miles, as well as 3000 migrating people!
A "viscount" means that one can own a spiritual land with spiritual veins within a radius of a hundred miles, as well as a population of 100,000 migrants!
These high-ranking titles were often obtained only after years of migration, expansion, and fighting; they were always earned through blood, tears, and the struggles of life and death.
This time, however, you can get it simply by immigrating!
The announcement caused an uproar throughout the entire Celestial Realm.
Various messages flew to the Heavenly Court like snowflakes, inquiring about the specific measures for this great migration.
Just ten days later, the Heavenly Court issued a second announcement.
The announcement stated that the immigration program is divided into two groups, A and B, with Group A recruiting 10,000 people and Group B recruiting 100,000 people.
Both groups A and B are limited to ages 15-25 and have cultivation levels restricted to the Qi Refining Realm. The difference lies in the selection path—Group A takes a written exam, while Group B takes a martial arts exam.
The written examination for Group A consists of the following subjects: "Divination, Great Wilderness Principles, Four Arts of Cultivation, and Introduction to Morality".
In the Group B martial arts test, candidates must pass the "Great Wilderness Insights" and "Introduction to Morality" subjects, and then participate in the "Illusion Array Team Duel," which is a five-on-five battle within an illusion array, with selection based on group performance.
The registration deadline is June 1st, the written test will be held on January 1st, 5837, and the martial arts test will be held on January 16th, 5837. The announcement specifically states that those who are not admitted in the written test can still participate in the martial arts test.
After the written and martial arts examinations, the selected candidates will simultaneously enter the Illusory Realm of the Great Void to undergo pre-immigration adaptation trials and compete for various ranks of nobility, as well as one hundred million mortal migration permits.
As a special reward, all those selected for Group A will receive 300 migration permits from the start—meaning that once they enter Group A, they can bring at least 300 ordinary people with them to migrate!
The news caused a worldwide sensation, with countless cultivators of the right age eager to make their mark in this unprecedented mass migration.
The people of Aolai were dumbfounded.
The announcement also disclosed the specific costs associated with this large-scale immigration:
First, regardless of whether it's Group A or Group B, the registration fee is 1000 spirit stones.
Secondly, after being admitted, everyone must participate in the trial of the Illusory Realm of the Great Void, with a trial fee of 50 spirit stones.
Third, there is an immigration opening fee, which ranges from 1 million to 100 million for those with titles, and 50 for those without titles.
Fourth, ordinary people who obtain a migration permit shall pay an opening fee of 300 spirit stones per person.
In other words, anyone who enters the Illusionary Realm Trial must pay at least 100 million spirit stones!
One million—a number that is utterly absurd to the people of Aolai.
Aolai is an extremely impoverished place. The annual income of a rogue cultivator is only a little over ten thousand spirit stones. Many people cannot even guarantee the necessities of cultivation. It is considered very good if they have a surplus of a little over a thousand spirit stones each year.
Even among mountain strongholds, apart from a few large strongholds with tens of thousands of people, the rest of the strongholds, even if they sold all their savings, could not raise 100 million spirit stones.
Besides, you don't even have a suitable teacher—
The three subjects of "divination, cultivation of the four arts, and general moral theory" are one thing, but the teacher of "Great Wilderness Master" must really be a master of the Great Wilderness. At the very least, you must know several languages of the Great Wilderness. There is no such teacher in Aolai!
Since the Great Wilderness suffered disaster, the Heavenly Court has begun training relevant teachers. Over the past ten years, the Nine Heavens have trained thousands of "Great Wilderness Experts" teachers. After the examination subjects were announced, these teachers immediately became highly sought after and were snatched up by mountain gates and academies from all over the country.
Although there are thousands of teachers, there are three thousand mountain gates of level four or above in the Heavenly Realm alone, and countless academies. Although Aolai is vast, cultivators are all without connections, and they cannot possibly secure any of these thousands of teachers.
So the people of Aolai were dumbfounded, watching as this "first relocation after the ban was lifted" was filled with titles, sacred lands, and gold and jewels scattered all over the place.
But before registration even started, the people of Aolai were already out of the picture...
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However, there is always a way out.
On the first day of April, just two weeks after the second announcement from the Heavenly Court, news broke at Aolai Academy—the Star Moon Sect had invited a "Great Wilderness Master" teacher from the Ninth Heaven to Aolai!
Furthermore, Xingyue announced that as long as the young people of Aolai are willing to join the "Aolai Guild", Xingyue Sect is willing to provide all funds for the members' "Great Wilderness Journey".
The next day, Aolai Academy issued a notice—in order to better concentrate its efforts on dealing with the Great Wilderness immigrants, the academy will establish a "Tian" (天) syllabus preparation class.
According to the notice, Teacher Yue, who was specially hired from the Ninth Heaven, will serve as the head teacher of the "Heaven" class and as a teacher of the "Great Wilderness" subject.
Getting into this class is certainly difficult. First, you have to join the Aolai Guild—everyone who joins the Aolai Guild has to sign an agreement—a blood pact of allegiance to the Xingyue Sect.
Secondly, academic performance is required—Xingyue requires prior examination in two subjects: "divination and the four arts of cultivation." Only those who pass the examination can be admitted to the top-tier class.
In this helpless moment for Aolai, Xingyue—the former traitor, the bandit who plundered Aolai after the Great Sage's ordeal—seized the opportunity to rob again.
This time, their target is talent.
The betrayal and deception of 100 years ago are still sung in various folk tales, and the plunder and oppression of the past 100 years are still deeply imprinted in the hearts of the people of Aolai.
"The stars and moon are inherently deceitful, their deeds differing from those of flowers and fruits. Why imitate the monkey's head? Truly, it is both foolish and stupid."
The doggerel explains a lot: Aolai is full of scoundrels. For many people, "strong" is a word that is associated with violence and fraud.
Sometimes, success can cover up all sins.
Since the monkey who guarded Aolai was sealed inside the Five Fingers Mountain, and Xingyue, who betrayed Aolai, has become a first-class sect in the Heavenly Realm, then Xingyue is right, and Fangcun Mountain is the place they envy and yearn for.
Of course, many more people still harbor resentment and would rather die than succumb to the temptations of the Star Moon Sect.
As a result, Aolai split up.
The northern half, defined by the gourd-shaped waistline, has been deeply infiltrated by the Xingyue Sect over the past century. Now, lured by the large-scale migration, many mountain strongholds have turned to Xingyue.
Soon, more than fifty young cultivators passed the exam, signed blood contracts, joined the Aolai Guild, and entered the "Heaven" class.
In an instant, the Great Wilderness craze swept across the entire region. Whether in markets, mountain strongholds, or villages, wherever people gathered, everyone was concerned about immigration, and everyone talked about nothing but the "Great Wilderness."
In addition to the "Heaven" class, the remaining hundred or so eligible teenagers in the academy were reorganized into three classes: "Earth," "Black," and "Yellow," based on their region.
Some of these teenagers failed the "divination" exam and were not qualified to go to the "Heavenly" class; others had unresolved grudges and were irreconcilably opposed to the Star Moon Sect, so they did not want to go to the Heavenly Class.
There's no hope for the Great Wilderness, but after so many people immigrate, the next world to open its doors won't be so crowded—there's always hope.