The Inter-school Competition was something that was organized for all schools in the Tianyuan Continent. On the surface, it was for students to meet and exchange knowledge. However, in actual fact it was done by North Qiu Kingdom to intimidate and show off to other Kingdoms.

The top three places in the competition were always attained by North Qiu students, with most of them coming from the publicly-funded First School. The First School also lives up to its name, producing the greatest number of experts which is just slightly more than the number of experts the Royal School produces. The other schools in the country were hardly comparable to even the Royal School and it was also the reason why the North Qiu Kingdom was much stronger than any other Kingdom.

In the past hundred years, Rong Yuan was the only student that ranked first in the competition ten years ago. This was a surprise to everyone. However, most of the time the top positions were hogged by students from the North Qiu Kingdom, causing them to be complacent and ambitious at the same time.

“But this year, the North...