9 THRONES

CHAPTER 126: THE PEAK FESTIVAL

A few days after the incident Horge turned into a monster and everyone around him had been examined without finding any evidence, the silver mask teacher was summoned by Tardi to meet him at the top of the mountain which made him feel as high as bewildered.

Although he did not know what purpose Tardi called him, but the silver mask teacher still came there as soon as possible. After all, since he decided to follow Tardi, he would not hesitate to come if Tardi called him.

Opening the door to the house on the top of the mountain, he found Tardi busy writing on the desk.

The silver mask teacher stood quietly beside the room until Tardi finished writing, Tardi put his stationery on the table and said "Thank you for coming, besides sorry for calling you all of a sudden like this".

The silver mask master immediately shook his head "Chief of Tardi Academy, I should have come as you call. Why did you call me here? Did the head of the academy manage to find something strange from Horge's body turning into a monster?".

"No, I haven't made any progress on Horge. Even though he used to be a human, after being eaten by the Sword Monsters, his entire body turned into a monster with no trace of a human anymore" said Tardi shaking his head "I think it still takes a lot of time for the research done to produce progress! It doesn't matter now, I heard that the strongest elite disciple of our rank 1 Wood Sword Academy has also returned in the academy, is the news true?".

The silver mask teacher nodded strangely "I mean the head of the academy is the strongest elite disciple, Horta? He did arrive at the academy this morning, is the matter you mean related to Horta?".

"How is he doing now? What I mean is his strength" Tardi asked.

The silver mask master thought for a while before replying "I'm sure his strength has already reached Soul Wandering level 1. Although from the energy in his body, he had only reached Soul Wandering so that the existing energy was not strong enough, but he had managed to pass through the Gold Core".

"Then it's decided!", said Tardi standing up from his chair with a happy smile "Tell all the disciples, especially the elite disciples who are ranked 10th strongest.2 days away, I plan on starting the Peak Festival! Therefore, all elite disciples ranked 10th must not leave the academy or train for a long time, at least until the Peak Festival is over".

"Peak Festival?", asked the silver mask teacher puzzled, he did not understand what Tardi was referring to.

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In the villa that had just become Vann's residence, the sound of sword collisions was always heard from time to time.

Vann is in the backyard of his villa because there is a special training field for the villa owner there.

On the front of Vann there is a wooden doll in the shape of a human, although it looks like it is made of wood, but actually this doll was not made by normal wood but a special wood that would not be easily destroyed even if attacked by the power of the Peak Gold Core.

So Vann continued to slash at him using the wooden sword in his hand, but the wooden puppet showed no signs of being destroyed but there were only a few marks on the part that he slashed.

When Vann was busy with his training, a young man about 25 years old carrying a large bag full of letters came to Vann's villa.

After sounding the home alarm a few times, the young man's face immediately became confused "Is Mr Vann not home?".

As he hesitated whether to go to the other house to send a letter or to keep looking for Vann, he heard footsteps approaching from the side.

The mail carrier gazed towards the origin of the sound to find Vann walking closer, Vann's entire body filled with sweat indicating he had just finished practicing "I thought who came this early, Vann said, it was the letter carrier. What was? Is there a letter for me?".

Hearing Vann's words, the young man immediately took out a letter from his pocket "Master Vann, this is an invitation letter from the academy's head, he said, all the disciples got it and the head of the academy wished for all the disciples to attend the Peak Festival. Since I've finished sending the letter, I have permission to leave first because there are still many letters that I have to send".

Without waiting for Vann to say anything, the mail carrier walked away to the other house.

But the mail carrier actually felt a little admiration for Vann, even though he managed to sit at rank 10 as the strongest elite disciple, Vann did not feel arrogant but continued to train.

If he is in the position of Vann, he may be too busy feeling arrogant without practicing again for at least a few days. The messenger sighed, perhaps it was the difference between him and Vann that caused him to be incapable of becoming a legend like Vann.

Vann stared at the messenger who left before his eyes turned to the letter in his hand "Peak Festival?".

Opening the cover of the letter, Vann read the aim of the academy chief on the letter.

[To all the disciples of the Wood Sword Academy, all the disciples who were on the list of the 10 strongest disciples of the Wood Sword Academy had re-assembled in the academy. Therefore, I decided to hold the Peak Festival. You must be wondering, what exactly is the Peak Festival I am referring to?

The Peak Festival was a festival day where all disciples could challenge those who were ranked in the top 10 strongest disciples of the Wood Sword Academy. In addition, when the challenges of the disciples were completed, then all the disciples who were at the 10th rank would fight each other. The goal was that to keep the top 10 strongest disciples in the academy accurate, they would all fight each other in the Peak Festival to determine their respective positions.

As the name implies is the Peak Festival where all the disciples have a chance of sitting at the rank 1 strongest elite disciple of the Wood Sword Academy.

A smile appeared on Vann's face, he was very interested towards the Peak Festival that was meant on the letter.

Actually since taking the reward from Horge, Vann had managed to increase his strength to a tier 4 Gold Core since this morning. Even if it was still far from Poris's 9th level Gold Core, as long as Vann defeated the enemies who were in the other top 10, he could continue to obtain the cultivation resources they had.

When his time against Poris arrives, Vann believes his power is likely on par with even more powerful than Poris.

"Peak Festival? The head of Tardi Academy really made an interesting idea again!", said Vann smiling.