“Those who rank in the top ten positions shall be conferred a life peerage title of an Earl, bestowed a plot of land measuring 2.5 hectares, and permission to enter the kingdom’s treasury to select one artifact for themselves at will.
“Those who rank in the top twenty positions shall be conferred a life peerage title of a Viscount and bestowed a plot of land measuring 0.5 hectares.
“Those who rank in the top fifty positions shall be conferred a life peerage title of a Baron and bestowed a plot of land measuring 0.05 hectares.”
Upon the end of the royal decree, the senator stepped back in line.
A smiling Flit the 66th said, “Everyone, all of you are the outstanding young talents of my Fire Dragon Kingdom. I have high hopes for all of you. Do not let me down!”
“Long live the King!”
“May glory ever be with us!”
“Long live the King!”
“May glory ever be with us!”
All the contestants vowed aloud.
“Wonderful!” Flit the 66th nodded in satisfaction. “Since that’s the case, I shall leave the rest of the matter in everyone’s hands. I await good news in the capital city from all of you!”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
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There were a total of six teachers leading the teams for the exchange competition. All six of them were academy presidents, and President Fred was one of them.
“The journey to the Imperial City is a long one this time. We’ll need to spend five days on the road. We can either take the magic ferry or the empire special express, but after the six of us old fellows’ discussion, we’ve decided to take the Floating Beast.”
“The Floating Beast?”
Meng Lei perked up.
The Floating Beast was a Seventh-Grade Wind-Elemental Magical Beast. Although it boasted a huge size, it had a mild temperament and was very easy to tame.
Added to this the Floating Beast’s extreme patience, as long as it was fed, it would be able to sustain long hours of flight while ferrying a heavy load. Therefore, it was known as the best aerial Magical Beast when it came to long-distance travel.
“The magic ferry and the empire special express is undoubtedly more comfortable, but we cultivators wander the universe and spend the nights in the open. Comfort... is not to be coveted. The journey itself is a form of cultivation!”
Under the six academy presidents’ lead, everyone arrived at the Floating Beast Plaza, where several enormous behemoths stood tall and straight.
With a height of 30 meters, a body length that reached an astonishing 70 meters, and an extremely flat, wide, and spacious back, they were the Floating Beasts!
Chapter 139: A Great Bird Riding The Wind, Soaring Freely In the Sky
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
In Meng Lei’s eyes, the Floating Beast bore a striking resemblance to the whales on Earth. With their flat and level, smooth and round pillar-shaped body; a flat, fleshy, wide, and spacious back; and a whale-like tail...
There were only two words to describe it—how alike!
The difference between the two laid in the fact that a whale’s abdomen had a leaf-shaped fin, whereas the Floating Beast’s abdomen had a pair of sky-spanning wings covered in scales and six pillar-like elephant-ish legs.
Enormous!
Strong and burly!
Lofty and majestic!
It was hard to imagine that an enormous creature like that would actually have such a mild and gentle temperament that even ordinary people could rear them.
Of course, riding a colossal creature like that wasn’t going to be as comfortable as riding a magic ferry or the empire special express for sure, but it suited the contestants just fine.
They were all ninth-grade experts. Who wouldn’t want to control a Magical Beast and ride on the wind? Where was the fun in riding a magic ferry or the special express?
The group arrived at the rental company and rented a Floating Beast in no time. Upon which, the related staff members got to work at once.
An hour and a little more later, a huge house had been fixed onto one of the Floating Beasts’ back—it looked just like a bulging turtle shell.
“This Floating Beast is now our mode of transportation. There are 60 rooms, and you may choose one as you please.”
“Thank you, President!”
A rope ladder cascaded all the way from the Floating Beast’s back down to the ground, allowing customers to climb up its back with it. However, none of the contestants used the rope ladder.
All of them transformed into numerous streams of light and went up the Floating Beast’s back in a jiffy with a light tap of their toes. Every one of them looked confident and moved about free and unhindered as though they were just taking a leisurely stroll, attracting much attention from others.
Indeed!
No matter where they went, a group of more than 50 ninth-grade experts would always be enough to cause a huge commotion. When it was Meng Lei’s turn, the commotion became even bigger, however.
As his feet left the ground, he began to slowly rise into the sky—it was as if there was an invisible flight of stairs beneath his feet, allowing him to take step after step into the sky.
This sight astounded everyone.
“President Fred, that little fellow has broken through?”
“Yes, he has!” President Fred nodded proudly.
“Hiss!”
The academy presidents stared at Meng Lei from the back, so astonished that they couldn’t even utter a single word. It had only been a night, yet Meng Lei had already broken through?
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