3735

Of course! Here's the translated text for Chapter 3735:

Chapter 3735: 4.1335 Definitely Some Tricky Business

Qiao Mu and the others nodded upon hearing this. The prerequisite for participating in the Di Yuan Ranking was to be among the top five hundred in the Tian Yuan Ranking. If that was the case, then naturally there would be no need for a separate Di Yuan Ranking preliminary competition.

"Big Brother Xingchen, does that mean this year's Tian Yuan Ranking preliminary round is very important?" Little Fatty asked with a smile.

Mu Xingchen naturally nodded. "Extremely important."

"Dean didn't explain it clearly last time he sent a message; we don't even know what the competition will entail," Qi Xuanxuan frowned slightly. "Do you have any idea? Any guesses on what it will be? Is it a one-on-one elimination tournament, or will they pull some tricky business?"

"Don't you worry," a voice came from the doorway. Everyone looked up to see Third Young Master Duan, Duan Tianya, walking in with a smile.

"They'll definitely pull some tricky business," Third Young Master Duan gave them a definitive answer.

Qi Xuanxuan and the others: ...

Pfft, why does it feel like the more they hear, the more uneasy they become? What in the world is "definitely pulling some tricky business"? Can't the academy treat its students properly? Do they have to torment the students to death?

"Why do I feel so uneasy?" Qi Xuanxuan muttered. "Third Young Master Duan, you're an old hand in the academy. Tell us, how did the Tian Yuan Ranking preliminary rounds usually go in previous years?"

"Simple!" Third Young Master Duan shrugged calmly. "They'll throw the students into places like the Northern Outlook Great Forest, or the River of Forgetfulness, or the Ice and Snow Wasteland. They'll make them survive for ten days without an inner realm, without water, food, or clothes."

Everyone: ...

"No clothes??" Are you kidding us?! No clothes? Are they seriously going to make a group of students run around naked in the Northern Outlook Great Forest??

Qi Xuanxuan and Little Fatty exchanged glances, both instinctively crossing their arms over their chests in a bizarre motion, silently glaring at each other. They couldn't imagine what it would be like to be naked in front of their teammates...

"Pfft." Duan Tianya couldn't help but laugh. "Why are your thoughts so funny? When I said no clothes, I meant throwing you into a place like the Ice and Snow Wasteland to freeze, where you can't access your inner realm to get thick clothes."

"Oh!!" Qi Xuanxuan and Little Fatty sighed simultaneously, then nodded in unison. So that's what it was, just a trap, right?

Little Fatty's face crumpled. He quickly clutched his stomach and said, "I can't go without food! If I don't eat for a day, I might starve to death."

Duan Tianya: ...

Can't you at least show a little promise? You're a Twelfth-Level Grand Spirit Master, and you're saying you'll starve to death if you don't eat for a day? That sounds like you're asking for a beating.

"Alright, enough complaining." Ma Ta sat up straight, his shining titanium alloy dog eyes fixed on the calm-faced Duan Tianya. "Third Young Master Duan, can you tell us more about the specifics of last year's preliminary round?"

Everyone nodded in unison upon hearing this.

"So, we can't bring anything? Going ten days without food or water might be barely manageable, but it's impossible not to sleep, rest, or meditate, right?"

"Exactly, exactly!"

"Third Young Master Duan, how did you manage it? You couldn't even bring a single sip of soup?"

Duan Tianya looked at this bizarre group of children in front of him and couldn't help but roll his eyes. "You want to bring soup? You can only bring a small personal pouch, and the total weight of all carried items cannot exceed three liters."