Seven days later.
Long Yu paced towards the agreed location outside the imperial city.
The seven places for the Tang Dynasty to participate in the Heavenly Mandate Holy Selection have finally been confirmed, and the candidates are exactly the same as Long Yu had predicted at the beginning.
Apart from him and the three powerful men who had been selected to be at the ninth level of the True Spirit Realm, only Feng Yao, Yu Qianning and Yan Huanmo, the three powerful men who had reached the eighth level of the True Spirit Secret Realm, were given places in the Holy Selection.
Bu Xing, Li Bufan, Mo Fengming, Yu Chimei, Long Ce, Chi Guang and others were all defeated by the three men.
Due to the difference in martial arts realm, few people can defeat their opponents. Such a result is also expected by most people.
Only Yan Huanmo was able to break through to the eighth level of True Spirit Realm in such a short time, which was something no one else had expected.
The water from the holy spring was finally distributed, and Yan Huanmo returned it to Long Yu. Feng Yao and Yu Qianning each took the water from the holy spring. At this moment, they should have been promoted to the ninth level of the True Spirit.
As for the three powerful men who had already reached the ninth level of the True Spirit, even if they obtained the water from the Holy Spring, it would be impossible for them to enter the secret realm of heaven and man.
If you want to become a strong person who has achieved the unity of man and nature, you can only rely on your own understanding. Without that level of understanding, no matter how much spiritual energy of heaven and earth you absorb, you will not be able to break through.
The candidate has been decided, and the Holy Selection of Heaven is about to begin!
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Outside the Tang Dynasty Imperial City, on a vast grassland.
The messenger from the Northern Court of Tianyu is waiting here.
This is a middle-aged man in a white robe. His martial arts realm has naturally reached the secret realm of heaven and man long ago. At this moment, there is a hint of indifference in his eyes.
In a small country like the Tang Dynasty, as the envoy of the Northern Court of Tianyu in the Secret Realm of Heaven and Man, he had an extraordinary status and nothing could arouse his interest.
The only person who found him somewhat interesting was probably the son of the former saint, right
The messenger did not see Long Yu during the qualifying round two days ago. Now, he is looking forward to Long Yu's appearance.
In addition, a large group of Tang Dynasty dignitaries came here to see off and encourage the seven people who participated in the Heavenly Election.
In the city, people from the royal Chu family, the generals Long family, the prime ministers Mo family, as well as the four major families, all gathered here. After all, the seven people who were about to participate in the Holy Selection of Heaven were of great significance to the Tang Dynasty.
If one of them really entered the Northern Court of Tianyu, wouldn’t that be a legend of the Tang Dynasty
Not far in front of the white-robed envoy from the North Court of Tianyu, Princess Chu Xin, dressed in a golden imperial robe, and her daughter Chu Huang were looking towards the direction of the imperial city with some anticipation.
"Daughter, Long Yu is the son of Long Zaitian in the past. Although he is only at the seventh level of True Spirit now, or at most the eighth level, his strength is definitely not weaker than yours. During the Tianyu Holy Selection, you can exchange more martial arts with him."
Chu Xin said to her daughter with a smile.
"I know, Mom, isn't he the son of your former idol?"
Chu Huang curled his lips, not caring at all: "If he is in danger during the Heavenly Mandate Holy Selection, I will definitely help him."
The royal princess Chu Huang, wearing a snow-white silk robe, appears gentle and considerate in front of others, extremely mature and cultured, but in front of her mother Chu Xin, she is still like a child.
After hearing this, Chu Xin couldn't help but touch the little girl's head with some doting: "You are so arrogant. I hope that this Tianyu Holy Selection will let you know that there are always people better than you. "
"There are always people who are better than you, and there are always things that are better than you."
Chu Huang said softly: "It's a pity that this person beyond man, this person beyond heaven, is definitely not this Long Yu."
In the Holy Selection of Heavenly Mandate, she felt that her opponent was not Long Yu, who was also from the Tang Dynasty, but the many powerful people from other countries!
Princess Chu Xin had no idea what to do about her daughter Chu Huang's thoughts and could only shake her head helplessly.
Back then, she, Chu Xin, also participated in the Tianyu Holy Selection and also had the ninth level of True Spirit cultivation. However, she encountered too many strong people in the Tianyu Holy Selection and ultimately failed to enter the Tianyu North Court.
There are at least four hundred people participating in the Holy Selection of the Northern Court of Tianyu. It is conceivable how difficult it is to stand out from so many people and become the top twelve!
This is a huge stage. A martial artist who has just stepped out of the Tang Dynasty could never imagine how many powerful people will appear on it.
Next to Chu Xin and Chu Huang stood Chu Chaosheng and another middle-aged man with a dignified look on his face. This man was Chu Xin's brother and another powerful person from the Heavenly Realm in the royal Chu family.
This man's name is Chu Yulong, and he is the true king and emperor of the Tang Dynasty!
At this moment, Chu Yulong was talking to the white-robed envoy from the North Court of Tianyu.
"Emissary, according to your instructions, Long Yu has been qualified for this Heavenly Mandate Holy Selection."
Chu Yulong said with a smile.
"Um."
The messenger nodded calmly: "This Long Yu is a big shot in our North Court. He has been ordered to be taken special care of. In this matter, I am just following orders and cannot make the final decision. But what is certain is that this Heavenly Election will be the burial place of this kid."
"In this case, our Great Tang Kingdom actually only has six quotas."
Chu Yulong pretended to smile bitterly. His purpose was obvious. He wanted the envoy to give special treatment to others. However, he, Chu Yulong, did not have the face to persuade an envoy from the North Courtyard.
No matter how many benefits he gave to the envoy, it was impossible for the envoy to help them cheat in the process of the Divine Selection!
"I will try my best to arrange some conveniences, but I don't have any power to interfere in the process of the Heavenly Mandate Holy Selection."
The messenger shook his head and could only give this answer.
Chu Yulong was not very satisfied with this, but there was nothing he could do. He knew the strictness of the Divine Selection.
As a mere messenger who came to pick you up, naturally he couldn't say much.
Not far away, the members of the Long family were surrounding a man in red and talking about something.
“Long Hen, you are representing our Long family and the Tang Dynasty to participate in the Tianyu Holy Selection this time. You must perform well and strive to be admitted to the Tianyu North Court. That will bring honor to our Long family.”
Among the Long family, an old man with sword-like eyebrows sighed and said.
This old man with sword-like eyebrows was none other than Long Tianming, whom Long Yu had met in the Spring and Autumn Palace of the Imperial Palace. He was now the only powerful person in the Heavenly Realm in the Long family!
What Long Tianming is sighing about now, of course, is the dwindling talent of the Long family.
When Long Zaitian was around, how powerful was the Long family? It was a pity that they offended the Tianyu North Court and ended up in complete disgrace.
At that time, Long Tianming had to work very hard to save Long Zaitian, let alone protect the entire Long family from being implicated.
As soon as Long Zai Tian left, the Long family's situation went from bad to worse.
Although before, among the nine young masters of the Tang Dynasty, except for the first place which was a vacant position, Long Ce of their Long family was the second.
But in fact, Long Ce is just the second on the table.
There are many people who can sit on the vacant first position, including Chu Huang from the royal family, Long Hen from the Long family, Linglong Yu from the Mo family, and so on.
And Long Hen is the youngest brother of Long Zai Tian.
Although he is not yet thirty years old, to be precise, he is already a member of the older generation and cannot be compared with Chu Huang and Ling Long Yu.
"Don't worry, ancestor. I will definitely bring honor to the Long family and the Tang Dynasty."
The red-clothed man, Long Hen, spoke calmly, and suddenly, as if remembering something, he frowned and asked, "By the way, ancestor, since Long Yu is also going to participate in the Heavenly Mandate Holy Selection, during the Holy Selection process..."
"Suppress him."
Long Tianming shook his head, but said firmly: "This time, Tianyu North Court is targeting him, and he will definitely not have a good ending. Moreover, he is no longer a member of our Long family and has nothing to do with us. It is better to suppress him and let the top leaders of Tianyu North Court have a good impression of you!"
"Yes, sir."
Long Hen nodded and said.
"Tian Ming, do you really want to do this?"
On the side, Long Tianming's younger brother, Long Yuanjian, Long Yu's grandfather, sighed: "You are Long Yu's great grandfather after all, do you really want to kill him?"
"I have no choice but to accept the situation. Foresight, for the sake of the Long family, we can only let nature take its course."
Long Tianming said as a matter of course: "Even if you want to protect Long Yu, what can you use to protect him? The big shots of Tianyu North Court want to deal with him, and we can't stop them."
This was indeed the truth, so Long Yuanjian stopped talking.
"Uncle Long Hen, you must avenge us. That Long Yu really doesn't take our Long family seriously!"
Among the Long family, a major general named Long Ji, who was wearing golden armor, spoke out hatefully.
Before, at the gate of Liu's mansion, Long Ji was knocked away by Long Yu's punch, and even his internal organs were injured, which he regarded as a great humiliation.
But now Long Yu is so powerful, not to mention Long Ji, who is only at the sixth level of True Spirit, even Long Ce, who is at the seventh level of True Spirit, and even Yu Qianning, who is at the eighth level of True Spirit, all lost to Long Yu!
In this situation, Long Ji can only pin his hopes of teaching Long Yu a lesson on Long Hen.
Long Hen glanced at Long Ji but said nothing.
Long Hen is Long Zaitian's younger brother, and Long Yu is his brother's son after all. It is impossible to say that he has no feelings for Long Yu, but for the sake of the Long family and to follow the general trend, he can only follow Long Tianming's words.
However, at this time, Long Ji, this waste, still wanted to teach Long Yu a lesson
Naturally, Long Hen would not take this seriously!
In his eyes, a waste like Long Ji who only relied on his family had no qualifications to carry Long Yu's shoes.
If Long Ji's grandfather was not Long Tianming, how could Long Ji be a major general of the Tang Dynasty? How could he have reached the sixth level of the True Spirit realm
Long Hen's heart is undoubtedly complicated!
On the one hand, he wanted to help Long Yu, his brother's son, but on the other hand, for the overall situation of the Long family, he could only stand against Long Yu.
Between the two, Long Hen chose the Long family as a whole!
The situation is similar within the Mo family of the Xiang clan.
"Linglong, be careful during the Holy Selection, and safety is your top priority."
Mo Shanjian was giving instructions to his adopted daughter, Linglong Yu.
Linglong Yu was a slender girl wearing a veil, with a pair of eyes as lively as water waves. She nodded slowly after hearing the words: "Godfather, I will be careful."
"Cousin, you can communicate more with Long Yu during the Holy Selection."
Mo Fengming at the side thought for a moment, then said: "I always feel that Long Yu is an extraordinary boy. If you get closer to him, maybe he can bring you some surprises."
"Long Yu..."
Linglong Yu, a girl with a veil that made her face unclear, whispered the name, raised her head and looked in the direction of the imperial city, but did not express anything.
No one knows what Linglong Yu is thinking.
Even Mo Shanjian, the adoptive father, could never see through Linglong Yu!