"We need to get out of here as soon as possible. Can you still leave?"
Xia Fan returned to Luo Qingqing and asked.
The blow just now had used up almost all his energy. What he wanted to do most at the moment was to lie down and take a good rest. However, Xia Fan also knew that the battle was not over yet. The roof beams on both sides of the city wall had been ignited. The place would soon be engulfed in fire. He had to evacuate the breach before then.
Luo Qing tried several times but failed to stand up. Judging from her pain-bearing expression, the hit from the black rope must have been serious.
"Let me lend you a hand." Xia Fan stretched out his hand towards the other party. If it were before, he would have bent down to carry Luo Qingqing. "Don't worry, no one here will see it."
Luo was stunned for a moment, as if he wanted to laugh, but as soon as the corner of his mouth turned up, it hit the painful spot. He bit his mouth and took a breath, "Do you think of me as a fool who is stubborn and doesn't know how to change? Compared with this, the second half of the sentence Words can easily lead to misunderstanding! It’s just about helping each other and fighting side by side, so what if we see them?”
After saying that, she grabbed Xia Fan's hand and pulled herself up.
"Uh..." Xia Fan didn't know what to say for a moment. He felt as if he had never spoken the right words in front of the other party.
"Come on, don't you say you want to leave here as soon as possible." Luo gently urged.
"Watch your steps." He shook his head helplessly and helped the other person carefully walk towards the bottom of the ruins.
Compared to the huge speed gap when climbing, this time both people were at the same level.
The only thing that improved was probably that there was a raging fire behind them, at least Mei couldn't attack them.
Just when he was halfway up the climb, Xia Fan suddenly realized that the shouts and spells above his head had suddenly stopped, and the town seemed to be shrouded in silence.
His heart sank suddenly.
Maybe it was too late for me to act, and the other candidates couldn't hold on until the moment when the demon fell.
If the defense line has been defeated, their situation will be extremely dangerous. In the current state of the two of them, any evil spirit could kill them.
Luo Qingqing was also aware of this, but her expression did not change. She stopped and listened for a while, and then said in a low voice, "No... you listen again."
Xia Fan concentrated and listened for a moment, and couldn't help showing a surprised expression - there was gradually movement coming from the direction of the city wall, but it was not the sound of fighting or escaping, but like someone cheering.
This was definitely not an illusion, because the sounds quickly started to rise and fall, expanding to all directions. More and more people joined in the cheers, and the oppressive feeling of the evil night seemed to disappear.
It's still early before dawn, what happened up there
The two looked at each other and accelerated their steps in unison.
When Xia Fan and Luo Qingqing finally climbed onto the city wall, an amazing scenery suddenly appeared in front of them -
The thick black fog in the distance has completely faded, and the night sky has reappeared the stars. But what is more dazzling than the stars is the swaying "spiritual fire" on the ground. They wax and wane, like some kind of soft plants, sometimes green, sometimes lavender, spreading from the town to the end of the field of vision.
Compared with the usual erraticness and uncertainty, the scene at this moment actually has a sense of peace and tranquility. Under the reflection of the spiritual fire, the earth seemed to be a sea of light glowing with microwaves.
That is the relic left by Mei, and it is also the proof of passing the military examination.
The candidates who remained on the wall either raised their arms and shouted, or congratulated each other - at least at this moment, they regarded the people around them as partners who could fight side by side.
The Great Desolate Night is over.
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One day later, all the participants gathered again in the center of Qingshan Town.
Probably because he stayed up all night during the final battle, the Privy Council gave him enough rest time. During this long-lost free time, the atmosphere in the town was extremely harmonious. From building relationships to calling each other brothers, everyone seemed to have completely forgotten that a few days ago they were still suspicious of each other and even fought over a bottle of spiritual fire source.
Xia Fan also learned a lot of news from the chat - for example, the residents of Qingshan Town were all played by members of the Privy Council; and for example, there were official invigilators hidden among the candidates; in short, the Great Wild Night seemed thrilling, but the Privy Council was involved in the whole process. Under the control of the government, the injured were treated as soon as possible. Except for a few unlucky ones, the losses to the candidates were not as great as imagined.
This confirms Xia Fan's guess to some extent.
The purpose of the examination is to select talents for Qiguo, not a death game. There are risks, but the overall situation is basically within control.
Of course, what everyone was talking about most enthusiastically was the demon-killing thunder last night. Due to the lack of eyewitnesses, speculation mainly focused on the heads of the three families - after all, the only ones who had the ability to take out the lightning wood and were willing to use it in the military examination were the top leaders of the three major families.
Among them, most of them were supporters of Fang Xiandao. Considering the perspective of the candidates, Fei Nian was first rescued by Luo Qingqing, and Fang Xiandao helped Luo Qingqing. This result is not surprising.
Xia Fan, on the other hand, had no intention of being in the limelight. When he talked about this topic, he basically mentioned it in one sentence. Even if some people remembered that he had fallen off the city wall, they were fooled by him because the scene was too chaotic and they didn't pay attention.
After everyone gathered, the invigilator who appeared on the first day finally showed up.
This time, there was also a huge wooden board covered with red silk cloth.
Obviously, that is the "red list" used to announce the names of qualified candidates, which corresponds to the gold list in the scientific examination.
This also instantly silenced the uproarious crowd.
"First of all, I have to congratulate you all." The proctor walked up to the long table and his tone was much more enthusiastic than when he read out the rules. "After seven days of training, you can still stand here and successfully achieve the exam goals. That's it. You have proven your qualifications to join the Privy Council!"
"I announce the results of the Qingshan Town Scholarship Examination as follows: 401 candidates were considered as candidates, and 189 were ultimately qualified. Among the eliminated candidates, 152 were found to have violated Article 1, and 2 were found to have violated Article 2. Nineteen people, 31 of whom violated Article 3. The process and results are in compliance with the Privy Council Examination Regulations, and this examination is valid!"
The crowd suddenly burst into cheers.
The first and second items are not controversial. They are basically those who quit early and set their goals three years later. The key lies in the third article - the Privy Council obviously classified those candidates who fled without a fight into the category of murdering candidates at the same time, which means that even if they get the source of spiritual fire, they will not be able to pass the exam.
Those candidates who stayed on the city wall were naturally happy to see such a result, and they all praised the Privy Council's clear rewards and punishments. Only Xia Fan was a little unimpressed. In his opinion, the defense line could collapse at any time, and most candidates had only half a will to fight.