Emperor Cangyun's gaze swept across the crowd, and finally stayed on Gongyi Tianheng for a while before turning his eyes away.
Then, he showed a smile, as if he became approachable in an instant: "Everyone, please take a seat."
There are many seats in the palace, and there are eight in the front, which is undoubtedly the position of the top eight in the family battle.
The people from the five major families and the other three strong families were all seated on both sides, looking like the audience—even obvious followers like Gu Zuo and Long Yi could sit down at the back. It's an honor.
In addition to the five young masters, the other three strong warriors have already arrived, and they also have their own families to support them, and these families belong to the first-class forces. What is strange is that no second person from the five major families has entered the quarterfinals, and I don't know if it is due to luck or some other reason.
Gu Zuo thought secretly: Maybe it was deliberately arranging opponents to let the players of other noble families be eliminated naturally? Conspiracy theory, maybe the royal family decided to open the Canglong Pond before the family war, but the number of places is limited, I don't want such a super family to occupy too many places, affect the balance or something...
In fact, Gu Zuo's idea is really right.
In addition to the five aristocratic families occupying one place each, there are still three remaining, which should be distributed to which aristocratic family? Once an aristocratic family has more places, it may cause some turmoil. For the emperor, the relationship between these powerful families, like princes, is of course the worse the better.
Moreover, Gongyi Tianheng was able to practice martial arts, and he was most satisfied with Emperor Cangyun.
Because of these five aristocratic families, the Gongyi family, as the first family in the past, has always been relatively isolated. Shangguan and Duanmu, Sima and Helian, they can be said to have a good relationship, especially in recent decades. The trend is becoming more and more obvious, and sooner or later a triangular relationship of one, two, and two will form, and the Gongyi family is definitely the weakest party. Then only the Gongyi family strengthens their power, so that the triangular relationship can still be mutually restrained and stabilized. In addition, any of the other two "two-two combination" will become stronger, and it will not be a scenario that the empire is happy to see.
Now that Gongyi Tianheng of Gongyi's family has become stronger, he is likely to bring supreme glory to Gongyi's family within a hundred years, and at that time, it will also be very beneficial to the empire.
Therefore, Emperor Cangyun not only would not be jealous of Gongyi Tianheng's excellence, but hoped that he could be even better—and not only because of that stability, but also because of a major event that would happen in the future. There is an urgent need for such an exceptional young talent.
Closer to home, Emperor Cangyun saw that everyone was seated, and he said bluntly: "This time the Canglong Pond is open, and there will always be twelve places. You are all outstanding heroes. If you can withstand several tests, you can do it. Get a place and enjoy the baptism of the innate dragon energy." Speaking of which, he changed his words, "But if you can't stand the test...then the remaining places will be re-selection."
The warriors present expressed their understanding.
After so many years, the existence of Canglong Pond has long been no secret. Everyone understands that if the royal family wants to open it, it will have to pay a very high price and invest a lot of resources in sacrifice. Originally, the royal family had already shouldered this part of the loss, and they were willing to share the quota, so it was natural to test something.
They have already made up their minds, and no matter how difficult the test is, they will never give up!
Emperor Cangyun was very satisfied, he waved his hand.
From the back of the palace, there was a sound of "rumbling".
There were more than a dozen martial artists who had completed the Nine Major Accomplishments blushed and tried their best to lift a huge stone out. It was not until they came to the middle of the hall that they suddenly let go and let the huge stone fall.
Again, the entire palace seemed to be shaken.
Gu Zuo saw that the stone was glowing with a faint silver light, and it was about five meters high and three meters square. It has a flat surface that looks more like a mineral mixed with metals than a simple rock.
But what did the emperor get it out for? Is it to test whether they can lift it up with their own strength? More than a dozen people of similar realm are all heavy to be like this, don't they have tens of thousands of pounds... After all, acquired martial artists usually increase their strength by a maximum of two or three hundred pounds each time they reach the Great Perfection. It's only three thousand pounds of strength. If you can lift it, probably no one can lift it.
Facts have proved that Gu Zuo still guessed correctly.
Emperor Cangyun said again: "Everyone, please come forward one by one, and use your utmost strength to move this thousand stone."
Gu Zuo: So it's not 10,000 jin, but 30,000 jin... This emperor has a really dark heart.
The warriors looked at each other in dismay, but this was the emperor's test. Wouldn't it be a loss of face if they didn't even try? Maybe this is a test of their mentality when facing difficulties? So even if Helian Xingcheng and the others looked ugly, they were still ready to take the lead.
Gongyi Tianheng sat on the seat with a smile on his lips, his attitude was still so calm.
Gu Zuo looked at it and felt a little strange.
His eldest brother has always been very clumsy. He doesn't know how strong his strength is after condensing so many bone beads in the acupoints. According to the character of the elder brother, there must be something in it that he does not know, and the elder brother has seen through it.
The next moment, Gu Zuo knew.
Helian Xingcheng stood in front of the Qianjun Stone with a livid face. He protected the corner of the boulder with both hands, and squatted down with his legs. This started to exert his strength.
As his strength increased, although the Thousand Gon Stone did not move at all, a red line seemed to suddenly appear inside it, extending upwards from the bottom.
The warriors breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it.
It turns out that there is such a magical place in the Qianjun Stone - it is completely used to test the strength.
But then they were a little worried. I don't know how much power is required to be considered qualified
Helian Xingcheng was on the side, unable to see the changes in front of the Qianjun Stone, and because he couldn't lift the 30,000-jin boulder anyway, so although he seemed to have used a lot of strength, he actually didn't use his full strength.
After about a quarter of an hour, he stopped.
On the Qianjun Stone, the red line is only about nine inches, and each inch represents about two hundred catties. Therefore, the measured strength of Helian Xingcheng is eighteen hundred catties.
If it is an ordinary martial artist, it is normal to have 1,800 jins, but if it is placed on Helian Xingcheng, who is famous as the four young masters, this data will not look good.
At the moment, the faces of many people in the Helian family were burning.
Whether other people really thought that Helian Xingcheng had these strengths, or they saw that Helian Xingcheng didn't use all his strength in this test where he was required to use all his strength, it was extremely embarrassing.
After Helian Xingcheng let go, he realized that something was wrong.
After each measurement of the Qianjun Stone, there will always be about ten breaths of time before the red line will completely fade.
This time, he saw it.
Helian Xingcheng's face was ashen when he heard the embarrassed and whispered explanation from the Helian family, and he only felt that he had been greatly insulted!
He could even imagine how those who didn't deal with him would laugh at him!
Well, Gu Zuo was the one who laughed at him secretly.
Gu Zuo has long been uncomfortable with him. Several times before, this guy has been making a fuss. It's even more so than a middle schooler, and his mind is completely bad. Such a person has lost such a big face now, what a retribution! You say people are stupid, don't come out and show off, right? Showing off and showing off, and showing yourself even more stupid, is pitiful enough.
But for Helian Xingcheng, it was a tragedy, and for others it was a comedy.
Not to mention how much competition the five great families secretly had, just because Helian Xingcheng took the lead and set an "example" for them, everyone knew what to do next.
Soon Sima Yuanyou, Duanmu Qingrong, and Huangfu Changhao stepped forward in batches, not daring to spare any effort.
So the results came out immediately.
Sima Yuanyou: Four thousand three hundred catties!
Duanmu Qingrong: Four thousand four hundred catties!
Huangfu Changhao: Four thousand seven hundred catties!
Many warriors were speechless.
As expected of the outstanding disciples of the younger generation, their level can reach a higher level than the limit of three thousand kilograms of ordinary warriors.
Helian Xingcheng clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles rattling.
Not only did he have strong remorse in his heart, but he also hated the other young masters. Including Sima Yuanyou, who can now be regarded as an ally, also sensed a trace of resentment in his eyes.
Sima Yuanyou frowned, very unhappy.
It was he who was going to rush up to be a pioneer, and then turned around and blamed others. What does it mean? They are allies, but he is not his slave, he can let him vent his grievances!
Over there, Helian Xingcheng felt Sima Yuanyou's emotions and realized that something was wrong. He exhaled slowly, pressing his anger to the bottom of his heart. They also need the strength of the Sima family.
Next, the other three disciples of the first-class family looked at each other when they saw that Gongyi Tianheng was still sitting in his spare time, and went to test their strength one by one.
They also didn't dare to neglect, and the strength they tested was not weak. They were 3,500 jin, 3,800 jin, and 3,650 jin respectively.
All were better than Helian Xingcheng.
After reading this, a trace of disappointment flashed in Emperor Cangyun's eyes.
that is it
The five young masters of the original generation were stronger than the previous generations, which gave him quite a bit of hope, but now it seems that it is still not enough.
In the end, only the last Gongyi Tianheng was left.
Under the malicious gaze of Helian Xingcheng and the complicated expressions of others, he Shi Shiran stood up and came to the Qianjun Stone in three or two steps.
Gu Zuo said silently in his heart: Come on, brother! kill them!
Gongyi Tianheng seemed to notice something, raised his brows slightly, and pressed his hands on both sides of the Qianjun Stone.
Then, his eyes closed and opened again, and a gleam of light flashed across.
In an instant, everyone could see clearly.
On the Qianjun Stone, the red line was like a red light, and in the blink of an eye, it rushed straight up!
Forty inches of red line! Eight thousand pounds of strength!