The selection of the sword bearer is somewhat different from the selection of the sect. The former is more strict and is also divided into two stages.
The first stage is to fight for the qualifications of those who participate in the trial of the sword bearer.
This link is mainly to eliminate the vast majority of disciples, so that a very small number of people can obtain the qualifications for the final trial.
The total number of disciples from various sects who came this time is 2,793, and these are all the leaders of the various sects in Yinghuang Prefecture in the past ten years.
In the first stage of selection, they will select the top ten to qualify for the trial.
Only the ten of them are eligible to participate in the next second stage of the sword-wielding trial.
This is because the sword-bearer trial after obtaining the trial qualification is very special in itself.
Like a pilgrimage, all sword bearers will witness.
Therefore, the tradition throughout the ages does not allow too many people to participate in the trial, disturbing the sage's sleep.
As for the assessment of sword bearers, every ten years, five people will be selected from among the best, three of them will be the right ones, and the two will be the winners.
Positive, on behalf of the identity directly given to the sword holder, enjoy the command sword, and receive the blessing of the emperor.
The full-time swordsman is the most orthodox, as evidenced by heaven and earth.
Accurate, means that there is no command sword, but there are blessings, and you need to go to the Sword Holding Palace in Fenghai County for a re-examination.
This is a deputy job, and there is no proof of heaven and earth, and the previous sword-wielding elders can make their own decisions based on the performance of the participants.
And before these two stages, whether it is the spiritual seal of the perception of war, or the height from the Youzhu in the beginning, it is very important, and it will be a bonus for the second stage of the trial.
At this moment, the sky is blue, the clouds and mists are thin, and the noon sun shines on the earth, reflecting the snowfield brightly.
Whether it's the light from the sky or the light from the ice and snow on the ground, at this moment, it intersects with the sky and the earth, giving off a sense of coldness.
There is also a wind coming from the north, rolling up snowflakes, blowing the crowd, and lifting the clothes.
Beside the Liyou Pillar in the Beginning, following the sound of sword-crying from the Sword-holding Court, 2,793 disciples and casual cultivators from various sects in Yinghuang Prefecture gathered together.
Xu Qing and the team leader were also among them. They stood together and looked up at the sky.
Xu Qing looked calm, and the captain was full of anticipation.
Xu Qing is not surprised that the captain can meet the conditions of a tester. After all, the opponent has been preparing for this since he came to the Eight Sects Alliance.
What he focused on was Taisi Xianmen Daozi among the crowd in the distance.
"Follow him?" the captain whispered.
Xu Qing glanced at the captain and nodded slightly.
The captain laughed when he heard this.
"You feel it too?"
Xu Qing focused his eyes and was about to inquire, but at this moment, the sound of swords and stones echoed again in the sky, and three vast figures descended from the end of Liyou Pillar in the Beginning.
These three figures are two old men and one middle-aged.
All three of them were wearing official uniforms, and they appeared in the midair with a magnificent aura, the sky and the earth seemed to be shaking, and the surroundings were even more solemn. It was really the two old men who were very impressive, with thousands of lines and dao marks flowing in their eyes, shaking the sky.
And the cultivation of the center is even more frightening. Countless phantoms appear behind him, one after another, connected to the sky. It seems that half of the sky is transformed by his body.
The people below and all the monks from Liyou City in the early days, all trembled and looked respectful under this coercion.
Then a majestic voice exploded in the minds of these two thousand seven hundred and ninety-three people like thunder.
"In the previous trials, the qualifications of the candidates were chosen, and life and death were rare."
"However, the selection of the qualifications of those who welcome the Huangzhou trial this time is different from the past. According to the decision of the sword-wielding court, the place where the qualifications are obtained is replaced by a ghost cave."
The majestic voice reverberated, and most of the people who heard it were stunned and dazed, obviously they had never heard of the ghost cave, only a few disciples and the guardians of various sects were moved.
Xu Qing was also startled, and instinctively looked at the captain.
The captain's eyes narrowed slightly, noticing Xu Qing's gaze, he raised his finger and pointed to the ground.
Xu Qing was thoughtful.
And that majestic voice, after finishing the previous words, waited for a while, and then continued to speak.
"Some of you may have heard of it, but most of you probably don't know what a ghost hole is."
The people below all listened attentively. After all, this is a matter of success or failure.
Xu Qing also looked dignified, very serious.
"You should know the origin of the Liyou Pillar in the First Beginning, the ghost cave... is just under the Liyou Pillar in the First Beginning!"
There were turmoil in everyone's mind, and Xu Qing also narrowed his eyes.
"Under the Liyou Pillar in the early days, there is a deep pit that I don't know where it leads. It is filled with countless strange ghosts. Listen carefully, it is not weird, but strange ghosts."
The middle-aged man in the sky glanced at everyone when he said this, and then spoke again.
"Strangeness is fiction, and strange ghost is reality. The former is sinister and evil, while the latter is ferocious."
"There are many ghost caves in Wanggu Continent, and any one of them is mysterious and full of danger, but as long as it is not too deep, the danger can still be controlled."
"In the early days, Li Youzhu was actually suppressing this ghost cave, and it has been suppressing for too many years."
Xu Qing lowered his head and looked at the part of Taichu Liyou Zhu that was submerged into the earth in the distance. He thought of what the captain told him that later generations analyzed that the Ghost Emperor dropped his weapon for a purpose.
Looking at it now, the purpose may be to suppress ghost caves.
"Why did the ghost emperor do this? And what is there in the ghost cave that would cause the ghost emperor to suppress it with Taichuli Youzhu?"
Xu Qing didn't know the reason, but he felt that Sword Sword Court must have an answer.
At this moment, the middle-aged man in the official uniform in the sky, his voice is still majestic, echoing everyone's minds.
"It is precisely because of this that the part of the Taichu Liyou Pillar that is submerged in the ghost cave is always corroded by the breath of the ghost cave, and it is inevitable that it will be broken."
"Especially in recent years, there have been more fragments, causing a large number of fragments of the Primordial Pillar to fall into this ghost cave, some falling into the bottom of infinity, and some scattered on the walls and corners of the ghost cave. "
"In the past, the sword holder went down to collect it regularly, and re-refined it into the Pillar of Absolute Beginning Li You. Today, it's up to you to wait."
"The time limit is three days, and the top ten who get the most fragments will be qualified for the second stage of the trial."
Most of the people looked solemn, knowing that this is the rule of the qualification competition.
"In addition, I remind you that there is a life-and-death crisis in the ghost cave, so this is your last chance to give up. Once you participate, although everyone will be issued a specific teleportation talisman, you can teleport away if you encounter danger, but it is not absolute. Accidents can still happen.”
During the speech, jade slips flew from the sky, fell in front of every participant here, and were caught by everyone one by one.
Those who can come here to participate in the selection of sword holders are not weak-minded people. Naturally, no one will withdraw at this moment, and some people even ask after receiving the transmission jade slip.
"My lord, if the numbers are the same, how to choose?"
"Determined according to the ranking of Li Youzhu in the beginning." The middle-aged man in the official uniform said calmly.
"Finally, I want to warn you that the ghost cave here is not a place outside the law, but also within the scope of the Sword Court. You can shoot, but killing each other is strictly prohibited."
"Now, the qualification selection for the sword-wielding trial begins!"
With the reverberation of the words, a blinding ray of light suddenly radiated from the Liyou pillar in the early days, and as it continued to spread, the pillar trembled violently.
Then it slowly shrunk a circle, and slowly lifted up into the air, revealing the part of the Ancestral Li You Pillar that was buried in the ground.
Everyone's eyes fell, and they could clearly see that the bottom part of the lifted Ancestor Liyou Pillar was pitch black, very mottled, full of damage, and extremely corroded.
Even the bottom part of the column is riddled with holes and dilapidated.
And with the lifting of Taichu Liyou Pillar, a thousand-foot-deep pit suddenly appeared on the ground, and when bursts of black air with extremely evil intentions emanated from it, there were bursts of roars that did not resemble human voices. Out of the deep pit.
Those roars were full of shrill and wailing, and contained endless pain and madness, as if...there was connected to the underworld.
This scene caused the expressions of everyone here to change, and even some people who were originally determined were shocked and wavered at this moment.
"Wait, don't go down!" In the sky, the voice of the middle-aged man in the official uniform surpassed the sky thunder, and it exploded. The disciples and casual cultivators around the deep pit gritted their teeth and rushed out of the deep pit.
The red girl Qingqiu was also among them, the first batch of people to step in, the Taisi Daozi, the human youth, and other arrogances of various sects also stepped in one after another.
Xu Qing and the captain also moved.
Soon, 90% of the cultivators here chose to step in. When the rest of them hesitated, there was a loud bang, and the pillar of Taichu Liyou that had been lifted into the sky suddenly fell down, becoming a thousand feet thick again, and piercing directly into the deep pit. .
Block it again!
In an instant, the black air dissipated, the wailing sound disappeared, and everything was as usual.
As for the deep pit, it was pitch black.
The moment Xu Qing stepped in, he immediately approached the edge of the surrounding area. After touching the soil, he was vigilant and stared at the surroundings coldly.
This place is weird, even if the cultivation base gathers the eyes, it is still impossible to see everything clearly for a while.
And the roar that was heard outside just now disappeared completely at this moment, and there was no more shriek, except for the sound of breathing, the place was completely silent.
The darkness in front of the eyes and the claustrophobia of perception, these naturally form depression, giving people a sense of mystery and fear.
Only the cold breath coming from below, with a stench and a rotten smell, is like countless strands of hair floating around, scratching the skin, and the fine hairs will instinctively stand on end.
After a while, maybe the naked eyes have adapted to the darkness, or maybe the cultivation base resonated with this place. In Xu Qing's eyes, this place gradually became clear.
This is a huge deep pit. Even if you can see the surroundings clearly, the bottom is still dark, like an abyss.
There are some black plants growing on the surrounding walls, and on each leaf, there are looming grimaces, smiling at the people who are leaning against the wall to observe at the moment.
There were a total of 2,450 people who came, and now only half of them are on guard on the surrounding walls.
The remaining half seemed to rush deeper into this place the first time they entered.
Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, turned his head to look around, the captain was less than three feet away from him, and looked at him the same way, then raised his finger and pointed down.
Xu Qing nodded, the two were about to let go and jump down the deep pit, but at this moment...
A bleak, long and ethereal singing voice, seems to be in all directions and seems to be in the ears, lingering.
The voice is full of femininity, but also full of sharpness, blending together into an unspeakable song.
"I don't come in the past life, but I always stay in the past life, I cut the dust of the lovesickness painting..."
The voice was indistinguishable from male to female, and it infiltrated into the mind unknowingly, making one's scalp tingle, and the back was cold.
Like autumn rain, the cold that falls on the face penetrates into the whole body.