After giving two cigarettes to General Li and settling everything, Xu Que once again stepped into the long-awaited palace.
This was the first time he had entered the palace since his time travel and rebirth, but he still had familiar impressions of many places in his memory.
The trial ground was placed on the broad platform outside the Jinluan Palace. It looked like a giant formation was deployed to cover the open space and isolate the palace buildings.
The scope of the platform is very wide, at least as big as six or seven football fields. There are dozens of competition stages arranged in it, and there is a guard standing next to each competition stage.
But in the center of the dozens of competition stages, there was a giant teleportation array, surrounded by ten Nascent Soul guards. It was impossible to guess what its purpose was.
"If we build a teleportation array, will we have to compete elsewhere later?" Xu Que frowned and whispered to himself.
A scholar happened to pass by Xu Que. Hearing his muttering, he couldn't help but smile: "Brother, don't you know what the test will be later? It was all mentioned on the imperial list yesterday. Today, in addition to literary There is a martial arts test!"
"Oh? What kind of trial does this teleportation array belong to?" Xu Que asked curiously.
The scholar responded enthusiastically: "Of course it is a martial arts test! Now our Huo Yuan Kingdom is infested with monsters, and countless people have been harmed. Therefore, this martial arts test is to send us to various wild forests to kill the monsters. !”
"Is it that simple?" Xu Que was stunned.
The scholar suddenly became ashamed: "Brother, this is not easy. Monster beasts are naturally physically superior to our human race, and are almost invincible at the same level. What's more, this martial arts test is about who hunts more golden elixir stage monster beasts. The situation is It’s very difficult!”
Xu Que was very happy after hearing this. It was really interesting to compete with who could kill more people!
It's just killing monsters. Isn't this simple? It’s totally so easy!
"Brother, you must not take this lightly. If you are in trouble in the wild forest, I am afraid no one can save you. However... it is not easy to enter the martial arts test. You see, there is also a literary test waiting for you. Here we are." The scholar pointed to the trial field and said with a wry smile.
Xu Que looked at the dozens of competition stages and raised his eyebrows: "Why do we have this competition stage for the literary test?"
"Of course it's for us to compete with each other, because this literary test is about basic martial arts. This formation can seal the true energy in our bodies, so we have to compete with each other based on physical strength alone."
"The literary test is actually a competition in martial arts. I thought it was about reciting poems for correct answers!"
"Of course there are pairs of poetry writers, but you have to pass martial arts before you can compete in poetry!"
"That's it! Thank you for your advice, brother!"
Xu Que raised his hand and thanked him.
The scholar also bowed his hands and walked away.
Xu Que also glanced at the training ground, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, competing in martial arts? Than poems and songs
Haha, this is too simple!
At the same time, there were more and more people around the trial site. Many monks who had gotten up early and lined up to come in, as well as people who took the back door like Xu Que, gathered around and waited outside the trial site.
Suddenly, waves of exclamations sounded from not far away, followed by the roar of the crowd outside the palace. It was so noisy that it was difficult to hear what was being shouted!
Xu Que turned around and saw that the palace door was wide open and several teams walked in, surrounded by guards.
"Look, the disciples from the three major sects of the Five Kingdoms are here!" A scholar beside the trial field immediately exclaimed in shock.
"I had heard that disciples from the three major sects of the Five Kingdoms would come to participate in the marriage recruitment. I didn't expect so many people to come."
"As expected, everyone has an extraordinary appearance, and they are all so powerful!"
"The team at the head is Langjian Sect, and the swordsman in white standing at the front must be the legendary son of the Sword God, Ye Changfeng!"
"Yes, it is said that he has a Red Cloud Shadowless Sword, which was passed down to him personally by the master of Langjian Sect. It can kill people without a shadow!"
"His cultivation level should not be underestimated. At such a young age, he has already reached the third level of the Nascent Soul stage!"
Everyone was talking a lot, and their eyes fell on a swordsman in white!
Xu Que listened to the remarks and glanced over. He thought to himself, Damn it, there is another big wave of pretenders. How dare they pretend in front of this king? You are not qualified yet!
Look at each of these, what are the three major sects of the Five Kingdoms! It makes you just like the recommended students. In the end, don't you have to compete in the ring
What Xu Que especially dislikes is when others show off in front of him. Isn't this just trying to do what they do? Son of a god of swords, do you have the guts to use your father's name to enter the world
He was squirming as he walked, and because he was dressed so white, did he think he was really the protagonist? I've long been tired of this low-level pretense, okay
I muttered a few times in my heart, of course Xu Que, the son of the Sword God, would not take it seriously. He was only at the third level of Nascent Soul, and he could kill him with one hand.
The three major sects, in addition to Langjian Sect, disciples from Tianxiang Valley and Dao Dao Sect also came. The disciples of these three major sects all looked very heroic and had a unique temperament.
When they entered the venue, they all held their heads high and naturally enjoyed the envious and awed looks of other monks and scholars.
But in Xu Que's eyes, these are all a group of low-class pretenders. What he really cares about is Tianxiang Valley!
Recalling that there had been a big fuss at the trial point of Tianxiang Valley, and later he met a woman who was as still as water on the Tower of the Spirit Realm. Unfortunately, before she could seize her, he grabbed the divine escape talisman. Ran.
Now that he saw the disciples from Tianxiang Valley arriving, Xu Que naturally took a few more glances.
The result was very disappointing. In addition to a dozen disciples, the people sent by Tianxiang Valley were only led by an old man in the infant transformation stage, and they were all unfamiliar faces. They were obviously not the ones they met at the trial point last time. people!
"Alas, are we no longer destined to be together?" Xu Que shook his head and sighed.
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Not long after, crowds of people entered the palace. Disciples from various major sects, including students from some major academies, were arranged in designated areas and provided with seats and tea.
Only people like Xu Que who came alone and had no status could only find a place to stand and wait!
At this time, a eunuch walked out of the Jinluan Palace.
Holding the imperial edict in his hand, he stood on the high steps majesticly, shouting with a sharp voice: "The imperial edict has arrived!"
Suddenly, everyone in the audience stopped talking and focused their gazes on the Jinluan Hall on the steps.
The eunuch opened the imperial edict and read in a sharp voice: "By God's decree, the Fire Emperor decrees that there are countless talented people in the world, and only those who are both civil and military can become our Huo Yuan Kingdom's consort..."
After a simple opening remarks, the eunuch withdrew the imperial edict, glanced at everyone, and said sharply: "The first level of competition begins now!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The sound of drums sounded both inside and outside the palace, which was deafening and made people's blood boil!
Everyone present also straightened up and was eager to try.
"The first level is the literary test. As long as you pass the martial arts level, it will be in our favor!" A scholar said with excitement.
"When it comes to poems and songs, those sect disciples or casual cultivators will probably fall over a lot!"
"After all, the Fire Emperor still favors us scholars. In the first level, we will compete in martial arts to avoid casualties and fierce fighting. Finally, we will eliminate some monks who only know how to fight and kill with poems and songs, so that we scholars can pass the level smoothly! "
"However, the real difficulty is in the second level, where we need to kill the monsters. We can only rely on ourselves."
Several literati monks were talking in low voices, but their faces were full of confidence.
"boom!"
At this moment, there was a muffled sound in the trial field, the formation barrier flickered slightly, and nine entrances were opened, shining brightly, leading to eighty-one competition stages!