The next moment, Chen Changsheng wondered if he had read it wrong, because obviously that wolf boy didn't look back, but walked alone at the front of the crowd without turning around, how could he look at Luoluo? No one noticed his emotional changes, even Tang Sanshiliu and Xuanyuan Po around him. People's attention was all in this perfect world. Only Luoluo noticed his strangeness and asked a few words in a low voice.
"I always feel that there are some problems today. You have to be more careful in the battle later." Chen Changsheng didn't talk about the scene he saw earlier, nor did he hide his uneasiness. He said, "If there is any danger, leave immediately." , or listen to my arrangement."
Luoluo had to take part in the imperial examination even if her grades were not counted. Gou Hanshi and the others had vaguely guessed her purpose, but the person involved, Chen Changsheng, hadn't thought of that. Hearing Chen Changsheng's solemn reminder at this time, of course Luoluo would not object, and said, "Everything is under the arrangement of Mister."
The candidates followed the priest from the Palace and walked to the distance, passed through a forest, and came to a circular building. This circular building covers an area of about several hundred feet and is about ten feet high. It is extremely magnificent. The building is made of stone. eaves.
Suddenly, a cloud floated in the blue sky, and the cloud came over the round building, and it rained heavily. All the dust was washed away, and the black eaves became clearer, shining like jade.
"Xishenlou is the venue for this year's court test."
Priest Li Gong turned around and said to the candidates, and then began to explain the rules of the battle.
Just like crossing the forest and crossing the Qingjiang River, the final and most important battle of the Great Court Examination, the rules are quite simple and clear, easy to understand.
A total of 113 candidates who have passed the martial arts test are eligible to participate in the duel. The first 15 candidates who passed Qujiang first got a bye in the first round. The remaining 98 candidates will fight in pairs, and the winner Enter the next round with the top fifteen candidates, and then enter the two-two battle again until the end.
As for how to determine the outcome, it is even simpler. Two candidates will fight, and whoever can stand in the end will be the winner.
The loser is naturally eliminated, so when it comes to the battle, every round is very important, there is no possibility of redress, but because the goal of most candidates is to enter the top three and obtain the qualification to enter the Mausoleum of Books, so the first round of the battle is the most important , as long as they can pass the first round, the concept of entering the top three of the Dachao Examination is more than half.
As for how to choose which candidate to fight with which candidate, it is extremely simple, and it even gives people a feeling that, as the organizers of the Great Court Examination, the Great Zhou Dynasty and the state religion are quite irresponsible, because according to the rules, they actually put the This right to choose is given to the candidates themselves—except for the top 15 candidates who have byes in the first round, the top 49 candidates can choose their opponents from the last 49 candidates at will, and the selected candidates must not refuse, otherwise It will be regarded as abandoning the exam, and the opponent will advance to the next round on his own.
Candidates who have not been eliminated until now are naturally not stupid. Just after listening to the rules of the battle introduced by Li Gong priest, they completely understood the meaning. There were many discussions in the crowd, but no candidate had time to express objection or raise doubts. A clear bell sounded from the dust-cleaning building.
The battle against the Great Court Trials has officially begun.
The bell rang, and the candidate who was ranked sixteenth in the crowd immediately became the focus of all eyes. It was a student from the Academy of Reaching the Stars. He was tall, with a solemn expression, and his breath was restrained but not revealed. He gave people a low-key but not cowardly feeling, very military.
If it is another candidate, they may not be used to this situation, at least they will feel a little sudden, but the most important thing for soldiers is to order and prohibit, and to order gold as their life, so the young candidate walked out of the crowd without hesitation and walked towards the second half. Those candidates looked over.
His eyes moved slowly and calmly among the candidates.
Facing his gaze, the second half of the candidates who were waiting to be selected had different expressions and reactions. Some looked calm, as if they were not aware of it, some deliberately sneered silently, thinking it was provocative, and some candidates lowered their heads. Or turn around slightly to avoid staring at him. Some candidates put on forced smiles, which makes people feel sad.
No one thought that the opponent chosen by this young candidate from the Academy of Reaching the Stars turned out to be the disciple of Ziqiya who had questioned the candidate on the other side of the Qujiang River. Ziqiya is a genus of the Longevity Sect. This person is definitely not the weakest among the candidates present, but he was selected first. Why
The Ziqiya disciple was stunned, and then he realized that he was chosen. He walked out of the crowd calmly, without any feeling of humiliation—theoretically speaking, the first to be chosen must be the weakest. But he thinks that the strength of spiritual consciousness and the amount of true energy are just cold numbers or levels, and there are more things to test in the battle, and he has the confidence to defeat the opponent.
The fact is also the same. At this time, except for the top fifteen candidates who had a bye in the first round, their realm strength was indeed slightly higher than that of everyone else, and the strength and realm of the remaining nearly one hundred candidates were quite close. They will definitely be able to beat the candidates who are ranked behind.
The candidates for the first round of the battle have been confirmed, and the priest from the palace did not give the two sides any time to prepare for breath adjustment. He led the two of them to the Xichen Building, and saw a wooden door under the circular building slowly opening, behind which it was still dark One piece, like an abyss, is palpitating. The priest motioned for the two to go in, and then immediately closed the door.
Looking at the closed wooden door, the examinees were very surprised. Could it be that this year's Grand Examination is not allowed to watch the battle
The priest from Li Palace looked at the crowd and said with a blank expression: "Because of some special circumstances, this year's battle is closed."
Hearing these words, the examinees discussed a lot, and some people looked directly at the Orthodox Academy to count people, especially Chen Changsheng, probably suspecting that such an arrangement by the Episcopal Office might have something to do with him. If it's a closed-door trial, there's no way to know the details of the battle, not to mention what tricks they did, at least if Chen Changsheng loses, the Jiaoshu will look better.
Of course, Chen Changsheng knew that it had nothing to do with him. He looked at the wolf boy standing alone in the distance, thinking silently, behind closed doors or this person's request.
The wooden door of the Xichen building was closed tightly, and residual rain fell on the edge of the black eaves, tick-tock.
I can't see the picture in the building, I don't know what happened in the first match, I can't even hear the sound, the atmosphere outside the building has become a bit depressing, or it's because I can't see or hear, I can only imagine , So the examinees became more and more nervous, and some candidates simply sat cross-legged on the ground, closed their eyes and meditated, and ignored it.
Not long after, the door of the dust washing building opened.
The examinees looked over at the same time, and those candidates who sat cross-legged on the ground, as if nothing could disturb them, also opened their eyes instantly.
It was the candidate of the Academy of Reaching the Stars who came out. His face was slightly pale, and a big hole was torn in the front of the school uniform, and blood could still be seen faintly, but his expression was still calm and calm.
A female examiner from the Thirteenth Department of Qingyi stepped forward to treat the candidate, and saw a clear light looming on the stone steps, and a calm and comfortable atmosphere that made everyone feel peaceful and comfortable enveloped the audience.
If it was normal, the examinees would definitely be amazed to see the exquisite healing light like this female teacher, but at this time, their minds are all focused on the result of this battle.
That Ziqiya disciple didn't come out for a long time.
Qi Jian walked up to the Li Gong priest and asked, "Teacher, where is our junior brother?"
All the cliffs of the Longevity Sect spoke in unison, and they belonged to the same sect. Qijian, as a disciple of the Lishan Sword Sect, asked about the situation of Ziqiya's disciples on his behalf. Many people thought it was a matter of course. Only Chen Changsheng watched this scene , I was a little puzzled, I didn't understand why it was Qi Jian who was quite young and obviously not good at mundane affairs and not Gou Hanshi who came forward.
None of the seniors spoke, why did Li Shan's junior speak first
Chen Changsheng noticed that Gou Hanshi's expression was as calm as usual, Guan Feibai and Liang Banhu didn't react at all, they seemed to think it was normal for Qijian to come forward.
The priest of Li Palace said: "The loser can't stay in the arena. The person you asked has been sent out of the academy. At this time, he should receive treatment in the Yinghua Palace. There is no need to worry."
Qi Jian looked back at Gou Hanshi, seeing that the senior brother didn't express anything, he backed away.
Priest Li Gong glanced at the roster in his hand, then looked at the candidates, and said, "Where is Huo Guang, candidate No. 17?"
As soon as the words fell, a young scholar slowly walked out from the crowd.
The scholar was dressed in a ochre-colored gown, his brows and eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and his expression was extremely indifferent and proud.
He has enough to be proud of.
Seeing that this person appeared on the stage, the expressions of the candidates in the second half of the queue changed slightly, and they were more nervous than when the student from Zhaixing Academy was selected.
Because this young scholar is from Huaiyuan.
This Huaiyuan scholar was exactly the one who had fought with Tang Thirty-Six in Zhushilin earlier.
The atmosphere in the room became more tense, few candidates dared to look him in the eye, and more candidates silently prayed in their hearts not to be picked by him.
According to the arrangement of the priests of the Li Palace, the candidates in the second half of the period stood on the west side of the stone scale in front of Xichenlou.
The Huaiyuan scholar's gaze flitted across the field, looking in a certain direction.
It was by the forest, with dense green forests, which could shade the sun, but it was a little far away from the Xichen Building, so there were no candidates standing there.
Luoluo doesn't like to bask in the sun, even if it's the fake sun in the world of Qingye, the Pope.
So Chen Changsheng led everyone to stand there.
Several people from the Orthodox Academy stood by the forest.
The gaze of the Huaiyuan scholar also fell on the bank of the forest, and on several people from the Orthodox Academy.
Chen Changsheng looked calm.
Xuanyuan Po didn't respond, and looked at an ant under his feet in a daze.
Luoluo fanned Chen Changsheng with a handkerchief.
Only Tang Thirty-Six responded.
He raised his eyebrows slightly, then looked up at the Huaiyuan scholar with an indescribably proud expression, as if saying, choose me, choose me.
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