The examinee turned around suddenly, looked at the Li Gong priest who was in charge of the exam, pointed at the four candidates behind him, and asked, "Can I challenge them?"
Those four candidates were the last four of the first sixty-four candidates who passed Qujiang. Hearing that the person wanted to challenge them, instead of being angry, they showed joy and repeatedly said yes.
The priest from the Li Palace said indifferently: "Do you think the Great Court Examination is a joke? I made it clear earlier that the top forty-nine candidates can choose their opponents from the bottom forty-nine candidates at will, and the winners will advance to the battle." The next round of the trial, don't you understand?"
It was quiet, and after the candidate was silent for a long time, he suddenly said: "This is not fair!"
He looked at those candidates who had won the duel, who were originally in the lower ranks, and said angrily: "I have better results in the martial arts test than them, and I crossed the river before them, why should I challenge stronger opponents now? Of course, the imperial examination is not a child's play, but don't you think this kind of rule is too unreasonable?"
Priest Li Gong still had no expression on his face, and said indifferently: "This can only show that your luck is bad. Who made you cross the river between the sixtieth and sixty-fourth places?"
Hearing these words, there was an uproar in the audience, wondering if such a thing as luck is also the assessment content of the Great Court Examination, the priest's words are really unreasonable.
The priest knew what these young practitioners were thinking, looked at everyone with a slightly cold expression, and said: "How can there be absolute fairness in the world? On the battlefield, you are required to be the rear guard to intercept the strongest demon masters. Do you think this is unfair?" You can refuse orders? If you want to survive, luck is always the most important factor.”
The examinees remained silent, still disapproving of this argument, but they didn't know how to object.
The candidate had no choice but to accept this sad fact. The consolation was that he had at least more choices than the last four remaining candidates.
He turned around and looked at Lin Pan again, his eyes moved back and forth on the faces of Chen Changsheng and the others, but he still couldn't make up his mind on who to choose.
There was silence in front of the Xichen Building, and the air seemed to have turned cold. Dozens of candidates were anxiously waiting for his final decision.
On the contrary, those guys in Linpan who should have been the most nervous and could only passively wait for the selection, behaved quite calmly.
For some reason, the Li Palace priest didn't urge him like he did several times before, or he and the other examiners were also very curious about the candidate's choice.
In the end, the examinee made up his mind, pointed at Xuanyuan Po, and said, "It's you."
The silence in the room was broken, and there were buzzing discussions. If it was another candidate, he didn't know who to choose as his opponent.
Xuanyuan Po was startled for a while, then he came to his senses and said to Luo Luo: "Teacher, I'll go then."
Tang Thirty-Six raised his eyebrows and said, "It's unlucky to go, change."
Xuanyuan Po ignored him, saluted Chen Changsheng and said, "I'm going."
Logically speaking, he should call Chen Changsheng Master Patriarch, but although he admires and even respects Chen Changsheng now, he still has no way to call out this title.
After being ignored, Tang Thirty-Six was not angry, he stretched his hand to a high place, patted the monster boy's generous shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Do you still remember what you said last night?"
Xuanyuan Po hummed, and said: "Don't give the other party any chance to think, close the distance between them as quickly as possible, and then directly knock them down."
After saying this, he suddenly noticed that something was wrong with Tang Thirty-Six's expression, and then he found that the expressions of Luoluo and Chen Changsheng had also changed, and even Su Moyu opened his mouth, looking extremely surprised.
"What's wrong?" He touched the back of his head in a daze and asked, "Did I say something wrong?"
Tang Thirty-Six sighed and patted him on the shoulder again, saying: "It's not wrong, it's just that the voice is too loud."
It was only then that Xuanyuan Po noticed that there was complete silence in front of the Xichen Building, and everyone was looking at him with wonderful expressions on their faces.
His voice was very loud, and he answered Tang Thirty-Six's questions very naturally, without thinking of controlling the volume of his voice at all.
So, he told everyone, including his opponent, the battle strategy prepared for him by the Orthodox Academy.
So, is this battle strategy still effective
Chen Changsheng shook his head, put two crystals into Xuanyuan Po's pocket, and handed the water bag to his mouth for him to drink a couple of sips.
Tang Thirty-Six moved closer to Xuanyuan Po's side, and said something in a low voice.
The Li Gong priest looked at the Orthodox Academy counting people, wanted to laugh but didn't, and said, "Hurry up."
After being urged, Yuan Po was a little nervous and almost choked on the water. Chen Changsheng hurriedly patted him on the back, and Tang Sanshiliu sped up his speech, reminding him to pay attention to matters during the battle. Looking at this scene, Mo Yu couldn't help but shook his head and said, "For so long just now, you were just in a daze of boredom, now it's too late to worry."
"You don't understand, I'm afraid he will forget if I said it too early, and besides, I didn't know who was fighting him at that time, so how to teach him?" Tang Thirty-Six said without turning his head.
Luoluo walked up to Xuanyuan Po, and said, "Since the victory is certain, why be nervous?"
Xuanyuan Po stuttered a bit, and said: "No... no... there is no way."
Chen Changsheng stared into his eyes and said, "Remember the words of thirty-six, you will definitely win."
Xuanyuan Po nodded vigorously.
At this time Tang Sanshiliu finally finished the temporary guidance before the battle, punched him in the chest, and said, "Let's start well."
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Xuanyuan Po stood on the ground covered with yellow sand, looked up at the black eaves that formed a circle, and the blue sky that was cut into a circle, and suddenly thought of the porcelain dishes in the garden of herbs.
A creak sounded behind him, and the door of the Xichen building closed again.
When he woke up, he realized that his mind had wandered just now. He didn't panic because of it. Instead, he remembered what Tang Sanshiliu had said a few nights ago, and thought that he should be considered not nervous, right
He looked across and saluted his opponent.
At this time, he and the examinee were the only ones on the floor of the Xichen building. They could not see any examiner, nor could they hear any sound from outside the building. It seemed that some kind of sound-isolation formation was at work.
At this moment, a voice without emotion came from upstairs.
"If you're ready, just start."
Xuanyuan Po looked upstairs, but he didn't see anyone, and he didn't see any windows. He couldn't help but wonder where the examiners were hiding. What if someone is dead?"
The Xichen building was quiet, and the examiner who did not know where was silent for a long time.
His opponent's face was extremely ugly.
The examiner's voice sounded again: "Unbeatable."
Xuanyuan Po let out a cry, looked at his opponent, and asked, "Are you ready?"
His opponent was an examinee from Huangshan Valley.
The Yellow Valley is in the south.
Not all disciples of the southern sects can take the Great Court Examination. Just like the preparatory exam for the Great Court Examination will be held in the capital, similar exams will also be held in the south. The fact that this candidate from Huangshan Valley can pass the pre-examination has already proved his talent. Ability, not to mention that his time to pass the martial arts test is shorter than most people, which means that his spiritual strength and the amount of real energy are very good.
It was very difficult for him to choose an opponent before, it was because the recent reputation of the Orthodox Academy was too great, it didn't mean he didn't have any confidence in himself, and he finally chose Xuanyuan Po, it showed that at least relatively speaking, he was very interested in defeating Xuanyuan Po There is a certain certainty, or a certain countermeasure.
From entering the Xichen Building to this time, Xuanyuan Po first looked at the sky in a daze, and then asked such a sentence, how could this Huangshan Valley disciple know that he was naturally simple and honest, he only felt that he was deliberately humiliating himself, and his emotions were extremely extreme. He was so bad that he suddenly burst into anger, wishing to chop this guy down with a single sword.
"I heard that you have been crippled, so are you ready to lose?"
The disciple of Huangshan Valley looked at Xuanyuan Po and said with a sneer.
Saying this, he didn't draw the sword first.
Because outside the Xichen Building, all the candidates could hear clearly, this burly monster boy said in a thunderous voice that he wanted to rush to attack and close the distance with his opponent.
—He didn't know whether Xuanyuan Po said this on purpose to confuse himself, or if he was really planning to make such an arrangement, but out of prudence, he must first consider retreating, keeping a distance, and then relying on his exquisite swordsmanship, to fight this monster clan The young man is eager to fight.
This Huangshan Valley disciple floated back without hesitation, flying five feet away.
At the same time, his sword came out of its sheath, and with a gust of wind, it lingered in front of him, and he suddenly became defensive.
Looking at this scene, Xuanyuan Po was startled, thinking how could Tang Sanshiliu figure it out
Earlier outside the building, Tang Thirty-Six told him that at the beginning of the battle, his opponent would definitely retreat and play defensively, so he didn't think about anything, and moved forward from the very beginning, burning all his true energy and going forward. Go forward, no matter how the opponent's sword dances, how the true essence radiates, or how impregnable the opponent looks, in short, we must enter!
Xuanyuan Po did indeed do the same.
When he asked the other party if they were ready, the moment the other party started to back away, he started to move forward.
When he was a little surprised to think that Tang Thirty-Six could calculate everything, and started to admire that guy, he had already entered more than ten feet.
Tang Thirty-Six's calculations were really correct, and what he said was close to the truth: going back is never as fast as going forward.
No one could have imagined that such a burly man like Xuanyuan Po could be so fast.
Because no one knew that Xuanyuan Po had traveled between steep and difficult cliffs since he was a child, hunting those red sables that were as fast as lightning.
Retreat? dogfight? Xuanyuan Po, who received Tang Thirty-Six's advice, would not give such a chance to his opponent.
The disciple of Huangshan Valley retreated five zhang, and he had already advanced more than ten zhang, and arrived in front of the disciple of Huangshan Valley.
He could clearly see that the opponent's face was a little pale, and he could even see his own reflection in the back of the opponent's pupils.
The Huangshan Valley disciple let out a stern whistle, and the sword rose like the wind, and he slashed towards him, with a beautiful ray of light coming out from the edge of the sword!
Xuanyuan Po remembered Tang Thirty-Six's words and didn't think about anything, only thinking about moving forward.
He burned all his true energy to move forward.
The opponent's sword weaves a curtain.
He ignored it and moved on.
His fists moved faster than his body.
Buzz.
The wind of the fist carried countless twinkling stars, and the wind of the sword tore apart the chaos, blowing on the faces of the disciples of Huangshan Valley.
In his eyes, there are countless stars, as well as countless shocks and inconceivables.
Isn't Xuanyuan Po a freshman of the Academy of Reaching the Stars? Isn't it just a few days after entering the Orthodox Academy? Isn't it the bottom of the Qingyun list? Isn't his right arm disabled
How could he throw such a punch? Aren't those star brilliance signs that can only be revealed by taking photos of the upper realm
The disciples of Huangshan Valley had no way to continue thinking.
Because Xuanyuan Po's fist directly blasted away his sword and landed on his body.
boom!
Like a stone, that Huangshan Valley disciple slammed heavily against the wall of the Xichen Building tens of feet away.
The wind was strong, and the smoke and dust were chaotic.
The disciple of Huangshan Valley seemed to be stuck in the wall, his clothes were torn, and his body was covered in blood.
Xuanyuan Po stopped in his tracks, looked at his fist, with a somewhat bewildered expression, thinking why he didn't block it
There was a rush of footsteps in the dust-washing building.
More than a dozen examiners rushed to the venue and began to treat the Huangshan Valley disciple as quickly as possible.
"you… "
An examiner walked up to Xuanyuan Po, pointed at him and wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say.
Xuanyuan Po heard that the examiner was the one who spoke earlier, looking at the Huangshan Valley disciple who was being rescued, he felt a little uneasy, and asked in a low voice: "I did nothing wrong, right? You said just now that you can't kill someone, If there's something wrong with him...it's none of my business."
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