Chapter 256: The Assembly Begins
At the time of the winter solstice, the reward conference kicked off.
As the shortest day and the longest night in a year, on this day, before dawn, the Demon Rejection City was already busy.
Due to the destruction of the military camp outside the Demon Rejection City before, there are now many people in the city, and it is not suitable to reward in the Demon Rejection City.
Therefore, this reward meeting was chosen in an open area north of the Demon Rejection City.
As the host, the Yaocheng General's Mansion has already built a city here.
This city is not only for this conference, but also for the future to resist the demon city garrison.
The city is quite magnificent, and on the gate of the "concave" shape on both sides, there are two corner towers, which give people a strong sense of oppression when viewed from a distance.
Inside, it's empty, and only about a third of the way to the north can you see a neatly arranged black house.
The ground is paved with a stream of blue stone bricks, enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people in this area.
It was here that the reward ceremony was held.
Li Qingyun, who had come here a day in advance, was holding Zhao Xue'er's little hand, accompanied by Qianfeng and a group of veterans, and came to the city tower early.
And the girl of the Jiuling General's Mansion and the young man of the Tian'an General's Mansion are now standing not far from both sides of Li Qingyun and his party, looking at the tens of thousands of lanterns under the city tower, waiting for the sun and star to rise.
Although it has just entered winter, since the Demon Rejection City is in the north, it is now early in the morning, and you will still feel the chill when you stand on the castle tower.
Li Qingyun is very chic today, wearing a rather majestic black armor, standing straight, with a sword pinned to his waist, looking quite a general.
"Cher, are you cold?"
Li Qingyun was a little unaccustomed to touching the bun on his head, looked at Zhao Xue'er and asked.
Zhao Xue'er shook her head, patted Li Qingyun gently, took his hand off his head, and said angrily: "Don't move! ”
Li Qingyun smiled wryly, and honestly puffed up his chest again.
Before he arrived today, Zhao Xue'er shouted at him and puffed up his head for a long time before putting him in a bun.
Li Qingyun has not yet reached the age of a weak crown, and he can't wear a jade crown on his head, and in the past, his hair is scattered, and he looks very shapeless.
Now that he suddenly tied his hair, he was very unaccustomed to it, and Zhao Xueer tied him very tightly.
Li Qingyun always felt like his hair was being pulled back, and he was very uncomfortable.
But today is not a special occasion, Li Qingyun represents the Yaocheng General's Mansion, naturally he can no longer be like before, and he has to have some of the general's mansion look like.
If you wear your hair loosely, it always looks a little undecent.
On the side, Qianfeng, who was also dressed in armor, smiled, leaned in front of Li Qingyun, and whispered: "Young General, bear with it and get through today." ”
Li Qingyun sighed, looked at the tens of thousands of lanterns under the city tower, frowned, and asked, "Uncle Qian, why are so many people killing demon beasts?"
Qianfeng replied: "Yes, but it can't be said that they all killed the demon beasts, they just got the heads of the demon beasts, and most of these people came for the silver, only about a few thousand people will choose to enter the city and be assessed." ”
The so-called killing of demon beasts has too many cats, and some of them do have the ability to kill demon beasts with their own hands, but there are also many of them who are indiscriminate.
If you really want to track it down, few of the demon beast heads in the hands of these people are clean.
However, the three generals' mansions did not plan to pursue it, after all, the notice said that as long as you get the head of the demon beast, you can get a reward.
"I see. Li Qingyun nodded and replied.
He had seen several scenes of people hunting demon beasts, but they were not involved, and he didn't know the final ownership of the demon beast's head.
But come to think of it, there is no fairness at all in the Northland, and the three generals' mansions are only to maintain basic order, and nothing else is asked.
In this way, the heads of those demon beasts that were killed would eventually fall into the hands of powerful figures.
They could have sold it to give some people the right to participate in this bounty conference.
Because the exchange of the head of the demon beast is not only silver, but also represents an opportunity.
As he spoke, the sky lit up slightly, and at this time, the scene outside the city appeared in Li Qingyun's sight.
Not far away, black marching tents covered the perimeter of the city like a dense dark cloud.
Under the city wall, there were tens of thousands of cultivators dressed in different clothes, and some people with poor patience were waiting a little anxiously now, looking around impatiently, talking to the people next to them.
A black-faced strong man in the crowd stood on tiptoe, looked up at the closed city gate, and said impatiently: "What the hell! What's going on with this Yaocheng General's Mansion?
In order to occupy a good place, they came here before the ugly time, and now they have been waiting for more than four hours, and they still don't open the door.
Next to the black-faced strong man, an old man with a sallow face also said angrily: "That's it, his grandmother's, it's been a few hours, and no one has come out to talk about it, so let's wait, what's the matter?"
The more the black-faced strong man thought about it, the more angry he became, and his heart was on fire, if it weren't for the silver, who would have gone crazy and froze here so early.
"Damn, no! I'll have to ask them later!, otherwise I won't be able to swallow this breath!" said the black-faced strong man scolding.
Such a situation happens from time to time in the crowd, and after several hours of waiting, many people are dissatisfied.
In fact, at this time, everyone was almost here, but the three generals' mansions had no intention of opening the door.
Even the heirs of the three generals' mansions on the city tower did not give an explanation.
As for why these people were allowed to wait here, Qianfeng and Li Qingyun had said it.
The first is to kill the sharpness of these people, telling them that they want to enter the general's mansion, it's not that simple, and the second is to see how patient these people are, which can be regarded as the first level of assessment.
When it comes to cultivation, you must first be able to endure loneliness, and those with poor patience will be eliminated, and this kind of person is naturally not what the three major generals' mansions need.
After waiting for a while, the sun star finally rose slowly from the mountains in the east, and sprinkled golden light on the tower.
Li Qingyun looked at the hour, coughed lightly, walked to the edge of the city tower, held his hands behind his back, looked at the tens of thousands of cultivators under the city tower, his voice was wrapped in aura, and said loudly: "Everyone! It's already time! Please enter as soon as you choose!"
As soon as the words fell, the gate of the city slowly opened with a heavy sound.
Inside the city gate, more than twenty guards walked out and stopped between the city gate and those cultivators.
The bodies of these guards, without any of them, exuded a thick aura fluctuation, and even these fluctuations were faintly combined, in the eyes of these cultivators, like an insurmountable mountain, between the city gate and them.
The people who were still shouting for an explanation from the three generals' mansions just now, seeing these guards, they swallowed hard and stood honestly in place.
"If you want to redeem your reward, please wait here for a while, and if you need to take the test, please move into the city. ”
The guard at the front looked at these people coldly and said without a trace of emotion.
The black-faced strong man hurriedly squeezed through the crowd, approached the guards, looked at them half-bent, and said flatteringly: "Master Jun, you have worked hard!"
The guard waved his hand impatiently and said, "Don't come here, if you want to go in, hurry in." ”
There are so many people here today, they don't have time to fight.
The black face smiled wryly and explained, "Master Jun, I won't go in, I'm here to get the silver." ”
"What the hell are you talking about, didn't you tell you? Wait on the side!"
The guard glanced at him and said angrily.
"Hey, the little ones are going. ”
The black face bowed apologetically, and then didn't say a word of, and walked directly to the side honestly.
The guards at the head looked at the cultivators who were still standing, frowned, and asked, "What's the matter?"
At this time, these cultivators came back to their senses, and most of them hurriedly retreated to the side, only a few thousand remained in place, waiting for their names to be entered, and then entered the city.