Chapter 16: The Crystal Pavilion
"Senior Brother Shentu didn't forget to mention it before, but he didn't plan to mention it at all. The red "crown" disciple beside Wei Jiu also sneered. Anyway, in the past ten years, there have been no more than fifteen people who have challenged the "Eighteen Bronze Alleys", and there are very few successful ones......
Wei Jiu and the others were taken out of the castle by Shen Tu Jue, and rode through the forest on three snow-covered Cangyun horses, heading towards the mountain peaks in the distance.
"This is the real Carmon Academy?" Cheng Hao rode a snow-white "big dog" and followed behind the leading inner courtyard disciple along with Wei Jiu.
In front of me is the entrance to a huge valley, guarded by two small hills more than 100 meters apart. At the entrance stood tall trees whose names were unnamed, and unlike the desolation and indifference of early spring in the forest, not only were their branches covered in dark green, but even the ground beneath their feet stood rows of delicate grass stems, which were dotted with small and colorful flowers.
Wei Jiu also noticed the unusualness here, but said that this is worthy of the inner courtyard of Kamon, and even this "gate" has to be dotted with moths and put some cold-resistant varieties?
"Haha, there's nothing 'real', this is the inner courtyard!" Shen Tujue was amused by Cheng Hao's self-muttering exclamation, and explained heartily. "The Eighteen Bronze Man Alleys you are going to break into are in this valley. Follow me in first to register, and to open the Eighteen Bronze People need to go to the Crystal Pavilion to apply. β
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Led by a genuine disciple of the inner court, the three of them walked unimpeded, through the pavilions of the scattered valleys and the many palace-like buildings, to the destination of this trip, in front of a huge towering pavilion.
Wei Jiu and the young man named Cheng Hao both looked up.
The building has nine floors, and the smooth and flat bluestone walls glow with cold colors in the scorching sun at noon, making the whole pavilion feel cool. The highest floor seemed to be the size of a room, while the attic below was one floor larger, until it was close to the ground, blocking Wei Jiu's body.
From below, this looks more like a pagoda, to be exact, it is really a pagoda, but the refining is more "rough"?
"Wait here for a moment. With that, Shen Tu Jue turned over and got off his "horse" and stepped on a few steps into an open stone door on the first floor.
"May I ask if the Pavilion Elder is here?" asked Shen Tu Jue to a disciple who was sitting behind several pillar-like platforms.
"Inside. The disciple, who had a diamond-shaped white crystal embroidered on his chest, pointed to the stone door at the end of the hall, and then looked up at the disciple who was questioning him.
"But the senior brother of Shen Tu Jue on the list?" The young man's voice was more dumbfounded, but then he calmed down, doing this "part-time job" and occasionally seeing a few masters of the academy who appeared on the list of heaven, earth and people can be described as common.
However, ordinary does not mean that you are not excited, if you have a little friendship with these leaders in the same realm, it is not just a simple benefit of "long face".
"This month is Elder Sun's business, he is in that cultivation room, but if there is nothing important Senior Brother, it is better not to go in, his old man has instructed that there is nothing important and no one should disturb him......" Seeing Shen Tu Jue nodded, this disciple immediately became very enthusiastic, and without waiting to ask again, he was eager to confide everything he knew.
"Who said I was an old man?" Shen Tu was thinking about whether to disturb the unfamiliar elder, when he suddenly heard a question, and his voice was calm, as if it was coming from a distance. The next moment, it seemed to be in front of them, and it exploded like thunder, but they didn't feel a trace of power.
Both of them were interrupted from their thoughts, and turned to find the source of the voice to no avail, and the young disciple who stopped the introduction just stared at the stone gate dozens of meters away, his face scorned.
"Senior brother doesn't need to be nervous, it's Elder Sun. β
As if in response to what he said, the stone door that had been closed slowly opened under the gaze of the two, and the "old man" in the disciple's mouth stepped out.
This man was wearing long pants and short shirts, stepping on a pair of flat and plain black shoes, and I don't know what material they were, and there were a few buttons attached to the white shirt, and the outer layer was open, revealing that the inside was pure white. With a snow-white beard that hangs down his chin like a human palm, he is a lively teacher, and he doesn't look like a teacher at a war college, let alone an elder.
The old man walked slowly for a distance of dozens of meters with his hands behind his back and steps.
The closer he got, the stiffer the smile on the face of the disciple beside Shen Tu Jue became, and several muscles seemed to be twisted together, forcibly posing "optimism".
"Sun, Elder Sun......"
"I've seen Elder Sun!"
"Did you just say that I was an old man?" Sun Xiaochuan wrinkled two clusters of snow white, and looked at the disciple who was hiding in a sad place with his white beard.
"Hehe, Elder, I just said that, and I didn't mean anything else. You're getting younger and younger, hahaha. This disciple who only had the Dan Realm sneered.
"Hmph! Let me hear it next time, and I'll help you deduct this month's contribution points. β
"Come and lead the crystal of the bronze man?" Sun Xiaochuan didn't look at the disciple with a bitter face after the "trial", and turned his head sideways and asked.
"Yes. Shen Tu never said much, and replied calmly.
"Those eighteen gadgets aren't broken yet?" Sun Xiaochuan muttered suspiciously, "Okay, you go and register, you don't need to bother me with this kind of thing!"
"The disciple understands. β
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After Wei Jiu and the others left, this Elder Sun of the Crystal Pavilion did not return to the exclusive stone room for him to practice, but groaned and walked out of the pavilion and walked in one direction.
How could the "trivial matter" of reimbursing a few Ability Crystals need to alarm the Elders? Since the academy has this rule, there must be a reason for its existence......
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The gaze returned to the forest where they came, the castle in the outer courtyard of Carmon.
In an empty hall, more than a dozen milky white balls held by metal brackets exuded a lustrous luster, and next to each of them stood a warrior, almost the only view here. More than a dozen uniformly dressed warriors instructed the men and women who came in sporadically, and every once in a while, three or five applicants would enter the main hall, and there would also be young warriors who failed the test and walked out dejectedly.
Outside the hall, there is a huge square, and at the far end there are all kinds of carriages, demon beasts, and even small demonic beast mounts, and there are many figures standing in it.
"I haven't seen it in a long time...... It seems that Childe has broken through!" the old man who was guarding a corner was secretly delighted, and after thinking about it, he turned and got on his horse, and did not stopβhe even led a horse.
If Wei Jiu saw it at this moment, he would probably vomit blood in depression - I haven't entered the academy yet, so you will cut off my retreat first?
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At this time, Wei Jiu was leaning against a cliff and waiting boredly with a grass stalk in his mouth.
It had been half a pillar of incense since Cheng Hao entered, and apart from the tall and thin figure he saw at the beginning, he hadn't felt any movement until now. The thin curtain of prohibitions in front of him seemed to be cut off even from sound.
In this canyon, which is only more than ten meters wide and more than 100 meters long, Cheng Hao is trying his best to get rid of the pursuit of a thin "warrior".
The figure resembled a monkey but had no tail, hunched only half a man tall, and its whole body glowed with a metallic sheen, almost the same color as the mountain rock beside it.
The monkey-shaped puppet was running with a strong wind, almost a sonic boom, and the cyan "eyes" also had a faint ability overflowing, making the speed of flying forward a little higher, chasing the embarrassed figure who fled in a hurry not far away. Behind it, there were seven bronze puppets of different shapes, all of which were glowing with golden light!
The eight puppets either ran and jumped, or slid close to the ground like snakes, forming a sharp arrow in front and back, and Cheng Hao's figure flying all the way was pointed by the arrow.
"Pierce the Golden Thorn!" Cheng Hao knew that this speed could not get rid of the puppet behind him who was good at speed, and once he turned to meet the enemy, he would fall into a heavy encirclement - he had broken through the ordinary valley before and was injured by the eight puppets that were activated, so he had no choice but to escape.
This is only eight, you must know that there are a total of eighteen in this valley, bronze puppets of the peak combat power of the Qi Sea!
Seeing that the prey in front of him suddenly stopped, and its whole body glowed with a light similar to the metal on its body, the monkey-shaped puppet also changed from galloping to a combat state in an instant......