Before Hong Luo finished speaking, he covered her mouth for Qing Mu and signaled her not to say it loudly.

Hong Luo gently took Qing Mu's hand, nodded slowly, and said in a low voice: "It seems that today it is none other than you!" ”

Qing Mu shook her head slowly, "I feel that someone is helping me, and I can't say who it is, I always feel very strange!" ”

Hong Luo smiled lightly and whispered, "Whatever it is!" As long as you can pass the test smoothly, how do you get through it, and what does it matter! The most important thing is the result!"

Qing Mu smiled slightly and said in a low voice: "Hmm! Hongluo, you're right! Leave that aside for now, and prepare for the next exam! ”

The second followed by No. 2 Liu Qinglai, and after a while, he had already handed over the words to Mr. He, who looked at the handwriting and said: "Pumping until the water is cut off, the water is more flowing, and the glass is more sorrowful!" Well! Good word! ”

The layout of this word is rigorous and has rhyme. Very good at controlling the overall situation, but the font is slightly smaller, thinking more carefully, observational, and careful, but the strokes are a little too sharp, some too extreme!

Liu Qinglai bowed down and said, "Thank you seniors for your advice!" ”

"Hmmm! From this point of view, the old man still thinks that Your Excellency's personality is too extreme and not suitable to worship under my door, I'm sorry, you can't pass this round! Mr. Tsuru smiled.

"Thank you, senior! Now to be able to see the seniors, it is an honor for the juniors, if you can become the disciples of the seniors, it will be a great creation, if you can't worship the seniors, the juniors also feel no regrets! Liu Qinglai said with a smile.

"Good! Good! Young! Stand down! Mr. Tsuru said.

"Yes, Senpai!" After Liu Qing finished speaking, he turned around and walked down.

After about two hours, the first round of assessment was finally over. However, the final result was much beyond Qing Mu's expectations, and the four finalists were Qing Mu, Yueyangmen Yue Fengxue, Bashu Tangmen Tang Haifeng, and Xuan Haolong, the deputy leader of the beggar gang.

Qing Mu couldn't figure out why this assessment was so easy?

In the previous additional test, because the other five people in the group withdrew from the competition for various reasons, resulting in an easy victory, the first round of calligraphy competition after that was so easy to pass.

Looking at Mr. Nahe's gaze, Qing Mu always had a familiar feeling in his heart, or like the kind of loving father who loves his child.

It is just what Qing Mu doesn't know, all these arrangements are the plan behind Mu Qi, and only Xuan Haolong can't control it among the top four now, so when arranging tomorrow's draw, he still needs to use his brains.

Mu Lianyuan saw all this in his eyes, he had long been thinking in his heart, this situation seemed to be deliberately arranged, the purpose was to let Qing Mu worship under Mr. Shengyue Xuanhe, and a familiar face flashed in his heart.

I still can't think of who is the person who helps Qingmu?

However, through the report of sending people to follow Qing Mu before, Mu Lianyuan actually knew in her heart that her interpersonal relationship was relatively simple, and she usually didn't go out for anything important, but occasionally just went to the Blue House.

Later, after a detailed investigation, it was learned that the Blue House was founded by Qing Mu behind the scenes, or occasionally received a grand invitation from the emperor to go to the palace, and other familiar people such as Qing Lun, Hong Luo, Ling'er, etc., and the only other most likely person was his imperial brother Mu Qi.

However, since he appeared in Wanxiu Peak of Qixia Mountain, he has not seen the shadow of the prince from beginning to end, and he is only suspicious in his heart, but he is very calm on the surface.

Through these two rounds of competition, the group of heroes still has a certain skepticism about the result, and everyone feels that Qing Mu won too easily this time, but after all, it was Sheng Yuexuan who recruited his own disciples, and he was the first Mr. Sword Crane in the world.

Even if everyone has a lot of complaints, it is not good to attack immediately, because no one wants to openly offend this swordsman who has been hidden in the world for twenty years.

Mr. Crane looked at the whispering crowd in the audience, and said loudly: "Xiao Rui, announce the results and arrange for the heroes to go down and rest!" The rest of the competition will continue tomorrow. ”

The little girl who had been replacing Mr. Crane stepped forward, smiled, and replied, "It's Lord Xuan!" ”

As she spoke, she glanced up at Mu Lianyuan next to her, did not speak, and then walked forward to the center, and said loudly to the audience: "Fellow Jianghu fellows, disciples who are taking the exam, today's competition is over." ”

The finalists for the semi-finals are Miss Qingmu, Yue Fengxue, Tang Haifeng, and Xuan Haolong! The semi-finals will be decided here by draw tomorrow. Now, please go back and rest, and welcome back tomorrow!

When the heroes heard the result announced by the little girl, they seemed to have a lot of complaints, but no one expressed any objections from beginning to end, so soon after, the heroes gradually dispersed.

Although Qing Mu was very puzzled in his heart, after all, he had already been shortlisted for the top four, but he was very happy, and he was in a good mood when he pulled Hong Luo to change his mind.

It was noon, although it was a hot summer day, but on the Wanxiu Peak of Qixia Mountain, it didn't feel hot at all, but there was a little coolness, and the breeze was blowing, which made people feel extremely comfortable.

Qing Mu and Hong Luo have just had lunch in the room, and the dishes and staple food combinations complement each other well, quite similar to the capital, although it is a little strange, it is comfortable to eat, and Qing Mu doesn't care about these.

After lunch, Hong Luo walked around beside Qing Mu, his eyes purring back and forth, Qing Mu was a little strange, so he asked, "What's wrong?" If there's anything, just say it! ”

Hong Luo raised his eyebrows, walked to Xiaoyao's side with a smile, lowered his head and whispered: "County Lord, we have been here for so long, you see!" With such green mountains and green waters, if you don't have a good tour, you won't be disappointed by the kindness of nature! ”

Qing Mu snorted, raised his eyebrows, and said, "You, you can't be idle for a moment!" ”

Hong Luo sighed, followed by Qing Mu, who had already walked out of the door. The two walked together along the winding path, shuttling through the woods of Wanxiu Peak's singing birds and flowers.

Qixia Mountain is located in the north of Yuecheng, the mountain range is towering and towering, overlooking Yuecheng, there is a lake at the foot of the mountain in the south of the mountain, the name is "Mingjing Lake", and then go east, it is the famous crescent river.

However, the Yuecheng under the mountain, the key point of the north and south, the geographical location is very important, throughout the ages, it is the place where the soldiers must fight.

Qixia Mountain stretches for dozens of miles, the peaks are undulating, there are three peaks at the highest, in addition to the Wanxiu Peak where the Shengyue Xuan is located, there are Fengxiang Peak, Sanmao Peak.

And Wanxiu Peak, where Shengyue Xuan is located, is the first of the three peaks, towering and straight, straight into the sky, even in this scorching summer, you can feel the slightest coolness.

The mountain streams and ravines are covered with all kinds of maple trees, and if you come here in late autumn, the mountains are full of red maple leaves, which will be a different scenery.

Looking at this beautiful scenery and thinking of the competition in the past two days, Qing Mu felt very confused, such as Mu Lianyuan and others, although they took the initiative to show favor to Mr. Crane and expressed their desire to worship under him, it was obvious that Mr. Crane and Shengyuexuan did not welcome the arrival of King Yun.

However, she herself is also the daughter of the county lord from the capital Yi Wangfu, not only Mr. He, but also the entire Shengyue Xuan seems to have no care about her origin.

And through the competition in the past two days, all this won too easily, and this scene seems to be weird.

Qing Mu was puzzled, and couldn't figure it out for the time being, so he simply didn't think about it first, and together with Hong Luo, he took a look at the scenery of the entire Wanxiu Peak.

At dusk, the two returned to the East Courtyard unhurriedly. Since there is still a competition tomorrow, and the opponent doesn't know who it is now, there are only three people left who have been promoted.

In addition to Xuan Haolong, Yue Fengxue and Tang Haifeng met with each other together with Mu Qi in Pengcheng, but tomorrow's competition is martial arts, and Qing Mu is still very worried.

In fact, since she was a child, she has not really learned martial arts, even if it is a move and a half, even for this assessment, she temporarily hugged her feet and studied and discussed with her brother for more than half a month.

However, when you meet a real master, it seems that these ten days of hard work are not worth mentioning at all.

Every time he thought of this, Qing Mu regretted it, but at this time, Mu Qi refused to show up, and he didn't know what he was doing with his weird things recently! If you can worship Mr. Tsuru as a teacher this time, you must let him explain truthfully.

As the question asked, she lay in bed early to rest, all kinds of thoughts filled her mind, thinking about it for a long, long time, maybe Qingtian was tired of the competition, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the bright moon was in the sky, but Qing Mu was lying alone on the bed and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Qing Mu got up, and after having breakfast with Hong Luo, he went to Cuihan Pavilion. This place is called Cuihan Pavilion, in fact, it also has a deep meaning.

The green pavilion on the east side of Wanxiu Peak is green all year round, but it will be covered by heavy snow in winter, and it is wrapped in makeup. Strangely, however, the snow receded in just a few days, so it was cold but very short.

Half an hour later, the heroes had already arrived at Cuihan Pavilion one after another.

After a while, a woman in an elegant green shirt walked over slowly, and Qing Mu knew after a closer look that it was the girl named Xiao Rui who had been presiding over the competition in the past few days.

Xiao Rui walked gently past Qing Mu, smiled slightly, and then turned around and slowly walked into the ring. Qing Mu looked at her expression, a little stunned, and suddenly didn't know how to react.

I saw that after she walked to the high platform, she turned to face Xiang Qunxiong, and said: "Fellow martial artists, all celebrities in the rivers and lakes, today is the third day of my Holy Moon Xuan's recruitment of disciples in the room, and the top two will be decided, and the final will be held tomorrow." ”

For the sake of fairness, the specific matchups will be decided by draw.

Xiao Rui said this, her eyes swept over the people in the audience, and then glanced at Qing Mu, she smiled faintly, raised her hand and waved it gently.

The two disciples behind him stepped forward and continued, "Heroes, please look! There are four wax pills here, with four numbers written on them: one, two, three, and four. ”

The four of you will draw a wax pill in turn, and the final match will be No. 1 vs. No. 3, and No. 2 vs. No. 1! You hear me clearly!

Qing Mu and the other four nodded slowly, and at this moment, there was a noise behind them, and the heroes looked around one after another, it turned out to be Mu Lianyuan, the cloud king of the imperial court who came yesterday.

Since ancient times, the rivers and lakes have not had much friendship with the royal family, so although the heroes watched them coming, there was cold hostility in their eyes.

Mu Lianyuan was not angry, slowly walked into the ring, slowly sat on the seat of yesterday, and said with a smile: "Miss Xiaorui, this king still wants to see Mr. He today, I don't know if his old man can give him a meeting!" ”

Xiao Rui nodded slightly and said: "Lord Yun doesn't need to be anxious, when the competition begins, Lord Xuan will appear, and please sit down for a while, don't disturb the progress of this competition!" ”

"This is natural! Girl, please continue! Mu Lianyuan said again.

Although Qing Mu was worried about the appearance of Mu Lianyuan during this trip to Qixia Mountain, it was not easy to attack on the spot in the face of the heroes of the rivers and lakes, and it was even more because he might soon worship under Mr. He.

It's also best not to let Mr. Crane know that he himself is learning martial arts for revenge, so although Qing Mu is very angry in his heart, he is expressionless.

Mu Lianyuan glanced at Qing Mu in the audience, got up and walked over, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Miss Qing Mu, you have entered the top four as you wish, this king wishes you a victory today!" ”

Qing Mu snorted when he heard Mu Lianyuan's words, but did not answer his words. Xiao Rui looked at the two of them who were not in harmony, chuckled, and said loudly: "Now, then invite the four heroes to come to the stage and draw lots!" ”

Qing Mu was stunned, and then he was relieved, and followed Yueyangmen Yue Fengxue to the stage, each person had a wax pill, and it was already smoked after a while.

The four of them opened their wax pills one after another, and when Qing Mu opened it, it seemed that there was a big "three" word written on it. As for the specific number drawn, Qing Mu actually didn't care.

It seems that the opponent is the same whoever he is, he can only rely on a little bit of hard work, try his best to fight, whether he can win, it really depends on God's will.

Hong Luo walked up to Qing Mu and hurriedly asked, "County Lord, County Lord, what number did you draw?" ”

Qing Mu spread his hands and said, "Three." ”

Tang Haifeng heard her words, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that my son was so lucky to be able to play against such a beautiful beauty, what a blessing for three lives!" ”

Qing Mu glanced at her and said coldly, "What's so proud?" ”

"Oops! The beauty is angry, hee-hee! However, I think that Tang Haifeng has always been pitiful and cherished, but today I really don't know whether to shoot at you, girl, it really embarrass me! Tang Haifeng teased.

"Then please don't have mercy on Brother Tang, this county lord should do his best!" Qing Mu replied.

"Gotcha! Get! This son just made a light move, so as not to let the fellow people in the rivers and lakes say that I Tang Haifeng is bullying the small!" Tang Haifeng said with a smile.

Qing Mu didn't pay attention to Tang Haifeng's meaning anymore, looked at the little Rui girl on the stage, only to see her facing the group of heroes, and announced loudly: "Today's match is Bashu Tangmen Tang Haifeng vs. Qing Mu, Yueyangmen Yue Fengxue vs. Xuan Haolong, the deputy leader of the beggar gang!" ”

The heroes in the audience, hearing the two sides of the match, whispered, and Liu Yuesheng, the head of Qingfeng Castle, said: "This Yueyangmen's swordsmanship is said to have not met an opponent in the rivers and lakes, but I am afraid that this young deputy leader of the beggar gang is not an opponent!" ”

Tang Haifeng of the Bashu Tang Sect has always been known for his hidden weapons, but now he is competing in the ring, but I don't know how his swordsmanship is.

But on the other side, this delicate little girl with a beautiful national color and fragrance, judging from her age, it is impossible to be the opponent of Tang Haifeng, who has been practicing for decades. Today's match is very interesting, so let's wait and see!

"Brother Yuesheng, you just have to watch the game! No matter what the result is, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with your Qingfeng Castle, it seems that the disciple of the first sword in the world has nothing to do with us! Wang Jinrong of the Songshan faction next to him said with a smile.

Liu Yuesheng was not angry, smiled slightly, and said: "I think that my Qingfeng Fort naturally knows how many catties and taels I have, how embarrassed to be ugly in front of the heroes of the world!" ”

Just when everyone was talking, a gust of mountain wind blew, and an old man with pale hair in the distance stepped on the wind, and in a moment, he gently landed on the stage. The crowd drank and laughed loudly: "Look! See! It's Mr. Kazuru who has arrived! ”

Everyone who was talking in a low voice just now hurriedly looked at the stage, it was Mr. Jianhe, the number one in the world, only to see him slowly come over, and said loudly: "Heroes, be polite!" The old man is late, please don't blame the heroes! ”

"How dare you! How dare you! The heroes replied one after another.

Mu Lianyuan saw Mr. Crane who suddenly appeared, and saw his amazing light skills just now, and his heart was extremely envious, so he stepped forward, bowed deeply, and said: "I have heard for a long time that Mr. Crane, the number one sword crane in the world, is brilliant in martial arts, and this king can see it today." ”

It's really envious! As he spoke, he turned around and gave a look to Wang Lin, who was standing behind, and a moment later, the entourage walked forward with something.

Mu Lianyuan bowed deeply in the face of Mr. Crane again, and said loudly: "This king usually likes to collect rare treasures!" ”

As he spoke, he walked slowly past the side of several entourages, pointed to the dazzling gifts they held in their hands, and said: "This is a thousand-year-old snow ginseng produced in an extremely cold place, which has the effect of prolonging life and bringing the dead back to life!" ”

This is a black pearl produced in the East China Sea, which is said to take thousands of years to form one, and has the effect of detoxifying all kinds of poisons and enhancing the body's internal cultivation.

This is the ink treasure of the former dynasty poet Xie Lingyun, which was obtained by this king by chance. This is a pair of swords in ancient times, the cadre and Mo Xie, which were presented to the king after the king's disciples got it.

Mr. Crane glanced at King Yun and said coldly: "I don't know what happened to the prince, why did you come with some heavy treasures!" Do you know that the old man has never had much friendship with the imperial court! ”

Mu Lianyuan smiled slightly, and said: "This king's requirements are actually very simple, as long as Mr. Crane can be accepted as a disciple, I think that my qualifications are no worse than any of them, and I believe that I can comprehend the essence of Mr. He's exquisite martial arts!" ”

"Not necessarily! The old decay has its own principles and ideas, and as for these treasures...... Or King Yun, you have a good life and harvest it yourself, don't lose it. Otherwise, the imperial court may blame me for this matter, Sheng Yuexuan! Mr. Tsuru replied lightly.

Mu Lianyuan felt bored with himself, so he ordered everyone to retreat, and he sat quietly on the seat and stopped talking.

Mr. Crane glanced at Xiao Rui and nodded slowly. Xiao Rui walked to the front of the stage and said loudly: "Today's competition is the beginning, the first competition, Tang Haifeng vs. Qingmu!" ”

Qing Mu heard the girl call out her name, her heart was very worried, but her face did not change color at all, she took a deep breath, and resolutely walked up to the stage and stood on the left side of the ring.

Tang Haifeng smiled faintly, with an arrow step, his body was elegant, and he landed on the ring and stood opposite her. Qing Mu was slightly shocked, he couldn't imagine that this Tang Haifeng, light skills were so unusual, it seemed that it was difficult to win today.

Tang Haifeng looked at Qing Mu with an expressionless face, and said with a smile: "Girl, this son has no choice but to attack you today, please don't blame me!" ”

Qing Mu was indeed very worried in her heart, but she was unforgiving, so she said: "Brother Tang doesn't have to be merciful, how much ability you have, even if you use it, this girl will be afraid that you won't succeed!" ”

"Good! Good! Honkoe likes it! Then please ask the girl to strike first, this son will definitely not fight back! Tang Haifeng said with a smile.

The crowd in the audience began to discuss, and Liu Yuesheng, who was still talking just now, said: "Why is this Tang Haifeng so big, this is a big taboo in martial arts, doesn't he know?" ”

Someone in the crowd said: "Haha! I'm afraid that this Tang Haifeng has taken a fancy to this girl, and he pities the fragrance and pities the jade, so he can't bear to make a move! ”

Qing Mu listened to everyone's remarks, his face was slightly red, and he said angrily: "Hmph! This girl will not show mercy! After she finished speaking, she pulled out a sword from the sword pavilion next to her, and rushed towards Tang Haifeng with an arrow step.

Tang Haifeng smiled faintly, dodged sideways, Qing Mu missed a blow, and his backhand was another sword, which was slashed horizontally. In an instant, after a few rounds, sure enough, Tang Haifeng didn't have the slightest intention of making a move, and dodged Qing Mu's sword moves one by one.

Qing Mu was angry in his heart, the other party obviously despised himself extremely much, and he felt unspeakably uncomfortable in his heart, so he immediately slashed several swords, taking advantage of Tang Haifeng's full strength to dodge.

Swept a leg. Tang Haifeng is good at the kung fu of hidden weapons and sneak attacks, but the kung fu of fists, feet and swords is commonplace, but he feels a slight pain in his lower abdomen.

He fell to the audience, and the heroes in the audience were surprised and shouted loudly: "It's not good! This Tang Haifeng is going to be defeated! ”

As soon as the words fell, Tang Haifeng fell heavily under the ring, and red blood faintly flowed out of his mouth.

Qing Mu was shocked, this leg just now actually didn't have much strength, but she was very strange, why was Tang Haifeng kicked under the ring so easily?