It was late at night, and the moon was in the sky.

The hazy meaning pierced through the misty fairy mist and fell into the field.

Xiao Jiansheng couldn't close his eyes and fall asleep for a long time.

The thin figure that had grabbed his hand and looked at the stars in his mind always lingered.

He felt in the sky that in the distance, there were two warm and soft eyes, silently watching him.

Could it be that this is providence?

He clearly remembered that in the year of his adoptive father's death, he was strictly ordered to memorize the "Treatise on the Rulers of the Great Homogeneity", and he didn't realize that his adoptive father was an elegant man, just a down-and-out scholar who pretended to be the world in his heart.

The next day, the sky was dark, and Xiao Jiansheng walked up the stairs with the other candidates and entered Tianyi Academy.

The bluestone flat was a lot deserted, but the tense atmosphere was much stronger.

The third test is Zixu Jiuding, and the invigilator is three middle-aged men with eyes like torches, who dare not say that they are alive, but they can definitely see at a glance that they are the strongest among cultivators, and their aura is completely different from Chen Shenping.

A middle-aged cultivator in a golden robe walked in front of the candidates in a few steps, pressed his hand, and the audience was silent, and his voice was buzzing: "I, Huang Juesheng, the head of Wuji Palace, have a few questions I would like to ask you before the assessment. ”

The candidates immediately waited for it, nervously looking at the new face Huang Zhangjiao.

Generally in the academy or the school palace these places of practice, there is an essential difference between teaching and teaching, teaching and learning are mostly full of learning, mostly related to literature and history, of course, it is not excluded that people are all resting, such as Chen Shenping, who is not good-looking, and is mostly related to martial arts practice, such as Huang Juesheng in front of him.

Huang Zhangjiao continued: "What is refining the body, and how will it be explained? ”

Many candidates have heard Xiang Yuanlang's name, but they can't match the number, at this time, I saw a young man take two steps forward, hugged his fists and bowed and said: "The people of my generation of cultivators need to take the cornerstone of physical fitness as the mainstay, supplemented by the abundance of Yuanyang's qi, and the qi is like the water in Shenlong Lake can be exhausted, so there are tides surging every six years, and heaven and earth, with the sun and the moon, and the vast Xuanyu correspond to each other, so that the clear spring water can flow artesianly, and the bottom of the lake will not be seen in Shenlong Lake for ten thousand years." ”

Xiang Yuanlang thought for a while and then said: "As for what is a refining body, I think it should be compared to the impregnable bottom and embankment of the lake, which can never be destroyed. ”

Huang Zhangjiao chuckled twice and said: "It must be known that the embankment can also collapse in an anthill, in the opinion of this master, if you want to be solid, in addition to prevention, the final thing is to strengthen the body." ”

Xiao Jiansheng subconsciously glanced at Xiang Yuanlang, who had a solemn face, and clenched his fists thoughtfully, as if he could feel the full power all over his body, and at this moment, the sound of bells ringing in the sky above Tianyi Academy spread slowly.

Suddenly, there was a gust of wind between heaven and earth.

The wind blew, driving the thousand-year-old cypress around the bluestone flat to shake up, from the head of the tree to the root of the tree, after a few breaths, the black soil around the root of the tree cracked, hugging the thick trunk as if to break free from the earth.

It was only at this time that the candidates noticed that there were nine antique bronze tripods in the sky above the bluestone ping, each of which was the size of the cottage where they were staying, and the candidates suddenly realized.

Under the gaze of a pair of surprised eyes, the nine bronze tripods slowly moved down, as if the nine peaks were about to fall down, an inexplicable coercion was covered in the air, and all the candidates could obviously feel a majestic pressure coming one after another, in contrast, the black coffin that appeared the day before yesterday was simply a small thing, not worth mentioning.

"How is it possible, my legs don't seem to move. ”

"It's not good, I can't move my legs, could it be that this Ding is doing something?"

This top-down coercion is extremely ferocious, or perhaps these candidates didn't expect what was going on with this Purple Void Jiuding at all, and they caught everyone off guard at once.

At this moment, Xiao Jiansheng also clearly felt a great pressure surging from all directions, at the beginning, this force was like a dense wall of water slowly moving, and the body could still do some resistance, and soon he was surprised to find that this force could penetrate the body, enter the body, and melt into the blood, it seemed that the whole person was squeezing from the five internal organs to one place, and the blood of the whole body also felt that it was going to be cut off because of the effect of this force.

Xiao Jiansheng clenched his fists hard, trying to relax his body as much as possible, not thinking about resisting, but to no avail, although he had inexhaustible strength all over his body, but he didn't know how to resist, he suddenly realized that this force was everywhere, and his body had become a part of the force, and he began to panic inexplicably.

In fact, it has only been a few breaths since it happened, and many candidates have been a little unable to hold on, and they have begun to think of ways to rush out, willing to give up this third assessment.

At this moment, the three masters outside Qingshiping looked at each other, as if they were laughing at this group of candidates.

"It seems that what Dayming said is right, you are just a bunch of out-and-out waste, what Xiang family, what Lu family, Niu family, Ma family, if you can't even hold on to a stick of incense, it's better to get out of Wuji Palace as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, it's not a shame to give up. ”

"According to the rules, the next three exams are the accumulation of points, and giving up does not necessarily mean elimination. ”

Sure enough, at this moment, a girl spit out a mouthful of blood on the spot, and staggered towards the outside of Qingshiping, and immediately a disciple of Wuji Palace recorded the girl's name in the book.

Immediately after, someone walked out.

Haoyue glanced at several candidates who gave up halfway with the corner of her eye, turned to Liu Mubai and said, "Senior Liu, how long do you guess these candidates can last?"

"It's hard to say, some things are more difficult than the realm. Liu Mubai looked at the direction of the examination room, frowned and said: "Talent is important, but if you lack heart and perseverance, you are a beautiful shell, but there should be no problem for the heir of the Xiang family to insist on a stick of incense, and Huo Hai from Jianshan should not be a problem, and the others will be difficult to break for the time being." ”

In the Chunfeng Pavilion, the elders from the Xu family glanced at an old woman from the Xia Kingdom with great interest, and said, "It is said that you people from the Great Xia Kingdom are delicate, so you might as well guess who among these candidates can hold on to the end?"

The old woman didn't seem to be interested in making these useless comments at first, but considering that her granddaughter was also among them, she said, "If you want me to say, I guess the boy." ”

The old woman's finger was Xiao Jiansheng.

At this moment, although Xiao Jiansheng insisted on it very hard, his face obviously had an imperceptible sense of comfort, others may not know, but when it came to the old woman, it could be seen at a glance that Xiao Jiansheng was refining his body with the coercion of this Jiuding.

The Xu family seemed to find it boring, so they set their eyes on the twin sisters, the two seemed to be weak, but they had been gritting their teeth and insisting, and their beautiful faces had long lost their original shape, which was really rare.

After half a pillar of incense, the clothes on the candidates had already been soaked with sweat, and they all grinned and turned pale.

As the nine-mouth bronze tripod continued to move downward, I don't know when, there was an extra layer of looming purple gas on the outside of the tripod, and it was floating down around the nine-mouth tripod.

Liu Mubai's eyes were hot, looking at the palace master Haoyue and whispering, "It's not a mortal thing, right?"

Haoyue smiled lightly and said, "When did Liu Zhenren become so ordinary?"

Liu Mubai smiled embarrassedly: "The whole grains you eat are not good for ordinary people." ”

After a while, Liu Mubai continued to ask: "What is the origin of this Jiuding? For example, with the legendary Purple Void Jiuding......

"The Lord of the Hazy Moon Palace is talking about it, and the old man also wants to know. ”

Qiu Yunhe also looked at Jiuding with obsessive eyes, and was amazed for a while, such a magical thing, if it was placed in Taibai Mountain to temper the disciples, wouldn't it be wonderful.

Haoyue didn't know what these two had in mind, she smiled and said: "Is it related to the legendary Purple Void Nine Dings, it's hard to say, the palace master only knows that these nine Dings have been deposited at the bottom of Shenlong Lake for more than 10,000 years. ”

Liu Mubai and Qiu Yunhe looked surprised at the same time.

With the passage of time, the purple qi outside the ding became more and more intense, and when it was close to the time of a stick of incense, the flowing purple qi actually spread from top to bottom, pouring down like nine purple waterfalls.

Just when the discussion in the four classrooms was rising higher and higher, the purple mist continued to fill the Qingshiping field, and someone in the field was once again unbearable from the pressure from Jiuding, and staggered out.

Immediately afterwards, there were once again candidates with pale faces who walked out of Qingshiping gloomily.

Time slipped away little by little, some people couldn't bear the pressure of the mountains and chose to give up, some people were still gritting their teeth and insisting, but the situation was not optimistic, it may be on the verge of collapse, some people even vented their emotions at Jiukou Ding's swear words repeatedly, and some people wanted to squat down to reduce the pressure, but the moment he squatted, he didn't get up again, and there were disciples of Wuji Palace who were quick to rush in and carry out the fainting candidate.

With the large-scale spread of purple qi, the entire Qingshiping has been in a haze, and it is difficult to distinguish the figures inside, during this period, some people have given up one after another, their nostrils and ears are bleeding, and their eyes are so gloomy that they can't bear to look directly.

There are more and more candidates who give up, and they are getting more and more miserable, they are like walking corpses, their eyes are dumbfounded, dragging their stiff limbs to the outside of Qingshiping.

At this time, Qingshiping, like a purple ocean, was blocked from the prying eyes of the outside world, except for people like Liu Mubai, who had great magical powers, others didn't know what was happening inside.

As the bell rang, a large number of candidates walked or crawled to support each other and began to move outside the Qingshi Ping, only a few people were still insisting, including Xiang Yuanlang and Huo Hai.

After half a pillar of incense, Huo Hai came out, his hair was scattered, and his seven orifices were bleeding.

It was half a pillar of incense again, and three teenagers came out again with each other, and after just a few steps, they were already vomiting blood.

At this time, almost all the eyes of the audience were on the parents of the Xihuang Xiang family, and their eyes were full of envy.

A burst of violent coughing and wheezing came from the dense purple gas, and the cloaked hair moved his stiff legs towards Xun Yuan, walking step by step towards the purple gas.

Outside the Qingshi Ping, Xiang Yuanlang wiped away the blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, and turned his head thoughtfully.

Xiang Yuanlang actually exceeded the time of two incense sticks, and for a while, the entire Tianyi Academy was cheering, and the loud voices came and went, and even several Wuji Palace disciples present looked at Xiang Yuanlang and nodded secretly, admiring.

Hao Yue looked at Xiang Yuanlang, who was supported by several disciples and walked away, Hao's wrist flipped and her jade hand pinched lightly.

At this moment, Liu Mubai suddenly said, "Hazy Moon Palace Master, don't you want to watch another good show?"

Haoyue was taken aback and Liu Mubai choked: "It's already the power of the five tripods, what do you mean...... Is there anyone else who can hold on?"

Since the Wuji Palace, few assessment students can break through the line of the power of the five tripods, Xu Xiangyi seems to be a little bit away from the power of the five tripods, even if it is a beginner disciple today, there are not many who can cross this line, among the disciples who enter the hall, there are a few geniuses who are peerless, but at most it is the power of the seven tripods, is it ......

Haoyue didn't dare to think about it.

Liu Mubai smiled: "Why don't you wait and see?"

Time seemed to stand still, and the audience was silent.

In the Spring Breeze Pavilion, Liu Mubai's expression was solemn, her brows were tightened, her eyes were firmly fixed on the purple gas, and Haoyue's face was full of worry, with her current realm, she couldn't even feel that there were people inside.

"I don't think it's better to wait, most of them have already exploded and died. ”

"Xiang Yuanlang has come out, there can't be any more people inside. ”

......

As time went by, there were more and more such discussions, including several elders of Wuji Palace, who also thought that with the power of Qiding, there were still people who could persevere.

The time was close to noon, and Tianyi Academy was silent.

As the purple qi drifted away, Jiuding disappeared in the sky above Tianyi Academy, the ragged Xiao Jiansheng had a quiet face, sitting cross-legged, as if he felt that something was missing, he stretched his waist leisurely, slowly opened his eyes and looked around.