Huizhou City is a basin city surrounded by mountains and rivers, the mountain is Tarbagatai Mountain, the river is called Lunan River, a mountain and a river surround the whole Huizhou City, making the climate here warm in winter and cool in summer, like spring in all seasons, and it is also one of the most suitable cities for human habitation in the mouth of experts.

Tianbao Pavilion is located on the mountainside of Tarbagatai Mountain, the guardian mountain of Huizhou City, overlooking the entire Huizhou City from the square in front of Tianbao Pavilion, you can almost take in all the scenery in the city, it is beautiful.

Lu Yao is the first time to come here, when he first heard about the Tianbao Pavilion, he thought that this would be a mysterious place, in his mind sketched a building similar to the appearance of the Shaolin Temple Treasure Pavilion, antique, with a magical charm, he came to the Tianbao Pavilion only to find that the scene he imagined was only half right.

Tianbao Pavilion is indeed very similar to the Shaolin Temple he imagined, and it is also an ancient temple, but there is no majestic building that makes people admire, and it looks very similar to an ordinary temple. It's just that the square in front of the gate is very wide, and it is roughly estimated that it can accommodate hundreds of people gathering here at the same time.

When Lu Yao climbed all the way along the winding mountain road to the big square in front of Tianbao Pavilion, there were already more than 200 people gathered here, these people were old and young, men and women, and there were not a few teenagers of Lu Yao's grade, his arrival did not attract the attention of several people, except for the two young men who were closest to him and smiled politely at him, everyone else was busy talking and laughing with the familiar people around him.

This is not bad, Lu Yao also saves a lot of trouble, and it can also give him more time to observe the surrounding scenery and the appearance of Tianbao Pavilion.

There is a four-meter-high building similar to the archway at the door of Tianbao Pavilion, and there is a blank space in the room where the dragon flies and the phoenix dances with four gilded characters - Tianbao Pavilion.

There is no payment, and I don't know who wrote the bronzing characters of the dragon flying and phoenix dancing and when it was written, but there is one thing that makes Lu Yao's heart set off a lot of ripples. Because when he looked at the three big characters at first glance, he was shocked by the depths of the sea of knowledge, which seemed to be completed by three cursive crazy pens, but there seemed to be some true meaning of martial arts in them.

Lu Yao's cultivation is now good, but he can't comprehend anything after watching it for a long time except for the shock at the beginning, as if the truth is not what he thought.

"Master, what do you think of these three words?" Lu Yao tried several times but still found nothing, smiled helplessly, and then looked at Lijiang beside him and asked.

"The depth of the martial arts attainments of the person who made the payment is daunting, and I can't see the mystery in my study of martial arts, amazing, admire!" He didn't hide it when he left Xinjiang, and directly said his feelings.

Lu Yao heard it, and he could see that the words of leaving Xinjiang were from the bottom of his heart, without the slightest pretentiousness. However, when Lijiang said this, Lu Yao was also more curious about it, this may be the kind of persistence and stubbornness in the bones of a martial artist.

It was also at this time that Lei Zhanyuan and Tong Tiexin came to Lu Yao's side, these days, except for some time when Tong Tiexin and Lu Yao were separated when they went to Longnan City, most of the rest of the time they stayed together, and Lei Zhanyuan only had dinner with Lu Yao and others on the first night since he came to Huizhou City, and then he never saw him again.

Lei Zhanyuan has been walking the rivers and lakes for half his life, and naturally he will inevitably have some of his own things to deal with, Lu Yao never asks about this, because he knows that Lei Zhanyuan has no ill will towards him, if it should be said, Lu Yao will say it without asking, if it is not to say, if he doesn't want to say it, it seems to be cliché if he asks.

At this time, Lei Zhanyuan came, Lu Yao briefly chatted with him, and the group began to report at the registration office.

This time, there are only three people around Lu Yao except for the people from Yaowang Valley, namely Lijiang, Lei Zhanyuan and Tong Tiexin, to go deeper, it is naturally the oldest person who has left Xinjiang, but because the identity of Lijiang cannot be easily revealed to others, in the eyes of outsiders, it is Lei Zhanyuan who is the oldest, when the four of them came to the registration office, the other party even mistakenly thought that the other two people except Lei Zhanyuan also came to sign up for the competition, and had a good attitude towards them, and even patiently explained to them a lot of things about this competition. When he finally heard that Lu Yao was the only one who signed up for the competition, his attitude changed by 360 degrees, and he didn't bother to pay attention to them after throwing Lu Yao a participation card.

The reason for this is that Lu Yao naturally understands it without asking, because at the beginning, when the four of them went to the registration office, the person in charge of registration asked where the four people came from, and the four of them reported that they were all in Yunzhong Pavilion, and except for Lei Zhanyuan, the other three people all met the age limit for the competition, which made those people mistakenly think that there would be three players in Yunzhong Pavilion at the same time, so they took a look at Yunzhong Pavilion, but in the end, they found that Lu Yao was the only one who participated, and the status of Yunzhong Pavilion in their minds was instantly reduced.

Even one of the young people in charge of registration glared at the four of them with disgust, and his tone of voice was very unkind, and he directly asked the four of them to roll to the waiting area on the side.

This was just a small episode, and the four of them didn't bother to pay attention to it, Lu Yao took the sign of the competition and the group came to the waiting area, in the waiting area, Lu Yao also saw Xing Chuqing and Wu Bo, who had been waiting for a while, but only the old valley master Xing Zhongtian was missing.

"Mr. Lu, Mr. Li, Senior Lei, hello!" Xing Chuqing and Wu Bo saw the four of them strolling towards the two of them, got up and greeted the four of them very politely.

"The young valley master is good, Uncle Wu is good!" Lu Yao also greeted him politely.

Although the contradiction between Lei Zhanyuan and Xing Zhongtian was resolved, he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart, but this was only between the two of them, for Xing Chuqing, the young valley master of the Medicine King Valley, Lei Zhanyuan was still relatively polite, and greeted the two of them in turn with a smile.

"Young Valley Lord, why isn't Old Valley Master Xing here?" Lu Yao glanced around the crowd and found no trace of Xing Zhongtian, and asked with some curiosity.

"Grandpa was invited away by the people of Tianbao Pavilion, as for what he was going to do, I don't know." Xing Chuqing did not hide it, and informed Lu Yao in detail about the process of Xingzhong Tianlao Gu Lord inviting him away as soon as they came to Tianbao Pavilion.

At the same time, he also told Lu Yao that the other people he saw at that time who were invited away by Tianbao Pavilion included an old man named Lantian Shu from the Lan family, an old man named Shui Changsheng from the Shui family, and Deng Rong, the second elder of the Deng family, Xu Haidong from the Xu family in Jiuzhou City, and others.

"They are all some famous medical Dao giants in the immortal cultivation world, maybe Tianbao Pavilion has some plans to invite them there, maybe they are the judges this time, it's hard to say!" After listening to the names of these people reported by Xing Chuqing, Lei Zhanyuan was silent for a moment, and then said in a low voice.

"Uncle Wu and I thought about it for a long time, and we also felt that there was such a possibility." Xing Chuqing listened to Lei Zhanyuan's words and echoed.

"That's not bad, at least we have an acquaintance on the judges' bench, and we can take care of it!" Although Lu Yao knew that this was impossible, he saw that the atmosphere in the waiting area was rather dull, so he joked.

This joke may be very cold, but it is also very effective, after saying this, Xing Chuqing's face has eased a lot, and he is not as nervous as before.

A few more people chatted a few more words, and after a while, they saw that the door of the Tianbao Pavilion, which had been closed, was slowly pushed open from the inside, and two young men dressed as Taoist priests walked out of the door. One of them condescendingly glanced at all the people in the waiting area, and then said loudly: "This pill exchange conference has officially begun, and now I will start reading the name, and the person whose name is called will enter the Tianbao Pavilion to start the first round of assessment. ”

"Haifeng Xu Lang, enter the Tianbao Pavilion and start the assessment!" The Taoist priest pulled out a booklet from his robe and said loudly.

When the words fell, all the eyes of all the people focused on the body of Xu Lang, who was named Haifeng, Haifeng is a place name, this place Lu Yao has also heard of, it is a small city located in the south of China, and the last time Lu Yao went to Wohe County, he also passed through there.

The young man named Xu Lang looked very ordinary, if he hadn't appeared here, few people would have thought that he would be a person who studied the art of medical alchemy, which also corresponds to the old saying, people can't look good, and the sea can't fight.

Haifeng Xu Lang was stunned at first after being named, and then quickly adjusted his state, followed another Taoist priest through the door, entered Tianbao Pavilion, and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"What is the origin of this Haifeng Xu Lang, why haven't you heard of it before?" Someone in the crowd began to whisper.

"I haven't heard of it either, so I guess it's not a powerful character!" Someone chimed in.

"I don't know what the first round of assessment looks like, can this Haifeng Xu Lang pass the first round of assessment?"

"I don't know!"

"Whatever, what's the point for us if he can't pass, if he can't pass, we still have one less competitor!"

“……”

All of a sudden, everyone had their own plans, some people were curious about what the first round of assessment would look like, and some people were curious about whether the little-known Haifeng Xu Lang could pass the first round of assessment, but many people were waiting to witness what was about to happen with the mentality of watching the show.

However, no one expected that this Haifeng Xu Lang walked out of the gate again less than two minutes after entering the Tianbao Pavilion, and he looked nervous when he entered, and when he came out, he looked depressed.

"Hey, brother, how is it, what is the first round of assessment like?"

"Did you pass or?"

“……”