"Everyone must have arrived, right? Now, let me announce the rules for today's contest. Please listen carefully, because this time the rules are more special, and they are by no means the ones you have participated in or heard of. It can be said that there is no rule before and no one since. So please remember, I'll only say the rules once, and the competition will officially begin. I hope you had better listen attentively, lest the contest start for a while, and then ask me, or talk to each other, it will be regarded as cheating, and the contest will be disqualified on the spot, and driven out of the inner courtyard of Xiangji Temple. Did you hear it all? As Jun Buyu was hidden and fell into deep thought among the other students, the blind woman who was sitting cross-legged on the water lilies in the middle of the waterhole spoke.

"Hear me clearly!" All the scholars at the scene replied in unison.

After hearing what the blind mother-in-law said, including Jun Buyu, they all stared at the blind mother-in-law with a curious face, waiting for her to announce the rules.

Because the blind mother-in-law actually said that the rules of this time had never been before, it naturally aroused everyone's curiosity and wanted to know what was different about this year's competition.

After hearing everyone's neat answers, the blind mother-in-law seemed to be very satisfied and nodded, and said cheerfully, "Okay! I now officially announce the rules for this contest. First of all, I will talk about the way of the competition, that is, in the process of my narration, I will let everyone appear in front of a guzheng. This guzheng is partially damaged, and he will keep playing a broken piece of music repeatedly, everyone listens attentively, and then according to their own perceptions, silently creates a text in their hearts. In the end, whoever creates the text can completely repair the damaged guzheng, so that the music played by the guzheng will also be restored to its integrity, even if it is the winner of this competition. ”

When the blind mother-in-law said this, she paused slightly, and with a wave of her hand, she saw countless white points of light flying up from her palms and floating in front of all the onlookers.

Soon these points of light became more and more dense, and finally turned into a glowing zither that floated in front of everyone's eyes. It's just that this guzheng looks cracked in some places, and it does belong to a broken guzheng.

When the guzheng appeared, the entire inner courtyard of Xiangji Temple, a beautiful tune sounded, only people who know a little about music, can hear it, this piece in the process of playing, there will be a short tune and pause from time to time, obviously is an incomplete tune.

After seeing this incredible scene, all the scholars were surprised, and they really didn't understand how this blind mother-in-law could make this glowing guzheng appear in front of everyone's eyes out of thin air.

And what makes everyone feel even more amazing is that no one is playing on this luminous zither, but it can still play such a moving melody, which is indeed very incredible.

And the occasional pauses and out-of-tunes in this continuous and beautiful piece make it all a little out of place. It makes people feel a special urge to restore the zither.

When she saw that everyone was staring at the guzheng floating in the air, the blind woman spoke again and continued: "I think you have already seen the guzheng floating in front of you, and you have also heard the tune that is a little out of tune, so you should do your best to use the words in your heart to repair the guzheng." Next, I will talk about the reward method of this competition, and the winner who takes the shortest time is the first place. The same goes for the other rankings. In the final top 10, the second to tenth places will be given the opportunity to ask me three questions in person. And the first place winner will be given the opportunity to enter the mysterious world below the waterhole with me and pay homage to the gods in person. At that time, when facing the gods, if you have any doubts in your heart, you don't have to open your mouth at all, you can get the guidance and inspiration of the gods. This first-place award is a rare opportunity that has never been seen before, and such an opportunity is the first and last time. Because this year's contest is the last time I will hold it, from next year, there will be no more such contests, and I will be in retreat for a long time, so I hope you will cherish this opportunity, maybe you can grasp it, and it can change the fate of your life! Good! Now that I've explained the rules, it's time for the tournament to begin! ”

After hearing the blind mother-in-law announce the official start of the competition, the scholars all closed their eyes and listened carefully to the music of the guzheng floating in front of them.

For Jun Buyu, who is hidden in the shadows, he is also amazed by the form of this competition.

This completely subverted his previous expectations for this competition, he originally thought that everyone would take turns to recite fragments of poetry scriptures in ancient books, play a solitaire game, or create new poetry scriptures according to the request of the blind mother-in-law, and carry out poetry pairing.

But I never expected that it would be for everyone to repair the broken luminous zither and repair the incomplete tune.

If it is just to repair the real guzheng, it is nothing, as long as you understand the principle and production process of the guzheng, ingenious craftsmen can naturally repair it.

However, the guzheng that appears in front of everyone's eyes is purely illusory, and it is by no means something that can be repaired by ordinary materials and technical means.

As for fixing incomplete pieces, it's usually a matter of looking at an incomplete sheet to try to fill in the missing parts. As in this case, there is no ready-made score, and it is almost a difficult task to repair the music by listening to the incomplete music by ear.

This is beyond the ability of ordinary people, and in this regard, you have reason to believe that these scholars who were deliberately selected by the blind mother-in-law must have special abilities that are not known.

They must be able to perceive the world with sound, and in addition, they also have the magical ability to use special words to restore the world.

Otherwise, it would not have been possible to complete the task of completely restoring the guzheng and the tune as requested by the blind mother-in-law.

It's just that Jun Buyu has just returned from a year of travel, and he doesn't know how the blind mother-in-law selected these people from all over the country to participate in this competition before that.

He estimated that the blind mother-in-law should have auditioned and secretly investigated through special means before finalizing the list, and sent out invitations and gave them special identity documents and tokens.

In other words, only those who have this special ID document and token can smoothly enter the inner courtyard of Xiangji Temple to participate in this competition.

This can also explain why those swordsmen want to steal the baggage of other scholars in the restaurant of the city that never sleeps, and they don't care about the gold and silver treasures inside, but only need ID cards and tokens.

Because only with the ID card and token issued by the blind mother-in-law, you are eligible to enter the inner courtyard of Xiangji Temple.

And those men who pretended to be scholars must have been people who did not meet the requirements of the blind mother-in-law, and they were unwilling to give up this opportunity, so they made this decision, otherwise they would not have to snatch other people's keys and impersonate them.

However, you can imagine that these fake scholars, since they don't have the talent for super perception that the blind mother-in-law fancies, even if they enter the inner courtyard and participate in the competition, the final outcome will still be eliminated.

Thinking of this, Jun Buyu deliberately glanced at the fake scholars, and sure enough, he found that several of them looked at each other with a sad face, obviously not knowing how to repair the glowing guzheng in front of him, as well as the incomplete and out-of-tune tunes just by listening.

If it weren't for the solemn warning of the blind mother-in-law before, that is, they must not talk to each other, otherwise they would have been driven out of the inner courtyard of Xiangji Temple, and it is estimated that they would have gathered together to discuss what to do.

When he saw a few of them crying and mournful, staring at the glowing guzheng in front of him in a daze, Jun Buyu also felt sorry for those scholars who had lost their burdens.

After all, such a good opportunity was wasted. If they knew that this was the last year that the blind mother-in-law held such a contest, they would have regretted it.

It's a pity, it's useless to regret it, without the identity token, even if they rush to the Xiangji Temple, they won't be able to enter. After all, the warrior monk at the door only recognizes tokens, not people.

And although Jun Buyu came in invisibly, he was still unable to participate in this special competition because of the inconvenience of appearing and the lack of identity tokens.

Because a zither did not appear out of thin air in front of his eyes, it naturally could not be repaired.

To be honest, Jun Buyu really wants to try it and see if he has the kind of special ability that a blind mother-in-law cares about.

He himself is also a prince who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he is also the son of Lotus Heaven, and he has special talents and abilities far beyond ordinary people.

In addition, after he fused that magical jade pendant, he also had the special ability to transform into a black-tailed leafhopper, which definitely met the requirements of the blind mother-in-law to participate in the competition.

Helplessly, the year before, because he lost his mother, his mood was too low, and he walked incognito and low-key in the world, so he missed the audition before his blind mother-in-law and failed to get the identity token of this competition.

The reason why he regretted that he couldn't participate in this competition was that he wanted to test his ability, and secondly, he was quite interested in the reward of being able to follow the blind mother-in-law into the waterhole to meet the gods after winning the first place.

Because when he heard those fake scholars tell the legendary experience of the blind mother-in-law, he mentioned that there is a tower of Babel under the pond in the inner courtyard of this Xiangji Temple.

And the Tower of Babel is also an extremely desirable place for him.

Jun Buyu always felt that if one day, he could enter the Tower of Babel and unlock the secrets in the Tower of Babel, maybe it would completely change his life.

Maybe it can make this ordinary lotus kingdom change dramatically, maybe it can't be.

Since he is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the future saint of the Lotus Kingdom, it is his greatest wish to manage the Lotus Kingdom well, make the Lotus Kingdom more rich and powerful, and let all the people live the happiest life.

So he was unwilling to hide and watch others take away the opportunity he had always dreamed of, so Jun Buyu observed the progress of those scholars while trying to think about how to make himself participate in this competition......