"Three, three, three?" Blacksmith Zhang wondered if he had misheard.

It's not that he hasn't met people who buy so much at once, for example, every year in the autumn when the firewood is a good season, when the firewood knives are sold out, there are often strong men in the village who buy several at a time.

But what did this young Miss Jiao do when she bought so many iron swords at once? Or the most ordinary iron sword of this kind.

Blacksmith Zhang couldn't understand it, and he was a little scared for a while, didn't he want to do something bad with a sword? When the time comes, it will be held accountable to him and let him be a substitute for the dead?

This is not uncommon in large households!

"Miss, what are you going to do when you buy so many swords?" He stumbled.

Seeing the changes on the face of the man in front of him, Zhu Luan knew that he wanted to go wrong, and smiled and said with relief, "Boss, don't be afraid, I really use it myself, I will participate in a ...... tomorrow" Zhu Luan considered the wording and continued, "A competition, I don't have a sword in my hand, just in case I come here to buy a few." ”

How dangerous it is for the girl to dance with knives and swords, Zhang Blacksmith said in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it if he gave him a hundred guts, and lowered his head and said, "Miss, don't blame people for talking too much, you are alone, how did you use three swords, mainly because the swords in the small shop are really not that good, you can take a look at other ......"

"That's right, Ninth Sister, if you want to, it's enough to buy one, why buy three?" Zhu Rong also asked confusedly beside him.

Looking at the puzzled men in front of him, Zhu Luan flicked the sword and said calmly, "Because for me, swords are consumables," she smiled, "I'm worried that one won't be enough, so I need to bring three." ”

"Eliminate ...... Consumables? The honest man was stunned, but then his face turned red, "Little, miss, I don't dare to boast about anything else, but the sword I fight is absolutely solid, and it will not be broken easily!" ”

"Well, I know," Zhu Luan nodded with a smile, "That's why I came to buy your sword." ”

Zhu Luan put the sword in his hand on the ground, leaned out towards the sword bundle in the corner, pulled out two more swords with one hand, looked up and asked, "Boss, how much is it in total?" ”

Blacksmith Zhang looked at a little woman holding three swords, and felt that his brain was a little useless today.

"Huh?" After not getting a response for a long time, Zhu Luan glanced at Blacksmith Zhang.

"Oh, oh, a sword and a penny," Blacksmith Zhang replied as he came back to his senses.

Zhu Luan smiled and looked at Zhu Rong, "Cousin, pay." ”

Zhu Rong was also surprised, but he had been frightened by this woman, and he was finally able to react, and he couldn't find a copper plate all over his body, so he had to take out a piece of broken silver and hand it to the blacksmith.

Seeing the blacksmith in front of him hurriedly looking for money, Zhu Rong was about to tell him that he didn't need to look for it, when there was a sound of metal rubbing in his ears, Zhu Rong looked back and found that his sister was dragging three long swords without sheaths in both hands, and the sparks from the collision of the tips of the swords flashed away.

If it weren't for the fact that the three swords were all bladed and unsheathed, Zhu Rong doubted that she would just carry it and leave.

Zhu Rong looked at Blacksmith Zhang, who was busy looking for money, a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Boss, you don't need to look for money, is there anything that can wrap a sword?" ”

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……

The aftermath of the county test list is still scattered in Huizhou City, and the red paper of firecrackers can be seen everywhere, and the business of the restaurant is also very prosperous tonight.

The students who participated in the literary examination were temporarily liberated, and the sound of singing and dancing was everywhere.

But for some, it's just getting started.

In the hustle and bustle, some academies and some families are exceptionally quiet, and in the quiet winter night, something is quietly dormant, waiting for the dawn to come.

Huizhou City as always, but only a few people can feel the difference.

The whole city was panting heavily, silently waiting.

This is the world that belongs to the practitioners.

In the entire Huizhou City, the surging vitality of heaven and earth has become different.

Obviously one person can't do such a thing.

This is because the aura of countless young cultivators has collectively become different tonight.

The literary test has passed, and the martial arts test is coming.

For those who are special, the real battlefield will be tomorrow, and for those with great ambitions, the curtain will be opened tomorrow.

Just that short day can determine the initial fate of the Great Zhou cultivators.

Therefore, even cultivators who have deeply comprehended the Great Dao of the World and breathe with heaven and earth have a hard time calming down, especially since most of the cultivators involved in it are still very young.

The night covered the entire Huizhou City, and it was destined to be an unquiet night, and many cultivators were making final preparations for tomorrow.

Under the same night sky, in front of the thatched hall of Doosan Academy on Panyun Mountain, Hong Shan was practicing the big knife, and his body was steaming; Nanyang Forest Farm, in the bamboo forest of Taiping Mountain House, Nianhuazang is adjusting the breath for the brothers; In Ziyang Academy, some students stroked the sword marks left by the upper section of the bluestone; In the British Mansion, the old lady Bai watched her great-granddaughter enter the door with a large bundle of things wrapped in cowhides, and opened it with a cold light, which startled the old man......

……

Early the next morning, the morning light was faint, still under the Wuqu Hidden Screen Peak, and the original examination shed had been completely demolished and replaced by a high platform made of pine wood.

Different from the literary examination, the martial arts examination of the Great Zhou National Examination is different at different stages.

The higher the level, the more complicated the test becomes, for example, the township test is divided into one, two, and three games, one is a test of bow and horse skills, two is a test of martial arts, and three is a battle.

But such a complex test method can only face a limited number of candidates.

And the county test with the largest number of participants is only one trial.

That's the battle.

Knockout.

Fight in pairs until the last person wins, then the case is the first, and the others are ranked in order.

Because of the large number of people, the county martial arts test began at the time of the rooster's crow, and the time of each game was strictly limited, only one stick of incense, and both people were eliminated on the overtime field.

But even so, it is often necessary to compete until the middle of the moon to determine the last person.

The top of the county test often requires more than 30 competitions in one day, and the most will even reach more than 50.

For practitioners, this is a triple test of physical strength, true element, and mind.

Or rather, torture.

And for the students who have exhausted their brainpower in the literary examination and experienced the inner torment of the rankings, they immediately participated in the martial arts examination in the early morning of the next day, which is no longer torture, it is simply torture.

But fortunately, throughout the ages, few candidates have had the opportunity to experience such pain.

Only a few people can understand what it's like.

When the rooster crowed, Duan Lizheng opened his eyes on his bed and looked at the moon outside the window.

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