Feng Jing took Sun Yan all the way to the suburbs. According to him, today's dark market is arranged in a stone factory in the suburbs.

The autumn suburbs are quite enjoyable, Sun Yan looked at the rows of receding street trees on both sides, and remembered the scene in his hometown when he was a child.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the moon is really bright and round during the Mid-Autumn Festival at that time. In the evening, the village is full of the fragrance of melons and fruits, not to mention the Sun family's compound, before the reunion dinner, the offering table will be arranged in the courtyard, so that the children take turns to worship the Jade Emperor God.

Sun Yan remembered that his second brother carved the best watermelon, and only a small saw blade could be used to cut out flowers and plants, and the moon rabbit pavilions and pavilions came out, which was a necessary thing to worship the gods every year. But now, every year is still bright, but the Sun family is all withered, and the family is separated from life and death, leaving him alone.

The car had already stopped when Sun Yan was still sentimental, and he knew that the place had arrived. But when I got off the bus, I saw a river beach full of cars, more than the largest second-hand car trading market in the city, but I didn't see a few people, and I didn't know where the dark market was.

Sun Yan didn't ask much, followed Shopkeeper Feng and a few other groups of people along a canal for a while, and his divine thoughts swept to the stone factory behind the hillside.

After walking for more than half an hour, the two finally entered the gate of the stone factory. It's not so bustling now, with the east, south, west, and north areas clearly divided into four markets. Sun Yan observed that the eastern district sells magic tools and rune paper, and the southern district sells weapons and blades; The two largest districts in the northwest, one sells medicinal herbs and the other sells everything, but they can't tell where they came from.

The central area is now enclosed by striped cloth and covers an area almost half the size of the stone factory. Sun Yan saw that there were two tables blocking the entrance, and it was estimated that it was the venue for the qualification competition.

When the two approached, Shopkeeper Feng handed over a recommendation stick, and the person sitting at the table guarding the door didn't look at him, took the sign and put it into a wooden box shaped like a chopstick box. After a while, the skewer spit out from underneath again, and it was as dexterous as a machine.

Sun Yan also took out the skewer given by the shopkeeper Feng, and the man did the same, and both of them were released. Sun Yan got the sign and looked at it again, and there was already an extra "four" on it.

"What is this?" Sun Yan asked Feng Jing curiously, Feng Jing's serial number on it was sixteen.

Feng Jing said with a smile: "This number is your entry number, you can keep it, I don't check my identity and name here, I only recognize this." ”

Sun Yan glanced at the chopstick box just now, and saw that the machine inside was not necessarily simpler than the machine, so he asked again: "What did you put this bamboo skewer in just now?" ”

Feng Jing also looked back and said, "That's the signing machine, it's something made by the Chen family." They are good at manufacturing, and this sign was numbered when it was first issued, and here it is only a verification, and there is no fake with this machine. ”

Sun Yan had heard of the Chen family at Zhu Lian's birthday banquet, and it seemed that it was also a very large family of magicians. He didn't ask any more questions, and soon followed Feng Jing to a large billboard, where there were many people around, all of whom were carefully reading the rules of the competition.

Sun Yan had a thought, so he didn't need to squeeze over to look, he browsed quickly while listening to the people next to him.

"What? This time, the written test has been added, and those who have results in each subject are not directly qualified to obtain the qualification card, but also to participate in the league? ”

"Yes, what's going on, I've never heard of it before, and why are there so many places for refining talismans?" A middle-aged man's question immediately drew echoes.

An old man in the back shook his head and said, "It is estimated that it is a trick made by the family again." We can't compare to others, and if we want to sell things in the ghost market at a good price after saving up for a lifetime, we still have to cross the single-plank bridge. ”

A person not far away sneered: "Your brother is afraid that he wants to go to the ghost market for a few years of longevity, right?" It's really a person who is in a hurry, and he can say anything. Let me tell you, the questions of this written exam are from the ghost market, and the later leagues are also related to the ghost market. ”

This man seemed to be talking to the old man, but his voice was not small, obviously trying to show off in front of people. Sure enough, after hearing this, everyone gathered around, "Brother, tell me quickly, where did you hear that?" ”

Someone else said with disdain like the old man: "Does he want to know that he is still here with us?" ”

Sun Yan didn't take it seriously after listening to it for a while, it was his first time participating, and the rules were the same for him.

Sun Yan saw that the rules stated that the written test would start at 3 p.m., and a scoring system would be adopted, with a full score of 100 points. After the written examination, there is a selection of subjects, and this time there are six subjects, namely medicine, divination, martial arts, spells, alchemy and corpse control. Among them, spells, divination, and martial arts adopt an elimination system, and thirty people are selected for spells, and the other fifty are selected; The medical skills, alchemy techniques, and corpse control techniques adopt a scoring system, with fifty people selected for medical skills and ten others.

After the selection of each subject, the score of the written test will be combined to determine the overall ranking of each subject. In the end, the top 20 people were each selected for medicine, divination, arithmetic, and martial arts; The top ten spells are taken, and the top five are only taken for refining talismans and corpse control, for a total of eighty people.

These eighty people are the winners of this selection competition, and they can directly get the qualification card in the past, but this time they have to rush to Henan after January to participate in the eight leagues in the Central Plains Dark City.

Sun Yan raised his eyes to look at the sun, and asked Feng Jing suspiciously: "Brother Feng, what about corpse control techniques?" ”

Feng Jing was also strange, "I haven't heard of it before, but there is a selection for this corpse control technique, and this is the first time we'll see you." ”

Sun Yan was just worried about the written exam. He wasn't used to cheating, and for a moment he forgot what he was thinking. As for the rest, Sun Yan probably looked at it, and the highest cultivation had just built a foundation, which was a big gap from him. Not to mention that there are corpse control and talismans, and he doesn't have to worry about winning the first place in martial arts.

Admission begins at half past two. This central area is really not a small place, and there are nearly 2,000 people from all over the province who come to compete for qualification cards, and they don't feel crowded at all when they are scattered inside.

The written test hall is separately separated and occupies the western half of the central area. There are now six passages here, and each person can enter with just a stick.

"Brother Sun, I won't go to the competition, I'll wait for you here, and I'll cheer you on after the written test." Feng Jing said hello to Sun Yan and did not prepare for the written test.

Sun Yan asked, "Brother Feng, are you here to accompany me?" ”

Feng Jing smiled: "I haven't been to the dark market for a long time, by the way, take a look at the excitement, you can go quickly." ”

Sun Yan was not polite to him, nodded and followed the flow of people. This is the open-air seat, each person has a small U-shaped table and a cushion, all of which are numbered, and the number is seated.

Sun Yan glanced at it, and there were still many empty seats after the examination room was temporarily closed. He accidentally discovered that the Liu Qi he met after helping Ji Yazhai solve the deception painting last time was also on the field, and he really didn't pay attention to it just now.

When three o'clock came, several staff members began to issue curls in platoons, and after they finished their hair, they stood aside and stared at this row, and it was clear what was going on, and they couldn't peek at all.

When Sun Yan got the volume, he hurriedly wrote the number first, and then began to browse. He found that there were no multiple-choice questions in the test paper, all of them were questions and answers, of which the test questions on qi refining and cultivation accounted for 30%, and then the six subjects selected by subject accounted for 60%, and the last big question accounted for 10%.

At a cursory glance, Sun Yan is already in his chest. In addition to his lack of knowledge in medical skills and divination, he can also use spells, and as for the rest, Sun Yan is sure that he will not lose points. Especially the last big question, which tests several uncommon creatures in the underworld, which is simply a point giveaway.

Sun Yan doesn't care about others, it is enough for him to score more than 80 points, because he is confident that he can get the first place if he participates in martial arts or refining talismans, so he can't enter the top ten and top five?

Sun Yan quickly finished answering the basic test questions of qi refining, skipped medical skills and divination, and began to fill in the martial arts part.

Each of the six subjects was ten questions, and Sun Yan answered them quickly, but when he did the eighth question in the spell class, he suddenly stopped writing.

"8. What is the spell that uses ice and snow to block a certain area?"

It's not that Sun Yan can't answer this question, on the contrary, he feels that if nothing else, only he knows the answer among all the people present.

If he hadn't heard Zhou Cun talk about it two days ago, then he wouldn't have it. There is a kind of cold ice technique in the technique, but Sun Yan's second brother happened to tell him about this spell, which is a kind of technique that condenses internal qi into cold qi, not only does he need to stay in the ice and snow all year round to practice, but he can no longer eat cooked food from the day of cultivation.

The second brother told him that the Ice Technique is a point-to-point attack, injuring the enemy with condensed ice blades and ice picks, and at most it can only cultivate a straight line of chains, and it is impossible to block the range, so the correct answer to this question should be the Boundary Creation Technique.

According to Zhou Cun, the Boundary Creation Technique has long been lost, but why did it appear in this amateur competition where you have to compete for qualifications in the ghost market? Maybe Sun Yan wouldn't have paid attention to it before, but Zhou Cun's cautious attitude that day made him pay more attention.

Sun Yan didn't rush to answer the questions anymore, but carefully read the questions that followed. The more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and one of the alleginations was from the notebook he had obtained when he was a child; And the answer to the question of corpse control can be found in "Nether Corpse Control". This book is still in Sun Yan's mind, even if it is recorded elsewhere, shouldn't it be a secret? Will it be taken out and asked casually like this?

Sun Yan quickly judged that this competition might be fishing, as for who was fishing, he didn't know what he was going to catch, or maybe it was really like what the man said just now, the person behind the scenes was the ghost market.

Sun Yan didn't hesitate any longer, and the divine thought quickly swept out. After seeing this, he realized that he was really worried about it, and regarded this written test as his usual exam. There are nearly 2,000 people here, and those who can score 50 points don't know if there are enough for 20, and most of them get some points on the qi refining question, and then choose what they know from the six sub-subjects to answer.

Sun Yan paid special attention to the eighth question of the spell, only some people answered the ice technique, the others were simply empty, and the last question was even more unanswered.

Yes! Sun Yan's knowledge of the underworld is from the book "The Netherworld" handed down from the family, so those who can answer this question are at least the same as him, they are the descendants of the family, how can those people compete for qualification cards?

Sun Yan decided, he also replied about it, anyway, there was no additional reward, no matter whether his fishing was an opportunity or a trap, Sun Yan didn't plan to come out.

He was almost fifty points now, so he picked up the talisman inscription and wrote a few more questions, and stopped writing when he estimated that he could reach fifty-six or seven points. Because many people have seen him use talismans, if he doesn't answer, he will be a little eager to cover up.