At dawn on the second day, Tianyou got up early in the morning, ran out and took a turn, only to find that none of the students got up. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Fortunately, the guard general got up early, but only a few of the sergeants got up, and most of them were still sleeping.

"General Lang, why are you just a few of you?" In the lobby of the inn, the general of the guard was eating alone, and several other sergeants were still ordering, and it seemed that they had just gotten up.

Seeing Tianyou, General Lang was immediately surprised: "You won't sleep all night, will you?"

"Oh, no, I went to bed very early last night. ”

The sergeant next to him had already finished ordering breakfast, and at this time they were also seated. One of the veterans said: "Every time the students who come to participate in the selection come to the bottom of this mountain, they will be sleepless all night, and they will not be able to sleep until the second half of the night, so we usually have to wake up one by one on the second day, and if you get up so early, the general will naturally think that you haven't slept all night." ”

General Lang didn't know about the special recruitment quota, but the strength of Tianyou was obvious to all, so they all thought that he had the confidence and didn't care too much.

Several early sergeants beckoned Tianyou to go over to eat together, but General Lang had already finished eating, and after saying hello to them, he began to go upstairs to call people one by one, and soon there were all kinds of noises upstairs, but it was not until Tianyou was almost finished eating that he saw sleepy-eyed people coming downstairs one after another. Sure enough, only a few of the students were relatively normal, and most of them looked like they hadn't woken up.

"God bless you get up so early?" Seeing that Tianyou was downstairs, Guan Qingye asked with some surprise.

"Hah...... So sleepy. A candidate who followed down said angrily, "This is trouble." I didn't fall asleep until the second half of the night last night, and I have to get up early this morning, and I'm definitely not in a good state, what if I can't choose it!"

"What are you worried about?" one of the people behind muttered: "You are the first time to participate in the selection, if you can't do it this time, you can wait for the next time, I am already the third time, and if I don't win the selection again, I can only find another sect!"

Tianyou listened to the confusion below, and asked the sergeant at the same table: "What's the matter?

The veteran at the same table immediately said, "Of course. Although this Zixiao Palace selects disciples once a year, if they don't win, they need to wait for two years before they are allowed to come again. In other words, although the selection takes place every year, if you are not selected, it can only be once every three years. If you miss twice, you will have to be re-elected in the seventh year, even if you were a yellow-mouthed child at the beginning, you are now almost the year of the weak crown. First, the age is too old, and if you don't win three times, it means that your qualifications are too poor, and it's useless to come again, so Zixiao Palace stipulates that each person only has three chances. ”

The students in a daze were worried about their state as they went down to the inn lobby and began to call for breakfast, and General Lang also came down from the upper floor. Tianyou found that most of the sergeants who stayed in an inn with them yesterday didn't get up, so he asked if he needed to help him wake up, and he finished eating anyway.

When a few sergeants around heard this, they hurriedly stopped it, and after explaining it, Tianyou knew that the others would not go up the mountain with them today. Zixiao Palace's open recruitment of disciples is once a year, and people from the ten countries will come to participate, so the number will be a bit large, so Zixiao Palace stipulates that countries are only allowed to send a maximum of ten escorts. Anyway, there weren't so many people, so General Lang gave everyone else a day off.

After figuring out the situation, Tianyou didn't have much to do, went to the back kitchen to buy some raw meat, ordered another barbecue, and took it upstairs to feed Mocking Wind and Moon Shadow. Mocking Wind seems to have been growing his body recently, eating a lot of food, and his size is also increasing, and the cage that was customized when he came out of the royal city is almost unstuffed. Moon Shadow hasn't changed much, and it seems that its body shape has been frozen since the last time it was advanced. Tianyou guesses that she is probably the type of phased growth, that is, she usually does not grow up, and she grows explosively every time she advances.

Listening to the sound of everyone downstairs starting to go upstairs to pack up their things, Tianyou quickly took the Moon Shadow back, and then it took a long time to stuff the mocking wind back into the cage. Although many cultivators have demon pets, they have signed a soul contract, and the relationship between Mock Wind and him is like that of a hunter and a hound, and there is no physical restraint with him. Tianyou doesn't know if this situation will be seen, and he is worried that if Mocking Wind is killed as a wild monster, it will be troublesome. After all, this is Zixiao Palace, and there must be a lot of people who have the ability to collect demons, so it's better to keep a low profile before figuring out the situation.

Throwing all the miscellaneous items into the Qiankun bag, stepping on the bow bag, and lifting the cage containing the mockery in one hand, Tianyou came downstairs like a freshman preparing to report to the university. The students in the other rooms also quickly cleaned up and went downstairs to gather.

Before the people on their side arrived, another group of people came outside the door, this was a student who lived in another inn. There were so many of them that it was obvious that there was no place for an inn. After the two sides met, the number of people was counted, and the procession began to march up the hill.

General Lang didn't let everyone ride horses, because less than two miles out of the town was where the mountain gate of Zixiao Palace was located. There is a large flat open space here, and the ground is also paved with green bricks, forming a large open square. There are 18 figures arranged symmetrically on both sides of the square, nine on the left and right, half for men and half for women, divided into two opposite sides.

All the sculptures are carved from a single monolith, and are about five zhang (12 meters) high. The image and temperament of each sculpture are different, and the armor and weapons on the body are also divided into nine types.

The two sculptures near the intersection are both wearing heavy armor, and the sculpture of the man on the right carries a giant sword of equal height and length on his shoulder, staring at the direction of the intersection with a serious expression, as if he is examining everyone. The female stone statue on the left side of the opposite side plunged the giant sword into the ground upside down, holding the hilt of the sword with both hands, standing straight, with a cold face, and her eyes locked on the intersection position.

Most of the people in the team came here for the first time, and they were immediately stunned when they saw these two stone statues, and many of them opened their mouths and looked at the two huge and mighty stone statues in a daze.

Tianyou was also stunned by the stone statue in front of him, but he was not because of the huge size and expressive appearance of the stone statue, but because he saw the vein-like aura channel inside the stone statue.

"It's just two stone statues, why do you have such a strong aura? There is a large group of people gathered at the heart and mouth, as if it is a center. Why does it feel like this thing is so similar to the wooden man you saw in the basement?" Looking at the two stone statues, Tianyou suddenly thought of something, and took two steps back in surprise. "Isn't this also a puppet of the Dao soldiers? The ones in the basement are just made of wood, and they're so powerful, these are so big, they're still stone, aren't they almost like the giant god soldiers when they move?

Nima, Zixiao Palace really deserves to be the authentic sect of the Immortal Gate, and the guards guarding the gate are all Gundam!

If the elders in Zixiao Palace knew that the eighteen Dao puppets outside the mountain gate that few people even knew about their own disciples would be seen through by Tianyou, they would not know whether they would rush down the mountain to kill people and kill their mouths, or if they would be pulled back for special cultivation as a sect.

No wonder Bai Qi was amazed by Tianyou's super high spiritual sense, this ability is too strong.

"Surprised, wasn't it? I almost tumbled off my horse when I first came. General Lang said, standing beside Tianyou. Just now Tianyou guessed that this colossus was actually a puppet of the Dao soldiers, and he staggered two steps in fear, and General Lang thought that he was frightened, so he spoke out to Tianyou to find a step down.

The road in front of the mountain gate of Zixia Palace is particularly strange, the trees on both sides are very dense, and the canopy of the trees heals above everyone's heads, making the mountain road like a tunnel.

Knowing that General Lang had misunderstood, Tianyou didn't intend to explain, but asked, "Were these colossias here before?"

General Lang didn't understand why Tianyou asked, but he still replied: "With such a large stone statue, how can ordinary people move it? Even those monks of Zixiao Palace, there are not many who can move such a huge thing." ”

"Never moved?"

"Anyway, the first time I saw it, it was here, but I really haven't touched the place. ”

"What about the posture?"

General Lang glanced at Tianyou in surprise. "How can the posture of the stone statue change? If it moves, the immortal chief on the mountain may be able to change the posture...... Unless you re-engrave one. ”

Hearing this, Tianyou just nodded, noncommittal. Although General Lang said that these stone statues had not been touched, Tianyou still suspected that they were Taoist puppets. The reason why it has not been touched for many years is that there is no opportunity to use it. These things are clearly placed here for the purpose of guarding the mountain gate, and Zixiao Palace is the orthodoxy of the Xianmen, and no one dares to recognize the first in the Zixiao Palace of the Immortal Gate in the world. Besides, even if there are people who drink too much and look for death, they will be wiped out by sending a few people at will, and these weapons of mass murder should not be used.

After some amazement, everyone began to walk forward, so the stone statues behind came into view one after another.

The two stone statues in second place are still a man and a woman, and the eighteen stone statues are arranged according to the same rules, and the left hand side of the group is a female statue, and the right hand side is a male statue.

The two statues in the second row are dressed in light armor, with only simple armor on the shoulders, arms, waist, chest, and calves. The male figure on the right is holding a heavy weapon more than seven zhang long, which looks like a long-handled axe at first glance, but if you look closely, you will find that this is actually a halberd rather than an axe, but because the halberd blade on one side is too large, it looks a bit like a big axe.

The stone statue held the end of the halberd in one hand, the body of the halberd dragged diagonally to the ground, and the blade of the halberd in front of it supported the ground, as if to stop the crowd from passing.

The female statue on the opposite side is holding the same long weapon, but the shape is somewhat different. This should also be a halberd, but it is a double-headed halberd, and both ends are double-headed halberd blades, which feels a bit like a double-headed Fang Tian painting halberd.

The female statue also holds the halberd with one hand, but the double-headed halberd stands vertically beside her, with one end inserted into the ground and the other end erected. It was said before that these stone statues are five zhang tall, but they are all the height of human figures, and most of these weapons are actually more than five zhang.

The third row of stone statues is also dressed in light armor, but with slightly different weapons. In the man's hand is a long knife in the shape of lightning, which is held in one hand to the side, and it looks relaxed.

The statue held a sword, not a largesword with a panel used in the first row of statues, but a regular-sized sword. The sword still had its scabbard and was hung at his side. The statue was a little different from the previous stone statue in that her expression seemed to have a faint hint of a smile, not as serious as the previous ones.

Further back, the weapons in the fourth row turned into a kind of ring-shaped weapon surrounded by jagged teeth, and Tianyou remembered that Lu Zhengyi seemed to use this thing, which seemed to be called a war wheel.

The weapons used in the fifth row of stone statues are a bit strange, they are all long weapons, but I can't tell what they are. The male figure on the right is a thick, long stick, held in both hands, with the tip slightly downward. There is a dragon wrapped around the stick, and the dragon's head is the head of the stick, and the dragon's mouth is open, and there is a hole in it, which seems to lead all the way to the stick.

This thing Tianyou guessed for a long time and didn't see what it was. If you say it's a sledgehammer, the faucet feels too small. If it is a stick, this coiled dragon body is a bit of a hindrance, and the diameter is too thick to be wielded.

The female statue on the other side uses the same long weapon, but only two-thirds of it is in the shape of a stick, and the front end splits into something like four forks, and they are wound forward with each other, leaving a passage in the center. The structure seems to have a fragile front that is not suitable for slashing, and there is no blade, and the elongated tip is clearly not suitable for heavy hits. But if you want to say that this thing is a spear dominated by thorns, I don't know what the middle channel is for, and I feel that the structure at the front end is not closed, which seriously affects the overall strength. This thing doesn't seem to be suitable as a weapon in the first place.

The costumes of the portraits in the sixth row have changed considerably. The male figure wears leather armor and holds a large crossbow with an ornate shape in his hand. In addition to the girdle and bracers, the female statue is only dressed in a long flowing dress, and holds a simple but beautiful longbow in her hand, and an arrow is attached to the bow, and the bowstring tends to pull slightly.

From the seventh row onwards, the figures seem to have lost their armor, and the weapons used by the male and female statues are also very different. The male figures in this row use a long weapon, the main body is a club, and there are four ear-shaped protrusions at one end, which is supposed to be a magic staff. But women's weapons are not only not long weapons, they don't even look like weapons. There are two folding fans, and the tips have a fluffy feeling like feathers, but because they are stone carvings, I can't tell what they are, but they feel beautiful.

The weapon used by the male figure in the eighth row is a stick, which is somewhat embossed on the surface, but the shape of the stick is very clear. The female statue is a little bit special here. Not only is this statue unarmoured, but she doesn't even have many clothes, except for a short skirt around her waist and a circle of cover on her chest, there are almost only a few ribbons left. However, this outfit does not hide much, but it does not look glamorous, but has a sense of elegance, as if it will ride the wind at any time.

The weapon in the female statue's hand is a flute, and Lu Meng used this type of flute before.

The two stone statues in the last row are not weapons, and there is a guzheng standing next to the male statue, one end on the ground, holding one hand, which is obviously a musical instrument, but it gives people a domineering feeling.

The statue was similar to the one in the eighth row, with a small number of costumes and a deliberate sense of light gauze ribbon. But different from the female statue in the eighth row, the female statue in the ninth row does not give people a sense of fairy, although there is the meaning of the flying goddess in the Dunhuang murals, but with a strong sense of charm and charm. It doesn't feel like a goddess flying in the sky, but a demon girl flying in the sky.

The instrument held by the female statue is also a musical instrument like the male statue, but it is not a guzheng but a pipa, and I feel that the last two are completely the feeling of a musician and a dancer.

Along the way, everyone was judging those stone statues, and some even deliberately got close to observe, but unfortunately there were no mobile phones in the Shenzhou Continent, otherwise these people would have to take a selfie.

"Do you see something?" Guan Qingye walked up to Tianyou at some point and asked out loud.

Tianyou Luowei was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head, he didn't pay attention to the appearance of these stone statues, what he cared about was the aura veins inside, and he had been studying this just now. "Do you see what? Could it be that these statues are statues of some hero?"

Guan Qingye smiled and shook his head, "That's not it. However, these eighteen stone statues are not randomly carved, they are the eighteen main types of battles in this immortal gate. ”

"These are battle classifications?" Guan Qingye reminded Tianyou that he could also see the difference, because he could compare the fighting styles of Ying Ying and the others, and it seemed that the corresponding images could be found among the eighteen stone statues.

"All the battle classifications of Xianmen are generally here, of course, in fact, you can also learn a few at the same time, or use other collocation methods, but these are the best ways summarized by the predecessors, and the current Xianmen disciples are generally in accordance with this system. ”

Tianyou nodded suddenly. It turns out that these are like class classifications in the game, and different classes have different weapons and skill combinations. However, the Shenzhou Continent is a real world after all, and there is no restriction that you can only learn according to a fixed routine. As long as the cultivator is willing, he can learn all the classifications, anyway, the basis of all classifications is aura, and there is no such thing as a conflict of skills.

However, in reality, no one does that at all, because human energy is limited after all, and learning everything means not being proficient in everything. The classification of these combat professions is the optimal combination summarized by the predecessors, or it is faster to learn, or it can exert greater combat effectiveness, in short, there is a certain truth.

Tianyou was sighing, suddenly heard a noisy sound, looked back, and found that there was another group of people at the entrance of the square where they were just now, and the sound just now was the exclamation of these people when they saw the two stone statues in front.

Tianyou's eyesight is superb, and after seeing the crowd, he suddenly frowned, and said to Guan Qingye beside him: "Qingye, go and inform General Lang to gather everyone, the troublemaker is coming." ”

Guan Qingye also looked at the sound when he heard it, and was stunned for a moment and suddenly reacted. "It's the candidate team of the Tang Kingdom? How can you see it from such a distance? Forget it, I'll let everyone gather first. (To be continued.) )