The Mutes family's chamber of commerce is located on the side of a wide main road in the south of the Imperial Capital Mountain, and the location is not very good, but it is not bad.

The storefront shop of the Chamber of Commerce mainly deals in some special Warcraft products of the storm ocean, and the back of the store is a very large courtyard, which is more than enough to live in a few Lin Ke and the sixteen iron guards.

"Cohen, we're going to the Qingfeng Family's Chamber of Commerce," Donna said awkwardly, she didn't like to deal with Lin Ke much after Qinghua City.

"Well, Cousin Donna will go and settle down first, and then I'll visit there if I have free time, and adjust my condition, it won't be long before the entrance exam," Lin Ke said with a smile.

"Hmm," Donna nodded, a little reluctantly but firmly, and turned away.

"Uncle Cohen, rest well, I'm going too," Sam was a down-to-earth child, more steady than Donna.

"Take care of Donna, you know, she's actually a little girl who hasn't grown up," Lin Ke saw Donna's back obviously resentful, probably blaming him for not keeping her, "If there is any problem, you must notify me as soon as possible, Emperor Du is more cautious than Liucheng." ”

Sam nodded firmly, although the boy in front of him who was going to call his cousin was younger than himself, his performance in Liucheng won Sam's respect and trust.

The guards of the Qingfeng family also stepped forward to salute Lin Ke before leaving.

"Cohen, these Qingfeng guards seem to have a lot of respect for you," Hubert touched his chin a little puzzled, obviously not being treated if he returned to his mother's house.

"Hehe, probably look at how handsome I am," Lin Ke said informally.

Hubert and Mentoqi rolled their eyes.

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The council hall in the backyard of the Chamber of Commerce.

"Let's talk about the entrance exam of the academy," Hubert said with a serious expression, "The entrance exam is three fixed links every year, the first two are ring matches, each person will play against an opponent randomly, and the winner will enter the next round and the loser will be eliminated directly!"

"The loser will be eliminated directly?!" Xue'er exclaimed, "Doesn't that mean that if Xiong Li's first-order encounters Xiong Li's fourth-order guys like Cohen and Lilith, it might as well just abstain from voting!

"Hehe, it's not that unfair, but it won't be very fair," Hubert shook his head with a smile and said, "Randomization is also carried out within the range of the same rank, that is to say, the first order of bear power will not meet the opponent of the second order, and the fourth order of bear power will not meet the third order of bear power, but the real combat power may be very different depending on the individual talent, so if you are unlucky to meet an opponent of the same level but whose talent is much higher than your own, you can only admit bad luck." ”

"There aren't many people in the fourth order every year, right?" Lilith, who had always spoken little, suddenly asked.

"Yes," Hubert's expression was a little helpless, "geniuses like Cohen and you are only four or five at most every year, and there is not even one at the least, and generally speaking, candidates who can reach the fourth order before the age of eighteen will skip the first round of the competition and go directly to the second round, but you may not know that this year is a little different." ”

Hubert said with a somewhat solemn expression, "According to reliable sources, there are a lot of geniuses who have taken the entrance exam this year, that is, there are even many top geniuses, and there are as many as eighteen Xiong Li fourth-order candidates who are under the age of eighteen, even compared to the golden generation of the Paladins hundreds of years ago, so this year's entrance exam has attracted special attention, and it is said that even the dean has been alarmed!"

Lin Ke and the others were nothing, but Eller, who was sitting at the top and listening quietly, opened his eyes wide, "Lord of the God of War Academy?!"

Hubert bowed slightly, and said, "Yes, but these are all rumors, after all, no one can say what happened to a character like the dean, who almost existed in legends. ”

The glint in Eeller's eyes remained undiminished, and when he looked at Linko, he was filled with an indescribable expectation, which made him very uncomfortable.

"So that means that this year's Fourth Order is likely to cancel the practice of passing all the first rounds, and it will also be better than eliminating three-quarters of the candidates in the last two rounds?" Lin Ke frowned slightly, "Wouldn't it be a pity?"

Hubert smiled and said, "The ring is a small battlefield, and those who remain are the real strong, but it's a pity what, if the loser is younger, he will naturally come back in the next year, and if he is older, he will never have a chance with the academy." ”

Everyone was silent.

The God of War Academy has been a holy place in the minds of all cultivators of the God of War Empire since ancient times, and I don't know how many strong people have come out of here and become the cornerstone of the empire, and now the vast majority of the strong people in the major important positions of the empire are also from here.

But it was the first time that everyone knew that it was so difficult to enter the God of War Academy, and only the first two rounds had to brush off three-quarters of the candidates, you know, every candidate among them was the brightest star in each region.

After a long time, it was Lin Ke who was the first to break the silence and asked Hubert, "Brother Hall, you just said 'according to reliable information', where did this reliable information come from?

Hubert shook his head, glanced at Eller with some embarrassment, and then gritted his teeth and said, "No, actually...... Actually, the news came from a gambling house!"

"What?"

"What!"

Two exclamations, two different meanings.

The first sound came from Lin Ke, who was surprised and filled with joy.

The second voice came from Cher, surprised and deeply worried.

"Master Hubert, the news from the gambling house is not reliable," Cher said with a blank look at Eller.

"You may not know when you first come to the imperial capital, this gambling house is not an ordinary gambling house," Hubert said with a wry smile, "This gambling house does not have gambling games on weekdays, only during the entrance examination of the God of War Academy every year, there will be a handicap for the examination situation, of course, before this, there will be a large number of people participating in the competition and various information outflow, so many years have passed, countless facts have proved that these pre-game information is reliable, and people will believe it over time." ”

"War Casino," said the nonchalant Eller suddenly.

"Exactly!" Hubert looked at Eller with a look of surprise on his face, "Seventh Grandpa, I didn't expect you to know about the War Gambling House too!"

The corners of Eller's mouth twitched, and he said no more.

"Brother, let's tell us more about this war gambling house?!" Lin Ke asked after glancing at Eller and regaining his calm expression.

"Everyone knows that the imperial capital brings together the most powerful and wealthy people in the entire empire, and because of the importance of the God of War Academy to the entire empire, its entrance examination represents the important talents of the empire in the future to a certain extent, so the annual entrance examination has become a major event in the imperial capital, and the grand event is a grand event, if it is without the participation and interaction of these dignitaries, this grand event will be superficial, but it is different when the gambling game is opened, everyone in the imperial capital participates, as little as a few silver coins, and as many as tens of thousands of gold coins, who can not pay attention to these games？！”

"So from the academy about the war gambling house is the way it is viewed, I personally think it makes sense, but in this way, the candidates also have the trouble of the candidates, because your victory or defeat has become not only your own business, but together with the expectations brought by so many bets behind you, the winner naturally enjoys the feeling of being shrouded in aura, the loser...... Of course, the aura and the aura are also different, like your cousin and me, who couldn't carry much money back then, it was the same when they won and lost, but if you think about it, it's different, hehe," Hubert was a little gloating, after all, the greater the ability, the greater the pressure.

"There is a big insider behind the war gambling house, it must be some real big people who are indulging in it, if it can be related to the God of War Academy, it will never be a simple profit-making behavior, this is what your grandfather told me about it at the beginning," Eller interjected coldly, causing Linko to fall into deep thought.

"Master Hubert said that there are three rounds of fixed rounds, but just now he only said that the first two rounds were ring matches, and he didn't say what the third round was?"

"Neil, right, the news about the four of you has been coming from the family side in the past six months, and it feels much more exciting than me at the God of War Academy, so that I have been studying hard and practicing hard during the summer vacation and have not returned to Windy City," Hubert sighed with some emotion, "After the first two rounds, most of the candidates have been brushed down and returned to their hometowns, and the rest can be said to be elites, but these elites still have to be brushed for the third time, and this third time is the most troublesome - worship the temple!"

"Worship the Temple?!Go to a place called the Temple?" asked Linko, a little confused, "That doesn't sound that hard. ”

"Well, yes, not only does it not sound difficult, but it is easier to do," Hubert said with some doubts, "just like the literal meaning, go to the temple and worship, and then come out, it's as simple as that, but the problem is that in the process, nearly half of the people have to be brushed down every year, and the reason is unknown!"

Lin Ke was terrified!

Prior to this, even when it came to two consecutive battles against a genius loser of the same rank to eliminate Lin Ke, he never doubted himself, but Hubert's simple third round was really like a hammer hitting his heart, which made him a little nervous for a while, he must enter the God of War Academy, but this third round is too mysterious?

"Brother Hall, is this third round really so mysterious? If you go in and worship and then come out, you will be eliminated a large number of them, doesn't it depend on sincerity? Which saints are enshrined in this temple?" Lin Ke asked three questions in a row, slightly eager.

"The temple is dedicated to the sages of the God of War Empire who have made great contributions throughout the ages, some of whom are deceased, some of whom are still alive, such as our legendary Dean," Hubert said, saying that these things are floating clouds in the eyes of those who have passed the entrance exams and made it in.

"As for whether it depends on the sincerity of the worship, I don't know, at least I was sincere at the time, but the problem is that other people are not necessarily insincere, and many of them are still brushed off. After so many years, everyone has been observing, and in general, there is a law that is not a rule, that is, the higher the strength, the lower the probability of being brushed down in the third round, so Cohen, you don't have to worry too much. ”

Lin Ke couldn't help but be speechless, from the previous life to this life, the things he hated the most were those things that were always out of control and powerless, such as this inexplicable third round of assessment.

Worship the temple.