Three days after Zhuge Ming and Tang Chen came to the Qi City, someone came to the Qi Shenglou where they were staying and informed them to go to the Qi Sect to prepare to participate in the assessment duel.

The two followed the people who came to inform them and came to the north side of the central square of Qicheng.

If it were any other city, this would usually be the location of the City Lord's Mansion, but now, what caught Tang Chen's eyes was a huge sect archway.

The archway is supported by ten towering pillars, above is a memorial arch that resembles a hammer, carved with the word "Qizong", the handwriting is simple and vigorous, at a glance you know that it is an old antique that has experienced a very long time, with a silent power, it shows its incomparably profound heritage.

Just seeing this archway, Tang Chen's heart felt a little heavy, and he felt that he had underestimated the five sects and four clans before, and these big forces that had been inherited for hundreds of thousands of years were obviously not as simple as he thought.

There was a faint film of light shrouded in the archway, which was the enchantment of the Great Sect Protector Array.

Tang Chen could see at a glance that this Great Sect Protector Array of the Instrument Sect had reached the high-level Emperor Grade, and it was jointly constructed by several star arrays, although it could not reach the power of the real composite array, but it was also much stronger than the simple superposition of several star arrays.

It can be seen that after so many years, the Qizong has still produced many outstanding talents.

The passer-by took out a star weapon and activated it, only to see a starlight shoot on the barrier of the Great Sect Protector Array, and then disappear.

After a while, the enchantment in front of the archway began to ripple like water waves, and then a one-zhang square hole was revealed.

The passer-by glanced back at Zhuge Ming and shouted in the same tone as greeting an inferior person: "You come with me." ”

As he spoke, he walked into the hollow in front of him first.

Zhuge Ming and Tang Chen glanced at each other, and the two immediately followed the leader, and through the void, they entered the interior of the Great Sect Protector Array.

The protective large array of the instrument sect obviously has a concealment function, and what you see after entering the large array is completely different from the scene you see outside.

When I was outside, I saw a mansion like the castle lord's mansion, but what I saw at this time was a majestic city, a city no less than Xishi City.

On the tall and majestic city tower, there are two golden characters carved with "Qicheng", revealing a tenacious and heavy atmosphere.

The person who led the way in front inadvertently looked back at Zhuge Ming and Tang Chen, and saw Tang Chen's face with a look of surprise, he couldn't help but smile mockingly, and said, "Haven't you seen the world? This is where our real Instrument Sect is located." Let's go, the duel is about to begin, but don't make the others wait long!"

Zhuge Ming heard this person look down on people like this, opened his mouth, and wanted to reprimand, but thinking that he was still guilty, he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

Tang Chen was indifferent, it was not the first time he had been looked down upon, he had already gotten used to it.

Following the leader into the city, they passed through several gates, and after nearly an hour, they finally arrived at a medium-sized square.

In the middle of the square, there stands a huge statue of the furnace, the whole statue is gray and dark, revealing a depressing and heavy atmosphere, which makes people feel suffocated.

At this time, hundreds of people had gathered in the square, most of them standing there in a neat line, in an orderly manner. Others sat across from them. At first glance, it's clear.

Obviously, the people sitting were actually the elders who were responsible for carrying out the assessment duel, and the young people standing were the members of the interception team who participated in the assessment duel.

Directly in front of these people, there was a lonely figure standing there, it was Zhuge Zhi.

When they arrived at the square, the leader asked Zhuge Ming and Tang Chen to wait at the edge of the square, and he quickly walked in front of those elders, probably bringing Zhuge Ming and Tang Chen with him.

Then he saw that all the elders glanced at Zhuge Ming and Tang Chen.

Soon, he led the passers-by and returned, motioned for Zhuge Ming and Tang Chen to follow, and whispered: "Be honest, follow me to see the elders!"

After speaking, he led Zhuge Ming and Tang Chen to the open space in front of where those elders were, and then bowed down and retreated, leaving Zhuge Ming and Tang Chen alone.

Zhuge Ming took a step forward, bowed down and clasped his fists, and said, "Zhuge Ming, who is a sinful person, see the elders!"

The number of elders was quite large, nearly a hundred, and when they saw Zhuge Ming bowing and worshipping, they either sneered, nodded, frowned, or had expressionless faces, and so on......

The gray-haired elder in the center smiled and nodded to Zhuge Ming, but he didn't speak.

The elder on Elder Flowerhair's left hand had a straight face and said in a deep voice, "Since you're here, let's start." ”

"Yes. ”

Zhuge Ming responded, bowed back and took a step back, returned to Tang Chen's side, and then said to Tang Chen, "Come with me." ”

So, Tang Chen followed Zhuge Ming and hurriedly came to Zhuge Zhi's side.

Zhuge Ming and Zhuge Zhi looked at each other, both of them nodded vigorously, and then Zhuge Ming hugged his fist to Tang Chen and said, "Please, little friend!"

Tang Chen just smiled slightly, and didn't say much.

At this time, an elder who was in charge of maintaining the order of the assessment sang, "Leave the venue with irrelevant personnel!"

Hearing this, Zhuge Ming did not linger any longer, immediately turned around, and hurriedly retreated to the edge of the square, looking at Zhuge Zhi and Tang Chen on the field from a distance, with obvious worry in his eyes.

The flower-haired elder in the middle swept his gaze over the audience, and preached loudly: "Zhuge Zhihui Sect's assessment duel, now it officially begins, the first item, refining weapons." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of disciples streamed in from both sides of the square, each of them came to a person who participated in the assessment duel, placed a refining material on the ground in front of him, and then turned to leave.

There is no doubt that the refining materials assigned to each other are exactly the same in terms of quality and quantity.

Only Tang Chen had no materials in front of him, because according to convention, his assistant did not need to participate in the refining of weapons, and there were no restrictions on the use of star weapons.

And when these materials were distributed, the elder on Elder Hua's left hand spoke again, and said, "Why doesn't Zhuge Zhi's assistant have refining materials?"

As soon as this person spoke, almost everyone knew that he was deliberately trying to make trouble for Zhuge .

Elder Huafa frowned and explained, "Second Elder, according to the usual practice, Zhuge Zhi's assistant does not need to refine weapons. ”

The second elder looked suspicious and asked, "Is there such a thing? Why don't I know, does the sect have such a rule?"

Elder Huafa's face suddenly turned ugly, and he said, "The duel assessment has always been in accordance with this convention, and there are no rules. ”