Just as the rune apprentices of each student were closing their eyes and pranayama, a middle-aged man of about thirty years old pushed open the door of the examination room and stood on the high platform, "Hello everyone, I am one of the examiners of this assessment, first of all, welcome to the Imperial City Rune Master Association, Rune Tower." ”

The Runemaster Guild, as the name suggests, is a place dedicated to the evaluation of runemasters or the discussion of academics, and the Rune Tower is an important part of the formation of the Runemaster Guild.

"This assessment is the same as in previous years, everyone needs to pass the illusion level before they can enter the Rune Tower to continue to participate in the assessment. ”

"Illusion Pass?" Cang Jian came to the Imperial City for the first year, and naturally he didn't know about the rune assessment. It was the first time he had heard of Illusion Guan. Cangjian's doubts fell into Zhu Jiayun's ears, and the girl smiled, thinking that Cangjian had only been in the imperial city for a year, and she didn't know much about it.

"The illusion level is a kind of assessment of the belief of the spirit. ”

"Spirit Faith?" Cang Jian was a little puzzled when he heard this, he originally thought that there would be some magical beasts in the illusion level that he needed to defeat with soul power, after all, the rune master focused on soul power. However, listening to Zhu Jiayun's explanation seems to be a little different from what she thought.

"Well, because the way of runes is also included in the path of spiritual cultivation, but there are only a few people who understand it. Like the spirits, the way of runes requires not only talent, strong financial support, but more importantly, faith. ”

"Let's put it this way, the so-called belief is, why do you practice the way of runes, why do you cultivate the spirit?" Zhu Jiayun patiently continued: "You can take faith as your original intention of cultivating the spirit, this original intention is not to be loyal and sage, not necessarily to serve the country and calm the country. There can also be selfish motives, such as immortality, status, and power. ”

"Faith has nothing to do with good or evil, it is just your determination to seek the truth. ”

"Our spiritual cultivation is to fight with the heavens, the earth, and sentient beings, and if our beliefs are not strong, our cultivation will also stop. ”

What Zhu Jiayun said is not unreasonable, many spirit people cultivate just to reach the realm of the spirit king, without him, because after the spirit king, he can be added to the rank and become a knight, and the hereditary replacement. The Bao family is prosperous, immersed in the wine pond and meat forest all day long, and such a spirit king can't even beat some powerful nine-star yuan spirits. Why? Because they have lost their faith, they have forgotten their original intentions.

"When the illusion is leveled, I don't look at cultivation, but only whether my belief is firm. ”

"In this way, many drunken disciples will be eliminated at this level, and the last ones who can enter the Rune Tower to absorb the broken souls of their ancestors are those disciples who sincerely seek the Tao. ”

Hearing this, Cang Jian suddenly realized, these rune masters really have a way, and it is right to think about it, if it is given to those spirits who cultivate their spirits only for glory and wealth, wine ponds and meat forests, this is simply a waste, and it is reasonable to have such a round of screening.

Cang Jian is still somewhat sure of his beliefs, after all, he has always aimed to surpass his father, and the cultivation of spirits is not for the sake of lust, even if there is no mysterious old man and the ancient heavenly book, he is 100% sure that he can get through this level safely.

At this time, a bustling crowd walked through the gate into the Association Square. In front of everyone's eyes, a clear lake appeared, without a trace of waves on the surface, quiet and strangely beautiful. There are some trees around the lake, but in the middle of winter, the leaves have withered a lot, but surprisingly, none of the leaves have fallen into the water.

In the middle of the lake, there is a jade platform carved from white marble, and its body exudes a faint fluctuation of spiritual power.

And not far from the side of the jade platform, there is a lake pavilion, in the lake pavilion set up a long stone table, around there are several maids, in their hands with tea and dried fruits, one by one neatly placed for people to eat.

At this time, there were several middle-aged people and several old men sitting around the long table, and they looked at the candidates who participated in the assessment with great interest.

There's a general there?

Cang Jian was slightly stunned, he thought that the teachers from various academies were sitting there, because Master Changhong was sitting around the long table, talking to the teachers on the side.

But who is that general? It's not about fighting.

This general is wearing golden armor, burly, with a long beard, and the momentum between his eyebrows makes people palpitate, this general is none other than Zhu Jiayun's father, the generalissimo of Liuhe Town, Zhu Haoqiong.

Zhu Haoqiong should not have come here as a marshal, after all, he is not particularly proficient in runes, and the people sitting around him are basically fourth- and fifth-level rune masters, and he looks very out of tune when he sits here, especially the rune masters are wearing immortal robes, but of course he has to wear formal clothes when attending this kind of occasion as a general, and his formal clothes are battle armor.

Originally, he didn't want to come, and the assessment in previous years was all attended by the saint in person, but recently the dragon body is not safe, the emperor has no brother left and right, and the heirs are still young, so he can only attend the marshal.

Zhu Haoqiong obviously felt quite uncomfortable, but he didn't expect Cangjian to look at him directly, Cangjian he knew, he had hidden his body in Master Bai Hong's office before and carefully observed Cangjian, and heard that Cangjian had no knowledge of runes, he was amazed, and felt that Cangjian was imperceptibly devouring the original god of the snow god.

Zhu Haoqiong was not angry when he found Cang Jian looking at him, he smiled slightly, and said hello to Cang Jian.

Cang Jian was flattered, and found that he had behaved inappropriately, so he smiled slightly and apologized, and then didn't dare to look around. Zhang Ling'er saw that Cang Jian was deflated, pursed her lips and smiled, patted Cang Jian's head, and said, "You kid is quite discerning, and that general is Jia Yun's father." ”

"Generalissimo!" Cang Jian exclaimed, no wonder he felt the same aura as his own father.

"The marshal actually came in person. ”

"Uh...... Under normal circumstances, my father should not have come, because he didn't understand runes, and he had always been here before, but recently, the saint occasionally felt a cold, so I asked my father to come. As soon as Zhu Jiayun entered the door, she saw her father, pouted and said.

"It seems that the emperor also attaches great importance to the rune assessment. ”

"Well, because the barbarian and demon races don't know rune arts, our human race has always had an advantage in terms of weapons, which is also the reason why the human race has always occupied the rich area of the Central Plains. Zhang Ling'er took over and said.

"All of us must not be careless, keep our hearts in the illusion, the illusion will break itself, if we fall into it, then we will fail. Speaking of this, Zhu Jiayun paused, looked at the familiar faces around and said: "What failure means, everyone knows it, so everyone, come on!"

When Cang Jian heard this, he didn't speak, looking at the jade platform not far away, eager to try.