"Next, Bai Yulu!"

With the shouting of a middle-aged man on the field, the crowd sitting around caused a burst of low buzzing and discussion. Then, I saw a swarthy and thin young man walking out of the crowd in front of the audience in response. On his pale face, there was a sickly look of weakness, and at the sight of him, the crowd who were whispering again let out a sound of surprise and ridicule.

The young man walked to the front of the stage, bowed his hand to several old men with white beards on the stage, and reported: "Santun Wei Bai Yulu has seen all the elders!" ”

Several old men on the stage looked at the young man in front of them, and couldn't help frowning slightly. One of the elders picked up the identity slip made of bamboo chips that he had given him, and after looking at it, an imperceptible silent smile appeared on his face, and he said to the young man in the audience: "According to the rules of the Bai clan, young people who are over the age of fifteen can start practicing the exercises. Although your Santun Wei was only accepted by our clan a hundred years ago, but the patriarch ordered that the new Bai clan and my old Bai clan would be treated equally, and as long as you were fifteen years old, you could practice the Bai clan's exercises. However, in view of your weak physique, the old man can make an exception for you to enter the Xiwen Hall to study, as long as you can study hard, you will also make a difference in the future. I don't know if you would like to arrange it like this. ”

As soon as the Elder's words fell, the crowd below once again let out a sound of surprise and discussion. After the age of fifteen, Bai's teenagers will have two directions to choose. One is to pass the martial arts exam that is being carried out at this time, and anyone who can successfully pass it can enter the Xiwu Hall to receive the practice of Bai's exercises. However, those who are not able to pass the examination can also pass the selection of Xiwentang, and those who are selected can also study poetry and books in Xiwentang. However, since Bai Yulu and their three tunwei integrated into the Bai clan, there was no precedent for anyone to be able to enter Xi Wentang. The reason for this is that the people of the old Bai clan are prejudiced against the new Bai clan of Santunwei, thinking that they are not the real people of the Bai clan, and they do not think that those who are at the bottom of the Santun Clan can be qualified to enter Xiwentang. The elder suddenly announced that he could make an exception and let Bai Yulu enter the Xiwen Hall without passing the selection, which really surprised both the old Bai clan and the new Bai clan. More people from the old Bai clan were indignant about this, and they didn't know what kind of shit luck this Bai Yulu had taken, and he would actually make the elders so favored.

However, just when everyone was talking about it, thinking that Bai Yulu had stepped on the shit luck. Bai Yulu shook his head lightly at the elder, and said in a dry voice, "I want to enter the Martial Arts Hall." ”

"Whoa......!"

"What did he say, kid?"

"I don't know what to do!"

Bai Yulu's words surprised everyone, and they blamed him one after another, especially those young people from the old Bai clan, who all thought that Bai Yulu didn't know what to do.

The elders on the stage also felt incredible, they didn't expect Bai Yulu to refuse his kindness, they didn't feel their brows furrowed, and shook their heads slightly: "You have to think about it, if you can't pass the exam, you won't be able to enter the Xiwen Hall and the Xiwu Hall!" ”

Bai Yulu trembled a little, and his heart was also a little apprehensive, but in the end, he nodded slightly to the elder. Seeing that Bai Yulu still insisted on his thoughts like this, the elder shook his head helplessly and sighed lightly and said, "Since this is the case, why don't you take the martial arts exam." ”

Bai Yulu bowed to the elders on the stage, and then turned around and walked towards the high platform in the middle of the square. On the high platform stood a swordsman and a spearman, both of whom were the instructors of the martial arts hall and the examiners of today's martial arts selection exam.

After Bai Yulu walked slowly to the stage, he saluted the two examiners respectively, and then reported his identity and name. The two examiners looked at Bai Yulu, who was as thin as wood in front of them and looked sick, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and glance at each other. Then, the swordsman raised his hand to the spearman and said, "Dejiaoxi, you should come first." ”

The spearman smiled bitterly and said to the swordsman: "I think you should come, he looks frail in the first place, do you think he can use the spear?" ”

The mutual prevarication between the swordsman and the spearman on the stage made Bai Yulu feel a little inferior, but he did not give up because of the prevarication between the two. Of course, the situation on the stage also caused everyone in the audience to discuss, and when they saw the two teachers, they unconsciously became even more contemptuous and ridiculed Bai Yulu.

At this time, under a big tree behind the elders' seat, a girl in a light green dress, cold and elegant, as calm as a green lotus blooming, stared at the white jade on the stage. In the eyes of the young man who looked weak, she saw a touch of perseverance that others could not shake, a feeling that could make people's hearts beat.

"Wei'er, why are you here?" A young man in a black shirt, about seventeen or eighteen years old, walked over, looked at the girl in front of him, and unconsciously showed his admiration for him.

Wei'er looked back, still with a cold face, and said to the young man, "Bai Ping, is there something wrong?" ”

This young man is Bai Ping, the eldest son of Bai Hao, the patriarch of the Bai clan, and he has always had a love for this Wei'er who often appears in the Bai family, and thinks that no one in the Bai family can match Wei'er except him. However, what made Bai Ping very depressed was that this Wei'er had always had a cold look, and no one had ever seen her smile. Of course, the same is true for Bai Ping.

"It's okay, I'll come and have a look when I see you standing here alone." Bai Ping said and followed Wei'er's gaze, looked at Bai Yulu who was taking the exam on the high platform, and said disdainfully: "This person from Santunwei is a little ignorant, if it weren't for the strong recommendation of Santunwei, he wouldn't even be qualified to take the exam, and now he actually refuses the kindness of the Great Elder to let him enter Xiwentang directly." Hum! Did he think that Xiwutang was so easy to test? ”

Bai Ping's words made Wei'er's brows furrow slightly, and she didn't pick up his words. Bai Ping also noticed Wei'er's reaction, and couldn't help but feel puzzled in his heart, but he didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to stand silently behind Wei'er and look at Bai Yulu on the high platform in the square.

The two instructors passed the buck to each other for a while, and in the end, it was the swordsman instructor who reluctantly took Bai Yulu's exam. He took a step forward, and said to Bai Yulu with a reluctant look: "Bai Yulu, I won't test whether you have cultivated the true qi of internal strength, these swords on the stage, as long as you can pull out one of them, I will pass the exam, how about it?" ”

The swordsman's words made the crowd in the audience burst into laughter, which was clearly disdain and contempt for Bai Yulu. However, despite this, Bai Yulu's heart was still heavy, he knew that these swords had been instilled with true qi, and it was not so easy to pull them out.

However, after saluting the swordsman, Bai Yulu walked to the weapon rack with three swords inserted on the edge of the stage. Looking at the three swords on the weapon rack, Bai Yulu knew that they were also divided into different levels. The wide long sword on the far left is the heaviest and the most instilled true qi, and it is also the highest-level sword here, and no one has used him for the exam since the beginning of the exam. The one in the middle is slightly smaller than the one on the left, and although it doesn't weigh a lot, it's also instilled with true energy. The one on the far right looks much smaller and smaller, and at first glance it looks like something that only women use. Moreover, there is not much true qi instilled in it, and since people who have not cultivated much internal strength and true qi are generally able to pull it out.

Seeing Bai Yulu standing in front of the weapon rack and hesitating, everyone thought that he would choose the delicate thin sword on the far right. However, Bai Yulu suddenly stretched out his hand to the sword in the middle, and pulled him out of the weapon rack. Everyone looked at Bai Yulu's actions in surprise, and their faces unconsciously showed a look of contempt.

Bai Yulu took two deep breaths, held the hilt of the sword tightly with his right hand, and used all the strength of his body on his right arm, drawing the sword vigorously. However, no matter how hard he tried, the sword remained as if it had been glued to its scabbard. Bai Yulu's performance naturally aroused everyone's ridicule again, and they all thought that he was too arrogant, and he dared to choose the sword in the middle, and now he is ugly.

No matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't pull out the sword, and hearing a contemptuous laugh from the swordsman next to him, Bai Yulu gave up continuing his efforts and put the sword in his hand back on the weapon rack in frustration. Seeing Bai Yulu's abandonment, he couldn't help but make everyone around him laugh again.

The swordsman instructor looked at Bai Yulu, who turned to salute him, the corners of his mouth rose to show a disdainful smile, and said to him: "I'm giving you a chance, as long as you can pull out the thin sword on the right side, I will also count you as having passed the exam." ”

The words of the swordsman's teaching made Bai Yulu's heart angry, and a flame of anger suddenly appeared in his originally calm eyes, glaring at the swordsman angrily. Seeing him like this, the swordsman still squinted at him with disdain: "What? Isn't it okay to give you one more chance? I don't know what to do! ”

The swordsman's sarcasm made Bai Yulu even more angry, but when he heard the ridicule around the audience again, the anger in his eyes suddenly dimmed, and a touch of inferiority took his place. After bowing to the swordsman again in frustration, Bai Yulu walked down the stage with legs that felt like lead.

In the crowd of onlookers on the side of the square, several old men and a woman sighed in frustration when they saw Bai Yulu walking down in disappointment.

"Waste is waste, and no matter what you do, you can't do it well! The people of Santunwei are only worthy of doing the low-level things of the subordinate farmers. I still want to change my identity, how is it possible! ”

Under the big tree behind the elders' seat, Bai Ping looked at Bai Yulu who walked down the stage, and said contemptuously.

Wei'er, who was originally feeling sorry for Bai Yulu, heard Bai Ping say such a thing, and her calm and elegant face unconsciously frowned again, glanced back at Bai Ping, and asked, "Does the patriarch of the Bai clan regard the people of Santunwei as subordinate farmers?" ”

After finishing speaking, he didn't look at Bai Ping's flattering smile, and turned around directly in the direction of the lean and lonely background that had already walked out of the square. Bai Ping, who was stunned, watched her beautiful figure leave.