Chapter 17: The Contest Begins

Laughing proudly twice, Meng Xie got up and was just about to sneak away from the corner quietly, only to hear the melodious and long sound of ancient bells coming from the Heavenly Oracle Pavilion.

"Bell ~~~~~"

In front of the door of the Heavenly Oracle, there was silence for a moment, and people all looked up at the protruding balcony on the second floor.

Meng Xie also looked up and found an old man with a gray beard standing on the balcony.

The old man was in good spirits, his face was full of red light, and after his eyes scanned a few times, he smiled, "Thank you for coming to participate in the 4th Heavenly Oracle Pavilion Herb Identification Competition, and the deputy pavilion master of the Lower Heavenly Oracle Pavilion, Sun Qian." ”

"Straight to the point, the herbal medicine identification contest has been held since it was held, quite popular with the people of Liangzhou City, but so far, the old man has a regret in his heart, three competitions, no one has ever been able to identify a thousand kinds of herbs in five hours, I hope this time, someone can break this record, presumably the reward or something, everyone has learned clearly from the wooden card just registered, in fact, I even have the token of Elder Keqing has been prepared, just waiting for you to get it!"

As Sun Qian spoke, he raised his right hand, and a golden token tied to a red rope appeared in mid-air.

The token is about two fingers long and one finger wide, and it is golden, and it is also carved with exquisite patterns, and the words "Heavenly Oracle Keqing" are written in the middle.

The onlookers saw the token in Sun Gan's hand, and immediately buzzed and discussed, and looked at the high platform with envious eyes from time to time.

"One step to the heavens, a thousand herbs can become the guest elders of the Heavenly Oracle Pavilion. ”

"Be your big dream of spring and autumn, let me tell you, no one has ever reached it, even Zhang Qin, who called himself 'Gongzi Merry' last year, only identified more than 500 kinds of herbs, and in the previous two competitions, there were not even more than 300 kinds of people. ”

The discussion of the people below also made Meng Xie a little surprised, he didn't expect this competition to look simple, but it was not easy to operate.

Listening to other people's discussions, his eyes also fell on a handsome and evil young man in the center of the high platform.

The young man leaned on the chair, leisurely, and a pair of peach blossom eyes kept sweeping around the crowd, causing many girls to scream.

"Zhang Qin, Zhang Qin!"

"Merry Zhang Qin, my favorite. ”

As if he hadn't heard, Zhang Qin took a grape from the yellow-faced servant behind him, took a bite gently, and slowly narrowed his eyes.

The charming temperament and handsome face caused another wave of screams in the audience.

"Can you produce rice if you look good? A group of superficial women!" Meng Xie saw everything in his eyes, and muttered with jealousy in his heart, but he just heard Sun Gan on the balcony announce loudly.

"Alright, let's start the game!"

"Huh?" Meng Xie, who slipped away just now, was dumbfounded, didn't the leaders like to say a few more words before the game? Why did you end it so quickly, isn't this a trick?

On the high platform, the contestants all got up one after another and walked towards the open space at the entrance of the Heavenly Oracle Pavilion.

At some point, a dilapidated gate was erected out of thin air on the open space, and the patent leather on the door fell off and was rotten, which was really a little unshaped.

Meng Xie followed the footsteps of the contestants and also came to the clearing, constantly looking up and down the gate with his eyes.

"What the hell, make such a gate, it's okay?"

Secretly muttering in his heart, the sharp-eyed Meng Xie found a few familiar fonts on the lintel of the gate.

No, that's not true.

Meng Xie didn't believe it, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and found that there were still words on the lintel, and his face suddenly became very rich and exciting.

"Any door!"

The Chinese characters of the Eight Classics are serious, but they are written in cartoon style that is common on the earth, and they look cold, and there is a little bit of the meaning of ghost drawing.

Could it be that Tinker Bell has been to this plane too?

Meng Xie immediately came up with Tinker Bell's cute appearance, and in order to educate these people, he took out one magical tool after another from the small cloth bag.

"Open the circle!"

A loud shout interrupted Meng Xie's reverie and drew his gaze to the center of the clearing.

I saw a middle-aged man in a black robe, standing in front of the gate with a reverent face, his hands raised high, and there were words in his mouth, as if there was still some music in it.

After talking for about a quarter of an hour, the middle-aged man strode to the door, a pair of slender and sturdy hands gently caressing the words "any door" on the lintel.

Seeing the other party's pious and solemn appearance, Meng Xie's heart was amused, but what happened next made him a little dumbfounded.

I saw the words "any door", and under the touch of the middle-aged man, a blue light gradually appeared.

The blue light quickly filled the three words, and then swam like a living thing.

As fonts become more and more flexible. The three blue words "any door" actually took off the lintel and flew into the air.

The three characters are in mid-air, in the way of heaven, earth and man, enclosing the gate in the center, extending to each other, and finally connecting together to form a magic circle.

The blue glow became more and more dazzling, and the circle flickered in the air for a while, and then suddenly fell to the ground.

"Holy!" Meng Xie blinked, it was the first time he had seen the process of the inscription master opening the magic circle, it was really a cow 13!

On the ground, the magic circle emitted a faint blue light, and the middle-aged man just now slowly pushed open the door with both hands.

The white light emanated from the gate, and after the middle-aged man pushed open the gate, he took a few steps back, walked out of the magic circle, and said to Sun Qian, who was standing not far away, "It's okay, let the contestants enter." ”

With the consent of the middle-aged man, Sun Qian nodded at the man with a smile, and then said loudly to the contestants standing together: "Please enter the small space! The time is five hours, and if the time is exceeded, it will be automatically teleported out of the small space." ”

When the words fell, many eager contestants rushed to enter first, for fear of falling behind.

Meng Xie stood aside, and did not go in, and there was no one who reached the highest conditions for three consecutive sessions, which showed that there was an unknown arrangement in the space, and no one had found it yet, although he found many herbs when he went in, it was in vain if he couldn't bring them out.

It's better to let these people go in first and explore the way, and he will have some preparations.

The person who thinks like Meng Xie is obviously not the only one.

In the open space, there were still many people who did not enter, and two groups of them attracted Meng Xie's attention.

One group is naturally Zhang Qin and the yellow-faced servant, and the other wave is a young and lovely beautiful girl.

A beautiful girl, with a complexion like jade, white and red, with two big hair on her head, and two strands of green silk hanging down her face, wearing a red satin shirt like fire, and a pair of big eyes constantly looking around, looking smart and cute.

The girl noticed that Meng Xie was looking at her, made a cute grimace at him, and wrinkled her little nose in dissatisfaction.

"Look at what to see, look at it again, gouge out your eyes, this time secretly carrying Brother Tianyu on his back, running out of the Zuo family, just for this competition, I must identify a thousand kinds of herbs, and at that time, Brother Tianyu will definitely look at me differently." ”

Finding that Meng Xie on the opposite side was smiling at him, Kang Xin was suddenly dissatisfied in her heart, and turned her head angrily, "Xin'er belongs to Brother Tianyu, how can you disciples look at it casually, hate it!"

Meng Xie didn't know, he just smiled politely, and he had already been labeled as a disciple by the beautiful girl opposite, otherwise he would definitely cry out for wrongdoing.

After waiting for a while, the other candidates had already walked through the door one after another.

Meng Xie glanced around and found that only the girl, Zhang Qin, and himself were left.

It was time to go in, Meng Xie touched his nose and walked towards the gate with his feet raised.

"Fifth Young Master, let's go in too?" The yellow-faced servant glanced at Meng Xie and asked Zhang Qin quietly.

Zhang Qin shook his head, laughed lightly twice, and casually unfolded the folding fan, "Don't worry, Lu Da, I didn't expect that military post to come to the competition, it's really interesting, by the way, have you got everything I want?"

"That's it. ”

The servant named Lu Da responded in a whisper, then took out a piece of white jade pendant from his arms and shook it in front of Zhang Qin.

"That's it, I'm looking forward to it, five hours later, the wonderful expressions of those old guys. ”

Zhang Qin seemed to think of something funny, with a wicked smile on his face, and led Lu Da into the gate of the magic circle.

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Walking into the door, the dazzling white light made Meng Xie close his eyes, and he only felt a chill all over.

When he opened his eyes, he found himself standing in a strange space.

Beneath his feet was a sturdy earth, surrounded by white mist, making it impossible for Meng Xie to make out the direction at all.

After waiting for a while, Meng Xie had somewhat adapted to the environment, and he could only see the place within about three feet of his surroundings.

Taking out the token, Meng Xie poured his vitality into it, and an introduction to space suddenly appeared in his mind.

Mo space, surrounded by white mist all the year round, does not disperse for a long time, the center of the grass and trees are vigorous, birds and flowers, very suitable for the growth of various medicinal materials.

The exit of this game is on the top of a hill in the heart of the Mo space.

"Mo Space is really inexplicable, no wonder no one can find a thousand herbs. ”

After a few glances at the pitiful amount of information, Meng Xie habitually opened the Gaode map, only to hear a system prompt that made him even more depressed.

"Sorry, the host doesn't have the satellite map turned on and can't display specific information. ”