On the streets of Shendu City in the early morning, Li Qingxian swayed gently with the body of the horse, and said: "Our eight-rank Qingyun test is still the same as the old three, it is very simple, fight a few puppets, test the strength, and then compare them simply." But the Vientiane Qingyun test of the seventh grade is different. Bai Ge, don't take it lightly. ”

Song Baige said: "Then what can be done?" I don't know where it is every time I open it, and the rules are improvised. However, you should also be careful not to capsize in the gutter. Every year, there are particularly optimistic ones, and the horses stumble. ”

"I understand, so I brought enough rune paper, and at the beginning of the exam, I drew the talisman first." Li Qing said leisurely.

"You're really good." Song Baige couldn't cry or laugh.

Qiu Ye smiled: "I think it's good, be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship." As a life magician, Qing Xian is not good at fighting, although he has a powerful Dao method, but in the Qingyun test and battle, there is not so much time for him to open the altar, and the spirit rune is still effective. ”

Everyone talked and laughed, rode horses, left the Shendu from the west gate of the city, and slowly went to the examination room of the next grade Qingyun test.

The team was large and moved slowly, and it was close to noon before it walked more than 50 miles.

At lunchtime, the team stopped in the wasteland by the official road, and each took out the prepared dry food and cold food to eat.

Song Baige and the others were empty-handed, surrounding Li Qingxian.

"We're going to have food for the next few days." Song Baige said.

Li Qingxian glanced at Song Baige and took out all kinds of food from the Qiankun bracelet.

The people walked all morning and ate to their heart's content.

After eating, some rested and some walked around.

Li Qing looked around, and since the morning, there has been an endless stream of teams participating in the Qingyun test.

At this moment, hundreds of teams were scattered on the wasteland on both sides of the official road.

Li Qing sat idly in place, Song Baige kept greeting the other reading teams, while Qiu Ye and the others went to greet some martial cultivators and nobles.

Not long after, Song Baige came back with a black face.

Li Qingxian was surprised: "What's the matter?" ”

Song Baige sighed, pointed to a wasteland a few miles away, and said, "Don't you think, this is all flat land, there are no mountains and no ravines, it is a good resting place on the official road, but there is not even a village or town, isn't it right?" ”

Li Qingxian looked in the direction pointed by Song Baige, and could faintly see that there were barren grasses, revealing some ruins and broken walls, which seemed to be a barren town.

"Where is Depu?" Li Qingxian suddenly realized.

Song Baige nodded and said, "There are already people paying tribute." ”

Li Qingxian observed carefully and found that dozens of people were facing the direction of Depu, burning paper and incense.

"Huh?" Li Qingxian found that although Han Anbo did not burn paper and incense, he stood not far from those people and quietly looked in the direction of Depu.

Li Qingxian remembered that after eating, Han Ambo had been standing there.

Song Baige said: "Depu is also a big town, it happened to be a big gathering that day, and even many families in the nearby gods came to play with their children, who knows...... Alas. In the end, it was the imperial court that used the jade seal to make a move, so as to suppress the land of death, otherwise it would definitely affect the capital. ”

"No one is in charge of the Demon Gate?"

"Of course, someone is responsible, cut off the heads of a bunch of middle-grade and low-grade people, and as for the big ones, they were fined three glasses of wine, and they recovered after a few years, and now they live in the temple." Song Baige sneered.

Li Qing looked at the ruins of Depu, the grave loomed, the broken wall was overgrown with weeds, and sighed lightly: "There, it is very similar to the strange village I encountered." ”

Song Baige's hair exploded all over his body, covered Li Qingxian's mouth, and said in a low voice: "Are you crazy? Around the Land of the Dead, how dare you mention that word? ”

Li Qingxian was startled, then pointed to the sun hanging high in the sky, took Song Baige's hand away, and said, "Under the big sun, it's nothing to say this." ”

"That's not going to work either!" Song Baige looked serious.

"Okay, I'll pay attention later." Li Qing said leisurely.

Song Baige sighed: "You are still young, you don't understand the difficulties of this world, be careful, it's always right." ”

Li Qingxian nodded.

After resting for a while, the teams everywhere got up one after another.

Towards evening, the team arrived in front of a rolling green hill.

The main peak of Qingyun Mountain is only more than 100 high, stretching to the west, undulating in an orderly manner, the trees are dense, green and verdant, just like a big green cow.

The water and grass at the foot of the mountain are abundant, and the large green grass is like a blanket, spread out at the foot of the mountain.

The houses prepared for the Qingyun trial are lined up and densely packed to form small towns.

Everyone took the exam cards and went to their assigned places one after another.

Li Qingxian, Song Baige and others had informed the friends of the Ministry of Rites in advance, and a group of friends and acquaintances arranged on the first floor of Chen in District B7.

Everyone led the horses and stood in front of the first floor of Chen.

The two-story unlacquered wooden building is surrounded by weeds, with swallow's nests under the eaves and clusters of fungus hanging from the wooden railing.

Song Baige sighed: "Shendu is really full of talents, and the Chenzi Building in District A can't even get in. ”

"There is a dragon in Chen, and it is enough to live in Chenzilou, let's go in." Qiu Ye said.

Li Qingxian and Song Baige shared a room, Qiu Ye and Wang Buku shared a room, and the rest of the candidates entered the room one after another.

Those who came with them set up tents one after another.

After cleaning the room, Song Baige and others took the eight-rank candidates led by Li Qingxian to the examination room to familiarize themselves with the rules of the exam.

Towards the end of the night, the crowd returned.

When the rooster crows, the residential area of the examination room is lively early.

Eight-rank candidates and their friends and families begin their final preparations.

Li Qingxian ate a hot breakfast, and went to the examination room surrounded by everyone.

The dew on the blades of grass dissipated, and everyone arrived at the entrance of the examination room.

A row of wooden fences stands on the grass, blocking the inside and outside.

In front of the dozens of gates at the gap in the fence, there are guards with bright armor, and there are officials from the Ministry of Rites who are responsible for inspection.

In front of each gate, there is a long queue of candidates, tens of thousands.

Li Qingxian said goodbye to everyone, dressed in a black suit suitable for battle, and went to line up in front of a gate with the eighth-grade candidates.

Li Qingxian was a night guard brother before and after.

"Li Ke, take it easy and save us some face."

"Yes, I saw it last night, your spell skills are too powerful."

Li Qingxian smiled: "This is a Qingyun test, no one knows what will happen, in case someone obstructs me, I am likely to be eliminated first." ”

"No, there are night guard brothers here, if anyone dares to toss you, we will give up this year, and we have to stop them."

"Yes, this year, but next year, I will take the test again, but I can't let the Night Guard brothers be ruined by others."

"Our night guard, it's hard to come up with a sorcerer like you, we can't let the demon cubs harm you."

The night guard candidates from the eighth rank talked a lot, and some deliberately shouted loudly for the people of the Demon Gate to listen.

Li Qingxian thanked the night guard brothers and looked around.

The queue moved slowly, and the first candidates to enter had already started the exam.

I saw hundreds of puppets standing on the grass in front of me, and many candidates were fighting with them.

Some candidates walked forward with a smile, and some candidates were defeated by puppets and shed tears in the examination room.

Li Qingxian silently used the method taught to him by Concubine Jiang Youfei to reproduce the entire exam process in his mind and imagine how he would take the exam.