On the ninth day of the first month, early in the morning.

There was a heavy snowfall last night, and after the snow stopped this morning, a large number of sergeants came to clear the snow, along the central axis of the imperial road as the boundary, and transported the snow swept out of the imperial city from the east and west gates, especially near the Chengyuan Palace, and swept it more carefully.

Chengyuan Hall is tall and majestic, unique, standing in the east of the palace city, only when Chengyuan will try to discuss the law with all directions every year, the heavy palace door will be opened.

At this time, the door of the temple was opened, and hundreds of people gathered in the hall, and several camps were clearly divided.

"Childe, there are quite a lot of people, are there so many people participating in the Chengyuan exam?"

In the crowd of scholars in the Chonghua Academy Palace, Fan Qingyao propped his hands on Lin Lan's wheelchair, looking at the cultivators of the various forces around him with some curiosity.

Lin Lan half-closed his eyes, indifferent, and just hummed perfunctorily.

Fan Qingyao had long been accustomed to her son-in-law's perfunctory attitude, snorted lightly, then turned her head to look at Yan Nan beside her, and asked, "Sister Yan Nan, do you know?" ”

"Most of them are just like the two of us, just here to watch." Yan Nan said and yawned, "If Uncle Qi hadn't asked me to come and take a look, I would have wanted to sleep at home during the Chinese New Year." ”

"How long will this take?" Fan Qingyao said curiously.

"Generally speaking, you can finish it on the same day." Yan Nan said casually: "However, the number of people participating in the examination has doubled this time, so it is not clear." ”

At this time, the crowd of worshippers not far away suddenly slowly separated.

And a young man in a green robe came out of the empty passage, he did not carry a sword, but his eyebrows and eyes were like a sword, his crest beam was like a sword, and his steps were like a sword, and he walked straight towards the crowd of Chonghua Academy.

The blue-robed man was full of sword intent, and the whole person was like a sharp sword, seeing that he was coming indifferently, some of the scholars in the Chonghua School Palace who were lower in cultivation subconsciously retreated to the side when they saw this.

Soon, the man in the green robe came to Lin Lan and Fan Qingyao, the master and servant.

Fan Qingyao glanced at it, frowned slightly, and said, "It's you?" Chen Yan? ”

Chen Yan ignored her, just stared at Lin Lan with sharp eyes, and said: "Lin Lan, I thought that I might have to wait until next year's Chengyuan Entrance Examination before I could meet you, but I didn't expect you to enter the country very quickly, and I participated in the Chengyuan Examination this year, so it couldn't be better." ”

When the surrounding scholars heard this, they all turned their eyes over.

Lin Lan lifted his eyelids slightly, glanced at Chen Yan a little lazily, and let out an unclear sound in his nose: "Huh? ”

"I'll never forget what you said to me......"

Chen Yan stared at him and said in a low voice: "No matter how strong the sword intent is, I am just a sword?" I am a sword, then I have something to say, since you dare to come to participate in the Chengyuan examination, I will definitely let you understand who is the right one for my sword and you, the person who uses the sword. ”

Lin Lan understood what this person meant, it turned out that he was here to provoke and show off, and he couldn't help but yawn a little boringly.

Chen Yan frowned unhappily, he regarded Lin Lan as his lifelong opponent, this Lin Lan's attitude was so perfunctory, as if he didn't reassure him?

He didn't have a seizure, just glanced at the wheelchair under Lin Lan and frowned slightly.

He remembered that on the day of the entrance examination, although Lin Lan was lazy, he was not willing to take a single step, and he was not in a wheelchair at that time.

Chen Yan said coldly: "Why are you in a wheelchair?" ”

Lin Lan said casually: "I was very full yesterday with sacrificial wine. ”

His brainless sentence suddenly made Chen Yan stunned, and then frowned: "The sacrificial wine was full yesterday, what does it have to do with you being in a wheelchair?" ”

Lin Lan glanced at him and said, "I'm in a wheelchair, what does it have to do with you?" ”

Fan Qingyao couldn't help but laugh.

The Chonghua students around also chuckled when they heard this.

Chen Yan's face became more and more cold, and he said coldly: "Just take advantage of your tongue now, with your Taoism, if you are unlucky, it is difficult to say whether you can persist in the test until you fight with me." ”

After speaking, he coldly glanced at the Chonghua scholars around him, and then turned around and left.

The first student of swordsmanship next to him was looking at Chen Yan's back, and said softly: "Mr. Lin, this Chen Yan seems to have made great progress, your performance in the winter exam has already spread all over Chonghua, he should know your Taoism, and he is still so confident, I think I am somewhat sure." ”

"Perhaps." Lin Lan's face was calm.

At this time, a burly and tall figure wearing a scholar's shirt came next to him, and it was an acquaintance, the son of the commander of the Fengtian Army.

"Mo Jiao."

The surrounding students bowed one after another.

"No need to be polite, I'm now the test leader of the Fengtian Army."

Mo Duhuan waved his hand, then looked at Lin Lan, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lin, I haven't seen you for a while, I heard that you have been practicing for the retreat recently, and I didn't dare to disturb you, so now come and say hello." ”

Lin Lan glanced at him and said, "Why are you here too?" ”

The relationship between the Chonghua Academy and the Fengtian Army is quite close, not only the Xuezheng who practices "Only My True Body" in the Chonghua Academy Palace may join the Fengtian Army, and the qualified talents of the Fengtian Army will also come to the Academy Palace to take classes, but they are still considered two forces.

"We have a very prestigious centurion in the Beacon Army who is also coming to participate in the test, so I will support the scene."

Mo Duhuan explained, and said: "Mr. Lin actually came to participate in the examination, this time it is a bit dangerous, but I have already said hello in advance, if you meet the centurion of our Fengtian Army, he will definitely show mercy." ”

Lin Lan sighed and said casually: "Thank you." ”

"You're welcome." Mo Du smiled, "We're best friends, what are you talking about?" ”

"Mo Jiao." Fan Qingyao couldn't help but say, "How can you be sure that my son-in-law is not the opponent of the centurion of your Fengtian Army?" ”

"Don't be angry, Miss Fan, I don't dare to underestimate Mr. Lin."

Mo Duhuan explained: "The centurion of our Fengtian Army has already cultivated to the level of demigods, but he is old and his vitality is declining, and he is destined to have hopeless supernatural powers, so in addition to his true body, he has also cultivated the true intent of martial arts, and the combination of two demigods, this time he is expected to win the championship, so my father asked me to come to Zhenzhenchang." ”

When the surrounding scholars heard this, they couldn't help but secretly marvel.

If it is a demigod power, in this test, it may only be in the middle and upper reaches, unless there are other special features, it will be difficult to enter the top ten.

But after the combination of the two demigods with a high degree of compatibility, the martial arts true intent and the self-only true body, it is completely different, and it is definitely a strength that is expected to win the championship!

Chen Yan, who was not far away from the camp of the Worship Palace, seemed to have heard the conversation here, and glanced coldly at the camp crowd of the Fengtian Army, and the corners of his mouth were a little more sneering, and he didn't seem to take it to heart.

After Mo Duhuan left, several cultivators from other camps came over to talk to Lin Lan, but most of them came in good faith and wanted to make friends.

In particular, the Buddha Hall and the Worship Hall are extremely courteous, at least on the surface.

After the death of the sect leader in the future, if the suzerain of the sect cannot keep the position of the state religion, the sect can only choose one of the two sects of Taoism and Buddhism, and the two sects of Taoism and Buddhism naturally want to get the support of the sect of humanity in order to become the new state religion.

As for the net rooftop, he didn't come at all, and the most eye-catching one was the young man with half long hair and half bald head, with a crooked scar on his face and a long knife behind his back.

After another moment, the Pingle County Lord also arrived, and the Wuge Pavilion Master who looked like an old woman was still by his side.

"See the county lord."

When everyone present saw the county lord coming in, they immediately saluted, and the voices of hundreds of people echoed in the hall.

It's just that the county lord's unapproachable temperament and cold appearance, coupled with his identity and rumors, naturally no one dares to go over to say hello, and it is almost just a routine salute.

"Mr. Lin."

The county lord of Pingle naturally walked to Lin Lan's side and asked casually, "Are you still practicing at this time?" ”

"No delay anyway." Lin Lan hummed.

Lord Pingle smiled, "In the past half a month, there has been some progress, right?" ”

"Not much." Lin Lan was concise and to the point.

When the surrounding crowd saw this scene, they couldn't help but be stunned, this county lord, who has always been indifferent, actually talked and laughed with this Lin Lan?

Another moment passed.

The sundial outside the hall is carved into its own time.

At this time, the three of them finally came out of the apse, and after just a few steps, the three of them stood on the high place of the Chengyuan Palace.

The person on the left is a young woman wearing a silver mask, the mask covers the upper half of her face, only the part below the nose is exposed, and the body is wearing a black python robe embroidered with gold, and the Big Dipper can be seen on her chest.

The person on the right is the master of the sacrificial wine that the scholars of the Chonghua Academy are familiar with, but the Yue Pavilion Lord did not wear the chic sapphire blue robe this time, but changed into the official uniform of the sacrificial wine, which looked a little more majestic.

As for the person in the middle, it was a middle-aged man wearing a high crown, wearing a dark purple base dress, and a dragon blue and blue jade pendant hanging from his waist.

Immediately, the three of them sat down on three high seats.

And in the Chengyuan Palace, it was also quiet.

The high-crowned man sitting in the middle spoke: "This seat is the Martial Hall Lord of the Worship Palace, and this time, together with the Yue Pavilion Lord of the Renzong Book Pavilion and the Pure Tiantai Shaking Light Venerable, they are responsible for presiding over the Chengyuan Examination. ”

The martial hall master glanced at the people below, and said suddenly: "The young cultivators of the Seven Directions who participated in the Chengyuan Examination this time, eight people from the Chonghua School Palace, eight people from the Jingtiantai, eight people from the Worship Palace, eight people from the Fengtian Army, eight people from the Zhenqian Division, four people from the Buddha Hall, and four people from the Jingdao Hall, a total of forty-eight people, which is twice as many as in previous years, but ...... There is no change in the system of the entrance examination, and it remains the same as in previous years. ”

The crowd below listened silently.

In previous years, the test was the most common lottery, twenty-four people and twelve numbers, and those who drew the same number fought in pairs, and the winner urgently went to the next round, and only three rounds were needed to determine the top three, and then the loser group selected a person with the highest morality, the top four battles.

This year's forty-eight people are just one round.

……

Soon, the 48 candidates for the examination have been drawn.

Lin Lan drew the number 'thirteen', but he didn't know who drew the same thirteen.

Forty-eight people, the first round was divided into twenty-four groups of competitions, and the three of them were jointly supervised by the martial hall master, the Yue Pavilion master, and the shaking light venerable.

The Chengyuan Hall is so majestic and majestic, naturally wide enough, the hall alone is enough to have a length and width of more than 100 zhang, and there are strange traces and non-gold and non-jade floor tiles on the ground, obviously the formation has already been arranged, and there is a faint invisible enchantment shrouded in an open space with a radius of eighty zhang, which is obviously the venue for the competition.

"When the lot was drawn just now, we also probed the vitality of you and others."

The master of the martial hall glanced at the people below, and said suddenly: "It is true that all of them are cultivators of the first realm, and no one has refined their supernatural powers, and no one in the second hall of the Dao Buddha has cultivated the earth law and contemplation realm, and they meet the requirements of the examination. ”

"The first group, Fengtian Army 'Zhang Chengyuan', against the Buddha Hall 'True Lian', please enter the enchantment."

As the voice of the martial hall lord sounded, a centurion of the Beacon Army and a young monk of the Buddha Hall stepped into the formation enchantment.

As the competition began, everyone could see that the difference in strength between the two was very small, and the competition was quite anxious.

Lin Lan also observed the Buddhist methods of the young monk in the Buddha Hall.

It looks a little similar to the means of the solipsistic true body and martial will, the young monk in the realm of 'awareness', his whole body is glowing like copper and gold, and he relies on a seal method to fight with the centurion of the Beacon Army, but it is obviously different when you look closely.

The centurion of the Fengtian Army is refining the 'self-only true body' supernatural power purely from himself, which is completely the power of the physical body, and does not rely on the slightest power of heaven and earth.

And the young monk's seal is quite powerful, obviously not as powerful as the centurion of the Fengtian Army, but every palm attracts the blessing of the Buddha's light, half martial arts and half law, and it is on par with each other.

It is rumored that the power of the Taoist sect comes from the power of heaven and earth, and the power of the cultivators of the Buddhist sect comes from the 'Buddha', and it is true.

In a moment, the strength of the centurion of the Beacon Army gradually weakened, and after more than ten moves, the young monk seized the opportunity and used a set of powerful demon suppression seals.

Then came the second group, the third group, the fourth group......

"The fifth group, the worship hall 'Chen Yan', against the Chonghua Academy 'Zhao Chongxin', please enter the enchantment."

It was Chen Yan who gave up the sword study of the palace and worshiped the sword hall of the worship palace, and his opponent also happened to be Zhao Chongxin, the first scholar of the sword study of the palace.

"Zhao Chongxin? The first learning of swordsmanship is exact, I have heard of you, your Taoism should be comparable to that Lin Lan, right? ”

Chen Yan looked at Zhao Chongxin for a moment, and then glanced at Lin Lan regretfully, "It's not bad to defeat you, but it's a pity." ”

With that, he strode into the barrier.

Chen Yan's words that were obviously mocking and contemptuous naturally aroused the anger of the disciples of the Academy.

"Senior Brother Zhao, teach this arrogant kid a lesson."

"Senior Brother Zhao's sword dao supernatural powers have been on fire for eighty years, and there is also a spirit sword given by the Sword Pavilion Master, and his strength is enough to rank in the top five in the Academy Palace, that kid has only been practicing for three months, and he is not a peerless genius like Senior Brother Lin, how can he be Senior Brother Zhao's opponent?"

"This Chen Yan is so confident, maybe he really has some Taoism, and Senior Brother Zhao doesn't want to be big."

Under the gaze of the sword scholars of the Xue Palace, Zhao Chongxin also walked into the enchantment, sixty zhang away from Chen Yan.

Lin Lan also watched quietly.

He was only promoted to Xuezheng, and he has not yet participated in Xuezheng's winter exam, so the first Xuezheng of this sword study has not changed.

However, he was not interested in it.

Within the enchantment, Chen Yan and Zhao Chongxin were also ready.

Zhao Chongxin's side hung a sword weapon as blue as the sea, and there was a faint surging sword intent emanating from the sword, and at a glance, he knew that it was definitely not an ordinary magic sword.

There is nothing special about ordinary magic swords, but they are easier to drive with swords, and this sword weapon is obviously already among the magic weapons, and the sword weapon itself is enough to increase a certain amount of power.

"Go!"

Zhao Chongxin looked at Chen Yan who was sixty zhang away, immediately pinched the sword trick in his hand, and with a light shout, the azure sword magic weapon turned into a sword light that rushed like a sea tide, and flew towards Chen Yan in the air.

Chen Yantang looked indifferently at the blue sword light like the sea tide, and suddenly waved his hand.

The wind is blowing.

A faint cold sword light flew out from his fingertips, like a thunderbolt, instantly hitting the blue sword light like a sea tide at an astonishing speed.

The azure sword light shook and flew away uncontrollably.

And the cold sword light released by Chen Yan flew over a distance of sixty zhang in an instant, slashing towards Zhao Chongxin, who was full of shock.

At the same time that the cold sword light slashed Zhao Chongxin, the ground of this Chengyuan Hall suddenly lit up with strange lines, and those floor tiles that were not gold and jade also became translucent.

The invisible flexible power enveloped Zhao Chongxin's body, protecting him, and the cold sword light only knocked it away, and then did not chase it anymore.

"Chen Yan, win."

The voice of the Martial Hall Lord echoed in the Chengyuan Palace.

Outside the barrier, the crowd watching the battle watched this scene in amazement.

"Defeat with a sword?"

"Zhao Chongxin's sword dao divine power is already deep, and he is not far from the demigod power, and his sword is also a magic weapon, he can't even block a sword?"

"This Chen Yan has only been cultivating for three or four months, how can he be so strong?"

"I heard that he gave up the sword study of the Chonghua Academy Palace, and turned his head to worship the 'Old Man of the Sword' under the sword worship, but I didn't expect such an amazing progress!"

"Entering the realm so quickly, isn't that even more demonic than Lin Lan?"

Among the crowd watching the battle, there was an uproar all of a sudden, obviously all of them were shocked by Chen Yan's hand.

You must know that anyone who can participate in the Chengyuan Examination is a top-notch figure among the young cultivators from all sides, and the fire of forging the prototype of the supernatural power is deeper than the other, and many people still have magic weapons, and none of them are weak.

But...... Defeated in one move?

The gap in strength is so big that you can imagine it.

And the three Martial Hall Lords, Yue Pavilion Masters, and Shaking Light Venerables who were sitting on a high place saw all this clearly.

"This Chen Yan is really not afraid of death."

The Martial Hall Lord shook his head slightly, and said: "The Sword Hall Lord is also a madman, and he actually let this Chen Yan overdraft his life and even his soul to feed that divine sword, so that he can indeed barely exert some power, after all, it is a 'true treasure', even if it is a little power, it is stronger than ordinary demigods." ”