Chapter 18: The Little Weak Crown

Every year, the golden autumn season is the most lively time in Lincang City, the capital of the Great Xia Empire, especially in September, when the city is filled with a strong festive atmosphere.

Because every September, every family has a child who has reached the age of 15 in this year or is about to turn 15 in this year, a ceremony called "Little Weak Crown Ceremony" is held.

Such a ceremony is like a grand festival, even if it is held in the homes of ordinary people, friends are called, relatives and neighbors are invited to eat and drink for a few days to celebrate.

As for the dignitaries and nobles in the seventy-two prefectures of the Great Xia Empire and the school-age teenagers of prominent families, both men and women will also gather in the imperial capital to participate in this grand ceremony, a holy ceremony held only for their wealthy disciples.

This qiē is because the Great Xia Empire and the entire continent all advocate martial arts and respect martial arts, and the Little Weak Crown Ceremony held by the Imperial Academy will select all the noble children who may have achieved something in the martial arts, and the Imperial Academy will give them better elixirs, skills, and cultivation!

Therefore, the Imperial Academy on this day is very lively!

Qingya Tower, the place where the small weak crown ceremony will be held in the academy, has also become the focus of the entire imperial capital and the entire empire on this day.

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When the sun rises in the east, as the main gate of the Imperial Academy, the Qingya Pagoda, which is located on the shore of the unnamed lake, is already crowded with people.

On the Qingya Tower, the imperial cadres of civil and military generals, dignitaries and princes and generals sat on the VIP platform at the head;

On the left and right sides of the Qingya Tower, civil and military officials from Kyushu and Seventy-two Prefectures, as well as representatives of some local heroes, have also sat upright.

At the end, it is a grandstand prepared for the people of the imperial capital, a spacious grandstand that can accommodate more than 10,000 people.

As for the square directly below, more than three hundred disciples of the Imperial Capital Academy and the children of nobles from all over the world were already standing with different expressions.

They are all school-age teenagers who have just turned 15 years old before September this year or will turn 15 years old before the end of this year!

They are also the protagonists of today's little weak crown ceremony!

"This year is really lively, there are so many people participating in the Academy's Little Weak Crown Ceremony together!"

"Yes! There are a total of nine state generals in Kyushu, and there are seven disciples from five families! plus dozens of disciples from the prefect of the seventy-two prefectures, as well as young masters and young ladies from other families...... This year, there are more than 100 more than last year!"

"But...... Why didn't you see Han Jing in the palace side by side?"

"Don't you know?

Most of the more than 300 disciples knew each other, so it was normal for them to exchange pleasantries and say something after standing together. It's just that someone mentioned Han Jing, so the disciples whose families are in the imperial capital have thought of something.

It turned out that there was an accident in the Han Mansion ten days ago, and it was said that August of the Assassin Alliance suddenly appeared in the Han Mansion meeting hall, severely injured the old man Han and Han Lingyan, and almost injured Yang Yuwu of the Yang family.

This qiē was already shocking, but what was even more shocking was the disappearance of Han Jing - that assassination was carried out at the end, and Han Jing and August disappeared at the same time.

In the following days, the Yang family and the Han family joined forces, and even mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops inside and outside the imperial capital, but they did not trace the whereabouts of August and more information about the Assassination Alliance, let alone find no trace of Han Jing!

For this reason, Han Wushuang, who was furious, has rarely been angry in recent years.

He directly turned over some of the big and small families who had a holiday with the Han family or Han Jing in the past, and arrested hundreds of them, all of whom were imprisoned in the prison and tortured them, just to find the whereabouts of his grandson.

Pity...... Little success!

"Yang Yang, did you say Han Jing is still alive?"

Among these disciples, a fifteen-year-old girl in plain clothes stood beside Yang Yang and asked, "Your father was also in the Han family that day, and even he and Old Man Han were injured, can Han Jing still be alive?"

Hearing this, Yang Yangliu frowned, with a complicated expression: "I don't know ......"

Such complexity is a kind of worry, relief, doubt, and hesitation.

After all, for a long time, she wanted Han Jing to disappear into her world, so that she didn't need to marry this "waste" who had a marriage contract with her in the future.

But ten days ago, after his father returned from the Han family, he immediately announced two things: first, the Yang family and the Han family must unite again, and second, Han Jing was not a waste, but a hidden genius!

This qiē called Yang Yang is very contradictory, very puzzled, very hesitant, and very worried!

Or...... He's still alive!" Thinking of something, she looked at her father Yang Yuwu in the VIP seat at the head of the party: "Daddy believes that Han Jing will be fine!"

"But ......"

When the other girl heard this, she blinked and shook her head: "He is the Danning Realm!"

"No, he is definitely not a Danning realm!" replied affirmatively, Yang Yang took a deep breath and withdrew his gaze from his father: "He is ...... Danning Eight Realms!"

"What ......"

"Quiet! quiet! quiet!"

Just when the girl's eyes opened in shock, on the rostrum in front of her, Jia Wuxian stood majestically, already announcing something: "The auspicious time has arrived, this year's little weak crown ceremony, begin!"

The little weak crown salute has begun!

According to the ritual process, as soon as the Little Weak Crown Ceremony begins, all the disciples below will be divided into different groups, and then each group will be assessed by two Academy teachers to determine the strength of each disciple.

This kind of assessment is very simple.

In the corner of the square, there are already five stone lions one foot high, this stone lion is nothing else, it is a test stone carved from a special material.

Any martial artist, as long as he can blast the stone lion backwards by one zhang, his strength is the Danning One Realm, and if he retreats two zhang, it is the Danning Second Realm, and other strength certifications, and so on.

After briefly introducing this qiē, Jia Wuxian looked back at an old man behind him who seemed to be old, and saw that the old man was asleep, so he had to turn around and officially announce: "The strength assessment of the little weak crown ceremony starts now!"

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"Started ......"

Yang Yang's head finally lowered slowly: "Even if he is still alive, can't he catch up?"

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"Han Jing, are you alive or dead? If you don't show up again, this storm is destined to get worse!"

In the VIP seat, Yang Yuwu looked at his daughter and took a deep breath.

looked at the vacant position on the other side, and knew that Old Man Han would not come to participate in this year's Little Weak Crown Ceremony!

Because the old man is very busy, busy arresting people, raiding homes, searching and torture all over the world!

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Jia Wuxian seemed to have a calm face, but he was already secretly happy in his heart.

"That little miscellaneous hair finally didn't appear, didn't appear! When he was deprived of the status of heir, the hereditary title of King Side by side will come to an end, hahaha......"

A qiē, it seems to be decided!

Not to mention that Han Jing's life and death are unknown, even if he is still alive, it seems that he will not be able to participate in this little weak crown ceremony!

In this way, Jia Wuxian is naturally happy.

But at this moment, a thunderous voice sounded in a deep voice!

"Jia Wuxian, you old dog! Your grandfather and I'm here!"