Ask the mountain.

The three old men continued to exert their strength, and slapped two palms in succession, and the vibration gradually stopped, the lake returned to calm, and all visions dissipated.

……

Hall of the Flying Dragon.

Zhao Xinyi suddenly fell, interrupting the impassioned words of the Ministry of Rites, and all the candidates for the exam also looked at him. The latter swallowed hard, and a hint of coolness welled up in his heart, like a long drought and rain, and all the discomfort gradually disappeared.

Lin Shenyu hurriedly leaned over and asked, Zhao Xinyi was in a cold sweat, he was afraid, he almost died of pain just now, but fortunately everything is back to the same now, he let out a sigh of relief, shook his head with a smile, and the former hurriedly helped him up and stood up again. Everyone saw that he was no different, and he was sweating profusely, only when he was from the township, he had never seen any big scene, but now he suddenly saw so many high-ranking officials and the Northern Yan Emperor, and he was too nervous, so he suddenly fell. The Ministry of Rites Shangshu coughed lightly twice and continued to speak, and the others also turned their heads back boredly, but Liu Qinglin, who was standing in the first column, was still staring at Zhao Xinyi, grinning and clenching his fists.

Finally, after Emperor Yan Xinghai's "open exam", the scientific expedition officially began.

The first subject, "Investigation", is the spiritual vein review - according to the merits of the candidate's spiritual vein, the results are divided into three levels: A, B and C, and each level is divided into three layers, upper, middle and lower, a total of nine levels.

Having said that, the left and right attendants of the Ministry of Rites personally led a group of candidates into the Flying Dragon Palace.

The first one to enter was a young man, I saw that he was more than seven feet tall, a head taller than ordinary people, his face was like a crown of jade, his demeanor was generous and polite, his face had been with a light smile, he entered and exited the hall, his expression did not change, but the Tsing Yi disciple at the entrance of the hall was not as calm as him, his eyes were hot, and he praised aloud with some excitement: "Yan Wentao, the water attribute spiritual vein in the heavenly rank, the score is the first!" ”

A group of candidates talked about it and were envious. An insider even revealed the identity of this person, who was the second son of King Bai Han, who was favored by the emperor, and there was an uproar in the four places.

The second one to enter is a woman, who is also a relative of the emperor, and is the daughter of the fourth prince, the king of the wind forest, named "Yan Ziyu", and the metal spiritual vein on the ground level, the grade is Jiazhong. The third one to go in was Yao Rui, Zhao Xinyi didn't know how he came here, and he didn't know if he had a spiritual vein, so he couldn't help but secretly sweat for him. The result surprised him, this Yao Rui is also a spiritual vein of the upper grade of the ground level, wood attribute, and easily got a middle grade, this time it is Zhao Xinyi's turn to worry about himself.

Seeing that everyone went in one by one and came out one by one, and the worst was also the spiritual vein of the middle grade of the human rank, Zhao Xinyi felt both sour and embarrassed, what should he do when he arrives at himself?

Soon, it was ranked to Lin Shenyu, and it was no surprise that the spiritual vein on the earth attribute ground level was in the first grade, which could be regarded as the best. Zhao Xin took off the gourd on his waist in frustration, poured a large mouthful of cold water, and while trying to calm down the complicated mood at the moment, he strode into the main hall, silently praying for all the gods and Buddhas in his heart, hoping that a miracle would happen to him.

When he walked into the main hall and saw the old man sitting in the hall, he didn't hold back, and most of the saliva that had not yet been swallowed squirted out directly, and he was about to spray the old man with a "dog blood spray", but all the water droplets were fixed in the air out of thin air when he was a few feet away from the old man.

Zhao Xinyi didn't have time to enjoy the beautiful scenery in front of him, and exclaimed, "Why are you?" Give me back! ”

This person has a serious and dignified face, is brightly dressed, spotless, and does not look like a worldly mortal, but Zhao Xin recognized him at a glance that he was the old beggar who robbed him of his money.

The old man's left sleeve waved slightly, as if dusting off his body, and the droplets of water smashed on Zhao Xinyi's body like arrows, which was very painful. The pain made the latter grin, scratching left and right, looking a little embarrassed. The old man snickered, touched his hair bun with his hand, looked at his clothes, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he couldn't help scolding: "Stinky boy, I'm dressed like this, old man, you can recognize it at a glance?" It's too disrespectful of my half-day hard work, isn't it? ”

"I know you even if I turn to ashes!" Zhao Xinyi has been "worried" about the old beggar all the time in the past two days, and the latter's appearance and eyes have long been remembered in his heart, so he is looking forward to meeting this old thing as soon as possible, but he didn't expect to meet it here, on this occasion, and he still didn't give up, "Pay me back quickly!" ”

"Less noise! The old man hasn't bothered you yet, but you're still holding on! Be long-winded, be careful old man, I will reward you with a talisman and make you a little mute! As he spoke, the old man waved his right palm, and a spiritual rune floated out of his palm, shining with spiritual light.

Zhao Xin saw the power contained in this talisman at a glance, and hurriedly shut up obediently, and at the same time had infinite longing for the old man's ability to draw talismans out of thin air, and immediately smiled all over his face, and changed his words: "The predecessor is really a real person who does not show his face!" It's all my younger generation who is ignorant, and I'm here to make amends to you! As he spoke, he hurriedly bowed down and bowed, but he seemed to be supported by something, and he couldn't bow down at all.

I only heard the old man say: "I can't stand it, old man, I can't guess what kind of fancy old man you kid are, I want Lao Tzu to give you a good grade, but there is no door!" ”

The old man pointed to the brush on the table and said casually, "Write your name!" ”

Zhao Xinyi rolled his eyes and began to write his name casually.

The old man didn't care at first, but when he caught a glimpse of Zhao Xinyi finishing writing the first word "Zhao", he couldn't help but be shocked, and his eyes were shining. By the time Zhao Xinyi finished writing his name, his shock had reached the point of no return, and he was directly stunned in place.

"Hey...... Feed...... The old man ......" Zhao Xin shouted several times in a row, and the old man came back to his senses.

"You're a talisman?" The old man stared at Zhao Xinyi deadly. The latter secretly said badly, and said casually: "I used to follow the master to the rivers and lakes, and I have drawn a few talismans to exorcise ghosts, do you want to have a few?" "As he spoke, he had to do it.

The old man directly took out a talent post and said coldly: "Follow this picture!" ”

"Oh no, it's a trick!" Zhao Xinyi secretly said badly, "Where is the name written, it is clearly an investigation!" But now, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and start imitating, deliberately drawing a mess.

"It's done!" Zhao Xinyi pretended to be disappointed that he had tried his best and couldn't do well, "It's too difficult for you guys!" ”

The old man sneered: "Sure enough, it's you!" ”

Before Zhao Xinyi could pretend to be stupid, the old man had already slapped him out of the door. Watching a person fly out of thin air, the disciple in Tsing Yi guarding the door, I felt a little in a trance, this deputy head of the academy is famous for his good temper, I have never seen him scold, and I have never heard of beating people, but today I can see it with my own eyes, it is really strange. It took a while before I remembered to report the results, "Zhao Xin has no spiritual vein, and the results are low!" ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar outside the hall, and all the burning eyes were focused on the poor creature who was half lying on the ground.

Zhao Xinyi was slapped out by the old man's palm, and it didn't hurt much, as if he had always had a soft strength to support him, there was no lethality, but the insult was extremely strong, coupled with the results of the man in Tsing Yi reporting the lawsuit loudly, it was simply murderous and heart-wrenching, Rao is Zhao Xinyi has been crawling in the market all year round, and his face has already been hot, and he still wants to find a crack in the ground to get into it at this moment.

Lin Shenyu and Yao Rui stepped forward to help, Zhao Xinyi waved his hand, signaling that he was okay and didn't need help, so he stubbornly got up from the ground, thinking: "It's over, this old man already has an enmity with me, and he will definitely expose me in public, this is miserable!" ”

He waited anxiously here, ready to run away at any time, but there was no movement over there, which really puzzled him.

The big "red man", Liu Qinglin, stared at Zhao Xinyi directly, full of contempt and sarcasm, and turned to clench his fists, with a look of resentment on his face - he guessed that the person who teased him last night was the waste in front of him, and secretly made up his mind that he would teach this kid a good lesson when he had the opportunity later.

With a stick of incense, all the candidates have completed the survey assessment, and Zhao Xinyi sold more than 200 talent posts, otherwise he would be the only one at the bottom. Now, with more than 200 people with him, it's not so shameful.

The candidates with spiritual veins were excited, and a number of officials lamented that this year was a "big harvest year" and God blessed Beiyan.

Zhao Xinyi was still waiting for the old man's verdict, and a gong sounded over there, and the second subject exam had begun.

"What's going on? This old man wants to let me go? Or do you want to settle accounts after the fall? Forget it, don't care about him, anyway, Lao Tzu doesn't admit it! As soon as Zhao Xin made up his mind, he prepared for the second exam.

The second section is called "Mountaineering", and the mountain climbed is the one in the middle of the nine small mountains of the Flying Dragon Temple, and it is called "Phantom Forest Mountain". The rules of mountaineering are simple: from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, the shorter the time, the higher the score; Seven days is limited, and those who have not yet reached the top will be scored below C.

The reason why there is such a seven-day limit is because although this mountain is small, it is not easy to climb, not that the mountain road is rugged and steep, but because the mountain is as its name, there is a phantom forest on this mountain, which is a huge phantom array all over the mountain, which is mainly used to protect the elixir on the mountain on weekdays, and occasionally used to temper the minds of disciples.

Although this time the Great Array was not running at full strength, only a few small branches with the least power, it was also a great challenge for these new students who were just getting a glimpse of the cultivation path. In previous years, some people did not reach the top of the mountain for ten days and half a month, waiting for those deacons and officials to be in a hurry.

The two attendants of the Ministry of Rites led a group of people around to Phantom Forest Mountain, which was indeed slightly smaller than the four surrounding mountains, giving people a feeling that it was nothing more than that, and it seemed that it was not difficult to climb. Many of them began to move their muscles and bones and were eager to try.

The two Tsing Yi disciples guarding the mountain gave some rations to the candidates, Zhao Ran looked up at the sun, it was almost noon, took the gong and mallet handed by the little official, and said loudly: "Candidates, this official will be verbose again, although there are many elixirs on this mountain, according to the rules, who will belong to whom!" However, wherever there is an elixir, the power of the phantom array is quite huge, and the higher-level elixir is also guarded by demon beasts, if you mistakenly enter it, the elixir will not be collected, and you will accidentally get a bruise all over your body, and even lose your life! Candidates must do what they can, and be careful that stealing chickens does not become counter-erosion! ”

The examinees looked frightened and whispered.

Zhao Ran showed a satisfied smile and was about to strike the gong. A few people in Tsing Yi came out from behind the mountain, and the leader said loudly: "The two waiters, are they all okay recently?" ”

Zhao Ran and the others smiled all over their faces, and said: "It's good, it's good, I have Lao Zeng's son to worry about!" I don't know what Zeng Gongzi is doing here? ”

The person who came was Zeng Jianshen, and I saw him striding towards him with a sword on his back, followed by three men in Tsing Yi of the same age, all heroic, full of a fierce momentum, very sharp, which made people unconsciously want to retreat.

Rao is the two Tsing Yi disciples present are not very familiar with Zeng Jianshen and his party, but they are not strangers, they are still a little nervous when they see Zeng Jianshen and his party, and hurriedly greet the latter, who smiled and returned the salute.

A group of candidates whispered and discussed, although they were new to the Flying Dragon Academy, but the name of Zeng Jianshen, the pride of the sky, was not unfamiliar to them at all. Today, I finally saw the living creatures, and they were both excited and longing.

Zeng Jianshen came to the front in a few strides, and cordially talked to the two waiters, saying that he happened to be passing by, so he came over to take a look, and by the way, he met a candidate who had a relationship. Everyone speculated which candidate had this honor, but when they saw him go straight to Zhao Xinyi, everyone was stunned, how could a waste be associated with the pride of the sky?

Liu Qinglin was shocked and turned into horror, his face was like ashes, and he said in his heart: "This is over, I am afraid that I will not be able to repay this blood sea of hatred, I have spent so much effort in vain!" In order to take revenge, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money, secretly bought five or six good players, and was ready to beat Zhao Xinyi in a group.

Zeng Jianshen patted Zhao Xinyi on the shoulder, smiled, and said very understandingly: "I said you, I told you a long time ago that it was not this material, but why are you so disobedient?" You have to ask for your own hardship! It was okay before, at most it was just a grade of C, but then the mountain road is rugged and there is a phantom formation, how should you deal with it? ”

Zhao Xinyi snorted coldly in his heart, where did this person care about himself, he obviously came to make fun of him, and scolded in his heart: "This hypocrite is really enough to hold grudges, he just got a little closer to Yan Chen in Baishi County, he holds a grudge against himself, and uses every opportunity to retaliate, it is really ungraceful!" With a warm smile on his face, he glanced at Liu Qinglin, and pretended to be very affectionate: "Thank you Senior Brother Zeng for your concern, I will definitely be careful!" ”

The corners of Zeng Jianshen's mouth rose, and he smiled playfully, and said, "I said you, I don't dare to be your senior brother!" The tone was still gentle, but with a sense of rejection, he said goodbye to the two waiters, and when he came to the foot of the mountain, he looked back at Zhao Xinyi and said, "It's good for yourself!" ”

Turning around the foot of the mountain, several people couldn't help laughing, and someone said: "If you can make Qian Lao so humiliated, I'm afraid it's just that waste!" ”

Another humane: "It's only to blame him for his own humiliation, and who can he blame!" ”

……

At the foot of Phantom Forest Mountain.

Liu Qinglin's eyes rolled and rolled, and he couldn't figure out what the relationship between these two people was for a while, and he couldn't help but hesitate when he wondered if the King of the Wind Forest could cover himself.

A slightly chubby girl in purple ate peanuts with relish, and said vaguely: "Stupid, it's obvious that it's a hot face and a cold ass, just do it with confidence, it's better to unscrew his head, it looks unpleasant, it's annoying!" ”

Liu Qinglin hesitated: "Are you talking to me?" Even he didn't know why, and he didn't even notice that he was scolded stupid by the other party, but he didn't care at all, as if everything was taken for granted.

"Or else?" The girl in purple was absent-minded.

Liu Qinglin was surprised, since she saw this girl, she either ate or ate that, as if she hadn't stopped talking, she was even more greedy than herself, and she was obviously a foodie who only knew how to eat. But such a person actually made himself feel awe, and he knew what he was thinking, and he couldn't help but sigh, "It's really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon!" Looking at Zhao Xinyi again, a sneer appeared on his face.