The Heavenly Sage established the country with force, and the war continued. Wuju is the most solid source of officers for these tens of millions of troops.

The empire has a martial arts academy for children to cultivate. And those who are not talented enough to enter the martial academy, the empire allows them to join the army, relying on enough military merits in exchange for exercises. And the people of the martial arts academy can participate in the martial arts. And the martial arts are held once every two years, and the top 100 people and those who play well can participate in the imperial spring hunt in the coming year. In short, spring hunting is a hunt for the best in martial arts, a celebration, and a commendation.

As for the imperial family, you can send excellent children of the imperial family to participate.

Since Zhongzong divided the holy room into the imperial room and the clan family, the clan has been no different from the common people.

"The sons of the emperor, except for the crown prince, the rest of the five generations are all clans. Those who are in the clan are no different from the common people, but those who have outstanding military merits and those who govern the country and the country can be reclassified as the imperial family, and the hereditary matters are regarded as their merits. —Zhongzong

Today, the commander of the Heavenly Saint Legion, the King of Huaiyin, Shengxuanhan, was re-promoted from the clan to the imperial family, renamed the king, and could attack two generations.

Now, King Zichen recommends Zhaoning, so Zhaoning is going to meet these pride of the sky.

Looking at the list of candidates and experience selected for spring hunting, Zhaoning couldn't help but sigh. The martial arts institute does not charge any fees for the people, so it needs a little threshold, and only those with medium or above talent can be admitted to the hospital. Less than one percent of the people in this list of Zhaoningguan are children of the family, and the rest are all poor cloth clothes, and half of them are moderately talented.

The results of the Imperial Martial Arts are only based on the results, which shows how much effort these medium-gifted people have put in.

"Regardless of the starting point, the end is self-inflicted" is the empire's way of treating talents.

Zhao Ning didn't want to discredit the imperial family, and he also wanted to set an example in front of all the people in the world, so he took advantage of the gap of a few months to work hard to cultivate.

Since Wu Weibo led the army on the front line, the palace sent several strong men or martial arts masters to teach in the palace of King Liang. And Zhao Ning also didn't listen to what was going on outside the window, and threw himself into it wholeheartedly.

In November, Shangjingcheng sent an envoy to urgently urge Cui Shikai to return to the capital, and Cui Shikai disobeyed. Emperor Shangjing's twelve gold medals recalled Cui Shikai, but Cui had no choice but to leave, leaving [Shangshu Left Servant Shot] Wenchen Zhang Kun to take charge of the army.

Wu Weibo sent troops, broke the Shangjing Heavenly Kingdom, beheaded 80,000, captured 70,000, the enemy army was routed countless times, and the empire even conquered more than 20 cities.

In a blink of an eye, it came to the spring of the forty-sixth year of Hongyou.

Chang'an West, Lishan.

At this moment, the flag is full of mountains, and it is whirring under the strong wind; Five thousand forbidden troops have surrounded the entire hunting ground, and the golden light is filled.

Seriousness, tension pervades the entire hunting ground; Honor and prestige also spread throughout the hunting grounds!

The sons of heaven are on horseback, ready to go. And the Holy Emperor and the civil and military officials sat on the high platform and watched this scene happily.

As for Zhao Ning, he was in the crowd, sitting on horseback, examining his bow and arrows. When everything is ready, Zhao Ning just waits to start.

The trumpet sounded, and the horses galloped out and plunged into the forest.

……

Zhao Ning stretched out his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow, directly nailing the rabbit to the trunk of the tree.

After coming and going, Zhaoning's harvest was very small, only a few rabbits and pheasants. Zhao Ning blamed himself for his luck for a long time, but the result still didn't improve, and he didn't even see any prey for a while.

With a simple heart, Zhao Ning went deeper.

After riding his horse for half an hour, Zhaoning suddenly discovered that there was a cave behind the bushes.

Zhao Ning dismounted, used his sword to push through the bushes, and walked in cautiously. Through the faint sunlight, Zhao Ning could see that it was a sleeping spirit beast.

Backtooth Tiger!

Looking at the huge sharp thorns on its back, Zhao Ning judged that it was an adult spirit beast.

When Zhao Ning was about to step forward to give it a sword, the back-toothed tiger's nose sniffed it and suddenly opened his eyes. A pair of vicious eyes looked at Zhao Ning, who was about to make a surprise attack, and startled Zhao Ning. Before he had time to think, Zhao Ning stabbed him in the head.

A roar resounded through the mountains and forests, and frightened birds and beasts scattered.

Also flying in response to the sound was Zhaoning, who ate the backtoothed tiger's palm, but the animal was also blind in one eye.

Falling to the ground, Zhao Ning immediately stood up and ran towards the backtoothed tiger. Jumping up, Zhao Ning pulled out his sword, and the sharp thorn on its back was a sword.

Before he could make contact with the end of the sword, another back-toothed tiger rushed out from behind Zhao Ning and slapped Zhao Ning away with one palm.

Zhao Ning turned around on the ground several times, and his back was also in hot pain. Zhao Ning stood up with difficulty, looked at the two back-toothed tigers in front of him, sighed that his luck was too good, picked up his sword, and rushed straight up.

The one-eyed backtoothed tiger roared angrily and rushed towards Zhaoning. When the back-toothed tiger jumped up, Zhao Ning dodged to the left, met the sharp claws, and slashed at its neck with a swing of his sword. With a knife down, the blood of the one-eyed backtooth tiger flowed, and Zhao Ning's left arm also had three more blood holes, and blood gushed out.

The one-eyed back-toothed tiger screamed in pain, but Zhao Ning did not immediately mend the knife, because there was still a tiger eyeing him, this guy was much stronger than the one-eyed, and he acted quickly, and he was not injured. One-eyed ate the full force of his own sneak attack, and his sword was already seriously injured.

Zhao Ning found that this guy was quite smart, and he didn't shoot to save his kind, but to hunt Zhao Ning, and by the way, Zhao Ning injured another back-toothed tiger, so that he could dominate this intruder.

Zhao Ning sneered and watched the back-toothed tiger coming towards him.

"Emperor Blade!"

Zhao Ning swung his sword and slashed, and the golden sword light came out and rushed straight towards the back-toothed tiger. This is a move that Zhao Ning has learned in recent months, and it is a little successful, and it comes in handy today.

Sensing the threat, the Tiger turned around with a brake, and was hit backwards as soon as it took a step to the left, leaving a large wound on its right side.

Seeing that this sword was effective, Zhaoning was overjoyed.

"Emperor Blade!"

"Emperor Blade!"

"Emperor Blade!"

……

One by one, the Emperor's Extreme Blade slashed out and hit the back-toothed tiger, and the back-toothed tiger moved quickly, whether it was a counterattack, and the hit of Zhaoning was extremely painful. Now it's about perseverance and seeing who falls first.

"Come on! I, Saint Zhaoning, am not afraid! See if I'm not dragging you away today! ”

Zhao Ning's spiritual power was exhausted, and he couldn't swing the emperor's blade, so Zhao Ning raised his sword and fought hand-to-hand. As Zhao Ning was shot out by a sword, the sword came out of his hand, and the back-toothed tiger could no longer bear it and fell.

And Zhaoning was covered in blood and scarred. Struggling to get up and walking towards the beast, Zhao Ning noticed that the sharp thorns on its back were not the same as those of One-Eyed.

With that, Zhao Ning looked at the one eye that had already fallen.

The one-eyed is gone!

A sense of crisis rose from the bottom of Zhaoning's heart!

At this moment, One-Eye galloped out of the bushes behind Zhao Ning, and swayed Zhao Ning is slap.

Suddenly, a sharp sword shot out from the tree not far in front of Zhao Ning, and pierced the door of the dorsal tiger's head.

The back-toothed tiger fell in response, and a man in black jumped from the tree.

Zhao Ning, who had just escaped from the Ghost Gate, was sitting on the ground panting.

Roughly coming back to his senses, Zhao Ning looked at the man in black who fell from the sky.

"Thank you for saving your life, I don't know your name?"

"In Xia Yanshen, how old are you kid!"

"Eighteen years old."

"No experience?"

Zhao Ning nodded, since he was fifteen years old, his cultivation was mainly in the house, and he was pursuing the improvement of the realm, and he had a lot of experience in Wu Weibo, but it was another matter to use it in actual combat.

"You killed this backtoothed tiger, and it almost killed me."

Zhao Ning pointed to the one-eyed back-toothed tiger and said that he was willing to give up the two back-toothed tigers to Yan Shen.

"Oh? You've put a lot of effort into it. ”

"You should have been here before, and you gave them to me without making a move, and I couldn't hunt them, you killed them, so they're yours."

Yan Shen looked at Zhao Ning with a determined face, although he saved him, he didn't expect this kid to be so free and easy. Seeing that Zhao Ning was covered in blood, Yan Shen said with a smile:

"One for each person, whoever kills is who's, don't be tough, see if your injuries can't hold on any longer, find someone to take them away, I want one, okay, I'm going to continue hunting, see you after the spring hunt."

After that, Yan Shen disappeared. Zhao Ning just wanted to speak, but he couldn't see the figure anymore, so he could only nod helplessly and let go of an arrow. Saying that he has finished his spring hunt and needs help.

"Alas, blame yourself for being too careless and impulsive, the dignified spring hunt is such a child's play, alas, ......"

……

Zhaoning ended up in ninety-seven out of one hundred and sixty. Although Zhao Ning is young, the seventh level of cultivation is enough for him to rank in the forefront, and he can challenge the prey with high scores. And the points of the backtooth tiger are also very high, plus the points of his chickens and rabbits, they can just rank ninety-seventh.

In the Zichen Hall of the Imperial Palace, the Holy Emperor looked at Zhao Ning, who was covered in medicinal liquid, with a helpless face.

"Good grandson, why are you in such a hurry, ah?"

"Well, blame me for being impulsive, Grandpa Huang."

"Oh, so what did you learn?"

Through the battle with the backtoothed tiger, Zhao Ning understood that there must be a battle force left on the battlefield, martial arts exercises are also crucial, and the enemy has not fallen, remember not to take it lightly, etc., no matter how simple it is, it cannot be simple.

Alas, the truth is always the truth, and you have to go through it to realize the importance of that word.

After a little recovery, Zhao Ning rushed to Ziyun Mountain without stopping.

The purple mist had just dissipated, and Zhao Ning slowly ascended the mountain.

The clothes always contain purple clouds, and you can find the fairy on the mountain road!

Zhao Ning walked for an hour and saw the familiar wooden house again.

"Sister~"

Su Yue had already sensed this kid and stood at the intersection in advance and waited.

"You guy, why did you run over before your injuries are over?"

"There's no hurry!"

"There's nothing urgent, I'm not leaving. Come, let me see you kid. ”

Zhao Ning ran to Su Yue and turned around, then panicked into the house to find food.

"You stinky boy!"

Zhaoning picked up an apple, an apple that is available all year round. Suddenly, Zhao Ning saw a letter on the table.

"Sister, who wrote to you?"

“…… Close relatives. ”

Su Yue leaned against the door frame and replied slowly, her expression was not very natural.

Zhao Ning was stunned, he naturally knew Su Yue's identity, the leader of the Swallowing Moon clan, and the emperor of the dark world. Now a demon has written a letter to Su Yue, and it has been transported to Chang'an, so it can be seen that something big happened in the dark world.

"[Lord of the Nine Shades] Long Yuan has awakened. For the next three thousand years, he will be in charge of the Dark World, and as soon as he wakes up, he will begin to target my Moon-Swallowing Clan. ”

The Terrans didn't know much about the Dark World, but they knew that they had thirteen Supremes of the Demon Emperor Realm, and the five most powerful Heavenly Emperors took turns to rule the Dark World.

[Lord of the Nine Shades] Long Yuan, Taizong has dealt with opponents all his life, and now he reigns over the world again.

Hearing this, Zhao Ning frowned, although the empire is a little blank for the dark world, but such a big thing, the empire should soon know.

"Then sister, do you want to go back?"

Su Yue shook her head, looked at the letter and said slowly:

"After my father's death, I have nothing to do with the Moon Swallowing Clan, and besides, they only think of me now, why should I provoke Long Yuan, I don't think I can beat him."

Zhao Ning nodded, at the level of the Heavenly Emperor, there are only two people in the empire who can fight now: King Zichen, who seems to have made endless progress, and King Yongshou, the ancestor king who has been in retreat for sixty years. And he vaguely remembered that Su Yue had said that his father's death was related to the clansmen.

"What kind of hatred does Long Yuan have with the Moon Swallowing Clan?"

"His son died at the hands of Elder Swallowing Moon 10,000 years ago."

Zhao Ning was taken aback for a while, 10,000 years ago, it was not a rumor that the powerful life of the demon race was almost endless, compared to the decades of the human race, it was too small.

"Okay, okay, Zhaoning will wash the vegetables."

"Oh."

……

After drinking and eating, Zhao Ning explained his purpose.

"Follow me for a month? There are so many masters in your family, why are you looking for me? ”

"But they don't know how to use [Qingjun]."

"Qingjun? The brother-killing sword? ”

"Huh?"

"You don't know? Your ancestor Emperor Zhang used that sword to kill several of his own brothers. [Cave King] Kerry still has a leg that can't grow out now, and it's caused by the Qingjun. ”

"I know that this sword has injured the Demon Emperor, but I don't know that Emperor Zhang has killed his brother with him."

"After all, it has something to do with your ancestors, or a stain, and it's normal to not know."

"Now, this is [Emperor Dragon Qingjun]."

Zhao Ning pulled out the [Qingjun] from the void, since the [Qingjun] recognized the master, this is the only characteristic that Zhaoning has discovered - the [Qingjun] can be stored in the void.

Su Yue looked at [Qingjun] and couldn't help but want to touch it. As soon as he got closer, the [Qingjun] in Zhao Ning's arms began to tremble and scream, faintly roaring into his ears. Seeing this scene, Su Yue withdrew her hand with interest.

"What an artifact."

"Then Sister Su, do you know how to use it?"

"I think it's still sleeping, and even though it's confessing the Lord, it's still sleeping, so you can't use its power. And only when the dark race is close will it wake up briefly. ”

"So what to do?"

"Give me time to think about it." "Good!"

……

In the next few days, Zhao Ning stayed in Ziyun Mountain all day, either practicing swords or trying to wake up [Qingjun]. However, Su Yue hit a wall again and again, and tried many methods in a row to no avail.

But this is a bitter Zhaoning, he is trained by inhuman people every day, and any action is in the tens of thousands, in Su Yue's words, this is an attempt to wake up, just check it.

One sentence is good, but it's bitter, Zhaoning.

When Begonia was not sleeping, Zhaoning turned over and got out of bed, and did not go back to sleep until the stars were shining. During this period, I also had to experience Su Yue's torture, what blood fed the sword, and what fierce battle to wake up.

The seventh-heavy Zhaoning shuttled around the Purple Cloud Mountain, fighting fiercely with spirit beasts from time to time. Fortunately, there are a lot of treasures of the dignified Demon Emperor, and there is a high-grade elixir at hand, and Zhao Ning is seriously injured today and will hunt around tomorrow.

Using a large amount of spirit beast blood to refine [Qingjun] is another method for Su Yue.

"After all, [Qingjun] is made of divine dragon bone blood, and dragons also belong to spirit beasts, try it, and by the way, I will also exercise you."

Thinking of Su Yue's words, Zhao Ning brushed aside the grass in front of him, picked up [Qingjun], and rushed towards a gibbon......

The moon sets, and the sword light is like a rainbow. Zhao Ning looked at the gradually whitening sky and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

After practicing the sword all night, after a month of training, the [Kaiyuan Sword Technique] that Zhao Ning took from the palace was not perfect, but it was also a slight success.

"I've just started, and I have a long way to go!"

Zhao Ning looked at the [Qingjun] in his hand and weighed its weight.

Still did not wake it up, alas.

At this moment, Su Yue appeared behind Zhao Ning. Looking at this sweaty kid, Su Yue slowly sat down beside him.

"What do you think?"

"Sister, you're here. I wonder if I still haven't awakened it, but my cultivation has loosened, and it won't be long before I reach the eighth level! ”

"It's a good thing, too."

Looking at Zhao Ning, who was a little lost, Su Yue slowly spit out an astonishing word.

"I'll go and get the prince here."

"What?!"

"This sword is stained with the blood of your relatives, maybe the way to wake it up is the blood of your relatives, I will arrest the prince, kill him, and solve your trouble by the way."

"No, first, he is the crown prince, the prince of the heavenly saint, the prince of the country, and the symbolic representative of the heavenly saint; Second, catch him, sister, you can't run away, maybe the King of Yongshou will make a move, and I won't know what to do at either end.

As for the blood of my dearest, I'll just ask my father to try it. ”

Su Yue frowned slightly,

"You believe so much in the power of the Eternal Longevity King?"

"That's the King of Yongshou, the ancestor of the imperial family, this year will be one hundred and fifty years old, that is the first holy king today, sister, don't I believe you, did you fight the River Styx? The King of Eternal Life is the way to cultivate the reincarnation of life, one move: the River Styx is in the world, and the soul is lost in ten thousand lives. Sister, let's not look for trouble, besides, there is more than one holy king in the imperial capital. ”

Su Yue sighed and nodded slightly, agreeing with Zhao Ning's rebuttal.

"Then you go down the mountain tomorrow and try your father's blood, if not, now you can't use the power of [Qingjun]."

"It's okay, I'll wake it up one day, and even if I can't exert its power, it's a rare good sword."

After that, the two looked at the sky above their heads, only to see black and white, the stars were hanging, and the sun was about to rise. In the vast world, the figures of the two are so small and thin......

The next day, Zhao Ning went down the mountain early and found the reason for King Liang's way. King Liang was refreshed, cutting his finger with a knife and dripping blood onto [Qingjun]. As a result, [Qingjun] still didn't react.

"It seems that this is the only way to go." Zhao Ning shrugged his shoulders and looked at King Liang, extremely helpless.