Night.

Accommodation area for hot summer athletes.

"Mr. Fang Hao?"

"It's me."

"I am the chief of the court, the empress's personal lady."

“……”

Fang Hao felt a little bad.

From the moment he saw the female official in a maid's costume walking towards him, he had a premonition that something was wrong.

In the accommodation area, other contestants in the hot summer area have probed their heads on the balcony, on the grass, and in the corridor.

The female official smiled and said, "Her Majesty the Empress has summoned you to the palace, are you free now?" ”

"Nope."

"And when will it be?"

“……”

Fang Hao wanted to say that there was no time, but after saying this, the consequences would be very serious.

He will definitely be labeled as "unknowing" and his reputation will be greatly damaged.

"Why did the Empress see me?"

The female official couldn't help but smile even more: "Mr. Fang said with a smile, a top genius like you, well-known in the world, is it strange that the empress wants to meet you and have dinner with you?" ”

Fang Hao nodded helplessly: "Wait a minute, I'll go back to the house and change my clothes." ”

"Okay." The female officer smiled and nodded.

Fang Hao changed into a handsome white suit and sat in a magnificent black car with the female officer.

When he saw Emperor Xi, he could wear a practice uniform, because he was going to apprentice.

But I can't see the empress, because I am going to have dinner with the empress, and I have to dress decently.

The car quickly drove into the palace and stopped at the door of a hall.

"Mr. Fang, please come in."

Fang Hao walked into the hall with the female official.

In the hall is a long table, covered with red cloth, on which some delicate Western dishes are already arranged, and a chef in a high white hat is cutting and roasting suckling pig.

"Please sit down first, and the Empress will come at once."

"Okay."

Fang Hao sat on the chair pulled out by the female officer, who put some small desserts in front of him and poured a glass of champagne.

"Please enjoy it slowly, and if you have any needs, you can tell me directly."

"Okay."

Fang Hao was eating desserts and drinking champagne while waiting for the empress.

Didn't the Empress discover her true identity?

Although it didn't matter if he found it, he still hoped that he would find it slowly.

Not long after, the female official reminded softly: "Mr. Fang, the empress is almost here." ”

Fang Hao got up and left his seat, turned to face the main entrance of the hall.

The empress was still dressed in a white dress, walking gracefully and smilingly.

After seeing Fang Hao, his eyes lit up.

"This body suits you very well~"

Fang Hao stroked his chest with his right hand, bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "It's not as elegant as Her Majesty the Empress." ”

The empress walked to the main seat, looked at Fang Hao, squinted her eyes and chuckled: "Please take a seat." ”

Fang Hao returned to his seat and sat down.

A maid stepped forward to take away the dessert and wine glass, replaced it with Western-style tableware, and replaced the wine glass with a new one.

The female officials went to serve the Empress.

During the banquet, the empress opened her mouth to find a topic, Fang Hao replied, and he had nothing to ask.

Until the empress smiled and asked:

"Emperor Xi has accepted an apprentice, and I also want to accept an apprentice, who do you think is suitable?"

Fang Hao smiled directly and replied: "I'm definitely not suitable, you are an unmarried girl, and accepting a male apprentice is not good for your reputation." ”

The empress looked at him and squinted slightly: "Emperor Xi accepts a female apprentice, why doesn't anyone say that his reputation is bad?" ”

Fang Hao was silent.

Emperor Xi accepted a female disciple, and no one would think much about it.

But the empress accepts a male disciple, how strange it looks.

"I can't say, but I really don't recommend it."

The empress put down her knife and fork, wiped her mouth with a napkin, got up and said, "Don't eat, you take a walk with me." ”

Fang Hao wiped his mouth and stood up.

The two of them walked out of the hall and began to disperse in the courtyard by the cold moonlight.

"You don't have to come along."

"Yes." The court maid behind him immediately stopped and turned to do something else.

After walking a distance in the courtyard, the empress chuckled and proposed, "Otherwise, I will change with Emperor Xi?" ”

"How?"

"Let him give up your sister to me, so that he can vacate two disciple places, and the contestants who participate this year will be very happy, isn't it all happy?"

Fang Hao was speechless: "Then you have to ask Emperor Xi." ”

"Aren't you the same?"

“……”

Well, even in disguise, it was seen through.

"How do you tell?"

"I won't tell you." The girl snorted softly and grabbed his left arm, her little hand spread out, interlocking her fingers with his.

"You participated in the junior competition just to give your sister a higher status?"

"It's not." Fang Hao shook his head.

"I'm just coming with her, and the rewards and rankings don't matter. It's just that what happened today was beyond my expectations, so I went with the flow. ”

"Then let your sister worship me as a teacher~"

"Since you think of me as a brother, isn't my sister also your sister?"

"Then will you ask Emperor Ming to call your parents and parents?"

"......" Fang Hao was silent.

That's a good question, don't ask it next time.

"It's already decided, so don't change it. If you want an apprentice, you can take another one. ”

"That's it." The girl chuckled, "I don't have time to take apprentices, so it's good to let your sister accompany me more in the future." ”

"This one does." Fang Hao nodded, "I'll talk to her." ”

Luo Minjing is not already a councilor here, why haven't you looked for her?

He recalled it and found that the two seemed to be a little bit of a mismatch, and it seemed that they couldn't get along well.

Now he has made his sister Fang Mengqi a disciple of Emperor Xi in the name of righteousness, and he has not offended anyone because of this.

If Emperor Xi only had this one disciple, then the hatred between him and his sister would undoubtedly be directly filled.

But after such an operation, my sister successfully gained fame and "noble" status, and climbed to the top of the world.

He did not lose his reputation because he lost his status as a disciple of Emperor Xi.

On the contrary, because of "loving the family", the reputation has become better and more sought after.

In the future, the ontology can learn whatever top-level methods it wants, and it will not be restricted anymore.

Knowing that he and Emperor Xi are the same person, now there are only single-digit Emperor Realm powerhouses such as Emperor Yan and Emperor Ming, and they are all from Yanxia.

Just because the empress herself recognized it doesn't mean that others can recognize it.

Taking a step back, even if others recognize him, I don't know how many doppelgangers he has.

The [Clone] ability is one of the few times that you don't change the name of the ability after reaching the Super S level.

He now has tens of millions of ability points in reserve, but except for [Thor], which is super SS, the other extraordinary abilities are the highest super S-level.

Infusing the Super S-level ability of the same name into water and drinking it yourself is just a waste of these ability points, and it doesn't get stuck in the bug to increase the ability level.

This shows that his "transcendent system" is not the same as the transcendent particle system.

Only through [Soul Devour] and [Flesh Devour] can you break through the upper limit of Super S-level by devouring extraordinary beings with the same Super S level ability and fusing their ability origins.

After a short walk in the courtyard, the two returned to the hall door.

Fang Hao got into the black car that sent him back and waved his hand to the empress at the door of the hall with a smile.

The next day, on the morning of January 2, a new round of knockouts began.

Fang Hao has retired from the race, and the points have been cleared, so yesterday's second place in points has become today's first place.

Everyone in the back has advanced one place because of this.

Fang Mengqi is currently ranked in the upper middle position, which is not quite in line with her strength as the first in the hot summer.

But this is because of the different format of the World Finals, and she is not seeking a quick victory in each competition, but playing steadily, and the time for each game is naturally longer.

The longer each game gets, the fewer games she has, and the fewer points she has.

If the format of the World Finals is this kind of point system, it is definitely unreasonable.

The current point system is the same as the qualifying matches for the previous national finals, just to set a preliminary ranking and allow each participant to express themselves to the fullest.

If the half-elimination system is adopted, half of the people can only play once, which goes against the original intention of this global finals "the world's teenagers shine and many Taoist systems show their might".

And it's all here, so that the players can have a good time.

On January 6th, the rankings will be preliminarily determined, and the Ranking Challenge will begin.

Even if Fang Mengqi is ranked in the middle by then, he can still challenge one by one and keep climbing the rankings.

The real strong will never be buried.

So Fang Mengqi is not in a hurry.

She knows that many people are paying attention to her now, and she calls herself "senior sister" when she meets her on the road, hoping to learn practical experience and skills from herself.

So every time she tries to show what she needs to show.

Others are just competing in martial arts, seeking victory and defeat.

She is not just competing, she is also teaching in actual combat, using one opponent after another to let those who pay attention to her learn more.

After becoming a disciple of Emperor Xi, she felt a sense of responsibility in her heart.

It's not that whoever comes to ask for advice has to give guidance selflessly, but now every game can be more serious and show more things that others can master.

The competition committee arranged an audience seat with a particularly good view for Fang Hao, which was next to Emperor Xi.

But he didn't come.

As long as Emperor Xi is here, what else is he doing here?

After the morning competition, Ai Xiaoya, who was wearing a white background and gold ornament skirt, came to him again.

The so-called skirt armor is the women's armor of the fantasy department.

The upper body is a metal half-body armor, the lower body is an over-the-knee skirt or short skirt, the skirt is a pair of suspenders, and further down are boots.

In terms of defense, these decorative armor are not much stronger than regular clothes, and the picture is handsome and good-looking.

So why hasn't Yanxia developed this cultural atmosphere of "pretending to be handsome"?

There are, but very few.

First, the overall cultural atmosphere is more restrained and unassuming.

The second is because the alloy technology in the hot summer is unbeatable, and if you want to wear alloy armor, you can wear a fantasy armor that is useless but good-looking, and it is easy to be laughed at.

But the Western world is different.

The first is to pursue individuality more and advocate "personal unique style".

Second, there are the habits left over from the "aristocracy", paying attention to elegance and etiquette.

Third, there was a "duel" atmosphere in the past, and the transcendent era began to recover.

Under the superposition of the three, after someone got up, it quickly became popular.

Wearing handsome armor when competing with others in a duel is very popular and eye-catching, and people who don't have it will show a lot of shame.

"Will I be able to be friends with you in the future?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Let's have lunch together?"

"I'm calling my sister."

"Hmm!"

After calling Shang Mengqi, the three of them left the accommodation area together and went to the restaurant in the accommodation area for lunch.

The accommodation area will manage the rice, and the dishes are quite high-end, and there is a piece of meat steak of king-level alien beasts at every meal.

A king-level alien beast meat steak!

3 meals a day for free!

This is all thanks to the Empress, Emperor Xi, and the United Council, who were able to transfer all the powerhouses of the Emperor Realm to hunt in the deep sea area.

The powerhouses of the Emperor Realm set out in teams, and it was not difficult to hunt king-level sea beasts in the sea.

But before, there were not enough Emperor Realm powerhouses, and most of the Emperor Realm powerhouses were too lazy to move.

Because the Emperor Realm is already the ceiling, and further up because of the lack of resources, it may be hopeless for the rest of his life.

In that case, it's better to do something you like.

"Hey! Fang Hao! Remember if I don't? ”

A handsome blonde man in silver armor walked over with a plate and a smile.

The corners of Fang Hao's mouth twitched.

“JOJO？”

"Yes!" JOJO, THE BLONDE MAN WHO HAD FOUGHT AGAINST FANG HAO, LOOKED AT THE TWO LADIES PRESENT, PUT DOWN THE PLATE AND GRACEFULLY GAVE A NOBLE CHEST TOUCH.

"Two distinguished ladies, please allow me to introduce myself, I am JOJO, one of Fang Hao's opponents!"

“？？？”

The teenagers at the surrounding tables were stunned and looked sideways.

No, why are you so big-faced?

Also the opponent?

Only when you are equal is you called an opponent!

Evenly matched is called an opponent!

You, who was unilaterally abused, actually have the face to say that you are Fang Dashen's opponent?

But go and refute it, it's really hard to refute.

Because he did be Fang Hao's opponent in the ring, although he was abused, the identity of this "opponent" is really hard to deny.

It can only be said that this person is too cheeky to say such things shamelessly.

It's strange that the Yanxia language is broad and profound, and a word can have multiple meanings.

And he, a foreigner, may really not know that "opponent" has another deeper meaning, and simply thinks that he is "the opponent in the game".

"You may be seated." Fang Hao has always been kind to others, smiling.

For his name "JOJO", I have to make this friend!

"Thank you!"

The blonde man JOJO immediately sat down and immediately started talking enthusiastically, looking for various topics.

Not to mention, with him, the atmosphere of the meal is much more cheerful.

Seeing that Ai Xiaoya, as an Oriental, was wearing a set of fantasy armor like himself, he talked about the topic of armor again, and used this to tell a lot of unknown "secrets".

It even involves some emperor realm powerhouses, the "troubled" deeds and love and hatred when they were young.

Those things that happened when the powerhouses of the Emperor Realm were young, people who didn't go on the Internet or didn't pay attention to them really wouldn't know.

So after he said it, Fang Hao and the three of them listened to it with relish.

Everyone has the heart of gossip.

Others sat at the surrounding tables and listened.

JOJO is so able to chat, so he naturally has the idea of building a good relationship and gaining a network for himself.

It's just that his way is very "decent", that is, to show charm with communication and expression, so that the three people at the same table can appreciate themselves and make friends.

Instead of deliberately flattering and whispering.

If the three of them did not approve of him after communicating and expressing, he could only comfort himself with a sentence that he had worked hard.

His efforts did not fail.

Fang Hao and the three of them are all very pure people, so they eat this kind of "decency".

Treat each other with sincerity and fellowship with your heart.

Fang Hao didn't mind making friends with these peers, nor did he mind asking him for help when they needed help.

Of course, this has to be after "making friends".

If you can't be a friend, don't come to him, he's not available.

After lunch, the four of them added friends to each other's social apps.

JOJO ALSO SAID THAT THERE WAS A LARGE GROUP OF PARTICIPANTS IN THIS JUNIOR COMPETITION, AND ASKED THE THREE IF THEY WANTED TO JOIN.

All three refused.

That kind of group is too big, and adding it is also blocking messages, which makes no sense.

And Fang Hao and Fang Mengqi are both "celebrities", and they are easy to be added as friends after joining the group, will they refuse or agree when the time comes?

This kind of unnecessary interpersonal relationship can be less and less.

"Are you going shopping?" Ai Xiaoya proposed.

"I still want to see the latest movie releases, and the tickets are all bought!"

"Okay." Fang Mengqi nodded.

"Okay." Fang Hao was not very worried that they would go out alone, so he also nodded.

ALL THREE LOOKED AT JOJO.

Can I go with me too? JOJO WAS ALMOST MOVED TO TEARS.

"Let's go with us."

"How many more people shall I call?" Fang Hao asked with a smile, "There are more people to go shopping together, and it is also lively." ”

The more people there are, the fewer people dare to come and find trouble.

Ai Xiaoya nodded: "Well, I also call a few." ”

She originally wanted to just the three of them, but Fang Hao wanted to call more people, so she simply called a few friends together.

Fang Hao called four people, Gu Qiushi, Gu Qiushui, Fu Xuefei, and Shi Zhixue.

Ai Xiaoya called the three people who went home with her during the Chinese New Year before, Hudson, the grandson of the Sword King, and the two girls.

Eleven people, going shopping, watching movies.

In the next few days, they basically lived like this, playing games in the morning and going out in the afternoon.

JOJO QUICKLY FORMED GOOD FRIENDSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE THANKS TO HIS HIGH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND TALKATIVENESS.

There were Hudson and those two girls in the team, but he was not the only Westerner, otherwise it would inevitably be a little special.

He himself is also from the king's family, and his status is not inferior.

Of course, it won't be superior.

It's just that this identity can make him more confident and make friends with Fang Hao and others.

In the blink of an eye, on January 6th, the round elimination round is over, and the qualifying challenge begins.

The one who scored first now has a score of 400, and the gap between the second place is more than 30 points.

But that doesn't necessarily mean he's better than the second or third place.

The strength of the players in the front row can only be known if they really play a game.

Fang Mengqi, who was ranked more than 300 and was questioned a lot, began to challenge upward.

Ai Xiaoya made it to the top 200.

Because she has also received special guidance from Fang Hao.

I also ate a three-piece set of [Physical Enhancement], [Spiritual Enhancement] and [Regeneration] Ability Spirit Fruits and a few Soul Spirit Fruits.

At the same time, it is a very violent fast swordsmanship, and it is neat to win.

Usually the winner can be decided within a minute, and more time is spent waiting for opponents and finding the ring.

However, due to her limited family background and unable to keep up with her resources, she has only just entered the Quadruple Realm, and it is easy to defeat an opponent whose basic attributes are stronger than herself.

Even so, she still relied on the Ability Spirit Fruit and Soul Spirit Fruit that Fang Hao fed, and she was in the top two hundred.

If she cultivates to the perfection of the fourfold realm, it is no problem for her to enter the top twenty, and it is not impossible for her to enter the top ten.

The advantage of fast sword flow is "only fast and not broken", as long as the basic attribute is superior, you will win half of it first.

Three more days passed, January 9th.

Under the watchful eye, Fang Mengqi successfully defeated the top of the standings after a ten-minute peak duel and officially topped the world's No. 1!

Emperor Xi's first apprentice deserves his name!

(End of chapter)