The squire still walked slowly to the front of the box, but when he raised his hand, there was a cloud of black gas on the box!

Xingyuan frowned deeply—this black qi was the miasma of the soul's resentment.

"Could it be that this squire is actually a minion of the masked monster?" Gou Chenyi was also muttering to himself.

"Sure, he's one of the masked freaks. Hoshigaki said, "Do you remember what the dragon and the mermaid said before?"

“...... In seven years, 3,392 souls were sacrificed...... The guy at the head was dressed in a white robe and wore a black wood mask......"

“...... The villain is the guy in the mask who lost his brother and stole everyone's souls......"

Gou Chen nodded, "I said that he could quietly snatch so many souls for seven years, there must be something strange in this." ”

As he spoke, Xingyuan's purple eyes stared directly at the box glowing with black gas, and he was determined to merge with the miasma!

At this moment, a Khmer book floated out of the box and fell into the palm of the squire.

"This year's wise man candidates, seventeen seats in the first row!"

What the Squire announced, sure enough, is the location of Hoshigaki.

Gou Chenyi touched the person next to him with his elbow, "Look, I've chosen you." ”

The distracted Hoshigaki reacted, "Ahhh......h

Gou Chen tilted his head to look at him, "What's wrong with you, the state is not quite right......"

"It's okay," Hoshigaki breathed a sigh of relief, "It's just that just now, I was almost bewitched by that miasma......"

"Seventeen seats in the first row, please come on stage. The celebrant stepped out of the ring and invited him with courtesy.

Hoshigaki got up, bowed his hand in return, and re-entered the ring with the celebrants. Before taking the stage, he glanced back at Gou Chenyi.

Gou Chenyi lip synced with him, "Be careful in everything." ”

Hoshigaki's heart moved.

The black miasma deepened, and the squire's hand was still waiting by the box, waiting for the appearance of the brave candidate.

Gou Chen leaned back on the back of his seat, waiting for the announcement of the results on the stage as a matter of course.

"This year's Warrior candidates, the eighth in the fourth row!"

Gou Chen immediately sat stiff!

Si Li bypassed the stunned boy in the front row, walked straight to the fourth row, and led a young man in a coarse cloth shirt into the ring. The young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes and dark skin is the ordinary people of the town who make a living from fishing, hunting and chopping wood.

"Could it be...... My spell didn't break through that black miasma?"

"If you want to win that person's heart, you can only sleep in eternity. ”

The Northern Heavenly Star Official is a spirit—this must be the coldest and most vicious voice he has ever heard in the entire world. It was like a curse, burning it into his brain!

Gou Chenyi covered his red left eye, curled up, and couldn't help but tremble.

He couldn't have been more familiar with the voice......

On the stage, the young man in the purple shirt and white robe looked at his companion worriedly, "Gou Chenyi, it's okay......

"Congratulations to both of you. The squire's pale face pulled an unnatural smile, "Your wishes are strong enough to be chosen by eternity by my hand." Next, the festival begins. ”

There was another lively cheer from the audience.

The festival is the best part of the tournament, and the Warrior and Wise Men candidates must win the match with their true skills in order to have a chance to meet the Sea Dragon and fulfill their wishes.

The celebrant stepped forward and announced the title of the festival as usual: "This time, our festival is based on the theme of the Nine Palaces and Five Elements, and after two levels of trials, we can be elected as our warriors and wise men this year." ”

As he was talking, eight strong men had already lifted up a nine-square grid with a length and width of one zhang and placed it in the center of the ring, and all the spectators in the audience could see it clearly.

The squire himself explained: "The rank is optimistic, these nine squares are from top to bottom, from left to right, and water, wood, fire, metal, and earth are distributed in the fourth left, the fifth middle, the sixth right, the seventh left, and the ninety-five right grids, and the left-one, second-middle, third-right, and middle-eight squares are empty. Both rounds of trials require the tacit cooperation of the wise man and the warrior, otherwise the two of you will be eliminated and I will be re-selected among the other participants in the audience.

Now begin your first round of trials. The wise man needs to hand all the yin, yang, life, and death cards in his hand, and hand them over to the warrior to place in the four spaces corresponding to the nine-square grid; only when they are placed in the corresponding position, the nine-square grid will open the next round of trials, and if they are placed incorrectly, the trials will fail. ”

The celebrant handed four wooden plaques with inscriptions to Hoshigaki, and then placed a seven-inch-long incense stick.

"When the seven-inch incense stick burns out, if the wise man fails to determine the location of yin and yang life and death, or the warrior fails to hang these four cards on this tall nine-square grid, you are all considered a failure. ”

After the squire finished talking about the harsh conditions, the incense burned an inch.

The ashes fell quietly on the incense case, and Hoshigaki took out the Yin and Yang cards and handed them to the warrior candidate, "What's your name?"

The warrior took the wooden card and glanced at him, "My name is Ye Qi." ”

Xingyuan smiled lightly, "Ye Qi, these yin and yang cards are suspended on the third right and the first on the left. It's just that these two blocks are one foot above, have you ever thought about how to climb up?"

Ye Qidao: "I am a woodcutter, and it is not difficult to climb the mountains, not to mention the height of this one-zhang me. ”

Xingyuan was a little surprised, although this nine-square grid in the ring is not as steep as the mountains, its surface is smooth and smooth, and it is naturally difficult to climb to a high place in a short period of time, which is also one of the tests for warriors, but this honest young man in front of him is confident.

Ye Qi winked at his partner opposite, "As long as there is a sugar gourd, I can do anything." ”

Hoshigaki: "...... these eyes?!"

I don't know if it's an illusion, Ye Qi's eyes, which were originally brown, flashed a red and a blue mandarin duck for a moment.

The warrior said to Hoshigaki and stepped lightly on his toes, leaping into the air!

Everyone in the audience exclaimed, and then there were applause one after another.

According to what the wise man said, the two cards of yin and yang were placed in two directions above the nine-square grid, one right and one left, and the squire sitting on the side nodded secretly.

Xingyuan then handed Ye Qi the word card, "Put it in the middle two position." ”

Ye Qi smiled lightly, "You mean the middle eight?"

Hoshigaki was stunned.

Seven inches of incense sticks have burned out of four inches.

"You have to hear clearly, I'm talking about the middle two above. ”

"It should be the middle eight below. ”

Xingyuan glanced at the incense sticks that were burning, "This is the Nine Palace Array, the image of the five elements is set up according to the way of all things, and then distinguishes yin and yang with the principle of mutual growth." From this, it is inferred that between yin and yang, above the five elements, this is the ...... of this array."

"You're wrong. Ye Qi calmly interrupted him, "The five elements are born together, and they will also restrain each other, and mutual growth is the principle of the cycle, and it must be in the five elements." And mutual restraint is the foundation of the five elements, and it should be located on it to divide yin and yang. ”

Hoshigaki shook his head, and then saw that the incense stick had burned to two inches.

"You should know what the consequences will be if you reverse the door of life and death of the formation......

"If the consequences are no worse than any five-pointed black star array, I am confident that I can protect you. ”

Hoshigaki looked at his partner in front of him, "What a messy guy." ”

Ye Qi bowed down and placed the word card in the middle eight position below, and when the incense stick burned to an inch, the brave man was another vertical, jumped up, and placed the last dead word card in the middle two places directly above.

The incense sticks just burned out, the last twist of incense ashes settled, and there was another gong in the ring.

Sirley: "Please announce the results of the squire—"

Lord Squire said: "Nine Palace Array, Kai!"

The tall nine-square grid immediately flashed nine golden rays of light, shaking over the townspeople.

The spectators knelt down and shouted, "The Dragon King is a saint!"

There was only a son dressed in brocade clothes, and his brown eyes were staring at Ye Qi on the stage. He whispered, "He's really not mortal, I hope my choice is right...... and then quietly slipped out of the crowd.

The brocade-clothed boy held a Cambodian book in his hand, and the wish written in the Cambodian book was: to kill the Sea Dragon King.