Chapter 25 The Dean Arrives
For the remaining two days, Lu Qi did not go out again, and for the competition of the Outer Gate Ranking, the entire Outer Sect Disciple Academy was working hard to cultivate......
Two days passed quickly, on a sunny morning, a hundred flowers were singing, the outer disciples' courtyard quietly, suddenly, Captain Zhou Cong strode into the center of the courtyard, and said loudly: "All the disciples who participated in the outer gate list competition, all come to the courtyard to gather, only one stick of incense time, if it does not arrive at the specified time, disqualify!"
Everyone heard Captain Zhou's shout, and ran out of the room one by one, panicked, and after a while, there were about seventeen or eighteen, Lu Qi heard Zhou Cong's shout, walked out of the room in a hurry, and slowly moved closer to Zhou Cong, Zhou Cong saw Lu Qi coming, nodded slightly, and motioned for Lu Qi to stand behind the team.
Lu Qi stood behind the team for a long time, and didn't see Xia Ying coming, looking left and right, but was never seen, at this time, the time for a stick of incense was approaching, Lu Qi was anxious, and said in his heart: 'What's the matter with this girl, she clearly said yes, is she afraid?'
When Lu Qi was about to look for Xia Ying, he saw a beautiful figure running over, and he arrived in front of him in an instant, this person was Xia Ying.
Lu Qi glanced at Xia Ying with a pair of reproachful eyes.
Xia Ying rolled her eyes for a moment, and said in her heart: "It's not because of you, it's the first time to participate in this kind of competition, I'm too nervous, I haven't slept well all night, meditate and cultivate, my mind is full of your shadow, I can't calm down at all, and I'm still a little sleepy." ”
Zhou Cong saw that everyone was almost there, and he coughed lightly, and suddenly the team became silent, and then said loudly: "You are all the elites and leaders of our outer gate, presumably you have also put in a lot of hard work for this day, and finally entered the foundation building period." Then today, it is the time for you to display your talents, if you enter the top five of the outer door list, then not only will you have the original reward, but today our Steward Zhang will additionally reward the top five each with a medium-grade spirit stone!"
Everyone heard that there was also a medium-grade spirit stone, and they all made a commotion, a medium-grade spirit stone was ten low-grade spirit stones, and everyone was gearing up one by one, as if the spirit stone was placed in front of them.
"The top five, hmph, I'm bound to win!" said a young man about 25 years old.
"I'm still bound to win the first place," said a monk next to him, unconvinced.
Lu Qi saw Steward Zhang Chuncheng coming over from a distance, with a small nose and small eyes, smiling, and a treacherous look, but Lu Qi had a good impression of Steward Zhang, felt that his character was not bad, and he also took care of Lu Qi slightly.
When everyone saw Steward Zhang coming over, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out, waiting for Steward Zhang's arrangement.
"I'll tell you a good news, today's competition on the outer door list, the dean will also watch it in person, I hope you perform well, if you have excellent results, the dean may give you some rewards. In addition, it is forbidden to make loud noises in the arena, do not talk to each other, if there is a violator, don't blame the real person for being ruthless!" Zhang Chuncheng finished speaking, and glanced at everyone with a cold look.
Lu Qi said in his heart, "The dean will also watch this year's battles, I heard that he has never paid attention to these top competitions in the past." ’
"yes, even the Dean came to watch it in person this year, so we have to behave well,"
The crowd whispered and made a commotion.
"Don't make a loud noise, let's start to go!" After Zhou Cong finished reprimanding, his arm swung forward slightly, and everyone followed Zhou Cong over, and the whole team marched towards the Kunlun Duel Arena.
Lu Qi followed the back of the team, walking side by side with Xia Ying, his eyes roughly calculated, there were about twenty people, basically no one spoke along the way, Lu Qi was too lazy to speak, Xia Ying seemed to be a little shy in front of everyone, and did not take the initiative to talk to Lu Qi.
The more Xia Ying didn't talk to Lu Qi, the more itchy Lu Qi became, and deliberately rubbed his delicate body with his body when he walked, which felt wonderful, and it would make Xia Ying feel mixed after a while.
On the other hand, Xia Ying rolled her eyes for a while, and couldn't help snickering for a while, in fact, Xia Ying's heart felt very sweet, but her face was still cold.
The long queue walked to the vicinity of the nine-story tower, and Zhou Cong said loudly: "This is the dean's residence, I hope everyone is silent and don't make noise to the dean!"
When everyone heard that this was the dean's residence, they immediately became silent, and one by one they showed a look of awe, but the speed of walking became faster and faster.
On the way, I passed by Situ Qianyu's cave mansion, only to see the green bamboo outside the door of the cave mansion, pure and elegant, and exuding a smell of sandalwood, Lu Qi couldn't help but think of the matter of going to her that night, and then meditating outside the door all night: 'Will she come today?' The beautiful figure and the fairy-like peerless face appeared in his mind, every time he thought of Situ Qianyu, Lu Qi would feel very wonderful, an exciting impulse.
Xia Ying looked sideways and found that Lu Qi was happy for a while, melancholy for a while, and there was a little more doubt in his heart: "Is he still thinking about that Lu Ning in his heart?" The relationship between Lu Ning and Lu Qi, Xia Ying also faintly knows something, although she is a little jealous, but after all, the two are childhood sweethearts, and they are completely outsiders compared to themselves, so they don't expect too much.
There were only five female friars in the team, including Xia Ying, and the rest were all male friars, and only one of these five female friars was in the late stage of foundation building, and the rest were all in the early stage of foundation building.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, Lu Qi couldn't help but ask, "Senior Sister Xia, how far is it from the martial arts platform?"
Xia Ying was secretly proud in her heart, and said in her heart: "Tell you to pretend to me, and finally can't help but talk to me," but said, "It's almost there, Senior Brother Lu, you haven't been here yet, have you?"
Lu Qi said hesitantly: "It's really the first time I've come here, I didn't expect the Feitian Cultivation Academy to be so big, and I haven't been to this backyard yet." ”
"Today, due to the large number of people, no people are allowed to use their spiritual power to sneak, if they usually come here, basically the time for a stick of incense has arrived, and if they run during the foundation building period, it will be faster. A female disciple next to him hurriedly said.
Slowly getting closer and closer, Lu Qi saw more than a dozen performance stages in the distance, connected together, and on the east side were rows of pavilions and pavilions, surrounded by city walls, and there were some soldiers standing guard on them, and asked, "It should be Feitian City?"
"That's right, in fact, half of our Xiuzhen Academy is surrounded by Feitian City, and there is only a wall in between, so it's convenient for our academy to go to the city to purchase supplies or something, and the city lord sometimes comes to visit our academy. A young man of about twenty-six years old replied.
Xia Ying originally wanted to answer Lu Qi, but because she was in the outer gate courtyard all the year round, she didn't know some common sense at all, so she could only watch silently, only blaming herself for knowing very little.
Everyone came to the stage, there were as many as fifteen, and a sign was set up next to it engraved with the words 'Kunlun Duel Fighting Table', and there were several jacks next to the brand, the same as the jack at the spirit stone, it must be inserted into the chest card or waist card, and the jack specially set up for those who gambled.
At this time, a young man wearing an elder's costume flew from the sky, with a small nose and eyes, shrewd and capable, and fell lightly in front of everyone, it turned out to be Zhang Chuncheng in charge.
"Since there are not many of us today, there are about 20 people, so in order to let everyone watch the game, we only choose two martial arts platforms, four people each time, a group of two, elimination system, the winning side can be promoted, and the losing party can be eliminated directly, this competition can be freely chosen to set up a life and death status, the real person will never interfere, do you have any objections?" Zhang Chuncheng glanced at everyone and said loudly.
Everyone almost said in unison, "No!"
"Today's competition is still studying the rules of the past, the top five of the outer door list will not participate in the promotion competition, and after a few days, the people who will advance will come here and the top five finals of the outer door list!"
As soon as the words fell, another beautiful woman flew from the sky, and gently landed next to Zhang Chuncheng, the beautiful woman was wearing a purple robe, with the word 'elder' tattooed on her chest, a pink belt around her waist, a graceful figure, and a graceful and luxurious temperament all over her body.
Zhang Chuncheng continued: "In this outer gate competition, I and this Elder Mu Xueyan will serve as your referees, and you will sit down cross-legged for the time being, waiting for the dean to come. ”
About another tea time, a figure faintly flashed in front of everyone, slowly becoming clearer and clearer, and finally formed a real body, wearing a green robe, white beard and white eyebrows, wearing a purple and gold crown, pedaling green phoenix shoes, facial skin as white and tender as a baby, the person who came was Situ Hao, the dean of the Feitian Xiuzhen Academy.
Zhang Chuncheng and Mu Xueyan hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted: "Welcome to the dean!"
All the disciples who were cross-kneeling had comprehended the majesty of the dean, and they did not dare to slack off for a moment, they all quickly stood up, clasped their fists and saluted: "Welcome to the dean!"
Dean Situ Hao swept everyone with piercing eyes, and one of the female disciples, who seemed to be absent-minded, was still cross-legged, did not get up to salute, and a trace of displeasure suddenly flashed on her face.
Seeing this, Zhang Chuncheng scolded angrily: "When you see the dean, don't hurry up and salute, why are you stunned, there are no rules." ”
If you don't even know the most basic etiquette, what kind of atmosphere can you become!Hmph!" Situ Hao snorted coldly, and everyone suddenly felt coercion, all of them turned pale, their legs trembled, and they seemed to be about to fall to the ground.
And the female disciple who did not salute was so shocked by the coercion that she knelt on the ground, and begged for mercy loudly with a cry in her mouth: "The dean spares her life, the little girl was attracted by the dean's royal temperament for a while, and she actually forgot to salute and begged the dean to calm her anger." ”
Unexpectedly, but he was very fond of this sentence, the anger on Situ Hao's face suddenly disappeared, and he turned into a kind face and said: "You get up, this academy is to test your disciples' cultivation and concentration, it seems that your performance is not bad," After speaking, he glanced at Zhang Chuncheng again, and then said: "Everyone, please be exempt, let's get ready for the game." ”
Zhang Chuncheng gently wiped the sweat on his forehead, as if he was facing a great enemy, and ran over to bring a Taishi chair to the dean Situ Hao, who did not shirk and sat down.
But Zhang Chuncheng and Mu Xueyan were standing on both sides of Situ Hao, and they didn't dare to come out, Lu Qi said in his heart: "This dean is really fond of posing music, no matter how big or small the disciples, whoever is not polite or does not respect him enough, they will be punished, no wonder everyone will be afraid of him, and there is a little benefit to thinking about this." ’
Mu Xueyan glanced at Situ Hao with his peripheral vision, and said with contempt in his heart: "A dean in the hall, he puts on a stinky shelf all day long, thinking that he is an official, he is so careful, and this little thing is also concerned with the disciple, hum!"