Three days later ...

The sun had set, and the last rays of afterglow were slowly spilling onto the earth. The moon is like water, and as the lights rise, the bustling crowd flocks to the city lord's mansion.

The quaint decoration and rising sandalwood all highlight the elegance of this quiet room. Xu Wen was dressed in plain clothes, standing in front of the table, grinding ink, waving, and his eyes flashed with watery tenderness.

"Don't be cold, the moon flute is shallow. Uncle Tie, look at my shallow characters, how well can I write them?"

Uncle Tie was respectfully standing beside the screen on the right side, and when he heard this, a trace of embarrassment flashed on his old face, and he bowed his head and said:

"Old, illiterate. ”

"That's fine. ”

Xu Wen paused, and the tenderness in his eyes was even better. Holding the pen and writing, I didn't feel a crystal teardrop floating on the paper.

"Let's go, the conference is about to begin. Xu Wen sighed lightly, put down the wolf in his hand, and paced away. Uncle Tie shook his head helplessly, put on a mink coat for Xu Wen, and left.

Two lines of small letters jumped on the paper

Don't be cold and the sound of the moon flute is shallow,

The painting and shadow lamp are the same as the color.

A huge ring has been set up in front of the city lord's mansion, with gongs and drums on all sides, and the crowd is crowded, which is a lively scene.

Out of the main hall, Xu Wen walked up to the temporary stands. In the stands, all the elders and guests of their own families greeted him, and these dozens of people were all knights of more than five stages, and everyone gathered to welcome Xu Wen to the main seat.

Seeing Xu Wen sitting down, the chaotic crowd suddenly quieted down a lot. Xu Wen sat down, raised his hand slightly, and said:

"The time has come, and this year's recruitment conference will begin. ”

"Yes. The referee-like duo bowed in response.

Xu Wen turned around and looked at Chen Jiu who was sitting in the corner, his eyes were a little playful, and said:

"Brother Chen Jiu, if you are new to the city, take at least one. ”

After that, everyone burst into laughter. Xu Wen looked to the other side again, and said with a smile:

"Mr. Lin, don't forget it."

The one known as Mr. Lin was a big man like an iron tower, and at this time the wind was fierce in the middle of winter, but he was only wearing a thin linen clothes. I saw him holding two tower shields in his hand, his eyes were wide open, and everyone was submissive.

Xu Wen glanced at him, then cocked Erlang's legs and watched the competition on the stage.

Chen Jiu was confused when he heard this, so he had to pull the corner of the clothes of the person next to him:

"Brother Fang Tao, what does it mean to receive one?"

That middle-aged man named Fang Tao was a well-known eighth-stage knight in this Great Heaven City. In the City Lord's Mansion, he can be regarded as a strong man in the top ranking. Seeing Chen Jiu asking like this, he didn't look at him, but said proudly:

"After the competition, the winning half will join our City Lord's Mansion, they can apprentice from us, no matter whether they win or lose, if you have a young person you like, you can also take them as apprentices. ”

"There are sometimes several people competing for good talents, and who to worship depends on their choice. ”

Fang Tao pursed his lips a little playfully:

"So if you don't have the strength, let's stay in peace. ”

"Oh, thank you. ”

Chen Jiu was silent and looked at the ring.

A thin boy with a short knife in his hand was fighting with another boy with a long sword. The swordsmanship of the young man with the long sword was elegant and agile, suddenly piercing forward, and then shuttling behind him, and the sword dance was flying. However, in two or three rounds, the short knife boy was scarred. Arms, back, sword qi shuttled, cutting his body without skin.

"Poor boy, you'd better get down. ”

The longsword boy spat disdainfully, like a cat playing with a mouse, and continued his previous attack.

The short knife boy's eyes were slightly red, and he saw that he held the knife behind his back, his body tightened, resisting the chaotic sword qi, and blood marks appeared on his body and face, and the sharp stinging pain made him exhale uncontrollably.

Chen Jiu was moved, but is he still going to lose?

"Go down, this is not a place for pariahs like you!"

The young man with the long sword swept to the side again, and the long sword brought a phantom shadow. Straight into the heart of the short-knife boy.

When the blade was about to sink into the short knife boy's chest, the referee was about to rescue, and the short knife boy crashed straight into it, and the crowd was in an uproar. At this time, the short sword boy suddenly rose up, and the blade went straight to the throat of the long sword boy.

"It's biased, it's shallow, you lose. ”

"Birth never means anything. ”

The voice of the short knife boy was slightly excited and somewhat relieved, he pulled out the sword on his chest, and walked towards the stage covered in blood.

"How could I not beat that poor boy who has no father and no mother... ”

The young man with the long sword looked at a loss, and was kicked off the stage by him in disbelief.

Chen Jiu was amazed. It's also very relieving to watch.

"Good!" he exclaimed.

Just before the short knife boy stepped down, he jumped down and said:

"You're fine, come with me. ”

The crowd in the stands came to their senses. The referee bowed and said:

"Mr. Chen, it's not time to accept the apprentices. ”

"It seems that this guest secretary has some unknown names. There was a whisper under the ring.

Fang Tao looked at Chen Jiu with a look of disdain, and patted a seventh-stage knight beside him, who understood and jumped down.

"Brother Chen Jiu, in Xia Yexiong, why don't you and I have a competition, and the winner will accept him as an apprentice, okay?"

"Hmm. ”

Chen Jiu's face did not change, and patted the shoulder of the young man with a short knife:

"You're not fast enough. With that, he got up and approached Ye Xiong, who was eyeing him.

Ye Xiong looked at Chen Jiu's figure and took off the long iron rod he was carrying with great disdain. Attack with sticks in both hands.

"Oh, where did the hillbilly come from, he dared to be disrespectful to the other party before, and today I will let you see it for a long time!"

There were several elders on the stage who wanted to stop them, but Xu Wen waved his hand.

looked at Ye Xiong's fierce arrogance, and then looked at Chen Jiu, who was as quiet as water. Almost everyone is optimistic about Ye Xiong, who is better in momentum.

Chen Jiu threw himself and slowly approached.

"Hey, you can't fight yet!" Seeing that Chen Jiu was getting closer and closer to him, but he hadn't even pulled out his weapon, Ye Xiong said angrily.

Chen Jiu took a few steps forward, Ye Xiong shouted, and hit Chen Jiu straight on the head with a stick.

When the iron rod was still a line away from Chen Jiu, Chen Jiu's speed suddenly increased to the extreme. Sink down, draw the sword, and swing countless blades diagonally upwards in an instant. The blade left countless afterimages in the air, and the long iron rod was sliced into powder in an instant. Ye Xiong screamed miserably and fell under the ring. Chen Jiu slowly retracted the knife. A momentum that looks at the world arises spontaneously.

He glanced at the already stunned crowd on the stage:

"Who else dares to go up again?"

Everyone was speechless, and Fang Tao was even more shocked and at a loss.

"Let's go. ”

Chen Jiu patted the stunned short-knife boy.

"Yes, teacher. ”

"Is the Great Knight at its peak? Xu Wen muttered to himself, his smile a little playful.

Ye Xiong was helped to stand on the stand, and the conference continued. In another hour or so, all 50 competitions were over. Everyone received the apprentices separately, and it was inevitable that there would be some friction, and there was a lot of trouble for a long time, until the middle of the night, and the conference finally ended slowly.

In everyone's hearts, it seems that the young man who was dressed in black, with a long black knife, and crushed the enemy with one sword.

As the morning light of the next day sprinkled onto the earth, the rising sun rose, and Chen Jiu's name also resounded throughout the Long Heaven City.