Chapter 234: Competition
"Boss Bai?!"
Seeing the visitor, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but be startled, it was Boss Bai who he met in the Night Inn.
With a strange smile in Boss Bai's eyes, he looked Lu Mingfei up and down and said: "Brother Lu is really a strange person, when he was in my inn, he barely refined the four-grade Tenglong Pill, but I didn't expect that after just over a month, he would become a six-grade pill pharmacist, shining in Bihu Villa, even Ji Tiancheng's old fox was compared to you, with Brother Lu's improvement speed, I am afraid that in a few more years, I am afraid that he will really be able to refine the legendary ten-grade divine pill." ”
"What is a Divine Pill?"
Lu Mingfei looked at the other party in a daze, but Boss Bai laughed out loud.
"Brother Lu is really a wonderful person, as a six-grade pill pharmacist, he doesn't even know what the ten-grade pill is, I'm afraid he is the first person in thousands of years, let's not talk about these first, I have some elixirs here, Brother Lu might as well help me refine some pills, let's talk while practicing." ”
Song Yiyi glared at Boss Bai and said angrily, "Did I call you here to do alchemy!"
was reprimanded by her for this, Boss Bai hurriedly shrunk his neck, not daring to mention the pill again, but Lu Mingfei also noticed the relationship between the two, and his doubts were even more suspicious.
Maybe it's because of that Tenglong Pill, at this time, Boss Bai is close to the Xuantong realm, and in terms of cultivation alone, he is far above Song Yiyi, but there is no master-slave relationship between the two, and even Boss Bai seems to be a little afraid of Song Yiyi.
After thinking about it, when I first met the two, one ran Fang Yuanzhai, and the other was the owner of the Night Inn, both of which were essentially auction houses, Lu Mingfei immediately reacted to an idea, it seems that the two should work for the same force, and because of this, it also makes the people behind the two more mysterious.
Song Yiyi returned to the previous topic and said to Boss Bai: "In a few days, I will ask Min Ling to go to Qingyin Temple in the appearance of Yu Wanxi, you must be cautious and don't delay the business, this matter may also have something to do with Danqiongju, and you can't be careless." ”
Calling Boss Bai turned out to be to let him deal with the matter of Qingyin Temple, with his current cultivation, Lu Mingfei naturally put his mind at ease, so he could put all his thoughts on the second prince's recruitment of Yishi.
Danqiongju was well-informed, and Song Yiyi quickly inquired that the second prince was recruiting and selecting Yishi in a courtyard outside the imperial city in the capital, and it was said that there were dozens of young talents who came to apply for the recruitment and recommendation of the powerful people in the court, and it was scheduled to be selected three days later.
"If you are selected as the second prince's Yishi, it is equivalent to standing on the opposite side of the eldest prince, and from now on, you will support the second prince to become the crown prince. ”
Before leaving, Song Yiyi did not forget to tell Lu Mingfei
This move was just to be able to blend into the palace, but I didn't think too much about these problems.
He didn't understand politics, and he didn't think that one day he would be involved in the dispute over imperial power, but now that the situation is like this, he can't care too much.
Jia Yuanchu was still in the mood to laugh and said: "The eldest prince is delusional about the day when Miss Nayu became a concubine, I am afraid that he has already stood on the opposite side of Brother Lu, and there is no choice now." However, when it comes to the position of the crown prince, although Poor Dao has never seen the second prince, he always feels that this person is not a person of destiny, and he should not have the life to be the emperor. ”
As soon as he said it, Song Yiyi and Lu Mingfei were stunned at the same time, and Jia Yuan explained with a smile: "I also said it casually, Brother Lu knows that my divination technique is not effective, you don't have to take it seriously." ”
According to Jia Yuan's meaning, Lu Mingfei did not find someone to recommend, and came to the second prince's courtyard alone, and submitted a letter of recommendation, only saying that he was a casual cultivator in the rivers and lakes, and he was quite successful, and he did not even mention Yan Lingshan's identity.
I thought that I would meet the second prince, learn about the investigation of his identity and origin, and maybe show his skills, but who knew that the second prince was not in the other courtyard, but the officials here connected Lu Mingfei to the other courtyard, handed him a special robe and a mask, and explained the rules for selecting Yishi in detail.
The rules were very special, not the ring competition he envisioned, but everyone wore uniform robes and masks, and three days later, entered the royal hunting ground in the western suburbs of the capital.
In the hunting ground, you can carry out various forms of competition, except that you can't kill, the rules are not limited, once you are defeated by the opponent, you will be eliminated, until there are only four people left in the hunting ground, the competition is over, and the second prince will choose one of the remaining four people to become a Yishi.
After taking the things, Lu Mingfei asked with some confusion: "Isn't it just a competition in the hunting ground? Is there anything unsightly, why do you wear a mask?"
The official patiently explained: "The reason why such a rule is set is because considering the rules of the competition, dozens of candidates have different identities, and many of them are recommended by the powerful people of the DPRK and China, if the identity is revealed in the hunting ground, there will be deliberate real pairs, restraints, or secretly forming a tacit understanding and so on, in order to ensure the fairness of the competition, so each candidate is required to wear a mask, and remind the young man that if he takes the initiative to take off the mask during the competition and intentionally reveals his identity, he will be immediately eliminated." ”
After thinking about it for a while, Lu Mingfei felt that there was some truth in such a rule, so he didn't say anything more, took off his mask and walked outside.
According to Lu Mingfei's understanding and experience, there are two extremely huge gaps in the realm of cultivation, which is almost an insurmountable gap, that is, between the true immortal and the Xuantong, and between the contemplation and the agility.
Cultivation is to the fullest concentration can resist the wind coming and going, even if several opponents of the Agile Realm besiege it, it is difficult to cause too much trouble to a strong person in the hunting ground.
If there is no strong person in the realm of condensation among the candidates, then the remaining people who can stand out under such rules will inevitably be unusual, strong cultivation and martial arts are indispensable, but if the limelight is too strong, it is very likely to be attacked by the opponent, and if you want to persist until the end, in addition to having enough strength to rely on, you also need to be flexible and flexible, as well as proper tactics.
The reason why such a rule was set was that the second prince wanted to select people who were both wise and brave.
In the next two days, Lu Mingfei stayed in Danqiongju, preparing for the selection, Lu Mingfei was determined to win this victory, and for him, he also had enough confidence.
In the battle of Fengyun Ridge, Lu Mingfei had a fight with the five-clawed dragon who had cultivated to the realm of condensing, although he failed to win, but it was enough to show that his strength had far surpassed the equivalent opponent of the spirit realm, perhaps because of his extremely special ability to absorb people's power, or because of the "Imperial Qi Collection" technique that had been taught to him for nine years, or because after absorbing the medicinal effects of dragon blood ginseng in the dark night poison forest, he benefited from Yu Yingxue's breakthrough with the hidden butterfly technique, what was the specific reason, even he himself couldn't tell.
In short, Lu Mingfei has absolute self-confidence, unless he meets a master of the Concentration Realm, there should not be too much trouble in the selection of this competition.
After the assassination of Liu Jinfang, Danqiongju had to temporarily close the door for investigation, which just gave Lu Mingfei a quiet environment to prepare, Boss Bai brought a lot of elixir, simply took advantage of these few days of leisure, Lu Mingfei refined a few furnaces of four-grade pills, Jiuzi Panlongding saw the light of day again a year later, although it was inevitable that there were some hands, fortunately, the pill was successfully refined.
It is worth mentioning that since the beginning of the work, Wei Fatzi has been like evaporation, and he has never appeared in the center of Danqiong again, and he has asked about Song Yiyi, but the other party just said a few perfunctory words casually, and Lu Mingfei didn't bother to continue to ask.
Three days later, after Lu Mingfei was fully prepared, accompanied by Jia Yuanzhu, he came to the royal hunting ground in the western suburbs, it was still early in the morning, there was already a sea of people outside the hunting ground, rows of cavalry wearing bright yellow armor stood neatly and orderly on both sides of the hunting ground, a beautiful dragon royal flag was waving in the wind, and under the imperial flag were standing dozens of people dressed in similar robes and wearing masks, all of whom were candidates for the selection of this competition.
Lu Mingfei took a general investigation, although everyone was dressed uniformly and couldn't see their appearance, most of their cultivation was in the opening of the light, and they didn't notice that there were obviously more outstanding people.
Suddenly, there was a commotion, and the cavalry team in front immediately separated a road, and saw a man in his twenties walking slowly surrounded by several guards, it was His Royal Highness the Second Prince of the Dynasty.