On the third day of October, Dao Gong Siwen tried to release the list.

Gu Changqing and Ren Yi came to the Dao Gong Division accompanied by Killing.

At this time, there was a sign standing in front of the door of the Dao Gong Division, which recorded the scores of the candidates for the literary examination in detail.

Gu Changqing and Ren Yi squeezed in the crowd for a long time, and finally came to the front of the list to watch.

"Brother Ren, you are actually the first!

"Senior Brother Gu, you are the second, and you are not bad!"

The two cheered, and for a while they were overjoyed, and they hugged each other.

Feeling the softness on his chest, Gu Changqing's face turned red all of a sudden, and his body froze instantly.

However, Ren Yi didn't react, and came out of Gu Changqing's arms and said, "I didn't expect that only twenty-three people entered the list." ”

Gu Changqing took a long breath, calmed down, and looked at the score list.

Ren Yi is first, fifty-six points.

Gu Changqing was second, fifty-five points.

The third is 10,000 terms, fifty-four points.

At the bottom of the list is Liu Dayong from Evergreen View, fifty points.

A total of 178 candidates took the literary examination, but only 23 were on the list, and the candidates with scores below 50 have lost their qualifications to participate in the martial arts examination.

Gu Changqing didn't expect that he would achieve such good results, if it weren't for Lin Yueyao telling him about the three spirit rune spell techniques, he might have fallen off the list.

It's a big deal.

However, I didn't expect that Wan was actually the third in the term, and this kid seems to have something.

At this time, a person walked up and said to Gu Changqing, "Congratulations, Senior Brother Gu!"

Gu Changqing looked back, but it was He Yong.

He Yong also conducted the eight-grade Taoist priest assessment yesterday afternoon, but he fell off the list today.

Nine people participated in the assessment of the eight-grade Taoist, and there was only one person on the list.

Looking at He Yong's dejected appearance, Gu Changqing did not gloat.

"Senior Brother He, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, if you don't succeed this year, come back next year!"

He Yong shook his head and said: "I'm old, I can't pass the exam this year, and I won't have a chance in the future, but you, yesterday's Dharma Elephant showed the statue of Tianzun, and it will definitely soar to 90,000 miles in the future." ”

"Senior Brother He's auspicious words, thank you. ”

Looking at He Yong's lonely figure leaving, Gu Changqing secretly said to himself in his heart: "You must pass the assessment, you must not fail!"

After the release of the results of the literary examination, the candidates on the list will take the martial arts examination tomorrow.

Ren Yixing happily pulled Gu Changqing and Kill Sheng to the restaurant, and said that he wanted to treat him.

The three of them came to the restaurant and ordered three jars of wine in one go.

"If you don't get drunk today, you won't return!"

Gu Changqing said: "There will be a martial arts test tomorrow, so you shouldn't drink too much today." ”

Ren Yi said with a smile: "Senior Brother Gu, don't worry, even if you get drunk, won't you be refreshed when you get up tomorrow and release a supernatant and innocent technique to yourself?"

"That's just as well!"

The three of them raised their glasses and drank bitterly.

This drink was drunk from early morning to dusk, and the three of them were all drunk.

The next day, the Dao Gong Division's assessment and martial arts test kicked off.

As in previous years, the assessment location of the martial arts test was in the Demon Cave seventy miles north of Emei County.

The Demon Cave is the location of the martial arts test of each county road division.

The reason why it is called the Demon Cave is because the Demon Cave is imprisoned with all the demons and monsters captured by Taoist priests since the birth of the Taiji Realm.

In the demon cave, there are no idle demons, and the lowest strength is also the ninth grade, and even the first-grade demon is imprisoned in the demon cave in Liangjing.

There are no first-grade demons in the demon caves in Emei County, and the highest strength is five-grade.

The content of the martial arts test is very simple, candidates enter the demon cave, kill a nine-grade demon for one point, kill an eight-grade demon for ten points, and the full score is forty points.

That is, you can get full points by killing forty nine-rank demons, or four eight-rank demons.

The duration of the assessment is six hours.

The twenty-three candidates who participated in the nine-grade assessment and the only one who participated in the eight-grade assessment entered the devil's cave at the same time.

Candidates who participate in the eight-rank assessment have no points for killing nine-rank demons, only for killing eight-rank demons can they earn one point, and for killing seven-grade demons, they will accumulate ten points.

Gu Changqing had heard of the Demon Cave for a long time.

The earliest records of the Demon Cave date back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

At that time, the world was in turmoil, and King Wu of Zhou, with the assistance of Jiang Ziya, raised troops to attack the king of Shang.

In order to resist King Wu of Zhou, the king of Shang ignored the death of Li Min, united the two demon clans, and for a time the lives were devastated, and the human race suffered countless casualties.

Jiang Ziya, under the instruction of the supreme god of the Sanqing Dynasty, built a demon suppression hall, subdued the demons, and finally overthrew the Shang Dynasty.

Later, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the court lost morality, the heavens sent down the punishment, the demon hall collapsed in one day, and the demons once again disturbed the world.

As a result, the world's heroes have imitated the sage Jiang Ziya to build the Demon Suppression Palace.

For a time, there were demon suppression halls everywhere in the world.

These demon halls are now the Demon Caves.

The remains of the original Demon Suppression Temple are no longer available.

There is no record in the county annals when the Demon Cave in Emei County was built, but it is certain that it has existed for at least 500 years.

Because at the beginning, the ancestor of Emei, Chen Tuan, was the first to discover the demon cave here.

Chen Tuan was a figure from 500 years ago, so the demon cave here must be no less than 500 years.

The Demon Cave is located in a big mountain, within a radius of ten miles, and is guarded by the Dao Spirit Guards of the Dao Urn Division, and ordinary people cannot approach it at all.

Gu Changqing and the other candidates were a little surprised when they came to the Demon Cave.

Originally, I thought that the legendary demon cave was a conspicuous place if it was not a large hall.

But no one expected that the Demon Cave was actually a small cave in front of them.

It's unremarkable, and no one would consider this cave, which is no more than four feet tall and has a lot of weeds next to it, as a magic cave.

However, around this cave, Gu Changqing clearly felt that there were powerful mana fluctuations.

In addition, there are four purple-clothed envoys guarding the entrance of the cave, which shows the difference of this cave.

Zhu Jianming, the main seal officer of the Dao Gong Division, and Zhuge Qiu, the deputy seal officer, led the candidates to worship heaven and earth again in front of the demon cave and pray for Sanqing.

Then, Zhu Jianming opened a quaint scroll and threw it towards the entrance of the cave, and in an instant, the sky and the earth changed color, and lightning flashed and thundered.

At this time, the inconspicuous cave was transformed into a huge stone gate, and there were many mottled marks on the door, like ancient seals.

Gu Changqing felt a powerful and familiar mana fluctuation on the door.

This powerful mana does not belong to the four-elephant mana, and it gives him the same feeling as the mana of the Haotian Mirror Mirror Spirit.

Xuanhuang Five Elements Mana!

Gu Changqing put his hand into his satchel and held the fragment of the Haotian Mirror tightly, finding that it was shaking slightly, and it was also emitting hot heat.

Gu Changqing had a hunch that behind this stone gate, there was something that Haotian Mirror was looking forward to.

After the stone gate appeared, Zhu Jianming took out a white and flawless jade plaque.

Gu Changqing recognized this as a Dao Gong at a glance.

Zhu Jianming threw his Dao Urn into the air, and shot out a dark cyan mana from the Dao Jar, hitting the stone gate.

The stone door slammed open.

A cloud of black and red gas rushed to his face, with a sense of oppression and disgust.

Gu Changqing and the candidates couldn't help but take a few steps back, the world behind the stone gate was being revealed little by little in front of their eyes.

After the stone door was completely opened, all Gu Changqing could see was the overwhelming black and red qi, which were surging towards the door as if they were alive, but as soon as they reached the door, they were blocked by the white wall.

Zhu Jianming put away the Dao Urn, turned back to the examinees and said: "The avenue is ruthless, the law is not lightly taught, whether it is life or death, it all depends on the will of heaven." ”

"Enter!"

With Zhuge Qiu's order, twenty-four candidates stepped into the mysterious demon cave.