The arena was built in the early days of the founding of the country.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty was in a stalemate with the barbarians. In the midst of the war, the other side suddenly rushed out a group of brave men, who regarded death as nothing and could not be defeated. Although the battle formation and command were not strong, the individual strength was strong, which made the Tang army suffer a big loss. Later, the information came, and these people were all barbarian Colosseum Yum warriors. As a result, Datang also imitated an arena to encourage national competition. Although there is a lot of criticism, the strength of the soldiers who fought in the bloody battle in the arena is obvious to all.

As a result, the country has firmly implemented and increased incentives, which have been quite popular among the people in recent years. Originally, only Chang'an had it, but now, small arenas have been built in many areas. The convenience and profits brought by the dark and bloody darkness made it difficult for many powerful people to oppose them, and most of the opponents were Confucian scholars who had no worries about food and clothing.

The next day.

Xu Yunshen rushed to the arena in a hurry, but was unexpectedly hindered.

Due to the popularity of the arena and the innumerable number of participants, a selection system was born. If you want to participate, there are three ways: one is to have the right person to guarantee the entry, the second is to pay the registration fee, and the third is to participate through the strength test. And all three roads need to queue, and those who can improve the priority of queuing have the financial resources, power, and strength.

And Xu Yunshen ...... The first two paths are not very clear, only the last one is viable. There are also quite a lot of people in front of the test, and they still need to queue for half an hour.

So he could only sit in the audience seat of the arena at the moment, staring at the dark red ground below in a daze. It was soaked in blood all year round, and the gray ground was difficult to clean, so the field went with it - anyway, it was just a fight, not a hygiene evaluation.

The auditorium was not full, only about half of them were occupied. It's just that there are fights here all day long, except for the New Year's holidays, the usual tricks Chang'an audiences are tired of watching. If there are strong people participating in or there is a high-profile game, the stadium will postpone it a little and promote it in the streets, and then the arena will be packed. This primitive and bloody entertainment has been immersed in the bones of Chang'an people and is full of blood.

It is said that there are not many people now, but according to the huge size of the arena, there are more than 20,000 people watching the game at the moment.

In the enthusiastic cheers of the audience, a small figure appeared on each side below.

For farther locations, the venue will be equipped with a telescope free of charge for viewing.

Far inside the natural gate.

"Has this news been confirmed?" Jade shook the mustache on his mouth, looking a little frightened.

Jade is the current head of the Natural Gate and the father of Jade Song. He was receiving his secret guard in his study at this time.

Since he speculated and won the appreciation of the previous head, he has been good at dancing with long sleeves, constantly building momentum, and finally sat in the position of the head. And the previous head was forgotten by him in a blink of an eye, and he never went to pay tribute once after his death. The Secret Guard is a means of controlling the sect that he has added.

Originally, there were some popular natural gates, but under the control of the secret guards, they really turned into a pool of stagnant water.

At this moment, after hearing the news from the capital, he was already insecure, and he became more and more restless. It was as if he saw that one day he was stabbed to death by an angry disciple, and he had no power to resist.

"The world is full of energy...... If this is the case, how can there be any status of the older generation after the emergence of capable people in the world? This is ...... How is it good? In order to maintain his position, Jade even let Yuzhongge's rebellion go down the mountain without any obstruction or protection. For the sake of power, even his own daughter was calculated.

Although the natural gate is the first sect of the natural way, it takes the route of "fine", there are only dozens of people up and down the sect, and the structure is relatively simple and easy to manage. Naturally, this cannot be compared with the major wild Dao sects of Kannai Province.

The dark guard knelt on the ground, and his knees were already tingling a little at the moment, but he had long been accustomed to the master's style, and waited for the person in the seat to finish touching his beard without saying a word.

"Go down, and let me be alone. ”

"Yes. ”

"I remember to ask Jia Yi to report to me the movements of the elders of the sect the day after tomorrow. ”

"Yes. ”

There are two teams of Dark Guard, Team A and Team B, Team A is inside, and Team B is outside.

Jade brewed a pot of tea, cooled it slightly, and poured it directly into the spout - he wanted to drink something when he was nervous, and it would be hot.

The tea soaked his mustache and went down more with his neck, wetting his shirt, and his frown was slightly flattened.

He sat back in his seat, thinking, a cold light in his eyes.

Then a voice came from outside the door.

"Xiao Shi, you have been tired all these years, so let the young man be the master of this sect, and you can rest. ”

"Who!" Jade slapped the bench and stood up nervously, then he glanced at the figure in the room and stammered, "Mrs. Elder...... You're still here. ”

"We have already decided on the master: Ge Nanyu. ”

"Yes. Yushi's body trembled, and he moved a few times, but he didn't make any other sound, and he was silent for a long time, and he could only bend down deeply, just like the secret guard just now.

Inside Aoyamaji Temple.

The old monk watered the only flower in the yard and hummed in his mouth: "Hey, this world has been silent for so long, it's time for a fierce news." ”

Luo Wuxin tilted his head slightly, didn't hear the old monk's words clearly, and didn't ask questions.

The master has been talking to himself lately...... is also a lot older than before, obviously it has only been a short time since his senior brother went down the mountain. The little monk looked worriedly at the old monk who was bent over and humming an unknown song.

"Eh, where did you get the mosquito from your special mother, and you also bit Lao Tzu!" The old monk shook his body violently, and the dragon spirit and tiger slapped the air violently.

Amitabha...... It was the little monk who was wrong, Luo Wuxin lowered his head slightly, and couldn't bear to look at it directly.

Majestic and majestic, no, atmospheric inside the palace.

Chen Ruo changed his usual routine and summoned Chen Baishu in the imperial study. According to his habits, it was not the time of the last dynasty, and Taba had to be this emperor. At first, I could still work enthusiastically, but after a long time, the heavy burden of the emperor was overwhelming.

Every time he thought of this, he always sighed: Taizu is really a model worker.

"Meet the Holy One. Chen Baiyi went to the imperial study.

"There is no one else here, doing all this kind of false courtesy, get up quickly. I have something to ask you. "In private, Chen Ruo will not call himself me.

Chen Baiyi smiled slightly, slowly stood up, and pointed to the desk in front of Chen Ruo.

Chen Ruo was stunned for a moment, grasping his intentions, and said: "You mean that you want me to promote the imperial examination, expand the source of talents, and appease the people of the world, so as to achieve a stable effect? This method naturally works, but it is just ......?"

I saw Chen Baiyi shaking his head and not speaking.

"That's what it should be...... It's difficult, these princes are powerful, not to mention that they have to rely on the two kings to guard the frontier, and those Raush families are sucking blood, which is also hateful. Chen Ruo noticed the middle word of a paragraph written on his desk: "Zhen", and guessed, and when he mentioned the family, he frowned, because the previously mentioned Xingke would violate the interests of the family, and it would be difficult to implement it.

Chen Baiyi still shook his head.

"What the hell is that? I'll kick your ass if you play tricks again!" Chen Ruo showed a detached temperament.

"You sit there, I'm standing, tired, can't you give me a seat?" Chen Baiyi smiled.

"I'm going to kick your ass. ”

"Doesn't the emperor already have a countermeasure, the upper and lower strategies have been obtained, and there is only a compromise strategy left, and there is no need to say more. ”

When Chen Baiyi came out of the imperial study helplessly, there was a black footprint on the buttocks of the white robe.

For this reason, Chen Ruo also went outside to rub a foot of ash before coming back. The floor of the imperial study, according to the rules, does not get dusty.

Back to the arena.

Xu Yunshen, who had been waiting for a long time, finally received a notice to let him go to the test.

"All you have to do is hit this slate and shatter the paper on the other side, depending on the number of bundles of paper. The tester mechanically repeated what he had said for a long time.

It is said to be a slate, but it is actually a stone. It is about a zhang wide and forms a long strip, but for some reason it is called a stone slab. At the other end of the stone lay a pile of papers, about ten bundles, crowded in a row.

Xu Yunshen touched his head, thinking that this experiment was really difficult.

He really didn't know what techniques he could use to do this, he didn't learn it in just a few days in Wuzijian, and Wen Zijian didn't teach the technique of exerting force, but only used all kinds of qi. How did he do it with his qi? Where did his qi come from? Did he blow the stones so hard that he was afraid that he would be pulled away as a nerve.

He frowned, ignoring the tester's urging, and his eyes lit up.

Didn't you say that you want to keep the slate intact? Xu Yunshen accepted the premise that this long strip thing was a board.

He walked to the other end of the stone and squatted down.

Luck.

Punch out.

A force quickly passed from one end of the stone to the other.

And then the rocks and the paper burst open!

The power was transmitted in the shape of a trumpet, and only a few stones at the beginning and some paper at the back were able to preserve the "whole corpse", and the rest were reduced to powder.

The tester, who had been smashed with a few rocks on his body and a few pieces of paper on his head, stood there.

Doesn't that sound right?

He stared intently.

Where did the stones come from!

It turned out that this long stone was used to repair the arena, and it was placed here yesterday, and today he was in a daze and did not pay attention to it.

It's no wonder that the first few people who came to the test didn't look right when they left. Cold sweat on his face.

Xu Yunshen didn't know the Tao here, but just looked at the person with white on his head with hopeful eyes.

The tester wiped the sweat from his head...... Washi.

How can this be explained?

After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't find an explanation to cover up, so he told Xu Yunshen the reason.

"Do I still have to test it?" Xu Yunshen shook his fist.

"No, the strong man is good. ”

So what Xu Yunshen didn't expect, and what others expected, was ranked extremely high.

Two more people brought by the powerful will be his turn.

It's just that Xu Yunshen, who was in the waiting room, suddenly got a piece of news, because he was strong, and the game was slightly postponed for publicity.

So someone came to agree on the time with Xu Yunshen.

He didn't care about it, and when he heard that he could get a higher "performance fee" for that show, he readily agreed.

When he returned to Wen Zijian's dormitory, he saw Ram Min sitting on a stone bench in the courtyard staring at him angrily, and there was Ming listening to something next to him. It's like being the object of complaining.

Xu Yunshen, who remembered what he had done, smiled awkwardly, and without waiting for him to speak, he ran back to the room with a cigarette and closed the door tightly.

"You have the ability to use your name, you have the ability to open the door!" the ram knocked on the door.

"I know you're inside, Xu Yunshen! don't hide inside and keep quiet!" It's a little louder.

"You dare to use my name to bully men, you have the ability to open the door!"

After a while, Xu Yunshen did not respond.

After a moment of silence, the door opened, and a bald head poked out of it, saying, "Is that guy gone?"

Ram Min sneered and looked at him with his hands in his hands, and said, "No." ”