Tan Taixin couldn't help but say, "Eh, it's not because this eldest prince likes to fight too much, he has to go out to fight once every ten years, although he has earned military merits and become famous in the royal court, but how many ordinary warriors' lives are in exchange!"

"Those warriors, who have no parents and relatives, they died and gave some spirit stones, what can they do, their son is gone, their husband is dead, what is the use of more spirit stones, in the end, they all die in loneliness!"

"Eh, we are all ordinary people, we don't want to fight, we just want to live a few days of peace, if the eldest prince becomes the king and launches a few large-scale wars, if Qingcheng is also involved, our little people's good days will come to an end." ”

An old cultivator on the side sighed when he heard this, "You don't know, old man, I came from the county under the jurisdiction of the eldest prince with the only remaining grandson, and two of our men there will be two out of ten to serve as soldiers and fight with demons, and in the end few can come back, and my grandson has not been heard from so far, eh, I'm afraid that he will also be buried in the mouth of the demon beast!"

Speaking of this, the old cultivator's expression was gloomy for a while, and the rest of the people also talked in low voices, none of these people from the lowest level supported the eldest prince.

Xue Peng fell into deep thought when he heard this, although he entered the royal court this time, although he wanted to have a place in the royal court to help Lu Shi, but also partly because he wanted to lead the army of the kingdom, just like the folk song sings, slash demons and slay demons, and protect my royal court.

But today, listening to the heartfelt words of the letter and the others, it caused him to think deeply, he has always thought about protecting my royal court, but today he is thinking for the first time, what is the royal court? Is it those lifeless bricks and tiles of the city, or is it the prince and grandson who rules the entire royal court?

No, it's neither.

At this moment, in Xue Peng's view, the so-called royal court is the tens of millions of people.

And every war against demons should be waged with the main purpose of protecting the people, and it should not be provoked by some people for their own merits.

At this moment, Xue Peng's mind couldn't help but think of Zhu Zi's indefatigable strategy that day, and he had a little more understanding of the current situation of the royal court.

Finally, I waited for a long time, and it was not until ten in the evening, before the gates were about to close, that we arrived at the gates.

Entering Wangji also requires a large amount of spirit stones, and Taixin and the others do not have immortal names in their bodies, so they spend thirty low-grade spirit stones.

Xue Peng stepped forward, and a soldier glanced at Xue Peng, and said unceremoniously, "Thirty lower-grade spirit stones." ”

Xue Peng glanced at the armor soldier and said lightly, "I'm here to participate in the palace exam, do I also have to hand over the spirit stone?"

Hearing this, the armor's eyes widened suddenly, and he lost his voice, "What? are you a layman?"

Xue Peng didn't say much, he showed his exam card paperwork, the armor soldier glanced at it, his face changed again, and he hurriedly returned it to Xue Peng with both hands respectfully, "It turned out to be Lord Xue Peng Xue of Lianzhong Sanyuan, why did you go to this inferior doorway." ”

Hearing this, Xue Peng glanced at the armor and said lightly, "The door is the door, and the door is for people to walk, so what is the difference between up and down." ”

"Yes, yes, the lesson of the adult is that the villain has written it down, and the villain will take you to your receptionist, my lord. ”

Before coming to the royal city, Xue Peng already knew that the candidate cultivators who participated in the final palace examination would have a cultivator in charge of receiving them.

"Wait a minute!" Xue Peng arched his hand at Shantai Xin, and said with a smile, "This way, Xue Peng thanks Brother Tangtai for taking care of him." ”

"Xue Peng?" "Xue Peng?" and the others all looked at Xue Peng with wide eyes, "You are the third yuan Xue Peng of Lianzhong?"

"Exactly, Brother Tantai didn't ask, so Brother Tan didn't explain, and I asked Brother Tan Tai not to be surprised. ”

Tan Taixin's face was surprised, he didn't dare to think that the humble and polite young man who walked with them all the way turned out to be Xue Peng, who was famous for moving the three chapters of the Qingcheng Foreign Law so that every ordinary person could practice.

Hearing Xue Peng's words, Tan Taixin hurriedly said, "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, it's really our honor to be able to walk with adults!"

The attitude of Taixin and the others suddenly became very nervous, Xue Peng saw this and exchanged a few words, so he didn't say anything more and followed the armor to the second door hole on the left.

Seeing that Xue Peng actually walked directly to the second doorway, a group of people suddenly gathered around Taixin and said curiously, "Eh, this brother, what's going on, what kind of person is that young man, how did he run to the doorway that is only for officials to walk?"

Tan Taixin said proudly, "He is the youngest talent of our generation in Qingcheng, Xue Peng of Lianzhong Sanyuan." ”

"Xue Peng, aren't the young talents of Qingcheng Mei Yingxue, Chu Baoliang and others, I've never heard of Xue Peng!"

"You are not from Qingcheng, of course you don't know, look at it, it won't be long before everyone in the entire royal court will know Xue Peng's name. ”

When everyone was talking, Xue Peng had already arrived in front of the second doorway on the left, and as soon as the armor soldier said to one of the guards, the guard hurriedly respectfully greeted Xue Peng, and then took Xue Peng to the front of a female cultivator.

Xue Peng looked at it, the female cultivator was in her twenties, her face was exquisite, her figure was tall, her eyebrows were obliquely inserted into her temples, and she was wearing a green coat on her body, and she had a cold temperament.

After listening to the guard's words, the female cultivator raised her eyebrows and looked at Xue Peng, her knife-like gaze scraped Xue Peng from top to bottom, and a crisp voice sounded, "Report the paperwork, test the card." ”

When Xue Peng heard this, he handed over the paperwork and exam cards, and the woman checked one side and gave it back to Xue Pengdao, "Follow me." ”

After saying that, the woman turned around and left, Xue Peng followed, and the woman said lightly, "From today until the end of the palace test, you will temporarily live in the Tribute Courtyard." ”

"The people living in the Tribute Courtyard are all cultivators who are participating in the temple examination, and some people may not be very friendly, but fighting is forbidden in the Tribute Courtyard, please keep this in mind. ”

Xue Peng nodded and said with a smile, "Okay!"

"Is there anything else you'd like to ask?"

"Nope!"

Hearing this, the woman suddenly stopped, turned around and glanced at Xue Peng again, and said, "You don't want to know, what do I mean by being unfriendly? Perhaps, this is very important to you." ”

Xue Peng didn't answer directly, but said with a smile, "Along the way, most of the people I have met have been very unfriendly to me, but I still came over, so it doesn't matter if others are unfriendly to me or not." ”

Hearing this, the woman turned around again, took a step and said, "Very good! I like you very much, if you have anything, you can come to me at any time, I am your receptionist, my name is Jiang Yu." ”

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