Xuyang observed the words, took out a bag from his arms, handed it over, and then motioned for Lan Zhanzi to check.

"Senior Lan, the spirit grass inside must be of great use to you. This is before the outbreak of the beast tide, Xiao Ke only picked so much in his life, and gave it all to his predecessors!"

After Lan Zhanzi glanced slightly, he raised his head and said, "It's okay to say anything directly, no need to go around the bush!"

Xuyang stroked his palms and smiled: "The lesson of the seniors is that Xiao Ke has nothing to ask for, only implore the seniors to bring Xiao Ke and the four of them when they go to Phantom Sun City." ”

As he spoke, he took out another bag and handed it over, "This is the road fare I am waiting for, if the senior agrees, please accept it." ”

Lan Jinzi's eyes were scorching, "Where did you get these spirit grasses and qi gathering stones, as long as you tell me, everything will be fine!"

Xuyang shook his head with a wry smile, "I disappointed my predecessors, these things are in the deepest part of the Illusory Demon Mountain, and my brothers and I have achieved so much after nine deaths, all here." ”

"Oh, I'm curious how you managed to grab food from the Illusory Demon Mountain, you can't have caused this beast tide, right?" Lan Jinzi asked.

"Senior, you misunderstood, this beast tide outbreak was caused by the Void Family, one of the three major families, because he coveted the things that could be obtained, he drove my two brothers to go to the Illusory Demon Mountain again, and as a result, the whole army was wiped out, and only the Void Family Master Xu Feihong escaped. ”

Lan Zhanzi was surprised by Xuyang's words, and asked again: "How did you escape? So many people from the Void Family died in the Illusory Demon Mountain, but you sit here well, it doesn't make sense." ”

Kong Shuai and Xuyang glanced at each other, then smiled bitterly and took out the last life-saving thing.

"Senior, please take a look, this is the life-saving jade talisman left by my ancestors, and there is only the last one left. ”

Lan Jinzi's divine sense swept over, and his face was shocked. He only felt that there was a world-high peak divine soul hidden inside, and he could release the divine consciousness incarnation within it by simply crushing the jade talisman.

"Your ancestor is really powerful, which shows that your talent is outstanding, and you actually did not hesitate to sacrifice your soul to refine life-saving things for you. But ......"

Xuyang looked into his eyes: "Senior, but what?"

"Do you have any of these unknown spirit grasses you have got? Take out the map, and I will agree to your request. ”

Xuyang flipped over and took out a hand-drawn map and handed it to Lan Jinzi.

"Senior, there are still many such spiritual grasses in that cave, and our brother only had time to collect more than 20 plants, and was discovered by a ghost general. ”

Lan Jinzi pondered for a moment and asked, "Junior, your divine soul far exceeds your cultivation and has reached the peak of the Lingyun Realm, have you taken this spirit grass?"

"Senior, the kid did take five spirit grasses to have such a powerful divine sense. I want to come here to be of great use to my predecessors, so I will give it to you!"

"Tell me in detail about the situation, and I'll be able to tell the truth from the fake. ”

Xuyang wailed in his heart, and he would lose too many words, so he had to take out a killer weapon, "Senior, there is the soul of the Phantom Lord hidden in that Phantom Demon Mountain, I don't know if the seniors know it?

"Hmm, how do you know the mirage isn't dead......?"

Lan Jinzi was surprised, he had just learned from Huo Wuya that the mirage was not dead, and in the blink of an eye, someone else talked about it about it, how could it make him feel calm.

"Senior, the ghost king caught us, but didn't kill us, just so that the mirage could take away us, if it wasn't for my eldest brother to crush the jade talisman in an emergency, we would have been taken away by the mirage, then there would be a chance to return to Bixiao City. ”

Lan Jinzi pondered secretly: "It seems that the Phantom Demon Mountain can't go, I didn't expect that the Phantom Mirage can also be reborn, in case he targets me, it will be sad." My cultivation talent is even more outstanding than these two juniors, but I can't lose my life for the sake of greed. ”

"Okay, don't mention this matter again, you have no problem with me meeting the Imperial City, but I want you to follow me for a year and do things for me. ”

Lan Zhanzi saw that a few juniors were silent, and then said: "Don't worry, following me will not restrict your freedom! After the expiration of one year, how about leaving your freedom?"

Kong Shuai and Xuyang looked at each other, and immediately reached a consensus, and they all nodded in agreement.

Lan Jinzi has his own plans, and it is very useful for him to take in Xuyang and the others, and maybe he can also get a lot of cultivation resources for himself.

............

A day later, the Imperial City of the Phantom Sun Empire had just walked out of the teleportation array, and the bustling merchants and passers-by were far more prosperous than Bixiao City.

The first thing he saw was a large street dozens of feet wide. The street is so conspicuous, not only spacious, but also bustling.

From time to time, there were some passers-by riding various powerful demon beasts on the streets, and Wang Hao said disdainfully, "These people who ride and tame demon beasts are all family disciples, as for you people from small border towns, you won't have the financial resources to buy mounts." ”

Xuyang knew that he looked down on the four of them, and he kept using all kinds of words on the road to show his excellence.

Xuyang wanted to refute a few words, but when he saw a red demon beast that didn't know what he was frightened, he suddenly roared and rushed towards the crowd.

Xuyang was stunned in his heart, and said secretly: "Phantom Sun City is really different from other cities, it can actually be arrogant beasts to rampage unscrupulously on the streets, doesn't it mean that there are no people under the corners of the imperial city?"

In an instant, Xuyang understood that things were not what he thought, he had already seen the brocade-clothed young man riding on the back of the beast with a slightly pale face, obviously not expecting his beast to be suddenly frightened.

A few pedestrians who didn't pay attention had been hit by this monster, but fortunately, most of the people walking on the street were monks, and they were able to get out of the way in time. The demon beast rushed out dozens of feet away, but did not cause casualties.

Seeing that the speed of the fierce beast was getting faster and faster, it was about to rush into the denser crowd, and suddenly a white shadow jumped down from a nearby restaurant.

The white shadow grabbed the head of the galloping demon beast, and the demon beast let out a roar as if it had hit a solid iron wall, and retreated more than a dozen steps before it stopped foaming at the mouth.

At this time, everyone saw clearly that the white shadow was a young man dressed in white, and he forcibly controlled the galloping beast with one of his hands.

Bursts of cheers and applause rang out, and many people who came to the imperial city for the first time had more expectations for this.

Lan Jinzi just glanced at it, then turned his gaze and looked at the four of Xuyang.

"Feel free to find an inn to stay in, this is my address, come to me early tomorrow morning to report! Don't try to get out of my sight and make me feel bad!"

Xuyang stretched out his hand and took the jade slip handed by Lan Jinzi, and his divine sense swept into it, and suddenly a topographical map of Phantom Sun City appeared in his mind.

There are a few places marked in red, and the word forbidden land is deliberately written, which seems to be the residence of some big man, or the location of princes and nobles.

Xuyang handed the jade slip to Kong Shuai, and after taking turns to watch it, he had already made a decision when his eyes met.

"Young Master Lan, I will appear in your mansion early tomorrow morning, and I will retire first!"

Xuyang said goodbye, and blended into the crowd with Kong Shuai, Ning Yue, and the uncertain Phantom Ji, and wandered together.

Unexpectedly, when it was dark, everyone couldn't find the inn they were staying in. All this is only because of the Five Elements Temple that will be opened.

Later, it was Kong Shuai who proposed that a few people come to the main square of Phantom Sun City.

Most of the large and small families in the entire Phantom Sun City came to the square to select disciples, and Xuyang guessed that the large square that provided the temporary residence of these families must be not small.

When the group really saw the Rising Sun Square, they knew how big this square was. Xuyang made a preliminary estimate that this square is more than 100 miles in size.

The square was crowded with people and families, large and small, and there were countless disciples who came to participate in the selection of the Five Elements Temple.

Despite this, the logos of the three major families are still clear at a glance, Xuyang glanced at the past one by one, the huge plaques of the three major families hung high in the air, exuding a dazzling Dao rhyme, on which were written "Qing", "Lu", and "Wu", respectively, representing the three major families of Phantom Sun City.

After inquiry, I learned that the Qing family was the family of the national teacher, and the national teacher, as the first person in the Illusory Sun Empire, was given the title Qingyangzi, who had thousands of years of life, and was the first person in the Phantom Sun Empire to be powerless.

If it weren't for the fact that the national teacher had no intention of taking the throne of the emperor, otherwise the emperor's family would not have been surnamed Li, and the surname of the Qing family would have been changed long ago.

The four of Xuyang did not immediately go to the place where their disciple Keqing was selected, but followed many people who had just come to the Imperial City to watch the selection rules of the Five Elements Temple and the family this time, and these rules were engraved on a huge stone tablet at the entrance of the square.

After reading the rules of the stele and asking the people around him, Xuyang realized that his previous understanding was very wrong.

This time, so many families in the Imperial City gathered in the Rising Sun Square, not so much to select Keqing disciples, but to preliminarily contest. Only those with excellent results in the preliminary round can participate in the selection of Keqing's disciples, or continue to participate in the semi-finals.

The rules of the preliminary round are very clear, that is, the exam.

All monks who want to enter the second round must pass the preliminary exam. Only if you pass the exam can you enter the second round of the semi-finals.

There are two ways to qualify for the exam. First, those with a single physique in the Five Elements Physique, or those with mutated physique attributes, can directly go to all the families to participate in the registration, and be exempted from the exam, and directly advance to the guest or disciple.

Second, monks with various miscellaneous physiques can only go to various small families to obtain quotas if they want to obtain exam qualifications, and if they want to join the three major families directly, they will not bird you at all.

Xuyang sighed in his heart, there were so many monks who came to the Imperial City, but only 10,000 people could participate in the first round of exams. In other words, more than 90 percent of people are not even eligible for the first round.

But everyone knows that this is already very fair, and everyone who comes here has many chances. With so many small families trying one by one, maybe one of them gave a qualification for the preliminary round. There is only half a month to calculate the preliminary round, and there is still plenty of time.

"If I don't qualify for the exam, won't I have a chance to participate in the preliminary round?"

Someone immediately asked in surprise, obviously thinking that this rule was inappropriate.

"Every family has a quota for the preliminary round, although the number of places for the lower families is limited. If you have the ability, how can you not get it? If you don't have the ability, what are you doing participating?" someone next to him immediately retorted.

"You also know that the quota is limited, in case there is a family secret box, the quota has already been allocated, how can it be left to us?"

People who thought the rules were inappropriate before still don't think so.

The person who retorted didn't bother to pay attention to him, but he ignored it, and someone on the side still spoke, "You are stupid, do you know how much a reward a low-level family should have for recruiting a person with outstanding qualifications? ”

"That's not the main thing, if someone in one family makes a big splash in the preliminary round, the family will immediately become famous, and then more people will flock in, and the small family will be promoted to the middle family, and it is not uncommon for a single step to ascend to the sky. In this case, there are still people who dare to secret, unless he is tired of living. The more capable you are, the more popular you will be in the lower families. ”

"I know this, in the preliminary round ten years ago, there was a little-known small family who selected a disciple with a score of ninety-six points in the preliminary round, and was selected to the Qing family. This small family has also been promoted to a middle family, and has received a lot of resources and gained a firm foothold in the imperial city!"

"What's that for?" someone asked again.

"Who knows? If you do, what are you going to take the test? I just know that the content of the exam is different every time you open it. ”

The crowd of endless discussions made Xuyang and the others understand that if they have good qualifications, they can go directly to the three major families and be directly promoted to family disciples without exams.

If the qualifications are not good, you can find a low-level small family to get a place, and then take the exam on behalf of that family.