Chapter Twenty-Three: On the Way to the Heavenly Temple
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Of course, this kind of bigness is aimed at Dishui Guanfang City, for those cities in the Cangwu Realm, in fact, in the eyes of Gu Xiaozhao, who is used to seeing those cities with tens of millions of people on the earth, Puyang City is like that.
It is equivalent to a third-tier city in China.
After all, there are not so many high-rise buildings, but the population is definitely not as large as that of third-tier cities, and the degree of prosperity is far less.
Gu Xiaozhao sat in the carriage, the carriage had the family crest of the Gu family on it, and the pedestrians retreated to the side of the road when they saw it from a distance, and if there was a carriage coming on the opposite side, most of them stopped aside.
Although the Gu family is a second-rate gatekeeper, in Puyang, it is a well-deserved wealthy family.
There are only three families that can be compared with it, the Wei family, the Chai family, and the Sima family, and in addition, it is the county guard of Banan County, which represents the court of the Shu king.
This time, there are two children of the Gu family who participated in the Heavenly Selection, and in addition to Gu Xiaozhao, there is another person, who is Gu Yingjie of the Gu family's fifth room.
The quota obtained by Gu Yingjie comes from the Gu family inheritance, and there are a total of ten places in Banan County for the natural selection once every twenty years. Among them, four places belong to the four major families.
Of the remaining six places, there are two in the Dishui Temple in the Hengduan Mountain Range, and two in the Purple Qi Donglai Pavilion on the outskirts of Puyang City.
In addition to this, there are two.
These two places must be selected by a martial arts conference, and martial artists over the age of 30 are not allowed to participate, and the last two places can only be decided after several rounds of bloody fighting.
Gu Xiaozhao is the eleventh person.
This is because all martial artists with the title of Lingyun Jue can enter the Heavenly Temples and participate in the Heavenly Selection.
The so-called Lingyun Jue is actually a jade talisman.
More than ten years ago, Gu Quan traveled abroad, and I don't know who got this thing from and obtained the title of Lingyun Jue.
The talisman master only needs to attach a wisp of thought to the jade talisman to obtain the approval of the Heavenly Temple and inherit the Lingyun Jue. Warriors need to drop a wisp of essence blood in order to succeed.
In this way, as long as you grab that jade talisman, wouldn't you be able to become Lingyun Jue?
The jade talisman is passed down by the Heavenly Temple, so it is naturally impossible for people to exploit this loophole.
Someone once did this, killed someone who got the jade rune, snatched the jade rune, and then, put a trace of his divine thought on the jade rune, thinking that he could cover the original owner of the jade rune.
No, as soon as the thought fell on the jade rune, it activated the self-destruct rune array in the jade rune, and suddenly, it burst open.
The man wanted to escape, but the thought was tightly absorbed by the jade talisman, and there was no way to escape. could only be trapped in place, and then, he was blown to pieces by the jade rune.
There are many people who do not believe in evil and use various methods, but they have not succeeded.
Except for the owner of the jade talisman willingly withdrawing and handing over the jade talisman to someone else, no plan will work, and any action will only end in failure.
Over time, no one made such an attempt.
The carriage that Gu Xiaozhao was riding in was a standard aristocratic carriage, with a carriage, isolating himself from the outside world, and the interior of the carriage was very gorgeous, with a wide space, and it was not boring at all.
The only drawback is that you can't observe the outside, and if something unexpected happens, it's not easy to respond.
Under normal circumstances, there would be no accidents, and outside the carriage, there were several runic warriors accompanying them.
These rune armor warriors are all the elites of the Gu family's three rooms, and each of them has the cultivation of the third layer of the Qi Refining Realm, plus the rune armor that can be activated with true qi, even if they face a martial artist who has cultivated Gangsha, they can resist for a round or two.
Of course, these runic warriors can only be used to scare outsiders, and they are not allowed to get close to the carriage.
The one who really protected Gu Xiaozhao was Gu Quan who was in the carriage in front, he was also a martial artist of the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Realm, to be honest, that is, Gu Xiaozhao had encountered more masters recently, and if it was replaced a few months ago, Gu Quan's cultivation was extraordinary.
However, this is not safe.
Gu Quan asked the head of the seventh room who had befriended him to invite a congenital master to escort him, and he paid a lot of money for this. He had to give a Xuanxuan Pill to that master before the other party was willing to go with him.
The elixir that innate masters need, its preciousness can be imagined.
This Xuanxuan Pill was passed down by Gu Quan's father, and he was going to be used to consolidate the realm after Gu Quan achieved innateness, and for Gu Xiaozhao's safety, Gu Quan also cut this thing bitterly.
This time in the Heavenly Selection, Gu Xiaozhao's joining offended many people.
The quota in Banan County is ten people, however, there are only three people who can really go to Yidu Heavenly Temple to participate in the final trial, that is, three people are selected among the ten people, and people like Gu Xiaozhao who have the title of Lingyun Jue join, and the probability of being selected becomes smaller.
Unlike the martial arts conference, where two places are decided, the Heavenly Temple's chosen choice is no longer to catch and fight.
In other words, it is not a test of everyone's combat effectiveness, nor is it a selection through cultivation.
This time the selection is only three.
Talent is the first one, the mind is the second, and the third test is the ethereal luck......
Luck?
How do you judge this thing?
Therefore, no one dares to pack a ticket to get a ticket to Yidu, even if you are already a talisman master, or the realm of the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Realm, you are not completely sure.
Therefore, Gu Xiaozhao's joining is a little annoying.
Many people hate him to the core, not only the Gu family who was robbed of his place, but also many people with foreign surnames.
Among these people, maybe there will be people who take risks and buy * murder.
Gu Quan reluctantly gave the Xuanxuan Pill to others, during this time, that innate master has been guarding outside the Gu family's courtyard, and now, with Gu Quan, he escorted Gu Xiaozhao into Puyang City.
Even if he entered Puyang City, which was protected by a huge rune array, this innate master still couldn't leave.
Gu Xiaozhao had to be sent to the Heavenly Temple before the task could be completed.
With the protection of Gu Quan and that innate master, Gu Xiaozhao did not give up his vigilance, although he couldn't see the outside of the carriage, his divine thoughts had been permeating the carriage, so it was even more reliable than observing it with the naked eye.
The carriage swayed slightly, slowing down.
Gu Xiaozhao, who was sitting cross-legged in the car, frowned slightly, and his divine thoughts rolled forward like a cloud, colliding with a cold will, which came from the innate master in the carriage behind him.
"Young Master, be careful!"
Gu Dazhong, who was driving, said angrily.
"Whew!"
There was a sound of breaking through the air, and a huge crossbow arrow shot towards Gu Xiaozhao's carriage, and the speed was extremely fast.
Assassination?
Such a superficial assassination?
You must know that even the true qi released by a beginner martial artist in the Qi Refining Realm is more lethal and faster than the crossbow arrows that are ejected with tools, and the eliminated things such as crossbow arrows are just children's toys.
The main thing is that the bolt smells of a strange smell.
There are many maculas visible on it, and there should be a lot of feces and urine.
Before the bolts approached the carriage, they turned into sawdust and scattered in the air, and the ground was yellow, and it never came closer.
The will of the innate master is by no means idle.
At this time, in the restaurant next to the road, there was a laugh.
"Cheap seed, this is a gift from your family Pengye, I wish you a disgraced face and a poor feather......"
Missing?
What the heck?
This is a misreading of the feather, right?
Gu Xiaozhao heard the innate master in the carriage behind him let out a muffled snort, as if he was choked by something.
This is the veteran congenital of the Gu family, and the time to achieve the innate is even before Gu Zhanpeng's father Gu Xi, whether it is Gu Xiaozhao or the dumb overlord upstairs, after seeing it, he must be honored as an uncle.
However, knowing that Gu Xiaozhao was escorted by this uncle, that guy still came to provoke, and the degree of arrogance was staggering.
The ancestor in the back didn't say much, just shot down the crossbow arrow.
"Let's go!"
Gu Quan's voice came from the front, somewhat depressed.
The forty-two-year-old Faxiang Zhenren, Gu Xi has created a history, and the Gu family has also risen, and now, it is already the number one wealthy family in Banan County. In the past, the Sima family and the Gu family were still a little disagreeable, but now, those people in the Sima family are like eggplants, and they are listless one by one.
Whether it is in the city or outside the city, whether it is in the light or in the dark, they all shy away from the children of the Gu family.
As Gu Xi's only son, Gu Zhanpeng, the dumb overlord, naturally added a few points to the degree of arrogance, and before, he would never dare to provoke in front of a congenital elder, but at this time, he didn't care.
Indeed, the Patriarch would not have seen as much as he did.
It's just a reckless person, so why bother.
He said this to himself in his heart, however, it was not Gu Zhanpeng in the restaurant today, but another Gu family, or his Lao Tzu Gu Xi had never become a real person of the Fa Xiang, this uncle might have spoken differently.
Gu Xiaozhao smiled, and had no intention of getting up to find the overlord Gu Zhanpeng's bad luck.
In the eyes of other onlookers who eat melons, the Gu family's third room is soft, and their face has been lost, and they will no longer be able to support it in the future.
Only, what does this have to do with me?
It's just a boring vignette!
Except for this incident, which seemed to Gu Xiaozhao to be a small episode, the journey was safe, and the group came to the door of the Heavenly Temple smoothly.
Located in the center of the city, the Puyang Temple is built on an artificially piled hill.
The Heavenly Temple was the control center of the huge rune array in the city, and it was itself shrouded in a small rune array. At the entrance was a very large square, and on the opposite side of the square was the county warden's house, which was much shorter.
In any city, no building can be higher than the Heavenly Temple, not even the Imperial Palace.
At the door, the carriage stopped.
That uncle didn't get out of the car, and after Gu Quan and Gu Xiaozhao got out of the car, the carriage he was riding in immediately turned around and left without even saying hello.
Previously, Gu Zhanpeng not only slapped the face of the Gu family's third room, but also swollen his old face.
Gu Quan watched the carriage go away, his face pale.
Then, he looked at Gu Xiaozhao, his expression was very solemn, and after looking at it for a long time, a smile appeared on his elegant face.
"San Lang, my father sent you here, in the future, what is the future of Sanfang? It's all up to you......
Gu Xiaozhao didn't speak, he nodded.
Then, he nodded to Gu Dazhong, who was standing respectfully on the side
Turning around, there was a row of tall stone steps in front of him, and with a blink of an eye, Gu Xiaozhao could see the number clearly.
Nine hundred and ninety-nine steps!
After climbing these nine hundred and ninety-nine steps, you can see the temple gate.