Chapter 15: The Man in Black
The entourage had already stood beside the frame, and after hearing this, he stepped forward in an orderly manner and lifted the curtain, and a woman with a beautiful appearance and noble temperament slowly walked out of it.
After Qi Yue, who was far away on the high platform, saw this woman, he couldn't help but shrink his pupils and blurted out
"Taketsuki!"
Although her temperament was very different from that time, Qi Yue still recognized her at first sight.
Wearing a light purple pleated skirt, the skirt is tattooed with a few butterflies, the eyebrows are pierced with dazzling orchids, and a purple tassel is inserted obliquely.
The elders and heads of the Sword Sect had already stood up and waited to show their respect for the royal family.
"Haha, Her Royal Highness the Princess came to my Sword Sect Apprenticeship Ceremony, which makes us feel very honored!"
Twilight Yunheng led the group of elders, with a smile on his face, and bowed down first.
"Hehe, the head of the twilight family smiled, I was lucky enough to see the demeanor of all the seniors with my own eyes, it should be a lucky thing for Zhuyue."
Zhu Yue smiled and returned the salute.
"The princess is too polite, there are many people here, and we have lost the identity of the princess, so let's go up the mountain earlier, and we will say something when we go back," Twilight Yunheng laughed and stroked his beard and said slowly.
"I've long heard that the scenery on Liuyang Mountain is beautiful, and Zhuyue just wants to go and see it."
"Princess first, please!"
............
The group seemed to be in a hurry, and when Qi Yue woke up from the memories of the past, he could only faintly see the backs of Zhuyue and the others in the distance.
Hanging his head, he was a little lost in his heart, he thought he could catch up with her, but the other party didn't notice him at all, and the two missed it like this.
"Forget it, there will be opportunities in the future anyway," he comforted himself in his heart.
The uproar on the rivers and lakes of the apprenticeship ceremony quietly ended as the night approached, leaving only a mess and the outer disciples who were cleaning up the mess.
"Let's go, let's go, the apprenticeship ceremony is over, I want to come back after three years!"
Just as Qi Yue was about to return to the mountain with Jiang Yuan and the others, there was a sound of dispute ahead, and it seemed that someone was in trouble.
As far as the eye could see, I saw that several outer disciples in charge of the apprenticeship were blocked by a black-clothed man with a face that could not be seen clearly, wearing a tattered rain hat, and holding an unsheathed wooden sword in his arms, and they seemed to be arguing with each other about something.
"Go away! The three-day deadline has passed, what are you doing earlier, if you don't leave, I'm going to call someone!"
After three days of exhaustion, the outer disciples in charge were all tired, obviously not wanting to entangle with the other party too much, and waved their hands to drive the man away.
"I want to apprentice"
The man in black couldn't get out of the way, just repeating the sentence vigorously.
"You're sick!
There was really no way to be forced, the first disciple was irritable, and subconsciously reached out and pushed the man in black.
"Bang"
To everyone's surprise, the man in black was not only unscathed, but the outer disciple who pushed the person was shocked back, his body staggered, and he retreated again and again, if it wasn't for the disciple behind him to support him, he almost fell down.
"You...... What do you want to do!"
Eating on the other party, the outer disciple pointed at the man and asked in horror.
"I want to apprentice"
The man in black was expressionless, still the same sentence.
"Come on...... Someone's coming!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, the outer disciples shouted around and shouted for help.
Seeing that things were about to deteriorate, Qi Yue couldn't help but step forward to stop him.
"Wait!"
Seeing Qi Yue walk up to him, several outer disciples couldn't help but ask after looking up and down
"You are?"
In the past few days, Qi Yue has been wandering around with Jiang Yuan, Ling Yun and other personal disciples, so the other party is a little uncertain about his identity.
Qi Yue smiled, and whispered a few words in the disciple's ear.
The disciple's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he immediately bowed respectfully to Qi Yue
"I see, thank you Uncle for mentioning it, I'm going to register this brother"
After speaking, he asked for the identity documents from the man in black, turned around and left in a hurry.
The man in black saw that Qi Yue had helped him out of the siege, and looked at him in a daze, and only after a while did he pop out a "thank you" from between his teeth and then there was no follow-up.
Qi Yue saw that the other party was the kind of person who was not good at words, so he didn't say much, but Wu took out a bottle of healing pill from his cuff and handed it over.
"The wound on your body is not light, take it!"
The other party's face suddenly changed slightly, and he slowly raised his head and looked at Qi Yue with deep meaning, and his eyes suddenly revealed a trace of hostile vigilance.
"Don't get me wrong, although the smell of blood on your body has been diluted by the rain, but we are so close, we can naturally smell it, I have no hostility towards you, otherwise I wouldn't have helped you just now" Qi Yue shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Hearing this, the man in black lowered his head and sniffed on his body, frowning slightly, and when he raised his head again, the hostility in his eyes had subsided a lot, but he was still indifferent.
"Why?"
His voice was hoarse, and he could hear that his body was suffering a great pain, but his face was still cold and expressionless.
"Where are there so many whys, maybe we can become brothers in the future."
Qi Yue rolled his eyes and shrugged.
"Uncle Shi, this brother's identity has been registered, and now I will take him to test his roots, understanding, and other specific matters."
The outer disciple went and returned, trotting all the way to Qi Yue and flattering.
Qi Yue immediately cleaned up his face and waved his hand pretending to be profound
"Well, it's a good job, I'll say good things for you in front of Senior Brother Jiang, take him there"
When the outer disciple heard this, he smiled happily, his eyes narrowed into a line, and he nodded again and again.
Seeing that the time was not too early, Qi Yue didn't want to delay too much, so he forcibly stuffed the medicine bottle in his hand into the arms of the man in black and left abruptly.
............
After returning to the mountain, it was already a branch on the moon, and I wanted to fall asleep, but today, for some reason, Zhuyue's figure kept coming to mind, making him toss and turn and he had no sleep, and he didn't fall asleep in a trance until dawn.
"Bang~Bang~Bang"
Not long after he fell asleep, he was awakened by the sound of a bell ringing in the sky, and he jumped up from the bed with a thud and listened carefully
"No! this bell is ......."
I didn't have time to wash, so I picked up my clothes and rushed out of the courtyard in a hurry, getting dressed while running.
As soon as he got out of the hospital, he was taken by the surging crowd and let go towards the Liuyang Palace, and there were more and more people along the way, gradually gathering from the peaks, and at least five or six thousand people at a glance, crowding the entire center of Ziyang Peak.
Purple, gold, black, blue, red, blue, the front end is still the elite disciples in various colors of disciple uniforms, one by one Gao has already stood in line, holding his head high and waiting for the above Duyun Heng and others to speak, and the piece behind Qi Yue is almost in stark contrast to the front, not only has it not been quiet yet, but it is full of gunpowder between each other, if it weren't for the wrong place, I'm afraid it would have started a fight a long time ago.
Qi Yue could feel it without looking, the disdainful eyes from the senior brothers in front of him, and even he noticed that the faces of Du Yunheng and the others on the stage were not very good, and the dozen elders exchanged heads and ears with each other, looking in the direction where they and the others were from time to time, with a playful look in their eyes.
That's right, it's a joke, Qi Yue saw it very clearly, not only the elders, but even Ling Yun and other personal disciples who were standing next were also looking at him like this, Jiang Yuan, who was in the corner, also winked at him from time to time, as if he wanted to tell him something.
"Silence!"
A soft shout echoed outside the entire Ziyang Mountain Hall, and the noisy crowd suddenly calmed down, and they all turned their eyes to the person who was in charge of their fate above.
Twilight Yunheng's face softened slightly, and he glanced at Song Yu beside him.
Song Yu suddenly realized, his face was calm and he happily walked to the most conspicuous position to stop, and then slowly scanned down with his eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, but everyone who looked at him avoided this kind of intense aggressive gaze.
Seeing that everyone had lowered their heads and no one dared to make a noise anymore, Song Yu bowed slightly, and his usually serious face suddenly wrinkled slightly
"Are you rejoicing, glad that you have passed the apprenticeship ceremony of the Ziyang Sword Sect and become a disciple of the Sword Sect?"
was dumbfounded, and thousands of people below were talking endlessly, guessing each other's meaning.
"Unfortunately, what I want to tell you is that only half of the 5,860 of you new entrants will stay in Liuyang Mountain!"
Song Yu deliberately accentuated half of the word, so that everyone in the audience could hear it clearly.
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar below, as if half of the water was poured into the oil pan and the pot was fried.
"What's going on? That's not what I said in the first place!"
"Yes, what does it mean that we have worked so hard to come all the way?"
......
Even Qi Yue, who had always been indifferent, couldn't help but sweat when he heard this, and he couldn't understand what the other party meant.
As if he had achieved his goal, Song Yu's eyes closed slightly, and he continued to loudly announce the words he had prepared in advance
"As we all know, my Sword Sect suffered a catastrophe some time ago, and the evil demon people invaded my mountain gate in a big way, although they were lucky enough to repel the evil thieves, but our sect was also greatly damaged, so this time I opened the mountain gate and recruited more disciples to inherit the martial arts of the Sword Sect" At this point, there was a slight pause.
"But what I didn't expect was that the number of participants in this apprenticeship ceremony was far higher than in previous years, and we were also caught off guard, but the words have been spoken, the news has been spread, and my Sword Sect, as a famous and decent family, cannot go back on its word.
Therefore, after the discussion of the elders in the sect, we agreed that we need to hold an audit test to conduct a half-year examination for you, of course, since it is an examination school, it will naturally not be too easy, and it may even be life-threatening, so if there are those who are unwilling to participate, we will not force it, we will give it a coil, and even send a spirit beast to send it back.
It's up to you to decide whether to participate in this test or not!"
After saying this in one breath, Song Yu turned around and nodded to Twilight Yunheng, while he turned back to his place and stood with his hands in his hands.
No one thought that things would develop like this, if you participate, your life is in danger, and it is even more impossible not to participate, these more than 5,800 people have passed the test at the top of the ceremony, and no one wants to give up easily. (To be continued.) )