An hour later, the man walked out of the teahouse with Xu Chen.

"Hey!

Pan An, who was not far away, had already gotten out of the carriage and kept shouting, for fear that others would not hear him.

Xu Chen smiled at Pan An, he originally let them go first, but he didn't expect Pan An to stay, and an inexplicable warm current was surging.

He didn't say goodbye to the man, and walked in the direction of the carriage where Pan An was, when the man's voice came from behind him, "Brother Xu, I think you should think about it carefully, this is an opportunity, and if you miss it, you can ...... it."

"I'll think about it, but the result is the same, I refuse!"

Xu Chen didn't even look back, said softly, and continued to walk in the direction of Pan An.

Back in the carriage, Pan An kept asking who the man was and what he was looking for, but Xu Chen didn't say a word, only replaced it with Weiwei.

The carriage sent Zhang Han back to the antique shop, and Xu Chen and Pan An went all the way back to the Dushan Sect.

For some reason, Pan An didn't plan to go home today, but asked the servants at home to go back by themselves, and after dinner, Pan An came to Xu Chen's residence, and seemed to be still interested in the man's situation in the afternoon.

Maybe he couldn't stand it because he was annoyed by Pan An, and finally Xu Chen said helplessly, "He is from the Maple Leaf Pawnshop, that's all!"

Looking at Xu Chen's resolute expression, Pan An didn't want to ask again, and then returned to his dormitory in the Gathering Soul Courtyard in a huff, sleeping was one of the many hobbies in his life.

Two days later, the peak.

On this day, almost all the disciples of the Dushan Sect gathered here, and there were even signs of crowding the peak square.

Of course, in the center of the plaza it was a blank space, because that would be the place to wait for the competition.

Different from the past, today's Dushan Sect is not only lively and abnormal, but also heavily guarded, although each courtyard is empty of people, but from the foot of the mountain to every main road up the mountain there are royal forest troops standing guard, just like the posture of the Son of Heaven patrolling.

I don't know how long it took, Xu Chen, who was standing in the crowd, finally knew why today's scene was so big, on the stands temporarily erected in the north and south of the square, some richly dressed figures sat one after another, these people were obviously not people from the Dushan Sect, but high-ranking officials and nobles from all walks of life, either holding great power in the court, or people with a certain status in the cultivation world.

Xu Chen never thought that the opening of a drizzle pavilion would attract so many powerful people to flock to it.

What is even more puzzling is that among those people, there are still a few foreigners dressed in strange costumes, although these disciples of the Dushan Sect do not know, but everyone understands that these people are definitely not simple, not only in terms of identity, but also in cultivation.

Not just for any reason, everyone who should have arrived has already arrived, but the opening ceremony has not yet begun, at this time, Xu Chen is chatting casually with Pan An, and it seems that he is still a little nervous.

Pan An said, "Tell you, you can become one of these six people, become the representative of the Gathering Courtyard, this is already stepping on shit, do you really have any expectations for the next pile of shit?"

As he spoke, he also shook his head, "Normal, normal, don't be too nervous, you should be a supporting actor today." ”

Pan An said this originally to comfort Xu Chen and calm him down, who would have thought that there were really good people in the team of the Gathering Soul Academy.

"That's it, I really feel like a corner boy if I get a good score in the midterm exam? If you want me to say, if you don't say that he cheats, you already think highly of him!"

"Huh!"

A faint laugh rang out.

At this time, another disciple spoke, "Isn't it?" If you want me to say, it is definitely a mistake to let him represent our Gathering Spirit Academy, Lu Jiuyang must have played abnormally in this mid-term examination, but this time it was abnormal and ruined the opportunity, it was really not worth it." ”

"Well, I still agree with this, although I am usually a little self-righteous, but, seriously, in addition to Leng Xue, our Gathering Soul Courtyard really has to be regarded as that little white face, he can indeed represent the highest level of our Gathering Spiritual Academy. ”

"No, if that guy loses someone in the competition, then, wouldn't that be...... Alas, the goods of the two courtyards were originally a little discriminatory against us, this time...... Alas!"

Although those disciples did not name or name, everyone knew who they were talking about.

Xu Chen didn't react yet, Pan An was a little angry when he heard it, "Hey, it's okay, you know that if you say this and that, you can do it!"

Hearing this, a disciple turned around directly and came to Pan An, and said disdainfully: "What's the matter, you still don't dare to go up to me, I must be better than him." If the master asks me to go up, I will go up immediately. ”

This is obviously angry, and it is also to disturb Xu Chen's mood before the competition.

However, no one expected that at this moment, a calm but extremely noble voice sounded behind Xu Chen, "This disciple of the Mountain Sect is really good at his mouth, no matter how arrogant he says, this mouth will not be a little uncomfortable." ”

"Dushan Sect?"

Almost all the nearby disciples turned their eyes over, because they didn't expect that someone would dare to directly point the finger at the entire Dushan Sect.

At this time, Xu Chen was also extremely curious, it was a woman's voice, and it seemed to sound familiar, but he could help himself speak at this time, he didn't think it was who it was.

However, when he really turned his head, he was also taken aback, a young woman dressed in luxury, even with some grace, was standing there slim.

Xu Chen also looked at it for a long time before he recognized the other party, it was An Qing.

Maybe it was because she was dressed up to attend today, so Xu Chen didn't recognize it at that moment just now, "Oh! It turned out to be you, how can you ......?"

"Can't I come?"

An Qing smiled slightly, but it was not the same smile she saw on weekdays, it was the smile on the mask, "Actually, I really didn't want to come, but I heard that one of the people who appeared today was named Xu Chen, so I came." ”

The voice was slightly low, and the words were quite official, Xu Chen actually didn't like it very much, but thinking about the identity of the other party, and at this time in the public, Xu Chen seemed to be able to understand.

Xu Chen smiled slightly, just wanted to say something.

However, at this moment, a disciple beside him stepped forward unexpectedly, pointed at An Qing with his finger and said, "Who are you?

Although this disciple also saw An Qing's complicated outfit, he didn't think who the other party was, he thought that since this woman hadn't stepped onto the VIP stage at this time, she probably wouldn't be a great person, so he dared to speak like this.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, another disciple behind him quickly tugged at the corner of his clothes, presumably asking him to stop talking.

However, An Qing ignored it, looked at the disciple and said calmly: "Yes, this is your family matter, then have you heard of an old saying, that family ugliness should not be publicized?

The disciple just wanted to refute, but he heard a subtle sentence ringing in his ear, "Hey, don't say it, she is the Lord of Lanqing!"

As soon as these words came out, the disciple's already open mouth directly stiffened, and he didn't know whether he should close it immediately at this time, or say something to plead guilty.

For a while, the scene was quite awkward.

At this time, another sweet voice sounded, "Sister Anqing!"

Before the words fell, I saw that Qi Er was actually squeezed out of the crowd, she ran directly to An Qing's side, and hugged An Qing's arm as soon as she stretched out her hand, and her coquettish expression made all the male disciples a little jealous.

"Sister Anqing, why are you here?

Qi Er shook her little head and said.

An Qing seemed to like Qi Er very much, and said with a slight smile: "How can I not get better for such a big thing as the Mountain Sect?"

"Hehe, you're definitely an excuse!"

Qi Er puffed out her little face and said: "The last time the Empress had a big birthday, His Majesty the Emperor held a banquet, was that a big deal? Another time, the Prime Minister's eldest son got married, so it was a big deal? ”

"Humph!"

An Qing snorted unnaturally, "Those things naturally can't be compared to today's events, can they?"

As she spoke, she glanced up at Xu Chen slightly.

Xu Chen tried his best to avoid it, because he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the county lord's gourd.

At this moment, the huge bell on the top of the peak suddenly remembered, and An Qing hurriedly took Qi Er's hand away, "Sister, I have to go up, it seems that the ceremony is about to officially begin." ”

After speaking, she smiled at Xu Chen, and then turned around and left quickly.

Obviously, there are a lot of rules for the upper class, and they are extremely strict, and even she, the dignified county lord, does not dare to slack off.

After a while.

As the bell stopped, a melodious liturgical music began again.

At this time, I saw a young man appear at the bottom of the VIP table, he was dressed in cumbersome clothes, and most of the colors on his clothes were golden color, which was obviously an important person in the royal family.

At this time, Lin Lingsu and Wan Xuan from the VIP stage glanced at each other, and then walked down separately and made a big salute in front of the young man.

And everyone on the stage stood up straight at this time, and they all lowered their heads, knowing that after the two masters followed the young man and slowly ascended the high platform, those people made a big salute together.

"That's, that'......"

Of course, Xu Chen recognized who that person was, and he knew him when he turned into ashes, because he was Chu Yang, the current crown prince.

At this time, Xu Chen didn't realize that the people around him had already bowed at ninety degrees, but he was standing like a fool.

Pan An saw that Xu Chen hadn't reacted yet, so he pressed him down, "You are stupid, of course it is the current prince." ”

Xu Chen ignored him, of course he knew who it was?

"I really can't believe that the prince can come today!"

Pan An smacked his tongue.

Xu Chen bent down and asked suspiciously, "Didn't he come in the past?"

"Of course not!"

Pan An gasped hard, "I heard that when Xuanwei Zhenren was not in retreat, usually in this kind of big scene, His Majesty the Emperor came in person. After that, Xuanwei real people retreated, and the grade came down, and it was usually presided over by a certain prince. Today, the prince is here, I really don't know which one is crazy. ”