"The worm fighting competition has been arranged properly, just wait for the end of the dragon and snake rankings, and the competition will start immediately!"

Sun Changming said with a smile: "Looking at the adult like this, the prospects are good?"

Liang Yu nodded and said, "Very good! There are seven games on the first day, the tickets are almost sold out, and the price of the box has been doubled!

In the capital, the bets received by gambling stalls in various places are also constantly rising. Sun Changming, I really underestimate you, your idea is wonderful! "

Although the big head is still the fifth prince, the income of the fighting insect competition is extremely high, and she and the queen mother can share a large amount. And this is a long-running business, and the future is a fixed source of income.

The fifth prince's previous insect-fighting competition was named "Insect Battle", Liang Yuzhi's new competition was called "Wan Zong Jue", and the year-end duel of the next two competitions had been decided to be called "Insect King Competition" .

Sun Changming bowed his hands: "My subordinates first congratulate you on your prosperous business and abundant wealth!"

Liang Yuzhi stared at him with a half-smile but not a smile, and said, "I won't care about you in the Xuanyou Cave. But you kid is not allowed to care about me in the future!"

"How is it, Master Calculus..." Sun Changming defended for a while, and when he saw that Master Liang's eyes were not good, he closed his mouth very wisely.

Liang Yuzhi mentioned another thing: "You didn't do the matter of the Odd Academy, right? You also know that you didn't rob Jisu's money. That one has been completely annoyed, and this matter will definitely happen. Once you find out, the consequences are not something you can bear!"

Sun Changming shook his head again and again: "Of course it's not me, I've been honest recently."

Liang Yuzhi stared at him for a long time: "I hope. His Majesty has been furious these days, and he has repeatedly reprimanded Jing Zhaoyin and Zhongyu Zhenfusi." After a pause, she added: "And this time things are a bit strange, always The Siyamen suddenly spoke up, and Lu Fanglong came forward to put pressure on Song Gongquan, who has personally supervised the case."

Sun Changming remembered the hunchbacked old man in the Pagoda of Appreciation, and the more he discovered that the background of Chief Bai Si Yamen was unfathomable.

"The chief yamen is in charge again?"

Liang Yuzhi also seemed confused: "This is the strange thing, the commander Lu Fanglong has been the representative of the chief yamen for many years. In some places where the chief yamen has to come forward, Lu Fanglong comes out to speak. But Lu Fanglong has always been with the mud. , has never spoken so harshly."

Sun Changming also frowned: "The Chief Minister Yamen is going to come out again?"

Liang Yuzhi pondered for a while, and then said: "You are Liu Zhi's confidant, so I might as well let you know about some things. We always feel that after Lord He Tianyou retreated, he was in a state of half life and half death. There are only two possibilities for the yamen to stand up and manage again: First, Lord He Tianyou successfully broke through the situation, extending Shouyuan and going to come out again.

The other is that He Tianyou failed and has fallen, and the commander-in-chief of Chaotian Division is going to be replaced. "

Sun Changming asked: "Is it possible that Lu Fanglong had the ambition to use the name of the chief yamen to manage himself?"

Liang Yuzhi shook his head: "Lu Fanglong doesn't have that foundation, let alone that strength. He's shrewd and lacking in courage."

Sun Changming asked again, "Then Master Liang thinks which of these two possibilities is it?"

Liang Yuzhi shook her head gently, with a sad face, she couldn't be sure. No matter which one it is, it is not good news for Chaotian Division's five major towns and Fusi Divisions. No one wants to suddenly have a commander-in-chief above their heads.

After Liang Yu pointed out, Sun Changming immediately contacted Liu Zhi and explained the situation. At the same time, he frantically complained about the couple: They are clearly old enemies. You two have to be awkward when talking directly. Let one of my subordinates deliver the message.

Liu Zhi's instructions were simple: "Wait and watch. The war will be over soon, and we'll talk about it when this seat rushes back to the capital."

Sun Changming was delighted: "It's over?"

"It's just an agreement for the time being, and sooner or later there will be another war!"

In any case, this is good news. After the war in the Northwest has come to an end, the Great Wu Dynasty can free up his hands and concentrate on dealing with the crisis in the southern border.

In the next few days, the hot spot in the capital is still the Dragon and Snake List. All the major gambling stalls in the capital have opened their bets.

There are naturally handicap in the first two levels of assessment, and the gambling stalls make a lot of money! An upset means that there will be a very few lucky people who get rich overnight, but it is these bookmakers who will definitely take the big bucks.

And in this third level, the major gambling stalls are working together, and they must make a big profit again. So some originally secret news was released intentionally by some "mysterious people".

For example, Song Gongquan, the commander of the Fusi Division of Zhongyu Town, once dispatched his confidants to the Daxueshan secretly before the Dragon and Snake List began. Bright Jade Sword Heart".

Another example is the "Yuanque" divine sword, one of the most important treasures in Wanbao Pavilion, which was bought at a sky-high price not long ago. The Yuanque Divine Sword is a seventh-order magic weapon. It was refined one hundred and forty years ago, and its power is superior among the seventh-order flying swords! However, because of the high price, it has never been sold, but now it has been suddenly bought. There are rumors that the buyer is the world's richest man.

There are also people on the coast of the East China Sea who saw a terrible existence in the sea, tracked a rare sixth-order "narwhal dragon" for seven days and seven nights, and finally killed it, and then borrowed the rising sun on the spot to refine the unicorn into A "Sword Soul"!

These rumors all say that they have noses and eyes, and almost none of them clearly indicate which player is, but anyone with a heart can take a seat. On the contrary, it was the most popular in the first two levels, Mr. Sun Changming, the Secretary of Mengjiang Capital, who seemed to be quietly and without any information leaked out.

But gamblers also have their own ideas. In the first two tests, Master Sun was not a popular candidate before. Even if there is no good news in this third test, everyone will not underestimate Master Sun.

In such a hustle and bustle, the end of the war in the northwest direction of the imperial court did not cause much disturbance in the capital - this was also the intention of the imperial court. The agreement that was finally signed, for the Great Wu Dynasty, at first glance was a loss. If it attracts widespread attention, it is bound to be another incident.

But Lu Guangxiao agreed with the agreement, because the current Great Wu Dynasty really couldn't afford to go to war on both sides. First stabilize the northwest, then silently mobilize forces, and see the opportunity to wipe out the living forces of Nanni in the first battle, strive to seize the entire territory of Nanni, and block the red barbarians at sea.

Act fast, you can't give the northwest direction and the demon clan a chance to react.

Lord Liu Zhi finally returned to his long-lost capital on the night before the Dragon and Snake List began. And Sun Changming was also on that night when he suddenly heard the sound of water rushing from the gourd seeds.

Sun Changming was overjoyed, raised his hand to catch it and rinsed it with clean water, but it was a small flying sword the size of a dagger with no handles on both ends. The moment he started, a warm current rushed over from the second child and got into Sun Changming's mind.

It is two levels higher than the previous Feijian, and it can continue to cooperate with the five-toothed ship, but the five-toothed ship needs to be further improved, otherwise it will not be able to exert the power of the flying sword.

Although it is still uncertain what the level of the new flying sword is, it definitely exceeds the sixth-order ancient sword of the gods.

And that warm current told the big brother that the origin of the three giant swords of Shenquan Lake was indeed a large-scale magic weapon, but it was not used to guard the navy camp. There is indeed a special "structure" under the three giant swords, which connects the entire Shenquan Lake and is driven by the abundant water spirit of Shenquan Lake. But this structure is a combination of formation and incantation.

The combination of formation and incantation can control the three giant swords to fly into the sky tens of thousands of feet in order to deal with the danger in the sky.

"What danger is there in the sky?" Sun Changming asked in confusion, presumably it was an enemy country's speeding machine or something. But why should a navy camp have such preparations?

Sun Changming didn't bother about these details, and motivated Xin Feijian to start performing various flying sword techniques and magic powers to break the phantom. With this treasure, Master Sun's confidence increased, and he was full of expectations for tomorrow's Xuanyuan Cave battle.

...

The sun rises from the earth, and the light spreads all over the world. The capital, which had been quiet all night, began to be lively very early, and the cultivators went out of the city gate, some riding the instruments alone, some in groups, and rushed to the Guozijian one after another. They are full of vigor, high spirits, and full of expectations for the future.

On the road from the capital to Guozijian, only the chief examiner, Lord Ji Su, was driving in a gloomy manner. Ji Su sat in the car and seemed to have aged ten years for a few days.

He was worried, how could he explain to His Majesty? His Majesty had already counted on the Dragon and Snake List this time for the money to build the palace flying car.

But when the car was about to arrive at the Guozijian, Ji Su's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slapped his thigh hard: "There is a way!" He was excitedly perfecting this idea in the car, but suddenly his expression turned gloomy: "I'm afraid someone will cause trouble! "

"This time, we must find a way to restrain that Sun Changming!"

The matter in Xuanyou Cave cannot be kept secret, not only Liang Yuzhi knew it, but Ji Su also knew it. He naturally hated Sun Changming to the core! He stole the big deal between himself and the Fifth Prince! Ji Su didn't even consider the kindness of the first level before.

Now he only knew that Sun Changming was his worst enemy.

"It is said that although he is invincible in Xuanyou Cave, it just shows that he is good at the field of spirit worms. This time Xuanyuan Cave, he must be silent. But... This is the last chance for this old man, and he can't make any mistakes. , so I still have to take extra care of him!"

As long as he was "taken care of" by himself, it was basically impossible for Sun Changming to have a good grade in the third stage, and he might not even be able to pass the final palace exam.

But Ji Su has no guilt about it: "The good thing about the bad old man, you brought it on yourself!"

In front of the main hall of Guozijian, there is a large square, paved with white marble, surrounded by a corridor of stone pillars of the same material. The thousand nuns who entered the third level stood neatly in the square. There are several rows of Taishi chairs on the left side of the square, which are prepared for important people who come to watch the ceremony, and they are already full.

On the right is an open space, crowded with the generals and entourages of Xiuzi Xiuzi in the arena.

Sun Changming had people on both sides. Wu Yuanji and Zhao Xiaoyao were both in the sixth realm, so naturally there was a chair on each side. Most of Wu Yuanji's disciples were standing on the right.

Sun Changming looked to the left, Liang Yu pointed to the second position in the first row. Then Sun Changming continued to look back, but unexpectedly saw Mr. Liu Zhi at the very end of the row!

Sun Changming's eyes lit up, he waved his hand vigorously, and Lord Liu Zhi also smiled back. But I don't know that this unfilial subordinate is madly complaining about him in his heart: You two are sitting so far away on purpose, and you want to hide it, Mr. Liu.

When the hour came, three melodious bells rang, and the venue quickly became quiet. The main hall was opened, Ji Su was wearing an official uniform, and accompanied by several officials, he walked out of the main hall.

He looked around the audience, and finally his eyes were fixed on the cultivators in the square, gradually becoming more severe: "After all the hardships, you have finally reached this point, after passing through the Xuanyuan Cave in the back mountain, you will have the opportunity to face the Holy Spirit and see the sky. Yan! This is the most critical moment in this life. I hope you can grasp it well, and don't make mistakes!

The following old man will announce the rules of this assessment:

It is also divided into two parts to determine your final ranking. The faster you come out, the higher the ranking. You can bring out ancient swords from Xuanyuan Cave, and you can also improve your ranking. The more precious the sword, the higher the ranking.

Relatively speaking, being able to bring out swords is more important than clearing customs as soon as possible!

In addition, this official wants to tell everyone that the swords and weapons you brought out belong to the imperial court, they are only used as a reference for your ranking, and do not belong to you..."

The cultivators changed their faces, and someone immediately shouted, "But in history, the swords and weapons brought out of Xuanyuan Cave belonged to the prison students!"

Ji Su glared at the man fiercely, and said forcefully, "You also said that those are all prison students! The prison students are from our country's child prison, and Xuanyuan Cave also belongs to our country's child prison, and the swords they brought out can be given to them.

And you are not a supervisor, it is not bad that the Imperial College can provide you with Xuanyuan Cave as an examination room, and you still want to take away the sword? dream! "

Some of the people watching the ceremony, some sneered, some shook their heads lightly, but they all knew it, this is Ji Su being forced, and he was completely shameless.

The cultivators were still indignant, Ji Su grinned and said, "If you don't agree, you can withdraw from the third test now!"

At this time, naturally no one gave up. Although the nuns were not convinced, the criticism gradually disappeared.

Zhang Chunfa stood behind Master Sun and asked in a low voice, "Master, what should I do?"

The situation in front of him has become the same as Xuanyou Cave. If you want to get a good grade, you need to get the approval of the sword, which is equivalent to helping Jisu earn money.

Sun Changming looked back at his poor disciples, Zhang Chunfa said: "Sir, don't have any scruples because of us. If you want me to tell all of us, just go in and experience it, and never help Jisu get swords! We don't plan to either! Going to compete for the Dragon and Snake List, we must have no role in it anyway."

The poor monks nodded again and again: "Sir, you don't have to worry about us."

Sun Changming smiled slightly: "Well, just do what you want."

And Sun Changming was also in a dilemma. He came to Xuanyuan Cave this time, naturally intending to reap a wave of benefits. But now Ji Su is acting like a hooligan, and when he gets a sword, he has to hand it over to him. Why? !

"Humph!" Master Sun snorted coldly.

Ji Su finally showed a smile: "Very good, since everyone has no opinion, let's go and go to Xuanyuan Cave! Please keep in mind that you can only get a good ranking by obtaining a sword!"

The nuns set out from the square in order, and under the guidance of the professors from Guozijian, they went to Xuanyuan Cave in Houshan.

Xuanyuan Cave has been closed for many years. The road to this place has been in disrepair for a long time, and many places have collapsed. Guozijian temporarily constructed a small road by means of monks. It took everyone half an hour to reach the Xuanyuan Cave.

Around the cave, you can clearly see the style of the ruins of the previous dynasty, and there are even more vigorous ancient trees that squeezed their rhizomes into the stone cracks. The entrance of the cave was originally covered with vines and roots, and it was temporarily cleaned up.

On the ground in front of the entrance of the cave, there is a large array of flashing aura, and it extends backwards, integrating with the entire mountain. It was this great formation left over from the previous dynasty that closed Xuanyuan Cave before.

Ji Su has been standing aside with a cold face. When it was Sun Changming's turn, Ji Su suddenly stood up and stopped him to squeeze out a smile: "Master Sun, thank you for the first thing. I never had the opportunity to thank you before, old man. Actually, keep it in mind all the time! This is the last stage, Master Sun, please work hard."

He patted Sun Changming's shoulder lightly, as if to encourage him.

However, Sun Changming heard it. When he said "Remember the Five Nei", he felt like he was gnashing his teeth. He secretly cursed "Old Onmyoji", and then walked away with a laugh.

Ji Su's face instantly turned cold, and he sneered inwardly. Although Guozijian could not control Xuanyuan Cave, after all, he had guarded Xuanyuan Cave for many years and learned some secrets that outsiders did not know.

For example, in a barren mountain dozens of miles away from Xuanyuan Cave, there is another ruin. Only three kneeling figures remain, with thick chains on their bodies.

According to the document records in the Imperial College, anyone who is contaminated with the "breath" of the three stone statues will be disgusted by all the swords and weapons when they enter Xuanyuan Cave.

And Ji Su patted Sun Changming just now, the stone powder scraped from the three stone statues hidden between his fingers!

The entrance of the cave is huge and wide, dozens of meters wide. Standing outside and looking in at a dark night, it seems like you can't see your fingers, but once you enter it, your eyes will brighten up. The surrounding stone walls are naturally luminous, glowing silvery white like moonlight.

Zhang Chunfa led the poor monks and followed behind the adults. In front of him was a rugged and difficult mountain road, and the undulating ground was full of wolf-tooth-like rocks. The cave twists and turns to an unpredictable front.

Zhang Chunfa and the others looked back and saw that the hole in the back had disappeared strangely, and it had turned into a huge stone wall!

Sun Changming's ears moved slightly, and he frowned slightly: "Something is coming."

rustle--

From the shadow on the side, a nimble little beast suddenly appeared, resembling a sable or a fox. Its fur was smooth and smooth, its claws were long and sharp, and its two small eyes flashed with shimmering electric lights.

It rushed in front of the crowd along the rugged road, and suddenly the man stood up, with two front claws in front of him, his neck stretched out, his head turned to look at the crowd, and his eyes suddenly focused on Sun Changming. Sheng, with a bit of obvious disgust, then shrank his body in a swish, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"What?" The poor monks were curious and worried, but Zhang Chunfa still had some insight: "The foreign objects condensed by sword gas, everyone, be careful, this Xuanyuan Cave has been recharged for many years, let's come in this time. , I am afraid that I will encounter a lot of strange things."

Sun Changming noticed the little thing's eyes just now, and felt a little strange in his heart, but he was not worried. He looked at the team behind him, walked forward and asked, "Where is Menghebei?"

Zhang Chunfa snorted: "I didn't go to him this time, and he didn't have the face to come to us."

Sun Changming didn't really care, he just asked casually. Master Sun is indeed thirsty for talents, but everyone has their own aspirations and cannot be forced. Menghebei was already sensitive, and if Sun Changming actively solicited him, he would think more and more, and eventually make a misunderstanding.

However, Sun Changming walked about a dozen steps and then stopped. The rugged mountain road that was visible to the naked eye suddenly disappeared in front of everyone inexplicably, and the front became a wide river!

The river was rushing and rushing, and everyone exclaimed, and found that the earth under their feet was also assimilated by the river, and the surrounding area soon became a river. They seemed to be standing on an isolated island, and the "isolated island" under their feet was also fast. Shrink into river water!

"what happened?"

"This Xuanyuan Cave is so weird!"

Zhang Chunfa roared: "Isn't that old thing Jisu trapped? This Xuanyuan Cave has been reopened, and special changes have taken place. It may be completely different from the past!"

He shouted like this~lightnovelpub.net~ The poor monks became even more flustered. Sun Changming admits that what Zhang Chunfa said is a certain possibility, but can he call it out at this time? He glared at Zhang Chunfa, this guy still needs to be tempered.

Sun Changming said lightly, "What are you panicking about?"

Even Master Sun, because of his stronger cultivation, has seen earlier than the poor monks, that on the water in the distance, waterlines are rapidly drawn, and each waterline is a sable like just now. The quirky little beast of the fox.

Their two front paws are facing forward, their hind paws are moving quickly in the water, and a strong electric light is condensed in their two eyes, with the light of hatred.

The isolated island under his feet was getting smaller and smaller, and the poor monks were almost unable to stand together. Zhang Chunfa released a canoe, but just as it landed on the water, it was as if wood had fallen into strong acid, and it was melted!

"This is the river where the sword energy is condensed, and it can destroy the magic weapon!" The cultivators' faces were pale, and the magic weapon was still like this. If they fell into the river themselves... I can't imagine the fate!

A cultivator used the Flying Escaping Magic to fly into the sky, but just after flying less than three feet, he fell heavily: "There are restrictions in the void, so you can't fly!"