Half a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and the day of the final trial has arrived.
The carriage was parked outside the gate of the academy, lined up with other vehicles taking students to school.
Li Ang rubbed the hair of Chai Chai who pursed his lips, nodded to Jia Luo, jumped out of the carriage, crossed the square, passed Chuiyun Bridge, passed the library, and finally came to the open space outside Dongjun Tower.
In the open space, most of the players had already arrived and stood unconsciously in several piles.
Students from Jing Kingdom gathered together to chat.
Ashina Que Teqin sat alone on the boulder in the corner, closing his eyes and concentrating.
Shangguan Yangyao, Bian Chenpei and other Taihao Mountain disciples stood in front, facing the early morning sun, meticulously performing the movements of worshiping Haotian.
Bian Chenpei saw Li Ang appear from the corner of his eye, a look of resentment flashed in his eyes.
"The sun is rising, this way."
The fourth prince Li Hui happily waved to Li Ang and motioned for him to come over.
Li Ang walked forward and found that Li Hui was surrounded by not only Pei Jing, Ren Chao, Sui Yi and other academy disciples, but also some other faces from the Yu Kingdom.
"These are classmates from Luli Academy, Ximen Jingsheng, Baili Junai, Lu Yuwei,
These are classmates from Longxi Academy..."
Li Hui introduced Li Ang one by one. Due to the home field advantage, Yu State has the largest number of shortlisted disciples, seventeen.
Li Ang politely greeted the students from other academies and asked Li Hui with some confusion: "Does His Highness the King of Yue also want to participate in the final competition?"
It’s true that Li Hui passed the group competition, but he is the prince of the Yu Kingdom and will be getting married in a few months.
Li Ang thought he would not participate.
"After all, I am trying to win glory for the country. As a prince, I can't let my juniors take the lead in everything."
Li Hui spread his hands and said nonchalantly: "Besides, if I disappear for a while, it can also make the court quiet for a while."
Before the students from Luli Academy and Longxi Academy could realize what they meant, the faces of Pei Jing and other Chang'an students not only became weird - Li Hui was free and easy, and did not shy away from the targeting of him by some courtiers in the court.
"Right,"
Li Hui said easily: "I received the news in advance that this time when I go to Lingtai Mountain for the trial, everyone will be given two talismans, one of which is a protective talisman, which can resist a fatal attack.
One is an alarm talisman. When activated, it is equivalent to voluntarily admitting defeat and quitting the game. Fireworks will be fired into the sky, allowing the division commander waiting outside Lingtai Mountain to come and respond."
"Teacher to support you?"
Pei Jing frowned slightly and said: "I thought the doctors would supervise in real time from high altitude."
"That would be meaningless. Knowing that there is a teacher in the sky looking after us and no one will die, no one will take it seriously."
Li Hui said: "As far as I know, the academy originally planned to place the trial site in Shiwan Barren Mountain. Later, some accidents occurred and it was moved to Lingtai Mountain.
However, Lingtai Mountain, as the site of the former Sui sect, is still "fresh" and has not been damaged too much.
New restrictions have also been laid in many places, and some monsters and beasts have also been released.
The real degree and danger level are probably not much lower than those on the outskirts of Shiwan Barren Mountain.
After everyone enters the venue, it would be best if they can meet classmate Yu Guo and take care of each other.
If you encounter a situation beyond your ability, it’s no big deal to activate the alarm talisman.”
As the prince of the Yu Kingdom, Li Hui naturally did not want to see accidents happen to the monks in his country. When he mentioned the alarm talisman, he glanced at Li Ang intentionally or unintentionally.
Well... no wonder. Among this group of people, it seems that he has the highest hatred value in Taihao Mountain.
"Ahem!"
A thick cough sounded in front of the open space. Xue Che, the director of physical education, stood on the steps and clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention. "Everyone is here, right? Come with me. Your teacher is already in the east."
We’re waiting in the king’s building.”
He turned around and led everyone towards the main entrance of Dongjun Tower.
To be fair, the appearance of Dongjun Tower...is a bit disappointing for its status as a forbidden area of the Yu Kingdom.
This is a five-story classical building with red bricks and blue tiles. It is neat and tall, like a combination of a tower and a palace, half of which is embedded in the mountain.
The eaves of each floor are raised high, like bird wings pointing to the sky. There are also statues of strange animals of different shapes crawling on the eaves.
Li Ang squinted his eyes and stared for a while, comparing it with the "Taxonomy of Alien Beasts" book in his memory, and could barely identify the types of some of the statues.
After stepping into the gate of Dongjun Tower, what you see is not a hall, but a giant stone screen wall about three feet wide.
Ordinary screen walls are buildings placed in front of palaces and mansions as partitions and buffers.
But this screen wall is placed behind the door.
Moreover, the patterns on the wall are not landscapes, flowers, plants, gods or Buddhas.
Rather, it is a flowing mist.
The fog on the screen wall slowly flows, evolving into various specious images, sometimes like a long rope bridge on the cliff, sometimes like soldiers lying next to a pile of corpses.
Many students subconsciously stared at the screen wall, their eyes gradually becoming distracted and confused. It was not until Xue Che coughed again that everyone came to their senses and hurriedly looked away from the screen wall.
"This way,"
Xue Che led everyone around the screen wall and walked into the hall.
In an instant, the hot summer heat dissipated,
The cold atmosphere pours out from every corner, as if it is seeping into the pores.
'This feeling...'
Li Ang once again recalled the experience of going to Zhenzhou Town Fusi and Chang'an Town Fusi. The air was as cold as now. However, in comparison, the atmosphere in Dongjun Tower was less chilling and more...<
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Li Ang considered the words in his mind, and finally chose the adjective, Jingmu.
"Wow..."
Some foreign students subconsciously exclaimed that the actual interior space of Dongjun Tower is much larger than it appears from the outside.
Each beam and pillar, each long corridor, each secret locked room,
In every locked room, there is an alienated object.
Most rooms use ordinary wooden doors, while a few rooms use stone doors or iron doors.
There are also some rooms with talismans affixed to their door frames.
This chapter has been completed!