In Luoying Mountain, on a sunny hillside, there were several people sitting cross-legged with strange clothes and hairstyles.
One of them casually held a dead branch in his hand and drew the word "正" on the ground. The first word "正" had been written, and the second one had also been written twice.
He was pleasantly blowing the mountain breeze, shaking the branches in his hands, and was about to write the third stroke of the second straight character: "Another one. Haha, the great Wu Dynasty was a great country, with a beautiful exterior and ruins, and the Dragon and Snake List gathered a generation.
Talents are nothing more than that. Our country's sacred ancient village sword is about to harvest the eighth soul.
The soul of a cultivator is really an amazing tonic. If we can kill all the cultivators in the cave, the Ancient Village Sword will definitely be upgraded to the seventh level!"
However, the branch in his hand failed to fall. He frowned and said, "Wait a moment, it should be done soon."
In the Xuanyuan Cave, Sun Changming had already seen that the strange long sword was very similar to the Japanese sword he used in his previous life. This reminded him of what Lord Lu Guangxiao had specially told him before: the Sangdao Mission had come with bad intentions, so he was
Don't cause trouble.
But if someone else has bullied me, it can’t be considered me as the one causing trouble, right?
Sun Changming placed his fingers in the air and used the top flying sword technique in the Merit Appreciation Tower "Nine Heavens Falling Divine Sword". In an instant, countless small sword energy fell down like rain.
This flying sword technique, if performed by the swimming fish sword weapon encountered before, would be a perfect match! Every drop of "rain" is like a "
"Swimming fish".
However, Sun Changming's sword energy was also very terrifying... The ancient village sword was pointing at Meng Hebei, but suddenly countless swords fell on him. After a dense sound, the sword kept sinking, and it was no longer able to attack Meng Hebei.
The ancient village sword turned fiercely, and the sword pointed at Sun Changming! Even the cultivators from the poor family who had retreated a hundred feet away felt a terrible evil spirit blowing towards their faces like a strong wind. At the same time, they heard the screams of the wronged souls, and the temperature around them dropped sharply.
A big chunk!
Several cultivators who were naturally timid couldn't help but tremble with fear in their eyes.
But Sun Changming pulled his hand back and took back all the sword energy he had just released. He had already sensed that this ancient Sangdao sword had the ability to devour, and he wanted to absorb his own sword energy just now. But his sword energy was not
The thunder and lightning in Meng Hebei and the ancient sword of Sangdao yielded nothing.
Sun Changming faced the threat of the ancient sword of Mulberry Island, as if he had entered a ghost hell, with various forms of remnant ghosts roaring and flying around him.
But Sun Changming did smile contemptuously: Are you playing this with me?
Sorry, I'm out of my depth.
Not to mention the ghost realm by the Mang River, there is a huge ghost army in the tiger talisman in my hand. However, the scene is not suitable, otherwise I will release it so that you can get close to each other.
"This sword is good, I took it!" Sun Changming said with a long smile, then took a step forward, turned his palms, and the sword energy surged and jumped lively, and fell from the sky again, swishing and weaving into a sword energy cage.
Cover the ancient sword of Mulberry Island.
Meng Hebei fell to the ground, his eyes a little dazed. It's over. I originally thought that I could repay the favor to Master Sun, but in the end, I owed more and more favors. I owe Master Sun another life!
He had not repaid the kindness he had for saving A-mei before. Although Meng Hebei had some suspicions at the time that Mr. Sun was setting him up, but after asking A-mei, he found out that everything really happened by chance. And he is not a fool, he just has an arrogant temperament.
There are some things that you just deceive yourself and others that you don’t want to admit.
But now that he owes another life, he has to face reality.
It seems that there is really no other way except to work for Master Sun. Meng Hebei Gulu spit out another mouthful of blood and stared at the strange long sword floating in the air with hatred. He regretted not listening to Master Sun's advice just now.
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The ancient village sword suddenly went berserk, rushing and slamming into the sword energy cage. The jingling sound resounded throughout the cave, and the sword energy was constantly being smashed. However, as more sword energy fell from high places, the cage would only become stronger and stronger.
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Sun Changming shook his head slightly: "I overestimated you."
This ancient Sangdao sword is already at the sixth level, and it has been upgraded bit by bit from the lower level. The way it improves is by devouring it.
The soul of every person killed by this sword will be imprisoned in the sword. Then the ancient sword swallows other powers to refine and cultivate these souls.
The more imprisoned souls, the stronger they are, and the stronger this Mulberry Island ancient sword will be.
It can be seen that this ancient Sangdao sword has the same basic concept as the Sangdao bone armor he has encountered before. In the eyes of the monks of the Wu Dynasty, this is a side path of cultivation, focusing on utensils.
, constantly strengthen the artifacts to gain powerful combat power.
Sun Changming has not revealed his new flying sword until now.
This sword was lying in ambush at the exit, probably because of this, it was out of the sensing range of the eighth-level sword, otherwise the eighth-level sword would have already come over and cut it off directly.
But it is a good thing for Sun Changming: this is not the treasure of Xuanyuan Cave, Sun Changming can collect it, and it will not be owned by the Imperial Academy after taking it out!
Sun Changming clasped his five fingers, and the sword energy cage quickly rotated and locked, trapping the Sangdao Ancient Sword in a very narrow range. Then he raised two fingers of his other hand and stabbed towards the Sangdao Ancient Sword - "The Nine Ancient Emperors"
sword"!
The magnificent sword energy suddenly thrust out, and the ancient sword of Mulberry Island trembled, feeling a kind of fear from the source! The "Nine Swords of the Ancient Emperor" suppressed its strange method!
boom!
The sword energy struck the ancient Sangdao sword. It tried its best to resist for a moment, then was unable to resist and fell heavily into the dust.
Sun Changming chuckled, this sword can be put to good use in the ghost realm.
With a thought in his mind, the Immortal Binding Rope jumped out, tied the Sangdao Ancient Sword firmly, and flew back to Sun Changming's hand. Sun Changming took a look and saw two ancient words engraved on the sword: Ancient Village.
"Ancient Village Sword?" Sun Changming shook his head: "I've never heard of it."
Furumura Jian struggled hard in the rope that bound the immortals and expressed his protest. He was very famous in Mulberry Island. Unfortunately, he did not struggle.
Sun Changming looked around, then raised his hand and grabbed the void somewhere near the entrance of the cave. The shadow shook, and an arc-shaped scabbard emerged. Sun Changming inserted the ancient village sword back, and the fierce ancient village sword immediately calmed down. Sun Changming was about to take it out.
Throwing it into his storage bag, he suddenly felt something in his heart: This sword... has some kind of bond, and is controlled by someone from a distance.
"Haha." Sun Changming sneered secretly, he must find the mastermind after going out!
Whoosh—
The Furukura sword flew into the storage bag, cutting off the connection with the mastermind behind the scenes.
The branch in the man's hand was broken with a click, and his face was filled with astonishment: "The Holy Sword of the Ancient Village has been captured!"
Several other people's expressions also changed drastically: "How could this be so?!"
Several people looked at each other, their expressions became solemn, and then they stood up and fled quickly without saying a word!
Sun Changming passed by Meng Hebei and was too lazy to pay attention to this guy. I have reminded you not to be reckless, but you are still rushing forward so stupidly.
Meng Hebei lowered his head, his face flushed with shame.
Sun Changming had already walked over, but he turned around and said to Zhang Chunfa: "Give him a healing elixir."
Zhang Chunfa touched his arms and took out a magic pill and handed it to Meng Hebei. He said nothing during the whole process. He was already very dissatisfied with Meng Hebei.
Wan Qianlai came to Sun Changming's side with a smile: "Sure enough, you can stay safe by following me, hehehe."
He was thick-skinned and followed Sun Changming out of Xuanyuan Cave, at least ranking higher than the poor cultivators behind him. Meng Hebei had no shame to fight for the ranking.
After all the poor cultivators had left, he got up and walked out slowly.
There is a small square outside the exit, which was opened by the Imperial College from the middle of the mountain in the early years. It has long been in disrepair, so it was temporarily cleaned up this time.
Ji Su waited here with his men, feeling quite uneasy, guessing how many swords the cultivators could bring out this time.
If there are four handles, the previous deficit can be barely made up. The price of the swords in Xuanyuan Cave is several percent higher than the flying swords of the same level.
Everyone in the capital knows that the swords here are highly intelligent. Most of the swords brought out by the supervisors in the early years will automatically be upgraded to one level after a few hundred years.
If you can have five handles, you can make a lot of money! If you can have six handles...that would be great. You can make a lot of money, and your hard work for so long will be worth it.
Ji Su lamented in his heart: Is it easy for me? I have offended so many people, my reputation is completely ruined, and I have left an absolutely bad impression among this generation of geniuses. This will harm the future as the geniuses grow up in the next few hundred years.
, will become more and more prominent!
At this time, he only had one emotion in his heart: It’s hard to make money and shit is hard to eat!
"There must be at least four handles. You guys are all over the top and think that you are the most outstanding figures of this generation in the Great Wu Dynasty. Don't let me down again!"
The servants, generals, and dignitaries who came to watch the ceremony also came here from the entrance. There were several people surrounding Mr. Liu Zhi, who were talking loudly about the current situation in the court, with a few words of praise for Liu Zhi in between.
His voice was loud and unobtrusive as he talked about his recent military exploits.
There are also some middle-aged, elegant and noble men around Mr. Liang Yuzhi, who tell jokes from time to time, making Mr. Liang Yuzhi giggle and show off.
Even a blind person can see that these two are competing, waiting for the other to take the initiative to talk to them.
Every time Mr. Liang Yuzhi smiled, Mr. Liu Zhi would feel on pins and needles, and he would gradually be defeated. With the strength of the top powerhouse in the seventh realm, he secretly peeked at Liang Yuzhi.
This time, no one noticed, but Liang Yuzhi ignored him.
When he secretly took a look for the fifth time, he was caught by Liang Yuzhi. The two looked at each other, and Master Liu Zhi became unusually embarrassed.
Liang Yuzhi smiled proudly and raised his head slightly. Liu Zhi hurriedly avoided his eyes, but Liang Yuzhi seemed to have won, leaving behind the attentive people around him, and walked to Liu Zhi's side.
, asked: "Do you think Sun Changming can win?"
Liu Zhi was a little sulky, and he couldn't tell whether it was because Liang Yu pointed out the crazy bees and butterflies around him, or because he lost this secret contest.
In short, his voice was a bit deep: "He will not give Ji Su a chance, so he will not bring out any swords. Without swords, it is difficult to achieve anything in this level."
Liang Yu pointed and smiled: "Xiao Liuzi, you don't know enough about your subordinate."
Three veins popped up on Liu Zhi's forehead: "I promised you before that you are not allowed to call me that again!"
Liang Yuzhi raised her delicate eyebrows: "I used the sound transmission technique, but they couldn't hear it."
"That's not what I meant," Liu Zhi felt tired: "Can't you stop calling me like that? I always feel like I'm entering the palace."
"Keke" Liang Yu pointed at the gourd covering her mouth: "Let's make a bet that Sun Changming will be ranked at least in the top five."
Liu Zhi shook his head: "He doesn't have a sword, and unlike Xuanyou Cave in Xuanyuan Cave, he can prevent others from getting swords. His ranking won't be too high. If he doesn't have a sword, even if he is the first to break out,
He will definitely be deposed by Ji Su who holds a grudge."
Liang Yu pointed out with a smile: "He must have a way to prevent others from getting the sword."
"Why are you so sure?"
"I just know." Liang Yuzhi showed an arrogant look, and Liu Zhi was even a little jealous of his subordinate. He muttered: "It makes no sense. If you make a bet, you will definitely lose."
"Let's bet. If you don't want me to call you Xiaoliuzi, then show some manliness and be happy."
Liu Zhi clearly knew that she was irritating him, but he still couldn't help but fall for it. Like a teenage boy, he said angrily: "
Just bet!"
Liang Yu pointed her fingers and said carelessly: "Well, I bet one hundred thousand spiritual jade, and you are not allowed to go back on it!"
Liu Zhi felt guilty: "It's such a big deal..."
"If you have no money, you can owe it to sister first." Liang Yuzhi's eyes flickered, like water waves under the lamp: "Sister will calculate the interest rate cheaper for you."
"Humph, you must be the loser!" Liu Zhi couldn't resist such amorous feelings, his heart was beating rapidly, but he still spoke harshly.
A figure finally appeared at the exit of Xuanyuan Cave. As he walked out slowly, his heart was in his throat. When the man walked out, Ji Su was stunned for a moment: Why is it him?
The first person to walk out was Sun Changming, but Ji Su remembered that he had plotted against him. He would be hated by the entire Xuanyuan Cave, and ancient swordsmen would line up to "test" him.
How could he come out first?
Just when Ji Su was full of doubts, a man came out of the cave entrance, raising his hands in the air and shouting: "Look, I am the second one, second only to Master Sun."
I feel happy after spending ten thousand dollars, and the protection fee is well worth it.
After that, people were a little speechless. More than a hundred people came out! Ji solemnly trembled: Except for Sun Changming and Wan Qianlai, they were all cultivators from poor families! Strictly speaking, Sun Changming also came from a poor family, but Mr. Sun
I jumped to the dragon gate and now I have money.
But judging from the previous performance, I am afraid that I will only have 10,000 yuan to spend in the final palace examination!
As mentioned before, after Xuanyuan Cave, thirty people will be selected to enter the palace examination. As a result, almost all of the top 100 people are from poor families. How can Ji Su and the emperor make money from the palace examination?
Even if the sheep of "Wan Lisheng"'s young master's family is particularly fat, he can't grab tens of millions of spiritual jade, right?
Ji Su's old face had turned completely gloomy and black, like a corpse that had been dead for three to five days. Starting from Sun Changming,
Until the last disciple from a humble family came out, he symbolically bowed his hands to the examiners standing next to him, and then waited quietly aside.
No one handed over their swords.
Ji Su gritted his teeth and asked, "None of you have been recognized by swordsmen?"
Sun Changming said confidently: "No. The swordsmen in Xuanyuan Cave are all very proud. We tried our best, but the swordsmen look down on us."
The others also shook their heads.
Ji Su cursed angrily: "Trash! What's the use of running out so quickly? As long as someone can bring out the sword, I will definitely depose you!"
Sun Changming stared at him with a half-smile but not a smile, and said: "Your Excellency, you have no experience of entering Xuanyuan Cave in person. You don't know the situation inside. Based on my judgment, not only are we not recognized by the sword, but others are also empty-handed.
And come out."
Ji Su heard something behind the scenes, gritted his teeth and rushed to Sun Changming, wanting to grab him by the collar and question: "
Are you up to something again?"
Sun Changming shouted at Tianqu: "How can you accuse someone of innocence out of thin air! Xuanyuan Cave is the territory of your Imperial College, what can I do? If someone is really up to something here, it must not be me! Lord Jisu, what do you think?
,Um?"
Ji Su suddenly felt guilty and vaguely felt that this boy seemed to know something. He turned around and left: "Don't let me find out. If you really did something, just wait for His Majesty's severe punishment!"
Sun Changming didn't want to say: "Master Jisu can't frame a good person! I am no longer helpless now. I, the commander of the Nanyun Town Fu Division, have returned, and he will make the decision for me!"
Liu Zhi was suddenly mentioned, and he glared at this guy fiercely: He still wants to drag me into trouble!
But Liu Zhi became a little suspicious and asked Liang Yuzhi in a low voice: "Does he really have a way to make everyone return empty-handed?"
Liang Yuzhi smiled very happily: "Thank you, Mr. Liu Zhi, for supporting the little girl's hundred thousand spirit jade."
Liu Zhi was suddenly so depressed that he could not speak.
Meng Hebei came out next, followed by Shui Linghua, Li Wuming and others. After waiting for about an hour, it was already dark. Several huge fires were lit around the small square outside the cave entrance for lighting.
Except for those who were killed by the ancient village sword, all the Xiuzi who entered the cave have come out.
The cultivators were dejected, no one was recognized as a sword!
Ji solemnly trembled all over, and the scene in Xuanyou Cave was repeated! He pointed at the cultivators and cursed loudly: "Trash, what a bunch of trash! I am the most useless class in the history of the Dragon and Snake Ranking! With your level,
How can you have the nerve to participate in the Dragon and Snake Ranking? I will not let any of you rubbish enter the palace examination. This time the Dragon and Snake Ranking, Ranking A and Ranking B are all vacant!"
The cultivators were in an uproar, and their anger began to spread. Finally, someone couldn't help shouting: "It's ridiculous! There are so many talented people in our generation who have broken through Xuanyou Cave and Xuanyuan Cave, just because they couldn't earn money for the greedy examiner.
Money, do you have to bear such a bad reputation?
My father, the governor of Changwu County, will definitely make all this known to me and write a letter to the court to impeach you after I return!"
Ji Su was furious, but he forgot one thing: many of these cultivators were indeed poor cultivators with no foundation, but more of them were the children of powerful families. He had acted recklessly before, but everyone was concerned about his ranking on the Dragon and Snake List.
You've all tolerated him. Now it's the last level. He's going to depose everyone. Who can tolerate you?!
Other cultivators also spoke up one after another, angrily denounced Jisu, revealed their identity, and asked his family to write a letter of impeachment. The crowd was furious, and Jisu calmed down instantly. If so many people were to write a letter together, the emperor would not be able to protect himself!
What's more, nothing was gained in the third level. The previous deficit could not be made up, and the emperor had to settle accounts with himself.
He was suddenly covered in cold sweat. When he turned around, he saw Sun Changming standing there with a look of gloating on his misfortune. He was so angry that he rushed to Sun Changming and shouted: "I don't believe it. So many cultivators have entered Xuanyuan Cave, and not even one sword is available."
Didn’t bring it out!”
"Someone must be greedy for profit and steal the sword belonging to our country's prison!"
"Bring out the mirror! If I find out that someone is hiding a sword secretly, he will be punished severely and make him regret it!"
An official from the Imperial College went to take a cardioscope, and Ji Su was waiting with heavy breath. He was already a little broken, like a drowning man trying to grasp the last straw.
The heart mirror is a treasure in the palace, and Ji Su borrowed it specially for this time. After a moment, a round bronze mirror as tall as a person was carried over. This treasure cannot lie under the light of the mirror. It was originally refined,
It is for the trial use of local government offices.
But firstly, it is expensive and cannot be promoted at all. Secondly... in the world of yamen, the decision of a case is a matter of a word from the chief official. If you have this mirror, there will be an extra layer of control. The chief officials everywhere do not like it, so just
It failed to be promoted. Even over time, the method of refining this treasure was inexplicably lost! Now only this side remains in the palace.
It is said that this treasure is often used in the harem's strife.
However, using a mind mirror is not without its flaws. You need to carefully design your questions, otherwise you will be fooled by sophistry.
Ji Su pointed at Sun Changming and yelled: "Start with you!"
Sun Changming stood magnanimously under the mirror, and a ray of light like moonlight shone down, enveloping him. A deputy examiner under Ji Su presided over the interrogation: "Have you ever secretly hidden the sword in Xuanyuan Cave?"
"No." Sun Changming answered frankly. There was no change in the light of the mind mirror. The deputy examiner Chao Jisu spread his hands. The mind mirror judged that Sun Changming had not lied. If he had lied, the light of the mind mirror would turn light red.
Ji Su gritted his teeth, but did not give up. He stepped forward to think for a moment and changed the question: "What did you gain from Xuanyuan Cave?"
Chapter completed!