"You!" The man suppressed the swear words and asked instead: "With this good thing, the court will not hide it, but will it be given to us as a bonus?"
"Wrong, the eighth prize is that the person who obtains this book can be appointed as a cabinet bachelor, enter Shengtian Academy, and study more similar books with many bachelors."
Isn’t it that all the intellectual talents in the world work hard and study hard for ten years in order to gain fame and become officials in the court?
The cabinet bachelor is a third-rank official, and Shengtian Academy has gathered 70% of Xiliang's outstanding talents, and there are many unique and unique books in the collection.
But now, as long as you successfully win the first prize, you can directly rise to the top?!
When many literati heard the news, they couldn't wait to rush towards the wooden bridge. While pushing and shoving, someone actually fell into the water.
The man in charge remained calm and waved his hand to signal his men to come and rescue the people.
"Steward, aren't there ten lucky numbers? What are the other two?"
A man in noble attire asked doubtfully. Although he had no skills, it did not prevent him from joining in the fun.
The man in charge suddenly looked solemn and blew a whistle. Hundreds of forbidden troops suddenly rushed into the boat and surrounded the stage.
Several timid girls were frightened and screamed. They wanted to rush out, but were stopped by the Imperial Guards with knives.
"Girl, please come back."
Seeing the blade close at hand and catching a glimpse of silvery cold light from the corner of their eyes, they immediately did not dare to act impulsively and retreated to the corner in fear.
"General Huo! What are you doing?!"
"That's right. Could it be that they want to hold us hostage?"
"Huo Ji, do you know who these young men are? Don't think that you can do whatever you want just because you have military power! In the world of the Yin family in Xiliang, it's not your turn to do whatever the Huo family wants!"
One high hat after another fell on Huo Ji's head in an instant. He looked at He Liang, who had a smile on his face. It was not difficult to guess that it was He Liang's people who were fanning the wind and lighting ghost fires below.
"Tonight, there must be a lot of people here for those two things. If we don't bring more experts, I'm afraid my general's boat will cause a bloody storm tonight."
As thousands of people left the boat, the boat was now much more spacious.
But those who stayed behind saw calculations and cunning in their eyes.
They were all waiting. As long as Huo Ji dared to take out the things, they would immediately swarm over and snatch the treasures!
Huo Ji tapped the armrest with his fingers, and his smile made people ignore the cold evil aura around him.
"I would like to remind you that you'd better follow my general's rules like everyone else, otherwise"
Huo Ji didn't finish his words, which made people think wildly, but it obviously failed to deter those people.
I winked at the steward, who nodded and went on stage himself.
Everyone held their breath, and the boat was so silent that you could hear a pin drop on the ground.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he slowly took out a long black box from his sleeve.
The box was very simple, with strange patterns carved on it.
As the box was slowly opened, a sharp and crisp sound of a sword being unsheathed was heard.
When the contents of the box were completely revealed, greed appeared in the eyes of everyone present.
They were two sections of black ebony vines, about the thickness and length of a baby's arms, wrapped in hazy red mist.
"Ouxiu! It's really ouimu!"
Someone shouted loudly, and immediately everyone drew their weapons and rushed towards the steward.
Hundreds of black shadows swarmed in and pressed down on where the steward was standing.
However, a black vortex suddenly appeared on the deck level, and countless withered black vines, like skinny arms stretching out from hell, quickly climbed up the bodies of those people.
The vines were suddenly covered with barbs, which pierced into their bodies.
Huo Ji and others couldn't even hear the wailing. Those people had been sucked dry of their flesh, blood, and marrow, leaving only pieces of clothing floating on the deck.
The rest of the people seemed to be frightened. After being stunned, someone screamed, and everyone came back to their senses. The whole boat was filled with cries and cries for help.
However, those vines seemed to have no ill intentions towards them, and only attacked certain people with evil intentions.
Vines climbed and wandered all along the boat, blocking all exits airtightly.
The entire stage was also surrounded by vines, making it impossible for people inside to get out and people outside unable to get in.
After experiencing the scene just now, everyone stopped trying to fight.
Now, they have only one way to go, which is the chain leading to the martial arts arena.
The steward stood on the stage, staring indifferently at those people who didn't know whether to live or die.
The heat and madness in those people's eyes are still there, but they are afraid of the 'man-eating' vines.
After a long stalemate, someone finally lost his composure and stepped onto the martial arts ring with chains.
Every time there is one, there are two. After that person flew onto the ring, the people behind him flew up one after another using Qinggong.
Before the steward could announce the rules of the ring, they were already fighting.
The people at Wen Lei didn't know why. They didn't see what the last two prizes were. When they heard the people on stage behind talking about Wu Xi Mu, their expressions finally changed.
Chihuang, who had been silent for a long time, finally couldn't hold back his laughter when he saw this.
"It's just the rhizome of ebony, so they are so obsessed with it that they don't hesitate to kill people and steal the treasure. If they get the real ebony, I'm afraid the whole world will be filled with blood."
Listening to her laughter, Huo Ji's eyes were full of helplessness and doting, and he patted the back of her head gently.
Chihuang stuck out his tongue, suppressed his smile, glanced sideways at He Liang, and took out an emerald green jade flute from his sleeve.
The melodious sound of the flute is extremely penetrating, and vaguely mixed with a strange power that confuses people's hearts.
Those who were fighting suddenly stopped killing, and jumped into the water one by one like puppets who had lost their minds.
"Is there anyone else who wants to go up?" the steward asked.
The remaining people shook their heads desperately. Seeing this, the supervisor turned the switch on.
‘Click’
The mechanism was opened, and the wooden bridges and chains leading to the two arenas were immediately retracted.
Huo Ji finally stood up, came to the railing, and stood with his hands behind his back. Although he was hundreds of feet away, his voice was clearly heard by everyone.
"This general has already said something ugly beforehand. You must follow my rules in my territory! Otherwise, you will bear the consequences!"
As for the so-called consequences, it ranges from falling into the water to the worst case, no bones left.
With Huo Ji's warning, everyone woke up and finally realized that tonight turned out to be a Hongmen Banquet!
It's a pity that they had to board this pirate ship. After all, the thing in Huo Ji's hand was so tempting that it directly hit their hearts!