Chapter 0057 The goal is directed at the first-rank princes
This kind of competition is very cruel. If you fail to complete the two application opportunities, you will directly lose the vassal order.
As a result, many princes' orders will inevitably be freed up.
The vacant princely orders will be filled by some powerful families. Of course, these replacement places can only be ranked at the back.
In other words, the descendants of the princes who have completed the task will be given priority to fill the places in the front. Those who have lost the princes order and replaced them can only compete for the vacant places at the back.
Of course, Jiang Chen does not need to consider these rules at all.
Jiang Chen's goal is very clear, that is, to win the championship. For him, in this level of competition, even if he is the runner-up, he will fail.
"Brother Chen, please tell me, what level of mission do you plan to apply for?" Fatty didn't care much about his own affairs, but he was very concerned about Jiang Chen's choice.
Jiang Chen smiled faintly, but his eyes naturally looked towards the four princes.
Following Jiang Chen's gaze, the fat man patted his thick thighs: "Look, I know that our brother Chen will either not take action, or he will scare people to death if he does!"
"Hey, Brother Chen, I hope you can pull that little bitch off Long Juxue's horse." Fatty Xuan smiled very obscenely, "It would be best if this bitch was conquered by Brother Chen, offered himself up, and then was beaten first by Brother Chen.
Throw it up and back, hahaha, that's perfect."
Thinking of this lewd scene, Fatty Xuan's tiny rat eyes almost narrowed into slits when he smiled, perfectly explaining what "the most humble person is invincible".
Next, the descendants of the 108 princes, according to the ranking of their respective princes, lined up to submit the tasks for this year's Qianlong Trial.
For those descendants of first-class princes, there is almost no suspense about the level of the mission they apply for.
Every descendant of a first-rank prince has self-respect. They will never allow their position to be replaced by others or driven down from their first-rank position.
However, in the Qianlong Trial, the alternation between strong and weak is normal, and everything must rely on strength.
Jiang Hanhou ranked fourteenth among the one hundred and eight princes, so it was Jiang Chen's turn to step forward soon.
"Jiang Chen, which mission do you want to apply for?" Princess Magatama asked.
"First grade!" Jiang Chen said without batting an eyelid.
"You are ambitious, but I would like to remind you that everyone in front of you is applying for a first-class mission. The competition between you will be fierce!"
"Without competition, what's the point of ranking?" Jiang Chen smiled lightly.
"Very good. According to the rules, every descendant of the princes must complete three tasks before passing the assessment. As long as one of the three tasks fails, the application will not be passed."
"I know." Jiang Chen nodded slightly.
"Well, go over there and draw your first mission." Princess Magatama carved the mark of a first-grade mission on Jiang Chen's application card.
"Jiang Chen, apply for a first-grade mission. Right?"
"Yes."
"Please come here. Every scroll here is a first-level mission. You can pick one at will."
Jiang Chen nodded, glanced around, and picked one out at random.
They are all first-level tasks, and the difficulty should be about the same. Jiang Chen will naturally not choose carefully. Besides, these scrolls are sealed, and the contents inside cannot be seen.
After extracting the mission, Jiang Chen was not in a hurry to open it. The organizer of the Qianlong Trial did not ask for on-site verification of the mission.
As long as the assessor completes the task, he comes up and submits it for verification.
"Jiang Chen, what kind of mission did you get?" A descendant of a prince next to him asked curiously.
Jiang Chen glanced at the other person, then smiled faintly and left. Obviously, this person was not a friend, and was probably a hostile party trying to talk things over.
Although Jiang Chen is not afraid, he does not want more troublemakers to appear when he is performing his mission.
According to the rules, the three tasks must be completed within three months.
When the assessment is completed, those who should be eliminated will be eliminated, and those who should be replaced will be replaced. One hundred and eight princes will be gathered, and then a ranking competition will be held according to their respective grades.
In other words, after the rank is determined, the descendants of the twelve princes of the first rank can only compete with each other to determine the final ranking.
Each product competes with each other to be ranked in the final ranking.
After drawing the first task, all the descendants of the princes can leave. In the future, you only need to come back and submit every time you complete a task, and then draw the second task.
"Chen'er, what kind of mission did you get?" Jiang Feng couldn't wait to ask after returning to the Hou Mansion.
Jiang Chen handed the mission scroll to Jiang Feng. Jiang Feng looked at it and frowned: "This first mission is more complicated."
"Um?"
"A bandit who picked flowers appeared in the Chiyue Mansion in the Tianhu Territory. He was an extremely skilled thief who called himself the 'Lotus Picker'. He specialized in hunting down young girls. This thief was fierce and cruel. Every time he picked up a girl, he would kill the victim.
Kill and cut off the victim's chest as a souvenir."
"Is there such a crazy person in the world?" Jiang Chen was also slightly surprised. Such a criminal who was full of evil should have been rounded up and killed long ago. How could he be allowed to live freely until now and ruin so many lives?
"This thief's cultivation level is said to be between the Eight Meridians True Qi and the Nine Meridians True Qi. Because he is a lone thief and has experienced hundreds of battles, his combat effectiveness is extremely good. Chen'er, your mission is not easy.
"
Jiang Chen was also slightly surprised. As expected, none of the first-level tasks were simple. The first task was to kill a high-level true energy realm expert with between eight and nine meridians.
Moreover, this task must be completed within one month.
According to the assessment rules, the descendants of the princes who participate in the assessment must keep their identities confidential and cannot use any connections.
If the network is used without authorization, once discovered, the mission will be directly judged as a failure, and the order will be revoked as cheating.
In previous years, there were also some descendants of the princes who were lucky, but in the end they were often discovered by the powerful intelligence capabilities of the Dongfang clan, and were found out, and the princes' orders were thrown away.
Therefore, nowadays, there are fewer and fewer descendants of princes who have a luck mentality.
Without further ado, Jiang Chen took a short rest and went out.
The four brothers from Shengziying sent Jiang Chen out of the royal capital and then stopped. According to the rules, if they sent one more step, Jiang Chen would most likely be judged as cheating.
After leaving the royal capital, Jiang Chen rushed on his horse. After galloping for about a hundred and twenty miles, he saw a large canyon. Jiang Chen jumped on his horse, his body suddenly flew into the air, and he let the horse jump down into the deep valley.
And Jiang Chen himself turned over in the air, landed on the ground, and galloped towards another winding path. After a few ups and downs, his figure disappeared into the vast wilderness.
After about a cup of tea, where Jiang Chen jumped on his horse, a dozen figures fell down. The leader of them was none other than Long San, a dead soldier of the Long Tenghou Mansion.
Long San covered his face at this moment, and with a pair of sinister eyes, he patrolled around, and cursed bitterly: "Jiang Chen, this kid, is a thief. When the aura reaches here, it disperses. Here in the vast wilderness, it is
I don’t know where he went.”
"Third Master, what should we do?"
Long San looked at the terrain again and said: "This is the only place here. Our troops are divided into three groups and chase each other. Remember, whoever kills Jiang Chen's son will be rewarded with a reward of 100,000, be made the master of the palace, and eat eight
Thousands of households.”
The temptation of a fiefdom bounty is irresistible. What’s more, this task is just to kill a descendant of a prince, so it is not difficult!
Soon, the three groups of people were assigned, and they started searching according to the three lines.
When Jiang Chen came to this world, although it was his first time out of the royal capital, the memories of his previous life were enough for him to cope with these situations.
It is about five thousand miles from the royal capital to the Tianhu territory. A good horse in this world can usually travel three thousand miles a day. And a high-level Zhenqi realm warrior can also travel three thousand miles a day if he travels with all his strength.
Of course, no high-level warrior would waste his true energy on the road. Jiang Chen is no exception. From the map, you can reach a large village after passing through this winding path and crossing several mountain ridges. And this village,
But it is a relatively famous pasture that is rich in fine horses in the area.
About an hour later, Jiang Chen came to the road at the entrance of the village. He did not enter the village, but spent a lot of money to buy a good horse that could travel five thousand miles a day.
After changing his mount, Jiang Chen didn't stay for a moment and flew towards Tiantian Lake Leader.
In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Jiang Chen would occasionally choose some remote roads. He would rather take some detours than create unnecessary complications.
In this way, it took Jiang Chen four days to travel five thousand miles before entering the Tianhu territory.
In the past few days, Jiang Chen had done nothing except rushing. Every night, Jiang Chen would take out some of the history of the lotus picker's crimes and do some research.
After a few days, Jiang Chen also gained quite a bit.
First of all, Jiang Chen can confirm that the area where this lotus collector commits crimes never exceeds the Tianhu Territory. Among the ten state capitals in the Tianhu Territory, the three lotus collectors who have committed crimes are Chiyue, Heisen, and Jushi.
There are more state capitals, and there are a few remaining state capitals that occasionally appear once or twice, but the frequency is not high.
Jiang Chen spread out the map of the Tianhu territory and thought about it for a while. Judging from the topography of the three capitals of Chiyue, Heisen and Jushi, they showed a Z-shaped distribution.
Relatively speaking, the terrain of these three state capitals is relatively complex, which is conducive to the actions of lotus collectors.
"This flower-picking thief has great light skills, but his strength must be average, so he rarely travels long distances to commit crimes. In this case, this thief must have lairs in those three states. As the saying goes, if he can
It is much easier to find a thief's nest and hunt down the thief."
Jiang Chen more or less figured out some clues.
On the fifth day, Jiang Chen entered Jushi State. There was a reason why he chose Jushi State first instead of Chiyue State, which had the most crimes.
According to the previous crime patterns, this lotus picker has succeeded twice in a row in Chiyue Prefecture. As for Hesse Prefecture, which is adjacent to Chiyue Prefecture, the precautions should be tighter.
There is a big mountain between Jushi Prefecture and Chiyue Prefecture. Chiyue Prefecture is to the south of the mountain and Jushi Prefecture is to the north of the mountain. Separated by a big mountain, the transmission of information will be relatively blocked.
Jiang Chen speculated that this lotus collector might choose to take action in Jushi State!