Xu Luo was stunned when he heard this, and finally closed his mouth unwillingly.
At this moment, Yan Zhenren, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly sat up, with a rare expression of caution on his usually unpretentious old face.
"The assessment will officially begin in three days. You must be fully prepared in the past few days. This time, Patriarch Qingren will be in charge of the overall situation, and all the real people from the Upper House will come out to observe in person.
Don’t be complacent just because you’ve had a few smooth battles before, that’s because you haven’t met those geniuses of your generation who really stand out.”
Xu Luo's heart trembled, and he quickly nodded respectfully in response.
Yan Zhenren obviously didn't want to talk anymore, so he lay down directly after giving instructions. Qiu Jieyi showed an encouraging smile on his face.
"Don't belittle yourself too much. The old smoker is just a tough talker. If you were really unworthy, the old smoker wouldn't have taken a liking to you at first sight.
Go ahead, as you just said, don’t let me and the old smoker down."
Walking out of the back hall, Xu Luo was still in a daze. The news that followed quietly revealed a secret corner of the Fairyland, which made him feel a little unreal.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered that in three days it would be the winter solstice of this year!
Winter solstice, winter solstice, winter is coming...
Xu Luo suddenly felt that the surroundings were inexplicably cold, and the setting sun above was as weak as a social animal who had just walked into the company door early in the morning.
With only three days left, Xu Luo simply moved into the Tiankuifang Bell Tower, which was originally built to facilitate monitoring of Tiankuifang.
Starting from here, no matter where you arrive in Tiankuifang, it will take the least time.
I don't know if it was Xu Luo's illusion, but it seemed to have become much quieter in the past two nights. Even the strange things that kept causing chaos seemed to have been hidden and recuperating.
The cold wind carried a faint fishy smell and surrounded the empty attic. Xu Luo sat in front of a low table. It was rare that he had not practiced any practice. The impermanence knife in his hand reflected a dim and cold light in the bright candlelight.
He kept wiping the long and narrow blade with a cloth, which was as clean as new. The many messy thoughts accumulated over such a long time seemed to be dissipated with the monotonous movements of up and down.
Suddenly the cold wind outside suddenly stopped, and Xu Luo chuckled lightly without even raising his head.
"You're already here, what's there to be embarrassed about?"
Before he finished speaking, Qi Taishan appeared in front of him with a silly smile on his face.
"Brother Bai, the assessment will officially start tomorrow. I really can't sleep tonight, so I just came to accompany my elder brother."
Xu Luo stood up with a knife in his hand, his whole aura suddenly changed, and murderous intent surged crazily towards Mount Qitai like a tidal wave.
The smile on Qi Taishan's face froze, and his mind instantly went blank. He felt that the familiar face in front of him suddenly became extremely ugly, almost like a ferocious beast that was trying to choose someone to devour.
Seeing that his mind was about to collapse, hazy red and black light spontaneously spewed out from his body, wrapping him tightly like a big silkworm cocoon.
At the same time, the water and fire dragon that he had seen once appeared on Qitaishan's shoulder, grinning and roaring crazily at Xu Luo.
Huh?
There was a look of surprise on Xu Luo's face, but he immediately realized that with Qi Taishan's status, it would be strange if he didn't even have this little protective measure.
He did not use any more momentum, hung the Impermanence Knife back on his waist and sat back down in front of the table.
After a while, Qi Taishan finally came back to his senses. He looked at Xu Luo who was sitting upright with fear on his face. He could see the peaceful expression on his face that seemed to be a smile but not a smile. Qi Taishan suddenly felt blessed and blurted out subconsciously.
"Brother, what happened just now?"
Xu Luo waved to him and sighed after he sat down opposite.
"Tomorrow we will see the real chapter. Although you are not lacking in spiritual and supernatural powers, what you lack is the murderous spirit of going forward and fighting for the front line.
Presumably your elders should have mentioned this to you before leaving. Big brother can't teach you this, so I can only let you experience it in advance."
After Qi Taishan came back to his senses, his expression gradually became extremely cautious.
Of course, the Qi family has elders with advanced cultivation, so using this method is a piece of cake, but even if these people use the same method, the effect will probably not be good.
Because Qi Taishan knew that the other party would never do anything to him, so how could he experience the despair of life and death?
Although the killing intent that froze his soul just for a moment, the feeling of powerlessness was something Qi Taishan had never experienced in all these years.
Although he looks rough and straightforward on the surface, he is actually as smart as a fool, and it only takes him a moment to figure out the key points.
Qi Taishan let out a long sigh with a look of gratitude in his eyes, picked up the cold tea on the low table, bowed to Xu Luoxu, and drank it all in one gulp.
Xu Luo's eyes were a little strange, little brother, you can serve tea as long as you want, but why are you taking my cup?
Qi Taishan also reacted at this time and pushed the tea cup over again with a smile.
"I won't say thank you for your kindness. This time I have to accept my brother's kindness!"
Xu Luo stopped joking and waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to take it to heart.
"Don't say these polite words. From now on, we are all in the same boat. It is only right that we work together to get ashore together."
"Big brother is right. I happened to have brought some spiritual objects from home just in case I need them. Big brother will pick a few if they are useful."
Qi Taishan's eyes suddenly showed a hint of cunning, and he took a storage bag from his waist and dumped it on the ground.
Wow…
Talismans, elixirs, spiritual dew jade boxes, and all kinds of heavenly materials and earthly treasures were directly pushed into a small mountain.
Xu Luo's eyes twitched. This is what you said. Do you have no idea about money?
Qi Taishan looked at him eagerly, as if he was afraid that he would dislike it. Xu Luo was surprised and shook his head and laughed. He took out two pieces of spiritual dew from the hill and stuffed them into his strange fish bag.
"Okay, put everything away first. You are right to do this. It is always good to be prepared for any emergencies. I estimate that this assessment will not last too short."
When mentioning this, Qi Taishan also pretended to shake his head, but the palm of his hand hanging on his waist quietly pointed out a finger, and he shook it a few times as if Xu Luo couldn't see it.
Xu Luo's eyes narrowed and he moved away as if nothing had happened.
"Let's also seize the time to rest. I'm afraid it will be impossible to have such leisure in the future."
One finger? One day or one month…
No, there is a high probability that it is impossible, then it can only be one year!
The more Xu Luo thought about it, the more horrified he became. To put it simply, in the minds of the big guys in the Upper House, it would take at least nearly a year for people like him to clear out all the weird things that entered Black Turtle City.
But I don't know what others think. Xu Luo has never thought about spending so much time on one assessment.
Unless the people from the Kuei tribe this time are powerful beyond everyone's imagination.
Qi Taishan put away all the mountain-like spiritual objects again, his expression full of eagerness and anticipation but also a little uneasy.
"Brother, let's just wait until tomorrow. Oh, we should have to wait until late at night before those weird things dare to appear."
Xu Luo was about to answer, but something suddenly occurred to him and he smiled strangely.
"I remember you had a spiritual stove there just now. Take it out first."
Qi Taishan thought he was interested in this thing, so he subconsciously tried to persuade him.
"That thing was used by my brothers before when they were forced to learn alchemy. It was used in battles, but its power was not very good. Why don't you choose a few other spiritual objects..."
"Stop talking nonsense, take it out first and then talk."
Qi Taishan looked helpless and could only take out the alchemy furnace from the storage bag and hand it over.
To his surprise, Xu Luo did not put the alchemy furnace away, but placed it on the table. When he touched the furnace with black light surging from his palm, the furnace instantly froze into a ball of ice.
Xu Luo nodded with satisfaction. With a wave of his hand, the H-shaped lamp floated above the short table, and the little red candle flames buzzed as if they were stuck to the alchemy furnace.
Qi Taishan seemed to have thought of something incredible, and his mouth gradually opened wide enough to fit a small fist into it.
Xu Luo showed a rare expression of excitement on his face, and he took out a lot of ingredients like a magic trick. Only then did he heave a sigh of relief, his face full of emotion.
"It took me a lot of time to collect these good things. I have been very busy during this period and I have no time to spare. Fortunately, they will not go bad if they are placed in a storage bag."
Qi Taishan was dumbfounded as he watched a piece of unknown raw meat roll down to him, still dripping with blood, and then turned to look over with confusion.
"Brother, these things are just the most worthless flesh and blood of ferocious beasts. They will definitely not be able to produce any good treasures."
"Who told you these are used to refine things?"
Xu Luo turned his hand, and the five-color knife kept circling in his palm. He played with the knife like a spirited young man, and kept throwing various black or green flowers and fruit leaves into the stove.
Just a moment later, a strong aroma came from the stove, and Qi Taishan's eyes gradually changed from surprise to interest.
Men, who doesn't like fresh food?
When fine bubbles emerged from the ice water in the alchemy furnace, Xu Luo stopped his movements and smiled at Qi Taishan, who was almost close to the furnace.
"You know, my eldest brother comes from a small place, and he likes these unattractive things the most. Do you want to try them together?"
Qi Taishan did not speak, but fumbled around in his storage bag, and after a while he took out several jade bottles and handed them over.
"My little brother has always believed that whether something is good depends on whether it can be drunk, and whether it tastes good depends on who you drink it with.
These bottles of spiritual wine are the leftovers that my ancestors used to build my foundation, and they are just right for my use at this time."
Xu Luo was stunned for a moment without refusing, and took it easily. The two of them raised the bottle and touched it lightly, making a crisp sound, which could be heard far away in the dark and cold Black Turtle City late at night.
The two looked at each other, looked up to the sky with happy smiles on their faces and took a big sip. Qi Taishan imitated Xu Luo's movements and flew pieces of raw meat still dripping with blood into the alchemy furnace...
Neither of them deliberately tried to refine their drunkenness, and it didn't take long for them to become a little drunk. Xu Luo lazily leaned on the pillar of the bell tower behind him, looking at the sky in the distance with a somewhat blurred look.
Many years ago, on such a dark and cold night, I seemed to have drank like this!