It wasn’t until he saw Zhanghua Fucheng with his own eyes that Xu Chong finally understood why Canglong, a county with tens of thousands of people, was considered by Fu Yuanlong to be a ‘small county with only ten thousand mouths’.
Standing on the official road and looking at it, it is just a city wall that extends east and west to the point where it is almost difficult to see.
Judging from the fact that most of the city's shapes are close to square, the city probably covers an area of more than 100,000 acres.
At this point, Zhanghua Mansion is only one of the thirteen prefectures in Yongzhou Province. It is really hard to imagine how big Fengyang Mansion, as a provincial government office, can be.
A few miles south of the city, there are two small cities like acropolis in the east and west.
One is the garrison station of Zhanghua Mansion, and the other is the destination of Xu Chong and others, the Blood Clothes Guard Qianhu Station.
"I'm finally back, drive!"
Yang Xiong hit his horse and led everyone towards the acropolis on the east side.
Before they even reached the bottom of the city, nearly a hundred crossbows were pointed at them from the top of the city, until Yang Xiong took out a token and shook it.
——Zhiya.
The city gate opened and everyone filed in.
"Okay, newcomers stay here, someone will come to assess you later."
Yang Xiong got off his horse and left without saying a word.
About ten people separated from the team and left with Yang Xiong's horse.
Xu Chong looked around curiously.
Rather than saying that this Qianhusuo is a small city, it is better to say that it is a chair-shaped earth building that has been enlarged many times.
In the middle is a wide open-air school ground, surrounded by meandering buildings on all sides. The north side has five floors, one level higher than the other three sides.
Among them, a huge platform extends from the second floor in the north. If nothing else, it should be the Dianjiang Platform.
"I have to say, this design is quite reasonable."
Xu Chong was thoughtful.
Once there is an emergency and an emergency gathering is needed, everyone can rush to the school field in the middle as quickly as possible-jumping off the building.
Anyway, the highest point is only about ten meters, so a warrior cannot be killed by a fall.
While I was thinking about it, people around me started whispering.
"Hey brother, you're already wearing a bloody robe, why do you still need to take an exam?"
"I used to be a centurion at the garrison."
"It turned out to be a centurion. I'm disrespectful...but what does this have to do with the assessment?"
"So much nonsense, you will know later."
The person being asked waved his hand impatiently, as if he was not in a good mood.
Just like him, the others wearing bloody robes but still staying there all had expressions on their faces as if someone owed him money.
"Hmph... How dare a centurion who is just a humble centurion dare to be so arrogant. Those who didn't know better thought he was a centurion in blood."
The person who asked the question cursed in a low voice, turned around and saw Xu Chong, his eyes suddenly became eager.
In his opinion, Xu Chong also came from the county government system and was very likely to become a small flag. Now was the opportunity to curry favor with him.
Unfortunately, Xu Chong had no such plan and glanced at him lightly.
The man paused on his feet and looked resentful, but he did not dare to scold Xu Chong.
About two-quarters of an hour later, a figure jumped out from the third floor of the east building and floated lightly to the dianjiang platform.
Sure enough, he jumped off the building.
Xu Chong's expression moved slightly.
The person who came was in his early forties, with a short beard, and the bloody robe he wore was at the level of a general banner.
"My name is Kou Ruohai, and I am responsible for your review and assessment. You can call me Mr. Kou."
"The review examines the background, and the assessment examines the strength."
"There is only one standard in terms of background. As long as there is any suspicion of contamination with Taiping Dao, it will be deemed unqualified."
"But you are very good, you have passed this test."
Kou Ruohai's eyes swept over him lightly, "What's left is strength."
After speaking, Kou Ruohai waved his hand.
Wow.
The doors on the east, west, and south sides opened, and dozens of blood-clothed captains came out and gathered in front of the crowd.
About ten of them were familiar faces who came back with Xu Chong and others.
"There is only one standard for strength. If you are fighting in the same realm and can still stand even after holding on to a stick of incense, you are qualified."
As soon as Kou Ruohai finished speaking, the four people from the county government looked happy.
Fighting in the same realm? And you only need to hold on to a stick of incense?
This is too simple!
Not to mention one stick of incense, ten sticks of incense are enough!
These few people did not notice at all that the dozens of people who were already wearing blood-clothed sneers, with mocking eyes.
"This is just the captain's assessment."
Kou Ruohai changed the topic and looked at Xu Chong, "Xiao Qi's assessment is that he can still stand even though he is surrounded by five school captains... Oh, blindly dodging will be deemed as failure."<
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As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed wildly, including Xu Chong.
On the way here, Yang Xiong briefly introduced the blood-clothed guard system.
To put it simply, almost every five realms correspond to a level.
The fifth level of Kaiqiao corresponds to the small flag, the first level of Tongmai corresponds to the general banner, the fifth level of Tongmai corresponds to a hundred households, and the tenth level of Tongmai corresponds to a thousand households.
Of course, this kind of correspondence only means that you have that qualification. It does not mean that you can be directly promoted when you reach this level. You still have to pass the assessment.
The so-called assessment is the same for each level. You can fight to the death with the blood-clothed guards at that level.
The captain versus the captain, the small flag against the small flag, the general flag against the general flag...
However, why did the Xiaoqi assessment turn into beating five captains when it came to my place???
Have you ever been beaten?
Of course I can.
His real strength is that he can defeat fifty captains, let alone five captains.
But the problem is that he can only show the strength of the seventh level of awakening...
Unless none of the five captains are above the third level of awakening, there is only a glimmer of hope.
However, this is no longer possible.
This kind of battle is clearly targeted and will definitely leave no room for it.
If nothing else goes wrong, those five captains are at least the fourth level of enlightenment... no, it is even possible that they failed to be promoted to the fifth level.
"I've just arrived, so I haven't had the chance to offend anyone yet, right?"
Xu Chong was puzzled.
"Of course, if you are afraid, you can also choose to take the captain's assessment. Oh no, there is no need to take the assessment. With your seventh-level enlightenment strength, you can directly become a captain."
The corners of Kou Ruohai's mouth raised slightly, "How about it, which one do you choose?"
Xu Chong narrowed his eyes: "Xiaoqi."
"Oh? You're quite brave."
Kou Ruohai was a little surprised, then waved his hand and said, "Then, let's get started."
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All the blood-clad captains dispersed instantly, each naming their assigned opponents.
And when only the five captains were left in front of Xu Chong, Xu Chong suddenly jumped up, and as fast as lightning, he ran to a person in an instant and landed a fierce palm.
His purpose is clear.
Since there is no rule to shout start, let's take a preemptive strike and knock down one of these five people before they react.
If there are only four people left, even if they are all at the fifth level, the pressure will be far less than five people at the fourth level.
It shouldn't be a problem to resist another stick of incense later.
With this palm, Xu Chong locked the six meridians that had been opened and mobilized the acupoints that had not been opened, just showing the power of the seventh level of opening the orifices.
This power is not strong, but in theory it is enough to make the fifth level of Kaiqiao instantly lose their combat effectiveness.
The target was indeed as expected. He had no time to avoid it and was hit hard in the chest by this palm. The whole person stumbled back several feet.
However, Xu Chong not only did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but also retreated and distanced himself, his expression became solemn.
"That's true!"
The slap just now did hit the unsuspecting captain.
But that weird feedback reminded Xu Chong of a previous scene.
That time at the gate of the county government office, Yang Xiong was unprepared and received a slap from him, but he was injured but not dead.
At that time, Xu Chong felt two strange feedbacks in succession.
First, when his arm passed through Fu Yuanlong's body, his strength felt obviously reduced. Then when it fell on Yang Xiong, he also felt the same feeling of being reduced, but the reduction was not as strong as Fu Yuanlong's. Afterwards, Xu Chong guessed that the blood robe of the blood robe was not a mortal thing.
But what I didn’t expect was that the lowest-ranking captain in the blood robe was so powerful...
Xu Chong narrowed his eyes and thought about countermeasures.
At this time, the repelled captain had already surrounded him with several other people, looking extremely sinister.
"Damn it! Guys, please pay attention. This guy won't hold back at all. I'm afraid he knows that the blood-stained clothes can reduce his strength."
The man cursed and spat out blood-streaked saliva.
"No one told him this before..."
Kou Ruohai, who was on the general stage, suddenly opened his mouth and said something faintly.
"What...!!!"
The man was stunned for a moment, then his expression suddenly changed when he realized what he was doing.
If Xu Chong didn't know that blood clothes can reduce his strength before, it means that that palm was aimed at killing him!
"What a cruel boy, I originally planned to beat you up, but now..."
The man said and looked at his companion.
The other four people quickly understood what he meant and became excited.
"Okay, okay, we failed to become Xiaoqi, it would be good to kill this guy as Xiaoqi to relieve his anger."
"Hey, we haven't examined dead people in our institute for a long time."
"..."
At the same time, on the fifth floor of the North Building, two people stood leaning on the railing, watching the scene on the school field.
One is Ge Wanshan, a man with thousands of households in blood clothes, and the other is slightly darker-skinned, Duan Yuanming, the prefect of Zhanghua Prefecture.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, are the Xiaoqi assessments in your institute so brutal?"
Duan Yuanming shook his head and smiled.
He didn't pay much attention to the other captains who were fighting against each other. They were very common, but the five against one was the first time he saw them.
"It's not like that. It seems that the general flag that brought him back was set up by him to deliberately target him."
Ge Wanshan looked relaxed and did not take the following scene seriously at all.
"Knock?"
Duan Yuanming was surprised, "This man can participate in Xiaoqi's assessment at such a young age. Isn't he a noble son from Beijing?"
"It's really not."
Ge Wanshan shook his head, "The reason why he has the seventh level of enlightenment is because his father has been a historian in Canglong County for more than ten years. Because his own qualifications were too poor, he exchanged all his contributions for big medicine to lay the foundation for him." p>
"Canglong?"
Duan Yuanming's eyes flashed slightly, and he asked calmly: "No, how much contribution does a classic historian have? Can he exchange enough medicine to lay the foundation, and can he also exchange so many layers of exercises for him?"
"Oh, this."
Ge Wanshan touched his chin, "Master Fu, do you still remember Fu Yuanlong?"
"Remember, the hundred households whose bodies were dismembered by Wei Wuxie."
Duan Yuanming nodded, "What's wrong?"
"Fu Yuanlong received a large number of rewards for reporting Canglong's secrets."
Ge Wanshan said, pointing to Xu Chong below, "In fact, the person who really analyzed this matter is this boy named Xu Chong."
"..."
Duan Yuanming's expression was dull for a moment, and then returned to normal in an instant, and asked puzzledly: "In that case, a young man with a good mind should be worthy of training. What did he do to be targeted in this way?
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"This is interesting to say. My subordinate thought he was some great talent, and asked him a lot of questions on the way back. But when he came back, he checked the files and found out..."
Ge Wanshan looked teasing, "It's not impossible to rely on big medicine to lay the foundation, but it is just big medicine after all. It can only support him to the ninth level of enlightenment. If he wants to break through the meridians, he still has to rely on his own qualifications... The key is to have his father in front, his
The qualifications can be imagined.”
"That's it."
Duan Yuanming nodded thoughtfully.
At this time, there was movement among the six people confronting each other below.
The five captains suddenly jumped up and attacked at the same time, blocking all directions Xu Chong could avoid.
This wave of joint efforts, with all ten palms coming out, destined Xu Chong to have no choice but to fight head-on.
But Xu Chong only has four hands and feet combined. He can only block two people at most. The rest can only be blocked with his body.
As long as you hit it, if you are lucky, you will be seriously injured and disabled, if you are not lucky, you will die.
Everyone thinks so.
Whether it was the five captains, Kou Ruhai, Ge Wanshan, or Duan Yuanming who were watching the battle, they all thought so.
Only Xu Chong himself doesn’t think so.
"Indeed...if I get hit, I might die."
"Because I can't expose more realms, it means I can't mobilize more energy."
"Without more energy flowing around my body, my ability to resist blows is the same as the seventh level of enlightenment."
"But it's a pity... In addition to strength, I also have wind-breaking hands!"
Xu Chong's eyes sharpened, the muscles on his shoulders and back squirmed ferociously, and his hands suddenly came out, bringing up an afterimage.
Bang bang bang bang...
A series of extremely dense muffled sounds.
Almost at the same time, Xu Chong blocked all the attacks, causing the five captains to retreat continuously.
At this moment, everyone was stunned. Even the examiners and the examinees who were fighting against each other were attracted by the dense muffled sound and stopped to look over.
The five captains and Kou Ruohai all had their eyes wide open, as if they were seeing a ghost.
Ge Wanshan, who had been paying attention to the situation below, even exclaimed: "Zhe Feng Hand?!"
——Whoosh!
A figure suddenly arrived, and Ge Wanshan landed directly in front of Xu Chong: "What you just used is the martial art of Wind Breaking Hand?"
Xu Chongwei, who was about to pursue the victory, paused and nodded warily: "It is indeed this."
"Really?!"
Ge Wanshan became excited, "How far have you practiced... No, how much has your strength increased?"
"Only 20%."
Xu Chong opened his eyes and told lies, but he was not afraid of being recognized.
First, what he just revealed is indeed only a 20% increase in strength and skills.
Second, Fu Yuanlong said that most of the blood-clad guards would practice this martial art, but so far no one has become famous.
Even if he is exposed more, I'm afraid these people won't be able to tell.
But what Xu Chong didn't expect was that just this "20%" answer left Ge Wanshan completely stunned.
"Two percent... two... percent?"
Ge Wanshan murmured to himself, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, "Come on, slap me, and use the move just now, with your strongest strength!"
"This..."
Xu Chong hesitated.
"Just come and beat me. I am at the tenth level of Tongmai. Are you afraid of beating me to death? It's my mother-in-law's fault."
Ge Wanshan said something dissatisfied, untied his blood robe to reveal the white lining, and brought his chest to Xu Chong, "Come on, hit here."
"..."
Xu Chong felt a little nervous, but he knew that this was to test himself, so he had to cheer up and follow the instructions obediently.
Cheer up, naturally in order not to expose more power.
So, a palm with the seventh level of Qiaoqiao strength plus a 20% increase in strength hit Ge Wanshan directly in the chest.