Xu Jiying raised his head slightly, and his slightly dull eyes fell on the tall tower on the opposite north side. A certain kind of brilliance burst out from the depths of his dull eyes.
"The five of you go to the lounge first! This competition will not be hosted by our Xulong family, but by people from the Xuyan King's Court!" Xu Jiying tilted his head slightly and said calmly to the five people behind him.
Xu Zhou frowned slightly, feeling rather puzzled in his heart. All previous competitions of the three major families were jointly hosted by the three major families, and Xu Yan Wang Ting never interfered.
After all, the share of Shenxu Mountain Spring is the bet of their three major families, and has nothing to do with the King of Xuyan Palace.
This time, Xu Yan Wang Ting suddenly intervened and changed some of the rules of the competition without authorization. Xu Zhou was very confused and didn't know what kind of medicine Xu Yan Wang Ting was selling in the gourd.
But he also knew that, as the actual ruler of the Xuyan Realm, the Royal Court of Xuyan had absolute authority.
The Xulong Family has been developing very rapidly recently, and has surpassed the other two major families. It is equally popular, but it does not dare to compete with such a behemoth as Xu Yan Wang Ting, so it can only obey the latter's orders.
After the Xulong family's team entered the southern tower, the arena was already buzzing with people, and everyone was looking forward to the start of the competition.
But they also know that they still need to wait for one more team, and that is the team representing the King of Hell's Court.
Sure enough, not long after, a golden divine ship cut through the sky, appeared above the Hanging City, and finally landed next to the high platform on the north side of the arena.
The golden divine ship is obviously much more advanced and more powerful than the divine ships of the three major families. It has the elegance and nobility of the royal family and is extraordinary.
On the spacious deck, there was only one figure standing.
He has gray hair on his temples and wears a splendid suit of red and gold intertwined. He is very tall, at least nearly two meters tall, and looks like a little giant.
But his kind demeanor and kind face were in sharp contrast to his huge body.
"Jin Yaojun, one of the three kings of Xuyanwangting!"
Seeing this tall man who looked like a little giant, many monks in the arena took a breath of cold air, their eyes showing a faint look of awe.
After Jin Yaojun arrived at the arena, the heads of the three major families also walked out of the tower with their respective contestants and bowed in the direction of Jin Yaojun.
Under Li Shuo's explanation, Zhuo Wen also understood the lofty status of Jin Yaojun in the Court of the King of Hell.
The highest authority of the Xuyan King's Court is composed of one king and three monarchs. The first king is the Xuyan King, and the three monarchs are the Dark God Lord, Lei Yue Lord and Jin Yao Lord.
If the three monarchs are separated, their rights and status are not as good as those of the King of Xu Yama. If the three monarchs are together, the King of Xu Yama will be afraid of three points. This shows how high the status of the three monarchs in the court of the King of Xu Yama is.
Jin Yaojun smiled slightly, waved his hand to tell everyone not to be polite, and said with a smile: "I am honored to be able to preside over this competition between the three major families."
"Here, I would also like to thank the heads of the three great families for their tolerance and for allowing us, Xu Yan Wang Ting, to make this unkind request! If there are any imperfections, the three heads of the family must forgive me!"
Mi Haomiao hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Jin Yaojun, you are so polite. It is our honor to be able to contribute to the Xuyan King's Court!"
Li Yinglong and Xu Jiying didn't even dare to say so.
Jin Yaojun raised the corner of his mouth slightly in appreciation and continued: "Three family heads, according to the regulations between you and the king, the martial arts part of this competition is decided by your three major families, but this martial arts part is arranged by our royal court!
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"As for the order of martial and literary fights, the three of them will decide! We at Xuyanwangting never force others to do anything difficult."
The three masters looked at each other, without any discussion, and said in unison: "Of course the literary fight begins!"
The smile on the corner of Jin Yaojun's mouth became stronger and stronger. He no longer pretended to be humble, and said quite hypocritically: "Since the three family heads have mentioned this, I will not be respectful!"
After saying that, Jin Yaojun jumped down from the high tower in the north, his whole body emitting a sharp and dazzling golden light, and fell into the center of the arena.
When everyone's eyes involuntarily fell on Jin Yaojun, the latter took out a stone slab from his sleeve robe.
The shape of this stone slab is an irregular square, about one foot long and wide. There are many strange scratches on the surface of the stone slab, as if they were scratched by many different sharp instruments.
However, although these scratches are strange and irregular, they cover the surface of the stone slab, giving people an unfathomable sense of harmony.
It's like the many scratches on the stone slab are combined to form some kind of inseparable pattern.
Zhuo Wen's eyes involuntarily fell on the slate in Jin Yaojun's hand. In an instant, he found that the strange scratches on the surface of the slate began to twist and squirm, condensing into a certain pattern toward the center of the slate.
When Zhuo Wen wanted to see clearly the pattern formed by many scratches, his eyes suddenly went dark, causing him to shift his gaze involuntarily.
When he returned his gaze to the stone slab, he found that the scratches on the surface of the stone slab were still scattered everywhere, and did not condense together to form a certain pattern as he had just seen.
"Was it an illusion just now? Or is there some kind of power inside this stone slab that is interfering with me?"
Zhuo Wen frowned, with a hint of fear and caution in his eyes. The stone slab Jin Yaojun took out was not simple.
"This is...a fragment of an ancient stone slab?"
Li Yinglong, who was standing in front of Zhuo Wen, could no longer remain calm when he saw the slate in Jin Yaojun's hand. His body trembled and he murmured involuntarily.
Li Ying, Li Zi and the other four people also looked shocked, as if they were shocked by some kind of miracle.
The expressions of the people from the Xulong Family and the Xuqi Family on the other two sides are also very rich.
"Fragments of ancient stone tablets?"
Zhuo Wen looked puzzled. This was the first time he had heard of this so-called ancient stone slab, but just from the word Taigu, it can be seen that this so-called ancient stone slab is very likely to have some connection with the ancient stars.
He originally wanted to quietly ask Li Shuo about the ancient slate, but the latter's attention was completely attracted by the fragments of the ancient slate in Jin Yaojun's hand, so he gave up the idea.
His eyes fell back on Jin Yaojun in the center of the arena. He knew that if the latter took out the fragments of the ancient stone slab, he would naturally give some explanation for it.
"Jin Yaojun, do you plan to use this fragment of the ancient stone slab as the content of the literary battle?"
Xu Jiying's pale face showed a trace of thought. He regained his composure and asked in a deep voice.
"Yes! This is also the king's decision! There is an abandoned space within the ancient stone slab. It is said to be a space, but in fact it should be more of an abandoned maze!"
"This maze is mysterious, weird, and seems to have no solution! Even the great king has not solved all the levels of the maze. I want to use this as a literary battle. You won't object, right?" Jin Yaojun said with a smile.
The three masters looked at each other, Jin Yaojun had already mentioned this, could they still object?
However, they were full of doubts. The ancient stone fragments were the highest taboo in the royal court and were kept in the most secret place of the royal court.
Why does King Xuyan regard this object as the literary part of the competition? Is there another deeper meaning?