Next to Shenji Peak, where Shenji Taoist Academy is located, there is a peak that is much higher than it. The cave of Yu Chuan, the director of Shenji Taoist Academy, is located on the mountainside of this peak.
"Come in."
Song Xinghe lowered his head and stood guard in front of the stone door of the cave. As a response came from inside the door, the stone door opened automatically, revealing a dark passage for him.
Stepping on the first half of the stone path, Song Xinghe completely escaped into the darkness. As he walked deeper and deeper, candlesticks gradually appeared on the two stone walls. Although the ignited flames were weak, they made him relax.
Tight heartstrings.
After walking in the long and narrow tunnel for as long as a cup of tea, his vision suddenly became brighter. At the end of the tunnel, there was a very wide cave.
In the center of the cave, Yu Chuan was sitting at his desk.
The dean of Shenji Taoist Academy waved to his beloved disciple and called him to his side.
After Song Xinghe sat opposite him, Yu Chuan asked, "Have you been to Xiaozhu Peak?"
Song Xinghe knelt down opposite Yu Chuan, his head calm, not daring to look into his eyes. Faced with Yu Chuan's question, he nodded respectfully.
"Then...according to your guess, what is his current strength?"
Song Xinghe did not answer this question immediately, but after pondering for a while, he said in a deep voice: "In the entire outer mountain, only Baili Yangqiu and Zhang Chengtian can take over my screen swordsmanship without any damage..."
"Oh?" Although Song Xinghe didn't finish his words, Yu Chuan already understood, and this answer surprised him.
Screen Swordsmanship is the most powerful swordsmanship collected in the Waishan Zanggong Pavilion, and it is also among the best in the world's intermediate swordsmanship. This swordsmanship is famous for its decisiveness and ruthlessness. It is precisely because of his guidance that Song Xinghe became the screen swordsman early.
Only when you have mastered swordsmanship to a great level can you stand out in last year's academy examination.
"Another year has passed, and your current swordsmanship..."
"Yes, Master, the screen swordsmanship has been perfected."
"..."
Yu Chuan fell silent.
If what his disciple said is correct, wouldn't Su Xing's strength be as strong as that of Baili Yangqiu from Xuanguang Taoist Academy?
It seemed that Yu Feng didn't lie to him. Su Xing really used his own strength to destroy You Yaqin's cultivation.
Yu Chuan narrowed his eyes and his expression gradually became serious.
Before entering the Mingyang River, he was just a young man who had reached the level of Huayuan Realm. In just one month, he had broken through to the Perfection Realm and gained the strength to kill You Yaqin.
Combined with what the Law Enforcement Hall said about the birth of a strange treasure, Yu Chuan had a guess in his mind - Su Xing absorbed the strange treasure!
"Master?" Seeing that Yu Chuan had not spoken for a long time, Song Xinghe raised his head and looked at him.
"Ahem," Yu Chuan came back to his senses, "It doesn't matter, you don't know only one screen swordsmanship. Neither Baili Yangqiu nor Su Xing can be your opponent."
"Then this time in the academy examination...can the disciples kill me?" Song Xinghe stared into Yu Chuan's eyes as he spoke, with a hint of anticipation clearly showing on his face.
"I'm afraid not."
However, Yu Chuan's response made him stare, feeling a little surprised.
"Why?" Song Xinghe leaned forward and leaned on the long desk, seeming to question the other party, "Didn't you say that the elders of Baidu Peak have agreed to accept me as a disciple, so you don't need to worry about the deacons of the Law Enforcement Hall?
"
"sit down."
The cold words were like a ball of cold water. While extinguishing Song Xinghe's anger, they also gave him a chill in his heart as he realized who he was talking to.
"sorry."
He knelt down on the side of the long table again and lowered his head again.
"It's not that I won't let you kill me, but I'm afraid you won't have such a chance in this college examination."
"What... does this mean?"
"Last night, the three main peaks sent an elder to supervise this academy examination. He told me that there are some changes in the assessment content of this academy examination."
"change?"
"The elder didn't explain it to me in detail, but from what he said, it seems that the core of this academy examination is no longer a competition between disciples, but something else."
Hearing these words, Song Xinghe felt shocked.
The Wanjian Sect has been established for hundreds of thousands of years, and although the method for outer sect disciples to advance to the inner sect has been changing, in recent decades, it has finally been unified under the suggestions of a group of elders.
The proposal of the elders of the three main peaks is to use the actual combat ability of the outer sect disciples as the first assessment indicator to judge whether they are qualified to enter the inner sect.
"A warrior can only contribute to the sect if he possesses strong combat power." This is a sentence recorded in every academy book.
Therefore, in the past few decades, the college examinations have been based on the winning or losing of the competition among the participating disciples to determine the qualifications.
And now you want to change the method?
"Don't ask too much about this matter. With your strength, no matter what the assessment content is, entering the main peak is an indisputable fact. Without talking about this, I have one more thing to ask you to do."
"Master, please speak."
Yu Chuan raised his head and looked at the stone wall in front of him.
The candles burning in the cave illuminated the entire stone wall. Song Xinghe followed Yu Chuan's line of sight and saw names written all over the stone wall.
He raised his eyebrows. He was very familiar with these names. The people on the list were all disciples of the same Taoist Academy as him.
After seeing his name prominently engraved at the top of the list, he probably knew that the rankings on this list were the same as those on the local list, divided by strength.
Yu Chuan stared at the stone wall for a few breaths, and his eyes finally stopped on the fifth name.
"Ask Gao Yi to go to Xiaozhu Peak and keep an eye on Su Xing to see if there is anything strange about him. If you find anything, come back and tell me immediately."
Song Xinghe was slightly startled when he heard this, and then asked: "Is it okay to just let Gao Yi stare at it?"
He was a little confused about the master's request. If it was to eliminate Su Xing, why would he send Gao Yi, whose strength was obviously weaker than the opponent's?
And if the purpose is not that, and it is just for Gao Yi to monitor the other party, what is the use in less than a week?
"That's right, just stare and don't make any unnecessary movements."
"Disciple understands." Song Xinghe finally chose to obey his master's will and stop interfering.
…
Half a day later, in front of the entrance of Duanyang Forest.
Although it is already early winter, Duanyang Forest seems to have its own unique ecosystem, which is not disturbed by the changes of the seasons and is still a green shade.
Gao Yi, who had put on a black outfit, hid in a patch of grass. After taking off his conspicuous red robe, he was very sure that it would be difficult for the other party to find him.
When Song Xinghe told him that spying on the other party was a request from the dean, although Gao Yi didn't know the story behind it, he didn't dare to neglect it. After changing his clothes, he immediately set off for Xiaozhu Peak.
If he can successfully complete the tasks entrusted to him by the dean, he will surely receive a considerable reward.
Gao Yi, who was hiding in the grass, felt excited just thinking about it.
It's just that he felt a little strange about Su Xing's behavior. There was only the last week before the academy examination. The disciples in the Taoist academy who were preparing to take part in the academy examination were all working hard to practice, trying to make themselves better before the academy examination began.
powerful.
But Su Xing, not long after he arrived at Xiaozhu Peak, first flew to Xuanguang Taoist Temple on a crane. After visiting an outstanding female disciple in front of the gate of Xuanguang Taoist Temple, he continued to fly here on a crane.
.
When everyone is still working hard, why does he still have free time to find a female disciple to fall in love with?
Maybe there's another hidden story behind this matter?
All kinds of phenomena indicate that there is indeed some secret hidden in him.
Gao Yi suddenly felt admiration for the dean again, and sighed in his heart that the dean really had amazing eyesight.
Two years ago, it was the dean who accepted Song Xinghe as his disciple among the many new disciples and trained him to be the number one on the earth rankings today.
And today, two years later, the dean asked him to follow this person. Does this mean that this disciple named Su Xing has some treasure hidden in him?
Spiritual objects, spiritual weapons or martial arts secrets?
Or...that thing called a spiritual formation?
Gao Yi thought of the rumors about Su Xing circulating in the Taoist Academy, and recalled that the other party seemed to be a person called a spiritual formation master.
While he was still guessing, he suddenly saw Su Xing walking towards Duanyang Forest and disappeared from his sight in the blink of an eye.
"Oh shit!"
Gao Yi cursed secretly and quickly jumped out of the bushes, running in the direction where Su Xing disappeared.