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Chapter 223: Martial arts test, three rounds of despair

Guo Wei came alone.

Black Tiger has already served in Nancheng, and Wang Chao has also become a tiger general under Yang Shaorong. During the martial arts examination, the court is under martial law and the senior brothers are not allowed to leave without permission.

"Master."

Chu Linguang and Xuanyuan Jinkang went over to kowtow to their masters, and Eunuch Liu and Guo Wei both held them back.

Xuanyuan Jinkang said excitedly: "Master, my disciple's state of mind has reached the state of unity of heart and body, and has awakened eleven responses. This time I will take the martial arts test, and I will definitely be able to pass high school."

"Okay, you look like a completely different person in the past four months, and you finally have a successor as your teacher."

Eunuch Liu was very satisfied.

"Master, this disciple's state of mind has also reached the third level."

Chu Linguang also reported to Guo Wei.

"Well, good job."

Guo Wei nodded with satisfaction and did not ask Chu how many responses Lin Guang had awakened. However, Eunuch Liu was very curious and answered, "Lin Guang, how many responses have you awakened?"

Chu Linguang looked at Xuanyuan Jinkang and said truthfully: "Thirty-four ways."

"Chu Linguang entered the top five twice. When going up the mountain, his disciple almost lost the opportunity to soak in the blood pool to absorb energy. It was he who woke him up in time to prevent him from giving up halfway."

Xuanyuan Jinkang hesitated and said that he had not thanked Chu Linguang for this matter.

"Oh, okay, Chu Linguang, I would like to thank you on behalf of my disciple."

Eunuch Liu cupped his hands towards Chu Linguang and said.

"I don't dare. My father-in-law traveled thousands of miles that day just to save my life. I don't know how to repay this kindness."

Chu Linguang hurriedly bowed and said, even if he didn't have Eunuch Liu to entrust him, if he saw Xuanyuan Jinkang making a mistake, he would take the initiative to help him out of Eunuch Liu's face.

"Hahaha." Eunuch Liu couldn't help laughing and said to Guo Wei: "Master Guo has accepted a good apprentice. Our family has prepared enough food and wine. We will never stop getting drunk."

"Okay, hahaha!"

Guo Wei naturally would not refuse, and now he and Eunuch Liu have established a deep friendship.

In this way, the master and apprentice lived in Eunuch Liu's mansion.

After having enough wine and food.

Xuanyuan Jinkang revised his experience of swordsmanship and his transformation over the years into a book and gave it to Chu Linguang, saying: "Chu Linguang, until now I am very jealous of you and even hate you. I don't know why. You will always be one step ahead of me, but one day I will surpass you, thank you for holding me up on the mountain.”

"I'm waiting for that day to come."

Chu Linguang looked at Xuanyuan Jinkang's arrogant look and felt a little dumbfounded.

After he received Xuanyuan Jinkang's practice experience, a line of words appeared in front of his eyes.

(Help Xuanyuan Jinkang persist to the end and gain 3911 favor points.)

Chu Linguang checked the panel information.

Favor: 3911

Hunyuan Gong (0-10000)

Mood evolution method (42131-100000)

(Remaining life span 191 years)

As Chu Linguang's state of mind reached the third level and three or four responses were awakened from it, his lifespan also increased again.

In addition, the progress of the "Mind State Evolution Method" is also slowly improving. Even without the blessing of favor points, it has increased by more than 900 points in the past few months.

The higher the value of this skill, the easier it will be for Chu Linguang to find a tacit understanding between responses. Therefore, Chu Linguang used more than 3,000 points of favor points obtained from Xuanyuan Jinkang at once.

The panel information changes.

Favor: None

Mood evolution method (46042-100000)

Imperial City Academy practiced until the exams started. When Chu Linguang and Xuanyuan Jinkang came down from the mountain, there were only three days left to prepare before the exams started.

In the past three days, every candidate has been trying to improve their strength as much as possible, trying to awaken more response power, and the same goes for Xuanyuan Jinkang and Chu Linguang.

He finally found the tacit connection point between the thirty-three responses from different flesh and blood parts. Once these thirty-three responses are awakened at the same time, the strength will change significantly.

Even if the realm cannot be broken through, in the examination, the additional thirty-three responses can be used to obtain a better ranking.

Time flies, and three days pass by in a blink of an eye.

Regrettably, Chu Linguang failed to wake up the thirty-three responses at the critical moment, but his mentality was as usual, and he and Guo Wei came to wait outside the examination room early in the morning.

"Fifth brother!"

A familiar voice came.

"Four eldest brothers."

Chu Linguang turned around and looked overjoyed, seeing that it was the four people from the Magic Mountain.

"The four of them knew that you were going to take part in the examination, so they came with me in the name of escorting me."

The speaker is Cuckoo.

This year's martial arts examination is full of talents.

Although Du Juan won the first place in the local Taoist examination, she failed to get into the top three in the provincial examination and lost the opportunity to enter the Imperial City Academy to practice.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your support."

Chu Linguang said respectfully.

"Hmph, just call me by my name. It's no big deal. My grades are not as good as yours."

Du Juan said disgustedly.

"Then I'd better call you Miss Du!"

Chu Linguang scratched his head and said.

"You took the provincial examination half a year ago. The four of us were still injured and couldn't go to see you. Now the five of us brothers finally meet in the imperial city."

Magic Mountain sighed.

"We heard in Yunchuan City that you almost defeated Yan Zhen and won the second place in the provincial examination. We don't know how happy we are."

Mo Zheng patted Chu Linguang on the shoulder and said.

"My lord has been lamenting that the most correct thing the four of us have done, besides following his old man, is to become sworn brothers with you."

Mo Shuang sighed.

"The fifth brother is now stronger than us. Even the eldest brother is no match for the fifth brother."

Mo Lei said with a complicated mood.

In Yunchuan City, when they first met Chu Linguang, they all regarded Chu Linguang as a dragster. Unexpectedly, only a year or so later, the four of them could no longer see through Chu Linguang's strength.

"There are talented people from generation to generation. If fifth brother can be better than us, we should be happy for him."

Mo Shan said sincerely.

"Eldest brother is right, fifth brother is our role model."

Mo Zheng nodded.

"Congratulations to my fifth brother in high school for winning the championship in one fell swoop!"

Mo Lei echoed.

"Fifth brother, we are optimistic about you!"

The last four said together.

"The four sworn brothers have praised me, but I will never let the four sworn brothers down."

Chu Linguang cupped his hands to the four of them.

Chu Linguang can completely feel the sincere love between the four people in the Magic Mountain. The five people in the Shiwan Mountain share life and death, and there is already a trust between them. They are better than real brothers.

"Let's go and visit Master Guo."

Then the four people from Magic Mountain came to Guo Wei. As Chu Linguang's brother, Guo Wei was their elder. In addition, Guo Wei was a strong man in the Zhenwu Realm and was now canonized as a grandmaster. Even a relative of the emperor like Du Juan, seeing Guo Wei Everyone should be treated with courtesy.

So after the four people came over, they knelt down towards Guo Wei and said together: "Meet Master Guo!"

"Four heroes, please wake up quickly."

Guo Wei hurriedly helped the four people up. Although the four people in the Magic Mountain were not as strong as him and might have been stuck in the Qi Sea Perfection state, they were loyal and daring. Chu Linguang could have such a sworn brother. Guo Wei was also happy for Chu Linguang. , I have always recognized the four of them in my heart.

"Master Guo, I wonder how Mr. Guo is doing?"

After the four of them got up, Mo Shan asked.

"This...it's okay, okay."

Guo Wei said with a stiff smile.

Chu Linguang saw something fishy and asked: "Master, you have been refusing to talk about Senior Brother Guo these past few days. Is it because he is still imprisoned in Langgu Pass and the court is still unwilling to release him?"

Seeing Guo Wei coming alone, Chu Linguang asked about Guo Xiaotian's situation that day, but Guo Wei asked him to take the martial arts test with peace of mind and tell him about Guo Xiaotian's situation after the martial arts competition was over.

At that time, Chu Linguang had a hunch that things would not go well, but Guo Wei refused to say that there was nothing he could do. Now that Mo Shan started talking, Chu Linguang took advantage of the opportunity to ask clearly.

"Xiaotian's matter is more complicated, so we need to give the court more time."

Guo Wei explained.

"The four of us are here this time. The master has taken care of us. If Master Guo needs any help, please let us know."

Mo Shan reminded.

Obviously Uncle Du Guo probably knew what situation Guo Wei was encountering, and was waiting for Guo Wei to come and beg him.

"Brother, if Lord Guojiu can get my senior brother out of Langgu Pass, I am willing to do my best for him."

Chu Linguang heard the hidden meaning and said solemnly.

Although he has repaid Guo Wei's kindness, the kindness has been repaid and the relationship between master and disciple is still there. Even if there is no feedback on the favor value, Chu Linguang is willing to help Guo Wei and reunite their father and son.

"Fifth brother has misunderstood. You captured the monkey and made the prince lively. If the lord can help Mr. Guo out of trouble in one fell swoop, the lord will definitely not hide him."

Mo Shan said solemnly.

"Master, if you need anything, just say it!"

Chu Linguang thought it made sense, so he looked at Guo Weidao.

Guo Wei said with a grateful face: "Mr. Guo's kindness, Guo accepted it, but Xiaotian's incident has a greater impact. Guo has learned from the court that there are only two ways for Xiaotian to regain his freedom. , either wait until the court finds out the spy, or successfully capture Xie Xiaohuan."

"This……"

Everyone has no idea.

"Master, when the martial arts test is over, we, the master and the apprentice, will go to Turks. I don't believe that Xie Xiaohuan can hide in Prince Andre's palace and not come out."

Chu Linguang thought for a moment.

It may take until the year of the Monkey to find out the spy, but it seems that Xie Xiaohuan must be captured and handed over to the court to free Guo Xiaotian.

"Good disciple, we'll talk about this later. Go and take the martial arts exam!"

Guo Wei said with a pleased expression.

"Well, four eldest brothers, you and my master will wait for my triumphant return."

Chu Linguang cupped his hands and said to everyone.

"Okay, we are waiting for your good news."

The five people were full of hope for Chu Linguang, and then Chu Linguang and Du Juan entered the examination room together. In the examination room, most candidates have already taken their seats.

The contents of the four stages of the martial arts examination, namely the Taoist examination, the provincial examination, the general examination and the palace examination, are different.

Basic skills for road test testing.

With Qiao Guan and horse archery as the main martial arts, and the four martial arts of sword, spear, stick and boxing as supplements, the results of each subject will be comprehensively considered to ultimately determine whether you can pass the examination as a martial arts scholar.

The provincial examination tested the dragon elephant, Qi sea and blood strength. Although there were four subjects of sword, gun, stick and boxing, each subject was closely related to the strength of the three forces. In the end, a group was selected and successfully opened up the Dantian Qi sea. Those who awaken the dragon elephant or even activate the magical power of their bloodline become martial arts practitioners.

As for the general examination and the palace examination, a group of more outstanding elite teams are selected from a group of martial arts candidates. The subjects of the martial arts examination at these two stages have broken away from the scope of sword, gun and stick boxing competitions, let alone ordinary hand-to-hand combat. To judge which one is strong and which one is weak.

Instead, everyone is thrown into the school field and confronts the well-trained Black Armor Army. Everyone must defeat twenty members of the Black Armor Army within a limited time. The losers are automatically eliminated, and the winners are automatically entered into the next round. One round until the Huiyuan is finally selected.

Dao examinations and provincial examinations are basically conducted in groups of ten.

The general examination is a group of one person, and the competition is more direct and cruel. It can quickly select the elite team, but it will also cause certain losses.

In every session, there are incidents where people are accidentally beaten to death.

Most of the casualties were from the Black Armored Army, the Forbidden Army, or even the Royal Forest Army, but there were also some martial arts people who had finally grown up.

The school grounds are huge.

Just inside the Black Armored Army's barracks.

In addition to the candidates who could go in, only some dignitaries could go in to watch the competition. As a martial arts master conferred by the imperial court, Guo Wei also had disciples who participated in the examination. After entering the military camp, he was treated as a guest of honor and got a very good position.

The four people from Magic Mountain were also extraordinary. They all sat behind Guo Wei.

There are a hundred or so top three candidates from various places, but not all of them take part in the examination at this time. There are also some who accept the imperial award and return to their local posts, waiting for the next term to take the martial arts examination. They want to be successful in the examination and the palace examination. All achieved the best results.

However, Dayuan is a vast territory, and there are many martial arts candidates from all over the country who want to get a good job through the examination, so the total number of martial arts examination candidates who came to participate in the examination is about a thousand.

At first glance there are a lot of people.

In fact, there were more than thirty governor-general offices in the Great Yuan Dynasty, and each governor-general house could have at least sixty or seventy martial arts examiners in each session. Accumulated over the years, no less than a thousand martial arts examiners participated in each examination of the entire dynasty. .

Most of them are dissatisfied with their original positions and have no hope of promotion. They want to pass the examination and find a better job.

There is also a small group of people who have clear goals. From the day they took the martial arts test, they were determined to go to the end. They have been practicing quietly in the local area for these years, waiting for the martial arts test to become a blockbuster.

But no matter what their ambitions are, those who fail in the examination will generally not have the determination to take the exam again. Most of them will return to their local places to perform their duties until their vitality declines and they are replaced by the next generation.

A few people's confidence did not diminish, they stood out through several martial arts examinations, and finally accomplished something great.

It can be said that every martial arts practitioner who can appear in the martial arts examination is a success, and is an existence that countless people can only hope to achieve.

The martial arts examination is related to the fate of the country in the Yuan Dynasty, especially the joint examination and the palace examination. The imperial court attaches great importance to it. The examiners are all from the Yuan Dynasty, and there are even princes and grandsons supervising the examination.

Sometimes there were outstanding candidates, and the emperor would come to watch them.

Of course, the palace examinations were conducted from beginning to end under the eyes of the emperor.

Generally, there will be a martial arts test, and it is relatively rare for the emperor to suddenly appear. Most of them will send the prince and grandson to supervise the event.

The black-armored troops in the school grounds were ready to attack.

The school ground, which can accommodate tens of thousands of troops training together, is divided into twenty areas. In each area, there are twenty black-armored troops waiting. There is a drop platform inside, with more than a dozen weapons to choose from.

During the competition, if they know that they are defeated, the Wuju people can throw away their weapons and shout out to admit defeat. As for the Black Armored Army, no one will admit defeat unless they are all knocked down by the Wuju people.

They regard every battle as a war. To admit defeat in a war is a very shameful act in their minds. Once someone does this, they will only be isolated, expelled from the military camp, and even subject to military law. Waiting, was beheaded by Shangguan with one knife.

Chu Linguang had previously been in contact with the Black Armored Army at the Northern Trial Grounds and met a general named Pan Tonghui. He had the strength of the Qi Sea Perfection Realm, so he didn't know if he would meet him in the martial arts test.

"The general examination is about to begin, candidates are ready!"

Finally the exam time has arrived.

Candidates waiting in the preparation area soon heard the examiner sign up. Some candidates whose names were read entered their own assessment areas and selected weapons that suited them on the drop platform.

"start!"

There are twenty areas, one candidate in each area, and each candidate faces twenty well-trained black armored troops.

"kill!"

These black-armored troops have all been baptized by the flames of war. Individual strength may not be great, but twenty of them together are a group of wild beasts.

They are best at group fights, and they have mastered a military formation that is both offensive and defensive. Once the military formation is successfully deployed, their strength will be doubled, which is not something that ordinary martial artists can break through.

The examination is like a big wave.

Once you win the ranking and serve in a local area, you can at least become a commander and a mid-level officer. After a few years of training, you can become a senior officer in a city.

On the contrary, once you fail and return to the local area and resume your duties, it will not be so easy to be promoted. It may take more than ten years to transform from a junior officer to a mid-level officer. As for senior officers, even if they have such qualifications in the end, they will still be promoted because of their anger and blood. It declined and was banned by later generations.

Therefore, the martial arts examinations will become more stringent in the future.

"I surrender!"

Less than a moment after the exam started, three martial arts examiners were unable to withstand the fierce attack from the black armored army. They finally gave in and were injured and fled.

There were also people who struggled to support themselves and were beaten by the black-armored army until their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen, and they were finally carried out of the school grounds.

In the end, only four of the twenty martial arts practitioners defeated the Black Armored Army and successfully entered the next round, and those four were all injured. It was difficult to achieve good results in the second round.

"These members of the Black Armored Army, even if they have not opened up the Dantian Qi Sea, have awakened the power of several dragons and elephants, and each of them has armor protection, and can also improve their overall strength through military formations. If you want to defeat them, you have to already To open the six levels of Dharma and awaken the power of the wild, one must have the cultivation level of Qi Sea Perfection. At least one of the two must be present, otherwise the average Qi Sea powerhouse will not be their match at all."

Chu Linguang said to himself.

He knew the test would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult in the first round.

He has learned that there are only three rounds of the general examination, but it is called the three rounds of despair, which means that any round is extremely dangerous, and the difficulty level is far higher than that of the road test and the provincial test. No one can guarantee to pass the three rounds.

But as long as you reach the third round, you can become a warrior regardless of your performance in the third round.

In the first round, he was alone, fighting against twenty black-armored soldiers.

What the second and third rounds will be has not been announced yet.

The martial arts examination is held every three years, and the system and assessment content are updated and iterated every time, especially the general examination and the palace examination, which are simply impossible for ordinary people to guess.

Based on the intensity of the first round, Chu Linguang feels that the threshold for winning this round is to open at least six levels of Dharma, cultivate the sea of ​​​​qi to perfection, and at the same time awaken the bloodline magical power. These three must at least merge with each other before he can go. to the final round.

As for connecting the three wheels, all three must be present at the same time.

I just don’t know how the rankings are determined in the third round?

He looked around.

There are more than a thousand martial arts candidates, and only one out of ten will be able to pass the Gongshi examination.

"Candidates Xia Zhong, Jin Huang, Qin Fuhua..."

Half an hour later, Chu Linguang heard a familiar name and saw Xia Zhong, Fatty Qin, Jin Huang and others entering the school grounds together.

All three of them have practiced at the Northern Trial Grounds and at the Imperial City Academy for more than four months. There is no doubt about their strength, and all three of them successfully entered the next round.

"Qin Yu..."

After a while, there was an uproar among the candidates in the preparation area. The word Qin Yu was so famous that it seemed to be an unattainable existence in the eyes of all the candidates.

Chu Linguang also looked at him.

"kill!"

Twenty black-armored troops rushed towards Qin Yu.

"boom!"

Qin Yu took a step forward and stomped hard.

A force surged out from the soles of his feet, wrapped in potential energy, like a storm, knocking back twenty black-armored soldiers at the same time, sending them flying out of the area.

"Wow!"

The whole place was in an uproar, and people screamed in surprise.

"The fusion of magical power and potential energy seems to have also been integrated into the power of the sea of ​​​​qi. It is so strong. Even if it awakens those thirty-three responses, it may not be his match."

Chu Linguang said in surprise.

He was at the third level of his mind, and his sea of ​​consciousness far surpassed that of others. His eyes were completely worthy of the word "eyes of wisdom like a torch". Everyone thought that Qin Yu's kick was extremely powerful, but Chu Linguang could see at a glance, the power released by that kick. There are actually three strands of power.

A magical power of blood, a force of potential energy, a force of air and sea.

With a simple kick, the three forces can be fused together, which shows how strong Qin Yu is.

Three times the potential energy can be superimposed. Many people can do it, including Chu Linguang.

But like Qin Yu, who could fuse magical power with Qi Hai and potential energy with just one kick, it was not that easy for Chu Linguang to do.

What he calls three times the superposition of potential energy is the power of the dragon elephant, the power of the wind and waves, and the power of the sea of ​​air. The three forces are integrated together.

The magical power of flesh and blood is currently only released from the marksmanship and integrated with the power of the sea of ​​consciousness. It cannot yet be superimposed with the power of dragon elephant and potential energy.

Chu Linguang's goal is to integrate the magical power of flesh and blood with the power of the gun, so that all enemies enveloped by his own gun power will experience the feeling of being hit by the magical power of flesh and blood all the time.

Of course, it is more difficult to integrate a new force into the gun posture than to fuse the four forces together.

In the end, Qin Yu won the audience's exclamation, the examiners whispered for him, and many dignitaries noticed him.

After a while.

Finally it was Yan Zhen's turn to play.

A stalwart middle-aged man in the crowd stared at Yan Zhen silently. There was a vacuum area around the middle-aged man. The nearby defenders looked at the middle-aged man with a sense of awe.

This person is none other than Yan Zhen's master, Wei Yongguang, the commander of the imperial army, and the Wei family's military force is at its peak.

"kill!"

The black armored army rushed towards Yan Zhen together.

Yan Zhen did not use his bare hands, but held a sword to cut off his horse. With a slight stroke of the long sword, a round sword energy poured out from the blade. Twenty black-armored soldiers who rushed towards him flew out together, waiting for them. When standing up, the armor on each person's chest was split into two and fell off automatically.

There is a striking knife mark on it.

The expressions of the twenty people changed greatly. They hurriedly checked their chests and found that only their armors were damaged and no one was injured. It was obvious that Yan Zhen had controlled the sword just right.

"As expected of Commander Wei's disciple, he has the demeanor of a general!"

"It's not difficult to defeat twenty black-armored soldiers with one sword, but not many people can do it without injuring twenty people."

"Yan Zhen has already won Jieyuan. As long as he can defeat Qin Yu, Huiyuan must be his."

"I heard that in Imperial City Academy, Qin Yu's skills were superior to Yan Zhen's from beginning to end."

……

People talked.

Yan Zhen put the knife back on the landing platform, and when he walked out of the school grounds, he saw Wei Yongguang getting up and leaving.

Half an hour later.

Candidates Zhao Rushuang, Chu Linguang...

"It's my turn."

Chu Linguang stood up from among the remaining hundreds of candidates. He and Zhao Rushuang looked at each other through the air. They nodded to each other, encouraged each other, and then walked into the school together.

In the VIP position, Guo Wei and Mo Shan all looked at Chu Linguang attentively. The five of them all believed that it would not be difficult for Chu Linguang to win the ranking, but they just didn't know what results Chu Linguang could achieve.

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