It was another night. Before going to bed, Lu Xing locked the door and sealed the bamboo windows. It was rare for him to have a peaceful sleep.

Tomorrow, early morning.

Lu Xing, Chu Chu and Xiao Yu rode the carriage to the North City Gate, just like when they went to Xialonghu Mountain, the three of them walked together.

Before leaving Zhaonanxuan, Lu Xing threw the population register to Liu Danyang and asked her to find out Li Rui's household registration, then say hello to the county government and sign the household registration to Beidi.

As for Wei Ying's household registration, Lu Xing directly blackened out the recorded line with ink. By the way, he informed Xin Yi of Wei Ying's residence and asked him to take care of it secretly.

Passing by the city gate on the way, he happened to see Han Rui, the senior brother, with a group of disciples. Lu Xing did not go to greet them. Except for Chu Xiuming, he was not familiar with the rest of the academy.

Although everyone is on the same road, they are not walking in the same direction.

After walking for a while, you can see the burning forest land in the distance, and black flying debris hovering in the sky like a flock of birds.

All the people's carriages stopped, and the huge mountain forest was empty, with only about twenty people.

Chu Xiuming walked out of the forest, followed by a woman in white clothes, who looked elegant. The two came to the front of the crowd, and Chu Xiuming said: "Those who want to enter the Wen Dao ruins should come out, and the rest should stay outside."

waiting."

"Sir," Xiao Yu tugged on Lu Xing's sleeves but stopped talking.

Lu Xing patted Xiao Yu's nervous hand and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll leave you nervous, I will come out safely."

Xiao Yu nodded and then reluctantly let go.

Chu Chu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, go ahead. The ruins of Wen Dao are a blessed land of Confucianism, and there is not much danger. Moreover, Your Majesty has swordsmanship at his side. If not, there are hundreds of thousands of black knights in Xuejin City..." The second half of the sentence was said in a low voice, ordinary people

Can't be heard.

Lu Xing cupped his fists at Chu Chu and then walked towards the crowd.

Chu Xiuming raised his eyebrows and said to the woman in white beside him, "Tan Jing, that young man in white is Lu Xing."

Tan Jing's beautiful eyes trembled slightly, her gaze remaining on Lu Xing for a long time, as if she wanted to see through the person.

When the academy disciples saw Lu Xing, they all saluted, but their eyes were dull. Although the disciples from the humble family were not polite enough, there was a hint of heat in their eyes.

"May I call the Crown Prince Lu Xing?" Han Rui stepped forward, cupped his hands and said, "When we enter the ruins later, the Crown Prince can come with me. There are dangers in the Confucian Temple."

Lu Xing's expression flashed slightly. Han Rui was the third son of the Minister of Civil Affairs, and he entered Yingtian Academy as a prodigy. He had heard about this in Kyoto back then.

Just as he was about to say yes, a soft female voice sounded in everyone's ears.

"Senior Brother Han, long time no see~" Tan Jing raised her skirt slightly with her left hand and waved her right hand lightly, her eyes filled with smiles, like flowers facing the sun.

This woman's face was so warm that she felt like a spring breeze... Lu Xing did not step forward rashly. This woman called Han Rui her senior brother. She could not be a female concubine from the academy.

Before Lu Xing could speak, many academy disciples raised their hands to greet him: "Junior Sister Tan, I didn't expect you to come to participate in Wen Dao Ruins. I didn't see you in the previous selections."

The children from poor families held their breaths, and their eyes gradually moved away from Tan Jing. Some of them observed the surrounding environment, and some of them dug out the scriptures in their bags.

When Han Rui saw Tan Jing, he walked out from the crowd and said, "Why is Jing'er here? Could it be that she has already broken through the realm."

"Well," Tan Jing blinked and said with gleaming eyebrows, "I have broken through to the realm of a gentleman, so Master allows me to step out of the academy."

Tan Jing held up the hem of her skirt and took a small step, bypassing Han Rui in front of her, came to Lu Xing, bowed obediently and said: "Little girl Tan Jing, I have met the prince."

Lu Xing nodded: "Miss Tan, there is no need to be polite. Since I entered the Wen Dao ruins with you, I have gained the honor of the academy. Just call me Lu Xing."

The politeness of these words made many people raise eyebrows. In their eyes, Qi Mu and Lu Xing were not easy to get along with, but they did not expect that Lu Xing, who was even more powerful than Qi Mu, was so easy to talk to.

Tan Jing lowered her eyes and said nothing to Lu Xing. She first greeted many of the academy disciples, then came to the front and stood on one side with Han Rui.

Standing on the carriage not far away, Xiao Yu covered her mouth and snickered: "Haha, that lady rushed to the young master excitedly, but ignored him. He couldn't stop him."

Chu Chu chuckled and said: "In recent generations, there has always been such a stunning female concubine in the academy. If the prince wants to take advantage of her, I'm afraid he will suffer a lot."

Xiao Yu rolled his eyes, looked at Chu Chu, and joked: "Is he like the man in the Medical Valley? The young master is not like Uncle Chu, who has such ink marks that the beautiful lady misunderstood him for nearly ten years."

"Huh," Old Chu Chu blushed and shouted, "Little girl, don't talk nonsense."

Xiao Yu swung her legs on the swing and smiled. She was not interested in Chu Chu's romantic affairs, she just hoped that the young master would return safely.

ahead

The awe-inspiring righteousness in Chu Xiuming's hand gathered on a carving knife. The wooden carving knife was engraved with uncommon hieroglyphics and stabbed towards the earth.

For a moment, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and the portal of a palace appeared among the rubble.

The carved knife was used as the formation eye, which contained nearly three miles of heavenly spirit earth veins. It sucked up the surrounding heavenly and earthly spiritual energy in almost an instant. The awe-inspiring righteous energy gathered in front of the portal, and a bright teleportation array was formed.

"Guys, let's go in." Chu Xiuming raised his hand and used his own awe-inspiring righteousness to maintain the teleportation array.

Han Rui took the lead and entered the formation, and all the disciples followed suit. Lu Xing also entered the formation mixed with the crowd.

"After ten breaths, you will enter the Wen Dao ruins. What you can gain is up to you. If you encounter difficulties, listen to Han Rui's opinion." Chu Xiuming changed the palm seal in his hand and activated the entire teleportation array.

"I have told Han Rui to take care of the Crown Prince. If the Crown Prince has any trouble, you can ask him." This was what Chu Xiuming transmitted to Lu Xing.

When the light prevailed, Lu Xing was slightly stunned. It seemed that a warm hand grabbed his right hand. Out of curiosity, Lu Xing kneaded it a little harder, and it felt like the skin was like mutton fat.

When everyone looked around again, the surrounding scenery had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Lu Xing opened his eyes, and there was no one around him. Only the ancient temple was still around his waist.

He was in a stone room with nothing else but stone tables, chairs and an oil lamp. There was a pair of tortoise shells and a carving knife on the stone table, but they had no purpose.

There seemed to be a sharp touch in the palm of his hand. Lu Xing suddenly remembered that warm hand in the white light. He quickly looked to his right hand, which was a square piece of rice paper folded.

Lu Xing opened the paper and there was a sentence written inside: Someone wants to harm you, be careful.

He read the paper back and forth several times, but he didn't see a signature. It seemed that the person who handed the paper didn't want to reveal his identity. After thinking about it, Lu Xing walked around the stone house. There were several air holes on the top for ventilation.

"Xiao Gu, do you know how to get out?"

"Master, master, have you got the news about Xiao Gourd? Oh yeah!" Xiao Gu heard Lu Xing's cry and hurriedly jumped out of the sword spine.

Lu Xing twitched the corner of his mouth and said with a dark face, "There is no gourd. Your master is trapped now."

"Then you're disturbing my nap!" Xiao Gu glared at Lu Xing angrily for a while, then said, "This is a relic. There must be an assessment. Maybe it's to test the master."

Lu Xing thought for a while, then came to the stone table, picked up the tortoise shell and carving knife on the table, and after three times, five and two, a standard "Wen" and "Tao" were formed.

Putting the carved tortoise shell back on the stone table, Lu Xing leaned against the wall and waited, waiting...

"Why don't the master sit down on the stone chair and maybe be particular about where he stands?" Xiao Gu waited impatiently and stamped his feet angrily.

Lu Xing sat down on the stone chair, put the carving knife on the stone table, and waited again...

"Master, did you write it wrong? Do you want to write it again?" Xiao Gu propped his elbows on the stone table and stepped on Lu Xing's boots.

Wrong writing? An idea flashed in Lu Xing's mind, and he remembered the carving knife Chu Xiuming used when activating the magic circle. There were two uncommon oracle bone inscriptions engraved on it.

Lu Xing picked up the carving knife and started sketching, carving the two oracle bone inscriptions exactly, and then placed the tortoise shell on the stone table with great anticipation.

Waiting is always...

At this moment, outside the stone chamber is a piece of pumice floating in the ocean. One side is higher and the other is lower. Looking around, more than twenty stone caves are stacked to form a hill.

Outside the stone room is a deck, with a bamboo forest growing on one side of the deck.

At this moment, nearly twenty disciples were already waiting beside the boulder on the deck, including Han Rui and Tan Jing.

A stone door high up opened, revealing a disciple from a poor family.

"Here it is, Brother Zhu. Now we are almost here." One of the disciples from the poor family exclaimed.

"Why didn't I see the Crown Prince? Could it be that the Crown Prince hasn't come out yet?" one person said.

"That's right, the prince is not from the Confucian sect, so I'm afraid it will be difficult."

"Haha, even if he has a good life, he is just an illiterate useless person." I don't know who said this.

As soon as he said this, everyone's eyes turned to the stone house on the far right, with the stone door tightly closed.

"Wait a moment, the floating island will not sink yet, give the crown prince some time." After Han Rui said this, everyone around him stopped discussing the matter.

There is a huge stone at the foot of the hill with a line of small seal characters carved in capital letters - Floating islands are easy to sink, cross the river with a reed, and the way out is north.

"Senior Brother Han, there is a nanmu forest there," Tan Jing's beautiful eyes flashed slightly as she suggested, "We might as well cut down the nanmu needed to cross the river first. After the preparations are completed, I think it's time for the prince to come out."

Han Rui nodded and began to invite everyone to cut down the nanmu, while he sat on the deck to prevent anything strange from happening.

In the stone house at this moment, Lu Xing and Xiao Gu were sitting across from the stone table, staring at each other.

"Hey, do you have any ideas?"

"Master, master wuwuwu——"

"Don't cry, think quickly!" Lu Xing's fingers flicked on Xiao Gu's forehead, and he said angrily.

"I wonder, I can't figure it out, what should I do, my little gourd..."

The corner of Lu Xing's mouth twitched, he looked up at the few light spots coming from the rocks above, and suddenly he had an idea in his mind.

"Xiao Gu, let's cut this stone house open!"

"If the sword energy spreads wildly later, remember to help me block the sword energy directed at me." Lu Xing warned. The stone room is small, and if the sword energy rebounds, he is a mortal and can easily hurt himself.

Lu Xing picked up the ancient temple with his right hand and swung a sword energy towards the stone gate. For a moment, fire light burst out.

At this moment, outside the cave.
To be continued...