"I didn't expect that I would take part in the martial arts examination with Senior Brother Yang this time. Senior Brother Yang, let's go together then."
The man said with excitement.
"Can."
Yang Ji nodded, it doesn't matter. However, Yang Ji was a little strange. Can the Blood Furnace realm also take part in the martial arts examination?
"Haha, then it's a deal."
The man clenched his fists tightly and almost jumped up with excitement on his face.
Pan Chen, Zhao Hua, Lin Qingyan and others all laughed at this. This person also has the cultivation level of the Blood Furnace Realm. Logically speaking, he has talent, strength and confidence. Being able to reach the Blood Furnace Realm at this age can be regarded as a martial arts genius.
.
But for Yang Ji, who was able to break through to "Little Zhou Tian", Yang Ji, whose strength was not much higher than him, was unexpectedly admired.
This is rare among "Blood Furnace Realm" masters of the same level.
If you ignore his cultivation level, he is almost the same as a "named disciple" who has just joined the sect.
"What a weird thing!"
Zhao Hua shook his head in his heart. If it was because he admired Yang Ji, Zhao Hua would have wanted to stay away from him.
Yang Ji didn't think much, nodded, and asked casually: "By the way, what's your name?"
"Ouyang,...Ouyang Zishi."
Ouyang Zushi said excitedly.
"Whoosh!"
As soon as these four words came out, Zhao Hua, Pan Chen, and Lin Qingyan all changed their expressions. Especially Zhao Hua felt as if someone had slapped him in the face, with a look of shock in his eyes.
"Ouyang Zushi, haha, I remember it. See you then."
Yang Ji smiled.
"Wait a minute, you said your name is Ouyang Zishi?"
Zhao Hua said in disbelief.
"yes."
Ouyang Zushi nodded, looking a little confused.
"What's wrong, senior brother?"
Yang Ji smiled and thought that Zhao Hua's attitude was a bit strange: "Do you know him?"
Zhao Hua didn't speak, just shook his head.
"Where is your home?"
Pan Chen on the side also suddenly said.
Yang Ji felt more and more strange. Zhao Hua and the others were not very interested in Ouyang Zizhen at first. Why did he suddenly change so much?
Moreover, why do you need to ask people where they live?
"Haha, I forgot to tell senior brother. I am from Taiyuanzhou Mansion, not from Langya County. If Senior Brother Yang comes to Taiyuanzhou Mansion in the future, remember to look for me!"
Ouyang Zushi touched his head and mumbled a few words incoherently when he mentioned "Taiyuanzhou Mansion".
"It turns out you are not from Langya County."
Yang Ji looked surprised.
The sects in each county basically recruit disciples from the same county. There are very few who come from other places like Ouyang Zushi.
Ouyang Zishi said a few words of farewell to Yang Ji and left quickly.
"Senior brother, what is going on?"
When Ouyang Zishi left, Yang Ji turned around and looked at Zhao Hua and others with solemn expressions behind him in surprise. Before and after Ouyang Zishi reported his name, the attitudes of Zhao Hua and others were completely different. To Yang
If you can't see it, you are blind.
"This is hard to say."
Zhao Huandao looked a little strange.
"It's true that people cannot be judged by appearance, and sea water cannot be measured. I never imagined that there is such a character in our Iron Crown Sect. Junior brother, please try to get closer to him in the future if possible."
Pan Chen said, with deep meaning in his eyes.
Yang Ji became more and more strange. What does it mean to be close to each other? He didn't think much about this Ouyang Zushi at first. We could just interact with each other as usual. But when he heard the three people say this, he suddenly felt more curious in his heart.
"Is there something wrong with this Ouyang Zushi?"
Yang Ji asked curiously.
"Junior brother, you don't know. It's not that there is a problem with Ouyang Zizhi, but that there is a problem with his surname."
It was Lin Qingyan who revealed the answer to the mystery: "Not everyone in Langyazhou can be named Ouyang."
"oh?"
Yang Jijian raised his eyebrows with a look of surprise on his face.
"You know Luo Yunzi, right? This Ouyang Zizhi has a bigger background than Luo Yunzi."
Pan Chen didn’t hide anything anymore and said directly:
"He is most likely a disciple of a noble family!"
"ah!"
Yang Ji was finally moved in an instant. Luo Yunzi was born in the wealthy Luo family in Langya County. Such a wealthy family is a giant in the county and can interfere in military affairs. It is very different from the big families in many places. A small family like the Yang family
Not to mention.
Therefore, although Lin Qingyan had issues with Luo Yunzi, she did not offend her by sending her to death.
Yang Ji is not afraid of Luo Yunzi, but Luo Yunzi is completely different from the wealthy Luo family. It is impossible for one person to fight against an entire family.
Moreover, Luo Yunzi's status is not yet high enough to dominate the entire family.
But now, Pan Chen and others actually say that Ouyang Zishi has a greater background than Luo Yunzi.
"The existence time of aristocratic families is extremely long. It is not calculated in hundreds of years. The imprint of this aristocratic family is almost deeply engraved in the history of this dynasty, and goes deep into politics, military, and business. In the family, people are extremely important, and they are important officials.
There are many generals, commanders, and princes. Even martial saints have them. The local wealthy families are simply incomparable."
Pan Chen lowered his voice:
"Disciples of sects like us are just like ants in the eyes of aristocratic families. Even our Iron Crown Sect is insignificant to them. That is beyond our imagination."
The three of them looked solemn.
"That's why we asked him where his home was."
Zhao Hua said in a deep voice.
Yang Ji nodded, no wonder the three of them were so strange. They even asked about their family background.
"However, disciples of such aristocratic families generally will not come to our small place. They also look down upon the martial arts of the Iron Crown Sect, because their own traditional martial arts are already more profound than our sect."
Zhao Hua paused and added:
"I guess his status in the family is definitely not high. He is probably an insignificant role in the family that no one cares about. Otherwise, he would not have joined our Iron Crown Sect."
"However, even so. His last name is not trivial."
The three of them looked at each other and finally understood why his behavior was completely inconsistent with his strength. His strength may not have been acquired step by step through actual training.
However, if you think about it, any underappreciated disciple of the great family can easily achieve the cultivation level of "Blood Furnace Realm", which is enough to make people feel terrifying.
From this point of view, one can imagine the strength of the family.
There's just one thing that the three of them don't quite understand. There is a disciple of the Ouyang family in the Langya sect. How come they never know about such a major event in the sect?
Could it be that this Ouyang Zushi has a withdrawn personality and doesn't interact with other people at all? Or maybe he has become so out of touch with others that no one even asks him his name?
All three of them felt incredible. But thinking about it, after being expelled here from a noble family and joining a "small sect" like the Iron Crown Sect, he must be a little autistic in his heart, and it is normal for him to not be gregarious.
After all, he looked down upon the people around him, and others thought he was too arrogant. It was not surprising that he was so withdrawn that he had no friends.
Thinking of this, and considering that he had just witnessed Yang Ji's amazing performance of escaping from death at the hands of the "evil prince", it is not difficult to understand why he is so fanatical about Yang Ji.
Perhaps in his eyes, only Yang Ji valued Langya County. Not to mention, Yang Ji had saved his life.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hua also smiled bitterly. After all, they had a share in saving people, but it turned out that this guy only liked Yang Ji.
"Yang Ji, isn't he going to take part in the martial arts examination? You might as well get closer to him if you have the chance."
Pan Chen said kindly.
Aristocratic families are different from wealthy families. There will always be benefits if you get closer to them.
Yang Ji just smiled and didn't care.
It was already the third day of checking out the list of candidates for the martial arts examination within the sect. Those who wanted to participate had almost signed up. Yang Ji squeezed past and stood in front of the assessment elders.
"Name?"
The assessment elder held the pen in his hand without raising his head.
"Yang Ji."
Yang Ji immediately reported his name.
After a while, the registration was completed and Yang Ji left the square.
"Crash!"
At nightfall, a flying falcon fluttered its wings and headed to Langya City with the list. A few hours later, with two cooing sounds, the flying falcon fell from the sky, and an official from the imperial court was responsible for taking down the list.
After sorting it out, I sent someone to send it to the general's mansion.
…
"Beep!"
The lights flickered.
In the general's palace, Yang Xuanlan took off his armor, wore a red robe, a white jade crown, a gold belt, and a book of alchemy in his hand, looking very majestic.
Compared with the murderous general's armor, Yang Xuanlan prefers this elegant and illustrious "merit uniform". "A general never unsheaths his sword easily" and "A sword cannot be returned empty-handed, and blood will be seen when it comes out". Compared with
The kind of battlefield general who has all his methods exposed, Yang Xuanlan prefers this feeling of strategizing and controlling the overall situation.
There was silence all around.
Yang Xuanlan sat in the big chair, motionless. Beside him, two beautiful maids were waiting on him. These two beautiful maids were wearing red palace clothes, with two embroidered flowers on their chests that read "Taiyuan".
"The two characters actually refer to the maidservant of Prince Taiyuan's Mansion.
The two of them looked at Yang Xuanlan's back, their beautiful eyes full of confusion.
"Dong dong dong!"
There was a knock on the door.
"General, the Iron Crown sent a name list, saying it was the list of candidates for this martial arts examination."
There were voices coming from outside, they were respectful and did not dare to be loud.
"Send it in."
Yang Xuanlan's eyes flashed, he put down the alchemy book and stood up. The martial arts examination is a major event for the court, and now it is approaching the time for the selection of "Martial Scholars". This is a grand event that occurs every few years, and even Yang Xuanlan does not dare to neglect it.
The room opened, and an official bent over, holding a name book in his hand, and sent it in respectfully.
"Go down."
Yang Xuanlan took the name book and waved his hand. After dismissing the official, Yang Xuanlan sat in front of the lamp and read it carefully.
The names of the major sects were sent over one by one. He had read several of them in the past few days.
Before each martial arts examination, the general in charge of the county must review the list of sects. Although it is just a formality, it is basically nothing important.
However, for the general of the county, everyone's names and information must be kept in mind without making the slightest mistake.
If nothing goes wrong, that's best. But if something goes wrong at this level, and people from evil ways or cults get in and cause trouble, then the imperial court will be held accountable.
"Wow!"
Yang Xuanlan read ten lines at a time, reading the paper very quickly. From the title page to the last page, Yang Xuanlan read it very carefully. No one dared to be careless about such an important matter as the martial arts examination.
When he turned to the last page, Yang Xuanlan suddenly looked at him: