The perception of his soul floated to infinite heights. Du Heng came to the Taoist Palace again and sat on the lotus platform. With a focused gaze, he saw the scene of hundreds of feet surrounding the inn where he lived.
Individual figures appear in the picture, and auras of different colors light up on these figures, which represents his qualifications and potential.
"Besides me, there are twenty people in the top thirty on the list." Du Heng looked at the scene on the screen and said secretly, "Among them, there are fourteen white people, five cyan people, and one purple person...
"Sure enough, even among the top 30 people on the list, there are very few people who are as talented as cyan. Senior Brother Xubai and Senior Sister Xuyue are cyan, Senior Brother Chu Jiu and Zhong are also cyan, and there is another person I don't know.
"The only purple one is actually Hui Zhi, the young monk from Liantai Mountain. Does this mean that he may have the possibility of breaking through to the realm of Shenmen in the future?"
Three years ago, Huizhi followed her elders to Jinxia Mountain and had a brief exchange with Du Heng. Although there was no contact later, they were still acquaintances.
"Huizhi can be used as an alternative, but we still need to find out his attitude towards the court before making a decision."
Du Heng selected a person and was about to exit the Tao Palace when he suddenly saw an extremely dazzling golden light entering the screen displayed in the Tao Palace.
"What is this, so dazzling, golden legend?!"
Then, he took a closer look and immediately laughed again, "It turns out to be Senior Sister Cheng. Well, with her qualifications, it is normal for her to have golden potential qualifications."
At this time, Du Heng had clearly seen the figure shining with golden aura.
It is Cheng Yujun.
She can be said to be a natural swordsman. She has shown extremely dazzling talents since she was a child, and she has been favored by countless people, thinking that she can become a female swordsman like Tianjian in the future.
"Should we invite Senior Sister Cheng in?" Du Heng fell into deep thought and said secretly, "With Senior Sister Cheng's qualifications and strength, she can definitely provide a lot of help to my future plans.
"This should be considered an opportunity for her. With the foundation of the Sword Making Pavilion, it may be difficult to bring her any improvement after she reaches the Divine Sect realm."
After some thought, he made a decision and planned to bring Cheng Yujun into the Taoist Palace.
"It's best not to bring in too many people the first time, just two or three." Du Heng closed his eyes slightly, and thoughts were running in his mind, "If Huizhi is not suitable, let's bring Senior Sister Cheng in first, and then randomly come from unknown places.
Pull a person with golden qualifications into the mist area.
"If Huizhi is suitable, then add another person, and there will be three people in total. In the early stage, three people are enough, and we can start to do a lot of things.
"Next, let's see what Tian Xing wants to do at the Tianjiao Banquet."
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Nanshan County, Zhongzhou.
During the Zhou Dynasty, this place was a world-famous prosperous city, with an endless stream of merchants and pedestrians, people in the streets crowded with people, and almost every shop along the street was prosperous.
But now the place is deserted, there are only a few pedestrians on the spacious streets, not to mention shops, not even a single hawker walking down the street.
If it weren't for the occasional armored soldiers walking through the streets, one would almost suspect that this was a dead city.
In fact, this Nanshan County City is indeed not far from a dead city.
Since Chen Ju usurped the Zhou Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor sixteen years ago, the country was named Da Zhao, Jianyuan Huangjia, and the former emperor Li Bian was demoted to Nanshan Gong and placed under house arrest here, the once prosperous scene no longer exists.
Already.
The imperial court did not allow any entertainment, singing, dancing, playing and singing and other things that were regarded as fun, nor did it allow merchants to bring goods into the city for sale. Even the travel of ordinary people was greatly restricted.
This makes many people completely unable to adapt.
But not long after, with the news that the former prince Li Yin tried to assassinate the emperor Chen Ju, the situation in Nanshan County became more serious, and the people were directly ordered not to go out.
Moreover, this situation is not just for one or two days, but continues forever. No one knows when it will end. It seems that there will be no end.
As time went by, more and more people could no longer hold on, and people began to flee Nanshan County. The situation became more and more intense and out of control.
Now, this Nanshan County has become so lifeless and lifeless.
But in the center of this "dead city", a very luxurious mansion was built.
Whether it is masonry, tiles, or purlin columns and beams, they are all made of top-quality materials, and the carvings are extremely exquisite. All the standards are copied according to the Royal Courtyard of the old Zhou Dynasty.
This is the place where the former emperor Li Bian was placed under house arrest by the Zhao court.
At first, Li Bian could still walk around in the garden.
But as Li Yin's failure in assassinating Chen Ju was exposed, he was ordered to stay in his bedroom from now on. From that moment on, he had completely lost all freedom.
In the early morning of the second day of March in the sixth year of Chonghe, when the sky was just getting dark, Li Bian woke up from his sleep, stood up and opened the window, first looked at the scene outside, and then looked in the direction of the imperial city.
He is an old man who looks to be about sixty years old. His hair is half black but not white, and the wrinkles on his face are normal. He seems to be an ordinary old man in the process of aging.
However, this simple and free-spirited broad robe gave him a bit of chicness.
Li Bian looked towards the direction of the imperial city for a long time, not knowing what else to look at. He actually laughed as he looked at it, "Hahaha, okay, okay, a thief who steals the country should have such an end!
"
Then, he closed the window again, returned to the table, opened the two boxes of pastries that had just been delivered, and poured himself a glass of wine.
Although he is under house arrest here and cannot even leave his bedroom, he is given fine wine and delicious food every day.
Li Bian picked up a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth, tasted it carefully, nodded and said with a smile: "It tastes good, but it's a pity that it's not rich enough, just like this stolen national destiny, it's just a castle in the air.
"I hope the prince can succeed this time!"
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On the third day of March in the sixth year of Chonghe, the Tianjiao Banquet was held in the imperial city. The emperor would also attend the banquet in person, which was extremely grand.
From the place where the banquet guests lived to the palace, there were guards of honor lined up along the way. The momentum was so huge that many people were envious and wished they were among the top thirty strong men.
At this time, Du Heng was walking with Cheng Yujun to the palace for a banquet, but when passing the crowd, he suddenly felt the traces of a strange power remaining.
Ahead is the perimeter of the palace.
Du Heng frowned slightly and thought to himself: "Is it a deliberate arrangement by Tian Xing to stay here, or is there another force involved? What is the purpose?"