Chapter 772 Extra Story: The First Emperor Candidate Test
?????????Jiuzhou, in front of the unknown secret realm, monks are rushing here one after another.
????????If you observe carefully, you will find that the monks who rushed here are all outstanding people. They are young and their cultivation is far beyond that of their peers.
????????The talented people looked at each other warily. These are all future opponents. Only by defeating them all can they take over the position of Lu Renhuang and become the new Human Emperor.
"Gui Bishan, the disciple of the leader of the Corpse Exorcist Sect, Meng Youyou, the senior sister of the Hehuan Sect, and Xuanyuan Gang, who has the same sword spirit root as the Sword Lord... are all familiar faces."
????????The talented people quickly recognized the identities of the others. They were all peers who were famous in the world, and each of them had unique features that were enough to dominate their peers.
????????They puffed up their chests a little, they were confident of defeating all opponents and becoming the 72nd generation Emperor.
????????A young man in white with an impressive appearance and a sword across his waist attracted many monks to watch him as soon as he arrived.
?????????"Look, that's the White Hongtu of Dao Zong Walking. I knew he must be on the list of candidates for the Human Emperor!"
?????????"I heard that he is known as the most outstanding genius in the nine thousand years of Dao Zong. He is proficient in forming formations, making alchemy and refining weapons, and is unrivaled in swordsmanship. Not long ago, he was still in the Sword Master Sword
The tomb showed great splendor. He sat quietly for three days. When he stood up, two golden lights shot out from his eyes. The sword energy stretched across thirty thousand miles. Six of the eighteen stone tablets were cut off. Xuanyuan Gang of the sword pavilion was defeated!"
Bai Hongtu has a dignified appearance, a confident smile on his lips, and a high-spirited look. He is the object of admiration for countless female cultivators, and he is worthy of the name of the most outstanding genius of the Taoist sect.
?????????Soon, another cold female cultivator arrived and quickly attracted everyone's attention.
The cold female cultivator has a peerless appearance. Many people who wanted to get involved in a relationship were discouraged when they saw the cold female cultivator's aura of keeping strangers away from her.
?????????Bai Hongtu and Qing Leng female cultivator nodded to each other as a greeting.
?????????"That is Yu Yin, Princess Tianyuan. I heard that in the Tianyuan Dynasty, there is no peer who can fight with her. Even if she fights against the older generation, she can't win.
Less times!"
?????????When Yu Yin heard someone talking about him, he gave him a cold look and was so frightened that the person immediately dared not speak.
"Yu Yin, you still have this temper, be careful not to make friends." A stranger arrived and happened to see this scene, and couldn't help laughing.
?????????Most people have never met the young man before. "Who is that? Do you know him?"
?????????"I've never seen him, but he can become a candidate for the Human Emperor. His talent is undoubted. I've never seen him. There are two possibilities. The other party is either a disciple of Xue Zang of some force, or a rogue cultivator. The latter is better than the former.
More difficult to deal with."
????????Yu Yin was not surprised by the arrival of the young man on the opposite side. "Jiang Li, as expected, you have also become a candidate for the Human Emperor."
?????????Jiang Li smiled and said, "I like the earth veins."
?????????"Jiang Li? I have an impression of this name. I heard that he was the student with the best graduation score from the Imperial Academy of Zhou Dynasty. After graduation, many forces wanted to recruit him, but he thought he was traveling around the world.
Because he refused, it was not clear where he went after that."
?????????"It seems that he went to the Sword Tomb when it was opened."
?????????"Is it possible that he is also a swordsman?"
?????????"It's very possible that the swordsman will have a hard time dealing with him in close combat, so be careful."
Jiang Li turned around and saw Bai Hongtu, and greeted him warmly: "Old Bai, are you able to sneak in at your level?"
???????? Bai Hongtu saw Jiang Li, walked over, and responded with the same enthusiasm: "When I become the emperor, I will definitely promote Bi to be the commander."
????????The two laughed loudly. Yuyin was a little confused and couldn't figure out whether they had a good relationship or a bad relationship: "Do you know each other?"
"We know each other. The sword tomb was opened a few days ago. I went to join in the fun and met Lao Bai. Lao Bai, this is Yu Yin, a friend I met in the secret realm."
?????????"I know Yu Yin, Tianyuan Dynasty's genius, hello." With Jiang Li's relationship, Bai Hongtu and Yu Yin's greetings were no longer as unfamiliar as the nodding acquaintance just now.
????????Yu Yin is a little uncomfortable with the enthusiastic Bai Hongtu.
"When you were in the Sword Tomb, you were still in the Golden Core stage. Now you are in the Nascent Soul stage, and your cultivation speed is very fast." Bai Hongtu looked at Jiang Li. One of the conditions for becoming a candidate for the Human Emperor is to reach the Yuan Ying stage.
infancy.
"It's rare that you can become a candidate for the Human Emperor. Don't waste your talent. When this test is over, I will introduce you to the master and see if I can let you study in Daozong."
A while."
?????????Jiang Li was greatly moved: "Thank you very much."
?????????Bai Hongtu waved his hand, "Corporal Li Xian is the right thing to do."
????????"roll."
????????Yu Yin said seriously, "I didn't think it through well. You and I joined forces to kill the enemy in the secret realm. Please be kind to me. If you need it, I can copy the Tianyuan royal family's explosive skills to you."
Your share."
????????In the secret realm, Yu Yin saw Jiang Li's amazing fighting prowess and forgot that he was a casual cultivator with no roots and lack of skills. She only realized this after Bai Hongtu explained it.
"Isn't it an undisclosed secret?" Jiang Li asked cautiously.
?????????"Don't ask any more questions."
"You three know each other?" Another voice came, it was the last candidate for the Human Emperor, Ji Zhi.
Jiang Li rolled his eyes at Ji Zhi, "I can see the future because of my heavy eyes. I always come before the teacher comes."
????????As soon as Ji Zhi arrived, a kind old man appeared in the sky.
????????Everyone bowed and shouted in unison, "See the Human Emperor."
?????????The seventy-first generation human emperor, Lu Yu.
???????? Lu Yu smiled and looked at the newly selected candidates for the Human Emperor, feeling very pleased.
?????????This is the future of Kyushu.
"I have called everyone here today for no other reason than to let everyone get to know each other. If you want to become a human emperor, you have to go through many tests. We will all have to deal with each other more in the future."
"The second is to test everyone's ability. The secret realm in front of you is an unknown secret realm that I accidentally discovered. Later I will give each of you three wooden tokens to compete with each other.
If you win once, you can get a wooden card. Whoever gets more wooden cards is the winner."
?????????Everyone found three small wooden plaques around their waists, which could not be put into the storage ring.
????????Other people walked into the nameless secret realm one after another, and Jiang Li and the other four were the last to enter.
Before entering, the four of them were stopped by Lu Renhuang.
?????????"Jiang Li, do your best."
????????A year ago, Jiang Li traveled in the Wu Dynasty and met a bullying outer disciple of the Qingtian Sect. The two sides had a dispute, and happened to meet Lu Renhuang who was visiting privately incognito.
Lu Renhuang admired Jiang Li very much. Later, the two of them ate noodles together on the street, and Jiang Li gave him a few cloves of garlic.
?????????"Bai Hongtu, the immortal told me about you, saying that if the ladder to immortality is still there, you might not be able to become the second Taoist ancestor."
There is another sentence that Lu Renhuang did not say. The immortal also told him that if Bai Hongtu doesn't like it, he should be beaten if necessary. Daozong has no objection at all.
Lu Renhuang felt strange. He found Bai Hongtu quite pleasing to his eye. He didn't know why the immortal said this.
"Yu Yin, I already understand your life experience. The Human Emperor Palace can help you sever your relationship with the Tianyuan Royal Family."
?????????"Thank you for Lu Renhuang's kindness, Yu Yin can solve this matter by himself."
"Ji Zhi, your father told me that your double pupil is too powerful and it is impossible to test your true level with the double pupil. It is recommended that you only use the double pupil during combat."
????????"yes."
???????Lu Renhuang said a few words and then let the four people enter the secret realm.
????????The secret realm is huge, with lakes, jungles and mountains all over it. Once people enter, it will be difficult to find them.
"It's like a secret realm left by a certain tribulation period or an immortal. It's so old that even the original function of the secret realm has disappeared."
Ji Zhi analyzed: "To obtain the wooden sign, you will inevitably have to fight. The situation in the secret area is complicated. Once you fight, your ability to adapt to the situation will be tested."
Without saying a word, Yuyin flew directly towards the dense forest, but could not find any trace. Soon, the sound of fighting came from that direction.
"I'll take the first step." Ji Zhi realized the urgency of time and set off to disappear.
"Originally, we were thinking of four people working together, but why were all the people gone in the blink of an eye?" Jiang Li was a little dissatisfied and had no team spirit at all.
?????????"What's the plan?" Bai Hongtu asked.
?????????Jiang Li told him his plan, and Bai Hongtu nodded frequently, feeling that it was very satisfactory.
????????Soon, Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu also chose to act separately to snatch other people's tokens.
????????In the secret realm, battles occur from time to time. The realms of the Human Emperor candidates are all suppressed by Lu Renhuang in the early stage of Yuanying. However, in actual combat, none of them have the same combat power as in the early stage of Yuanying.
Among them, Yu Yin is the most fierce. Once they meet, no matter who the opponent is, they will choose to fight. After winning three games in a row, everyone chooses to avoid Yu Yin's edge and not waste their energy here.
, not worth it.
"Xuanyuan Gang, we meet again. Come on, let me see how many of Sword Master's moves you have mastered." Bai Hongtu raised his sword and chuckled. He already had five tokens on his waist.
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????????In just half an hour, Bai Hongtu had already grabbed two tokens.
????????Xuanyuan Gang felt like he was facing a formidable enemy. He possessed the sword spirit root and thought that no one could match his talent in swordsmanship. However, after the battle at the Sword Tomb, he realized that there are people outside the world.
????????Daozong walking is well-deserved!
?????????"Come and fight!"
????????Two swordsman monks fought in a dense forest. Thick trees fell in pieces. Bai Hongtu was superior in skill and defeated Xuanyuan Gang again and got a token.
?????????Bai Hongtu used his sword skills to fight against the enemy, and even Xuanyuan Gang from the Jiange Pavilion was defeated by him and took away a wooden sign.
?????????"See you later."
????????Bai Hongtu rushed to the expected rendezvous point.
?????????"You are Jiang Li who just earned his reputation by endorsement, but you still behave... I'm going to go and don't hit my storage ring. Do you know how many spiritual stones I spent to get from Mount Sumeru?"
Bought...my wooden sign!"
?????????"If you have an upright fight, don't use the storage ring... don't steal the wooden sign!"
?????????"Wait a minute, I shouldn't hang the storage ring on my chest...don't you know there is a difference between men and women!"
Jiang Li's process of snatching the wooden cards went very smoothly. The only problem was that it aroused too many people's emotions.
????????I have never seen such a shameless way of playing. He came up and hit the position of the storage ring without saying a word. While their attention was on the storage ring, he followed the wooden sign.
Jiang Li's actions aroused public outrage, and the victims followed Jiang Li one after another.
?????????"Catch up, don't let this grandson escape!"
Jiang Li ran with all his strength. Looking at the momentum of the group of people behind him, he suspected that if he took one step slower, he would be pushed to the ground and hammered.
Fortunately, Jiang Li is very experienced in being chased and will not be caught up.
"This grandson is so good at running away. Let's disperse and surround him. Our Hehuan Sect has a secret method that allows us to transmit messages over short distances without being discovered!" Meng Youyou, the senior sister of the Hehuan Sect, commanded the other victims.
?????????Everyone felt that what Meng Youyou said was reasonable, and they dispersed to form an encirclement.
????????The encirclement gradually narrowed, and finally surrounded a lake. This was the meeting point of Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu.
?????????"Want to come?"
?????????"Bai Hongtu is here, wait a minute and listen to what they are saying."
????????In terms of fame, Bai Hongtu is definitely the most famous among the candidates for the Human Emperor, and Dao Zong is the strongest among all sects. You can imagine how valuable Dao Zong's walking is.
????????……
"Fortunately, I ran fast, otherwise I would have been caught up." Jiang Li gasped, being chased by a genius of the same level, naturally he had to use up all his strength.
?????????"Tsk, tsk, you are not popular."
?????????"Stop talking nonsense, how many wooden tokens did you get?"
Bai Hongtu proudly took out a few wooden signs from his arms, "If you compare the number of wooden signs, you will definitely not be able to beat me... Hey, it fell into the lake!"
????????Accidentally, a wooden sign slipped from the palm of his hand and fell into the lake. Just as Bai Hongtu was about to go down to the lake to pick it up, a strange phenomenon appeared.
The calm lake surface rippled, as if golden spring water was flowing out, holding up two wooden signs.
?????????"How come there are two pieces!" Bai Hongtu was very surprised.
?????????Jiang Li frowned, "Did your hands slip and two pieces fell in?"
After saying that, Jiang Li also threw down a wooden sign. A miracle happened, and the golden spring water held up two wooden signs again.
Jiang Li lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and exclaimed: "The golden spring is gushing out, and everything is in pairs. Could this be the Treasure Lake left by the Treasure Treasure Immortal in ancient legends?"
?????????Bai Hongtuyi
????????I was stunned, and then suddenly realized: "I remembered that there is a book called "Strange Stories from the Immortal Realm" in the Daozong Sutra Pavilion, which records the strange things in the immortal world. There is an earthly immortal in the immortal world who became an immortal with wealth.
, called the Treasure Treasure Immortal, his cornucopia can replicate all things, which is very strange."
"The Immortal Jubao was an immortal from 160,000 years ago. He died 60,000 years ago. If this secret realm was left by him, it is reasonable for it to become deserted after 60,000 years."
Jiang Li nodded: "After all, this is the secret realm chosen by Emperor Lu personally. It is normal to have such an origin."
?????????"I am narrow-minded. I originally thought that Lu Renhuang wanted us to fight against each other to test our ability to perform on the spot. Now it seems that the competition of knowledge and the ability to explore the secret realm are also a test."
"Lu Renhuang is very thoughtful and cannot just look at the surface."
????????"you're right."
Jiang Li threw two more wooden signs in, but four wooden signs did not appear, so he had to fish them out.
"It seems that one person can only use the treasure pool once. You and I have no chance. Yu Yin and Ji Shang don't know this place yet. Let's contact each other separately. They have a lot of wooden cards in their hands.
Can be copied."
?????????Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu separated, but Meng Youyou and others did not stop them.
????????……
????????After the two left, Meng Youyou and others looked at the lake, their hearts pounding.
?????????Good stuff.
"This Jiang Li book may be useful if you read it a lot. Who has heard of "Strange Stories from the Immortal World"?" Gui Bishan from the Corpse Exorcist Sect asked.
???????A few people shook their heads.
"Well, there are so many books in the world, it's normal if you haven't heard of them. Our sect's classics cannot be compared with those of the Imperial Academy of Zhou Dynasty and the Dao Sect."
????????"I will still study more in the future." Meng Youyou made up her mind.
????????” Let’s not talk about this anymore, let’s quickly throw the wooden sign in.”
?????????"Yes, yes, this is the most important thing."
?????????"Jiang Li just proved it in practice that a person can only have one chance, so let's all throw the wooden tokens in, so that we can get the most wooden tokens."
????????"good."
????????Several candidates for the Human Emperor threw the wooden signs in at once.
The lake calmed down for a while, and then the formation under the lake came into play, connecting the wooden signs together to form a package shape, leaping out of the water, and flying towards Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu who were hiding not far away.
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????????The two of them hugged all the wooden signs and ran away. If they were caught this time, they wouldn't be beaten so lightly.
????????Everyone’s expressions changed drastically, and they immediately realized that they had been deceived.
?????????"Chase! After I catch up, I will strip off their clothes and hang them from a tree!"
????????The escape battle began. Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu ran away desperately, and everyone chased them desperately, chasing them to the death.
????????At the end of the test, no one had caught up with Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu.
?????????"Lu Renhuang, please help, they are going to sell us to Hehuan Sect!" The two of them shouted when they saw Lu Renhuang at the exit.
Lu Renhuang’s eyes twitched. He witnessed the whole process.
?????????Bai Hongtu laid out the plan under the lake, and Jiang Li attracted hatred. The two met by the lake, pretending that this was the treasure pool of the Treasure Gathering Immortal, and put on a good show. In order to maximize their profits, everyone
All the wooden cards must be thrown out, so the formation was activated, and everyone's wooden cards fell into the hands of Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu.
???????He finally understood what Xian Weng meant when he said he could fight whenever he wanted.
?????????Don’t say that the candidate for Human Emperor wants to hit people, he also wants to hit people!
?????????Let you show your ability to adapt to changes in the test. Is your ability a lie?
????????Having said that, Lu Renhuang still protected the two of them behind him, like a hen protecting its chicks.
?????????"Okay, stop making trouble, your skills are not as good as others, be careful next time."
?????????Lu Renhuang said this, and everyone could only endure this matter.
????????This test only involves rankings and no rewards, so everyone has no actual losses.
???????But angry.
"And you two, don't make faces to anger them." Lu Renhuang knocked Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu hard. He couldn't stand these two guys making faces behind him.
.
?????????"Don't do this next time
What did you do?"
The results of the trial are based on the number of wooden cards. Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu tied for first place, and Yu Yin ranked third.
Yu Yin frowned slightly, wondering how Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu did it. She kept fighting and winning, so she should be the one with the best results.
"This test is over. I hope everyone can summarize the shortcomings, adjust their mentality, and keep up the good work. This test is just a small warm-up. The next test will be held in a month and we will be disbanded."
Lu Renhuang said the last thing and glared at Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu who were showing off their achievements to Yu Yin and Ji Zhi.
????????The rules of the next test must be adjusted to prevent them from taking advantage of the loopholes.
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????????In the early morning, Commander Liu saw that the lights were still on in the Buddhist Scripture Pavilion of the Human Emperor's Palace, as if someone had forgotten to extinguish the candles after reading a book late at night and into the early morning.
"Kong Hu finally wants to read a book?" Commander Liu was overjoyed. The Sutra Pavilion was full of serious scriptures and Ma Zhuo and his wife would not come.
????????He walked into the Scripture Collection Pavilion and found that Lu Renhuang was flipping through the books.
?????????"Hall Master, what are you..."
Lu Renhuang shook his neck, "Oh, it's Commander Liu, and these two little bastards Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu said that there was a treasure-gathering immortal recorded in "Strange Stories from the Immortal Realm". I think they
It says it has a nose and eyes, so it doesn't sound like it's fake, but I searched all night and couldn't find this book or the Treasure-gathering Immortal."
"Do you think I should go to the Dao Sect's Sutra Collection Pavilion to look for it?"
Commander Liu was silent for a moment and said tentatively: "Maybe, I mean maybe, they even made up "Strange Stories from the Immortal World" and "The Immortal Treasure Gathering".
?????????Lu Renhuang was stunned and said through gritted teeth, "These two brats!"