The little girl's expression flickered for a while, and finally she snorted coldly and gave up on continuing the conflict with the young man.
Seeing her surrender, the young man beamed with joy and looked at all the monks present in a high-profile manner.
At this time, the old man who accompanied him walked towards where Gu Chen and Huang Pingzhang were. Before they even got close, a strange and strange sound came from them.
"Fellow Daoist Huang, I didn't expect you to come today. The person next to you is a junior in your family, and he doesn't look very good."
The old man glanced sideways at Gu Chen and his tone was thorny.
Gu Chen frowned slightly, who was this old man? He was a stranger to him and he looked down upon him.
Huang Pingzhang stood up and snorted coldly. "Yuanjiu, this is Fellow Daoist Chen, not a junior. I am on equal terms with him!"
Yuan Jiu glanced at Gu Chen a few more times in surprise, "Looking at his outfit, he must be an archer too. He is an equal to you. It seems that he has good archery skills."
"What kind of archer is he if he doesn't even have a good bow and arrow? And he's not afraid of making people laugh?"
The young man from before walked over and glanced at Gu Chen with unabashed disdain.
What Gu Chen was carrying on his back was just an ordinary large iron-wood bow, and the arrows were ordinary, which was completely different from his purple and green bow.
An archer's strength can be mostly seen from the bows and arrows he uses, so he could tell at a glance that Gu Chen was not good.
These two guys who had never met before were making fun of him as soon as they arrived. Gu Chen was not easy to mess with, so he responded coldly.
"If the opponents are all at your level, then you can defeat them with ordinary bows and ordinary arrows."
"You really dare to speak, and you are not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue."
The young man was domineering, "To pass the test today, you only need one archer. Remember, my name is Shi Cong, and I am the one who will defeat you later."
"Senior, stop talking nonsense with them, it's a waste of time."
Shi Cong strode away with his head held high, and Yuan Jiu followed suit with a sneer.
"You had a problem with him?"
As soon as the two left, Gu Chen asked Huang Pingzhang.
"There are not many archers among the Heavenly Bronze Killers. I and Na Yuanjiu have been competing for the reputation of being the number one archer, so they have always had a bad relationship."
Huang Pingzhang shook his head and looked at the backs of the two of them. "This is a coincidence. I didn't expect that he would bring someone here to take the assessment today."
"Although the Heavenly Court has no explicit regulations, if two archers appear in the assessment and have similar abilities, they will usually choose the best one. Therefore, you and the young man named Shi Cong are in direct competition. No wonder he wants to provoke you."
"That guy seems to be quite rich, but I wonder where he comes from?"
Gu Chen joked.
Shi Cong was dressed in rich and luxurious clothes.
The blue brocade robe he was wearing was a defensive magic weapon. He had just been attacked by a puppet, and it was the brocade robe that automatically released the air shield that saved him.
A quick glance at his chest showed that he was wearing close-fitting inner armor, so his defense was probably not weak.
In addition, even the shoes he wears are magic weapons.
Coupled with the purple-green bow and arrows, which looked to be of extraordinary quality, this thing was simply a mobile treasure house for the poor casual cultivator.
"His surname is Shi? I heard that Yuan Jiu seems to have been worshiped by a family named Shi. Maybe that boy is the young master of that family."
Huang Pingzhang guessed.
"Whoever he is, he doesn't look like a smart guy."
Gu Chen shook his head and said, that young man is too high-profile, and the killer Heavenly Court is looking for will never be this kind of person.
"Such people usually die quickly, but Fellow Daoist Chen, the purple-green bow and arrows in that boy's hands are probably of the highest quality at the yellow level. Do you want me to lend you the Liuyun Bow?"
The Liuyun Bow that Huang Pingzhang carried had been with him for many years. It was a top-grade Huang-level bow. It was a little worse than Shi Cong's, but much better than Gu Chen's ordinary-level iron bow.
Although Shi Cong's words are unpleasant, the strength of an archer is indeed closely related to the quality of the bow and arrow.
"No need, I just got used to this bow."
Gu Chen shook his head. He had been practicing archery with an iron bow for the past two weeks. Changing it in a hurry would affect his accuracy.
Half an hour later.
All the killers and their recommended people gathered together, and a man wearing a white robe and a golden mask descended from the sky!
The other party was wearing the uniform of a Heavenly Assassin, and his identity was self-evident. He was today's examiner.
All the bronze killers present stood up and saluted him with respectful expressions.
That golden mask represents the identity of the opponent's golden killer, and the golden killer is much more noble than the bronze level in heaven.
The golden killer stood in the air, glanced at everyone present, and said calmly, "The rest can leave, but those who have accepted the assessment will stay."
The bronze killers then left one after another. Huang Pingzhang gave his blessing and Gu Chen also left.
The remaining group of candidates were inexplicably nervous looking at the powerful golden killer.
It is said that for every gold-level killer in heaven, the lives of his subordinates are counted per city.
They are notoriously evil, and almost every one of them is on the "Black List" of Kunlun Continent.
Every time it appears in an area, all the forces in that area will be in panic.
Killers of this level usually see the dragon but not its tail. If it weren't for the mandatory stipulation of the Heavenly Court assessment that the golden killer must be responsible, it would be impossible to see him.
"Senior, I wonder what our assessment content is today?"
Na Shi Cong looked at the Golden Killer and said with a flattering smile.
The Golden Killer raised his sleeves and dozens of books appeared out of thin air, flying up in the wind and falling into the hands of each candidate.
Gu Chen opened it and was a little surprised. It was an illustrated book, which recorded information about each treasure.
He looked at the lower right corner of the cover and found the four characters "Whale Alliance Black Market" painted on it.
"This is the auction guide for the Black Market of the Whale Alliance. Why are you giving us this thing?"
Everyone was puzzled.
The Whale Alliance is a loose alliance composed of many forces in the White Whale Mansion. As far as Gu Chen knows, the Yunyan Sect, which controls the territory of Tanlang City, seems to be a member of the Whale Alliance.
The original purpose of this alliance was to protect the huge profits from black market transactions and prevent it from being controlled by the big forces from the Middle-earth Empire or Nanling.
The books in everyone's hands were obviously illustrations used in a black market auction under the Whale Alliance. What was the purpose of the killer from Heaven giving this to them?
"Just five miles away, a black market auction of the Whale Alliance will be held today. Your assessment content is to completely destroy this auction and take away the auction items recorded in the illustrated book."
"The greater the value of the auction item that he brings to me, the higher his score will be in this assessment."
"In this assessment, only the five people who bring the highest value items can join the Heavenly Court!"
After the Golden Killer introduced the rules of today's assessment, the expressions of all the monks changed dramatically.