Lin Xi was awakened in the middle of the night and heard Mu Qing's voice outside the door. He knew that the impatient Emperor Yun Qin had already laid down the rules and it was time to set off.
He got dressed without any panic. After meeting Bian Linghan on the second floor, the two followed Professor Mu Qing out of Zhige Xinsheng Hall and walked into the thick darkness.[..com]
Seeing that Mu Qing, who had always been very kind, was very silent, Lin Xi, who was wrapped in the watery night, couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Teacher Mu Qing, what are the rules of this competition?"
Hearing this question, Mu Qing looked at the green faces of Lin Xi and Bian Linghan, shook his head, and said: "Maybe the emperor is still afraid of what we will do, so even we don't know the specific rules of the competition. I only received the news
, will take you to Shizhi Ridge."
Lin Xi and Bian Linghan were slightly startled.
"It seems that the emperor is not very upright." Facing Teacher Mu Qing, who was obviously from Vice President Xia's lineage, Lin Xi spoke without any scruples. After being stunned for a moment, she directly said something treasonous.
"You can say this in front of me, but outside, the emperor is the emperor after all. Our Qingluan Academy cannot interfere with the court's legal affairs, and we also hope that both princes, nobles and common people can act in accordance with the law, so what you said
But you can't say it outside." Mu Qing warned Lin Xi in the dark. Because she was familiar with Lin Xi's temperament, she was not afraid that her words would make Lin Xi arrogant, so she spoke without any cover-up: "Those in the mountains behind Ailao
People have analyzed that the late emperor was busy fighting wars and dealing with foreign enemies. He was used to seeing life and death and people suffering from war. He naturally had compassion in his heart. He only wanted to defend his homeland, so he had no time to think too much, so his temper was naturally bright.
.However, since the beginning of the emperor's understanding, he has already established a great empire, a stable and prosperous era, and holds the most powerful empire in the world. What he thinks about more often is to surpass the glory of the late emperor, so what he thinks about all the time is not
To advance southward is to advance westward and open up new territories. With the help of Dean Zhang, the former emperor was already an emperor through the ages. It was not easy to maintain his achievements. He also wanted to surpass the achievements of the former emperor. Such ambitions,
All he can do is make various calculations on the dragon bed... Whether it's conspiracy or conspiracy, the more calculations he makes, the less bright his character will be."
Lin Xi had read many books about Five Thousand Years since she was a child in her previous modern family, and had naturally taken many history classes from elementary school to university. Her understanding of the emperor's mind may not be the same as that of people who are familiar with economics in this world.
Next, from the words of lecturer Mu Qing, he keenly noticed something, so he frowned slightly, looked at Mu Qing in the dark, and asked softly: "Listen to what the teacher means, if it were the former emperor,
Now, maybe Da Mang in the south and Tang Zang in the west can negotiate peace?"
"The old emperor of Da Mang, Zhan Tai Mang, raised an army with an ordinary frontier army, and finally unified the southern region and established Da Mang. The Empress Dowager of Tang Zang personally led the troops to quell the rebellion. After seven years of fighting, she was loved by all the people and supported her youngest son to the throne.
These two people are both unparalleled talents. With such vision, they may not be willing to fight against an empire whose national power is far greater than theirs." Mu Qing said slowly: "But if they can also see clearly the temperament of Emperor Yun Qin,
, seeing the ambition and ambition of Emperor Yunqin, they naturally did not dare to sit still and wait for death. But this cannot be entirely blamed on Emperor Yunqin. After all, his hard work in governance is obvious to all. He is determined to be an enlightened sage in the annals of history, and he has lived a good life.
It is extremely miserable. If there were a king who did not want to make progress and was extravagant, Yunqin might not be what it is today."
Lin Xi followed Mu Qing in the darkness, thinking about Mu Qing's words, and a self-deprecating smile soon appeared on the corner of her mouth.
After all, the issues surrounding these countries and the minds of those in power are too complicated. At best, they can only be listened to as gossip. In the end, what we have to consider are the problems of ourselves and the friends around us.
"Although I don't know what the rules of the competition are now, Vice President Xia told me to tell you before he left that this competition will definitely allow you to show your strength, otherwise he will not agree to the rules of the competition. Also, you
It is best for two people to act together, not only because the two of you can exert the greatest power together, but also among all these people, the two of you should be the weakest in cultivation."
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"I've never asked you... what is your current level of cultivation?"
After sliding down a silver zipline to a gentle slope at the northernmost end of the peaks of Qingluan College, Lin Xi saw Gao Yanan, Wen Xuanyu, Yuhua Tianji and two other lecturers from Qingluan College. Because she and Wen Xuanyu, Yuhua
Tianji was not familiar with them, and it seemed that Wen Xuanyu and Yuhua Tianji were not easy to talk to, so Lin Xi naturally walked beside Gao Yanan and couldn't help but ask about Gao Yanan's cultivation.
"You really want to know?"
"Of course, otherwise why would I ask you... Anyway, you can still improve your cultivation. I can say that, right?"
"Intermediate Soul Master."
“…..”
Although she knew that Gao Yanan's cultivation was definitely much better than hers, after hearing Gao Yanan's honest answer, Lin Xi still touched her nose and couldn't help feeling a little frustrated.
In the past two days, his only focus on the trial was to see if it was possible to deal with practitioners with intermediate soul master cultivation. However, Gao Yanan's cultivation had actually reached the level of an intermediate soul master.
The Shizhi Ridge mentioned by Mu Qing was not close to Qingluan College. Lin Xi and others set out in the middle of the night, and it took them a full day until noon to arrive at the designated location.
A row of bright yellow banners embroidered with mighty golden dragons fluttered in the wind in an open space among desolate mountains.
More than a dozen soldiers wearing silver armor and two Thunder Academy lecturers wearing golden robes greeted Mu Qing and others with almost expressionless expressions.
Then a silver-armored general led by him handed five small sheepskin scrolls sealed with fire paint to Mu Qing and distributed them to Lin Xi and others.
The contents of these five small sheepskin scrolls sealed with fire paint are extremely simple. They are just a map of the Ten Finger Ridges with a location marked on it.
The handwriting on them is all very elegant, written by the same person, and they are all exactly the same. They just explain that they must rush to that location before dark, and at that location, the rules for the next official competition will be explained.
"The emperor really knows how to do things."
In front of a group of Zhongzhou Guard elites and lecturers from Thunder College, Lin Xi, who had just listened to Mu Qing's advice not long ago, naturally would not say nonsense. But when the five people from the college started to follow the small parchment, they left two people far away.
After the college lecturers and these Zhongzhou Guard elites, Lin Xi couldn't help but mutter to Gao Yanan and Bian Linghan.
This is not necessarily a completely fair duel in the first place. Even if both parties try to be fair in the process in order to convince the other party, it stands to reason that all the rules can be stated at this time, without having to wait until the next time.
Location. To others, this extra link might be a good thing, but to Lin Xi, it made her feel that the emperor's heart was not bright enough.
"Putting aside some differences of opinion, the current sage can indeed be described as a sage, and his actions are much better than many kings in history." Hearing Lin Xi's muttering, Gao Yanan said softly and calmly: "After all, no one is perfect.
, you don’t need to be hostile to him."
"This is just a moment of pure liking and disliking. When it comes to hostility, I don't have the qualifications yet." Hearing Gao Yanan's tone of voice showing a hint of protection for Emperor Yunqin, Lin Xi didn't take it seriously. After all, he
It was very clear that he and Dean Zhang were the only ones who had no concept of monarchs and ministers at all. Just when he was about to talk about other relaxing topics, his brows jumped sharply, and everyone including Bian Linghan discovered that
There is some strange light in the sky ahead.
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Night fell once again on the Dengtian Mountains and on this barren ridge called Shizhi Ridge.
Lin Xi, Gao Yanan, Bian Linghan, Wen Xuanyu, and Yuhua Tianji were sitting in a wooden house, looking at a piece of hard cowhide nailed to the wooden pier in the middle.
"What do you think?"
Lin Xi's eyes left the hard cowhide that was also covered with Juanxiu himself. He looked at the other four people around him and was the first to speak out.
When he first approached the Shizhi Ridge marked on the map and saw the ice crystals floating in the sky like diamond dust, in addition to sighing at the miraculous craftsmanship of nature, he had not been able to understand the emperor's intention in choosing this place. But when he waited
After actually entering Shizhi Ridge and rushing here to see the specific rules, he knew that Vice President Xia and the emperor had jointly agreed on this place, and I'm afraid they had spent a lot of brains.
The terrain of this desolate ridge is about the same height as the half-snow plain they experienced that day. According to the altitude of Lin Xi's previous world, most areas are probably around four thousand meters above sea level.
The altitude of Qingluan College where they usually live and practice is about 3,400 to 500 meters, so the students of Qingluan College will naturally not suffer from altitude sickness. However, the students of Thunder College who came from the plains were exercising vigorously.
But it is not necessarily possible, so the students of Thunder College have gone to the half-snowy plain so early to practice and adapt.
Judging from the map that the five of them had just obtained earlier, the Shizhi Ridge was a hilly area in the wilderness, except that ten of the peaks were slightly higher. However, this map was extremely simple, with no distance or height markings at all.
After actually entering it, Lin Xi and others discovered that this wilderness was wider than the half-snow plain. Although the wooden house they were in was only on one of the "ten fingers" peaks closest to them at the time, it was
They drove at full speed for a long time, and finally arrived here from the edge of Shizhi Ridge on the map before dark.
According to their visual inspection on the way, it would probably take nearly a day's journey at full speed from the peak they were on now to the two nearest peaks.
The competition rules clearly written on this hard cowhide are "capture the flag and keep the flag" commonly used in border army elite competitions. It is clearly written on it that the "flag" this time will be five prisoners, who have been captured at this moment.
They were dispersed and brought into the other nine peaks except the central one. Their mission was to find these five prisoners and escort them to the central peak and send them to the emperor's place.
There are several camps at the foot of the mountain. The students of Thunder College are trying to search and kill these five prisoners. It depends on whether the students of Qingluan College save more or the students of Thunder College kill more.
Living people are prey, which is naturally a bit cruel to Lin Xi.
In addition to stating that you cannot bring anything from the academy, you must change your clothes into ordinary frontier army clothes in another room at the back, and you can only choose two frontier army standard weapons, there is no relevant time.
limitations.
Obviously, this is probably not a competition that can end in a day or two.
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According to Lin Xi's judgment, the snow line in the Dentian Mountains is about 4,800 meters, but the Shizhi Ridge is covered with a thin layer of ice and snow.
Like the Four Seasons Plain, this wilderness is also a miracle of nature. It may be that the snow peaks of the Dengtian Mountains to the north of this area are slightly lower than the other main snow peaks, or the glaciers are looser for some reason.
Therefore, the strange light that Lin Xi and others saw earlier were very small ice particles floating in the sky.
Now is not the time for snow in the Dentian Mountains, but this unique landform makes this area seem to be snowing at this time. It’s just that these ice particles are relatively sparse, like sun rain, and do not obscure the view.
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All the spruces growing in the Shizhi Ridge area are sporadic spruces, but they are very sparse and not covered by many other plants.
As a result, not only is it difficult to find food in this area, but also if you rely on the monocular long-distance telescope that Dean Zhang taught Yun Qin to make, which is what Yun Qin's army calls "Eagle Eye", in this Ten Finger Peak
On the highest mountain peak, it is possible to observe the movement in some areas.
Therefore, Emperor Yunqin, who attached great importance to this battle, was most likely on the highest mountain.
The mountain winds here from north to south and from high altitudes are very strong. Some ice particles falling from the upper wind, like the strong mountain winds, have a very good pushing effect on the arrows falling from the sky.
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Therefore, an arrow shot from a height of three to four hundred meters using the Moon Falling Technique must be more powerful than elsewhere.
And the most important thing is that there is no shortage of raw materials needed to transform ordinary bows and arrows.
Although he had never seen Vice President Xia since he entered school, he could feel that Vice President Xia was trying to make up for the gap in cultivation between him and others, and let him exert his power as much as possible.
In other words, Vice President Xia seemed to bet a lot of money on him.
But Lin Xi also knew very well that the ice particles and thick moisture floating in the sky would have a greater impact on the arrow's flight, making it more difficult to shoot accurately.
"Vice President Xia, why do you have so much confidence in me?"
After thinking clearly about what he was about to face and asking Gao Yanan and the others what they were going to do, Lin Xi suddenly had such an idea in his mind.
"These prisoners have been scattered and thrown into these mountains and forests. Whoever finds them sooner is the key to success."
Yuhua Tianji was silent along the way, and it was only at this time that he spoke his first words. The thin, blond boy with hair as shiny as the sun glanced at Lin Xi and everyone else, and said: "Such a flag-capturing and flag-keeping thing."
The rules of the competition naturally require both parties to be dispersed. Only by spreading out the search can we find as many prisoners as quickly as possible. Naturally, we set off immediately."
Lin Xi frowned slightly and muttered: "This is certainly true, but if this competition is to be fair, these prisoners cannot just starve to death or freeze to death, so they must have some mobility, thinking in the dark
The possibility of finding these prisoners is extremely small. Maybe it would be better to save some energy and wait until dawn before setting off."
"Only the cowardly will be afraid of darkness, and priests with bright hearts will never lose their faith and direction in the darkness."
Yuhua Wuji recited another priestly scripture proudly and indifferently, opened the door and walked towards a wooden house in the back. His voice continued in the cold wind mixed with ice particles: "What you said makes sense.
But it takes more than one night to get to the farthest peak, so I will rush to the No. 3 peak at the southern end."
Hearing this pale-faced, blond-haired boy reciting scriptures, Lin Xi couldn't help but shake his head, feeling that he was really a weirdo. But when he heard the second half of the other person's sentence, he raised his eyebrows, and felt sorry for him in his heart.
This young man had some different perceptions.
On the crude map in their hands, they were currently at Peak No. 7, the northernmost peak on the map. Peak No. 3 marked on the map was the farthest away from them. It would probably take at least three days to get there in a straight line.
The longer the journey, of course the more difficult it is.