"In this case, we will part ways."
Standing next to the White Lotus Pond, four people who have traveled thousands of miles together are about to be separated.
After catching the spirit fish, the spirit fish will point out the way to Jianzhou. Everyone will embark on a different journey and finally meet in Jianzhou. The journey here is difficult and everyone is scrambling to get there first. This is a journey that individuals take by their own means. Even fellow students cannot go together, and it is time for the four of them to do something else.
"Well, see you at the meeting."
Che Sha said seriously: "Brother, we will come to see you when we get to the meeting. Although you may be sitting at the front, we can only see your back. But we will always recognize you as our eldest brother..." Halfway through, she suddenly stopped talking. He opened his mouth and hugged his fists. Wusuntong also bowed and left with his head lowered.
Looking at the two people's hurried backs, Tang Zhao looked calm and said:
"They're laughing."
…
"Yeah, I'm laughing at you."
"Aren't you laughing at me?"
"hehe--"
Jiang Shenyi showed an "all-knowing" smile and said: "I put my turtle in the bag, so no one can see it outside. Your turtle shell is too big, so I can only hold it between my legs. Who do you think they are laughing at?"
Tang Zhao was holding a turtle the size of a washbasin under his arm. The turtle had its head shrunk and only its shell was exposed. It looked like a turtle with a shrunken head. It is true that the size of this turtle is too embarrassing. If it is smaller, just put it in any bag. If it is larger, just put it on the ground. You can also sit on it and play the role of a turtle fairy or something. Only this one, no matter how big or small, looks like a monster when you hold it on your back. It is just like a book.
In fact, the reason why some of his companions are funny is because the look of him holding a turtle is so different from his usual gentle demeanor. If someone doesn't know him and sees it, it would be... okay?
Jiang Shenyi patted Tang Zhao and said: "Junior brother, don't worry, I think your guide is unusual. Maybe it's you who have done well in the talisman and won a hidden reward of gold scales or above? I think you look like a turtle. It’s surprising, maybe it’s an ancient mythical beast? Like a black basalt, a spinning turtle, something like that.”
Tang Zhao chuckled and said: "Senior brother, are these words of encouragement or self-encouragement? Are you and I the messengers of the same race? This is a better omen. You are the best. Isn't it stronger than Golden Scale? What a blessing."
The two exchanged yin and yang, and Jiang Shenyi said: "Before, we rode donkeys and raced to no avail. Why not compete this time? Let's see who has a higher evaluation after arriving in Jianzhou? The loser will be treated to food, accommodation, and entertainment throughout the trip."
Tang Zhao naturally responded:
"Okay, high-five?"
"High-five!"
After the two high-fived each other, they each held the turtle in their arms and said goodbye. Tang Zhao suddenly came to his senses, turned around and said angrily in the direction of Jiang Shenyi: "Senior brother, you didn't bring any money with you at all. How can you pay me for nothing when you go back! Don't you still want to eat me?"
“Ah, this classmate——” Someone called him from behind.
Tang Zhao turned around and saw that it was the scholar next to him. He couldn't help but blush slightly: "This scholar caught a golden scale. The turtle he just caught with Senior Brother Jiang's golden scale is not as good as ours. It's like he can't eat grapes." Sour grapes.
The scholar looked solemn and said seriously: "Classmate, although I only met you by the pool, I know that you are a talented person. I just regret that time is tight and we cannot have a close friendship. Let's see you in Jianzhou! Maybe in the world, you and I will still be together. We can sit side by side."
Tang Zhao also responded sternly: "I'm borrowing my words from my brother. Now that I have golden scales, I don't know how to call them since they are not something in the pond."
"Qingqu Academy, Yue Shen."
"Zhuoyu Villa, Tang Zhao."
After leaving everyone, Tang Zhao came to Baicheng and rented a small house to chat with his guide spirit envoy.
Although the rules of the Jianzhou Road have spread throughout the city these days, Tang Zhao still has to listen to his own spiritual envoy.
Tang Zhao took out another talisman page and handed it to the turtle shell.
This is also a necessary step. It is necessary to feed another talisman page to prove that the previous talisman page was made by oneself, in order to truly awaken the spirit envoy.
Only the sound of exhalation was heard, and a grotesque head popped out of the turtle shell, swallowed the talisman page in one gulp, chewed it up with an expression of enjoyment, and shouted loudly: "Haha, it's finally Turtle's turn to appear! You are me The chosen Talisman Sword Master, I will be your guiding spirit! Come with Master Gui and embark on the road to Jianzhou together."
Although Tang Zhao had known that the spirit was magical, Tang Zhao still found it strange to see the turtle speak with his own eyes.
In this world, aliens cannot speak. The ferocious beast is extremely powerful and can even use powerful techniques, but its intelligence is extremely limited. Not to mention wild beasts, Senior Sister Xue’s owl was fed with special talismans and rare materials and elixirs. It had just begun to understand human nature and could understand commands, but it was still far from being able to speak human words.
This turtle speaks clearly and has a temperament in its voice... Was it born a different species, or was it manipulated by some means?
Tang Zhao should be the latter. There are ninety-nine spirit fish in one lotus pond alone. They are of various races. There can't be so many water tribes who are born spiritual fish, right? Natural spiritual seeds are too worthless.
As for the means, Tang Zhao immediately thought of Fu Puppet.
A powerful Talisman Sword Master can make spiritual puppets. For example, Axiao in Xue Xianyun's place has his own consciousness, although he is often stupid. But even Axiao couldn't speak, and it was difficult for him to imitate parrots, let alone talk freely.
After all, apart from the human soul, there is no way in this world to give true intelligence to another possessed person.
Even the fairy sister in his glasses lacks a little bit of foresight.
Tang Zhao stared at the turtle and thought, can it really speak human language, or can it record hundreds of sentences in advance and automatically select and play them according to the situation?
Although he was curious, Tang Zhao did not conduct a rash inspection. On the one hand, he would not be so rude to welcome the envoy to represent his host, Long Yuan. On the other hand, he must maintain respect for all intelligent beings.
It's just that this turtle's head is sharp and angular, and it really looks a bit like a bird. So could the prototype of this talisman really be a spinning turtle with a bird's head and a snake's tail?
It was just too ugly, so ugly that Tang Zhaosheng had the idea of putting it in the glasses pool to upgrade it.
Wu Gui looked at him sideways and said: "You Talisman Sword Master, why are you always looking at Master Gui? Aren't you a little stupid? Come on, Master Gui will give you something good." After saying that, he spit out a thick booklet.
"There are a thousand questions about the symbol."
Come on, come on, this is the one who can kill a thousand swords!
The craziest thing circulating in Baicheng right now is this Fu-style Thousand Questions exam paper. All candidates who catch the spirit fish will receive this copy. It is a thick examination paper, and each question is said to be so difficult that it makes people question their life. Last night, Baicheng was filled with all kinds of cries and howls.
Although Tang Zhao is also the person who made his own exercise books on the mountain, the feeling of making up questions by yourself is different from having someone throw a question bank at you. Feeling the solid weight of the exercise book in his hand, Tang Zhao's face turned green.
"Do you want to complete a thousand questions in seven days?"
The turtle patiently comforted him and said: "How can it be seven days? Don't you still have to hurry? There is no seven days at all?"
"..."
Tang Zhao repeated: "In other words, I have to travel for seven days, answer questions, and finally rush to Jianzhou?"
Wugui said: "Of course it's more than that..."
Then, it spit out another scroll, which was a map.
"There are nine roads on the map. Each road has different lengths and priorities, and there is at least one checkpoint. You can choose any road to pass the checkpoints, answer questions, and rush on your way. You are guaranteed to enjoy a full and unforgettable journey. .”
"Don't look at some roads that are clean and have only one or two checkpoints, suitable for rushing. In fact, there are fewer checkpoints and fewer opportunities. Although some levels are troublesome, you can get a lot of benefits after cracking them. Maybe... dozens of questions and hundreds of questions The answer to the question! For those with few levels, you won’t get any hints and can only do it behind closed doors, which will delay your results.”
Tang Zhao pondered: "The final seat is entirely determined by test scores? There is no difference if you arrive early or late?"
Wugui said: "That's right. But there are advantages to arriving early. The sooner you arrive at Maze City, the sooner you can lurk and wait for others to come."
The nine roads to Jianzhou do not intersect with each other, but in the end they all arrive at the same place - Labyrinth City!
"There is a large formation in Maze City that leads directly to Jianzhou. It will be opened on the last day to take everyone to Jianzhou. Before that, everyone must stay in Maze City. It is a magical city. You can enjoy Enjoy the fun of exploring this mysterious town and also seize the time to exchange answers.”
Tang Zhao was surprised: "Can we still exchange answers? Plagiarism is also allowed?"
Wu Gui said: "To put it bluntly, you are allowed to plagiarize others. This is part of the rules. But there is a small restriction - if your answer to a certain question is plagiarized by others, the answer will be invalid."
"Wait a minute!" Tang Zhao suddenly reacted: "Someone copied my answer. He is fine, but my answer is invalid?! Is this reasonable?!"
The turtle said matter-of-factly: "Why is it unreasonable? Who told you to be copied by others? If you copy others, isn't there a problem?"
Tang Zhao was confused for a moment, then reacted for a while and said: "Doesn't this encourage everyone to not do the questions themselves and just wait for each other to plagiarize? It doesn't matter the level of attainments in the talisman style. If your martial arts is higher than others, it's enough if you can steal it?"
The turtle shook his head and said: "Not necessarily. We only have the last one or two days in Maze City. There are a thousand questions. Can you copy them all? Who should you copy? Even if you copy the answers, how can you guarantee that they are correct? If you are Fu Shi If you are not good at it, the answer is that you don’t even know what to copy. Moreover, the setting in Maze City is very magical. In terms of martial arts alone, the weak may not be weak, and the strong may not be strong. If you have strong attainments in talismans, you can kill everyone in Maze City! "
The turtle finally said: "There is also an ultimate amulet. If you try to hand in a blank paper, the guide can bring the Talisman Swordsman to teleport into the formation. Your personal safety is safe, but all questions will be invalid and zero points will be recorded."
Tang Zhao understood that this was telling plagiarists not to push others too hard. By forcing people to a dead end, they will die and go directly to Jianzhou, leaving you with nothing to gain. It seems that Long Yuan still doesn't want people to die. After all, regardless of their level, the Fu Sword Masters who can come here are the top disciples of each family. In the future, they will at least be able to stand alone as Fu Sword Masters. Cutting off the future of another family's family and forging a life-or-death feud for nothing would also be detrimental to Long Yuan's reputation.
"Young man, which way do you want to choose?"
Tang Zhao was silent and suddenly asked: "Since we have to answer questions and sort them, what's the use of the quality of the spiritual fish we catch?"
The turtle said: "Of course it works. If you catch me, you can choose nine paths. There is a lot of room for choice. If you catch a loach, you can only choose a random path."
Um……
It seems to be of no use? I don't know which way is better. Still relying on blindness.
Tang Zhao said: "The last question is, if I want to catch Golden Scale, how many paths can I choose?"
Wugui said proudly: "It's also Kujo. We are on the same level, no, actually I am better than Jinlin. It is beautiful, but it is a dead thing, and it is stupid. Master Turtle is the best hidden surprise! "
