Under the tall overpass, the stone monuments shine in the sun, reflecting different colors.
On both sides, the fully armored guards stood solemnly and motionless.
"Is this Xia Linshi Palace!" Su Lingxiu exclaimed as he looked at the overpass full of reliefs of gods and the inscription "First in the World" on the stone tablet.
The excitement was that they were about to come into contact with the powerful geniuses from the first echelon of Heluo. When passers-by saw that the three of them were all dressed in coarse linen, they thought they lacked knowledge and rolled their eyes.
"Brother, this makes us stretch our hips..." Luo Xiwei felt those strange emotions.
"Small problem." Ye Changgeng looked left and right. He was ahead of the rest of the world, but that's all.
"Then let's go in." Su Lingxiu didn't care and led the two of them inside.
After all, it is the first-class genius academy in the Heluo Star Territory. At first glance, Xia Linshi Palace looks very impressive.
Looking far away, there are many palaces and towers, and the people walking on the sky are like shooting stars, passing by in a flash. There is also the majestic Daxia Imperial Palace in the distance with misty clouds as the background, which not only makes it more majestic, but also shows the support of the imperial power.
"I have to find someone to ask where the guy named Yan Xu is." Ye Changgeng said, Jin came in, but it was still difficult to find a young man in such a large Xia Linshi Palace.
"No." Luo Xiwei obviously learned something through the field.
"We, the outsiders, can only move around in the periphery. People like Yan Xu must move in the core of the inner circle, and they won't be able to get in even if asked."
"Uh." Ye Changgeng could only agree. She was right. The core area of the inner circle was definitely inaccessible to the three unknown people.
"Besides, it's impossible to ask someone like Yan Xu." Luo Xi shrugged slightly. There was no need to say what kind of dangerous identity that person had. If it weren't for the mission given by the master, the three of them didn't want to have too much contact with him.
However, with their status as civilians, they would be disdainful to contact them.
While the two of them were still thinking, Su Lingxiu had already taken action.
With quick eyes and quick hands, he stopped a monk who was about to enter with his sword.
"Fellow Taoist, you are heroic and unrestrained. I guess you are not an ordinary person. Can you clarify my doubts?" Su Lingxiu said sincerely.
The monk in the splendid attire was obviously flattered. He jumped off his sword and rubbed his hands excitedly, never expecting that he would one day be a mentor. "Me? Of course."
Seeing this, Su Lingxiu smiled and said, "How can I enter the core area of Xia Linshi Palace?"
The monk was stunned, and his smiling face immediately fell. It turned out that he was asking for directions...
"School disciples can naturally enter." He said angrily, jumped back on the sword, and was about to leave.
"Hey - fellow Taoist, wait a minute." Su Lingxiu quickly stopped him.
"How can you enter if you are not a disciple of the academy?"
For a long time, this little kid didn't even enter Xia Linshi Palace...
The monk glanced at him and said impatiently: "When you step on the fifth step of the ladder to heaven, you are a descendant of the Summer Palace. Get out of the way!"
As he spoke, he stepped forward and the sword flew away from Su Lingxiu's head.
"Tch, he really can do it." Luo Xi stared at the monk's leaving figure, obviously she just felt the disdainful atmosphere.
Su Lingxiu waved his hand: "It's okay, at least I asked."
"But where is the ladder?" Luo Xiwei asked. They were really not familiar with Xia Linshi Palace.
Su Lingxiu hesitated and wanted to find another academy monk to ask for directions, but Ye Changgeng stretched out his finger to point to the central area of Xialinshi Palace in the distance.
"Do you think that thing could be..."
Su Luo and the two looked along his fingertips, and saw a huge golden clock suspended in the air in the distance, exuding the imperial pressure, and the laws were broken and recast on it, mysterious and solemn.
"What's the relationship between that clock and the ladder?" Luo Xi was slightly puzzled. All he could see was the Emperor's Sky Bell.
"No, you look under the clock, use the pupil technique, don't look directly." Ye Changgeng hurriedly explained.
The two of them looked at each other again, their eyes were filled with spiritual light, and their eyesight was greatly enhanced. Sure enough, under the Celestial Clock, there are shining golden stairs, and the highest platform is only a stone's throw away from the Celestial Clock.
This golden ladder was not hidden on purpose, but the Emperor's Heavenly Bell was so shining that it absorbed most of the attention. Ye Changgeng had been wielding a bow since he was a child, and his eyesight was naturally the best among the three, so he saw it immediately.
"It's really there, let's go and have a look." Su Lingxiu decided, and everyone didn't waste time. They poured spiritual energy into their legs and ran towards the clock at top speed.
I have to mention that Xia Linshi Palace is truly extraordinary. The three of them walked quickly for an hour before reaching the Celestial Bell. Viewed from a distance, the celestial clock already shows extraordinary momentum. Viewed from a close distance, the celestial clock is even more majestic.
The golden sky clock emits waves of law, protecting the tranquility of Xia Linshi Palace.
The Saint Soldiers of the Great Xia Dynasty were placed in the Xia Linshi Palace, which further showed that the Xia Emperor attached great importance to talents, which was obviously difficult to compare with other countries.
No wonder the Great Xia Dynasty was able to take the lead among the Heluo Kingdoms. There was a reason.
Under the Celestial Bell, there were obviously more monks. Many of them were sitting cross-legged in front of the ladder under the Celestial Bell, enlightening the Dharma and attaining the Tao.
The entrance of Su Lingxiu and three others attracted some people's attention. After all, although the three of them were dressed normally, their looks were too outstanding.
Moreover, Luo Xiwei among the three has an outstanding appearance and long pale golden hair, which is very different from the people from the East Border.
Su Lingxiu felt those strange eyes, and he asked a middle-aged monk standing next to him knowingly: "Fellow Taoist, why are there so few people climbing the ladder to heaven, but so many monks are practicing here?"
"This Celestial Bell has gathered a lot of Shinto energy. The closer it gets..." The monk patiently explained to him.
They didn't want to be so noticed unless they had to. Ye Changgeng also pretended to be enlightened and kept saying yes.
Luo Xiwei didn't think too much and listened attentively.
Su Lingxiu continued to ask a few stupid questions. After feeling that the eyes were a little less, he thanked them and said no more.
"But... there is another reason. The runes engraved on the clock are genuine Daxia Dragon Bird Technique..." Su Lingxiu stopped asking, but the middle-aged monk said proudly.
oh?
The young men's eyes flashed and they exchanged several glances.
"Senior, aren't you afraid that the genuine Daxia Dragon Bird Technique is exposed in such a grand manner?" Ye Changgeng asked tentatively.
"Come on, have you seen the laws entwined on the clock?" The middle-aged monk pointed at the fragments of golden laws that were constantly broken and recast on the clock.
"With the isolation of that law, you have to go to at least the eighth step of the ladder to see the body of the Celestial Bell. Moreover, even if you can see it clearly, whether you can understand it is another matter..."
It can be said to be a typical means of attracting talents.
After reaching the sixth level, he was invited to Xia Linshi Palace. A genius who could see the true form of the Heavenly Bell would probably not escape from the palm of Emperor Xia.
"Let's draw a big pie..." Luo Xi complained slightly.
"You can't say that. Those who are capable can take it. People like us who are pretty can just look at it -"
After thanking them again, the three teenagers squeezed through the crowd and walked towards the inner circle of the crowd.
Those on the periphery are mostly those who admire the monks of Xia Linshi Palace, or watch the geniuses ascending the ladder to heaven. There is little meaning in staying here.
Only in the inner circle, where there is a large group of people sitting cross-legged, closing their eyes and concentrating, comprehending the charm of Shinto, they are the real geniuses of the Great Xia Dynasty.
"Eh, these people will be our opponents from now on." Ye Changgeng pointed at the talented people sitting at the front of the ladder and said softly.
Su Lingxiu nodded and glanced at this group of very beautiful geniuses. Compared to the noise in the outer circle, the inner circle was much quieter. There were only occasional sounds of exclamation for the geniuses who climbed the ladder to heaven.
It can be seen that the inner circle is full of very high-status children, either the sons of high-ranking officials or relatives of the emperor.
As soon as Ye Changgeng finished speaking, a certain handsome young man with jade-like skin sitting cross-legged at the front slowly turned around and glanced at the three young men coldly.
Su Lingxiu's face was expressionless, his eyes did not dodge at all, and the two people's eyes met.
The young man's lips curved into a cold arc and turned back.
But are untouchables worthy?
He snorted coldly, not taking the three of them seriously.
Other geniuses also looked slightly sideways, scanning the figures of the three young men. It was obvious that they had heard everything Ye Changgeng said.
These guys!
As a talented person who practices Qi art, Luo Xiwei is extremely sensitive to other people's auras, and his disdain and conceited emotions make him angry.
However, Su Ye and the two of them pulled her and chuckled: "There will always be a chance."
The three young men walked to an empty seat aside and sat down in front of a crowd of surprised eyes, wanting to try to understand the divine charm of the Heavenly Bell.
What's more, when they saw that the three young men were all wearing long linen clothes, which were completely different from the brocade clothes in the inner circle, they changed their positions with disgust and tried to stay away.
Obviously, they felt extremely offended by being regarded as opponents by such a group of mediocre people.
From the moment the three of them sat down, there were constant whispers.
What look...
Now it was Ye Changgeng's turn to feel annoyed. The look of contempt and disdain from these people was too similar to some of the Ze Ling people he had seen during Yinxu.
"When will cats and dogs dare to come here?"
There was a roar of laughter.
The speaker was a young man dressed in brocade, who was obviously the son of a certain royal family. He was sitting not far in front of the three young men.
He was holding a folding fan with disdain on his face.
Obviously, in the eyes of these young geniuses, it was degrading to be regarded as an opponent of the same level by a few untouchables.
Luo Ye and the two were indignant. Do they have to endure this?
They looked at Su Lingxiu in the middle, only to find that he had already stood up.
Su Lingxiu's face was expressionless. When the boy waving the folding fan saw this, he also stood up. "You humble people, don't you want to accept it?"
As he spoke, his companions also stood up and looked coldly at the three unsociable guys, like three patches on a gorgeous robe, suddenly and devalued.
Upon seeing this, Ye Changgeng and Luo Xiwei immediately stood up and looked at the three teenagers coldly.
"Isn't this Si Chong, fighting with someone?"
"Sichong is the eldest son of Prince Ling's Mansion. Why did these people get into trouble with him..."
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The geniuses in this circle looked sideways, some fanned the flames, and even some of the young monks on the other side looked at the commotion here.
"Go and check the origins of these three people." The blue-eyed boy said calmly to the inconspicuous attendant beside him.
"Yes, Your Highness."
The so-called "first in the world" is nothing more than that...
Ye Changgeng sneered again and again, and he lazily turned his head to look at Su Lingxiu's back. "Axiu, do you want to fight?"
Even if the opposite side is full of holy geniuses, what is there to be afraid of among peers?
Su Lingxiu glanced at the group of young geniuses who were standing up, and walked slowly towards the boy with the folding fan.
Untouchables, you really dare to come! ?
With a snap, Si Chong put away the folding fan, and the contemptuous smile on his face gradually disappeared. Most of the young geniuses at this age were princes and nobles. Even the Xia Dynasty, which was a commoner, would not treat him badly. It was impossible for him to wear such coarse linen clothes.
If he had been specially recruited recently, he would not fail to recognize him. So he didn't take Su Lingxiu and the others seriously at all.
Su Lingxiu didn't hurry, but walked past Si Chongshen, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, in full view of everyone. He seemed to ignore it and walked directly towards the ladder.
What is he doing?
Under everyone's puzzled gazes, Su Lingxiu said calmly: "How many levels?"
"What?" Sichong looked at him coldly, feeling annoyed at being ignored.
"I ask you how many steps you have reached on the ladder to heaven?" Su Lingxiu turned around and scanned all the geniuses, and said slowly.
"The seventh level is a place that does not belong to you." Si Chong said sarcastically.
Pfft...
Luo Xiwei suddenly smiled, and Ye Changgeng almost couldn't hold it back.
"What are you laughing at!?" Sichong's friends stared at them coldly, but the two of them just sat down leisurely.
You will know.
Su Lingxiu glanced at the group of people and walked forward.
The golden chain of laws draped over Su Lingxiu, making his face look sacred and solemn.
Although he was not regarded as a rival, it was true that some girls with extraordinary backgrounds in the venue were somewhat attracted to him.
This law is to feel his realm, and understand that the ladder will give different difficulties according to different realms.
Su Lingxiu looked ahead and saw several geniuses ascending the ladder, but he didn't pay attention to them.
It is said to be only nine steps, but in fact each step is a wide and long platform, with a large height difference between each step.
I'm afraid I won't even be able to pass the first level!
Sichong and his friends laughed sarcastically, attracting echoes from time to time.
Come on, just wait for your face to be smashed.
Ye Changgeng did not retort, the facts will give the answer, the person who is going to climb the ladder to heaven is that guy...
