Baiyan City, noisy street market
Xiao Wangshu and Qiye strolled together, but although they were shopping like friends.
But in the eyes of others, Qiye, who is thin and dressed in commoner clothes, looks more like a book boy. Follow the handsome and elegant Mr. Xiao.
Facing other people's worldly eyes, Qiye was extremely helpless.
In order to get rid of his extremely uncomfortable situation, Xiao Wangshu simply held the fan with one hand and put his other hand on Qiye's shoulder, chatting and laughing like old buddies.
Regarding Xiao Wangshu's behavior of taking care of himself, he felt warm in his heart and crossed his arms across his chest in embarrassment.
Seeing Xiao Wangshu being so free and uninhibited made Qiye very curious:
Although this guy is usually carefree and casual, he looks like a carefree rich young man;
But as soon as I hold the sword, my whole person takes on a new look, no longer lazy and careless, as if the sword has been unsheathed and frozen thousands of miles away.
It feels so cold!
The two of them wandered around the streets all afternoon, and Xiao Wangshu bought a lot of delicious food.
During this period, he also wanted to buy two "beautiful" clothes for Qiye, but Qiye politely declined because the colors were "too bright."
Qiye is not willing to accept too much kindness from others, because there is a deep-rooted experience in his memory:
No one will be nice to a stranger for no reason, even if he has nothing worthy of others' intentions.
Although Xiao Wangshu didn't seem to have any ill intentions towards her from the time they spent together, Qiye still wanted to keep a distance from him as a chance friend.
Dusk is getting late…
After having fun, the two returned to the small courtyard.
During this day's stroll, Qiye learned more about Baiyan City from Xiao Wangshu.
What interests him the most is: this Baiyan City also has a teleportation array!
But then I thought about it: It is reasonable for a third-class noble city to have a teleportation array. After all, Jue City is a city with a population of one million, so it naturally has a lot of contacts with other cities of the same size.
It's just that I haven't seen it in other low-level cities before.
This teleportation array in Baiyan City teleports to another adjacent third-class city. Although they are adjacent third-class cities, the distance between the two cities is more than two months even if a horse gallops, but it only takes a few hours to use the teleportation array.
And if you want to teleport to a farther place, the teleportation array will need more spiritual stones to provide energy for it.
Baiyan City spends millions of spirit stones on the maintenance of the teleportation array every year.
This is equivalent to the total amount of spiritual stone mining in a fifth-level city in one year.
However, the teleportation array also brings considerable spiritual stone income to Baiyan City every year. The teleporter has to pay different amounts of spiritual stones depending on the distance traveled. This income has also become one of Baiyan City's main incomes.
As the Three Sects' Recruitment approaches, Baiyan City becomes more and more lively. More and more young talents are gathering together, and the pressure of competition is gradually permeating the hearts of everyone.
Xiao Wangshu also changed his usual nine-to-five living habits and practiced swordsmanship hard in the courtyard every day.
Looking at Xiao Wangshu who was sweating profusely and studying hard, Qiye couldn't help but secretly ponder:
This Young Master Xiao is really strange. He is already so good at swordsmanship, and his strength and talent are even more extraordinary. Why is he still working so hard?
Seeing such an outstanding person working so hard makes me feel a little ashamed.
Qiye didn't ask any more questions. Everyone had their own reasons for working hard.
Soon, a month passed in the blink of an eye, and Baiyan City reached its boiling point.
Blocked streets, endless noise, and fluttering colorful flags rolling like waves on every street...
All this heightened the atmosphere of the entire Baiyan City like a grand celebration.
Qiye and Xiaowangshu walked out of the small courtyard with confidence. Looking at the lively scene, they were secretly speechless:
This three-sect gathering held every five years is truly an unprecedented event!
Walking onto the street, the two of them were crowded by the crowd and arrived at a huge square.
This is an open square in the center of Baiyan City. The entire square is as large as a fan-shaped Colosseum.
After a rough scan of Qiye, it is estimated that the entire square can accommodate more than 100,000 people.
"Look, that's the teleportation array I told you about..."
Xiao Wangshu squeezed through the crowd and finally reached the steps where Qiye was. He straightened his clothes and pointed to the center of the square.
Qiye followed Xiao Wangshu's hand and saw two stone pillars thirty or forty meters high and five or six meters thick standing on the huge circular steps in the center of the square. They looked like two huge pillars supporting the sky. Columns are generally firmly inserted into circular steps.
In the middle of the two stone pillars, which are more than ten meters apart, is a vortex rotating like the Milky Way. The light and shadow in the vortex change, which looks extremely strange from a distance.
In front of the teleportation array, four groups of big figures wearing different robes were already sitting. Although the distance was far away and the faces of the figures could not be seen clearly, Qiye could still feel the powerful spiritual energy emanating from them from a distance.
"The burly middle-aged man sitting in the middle is the lord of Baiyan City: Bai Dao; the slightly taller one in purple robe next to him is the sect leader of Tianwu Sect: Wentian Wudai; the one on the other side wearing blue robe, The thin man is the leader of the Tianhai Sect: Dong Chuzi; the middle-aged woman in green clothes on the far side is the leader of the Tianyun Sect... Shui Hanyan."
Xiao Wangshu slowly introduced Qiye while shaking his fan. When he said "Shuihanyan", he paused slightly.
"Since it is a gathering of three sects, what is the Lord of Baiyan City doing here?" Qiye asked with some confusion.
"Of course he is the host of the conference. Although the three sects are independent, they are still closely connected and inseparable from Baiyan City. Naturally, the three sects will be hosted by Bai Dao as the host. After all, if Baiyan City is attacked, then the three sects will be defeated. Zong Hui will not be protected..."
Laughter and forgetfulness preached meaningfully.
"Will even Baiyan City be destroyed?" Qiye couldn't believe it. This Baiyan City was the most prosperous and largest capital city he had ever seen. Qiye couldn't believe that such a powerful capital city could be destroyed.
"Even second-class cities may be annexed and destroyed, so what does Baiyan City mean?"
Xiao Wangshu couldn't help but laugh. Compared to Qiye's innocence, he knew deeply how cruel the annexation of cities in this world was. Even a third-class noble city with a population of one million would appear precarious and crumbling in the competition among cities.
While the two were talking, suddenly there was a commotion in the crowd.
Qiye looked up and saw a tall man sitting in the middle. He suddenly stood up and came to the steps.
"Ahem... I am the Lord of Baiyan City, Bai Dao! Thank you all for coming to participate in Baiyan City's three-sect recruitment held every five years. Today's recruitment, regardless of your birth status, family background, wealth or poverty, as long as you can pass the assessment, you will be my Baiyan City Young talents. Those who pass will receive the best training from the sect and are expected to become strong in the future! Not much gossip, everyone, this is a great success for you, come on!"
After the middle-aged man's resonant opening speech, he immediately aroused the enthusiasm of the young people present. Countless young men and women were full of passion and pride.
While everyone was excited, another elder came forward and read out the assessment requirements as usual in previous years. After reading out a series of detailed terms and conditions, Qiye already roughly understood:
It turns out that the three exams are divided into three independent assessment parts, and each assessment consists of questions from each of the three exams. Failure in one exam means giving up on the other two exams.
Qiye looked at the competition stage at the front and saw a few things placed in total.
On the side of Tianwuzong, there stands a copper pillar more than ten meters high and as thick as two people's arms. The copper pillar is inlaid with nine fluorescent crystal stones.
On one side of the Tianhai Sect is a copper tripod that is seven or eight meters high and five or six meters wide. The entire tripod looks to weigh several tons.
On the other side of Tianyun Sect, there is a crystal stone three to four meters high and a bronze mirror as tall as a person.
"What are those things?" Qiye asked curiously.
"That copper pillar is called the "Tianwu Nine Palaces Pillar", and it is a middle-grade mysterious weapon used to test the strength of force. The big cauldron on the other side is called the "Demon Burning Thousand Mountains Cauldron", which is mainly used to refine low-level demons. It is a high-grade mysterious weapon, but it can also be used to detect force. The crystal stone and the bronze mirror at the end are called "Yuanli Magic Crystal" and "Yuansoul Mirror", which are medium-grade mysterious weapons used to detect soul power... "
Xiao Wangshu stood beside Qiye and introduced everything.
"Which sect does Young Master Xiao plan to take part in?" Qiye asked simply. Judging from the more than a month of getting along with him, he could feel that Young Master Laughing had outstanding martial arts skills and extraordinary vision among his peers. He didn't know about these three sects. Which one can catch his eye?
"Although I have great admiration for Shui Hanyan, the leader of Tianyun Sect, I have no talent for alchemy. I am quite fascinated by swordsmanship, and Tianwuzong is also good at swordsmanship, so I chose Tianwuzong..." Xiao Wangshu Ye To be honest, I took a serious look at myself.
"Oh, that's it..." Qiye said calmly, apparently as he expected.
"I wonder which assessment Ah Qi wants to take part in?" Xiao Wangshu asked very curiously.
"Since the master of the Tianyun Sect makes Mr. Xiao admire him so much, then I will choose the Tianyun Sect. I am very curious, what kind of person is that sect master?" Qiye joked with a slight smile.
"Ah?" Xiao Wangshu was surprised. He didn't expect Qiye's choice to be so casual. It seemed that he didn't take it seriously and was based entirely on interest.
After all, the recruitment of these three sects only takes place once every five years. Everyone present has not made up his mind to make a choice after careful consideration and deliberation. Among the three sects, the assessment of Tianyun Sect is the most difficult. After all, those with strong soul power There are just too few people.
But seeing that Qiye seemed to have really made up his mind, Xiaowangshu didn't say anything more.
"Okay, everyone! Now the Three Sects Recruitment has officially begun. Participants are asked to make their choices before starting the assessment!"
The old man who read out the assessment rules finally spoke loudly after reading the long and detailed terms.
"Should we go now..." Qiye said excitedly as he looked at the crowd of bee pupae moving forward.
"No rush, usually the first ones to be tested are some top experts, let's take a look first." Xiao Wangshu still held the fan calmly.
After hearing what he said, Qiye also calmed down. After all, he knew nothing about these three sects, so it would be better for him to wait and see for a while before listening to Xiao Wangshu's opinion.
