I come to see Bai Yujing today

Chapter 118 Leader
The Qingjiang River in the north city shimmers in the moonlight.

Shuying horizontally and shallow water, subtle fragrance floating moon dusk.

There was a moon in the sky at this time, but night had not yet fallen. However, the Wangxing Palace was already brightly lit, and the eighteen floors of lights illuminated half of the northern city.

More than ten carriages were parked in front of the vermilion gate of the North City Garden, waiting quietly.

Many people were on the attic, looking down at the carriages.

Some people have already begun to speculate about who is on the carriage, and who can sit in the top three at the imperial ceremony, reach a high position in the Wangxing Palace, drink with the officials, and look out at the huge Xuantianjing.

squeak...

The vermilion door opened, and Tao Yuqing, the Minister of Rites, dressed in a third-rank peacock robe and a tall hat, walked out slowly from the vermilion door.

He stood upright and glanced at the twenty or so carriages.

"In a prosperous era, the sage personally appoints young people who are determined to enter the Wangxing Palace. From a high building, one can see the four directions. When one sees the four directions, one sets his ambition. With a set ambition, one sets his ambition and strives to serve the country."

The Minister of Rites spoke slowly in a low voice.

Suddenly, a gentle breeze blew between heaven and earth, as if carrying his voice, and allowing his calm and clear words to reach the ears of countless people in the gardens and pavilions of the northern city.

"Liu Yuan and Gu Yuyang are the top three and second in the Qi cultivation field."

"The third and second place in Shubi Tower are Lin Yujing and Zhang Daosheng."

"The top three imperial horses are Xu Chi and Gao Shiquan."

……

The North City was exceptionally quiet at this time, and many people listened carefully to these names.

If he found someone he knew among them, he would nod slightly and talk to the person around him.

On the Panchi Stage, Xie You, Lu Shengxuan, and Wang Zhiwei stood together, also looking down at the carriages.

Until Tao Yuqing sang out the last two rankings of the Painting Building.

"The top three and second place in the painting building are Jiang Zuiming and Gai Mingyue!"

Lu Shengxuan and Wang Zhiwei looked at each other.

Xie You shook his head and said, "This Princess Yuxia should give Chen Zhian a third place, or even a second place. It's a bit obvious to directly put him out of the top three."

When the two young men from the Lu and Wang families heard this, they immediately realized that Princess Yuxia had played a role in this.

Wang Zhiwei lowered his head and thought for a few breaths, then nodded and said, "It would be disgraceful for you and the six families of Dayu to do this. Princess Yuxia is usually domineering, so it would be a good thing to suppress Chen Zhian's temper and prevent him from becoming famous everywhere."

After the battle in the Unpolished Jade Grassland, even the young people who were highly regarded by the six surnames of Dayu had to admit that the young Chen Zhian was indeed qualified to hold the seal.

Once Chen Zhian wants to take the seal, he will become the enemy of the Dayu family. Facing an enemy, there are naturally no need to talk about many etiquette and rules. Only by taking off his head, or making sure that he cannot take the seal, can the fight be over.

Lu Shengxuan has always had a cold personality. He is usually taciturn and doesn't like to talk. He just stood behind the two of them and subconsciously touched his waist.

But today in the North City, with the saint by his side, Lu Shengxuan did not have a sword with him, leaving him empty-handed.

Chen Zhian, who was in the carriage, couldn't help but frown when he heard the ranking of the paintings. He lifted the curtain and looked outside.

But he saw Wei Lingyu in a carriage far away, also lifting the curtain and looking at him expressionlessly.

Chen Zhian didn't need to think too much to know that there must be something fishy going on.

As the saying goes, there is no first in literature; when comparing writers, they often look at their reputations... Chen Zhian took part in a painting competition with such a great reputation, and even went to paint for Princess Linglong at night. It would have been strange if the scholars did not give Chen Zhian the first place, and his name was not even in the second or third place.

Chen Zhian lowered the curtain and couldn't help frowning.

"Without this painting ranking, I wonder if I can rank in the top three with two first places and one in the top three."

Chen Zhian sat in the carriage, thinking to himself.

The roll call lasted a long time, only a quarter of an hour.

For some comparison results, only one name was listed, which means that someone has more than one result, which will be announced later.

After all the names were called out by the Minister of Rites, Mr. Tao said loudly: "This is our great Yu Junjie, you can go up to the sixth floor of the Wangxing Palace."

The carriages started moving again, and more than twenty of them slowly drove towards the vermilion gate.

For many people, entering the industry by driving a car is a great honor.

Then, Lord Tao looked at the memorial in his hand, raised his head, and said loudly: "In addition to these people, there is another person who has won all the top honors."

"Shan Ruocheng, alone, got third place in archery and second place in horse riding."

"Ye Lian, you are the third best in True Essence and the second best in Go."

"Jiang Kongyu, alone has obtained the second-class Divine Essence and the second-class Body Refining."

……

After the name was called, the carriage of the person whose name was just called slowly drove into the vermilion gate and went up to the ninth floor.

Now, there are only seven carriages left in front of the vermilion gate, and inside these carriages are the top scorers of each subject.

Logically, there should be eighteen carriages left. After all, there are eighteen subjects in total. If there is a champion in each subject, there should naturally be eighteen in total.

However, some people like Chen Zhian and Wei Lingyu only took part in several subjects.

There were also people like Xie You, Wang Zhiwei, Lu Shengxuan, and Pei Yuan. Even though they won the title of champion, they were unwilling to go to the twelfth floor of Wangxing Palace to feast with those fourth- and fifth-rank generals and civil officials of Dayu. Naturally, they did not get on the carriage arranged by the Shangyi Bureau, but instead sat on the Panchi Stage.

For some reason, a person like Pei Yuan didn't even come to Beicheng.

"Compare the subjects and call out the names of the top students."

Lord Tao read out a name first.

"Pei Yuan, the only one who has the highest magical power and the second-best sword control."

"Second place in the sword competition?" Xie You was very surprised: "Pei Yuan participated in two competitions, but he got second place in the sword competition?"

Wang Zhiwei had his hair standing up and was wearing a loose long robe, as if he was a Taoist. He must have found it very strange: "Pei Yuan only got second place in the sword-riding competition, so who can take first place?"

Xie You suddenly remembered that Wei Lingyu had just said that Chen Zhian also participated in the sword competition.

"Could it be possible that Chen Zhian could defeat Pei Yuan in a sword-controlling competition?"

Curiosity suddenly arose in his heart, and he looked at Wang Zhiwei: "I heard that Jiang Feiliu is back too, could it be that he is also participating in this competition?"

"Among the younger generation in Xuantianjing, the only one who can surpass Pei Yuan in wielding a sword is probably Jiang Feiliu." Wang Zhiwei replied.

"Maybe it was Chen Zhian?" Lu Shengxuan, who rarely spoke, suddenly opened his mouth and said, "The night before yesterday, he defeated Si Hougui. Even though Si Hougui's sword was shining, his magical power of holding the mountain rose up and completely blocked Chen Zhian's sword.

In addition, the two scholars took action, and the innate true energy appeared in the sky. I didn’t see it clearly.

But it seems... Chen Zhian's nine-fold sword power rose up one after another, breaking through one after another, and in the end... there was actually some meaning of sword intent."

"Sword intent!" Xie You and Wang Zhiwei looked at each other immediately.

Cultivate the sword intent at the unpolished jade level?
The two of them only thought that the reason why Chen Zhian was able to defeat Si Hougui was because of Chen Zhian's extremely condensed and heavy true energy and his soaring sword power.

Now that I think about it carefully... How can an ordinary sword force be able to break the mountain holding magic power? "The day before yesterday, Jiang Feiliu and Pei Yuan were not here, otherwise with their sword realm, they would naturally be able to see the clues." Wang Zhiwei shook his head and said, "I wanted to use my magic power that day to take a closer look at his fight with Si Hougui, but because Wangxing Palace was right next to me, I was afraid of being rude. Otherwise, I would not have known nothing about Chen Zhian."

Xie You shook his head and said, "I have seen it before. It seems that Chen Zhian has practiced some method of gathering his energy. When he draws his sword, it is so foggy that it is hard to see clearly."

"Let's wait and see the results." Lu Shengxuan said.

It was also extremely surprising that Wei Lingyu was not there at this time.

Pei Yuan didn't win the imperial sword competition? Who was the winner?
She also suddenly remembered that Princess Yunlu had told her that day that Jiang Feiliu had returned to Xuantianjing. Could it be that he also participated in the competition?
"Nourish your Qi, Li Su."

"First Armor of True Essence, Wang Xia."

"The Divine Aura Armor, Lu Baiqi!"

"First place in the literature category, Pei Xiu!"

"Imperial Sword Armor, Lu Shengxuan."

"The best in chess is Wang Zhiwei."

"Supernatural power, thank you."

……

Seven names came out of Tao Lianqing's mouth in succession, exactly as everyone expected.

All of these characters will be able to reach the twelfth floor!
Then, Tao Lianqing raised his head, his eyes fell on the many carriages, and said loudly: "Then it's time for this comparison, the total top three."

As soon as the Minister of Rites spoke, there were suddenly many more discussions in the North City Gardens.

On the third floor of Wangxing Palace, Si Zhongfu looked at Li Zhuqiu and shook his head, saying, "It seems that your grandson will definitely be among the top three.

Lord Li, he wants to go up to the sixteenth floor of the Wangxing Palace and drink with you."

Li Zhuqiu looked unhappy.

He had just told Chen Zhian yesterday... that he would never see Chen Zhian again before Chen Zhian died, but he never imagined that in just one day, Chen Zhian would get the third place in the imperial court competition and would be climbing to the sixteenth floor of the building.

But before he could get angry, he suddenly remembered what Chen Zhian said yesterday, that he would go to Hongdouyuan to see his mother on the day of the imperial ceremony.

How to meet?

Li Zhuqiu's expression became even more gloomy.

On the Panchi stage, several people from the six surnames who came to Xuan Tianjing to hold the seal had their own thoughts.

Lord Tao had already started to call out the names of the people, and Wei Lingyu in the carriage had no time to think about anything...

"In this year's Zuochao Festival, Che Yilang won four places in a row and became the champion of the young men in Zuochao Festival."

Che Yilang?
Winning four championships in a row?

There was a burst of noise coming from the North City Gardens, but Tao Lianqing's voice drowned out the noise and he continued speaking.

"Chen Zhian, the gentleman in clear clothes, ranked first in poetry, first in painting, first in unpolished jade, and first in imperial sword. He won the first place in the four categories and was ranked first in the sitting court ceremony."

He spoke calmly without any pause.

Chen Zhian in the carriage couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

No one can compete with him for the first place in unpolished jade and the first place in poetry, and he has been well prepared.

He was very surprised that he was the best at swordplay and painting.

On the sword stage, he understood the meaning of the sword and pulled out the four-edged sword.

But he knew clearly that if they compared the strength of the sword intent, the sword intent of Pei Yuan, the innate cultivator, was much stronger than his. At least now he was not as strong as Pei Yuan.

So how did he win the first place?
Chen Zhian frowned and thought, and suddenly remembered that the first thing he had to do when he got on the sword stage was to introduce himself and his age.

In terms of age, he is much younger than Pei Yuan.

"Is that the reason?"

"So the painting should be reconciled first?"

Chen Zhian was still confused, but the carriage had already moved slowly and first drove into the North City Garden.

Wei Lingyu's expression remained unchanged, but a hint of unbearable anger flashed across his eyes.

Lord Tao has already been named the second.

"There is Jiang Feiliu from the Jiang family, who won first place in both cavalry and archery, and is ranked second."

Wei Lingyu gritted his teeth.

Lord Tao was ranked among the top three again.

"Yuxia County Princess Wei Lingyu won the first place in Xiantian Armor, second place in Cavalry and second place in Archery, and is the third place in the sitting court."

Wei Lingyu snorted coldly and let the carriage drive into the vermilion gate, but he did not go to Wangxing Palace, but went to his own pavilion instead.

"Winning four championships in a row... what an all-rounder."

Wang Lisu of Fujian Mountain sighed softly, while Cheng Jihe on the side had a gloomy face and remained silent.

Jiang Yunjian was also in the Xuanmen Pavilion today. He was also surprised to see that his fourth brother only got second place.

"Second brother is the strongest with the sword. Can he pull out the sword of General Zhutian without going to the sword arena?"

Jiang Yunjian was puzzled: "If he draws his sword, how can Chen Zhian get the first place in the sword control?"

Cheng Jihe suddenly stood up and pulled Wang Lisu aside: "Nephew, do you think it's too late for me to ask him to be my disciple now? Rules are meant to be broken. If he doesn't want to go up the mountain, it's okay to let him stay in Xuantianjing for a while.

I asked the head brother to come to Beijing in person."

Wang Lisu said helplessly: "How can you invite someone to be your apprentice? Besides, Chen Zhian's reputation has already been spread. There are more than 300 lines on the stele of a young tiger aged 18 or 19. Even if you look at the world, there are very few such people.

In Dayu, only Chi Xuanzi of Daoxuan Sect, Xiao Su Nu of Sushen Mountain, Xie Beitu of Xie Family, Li Guiwan of Taizhuo Li Family, Yan Hemian of Yan Family, etc. are stronger than him. In addition, he has a clean background and is not a child of an aristocratic family. Fujian Mountain is not the only one among the Three Mountains and Two Sects that is targeting him. "

Cheng Jihe shook his head firmly, and said to Wang Lisu through his divine essence voice transmission: "No, Chen Zhian's value is not only here. Many Xuanmen who covet him only saw that he was on the Young Tiger Monument when he was eighteen or nineteen years old, but they didn't know that more than a month ago, he once held my sword, and the sword sounded nine times, which means that he is only at the peak of divine essence.

In just one month, he leaped from the peak of divine essence to the unpolished jade god. Do you know what this means?"

"This means that he has incredible talent, and he was even born with Jade God Jade Bones, so he was able to break into the Unpolished Jade and break through the three levels of Unpolished Jade in an instant... You should write a letter to your master as soon as possible and ask him to come to Xuan Tianjing in person."

Chen Zhian didn't know that he had become completely famous.

He went through another tedious bathing and changing of clothes in the North City Garden Ceremonial Bureau. After a careful inspection by two female officials, he put on the long black robe.

Now that you've stepped onto the stairs, go straight up to the sixteenth floor.

He stood in front of the palace and saw many figures in the palace who were dressed in patched robes. Their auras were some profound, some ethereal, and some heavy. They were all sitting in front of a table.

Chen Zhian glanced over and saw Li Zhuqiu sitting in the second row from afar.

So Chen Zhian smiled at Li Zhuqiu, who was squinting at him, and stepped into the hall.

(End of this chapter)