Yefutidaolu

Chapter 177 Death
Ximen Gong woke up three times and died three times before he finally woke up.

But after waking up, he was still dazed.

No way...Shui Cangcang, are you in the same team with me?
Then, then... isn't that stable?!
Do I really have to go to Taixue?!

When he thought of this, Ximen Gong, who was about to faint for the fourth time, suddenly turned over and bowed to Gao Jian and Shui Cangcang: "Two big brothers! You said you wanted to form a team before, you were not joking, right?"

Gao Jian and Shui Cangcang looked at each other and then burst into laughter.

Shui Cangcang took the initiative to speak at this time: "Ximen Gong, right?"

"Yes, hello, Mr. Shui." Ximen Gong immediately bowed respectfully.

"You are best at calculations and intelligence. In this regard, it is normal for others to dislike you. Even if you have the intelligence, it is still difficult to win three against two."

Ximen Gong nodded, he knew this too.

As far as the fight between the young masters is concerned, Ximen Gong is too weak. Bringing him along would only be a burden, although he does have his merits. Whether it's calculations or intelligence, he is the best in Cangzhou, just like the Ximen family itself is one of the best calculation families in Cangzhou. Even the Zuo family and the Wang family have to ask the Ximen family to deal with these things.

It’s not that they can’t do it themselves, it’s just that they can’t do it as well as the Ximen family.

Shui Cangcang continued, "So this isn't a coincidence, isn't it? Gao Jian and I only need intelligence and calculations. As for the rest, it's not important."

"To be honest, both are redundant, one is enough." Shui Cangcang said with a smile.

If Gao Jian said this in front of everyone, it would probably cause an uproar.

But if Shui Cangcang said this, others would only feel tremendous pressure and would try to target him instead of refuting him.

This is Shui Cangcang’s confidence.

"That's good, let's continue talking about intelligence." Ximen Gong bowed his head: "It's my luck to be able to team up with the two of you. Let's high-five and swear an oath. I hope you two can take me to the Imperial College."

"What's the point of bringing it or not? It's just a matter of taking what you need." Gao Jian stretched out his hand.

Ximen Gong then also stretched out his hand and high-fived Gao Jian.

Seeing this, Shui Cangcang sighed and stretched out his hand as well.

Ximen Gong obviously held his head high and puffed out his chest, and it was obvious that he felt this was an honor.

This made Gao Jian feel a little helpless.

No, am I worse than Shui Cangcang?
But forget it.

None of this matters.

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While Gao Jian, Shui Cangcang and Ximen Gong were working in a group, passing on information and calculating numbers, the others were naturally not idle either.

The main competition this time actually came from the four largest families in Cangzhou.

Water, Zuo, Wang, Liu.

Among them, the Zuo, Wang and Liu families each have three young masters, while the Shui family has only Shui Cangcang.

It just so happened that there were ten places in the Imperial College selection, and these four families almost took them all.

As for the other dozens of noble families, they brought with them more than a hundred people, who were basically the atmosphere group. According to past practice, this is the case.

Of course, that’s not entirely true.

Unexpected upsets happen from time to time. Among the ten states, there are always five or six states where such situations will occur. Therefore, even the children of big families dare not take it lightly.

After all, this matter concerns the future of these young men. Whether they can go to the Imperial Academy for further studies will have a great impact on their family status.

When competing for the same position, the difference between having the identity of a Taixue student as a backup and not having it is huge.

Moreover, by going to the Imperial Academy, one can really learn the Divine Dynasty's top techniques, and also get to know high-ranking officials from all sides. It is an important step for these children of aristocratic families to climb up.

Everyone is making preparations seriously.

The Liu family is honing their many magical weapons. As refiners, their strongest point is not themselves, but the many magical weapons they have refined.

The Wang family members were exercising and were too lazy to observe other people. As warriors, they didn't need to target anything and just needed to focus on themselves.

The situation is just the opposite for the Zuo family. The three young masters of the Zuo family are concentrating on observing others.

Witches have too many methods, but lack extreme strength, so they are not good at using their strength to defeat the weak, but they have an extraordinary advantage in targeting others.

Compared with warriors, it is similar to that warriors need to play to their strengths, and others have to find ways to target them. If they are targeted, they are likely to lose.

It is very difficult for witches and shamans to do this. What they need to do is to use their advantages of having many means to attack the enemy's weaknesses. If they act recklessly, witches and shamans are actually very weak.

The same was true for other children from aristocratic families. The formation masters were burning formation plates, some were feeding exotic beasts, some were meditating on their own unique skills, or studying their nemesis. Everyone was executing their own strategies and making preparations for war.

While everyone was doing these things, in the center of the ancient battlefield, the Sima of the Demon Suppression Division and high-level representatives of various families, who could be said to be the top echelons of all forces in Cangzhou, all gathered together.

The senior representatives may not necessarily be the head of the family or the person in charge, but they are definitely people who have a say within the family, and they can represent each other's families.

What is particularly striking is that there were two people from the Zuo family, while each of the other families only had one person.

The Zuo family did not say anything about this, but the other families were laughing.

However, no matter how funny it is, we still have to do our business.

They gathered together to welcome the big man who had arrived.

The examiner came from the sacred capital Yangjing.

The examiner has arrived and is surrounded by the crowd.

This is a woman.

Her face shape and facial features are very delicate. At first glance, she should be a beauty. But if you look closely, you will find that her face is covered with scars that run in all directions, like centipede crawling, which makes her look extremely scary.

Look at those scars again, spreading from the face to the neck, and even to the exposed wrists, and sometimes even on the arms that can be seen from the cuffs.

But she was dressed very tightly, with leggings and boots on her lower body. Only her face, part of her neck, and her palms were exposed. We could only judge from these two places that she might have many scars on her body.

This person's expression was extremely serious, like a dead person's face. Facing the many greetings from the Cangzhou families around him, he did not react at all.

This caused those people sent by the noble families to whisper among themselves: "What's going on? This examiner?"

"Looking at that, he doesn't look like a good person. He probably doesn't like this occasion."

"Let a warrior go up to talk? What will the Wang family think?" "Let Sima go up, he looks rough."

"That's not right. To be the chief examiner, he must be a well-known figure. How come I don't know him?"

"The identity has been verified. Even if it's a god, don't think too much about it."

Everyone whispered.

The examiner seemed not to have heard anything and walked straight to the center of the ancient battlefield.

Then, she pulled out a broken bronze dagger from somewhere and thrust it into the ground.

All I heard was a loud bang all around!
The energy of heaven and earth changes!
The ancient battlefield became like this actually because when the gods disappeared and the heaven and earth stagnated, the air of the autumnal equinox hit the ground heavily, causing this area to be in a state of 'eternal autumn'. The faint sense of death from the air of the autumnal equinox slowly and unstoppably eroded all the surrounding things over thousands of years, disrupted the celestial phenomena, stirred up the four seasons, and even caused the Yellow Spring to float up, causing this death energy to become increasingly thick.

This silent, death-like state has lasted for a long time.

And now, the stagnant atmosphere of the autumnal equinox is like someone stretched out a stick and stirred it a little.

In just a moment, death burst out here.

The vengeful spirits are howling!

Why is this area called the Ancient Battlefield?
Because when the Divine Dynasty occupied Cangzhou, they killed all the indigenous people there, leaving a sentence in the history books: "Ninety million heads were beheaded."

And now, some of these 90 million dead people have been resurrected at this moment.

Skeletons crawled out of the ground!
The screaming ghosts emerged from the underworld!
The bones are lonely and the skin is torn.

The remains are exposed outside and the eyes are filled with mud.

The green is sad, the red is desolate, and the clouds and fog are gloomy.

There were mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and the air was filled with an evil atmosphere.

The poisonous gas was so wild that even the sun in the sky was cast into shadow! A solar eclipse appeared, and in the underworld, hundreds of ghosts were roaming at night! Endless waves of malice, the grievances and resentment of the ghosts turned into physical energy waves and surged into the material world.

The dead that are roaring in violent waves, crawl out here!

"This is the test." The female examiner with scars all over her body stood under the haze of the sky and said calmly, "It's still the same. Participants can attack each other, but no one is allowed to die. The one who quells the death disaster first will definitely qualify."

"The remaining nine admission qualifications will be based on the wisdom, strength, and mentality displayed during the suppression of the disaster. The scoring criteria will not be announced, and will be determined by my own heart."

"The strongest of the Death Calamities are the Five Realms Wraiths. I think this should be within your ability to handle. Even if you can't handle it alone, you can always handle it together."

"Backstabbing, rebellion, or alliance, teaming up, all will be scored. I don't care whether your methods are good or evil, I only want to see how good your methods are. A smart betrayal is much more useful than a cheap teaming up. But if you are strong enough, it doesn't matter if you ignore the methods. Strength itself is a kind of proof. The Divine Dynasty needs wise people, but it also needs strong people."

"Investigate the cause of the disaster, find a solution, and quell the disaster with your knowledge and wisdom."

"If your own knowledge cannot do it, it is completely possible to steal the achievements of others, defeat them and then force them to reveal the clues they already have."

"We can slowly shut down the Death Plague through its weaknesses and characteristics, or we can directly suppress it with our absolute strength. We can do all of that."

"I'll be watching over all of you."

"Now, the Imperial College selection begins."

As the female examiner with scars all over her body spoke, everyone heard the request clearly.

Although they didn't know what the means were, everyone felt the information from the soul level, and all the contestants knew the arrangement at this moment.

"It's started." Gao Jian looked at Shui Cangcang and Ximen Gong beside him.

Ximen Gong lowered his head, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, and he was obviously a little nervous.

Shui Cangcang had already opened his folding fan and was fanning it gently. He looked at Gao Jian and said, "What do you mean? The disaster seems to have erupted from the center. Should we go directly there?"

"If we go directly, we will probably have to fight with a lot of people, right?" Gao Jian put his hands in front of his eyes and looked into the distance.

It can be seen that many people choose to go directly to the center of the disaster.

"Let's fight if we want. With the strength of you and me, what are we afraid of?" Shui Cangcang said with disdain.

"It's not that I'm afraid of anything. How should I put it... Imperial College is not actually my goal." Gao Jian scratched his head.

If you want to go to the Imperial College, there is no problem. Just join forces with Shui Cangcang and with Ximen Gong's information, and go straight there. The ten places will basically be within your grasp.

But, wouldn’t that just let the Zuo family off the hook?
His purpose is to kill all the younger generation of the Zuo family here.

"What is your goal?" Shui Cangcang asked.

"I mainly want to target the Zuo family. Besides, this disaster will not be so simple to deal with in a short time. It is better to let them explore the way first." Gao Jian said.

"What if someone gets there first?" Shui Cangcang frowned.

It certainly makes sense to let others explore the way first, but what if the person who explores the way passes the level directly, wouldn’t that be stupid?
“Is it that simple? There might be vengeful spirits of the fifth realm in the central area.” Gao Jian looked over there.

Shui Cangcang didn't care: "Okay, we won't lose anyway. If you want to target the Zuo family first, then go ahead and target the Zuo family. Ximen Gong, what about you? Join us?"

"Of course! The Ximen family is good at mathematics. Only when I am with you can I give full play to our strengths. Wouldn't it be a waste of time if I come here alone?" Ximen Gong wiped the sweat off his forehead and said firmly.

"Okay, let's set a small goal first, and make the three people from the Zuo family withdraw directly, how about that?" Gao Jian said.

After these words were spoken, Shui Cangcang, who originally felt it was boring, suddenly showed an 'interesting' expression on his face.

Let the three members of the Zuo family leave immediately?
Hahaha, he originally thought that the target was just to trip up the Zuo family, but he didn't expect that they would directly beat the Zuo family into a cripple and throw them out. That really got him excited!

Ximen Gong's face turned pale all of a sudden.

No way, two big brothers...what do you want to do?
What they did was so ruthless. Do you still want to stay in Cangzhou in the future?
"You two...it's just a selection for the Imperial College. If you do this, you will be hated by others for the rest of your life, right? There's no need to be so ruthless. We will still meet each other in the future." Ximen Gong wiped his sweat.

Gao Jian patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't be afraid, Master Ximen. You are going to the Imperial College. What's the point of being timid? If the Zuo family loses to you, can they retaliate? In this case, openly retaliating will only bring shame to yourself."

"That's true, but..." Ximen Gong wanted to say something else.

Yes, that's the truth, but who the hell knows what the result will be? !
"Then you quit?" Shui Cangcang's patience was not so good.

"Forget it... let's go." After hearing this, Ximen Gong gritted his teeth and nodded.

Gao Jian immediately blew a whistle.

set off!

(End of this chapter)