Luck entry, starting from the Nine Dragons' succession

Chapter 194 Ancient Military Strategy, Fragment of the Dragon-Locking Scroll

A quarter of an hour later, the evil turtle in the Green Pool was suppressed by Changqingzi.

However, after this incident, the exploration of the Azure Forest Realm came to an end, which left many disciples feeling regretful and remorseful.

Others, like Fang Heng, who had already obtained the opportunity, secretly felt fortunate.

In the cave.

Fang Heng sat cross-legged with his eyes slightly closed, as if waiting for something.

Suddenly, a figure appeared in the cave.

This figure looked exactly like Fang Heng; it was the incarnation of the Mirror Flower Water Moon Peach.

"My Lord, here is what you requested."

Having said that, he flipped his right hand, and a dark tortoise shell floated above it.

Upon seeing the mysterious tortoise shell, Fang Heng nodded slightly, a smile playing on his lips.

While rescuing Xue Duanhong, he secretly sent his avatar to Biyu Pool to find the evil turtle's lair and take away the turtle shell that was suspected to have been left behind by Xuanwu.

The whole process went quite smoothly.

When the evil turtle realized its shell was missing and tried to return, Changqingzi and the others arrived, fought with the evil turtle, and then calmly left with the shell.

As the avatar dissipated and Fang Heng was about to study the mysteries of the mysterious tortoise shell, a clear, cold voice came from outside the cave.

"Junior Brother Fang, your senior sister is visiting late at night, I apologize for disturbing you!"

It was the sound of Xue Duanhong.

Upon hearing the other party's voice, Fang Heng was slightly taken aback. He hadn't expected Xue Duanhong to actually come, especially in the dead of night, to have a late-night talk with him.

"Senior Sister, please come in."

The cave's protective barrier was opened, and Xue Duanhong moved lightly inside.

The scene of Xue Duanhong visiting Fang Heng was witnessed by Jueying Daoren.

The Shadowless Daoist was slightly taken aback at first, then a maternal smile appeared on his face, growing wider and wider until it almost overflowed.

After pondering for a moment, he looked in the direction of Qin Yueqing's cave, seemingly comparing Xue Duanhong and Qin Yueqing in his mind.

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Jade City.

After three days of silence, Yujing City is bustling with activity once again.

Today is the day of the second imperial examination.

Inside the main hall, the two areas were clearly separated.

All the candidates were divided into two groups.

On one side were scions of noble families dressed in fine clothes, and on the other side were disciples from humble backgrounds.

The two sides are like black and white in the Tai Chi symbol.

Those from impoverished families who passed the preliminary test are anxiously awaiting the content of the second test.

However, the young men from prominent families were full of confidence, as they already knew that the second test would be on military strategy.

What do a bunch of peasants know about military strategy?
Watch how I dominate the battlefield!

This is the thought in the minds of most scions of prominent families.

When Jiang Pojun arrived at the examination hall, he immediately attracted a lot of attention.

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Hundreds of eyes fell on Jiang Pojun.

There was curiosity, scrutiny, jealousy, disdain, and even a tendency to stir up trouble...

Faced with all sorts of gazes, Jiang Pojun remained unmoved, appearing calm and composed even as the world crumbled.

"Second Brother, do you think Jiang Pojun can still win the championship today?"

On the viewing platform, the Third Prince suddenly walked up to the Second Prince and asked abruptly.

Upon hearing this, the Second Prince's expression turned slightly cold: "The second test is about military strategy. Jiang Pojun comes from a humble background and is not familiar with military strategy, so it is normal that he cannot win the championship."

Upon hearing the Second Prince's words, the Third Prince sneered and shook his head.

"Second brother, you are unaware of this."

"Jiang Pojun and Jiang Chaosheng are very close. Jiang Chaosheng's military strategy is unparalleled in the world."

Upon hearing this, the Second Prince's face showed surprise. Suppressing his astonishment, he said in a deep voice:

"I was unaware of such a thing."

The second prince gave the third prince a deep look, thinking to himself:

This third brother is here to show off!

How could he know that Jiang Pojun and Jiang Chaosheng were getting close? Could it be that Jiang Chaosheng has some connection with Lao San?
Thinking of this, the second prince frowned, and a slight tension rose in his heart.

Originally, according to his plan...

It's a good thing that Jiang Pojun failed the exam today.

If you suppress him a bit, and then extend an olive branch, you'll have no trouble getting Jiang Pojun grateful.

However, Jiang Pojun and Jiang Chaosheng, this Marquis of Heaven, are very close.

Even if it's only three days, with Jiang Chaosheng's guidance, it would be enough for Jiang Pojun to cope with the second test.

Entering the third round is a foregone conclusion.

As for the leader...

Absolutely impossible!

The second prince shook his head and thought to himself.

After about fifteen minutes, the examiner arrived.

The chief examiner for the second round was Lin Qihe himself.

Lin Qihe, dressed in official robes, looked dignified and surveyed the candidates with his gaze. He said in a deep voice, "The second imperial examination will test your knowledge of military strategy."

art of war!

As soon as the assessment content was announced, the entire examination room erupted in chaos.

The poor students were indignant, while the scions of wealthy families were arrogant and smug; their respective social statuses were evident from the expressions on their faces.

Lin Qihe's eyes dimmed upon seeing this scene.

This was already the result of his reasoned argument, but the final outcome was still not satisfactory.

Although the third test assesses character, most students from poor families are destined to fail in the second test.

The third test was merely a way to filter out a group of mediocre scions of noble families.

"quiet!"

"The second round of testing officially begins!"

With that, Lin Qihe waved his right hand, and three beams of spiritual light shot into the sky.

When the light faded, everyone could see clearly the three things that Lin Qihe had recognized.

They were three ancient scrolls.

"These are fragments of three ancient military strategies."

"The Dragon Locking Scroll, the Mysterious Heaven Scroll, and the Blood Fiend Scroll."

"As long as you decipher any fragment of a military strategy manual, you will pass the second test."

Lin Qihe announced the content of the second test in front of everyone. As soon as he finished speaking, the young masters from various aristocratic families rubbed their hands together, their fighting spirit soaring, eager to rush into the incomplete military strategy manual and show their skills.

"I'll come first!"

"A fragment of the Xuan Tian Scroll!"

A young man in fine clothes shouted and took the lead, choosing the Xuan Tian Fragment Scroll.

A white beam of light erupted from the Xuan Tian Scroll, enveloping the elegantly dressed youth.

Immediately afterwards, the elegantly dressed youth was teleported into the Xuan Tian Remnant Scroll.

Upon seeing this scene, the eyes that had transformed into form flickered slightly.

These three fragments of military strategy are even more profound than the sand table.

If a sand table is just an illusion, then a fragment of a military strategy manual can truly immerse one in it, as if one were actually facing a vast army.

After a cup of tea.

The elegantly dressed young man emerged from the fragments of the Xuan Tian Scroll, his face beaming with joy.

"As expected of Brother Yunhe, you broke through the formation in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea."

"With Brother Yunhe's mastery of military strategy, taking a top-ranking soldier position should be more than enough."

"Where there!"

"My military strategy is nothing compared to yours."

The young man in fine clothes kept a humble posture, but he couldn't hide the smug and arrogant expression on his face.

Lin Qihe looked at the elegantly dressed youth's performance in the Xuan Tian Remnant Scroll, expressionless, and wrote the words "Yi Shang" after his name.

"Cai Yi, please proceed!"

The once smug young man in fine clothes suddenly changed his expression, turning gloomy and almost dripping with anger.

He wanted to argue, but when he thought of Lin Qihe's identity, he swallowed hard and didn't utter a word of complaint.

Lin Qihe was the Right Chancellor's favorite student. The fact that the Right Chancellor had Lin Qihe preside over the imperial examination this time was clearly a pavement for him.

The elders had warned him long ago not to offend Lin Qihe, and this time the young man in fine clothes had to suppress his dissatisfaction.

Following the elegantly dressed youth, the scions of noble families successively entered the incomplete military strategy scroll and put their strategies into practice.

Basically, out of ten scions of prominent families, nine are able to pass the second test.

The last one who failed to pass fled in shame.

Unlike the excitement of the scions of aristocratic families, the children from poor families were filled with gloom and despair.

It's not that they lack ambition or don't want to compete with the scions of powerful families.

But when it comes to military strategy, if you don't understand it, you simply don't understand it.

How can someone who has never encountered anything like this compete with the scions of powerful families?

Many people secretly cursed the court for its shamelessness.

What are you talking about, the imperial examination?
Where is the fairness?

The spots must have been decided by the scions of powerful families long ago.

"Li Qingya, top-ranked!"

The first A-level candidate in the second round appeared.

With Jiang Pojun as an example, it became natural to give him a top-tier evaluation in the second round.

Li Qingya received a top-notch evaluation, which immediately drew a wave of praise.

"No wonder he is the descendant of a divine general!"

"The Li family is likely to produce a Heavenly Marquis."

"Let alone the Heavenly Marquis, with Li Qingya's talent, he might even be a Martial Prime Minister."

In the second round, the scoring criteria for the A-level candidate were clearly much more lenient.

More than a dozen people achieved the highest score in the top tier.

After all the scions of aristocratic families had completed their assessments, they all turned to the scions of the poor, their eyes filled with mockery, like cats toying with mice, waiting to see the poor scions make a fool of themselves.

The students from poor families all looked embarrassed and subconsciously glanced at Jiang Pojun, clearly regarding him as their leader.

Seeing this, the avatar did not back down and went straight to the Dragon Locking Scroll.

"Jiang Pojun has made his move."

"I think he's feeling guilty."

"Otherwise, why would we wait until we had all completed the assessment before we started to make our move?"

Playful whispers echoed through the hall.

As the champion of the preliminary test, Jiang Pojun immediately attracted everyone's attention with his first move. Even the princes on the viewing platform were curious about how much military strategy Jiang Pojun had learned from Jiang Chaosheng.

A flash of white light appeared on the Dragon Locking Scroll, enveloping the avatar's figure before it vanished into the scroll itself.

When the avatar enters the Dragon Lock Remnant.

A faint voice reached my ears.

"The intertwined chains severed the dragon's spine, leaving the gate wide open to lure the enemy in."

As soon as the words were spoken, the scenery before my eyes transformed into a completely different world.

He found himself in the middle of a battlefield, surrounded by a menacing army.

Three hundred heavily armored soldiers stood in a strict formation, their black iron chains clanging loudly.

Even though he knew this was the interior of the Dragon Locking Scroll, an illusion, the lifelike scene still made the avatar marvel.

The test of the Dragon Locking Scroll is to use the Dragon Locking Army Formation to trap the enemy army.

Three hundred heavily armored soldiers surrounding a thousand enemy troops—that's no easy feat.

He secretly pondered this in his mind, but instead of personally controlling the three hundred heavy armors to surround the enemy, he closed his eyes slightly, activated the Heaven and Earth Chessboard, and sensed the earth's veins.

In less than ten breaths, he sensed an array within the earth's veins.

"Sure enough!"

"The so-called fragments are like games on Earth, with strategies for completing them."

Deep within the earth's veins, the avatar sensed the existence of the Five Dragons Burning Heaven Formation.

Once the Five Dragons Burning Heaven Formation is activated, it will be enough to annihilate the besieged enemy forces.

Having understood the method to pass the level, the avatar opened its eyes, manipulated three hundred heavy armors, and retreated.

The once impenetrable encirclement suddenly revealed numerous flaws.

Lin Qihe, who presided over the imperial examinations, was naturally able to see clearly everything that happened in the incomplete scroll of the Dragon Lock.

Seeing the avatar manipulating three hundred heavy armors and retreating, a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

Isn't this self-destructive?

However, before Lin Qihe could figure out the purpose of the transformation, he was still in the process.

Immediately afterwards, a sudden change occurred within the Dragon Locking Scroll.

The avatar circulated its blood energy, which surged into the earth's veins, activating the formation.

"Five Dragons Burning Heaven Formation, activate!"

The next instant, cracks appeared in the earth.

A blazing flame shot into the sky, erupting like a raging inferno.

In an instant, the besieged enemy troops were engulfed in flames.

(End of this chapter)