Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 489 Darkness
In the seventh year of the Warring States Period, the first round of individual battles in the Southern Chu Primary Ceremony was limited to two hours.

The time of noon was gradually moving westward, and an hour had passed by this time, but there were only a few candidates at the medicine testing table, and most of the practitioners were still struggling in Qingnao Mountain.

Most of the practitioners standing by the medicine testing table gave up picking Schisandra chinensis from the very beginning, hoping to see if they could make something similar with the medicine in hand.

Jiang Yuanyuan yawned as he looked at the practitioners at the medicine testing table in the distance who were either invited out after being inspected by the examiner, or those who drank their own medicine with a strange expression and would not fall down.

"It seems that there is no schisandra, and the ten steps are not worthy."

He looked at Ji Jiashu, who was returning to the high platform, and said, "But no one has come out from the woods for a long time, it won't be such a huge personal battle, and no one will deserve this poison in the end?"

"If there really isn't one, the examiner will judge similar poisons and rank them," Ji Jiashu said calmly, "but it's only been an hour now, and it's still too early for the Second Highness to say these things."

Ji Jiashu stared at the mountain forest shrouded in miasma in the distance. After all, the top fighters in this individual battle were still in that forest at this moment.

And at this moment, as if responding to his gaze, a loud bang suddenly sounded from a corner of the forest in Qingnao Mountain!
In the mountains and forests, countless birds flew up, and the people who were fighting outside on the high platform and in the box were all terrified.

"Oh? Has it started?" Jiang Yuanyuan squinted and looked in that direction, "East? It seems that someone has picked up the medicine."

The so-called beginning refers to the competition for medicinal materials that will happen every time, and it has begun to be staged.

"It's indeed the east, and it's not near the edge of the forest." Ji Jiashu looked at the commotion in the distance. The loud noise just now was undoubtedly the collision of true essence between practitioners.

"Has the robbery started from such a far place?" Jiang Yuanyuan opened his eyes wide in surprise, "I remember that in your class back then, many people robbed in the forest."

It is obviously more cost-effective to sit back and wait for rabbits than to risk their lives into the depths of the forest to collect herbs.

"If you are confident in your strength and want to use some illegal means, naturally it is more appropriate to snatch it in the depths." Ji Jiashu said expressionlessly, looking at the distant mountains and forests.

"That's right, with the loud noise just now, did some practitioners use real energy?" Jiang Yuanyuan sneered, "The use of real energy for private fighting is clearly forbidden, so I'm really not afraid of being found out later and canceling the ranking."

"The interior of Qingnao Mountain is dark, and the victim often cannot see the other person's appearance clearly," Ji Jiashu said quietly, "As for the vibration of the true essence, it's okay to say that it is to open the way."

"Then you examiners have been deceived like this?" Jiang Yuanyuan laughed.

"It's all tacit and outdated traditions," Ji Jiashu's eyes flashed with disgust, "As long as you don't do it too much, the people will see it on the surface, and my father agrees with this approach."

After all, generations of practitioners have come here like this.

He also encountered plots in Qingnao Mountain back then, but few people dared to provoke him. Of course, he saved the medicine himself in the end.

"It turned out that the master of the state teacher acquiesced," Jiang Yuanyuan chuckled, "Your father is still working hard as always in order to train practitioners."

Ji Jiashu was silent for a moment and did not speak.

Jiang Yuanyuan was right, his father valued the law of the jungle more than the rules left by Emperor Taizu.

"That's your father," Jiang Yuanyuan clapped his hands and sighed.

"I still remember the first time I went to court with my father. What your father said at that time really left a deep impression on me."

Jiang Yuanyuan imitated Ji Mo's tone at that time and said in a low voice, "Those who are unable to protect themselves are not entitled to fairness."

Jiang Yuanyuan will never forget the indifference of the tall national teacher when he said this and the trembling of other ministers.

"Is this what you're talking about now?" Jiang Yuanyuan looked at the mountains not far away and smiled.

"East... I remember it was the direction where the former Qin stepson and some Hou Liao people were," he said with a smile, "It has already started over there, why is there no movement in other directions?"

From the corner of Jiang Yuanyuan's eyes, he looked at Ji Jiashu who was staring in one direction, and he stretched out his voice, "I remember that former Qin princess... seems to be in the southwest?"

Ji Jiashu's shoulders shook.

"The composition of the southwestern side is quite complicated. There are almost all people from the Northern Wei Dynasty, the former Qin, the Dongwu, and the Southern Chu," Jiang Yuanyuan sighed. "I don't know which side will win the top spot."

And while they were talking, the fluctuations of the fighting spirits began to sound one after another in the north, west and other places.

Only in the southwest.

"There is movement in so many places?" Jiang Yuanyuan sighed, "But why can't you see the southwest? Did no one pick up the medicinal materials?"

Impossible, Ji Jiashu thought.

Even if no one can pick it up, he believes that someone can find it.

If she said it, it would be fine.

But why is it so quiet in the southwest?
Of course, if there is no accident, it would be best if everything goes on as usual, but of course he doesn't want to see a fight between practitioners.

But such silence made him feel an ominous premonition.

"It seems that the southwestern side is the most peaceful. I'm afraid that girl has avoided the people who want to sit on the sidelines?" Jiang Yuanyuan laughed, "After all, she is not so easy to catch. Even if there are several people besieging her, they will not be able to do anything to her."

Siege...

Ji Jiashu felt a little uncomfortable, but that woman's situation was always so difficult, Jiang Yuanyuan's words made him feel more at ease.

Individual battles are no better than crowd battles, and the direction to enter the forest is not drawn by lottery but arranged by the examiner.In order to avoid groups of practitioners, stepchildren of a country and top practitioners in the same team are often separated, and generally only one stepson is placed in one direction.

Although there were Northern Wei practitioners who had a problem with her in the southwest where Ying Baoyue was, the stepson of the Northern Wei Dynasty was not in this direction, which made Ji Jiashu somewhat relieved.

But it's a pity that a certain Nanchu stepson who can be useful is not there, and what will happen in that forest is unknown.

But in short, because of this distribution method in individual battles, even if there are familiar practitioners joining forces, the number of people should not be many.

As for her words, Ji Jiashu was very clear.Even if she was targeted, if there were only a few people blocking the way, she might still be able to escape.

Who can leave the forest with schisandra the fastest?

At this moment, everyone's eyes were on Qingnao Mountain, and Ji Jiashu was staring at the entrance to the southwest.

There was loud noise from other directions, but only this place was particularly quiet.

What the hell is going on in there?
……

……

What happened, Gui Chen also wanted to know.

Just after Ying Baoyue finished speaking, the two of them hid two schisandra plants on their bodies, so that there would be more hope in case anything happened.

Then he followed Ying Baoyue on the way back with vigilance.

He noticed that Ying Baoyue took some detours differently from when he came here, apparently to be wary of those uninvited guests.This made him even more nervous.

However, nothing happened until the exit was approached.

Gui Chenben felt relieved, looking at the brighter and brighter forest, hope appeared in his eyes, but at this moment, an arrow flying from across the sky pierced his sleeve!

With a bang, the silence in the forest was completely shattered.

what?
Gui Chen stared sideways at the crossbow that almost nailed him to the tree.

The position of the arrow was originally aimed at his chest, but at the critical moment Ying Baoyue stopped and pushed him, only the clothes were damaged.

And she stopped.

"If you have something to say, come out and tell me," at this moment he heard the girl next to him look at a big tree not far away, and said calmly, "The number of people is not right now."

A piercing laughter sounded in the dense forest.

"The former Qin eldest princess really won't disappoint."

Accompanied by this sound, countless black shadows came out from behind the tree, and Gui Chen was shocked.

These numbers are definitely not what a country can have in this direction.

And the leaders were actually two practitioners of the sixth rank.

"Come back from such a deep place, it seems that you have found the herbal medicine."

The person who spoke the first sentence had a more laid-back voice, but the other leader was much more irritable.

"Hand over it!"

Looking at the two leading figures, Ying Baoyue's pupils shrank.

The next moment, she read the names of the two people.

"He Lancheng."

"Ye Siyuan."

(End of this chapter)