Aunt, please don't chase me. I don't want to be the emperor.

This was because the young master of their Tianji Pavilion, Jiang Nanluo, the great-grandson of Jiang Shanggong, was the first imperial preceptor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Jiang Nanluo died in Chang'an during the Daxuan Rebellion, but his death was not caused by the Daxuan rebels.

The real cause of his death was...

Many people didn't want to think about it anymore, including Huo Li. However, he didn't think he had said anything wrong. He still had to face what he had to face, so he asked again, "Master, what do you think?"

“…It’s not ruled out.”

Jiang Shanggong finally raised his head. There was no unusual expression on his face, and he seemed to be in a normal state. "Apart from the content of the trial, everything will proceed as usual. Even if we discover the Five Saints who are not celestial beings, we should not act unusually. We should just follow the will of heaven."

"I will obey my master's orders."

Several sect leaders bowed in unison.

Jiang Shanggong also looked at the projection of the beach in the center of the attic: "Well, it's almost time to start."

Yes, the trial is about to begin.

.......

On the platinum-colored beach, the sun is shining brightly and the sea breeze is blowing. Lying on the beach, feeling the sea breeze and basking in the sun is a good way to enjoy leisure.

But today, no one is here for vacation.

No less than three thousand people gathered on the beach. The disciples of Tianji Pavilion were responsible for maintaining order. Many people asked when the trial would begin. The disciples of Tianji Pavilion always said things like "it will be soon" or "we will be there soon".

The beach was very noisy and bustling, but suddenly there was a loud "boom" of thunder in the sky, and a bolt of lightning hit the sea, causing huge waves, followed by a large number of thunder explosions on the sea.

The originally noisy beach suddenly became quiet and all the contestants fell silent.

"Wow, there's thunder in the sky!"

"There are no dark clouds, so why is it thundering?"

"Hey hey hey, look, someone is floating down from the sky!"

Under the gaze of more than 3,000 contestants, a Taoist priest in a golden and white robe floated down from the clouds in the sky. He was surrounded by golden thunder and had the power to destroy the world. His every move revealed powerful divine authority, like a god descending from heaven to earth.

This person is Zhen Lei Zi, one of the eight Yangshen Sect Masters of Tianji Pavilion and the Sect Master of Zhen Sect.

"Wow, it's thunder magic!"

"The thunderstorm on the sea, this is the legendary sign of world destruction!"

"A true immortal has descended to earth!"

The contestants' topics and attention were all focused on Zhen Lei Zi in the air. It was the first time for most of them to see a Yang Shen master, and for a moment they only felt admiration and awe.

The legendary scene of world destruction is indeed as terrifying as it is.

Of course, these are just playing house to Ji Xian.

There are plenty of powerful Yang gods who can destroy the world in his Great Zhou. Let's not talk about other things, just talking about thunder magic. Although Zhen Lei Zi's thunder magic is powerful, it is far inferior to that of Zhang Mengxuan, the national teacher of their Great Zhou.

Zhang Mengxuan, the second disciple of the Wentian lineage, the biological son of Zhang Ziliang, the former Zhang Tianshi of the Tianshi Mansion, the current national teacher of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the number one person in thunder magic throughout history.

Although Zhang Mengxuan was only good at the part about thunder magic in Wen Tian Lu, he was able to fight against peerless masters such as Tianhu Shuai who had mastered the entire Wen Tian Lu and Yinlong Shuai, the number one master of Da Zhou, without being at a disadvantage. This shows how terrifying his thunder magic was.

Of course, Ji Xian couldn't act disdainful, with the sharp-minded Ye Mingqiu standing next to him. If he acted disdainfully towards Yang Shen at this moment, he would be extremely suspicious.

Ji Xian carefully observed Ye Mingqiu, and saw that Ye Mingqiu's expression looked quite novel. He even said, "The Yangshen master is indeed a supreme power who can display the form of annihilation."

Ji Xian really wanted to tell him that she could perform a more powerful form of world-destruction.

But he just smiled and said nothing.

At this moment, Zhen Leizi in the sky opened his mouth, his voice as loud and melodious as a bell, drowning out the voices of everyone else on the beach. "Welcome everyone to the Tianji Pavilion to participate in our sect's three-yearly recruitment trial. I am Zhen Leizi, the leader of the Zhenzi Sect. Now, let me announce the content and rules of this trial."

Many people in the crowd were discussing in low voices, most of them were independent cultivators who had participated in the event a few times.

It was already puzzling that the trial was held on the beach, and now it was even more unbelievable that one of the Eight Sect Leaders personally came to preside over and announce the recruitment trial.

You know, the recruitment of new members for Tianji Pavilion in previous years was not like this.

But Zhen Leizi didn't care what those people thought. He pointed to the distant sea and said, "Go thirty-five miles from the beach in that direction and you will see an archipelago of five islands. Hidden on each island are tokens prepared in advance by our Tianji Pavilion. Each token is different."

"The trial requires you to travel to these five islands and obtain at least two tokens from any two islands. This will pass the trial, but there are a few things I need to explain in advance."

"First, this trial lasts seven days. Those who fail to obtain two tokens and return to the beach within seven days will be deemed to have failed the trial. Second, contestants may rob each other, but they must not cause death. Third, no harm may be caused to the indigenous people of the island. Fourth, the use of Qinggong and magic weapons to accelerate the journey is prohibited before reaching the archipelago."

"I'm done, the trial begins."

Zhen Lei Zi finished his words in a dignified and calm tone, then looked at the thousands of people below with an expressionless face.

The crowd was discussing heatedly, and many people were stunned.

How could this happen? Although there have been adjustments in the previous trials, it seems that there won’t be such a big change.

Someone asked Zhen Leizi, "Master Zhen Leizi, I remember the previous trials weren't like this."

"It's not your turn to have the final say. If you have any objections, you can leave."

Zhen Leizi replied indifferently, and at this time someone raised their hand to ask, "How are we going to get to the island without Qinggong and magic weapons? The Tianji Pavilion doesn't have a boat ready for us here."

"You guys figure it out on your own. If you're strong enough, it's okay if you can swim over."

Zhen Lei Zi seemed disdainful to talk any more with the contestants. He turned around, waved his Taoist robe, and flew away.

Then, thousands of people were left on the beach looking confused.

The trial rules and the first three precautions are all fine, but the last one...

The use of Qinggong is not allowed, the use of magic weapons is not allowed, and there are no boats on the beach. Under such circumstances... go to the archipelago thirty nautical miles away?

3.9 His Majesty the Emperor is far ahead

What a joke! ! !

Someone on the beach actually shouted this out loud, and then looked up and complained, "They don't even give us a boat, how are we supposed to get across?"

There were more than 3,000 people present, at least half of whom were civilians. For a moment, they were completely helpless.

But in fact, even the cultivators had rather grim expressions at the moment, because Zhen Leizi had just said that neither the use of Qinggong nor the use of magic weapons was allowed.

However, a few smart people have already come up with a solution.

"Hurry, go back to the town dock and bring our boat over!"

"Yes, that's a good idea!"

"Go, go, go!"

Many people came to Tianji Pavilion by water, and the boat was still at the village pier outside Tianji Pavilion. With the strength of these practitioners, a few more people could move the boat directly here.

And there were a few who had stronger cultivation base and simply swam over.

The rules only say that the use of light skills and magic weapons is not allowed, but it does not say that the use of spiritual power is not allowed. With their cultivation and physical strength, it should not be a big problem for them to swim over.

Of course, there are also some people whose skills are more special, and they can get through without light skills or magic weapons. For example, people who practice water magic can escape through water, and people who practice ice magic can freeze a path and walk slowly through.

Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu stood where they were and didn't rush to move. They were also thinking of a solution.

Ye Mingqiu first looked at Ji Xian, smiled, waved his fan and asked him: "Brother Ji, do you have a boat?"

The first solution Ye Mingqiu thought of was the same as that of most practitioners who had boats, which was to go directly back to the village dock to move the boat over for use.

"The boat was rented. The boatman said he had relatives in the town outside Tianji Pavilion. They should have taken it away by now." Ji Xian shrugged helplessly, and then asked Ye Mingqiu: "What about you?"

"I came here from Jizhou by carriage, not by boat." Ye Mingqiu shrugged and looked at the sea in the distance: "You and I have higher cultivation levels, Brother Ji, not as good as us..."

"No, no, no, I don't want to be soaked. It would be too embarrassing to swim over."

Ji Xian immediately interrupted Ye Mingqiu, then looked around and found several coconut trees.

Suddenly, Ji Xian had an idea: "Brother Ye, I remember you said you were a talisman practitioner. Do you know cold and wind talismans?"

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"That's easy." Ji Xian walked towards the coconut tree and reached for the sword at her waist: "If there is no boat, let's build one!"

As soon as the words fell, Ji Xian drew out Sheng Hui Ji, and a flash of white sword light flashed across, and several coconut trees were cut down in an instant. Then Ji Xian cut off the leaves and branches of the coconut trees, leaving only the trunks, and arranged them neatly together.

Ye Mingqiu understood what Ji Xian meant. He stepped forward and raised his hand. There was an ice talisman in his hand, which he threw directly at the row of tree trunks. The talisman turned into ice and exploded, freezing all the tree trunks together.

In less than a minute, the simple raft was ready.

Ji Xian then grabbed the raft and swung it onto the sea. Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu jumped onto the raft. Ye Mingqiu then took out the hurricane talisman and swung it onto the end of the raft. The talisman immediately released a strong wind, and without anyone rowing, the hurricane whirlwind alone propelled the raft forward.

Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu were much faster than the other contestants. No matter who were swimming in the sea or going back to get the boat, their progress was as fast as these two, not to mention the many who were still struggling to find a solution.

However, many people saw the actions of Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu, and they all suddenly understood.

Yes, if you don’t have a boat and no skills, you can build one.

For a while, many people who were at their wits' end formed a team on the beach and built a boat together, intending to use this method to reach the archipelago.

Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu's actions naturally attracted the attention of several leaders of Tianji Pavilion.

"You have a pretty quick brain. You can actually come up with the fastest solution so quickly."

Gen Shanzi, the leader of the Gen Sect, commented that the first trial was to see how the contestants would reach the archipelago. The results were like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their own magical powers, but the fastest were obviously Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu.

The leader of the Kun Clan, Di Kunzi, saw something more: "Not only are they quick-witted, these two are also not simple people."

"um, yes."

Fire Ion also echoed this.

"That red-dressed kid's sword is quite powerful." Di Kunzi looked at Ji Xian in the projection of the Star Map Array, his eyes focused on the two swords at Ji Xian's waist. "Although chopping down a coconut tree is nothing to brag about, judging from the spiritual energy reaction, that red-dressed kid doesn't seem to be using any spiritual power."

Everyone present was a Yang God, so many things didn't need to be explained, as everyone understood.

The eight sects of Tianji Pavilion have a total of eight kinds of magical powers, and Di Kunzi is the sword cultivator among them. His understanding of swordsmanship and sword weapons is naturally the strongest in Tianji Pavilion. Therefore, he is most certain that the weapon in Ji Xian's hand must be a magical weapon.

You know, although magic weapons are standard weapons for Yang Shen, for casual cultivators or ordinary sects, they are treasures that are hard to find even with a lantern.

And everyone present could see that the man in white who knew talismans seemed to have some skills as well. He cast two talismans, ice and wind. Although their power did not seem very strong, their durability was very good.

The raft frozen in ice could actually last for a long time. In this case, either the ice was too powerful and could not be thawed in a short time, or the monk was using spiritual power to keep the ice frozen, making it impossible to thaw.

Judging from the power of the talisman Ye Mingqiu had just cast, the ice hadn't melted, so the only possibility was the latter. Yet, while he was maintaining the ice's freeze, he actually pulled out a wind talisman to propel the raft forward.

Judging from Ye Mingqiu's expression in the picture, he can easily maintain the long-term operation of the Ice Talisman and the Wind Talisman at the same time, and there should be no problem in maintaining the thirty nautical miles to the archipelago.

This level of skill was nothing to Yang Shen, but it was a rare master for the contestants. After all, every time the Tianji Pavilion recruited new members, the contestants came from all corners of the country, with varying levels of cultivation, and most of them were civilians with no cultivation.

With Ye Mingqiu's spiritual power level, he is considered a rare master no matter which recruitment session he is in.

The next question, then, is worth careful consideration.

It is rare for a sword cultivator with a magical weapon and a talisman cultivator with high cultivation to team up and participate in the Tianji Pavilion's recruitment.

In the past, the leaders of Tianji Pavilion would only regard them as two good seedlings, or people who have made some achievements in the martial arts world who want to join Tianji Pavilion.

But now was different. Everyone's eyes turned to Jiang Shanggong again. And Jiang Shanggong was indeed already counting on his fingers, telling fortunes for Ji Xian and Ye Mingqiu.

After a while, Jiang Shanggong shook his head and said, "It's hard to tell the fate of these two people."

Several sect leaders were surprised.

No way, with Master’s level of cultivation, he couldn’t actually see it. Could it be that the Five Saints who are not destined to be gods are among these two?

His Majesty the Emperor's new character design and settings

Because of the rewards, I added another chapter today, and also presented a special chapter and character pictures.

The character design of His Majesty the Emperor in the fourth volume is given in advance, and there is also Cheng Ying two thousand years later.

[Ji Xian walks on the water with a serious expression]

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【Cheng Ying two thousand years later】

Cheng Ying [Current Setting of This Work]

Gender: Female

Age: Unknown (appears to be around 17 years old)

Birthday: May 1