Zhu Tian: Starting from the World of Zongwu

Before Song Xuan could speak, a young man in a water and fire Taoist robe walked quickly over from a distance, stood beside Lu Hongyi inconspicuously, and glanced at Song Xuan with some hostility.

"Hongyi, is this your friend?"

Lu Hongyi hummed and introduced, "Song Xuan, a friend I met at the Ascendant's residence. When I first participated in the Zhenwu Emperor Dojo's recruitment of boys, I originally planned to team up with him."

Then, she pointed at the man in the Taoist robe and said, "He is Zhou Yi."

As she spoke, she added, "He and I are both disciples of the Zhenwu Emperor's Dojo!"

Song Xuan glanced at the man named Zhou Yi inconspicuously, but saw that he looked quite arrogant, especially after he learned that Song Xuan was just a small piece of land, his attitude became even more arrogant.

"Hongyi, it was truly fate that you didn't team up with him. How could someone with such a narrow vision be chosen by the Zhenwu Dojo?"

Lu Hongyi frowned slightly, "Zhou Yi, please be more polite when speaking to my friend!"

Zhou Yi shrugged. "Alright, alright. I just want to remind you not to let personal relationships interfere with your work."

Having said that, he turned and left. Before leaving, he looked at Song Xuan and chuckled.

"Boy, you have to recognize your own identity and stop thinking about things you shouldn't think about!"

Looking at Zhou Yi walking into the crowd, Song Xuan said speechlessly: "Are you a dog licker?"

Lu Hongyi was obviously stunned for a moment, as if thinking about the meaning of licking a dog.

Soon, her cheeks flushed slightly as she said, "It's quite interesting. When I first entered the Zhenwu Dojo, he was very enthusiastic and concerned about me!

But don't underestimate him just because of his bad attitude. This man has been in the Zhenwu Dojo for thousands of years and is a genuine Golden Immortal.

He will lead the candidates from the Zhenwu Dojo in this Judicial Hall assessment!"

After Lu Hongyi explained, he whispered, "You should have reached the level of a True Immortal, right? Those of us who can ascend from the lower realms, even in the prehistoric world, are geniuses. After adapting to the prehistoric environment, we will basically break through to the True Immortal realm very quickly.

You dare to sign up for the Judicial Hall assessment, so I guess you must have made a breakthrough."

Song Xuan nodded and smiled, "Indeed, it seems that the competition in this assessment is very fierce. I took a quick look and it seems that the weakest ones are all True Immortals."

Lu Hongyi nodded slightly, "Any power with a little bit of power would not remain indifferent to a privileged institution like the Palace of Justice. Even if they have no interest in it, they would send a few people to participate.

For those high-ranking beings, this new organization still needs to arrange a few of their own people!"

She said with some helplessness: "Nominally, positions in the Hall of Justice require assessment, but in fact, the high-level positions in the Hall of Justice, the nine hall masters, the eighteen deputy hall masters, the thirty-six judicial envoys, and the one hundred and eight law enforcement envoys, have already been allocated by the higher-ups.

The weakest of these positions are all powerful people in the Taiyi realm.

And what we are testing now is actually the God of Justice who needs to do some serious work."

Song Xuan said "Oh", nothing surprising, this is normal.

When a new department is established, everyone sits in a row and shares the fruits, one for each of us. But if those powerful beings at the Daluo or Taiyi level need to participate in the assessment and compete for positions together with the True Immortals, wouldn’t their status as powerful beings be completely lost?

After a moment's hesitation, he asked in a low voice, "How many people do you plan to recruit for this assessment?"

He had just estimated that there were at least one million immortals waiting for assessment in this hall with almost no visible boundaries. This also showed how eager the various forces were to place their own people in the Hall of Justice.

It makes me feel insecure just thinking about not having any of my own people in a privileged institution!

Lu Hongyi sighed, "They say they only recruit around 10,000 people. The elimination rate is too high. Without Golden Immortal cultivation, there's no chance at all. I'm just following the people from the Taoist temple to go through the motions. I don't expect to be selected at all."

Song Xuan nodded. Under normal circumstances, a true immortal like Lu Hongyi would indeed have no chance of being selected.

Among the millions of assessees, the majority are True Immortal cultivators, but even so, there are tens of thousands of Golden Immortal-level powerhouses.

In other words, even these Golden Immortal-level examinees do not have enough points for the position of the God of Justice.

Lu Hongyi looked at the groups of examinees gathered together and complained, "I have never seen so many immortal and god-level beings in my life.

I heard that there are still many vacancies in the Heavenly Court and they are unable to recruit enough people, especially those positions of the ninth and eighth grades, which are seriously vacant.

But look at it now, for the position of the God of Justice, all the forces of the Thirty-Three Heavens and the Primordial World have sent people here!"

Song Xuan smiled and said, "That's normal. No one wants to do dirty work, but who wouldn't want to join a privileged organization with little responsibility but great power?"

Just as the two were talking in low voices, a pair of majestic eyes appeared out of thin air among the starry sky above the hall, and glanced indifferently at the existence below.

When swept by that gaze, Song Xuan felt that his entire soul solidified. He had a feeling that the owner of that eye could make his soul fly away with just a thought if he wanted to!

In an instant, the huge palace, which had been somewhat noisy, suddenly became silent, without even a trace of breathing.

At this moment, the space seemed to be frozen!

Song Xuan's heart was pounding, his mind was blank, and only one thought was emerging frantically.

"Da Luo!"

"This is the power of Daluo!"

Chapter 988 Assessment Location, Qingqiu Demon Country

It’s not that Song Xuan hasn’t seen Daluo-level existences before, like the brother and sister Zhao Gongming and Qiongxiao whom he met while fishing before. They are also considered powerful among Daluo.

Especially Zhao Gongming. Once the Dinghai Divine Pearl appeared, few quasi-saints could match him.

But at that time, the brother and sister did not emit any aura and were full of kindness, so Song Xuan did not have a direct feeling of Daluo's power.

But now, looking at the eyes emerging from the starry sky, Song Xuan intuitively felt for the first time what kind of existence Daluo was!

Even if he survived the third calamity, he would still be completely powerless to fight back against an existence like Daluo!

The hall was very quiet, but Song Xuan could clearly sense that there was a howling wind in the hall and even in the vast starry sky above, which was raising endless waves and constantly surging in Song Xuan's mind.

The eyes in the starry sky did not last long. After scanning the hall, the terrifying eyes slowly dissipated and disappeared in the starry sky.

At the same time, above the hall, an old man in gray stepped out into the air and bowed upwards.

"Best farewell to the Emperor!"

The old man did not say which emperor it was. After bowing, he stood in the void, quietly looking down at the millions of assessors below.

"Let me introduce myself. I am the Star Lord Siming, and I am the host of this Judicial Hall assessment."

"First of all, congratulations! You must be the geniuses from all over the world to be able to take part in this assessment. The emperors of Heaven are all paying close attention to this Judicial Hall assessment.

Those who excel in this assessment may be appreciated by a certain great emperor."

Below, many people showed excitement, and there was an uproar in the hall.

Even if you can't enter the Hall of Justice, if you perform well enough and are appreciated by the Emperor of Heaven, and become his disciple, wouldn't you be able to soar to the sky?

Song Xuan's eyes were calm, and there was not much turmoil in his heart.

The emperors of Heaven today are not the emperors after the Conferred God Tribulation that are well known to later generations. The emperors of today are all representatives of various forces from the Thirty-three Heavens.

Song Xuan didn't know what happened to these emperors during the Conferred God Tribulation and why they all disappeared, but he guessed that their end was probably not very good, otherwise they would not have been replaced all together.

Standing on the side of the Emperor is not a good choice at this stage.

At this time, Song Xuan was messaging Song Qian, because he did not see Song Qian among this group of examinees.

Fortunately, Song Qian's message arrived in time, which made Song Xuan secretly relieved.

"Don't worry, brother. I'm fine. I just survived my third calamity not long ago. Now, I'm a powerful Golden Immortal with Taiyi-level combat power!"

"Yue Lao helped me find a connection with Siming Xingjun, and he directly got me a position as a law enforcement officer in the Judicial Hall. I didn't even need to take the exam!"

"Hehe, I originally wanted to give you a surprise after you finished the test, but I was afraid you would worry, so I decided to tell you in advance!

"Just focus on your assessment, and once you enter the Judicial Hall, you'll work hard under my Lord Luo Tian!"

"Hey hey hey!"

Song Xuan rolled his eyes. Song Erni said that she could survive the third bad luck before the assessment. Unexpectedly, she actually did it. Sometimes, as her brother, he was jealous of Song Qian's great fortune.

Above the hall, the old man in gray waited quietly for a while. After the people below calmed down a little, he raised his hand and pressed it down, signaling everyone to be quiet.

"The Hall of Justice is a privileged institution with immense power. You all should understand this.

However, I must tell you that with great power comes great responsibility. Joining the Hall of Justice and becoming a God of Justice means you will inevitably face the foes of every demon, evil spirit, and evil creature in the world. This battle will last a lifetime, until death!

"Therefore, this time, the assessment of the Hall of Justice has only one purpose, and that is to test your combat potential. Keep fighting until you survive!"

As he spoke, the old man in gray waved his sleeves, and countless gray jade slips appeared out of thin air above the hall. These jade slips seemed to have life and fell accurately into the hands of each examinee.

"This assessment will be held in Northern Juluzhou, in a demon kingdom cave world, and you will enter it as humans."

"A reminder: the Demon Country is full of powerful demons that feed on humans. In their eyes, you are all food.

All you have to do is survive in the demon kingdom until only 15,000 people remain. That will be considered a success, and you will be qualified to become a qualified Judicial God!"

When these words were spoken, many people in the hall looked surprised and even terrified.

What a joke, out of more than one million examinees, only 15,000 survived in the end, only one in a hundred!

Is this selection and assessment of the Judicial Hall that you organized in Heavenly Court really for selection purposes, or is it a deliberate excuse to eliminate the young geniuses of various forces?

What kind of powerful force can withstand such a death?

"Don't panic, everyone!"

Siming Xingjun said calmly: "Take good care of the jade slips in your hands. This jade slip will not only record the number of kills you have made in the Demon Kingdom's cave world, but also, before you reach a deadly situation, you can break the jade slip and be teleported out of the Demon Kingdom.

But I have to remind you that crushing the jade slip and teleporting out in advance means that you have given up the assessment. Even if you rank first in the number of kills, as long as you are not among the 15,000 people who survive to the end, you will lose the qualification to enter the Hall of Justice!

Choose to save your life, or fight to the death, the choice is in your hands! "

After saying this, Siming Xingjun waved his sleeves and said indifferently, "The assessment begins now. Qingqiu Monster Country, teleport!"

Then, the dazzling teleportation light covered the entire hall, and Song Xuan's consciousness became hazy.

...

After regaining consciousness, Song Xuan looked around vigilantly and found himself in a dim room.

The dilapidated little mud-walled house smelled of rotting wood. On a small bed covered with an old red cloth lay a shivering and somewhat skinny girl.

The woman was only wearing a bellyband that barely covered her upper body. She was lying on the bed, looking timidly at Song Xuan who was standing in front of the bed.

Seeing Song Xuan standing still, the girl nervously pointed at the dim oil lamp on the table and said timidly, "Master, the oil lamp is half burned out. If you don't hurry up, your mating rights for this month will be over!"

Song Xuan glanced at her and asked, "Are you anxious?"

The girl nodded hurriedly, "It's urgent. If I can't conceive in three months, I'll be worthless. The monsters in the city will eat me!"

Chapter 989: Poor Taoist Shen Gongbao, I have met Fellow Taoist Song

Song Xuan didn't say anything, but his spiritual consciousness extended outward little by little.

Outside the dilapidated courtyard are courtyards that are very similar, and humans live in all of those courtyards.

At this moment, in this dim night, in those tens of thousands of rooms, men and women were mostly engaging in human reproduction activities, and the sounds of humming and chanting were endless.

Tens of thousands of human courtyards formed a small town. On the streets of the town, Song Xuan's spiritual sense could clearly see that there were teams of demon soldiers with animal heads and human bodies patrolling constantly.

Some patrol teams would occasionally stop outside a courtyard and listen to the women's screams coming from inside, and they would show a satisfied look.

"After this month's human reproduction day is over, another group of human women will become pregnant. Ten months later, there will be another large number of tender human babies!"

"Stop talking, you're making me drool. Soldiers like us aren't qualified to enjoy human babies. The old men in the county don't even have enough to eat!"

"Okay, stop whining!"

A monster with a dog head and a human body, shaped like a small mountain, held a mace in his hand and sighed gloomily, "When I become a demon fairy, I must get some human babies to taste.

All I've been eating these past few years is old food, the meat is dry and tough, I'm almost vomiting!"

He spat, and the huge dog head suddenly frowned and looked towards a dilapidated courtyard not far away.

"What's going on? Why is there no movement over there? Is this the end of it?"

"That shouldn't be the case!" A minotaur asked doubtfully, "Those who are qualified to work on Conception Day are all strong human youths. This opportunity only comes once a month, and every time they say they haven't had enough.

It's not even halfway through yet, it shouldn't be over so soon, right?"

The dog-headed demon chuckled, "Let's go in and take a look. If that human woman isn't cooperating, we can just eat her up!"

As he spoke, he kicked open the dilapidated gate of the courtyard. Amidst the flying dust, a tall and straight figure appeared in the sight of several monster soldiers.

The dog-headed demon looked at Song Xuan's black robe, then looked down at his own greasy yellow armor, and muttered something in dissatisfaction.

"How can this lowly human being, wearing a piece of cloth, feel more noble than my armor? It's really strange!"

As he said this, he snorted coldly, "Slave, why don't you kneel when you see your demon grandfather?"

Song Xuan didn't say anything. He took a step forward, raised his hand and slapped out. The dog-headed monster's huge head was smashed directly into its chest cavity. Then, his body, which was as big as a mountain, shattered and exploded with a bang.