The pen in the old man's hand paused.
He raised his head, took off his reading glasses, and looked Zhou Qi up and down.
The young man in front of him was only in his early twenties, wearing a half-worn gray robe, with a black knife hanging on his waist, and he did not have the slightest trace of the Aristocratic Clan descendants.
"Foundation Establishment, Ninth Layer?" The old man's voice rose a little higher, with obvious suspicion, "Are you kidding me? You will be tested later. If you report randomly, there will be penalties."
Zhou Qi smiled, "It's okay, just write."
The old man stared at him for a few seconds. Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, he shook his head and wrote the words "Foundation Establishment, Ninth Layer" on the booklet, followed by a question mark.
"Hands out."
Zhou Qi reached out his hand.
The old man pinched his wrist, and a stream of warm Spiritual Power penetrated and circulated inside his body.
This is a bone age measurement. Although it is rough, it is close to ten.
The old man let go of his hand and added another note on the book, "Bone age between twenty-three and twenty-six."
He muttered something, his voice was very low, but Zhou Qi could hear it clearly. "You are so young, you damn Foundation Establishment, Ninth Layer."
Zhou Qi didn't answer and turned around to Spirit-Testing Stone.
A lot of people have gathered in front of Spirit-Testing Stone in the center of the square.
Just now, Xiao Huo caused a sensation during the test. At this moment, the onlookers had not dispersed. When they saw someone coming forward, they all stretched their necks to take a look.
Zhou Qi stood in front of Spirit-Testing Stone and looked up.
The transparent crystal stone, which is as tall as a person, has twenty-seven scale lines engraved on its surface, from "1 Chu" at the bottom to "9 Peaks" at the top.
The runes inside the crystal are flowing, and there is a faint aura floating around.
He pressed his palm against the groove of the base.
Take a deep breath.
Spiritual Power starts injecting.
He didn't dare to use all his strength. He poured all the Golden Core, Third-Layer Peak and Spiritual Power into it. This piece of Spirit-Testing Stone was afraid it would explode.
He carefully controlled the amount of Spiritual Power, releasing it little by little like turning on a faucet.
A pillar of light rises from the bottom.
Very slow.
Slower than everyone before.
There were whispers among the onlookers.
"This rising speed...Foundation Establishment Early Stage is not running anymore."
"Looking at it like this, it would be nice to get to the second floor."
The light beam slowly rose, breaking through the scale of Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement and entering Foundation Establishment, First Layer.
Second floor.
Three floors.
The voice in the crowd changed.
"Huh? We're on the third floor?"
"Still rising..."
Four floors.
Five floors.
Six floors.
The whispers turned into exclamations.
"Foundation Establishment, Sixth Layer! Still rising!"
"How old is this guy? He looks like he's in his early twenties!"
The light beam continued to rise.
Seven floors.
Eight floors.
The speed started to slow down, as if it lacked stamina.
Some people in the crowd breathed a sigh of relief and finally stopped.
But Zhou Qi raised the corners of his mouth slightly, paused deliberately, and then suddenly increased the output of Spiritual Power.
The beam of light suddenly jumped up, as if taking medicine.
Eight levels of perfection.
Nine floors.
The pinnacle of the ninth floor.
"Buzz--!"
Spirit-Testing Stone made a low buzzing sound, and the light beam stopped steadily on the "9 peak" scale line, bright and solid, without flickering at all.
The whole place was dead silent.
Then, the pot exploded.
"Foundation Establishment, Ninth Layer Peak!!"
"Oh my God! Such a young Foundation Establishment, Ninth Layer Peak?!"
"This is impossible! Is Spirit-Testing Stone broken?!"
"Absolutely not. I haven't heard of Spirit-Testing Stone failing in so many years."
Zhou Qi took back his hand, turned around and walked back to the examiner's desk.
The old man opened his mouth wide and didn't close it for a long time.
He looked at Zhou Qi, then at the light beam on Spirit-Testing Stone that had not completely dissipated, and his Adam's apple rolled.
"You... are you really Foundation Establishment, Ninth Layer?"
Zhou Qi nodded and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. "Of course!"
The old man took a deep breath, crossed out the question mark on the booklet, neatly wrote the words "Foundation Establishment, Ninth Layer Peak", then took out a palm-sized black Token from under the table and handed it over with both hands.
"This is your entry Token, please keep it.
Fifteen days later, at Chenshi, Chengdong Ascendant Immortal Platform will gather to participate in the first round of selection."
Zhou Qi took Token and took a look.
On the front of the token is engraved the character "", and on the back is his serial number: .
He put Token in his arms, turned around and wanted to leave.
After taking a few steps, he felt a gaze falling on his back.
Turn back.
Xiao Huo stood outside the crowd, looking at him.
There was no hostility in the pair of dark eyes, only curiosity and a slight hint of fighting spirit.
Zhou Qi nodded slightly to him, turned and left.
Behind him, Xiao Huo stood there, watching the gray-robed figure disappear into the crowd, muttering to himself:
"Foundation Establishment, Ninth Layer Peak? Younger than me..."
Zhou Qi didn't stay in the field for long. He glanced around and found no one of interest.
He simply returned to the inn.
In the inn, Zhou Qi used Divine Sense to scan around Yongjing as usual. Since entering Golden Core Realm two years ago, his Divine Sense has made a full circle, which can directly cover the entire city.
Since then, he has had to glance around from time to time, but no one has noticed his Divine Sense.
Even Huangfu Song could only vaguely feel something was wrong, and others couldn't notice anything at all.
This also encouraged his voyeuristic gene, and he took a quick look around when he had nothing to do.
What about raising a mistress, what about stealing a man and killing his husband, what about following a crazy man...
What's more, there are people who secretly refine evil medicines, engage in fornication and betray the country...
No one knows this secret of Yongjing City better than Zhou Qi.
But he didn't bother to care, he was not the emperor.
When Divine Sense scanned Imperial City, it was bounced to another place. Imperial City remained the same, and Divine Sense couldn't get in.
I also wanted to see Xianwu's private life, but I couldn't.
When crossing Yao Family, Yao Family is no different from two years ago. The difference is that Yao Qing seems to have improved its strength to Foundation Establishment, Third Layer.
Earlier, when Lin'an City was the city lord, Yao Qing was intercepted by Yao Ke because of Cultivation Resources, so his promotion to Foundation Establishment relied on a foreign object - the Blood-and-Flesh Pill that broke through the realm, thus damaging his foundation.
But fortunately Yang Zhenshan didn't eat it. When Zhou Qi set off to Yongjing, the opponent had already been promoted to Foundation Establishment, Fourth Layer and had overtaken Yao Qing. The speed was not bad.
He only ate one Blood-and-Flesh Pill that broke the small realm on the eighth floor.
The first reason is that the sudden appearance of Jin Tie forced him to destroy Medicine Humans, and the second reason is that the continuous pressure of Marquis Residence caused Yang Zhenshan and Yao Qing to escape to Yongjing City before they could advance to Peak of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement.
After scanning around, Huangfu Song frowned again and looked around.
From time to time in the past two days, I have had the feeling that someone is peeking at me.
Obviously this feeling has not been seen for two years...
Zhou Qi took back Divine Sense and continued to meditate on the bed.
Xianwu's intelligence system is not given in vain.
The day after Zhou Qi registered, a guard of honor came to the inn, headed by a Imperial City eunuch.
I saw him at Imperial City Zhou Qi that night. He should be Xianwu's personal companion.
When the eunuch arrived, he introduced himself as Chen Fu. He was invited by Emperor Xianwu and asked Zhou Qi to stay temporarily at Imperial City. Zhou Qi refused without thinking.
The eunuch wanted to persuade him again, but Zhou Qi became so powerful that he scared several people and fled.
He is too lazy to be polite.
In this way, Yao Qing also came to invite me, and Taiwei Huangfu Song also came.
But they were all rejected one by one by Zhou Qi.
The favor is over. If nothing else happens, he will soon join Primordial Immortal Sect and leave here.
There is no need to cause further trouble for more than ten days of food and accommodation.