After several rounds of trials, it seems that only the students from Jiangnan and White Plain from the Northern Lands are qualified to advance to the next round.
Few people expected this result at first, but now, few people care.
"Your Majesty." Chen Baifeng breathed a slight sigh of relief upon seeing that the Emperor was still safe and sound. At this moment, his greatest support was still the Emperor of Great Jin. As for Chen Qing, although he seemed to be on the same side as him, whether he could be relied upon in a critical moment was another matter.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Chen Qing smiled and bowed.
The emperor looked at Chen Qing, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.
This must be the second time they've met since Chen Qing left the capital, right?
If there's one unexpected person among all these years of planning, it's this kid in front of us.
"Your Highness, there's no need for such formalities." The King of Qin slightly raised his hand, quietly observing the other party. Chen Qing and the former King of Qin of Qin had too many similarities. Now that he was the ruler of the Central Plains, it was quite a strange feeling that the other party was bowing to him as the King of King of Qin.
If it weren't for the King of Qin, he and his sister would probably never have had a chance to rise in the world. But he didn't regret what he did afterward. No matter how eloquently the King of Qin spoke, he was still an outsider. With him around, the human race would never become the true masters of this world.
He saw Chen Qing in the same light.
He had heard about the things in Jiangnan many times. Everyone who returned from Jiangnan praised it highly, as if the people there lived in paradise. But in his opinion, this was the same as what the King of Qin did back then.
Back then, the King of Qin drove out a large number of demons, making the people under his rule live better than the lower classes of any other power. At that time, many people said that the place ruled by the King of Qin was paradise.
How similar they are!
But ultimately, he's an outsider!!
" The King of Qin has many talented people under his command. In this competition, three of the four final candidates are in your hands. I am truly envious."
Upon hearing this, Chen Qing laughed and said, "Your Majesty flatters me. My men are just a bunch of mischievous kids. They've come here to see for themselves. These four candidates are no match for the younger generation. Whether they get a spot or not is not important."
"Is that so?" The emperor smiled upon hearing this, then looked up at the image projected by the shadow stone.
The third level is different from the first two; they are not performed together, but rather one after another in sequence.
The first one was the White Tiger Gate. Although many people don't care much about the outcome now, they still have some doubts about this order. If it were the normal order of the Four Spirits, the correct order would be Azure Dragon, and if it were reversed, it would be Black Tortoise.
How could it be White Tiger?
The challenger from the White Tiger Palace was also quite surprising.
Shen Yuan was the least noticeable member of the Jiangnan team this time.
Speaking of Shen Yuan, many people are familiar with him now. The Shen Family in the capital was originally a second-rate family. If it weren't for his lack of magical talent, he would have been a laughing stock if he hadn't participated in the imperial examination and become the runner-up as a sorcerer. No one would have paid attention to such an unimportant member of a small family.
Two years ago, this kid came to the capital and showed all the sorcerers a new path. It was also because of that that the major families invested a lot of their young disciples in Jiangnan.
Even so, no one really thought highly of him; most just considered him a figure Chen Qing had put forward for publicity.
The reason is simple: what could be more sensational than the sudden return of a talented, ridiculed, and even despised son of his own brother, who suddenly becomes so powerful that even a highly respected sorcerer is defeated by him?
After everyone got to know Jiangnan, they no longer took Shen Yuan seriously. They all thought he was just lucky because he followed Chen Qing earlier. In terms of talent, he was probably not remarkable. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had no outstanding works in the following years.
As Jiangnan is a key area of focus for various powerful families, the aristocratic families have sent many people to inquire about its affairs.
I have taken note of many outstanding new figures, such as the man who built the number one magic array in Jiangnan: the Blazing Yang Grand Formation. His name seems to be Shen Xing, and he is a direct descendant of the Shen Family for three generations.
For example, the Yellow Character Academy disciples who created Ice Jade and Warm Jade were also the eldest sons of a certain aristocratic family in Jiangnan. Most of them performed well and were actually talented. On the contrary, although Shen Yuan was also admitted to the Dragon Palace Academy after returning, he did not produce any works and gradually fell out of favor.
Even within the Jiangnan Academy, many students thought Shen Yuan was just a senior alumnus, but they generally considered his actual abilities to be ordinary.
Unexpectedly, this time, Chen Qing not only brought him to participate in the Celestial Master Trial, but also let him challenge a sect on his own.
The key point is that the person being challenged is a heavyweight.
Before Zhang Xiaoyun's identity was exposed, Zhang Zhiyun of Northern Tiger Gate was considered by everyone to be the next generation of Celestial Master, a figure who had been famous throughout the world for a hundred years!
" King of Qin Highness, if you are not confident, why not have the students give up directly?" Chen Baifeng frowned. He could see that Chen Qing cared a lot about the students from Jiangnan. Pushing Shen Yuan onto the stage now was probably to protect the truly talented students.
For example, that little girl who had previously shown remarkable talent.
"What you're saying is..." Chen Qing laughed. "How can you be unsure if we haven't even fought? Shen Yuan is one of the top students in my Jiangnan Academy. Even if we can't win, he wouldn't surrender without a fight, would he?"
The top two students?
The elders from several aristocratic families immediately wore strange expressions. Really?
If he's really that powerful, why hasn't he gained any reputation in the academy since?
Chen Baifeng also frowned. He was a person who cared a lot about his descendants. In his eyes, regardless of whether they had the talent of a sorcerer, as long as they were his own bloodline, they should be protected. He had always thought that Chen Qing was the same kind of person as him. Could it be that he was wrong?
Or perhaps, Shen Yuan truly possesses extraordinary abilities?
"Um?"
White Tiger Palace White Tiger Palace, Zhang Zhiyun, seated in the center, frowned slightly at the person who had been teleported in. After staring at the person for a long while, he slowly asked, "Who are you?"
Shen Yuan didn't mind, and with neither servility nor arrogance, he performed a scholar's bow and said, "My name is Shen Yuan, greetings, senior!"
" Shen Yuan." The other party thought for a moment and vaguely remembered that the contestant seemed to have this name. Cloud Capital had infiltrated various forces and knew a lot about their internal intelligence. They also had people planted in the Jiangnan Academy. They knew exactly who among them had extraordinary talents. For example, they knew about the little girl named Yun Ke'er. The first large formation in Liuzhou was able to operate fully thanks to that little girl. She had a talent for formations that even Ziyue was amazed by.
This Shen Yuan, however, was utterly unremarkable.
According to the intelligence, this person seems to have participated in many spell array projects of the Heaven Academy, but he has never presided over any spell array. He always seems to be assisting others, which means that his name appears in many projects, but he has never personally led any spell array.
Behind the scenes, many students called him their counselor, clearly indicating that he was a seasoned but unremarkable figure.
Did Chen Qing send this person because he was worried about the safety of his truly talented prodigies?
Bringing such a young boy to Cloud Capital, is it probably just to deal with this kind of situation?
Thinking of this, Zhang Zhiyun stood up out of boredom. He actually wanted to test his skills with that little girl. Although it was a bit like bullying a junior, he was still curious about new things and also curious about just how high the talent of this little girl, who was considered to have top talent by Ziyue, really was.
"If you're not confident, you can give up; you don't necessarily have to fight," Zhang Zhiyun said calmly, looking at his opponent.
He wasn't pitying the other party; he just found it boring. He didn't like pointless actions, and he wasn't very interested in killing cannon fodder.
"Your reputation is renowned, and the legend of you single-handedly annihilating an entire army thirty years ago is something I've heard since childhood," Shen Yuan said calmly, looking at the other person, "But to say that I have no confidence at all would be an exaggeration."
Zhang Zhiyun: "."