Travel through the long dream millennium

Because of the change in the jade slip, Gu Chang left the first round of assessment very shortly, and he was basically exhausted and dizzy, so he chose to leave the enchantment soon after knowing his results.When Ye Tianxin told him sadly that just this round had passed, there were only a few dozen people left from the original hundreds of people.

During this period of time, only one of the younger brothers he attracted with his amazing personality charm (...) survived until the end, which made Ye Tian feel uncomfortable all over, as if he had become a bare-handed commander and was shaved head feeling.

Gu Changli was not moved or dissatisfied at all about Bai Yujing's harsh consideration of minor complaints that Ye Tian muttered.In his opinion, the threshold for a journey of cultivation is not low, and what they want to join now is a well-known and one of the best orthodox sects in the cultivation world, so the difficulty multiplies naturally exponentially.If one day, anyone can easily and easily join the top sect, then the cultivation civilization and personnel quality of this world will definitely develop to a terrifying level—it is by no means what the Tianyuan Continent can match today.

Ye Tian still didn't know that Gu Changli had already lost his mind to the horizon after listening to his words, until he casually mentioned before but didn't go into detail about his own experience of immersing himself in jade slips.

"Although I don't quite remember what was written in the jade slips, but it must be a great treasure - three sticks of incense. After I wake up, I feel warm all over my body, clear in mind and refreshed. Even It seems that the cultivation of the bottleneck has been loosened. I asked a few people I know, and they feel the same, but the effect is not as obvious as mine..."

After talking about it, Ye Tian, ​​who showed signs of narcissism and ecstasy, looked at Gu Changli innocently under Gu Changli's destructive and deadly gaze.

Recalling Gu Changli who could almost be mosaiced and tortured by a group of "words" over and over again: "Big leaf—"

In order to retaliate against Ye Tian's nickname of "Little Leaf", Gu Changli would occasionally call him "Big Leaf". Unhappy situation.

——For example, at present, because of "Although I know that being able to write down the full text of the "Yin Fu Jing" is a big deal, it is really shocking to see that you are all unscathed while I am so miserable in the jade slips." Pretty unpleasant" Sensei jealous mentality.

"—You're so annoying." Gu Changli slowly continued the second half of the three characters that he slightly stretched out.

Big leaf, you are so annoying, such a simple six-character sentence is like an incomparably sharp and peerless sword, engraved on it with several bright patterns of "disliked by small leaf", piercing through Ye Tianzi's heart at once. Think of a strong heart.

Not knowing that his simple statement had achieved such an outstanding attack effect, Gu Changli, who noticed that Ye Tian had silently closed his mouth, waved at the former with a stiff expression, indicating that he was going back to his room to rest, and then jumped up and down. Jumping away, leaving only a young figure standing alone in the courtyard, as if about to disappear with the wind.

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The examiner only told Gu Changli that the next round would be held in the afternoon, and did not specify the specific time and place, but he was not worried about it at all——Bai Yujing has used this method to recruit disciples for more than a thousand years. , how could there be omissions.Sure enough, after most of the people had finished their lunch, and maybe some people had a short rest, the familiar voice that sounded this morning still notified the rest of the examiners in a flat but majestic tone—go to the town immediately For the purple bamboo forest on the edge, the time limit is still three quarters.

With the precedent of the previous unlucky ones who were disqualified for being late, everyone naturally didn't dare to neglect, and immediately rushed to the direction of Zizhu Forest.

Qingyan Town is not big or small, the place where Gu Changli and the others live is exactly one south and one north of the Zizhu Forest, and the two arrived later than the others when they did not deliberately speed up.But when he was not close to the purple bamboo forest, he could hear a few exclamations. Gu Changli thought about it and looked in the direction mentioned in their words. □□Sleeves.

"???"

Ye Tian glanced at him suspiciously, Gu Changli pointed in the direction of the purple bamboo forest, and he almost failed to hold his chin that fell to the ground.

"Where is the purple bamboo forest???"

——I'm afraid this is also the doubt in the hearts of everyone present.

On the edge of the original small town, there is a dense and prosperous purple bamboo forest. Because of the elegant environment with its leisurely and fairy air, it was often scouted by the examiners who came to Qingyan Town first, and Gu Changli was also one of them.If it weren't for the fact that he had walked this road before, and his memory was clear, he would even wonder if he had gone to the wrong place - otherwise, why would there be a huge and towering peak inexplicably in the place where the purple bamboo forest used to be?

After all, when you look at it from a distance, you can only get a rough idea. When you get closer, you will feel more and more how magnificent and indescribable the mysterious peak is. Overwhelming the Five Sacred Mountains can conceal Chicheng——how could a mountain with such a strong sense of existence and such a majestic momentum have been ignored by them for so long, and no one even showed any abnormality about it?

Having truly had an intuitive understanding of the methods of the legendary cultivators, Gu Changli couldn't help being awe-inspiring while his heart was burning.

The people gathered at the foot of this mountain looked at each other, and with just one glance, they could get an approximate number of people. The people who passed the first round of assessment were all here, and at this time, Wu Chukunye had already appeared in mid-air among.

He pointed lightly at the mountain with his right hand, and in the eyes of everyone full of shock and disbelief, a white and warm staircase that seemed to be forged from jade spread from the foot of the mountain until it finally disappeared into the clouds There are more than a thousand steps in Hengshan Mountain, which is so high that it is not visible to the naked eye.

"Since you have all come here, the second round of assessment will officially begin—from now on, those who reach the peak within twelve hours will be able to worship Bai Yujing as my peer and find the way."

Suddenly, there was an uncontrollable gasp in the crowd.

Although the origin of this mountain is strange and the altitude is extremely high, none of the people present is a fuel-efficient lamp. They all have the confidence that they can definitely conquer this mountain within twelve hours.

"There are two rules for this assessment, one is that the scheduled time cannot be exceeded, and the other is that no external force can be used, whether it is pills or spiritual weapons, anyone who violates the rules will be disqualified and expelled from Qingyan Town. "

Wu Chukun's subsequent words caused waves among the crowd.

But as far as Gu Changli is concerned, there is nothing to be concerned about. He didn't think about what he could do with foreign things—after all, he is an ordinary child who can really help him in this assessment. There are only things in Huli's storage space, but once such items are used, it is almost equivalent to exposing the existence of the latter, and the risk is far less than the gain.

Under Gu Changli's signal, Hu Li dawdled several times, but still reluctantly jumped off the former's shoulder, watching his back walking towards the white jade ladder without looking back, Hu Li who was left in place For some reason, there is always a sense of loss in my heart.He yelled a few times, but Gu Changli didn't respond to him, so he could only lay sleepily on the ground, staring at the small figure without blinking.

Most people can't wait to step on this white jade ladder, which can be called "the road to heaven" in various senses. Gu Changli was delayed for a while because of the placement of Hu Li, while Ye Tian waited on the sidelines. he.

Taking a deep breath, the two of them looked at the crowd who had already walked quite a distance in just a moment, and they both felt the surge of pride and ambition in their hearts, which was almost unstoppable.

"Little Yezi, see you at the summit."

"See you at the top."

Without any extra scruples or worries, Gu Changli and Ye Tian looked at each other with a smile, clapped their hands lightly, and then walked up the first step together.

His body trembled slightly, and his mind shook for a moment. When Gu Changli looked around again, Ye Tian, ​​who was by his side, had disappeared. This long and bumpy road to the sky was empty, and he was the only one there.

The so-called avenue alone, nothing more than the case.

"Now there should be a special person watching this jade ladder to see if anyone is playing tricks."

Gu Changli, who was thinking like this, never slowed down on his feet, and was walking steadily upwards in a very rhythmic way.However, it was because he was distracted and analyzed the current situation for a moment at the beginning, so he didn't notice that the surrounding air seemed to be a little more chaotic than before, as if a fog was gradually covering it.

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"In this battle of Tanxi, we Dachu won a complete victory, forcing the Nishizawa Kingdom to cut off another ten counties, and the national strength was greatly damaged. I think it will only be a matter of time before we take down Nishizawa just like Beishuo was included in the territory five years ago. .”

In the teahouse, several young men dressed as scholars were drinking tea and discussing the important news that has spread in the streets and alleys of the country recently, all of them were excited and eager.

"Thanks to Imamami, when General Zhengxi asked to take advantage of the victory to pursue the victory, he rejected all opinions, agreed with his opinion, and sent a large army to support him. This great victory came so easily."

"Today's sage makes good use of talents, is diligent in political affairs, and loves the people like a son. This is the image of a wise emperor through the ages, and his actions are naturally extraordinary."

The scholars chatted endlessly, even drinking tea was like drinking fine wine, Xun Xun looked drunk, but he stood beside them and watched Gu Chang, who had made the emperor so high Li looked dumbfounded.

God knows how he came to this teahouse inexplicably when he participated in the second round of assessment, listening to a group of well-mannered white-faced scholars kept flattering their country's majesty-he was still working hard the last second climbing the stairs.

Could it be that he has time-traveled again?But this is not like a simple time travel, he has stood beside these scholars for so long, but none of them can detect his existence, it seems that he is invisible.

Gu Changli, who was a little confused, subconsciously ignored the strange familiarity that arose in his heart when he heard the names of the countries "Dachu", "Beishuo" and "Xize".

"Ha ha--"

These young men talked fiercely, which caused a gray-haired, wrinkled old man sitting next to them to burst into laughter. His laughter was so abrupt that he immediately attracted dissatisfied attention from several scholars.

"Isn't the old man dissatisfied with our rhetoric? Why did you make your old man laugh like this?"

Among them, the youngest and most restless scholar couldn't help asking.

"No, what you guys said is right, and you agree with the current emperor's appearance—it's just that when I think of the absurd things when I just took the throne today, it feels a bit like a world away."

"Access to the throne? Absurd thing?"

These keywords immediately aroused the interest of the scholars. They were not very old, and the oldest one was only crowned. This generation of emperors in Dachu has been in power for more than 40 years. When he ascended the throne, these Scholars are not even born yet, so naturally they don't know what happened back then.All of them had bright eyes, looking at the old man curiously, hoping to hear something secret from him.

The old man with a sense of accomplishment under such gaze stroked his sparse goatee, and said with long-distance eyes, "When Jinshang just ascended the throne, because it coincided with the alternation of the throne, the heaven and the earth were not in good spirits, and evil spirits were at work. In the harem Therefore, there is an extra evildoer."

"evildoer?"

The scholars looked at each other in blank amazement.

"Yes, I heard that the evildoer is so beautiful that he is so beautiful that no one can escape his deliberate temptation - even today. At that time, his lord built a greenhouse for the evildoer in order to make him smile Half of the charcoal in stock was used to attract peonies to bloom in winter. At that time, the people of insight in the court were worried, and there were even several loyal and loyal ministers who remonstrated with blood, but... the Holy Majesty was still indifferent, and even copied it The most powerful courtiers."

"This... this is not a complete coma..."

When one of the scholars heard this, he couldn't help but want to speak, but fortunately he asked the person next to him to cover his mouth with his hand, otherwise the word "faint king" would blurt out.

They really couldn't believe that the emperor that the old people talked about was the same person as the wise king who is now working hard to rule and is only one step away from unifying the entire continent.

It was Gu Changli who heard the whole process from the sidelines, especially the part of "peonies blooming in winter", which finally awakened his long-lost memory.Although it is unbelievable, I already have a vague guess about where I am now.

"At that time, today's behavior was indeed a bit... out of order, and some people even began to rumor that Da Chu would be in danger of subjugation. But suddenly one day..." The old man seemed to have heard something terrible, abruptly in the summer There was a shiver in the hot air, "It was the winter of the third year of Yuanxi. In that year, there were no laughter, firecrackers and drums during the Spring Festival in the capital. There was only boundless blood and killing."

"Today, at the court meeting before the Spring Festival of that year, the crimes of dozens of courtiers were publicly counted, and nearly a hundred officials were involved. More than half of the official positions were vacated—in the words of an old buddy of mine, in the winter of that year, every household stayed behind closed doors, and when they went out, their shoes were all red when they returned—— dyed."

"When the emperor got angry, he lay down millions of corpses and bleed for thousands of miles, that's all."

"No one knows exactly where the anger of today came from. It's just that after the blood-stained Yuanxi incident passed, there was no news about that evildoer in the harem, as if it disappeared. It's almost Taking this as a turning point, the current Holy Majesty began to change his temperament drastically, selecting talents and emphasizing talents, and the atmosphere in the court was immediately cleared up to this day."

After listening to the old man tell the story of more than 40 years, the teahouse was extremely quiet for a while, and a needle could be heard. After a long time, a scholar let out a sigh of relief, "The evildoer in the harem has disappeared. Or... was killed by someone?"

"Don't say it, don't say it." The old man drank the remaining tea in the teacup in one gulp, smiled faintly, and said with distant eyes.

【The "monster" neither disappeared nor died, he just couldn't stay in the palace and ran away with another man. 】

Accidentally heard from the common people about the life-and-death relationship between the demon girl who harmed the country and the current emperor. The key is that one of the protagonists is still himself, Gu Changli's mood is very delicate for a while.

He has been able to determine where this place, this piece of time and space is.

——It was clearly the world where he traveled through for the first time and became an unlucky rouge craftsman who was favored by Nan Wang.