Bukongmen is the common enemy of Zhu Xuanji and Meng Kui. If they want to track down Bukongmen, they can also use up Zhu's energy and time, which is killing two birds with one stone. How can they not actively cooperate?
Two days later.
Zhu Zhen hurried to find Zhu Xuanji and told him about his two achievements.
"The City Lord's Mansion discovered a lot of floating cloud silk threads from the upper and lower Ruyi ropes. After investigation, we found that some of the silk threads are special products of Feiyun Country."
"Although I didn't find any clues about Wanli Youlong, I found that a large number of cultivators were secretly acting and trying every means to contact the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit. After my subsequent investigation, I confirmed that these cultivators all came from the Meng family!"
Zhu Xuanji frowned immediately.
Zhu Xuanji did not take Zhu Zhen's first achievement seriously; it was at most just a sideline evidence.
Zhu Zhen’s second discovery is the key point.
Zhu Xuanji only thought about it for a moment, and immediately understood: "It seems that Meng Kui already knew about the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit's tricks."
"If that's the case, he must have been restraining himself the whole time and never used his full strength to fight against the Red Flame Beast Tide!"
Relying on the method of deduction, Meng Kui detected the secret of the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit from his destiny, and has kept it secret until now.
Now, Zhu Xuanji has gone around in circles by investigating the No. 2 Golden Furnace and has uncovered part of the truth about Meng Kui.
"Good, good, you are worthy of being the wise general of the Meng family!" Zhu Xuanji raised his head and looked at the heavy clouds above his head.
At this moment, his heart was filled with anger: "These princes and clans!"
But soon, Zhu Xuanji suppressed this anger deep in his heart.
He asked Zhu Zhen to continue investigating Wanli Youlong, while he sent a letter to contact Meng Kui and asked for a meeting.
Meng Kui took action and picked up Zhu Xuanji to see him.
Nowadays, there are two Nascent Soul-level Red Flame Monsters participating in the beast tide, appearing frequently. The Lava Fairy Palace has almost become an isolated island.
Zhu Xuanji, who is at the Jindan level, would have to take risks if he wanted to enter and exit the Lava Fairy Palace alone.
Only with Meng Kui's protection could they leave safely.
When Zhu Xuanji saw Meng Kui, he pretended that he did not notice Meng Kui's little action. His face was heavy and he said that the situation was critical. The dragon turtle fire spirit had become treacherous and wanted to escape.
Meng Kui was naturally surprised, but he suddenly realized in his heart that Zhu Xuanji might have known about his little action.
Zhu Xuanji knew about Meng Kui's little tricks, but pretended not to know.
Meng Kui guessed that Zhu Xuanji already knew about his little trick, so he pretended not to know.
Both sides are aware that the other side is performing and are willing to continue.
Zhu Xuanji: "Now that the volcano is erupting, it is as dangerous as an egg on the wall. If we are not careful, the entire fairy city and countless citizens will be destroyed."
"The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit bombarded Huoshi Mountain in order to use the overall situation to pressure us and create a possibility for it to escape."
"From now on, we will lock up the Forbidden Sky Area and strictly prohibit all teleportation methods within a ten-mile radius. Activate the ability of the magic array to see through the heavens and earth, and mark all Nascent Soul-level beings to prevent Nascent Soul monsters from raiding Huoshi Immortal City."
Meng Kui showed a hint of hesitation: "Locking the Absolute Sky and Observing the World are the last resorts of the city defense formation. If they are used too early, too many spirit stones will be consumed, and we will fall into a dangerous situation of lack of follow-up power. Lord Zhu, how do you judge whether to use these methods at this time?"
Zhu Xuanji smiled slightly, took out a royal decree, and showed it to you: "I don't need to explain to you. Lord Meng, just cooperate."
Meng Kui's pupils shrank slightly. Even though he was at the Nascent Soul stage, he could not suppress a royal decree.
The Meng family is one of the pillars of the Nandou Kingdom, and Meng Kui is a minister in the court. Naturally, there are many restrictions on him, which are controlled by the Zhu royal family.
The royal decree in Zhu Xuanji's hand was genuine. Seeing the token was like seeing the king. Meng Kui did not want to disobey and sighed, "Master Zhu and I have different opinions, but since you insist on doing this and even bring up the royal decree, I will act according to your orders."
"However, after the Lava Immortal Palace incident is over, I will report the details. I hope Master Zhu Xuanji will not be offended."
"Of course." Zhu Xuanji said, and the royal decree in his hand officially took effect, immediately turning into flying debris and dissipating with the wind.
Wang Ling is extremely precious and has powerful effects.
Every time you use it, one piece is wasted.
But Zhu Xuanji's arrangement was to find a way to stop Wanli Youlong. Of course, he also knew that forcibly activating the city defense array would cost a lot and be very risky, but he had to do it!
Zhu Xuanji did not mention anything about Wanli Youlong to Meng Kui.
In the past, Meng Kui had concealed the secret of the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit from him. Now, Zhu Xuanji was hiding the existence of the Wanli Youlong from Meng Kui. It was not impossible for both parties to be open and honest and cooperate sincerely, but it was indeed too difficult.
Just as Zhu Xuanji expected, the second round of palace examinations had already come to an end and was announced to be over after the 27th question.
The list of results of the second round of palace examination was listed on the spot.
None of the monks were surprised.
They usually took part in the palace examinations and kept careful statistics at the same time.
Because most of the time, the ten arenas were transparent and visible, and there were monks who took turns to stand under the stage and observe the whole process. Therefore, the results of most of the arena competitions could be checked.
Even if we cannot find out, we can roughly estimate it based on the difference in strength between the two sides.
What the monks don’t know is how the results of the second round of palace examinations are combined with the current overall ranking.
They had no idea what proportion of the second round of palace examination results accounted for in the total score and how it was calculated.
The really tense moment has arrived.
The overall score ranking list is freshly released!
The first one is Zhu Xuanji.
The third one is Zheng Danlian.
Fourth place: Monk A from the Meng family.
Fifth place, Zheng Shuanggou.
Sixth, the true teachings of the Golden Elixir of Zixiao Pavilion.
The seventh one would rather surrender.
Eighth place, Yang Chanyu.
Ninth place, entry standard.
Tenth place, Zhou Nongying.
Eleventh, Ning Zhuo.
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No. 12, Mengchong.
Thirteenth, Song Fuli.
According to the second round of palace examinations, ten candidates were eliminated again, leaving only thirteen candidates to enter the third round of palace examinations.
When the results came out, the monks in the main hall square had different expressions.
Those who failed the exam looked heavy-hearted, while those who made the list relaxed, exhaled, and were no longer so nervous.
If you study this list carefully, you will find many discoveries.
The first one was Zhu Xuanji, which everyone had expected. Zhu Xuanji was the first in terms of merit and had the most wins in the second round of the palace examination.
The second one is Shuzhong Jun, which is understandable. After all, Shuzhong Jun was at the top of the previous merit ranking list. This time, he also performed well in the second round of the palace examination, but he was defeated by Zhu Xuanji.
The two Jindan of the Zheng family ranked third and fifth respectively. As expected of a family that mainly refines equipment, the Zheng family has many advantages in manufacturing mechanisms.
The cultivators representing the Meng family were only the fourth-ranked foreign aid cultivator A and the twelfth-ranked Qi-refining genius Meng Chong, who looked quite tired.
The Purple Sky Pavilion's Jindan Zhenchuan ranked sixth on the list, and no one was surprised. The Purple Sky Pavilion and the Taiqing Palace were both super-large sects, and since they were able to send Jindan Zhenchuan to compete for the position of Palace Master, they must have carefully selected people.
From the true teachings of the Golden Elixir of Zixiao Pavilion, we can infer that if he had not died, he would probably be on the list. In this regard, many cultivators on the list have to thank Zheng Danjian.
Ning Jiufan and Ning Zhuo both made the list. The same was true for Entry Standard and Yang Chanyu. In terms of overall performance ranking, Bukongmen and the Ning family were similar.
When some cultivators saw this, they were impressed by Ning Zhuo's great contribution. In the second half, he severely damaged the Golden Blood War Ape Dasheng, so that Sun Lingtong's entry-level performance plummeted and he only ranked ninth in the end.
Zhou Nongying fell to tenth place. This is a bit embarrassing.
From this point of view, the Zhou family should have suffered the greatest loss in the second round of palace examinations. Zhou Zhu and Zhou Zeshen were both eliminated, leaving only one golden elixir candidate.
In fact, there were also many Jindan monks who were eliminated.
For example, Zhu Zhen from the royal Zhu family. He also realized that he was eliminated, so he withdrew early and did not put his energy into the palace examination, but actively completed the tasks assigned by Zhu Xuanji.
For example, two Jindan cultivators from Yunshang were also eliminated.
Many people were also eliminated from the Meng family's golden elixir. The second round of palace examinations was all about the mechanism, and all the cultivators' cultivation was suppressed to the Qi Refining level, and the difference in cultivation was weakened to the extreme.
In general, most of them are Jindan-level cultivators. There is only one foundation-building cultivator - Sun Lingtong, and there are only two Qi-refining cultivators - Ning Zhuo and Meng Chong.
Meng Chong has immortal talent, which was demonstrated in the second round of the palace examination. In the ring, many of his opponents voluntarily admitted defeat, including the golden elixir cultivator of the Meng family.
From this point of view, perhaps it was because of the support of Meng Chong that the Meng family's golden elixir power was greatly reduced.
Ning Zhuo's ranking was actually higher than Meng Chong's.
The monks were surprised at first, but they were soon relieved.
Ning Zhuo showed his talent in the second round of the palace examination. He severely injured the Golden Blood War Ape and won a great victory, leaving a deep impression. The five elements pawns he made looked ordinary, but they were actually balanced, with no obvious shortcomings in any aspect. There were many people who lost to Ning Zhuo. Anyone who had competed with him could truly appreciate that this genius boy was not simple.
Considering that Ning Zhuo's talent has not been measured and his immortal talent has been suppressed, everyone has increased their imagination about Ning Zhuo's qualifications.
"The Ning family has produced an outstanding descendant."
"Although there are deep conflicts between the main branch and branch branches of the Ning family, Ning Zhuo has won the attention of Ning Jiufan, and his future is limitless!"
"He has talent. In a few decades or even hundreds of years, he will definitely be an important senior figure in Huoshi Xiancheng."
Ning Zhuo's reputation soared.
What the public doesn’t know is that Ning Zhuo’s real ranking is even higher.
Just one day later, the teleportation aperture brought the thirteen monks to the square in front of the main hall again.
"The third round of palace examination begins!"
boom.
Under the astonished gaze of the crowd, the main hall door slowly opened after hundreds of years.
The entrance was filled with the five elements of spiritual energy, interweaving into a colorful vortex of spiritual energy.
A powerful force burst out from the vortex and sucked all the monks in.
(End of this chapter)