Chapter 342 - A Stagnant Condition (1/2)
Chapter 342 A Stagnant Condition
In less than two hours, the news that Lyu Liang had parted ways with Great Elder Green Dragon was spread nearly over two parts of the Heaven Realm through various channels. The result was also simple. With Lyu Liang’s cultivation at that moment, a Great Elder was no longer able to defeat him anymore. In the end, the Divine Soul of the Great Elder Green Dragon was damaged, and he headed to the battlefield at the front angrily, out of spite.
Afterwards, Lyu Liang went to the golden palace alone, and signed up for the high-ranked alien minister selection contest, successfully. Before he left, a black-robed old priest with a bald head appeared after a flash, and greeted him warmly. He fawned so much over Lyu Liang, that he felt very awkward.
“I’m Monk Qi Ling, also one of the Great Elders here. But, you can call me Taoism peer Qi privately!” The smiley Great Elder greeted Lyu Liang like an old friend. “You are good, brother. The two parts of the Heaven Realm have heard about your heroic behavior, when you risked your own life to save Miss Purple Phoenix that year! Even Miss Purple Phoenix has also mentioned you from time to time! If one day in the future…. one day, you know! Please help me get promoted then!”
Lyu Liang smiled stiffly. Facing this Great Elder who was old enough to be his grandfather, he could do nothing, but suppress his anger. “They are all Great Elders. How come they are so different?” Lyu Liang thought secretly.
Later, Lyu Liang came to the cave residence, that the affiliated agency of the Heavenly Alliance had specially arranged for the alien ministers. In order to ensure safety, he set several layers of restriction formation at the door, and also exerted the defense function of the Heaven-Burning Xumi Formation after he got in the cave residence. Feeling that everything was fine, he finally looked for Wen Xiaojing to discuss what they were going to do next.
“Wait a minute. We are listening to her music! Your affairs are not important, and could be dealt with later.” Black said, even before Lyu Liang opened his mouth.
“… Not important? So, listening to the music is more important?” Lyu Liang was frustrated by his words. Those divine beasts were already starting to treat him badly after just a few days.
Fortunately, Wen Xiaojing only played for 30 minutes and stopped. Lyu Liang had originally intended to let White stay, but White just said, “You can have her now. Finally I am able to get a good rest! You’ve made me worried and also troubled me too much with your problems, and all that is even equivalent to what I’ve experienced, since I was born!”
While Lyu Liang felt ashamed when he heard White’s words, the divine beasts broke up in an uproar, so too with the young lady of the Wen Clan, who sat there and was already doubled over with laughter.
“If you are done, let’s get down to business!” Anyway, the divine beasts had told her all about his embarrassing history, and there was no use for him to argue with them at all. Therefore, he totally gave up and let them laugh. He wouldn’t lose anything, no matter what!
“Okay, the selection contest for the high-ranked alien minister is in 10 days; you have the rules, right? Let’s take a look together.” Wen Xiaojing stopped laughing, put away the pipa, then said seriously.
Lyu Liang sat next to her. He unfolded a scroll and they read it together.
The minute Lyu Liang read the contents on the scroll, he frowned and peeked at Wen Xiaojing subconsciously, who was also staring at him. He felt embarrassed and said while rubbing his head, “The culture test… I really don’t know how to do it. But… If you, you feel it is wrong, we could, could take more time to consider the test…”
According to what was written on it, the whole selection contest was divided into a wushu test and a culture test.
The wushu test was simple. Eight people had applied for the high-ranked alien minister post. The contest would be run in the form of single elimination: Eight to four, the winner gets one point; Four to two, the winner gets two points; The winner gets three points in the final.
The culture test was interesting. It required the competitors to sing and dance, and was also an elimination series in three rounds, with the same points accumulating rule as the wushu test. To say it was interesting was because the person who would give out the final assessment results was the array immortal, who was in the creepy big array that was created by Six Tao that year!
In the end, the accumulated points of both the wushu test and the culture test would be added together. The one with the top score would qualify to go through the final assessment of the Great Elders in the affiliated agency.
Lyu Liang was eager to attend the wushu test, and also confident of winning. After all, he used to fight the eight Immortal Generals, so he would never flinch in the face of that kind of challenge.
However, the culture test gave him a headache. He was raised in a village, and all he had experienced before was only fighting and killing… That test was about singing and dancing. It would be a miracle for such a man to pass it! He did not understand why the culture test was set with such requirements!
But there was always a way out. Perhaps the powerful figure who had set the test also thought about the situation, so the person specifically added a post script after the instructions: If the competitors find it difficult to pass the culture test themselves, they could let their own Taoist companion (or a concubine), take the test for them. And the points accumulated, would also be added to the competitors!
When Xiaojing was probably competent enough to take the culture test, but that way, she and Lyu Liang had to be “Taoist companions”. Although Lyu Liang was expecting this, he did not know why, when he thought about that special title “Taoist companion”, there was always a sudden vibration deep in his heart…
“I’m okay with it. We are in this together. That is just a title, and doesn’t mean there is something between us. Let’s do it.” When Xiaojing was more straightforward than Lyu Liang, and made the decision immediately. Then she turned her head and said, “But you have to rely on your own intuition, when trying to build a relationship with that Fairy Purple Phoenix. You might still need to use the damask to create an opportunity.”
“Well… Thank you!” Lyu Liang said with cupped fists. Then he took out the damask and sighed. After staring at it and pondering for a while, he finally became resolute and said, “When I win the wushu test, I’ll be sure to go meet her!”
Then after they talked casually for a moment, Lyu Liang stood up and was ready to say goodbye to her, but he suddenly remembered something, and said with his face blushing, “Oh, by the way, you’d better wear the veil that could shield the searching of the Divine Sense. Because I would be busy in the wushu test then, and I’m afraid I can’t protect you anymore.” After he finished speaking, he made an instantaneous flash and disappeared.Access v ip novel
“I am entrusting both the future of the Wen Clan and my own future to this man… Haha, I really did not know what I was thinking of, at that time. But, perhaps just due to the fascinating sense about the unknown, I’m even looking forward to it.” Wen Xiaojing smiled and said softly, “He is a little stupid, but indeed reliable…”
…