
Chapter 21 – Talent Test, The Fear of the Zhao Family!
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Qingyuan City, the entire city was extremely crowded at the moment, with many people gathered in the middle of the square.
"Don't be nervous, son. Although we have no chance to be recommended by Beixuanxue Palace, if our performance is good, we might be able to be favored by the city lord and join the city lord's mansion."
“I don't know who can get the recommended quota this year.”
“Must be people from three big families. After all, they have a lot of cultivation resources, which is not comparable to us.”
"That's just a recommended quota. Whether you can enter the Beixuanxue Palace is another matter."
"It has been seven years since no one from our Qingyuan City has entered Beixuan Academy. The last time the daughter of the city lord was accepted into Beixuan Academy, it was said that she was now teaching at Beixuan Academy."
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The square was crowded with people, and at the same time, many young people under 20 were preparing to enter this Tianjiao competition.
These young people did not expect to be able to get the recommended spot, and rather wished that they could perform well in a few moments and win the heart of the city lord.
“It's very lively.”
Li Ange's consciousness descended into the clones again, because he was too idle in the Sect, and there were so many clones to train, he did not lack, no matter what, so it is better to control the clones to participate in this great competition.
At the same time, Li Ange also found out about the Beixuan Empire's selection mode from the comments of others. The Tianjiao Great Competition selected the best talents in each city, and then sent them to Beixuan Academy.
As for those who were not chosen, if they had outstanding performance, they would be absorbed and trained by the City Lord Palace. In that case, the Beixuan Empire was equivalent to having all the talents in their pockets.
No wonder the Beixuan Imperial sect was unable to flourish. Not only did they have to report to accept the apprentices, but the apprentices were also left after being screened by the Beixuan Empire. It's strange that they can grow.
“Master of the city is here.”
At this moment, a voice rang out, and the entire square became silent, and at the same time, four figures flew from the sky.
The leader was a middle-aged man, Zhou Shanhai, the ruler of Qingyuan City, and the other three figures were the heads of the three great families, and they were all Gold Core stage powerhouses.
"Congratulations, City Lord."
Following the appearance of the four Zhou Shanhai, everyone present cupped their hands and saluted together.
“Hahaha, you don't need to be too polite, today is my Qingyuan City Tianjiao Great Competition, let's take a look at the appearance of the young talents first.”
Zhou Shanhai's warm laughter echoed in the sky, and nothing was unreasonable. After sitting down with the heads of the three great families, he announced the start of the Tianjiao Competition.
Then an old man walked to the center of the square.
"Everyone preparing to participate in this Tianjiao competition stepped forward."
The voice of the old man reached everyone's ears, and suddenly a group of teenagers and women came out from the crowd and gathered in the square, there were over 3,000 people.
"Starting the first item of the competition, the Talent test."
As the old man spoke, he took out a blue ball the size of a fist, and a talisman entered it.
The ball slowly rose into the sky, emitting a blue ribbon, covering over 3,000 people.
Swish swish...
In the next moment, a beam of light appeared from everyone, and all of them were glimpsed in blue.
Seeing this scene, the old man looked disappointed. No one seems to have any special talent this time around.
But at that moment, the old man was suddenly startled, as he saw the radiance on the young man different from the others, not blue, but rather flashy red.
This scene was not only seen by the old man, Zhou Shanhai and the others also noticed this scene.
“Congratulations, City Lord, you really have a special talent this time.”
“Thanks to the ruler of the city, Qingyuan City is able to prosper day after day, and the emergence of talent with special Talent is the best proof.”
"How many years? The last time a special Talent appeared in our Qingyuan City was thirty years ago, and now there is finally one more."
The heads of the three great families congratulated Zhou Shanhai one after another. People with special talents are not easy to display. The Beixuan Empire had a vast territory and a population of over three billion, but there were only about a thousand people with special talents each year.
And most of them were only low-level talents. As for high-level and top-tier talents, it was good if there were ten appearing every year.
There were now talents with special talents in Qingyuan City. No matter what level of talent he was at, the empire would reward them a lot in Qingyuan City.
As the ruler of Qingyuan City, Zhou Shanhai would naturally obtain even more benefits.
“Hahaha, I'm happy with you. When the gifts from the empire descend, the city lord will not forget you.”
Zhou Shanhai laughed and said, feeling extremely excited in his heart, maybe he can use this opportunity to try breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.
“Thank you, City Lord. Too bad I don't know the level of Talent of this young man.” The Patriarch of the Zhao Family smiled and cupped his hands.
But at the next moment, Zhou Shanhai, who had just smiled, grew cold, and looked at the Patriarch of the Zhao family with killing intent in his eyes.
"Zhao Peng, my City Lord is advising you to dispose of your curiosity. Not that Qingyuan City cannot live without you, the Zhao family."
Zhou Shanhai said lightly.
Zhao Peng's heart trembled, knowing that he had said something wrong.
The other two also froze, standing to the side and not daring to speak.
“Sir, I have absolutely no other ideas, so I ask you to learn from me, My Lord.”
Zhao Peng hurriedly said, although he was also a Gold Core cultivator, but at this moment his forehead was sweating, for fear of being misunderstood by Zhou Shanhai.
No wonder Zhou Shanhai behaved like that. Many years ago, there was a Tianjiao with a special talent, and it was detected that the other party had an emperor-level talent.
But in the end, the other party was killed on the way to Beixuanxue Palace. This incident enraged Emperor Beixuan, and sent many strong men to investigate, and tens of thousands of people were killed.
It is because of this that the Talent test changes. It can only detect that the other party has the Talent, but it cannot know the level of the Talent. It could only be tested again after entering the Beixuanxue Palace.
Zhao Peng only said this out of curiosity. After all, it had been a long time since someone with special talent had appeared in Qingyuan City, but this sentence was what made Zhou Shanhai want to kill.
"This isn't the best, but your Zhao family should thank you behind closed doors these few days, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings."
Zhou Shanhai said indifferently.
“Thank you, City Lord, my Zhao family will be closed to thank the guests for a month.”
Zhao Peng said hurriedly, the so-called closing the door to thank the guests is the same as being grounded, and there will definitely be strong people from the City Lord Palace watching over.
But compared to being annihilated, this was much better, and this was not a punishment at all.
On the other hand, the old man had arrived in front of Li Ange, and the person who had just been detected as having a special Talent was Li Ange.
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