It was still early for the provincial examination to register, and many teenagers and girls were waiting in the white jade square in front of Yanxia City Academy at the moment, chatting with each other, which seemed quite lively.

Most of these young men and girls are dressed in fine clothes, the men are handsome, the women are beautiful, and many of them still have servants with them.

You don't have to guess at all to know that their identity background is either rich or expensive.

Of course, there are also some children who are dressed ordinarily and come from poor backgrounds, but relatively speaking, the number is much smaller.

Most of those who can have the cultivation of the human gang realm at the age of ten years and successfully pass the state examination are the children of the clan with strong family backgrounds.

Like poor children, from birth, they are destined to achieve nothing in cultivation, even if they have a high level of cultivation talent, if they do not have enough cultivation resources to support them.

That's the reality.

Decades ago, a highly respected Cave Heaven Realm great cultivator of the Imperial Qinglu Academy once uttered a sentence of "It is difficult to produce cultivators from the cold sect", which caused countless uproars.

Many have criticized the Grand Friar's rhetoric as an absolute exaggeration, but only those who truly understand the realities of the Empire know that there is nothing wrong with this statement.

Although the empire is becoming stronger and stronger now, almost all of the empire's cultivation resources are monopolized by the upper-level gate lord forces!

Under such circumstances, if a child from a poor background wants to change his fate and soar to the sky, it is not hopeless, but it is too ethereal, and there may not be one among thousands of people.

This is the cruel reality pointed out by "it is difficult to get out of the poor sect".

Fortunately, the upper echelons of the empire have obviously noticed this, so there is a complete set of assessment systems such as the government examination, the state examination, the provincial examination, and the national examination, the purpose of which is to select truly outstanding talents from all over the world in a fair and equitable manner.

Those children from poor backgrounds, as long as they can perform well in various assessments, can get rewards from the empire, and if they enlist in the army, they can also receive more preferential treatment.

All in all, the empire's system of selecting talents at all levels is relatively the most fair and just, and for many children from poor backgrounds, it is the only opportunity to change their fate!

Lin Xun couldn't deeply realize this yet, but the moment he walked into the white jade square, he experienced an inexplicable "hostility".

"Look, there's another hillbilly. ”

"Haha, look at his dress, he doesn't have a single spiritual weapon equipment on his body, he is still wearing ordinary cloth clothes, this kind of person actually has the face to run to participate in the provincial examination? ”

"Don't laugh at others, in case it hurts their sensitive and inferior self-esteem, but it will seem that we are too ungraceful. ”

"Hehe, the soil buns are the soil buns, and he wants to pass the provincial examination and leap into the dragon gate, he is really too naïve, he doesn't know that almost all of the poor children who participated in the provincial examination in previous years ended in failure, and then guess what happened to these people?"

"How's it going?"

"It's simple, I was co-opted by those big forces and big clans, either as lackeys, or became the servants of you and me, it looks like a beauty, but I can only work for the clan forces behind us for the rest of my life! ”

All kinds of ridicule and discussion sounded one after another, and many eyes were unscrupulously projected on Lin Xun, like seeing an ugly duckling who suddenly broke into the swan flock.

Sensing this scene, Lin Xun was stunned, and he never expected that for no reason, he would actually become a laughing stock.

This is absolutely a no-brainer!

He couldn't help but raise his eyes and scan the surroundings, and saw that the people who were laughing were all young men and girls who were gorgeously dressed and looked proud.

They are only ten years old at best, but their words are unscrupulous, revealing a sense of superiority.

"This is the powerful children cultivated by the great clans and great forces, and this is the cultivator who is about to participate in the provincial examination?"

Lin Xun was suspicious in his heart, he would not be angry about it, but felt ridiculous.

Compared with those students in the blood-killing camp, these teenagers and girls in front of them are like a group of naïve ghosts, with eyes above the top and judging people by their appearance.

Lin Xun didn't know that this situation was actually very common, in the eyes of those powerful children from extraordinary backgrounds, those poor children from the bottom were like lowly servants, insignificant.

The most frightening thing is that this "hostile" attitude is not an isolated case, but is pervasive in every region of the empire.

For poor children, in the face of such provocation and contempt, they often dare not speak out, and no matter how much they are wronged, they can only endure it.

Because they know that offending such a gentleman is equivalent to offending a big clan and a big force, and the consequences are not something they can bear.

"A bunch of idiots. ”

Lin Xun muttered to himself in his heart, then shook it, found a secluded place, sat down and closed his eyes to recuperate.

There was no way he could fight back, because it wasn't just one person who made such ridicule and contempt, but a group!

Do you want him to fix these guys one by one?

However, after experiencing this incident, Lin Xun also made it completely clear that although he entered the Ziyao Empire, he had never really understood what this world was like!

Scarlet Cloud Village is too remote, Donglin City is too remote, and the Blood Killing Camp is too closed, only now that he is standing in this Smoke City, Lin Xun has begun to see the true face of this world.

Of course, in Lin Xun's heart, these teenagers and girls do not represent the entire empire, they are just a microcosm of the secular society of the empire.

In other words, this is a group of young people who live carefree, have not experienced real fighting, and have lived under the protection of clan forces since childhood.

Compared with them, people like Shi Yu, Ning Meng, Bai Lingxi, Zhao Yin, and Changsun Zhen are like the children of the real upper class gatekeepers, they have mature and tenacious minds, eclectic first-class means, and extraordinary strength and city.

This kind of powerful son who comes from the upper echelons is the most terrifying!

In Lin Xun's opinion, if all the teenagers and girls participating in the provincial examination this time are such a group of teenagers and girls, it would be a good thing, at least the threat to themselves would not be too great.

However, Lin Xun soon discovered that there were also some powerful characters in this white jade square, and even some cultivators had a strong aura that Lin Xun did not dare to underestimate.

At this time, a restless uproar suddenly sounded.

"Obediently, the eldest lady of the Wen clan is actually here!"

"Who?"

"Who else can there be, Wen Mingxiu, the genius girl of the Wen clan in Yanxia City, who is known as a once-in-a-millennium encounter!"

"It turned out to be her, didn't she say that she was sent to a mysterious place to cultivate last year?"

"Yes, I heard that she returned half a year ago, but I didn't expect that she actually appeared on the first day of registration for the provincial examination. ”

"This time it's lively, as far as I know, among the first-class people who are about to participate in the provincial examination this time, if you add Wen Mingxiu, there are dozens of people!"

The discussion came and went, so that Lin Xun couldn't help but be a little surprised, Wen Mingxiu? Could it be her?

Lin Xun couldn't help but raise his eyes, and saw in the distance, a treasure chariot pulled by four white deer slowly stopped, and immediately walked out of it a beautiful girl wearing gorgeous clothes and having a proud demeanor.

It was the Wen Mingxiu who had always been hostile to him in the blood-killing camp, and was later defeated by his own move!

Seeing this, the corners of Lin Xun's lips couldn't help but glow with a strange arc, it turned out that this was still a famous genius girl in Yanxia City?

If she is a genius girl, what is Bai Lingxi?

Lin Xun felt a little strange in his heart.

A student in the blood killing camp who was eliminated during the quarterly assessment turned into the object of admiration of many teenagers and girls in Yanxia City, this change really made Lin Xun a little ridiculous.

The reason is not that Wen Mingxiu is not strong, but that Lin Xun has been training in the blood-killing camp for a year, and he has come into contact with a group of the most top-notch young people in the empire, which makes the position he stands in a position far beyond the height of the world.

As soon as Wen Mingxiu appeared, it immediately caused a big sensation, so that many teenagers and girls scattered in Baiyu Square moved closer to this side, including some powerful children.

Looking at Wen Mingxiu one by one, there was jealousy, envy, and all kinds of luster of admiration.

Soon, Wen Mingxiu was surrounded by a lot of people, and the stars surrounded Wen Mingxiu like a moon, making Wen Mingxiu more and more outstanding.

Wen Mingxiu was obviously used to this, with a shallow smile on his face, reserved and calm, proud and elegant, but he was already a little impatient in his heart.

The young people and girls around him at this moment may all be famous characters in Yanxia City, but since Wen Mingxiu has seen everything in the blood killing camp, he has looked down on these guys.

Of course, Wen Mingxiu also knew that there would be many cultivators who were not inferior to him at all, or even stronger than himself, in this provincial examination and assessment.

It's a pity that she hasn't found one all the way.

This is also normal, this is the first day of registration for the provincial examination, and it is impossible for the real strong to all come out at once.

Hey!

Suddenly, Wen Mingxiu's eyes glanced inadvertently, and she saw a familiar figure in the distance, and she couldn't help but feel a shock in her heart, and her footsteps stopped unconsciously.

How is he!?

In an instant, a strong sense of shame and hatred surged in Wen Mingxiu's heart, remembering what happened in the blood killing camp at the beginning, and the reserved smile on the corner of his lips became cold.

Wen Mingxiu was already the focus of attention of the audience at this moment, and when she saw her suddenly pause, her eyes looked in the direction of the side, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.

"Miss Mingxiu, but you see an acquaintance?" Someone next to him couldn't help but ask.

The others were also curious, and in the direction that Wen Mingxiu was looking at just now, there was no noteworthy figure.

Wen Mingxiu retracted her gaze, thought about it for a while, and thought about it, she smiled slightly: "It's nothing, but I didn't expect to see an old friend here." ”

As she spoke, she glanced at Lin Xun inadvertently and landed on Lin Xun in the distance.

This small movement was noticed by many people around her in an instant, and all of a sudden many eyes looked at Lin Xun.

Seeing that the other party was just a strange teenager in ordinary clothes, many people were stunned, old friend? When did Wen Mingxiu have such an old friend?

At this time, a cultivator seemed to recognize Lin Xun and shouted, "No, isn't this the hillbilly just now?"

An unbelievable look.

After this reminder, many people also vaguely remembered that the young man in the distance seemed to be the guy they had laughed at just now.

But in this way, they were stunned.

The dignified Miss Wen Mingxiu, the genius girl of the Wen clan, a dazzling pearl in Yanxia City, how could she become an old friend with this kind of person?