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Although there were only more than 100 people participating, it was still held for three full days before it ended, and after this competition, thirty young men with outstanding strength stood out and became the students of the Holy Land in the new year.

Among these people, the lowest is also the level of martial guards, like Dongfang Xue, Xiao Ling'er, Nangong Bo and others, they are within this range, after all, with the strong support of the family, although their strength is not outstanding among the old students, but the rare high-level martial arts are incomparable to those who are born in ordinary families.

Of course, it doesn't mean that being born in a big family is eligible to enter the Holy Land, under such harsh and transparent conditions as the selection of the Holy Land, the two young masters of the Tao family and the Gongsun family were unfortunately eliminated and became the laughing stock of the eight families, but in this case, among the eight families, there are still five people who have successfully qualified and become members of the Holy Land.

And Xu Jie'er, a girl with a mysterious background, was also concerned by everyone in this competition. Although on the record, Xu Jie'er's strength is only a ninth-level innate warrior, but during the competition, her explosive strength is not at all overwhelmed by those second-level or even third-level martial guards, and this strength makes many people begin to pay attention to this lively and cheerful girl.

In the new batch of Holy Land Academy, in addition to the five young junjie from the eight families, there are also two powerful unknown students, in this way, among the entire thirty people, only seven of them are freshmen, and those twenty-three people are all old students who have been admitted to the hospital for a year. From this point of view, this martial arts academy is worthy of being a cultivation base for martial cultivators, and this talent for educating people is really not comparable to ordinary academies.

After the Holy Land Trials ended, the new Holy Land Academy was given a few days to recuperate, and after these days, these thirty people appeared in the annex of the Shangwu Academy at the same time. Of course, in addition to these thirty people, there is another person who is surprising, and that is Ou Chuyang.

Ou Chuyang's reality is strange, when he stood among the thirty people and became the thirty-first person, it immediately caused an uproar in this small team, among them, some people who were familiar with the former, such as Xu Jie'er and others were very happy for him, but the appearance of the former also caused a lot of criticism.

"Lord Dean, this is not fair, we all won this place after a hard competition, but why is he in the team, and besides, didn't the academy say that there are only thirty people in the Holy Land selection this time? What's going on with him?" a young man of about sixteen or seventeen years old pointed at Ou Chuyang and asked angrily, obviously, Ou Chuyang's appearance made him very unhappy.

At the front of the team, Chu Jiangzhuo stood there with several elders and Xu Zhen with a bitter expression, obviously, the former felt a little headache in the face of the students' questioning. He knew that this student was originally an old student who had been cultivating in the academy for a year, and he had a twin brother, and the strength of the two was originally equal, but helplessly, his brother met Nangong Bo with strong strength in this selection competition, and the result was obvious, his brother lost and lost his qualification to enter the Holy Land, at that time, this student also strongly pleaded with Chu Jiangzhuo, wanting him to give his brother a chance, but the rules are the rules, and the rules set naturally cannot be easily disrupted. Therefore, there is no way, this student and his brother can only admit it. However, now that Ou Chuyang appeared, it immediately caused his dissatisfaction.

With the previous student's questioning, a few people immediately echoed it, strongly demanding that the academy give them a reasonable explanation.

Explanation?

Looking at the group of indignant students in front of him, Chu Jiangzhuo couldn't tell them that the reason why Ou Chuyang was able to enter was because the Dantang Hall Master came to intercede, the request of Xu Zhen, the number one powerhouse in the empire, and the order of the imperial king, before he came in through the back door. If you say this, I believe that in less than half a day, the reputation of the Shangwu Academy will probably plummet, causing strong condemnation from the outside world.

Of course, Chu Jiangzhuo was not at a loss because of this, because he had already thought of Ou Chuyang's accession, so when this student questioned, Chu Jiangzhuo immediately said in a deep voice: "In this regard, you can rest assured, the academy has the rules of the academy, and these rules will naturally not be changed because of someone." ”

Chu Jiangzhuo's eyes swept over all the students, pointed at Ou Chuyang and said, " Ou Chuyang's arrival was because he had won honor for the Dantang and even the Empire in that Dou Dan Tournament before, and he was also injured a lot because of this, so I made an exception to let him enter the Holy Land, because his injuries can only be healed in the Holy Land, besides, Ou Chuyang is not one of you, he has been removed from the Academy, and now he only appears here as a person who has contributed to the Empire, and the Empire also made this decision to save his life. In addition, you don't have to be dissatisfied, if anyone can become a fourth-level Dan master at a young age like him, and contribute to the empire, I believe that the empire will also make an exception to treat you like this. Now, do you understand? Is there anyone else who has objections to raise them? ”

Chu Jiangzhuo's voice of reprimand added a little internal strength, so that when this voice came out, it naturally produced a prestige of European name, and its effect was to deter these young and frivolous students.

Obviously, Chu Jiangzhuo's words played a role, and when he said something, those students who had objections to Ou Chuyang's arrival immediately shut up, and even the student who provoked the incident opened his mouth and didn't say anything more.

Seeing that his words shocked these indignant students as expected, Chu Jiangzhuo nodded with satisfaction and said loudly: "Since you have no opinion, you will follow me into the Holy Land in a while, but before that, there are some rules that I want to explain to you." ”

Hearing that his group would soon be able to enter the holy land that was highly respected and cultivated, everyone forgot about Ou Chuyang, and one by one their eyes showed their eyes, looking straight at Chu Jiangzhuo, waiting for his next explanation.

Looking around again, Chu Jiangzhuo cleared his throat and said: "I believe that many people already know that the Holy Land is built in the Dark Mountain Range, I have only one sentence to say, everything must be obeyed by the Holy Land Mentor and Elders, and there must be no disobedience, if there is any disobedience, even if you are expelled from the Holy Land, you can no longer cultivate in the Shangwu Academy." Remember. ”

Seeing everyone nodding, Chu Jiangzhuo said with great satisfaction: "Entering the Holy Land to cultivate is your blessing, and it is also your hard work, I hope you will cultivate well in the Holy Land." Don't let down the hopes of your parents and your family. ”

"Alright. Everybody come with me now. After saying what he wanted to say, Chu Jiangzhuo waved his hand and took the lead towards the back of the other courtyard. And the students in that group of thirty people also hurriedly followed.

"Ou Chuyang, wait. ”

Ou Chuyang was just about to follow, but at this time, Xu Zhen stopped him.

Looking back at the old man, Ou Chuyang asked suspiciously, "Old Xu, is there anything else?"

Walking in front of Ou Chuyang, Xu Zhen smiled slightly, handed his palm forward, and said: "Hehe, because you have contributed to the empire, His Majesty the King gave you a knighthood that day, but you haven't gone to receive the reward until now, so the king asked me to hand over this jade plate to you, this jade plate has the effect of calming the nerves, you have to make good use of it." Now, you have officially become the Viscount of the Empire, remember, cultivate well in the Holy Land. ”

After taking the jade card that Xu Zhen handed over, suddenly, a cool breath passed from the palm of his hand to the body, and when this cool qi slowly flowed in the body, Ou Chuyang felt that the poison of the black blood silk in the body was slightly sluggish, obviously, this jade card had a slight effect of suppressing the toxicity.

Glancing at Xu Zhen gratefully, Ou Chuyang didn't speak, just nodded, then gave a salute, turned around and chased along the side where Chu Jiangzhuo left.

"Boy, I hope you can get through this and don't fall like this. Looking at Ou Chuyang's departing back, Xu Zhen muttered.

In front of him is a door of energy that leads nowhere.

The general turquoise color, the same illusory energy convergence, made Ou Chuyang stand here, thinking of the scenery in the valley, thinking of the gate of the fourth floor of the Dan Hall, thinking of the formation boundary, thinking of everything.

At this time, just as Ou Chuyang's mind was full of infinite reverie, an old but incomparably majestic shout interrupted his thinking.

"This is the portal to the Holy Land. Everyone will follow me closely for a while, mobilize all their internal energy, and protect themselves. Because, what we are going to reach is not the inside of the Holy Land, there is still some distance from the Holy Land, and in that distance, there are also many spirit beasts watching around, so everyone should be more careful. ”

Chu Jiangzhuo stood outside the turquoise portal, reminding everyone word by word, and said, "However, you don't have to worry, I will go over to check the situation for everyone first, and later, Elder Wu will let you go over one by one, with our protection, nothing will happen." ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded as if they understood, and then, almost at the same time, a dazzling light burst out from each of the thirty people's bodies, and it was obvious that the students had adjusted their state to the best.

Seeing that all the students were ready, Chu Jiangzhuo nodded with satisfaction, and then, with a flicker of his body, he disappeared into the illusory energy gate, and then, according to Elder Wu's instructions, everyone entered in turn, and Ou Chuyang, as the one with the lowest strength, was naturally ranked last.

When he dodged into the door of energy, a familiar cold feeling spread throughout his body, and immediately, when Ou Chuyang had no other feelings, his eyes lit up.

As soon as his feet touched the ground, Ou Chuyang's brows subconsciously wrinkled, and when he looked around, there was a hazy gray, so gray, it was not that there was no light, but Ou Chuyang saw that in front of his eyes, in addition to the lush plants and the tall mountains around him, the most was the layer of thick black fog that filled the space.

"Is this the Dark Mountains? Ou Chuyang said secretly in his heart.

The Dark Mountains, as its name suggests, are shrouded in a thick layer of black fog all around here, and in this area, all the students can feel the damp mildew and very unpleasant putrid smell that permeates the air, and even, when they experience it with their hearts, the students are surprised to find that in this area, their breath has begun to become a little disordered.

Danger! Definitely a dangerous breath.

It was not only the disgusting rancid smell that permeated the surroundings, but also the smell of the beast that was faintly coming from not far away. It feels like being alone in the dark, watched by countless souls.

Feeling this, all the students who had just set foot in this place immediately became fully alert, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

Seeing everyone's nervous expressions, Chu Jiangzhuo smiled slightly, and then, a long howl came out of his mouth, and this long howl contained full internal strength, spreading out in all directions.

As soon as Chu Jiangzhuo's long howl was issued, all the students saw that the large number of unknown beasts hidden behind the surrounding trees and under the rocks seemed to have been stimulated, all of which caused a turmoil, and then fled in panic, and after a while, the dangerous aura that tightly locked everyone slowly retreated.

"Whew~"

I don't know who it is, I took a long breath, and it seemed that my expression was relaxed and relieved, and then, all the students, including Ou Chuyang, realized that their palms were already covered with sweat at some point.

"What a dangerous place. One of the cadets exclaimed.

Everyone nodded, their faces were grim, and they recalled once again that when they first stepped into this strange place, a cold sweat involuntarily seeped out through the pores of the sweat.

"Huh. It's okay. This is the only way to the Holy Land, you know, if you want to enter the Holy Land, if you don't have extraordinary strength, you can go deep into the Dark Mountain Range and enter the outside from here, only through the portal of our academy, and in order to prevent some young people from infiltrating from inside the academy, therefore, the academy can only set up the other end of this portal here, so that even if someone can come to the Dark Mountain Range through the portal, it is impossible to enter the Holy Land directly, because in front, there are many sentry posts in our holy land, which are guarded by special personnel, which is safe. Seeing that the nervous expressions of the students were restored, Chu Jiangzhuo carefully explained the confusion of everyone.

Hearing this, all the students suddenly realized, and then nodded, it seems that the Shangwu Academy can be famous in the mainland, and it really has its own unique place. With this realization, everyone immediately felt that this trip was worthwhile.

"Alright. Now there are many of them, so I will take you to the Holy Land, and remember, you must remember the route we are taking on the way, because in the future, if you can go out of the Holy Land to do business in the outside world, when you come back, you will need to find your own way. Slowly, Chu Jiangzhuo reminded.

After Chu Jiangzhuo finished speaking, he nodded at Elder Wu and strode forward.

The route of the portal to the holy land was not complicated, under the leadership of Chu Jiangzhuo, he only turned two corners and came to an extremely dense woods, and at this time, Chu Jiangzhuo also stopped.

Seeing Chu Jiangzhuo stop, everyone also subconsciously did not continue to move forward, at this time, following Chu Jiangzhuo's gaze, everyone saw that at the other end of the woods, behind the heavy black fog, there was a faint light of extremely large volume that was coming out through the black fog.

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