Of course, this time the selection was held in Shacheng, Liangzhou, so there might be something to do with it, but obviously, Lin Rui would not underestimate this county man.

First, the other party is seven or eight years younger than himself, but he is already a man from Bapin County, who can govern a place, and at the same age, he is still in the position of a small official.

After getting to know each other, Lin Rui stopped talking, after all, strictly speaking, although they all passed the first selection, they were still competitors before the matter was finally settled.

Chu Xian also smiled silently, and at the same time looked at the first person who passed the selection, the other party obviously had no intention of speaking, from just now, he just sat with his eyes closed, with a kind of arrogance.

In terms of age, the other party is in his twenties at most, a few years older than Chu Xian, and in the officialdom, he can be regarded as young.

Chu Xian knew that there was not much time left, he thought about it, and put the talisman seal in his hand on the table next to him, so that the paintings in the real room would inevitably be mapped, and the position was so obvious that someone should find out.

What's more, the two people in the original painting have one more self at this moment, so they must have suddenly disappeared without a trace in the original room, and how can the rest of the people not notice it.

I waited like this for a while, and sure enough, a person suddenly appeared next to the table where the talisman was placed, it was the middle-aged official who was quite calm before, and at this moment the middle-aged official came back to his senses and looked around, with obvious surprise on his face.

Apparently he knew, and he passed the test at the first level.

At this moment, the talisman suddenly burned itself without fire and turned into ashes in an instant.

Chu Xian knew that this was because the time had come, so that of the original nine people, only four of them had passed the first level test, and the remaining five people should have no chance.

What to do next, Chu Xian didn't know, and looking at the appearance of other people, he shouldn't know either, so he could only wait in this room.

The middle-aged official was very friendly, and introduced himself, Chu Xian knew that the other party's name was Liu Yunxi, the history of the order of the Muzhou City Government, from the seventh grade.

In terms of official position, this Liu Yunxi is considered to be the highest, which also makes Chu Xian more and more curious, what kind of selection is this time, even officials from the seventh rank will come.

After waiting for a while, there was a sound of footsteps from outside, and the four people in the room at the moment were immediately sitting upright, and those who could walk in from the outside at this time did not need to ask, they must be the ones who could determine the outcome of this test.

With the sound of footsteps, a black-clothed official walked in, but it was not the seventh-rank official who led them in, but an official who had reached the sixth rank.

His demeanor was majestic, not angry but mighty, his eyes seemed to be surging with thunder, and his beard was extremely clean and neat, and when this man came in, he glanced at the four people in the room.

No one dared to look at it.

Therefore, no one noticed that this person looked at Chu Xian's eyes with a hint of surprise.

He was paying attention to the entire selection process, after all, he was the chief examiner of this official selection, and the seven-rank black-clothed official who led the way before was just his subordinate.

Naturally, even his subordinates could see a conspiracy played by Du Shan, how could he not see it?

Na Du Shan, relying on the division of the Ministry of Officials, actually dared to stretch out his hand to the selection of officials of the Cave Candle Division, it was simply looking for death, this matter, it would not be just settled.

But it was also because of this Du Shan that he noticed that Chu Xian.

As the deputy commander of the Dong Candle Division, there are very few people who can enter his eyes, but today, that Chu Xian is still fresh in his memory, because of Du Shan's relationship, the other party did not get any clues about this test, but it is such a situation where his eyes are black, and he can actually become one of the four people who have passed the first level.

Quite remarkable.

No, it's not just amazing, it's just incredible, because in the same situation, if it were him, he might not be able to pass.

At the beginning, his subordinate decided to try to see how many catties and taels that Chu Xian had, which could be worthy of the strong recommendation of Su Wenzheng and Kong Qian, so he didn't tell the other party the clues of the test, which is not common in the daily affairs of the Dong Candle Division, but occasionally encounters similar situations.

As a result, the performance of this Chu Xian is impressive.

He remembered that just now, his subordinates saw the Chu Xian in the room through the sand crow and the shocked look when they found the talisman seal and entered the world in the painting.

There are so many things on his mind, but on the surface, this official does not show it at all.

Because the test is not over yet.

This time, there was only one person in the Cave Candle Division, and now there are four people who have passed the first level, that is, they will continue to screen until there is only one person left in the end.

Walking into the room, the official stood still, then faced the four people, and said, "Wei Chiyong, the deputy commander of the Dong Candle Division." ”

The four men in the room all hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Chu Xian was even more shocked.

"Cave Candle Division? No wonder, no wonder this method is used to select officials, it turns out that I was transferred to the state capital to participate in the selection of the Cave Candle Division?"

Chu Xian quickly regained his composure, no wonder, even officials from the seventh rank came to participate in the selection, it was really this Cave Candle Division was too special, its biggest special thing was that the Cave Candle Division, even if it was the first auxiliary pavilion of the Holy Dynasty, could not be ordered, the Cave Candle Division, completely detached from the ordinary official system of the Holy Dynasty, had a transcendent status, and could enter it, that was something that many officials dreamed of.

Chu Xian had suspected before that Li Yanji, who was following Cui Huanzhi, was the person of the Cave Candle Division, but it was just a guess, it was really because the Cave Candle Division was too mysterious, and ordinary officials had never heard of it, let alone understand it, even if they had heard about it.

At this moment, Chi Yong, the deputy commander of the Cave Candle Division, continued: "The first level, only the four of you have passed, and the next level, the second level, come out with me." ”

After speaking, Yu Chiyong walked outside the house, and Chu Xian and the other four people also followed.

The world in the painting is almost no different from the real world, outside the courtyard, there is also heaven and earth, the sky is blue and cloudy, and the scorching sun is in the sky.

It's just that the world in this painting is fake after all, just like at this moment, there are two doors in the courtyard out of thin air.

Yu Chiyong said: "You work in pairs, each chooses a door to enter, inside is a valley, the world in the painting, opposite the valley, there is an exit, which group comes out first, which group wins." Those who win, go to the next level, and those who lose, eliminate. ”

Concise.

At that moment, Chu Xian and the other four glanced at each other, because they were going to work in pairs, so it involved the question of who they were with.

There is no doubt that Lin Rui and Liu Yunxi on the other side are unwilling to be with the first person, that is, the young official who didn't say a word and didn't know what his name was.

And the two obviously had a tacit understanding, and they were the first to speak at the moment, indicating that they were in pairs.

This time it is a voluntary pairing, if Lin Rui and Liu Yunxi are in a group, then, Chu Xian can only be in a group with that 'stuffy gourd', obviously, it is because this first person is too cold, a picture of not being allowed to enter, so he will be excluded, and Chu Xian is completely unlucky, whether it is Lin Rui or Liu Yunxi, in fact, they are not optimistic about Chu Xian, since they have to pass the second level, of course, they must choose a reliable opponent.

"Chu Xiancheng, then the two of us will take the first step. After Lin Rui finished speaking, he and Liu Yunxi chose the door on the right and walked in.

Chu Xian turned his head to look at the stuffy gourd, who glanced at Chu Xian with disgust, and actually walked to the door on the left by himself.

Chu Xian had no choice but to follow, and the moment he entered, Chu Xian heard the man: "Don't expect me to take care of you, this is a competition, and it must be me who wins in the end." ”

For this kind of talk, Chu Xian can't talk, anyway, if you want to say anything, it's up to you to say it.

On the other side of the door, sure enough, there was a valley.

The world in this painting is really wonderful, around the valley, there is chaos, looking ahead, you can see that there is no more than two hundred zhang away, that is, at the end of the valley, there is a door.

Presumably, that is the exit.

The 'arrogant stuffy gourd' ran forward violently at the moment, extremely fast, but that was only by the standard of ordinary people, Chu Xian is now the peak martial artist of the day after tomorrow, and half a foot has stepped into the innate existence, if he really uses the exercises to run, it is estimated that he will soon be able to pull the stuffy gourd behind him.

However, if you use the standards of ordinary people, this stuffy gourd is actually running, and it is really not slow.

It's just that he had just run a dozen steps before he stopped.

In front, there were actually many demon clans, and when these demon clans saw Chu Xian and the two, they screamed and pounced at the moment.

The stuffy gourd sneered, and actually sat cross-legged, and the next moment, with a flick of his sleeves, a cold light flashed out, and three long swords floated in the air.

One sword is fiery red, one sword is green, and one sword is blue.

Then, three flying swords flew out and began to slash the invading demon clan.

Out of the body pinnacle realm.

Chu Xian saw that this stuffy gourd technique was extremely high, and the three flying swords were driven by him, as fast as lightning, a cold light flashed, and a demon clan was cut off, and he saw that the three swords flew together, and none of those demon clans could get close to the stuffy gourd.

But soon, there were more demon clans around him, so that he couldn't cope with it by relying on a stuffy gourd, his magic was strong, but there was a great weakness in the out-of-body realm.

That's who they are.

The spell is strong, and it can even attack and kill enemies who are hundreds of zhang or even thousands of zhang away, but the body is weak, as long as a crossbow arrow, or the enemy is close, the magic cultivation is over.

Therefore, most of the out-of-body realm cultivators will have a Dharma protector by their side.

To be honest, the three flying swords of this stuffy gourd are indeed powerful, but compared to them, they may not be stronger than Chu Xian's Yin Yang Coiled Silk Sword. It's just that at this time, Chu Xian didn't bother to compete with the other party for the position of the main attack, and the current situation was that it was indeed impossible to deal with the demon clan all over the mountains by relying on one person.

These demon clans are the products of the world in the painting, there is no flesh and blood, it can be said that it is endless, and it is impossible to kill endlessly, and it is impossible for a person to pass through here.

That's why Wei Chiyong let them work in pairs.

Chu Xian immediately understood the purpose of this test.

That's cooperation.