Lin Xi was awakened in the middle of the night, and when he heard Mu Qing's voice outside the door, he knew that the anxious Emperor Yunqin had already drawn the rules, and it was time to set off.
Without the slightest panic, they dressed and got up, and after meeting Bian Linghan on the second floor, the two followed Lecturer Mu Qing out of the Zhige New Life Hall and walked into the thick darkness.
Seeing that Mu Qing, who had always been very kind, was very silent, Lin Xi, who was wrapped in the night like water, couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Teacher Mu Qing, what kind of rules are these rules for this competition?"
Hearing this question, Mu Qing looked at Lin Xi and Bian Linghan's green faces, shook his head, and said, "About the emperor is still afraid of what we will do, so even we don't know the specific rules of the competition, I only received news that I want to take you to Shizhiling." ” Lin Xi and Bian Linghan were slightly stunned.
"It seems that the emperor is not very upright."
Facing Teacher Mu Qing, who was obviously in the vein of Vice Dean Xia, Lin Xi had no scruples when he spoke, and after being stunned, he directly said something that was a little rebellious.
"It's okay for you to say this in front of me, but outside, the emperor is the emperor after all.
Our Qingluan Academy can't interfere in the court's legal affairs, and we also hope that both princes and nobles and commoners can act according to the law, so you can't say this outside.
Mu Qing warned Lin Xi in the dark, because she was familiar with Lin Xi's temperament, she was not afraid that her words would make Lin Xi arrogant, so she didn't hide her words: "Those people in the mountains behind the mourning prison have analyzed that the emperor was busy fighting wars, dealing with foreign enemies, and was accustomed to seeing people who were separated from life and death and suffering from war, so he naturally had compassion in his heart, and he just wanted to defend his homeland, so he didn't have time to think too much, and his temperament was naturally bright."
However, since the emperor was sensible, he was already a big country, a stable and prosperous era, and held the most powerful empire in the world, and he was more often thinking about surpassing the glory of the previous emperor, so what he thought about all the time was either going south or west, opening up the territory.
The first emperor has the help of Dean Zhang, he is already an emperor through the ages, it is not easy to keep it, he still wants to surpass the merits of the first emperor, such ambitions, all he can do is to make all kinds of calculations on the dragon couch, whether it is a conspiracy or a conspiracy, the more calculated, the character is naturally not so bright. ” Lin Xi has also read a lot of books such as five thousand years since he was a child, and he has naturally taken many history classes from elementary school to university, and his understanding of the emperor's mind may not be under the people who are familiar with Jinglun in this world, from the words of Mu Qing's lecturer, he was keenly aware of something, so his brows furrowed slightly, looked at Mu Qing in the dark, and asked softly: "Listen to the teacher's meaning, if the emperor is changed, then Da Mang in the south and Tang Zang in the west may be able to negotiate peace."
"The old emperor Zhantai Mang raised troops with an ordinary border army, and finally unified the Southern Regions and established Damang.
The empress dowager of Tang Tibet personally led the troops to quell the rebellion, fought for seven years, loved by all the people, and put her young son on the throne.
Mu Qing said slowly: "But if they can also see Emperor Yunqin's temperament clearly, and can see Emperor Yunqin's ambition and ambition, they naturally don't dare to sit still."
But this can't be blamed entirely on Emperor Yun Qin, after all, his hard work is also obvious to all, he is determined to be an enlightened saint in the annals of history, and he has lived an extremely hard life.
If it were replaced by a king who was unenterprising and extravagant, maybe this Yun Qin would not be what it is today. ” Lin Xi followed Mu Qing in the dark, thinking about Mu Qing's words, and a self-deprecating smile quickly appeared on the corner of his mouth.
After all, the problems of these countries and the minds of those in high positions are too complicated, and at most they can only be listened to as gossip, and in the end, they still have to consider the problems of themselves and these friends around them.
"Although I don't know what the rules of the competition are now, Vice Dean Xia told me before he left that this competition must allow you to give full play to your strength, otherwise he will not agree to the rules of the competition, and besides, it is best for the two of you to act together, not only because the two of you can exert the greatest power together, but also among all these people, the cultivation of the two of you should be the weakest."
"I've never asked you what kind of cultivation you are now."
After sliding through a silver silk zipline to a gentle slope at the northernmost end of the Qingluan Academy peaks, Lin Xi saw Gao Yanan, Wen Xuanyu, Yuhua Tianji, and the other two lecturers of Qingluan Academy.
Because he was not familiar with Wen Xuanyu and Yuhua Tianji, and it seemed that Wen Xuanyu and Yuhua Tianji were not easy to talk to, Lin Xi naturally walked with Gao Yanan and couldn't help but ask about Gao Yanan's cultivation.
"You really want to know" "Of course, otherwise, if I ask you what you are doing, your cultivation will still be refined anyway, this should be able to say."
"Intermediate Soul Master." “” Although he knew that Gao Yanan's cultivation was definitely much stronger than his own, after hearing Gao Yanan's honest answer, Lin Xi still touched his nose and couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.
In the past two days, he has been trying to see if it is possible to deal with cultivators who have achieved the cultivation of a middle-level soul master, but Gao Yanan's cultivation has already reached the level of a middle-level soul master.
The Ten Finger Ridge that Mu Qing said was not close to Qingluan Academy, and Lin Xi and the others set off in the middle of the night, and it took a full day until noon to arrive at the specified location.
A column of bright yellow flags embroidered with mighty golden dragons waved in the wind in a clearing between barren mountains.
More than a dozen soldiers in silver armor and two Thunder Academy lecturers in golden robes, Mu Qing and the others greeted each other almost expressionlessly.
Subsequently, a silver-armored general led by him handed over five small rolls of sheepskin sealed with fire paint to Mu Qing and distributed them to Lin Xi and the others.
The contents of these five small parchment scrolls sealed with fire paint were extremely simple, just a map of the Ten Finger Ridges, in which a location was marked.
The handwriting on it is very beautiful, from the same person's hand, and they are all exactly the same, just to explain that they must rush to that place before dark, and in that place, there will be a description of the rules for the next official competition.
"The emperor is really going to do something."
In front of a column of Zhongzhou Wei elites and Thunder Academy lecturers, Lin Xi, who had only listened to Mu Qing's admonition not long ago, naturally wouldn't say any nonsense, but after the five people of the academy began to hurry according to this sheepskin scroll and left the two college lecturers and these Zhongzhou Wei elites far away, Lin Xi couldn't help but muttered to Gao Yanan and Bian Linghan.
This is not necessarily a completely fair matchup, even if both sides try to be as fair as possible in the process in order to convince each other, it stands to reason that the rules can be said at this time, and there is no need to wait until the next location.
This extra link may seem like a good thing to others, but for Lin Xi, it feels that the emperor's heart is not bright enough.
"Putting aside some differences of opinion, the saints today can indeed be described by the word Shengming, and they have done much better than many kings in history."
Hearing Lin Xi's muttering, Gao Yanan said softly and calmly: "After all, no one is perfect, you don't need to have any hostility towards him." ” "It's just a moment of simple liking and disliking, and when it comes to hostility, I'm not qualified for it."
Hearing Gao Yanan's tone, there was a hint of protection for Emperor Yun Qin, Lin Xi didn't care, after all, he knew very well that he was afraid that only he and Dean Zhang were the people who didn't have any concept of monarchs and ministers at all, and when he was about to say something other light-hearted, he frowned, and Bian Linghan and everyone else noticed that there was a strange light in the sky in front of him.
Night once again descended on the Ascending Mountain Range, descending on this barren mountain called Ten Finger Ridge.
Lin Xi, Gao Yanan, Bian Linghan, Wen Xuanyu, and Yuhua Tianji sat in a wooden house, looking at a piece of hard cowhide nailed to the wooden pier in the middle.
"What do you think?"
Lin Xi's gaze left the hard cowhide that was also covered with Juanxiu's own, he looked at the other four people around him, and was the first to speak.
From the beginning of approaching the Ten Finger Ridge marked on the map, when he saw the ice crystals like diamond dust floating in the sky, in addition to sighing at the magic of nature, he had not been able to understand the emperor's intention to choose this place, but when he actually entered the Ten Finger Ridge and rushed here to see the specific rules, he knew that Vice President Xia and the emperor jointly agreed on this place, I am afraid it took some brains.
The terrain of this barren ridge was about the same height as the half-snow plain they had practiced that day, and according to the altitude of the world before Lin Xi, most areas were about four thousand meters above sea level.
Usually, the Qingluan Academy where they live and practice is about three thousand, four or five hundred meters above sea level, so the students of their Qingluan Academy naturally do not have any uncomfortable altitude sickness, but the students of the Thunder Academy who come from the plains may not be under strenuous activities, so the students of the Thunder Academy have already gone to the half-snow plain to practice and adapt so early.
On the map that the five of them got before, the whole of the Ten Fingers Ridge was a hilly area in the wasteland, but there were ten peaks in it that were slightly higher, but this map was extremely simple, and there was no distance and height at all.
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I had just arrived here from the edge of the Ten Finger Ridge on the map before dark.
According to their sights on the way, it would probably take them nearly a day's journey from the peak they were now on to the nearest two peaks.
And now the rules of the game clearly written on this hard leather are the "capture the flag and keep the flag" commonly used in the elite competition of the border army.
It is clearly written that this time the "flag" will be five prisoners, who have been scattered and brought into the other nine peaks except for the most central peak.
Their mission was to find the five prisoners and escort them to the central peak, where they were to the Emperor's camps at the foot of the mountain.
And the students of Thunder Academy want to search for and intercept these five prisoners, depending on whether the students of Qingluan Academy rescue more or the students of Thunder Academy kill more.
A living person is the prey, which is naturally a little cruel to Lin Xi.
In addition to stating that you can't bring anything from the academy, even your clothes have to be changed into ordinary border army clothes in another room behind, and you can only choose two border army standard weapons among them, there is no time limit.
Obviously, this is not a competition that can be completed in a day or two.
According to Lin Xi's judgment, the snow line of the Dengtian Mountain Range is about 4,800 meters, but these Ten Finger Ridges are covered with a thin layer of ice and snow.
Like the Four Seasons Plain, this wasteland is also a miracle of nature, about the snow peaks of the Dengtian Mountain Range to the north of this area are slightly lower than the other main vein snow peaks, or the glaciers are looser for some reason, so the strange light that Lin Xi and the others saw before is very fine ice particles floating in the sky.
It's not the time for snow to fall in the Ascending Mountains, but this unique landscape makes this area feel like it's snowing at this time.
It's just that these ice particles are relatively sparse, like the sun and rain, and there is nothing to hide from the view.
The area of Shizhiling is full of cloud pines, but they are very sparsely grown, and there are not many other plants to cover them.
In this way, not only is it not easy to find food in this area, but if you rely on the monocular long-distance telescope that Dean Zhang taught Yun Qin to make, which is what Yun Qin's army called "Eagle Eye", it is possible to observe the movement of some areas on the highest peak of the Ten Finger Peak.
Therefore, Emperor Yunqin, who attached great importance to this battle, was very likely to be among the highest peaks.
From north to south, the mountain wind is very strong, and some ice particles falling downwind are the same as the strong mountain wind, which has a good effect on the arrows falling from the sky.
Therefore, in this place, an arrow shot from a height of three or four hundred meters using the moon falling technique must be more powerful than other places.
And most importantly, there is no shortage of raw materials needed to transform ordinary bows and arrows.
Although he had never seen Vice Dean Xia since he entered the school, he could feel that this was Vice Dean Xia trying his best to make up for the gap between his cultivation and others, and let him exert his power as much as possible.
In other words, Vice Dean Xia seems to have bet a lot of treasures on him.
But Lin Xi also knew very well that the ice particles and thick humidity in the sky had a greater impact on the flight of the arrows, and it was more difficult to shoot accurately.
"Vice Dean Xia, why do you have so much confidence in me?"
After thinking clearly about what he was about to face and asking Gao Yanan and the rest what they were going to do, Lin Xi's mind also had such a thought.
"These prisoners have been scattered in these mountains and forests, and whoever finds them early will be the key to success."
Yuhua Tianji didn't say anything along the way, and only then did he say the first sentence at this time, the blonde thin young man with hair as shiny as the sun glanced at Lin Xi and everyone else, and said: "Such rules of the game of capturing the flag and keeping the flag are naturally to disperse the two sides, and only by dispersing the search can we find the prisoner as quickly and as much as possible."
Naturally, I set off right away. ” Lin Xi's brows frowned slightly, and he muttered: "This is naturally good, but if this competition is to appear fair, these prisoners naturally can't starve to death and freeze to death casually, so they must all have some action, and the possibility of finding these prisoners in the dark night is extremely small."
Maybe it's better to save some stamina and wait until dawn before setting off. ” "Only the cowardly fear the darkness, and the priest of light in his heart never loses faith and direction in the darkness."
Yuhua Wuji recited a priest's scripture proudly and indifferently, pushed open the door and walked towards a wooden house behind him, and his voice continued in the cold wind mixed with ice particles: "What you said is also true, but it will take more than one night to reach the farthest peak, and I will rush to the third peak at the southern end." ” Hearing this pale and blond haired young man reciting scriptures, Lin Xi couldn't help but shake his head again, feeling that he was really a quirky magic stick, but when he heard the other party's second half of the sentence, his eyebrows were raised, and he had a different perception of this young man in his heart.
On the rudimentary map in their hands, the place where they were at the moment was the northernmost peak of the map, and the third peak marked on the map was the farthest away from them, and it would take at least three days to get there.
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