Yao Ruoyu's words were naturally more important than Jiang Jihu's. Tong Fu looked at him cautiously. At this time, Zhao Fa said coldly: "King of Hezhou, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business."

Yao Ruoyu shouted angrily: "What are you? How dare you talk to me like this? Have you never taught you what etiquette is? Do you have an official position? Do you have a title? How dare you talk to me like this?"

Seeing Yao Ruoyu directly suppressing others with the throne, Zhao Fa and Tong Fu both turned red, but no matter how rebellious they were, they did not dare to say disrespectful words to the vassal kings. If it was spread, the great scholars in the court would definitely attack their family on a large scale, and they might be punished by the family at that time.

Seeing that Zhao Fa and Tong Fu finally closed their mouths, Yao Ruoyu and Jiang Jihu turned their heads and looked at Gongsun Zhan and Li Shuyi, with a little concern and worry again on their faces.

Looking at Li Shuyi in a coma and Gongsun Zhan who valued him, Yao Ruoyu sighed secretly. Although he had not been in a relationship for a long time, the two girls were in a very kind mood. If he could, he really hoped to help the two girls pass the third level.

It’s okay for Gongsun Zhan to say that this woman is in the fourth realm of half a step. Now that she has recovered 70% of her strength, she is also sure to enter the top ten, but only Li Shuyi, who is at the third level and fifth level, even if she wakes up, she will not be able to enter the top ten.

Mu Langya gave everyone half an hour to rest, so the others had already practiced the practice and healing the wounds. Jiang Jihu, Ni Chan and Gongsun Zhan were also using their skills to prepare for a later competition.

Because Yao Ruoyu didn't lose much before, he was too lazy to use his skills to prepare, so he sat silently beside the people, glanced at Xie Li, Zhao Fa and others with sharp eyes, thinking about which people to use to attack.

Just as Yao Ruoyu held his cheek and pondered silently, Li Shuyi next to him suddenly groaned and opened her eyes weakly.

Seeing her awakening, Yao Ruoyu was unhappy and quickly reached out to help her up and asked, "Are you awake? How do you feel?"

Because Ni Chan had already taken Li Shuyi to the potion before, her injuries were temporarily stable, but her cultivation level was not one in ten, so she might not even be able to beat an ordinary person at this moment, let alone combat.

Hearing Yao Ruoyu's questioning, Li Shuyi sensed her body slightly, and then her face turned slightly dimmed: "I..."

Yao Ruoyu briefly explained the rules of the third level, and then said: "No matter what, it is already amazing to have passed two levels with your current cultivation level. Next year, Evergreen Valley will recruit disciples. You can come back then."

Bite his lips, a few tears suddenly appeared in the corner of Li Shuyi's eyes. She suddenly shook her head fiercely and shed tears and said, "It's too late."

"It's too late?" Yao Ruoyu was stunned when he heard this. Before he could understand, Li Shuyi said bitterly: "Dad has planned a marriage for me and a young master of a noble family in Jingdezhen. I refused in every way. With my sister's help, my father let it go. As long as I pass this assessment, I can terminate the marriage."

Yao Ruoyu was stunned. Only then did he remember that the ancients got married much earlier than modern times. Like the Song Dynasty, they were usually sixteen years old and had reached the age of getting married.

Seeing Li Shuyi crying, Yao Ruoyu didn't know how to persuade him, so he could only sigh and remain silent.

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With the elimination of most candidates, the number of people standing under the gate of Evergreen Valley Mountain has also decreased a lot. The accompanying candidates who were eliminated have left, and only the remaining 18 accompanying candidates are still here.

At this time, the accompanying candidates behind him were arguing fiercely about something. After listening carefully, they realized that they were arguing whether Yao Ruoyu was qualified to participate in the Evergreen Valley apprenticeship examination.

"That's the King of Hezhou! People who compete with the third level to the fifth level are too unfair to others when participating in the assessment!"

"That's to say! With him here, where can anyone else have hope?"

"The Lord of the Pastoral Hall has already restricted him from using secret techniques. Then he is only at the ninth level of the third level, and some candidates are already in the fourth level. If it is unfair, it will be unfair to the King of Hezhou!"

"He may be able to compete with the Five Realms. Even if he does not use his secret skills, he will be a person of the same level. Of course it is not fair!"

Among the people who were arguing, the seniors of Zhao Fa, Xie Li, Jiang Jihu, Ni Chan and others had the most intense quarrel. Among them, Zhao Fa's uncle Zhao Guangyuan suddenly stared at Jiang Tianhe, the eldest elder of the Jiang family in Yingtan, and sneered: "Old guy, are you helping Yao Ruoyu so much? Could it be that you have colluded with them?"

Jiang Tianhe was furious when he heard this: "I am just speaking up for justice, how can I collude with you?"

"Is that?" Zhao Guangyuan narrowed his eyes slightly and said coldly, "Since that's the case, after I return to Beijing, I will report to my elder brother, he will send someone to Yingtan. At that time, let's see if you can continue to speak up for justice!"

"You..." Unexpectedly, Zhao Guangyuan defeated people with his power when he had disagreement. Jiang Tianhe's face suddenly turned red. But he also knew that although the Jiang family was the dominant in Yingtan, facing Zhao Tianjiao, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War who had six realms, the Jiang family was no match at all.

Seeing that Jiang Tianhe was so angry that he didn't dare to speak, Zhao Guangyuan immediately smiled proudly.

"When you face the Jin army, can your elder brother save your life?"

However, the next moment, a gentle voice sounded quietly, which made Zhao Guangyuan's face suddenly turn blue. He turned his head to look in anger. When he saw the person talking to him, his blue face suddenly turned pale.

At this time, the ones standing at the mountain gate, besides the accompanying candidates, were the top leaders of Evergreen Valley.

In addition to the five people standing here first, there were several more senior executives in Evergreen Valley, including the middle-aged female champion who had previously registered for everyone's grades at the top of the King's Peak. They were all five-level masters in Evergreen Valley.

Among the five people who appeared first, four of them were the division masters of the four masters of the Evergreen Valley, and the Liu Realm that Yao Ruoyu had seen before was inside, looking at Yao Ruoyu in the light curtain with an ugly expression.

More than ten five realms, four six realms, so many masters gathered together, but they could stand in front of the crowd with their own attitude. The last of the five people is undoubtedly the current valley master of Evergreen Valley, Xie Chenghong.

Xie Chenghong, wearing a brown robe, is only over thirty years old. His face is vicissitudes and a faint smile on his face. He looks ordinary, but his body contains a fearful aura, which is a vast spirit that seems to support the world and will not collapse.

Looking at Zhao Guangyuan, Xie Chenghong's eyes were calm, as if he had no desire or thoughts, but only those who knew him could see the hidden waves under his calmness.

Looking around the sudden silence of the people, Xie Chenghong said slowly: "Can you keep your family on your mouth all day long? Can you improve your cultivation?"

Seeing Zhao Guangyuan with a pale face, everyone suddenly remembered that Jiang Jihu had said similar things to Zhao Fa and others before, but at that time they were all full of disdain.

However, Jiang Jihu said the same words as one weight, and Xie Chenghong said the same thing was another weight. The weight was so heavy that no one dared to argue, and did not dare to disdain the way of his predecessors to answer, but they all silently began to ponder.

Seeing everyone silent, Xie Chenghong withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the light curtain. However, he still said lightly: "If Jiang Jihu enters my Evergreen Valley, the Yingtan Jiang family will naturally be related to my Evergreen Valley. If your eldest brother wants to investigate the Jiang family, remember not to forget that I Evergreen Valley is also in contact with it. I will wait for him to investigate at any time."

Listening to Xie Chenghong's calm words, Zhao Guangyuan's face became increasingly ugly. He dared to threaten Jiangtianhekou, but in the face of Xie Chenghong's threat, he did not dare to argue at all. Not to mention him, even his brother Zhao Tianjiao did not dare.

This is Xie Chenghong, the current valley master of Evergreen Valley, and one of the rare masters of the seventh level in the world. If he really angered him, the entire Zhao family would no longer exist.

In the past, he relied on his family to suppress others, but now he is in the situation of those who were suppressed in the past, Zhao Guangyuan's heart is filled with bitterness, and he truly experienced the mood of those people in the past.

*—*—*—*—*

At this time, Duan Li was also in a bitter mood in Diaoyu City.

When he agreed to Yao Ruoyu's invitation, he and Li Huo led the elite troops of Dali and Xixia tribes to support him, hoping to obtain a city for his family and not have to live in the valley anymore.

Now this pursuit has been completed. The two tribes settled in the city-state, and all tribesmen settled in Diaoyu City and Hezhou City. However, after living in peace, the natural change of what they wanted was no longer the peace they had before, but the hope of seeking higher power.

To be honest, in Duan Li's opinion, the city-state's literary and artistic army is just an ordinary army, especially the leading Yang Renjie and others, who are only in the three realms. Such a level is at most a middle-level army among their clans, so how can they be qualified to serve as generals of the first battalion?

However, on the one hand, Yao Ruoyu can suppress the five realms with the body of the three realms, and Diaoyutai is in hand. On the other hand, the Literary and Art Army has the support of Chu Kuangge, a powerful figure in the eight realms, which also makes the two tribes throw themselves into the arms of the rat and dare not use their weapons to seize the city.

Since they did not dare to act openly, Duan Li and Li Huo planned to settle in first and rely on the elites of the two tribes to slowly seize the power of the city-state.

But he never thought that the military power was firmly controlled by Yao Ruoyu, and Xu Xuanrong, a strange woman who controlled the government affairs of the five ministries. With the help of Bai Qiuyu, Bai Junru and Song Kai, completely suppressed the actions of the two tribes to seek power.

As a result, although the two tribes had a strong army and countless elites, they could not gradually control the city-state as they originally planned, and instead gradually became subordinates of the city-state. If Xu Xuanrong had not been concerned about the masters of the two tribes, he might have even deprived of his position as the Minister of Works.

These are all tribe affairs. Although they are at a disadvantage, Duan Li can still barely deal with it. But what makes him feel most bitter now is his only daughter's condition.

Although he was the leader of the Dali clan, Duan Li only married a wife and gave birth to a daughter named Duan Yun.

When Duan Yun was born, the Jin Kingdom invaded the Taoyuan Valley where they were taking refuge. During that period, wars were raging. Duan Li had been fighting abroad for many years. Although his wife was in a safe state in the valley, she became ill due to concern for Duan Li. She died of illness in the valley shortly after giving birth to Duan Yun.

Duan Yun was born when her mother was seriously ill and had a weak congenital constitution. Although she relied on her spiritual medicine to hold her life for many years, she was in danger of death at all times. He also found many famous doctors, but she was helpless in this.

Until a few days ago, Duan Li invited Hou Jingru, director of the Bangen Department of the Leader's Office, to diagnose his daughter.

When Duan Li first came to the city-state, he knew that Hou Jingru was good at medical skills, but the other party was less than 20 years old, so it was difficult for him to have confidence in Hou Jingru.

Over the past decade, Duan Li has tried all his skills and is even about to give up, so he invited Hou Jingru.

However, what surprised Duan Li was that it was not known whether Hou Jingru's medical skills were excellent or the mysterious spiritual methods of his practice, but he actually helped Duan Yun regain some vitality.

Although it only achieved a little results, for Duan Li, Hou Jingru could be regarded as a living Bodhisattva.

However, just as Duan Li was immersed in joy, a secret letter from Li Huo broke his joy.

"Wanyan Qiongyu...Li Huo, you are playing with fire! And how could Yao Ruoyuruo come back, so how could he give up? And how could Chu Kuangge, who is behind them, sit idly by and watch the city-state fall into the hands of the Jin Kingdom..."

Silently sighed, Duan Li's eyes became more bitter.
Chapter completed!