After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 151 Special Treatment

On the day the Four Directions Sword Selection began, Wentian's five people gathered at Li Xiaoyi's house. The reason for five people was that it would be strange if Xiao Ruohuang and Cen Chong, as the absolute core of the two alliances, were not in their respective teams that day.

Shen Xu noticed that he seemed to be the only one among the five carrying a bag, which made him say incredulously, "Don't tell me you all have spatial rings."

Looking at the four silent people, his heart finally died. "Qingyun, I thought we were all poor, why did you betray me!"

"Brother Shen, I really am very poor! My master lent me this spatial ring, and it only contains less than two thousand Qi-Nourishing Pills," Qingyun said with some grievance.

"Two thousand!" Shen Xu felt like he was going to vomit blood. He thought his three hundred Nourishing Yuan Pills would be a huge sum of money, but he didn't expect Qing Yun's to be less than a fraction of that.

Forget it, let the world end!

Seeing Shen Xu's despairing expression, Li Xiaoyi couldn't help but smile and say, "These are robes for you. Ruohuang and Brother Cen have already received theirs."

When Shen Xu received his robe, he found that the material was very smooth and soft. It was black on the outside and dark red on the inside. The edges were wrapped with gold silk, and the hem was embroidered with golden auspicious clouds, which added a touch of nobility to the otherwise plain black robe.

"They really are rich!" A bitter feeling welled up in Shen Xu's heart.

"Xiao Yi, you're very kind. I thank you on their behalf," Zuo Chen said with a smile, clearly pleased with the robe.

After everyone put away their robes, Zuo Chen continued, "According to the usual procedures of the Sword Selection, we should initially be teleported to different regions, and our meeting point is the Red Jade Society's headquarters. If we encounter any core members of the Red Jade Society on the way, we will eliminate them on the spot. Of course, we must also act according to our abilities, and arriving safely is the most important thing."

“The five of us together are too conspicuous. Xiao Yi, you take Qingyun first, and the three of us will follow shortly.”

"Qingyun, let's go!" Li Xiaoyi took Qingyun's hand and walked out of the room.

Qingyun looked at Li Xiaoyi with some curiosity. She felt that Li Xiaoyi seemed to have become more cheerful and sunny these past two days.

"Wuwei, Shen Xu, you two have been doing well lately, haven't you?" Zuo Chen said with a smile.

"It's alright!" Yuan Wuwei scratched his head.

"Where did you hear that I'm doing well? I'm clearly suffering every day! I've basically never had a peaceful day," Shen Xu said, frowning.

"That's not right! I feel tortured eating with a beauty like Xiao Yi every day. If you don't want to, you can give her to me." Yuan Wuwei looked unconvinced.

"Alright, aren't you afraid someone will smash your head in?" Zuo Chen teased.

"Let's go over there! Let's see what kind of welcome ceremony the Four Directions Sword Alliance has prepared for us."

As the three walked down the street, they could clearly feel the difference in atmosphere. Although the Four Directions Sword Selection had nothing to do with the ordinary people of Tianjian City, it was human nature to join in the fun.

Especially since this is a major event that only happens once every ten years, and it has been brewing in the city for several months, all the topics during this period have revolved around the Four Directions Sword Selection, which has already raised the expectation for this event to the highest level.

Even today, everyone only knows that they need to gather at the Heavenly Sword Tower. They still only know hearsay about what happens inside the secret realm and the specific rules. Today, the Four Directions Sword Alliance will finally make public the information they should know.

When the three arrived at Tianjian Square, they saw a sea of ​​people, bustling about from all directions. The entire square seemed to be boiling over, with conversations, arguments, and laughter all mixed together, creating an extremely noisy scene.

The three of them finally managed to find a place to stay on the outskirts.

"This is the first time I've ever seen so many people crammed together," Yuan Wuwei exclaimed, looking around at the scene.

"It's a pity that only a thousand people can stay," someone nearby responded.

Zuo Chen comforted him, "Don't be discouraged, brother. Maybe you're one of the thousand!"

"I know my own strength. I'm just here to join in the fun. I can only try to get more resources for the sect."

……

Such conversations are happening all the time. Apart from those who are chosen for the Sword Selection, even the core members of the five major alliances are not guaranteed to pass the Sword Selection.

With a large number of participants, there are many variables, and no one can know what will happen in the Sword Selection.

"Silence is prohibited here!" Suddenly, a soft female voice, carrying an undeniable air of authority, abruptly rang out from above the Heavenly Sword Plaza.

In an instant, the once noisy and bustling Tianjian Square fell silent as if a silencing spell had been cast.

This silence wasn't just because everyone present had heard the beautiful voice and consciously kept quiet; it was because suddenly no one could make a sound.

Faced with such an unbelievable situation, people were utterly astonished. After exchanging bewildered glances, they all turned their gazes upwards.

As far as the eye could see, a dark shadow floated in the sky like a ghost. In the blink of an eye, the shadow landed steadily on the top floor of the towering Heavenly Sword Tower, and then disappeared without a trace, as if it had vanished into thin air.

A group of dumbfounded swordsmen were left standing in the square, stunned and unable to recover for a long time.

"Now I will announce the rules of this election. As in the past, the Judge will guarantee the fairness and impartiality of this election. Anyone who violates the rules will be disqualified from running!" A loud voice echoed throughout the entire Heavenly Sword Square from the highest point of the Heavenly Sword Tower.

"Judge!" Shen Xu's heart skipped a beat.

Shen Xu couldn't help but look at Zuo Chen. Back then, this judge had done one of the things Zuo Chen wanted to do: she persuaded the five major alliances to accept the distribution rules she had set, and then, together with the five major alliances, imposed the rules she had set on everyone chosen by the sword.

It's equivalent to adding her own rules on top of the rules set by the Four Directions Sword Alliance!

The key is that the rules she set were extremely perfect, satisfying the needs of the five major alliances, the solo alliance, and even some individual sword selections. She managed to convince everyone, and in the end, the Four Sword Alliance had no choice but to accept the judge's selection of one thousand people.

The voice continued, "This sword selection is the most special one of all, because it will be held in a secret realm that has not yet been fully developed. That secret realm contains the Yuan Condensation Pools that you have all been dreaming of, and each Yuan Condensation Pool can accommodate one hundred people. However, if you want to gain benefits, you must pay the corresponding price..."

In fact, Shen Xu and his group already knew most of the information about this sword selection, although there were some things they didn't know.

For example, the Condensing Essence Pool is located within the Kunyuan Hall; to find the Condensing Essence Pool, one must first find the Kunyuan Hall. Furthermore, before the Condensing Essence Pool is opened, no one is allowed to break through to the Qi Condensation Realm to avoid disrupting the balance of the Sword Selection.

The jade tablets in their hands can not only passively activate the teleportation array patterns when they encounter mortal danger, but also store the breath of Kun Yuan.

One way to obtain points is through the amount of Kun Yuan Qi; the more Kun Yuan Qi in the jade tablet, the higher the points will be.

Another very important point is that those who are eliminated from the Sword Selection can obtain one-third of the Kun Yuan Qi in their jade tokens. This alone made the Heavenly Sword Square instantly tense.

Moreover, those who can leave their images on the Shadow Stone Wall can also obtain a considerable number of points. As for what the Shadow Stone Wall is, the voice on the Heavenly Sword Tower did not explain it in detail, but Shen Xu guessed that it should be something similar to performance points.

Just as Shen Xu was still pondering, the voice suddenly became cheerful, "To make this sword selection a bit more interesting, we will select some lucky ones, and eliminating them will directly double the points you have!"

As for how to find them, it's simple: their jade pendants periodically emit a blinding red light, visible to anyone within a ten-mile radius.

The instant the voice ended, ten dazzling red beams of light shot straight into the sky from the entire Tianjian Square.

Almost everyone in Tianjian Square stared greedily at the person shrouded in ten blood-red pillars of light, their eyes filled with bloodlust, as if a hungry demon, starved for ten years, were ravenously thirsting for flesh and blood!

"Su Jing! I...!" Shen Xu immediately covered his face.

At this moment, Su Jing stood on the top floor of the tower, holding a glass of orange juice, looking at one of the pillars of light with amusement.