Chapter 79

The little girl's expression flickered. In the end, she snorted coldly and gave up on continuing the conflict with the young man.

Seeing that she had admitted defeat, the young man beamed with joy and looked at all the cultivators present in a high-profile manner.

At this time, the old man who accompanied him here walked towards Gu Chen and Huang Pingzhang. Before he got close, a strange voice sounded.

"Fellow Daoist Huang, I didn't expect to see you here today. The one beside you is a descendant of your clan. He doesn't look like much. "

The old man glanced at Gu Chen from the corner of his eyes. His tone was sharp.

Gu Chen frowned slightly. Who was this old man? He had never met him before, but he was already making fun of him.

Huang Pingzhang stood up and coldly snorted. "Nineorigin, this is Fellow Daoist Chen, not some junior. The Old Man treats him as an equal!"

Nineorigin looked at Gu Chen a few more times in surprise. "Looking at his attire, he's also an archer. To be able to talk to you as an equal, it seems that his archery skills aren't bad."

"What kind of archer are you if you don't even have a good bow? Aren't you afraid of making me laugh my head off? "

The young man from before walked over and glanced at Gu Chen with undisguised disdain.

The bow on Gu Chen's back was just an ordinary ironwood longbow, and the arrows were also very ordinary, completely different from his purple and azure bow.

An archer's strength could mostly be seen from the bow and arrows they used. Thus, he could tell at a glance that Gu Chen was not good enough.

These two fellows, whom he had never met before, were mocking him as soon as they arrived. Gu Chen was not someone to be trifled with, so he coldly retorted.

"If the opponent is only at your level, then ordinary bows and arrows are enough to deal with them."

"You really dare to speak. Aren't you afraid that the wind will cut your tongue?"

The young man was domineering. "Today, we only need one archer to pass the assessment. Remember, my name is Shi Cong. I'm the one who will defeat you later. "

"Grand Elder, don't waste your time talking to them."

Shi Cong strode away with his head held high and chest puffed out. Nineorigin chuckled coldly as he followed.

"Do you have a problem with him?"

After the two of them left, Gu Chen asked Huang Pingzhang.

"There aren't many archers in the Celestial Court's Bronze Assassins. The Old Man and Nineorigin have always been fighting over who is the number one archer, so their relationship has never been good."

Huang Pingzhang shook his head and looked at their backs. "What a coincidence. I didn't expect him to bring someone to take the test today."

"Although the Celestial Court doesn't have a written rule, if there are two archers in the examination and their abilities overlap, they will usually choose the better one. Therefore, you and that young man called Shi Cong are direct competitors. No wonder he wanted to provoke you. "

"That guy looks pretty rich. I wonder where he came from?"

Gu Chen joked.

Shi Cong was dressed extravagantly in brocade clothes.

The blue brocade robe he was wearing was a defensive magic treasure. Just now, when he was sneak attacked by the puppet, it was the brocade robe that automatically protected his body and released an energy shield to save him.

Glancing at his chest, he could see that he was wearing a close-fitting inner armor. His defense was probably not weak.

Apart from that, even the shoes he was wearing were magic treasures.

In addition to that Purple-Azure Bow that looked extraordinary, this guy was simply a moving treasure trove for poorer itinerant cultivators.

"His surname is Shi? The Old Man heard that Nineorigin seems to have become a consecrator for a Shi family. Maybe that kid is that family's young master. "

Huang Pingzhang guessed.

"No matter who he is, he doesn't seem like a smart person."

Gu Chen shook his head. That young man was too high-profile. The killer that the Celestial Court was looking for would definitely not be this kind of person.

"This kind of person usually dies very quickly. But Fellow Daoist Chen, the Purple-Azure Bow in that kid's hands is probably a top-grade Yellow Grade. Do you want the Old Man to lend you the Flowing Cloud Bow?"

The Flowing Cloud Bow on Huang Pingzhang's back had accompanied him for many years. It was a high-grade Yellow Grade. It was a little inferior to that Shi Cong's, but much better than Gu Chen's mortal grade iron bow.

Although that Shi Cong's words were unpleasant to hear, the strength of an archer indeed had a lot to do with the quality of the bow and arrow.

"There's no need. I've just gotten used to this bow."

Gu Chen shook his head. For the past two weeks, he had always been using an iron bow to practice his archery. Suddenly changing it in a hurry would instead affect his accuracy.

An hour later.

All the assassins and the people they recommended had gathered. A man wearing a white robe and a golden mask descended from the sky!

The other party was wearing the uniform of the assassins of the Celestial Court. His identity was self-evident. He was today's examiner.

All the bronze assassins present stood up one after another and bowed to him with a respectful expression.

That golden mask represented the other party's identity as a gold assassin. And in the Celestial Court, a gold assassin was much more respected than a bronze rank assassin.

The gold assassin stood in the air, his gaze sweeping across everyone present as he spoke in an indifferent tone. "Those who have nothing to do with this can leave. Those who are taking the examination, stay."

The bronze assassins left one after another. Huang Pingzhang gave his blessings and Gu Chen also left.

The remaining group of examinees looked at the gold assassin with a powerful aura and felt indescribably nervous.

It was said that every gold assassin of the Celestial Court had killed a number of people.

They were infamous, and almost every one of them was an existence on the Kunlun Continent's "Black List".

Every time they appeared in a region, all the factions in that region would feel uneasy.

Assassins of this rank were usually elusive. If not for the Celestial Court's rule that only gold assassins could be in charge of the test, it would be impossible to see them.

"Senior, may I know what the content of today's examination is?"

Shi Cong looked at the gold assassin and asked with a flattering smile.

The gold assassin waved his sleeves, and dozens of books appeared out of thin air. They flew through the air and landed in the hands of each examinee.

Gu Chen opened it and was slightly astonished. It was an illustrated handbook that recorded the information of various treasures.

He glanced at the bottom right corner of the cover and saw the words "Whale Alliance Black Market" written on it.

"This is the Whale Alliance Black Market's auction handbook. Why are you giving it to us?"

Everyone was confused.

The Whale Alliance was a loose alliance formed by many factions in the Baijing Prefecture. As far as Gu Chen knew, the Smoke Cloud Sect, which controlled the Greedy Wolf City's territory, was also a member of the Whale Alliance.

The initial purpose of this alliance was to protect the huge profits of the black market, preventing it from being controlled by the major factions of the Middle Earth Empire or the Nanling Mountains.

The books in everyone's hands were clearly illustrated handbooks used in one of the black market auctions under the Whale Alliance. What was the purpose of the assassin of the Celestial Court giving them this?

"A Whale Alliance Black Market Auction will be held today, just two and a half kilometers away. The content of your examination is to completely destroy this auction and snatch away the auction item recorded in the handbook. "

"The higher the value of the item brought to me, the higher his score will be in this test," said Jiang Chen.

"In this examination, only the five people who bring the highest value items will be able to join the Celestial Court!"

After the gold assassin finished explaining the rules of today's examination, all the cultivators' expressions changed drastically.

Attacking the Whale Alliance Black Market?

The examination was actually like this!