Seven days later.
Long Yu headed out of the Imperial City and headed to the appointed location.
The seven candidates for the Tang Empire to participate in the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection were finally confirmed, and the candidates were exactly as Long Yu had predicted.
In addition to him and the three warriors in the Rank Nine True Spirit, only Feng Yao, Yu Qianning, and Yan Huanmo, who had reached the Rank Eight of the True Spirit Secret Realm, were selected.
Bu Bu, Li Bufan, Mo Fengming, Yu Chimei, Long Ce, and Chi Guang were all defeated by the three.
Few could defeat their opponents with a difference of one level in the Martial Arts Realm. This result was expected by most people.
Only Yan Huanmo could break through to the Rank Eight True Spirit in such a short time, which was unexpected.
The water of the Sacred Spring was finally distributed. Yan Huanmo returned it to Long Yu, while Feng Yao and Yu Qianning each drank the water. At this moment, they should have reached the Rank Nine True Spirit.
As for the three warriors who had already reached the Rank Nine True Spirit, even if they got the water of the Sacred Spring, they could not enter the Celestial Realm.
To become an expert of the Oneness of Heaven and Human, one could only rely on their own understanding. Without that understanding, no matter how much Spiritual Qi they absorbed, they could not break through.
The candidates had been decided, and the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection was about to begin!
…
Outside the Imperial City of the Tang Empire, on a vast grassland.
The messenger from the Northern Academy of the Heavenly Mandate Realm was waiting there.
It was a middle-aged man in a white robe. His Martial Arts Realm had reached the Celestial Realm a long time ago. At this moment, there was a trace of indifference in his eyes.
In a small country like the Tang Empire, as the messenger of the Northern Academy of the Heavenly Mandate Realm, his status was extraordinary. Nothing could attract his interest.
The only thing that made him feel a little interested was probably the son of the former Saintess.
Two days ago, during the qualifiers, the messenger did not see Long Yu. Now, he was looking forward to Long Yu's appearance.
In addition, a large group of nobles of the Tang Empire came to see off and encourage the seven participants of the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection.
In the city, the Chu Clan of the Sovereign Clan, the Long Clan of the General Clan, the Mo Clan of the Xiang Clan, and the people of the four great clans were all gathered here. After all, the seven people who were about to participate in the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection were of great significance to the Tang Empire.
If one of them really entered the Northern Academy of the Heavenly Mandate Realm, wouldn't that be a legend of the Tang Empire?
Not far from the white-robed messengers of the Northern Academy of Heavenly Mandate, Princess Chu Xin, who was dressed in a golden royal robe, was looking in the direction of the imperial city with her daughter, Chu Huang.
"Daughter, Long Yu is the son of Long Zaitian in the past. Even though he is only in the Seventh Tier of the True Spirit now, at most the Eighth Tier, his strength is definitely not weaker than yours. During the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection, you can exchange more martial arts with him."
Chu Xin smiled at her daughter.
"I know, Mother. Isn't he the son of your former idol?"
Chu Huang curled his lips and said indifferently, "If he is in danger during the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection, I will definitely help him."
The royal princess, Chu Huang, was dressed in a snow-white silk robe. In front of others, she seemed gentle and considerate, extremely mature and cultured, but in front of her mother, Chu Xin, she was still like a child.
Hearing this, Chu Xin could not help but touch the little girl's head dotingly, "You are really too arrogant. I hope that this Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection will let you know that there is always someone better than you out there."
"Of course there is someone better than you out there."
Chu Huang said softly, "It's a pity that there is someone better than you out there, and that someone better out there will definitely not be this Long Yu."
After the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection, she felt that her opponent was not Long Yu, who was also from the Tang Empire, but the many warriors from other countries!
Princess Chu Xin could not do anything about her daughter Chu Huang's thoughts and shook her head helplessly.
In the past, she, Chu Xin, had also participated in the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection and was also in the Ninth Tier of the True Spirit. However, she encountered too many warriors in the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection and ultimately failed to enter the Northern Academy of Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection.
There were at least more than 400 people participating in the Sacred Selection of the Northern Academy of Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection. To stand out from so many people and become the top 12, the difficulty could be imagined!
This was a huge stage. The martial arts practitioners who had just come out of the Tang Empire could never imagine how many warriors would appear.
Beside Chu Xin and Chu Huang stood Chu Chaosheng and another middle-aged man with a dignified look on his face. This person was Chu Xin's elder brother and also another warrior in the Celestial Secret Realm of the Chu Royal Clan.
This person's name was Chu Yulong, and he was the current king of the Tang Empire, the emperor!
At this moment, Chu Yulong was talking to the white-robed emissary of the Northern Academy of Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection.
"Emissary, in this Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection, according to your instructions, Long Yu has already obtained the qualification."
Chu Yulong said with a smile.
"Hmm."
The emissary nodded lightly, "This Long Yu is an important figure in our Northern Academy, and he ordered us to pay special attention to him. This matter, I am only following orders and cannot make the decision. But what is certain is that this time, this Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection will be the time of this brat's death. "
"That being the case, our Great Tang Empire actually only has six slots."
Chu Yulong pretended to smile bitterly. His intention was obvious. Of course, he wanted this emissary to give special treatment to others. However, Chu Yulong did not have the prestige to persuade a Northern Academy emissary.
Even if he gave this emissary many benefits, it was impossible for this emissary to help them cheat in the process of the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection!
"I will try my best to arrange for some convenience, but in the process of the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection, I have no power to do anything."
The emissary shook his head and could only give such an answer.
Chu Yulong was not very satisfied with this, but he had no other choice. It was not that he did not know how strict the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection was.
A mere emissary who came to receive them naturally could not say too much.
Not far away, the people of the Long Family of the General Clan were clustered around a man in red, and they were talking about something.
"Long Hen, this time you represent our Long Family and the Tang Empire to participate in the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection. You must perform well and strive to enter the Northern Academy of the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection. Then, you will bring honor to our Long Family."
Among the people of the Long Family, an elder with sword-like eyebrows sighed and said.
This elder with sword-like eyebrows was Long Tianming, who Long Yu met in the Hall of Spring and Autumn in the imperial palace. Now, he was the only warrior of the Celestial Being Secret Realm in the Long Family!
What Long Tianming sighed about now was, of course, the decline of the talents of the Long Family.
When Long Zaitian was still around, how prestigious the Long Family was? It was a pity that they offended the Northern Academy of the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection and ended up with a complete loss of reputation.
At that time, Long Tianming, not to mention wanting to protect Long Zaitian, he had to spend a lot of effort to protect the entire Long Family from being implicated.
After Long Zaitian left, the situation of the Long Family went from bad to worse.
Previously, among the nine young warriors of the Tang Empire, other than the first, Long Ce of the Long Family was the second place.
But in fact, Long Ce was only the second place on the table.
There were many people who could sit on the vacant first place, including Chu Huang of the Sovereign Family, Long Hen of the Long Family, Ling Longyu of the Mo Family, and so on.
And Long Hen was the youngest brother of Long Zaitian.
Although he was less than 30 years old, to be precise, he was already a member of the older generation. He could not be compared with Chu Huang and Ling Longyu.
"Ancestor, rest assured, I will win glory for the Long Family and the Tang Empire," the man in red said with a calm face.
The red-robed man, Long Hen, said with a calm expression. Suddenly, as if remembering something, he frowned and asked, "That's right, Old Ancestor, since Long Yu is also participating in the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection, during the process of the Sacred Selection …"
"Suppress him."
Long Tianming shook his head, but said very firmly, "This time, the Northern Academy of the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection targeted him, and he will definitely not have a good end. Moreover, he is no longer a member of our Long Family and has nothing to do with us. It is better to suppress him and let the higher-ups of the Northern Academy of the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection have a good impression of you! "
"Yes."
Long Hen nodded and said.
"Tianming, do you really want to do this?"
On the side, Long Tianming's younger brother, who was also Long Yu's grandfather, Long Yuanjian, sighed and said, "You are Long Yu's grandfather after all. Do you really want to kill him?"
"The situation forced me, and I have no other choice. Yuanjian, for the Long Family, we can only let nature take its course."
Long Tianming said matter-of-factly, "Even if you want to protect Long Yu, what do you have to protect him? If the bigwigs of the Northern Academy of the Heavenly Mandate Sacred Selection want to deal with him, we can't stop them. "
This was the truth, so Long Yuanjian did not say anything.
"Uncle Long Hen, you must avenge us. That Long Yu really did not take our Long Family seriously!"
Among the people of the Long Family, a Major General in golden armor, Long Ji, said with hatred.
Previously at the entrance of the Liu Family's residence, Long Ji was sent flying by a punch from Long Yu, and even his internal organs were injured. This was a great humiliation to him.
But now, Long Yu was so tyrannical. Not to mention Long Ji, who was only in the rank six true spirit, even Long Ce, who was in the rank seven true spirit, and Yu Qianning, who was in the rank eight true spirit, lost to Long Yu!
Under such circumstances, Long Ji could only place his hopes of teaching Long Yu a lesson on Long Hen.
Long Hen glanced at Long Ji, but did not say anything.
Long Hen was Long Zaitian's younger brother, and Long Yu was his elder brother's son after all. It was impossible to say that he had no feelings for Long Yu, but for the Long Family, to follow the trend, he could only follow Long Tianming's words.
But at this time, this trash, Long Ji, still wanted to teach Long Yu a lesson?
Long Hen naturally would not admire this!
In his eyes, a trash like Long Ji who only relied on his family was not qualified to carry shoes for Long Yu.
If Long Ji's grandfather was not Long Tianming, how could Long Ji be a major general of the Great Tang Empire? How could he reach the rank six true spirit martial path?
Long Hen's heart was undoubtedly complicated!
On one hand, he wanted to help Long Yu, help his elder brother's son, but on the other hand, for the sake of the Long Family as a whole, he could only stand against Long Yu.
Between the two, Long Hen chose the Long Family as a whole!
The Xiang Clan's Mo Family was in a similar situation.
"Linglong, be careful in the Saint Selection. Safety first."
Mo Shan was facing his adopted daughter, Linglong Yu, as he instructed.
Linglong Yu was a slim girl wearing a veil. Her eyes were like ripples of water, and she slowly nodded her head, "Father, I will be careful."
"Cousin, in the Saint Selection, you can interact with Long Yu more."
Mo Fengming thought for a moment, then said, "I feel that Long Yu is not ordinary. If you get closer to him, he might give you a surprise."
"Long Yu …"
The veiled girl, Linglong Yu, softly repeated the name. She raised her head and looked in the direction of the Imperial City, but did not say anything.
No one knew what Linglong Yu was thinking.
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