Lonely Immortal

not good!

When Zhang Zhiwen saw the Dao Fire coming out, he knew something was wrong, because he realized how sharp the Dao Fire produced by his reincarnated Dao Soul was. It was directly the top Dao Fire. Under the heat of the furnace, The ore is melted and refined in an instant, and the purity reaches the highest level immediately.

This is still a mineral that he refined by himself. It would be even more incredible if he let Shitai Furnace refine it. It seems that the entire Immortal Mansion will improve due to Zhang Zhiwen's various improvements, and its Immortal Mansion will also improve accordingly. For example, in the past, the Immortal Mansion could only By planting the elixirs of the Qi Refining Stage, the Immortal Mansion can now plant the elixirs of the Golden Elixir Stage, or even the Nascent Soul Stage elixirs. By analogy, the same is true for the Shitai Furnace.

Zhang Zhiwen was dumbfounded. He couldn't just randomly refine minerals. Otherwise, all he could refine would be top-grade mineral crystals. Wouldn't that cause even greater trouble later? In that case, he simply stopped refining it and just threw the ore into the furnace and calcined it however he wanted. Anyway, nothing would be produced.

He planned to give up the results of this assessment, otherwise there was nothing he could do. In this way, a month passed, and everyone came out one after another.

The result was naturally no surprise. Chen Huanzhi won the first place, while Zhang Zhiwen naturally had no results. But he was not alone, and so were many people. One month was too short, and their Dao souls were only innate Dao souls. The Dao Fire is not enough to quickly extract the minerals.

It can be seen that the refining of minerals also takes a lot of time. Only a special being like Zhang Zhiwen can quickly refine minerals.

Although Chen Huanzhi refined it, and also refined the largest amount, the minerals he extracted were only of mid-grade quality. Even the dignified ancient Taoist souls could only reach this level, and naturally others could not. Of course, the most important thing is time. Not enough, Zhang Zhiwen suddenly felt that this mineral was actually valuable? This requires a lot of time to pile up. Some minerals are difficult to refine, and even a small amount cannot be refined in a year and a half. Especially the golden elixir stage minerals, and even the Nascent Soul stage minerals, it takes even several years. Ten years, right? Just like the golden elixir stage elixir that is planted, it also has a growth period that can take several years or decades!

However, Zhang Zhiwen just thought about it. Naturally, he would not use this method to seek profits. The risk was still too great. Occasionally, if he was short of money or something, he could sell a little mineral crystal to maintain maintenance expenses.

Although Chen Huanzhi won the first place, his mineral crystal was only of medium quality, and Chen Huanting had something to say again.

"Previously, Junior Brother Zhang won the first place, and the elixir sprouts were top-grade. But this time, Junior Brother Zhang failed to refine the ore, so there will be no points. According to the county government regulations, top-grade ones will get ten points out of ten, medium-grade ones will get five points, and low-grade ones will get five points. If the score is one point, then Junior Brother Zhang still gets ten points, and Chen Huanzhi also gets ten points. They are tied!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was extremely surprised. Obviously, no one expected that although Zhang Zhiwen failed in refining, he would still tie with Chen Huanzhi.

"Needless to say, I give up the first place to Junior Brother Zhang!"

Chen Huanzhi knew what Chen Huanting was going to do, and it was just to sow discord between him and Zhang Zhiwen. However, with Zhang Zhiwen's previous attitude, Chen Huanzhi would not be fooled at all. Instead, he directly gave the first place to Zhang Zhiwen.

This time, Zhang Zhiwen got the first place without any effort. He didn't want to get the first place at all. He had worked so hard to hide his strength and planned to deal with it casually. He didn't even refining the ore. Just plan to be in the top ten. It would be better to be ranked lower among the top ten, that would be safer.

But who would have thought that he would let Chen Huanzhi take the first place again, and Chen Huanting seemed to agree with this decision, so she also said: "Okay, since Chen Huanzhi is so generous, then Junior Brother Zhang, you will be the first place in this assessment, and from now on in the county examination You are responsible for leading the team!"

"No, no...how can I be so virtuous..."

Zhang Zhiwen was about to shirk, but Chen Huanzhi and Chen Huanting both stopped Zhang Zhiwen. It seemed that he had to be forced to take over.

Zhang Zhiwen was really speechless. He really wanted to slap these two guys to death. Wouldn't this be putting them on the fire?

But no matter how everyone is watching here, Zhang Zhiwen has nothing to do. He can't continue to shirk it, because logically speaking, his results should have been first. It's just that Chen Huanzhi doesn't intend to be first. He doesn't want to be first. It's okay, but if Zhang Zhiwen doesn't want to be the first, that's definitely not possible, because Chen Huanting doesn't want to, and Chen Huanting is the examiner.

Therefore, Zhang Zhiwen got the first place in a daze, while Zhao Mingyin and others actually couldn't make it into the top ten. But when they saw that Zhang Zhiwen got the first place, they were naturally very happy. Zhang Zhiwen got the first place, and they were also equivalent to With a backer, they naturally came over to congratulate him, and Zhang Zhiwen had no choice but to deal with them.

"Okay, now that the provincial examination is over, Junior Brother Zhang, you will be the team leader from now on."

Chen Huanting said.

"That's right, Junior Brother Zhang, you will take everyone to take the county exam in the future."

Chen Huanzhi said not to be outdone.

These two people were really fighting. They had to bring Zhang Zhiwen out to talk about the matter. Zhang Zhiwen had no choice but to say, "I'm not good at these things. Otherwise, senior sister and senior brother will be troubled by these things?"

Zhang Zhiwen definitely doesn't want to take the lead. Is there any benefit for him to take the lead? Besides, he didn't want anyone to be the gunman, so he had to find a way to completely shirk the responsibility, so he simply put the responsibility on Chen Huanzhi and Chen Huanting.

Chen Huanzhi and Chen Huanting did not expect that Zhang Zhiwen would actually give up power to them. They couldn't help but look at each other. They saw the conflict of spirits in each other's eyes. Therefore, Chen Huanzhi nodded and said, "Well, since Junior Brother Zhang has spoken, I will definitely help you, and I will be the leader of the alchemy assessment in the county exam from now on!"

Obviously, Chen Huanzhi is more powerful at refining elixirs and elixirs, but is obviously weaker at refining ores and refining weapons. Naturally, he has to use his most powerful skills to lead the team, and leading the team actually means taking everyone to participate in the assessment. , if he gets first place, then Beier will definitely have face.

"Okay, since Chen Huanzhi wants to lead everyone to take the alchemy test, then I will lead everyone to take the weapon refining test!"

Chen Huanting was probably better at refining weapons, so she agreed.

Zhang Zhiwen didn't expect that these two people would agree so readily. In fact, they both wanted to control the team. As long as they controlled the team, they could do some tricks, but now an uncertain factor has emerged, and that is Zhang Zhiwen .

Otherwise, whether it is Chen Huanzhi or Chen Huanting, if they become the captain, they must have power, and they may be suppressed in various ways. Even though Chen Huanting seems to be fair, who cares about matters involving interests? Those things.

Otherwise, why would Chen Huanting use Zhang Zhiwen as a backer? She would use Zhang Zhiwen to suppress Chen Huanzhi, and Chen Huanzhi did the same. He also planned to use Zhang Zhiwen to suppress Chen Huanting. Both parties had the same idea.

If there was no Zhang Zhiwen, then Chen Huanzhi would be the first. If he was the first, then who would dare to take the lead in the next county examination? He must be able to suppress everyone, and he must be rushing to be first.

But at this time, both people sent messages to Zhang Zhiwen at the same time.

"Junior brother, I will give you a little concession in the alchemy process. Senior brother, I will definitely repay you later. At the same time, when you are refining the weapon, kill that girl. Don't be polite to her. If you can get first place, get first place!"

"Junior brother, you must be good at refining alchemy. You try your best to win the first place and destroy his prestige. I will be rewarded handsomely later. In terms of refining weapons, you should be weaker. After all, you are relatively poor at refining minerals. But You don’t have to worry, senior sister can definitely beat others here.”

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The words of these two people made Zhang Zhiwen speechless again, but he didn't say anything. Anyway, he knew what Chen Huanzhi and Chen Huanting meant.

To sum up, both of them want to compete for the first place, that is, they want to win the first place in the county examination, but their methods are not necessarily so upright. Anyway, they are doing things secretly.

This is in line with the consistent style of the Chen family, and they believe that they can all have the opportunity to show off their talents in the county examination, whether it is Chen Huanzhi or Chen Huanting.

In fact, Chen Huanting is already a seven-star official immortal. Logically speaking, she does not need to take the county examination, because the county examination is an assessment for newcomers. She, an eight-star official immortal, has no need to go through this muddy water.

But no one of the Chen family's children in the Chen family's county government has the conditions to take part in the county examination. The others are either inherently deficient, or they are simply no match for Chen Huanzhi. Only Chen Huanting, a child born with a high-grade Taoist soul, can barely compete with him. Chen Huanzhi worked hard, intending to use the county examination to further enhance his status, so as to firmly suppress Chen Huanzhi.

Zhang Zhiwen sometimes feels that Chen Huanting really doesn't need to do this. Anyway, she and Chen Huanzhi don't have much quarrel. But now it seems that is not the case. Chen Huanzhi, no matter who comes from the Chen family, he is destined to be his opponent. He must fight back.

Therefore, Chen Huanting could only play and win a good ranking in the county examination. Chen Huanzhi had no choice but to overpower Chen Huanzhi.

In addition, Chen Huanting is an official. She must have someone in the government office. There must be someone who can move her hands and feet during this exam. As long as she moves her hands and feet, she can suppress Chen Huanzhi. In addition, she must also recruit Zhang Zhiwen to fight together. Chen Huanzhi.

Does Chen Huanzhi know this? He must know that, so he let Zhang Zhiwen win first place this time to win over Zhang Zhiwen and let Zhang Zhiwen give him a hand and make way for him in the county examination. This is also reasonable.

Both sides are competing for the county examination ranking, and the county examination ranking is particularly important, because the top ten in the county examination can participate in the prefectural examination, and the top ten in the prefectural examination can participate in the state examination. If Chen Huanzhi successfully enters the examination, he will If he takes the government examination, he will have a high probability of getting rid of the threat of suppression brought by Chen's county government.

Therefore, the county examination is extremely important and is the key to whether he can escape the suppression of Chen's county government. Otherwise, why would he give up his position to Zhang Zhiwen? Does he think Zhang Zhiwen is reliable? That's definitely not the case, but he feels that Zhang Zhiwen cannot threaten his position. In his opinion, Zhang Zhiwen is lucky and performs well in cultivating elixirs, but not in refining ores. As for the subsequent alchemy and weapon refining, he I feel that Zhang Zhiwen is probably even worse, and Zhang Zhiwen's appearance does not look like he wants to stand out and compete for first place.

Anyone can see this. Zhang Zhiwen just doesn't intend to stand out. He just has a dawdling mentality. He only needs to be in the top ten. Because of this, he has become the core of the fight between the two sides. He also doesn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Another thing is about the county exam. The county exam is a ranking system. Alchemy and weapon refining are all ranked to determine the results. If Zhang Zhiwen interferes in it, it will affect Chen Huanzhi and Chen Huanting, at least they think so.

But Zhang Zhiwen really didn't have such an idea. He didn't plan to do well in any link. He just had to take the county exam. He had to go.

So, three days later, everyone went to the government office to take the county exam.

This was the first time Zhang Zhiwen and others came to the government office. The Zhao family government office was really magnificent, but it had nothing to do with the cultivators who came to take the county exam. They were not qualified to work in the government office. Chen Huanting was qualified to be a steward of the government office, but she started as a deputy hall master in the county office. Why should she go to the government office as a servant? It would be more comfortable to be a deputy hall master or hall master in her own home.

But now that Chen Huanzhi has risen, she has to improve her status.

"Hey, who will win the first place in this county exam?"

"I heard that the Chen family has an ancient Dao Soul cultivator, and he is a descendant of the Chen family, and his name seems to be Chen Huanzhi!"

"Yes, this guy is quite powerful."

"Hey, it's a pity that this guy was excluded by the family before, and now he must be extremely resentful of the family. Once he is promoted, the first one he will deal with is probably their Chen family!"

"Oh? There is such a thing?"

"That's natural, so this time their Chen family also sent Chen Huanting to participate in the county exam!"

"Oh? Isn't Chen Huanting already an official immortal?"

"Yes, this makes the Chen family more worried, isn't it? Otherwise, why would they let Chen Huanting come to participate in the assessment again?"

"That's right. By the way, in addition to the Chen family, the Li family seems to have an ancient Dao Soul cultivator!"

" Really? That's amazing. Are there so many ancient Dao Soul cultivators now? "

"No, in fact, under a government office, there are only ten at a time, which is considered a lot. This time, there are only three or four, one Chen, one Li, and one Zhao. Especially the Zhao, who has a thousand connections with the Zhao government office. He has a high probability of winning the first place!"

"The competition in this county exam is so fierce... and there are only ten places, of which more than 60% are ancient Dao Soul cultivators. What's the point of the exam?"

"In fact, this is almost the same every time, but cultivators like Chen Huanting used to rely on connections to get in. This time, she still wants to suppress Chen Huanzhi, which is a big mistake. Moreover, the chief examiner of the county exam is sent by the state government, and she can't find any connections to suppress Chen Huanzhi!"