Chapter 137: Tie

The young man by the lake is called Gu Ming, from Yueyin Temple, but in fact, if you trace back, he has some royal blood, but not from the previous dynasty, but from the previous dynasty. It's just that hundreds of years have passed, and no one will say that. Even his father is just an old farmer in the field.

The story of how he embarked on the path of cultivation is very simple. When he was young, he was playing in the mud in the field. An old Taoist priest passed by and saw that he was good-looking, so he accepted him as a disciple and took him back to the Taoist temple to become a little Taoist boy.

But as he grew older, Gu Ming's appearance did not become as good-looking as when he was young, but gradually became ordinary. This is the so-called growing ugly, and his talent was not good to begin with. The old Taoist priest was just a whim at the time, and he never thought about what kind of person he would become in the future, so after passing down some Taoist methods, he continued to travel the world.

Gu Ming lost his teacher's care in Yueyin Temple, and he was not very noticeable, so no one remembered him. Fortunately, he didn't care. He just stayed in the library all day and read for so many years.

It was not until the Wanliu Meeting was approaching and Yueyin Temple was selecting disciples to participate in the Wanliu Meeting that people remembered him. At that time, he was still studying in the library. When he was found by his senior brother, he didn't know what happened. Then someone told him what happened, and he participated in the selection of Wanliu Meeting.

As a result, he easily defeated his fellow disciples in the literary test, which gave him the opportunity to come to the capital of gods and participate in the Wanliu Meeting.

On the first day of the preliminary test, he was after Xie Nandu. Seeing the girl's quietness and calmness, he admired her at that time, and thought it would be a good thing to compete with her in the future. He easily won the literary test that day. Unexpectedly, he got what he wanted in the literary test on the second day and was assigned to the same place as Xie Nandu.

Now the two are really fighting, and there are only two left.

Looking at the questions in front of him, beads of sweat kept appearing on Gu Ming's forehead, and he had to reach out his hand to wipe them off again and again.

In the previous two competitions, the questions were not extremely difficult, but these few were a bit strange, which made him a little annoyed to deal with.

After an unknown period of time, a bell sounded in the distance.

Gu Ming raised his head with sweat all over his forehead.

The monk in charge collected his test paper and left.

Not long after, he came back again.

He looked at the two people by the lake in a strange way, and then said, "It's a tie again."

Even he became a little emotional.

There are ties at the Wanliu Conference, but it is rare to have such a tie for several consecutive times.

Just like now.

This is the third time.

He handed out the test paper in his hand and smiled, "You two continue."

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The crowd by the lake was silent, and no one could speak. They never thought that it would be a tie again.

This kind of thing is really too surprising.

There are only a few sporadic records of this kind of thing in the Wanliu Conference.

"It seems that there was such a thing many years ago. At that time, the two people tied four times, which was already a record. After the Wanliu Conference, there were no more. Now they have tied three times. If they still can't decide the winner this time, then they will tie the record."

"After all, the girl in the academy is the dean's disciple. The academy has a rich collection of books. It is reasonable that she knows so much, but the Taoist priest named Gu Ming is just from a sect like Yueyinguan. How can he have so many books to read?"

"You don't know this. Yueyinguan was also a big sect hundreds of years ago. But when the demon clan went south, many of their disciples went to the north to resist the demon clan. Not many people ”

“I thought there would be nothing interesting in this test, but I didn’t expect that there would be so many hidden dragons and crouching tigers. It’s really amazing.”

“And the content of this year’s test has been adjusted. It’s really amazing to be able to answer all the questions correctly after the adjustment.”

“Yes, they tied not because they couldn’t do a certain question, but because they could do all of them.”

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Chen Chao listened to those voices and felt numb.

He only knew that Xie Nandu was only one step away from winning, but the opponent was so strong that even Xie Nandu might not be able to win.

He left the crowd and sat down at a place by the lake. He had a headache.

Weng Quan didn’t know why he appeared here again.

"Deputy Commander, the odds have changed. If you bet on the young Taoist priest named Gu Ming now, you will get three times the odds. If you place a big bet on him now and he happens to win, you will make a lot of money."

Weng Quan was a little excited and kept rubbing his hands.

Chen Chao frowned and said, "According to this odds, the gambling house is optimistic about Xie Nandu. Why should I change it?"

Weng Quan said cautiously, "According to my subordinates, Miss Xie may not have the upper hand at the moment. Later, I am afraid there will be a reversal."

Chen Chao scolded, "What kind of vision is this? Why is she not in the upper hand? In my opinion, she will definitely win in the end."

As he spoke, Chen Chao waved his hand, obviously very dissatisfied.

Weng Quan said with a smile, "The deputy commander has a good relationship with Miss Xie, so he will naturally think so, but my subordinates have different ideas. If the deputy commander is handy, can he lend me some money for a few days..."

Chen Chao sneered and said nothing.

Borrow money?

That is impossible.

"I advise you not to think so much. If you really do this, you might really regret it."

Chen Chao patted his shoulder. Just as Weng Quan was about to speak, the lakeside exploded.

"What, it's a tie again?!"

When Chen Chao heard this voice, his expression became a little unnatural. He turned to look at Weng Quan and asked, "Is it too late for me to change my mind now?"

Weng Quan smiled bitterly and said, "Now we have to look at the handicap again. Please wait a moment, deputy commander..."

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The fourth tie in the same session of the literary test was already a record of Wanliu Club. Over the years, this was the highest record. The last time such a thing happened was many years ago.

Now that it happens again, it will naturally alarm many people.

At least the young monks who came to see the literary test today were completely shocked. Before today, they never thought that something like this would happen.

But after today, they will really believe that such a thing happened.

"These two are really good match for each other,"

"Yes, the contest between the two will be an unforgettable event at this Wanliu Conference."

"The literary test is worth comparing with today. I don't know what will happen in the martial arts test."

"I really don't know if there will be a fifth tie between the two."

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The two people on the lakeside have been sitting at the table for a long time. The new test paper has been handed out. Now this test paper no longer has the questions that were given before. The ink on it is not dry. It is obviously written by talented people, and the questions have not been written yet. The two or three before have become one now.

The person who wanted to come up with the question is now in the dark, scratching his head and feeling very distressed.

No one expected that there would be four ties in the same literary test, so the prepared test papers had been used up. In other words, every time the two tied in the future, they would need to ask questions and give answers on the spot.

Gu Ming's whole body was soaked with sweat. When he looked at Xie Nandu, his eyes were full of admiration.

The girl in front of him was really amazing. After several draws, Gu Ming actually thought it might be the last time, but every time the girl could always cope with it.

This made him inevitably have a good impression of her, and along with it, he also had some thoughts of winning.

If he loses the first time, that's it, but he's already here, how could he give up again?

He wants to win now.

Thinking about this, he looked down at the test questions in front of him.