Surprise Hotel

"Well?" Lü didn't respond for a moment, "Is it me?"

"That's right, you!" The black-robed holy envoy pointed firmly at Lv Zheng, his eyes filled with a measuring look.

Lü Zheng didn't know what this guy meant, but at the same time, he was incomparably curious, so he went up to the stage by hook or by crook.

"This robust physique must be good enough to become a knight!" The Paladin muttered something in a low voice.

At first glance, there was nothing wrong with it. If you wanted to be a knight, a strong body was a must. But Lü always had a bad feeling about it.

But his curiosity forced him to ignore this hunch and walk up to the stage, holding the hilt of the sword with both hands.

"Please accept the test of the holy sword!" The black-robed man raised his arm.

At this command, Lu Execution drew his sword upward with anticipation.

In his opinion, a sword that emitted such a blazing light and looked broad in shape should be very heavy.

But the moment he lifted it upward, he felt as if there was some kind of force underneath holding it up, pushing it upward.

So he pulled with almost no effort at all.

It was so easy.

It was so easy that it brought back Lu Zheng's initial bad premonition.

The holy sword was pulled out, and the light was so bright that everyone in the audience raised their arms as if they were revering a god, exclaiming and at the same time throwing envious looks at Lü Zheng.

"Congratulations to this warrior, for gaining the favor of the holy sword! He passed the test and is about to become a Paladin!" The black-robed holy envoy shouted.

Lü Zheng waved his hand toward the crowd in confidence, "This is the one who was chosen?"

"Please step aside and wait! Let's move on to the next one!" After the black-robed holy envoy signaled, he counted the candidates again.

Lü Torture exits and moves to the side.

He quietly returned to Xano and the others while the next commoner was drawing the holy sword.

"Something doesn't feel right about this!" Luthor said.

"What's wrong?" Shano asked.

"That sword was a little light." Lü Criminal frowned and asked, "Did you guys see anything offstage?"

"There." Yuan Ling said, "Look at the crystal ball in the black-robed man's hand, there's something wrong with that thing. Every time when someone pulls out the holy sword, that thing will light up beforehand, if it doesn't, the person pulling out the sword will definitely not be able to pull out the sword."

"That's right, Lu Zheng felt that the sword was light and floating, it's likely that the black robed man was using the crystal ball to launch a special ability to manipulate the holy sword. In other words, the one who actually chose the man, is him." Ning Wu cataract analyzed, "It's just that, those villagers are all NPCs, so the setting might be that they couldn't find out about it, so they'll always be deceived."

"Selecting people?" Lu Zheng touched his jaw and thought carefully, "What is he going to choose someone for?"

"Did you hear what that old man just said? He said that many of the young people in the village had been taken away and were not coming back to the poor country because they had been given knighthood and honor. That's obviously a problem, and what's left are the old and infirm or women and children, and of course the fields will be barren and the village will fall apart because the main labor force is dwindling," Shano said.

"You're right. And even if you're full of honor and become a Paladin, you can't never come back even once. Ancient people talk about returning home in fine clothes, which is the most common situation, but do they even want their parents if they become a Paladin? It's against chivalry, isn't it?" Lü Zheng echoed.

"Anyway, they definitely have an ulterior motive." Yuan Ling's gaze was torch-like, "You don't think they're picking people with particularly good qualifications to make into something or eat, do you?"

"Why would a child like you think of such dark possibilities?" Shano grabbed Yuanling's hand, "Did someone bring you a bad one?"

"I heard it in a story," the spirit answered. Genling replied.

Xano's eyes immediately glanced at Ning Wu Qing.

"Don't look at me like that, I just told her a few stories when she was bored, one of them was a horror story, it was her who said my story writing was boring and wanted to hear something exciting, so I had to tell her ......" Ning Wu翳 surrendered.

"You ...... "Xano's face darkened, "forget it, now is not the time to be bothered with you. Our main mission is to investigate the situation in the village, so it's better to find out what the black-robed man is up to first. Isn't Lu Pun already selected, next, you'll be an undercover agent."

"No problem." Lu Zheng nodded, "Team communication channel contact."

After that, he got up and quietly returned to the team of pre-selected knights.

The black-robed man over there took a look at him, and he casually said, "I just went to the toilet" to muddle through.

The so-called holy sword test lasted for a few moments, seeing that the strong men in the crowd were selected, the rest of the field is mostly young and old women and children.

"The so-called holy sword test lasted for a while, and those who were not selected should not be discouraged, you still have a chance. Those of you who have been chosen, please follow me, and enter the threshold where you will become holy knights." The black-robed man said, waving his hand.

His men agreed and left with the selected strong men.

It was only after the black-robed man and the group of strong men walked away that the villagers reluctantly dispersed. Some of them even cried out in remorse, hating themselves for not becoming a Paladin.

Xano looked at the behavior of these foolish people and frowned tightly.

"Are these people really still saved?" Ning Wu Qing sighed.

"Didn't Brother Lü Teng go in undercover? It should get to the bottom of this," Yuan Ling said.

"Let's follow their group and ambush them nearby so that Lü Criminal won't encounter anything untoward. With his temper, he'll probably jump out midway with his defense." Xano said.

"Understood!" Ning Wu Qing and Yuan Ling answered in unison.

The three of them followed the direction in which the black-robed holy envoy had led the group far away.

Lu Pun followed the black-robed holy envoy's group to the village entrance, where there was a courtyard, which was beautifully called a devout devotee's offering, but was actually a fraud.

It was used as a staging post for the Paladin's Guild.

The black-robed ambassador was invited inside, and the moment the door was pushed open, Lü Criminal already smelled the aroma of wine and meat.

A village with such a shortage of food was able to prepare such a sumptuous dish to serve them.

Lv Zheng, on the other hand, was sent into a cramped room with a dozen or so others who had also "passed the test of the sacred sword" with him.

There was no place to sit in the cramped room, and most of them had to occupy it. The small-minded one grabbed a chair, but it would be taken by the stronger one later.

Lü was one of the few who had a seat.

Not because of anything else, but because after he chose his profession, the player's image changed drastically and he became so strong that he was the one with the biggest muscles in the whole room.

Faced with this kind of Lu Zheng, these people were still afraid, so they subconsciously treated him as the "big brother" of more than a dozen people and offered him a seat.

Of course, there were also some people who thought that Lv Zheng, with his physique, would be very brave if he became a knight, and he would definitely show up in the Paladin Guild in the future.

So, besides fear, there was also some flattery.