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Chapter 225 The End of the Novel Contest and the Belonging of the Champion

"Where did people go?"

On the mountainside near Siguo Cliff in Huashan, Liu Xing was looking around.Ten minutes ago, Fengmanlou's master and apprentice fled in a hurry. Liu Xing chased after breaking through the iron gate, but found that the other party had disappeared.

It was already midnight at this time, and the light on the mountain was weak, so it was not convenient to find it.

"Huh? There's a cave."

Skimming through a bush, Liu Xing found a cave on the north side of Siguo Cliff. There were footprints outside the entrance of the cave, and there were people nearby.

"Could this be Feng Manlou's lair?"
Liu Xing walked into the cave.

There was a white fire in the depths of the cave. Liu Xing approached quickly. After a while, a spacious hall came into view. In the corner of the hall was a black iron cage. Several people were imprisoned in the iron cage. There are women, old and young.

After careful identification, the person imprisoned in the iron cage is the top ten writers in the novel competition!

Among them, Ouyang Wen, Wu Guoqian and others were included.

At this time, these writers are getting together to discuss the topic of how to create forbidden books.In order to save their lives, each of them created several novels with the theme of overthrowing the Reading League.

Apart from these writers, there were no other people in the cave.

Liu Xing stepped forward, asked a few words, and found that these writers also did not know the whereabouts of Feng Manlou.

"Brother, we are writers who were imprisoned here by Feng Manlou. He forced us to write banned books. If we fail to write well, we will be killed." Ouyang Wen begged Liu Xing, "Can you find a way to save the shall we go out?"

Wu Guoqian sighed: "Ouyang Wen, don't be too fancy. Only Fengmanlou has the key to this iron cage. How could this little brother be able to open it?"

Hearing this, the faces of the writers in the iron cage were serious, knowing that the iron cage was like a death row, and it was difficult to fly...

boom!
At this time, a sharp abnormal sound suddenly sounded, a burst of sword energy shot out, and the entire iron cage trembled violently.

Boom!

Metal falls.

The writers looked back and were surprised to find that the iron lock of the iron cage had been cut off!
"Why did the iron lock break?" Wu Guoqian looked puzzled, and looked around, only to find that the middle-aged man (Liu Xing) had disappeared.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and everyone realized that the iron chain might have been broken by the middle-aged man.

"Who is this middle-aged man who can open even iron locks?"

"Maybe it's the hidden expert in the forbidden book area!"

……

After leaving the cave, Liu Xing continued to track Fengmanlou and others near Siguoya.

At the same time, as the captain of the special police team, he mobilized more than 400 special police teams to Huashan, preparing to conduct a carpet search of the entire mountain.

The search continued from midnight to early morning, and the SWAT team searched almost every location in Huashan.

It is disappointing that Fengmanlou was not found in the end.

He just evaporated from the world.

Liu Xing suspected that there might be a secret passage or a secret room in Huashan, so he ordered the special police team to guard at the foot of Huashan and monitor it 24 hours a day.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, the search work still had no progress, so Liu Xing decided to go to Heimuya first to give Hua Yingxue Hanbingsan poison.

……

Huashan, underground chamber.

"Fortunately, we ran fast. If we were one step late, we might all die." Feng Manlou sat on the floor with a pale face and a trace of blood hanging from the corner of his mouth.

After being hit by the "Six Meridians Sword", although Feng Manlou was not in danger of life for the time being, he was seriously injured.

"Old Feng, who is this unknown writer, whose martial arts are even higher than yours?" Old Bookworm asked in puzzlement, "The Feng family's "Dugu Nine Swords" is unparalleled in the world, how could you lose to the unknown writer? "

Feng Manlou heaved a long sigh: "I originally thought that "Dugu Nine Swords" could stand alone in the world, but I didn't expect that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky beyond the sky. Fortunately, I didn't go to Heimuya at the beginning, otherwise I might have been captured by him long ago. But I still want to I don’t understand what is the background of this unknown writer, martial arts can be so terrible?”

Old Bookworm Yi said: "It is said that a mysterious man appeared in Tianhai City recently, called the Shadowman, who is elusive and omnipotent. Could this unknown writer be the Shadowman?"

"If it's really a shadow man, things will be troublesome. No one knows his identity so far, and we don't even know who he is, so we can't guard against it!" The old bookworm C speculated, "The shadow man appeared in the The forbidden-book area, I’m afraid they are here for the tomb of books in Heimuya and the "Book without Words"?"

"The shadow man has passed the ninth level of the palace, and he probably took the "Book without Words". With our current strength, we are no match for him at all. The matter of "Book without Words" can only be discussed in the long run." After a while, the corridor was full of wind, "In three days, the gate of the forbidden book area will be opened. Let's discuss how to escape first."

Everyone nodded.

……

Blackwood Cliff.

In the secret room, Liu Xing helped Hua Yingxue, who was unconscious on the bed, and asked her to take a white pill, which was the antidote for Hanbingsan.

The antidote was immediate.

A few minutes later, most of the poison of Hanbingsan was eliminated, and Hua Yingxue woke up in a haze.

"Why am I here?" Hua Yingxue looked around suspiciously, "What happened?"

"You have been poisoned and have been in a coma for over a week."

"More than a week?" Hua Yingxue was startled, moved her hands and feet, and realized that her limbs seemed to be a little stiff, and remembered something, "You saved me?"

Liu Xing said: "If you want to thank me, just do one thing for me."

"what's up?"

"Blowjob."

"Blow flute?" Hua Yingxue raised her eyebrows.

Liu Xing explained: "Let's play a piece of piano and flute again, and close the sound-absorbing wall."

Hua Yingxue suddenly realized, and asked, "Is the sound-absorbing wall open?"

"Let's go, I'll take you to have a look."

"Ah."

Hua Yingxue got out of bed, left the secret room with Liu Xing, and came to the ninth floor of the palace, only to see a white crystal palace appearing in front of her.

"This... is the book coffin?" Hua Yingxue's eyes showed surprise, she didn't expect the book coffin to be so big, she looked at the light screen and asked, "Can't this book coffin be opened?"
"Without a password, of course it can't be opened. Many people have died fighting for this coffin." Liu Xing said, "Now that the sound-absorbing wall is opened, I'm afraid there will be more people eager to try it. In order to avoid more disputes, we now Close the sound-absorbing wall."

Hua Yingxue nodded slightly.

The sound-absorbing wall is built according to the melody structure of "Swordsman", and when the score is played from beginning to end, the sound-absorbing wall will be opened.If the score is turned upside down and played together again, the sound-absorbing wall will be closed again.

Liu Xing and Hua Yingxue came to the pavilion on the eighth floor of the palace, one sat in front of the guqin, the other picked up the jade flute, and prepared to play a piece of "Swordsman" with the piano and flute.

This time they will play the piece backwards.

Playing the score backwards is very difficult and requires a second transformation of the score.Fortunately, Hua Yingxue has a solid foundation in music. After practicing a few times, she can basically play proficiently.

So, the two began to play the piano and flute together.

The sound of the qin is strange and beautiful, the sound of the xiao is elegant and quiet, the sound of the qin and flute fluctuates up and down, faintly visible, complementing each other, perfectly natural, and seamlessly coordinated.

When the music of Qin and Xiao fluttered in the garden, the sound-absorbing wall vibrated slightly and closed bit by bit.

Zheng!
When the music stopped, the sound-absorbing wall had returned to its original state and was closed again, and the book coffin was sealed in the jade disc again.

There are a large number of books in the coffin, but Liu Xing can't take these books away at all.He has already scanned several of the novels he needs into the computer, as for the other novels, they can only continue to exist in the restricted area.
Liu Xing moved his hands away from the guqin and looked at Hua Yingxue opposite, but saw Hua Yingxue's star-like eyes were also staring at him.

The moment their eyes met, Hua Yingxue hurriedly turned her face away, a cherry-like blush appeared on her cheeks.

Because of the novel "The Shadow Man: The Qin King", Liu Xing and Hua Yingxue have indirectly completed a love that transcends time and space.

When they played "The Song of Swordsman" with Qinxiao just now, they all sensed each other's feelings.

There was silence in the garden pavilion.

Both of them were silent, communicating silently.

"I should go." After a while, Liu Xing spoke first.

Hearing this, Hua Yingxue frowned slightly, she already understood something, her soft eyes fell on Liu Xing, hesitated for a while, and asked softly: "Will we meet again in the future?"
Liu Xing said: "Do you wish to meet again?"

Hua Yingxue asked again: "Is my opinion valid?"

Liu Xing said: "You can try."
She pursed her thin cherry lips, and after a while, Hua Yingxue said seriously: "If possible, I hope to have the opportunity to learn piano art from you in the future."

Liu Xing said: "Your piano skills are already very good."

"But..." Hua Yingxue said, "Compared to you, it's far behind."

Liu Xing praised: "You are a very self-aware girl."

"..." Hua Yingxue asked softly, "You also think I'm stupid?"

Liu Xingdao: "A woman's intelligence and beauty are often inversely proportional, it's normal for you to be stupid."

Hua Yingxue covered her mouth and smiled.

Liu Xing reminded: "In three days, the novel competition will be over, and the gates of the forbidden book area will be opened. Then, you can leave directly by train."

Hua Yingxue frowned: "But, I am now a wanted criminal by the police..."

"It's okay." Liu Xing said, "Just do as I tell you."

Hua Yingxue was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Yes, I understand."

"I have to go, goodbye." After speaking, Liu Xing turned and left.

Hua Yingxue really wanted to call him back, but she couldn't open her mouth. She just silently watched Liu Xing leave until his figure disappeared from sight.

When Liu Xing walked away, Hua Yingxue still stayed in the pavilion, staring at the guqin on the stone table alone in a daze...

……

In the next three days, Liu Xing returned to his identity as the captain of the special police team and continued to hunt down Feng Manlou in the forbidden book area.

It's just that nothing was found in the end, and Feng Manlou never showed up again.
Three days passed, and the month-long finals of the novel competition officially ended, so Liu Xing changed back to Fu Changding's identity and prepared to leave the restricted area.

He originally thought about staying in the forbidden-book area to search for Feng Manlou, but the exit of the forbidden-book area is rarely opened a few times a year. If he misses this opportunity, he may have to wait a few more times to leave the forbidden-book area. months, or even longer.

After weighing again and again, Liu Xing decided to leave the restricted area first.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, Liu Xing came to the exit of the forbidden book area. He was accompanied by nine writers including Hua Yingxue, Ouyang Wen, and Wu Guoqian.

boom!
Suddenly, the gate of the front exit slowly opened, and after a while, a black train drove out and stopped in front of everyone.

Immediately afterwards, more than 100 policemen in black uniforms got off the black train, holding black laser guns in their hands, and guarding the exit.

This group of black-clothed policemen is the highest-level police force in the Reading League—the Book Police Force!

The book police team is only responsible for the most confidential, most important, and most dangerous tasks of the reading alliance, and usually rarely shows up.It is rare for the book police team to appear in the forbidden book area today.

"Your competition in the restricted-book area is over, all get on the bus." In the book police team, a middle-aged policeman with a grim expression came over, he was the captain of the book police team.
Ten writers including Liu Xing, Hua Yingxue, Ouyang Wen, and Wu Guoqian took the black train.

Not long after, the train started, entered the tunnel, and headed for Tianhai City at full speed.

On the way, Ouyang Wen, Wu Guoqian and others in the carriage were full of worries. They had become wanted criminals in the forbidden book area, and they had written some banned books against the reading alliance. I wondered how the reading alliance would deal with them.

Amidst the anxiety, the train arrived in Tianhai City smoothly.

After getting off the bus, ten writers including Liu Xing and Hua Yingxue were immediately taken to the office of the dean of the Yufeng Fiction Academy, where they met Du Hefeng, the dean of the Fiction Academy.

It was the first time Liu Xing saw Du Hefeng, but he was no stranger to Du Hefeng.In the "Secret Files of Important Figures in Huaxia Kingdom" written by Jin Santong, there are detailed information about Du Hefeng.

"Congratulations, you have successfully completed the finals in the restricted area." When we met, Dean Du Hefeng congratulated with a smile.

The writers were a little unclear, so Wu Guoqian said: "President Du, we participated in criminal activities in the forbidden-book area out of helplessness..."

Du Hefeng seemed to know what he wanted to say, pressed his gestures, and interrupted: "I know everything about you in the restricted-book area. Don't worry, the Reading League will not hold you accountable. You are in the restricted-book area What happened to him was originally a forbidden-book area plot planned in advance by the Reading Alliance."

"Plot?" Everyone was taken aback.

"Yes." Du Hefeng said, "The Forbidden Book Area, like other areas in the story city, has a specific plot. You have only completed the plot of the Forbidden Book Area this month. This plot is the ultimate test for you. , not only to test your creative ability, but also to test your heart. Overall, everyone performed very well."

After listening, everyone was still a little confused. Could it be that the experiences in the forbidden book area were compiled in advance?
How can this be?
Hua Yingxue raised a question: "Dean Du, my sister was poisoned, and I was forced to enter the restricted-book area to participate in the finals. Is this also fake?"

Du Hefeng smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, your sister Hua Qingxue's poison has been cured, and her body has already recovered. You will be able to see her in a while."

"Really?" Hua Yingxue couldn't believe it.

"In short, your experience in the forbidden-book area is just a unique plot experience." Du Hefeng said, "As for the novels you created in the forbidden-book area, they have been sent to the jury of the novel competition, and they will evaluate these novels. Your exact ranking will be announced next week."

Everyone was stunned, Ouyang Wen said: "Dean Du, the novels we write are all banned books, should we also be selected?"

Du Hefeng said with a smile: "Of course. These banned books were all written by you in the face of the test of life and death. They can best reflect your creative ability, and they will directly determine your ranking in the finals."

After Du Hefeng explained the forbidden-book area, ten writers including Liu Xing, Hua Yingxue, Ouyang Wen, Wu Guoqian left the dean's office and walked around the campus.

From this moment on, the Xiaoyao Cup Novel Contest has ended.

It's just that everyone still has a lot of questions in their hearts: Is what happened in the forbidden book area really just a plot that was arranged in advance?The dungeon in the Forbidden Book Area really exploded, and some people died. Are these also fake?
"No matter what, we all escaped unharmed." Wu Guoqian said happily, "The experience in the restricted-book area this time was really thrilling, and we almost died."

"It's surprising that the finals are held in this way." A writer said, "Speaking of which, the final ranking of this year's novel competition is based on the banned books we wrote. Who do you think can win the championship? "

Everyone was right.

"I think Wu Guoqian's "Reverse Current" is good and very promising," said another writer.

Wu Guoqian waved his hand: "My "Reverse Current" was criticized by Fengmanlou horribly and unsightly, but I think Ouyang Wen's "Change of the Sky" has a good chance of winning the championship."

Ouyang Wen shook his head: "Feng Manlou said that the "Change of the Sky" I wrote is rubbish, how can I win the championship?" After a pause, he reminded, "Did you forget a banned book?"

"You mean..."

""108 Heroes"!" Ouyang Wen said, "It is said that nine old bookworms including Feng Manlou are very satisfied with this forbidden book. If there is no accident, "108 Heroes" should become the winner of this year's novel competition. Dark horse, won first place in one fell swoop. But, who wrote this "108 Heroes"?"

The writers looked at each other...

……

(End of this chapter)