Chapter 206: Strict Selection of Concubines

After caring about Cao Wenzheng, Qi Pinghai asked about business: "Mr. Cao, do you know why you are here?"

"Of course I have something to do. I would like to congratulate Master Qi here." Cao Wenzheng took out a jade bottle with some jealousy and handed it to Qi Pinghai: "There are three rejuvenation pills in it, which your Majesty specially bought from other places. Specially given to you.”

Qi Pinghai was not even willing to give the precious auxiliary divine object Soul Sensing Liquid to Lu Changjing, so why would Lu Changjing spare a few healing elixirs.

Compared to the soul-sensing liquid, a few rejuvenation pills are really nothing.

Qi Pinghai made a mistake in his early years of practice, which resulted in damage to his Dantian. Therefore, he has been stuck at the ninth-level master level and has been unable to break through to the great master level.

But with these three rejuvenation pills, it was enough for him to heal his damaged Dantian and reach a higher level.

In fact, Qi Pinghai could exchange the Soul-sensing Divine Liquid for the Rejuvenation Pill before, and he could exchange it for hundreds or even more.

But Qi Pinghai did not do this, but dedicated it to Lu Changjing.

This kind of loyalty is something that few people in the government and the public can achieve.

If it had been any other official, he would have hidden it long ago and could have kept it as a family heirloom.

Qi Pinghai did not do this, but instead dedicated the best spoils to Lu Changjing in accordance with the regulations of the court.

Naturally, Lu Changjing would not let him down. This time he went to the Lieyang Dynasty to exchange for various magical elixirs. He specially exchanged for a bottle of rejuvenation elixirs and gave three of them to Qi Pinghai.

Usually one is enough, and the remaining two are kept as spares in case of further injuries.

Looking at the rejuvenation pill in his hand, Qi Pinghai vaguely understood what was going on. He couldn't help but feel extremely grateful and knelt down in the direction of Bai Yujing to thank him.

With these three rejuvenation pills, he can fully recover his damaged Dantian and make further progress.

After sending Cao Wenzheng away, Qi Pinghai immediately stopped the army, found a quiet place, and started taking the Rejuvenation Pill.

An hour later, accompanied by a deafening roar, Qi Pinghai completely repaired the damaged Dantian. At the same time, he broke and stood again, directly breaking through the shackles and promoted to the tenth level of the Grand Master, which is the realm of the Grand Master.

After years of accumulation, he suddenly burst out. Although he had just made a breakthrough, Qi Pinghai not only achieved a breakthrough in his Qi refining cultivation, but also reached a Grand Master level in his God refining cultivation, and was close to a breakthrough in his body refining cultivation.

In one fell swoop, he has reached the top ten levels of Daning, and may even reach higher levels in the future.

Feeling the surging energy in his body, Qi Pinghai was extremely grateful. After stabilizing his cultivation level, he saluted Bai Yujing again.

Although a bottle of Soul-sensing Divine Liquid was once presented to Lu Changjing, which was worth far more than a thousand rejuvenation pills, in Qi Pinghai's opinion, the bottle of Soul-sensing Divine Liquid should be dedicated to Lu Changjing. It also belonged to His Majesty the Emperor, not to him.

After all, in Qi Pinghai's view, the reason why he was able to obtain the soul-sensing liquid was with the help of the Daning Dynasty's army. Without the help of the entire Pinghai Navy, he would not have been able to defeat the Ying Kou and obtain the soul-sensing liquid.

That's why Qi Pinghai was so grateful when Lu Changjing gave him three rejuvenation pills.

With the help of the Rejuvenation Pill, not only the damaged Dantian was repaired, but he was also able to take a step further and reach the Grand Master level.

This made Qi Pinghai even more grateful to Lu Changjing. The original grudges were gone, not to mention that those grudges basically came from the old emperor.

Even if something similar happens again in the future, Qi Pinghai will not complain to Lu Changjing.

After this breakthrough, Qi Pinghai's cultivation strength has increased several times, and he will be even more skillful when dealing with the Ying clan.

After receiving the news of Qi Pinghai's breakthrough, Lu Changjing felt relieved and could do other things with peace of mind.

Show girl observation period!

After more than two years of drafting, the draft that has swept the entire Daning Dynasty and even attracted the attention of surrounding countries has finally reached its final steps.

The Daning Dynasty's drafts often involve the entire country and are conducted through large-scale auditions.

The most important thing is character, family status is not important. Many noble concubines, concubines, and beauties... are all born in the draft.

The audition process is mainly divided into six steps, namely audition, preliminary selection, naked inspection, knowledge Q\u0026A, life style and other steps. It is simply much more stringent than the current beauty pageant.

This talent show covers the whole country. The contestants need to be around 18 years old, have good conduct, well-proportioned body, good looks, and be proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. There are 10,000 places, and the champion, second and third runner-up will be selected in the end.

First of all, prefectures, prefectures, and counties in various places will conduct local discussions and selections in advance, which is the so-called "audition selection."

Of course, even in the draft, there are still some unfair aspects. Those powerful local families still have many advantages over ordinary families, not only in terms of raising their daughters, but also in other aspects of human relations.

Although the palace is as deep as the sea upon entering, many people try their best to squeeze in in order to bring benefits to the family.

After the audition, the 10,000 contestants will go to Baiyujing with their parents to prepare for selection. During this period, all travel expenses, accommodation and food, etc. will be borne by the Ministry of Household Affairs, which is quite considerate and in place.

If you want special treatment, you need to pay for it yourself.

After arriving in the capital, there is the primary election. The primary election is conducted by the female officials in the palace, and some concubines and the like will also join in. The first is to eliminate all those whose appearance does not meet the standard based on their appearance.

This standard is set according to the number of girls participating in the show each year. Because there are more girls participating this year and their quality is extremely high, the worst appearance score can be around 95 points. Of course, this is the standard in the previous life.

Its strictness made Lu Changjing dumbfounded.

Among the 10,000 girls who passed the audition, the worst one had more than 80 points. In the previous life, if they were slightly dressed up, they would be stunning beauties, which would be chased by countless spirited young men.

As a result, they couldn't even pass the preliminary selection. After the preliminary selection, about 4,000 girls were eliminated, leaving only nearly 6,000.

These 6,000 entered the re-selection stage, and the requirements for the re-selection were higher. The re-selection officials would carefully observe the facial features, waist circumference, skin, shoulder width and other parts on the basis of the preliminary selection. Those with ugly eyes, hairy skin, and black moles on the face and hands would all be eliminated.

Even some who made the re-selection officers feel uncomfortable or slightly inappropriate would be eliminated directly. You can imagine how strict it is.

Lu Changjing took the time to secretly take a look, and even he felt that many of the eliminated girls were a pity. They were obviously very beautiful, but they were eliminated because of a little flaw.