Like a maze in the royal forest!

  When they saw An Lin walking over, Dong Chen and the others involuntarily lowered their heads, silently praying to Buddha to protect them from trouble.

  Finally, An Lin stood in front of Tang Lin.

  At this, Dong Chen and others all breathed a sigh of relief, but Tang Lin suddenly inhaled, her eyes wide open, motionless staring at An Lin, and said: "This... eunuch," the other party was wearing a eunuch's uniform, should be a eunuch, "looking for me for something?"

  An Lin sized up Tang Lin and thought to herself, "Indeed a woman, the Emperor didn't misjudge, quite pretty too, just don't know if the Emperor likes this type of woman or not."

  Tang Lin was stared at until she felt her hair stand on end, and the other party didn't say a word, just staring at her with a pair of eyes. She would collapse even if she was calm, "Grandfather, why aren't you speaking?"

  An Lin came back to his senses and said lightly: "You just follow Ben Zongguan!" After that, he walked towards the camp.

  Tang Lin glanced around at her sisters, then followed An Lin's footsteps with some tension.

  Du Yuanyuan saw Tang Lin enter the emperor's tent, biting her lower lip, and a thread of jealousy sprouted in her eyes.

  Inside the tent

  The Holy Emperor sat on the tiger skin throne, in front of him was a command desk with the symbol of the Royal Forest, a rectangular frame filled with sand and wooden signs with the names of various mountains in the Royal Forest. In addition, there were two signal flares and a map of the Royal Forest.

  The Holy Emperor is discussing with Zhu Shangshu the venue for the first round of competition - the Royal Forest.

  An Lin lifted up the tent flap and entered, Tang Lin followed with her head bowed.

  Anlin walked up to the command desk and bowed slightly to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, I've selected someone for you!"

  "Got it!" The emperor casually responded with a sound, his gaze still on the map, not falling on An Lin and Tang Lin. "Zhu Ai Qie, I think in this place, we can..."

  So, Tang Lin stood behind An Lin like this, occasionally glancing at the watch in his hand and occasionally looking to see if the two had finished their discussion. After waiting for a full ten minutes, just as it was exactly one o'clock in the afternoon, Yu Sheng Jun and Zhu Shangshu's discussion came to an end.

  The Holy King picked up a signal flare from the table and handed it to An Lin, ordering: "The time has come, fire the signal flare, the first round of competition begins!"

  "Yes, sir!" After finishing speaking, An Lin took the signal flare from the Holy Lord's hand with both hands, then retreated a few steps before turning around and walking out of the camp. As soon as he walked out of the camp, he pulled out the plug of the signal flare, immediately, a blue flame rose into the air in a perfect arc, making a "whooshing" sound, and exploded in mid-air with a "boom", bursting into a beautiful blue light.

  At this time,

  Royal Forest Northern Entrance Point.

  Zhang Xiangyang and Yifeng, as well as Yitang and Yishuang, who were standing on a high platform about five or six meters high, saw the blue light in the sky above the forest and heard that "bang" sound. They all knew it was the starting signal.

  With a loud voice, he said to the tens of thousands of people standing on the vast flat ground in front of him: "All contestants listen up! You have two hours before sunset. Whoever can successfully bring a warrior from the Royal Forest to the finish line will be able to enter the next round. Don't underestimate the Royal Forest, it's bigger than five imperial palaces and is known as the forest maze. It's up to you how to adapt and stand out. Below, I declare that the competition... begins!"

  Immediately, the Imperial Guards around them struck up a deafening drumbeat that shook the heavens.

  As soon as the drumbeat stopped, a loud shout came from the front: "Depart!"

  "Ah——" Tens of thousands of people received the starting signal, and like going into battle, they all charged into the forest as if it were a battlefield, rushing towards the few entrances to the forest, shouting with ear-piercing cries that scared away large numbers of birds and beasts in the forest.

  Before long, there was not a single competitor left at the starting point, and no one could be seen at the entrance to the Royal Forest either. The voices of the competitors grew fainter and fainter as they moved further away from the starting point.

  Xiangyang Zhang gazed out at the endless forest in front of him, only to see a thick fog hovering above the treetops, casting a gloomy and silent shadow. As he looked on, he couldn't help but let out a sigh. "This year's competition is different from last year's, especially this round being held in the forest. The Royal Forest is like a huge maze, without a map to guide them, it's hard for these contestants to find their way out, not to mention bringing the warriors to the finish line on time!"

  Yi Feng nodded in agreement: "Yes, it's too difficult. There are no reference points in the forest, and once you enter, you can't get out. Moreover, these people don't know where we've arranged Wu Jiang."

  "Didn't we have a round of 'hide and seek' last year?" Yifeng asked the three, "I remember that last year's Imperial Guard selection competition had just as many participants, but over a thousand people passed the first round!"

  "A cold smile crossed his face: 'If we can get two hundred out before sunset today, that's good enough!'"

  Zhang Xiangyang said: "Because this year there is an anti-royal meeting and enemy countries have infiltrated, so the master himself set up a pass, and increased five more passes. The content of each pass is the same, which can be used to make things difficult for those rebels. If someone can stand out this year, that would be a strange thing!"

  Yi Feng gazed ahead at the forest, her eyebrows furrowed. "We all know what the 11th to 15th levels are like - they're extremely cruel. Even if we, the true Imperial Guards, were to challenge them, we would die without a place to be buried!"

  Yifeng said: "This time the game is intended to defeat the rebels, let's not worry too much, and look forward to the final result together!"

  ——

  East Entrance.

  Inside the Emperor's Camp

  "Your Majesty," An Lin stepped forward and said, "the competition has already begun!"

  "I understand!" The Holy Emperor responded with a nod, then ordered the two: "An Lin, Zhu Ai Qing, you may withdraw first!"

  "Yes!" The two of them respectfully said in unison and before leaving, they couldn't help but sneak a glance at Tang Lin.

  "Well, Your Majesty, I'll take my leave too," Tang Lin hastily said and turned around to walk away.

  "Your Majesty shouted and stopped her, 'You stay!'"

  "What?" Tang Lin was taken aback, slowly turning around to look over, but unfortunately, the Emperor's gaze was never on her. He was still observing the objects on the table and didn't forget to order Tang Lin, "I'm thirsty, pour me a cup of water!"

  "This..." Tang Lin furrowed her brow, somewhat embarrassed. She had come to watch the competition, but not to attend to the emperor.

  "Hmm?" The Holy Lord looked over with displeasure.

  Finally seeing his eyes, Tang Lin felt a little familiar, but there were so many people in the world that it was inevitable to have a few pairs of similar eyes, so she didn't think deeply about it. She smiled foolishly at Yu Shengjun, fearing he would get angry, and immediately responded: "Then I'll go take care of it!"

  The Holy Lord withdrew his gaze coldly and continued to observe the things on the command desk.

  Tang Lin blew a breath, walked to the corner where the tea was placed, and only dared to pat her chest with her back facing Yu Shengjun. She gave herself a slow breath, just now she was really scared to death, and she clearly felt the cold air around her.

  The emperor's aura is indeed powerful, a single eyebrow can make people tremble with fear.

  She poured a cup of water and Tang Lin brought it over, personally serving it to the Emperor, "Your Majesty, please drink some water!"

  The Holy Lord took it over, then sat down on the tiger skin throne. Just as he was about to drink, he looked at Tang Lin and said bluntly: "You look delicate and tender, I didn't expect you could also mix into this position in the Imperial Forest Army, what's your name?"

  "Oh...... I...... My name is Xiaotang!" Unable to think of a name, Tang Lin had no choice but to use her nickname.

  The Holy Lord didn't ask her anything else, took a sip of water, then put the cup on the table and leaned back in his tiger skin throne, narrowing his eyes.

  Tang Lin feared that he would fall asleep, and then she wouldn't be able to get permission to go find Han Xueyan and Cao Dan. She had a kind of intuition, if she didn't enter the forest, Han Xueyan would definitely not be able to come out. Taking advantage of the Emperor's eyes just closing, she hastily spoke up: "Your Majesty!"

  "Huh?!" Yu Sheng Jun sounded displeased, "Why so many words?"

  "Your Majesty, I... " The distance was too far, so Tang Lin walked a few steps closer, and now she stood beside the throne. She showed a flattering smile to the Emperor, and asked: "Your Majesty, can I be the prey of the contestants for once?"

  His Majesty said impatiently: "Speak clearly!"

  Tang Lin cleared his throat and continued, "Your Majesty, I also want to enter the forest to hide for a while, let those contestants find me, please grant me permission to enter the forest!"

  "Impossible," the Emperor sternly refused Tang Lin, "The warriors who went in all know the way out. Those who haven't gone in before will be completely trapped in the forest if they can't figure it out. You haven't been in before, don't try to show off! Once you go in, you won't come out again. I don't want to waste my energy going in to find you!"

  "Your Majesty," Tang Lin assured, "I will definitely be able to come out on time, and... absolutely the first one! I guarantee it to you!"

  "Are you sure?" Yu Sheng Jun came with interest, looking at his future empress with great interest, "Can you do it?"

  Tang Lin raised three fingers and swore: "It must be done! If I don't come out, then... I'll let the Emperor dispose of me as he pleases. I won't utter a word of complaint! Your Majesty, please, just let your Imperial Guard show off their prowess once?"

  "Show off your divine power?" Yu Sheng Jun heard this and burst out laughing, "I advise you to take back your boastful words, lest you lose to me in the end. I really will steam and boil you!"

  "Your Majesty!" But no matter how they tried to persuade him, the Emperor remained unmoved. Tang Lin was now openly frantic, her attitude implying that if the Emperor did not agree to let her enter the forest, she would die in front of him. "Will you just agree with me?"

  The emperor intentionally made things difficult for her and said, "I'll agree to your request, unless you can agree to do a few things for me!"

  Tang Lin's eyes lit up, "Really? Then Your Majesty, what are the things you want me to promise? Whether it's a hundred or a thousand, I'll agree!" As long as he can enter the imperial forest.