"This... Forget it, Junior Brother will always know in the future, let me tell you a little bit about it first." After Li Zong hesitated for a while, he did not refuse.
"This school has always had a saying that one year is a small comparison, three years is a big one, and ten years is a trial. Among them, the small ratio is the business of each branch. It is just a test of the practice of the disciples and the mastery of magic secrets, and then according to In some cases, the elders will be awarded certain rewards. Although this kind of competition is not very beneficial, it is generally friendly. As for the three-year big competition, it is completely different. It is a real competition that all the spiritual disciples of the whole school will participate in. , Will determine one hundred core disciples of the whole sect, and their names will be inscribed on the Taiyin monument in the sect for all disciples to pay their respects. More importantly, these core disciples will receive special attention from the sect in the next three years. Cultivation, the higher the ranking, the more rewards you can receive. Of course, the results of the comprehensive test of Datong will directly determine the resources that each branch can occupy in the sect. It will attach great importance to it. As far as I know, the Jiuying line has been at the bottom of the big competition for more than ten years. As a result, the sect resources that you Jiuying have acquired have always been the least, but the more so , The more difficult it will be to stand up. And although this is a big comparison, although the spiritual master is presiding over it, how dangerous is the real battle between the spiritualists. It is also common to miss and hurt people in the competition, or even kill the opponent with the wrong hand. There is something. So this big comparison test is life and death, some people call it'blood challenge'." Li Zong said many things in one breath, and Liu Ming, who was listening, nodded repeatedly.
"Well, Xiaobi, things about Dajia are almost the same as the little brother knows. But what about the trial of life and death? This... little brother only hears people mention the name occasionally." Liu Ming asked again.
"The trial of life and death is not only about our Barbarian Ghost Sect, but a trial jointly organized by the five major sects of the Great Profound Kingdom. It also determines the strength of the sects and ultimately determines the ranking of the sects in the Great Profound Kingdom. A kind of trial. So this trial is cruel and fierce, far beyond what I expected for these disciples. If someone is injured or killed in the big competition, it only happens occasionally. Then in the trial of life and death, the disciples can come back alive However, it is often less than half, which is the real life and death line. For hundreds of years, this zong has always performed poorly in the trial of life and death, and often ranked last." Li Zong sighed.
"This trial of life and death is so dangerous, how to select the disciples who participate in the competition, ordinary disciples are not willing to take the initiative to participate." Liu Ming couldn't help taking a breath after listening.
"Hey, even though this trial of life and death is extremely dangerous, as long as you can come back alive, the benefits you can get are not what you and I can imagine. As far as I know, most of the uncles and uncles of all branches are now They are disciples who participated in the trial of life and death that year. Therefore, ordinary disciples are not eligible even if they want to participate. Those who can participate in this trial can only be the top ten core disciples on the Taiyin Tablet. And as long as they can get the top ten Any disciple will soar into the sky. In the remaining year, he will get the best training in the sect at any cost, so as to fight for greater benefits for the entire sect in the Great Profound Kingdom." Li Zong replied without thinking. .
"So that's the case, thank you, Senior Brother Li for your advice." After listening to Liu Ming, after a little thought, he immediately thanked him sincerely.
"Haha, it's nothing, I also met the younger brother very much. By the way, when you go to lead the sect for routine tasks, if you want to pick a better task, you might as well report my name at the time and give it to you secretly. Assigning a deacon to the task is a little good, and then it will be what you want." After Li Zong laughed, he squeezed his eyes at him again, which was quite humorous.
Liu Ming smiled and thanked the "Senior Li" again, and those who were no longer stranded joined the long queue.
At this time, in the lobby on the first floor, people came in and out from time to time, and the team moved forward very fast, and it was Liu Ming's turn soon.
In front of him was a middle-aged man wearing a deacon's costume but slightly bald.
But Liu Ming didn't have any spiritual stones to bribe the deacon in front of him. Naturally, he would not mention Li Zong's name. He just handed in the nameplate he had prepared and said honestly:
"I am a new beginner disciple, come to lead the sect's routine tasks."
"Oh, it turned out to be a new junior, let me see what tasks I can do now." The bald deacon was very kind, and after receiving the nameplate, he immediately started to look up a thick book next to him.
"Now the only ones that are suitable for new disciples are the firewood cutting in Tianzhu Peak and the farming in Nanling Valley. I don't know which one Junior Brother would like to choose?" After the bald deacon paused in his hands, he raised his head and asked.
"What, chopping wood and farming?" Liu Ming almost thought he had heard it wrong.
In his opinion, this so-called sect mission should mostly be a mission such as standing guard or patrolling the mountain, how could it be related to the two things that he heard in his ears!
"I know Junior Brother is a little bit confused, but after receiving the task, I will naturally know what's going on." The bald deacon was not surprised at this, but said with a hint of mystery on his face.
"Then choose farming." Liu Ming is still full of doubts, but he can only suppress the doubts in his heart and choose one of them.
In any case, he used to grow half an acre of miscellaneous grains in places like Xiaodao.
"Routine farming tasks must be completed within three days, otherwise it will be deemed a failure."
Hearing the words, the bald deacon picked up its nameplate, pressed it somewhere on the book, and said in an unusually familiar voice.
After Liu Ming took the nameplate and left the team confused, he remembered that he still didn't know where this so-called Nanling Valley was.
He wanted to go back and ask the deacon again, but saw that another disciple had already stood in front of him, and the elder in the line had risen again, and he couldn't help shaking his head.
But when he turned his gaze, he suddenly saw Li Zong still staying near the gate and hadn't left. His eyes lit up and he walked over.
"Junior Brother Bai, which routine task did you take. Don't feed spirit beasts. That's the most troublesome task!" Seeing Liu Ming coming over, Li Zong immediately greeted him.
"Brother Li, it's great that you haven't left yet. What I brought is not to feed the spirit beasts, but to farm. But the place where the farming is located in the South Spirit Valley, the younger brother still doesn't know."
"Farming! Well, this task is not too good, but not too bad. Nanling Valley, let’s go, I have a map of the clan that I drew in my early years, now it’s useless to keep it, so I just send it away. Give it to the younger brother." Li Zong thought for a moment, took out a map drawn from animal skins from his body, and threw it to Liu Ming.
"Thank you, brother, you are welcome. By the way, brother Li. What's the matter with this kind of field? Since there is bigu pill, does this sect still need ordinary food?" Liu Ming picked up the map and said to his heart. I was overjoyed, thanked him, and asked with some doubts.
"Hey, when I first heard about this sect mission back then, it looked like you. Don’t worry, once you get to this kind of field, you will naturally understand what’s going on, maybe you can still fall into it. Some good things." Li Zong laughed when he heard the words, but he didn't even answer his question directly.
Seeing this situation, Liu Ming naturally did not want to continue to question, and immediately after thanking the other party again, he said goodbye and left.
As soon as he walked outside the door, a small cloud of gray was condensed by Pin Jue's casting spell, and he flew away from the sky with his flying technique.
Following the instructions on the map he had just obtained, Liu Ming flew over several hills in a row, and finally landed in a small valley.
Not far in front of the place where he landed, there was a square field of acres, which was more than a hundred acres in size.
Some people wearing the costumes of inner disciples were waving pale silver hoes on this piece of field, as if they were busy with ordinary farmers.
When Liu Ming was staring, he suddenly heard a soft cough behind him.
Although the sound was not loud, there were no signs in advance, and Liu Ming immediately frightened Liu Ming and hurriedly turned his head back.
Behind him, there was a dark-skinned old man at some point. He bowed slightly, carrying a burnt yellow cigarette stick in his hand, and looked at him up and down expressionlessly.
"A new beginner disciple!"
"Yes, senior is?"
Although the other party was inconspicuous, but for some reason he gave Liu Ming an indescribable sense of depression, which made him involuntarily call himself a junior.
"Huh, how come those guys in the Deacon Hall send newbies like you here and treat me as a place. Forget it, you take this thing, and they will be responsible for one of them. You must take care of one of them within three days. Responsible for the field and hoeed it for me once. It was half a foot deep and there was not a single weed. If you can't finish it, get out of it right away, and don't let the old man see you again here in the future." The old farmer said coldly, and said with one hand. After touching his waist, he somehow took out a tall silver hoe, and threw it in front of Liu Ming.
This scene made Liu Ming stunned.
"Why don't you look at it, don't hurry to work! This is a storage talisman. You can't use it without a spiritualist or higher level." The old farmer said impatiently and then turned away regardless. As a result, A few steps later, a black cloud appeared under him, and he flew away into the dense forest nearby.
"Storage charm!"
At this time, Liu Ming didn't know that the other party was really a spiritualist, and after murmured a few moments, he leaned over and took the silver hoe on the ground in his hand, and dared not neglect to walk towards a nearby unmanned field.
This acre of land seems small, but it is covered with weeds as high as a foot, and it is packed with almost every inch of it.
After Liu Ming moved his hands and feet slightly, he raised the hoe with both hands, and fell down fiercely.