The rules of the apprentice selection competition are somewhat similar to the points system, with 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss. Each group will compete in a round-robin manner, and the highest ranking will enter the final.
Generally speaking, in the preliminary rounds a few days ago, martial arts masters like Liu Hanzhou would not appear, they only appeared in the final round. That is to say, only when monks enter the finals, will they have the opportunity to show their face in front of the elders and sect masters and become their direct disciples. Of course, it's another story for someone like Liu Meng'er who has made a default decision.
Although Xiang Han didn't need to be there, but... After all, it was about Chen Shuze, so he decided to take a peek. However, since Chen Shuze's eyes are too poisonous, he can see through his disguise at a glance, so he decided to cover it up with fashion.
However, after opening the fashion interface, he was dumbfounded for a moment, and then he was lying in his heart.
"Why are these fashions so demonic?" He asked with some headaches.
"Didn't you say you wanted Wan Yao's? We specifically emphasized to the game party that all the costumes copied are gorgeous and cool cats, dogs, foxes, and rabbits." Big A replied seriously.
"Do you think cats and dogs are cool?" Xiang Han also asked seriously.
Big A: "Uh... isn't there a Phoenix too?"
Xiang Han ignored him, and picked out a set of white and unobtrusive ones, but just after clicking the button to change the outfit, there was a 'swish' sound, and the big silver wings almost broke the room, and there were cool clothes wrapped around his wrists. streamer.
Xiang Han Sensen felt his stomach ache, and after changing another set, the nine fluffy tails immediately dangled behind him, and there were two cute ears on his head. To make matters worse, all the arms and legs were exposed, and the image of aloofness was instantly destroyed.
"Is this women's fashion?" Xiang Han's stomach hurts and his whole body hurts.
"Cough, there are more female players in Wan Yao, they probably misunderstood." Big A said embarrassingly.
"Forget it, forget it, I'll look for it again and see if I can make it up." After searching for a long time, Xiang Han finally found a set of Zhengtai fashion, and then went out with a very cute face.
However, within three seconds, he ran back to his residence, and someone behind him chased and shouted: "Bold cat monster, how dare you trespass on my Qingxuan gate!"
Drenched in sweat, Xiang Leng closed the door with a bang, quickly changed back into his clothes, then opened the door again, and asked coldly, "What's the noise?"
The inner disciple who drew his sword and rushed over was dumbfounded for a moment. He didn't expect that he would rush to Elder Liu, and he hesitated for a while before saying, "Elder Liu, a cat, a cat demon broke into your yard just now..."
The corner of Xiang Han's mouth twitched slightly, and then he said with a fake smile: "Cat demon, I have already killed you, you have worked hard, go back."
"Yes, yes, elder." The inner disciple hurriedly withdrew his sword, but because he was too nervous, he did not insert it back twice, and finally just held the sword and left embarrassingly.
When he left, Xiang Han immediately yelled in his mind: "How can there be a monster in fashion?"
"Cough... this..." Big A didn't expect this to happen, and after thinking for a while, he said, "The fashion of "Xiandao" can change the appearance, increase skills and attributes, and naturally change the breath. This... Wan Yao's Fashion is all monster attributes, it is inevitable that this will happen, normal, normal... "
Normal shit! There was a black line in Xiang Han, so he didn't pretend at all, and just went to the competition site.
Chen Shuze's cultivation was only at the fifth level of qi refining, and it was really not enough to be placed among a group of monks at the sixth level of qi refining. But he had traveled with Chu Ming before, encountered many dangers, and escaped from death no less than ten times. Therefore, in terms of actual combat, he is quite skilled.
If the cultivation base is much worse, the advantage of fighting skills may not be obvious. But if there is not much difference in cultivation, the advantages of skills are very obvious. For example, now, Chen Shuze is competing with an inner disciple of the seventh level of Qi Refining. This person was obviously a little careless when he first came on the field. After several attacks were easily avoided by Chen Shuze, his heart gradually became impetuous.
Chen Shuze had been observing carefully, and when he saw that he showed a flaw, he immediately seized the right time, and immediately made a sword move, defeating him in one move.
Until he fell from the stage, the monk at the seventh level of Qi Refining couldn't believe that he had lost to a monk at the fifth level of Qi Refining. In particular, this person is still a good-for-nothing.
Chen Shuze also couldn't believe it. He looked down at his right hand holding the sword, and his heart gradually became agitated. He just... defeated a Qi-refining seventh-level monk? It is said that Liu Meng'er is also at the seventh level of Qi Refining. Does this mean that he has a great possibility of succeeding in apprenticeship
On the first day of the preliminary competition, there were many people watching from time to time. When Chen Shuze raised his head, he saw the familiar figure in the distance at a glance.
It's Senior Liu!
There was joy in Chen Shuze's eyes again. Seeing the other party turning around and about to leave, he subconsciously chased after him.
"Senior, senior." When he was chasing him, he didn't think too much, but when he got there, he suddenly felt embarrassed again, not knowing what to say.
Xiang Han turned around slowly, still asking coldly, "What's the matter?"
Chen Shuze was a little nervous, and racked his brains to hold back a sentence: "Senior, I just won two games in a row."
Xiang Han froze for a moment, then held back a smile until his face cramped. The admiral in this life is really silly and cute.
He held back for a long while before he forced an 'oh' and said calmly, "Not bad."
Chen Shuze immediately showed joy, and then couldn't help asking: "Senior, you, are you here to see me for a competition?"
"Well, so you have to work hard." Anyway, he was seen, and Xiang Han no longer concealed it, and simply admitted it generously.
"Really, really?" When Chen Shuze heard this, his excited hand almost lost his grip on the sword, and he stuttered a little.
Xiang Han nodded amusedly, Chen Shuze's face flushed with excitement, and immediately assured him: "Don't worry, senior, I will definitely work hard."
"Yeah." Xiang Han left satisfied, and when he returned to his residence, he immediately rolled around on the bed twice, smiling, and then thought with a smile: Chen Shuze is really cute and obedient, if only he could be so obedient forever.
With Xiang Han's encouragement, Chen Shuze became more and more courageous as he fought. Except for encountering the monks on the ninth and tenth floors of Qi refining, he was not defeated very much, and successfully entered the finals.
Chu Ming's mood is a bit complicated, obviously he is the protagonist in the book, but Chen Shuze... dog blood background + superior aptitude buried + leapfrog challenge and won, this is clearly the treatment of the protagonist, right
But he quickly comforted himself, it doesn't matter, in cultivation novels, all family background and aptitude are false, luck and chance are the key to counterattack. He is a person who has obtained the ancient inheritance, and his future achievements will definitely not be worse than Chen Shuze.
After the preliminary round, there will be a three-day rest before the final round. For the past three days, Chen Shuze has been studying tactics in the room.
The preliminary competition is a big wave washing the sand. If you are lucky, you may meet some drug-addicted monks, that is, people with high cultivation bases but not very good in actual combat. But in the finals, there were almost no such opportunities, and everyone played based on their strength.
When Chen Shuze didn't have a competition, he would observe other people's competitions, and then replay them in his mind over and over again, assuming that the opponent was himself, how to deal with it. After all, it is difficult to improve such things as cultivation in a short period of time, and only experience and skills can be relied on at the moment.
Xiang Han couldn't help much, so he could only give him some pills, and by the way, save the game clips recorded by the system with spells, and also gave them to the other party.
After Chen Shuze received it, he was naturally very excited, and felt that Xiang Han's kindness to him was as great as a mountain. The so-called "a teacher for one day and a father for life", he must be filial to his master in the future.
Cough, although Chen Shuze hasn't apprenticed yet, Chen Shuze has already quietly called in his heart.
Besides Chen Shuze, Xiang Han also sent Liu Menger a video for her to study carefully, especially Chu Ming's competition. Although I don't expect her to win, don't lose too badly like in the original text, and use the magic weapon in violation of the regulations, which will lead to her expulsion.
On the day of the big competition, everyone gathered in the square early, and it was very lively.
After a while, the eight principals came with their swords and stood on both sides. Immediately afterwards, several elders came one after another, and Xiang Han was naturally the last one.
When Elder Gu saw it, his tone was a bit cloudy, and he asked, "Why is Elder Liu so late today? I heard that you came to watch early a few days ago. Could it be that you are delaying because of a small fire for someone?"
"Elder Gu was joking." Xiang Han didn't bother to argue with him, after all, this guy was just a stepping stone for the hero, and his fate was not much better than him.
Elder Gu snorted softly and didn't speak again.
Chen Shuze only saw Xiang Han smiling and saying something to Elder Gu, and was a little distracted for a moment. This was the first time he saw the other party smiling, and it was still so good-looking, like seeing the moon through the clouds, which brightened his whole heart.
But soon, he couldn't help being disappointed again, thinking a little enviously: If one day, he could stand side by side with the other party, how great it would be.
Like Chen Shuze, Chu Ming was also looking at Xiang Han, but his mood was completely opposite. In his eyes, the Liu family are all snobby people, and this Liu Hanzhou is even more villainous. Today, he must expose the true colors of this family.
As the elders took their positions, the head of the sect soon arrived. After saying a few words, he signaled the steward to start.
There is no distinction between life and death in the selection of apprentices, so the point is over. If there is too much difference in strength, it will usually end with a stick of incense. But if the strength is similar, and they are all bloody and resistant to fighting, it is common to fight for three days and two nights.
The bosses have been bigu for a long time, and it will not be a problem to sit here for two or three years. But the disciples at the bottom had a harder time, and could only rely on Bigu Pill, Buqi Pill, etc. to support them.
Chen Shuze had the elixir presented to Han, and he was full of energy throughout the whole process. But Chu Ming, to be honest, he is still relatively short of money.
Seeing that Chu Ming hadn't eaten or drank for several days, Chen Shuze hesitated for a moment, and gave him two pills. He was very reluctant to give it away. If it was something else, no matter how precious it was, he would be willing to give it away, but this elixir was given by Senior Liu, so he himself was not willing to eat it.
Chu Ming was a little surprised, and asked curiously, "Where did it come from?"
"Eat yours, why do you ask so many questions?" Chen Shuze turned his head and closed his eyes hard, as if he would regret it if he took another look.
Chu Ming squeezed the elixir into his mouth quickly, and swallowed while thinking: Chen Shuze is worthy of being the protagonist's good friend and golden finger. In this case, there is also an elixir. Speaking of which, it was thanks to the other party that he got the opportunity before.
As time went by, Chen Shuze had already competed seven times, but he lost more than he won. If he still loses in the next match, he will be eliminated completely, and there will be almost no chance to face Liu Menger again.
At this moment, he couldn't help but think that it would be great if Liu Menger lost this round. If she loses, she will compete with herself in the next match. But as soon as the idea came up, it was drowned in shame.
The competition tests a person's cultivation base, ability, and character. If success is placed on the success of others, the mentality will be the first to lose. If the senior knew that he thought so, he would definitely be unhappy.
At this time, in Chen Shuze's mind, Xiang Han seemed to be an admirable senior with good character and profound cultivation.
The final was played in two games at the same time. Just as Chen Shuze was thinking wildly, Liu Menger had already won, and her next opponent was Chu Ming.
As for Chen Shuze, it's time for him to play, and his opponent is a senior who is at the tenth level of Qi Refining.
"Brother Zhao, please give me your advice." Chen Shuze looked respectful and serious.
Zhao Jiuyang actually admired him somewhat, but he sighed slightly in his heart. After all, Chen Shuze is a pseudo-spiritual root, and he can hardly build a foundation, even if he reaches the finals, it is useless, which is a pity.
However, appreciation is appreciation, and Zhao Jiuyang did not show any mercy when it came to the real duel. The sword strokes of the two met with the light of the sword, and they passed the strokes in an instant.
Zhao Jiuyang admired him even more in his heart, and he simply restrained his momentum, and only competed with him with simple sword moves. Chen Shuze didn't want to take advantage, and when he saw this, he no longer practiced martial arts, and only used moves to fight each other.
The two of you come and go, and after hundreds of moves in a row, there is still no winner.
He and Liu Meng'er were on stage at the same time, and Xiang Han didn't know which side to look at for a moment, seeing that the two could not tell the winner for the time being, he shifted his gaze to Liu Meng'er with confidence. If there is no accident, Liu Menger's side will end sooner.
Sure enough, Chu Ming wanted to defeat Liu Meng'er with three moves, and the first move was ruthless. Liu Menger's cultivation base is not as good as his, and his combat experience is not as rich as his. Naturally, she is not an opponent. Fortunately, she has studied Chu Ming's moves recently, and finally took it reluctantly.
But Chu Ming didn't give her a chance to breathe. With the luck of raising the sword, the ultimate move came soon. Liu Meng'er didn't have time to react, she just stood on the spot blankly, but fortunately, Xiang Han did the trick in time to activate the talisman paper on her body.
This talisman is called the Golden Light Talisman, which belongs to the defensive talisman and has no offensive nature. But when used, it will emit thousands of golden lights, which are very dazzling. While defending, it can also create opportunities for escape. However, Xiang Han moved his hands and feet in the talisman, so that when it was induced, it released a huge power, shocking the audience.
Suddenly, Chu Ming felt a burst of coercion from the Golden Core cultivator, and his mind was moved. He mistakenly thought that Liu Menger had used some kind of magic weapon, so he tried his best to use the move without thinking too much, but he didn't realize until after the move, that he actually used a move that only a monk in the Foundation Establishment Stage could use.
But since the moves had already been released, it was too late to take them back. He stood there for a moment, and after a while, he suddenly took the lead and accused Liu Menger: "You used the magic weapon of the Golden Core cultivator."
Liu Meng'er was also shocked by this turn of events, and immediately shook her head upon hearing this: "I didn't..."
But the steward next to her directly interrupted her, and asked in a deep voice: "Liu Meng'er, do you have any magic weapons or talismans that someone gave you?"
Liu Meng'er instantly remembered the talisman Xiang Han gave her, and she couldn't help being stunned, but quickly argued: "I only have the talisman on me, and I haven't used it..."
Seeing her confession, Chu Ming breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but feel complacent. The steward looked clear, and turned around before she finished speaking, intending to report to the higher authorities.
But before he had time to speak, Xiang Han said in a deep voice: "She has a golden light talisman from me on her body, it only has defensive ability, and she will activate it spontaneously when her life is in danger."
The implication is that Chu Ming wanted to kill Liu Meng'er, which violated the rule of 'point to end'. As for Liu Meng'er, it was an automatic defense by talismans, a life-saving move, not an exaggeration.
The fine golden light talisman could indeed be activated spontaneously, and judging from the situation of the activation, it was indeed a golden light talisman.
Seeing the change in the situation, Chu Ming couldn't help asking: "You are in the same family, so you will naturally protect them. If it's just a defensive talisman, why do you feel a strong coercion here?"
Xiang Han glanced at him, and said playfully, "I poured some coercion into the talisman for deterrence, but this little friend, your move just now... seems to have to be used in the foundation building stage."
After saying this, he used his peripheral vision to pay attention to Chen Shuze's situation. The contest between Chen Shuze and Zhao Jiuyang was coming to an end at this time, but no one paid attention, because everyone's eyes were attracted by Liu Menger's misfortune.
In the end, Chen Shuze tried his best, but the result was still regrettable. This is not surprising, Zhao Jiuyang is only one step away from building the foundation, even if it is a single combination of moves and skills, he is much better than Chen Shuze.
Although Chen Shuze was depressed, he couldn't help cheering up when he thought that he still had a chance to challenge. If Liu Menger can beat Chu Ming, she can enter the top ten smoothly. Even if she doesn't win this game, if she wins the next game, she can also enter the top ten. According to the rules, the top 20 monks in the finals can challenge the top 10 monks once to get the qualification to continue the competition.
Therefore, when the steward asked Chen Shuze who he wanted to challenge, he said without thinking, "Senior Sister Liu."
Chu Ming was breaking out in a cold sweat from Xiang Han's words, and when he heard the words of a good friend, he was so angry that his nose almost crooked again. Chen Shuze What does this mean? Think he lost? Whose side is he on
Liu Meng'er was also very surprised, she was about to be expelled, why would someone still challenge her
Chen Shuze was too selfless in the fight with Zhao Jiuyang just now, and didn't notice anything other than the coercion. Seeing Chu Ming and Liu Menger stalemate on the field, he couldn't help asking the steward: "What's wrong? Who won?"
The steward didn't know how to deal with this matter, so he just said, "Liu Meng'er's situation is uncertain, if you want to challenge, you should choose someone else."
Unexpectedly, Chen Shuze shook his head immediately after hearing this, and said in an extremely firm tone: "No, I only challenge Senior Sister Liu."
Liu Meng'er had a bitter look on his face, while Chu Ming's face turned blue, thinking that Chen Shuze was sure that he would lose. No, now it's not a question of whether to lose or not, but... who will be removed.
Chu Ming didn't want to be expelled. Although he was familiar with the plot and knew that Qingxuanmen was also famous in the lower realm, it was not enough to put it in the upper realm. He actually doesn't like Qingxuanmen, but in the lower realm, he has to face the fact that the aura is mixed and resources are scarce.
Although he had already found the mysterious cave mentioned in the book with the help of Chen Shuze, and obtained the inheritance of the ancient sword cultivator, reshaped the spiritual root and became the sword body. But among the rare treasures left by ancient sword cultivators, there are too few that are suitable for use in the foundation building period. The resources that the Chu family can provide are limited, and becoming the direct disciple of the elder or head of the Qingxuan sect is obviously of great help to Chu Ming at this time. After all, although mosquito legs are small, they are also meat.
Seeing that Chen Shuze's results had come out, Xiang Han withdrew his gaze and continued to ask Chu Ming, "What? You have nothing to say?"
"I, I..." Chu Ming was sweating in a hurry.
At this time, if you admit that you are a monk in the foundation period, you will admit that you have violated the rules and will be expelled. But if you don't admit it, you will tacitly use the magic weapon of a monk in the foundation establishment period, which is still against the rules and will still be expelled. Even if it can be proved that Liu Menger's golden light talisman was not triggered spontaneously, at most the two of them were expelled together, and they couldn't save themselves.
No, if admitted, there may be another result. After five years of foundation building, the word "genius" can no longer be described in the lower realms, so he did not believe that Qingxuanmen would not be tempted.
Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and admitted directly: "Yes, I have indeed established the foundation."
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar at the scene, and Chen Shuze was a little stunned.
Has Chu Ming built a foundation? But why did he hide it from himself? Aren't they good brothers who are friends at life and death
Thinking of his lack of aptitude and feeling that Chu Ming would have a better future in cultivation, so he gave good pills and spirit herbs to him, he suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
Most of the things he gave were useless to the monks in the foundation building period, but they were very much needed by the monks in the Qi refining period. Chu Ming basically didn't need these things, but in order to conceal the fact that the foundation had already been established, he still accepted them.
Chen Shuze had mixed feelings in his heart, and suddenly felt that he had always regarded the other party as a good brother, but the other party... didn't seem to care much about him as a brother.
Chu Ming didn't know Chen Shuze's reaction, he only cared about the reaction of the people above him, and after admitting it, he immediately said: "But when I participated in the Qi refining group competition, I kept suppressing my cultivation, and I never competed with them with the strength of the foundation building stage .”
Xiang Han couldn't help laughing, and asked, "Who can prove it?"
Except for him, none of the other big bosses in the faction had watched the preliminaries, so did Chu Ming say no
However, building a foundation in five years, this qualification really makes some people tempted, such as Elder Gu.
After listening to Xiang Han's words, he immediately opened his mouth and said in a neutral manner: "Why is Elder Liu so aggressive? But this little friend below, since you would rather suppress the cultivation base competition than take advantage of it, why don't you just participate in the foundation building?" Group competition?"
Chu Ming was waiting for this sentence. Hearing this, he immediately looked at Liu Meng'er, and said with a sarcasm, "Because I want to defeat her with the same level of cultivation, I want to prove myself, and let the Liu family understand the truth of not bullying young people and being poor." .”
Liu Meng'er was dumbfounded, with a blank expression on her face, and couldn't help asking: "What does this have to do with my family? Excuse me... have I offended you before?"
Chu Ming was so angry that he almost vomited blood. How dare he be humiliated for so long, people actually forgot who he is
"Miss Liu, you don't even remember your ex-fiancé." He asked sarcastically.
Liu Menger suddenly understood, pointed at him and said in surprise, "So it's you? Why does this name sound so familiar to me..."
Chu Ming almost vomited blood again, but Liu Meng'er couldn't be blamed for this, she didn't know about this marriage contract at first, and when she found out, the spirit root of the original owner had already been abolished. It didn't take long from knowing the engagement to retiring the engagement, and it's not uncommon for me to forget the other party's name after five years.
But Chu Ming obviously felt that he had been greatly insulted. Elder Gu also chuckled, looked at Xiang Han and said, "It turns out that there is still this entanglement in the middle, so I can't blame little friend Chu. Elder Liu, if you want me to say, this matter is still Your Liu family is unrighteous first."
Chen Shuze couldn't help frowning when he heard this. When he heard Chu Ming talk about this before, he felt that he was not worth it. But now, he didn't know whether it was affected by what happened just now, or because of Xiang Han's injustice, he suddenly felt that Chu Ming had gone too far.
The marriage was originally based on interests, and there was no emotional basis, so why be so aggressive? He also had a marriage contract with Xiao Yue, but when he learned that the other party didn't like him, didn't he let it go? Moreover, I heard that when Liu Meng'er broke off the engagement, she sent a lot of pills and medicinal materials to express her apology. However, Chu Ming felt that it was insulting him.