Preface: In life, you have a confidant, and you are fortunate in three lives.

Body:

"The master, the mind is incompetent, and the charm has fled. Nian knelt on the ground and begged the head Qinglu to punish him.

"The Dragon Commander and Shadow Twelve failed to live up to their master's favor and failed to capture the Charm in time. Please condemn the master. The dragon general and his subordinates also knelt down and begged Qinglu to punish him.

After Qinglu heard that the ghost was fleeing, he was resentful in his heart, and he wanted to open his mouth to scold, but seeing that Nian and the dragon general were so pious, they could only hold back their anger and said:

"The ghost has escaped, even if you are punished, you will not be able to recover such a loss, for today's plan, we must return to the Spirit Master Gate to discuss the countermeasure, it is the best policy. Rise up, all of you, and write down this mistake in my heart for the time being, and the next time I commit it, I will punish both crimes. ”

"Since then, I will definitely not disappoint the head of cultivation. Nian and the dragon will stand up and say in unison.

After that, Shadow Twelve made a promise.

"Now, everyone has gone back to the Golden Spirit Hall to discuss matters. ”

"Yes. ”

(Inside the Golden Spirit Palace)

"Everyone, what do you think of the results of the battle of extermination in recent days?"

Nian came out of the queue and said: "Boss, we have achieved results and sorrows in killing the Phantom Organization twice, but on the whole, we still have more defeats and fewer victories, and it is very critical. In fact, if you think about it carefully, the reason why we lose more and win less is that we have limited talents. At the moment, the only forces guarding the Spirit Master Gate are the four god generals, the dragon general leader and the Shadow Twelve, and then there are the eight protectors of the Spirit Master Gate. ”

"However, the four gods are the gods who take guarding the safety of the head of the house as their own responsibility, and they can't attack and kill. The eight protectors of the Spirit Master Gate have also lost three, and their combat effectiveness has been sharply reduced. ”

"Does anyone else have objections?"

"Master, the hall master said very well, without capable people and good people, the Spirit Master Gate will be in dire straits. Now, we have to recruit the best people. That's the fundamental. ”

"Hmm~ Nian and the dragon general said very thoroughly, from now on, each hall will post notices, recruit talents, establish a real sense of defense army, and guard the Lingshi Gate. ”

"Obey the orders of the master!" said everyone.

Not long ago, the Spirit Master Gate Gathering Factory (a place for the exchange of spirit masters) issued a new round of notices.

"The Spirit Master Gate sincerely invites talented people from all over the world to jointly guard the Spirit Master Gate. Only when the Spirit Master Gate is safe, can all Spirit Masters conduct peaceful transactions in the Spirit Master Gate, order will be orderly, and people's hearts will be stable. For this reason, the Spirit Master Gate needs good talents to resist foreign invasion together. ”

As soon as the notice was issued, many people gathered.

For a spirit master, if there is a chance to enter the spirit master door, he can carry out a further cultivation of spirit arts. This is the highest honor.

Many people see this as an opportunity. It has an aura of glory like climbing the peak of the highest honor.

The news spread quickly and quickly spread in the rivers and lakes.

Hu Dao, who possessed the assassin spirit sword and scorpion, learned the news on the way, and he came to the Spirit Master Gate day and night with the desire to serve in the Spirit Master Gate.

On the way here, a large number of people gathered at the Spirit Master Gate, most of them carrying swords, most of them to answer the recruitment.

When I came to the Lingshi Gate, under the Lingshi Gate Gathering Factory, the posting place of the notice was surrounded by water.

Hu Dao was crowded and couldn't get close to check, so he asked the person next to him, "This old brother, what is written on the notice?"

The person beside him said gently: "The Spirit Master Sect wants to recruit capable people and good people. ”

"Brother, do you know where to apply?"

"You don't need to apply, tomorrow, the main mind of the hall of the Spirit Master Gate Guardian Hall will come here to select. ”

"Then tomorrow will be the time when I enter the Spirit Master's Gate. Hu Dao jumped excitedly.

"Then I hope you and I don't become opponents. The man said.

"Brother is also here to apply?" Hu Dao asked, turning his face sideways.

The man didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

Hu Dao took a closer look at that person, he was dressed in red, his hair was tied without braids, his face was handsome, his eyebrows were deep, and he couldn't be beaten. Even more striking is the fact that he carries two swords on his shoulders. One is a black sword, and the other is a white sword.

"After talking for so long, you still don't know the little brother's name?" asked Hu Dao politely.

"The younger brother's surname is Ding, and the word Xincheng is Cheng, so my brother can directly call me Xincheng. The man replied.

"Since the selection competition will be held tomorrow, can the little brother take a walk with me around this huge Spirit Master Gate? ”

The man pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

The two walked and chatted all the way inside the Spirit Master's Gate.

In the gradual acquaintance, Hu Dao learned that Ding Xincheng, a native of Shandong, was orphaned since he was a child, and was raised by a Taoist priest, during which the Taoist priest taught him martial arts. Subsequently, the Taoist priest died, the Taoist temple gradually declined, and finally was reduced to his own by the landlord, Ding Xincheng had no choice but to go to the end of the world with a sword, and now, although he is only nineteen years old, but has been in the rivers and lakes for three years.

After listening to Ding Xincheng's life experience, Hu Dao sighed with emotion, "We are both fallen people at the end of the world, why should we have met each other." ”

Hu Dao told the young man: "I was originally a partial general of the capital general Rope Daotong, guarding the border passes, killing thieves, and defending the country, which can be described as a great achievement. Helplessly, the ropeway didn't look at the merits, only listened to the words of the whiskers, and promoted the people around him who did not contribute and only knew how to flatter him to important positions, and gave me only a small five-grade official. That's it, Suodaotong actually seduced my wife, and quietly told me that if I didn't offer my wife, the safety of my mother would not be guaranteed, and in desperation, I could only offer it, and then, when my mother knew about it, scolded me for being incompetent, and hanged herself that night. My mother had a strong personality, but I was saddened to do so. ”

"My mother passed away, my wife was occupied, and I had no intention of becoming famous in officialdom, so I took advantage of the moonlit night to kill Rope Daotong. Because it was secretly killed, I stayed at home for nearly a month, and no one found me, my heart became more and more relaxed, but one day, an officer and soldier suddenly came to the door, I knew that the matter had been revealed, so I fled, and later had a battle with the current spirit master Mendu Men Gu, although the battle that night, the purpose of each was different, but the battle was really happy. That's the opponent I've met in my lifetime, and it's one of my confidants. ”

At this time, the two of them stood at a restaurant.

"Xincheng, it's really my luck to meet a confidant and friend like you, it's better for you and me to drink and drink happily today. ”

"Thank you for the invitation, but the younger brother is not strong enough to drink, not to mention that he will participate in the recruitment tomorrow, as the saying goes: 'Drinking is wrong', if you miss the hour tomorrow, the gain outweighs the loss, it is better for us to replace the wine with tea, in this restaurant, take a break. ”

So the two entered the restaurant.

Hu Dao said: "My brother has two swords on his back, can he use two swords?"

Ding Xincheng replied: "If the double swords are used by ordinary people to wield, the younger brother has just learned some skins." ”

"It must be a modest word, otherwise I wouldn't have come here, no, the people who can come here are people who have a sense of their own strength, I'm afraid my brother is deeply hidden, and he wants to make a splash tomorrow and soar to the sky." ”

"The eldest brother smiled, how can he be virtuous, how can he be rewarded, this is to break his heart. ”

When Hu Dao heard this, he laughed and said, "Then you can hide it deeply, but tomorrow you can prove my prophecy." ”

So they raised the tea, and the two of them made a gesture and tasted their own tea.

"The color of this tea soup is translucent, which shows that its production process is excellent, and when you smell it, it is fragrant and honey, clear and long-lasting, fresh and pure. Hu Dao said.

"The eldest brother is right, not only that, but also that it is durable to bubble, tastes odorless, and is bitter but not astringent. Ding Xincheng added on the side.

"It's a bitter but not astringent. Hu Dao praised.

"I didn't expect my brother to also have some research on tea art. When I was in the capital, I often tasted tea, thinking that tea has morality, and that is this bitter but not astringent. ”

"What the eldest brother said, the younger brother also has a deep understanding, this life is only a few decades in the world, but a person has to go through 100,000 hardships and obstacles from birth to death, and the younger brother sometimes really feels that living in the world is a suffering. It's just that everyone treats suffering differently, either as a slave or as an opponent for the rest of their lives. In the world of the former, there is no word resistance, although his life is mediocre, but there are not too many real setbacks. The latter, on the other hand, has to face a deeper layer of repression. ”

"Because they are derailed from the norms of society as a whole, those who adhere to the latter can only be ridiculed, ridiculed, suppressed, and arrested······ This will divide two kinds of people, those who chase in the direction of fame and fortune in society, and those who still adhere to the norms of resistance. The former is often transformed into a suppressive force against the latter, resulting in the latter's survival scope only getting smaller and smaller. ”

However, I am still willing to be the latter of the latter, because I have nothing, and I don't have to be tied to external objects, I just want the body to truly belong to itself, to figure out what the morality I am pursuing, just like this tea, drink the bitter taste of life, and then take a sip, I want to explore where my destiny goes, I want to know if I still have something to love in this chaotic world. ”

Hu Dao listened carefully to Ding Xincheng's words, and unconsciously felt touched, and said frankly:

"It is true in life, some people are willing to perish, and some people are willing to seek. But what we have to say is that life is a war without cigarettes, and what we can obviously pursue may not be available in our lifetime, so ridicule from the outside world is inevitable, but is it really meaningless? Of course it's wrong, at least, we've tried. ”

"Life is long, and to say that you have no regrets is a lie. In the depths of our memories that we recall every second, we are sensitive to the wrongdoings and embarrassments we have committed. But on the other hand, if you think about it carefully, if there is no mistake back then, how can you see the world clearly today. No one in this world is not growing, and no one is not maturing day by day, in other words, everyone will always have a masterful growth after experiencing the rights and wrongs, grievances and grievances of the human world. ”

In fact, if you say the truth once, you will understand it, but even if you say it hundreds of times, you don't have the profundity and understanding that you can experience it personally. We often ignore many things, thinking that they are far away from us and that there is no need to worry about them, just as I did not expect that I would become a wanted criminal in the court, and I could not foresee what my future would be. ”

"Joy and sorrow, in my opinion, always appear in each other, there is sorrow and joy, this is the eternal principle. In fact, I am tired of this world, and I came to the Spirit Master Gate just to find a place to live, and the so-called pursuit, the so-called perseverance, have been decayed and withered in my heart. If I hadn't met you today, I'm afraid that in the future, I would have become a control agent of someone else's thoughts. ”

"I've heard people say that some people can inadvertently influence the choices of another life, and at first I didn't believe it, thinking that one person's power is really too small to have such a big impact. Today, however, I am deeply convinced of this statement. ”

Ding Xincheng arched his hand and replied:

"If there is a person who has really benefited a lot, it should be me, the ancients: 'Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years.'" 'The words of the eldest brother are strong through the back of the paper, and the younger brother is very admirable. It was the words of the eldest brother that woke me up who was still confused in my heart, thinking of this world, at this moment, I met a confidant like the eldest brother, which was really the kindness of the previous life. I only hope that tomorrow we can enter the spiritual master gate together. ”

"Me too, I really didn't expect to be able to make friends like you here, and they all said: 'Life is in the world, and confidants are rare. If you meet, you hate to see each other late. That's exactly what I'm thinking right now. ”

Hu Dao and Ding Xincheng were like-minded and chatted until late at night.

On the second day, early in the morning, the two got up early in the morning, met at the gate of the pavilion, and both smiled: "You and I are both eager people." ”

Subsequently, the two went to the Lingshimen Factory together.

Although I got up early, the factory was already full of all kinds of people, who sat in the middle of the factory, leaving a place for the middle to compete. Some are talking, some are wiping swords. Some have smiling expressions, and some have solemn and solemn expressions.

Hu Dao and Ding Xincheng found a place in the crowd of Dachang and sat down.

Half an hour later, the first protector of the Spirit Master Gate, recited, entered the center of the factory, saluted and said:

"Youlao, all of you have come to participate in the recruitment of the Spiritual Master Sect to select capable people and good people. Thank you for your trust and care for the Spiritual Master, and I am grateful to the Spiritual Master. ”

"The Spirit Master Gate is a holy place for the Spirit Master to be trampled on, and we should be invited, although we may not be elected, but our determination to firmly support the Spirit Master Gate will never change!" someone shouted from the crowd.

As soon as the words fell, everyone responded in unison.

After that, Nin announced the start of the audition.

The first object of recruitment is the candidate for the second door of the Spirit Master Gate Guardian Hall, the third door of the Jing Gate, and the seventh door of the door.