Chapter Twenty-Four: The Two Senior Brothers (Three Watches)

On the secluded path of Cangji Mountain, Gao Yi and Tang Jian led Lin Ling forward slowly, and the faint starlight made them not lose sight of the road under their feet.

"Senior brother, I heard that you are the only disciple recruited by the ten-year trial this year, and you have also reached an incredible level of more than six hundred! Gao Yi smiled heartily and looked at Lin Ling with satisfaction.

"No, no, don't you say that the head of the house still has the effect of the Gong Yunluo life and death talisman in ......it? More than 300 floors. Tang Jian shook his head like a rattle, looking very unconvinced.

Lin Ling's mind had just calmed down, he thought about it carefully, and said seriously: "This trial is once in ten years, and the two senior brothers are my direct senior brothers. Could it be that ten years ago, it was the two of you who tried to get started?"

"Yes, the junior brother is really perceptive, and I am very happy to know about it. The more Gao Yi looked at this junior brother, the more satisfied he became, not only did he not panic, but he also had excellent understanding.

Tang Jian shook his head and said, "I only guessed that these are still a little different from me." You must know that the trial ten years ago was only for the top three, and there was also a junior disciple who was deprived of the qualification of a disciple of the Cangji Sect because he failed the internal assessment some time ago, so there were only the two of us left. ”

Lin Ling couldn't help but gasp and said, "This peripheral disciple, do you still want to be assessed and eliminated?"

"The Cangji Party has extremely high requirements for its disciples, especially for cultivation. Peripheral disciples are assessed once every ten years, ordinary disciples are assessed once every five years, and inner disciples are assessed once a year, and only core disciples can be exempted from the assessment. If the outer disciples fail to pass the assessment, they will be demoted to the mountain; if the ordinary disciples fail to pass the assessment, they will no longer be able to accept the tasks of the sect within five years, and can only practice in the mountains; if the inner disciples fail to pass the assessment, they will be demoted to ordinary disciples and wait for the next ordinary disciple assessment. Gao Yi patiently explained.

Lin Ling was puzzled: "Then after so many years, why are there only three of our outer disciples and the other senior brothers?"

Tang Jian smiled and said, "You don't understand this." There are only three places for peripheral disciples, and after so many years, only me and Senior Brother I have passed the assessment, so we stayed. Do you have to wonder why only one person is accepted for this 10-year trial? That is to say, Senior Brother and I are the two most powerful people in the history of the outer disciples!"

"Don't you say it, do you remember the record of more than 400 layers? That was set by your second senior brother Tang Jian, but now it has been broken by you. Gao Yi said with a smile.

"What's more than four hundred, it's four hundred and nineteen layers! And they all said that they want to discount in half, and the junior brother only has more than three hundred layers!" Tang Jian showed a trace of dissatisfaction.

Lin Ling said in his heart: Ten years ago, that is to say, when they went on the road of forgetfulness, they were even younger than themselves! I was fourteen years old this year, and ten years ago, the senior brother was thirteen years old, and the second senior brother was even eleven years old! Lin Ling thought about it carefully, he was extremely frightened, such a genius was actually on this Cangji Mountain, and he was only a peripheral disciple! If he wanted to become a core disciple, how difficult would it be to learn the Dragon Venerable Technique?

"Then, what is the content of our assessment?" Lin Ling pricked up his ears, although he was determined to become a core disciple, but in the face of such an assessment, Lin Ling's heart was unconfident.

"We don't know much about the assessment of ordinary disciples, but the assessment of our peripheral disciples is naturally a cultivation assessment, plus a skill assessment. Gao Yi explained.

"What is a skill assessment?" Lin Ling was puzzled.

"The outer disciples are already weak, so in order to ensure that the outer disciples leave the Cang Scar Sect one day, they will have a skill to be able to live outside, and the peripheral disciples will add a skill assessment. There are basically no restrictions on the assessment of this skill, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, iron, alchemy and even hunting and fishing, can become one of the skills assessed. Therefore, when we study and practice diligently, we must have a skill that we are good at. ”

"How do we learn this skill? Do we learn it ourselves?"

"You don't have to worry about this, junior brother. This huge Scars Sect always needs some fireworks in the world, so there are some highly skilled people in this Scars Sect who are responsible for these things, from food, clothing, housing and transportation, to sword casting arrays, all of which are responsible for masters. Luckily, these masters live in the same area as our outer disciples. We can always ask for advice and learn from them, but whether they are willing to teach you or not depends on your fate with them. Gao Yi said with a smile.

Sword casting, alchemy, and arraying?! Lin Ling became more and more curious about this peripheral disciple.

"Yes, these are the treatments that only our outer disciples have. Those ordinary disciples, the masters don't want to see them. Tang Jian's face showed a hint of smugness again.

"But when the time comes, don't get so caught up in the craft that you forget about the practice itself. The original junior brother was too obsessed with casting, which delayed his cultivation, and he was deprived of the qualification of the Cangji Sect half a year ago. Gao Yi's face showed a hint of loneliness.

"Then I don't know what skills the two senior brothers have chosen?" Lin Ling's curiosity was aroused.

Gao Yi shook his head and smiled: "Game!"

Tang Swordsman pulled the bow posture and said proudly: "Hunting!"

"Actually, it's best if this skill has something to do with your own talent and interests, so that it can also be beneficial to your practice, otherwise it will be half-heartedly ruined in your practice. Gao Yi led Lin Ling to turn a road, looked at the scattered bricks and tiles not far away, and smiled knowingly: "It's here." ”

Not far away, the stream is murmuring, the green grass is fragrant, several houses are scattered on the edge of the stream, and the waterwheel rolls slowly, adding a fireworks atmosphere to the quiet world.

There is a thatched house in the middle, and there is still a faint candle flame.

"That's our Master's house, and I'll take you to see Master. Gao Yi patted Lin Ling's head, showing affection.

"Oh! That's right!" Tang Jian smiled helplessly, "Little junior brother, do you know the difference in the color of our Cangji Sect's coat?"

Lin Ling nodded and said, "I've heard some from Senior Brother Yi Chong. ”

"Then I'll tell you more about it. Tang Jian said eloquently, "The color of the Cangji faction's coat is 'red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple', from high to low. Purple represents ordinary disciples, blue represents inner disciples, cyan represents the generation of senior uncles and uncles, and disciples with higher seniority, green represents core disciples, whose status is higher than that of ordinary uncles, yellow represents the color of the two first seats of Shiquan Peak and Five Star Peak, and orange represents the color of the head of our sect. As for our peripheral disciples, we wear this brown, which is worse than purple ordinary disciples, so ah, this is a colored world, it's really amazing!"

Tang Jian sighed, quite cynical.

Lin Ling was slightly stunned, and wondered: "What about red? Why is no one red? Why is no one wearing a color that is higher than the status of the head of the family?"

Tang Jian showed a helpless and loveless expression and said, "This, I guess you'll see you later." ”

Gao Yi knocked on the door and said respectfully: "Master, the disciple brought the little junior brother Lin Ling to come to visit." ”