"You came back to Yuanbao Tower so that you could go to Yin City?"

"Hmm."

"Why do you want to go there?"

"No, I just want to go there and see it." I said to the horse's stool, "There are so many places in this world that I haven't seen or even heard of, and I want to see them!" ”

The horse stool shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he could not understand my thoughts.

I don't have any acquaintances in the provincial capital, except for going to the ghost market, I usually stay in the small farmhouse I rented, practice origami and drawing talismans during the day, and practice yin gong at night. This kind of completely relaxed day passed very peacefully, and I suddenly understood Master and Zhao Laodao a little, no wonder they all like to live in this kind of place.

And the horse stool was almost the only visitor to my small farmhouse. He occasionally didn't bother to go home after work from Yuanbao Building, so he followed me here to squeeze a bed to sleep. Sometimes we couldn't sleep, so we chatted until dawn.

"I don't want to go anywhere." Ma Xiaostool suddenly said to me, "Before you told me that there was such a thing as election, I was very happy that I was arranged by my master to work in Yuanbao Building." But now, I feel terrible! ”

I couldn't help but laugh as I watched the horse's head shake like a rattle.

"Do you think you have any hope of being chosen?" I asked him.

He continued to shake his head: "My Yin Gong cultivation is so low, how can you choose me?" ”

"And what are you so worried about?"

"It's always uncomfortable to be calculated! What's more, he was calculated by his own teacher! ”

"That's right."

"And," Ma Xiaostool grimaced again, "I just got a girlfriend!" ”

"That's good!" I'm happy for him, too.

Ma Xiaostool flattened his mouth and laughed at himself: "I always thought that I was just a dick, with no money and no ability, although I was very handsome......"

"Stop! I disagree with this last sentence! ”

"Get out!"

"Come on, please continue to talk about it from Dick Si!"

Ma Xiaostool spread his hands and said, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have worshiped such a master, and I would have gone to the cemetery in the middle of the night to sell supper!" ”

"You are not the worst, I have been working as a child laborer for my master since I was a teenager!"

"Can we not be miserable first, you should listen to me!"

“OK！”

"Actually, I didn't feel like I was doing it myself, and I thought it was fun at first. But with a girlfriend, my mind changed and I wanted to live a normal life......"

I patted Ma Xiaostool on the shoulder and said, "I have had this kind of trouble for you, and I lost my first girlfriend because of it!" ”

"You've already had two girlfriends, bastard?"

"Hehe, it means that I'm still more handsome than you!"

"! You're just thicker skinned than I am! ”

After arguing for a while, Ma Xiaostool complained again: "I'm thinking about how I can leave Yuanbaomen now and find a serious job outside, let alone go to some Yin City?" ”

"If you want to go, go ahead!"

"Really? Do you really think so, too? ”

"Really!" I persuaded, "I've already suffered such a loss, and I don't want you to repeat my mistakes." Don't wait too far to make up your mind, then there will be no turning back! ”

"Then how am I going to tell my master?"

"You don't have to tell him, go tell your master!"

"My master?"

"Yes, your master!" I gave Ma Xiaostool a suggestion: "You are worshipping Lin Da Chopsticks as the master, not Donald Laoguo." If you don't agree to dissolve the master-apprentice relationship, Lin Dachopsticks can have the final say! He is a soft-hearted man, and if you beg him, he will not embarrass you. ”

Ma Xiaostool hesitated and said, "My master is indeed a good person, but I don't mind continuing to recognize him as a master......

Now it's my turn. I said, "If you're in such a dilemma, you might as well be honest!" ”

Ma Xiaostool scratched his head, but he still couldn't make up his mind. When I saw him like this, I also sighed and comforted, "It's okay! It's not your turn to worry about this kind of thing yet! On the list of candidates for selection, it would be good if you could at most rank fourth in your master's mind! ”

"So far back?"

"Just back from the ground!" I teased, "So you don't have to worry about it at all!" Let's talk about your girlfriend well! ”

"That's good! That's good! Ma Xiaostool patted his chest, as if a big stone had fallen in his heart.

Sure enough, my guess was correct!

Just a few days after this small talk between me and Ma Xiaostool, there was a meeting in the management committee of Xiling Cemetery (of course, it would be more appropriate to say that it was a big mouth fight), and then Yuanbaomen also held a high-level internal meeting behind closed doors, and everyone seemed tense.

The news I got from Jin Da Lao is completely consistent with the news Ma Xiaostool got from Lin Da Chopsticks: this time there are three places for the Teng family's selection, and they need to hold three competitions, one for martial arts, one for cooking, and one for exorcism, and one person for each.

The number of applicants to participate in the selection competition is also limited, and not every Yin Sect has the opportunity to participate in all three competitions. Several major factions in the Xiling Ghost Market have already divided up the opportunity to participate in the election. Among them, Yuanbaomen only grabbed two of them this time because of the poor performance of the first three elections, one to participate in the cooking competition, and the other to participate in the exorcism competition.

The dates for the three selection competitions have also been set, which will be on the first day of the lunar calendar next month. Prior to this, on the twenty-fifth day of this month, all sects had to report the list of the last participants in the competition. In other words, I have to win the candidacy of the Yuanbao Sect in the last half month or so, and then compete with other sects for a place to enter the Yin City.

As for the preliminary list of Yuanbaomen that Ma Xiaostool is most concerned about, Tang Laoguo lists such a few people: Jin Da Spoon, Qin Xiao Table and my alternative cooking competition; Li Dapan, Zhang Dabei and Qiu Xiaoyi alternate to exorcise evil spirits.

Ma Xiaostool didn't even enter the shortlist, he was crazy with joy!

On the other hand, Jin Dascoop's mood has become quite bad recently. He secretly told me that he also made a suggestion to Tang Laoguo through Zhao Laodao, hoping to keep him to continue to cook in Yuanbaolou. But Donald resolutely disagreed, and even listed Jin Dasco as the first choice.

I naturally understand Donald's thoughts. In this year's competition, he is bound to win, even if it is to take in an excellent ingothouse chef!

So, my next task is to show enough strength to replace Jin Dasco in the rest of the time. Otherwise, the plans of Jin Dasco and I will both fail!

Actually, Jin Dasco and I have always counted one person out of count, and that is Qin Xiaotable. He was second on the list of Donald pots, higher than me. But his attitude has always been very ambiguous, and he has never talked to Jin Dasco about running for election, so he doesn't know what he thinks.

Qin Xiaotable has also been working hard recently, and it should even be said that he has been working hard in the past few years. If the two of us weren't competitors, I would have admired his quiet and hands-on style. However, I don't like his gloomy and sympathetic expression, I always feel that this person is so deep in the city at a young age.

But things are always so unexpected. When I was still guessing Qin Xiaotable's thoughts, he seemed to have guessed my mind and took the initiative to come to me and say that he wanted to talk!

"What do I have to talk to him?" I couldn't help but wonder, "Is he still trying to persuade me to give up this chance?" ”

But I agreed to him, and the two of them met at the back door of the cremation room after a ghost market. When I went there, Qin Xiaotable had already arrived first, and he was still hiding in a dark corner and waving at me.

"What's the matter that you have to come here to talk about?" I asked him with a frown.

"Because there is no one here, not even ghosts will come." Qin Xiaotable put on his trademark smirk again. He rarely laughed in the Yuanbao Building, but everyone preferred him not to laugh because it was so crazy!

"Tell me, what the hell is going on?" I sighed.

"Do you really want to participate in this cooking competition?" Qin Xiaotable got to the point very happily. Sure enough, he still came to me for this.

"That's right!" I nodded.

"Are you confident you can win?" Qin Xiaotable asked.

"Definitely!" I laughed.

"I'm not talking about winning me, but about people from other sects who are confident you can win?" Qin Xiaotable asked a different question.

"Well, I don't know......" I was stunned by his question, "Wait, what do you mean by that?" ”

"It's obvious what I mean!" Qin Xiaotable seemed to be satisfied with my reaction, "I also hope that you can represent Yuanbaomen in the election, and it is best to be selected!" ”

Ignoring his smile that didn't match his tone at all, I asked in surprise, "Don't you want to participate in the election?" ”

"Why am I participating in it? For me, there is nothing good about it, I don't bother to toss! ”

"But your master ......"

"You don't have to worry about my master's side, I can beg my master to intercede with him. Therefore, the candidate for this competition is either you or Jin Dasco! ”

I was surprised by the exciting news revealed by Qin Xiaotable, but in any case, he was willing to take the initiative to withdraw from the competition, which always made me breathe a sigh of relief.

"Can I ask why? You don't want Jin Dasco to participate in the election? I asked him.

"Oh, it's easy! If he went to Yin City, Zhao Laodao would be in charge of Yuanbao Tower again. That's not good news for me, and besides, you've been threatening me behind my ass! ”

"What if I went?"

"That's for the best! Although the golden spoon continues to press my head, at least my position as the second chef is stable. And he is more than twenty years older than me, and it is only a matter of time before he leaves Yuanbaolou. Qin Xiaotable laughed, "So, after you leave, Yuanbao Building will be mine!" ”

I listened to his words, and I couldn't help but admire his calculations, and said with a wry smile: "It seems that you are very ambitious!" ”

"No, you're more ambitious!" Qin Xiaotable shook his head and pointed at me: "Yuanbao Tower is just a springboard for you, I know that if you want to go to Yin City, there must be other purposes!" ”

I couldn't deny this, so I asked him one last thing: "You are indeed smart, at least much smarter than I thought." Then I may ask, what is the purpose for you to tell me this? ”

"Just one purpose," Qin Xiaotable said with a smile, "If you can't choose, you shouldn't be cheeky and go back to Yuanbao Tower!" ”