Volume 1: Induction Section 33: Cessation before the war
"Emergency meeting?"
Zhang Su and Pu Zitong asked in unison.
More than a month has passed since Zhang Su Ye Liao's private fight, Fan Zengming gathered Zhang Su and Pu Zitong together by phone, and announced to Zhang Su and Pu Zitong that the company would hold an emergency meeting temporarily, which was conveyed by the team leader to his own team members, so Fan Zengming gathered Zhang Su and Pu Zitong in the restaurant early in the morning, saying that he would go to the training hall in Room 101 after eating, and the meeting would start early in the morning.
"Well, Executive Officer Zheng arranged it, saying that it has been two months since the training, and a summary meeting needs to be held." Fan Zengming nodded while chewing the bun in his mouth.
"Do you want to criticize our personal fight, I heard that the headquarters has just finished approving this matter." Pu Zitong frowned, revealing an expression of impending disaster.
"Maybe." Zhang Su agreed.
"It's not maybe, it's certain, Executive Officer Zheng said, there is still nearly a month to go before the training, in order to prevent another private fight, we want to set a model with our affairs, this is the decision of the headquarters, you are ready, you all have to go to the stage to read your own letter of guarantee, and not only us, Hou Baiye and Ye Liao can't run." Fan Zengming said.
Public review is not a good thing in Zhang Su's impression, when he was in school, Zhang Su lived without doing anything, although he would make some small mistakes, but Zhang Su had really not done a few times to publicly review this kind of shameful thing, so when he heard that he was going to review and admit his mistakes in front of everyone, Zhang Su was so shy that he began to red from his nose to his ears, and this was only in the restaurant.
Fan Zengming didn't seem to care, eating a plate full of food with a big grin, what buns, baked cakes, fritters, and meat rolls kept stuffing into his mouth, like a hungry man who hadn't eaten for a few days, his cheeks were stuffed with food and bulged into a goose egg-sized circle, when he saw Zhang Su's face blushing, he put down the meat pancakes that he had eaten more than half of in his hand, took a sip of soy milk, and then wiped his mouth with a napkin, grinned, and asked Zhang Su: "What?" Shy, huh? ”
"Can you not be shy, it's embarrassing to review it in front of so many people!"
As soon as Zhang Su thought of reviewing in front of everyone, he couldn't eat the aggrieved food, after all, it was Ye Liao who provoked the trouble, and his participation in the private fight was completely forced.
"What's there to be ashamed of, the matter of private fighting has already spread, almost everyone knows that it was provoked by Ye Liao, you are just fighting, and everyone is rumoring that the Ye family's soul master elite lost to you, a newcomer, although it is a review on stage, no one should look at your jokes, but everyone will think that you are a knight and hero who is super fearless and sticks to love, and you are already a celebrity of our soul hunting company." Fan Zengming said to Zhang with a smile on his face.
"Celebrities? I'll go, how can I be a celebrity, it's Brother Fan who shot at Ye Liao, you and Miss Pu, I've been running away, and I haven't fought Ye Liao at all? Zhang asked suspiciously.
"I don't know where this news came from, it's been spread in a few months, saying that you are a once-in-a-millennium genius, a knightly heir who guards love, saying that you desperately beat Ye Liao to a serious injury and resolved the crisis of Miss Pu being robbed, and a newcomer has compiled your love story into a novel, and it is said that the first chapter has been released, on a novel website." Fan Zengming looked at Zhang Su and said with a smile.
"Hey."
Zhang Su sighed deeply, after listening to Fan Zengming's description, he roughly knew where the source of these rumors was, he turned his head to look at Pu Zitong sitting beside him, with a look of disdain on his face.
Pu Zitong saw Zhang Su looking at him with disdain, deliberately pretending to be innocent, constantly brushing a few absurd and unruly bangs in front of his forehead with his hands, looking up at his hibiscus-like silky hair, deliberately dodging Zhang Su's gaze.
"So, you don't need to be nervous when you come to the stage to review, you are ready to shine in everyone's enthusiastic praise, and then have the courage to admit that it is a forced mistake to fight for love, your heroic knight image will be deeply rooted in everyone's minds, and it will definitely be everyone's applause, and the real sadness should be Ye Liao, who lost both character and battle, and now his reputation is gone, and he will have a good show when he goes up to do the review." Fan Zengming persuaded Zhang with a wicked smile.
"Brother Fan, shouldn't this public review be a ......?"
After listening to Fan Zengming's words, Zhang Su's heart suddenly brightened, smiled bitterly, and patted his head hard, half of the words ran out of his mouth, and the other half was stopped by Zhang Su.
"Hehe, you guessed it right, I proposed the public review." Fan Zengming continued to say with a wicked smile, and then showed the look of Yunkai Yueming.
What else can Zhang Su say, Pu Zitong deliberately used rumors to deepen the credibility of the relationship between the couple, and pushed Zhang Su's shield forward enough; Fan Zengming deliberately proposed a public review, the purpose is to publicize the touching love story of Zhang Su's hero saving beauty, build momentum for Zhang Su, and increase Zhang Su's public opinion competitiveness.
"By the way, Brother Fan, it shouldn't take a whole day to conduct a public review of just five people, is there anything else the company has to announce?" Pu Zitong interrupted the whispered conversation between Zhang Su and Fan Zengming and asked.
"Look at it, look at it, Zhang thinks that you should learn a little more from Miss Pu, you don't have the kind of intelligence that others have, Miss Pu can always see ideas when looking at problems." Fan Zengming praised Pu Zitong without hesitation, and the tone of his speech would be the same as that of Zhang's mother's family.
"Is there really something else?" Zhang Su also wanted to know the reason for the meeting, and then asked.
"The morning is a public review meeting, and the afternoon is a reminder of the soul hunting battle and the newcomer battle at the end of the training, in previous years, the newcomer battle at the end of the training was only attended by newcomers from the company, and occasionally the newcomer soul master of the nine families will be invited to come, this matter Miss Pu should know, the nine families will basically not send people to come, and most of them will find a reason to prevaricate and pass, but this year is unusual, the nine families are scrambling to apply to participate, and the newcomers who represent the family are also extraordinary, in order to cope with this year's situation, Executive Officer Zheng needs to make some tips. Fan Zengming said seriously.
"Hmph, isn't that just for me?" Pu Zitong snorted coldly and slowly fell into deep thought.
"That's not right, the nine major families include the Cao family, the Ye family, and the Pu family? Isn't there already three in our company? Zhang asked puzzled.
"Of course it includes, but Miss Pu herself is like a hydrangea, of course the more lions sent out by each family, the better, Cao Xuanqing and Ye Liao don't need to mention it, although they are the elite of the clan, but they are not necessarily the strongest in terms of strength, they are likely to test the water as an advance team." Fan Zengming explained.
"It doesn't look like it's going to be easy."
Zhang Su muttered, and then lowered his head and drank the grits soup in the bowl.
After the meal, Zhang Su and the three of them came to the training hall together, because the three of them had been eating and chatting in the corner of the restaurant before, it was not early when they arrived in the hall, most of them had already arrived in advance, and they habitually stood in the designated area during the training camp, and the number of people in the hall was nearly thirty percent less than that in the early stage of the newcomer training, Zhang Su also heard from Fan Zengming that some of the newcomers gave up becoming soul masters, and some had been eliminated, and among the people who remained, even if they did not become soul masters, there was still a month's chance.
Sure enough, the public review meeting was to let Zhang Su and the five people come to the stage to do self-review, among these five people, there are also Fan Zengming and Hou Baiye, the two team leaders, due to the influence of the news spread by Pu Zitong, everyone responded with warm applause when Zhang Su came to power, and some people even shouted "Good job!" Even if Zhang Su is just reading the review book, stating the facts and admitting mistakes, but everyone is more willing to believe that this is deliberately said in order to pass the review, in the eyes of the nameless public, knight duels, heroes save the United States are far more interesting than ordinary private fights.
Because of this, when Ye Liao came to power, there were constant boos, and in the accusations of everyone, Ye Liao almost ran away with his soul power, but seeing Zheng Tianqin standing on the side, staring at him, Ye Liao could only look around angrily and kill people with his eyes, and he didn't dare to really make a move.
Zhang Su suddenly felt that the planner of this review meeting was not only Fan Zengming, but Zheng Tianqin should also be involved, because after the review was over, Zheng Tianqin also made public the letter written by Ye Liao to Zhang Su, which made everyone recognize Ye Liao's arrogance, and everyone was even more convinced that this was a battle about love, and the winner belonged to a weak soul master who dared to protect love and dare not be afraid of the strong, this kind of fairy tale story has been ingrained in everyone's hearts, and now Zhang Su himself came out to refute the rumors. I don't think anyone will believe that it is not so noble.
Before the end of the review meeting in the morning, Zheng Tianqin made a speech, he severely criticized all the people who participated in the private fight, and regarded this private fight as a typical incident to popularize the regulations, declaring to everyone that this was not in line with the company's regulations, and then read the company's new employee training rules as they were, and finally made a more severe warning, if anyone dares to provoke a private fight in the future, who will be directly expelled from the company, this is obviously aimed at Ye Liao.
"Finally, I will say again, people who have grievances, feelings and hatreds, and want to fight privately, listen well, there is a ring competition called the rookie war at the end of the training, and the grievances can be resolved there in the open, and I will inform you about the rookie war in the afternoon meeting, and the meeting will be dismissed now."
After Zheng Tianqin finished his concluding remarks, he ended the morning meeting.
"It's finally over, and I'm nervous on stage."
After Zheng Tianqin left from the front door of the hall, Zhang Su stretched his waist and complained to Fan Zengming and Pu Zitong.
"How's that, isn't it cool to be looked at by so many people on stage with adoring eyes?" Fan Zengming patted Zhang Su's shoulder and joked.
"Stop, what those people worship is just a fairy tale love story concept, I'm just a temporary incarnation of that idea, if it wasn't me who shot at the time, but a cat and a dog or Zhang San and Li Si, plus others such a publicity, there will still be people who worship them, I still have self-knowledge." Zhang Su replied calmly, he had seen through the essence of his godhood.
"It's smart and not inflated, it's really not something that a brainless fool like Ye Liao can deal with."
Zhang Su, Pu Zitong and Fan Zengming were whispering in a circle in the corner behind the hall, when an abrupt voice sounded behind Zhang Su.
Hearing the voice, Zhang Su reacted instinctively, quickly turned around, and looked at the person who came, it was Cao Xuanqing of the Cao family of the soul master family, and replied with a little unhappiness: "It turned out to be Cao Gongzi, don't the people of the Nine Great Families like to stalk others or like to eavesdrop on others?" ”
"Cao Xuanqing!"
At the same time, Fan Zengming and Pu Zitong also said in unison, but the reactions of the two were different, Fan Zengming's reaction was more flat, Pu Zitong's reaction was angry, it is estimated that Pu Zitong still remembers the scene of the battle with Cao Xuanqing, although Cao Xuanqing was injured a lot, but Pu Zitong's soul power was also exhausted, so it didn't count who lost and who won.
"I have no malicious intent, I saw the battle between you and Ye Liao, it took a month to advance to the advanced level of the soul master, and I also cultivated a good body soul skill, then Ye Liao can't touch you, it's not wrong, but don't forget, he is still a little worse in front of me, it was you who peeked at the window to see us fighting that day, I only used eighty percent of my strength to solve him, so it's not worth mentioning to play Ye Liao, I'm not here to persuade you to surrender, I want to get to know you, you already have the qualifications to be valued by me."
Cao Xuanqing explained his intentions, stretched out his hand at Zhang Su, and signaled to shake hands with Zhang Su.
A handshake seems to be ordinary, but it is a condensed battlefield of wits and courage.
Pu Zitong and Fan Zengming, who were standing on both sides of Zhang Su, saw Cao Xuanqing stretch out his hand, and stepped out at the same time, wanting to block in front of Zhang Su, hold the hand of this unkind comer instead of Zhang Su, and help Zhang Su block this special fight.
Just when Pu Zitong and Fan Zengming had not yet taken a step, Zhang Su looked at Cao Xuanqing, with a happy smile on his face, and directly stretched out his hand, shook it with Cao Xuanqing, and responded: "Thank you, I will learn a lesson in the rookie battle." ”
"You actually ......, it's really not simple, it's interesting, I won't keep my hands on the newcomer war." Cao Xuanqing shook hands with Zhang Su, then took his hand back, and couldn't help but admire.
Cao Xuanqing has also practiced the body soul technique, and the level of the soul skill is much higher than Ye Liao's, but when he held Zhang Su's palm, the body soul skill was turned on, and he used the strongest soul power to pinch Zhang Su's palm, but he couldn't pinch Zhang Su's palm for half a minute, but he felt that his hand seemed to be clamped by Zhang Su, and it took a lot of strength to break free.
Cao Xuanqing could feel that Zhang Su's soul power was definitely not only at the level of a senior soul master, but also a junior great soul master who was more powerful than a senior soul master, that is to say, Zhang Su in front of him only took two months to go from a newcomer to a junior great soul master, but he had been cultivating for three years, and this kind of talent made him, a well-informed elite of the Cao family, not far behind.
"Well, I'll do my best, too."
Zhang Su was still smiling, in his opinion, although Cao Xuanqing's soul power is not as strong as Ye Liao's, but his strength should be above Ye Liao, he just used his soul power to open the Yuantian Xuanxuan body to the maximum, and only then did he withstand Cao Xuanqing's attack, even so, Cao Xuanqing can still break free from his own clamps, even if he uses skills, but it is not comparable to Ye Liao's kind of goods, it is worth facing up.
Cao Xuanqing nodded, turned around and left.
Zhang Su looked at Cao Xuanqing's distant back, and then looked at the palm that he had shaken, squinted his eyes, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, suppressing the excitement in his heart.
Zhang Su took the opportunity to use the Tablet Soul Extension on Cao Xuanqing when shaking hands, and he had already probed Cao Xuanqing's strength to the bottom, and by the time he faced the next battle, Zhang Su already knew how to deal with it.
At lunchtime, Fan Zengming and Pu Zitong talked a lot about Cao Xuanqing, Zhang Su kept listening, and then returned to their rooms.
Throughout noon, Zhang Su slept in his room, and while sleeping, he controlled his body to perform the Origin Heavenly Apocalypse Soul Skill, deliberately reducing the soul forging rate to sixty percent, and this slow absorption would not affect the rest, nor would it cause a load on the body.
The afternoon meeting was held as scheduled, and Zheng Tianqin introduced the soul hunting battle and the newcomer battle.
"Soul hunting war" is to hunt the soul, before the soul hunting war, each newcomer will send a soul storage horcrux, soul hunting is a team battle, single capture, each person as long as they can catch a primordial soul and a low-level ghast soul within the specified time.
The soul hunting test is just to test whether the person who becomes a soul master immediately has the actual soul hunting ability, becoming a soul master is one thing, being able to deal with the dead soul is another, the purpose of the company is to hunt the dead soul, and only those who can do it will be used by the company.
As the name suggests, the "Rookie War" is a strength competition prepared for those who have newly become soul masters, and after determining that they have the ability to hunt souls and hunt souls, they also have to show their overall strength.
The rookie battle is a ring competition, which examines the comprehensive ability of the soul master, and all those who have passed the soul hunting battle must participate, and the rookie battle in previous years is more like a civil war competition among the newcomers of the company, but this time it is different, the nine major families will appoint a young newcomer in the clan to come, and their strength is the best among the young people, and the level has been raised by a large level.
"Killers are not allowed in the rookie battle ring, and you will lose your qualifications if you shoot to cause death, so you can try to show what you have learned, and when you find that you are not defeated, you will immediately admit defeat and leave the field, and don't be reckless. Of course, if you have better strength, you will get rich rewards from the company if you enter the top four, the first place will reward one Horcrux and soul skills, the second place can choose one among the Horcruxes and soul skills, and the third or fourth will get a cash reward of 2,000 yuan. Zheng Tianqin said.
On the one hand, Zheng Tianqin's words are to exhort newcomers to be self-aware, and on the other hand, he also hopes that this time the company will not lose face because of the arrival of the nine families, he should think that these two situations are very likely to appear in the newcomer war in the future, so he hopes that his persuasion can have some effect.
"It seems that these nine clans are not just elites!"
Zhang Su sighed.