Chapter 15 Selection and Assessment (Unmodified)
A day's drinking, heroic poetry runs through everyone's hearts.
However, there is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, and after drinking and talking, it is the corresponding departure......
Overnight, this heroic verse was circulating in all the major taverns, and it was known that it was from the mouth of a young man named First Shiyi.
Before you see him, you hear his name first.
Although I haven't seen this young man, there are still many heroic people who worship it, and they want to see what kind of young man it is, so they can chant this artistic conception of poetry.
Many chivalrous heroes, young girls, sketched the appearance of Shiyi in their minds.
And at this moment, the world doesn't know these things, and is still preparing for the assessment and welcoming the arrival of that day...
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In a house in the main city.
The two girls, one older and one young, sat quietly on the ice lotus, not cultivating, but kept chanting the poems circulating in the tavern...
"Sister, which heroic man will you say such a heroic poem will come from. The little girl shook her head and looked at the girl.
"I heard that it came from the mouth of a young man named First Shiyi, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, just curious, wanting to see what kind of person he is. β
"It is rumored that he is also the one who participated in the selection assessment, and he will be able to see it soon, and I am also quite curious. β
The girl held her chin with her hands, her soft eyes stared closely at the night scene outside the window, she didn't know that this young man called the first Shiyi was the young man they walked with the Duan brothers in Luojiang City that day.
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Another part of the main city.
First Yingjie sat at the tea table with a young man about twenty years old, and recounted what had happened in the tavern today.
As for Ji Xue's matter, the first Yingjie is a brush-off, although there is nothing between the two, but this matter is a little unpleasant to say, after all, it is his fiancΓ©e, regardless of his own position, he flirts with others...
Of course, all this is just the unilateral opinion of the first hero.
"Hearing you say that, it's really possible that the waste has unlocked the seal on the meridians. β
The young man supported his cheek with one hand, and tapped the table top of the tea table with his fingers with the other, making a 'da-da-da' sound, hesitated for a while, and continued:
"I'm curious about how he got tied to that unknown power, and what kind of position he holds in it. β
"Brother Xiang, why don't I find an opportunity and ask someone to give him..."As he spoke, the first Yingjie made a wiping motion with his palm across his neck.
The young man is Brother Xiang in the mouth of the first Yingjie, and he is also the direct descendant of the first head of the family - the first Xiang.
Seeing that the first hero made such a move, the first Xiang raised his palm without saying a word and slapped it directly towards the head of the first hero, and his tone was very angry:
"What if that waste has an important role in that big force? Do you want to kill the first one?"
"Before you figure it out, don't make trouble for Lao Tzu everywhere!
I have to admit that although the first Xiang speaks a little unlikable, he is still better than the first hero in his brain.
"But Brother Xiang, are we just looking at that waste and making a name for ourselves in the main city with a few lines of poetry?"
"I'm not convinced. After speaking, the first Yingjie turned his head to the side, and there was some protest against the words of the first Xiang.
"What the do you want Lao Tzu to say about you? Do you have to kill him? You don't know what we smeared him before!"
"I believe that there are many people who participate in the assessment here, all of whom are people from our southern region, and there are definitely not a few people who know about this rumor at the beginning. β
"You just need to spread it a little, and everyone will know about it naturally!"
Hearing this, the first hero suddenly slapped his head like a realization, and a sinister smile appeared on his face.
"It's worthy of Brother Xiang! I can think of such a yin person's method! I'll do it!"
After saying that, the figure of the first hero retreated into the night.
The one who left the first Xiang with black lines on his face cursed there.
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In the blink of an eye, a few days passed.
Shiyi's poems and past rumors circulated in the main city at the same time.
Many foreign candidates, catalyzed by the public consciousness, believe that the world is also an evil cultivator who cultivates evil skills.
Of course, there were people who defended the name of the world, but there were very few of them, only a few people who drank freely in the tavern that day.
This topic became the second hottest topic in the inner siege of the main city.
As for the first hot topic, it is naturally the convening of the student selection assessment!
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On this day, the main city surrounded by the Southern Regions ushered in the triennial student selection assessment!
All the candidates and many people who joined in the excitement rushed to the scene one after another, waiting for the start of the assessment.
This assessment is very important to all candidates, because their assessment results directly determine the sect they can join, and a good sect can directly affect their future fate!
However, there are only 200 children who can pass the assessment and join the sect, and there are 50 people in each sect, making a total of four sects.
Oh, no, it should be two hundred and fifty people, a total of five sects, but the name of one sect has been forgotten in people's minds, and people can't remember it, so they don't notice this sect.
These five sects are naturally not all the sects in the inner and outer regions of the Southern Regions, but they are the five strongest sects in the Southern Regions that can represent all the sects in the Southern Regions.
They are Tianling Sect, Wanhuamen, Foluo Temple, Bliss Palace, and Spirit Palace.
Among the five factions, the strength of the Heavenly Spirit Sect is the strongest, followed by Wanhuamen and Foluo Temple, the two factions are equally famous, followed by the Bliss Palace, and finally the almost forgotten sect, the Spirit Palace.
The Heavenly Spirit Sect is a sect that combines the cultivation of any cultivator, with a variety of cultivation methods, the depth of the background is incalculable, and it is the place that all cultivators in the Southern Region yearn for.
Wanhuamen only accepts female cultivators as disciples, and most of the exercises are also tailored for women, and male cultivators cannot learn them.
Foluo Temple, belonging to the Buddhist sect, only accepts people who abide by the precepts, have a simple heart, have no evil thoughts, take great compassion as the center, and never take the initiative to provoke other sects, and the true strength of the sect is far beyond the rumors.
Bliss Palace, the first school of music, majoring in double cultivation exercises, using the harmony of yin and yang to promote cultivation, is a place for lustful people.
The Spirit Palace, which originally belonged to the top forces of the Four Elephant Domains, was established to counterbalance the cultivators' rebellion among the people, and was recognized as the sect in charge of criminal law in the Four Elephant Domains, with an iron face and no selflessness.
However, at the peak of the Spirit Palace, a large number of cultivators who violated the law and rebelled were executed, offending many major sects, because most of these executed cultivators were direct descendants of the major sects.
In an accident, the master of the Spirit Hall was nowhere to be found, and all the major sects gathered to destroy the Spirit Temple. It wasn't until the retreat of the Spirit Hall that the major sects carved up the heritage, and the last southern region of the Spirit Hall was preserved.
Because of the threat of the major sects, fewer and fewer people joined the Spirit Temple, and without the injection of fresh blood, the Spirit Hall was no longer able to enforce the criminal law, and gradually faded out of people's sight.
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The location of the assessment was selected in the center of the main city, where there is the largest martial arts platform in the entire Southern Regions, which can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people at a time, and in the face of these tens of thousands of candidates, this is definitely the best place.
Behind the stage are three wide staircases, each with a corresponding position.
The highest staircase is placed in a position, on which are engraved the three big characters of 'Heavenly Spirit Sect'.
The middle steps are placed in two positions, namely Wanhuamen Buddha Temple.
The third staircase has only one place, which is the Palace of Bliss.
The spirit hall has no seats, and the big characters depicted are placed under the steps, as if they were deliberately humiliated, but according to the ranking of the five major sects, it seems that there is no problem, but there is no seat, which is a bit unreasonable.
On both sides of each step, there will be two huge red drums, three steps, a total of six large drums. On the underside of each drum stands a strong man, holding a pestle in his hand, looking solemn and ready to beat the drum at any time.
Suddenly, there were five whistling sounds in the sky, and five phantoms instantly fell on the steps.
These five people are the representative invigilators of the five sects, and after the examination, it is also these five people who select the qualified disciples.
The five representatives each sat down in their corresponding positions, only the representative of the Spirit Hall was stunned for a moment, looked at the position where there was no place, shook his head with a wry smile, and didn't say anything.
After the five delegates were ready, an obese middle-aged man suddenly walked to the center of the martial arts arena from some direction.
β......... (omit a whole bunch of nonsense, polite words)"
"Then, the triennial selection assessment has officially begun!"
The fat man's voice spread outward from the center of the martial arts arena, not loud, but every word could clearly reach everyone's ears.
As the words fell, the drums on the left and right sides of the stairs rang out in unison.
Everyone's heartbeat was accompanied by the sound of drums, and their eyes were firmly fixed on the center of the martial arts arena, with excitement, yearning, curiosity...
The selection assessment has finally begun......