Not caring about the disdainful gaze next to him, Zhang Hao chuckled: "Doesn't the Hydra Chamber of Commerce have a free entry place?" Uncle Wang once promised me, my brother and sister three places, and I can directly enter the main competition at that time, as for which step to go, it depends on my own ability." ”

"You don't have to look at your skills, even if you enter the main competition, you will only have one end, elimination. ”

Shui Luo replied in the affirmative, and at the same time, he turned his head and glanced at the steward Wang next to him, and said coldly: "As one of the two most important cities in the country, the youth protection competition in each world has attracted much attention. After many years of operation in these two cities, the Chamber of Commerce has a certain reputation. Therefore, it is only given the recommendation quota every year, in order to take the opportunity of selecting and recommending talents, to maintain a relationship with Shili who is close to the city, why is it that the city has been reduced to a situation where the number of recommended people is not enough? Could it be that the branch controlled by the head of He has been able to become independent to such a point over the years, and there is no need to cooperate with Shili in the city?"

Shui Luo's words came out, He Qiufen and Wang Hai's faces also changed slightly, the former said well, the existence and operation of a branch of the Chamber of Commerce always have to maintain a good relationship with the various shili in the city, after all, the Chamber of Commerce is an industry operated by connections. But over the years, with the development of the Youth Conservation Competition, each shili has its own way to cultivate juniors, and has not paid much attention to the so-called recommendation to participate, after all, the competition adopts a knockout system, even if you can get the recommended place, if the strength is not enough, you will eventually have to withdraw from the competition.

In many families, except for those who are really talented juniors, other young people are willing to start from the relatively simple preliminary competition, the strong ones naturally do not need to worry about entering the main competition, and they can also show off the limelight, while the weaker ones can arrange some weaker opponents through the preliminary round, increase their cultivation confidence, and earn a certain amount of eyeballs.

And the most important thing is that the Chamber of Commerce has been open for a long time, and there must be more than a few general cooperation objects. But in the end, it led to the fact that the Chamber of Commerce was not good, everyone had cooperation, and it was not appropriate to give any quota, so in order not to offend the Shili who cooperated, the Chamber of Commerce formulated a recommended test, and the top six will be recommended.

This form has been practiced in the country for hundreds of years, and the so-called recommended test has gradually become a huge threshold, even more cruel than the official competition. Generally, Shili's juniors really don't dare to come to compete for this place. Over time, the recommended quota of the Chamber of Commerce has become the elite selection before the competition, and the annual Baoju Competition is indeed held more frequently, and the number of people who come to participate is more and more rare, so most of the places every year will be partially vacant.

This situation has been going on for many years, and at this moment, He Qiufen seemed to understand that Shui Luo Weishenme would actually pick up this matter to make a fuss, she sighed secretly, and said: "Shui Lao, the Youth Conservation Competition is held once a year, and the recommended places for the first two sessions of our Chamber of Commerce are even empty. Steward Wang and Menghai are friends, and they did see that a few juniors have a good cultivation speed, so they sold a favor, do you feel that this thing is not done properly?"

Thoroughly understanding Zhang Hao's situation, Shui Luo didn't have much interest in this kind of junior who happened to be occasionally pitied by the elders of the family, but he heard the meaning of He Qiufen's words about Menghai, a good summoning master, it may not be very conspicuous in the Tianshui Empire, but in a small country like Xiran Kingdom, it is really a good talent.

After sorting out his thoughts, Shui Luo swept the frowning Menghai and said: "This Youth Conservation Competition is different from the past, the biggest competitor of the Water Run Chamber of Commerce in the Xiran Kingdom is the Tuyi Chamber of Commerce, and the two families do not belong to the same empire, and there is a lot of competition between them, so the relationship between the chambers of commerce is very bad. ”

Shui Luo stroked his beard and groaned: "The operation of the Chamber of Commerce depends on strength, but also on reputation. In terms of strength, the Tuyi Chamber of Commerce is not much worse than us in the country of Xiran. In terms of reputation, they are also no less inferior than us. The country is close to the periphery of the Broken Soul Mountain Range, one of the four Jedi of Dalu, and with the headquarters of the Tuyi Chamber of Commerce setting up a stronghold in the Broken Soul Mountain Range, Shili, which operates in the country of Yiran, has received a lot of favors. Over the years, whether it is the auction hall, mercenary missions, or commodity trading, their development momentum has been very rapid, making the reputation of the Hydra Chamber of Commerce much worse than before, if this situation continues to develop, we will be suppressed by them sooner or later. ”

He Qiufen nodded solemnly, the Tuyi Chamber of Commerce also opened a branch in Xihe City. And in recent years, with the intensification of competition, the pressure on her has also increased. However, the strength of the opponent has risen very rapidly, and the friction between the chamber of commerce is increasing. Take the mercenary mission, which accounts for the largest share of the Chamber of Commerce, as an example, in just three years, the remuneration of the two companies for the same task has been increased by one-sixth, and there is no stopping momentum.

"Shui Lao, dozens of countries in the Northern Wilderness are located in remote areas, and the country of Xiran is also a small and medium-sized country in these countries, the support given to us by the headquarters is very limited, and the amount of tasks every year is gradually increasing, according to the current situation, if you want to suppress the Tuyi Chamber of Commerce again, I am afraid it will not be easy. ”

He Qiufen sighed lightly, the relationship between the Shuirun Chamber of Commerce and the Tuyi Chamber of Commerce has become worse and worse in recent years, coupled with the strength of the latter, many good shili have been brought together in the past, and the momentum is getting higher and higher.

Shui Luo nodded lightly and said, "The Youth Baoju Contest is an annual event in Xihe City, and it is also an opportunity for various shili to play. Those shili good juniors are not really for the ranking in the competition in order to be escorted to the Tianshui Empire, and the tuition fee will be halved. To put it bluntly, it is to show the strength of one's juniors and earn reputation for the family. After all, as long as the Divine Soul is successfully opened, any of those juniors will be sent by the family to the Imperial Academy for further study. ”

"So, the tournament is also a great event to earn prestige for the Chamber of Commerce. We have to grasp it. Moreover, the participants are all important juniors of each family, and those who can achieve excellent rankings will be superior in the future. This is clear to everyone, so whichever shili gives birth to an outstanding talent in the competition, the other shili will be close to him. In recent years, the Tuyi Chamber of Commerce has always secretly arranged the Youth Conservation Competition in the country of Yiran, and won the championship, and their reputation has risen sharply, which is absolutely inseparable from the name of the competition. Therefore, in this competition, we will overwhelm the Tuyi Chamber of Commerce in one fell swoop and deter the thirty-nine countries of the Northern Wilderness!"

Seeing that several people present listened to their words, they all nodded in approval, Shui Luo smiled: "Although the Youth Conservation Competition is held once a year. But every ten years, the competition is bigger than ever, because it's the time for a new round of shili to rise. And this year's contest is exactly that. I had already explained the situation to my brother earlier, so the Chamber of Commerce headquarters sent two geniuses to support us, one of them was Yonghong, and the other stayed in Yiran City. I expected that with the old deception of Leng Quanying of the Tuyi Chamber of Commerce, I am afraid that he would have been prepared for a long time. Therefore, the number of places recommended by the Chamber of Commerce this time is very important, and I hope to leave it to those who should stay, so that Yonghong and them will not expose their strength too early. ”

Zhang Hao has been listening quietly, and from the beginning Shui Luo opened his mouth to question, he knew that there was probably an ulterior motive in the other party's words. At this moment, recalling the latter's words, he completely understood the reason. said a lot, in fact, it is expressing a meaning, this youth protection competition is a grand event in the past ten years, and the recommended quota of the chamber of commerce comes in handy, but for people like him, he is not eligible to get it.

Of course, He Qiufen also knows this meaning from the bottom of her heart. She had also gone to the main branch of Yiran City for this competition to discuss carefully, but she didn't expect that the Chamber of Commerce would be so cautious about this event, but she promised Menghai to be in front, and at this moment she looked a little embarrassed, and said: "Shui Lao, I also understand what you mean, but I have promised Brother Menghai before, you see?"

"I think this young man is really good, but he is not old enough. In the empire, except for Zhongping Academy, the other three colleges have a standard of fifteen years old. Otherwise, with Yonghong's qualifications, he would have already been admitted. In this way, next year, the Chamber of Commerce will set aside three places for them, presumably once this ten-year event is over, the competition next year will definitely not be big, and even some shili will not even have enough people, so that they can get a good ranking. ”

After that, Shui Luo looked at Zhang Hao, a smile appeared on his face, and said: "At that time, if this little brother can break through the strength of the quadruple phantom body, maybe he can really enter the top five and get the opportunity to escort the empire, and once he enters Zhongping Academy, he can also reduce half of the tuition fee." ”

As soon as the words fell, a somewhat meaningful smile appeared on Shui Luo Yigan's face almost at the same time......

These smiles fell in Zhang Hao's eyes, making him snort coldly in his heart, and such repeated public ridicule and insults made his face can't help but pull down.

He Qiufen, who was meticulous, saw Zhang Hao, who had always been indifferent, and her face was slightly ugly at the moment, and she sighed. In the eyes of a strong man like Shui Luo and the three juniors he brought, a strength like Zhang Hao is indeed not worth mentioning. But this kind of obvious insult made He Qiufen shake his head secretly.

Smiled at Menghai a little apologetically, He Qiufen thought for a moment and said, "There are a total of six places for the recommended personnel, in addition to the people brought by Shui Lao, plus the seat of the sister, there are also two places. These two places are reserved for the two juniors of the Liu family and the Huang family in Xihecheng, who are very good, if they ......"

"Alas, there are only four families in Xihe City, and now the Zhao family and the Pan family have been pulled away by the Tuyi Chamber of Commerce, if you offend these two, it will be very unfavorable to the future operation of the Chamber of Commerce. ”

Shui Luo glanced at He Qiufen lightly, and then said: "That's it, this year's competition is extraordinary, I'm afraid there will be a lot of juniors hidden by the major shili, since this recommended place is the pre-competition elite selection, then let's have a fair test, the top six get the qualification, how? This also gives everyone a chance to compete fairly." ”

"Grandpa, why do you have to make this move so complicated? Could it be that our own Chamber of Commerce can't even do this?" Shui Wenxia said boredly.

"I think the method that grandpa said is feasible, and then those who don't know the height of the sky will die and save the stalking. Shui Fei sneered and responded.

Regarding the conversation of the people present, Shui Yonghong has always been absent-minded, but at this moment he nodded and said, "Second grandfather, this competition is not as good as before. Anyway, I think we're going to do it fair. In this way, it also gives us the opportunity to get close to Shili, and at the same time, the test can also let them know the strength of our Hydra Chamber of Commerce in this competition. ”

"That's great, that's what I thought. ”

Seeing Shui Yonghong speak, Shui Luo's face was full of a smile of approval, and said: "Then it's decided, the recommended test is scheduled for three days later, and the venue will be set in the trading hall of the Chamber of Commerce Auction Hall, and at that time, we will invite Haodeshili with the Water Moist Chamber of Commerce to come and participate." ”

As he spoke, Shui Luo's gaze turned to Zhang Hao, who was silent on the side, and said, "Of course, there will be a small selection of outsiders tomorrow to prevent those cats and dogs from mixing into the recommendation test, saving a lot of trouble, and if the little brother wants to give it a try, he is always welcome." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Hao pulled up Menghai and sneered: "Then thank you Shui Lao, tomorrow the boy will definitely come." Now we're going to take our leave!"

Then, Zhang Hao pulled Menghai, whose face was blue, and walked out of the room amid a group of laughter that was obviously disdainful.

Looking at this scene, He Qiufen hurriedly gave Wang Hai a look and motioned for him to go out. Shui Luo Nai summoned the master of the Heavenly Master, looking at Dalu, he was definitely the kind of person with a noble status, and He Qiufen did not dare to have any opinion on the decision he made, which was the status and gap brought about by strength.

Sensing Steward Wang's actions, Shui Luo smiled disdainfully and said, "Don't be embarrassed by Master He, I will come with me this time and bring two master-level masters." Their phantom beasts have reached the six-star level. Tomorrow's small selection I will discuss with the Tan family and the Liu family in advance, so that these two good players can be used as the screeners for recommending testers, and for some inconsequential people, there is no need to look so high, and then he will know how many pounds and taels he has. ”

"Everything is arranged by the old water!"

Sighing lightly, He Qiufen smiled bitterly and shook her head......