Volume 5: The First Song Eighty-Seven: Gambling and Challenges
After the high-five, the cooperation between the two sides was decided, and then Luo Ying took out a map and put it on the table, pointed to a place marked on it and said:
"Even if we cooperate, it's best not to go out together when we want to leave the sect, the goal is too big, it's not you, it's us, after all, there are always people who don't give up following us, let's go out separately, ah, according to this place, let's meet here in seven days, how about it?"
Qian Chao looked at the map, and the location marked on it was not very far, so he pushed the map to Tang Ping again.
Tang Ping expected that the place marked by the other party on the map must not be the location of the ruins, even if Luo Ying trusted Qian Chao, she would have reservations in this matter, after all, it was a major matter like building a foundation, she looked at the map, and then said:
"Okay, since we agreed, then we will definitely come as promised."
With that, he put the map away.
At this moment, Qian Chao's courtyard gate was kicked open with a "bang", and a loud shout came from the door:
"Which brother bullied me yesterday!"
Then six or seven people burst in.
Among the original few people in the courtyard, Qian Chao probably understood why these people came, among them, Lu Pingchuan was the happiest after understanding it, thinking that he could fight here to vent his anger, but when he was about to roll up his sleeves, he was pulled by Tang Ping, and then gestured to Lu Pingchuan with his eyes Luo Ying and Wen Yuan, who were turning their faces to look over, Tang Ping knew that it was impossible to do it in the sect, and with Luo Ying here, there was no need for a few of them to speak at all, according to Luo Ying's temper, these guys who came to the door must be unlucky again.
Among the people who broke in, the leader was a tall and thin young man, but although the body was thin, a head seemed a little bigger than others, it looked a little funny, a green robe between the steps looked a little swaying on the body, and the head looked like a big melon on the top of the long pole, but the face was a high-spirited, invincible look, surrounded by a few people shouting together, the fox fake tiger style full of pretense.
However, as the tall and thin young man walked into the courtyard, and saw clearly that there were many people sitting under the pavilion in the middle of the courtyard, he was stunned for a moment, and then recognized a face from the faces that looked at him, and he immediately became a little flustered.
"Reinau!" Luo Ying frowned and said, "How is it, what's going on, what are you going to do!" ”
This tall and thin young man is named Lai Nao, and he is a descendant of a Lai predecessor in Shuiyun Valley, this Lai Nao is naturally a gentleman in the sect, and he is a high-flying and domineering character on weekdays. As I said earlier, someone came to Qian Chao's yard yesterday, and after a few turns, he was very satisfied with this house, so he asked Qian Chao to buy it, but at that time, the person's demeanor was very arrogant and rude, and he was thrown out by Ma Hu by grabbing his ears, and this guy from the boring one, also surnamed Lai, named Lai Jiao, and this Lai Nao is considered a brother of the same sect, this time he also came from the Lai family to the Five Spirits Sect to participate in the Grace Test a year later, but he did not enter the Water Cloud Valley, but entered the Jiuxuan.
Lai cockle was deflated here in Qian Chao, the key was that he was thrown out by someone who grabbed his ear, he didn't have any face at all, of course he felt that he had been greatly wronged, and then he went to find his cousin Lai Nau in the sect, and today he finally found it, after telling what happened to him, Lai Nau was furious when he heard it, although he guessed from Lai Cockle's mouth that the courtyard was not an ordinary person, but he had always been arrogant, where to care about those, besides, this Lai Nau had also heard some things about Qian Chao, but he never put Qian Chao in his eyes, In his opinion, Qian Chao is just a little guy who has no teacher, and Lai Hao doesn't know that he broke into Qian Chao's yard, so Lai Nau doesn't know, and he has nothing to do anyway, so he immediately wants to come to his brother to save face without saying a word, but after breaking in, he met Luo Ying.
Luo Ying's pungency is well-known among the disciples in the sect, and most of the gentlemen in the sect are afraid of her.
After seeing Luo Ying clearly, Lai Nau had the idea of turning around and running away, but with the hesitation of his steps, Luo Ying had already seen it and drank:
"Come here!"
"Senior Sister Luo......"
Reinau's attitude changed drastically, and the guys who broke in with him were suddenly overwhelmed.
"Don't leave any of them, come here!"
Only then did Lai Gan realize that he might have provoked someone he shouldn't have provoked, why did his cousin wilt immediately when he saw this spicy woman!
"Hah! It turned out to be Lai's big head! Tang Ping saw the person who came clearly, and called out Lai Nau's nickname with a smile.
Only then did Lai Nau discover that among these people there was not only Luo Ying's dominatrix, but also Tang Ping's little yaksha.
"What the hell is going on?" Luo Ying asked.
"My brother ...... yesterday," Reinau spoke quickly.
"Shut up!" Luo Ying shouted, "I didn't ask you!" ”
Then Luo Ying turned her head to look at Qian Chao:
"Senior Brother Qian, you said, they broke into your yard."
Then Qian Chao couldn't help but smile and told what happened yesterday.
"Yesterday was Ma Hu?" Luo Ying also wanted to laugh when she heard this, but Wen Yuan had already laughed.
Qian Chao nodded.
"Hah! Reinau, do you hear me? The person who pulled your brother's ear yesterday was not Senior Brother Qian, but Ma Hu, what did you do here? ”
"This ......"
Lai Nau was speechless all of a sudden, and glared at Lai Yin, he can't afford to provoke this Luo Ying, can he afford to provoke Ma Hu? Luo Ying and Ma Hu, one is famous for murder in the sect, and the other is notorious, especially that Ma Hu, if he is in a hurry, he really dares to do it in the sect, even if he is punished by the sect, he doesn't care, it's a big deal to let his master Tian Zhi'an come forward and make a big fuss to rescue him, if Luo Ying still talks about some reason, then Ma Hu doesn't talk about it at all, and now this situation is ...... Alas...... blame yourself for this eyeless cousin.
"Uh...... Hehe, it turned out to be a misunderstanding, if this Senior Brother Qian didn't explain, I would really be deceived by this kid, Senior Sister Luo, I'll leave now, and teach this kid a good lesson......"
Luo Ying ignored him, stood up, looked at Lai Cockle, frowned and asked:
"Which ear were you caught by Ma Amber yesterday?"
"Uh...... This ...... Oops......! ”
Lai cockle's stupid boy just pointed to his ear, Luo Ying's slender jade finger immediately grabbed it, the iron hook was generally screwed to death, and it was that ear, as if it was grabbed by Ma Hu yesterday, so that Lai cockle's body involuntarily bent down, and then Luo Ying grabbed Lai cockle's ear all the way to the gate of the courtyard, and then with a little force, it was the same as Ma Hu, and threw the Lai cockle out again!
Then in the stunned eyes of Lai Nau and the others, Luo Ying turned around and came back and said:
"Let's go, what are you doing here, remember to wipe the shoe prints on the door when you go out, otherwise I'll go to Ma Hu and say you're going to trouble him!"
"Yes, yes......"
Lai Nau hurriedly agreed, and then really wiped the shoe prints on the door with his sleeve at the courtyard gate, and then gently closed the door with a smile.
There has never been such an ugly appearance, and Lai Nau, who closed the door, changed his face in an instant, staring at Lai Nau, who had just gotten up from the ground, and grabbed it on the ear that was reddening......
Listening to the cry of "oops" from outside the hospital, several people in the courtyard couldn't help laughing anymore.
……
After laughing, Lu Pingchuan said:
"This kind of thing also has to participate in the test, hehe, I'm afraid that I will be beaten down as soon as I get on stage."
In this regard, Qian Chao and several people also have the same opinion.
"It's not all like this," Luo Ying said, "Those families bring their sons and nephews in, when they try, it doesn't matter if they win or lose after they take the stage, it's just a formality, there are still some seniors in the sect who value the heavy gifts they offer, and it is estimated that the gifts are favorable, and those people will be included in the door wall no matter how stubborn they are." Well, in addition, don't think that all the children of the family are like that, there are also some hard-working children in the family, although they are not as good as Senior Brother Qian, but they are placed in the sect, and they can become dazzling figures after a while. ”
Wen Yuan held the teacup and asked:
"Senior Brother Qian...... Will you take part in the next year's test? ”
Asking this question, Luo Ying also became interested, after all, Qian Chao had not yet been taught, and she had always been curious about why those seniors did not accept Qian Chao as apprentices, so after listening to Wen Yuan's words, she immediately stared at Qian Chao.
"Uh......" Qian Chao hesitated a little, he had the heart to see the excitement, but let him go on stage, he still didn't have the interest to participate, "I probably won't participate." ”
"That's a pity," Wen Yuan said, "I thought that when the time came, I would be able to see Senior Brother Qian go all the way on stage." ”
If Qian Chao didn't participate, probably no one of the five of them would participate, Yan Xuan and Li Jian would have a teacher, and Tang Ping and Lu Pingchuan already had a teacher, so it seems that this test has nothing to do with the five of them.
"Otherwise," Luo Ying said with a smile, "I guess...... Hehe...... Senior Brother Qian will definitely be on stage when the time comes, well, even if there is a teacher of Tang Yatou and Lu Xiaozi, maybe he will also go on stage to compete! ”
"Oh, why is that?" Qian Chao asked in surprise, and the other four were also surprised.
"Haha, do you think you're just going to be okay if you don't participate? Qian boy, you haven't experienced the Grace Test, so naturally you don't know how lively it will be at that time, and you don't know the rules of the Grace Test, come, Senior Sister will talk to you about it. ”
"First, Lu boy, Tang girl, I said that you may participate, because this test is not only the disciples are competing, but also the seniors who have accepted apprentices are competing, such as ...... Well...... Let's take Lu Xiaozi and Tang Ping as an analogy, if Kang Pu's seniors make a bet with Gu Huo's seniors, if Lu Xiaozi wins, Gu Huo's seniors will lose to Kang's predecessors for something good, this situation has always existed, alas, in the past En Test, those seniors were excited and made a miasma. Well, of course, Gu Yu's seniors won't be so boring, and they won't toss their apprentices so much, but what...... Soup girl...... Don't forget your sixth grandfather, Tang Bonian's predecessors are not very reliable figures, among those seniors, he may want to pit someone or get some benefits from someone, as for Kang Pu's seniors, let alone that, so the two of you may be on stage to compete at that time. ”
"And this kind of thing!" Yan Xuan's eyes widened.
"In this way, there is indeed such a possibility......" Tang Ping obviously thought of his sixth grandfather.
"Hehe, I'm worried that I can't participate!" Lu Pingchuan looked very happy.
"Second, it's the remaining Li Jian, Yan Xuan and the rich boy, no matter whether the three of you can apprentice before the test, it is possible that you will be on stage at that time."
"Why is that?" Qian Chao asked.
"The reason is that in addition to those disciples who want to apprentice to the master, Enshu also allows disciples above the middle level of Qi Refining in the sect to challenge other disciples above the middle level of Qi refining."
"Challenge?"
"Yes, challenge, well, let's make another analogy, for example, Qian boy, if you want to challenge Li Jian, if you want to compete with Li Jian in the ring in front of everyone, you have to first find the seniors and brothers who presided over the sect to say, and then, you have to take out a spirit stone, if you lose, that spirit stone is Li Jian's......"
"That'...... If I win, will Brother Li also lose to me with the same number of spirit stones? ”
"No, because it was the challenge you initiated, you won, your goal will be achieved, and after some of your spirit stones are deducted, the rest will be yours."
Qian Chao's five people were a little puzzled when they heard this, and Qian Chao continued to ask:
"So what's the use of starting this challenge?"
"Of course it works, boy Qian, and a few of you, the five of you may be the target of someone else's challenge."
"Why?"
"Just because the five of you are now famous, defeating you is almost equivalent to taking your reputation in public, when people talk about you money boy, even if you do something great later, you will often always add, you were defeated in public by someone on stage during a certain year, month and day, understand?"
"I don't understand, what's the use of this reputation?"
"Hmph, you think it's useless, but it may be something that is very important to others, many people who are not famous but think they have some strength, they value your current reputation the most, and if you defeat you, you will naturally become famous, and it can also attract the attention of many seniors, which is good for him to apprentice. In addition, it is a personal grudge, the two have been grudges for a long time, and they don't want to fight to the death in private, so they simply go on stage to compete, winning or losing are under the witness of everyone, and they can't fake it. However, in my opinion, there will be no shortage of disciples in the sect who covet your reputation, after all, there are still few people who have seen your shot. ”
Qian Chao was a little distressed, after Luo Ying said this, it seemed that he was likely to take the stage at that time, but he thought of it a little more, so he said:
"Even if someone else challenges me, if I don't fight, I won't win."
"Silly boy, no one will not fight, not fighting is equivalent to admitting defeat on the spot, and even more despised by others. Of course, you can just not fight, but, boy Qian, I don't believe you can tolerate others saying that you are cowardly as a mouse, in vain, and you don't even have the courage to go on stage, so many years, well, I haven't heard of anything that should not be warn. ”
"Alas! Really...... Burdened by fame! Qian Chao sighed.
"But," Luo Ying blinked and said with a wicked smile, "There is another way to scare a lot of people......"
"Oh," Qian Chao said eagerly, "what way?" ”
"That is, there is no upper limit but there is a lower limit to the spirit stones that challenge others, you can go to those elders in advance to declare that you accept the challenge, but only accept the challenge of the number of spirit stones above one or two hundred or higher, but at the same time, you also have to take out this number of spirit stones and bet there, so if you lose, your reputation and that spirit stone will be someone else's, if you give one or two thousand spirit stones, it is estimated that no one can compare with you, where did ordinary disciples get so many spirit stones, right? Well, I estimate that with your strength, Qian boy, it will be no problem to take out these spirit stones. ”
"Don't give up your mind!" Wen Yuan said angrily.
"It's okay," Qian Chao also made up his mind at this time, it seemed that he couldn't hide from the left and right, and simply said, "When someone really challenges me, I will be treated as going to earn spirit stones, just see how much I can earn that day." ”
"Hehe, that's right!" Lu Pingchuan praised.
"Wow!" Tang Ping was also afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and said, "I'm looking forward to that day as soon as possible!" ”