Chapter 286: Starting with an Apprentice
Several teenagers and girls were cute by this uncle in that sarcastic tone, so naturally they didn't feel useful, and they were extremely angry, but the other party's words clearly expressed a meaning, that is, with them, I'm afraid they won't even get the mercenary trial qualifications.
Then for these young people, the line began to change from S to a straight line, and in half a day, it finally got closer and closer to the application desk.
However, at this time, Xia Jiang and the others happened to be in the area where the few young people were just now, and they had to be impressed by the number of people who wanted to join the ranks of mercenaries.
From south to north, I don't know how many long queues there are, most of them are applying for mercenary trial qualifications, and Tong Guò knows from the words of people passing by that this is just a normal scene here every day.
Finally, in the evening, Xia Jiang was also at the end of the line.
"Do you want to become a mercenary?" came to the application desk at the end of the line, and Xia Jiang was faced with an inquiry from a beautiful woman. Compared with the burly man next door, Xia Jiang felt that he seemed to have an indissoluble bond with a woman.
"Of course. Xia Jiang smiled faintly.
In the eyes of the woman, Xia Jiang's smile seemed a little too mature, after all, he was only a teenager.
Seeing this, the woman seemed to have skipped a lot of links, and asked directly: "Well, then you can just tell me, why do you want to become a mercenary?"
"Wealth, cultivation, friends......" Xia Jiang still smiled. He was blunt and put wealth first, after all, whoever is a mercenary will not be wealthy, so he will not be a qualified mercenary.
The woman didn't expect Xia Jiang to answer so freely, and the most important thing was that he answered three answers in just six words, concise and clear. That's right, the real intention of this question is actually to test the applicant's goals and ambitions, and as a mercenary, you must also have extremely clear goals and aspirations before you can be accepted by them, otherwise you won't be able to pass this hurdle.
As for Xia Jiang's answer, a friend was also mentioned, and the woman couldn't help but want to ask the other party, but considering the feelings of other people queuing, she could only stop and give Xia Jiang a wooden card representing Tong Guò.
Xia Jiang took the wooden card, and he realized that it was a small magic weapon, similar to the jade card, but the quality was slightly worse.
According to the instructions on the wooden plaque, Xia Jiang was going to the rear, arriving in a huge hall, waiting to be accepted by the test mercenary group of the representative guild passing by.
Each guild will conduct a test for new probationary mercenaries to ensure that they have the potential to become qualified mercenaries before they are recommended for any mercenary group to fund hiring. Of course, the so-called mercenary group is naturally based on the priority of fame, and the more famous and powerful the mercenary group, the more priority these new mercenaries can be included.
Needless to say, Xia Jiang got the wooden card, but he didn't enter this hall immediately, he had to wait for everyone to join him.
also lived up to Xia Jiang's expectations, Xia Yu and Ziqi also easily got the wooden card, and under the leadership of Xia Yun'er, they came to him.
The four of them continued to walk into the hall.
The hall was already overcrowded, but many of them left with the mercenary groups passing by, undoubtedly valued by those who seemed to be mercenary groups.
Although the test mercenary group is used by the guild to test newcomers, it can be regarded as a formal mercenary group in itself, and will also accept many large and small tasks, especially for these newcomers, except for an official mercenary group name, it is no different from a normal mercenary group.
Soon, at the end of this hall, that is, in a wide corridor, a few important members representing this test team came in again, and they also began to tour the hall again, and began to select the potential talents that they needed for this test team.
"You, you, you, you ......" A few people stood there, their eyes swept over, and they directly pointed to the area where the newcomers were located.
Xia Jiang saw that the finger fell on his head in the end, which surprised him, it seemed that the other party had taken a fancy to him.
However, Xia Jiang didn't react, he pretended not to pay attention and continued to stand quietly in place.
But it was obvious that the other party's seemingly casual pointing and pointing, it was indeed a torch, and he knew that those people were extraordinary, so there was no movement for Xia Jiang, and the man said directly: "The little brother in the back, yes, it's you, come out quickly!" the man said, beckoning to Xia Jiang.
And Xia Jiang, naturally, he didn't move because it was a man who beckoned to him, he had his principles: "I have three friends, and they get where I go, so ......" Xia Jiang said and smiled faintly.
Xia Jiang's answer undoubtedly made countless people present feel bold, who didn't know the authority and reputation of the test group, almost representing the guild, and in the face of their attention, he didn't go out immediately, and he was not afraid of being given up, or being hated.
Then it was also very happy, the man saw Xia Jiang say this, but he shook his head, turned around and left directly, and no longer paid attention to Xia Jiang.
"Look, this kid really doesn't know what to do, he has to drag mud and water when he is chosen......"
"That's right, this kid came to be a mercenary and brought so many women, what did he think of the mercenary group?"
"Hmph, I really don't know how high the sky is and how thick ...... are"
For a while, all kinds of disdainful words about Xia Jiang came out of these waiting crowds, which made Xia Jiang feel helpless.
But then another test group arrived, and the man was still very discerning, and after selecting seventeen or eighteen people, the last finger still fell on Xia Jiang.
Xia Jiang naturally had no surprises, and was still indifferent. He just wants to keep a low profile as much as possible, and the other party either ignores his existence because of a momentary omission, so he doesn't need to say anything, or when he asks, he simply states the reason for his refusal, so that it doesn't seem too public.
But obviously, the representative of the test group who arrived this time was still extremely sensitive to numbers, and after a little glance, he found that there was one person missing, and his eyes suddenly fell on Xia Jiang.
Needless to say, it was the same situation just now, but this time it was slightly different that when the man heard Xia Jiang's explanation, he didn't walk away immediately, but was a little stunned.
And at this time, among the seventeen people who were selected, one of them looked at Xia Jiang with a twinkle in his eyes, and recognized Xia Jiang's old friend on the spot.
"Xia Jiang, why are you!" a person raised his hand and waved it towards Xia Jiang.
Xia Jiang looked over, and was also a little surprised, that person was actually Luo Xiong, that is, the leader of the Eagle Mercenary Group who had made trouble in the north of their Xia Kingdom for a while, and later met him in Yanqiu City, and then entered the business school.
After all, they are old friends, and Xia Jiang also waved his hand gestureously, revealing a knowing smile. Being able to meet friends from the Dugu Empire here, everyone is also fated.
And the representative also seemed to be touched by something, but he couldn't help but glance at the few girls who Xia Jiang signaled, however, if he didn't sweep, he was surprised to find that these women were all good cultivators, and they were all huge potential.
"However, I'm here to recruit male mercenaries this time, and the boss didn't let me pick a woman?" This means that when he thought of the goal of coming, he suddenly hesitated again.
But then his gaze swept over the girls again, and he immediately admired it secretly, and finally he couldn't resist the temptation, so he said: "Okay, Xia Jiang, you and a few of your friends should come!" He also indirectly knew Xia Jiang's name.
And it was the random roll call of the representative of the test group that made the name of "Xia Jiang", a nobody, known to some people for the first time.
didn't expect the other party to be able to meet his requirements, Xia Jiang couldn't help but be surprised, and he was also impressed by this person, so he immediately took a few people to join the team of more than ten people.
Xia Jiang came and had close contact with Luo Xiong, and the two were old acquaintances, and in this strange place, in an unfamiliar team, they were not so lonely and nervous.
Next, Xia Jiang and the others followed the representative to a jungle, and looking around, they could see that there were also many mercenary groups in the distance, all gathered in this area, and seemed to be explaining something.
Sure enough, the representative began to explain to them the rules of the mercenary group.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this test mercenary group is codenamed '11', and everyone is welcome to join this team...... First of all, let me briefly explain the promotion rules of your probationary mercenaries: from now on, you will become the test apprentices of our 11th regiment, and in the next three days, you will select the best half of the members according to your table xiàn, and the few who are lacking will be the turn of the next batch of probationary apprentices to continue to serve xiàn, and those who are selected will get the opportunity to assist the table xiàn, and will still be assigned the collection task according to your table xiàn, which is the last step for you to obtain the qualification of the trial mercenary this time......”
Listening to this representative's explanation, Xia Jiang finally understood some of the steps required to become a qualified, or officially recognized mercenary by the guild, and this was undoubtedly a bit unexpected for him, he didn't expect it to be so difficult to become an official mercenary. However, when he thought that Luo Xiong, a guy who had a mercenary group and had been the leader of a mercenary group, also came here to test, it showed the importance of official mercenary status.
Then, without much time, the representative also explained the rules of Yiqiē, and then they followed him to the base of the mercenary group.
Although it is one of the many test groups in the guild, each group has its own independent field, so it is said that their 11 regiments are in a huge wild jungle environment, which is also said to be the most common test environment.
Under the instructions of the representative, or more precisely the team leader, the next thing they had to do was to "clean up" in this jungle, yes, maybe this task could be called "cleaning up suspicious things", that is, to remove all traces left by their test team in this jungle, to ensure that outsiders would not perceive the breath of their 11th regiment in this jungle.
Therefore, this task that sounds simple, but is obviously not so easy to do, even if it is their batch, together with the previous batch of more than 30 people who were eliminated, is a promotion task.