Chapter 34: The Beginning Begins

Tan County West City Gate.

There are less than two hours left before the auditions begin.

The sergeants defending the city are changing their guards. Huo Lao Er yawned and scolded at the same time: "Damn, it's noisy early in the morning." Is it Qingming today? Are you going out of the city to go to the grave?"

"Yes, there are a lot of people today, all waiting to open the city gate. ”

"Oh my boy, there have never been so many people!"

"Is there an epidemic in the city, these people don't look like they are fleeing?"

The sound of a few sergeants commotion came from the side, attracting Huo Lao Er to look down in the city.

Huo Lao Er patted the little soldier who had just spoken, and shouted: "What nonsense, be careful to be listened to, saying that you are spreading rumors." ”

"I remembered!" A tall and thin sergeant seemed to think of something, and shouted, "Today is the audition of the Yinling sect, so many people are going to participate in the audition." ”

Huo Lao Er frowned and saw at least five or six hundred people gathered at the city gate, and there seemed to be more and more trends. Just when he was worried that there would be chaos, the defenders of the city gate below shouted: "The hour is up, open the city gate!"

A crowd of people of all shapes and colors flocked out before the gates were fully opened, and from the city they really looked like a hornet.

Huo Lao'er couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the hornet, thinking that it was fortunate that he was clever and asked his younger brother Huo Laosan to set off before the city gate closed last night.

......

At this moment, Tang Da was depressed.

He thought that most people would not take this "audition" seriously, so that he would have more chances to be selected.

He had come to stay near Yinling last night, and when he came early in the morning, he found that nearly 300 people had gathered at the foot of the mountain. These people can't wait for the city gate to open before they come out, they must have been around yesterday for the night or overnight, just like themselves.

Tang Da stretched his waist and looked in the direction of Tan County, as if he saw something, he narrowed his eyes.

A small black dot slowly enlarged into a black line, and then gradually grew and enriched into a black shadow!

So many people!

It was those who had set off from Tan County who arrived immediately.

At this time, Tang Da was happy and anxious. The happy thing is that the more people there are, the more it shows that the audition is real and reliable, and the more people there are, the more fierce the competition.

Tang Da squeezed in the direction of the mountain road, and he found that the crowd did not move here.

He didn't know until he inquired that the audition would begin at the foot of the mountain.

Some of the people in the crowd had a special appearance, and a wide red cloth was worn on their bodies.

These people walked around, shouting: "We are the guide of this audition, please be calm, the audition is about to begin, please wait quietly." ”

Whenever someone asks a question, they give a brief answer.

Tang Da was wooden by nature, and the way he went to inquire was to go up and listen to the questions and answers of other people around him. Rao also got a lot of useful information.

The audition will officially start at the right time, and the first seat of the outer gate of the Invincible Sect will explain the audition process.

It is said that the audition will last all day. At noon, Majia Village also provides a variety of snacks and snacks, but at your own expense.

The guide did not disclose the specific process or project of the audition, but kindly reminded the selectors to fill their stomachs and use more physical strength.

Xie Yun'er was also beside her, her brows tightened when she heard this, she closed her eyes and pondered, her mind was already caught in the battle between heaven and man.

To eat or not to eat, that's the question. If she eats this last piece of bread, she loses her last ration and possessions, and if she does not eat it, she probably will not have the strength to pass the examination.

After a while, she showed determination, took out the remaining half of the cake, and bit it down fiercely.

......

When.

The drums are pounding, and the audition begins.

Only then did everyone look along the drums, and a simple high platform had been erected on the mountain road.

Standing on it was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old noodle boy. But seeing that he was standing upright, his robe was lightly fluttering, he was holding a folding fan, and he was graceful, not Song Xiong, who was it? Behind him stood a child who was no more than ten years old, dressed quite neatly, with an extraordinarily striking red rope wrapped around his right arm.

Song Xiong's heart was trembling, and his hand holding the fan was also trembling. His throat twitched slightly, and he swallowed.

A few audition guides had already compiled the data just now - there were nearly 1,500 applicants in front of him at this time!

Song Xiong rehearsed many times by himself, but at this time, he was nervous and forgot how to speak.

Li Siwen was behind him, and seeing that Senior Brother Song was about to make a fool of himself, he whispered: "Radish, radish!"

Song Xiong then remembered what the senior brother in charge told him after the rehearsal yesterday.

"If you are nervous, think of everyone below as turnips, if you feel a little stuttering, simply raise your voice and shout out the words you have memorized, and if your hands are shaking badly, you can play the fan twice. ”

Song Xiong took a step forward, faced with 1,500 radishes, and said, "I am the first Song Xiong of the Invincible Sect Outer Gate, and I am waiting for you to come again under the order of the master!"

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"Is it really called the Invincible Sect?" Cui Xi was squatting in the corner of the crowd at this time, and he recognized Song Xiong as the person who was designed to arrest him that day, "How could it be him? Can such an unreliable person become the first one? Then Tang Da can at least become a chief disciple!"

He was a little worried about Tang Da, so he decided to follow and take a look.

He didn't care about the purpose and martial arts characteristics of the invincible sect that Song Xiong said. He just wanted to move slowly through the crowd now, finding Tang Da without attracting the attention of others. It would be nice if you could touch a few money bags!

Cui Xi doesn't care about these, but it doesn't mean that others don't care either.

At this time, most of the people in the audience were eager to squeeze forward again, so that they could hear Song Xiong's words. Fortunately, in order to sweep away the tension, Song Xiong shouted all the lines. Otherwise, it really wouldn't have been able to reach the ears of more than a thousand people.

“...... I announce that the first disciple audition of the Invincible Sect has officially begun! Now let me briefly introduce the rules of this audition. ”

Some people swept away their previous sleepiness and knew that the next few sentences were the point.

Many people put their hands together for fear of missing a word.

Xie Yun'er listened while her lips moved slightly and repeated. She has a very good memory, and as long as she repeats it, she can remember it in her mind for a long time, and it is exactly the same.

After listening to Song Xiong's brief description of the rules, she already had her own judgment on the audition in her heart.

The audition process is divided into three parts, and many people will be eliminated in each part until there are 52 people left!

The first part is the physical fitness test that will start soon.

This is the most physically demanding part, and everyone has to run after the 10-year-old child. I have to run a total of five miles of mountain roads, and then run around Majia Village.

In this link, those who fall behind are considered unqualified, those who faint or quit halfway are considered unqualified, those who are super elderly are considered unqualified, and those who laugh and play and affect others are considered unqualified. All those who are not qualified can go down the mountain directly, that is, they will lose their qualifications to become disciples of the Invincible Sect.

Xie Yun'er looked at the child on the stage who was a few years younger than herself, and thought to herself that she had to keep up with him after running for a while!

The second part is the most mysterious and complex part, and there are as many as a dozen assessments waiting for them at the audition site in Majia Village. These assessments are divided into compulsory and optional.

Each time you pass the assessment, you will receive a small wooden card called an "experience card" based on the assessment results. Like a specified number of "XP Cards" in exchange for a "Level Emblem" engraved with a number. Then you can increase your "level" by constantly gaining "experience".

At the end of all the assessments, the top 100 people will proceed to the final interview.

That's right! Guan Chang applied the experience points and level system in the game to the sect disciple audition!

The concepts of level and experience have endured since they were introduced to the game and have become almost a part of the game's convention. He wanted to make a bold attempt to see if this quantitative method could be applied to the martial arts sect in reality!

The third part is the interview session, when everyone is the "top" selected. The head of the Invincible Sect and the first one will personally select the final fifty outer disciples and two inner disciples from among them.

Song Xiong stepped down and ran up the mountain first. He still has the task of registration in Majia Village, and Li Siwen, who replaced him, has already stepped forward.

Li Siwen took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Please move your legs and feet, and when the drum beats again, follow me up the mountain!"