Chapter 17: Becoming an Army
"It's not a hundred, it's a thousand spirit stones!"
As soon as Zhang Xu's words fell, Ma Chuang, who was sitting next to him, was so shocked that he almost stood up, and Feng Ping, who was interviewing other monks on the side, also looked at him in amazement.
The entrance fee has suddenly risen from 100 to 1,000, what is the situation?
"I can't afford to pay a thousand spirit stones, why are you Iron Sword Gate raising prices indiscriminately, what a trick!" the male cultivator who was registering in front of Feng Ping muttered dissatisfiedly.
And the usual smile on the face of the fat monk Ma Wanli, who was talking to Zhang Xu, also faded a lot: "Little master, our brother came with sincerity, and he really wants to join your family." ”
Zhang Xu said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, just now the head of this sect suddenly thought that there were some problems with the entry fee of one hundred spirit stones stipulated at the beginning, and the Qi cultivation period and the foundation building period were both entry fees for one hundred spirit stones, how could this work? So I decided that from now on, the entrance fee for the Qi cultivation period will still be one hundred spirit stones, and the foundation building period will be raised to one thousand. Two seniors, I'm really embarrassed!"
Ma Wanli said lightly: "What if the Jindan period monk wants to join your sect?"
Zhang Xu said with a smile: "Jindan Period, that is almost the top monk of the Flying Yellow Realm, its dignity is incomparable, it takes at least 100,000 spirit stones to enter the supremacy of Jindan!"
Ma Wanli's heart was churning with anger, and he resisted the urge to smash a punch on the face of the dog Zhangmenjun. What kind of initial sect is the Iron Sword Gate, bullshit, even the mountain gate has been lost, and the Jindan period is returned, do you really think that you are a dish? If Lao Tzu didn't want to complete the task assigned by the door, Lao Tzu of a small sect like you called Huazi wouldn't even have an eyelid!
When the horse on the side stood up to persuade him, Zhang Xu waved his hand slightly to stop him from speaking.
Ma Wanli turned around and glanced at Niu Qianshan, and when he turned his head, he had a smile on his face again.
"The little master is right, the foundation building should have the dignity of the foundation, how can it be the same as the waste of the qi refining period?" This thousand spirit stones, my two brothers handed it over!" said and took out a storage bag from his arms, "This is twenty medium-grade spirit stones, please accept it with a smile!"
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Ma Wanli and Niu Qianshan left, saying that they were dealing with some personal matters and would rush back before the hunt.
Ma Chuang pulled Zhang Xu to a place where no one was, and asked angrily: "Master, how can you raise the price at will, you are messing around like this, how can there be any loose cultivators in the foundation building period who are willing to join our Iron Sword Gate?"
Zhang Xu said with a smile: "Didn't Ma Wanli and Niu Qianshan also pay the spirit stone to get started?"
Ma Chuang snorted angrily: "That's different, Niu and Ma were forced into a corner by you, and they didn't want to admit that they were the same as the Qi training period, so they had to pay the spirit stone." But I'm afraid there won't be any other foundation-building cultivators who will be wronged!"
Looking at Ma Chuang's angry appearance, Zhang Xu smiled, knowing that Ma Chuang had regarded himself as a person from the Iron Sword Gate, and he was really planning for the Iron Sword Gate, thinking that the Iron Sword Gate could become stronger.
"Elder Ma, you have been on the rivers and lakes for many years and have seen a lot of things, have you heard of Ma Wanli and Niu Qianshan, two scattered cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building?" Zhang Xu asked.
Ma Chuang shook his head: "The first time I heard of it." ”
Zhang Xu said: "That's it, thousands of miles and thousands of mountains, as soon as you hear it, it's a temporary pseudonym." These two people seem to be in their thirties, not as old as Elder Ma, but they have already cultivated to the middle level of foundation building, what a genius this is!
Is it a coincidence that it is already remarkable that one of such characters appears in the casual cultivation, but two appear at once?
Elder Ma, if you look at the dress, manners, and demeanor of these two people, what kind of thing does it look like a hard-working loose cultivator?
Ma Chuang asked, "Master, are you suspicious of these two people?"
Zhang Xu nodded: "As soon as I came in, I felt that something was wrong, when was the Iron Sword Gate so attractive, and even the scattered cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building came across two at once." I deliberately raised the spirit stone to 1,000, and the ordinary casual cultivator had already thrown away angrily. But look at these two people, they took out two thousand spirit stones without changing their faces, this is obviously a picture!"
Ma Chuang hurriedly said: "What can I do, boss, since these two people have ill intentions, you shouldn't agree to them joining." ”
Zhang Xu said lightly: "It's not clear whether it is suspicious, but it may not be aimed at our Iron Sword Gate." Our Iron Sword Gate is poor and white, what is the best picture?
It is serious for two thousand spirit stones to fall into the bag, the hunt is imminent, and we also know how much of a role the two mid-foundation building monks can play, this combat power does not have to be in vain!
Elder Ma, you keep a close eye on these two people, if there is anything wrong, let's report it to the Chamber of Commerce immediately!"
"Yes. Ma Chuang worriedly agreed.
The reason why Zhang Xu agreed to keep the two Niu Ma was because he didn't take these two people in his heart. Zhang Xu knew that behind the Iron Sword Gate, there were two elders Xiong Xian and Zhu Kun secretly watching, these two were both figures who were close to the peak in the late stage of foundation building, and any one of them could easily crush Ma Wanli and Niu Qianshan!
And the details of Ma Wanli Niu Qianshan, Zhang Xu can also guess the difference, now the Royal Beast Gate and other major sects are boycotting the Chamber of Commerce, and they definitely don't want to see the success of the Chamber of Commerce's beast spirit world, so they sent people to sneak in. The Iron Sword Gate now has to rely on the Chamber of Commerce, but Zhang Xu doesn't want to easily offend a big faction like the Royal Beast Gate, so he pretended not to know, and just secretly ordered Ma Chuang to monitor the matter.
"Two old bastards!" Thinking of this, Zhang Xu couldn't help but curse in his heart, knowing that the Iron Sword Gate was in a difficult situation, Xiong Xian and Zhu Kun still didn't show up, it was really hateful. If any of these two people were there, it would be enough to suppress all the loose cultivators recruited!
Nearly 200 casual cultivators have been recruited, including eight foundation building monks. Zhang Xu ordered to stop recruiting, the hunt was imminent, and he needed to set aside time to reorganize.
For the next few days, Zhang Xu stayed in the barren mountains of several miles east of the Qiongshan Mountain, staying with the newly recruited disciples.
Zhang Xu organized nearly 200 monks into eight teams, and ordered each of the eight foundation building monks to bring a team and begin to conduct offensive and defensive drills.
The casual cultivators are used to acting alone on weekdays, and although they often fight and fight, they mostly fight alone, and they don't know how to cooperate at all.
Hunting in the Otherworld, however, is equivalent to a war, and it will be an army of the Otherworld, and it will not work without strict cooperation.
Although Zhang Xu's cultivation is low, he understands the importance of organization, if a team does not have a strict organization, it lacks combat effectiveness, and in another time and space, he can mix from an ordinary insurance salesman to a sales manager in charge of a large region, and his ability in this regard is not strong. In order to improve performance and boost morale, he painstakingly studied the study of success, and even recited Sun Tzu's Art of War backwards, hoping to use the Art of War in sales, and success was not accidental.
Two hundred scattered cultivators, five people are in a group, and a high-level Qi cultivator is the team leader. The five teams were organized into a team, led by a foundation monk.
At the same time, it was stipulated that the five members of the group must advance and retreat together, and that no monk should act alone. Then Zhang Xu formulated a few simple door rules, appointing Ma Chuang Fengping to concurrently serve as a law enforcement elder, and any disciple who violated the door rules and did not obey the command would be punished. Depending on the severity of the situation, from the punishment of the spirit stone to the expulsion from the Iron Sword Gate.
After a simple establishment, the team of nearly 200 people suddenly became much more organized, as if it had the appearance of a team.
The scattered cultivators are used to being free and loose, although they are dissatisfied with the rules formulated by Zhang Xu, but there are not many opportunities to join the initial sect, plus they paid a large amount of spirit stones when they entered, and no one wants to be driven out of the Iron Sword Gate because of violating the door rules, so they are all patient, and they are practicing hard under the leadership of the Zhuji elders.