Regarding the candidates proposed by the elders, Tang Qingyuan said that he had no opinion, in fact, he had no way to express any opinions.

For such a good thing as testing the Sword Cave, it is natural to take into account the interests of many parties, and balancing the interests of all parties is also one of the most important tasks of Tang Qingyuan, the head of the sect.

These elders all have a complex chain of interests behind them, including the interests of some forces in Zhongzhou that they represent, as well as some of their more personal interests. For example, the Hu Xiu they said was from the Hu family under the mountain, and Elder Hu was also surnamed Hu, and the relationship was self-evident. As for Elder Xue, his Taoist companion was from the Luo family.

In fact, since the number of people who will enter the Sword Trial Cave has been decided, everyone has already had a rough idea of who will finally enter this list. The principle of selection is that no elder can go home empty-handed, and no one can take too much.

The number of places for the Qingling Sect to enter the Sword Trial Cave each time was twenty, and according to the custom, the four elders with foreign surnames would each take three places, and the remaining eight would be reserved for the head of the sect and the elders of the lineage. The distribution ratio is set, and then everyone lifts each other up, no one can block anyone, and everyone solves the matter in a harmonious manner, how good!

Don't think that the head of the sect has less money, after all, the organizer of the Sword Trial Cave Trial is from Zhongzhou, and he can give the Qingling Sect twenty places, and most of the credit is actually due to the relationship behind the elder with a foreign surname.

However, this time the situation was a little different from usual, there were only fifteen of the twenty places left this year, and the other five had already been given to the Infinite Valley by Tang Qingyuan, which was the price for Tang Xiaoguo and the others to enter the ruins. Tang Qingyuan sat there today without speaking, in fact, he wanted to see the attitude of the elders, he wanted to know whether the elders planned to let Tang Qingyuan pay this price himself, or if everyone would bear it together.

One or two places or anything didn't really matter, what Tang Qingyuan wanted to see was the attitude of the elders towards this matter, or the attitude of some bigwigs behind them towards Tang Qingyuan.

The four elders kept chatting word by word, but seeing that the candidates they recommended had already exceeded ten and had not stopped, Elder Qingyan couldn't sit still.

"Chen Wanhui, that kid is actually refining qi at the ninth level! he has only been in the beginner for more than three years, right?"

Elder Chen continued: "That kid got some benefits from his last outing, and his cultivation has risen quickly, but he is still a teenager, and he is a little reluctant to enter the sword cave." Although his cousin Chen Wantong said that his cultivation was slightly lower than him, he was an old man and a suitable candidate.

At this time, Elder Qingyan could find an opportunity to speak: "That Chen Wantong from the Internal Affairs Hall, if his cultivation at the eighth level of Qi refining can enter the Sword Cave, wouldn't it make people laugh at me that there is no one in the Qingling Sect?"

Elder Chen shook his head: "Elder Qingyan's words are not good, and it takes more than just cultivation to test the sword cave. Character, combat power, and even luck are indispensable. Besides, my Qingling Sect is proud of the east, how can I dare to laugh at it?"

Qing Yan's voice became more and more sharp: "The number of places is limited, if anyone like him can go to the trial, how can we explain to other disciples?"

Elder Chen chuckled: "Senior sister is serious, how many blind disciples dare to care about you to explain?"

"Elder Chen, please be cautious!" Qing Yan didn't eat his set.

"Then who is Elder Qingyan going to recommend to try the Sword Cave?" Elder Chen's face was indifferent.

Elder Qingyan's eyes widened: "The quota of Old Lin Tou must be reserved for him, right?"

"That's nature. Elder Chen had no objection to this.

"I have to have a quota for those two Qi Refining Stage boys in my Sword Grinding Hall, right?" Qing Yan said again.

"This ...... It's up to the head to decide, I don't think they have a reason to go, if you say that Tian Glycoin is going to try the sword cave, I will raise my hands in favor. Elder Chen received it.

"You know that Tian Glycoside has already laid the foundation, and you still mention what she is doing! I only mention the quota of the two boys under my door. Qing Yan couldn't suppress the fire in his heart anymore.

Seeing this posture, Elder Xue on the side hurriedly got up and played a round: "I don't think the two of you need to argue, we have already nominated twelve people just now, and after adding what Elder Qingyan said about these three people, isn't it just enough to make up fifteen people?"

If Qing Yan was still a little jealous of Elder Chen, she didn't have the slightest affection for this Elder Xue: "You say it's decided, Elder Xue is so capable!"

Elder Xue's eyes narrowed: "Where did Elder Qingyan get his anger?"

"If you mention three people by yourself, do you still want to count that old forest head as my proposal?" Qing Yan slapped the table.

"If you don't want to let Lao Lin Tou go, just tell the master, what kind of temper are you playing at me?" Elder Xue is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Qing Yan snorted heavily: "When did I say that I didn't want to let Lao Lin Tou go, if he didn't go, wouldn't you be able to go for him?"

"Ahem!ahem!" Tang Qingyuan had to speak, if this continued, these people would have a tendency to do it. If there is a regular meeting of the sect, and the main hall is lifted again, it will be a big joke.

"You elders don't have to argue, after all, it's all for the sake of the sect, so why hurt your personal friendship. Tang Qingyuan's hat was buttoned up, and several elders stopped for the time being.

Tang Qingyuan was smiling and his tone was calm, but only he knew what he was thinking.

The four elders didn't save him any face this time.

Lao Lintou's quota is untouchable, and no one can take it. The two boys in the Grinding Sword Hall can be said to be the representatives of the combat power of the disciples of the Qingling Sect during the Qi refining period, and the Qingling Sect also pointed to them to serve food. Everyone knew that these three people must enter the sword cave. Then the rest is only twelve places, and now the four elders have smoothly arranged the twelve people, and each of them has killed three places, without the slightest intention of giving in, and in the end they would rather find an eighth-layer Qi refining person to go in and make up the number, and no one said to leave one and a half for Tang Qingyuan.

Tang Qingyuan knew that this was an expression of dissatisfaction by the elders with him lifting the lid of the Infinite Valley, and it was also a disguised warning from the Zhongzhou forces to him.

His arm couldn't twist his thigh, and Tang Qingyuan had to admit it. But negotiation is such a thing, you beat me with a stick, you have to give me a sweet date, right? Otherwise, who is willing to play with you? Your eighth-layer Qi refining is the bottom line of negotiation left for me, right?

Tang Dazhangjiao is familiar with this kind of thing, and he can see through the final outcome at a glance, and it is still as boring as ever!

But life is like a play, and you still have to accompany them to act.

Tang Qingyuan took a sip of tea: "I recently heard that there is a disciple with a good cultivation under the sect, and he is an old man, oh, he is a little older than the eighth-layer Qi refining that Elder Chen said just now, I think it's not bad to let him try." ”

"Oh, I don't know which one the head is talking about?" asked the anxious Elder Hu.

Tang Qingyuan raised his eyebrows: "Qian Yang!"

"Qian Yang?" The four elders looked at each other, and they all saw the confusion in the eyes of the others.

In the end, it was Elder Hu's spiritual sense that swept through the thick file, then picked out one of them, looked at it carefully, and then handed the paper to Elder Chen with a frown.

That piece of paper was Qian Yang's information, and the four elders circulated it one by one, but they didn't see a single flower from it.

"Twenty-eight years old, thirteen years of entry, ninth level of qi refining!" ......Elder Chen smacked his lips: "This is old enough, but ......"

Tang Qingyuan smiled lightly: "Doesn't Elder Chen like Lao Cheng? This is quite suitable." ”

No wonder the elders were surprised, it was really Qian Yang's resume that was too ordinary. Thirteen years of cultivation to the ninth level of qi refining really can't be said to be slow, after all, it is normal to be on a certain bottleneck card for more than ten or twenty years. But this speed is definitely not fast, and it is not close to the excellent disciples at all.

"I've been in the outer gate for thirteen years, and I'm an old disciple, how come I've never heard of this person?" Elder Hu looked puzzled.

"Actually, I haven't heard of this person before, it should be too ordinary!" Tang Qingyuan naturally wouldn't admit that he had done anything on this resume.

"Oh!" Elder Ning on the side suddenly realized: "The head of the sect is looking for a successor for the old Lin head, right?"

After he said this, other people also reacted, if they were looking for a successor for Lao Lin Tou, they really had no reason to object.

"I see, it's hard to say whether Lao Lin Tou can participate in the next trial, and it's really time to find another guide. "It was Elder Xue who spoke.

Tang Qingyuan knew that these people would think like this, but his face was silent: "I just have this idea, but I still have to see his performance this time, and in addition, I have to ask his personal opinion." ”

The elders nodded yes, but they didn't think so, when the guide said that he had to respect his personal opinion, in fact, he couldn't help himself, are you willing to run the sword cave again and again?

"It's just that you have to wronged Chen Wantong in this way, and you have to ask Elder Chen to appease you with kind words. Tang Qingyuan looked at Elder Chen.

Elder Chen's face was embarrassed: "Wantong has an upright personality, if he knows that he has been robbed of his place, I am afraid that he will not be patient." ”

Qingyan on the side choked out directly after taking a sip of tea: I just said that Lao Cheng is serious, but this time he has changed his personality again, and he is not so shameless, right?

Elder Chen's bottom line in his heart was obviously not something that Qing Yan, an elder of the small character generation, could predict, and after he finished speaking, there was no other expression on his face, as if things were like this.

Tang Qingyuan didn't care: "Wantong doesn't want to endure it, let him go to Qian Yang, if that kid surnamed Qian can't pass this level, don't mention anything about the guide, my Qingling Sect can't afford to lose that person!"

Elder Chen nodded in agreement, the guide is very important, and the interests of everyone here are closely related, and it really can't be arbitrary.

Thinking of this, Elder Chen couldn't help but lower his head and carefully study Qian Yang's resume in his hand. After a long time, Elder Chen sighed: "This person named Qian Yang really can't see the slightest bright spot anymore except for the old one!"