Five hours later, under the constant urging of the alarm clock, Shanhe finally opened his sleepy eyes.

Sit up straight and stretch aggrievedly before looking out the window.

As a result, when he saw this, he was shocked on the spot!

The parking lot, which was empty last night, is now bustling with activity.

Not only was it full of all kinds of luxury cars that he had never seen before, but it was also overcrowded on the periphery of the basketball hall!

That scene instantly reminded the mountains and rivers of the situation of the major scenic spots during the National Day holiday! It is really not an exaggeration to say that it is a sea of people.

got out of the car and found a bathroom, and after a brief combing, Shanhe came to the outside of the basketball hall.

Looking at the crowded scene in front of him, he also muttered to himself:

What the hell is going on?

Didn't Director Lu say that the number of participants would not be higher than 100?

But today's posture, let alone a hundred people, I feel that thousands of people can't stop it?

Alas, this is miserable, if so many people compete together, I am afraid that there is little hope of winning......

"Alright master, don't sigh here! Just when Shanhe was puzzled, he listened to Xiao Bang's mouth to solve his doubts:

"If you look closely, you can see the problem, but you don't want to think about it. Take a good look, what age are these people in front of you, what kind of status, what is their physical condition, can they all come to the selection meeting?"

Hearing Xiao Bang say this, Shanhe calmed down and observed the crowd in front of him.

After a closer look, he realized that there were indeed many guys in the crowd, not like people who had come to participate in the selection.

It's like those with gray hair, or pot-bellied, or heavy makeup and selfies...... These people, both in appearance and mentality, give people the feeling that they have nothing to do with the cultivation world, and it is indeed a bit far-fetched to say that they are here to participate in the selection conference.

"Oh, then, what are they doing here?" said Shanhe puzzled.

"They all accompanied the participants of their own families to this conference. ”

"Huh, you mean, they're all spectators?"

"Well, strictly speaking, they're not even spectators...... Because, they can't even get into the arena. ”

As soon as he heard that these people couldn't even enter the venue, Shanhe immediately wondered, and didn't understand the significance of them being so excited.

In order to explain this truth to Shanhe, Xiao Bang had to talk about the most basic knowledge first.

"Master, do you know why the Xiuzhen Sect holds a selection meeting in the secular world every year?"

"Uh, it's supposed to be recruiting talent, right?"

"Recruiting talents?" After hearing Shanhe's naïve answer, Xiao Bang just smiled and didn't say much, and continued to ask: "Then do you know who they recruit?"

Shanhe said while recalling: "I remember that the director said that it seems that only families that are close to Nangongmen are eligible to participate. ”

"That's right, do you know what the relationship between the secular family and the Xiuzhen sect is?"

After shaking his head in confusion, he listened to Xiao Bang explain:

"Each Xiuzhen sect has actually cultivated a lot of its own forces in the secular world. While providing them with various resources, they can also take care of many mundane matters for them. The more powerful the sect, the more power it cultivates. Especially in recent decades, the competition between the various sects in this area has become more and more fierce. ”

"Oh, it was intentionally cultivated...... Hey, then these families won't work in vain, right?

"Yes, of course, these families also have plans. The biggest advantage is that you can get the protection of the Xiuzhen sect. It's like finding a backer, and if something big happens, the sect will help. It can be regarded as a mutually beneficial relationship. ”

After hearing this, Shanhe nodded as if he didn't understand, as if he understood something. But he soon asked:

"And how did the selection meeting come about?"

Hearing this, Xiao Bang also felt that the foreshadowing was almost done, so he chatted with Shanhe about the origin of the selection meeting.

It turned out that as early as a hundred years ago, there was no selection conference in the cultivation realm at all. The fresh blood in the faction is cultivated internally, and it never absorbs "talents" from the secular world.

However, with the increasing number of secular families cultivated by various sects, some families have proposed that they hope to send their children to the sect to "study", so as to deepen the exchanges and understanding between the two parties.

At the beginning, none of the Xiuzhen sects would agree to this.

Because in their eyes, disciples from the secular world are basically like waste.

Since he was a child, he didn't lay a good foundation, and he was also contaminated with all kinds of bad problems, so even if he came to the faction, he could only lag behind.

But for the secular families, they don't care about that.

Their real purpose was to raise their family's status in the secular world!

If the children of their own family can enter the sect to practice, then the entire family will also ascend to heaven because of this.

Therefore, the more they came later, the more secular families had this will, and the enthusiasm was also unusually high, giving people the feeling that the momentum was faintly unbearable.

In such a situation, about a few decades later, there was finally a sect that took the lead and adopted the method of "selection meeting" to open up a path of sending "talents" from the secular world to the cultivation world.

Because of this method, it can not only calm the emotions of the secular family, but also effectively control the number of people who enter the sect each year, which can be called the best of both worlds. Therefore, within a few years, it was imitated by various major sects, and finally evolved into a traditional ritual in the cultivation realm, which has continued to this day.

"Oh, it turns out that this is how the selection meeting of the cultivation realm came......" After listening to Xiao Bang's explanation, Shanhe finally nodded brightly.

"Hmm. However, due to the fact that the selection meeting is held once a year, and the number of people recruited is limited, and there are many casual cultivators who will take the opportunity to join in the excitement every year. Therefore, it is actually very difficult for a secular family to send someone in, and the competition is very fierce. There are many families who participate every year, but so far there is no harvest. Hehe, just thinking about it, it's quite tragic. ”

After a light sigh, the bracelet brought the topic back to the crowd in front of him;

"So every year when I come to the competition, all the major families are eager to go out to build momentum and cheer for the contestants of their families. Now, you know why so many people are here, right?"

"Oh! See! They're all 'off-the-field cheerleaders'! Hehe, then I have nothing to fear. ”

With a grin, Shanhe regained his self-confidence and walked towards the entrance of the basketball hall.

(End of chapter)