Chapter Seventy-Six: Seven Groups of Thorns
The Phantom Killing Hall is actually divided into two floors, the outer hall and the inner hall, and the place where Yu Hao and the others were stopped by the guards just now is the outer hall, which is the place where the Thorn Guild receives guests and accepts tasks.
The president and the main members of the guild live in the inner hall, and the inner hall is also the place where the Thorn Guild deals with the internal affairs of the guild, it is different from the outer hall, it is much more secretive and dangerous, there are organs everywhere, non-members of the guild, do not understand the layout of the inner hall, and intruders will be attacked.
Therefore, when he came to the outside of the inner hall, Cheng Hui asked Yu Hao and Long Yi to wait there and not to run around, while he himself entered the inner hall to report.
Soon, Cheng Hui went and returned, he smiled and said to Yu Hao and Long Yi: "Yu Hao, Long Yi, the president agreed that you have joined, you come with me, and you will participate in the assessment with other new members later, and those who have passed Guò can officially join and become a member of my Thorn Guild." ”
Yu Hao and Long Yi were not surprised by such a result, after listening to Cheng Hui's story, they knew that the Thorn Guild was now in a special period and needed a lot of fresh blood to join, and it would not refuse them.
It's just that in order not to overdo the number of thorns, the Thorn Guild has to conduct a routine assessment, otherwise if some useless people are mixed in, it will not only fail to strengthen the guild, but also make the guild's strength decline, become a group of rabble, and consume the guild's resources in vain.
Only those who have real potential can make the guild shine again, and if the guild absorbs them, then revival is just around the corner.
That's why Cheng Hui worked so hard to buy Yu Hao and Long Yi, what he fancied was their strength and potential, he knew that as long as these two people were given a certain amount of time and enough resources, it wouldn't be long before they could grow up and become a big help to him, even if he suffered a little, it was worth it.
At this time, Yu Hao and Long Yi followed behind Cheng Hui, learned Cheng Hui's way, passed through the inner hall, and went to the test ground.
This testing ground is also in the Phantom Killing Palace, which has been specially modified to assess and train new members to become a qualified killer.
There are a variety of simulated places, most of which are set up by illusions, and there are also real fighting places where members can fight each other.
Moreover, the fighting arena stipulates that only the winner can get out alive, and the loser can only end up with death, and he can't admit defeat.
In this way, the rules of the battle field are very cruel, and it is not allowed to cheat, otherwise you will be executed, which is also to train a strong person, not only a strong person, but also a strong heart, because then you can be a good killer.
These Cheng Hui gave detailed explanations to Yu Hao and Long Yi, and told them many times, Yu Hao and Long Yi knew that he was for their good, and they firmly remembered it.
After a while, Yu Hao and Long Yi followed Cheng Hui to the outside of the test site, they looked at the moss-covered and somewhat dilapidated test site, and looked at the dried blood stains that still existed on the test site, they suddenly felt a very heavy murderous aura, which had been hovering on the test site, intertwining and tearing each other, all of which were somewhat substantial.
How many people would have to die to be like this?
Anyway, it was the first time for Yu Hao and Long Yi to see such a strong murderous aura, and they both felt a tense atmosphere, in this atmosphere, their hearts that had been open before couldn't help but slowly tighten at this time, and their brows were slightly furrowed, and they didn't dare to be careless at all.
Not only them, but Cheng Hui, an acquaintance, regained his usual coldness when he arrived here, and there was a heaviness on his body that echoed the atmosphere here, as if it should be the case here.
When Yu Hao and the others looked at the test site, the people on the test site were also looking at them, and at this time, the corner of the test site was already full of people, looking at its number, there should be no less than a hundred people, they were dressed differently, and they were all looking around curiously.
You don't have to guess to know that these people must be the same as Yu Hao and them, they are also here to participate in the assessment and join the Thorn Guild, they all have a leading disciple of the Thorn Guild in front of them, and those people are the same as Cheng Hui, they are all old men of the Thorn Guild, there are six in total.
These six disciples represent the six groups under the command of the Thorn Guild, which are the Dark Group, the Wind Group, the Sword Group, the Gun Group, the Fire Group, and the Moon Group.
Cheng Hui is not in their six groups, he is also the leader of the group, the sole leader of the knife group, and he and the other six groups form the seventh group of the Thorn Guild, which is an indispensable part of the Thorn Guild.
Among them, among the seven groups of the Thorn Guild, the wind group is mainly a group that connects with the outside and goes outside to receive tasks.
The dark group is to investigate the feasibility of whether the task can be completed, and find out the situation of the task, and then come back to tell the people of the sword group, knife group, and gun group what they need to do when they go to perform the task.
As for the fire group, as the name suggests, they bear the responsibility of firefighting heroes, and they are generally idle and do not shoot, only when the knife group, sword group and gun group are in danger, it receives a call for help, and then it will rush to help.
But this support is necessary, he can't retreat because he can't afford the enemy, otherwise who else in the three swords and guns group will go out on a mission?
Therefore, the behavior of the fire group is very special, which also leads to its strength being stronger than a single group of the three groups of swords, guns and swords, and it is second only to the group of the moon group.
The Moon Group is different from the other six groups, it does not have to carry out tasks, their task is to guard the lair, prevent foreign enemies from blending in, and give the other six groups a safe environment.
Therefore, the Moon Group has the most people, and it is generally the safest, after all, unlike the three groups of swords, guns and swords, they need to charge into battle, and they have to face real danger at any time, they just need to guard their homes.
However, although everyone has a different division of labor, no one can lack anyone, otherwise it will be quite dangerous when performing tasks, and the Thorn Guild will not have zài.
Because if there is no wind group to go outside to accept tasks, the people in the guild will have nothing to do, and they will consume the resources in the guild all day long, and sooner or later the guild will be devastated.
And if there is no person from the dark group to step on the point in advance and inquire about the general situation, it will undoubtedly greatly increase the danger for the three groups of swords and guns, and it is not safe at all.
In addition, if there are no people from the Moon Group to guard and no people from the Fire Group to rescue, the life of the three groups of swords, guns and swords will be just as difficult.
Therefore, everyone is connected by flesh and blood, and no one can leave anyone.
Take Cheng Hui's assassination of Ouyang Ke this time as an example, if it weren't for the Feng Group receiving this task, and the dark group getting information for him in advance, he wouldn't have been able to have a task to do so quickly, nor could he find out the situation in Crane Valley so quickly, and he didn't act recklessly.
As for the fire group, Cheng Hui succeeded in carrying out the mission this time, but he didn't ask for help, so naturally they didn't dispatch and didn't come to clean up the aftermath for him.
Therefore, when the other six groups of people saw Cheng Hui coming, they couldn't help frowning, because there were only two people around Cheng Hui, and both of them looked a little thin, and they were a little cold compared to those around them, which had to make them wonder.
"Why did Dao Yi only recruit two people in, did he know that the guild was in a difficult period now, and it needed to recruit a lot of fresh blood to replenish its strength?"
The disciple of the leader of the fire group looked at Yu Hao and Long Yi behind Cheng Hui, and he looked at the dozen or so people behind him, compared to Cheng Hui, there were many more of his people, he didn't know what Cheng Hui thought, he only recruited two people to come in, but he had performed a mission with Cheng Hui, and he knew Cheng Hui's strength, shouldn't it be like this?
"Hehe, he must think that two people are enough, otherwise how can he call it non-two, what he wants is unique, I want to see how the two people he brought can pass the guò assessment?"
The other leader of the sword team first made a sarcastic smile, and then smiled a little gloatingly, his smile was a little hideous, and with the wolf skin mask on his face, his whole person looked very evil.
"Hmph! The guy who is proud of himself is the only one who goes out to do a task, who told him not to find more helpers to come in, he deserves it!"
The disciple who led the gun group was also a little disdainful, because Cheng Hui was looking for so many newcomers to join every time, and these newcomers often died before they could pass the assessment, which meant that Cheng Hui was the only one in the knife group, he was both the leader and the team member.
Every time he carried out a mission, the team leader of the other two groups had the manpower to arrange, but he needed to do it himself.
In this way, Cheng Hui is the one with the most injuries and the most battles at the team leader level among the three groups of swords, guns and swords, so he is also crowned with the title of "no two".
In this regard, Cheng Hui has long been accustomed to it, his strength is far above the leader of the two groups of guns and swords, among the seven groups, only the strength of the fire group and the leader of the moon group is stronger than him, and the others are not as good as him.
Cheng Hui also pretended not to hear the sarcasm of the leaders of the two groups of guns and swords, he walked over with Yu Hao and Long Yi, and walked straight to the elder who was in charge of the assessment of new members, and arched his hand: "The leader of the knife group, Dao Yi, has seen Elder Xia. ”
Elder Xia was an old man, he was full of white hair, he was closing his eyes at this time, and when he heard Cheng Hui's voice, he opened his eyes and looked at Cheng Hui, with a touch of tenderness in his eyes.
However, it was only for a moment, when the old man saw that there were only two people around Cheng Hui, he couldn't help but be a little angry, showing a look of disappointment.
The old man would be like this, not because he looked down on Yu Hao and Long Yi, but because he had fought with Cheng Hui's great-grandfather, and they had a good relationship with each other.
Therefore, when he saw that Cheng Hui only brought two people to the assessment, he felt that Cheng Hui was fooling again, and he was naturally disappointed.
Therefore, the old man couldn't help but be a little angry and said, "Why did you choose only two people? Do you know ......?"
The old man is one of the three elders in the guild, his name is Xia Mo, and he is the most senior elder of the Thorn Guild, Cheng Hui is so rash, he naturally wants to criticize.
But Cheng Hui, who had listened to his nagging in the past, interrupted him this time and explained: "Elder Xia, this time is different, although there are only two of them, the disciple dares to guarantee that there will be two of them among the ten people who survive in the end, please believe the disciple, the disciple will not let you down again this time." ”
Cheng Hui said very seriously, looking at him at the end of the summer, he wanted to see him through, but in the end he shook his head helplessly, Cheng Hui was too stubborn, and he couldn't pull him back.
But in order for Cheng Hui not to go further and further, Xia Mo still kindly reminded: "You have to remember, this is your last chance, if you are still alone this time, then you don't want to be the leader of the knife group anymore, give up your position, you go to the Yue group to be Xin Yue's deputy, it's safe there, don't work so hard, I can only do this step." ”
Saying that, the end of Xia couldn't help sighing, thinking about when Cheng Hui's great-grandfather was still there, how brilliant the Thorn Guild was at that time, thinking about it now.
Hey, I can't come back.