Chapter 3: Form a clique

From Zhou Baoku's mouth, Zhou Tai basically figured out the problem of the New Year Competition.

This annual New Year competition is actually a new tradition that only appeared after the reopening of the mountain gate of the Seven Quatrains.

Every spring, the seven branches of the Seven Quatrains of the Seven Quarters will first hold branch-level competitions to determine the ten strongest disciples at the branch level that year.

After the ten strongest disciples of each branch are decided, the main sect on Yanyun Peak of the Seven Secret Saint Sect will hold a second round of competition. The seventy strongest disciples will be able to participate in this second round of competition.

The final result of this second round of competition will determine who should be the first disciple of the branch and who should be the first disciple of the entire Seven Quaternary Holy Sect.

These first disciples in the branch and the first disciples of the entire Holy Sect are not just glorious names, but they will truly enjoy the favorable treatment of the first disciple - whether it is the supply of spiritual medicine, equipment, or guidance on cultivation techniques, what they get is far more than ordinary disciples.

"You don't know that our junior sister Mo Mo has been the senior sister of our Yinsha Academy for seven consecutive terms. That flying big... Well, that guy Piaolinghuan is even more powerful. Since the second year when our Seven Quaster Holy Sect reopened the mountain gate and accepted disciples, he has been overwhelming the senior brother of the seventh courtyard!"

When he said this, Zhou Baoku, who had a lot of beards, was obviously a little envious.

"Hey—, which one do you rank in the annual competition?"

The kitten Yao Yiyi found it interesting, so she asked Zhou Baoku without thinking about it.

Yiyi's problem obviously made Zhou Baoku feel a little embarrassed, so after two fake coughs, Zhou Baoku blushed slightly, "Shame... the old man's cultivation is not profound enough, and his martial arts are not exquisite enough, and there is no expert magic weapon in his hand, so that... the best ranking in previous years is only the 108th place in the Yinshayuan Competition... Sadly, ashamed!"

Before Zhou Baoku finished speaking, the kitten demon calculated with his fingers: "Old man Zhou, Old Man Zhou, what you said... Except for the fool Zhou Tai in Yinshayuan, then count the latest batch of introductory ones. At the highest point, there were 516 disciples, right? Hehe... You only got 108th place for more than 500 people, so shameless!"

Seeing that the little maid was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, the little girl also learned from Yiyi, who was not very knowledgeable about the world and shaved her cheeks: "Yeah, shy!"

Although Zhou Baoku is smooth, the words of the two little girls obviously touched his pain. He endured it and did not have an attack, but his eyebrows were full of sadness.

At this time, Zhou Tai raised his hand and rubbed his hands on the heads of Yiyi and Xuejian’s little maid, and said majesticly: “You two girls are enough. Senior Brother Zhou is our own. There is a limit to joke with Senior Brother Zhou!”

Then, Zhou Tai turned his head and patted Zhou Baoku twice on the shoulder and said, "Senior Brother Zhou, the ranking of the competition in the past does not mean that this will happen in the future. Whether it is martial arts, Taoism or magic weapons, the fine and even the best in these things can be obtained as long as you are determined! So don't be discouraged, because there will be a long life in the future! I look at Senior Brother Zhou, and it is a sign of a late achievement. As the saying goes, a big bird will not sing in Qi Palace for three years, but it will be awesome, and if it doesn't sing, it will be awesome. If it doesn't fly, it will be awesome. Brother Zhou! You will definitely have a day to become awesome in the future!"

While speaking, Zhou Tai pointed at his loli disciple Xue Feiyan, and then continued intentionally or unintentionally: "Senior Brother Zhou, I, as a disciple, was still in the vein of the yin half a year ago, and looked withered and drooping. Now... can you still see what I said?"

"ah?"

If Zhou Tai didn't say it, Zhou Baoku wouldn't believe it. After successfully building the foundation, he was refreshed and breathless. His agile eyes were filled with Xue Feiyan, who had countless fire spirit power. As Zhou Tai said, he would have been in the yin vein half a year ago, and his face was withered and drooping.

When Zhou Baoku understood that Zhou Tai, a junior brother who was full of secrets and was also capable, had no need to deceive him in such matters. So after a shout, Zhou Baoku couldn't help but ask: "Junior Brother Zhou, how did you make this child grow bigger and change like this in just half a year?!"

Indeed, Zhou Baoku is not a strong man, and he has long since retired those unrealistic fantasies such as "ascending directly from the foundation-building realm to the Nascent Soul Heavenly King" and so on. He is willing to run around and let go of his face to make friends with all kinds of people in order to make a good relationship for his descendants.

But all this does not mean that Zhou Baoku doesn't want to become stronger, and does not want to improve his cultivation level, which has been stuck in the third stage of foundation building for more than three years.

Who doesn’t want to make a higher level of cultivation and earn a few years of life from God’s hands?

It's better to die than to live...

"Hehe--" Zhou Tai smiled, then said with his fingers: "Of course it is one or two of the law, the earth, the partner, and the wealth."

Some things cannot be said to be too detailed, or they will not be mysterious if they are too detailed, and they will not arouse others' desire to explore.

Zhou Baoku's reaction was not beyond Zhou Tai's expectations. He did not continue to ask questions, but nodded slightly to express his "understanding", but his eyes became obviously eager.

And this is exactly what Zhou Tai hopes to see.

Zhou Tai no longer continued to mention this matter. He naturally brought the topic back to the New Year competition and asked casually what other tough characters were there in the academies of the Seven Quarter Holy Sects besides Senior Brother Piaoling and Senior Sister Mo Mo.

This time, it was Zhou Baoku's turn to settle the score by hand: "That's it, let's not mention our Yinsha Academy, start with the Voodoo Academy! The first disciples Qiao Shuang and Zhang Tan in the Voodoo Academy are the most powerful disciples, but the use of poison is not very outstanding in the competition. Zhang Tan and Zhang are not much different. The powerful disciples of the Demon Cultivation Academy are the first disciples Li Mo and the second Xi Tong Huajin. Senior Brother Li is transformed by the raccoon monster. When fighting, they are so powerful. Last year, Senior Sister Mo almost fell into the hands of Senior Brother Li, and Senior Brother Tong was even more strange. No matter how he sees it, he is a human, not an alien demon cultivator, but he is in the Demon Cultivation Academy, and he can't see through it..."

In this way, Zhou Baoku told all the more powerful disciples of the Seven Secret Saint Sect.

In addition to the above, what Zhou Baoku has emphasized is also-

Mr. Takeshi and Golohar of the White Bone Courtyard.

Nalan Qingzhen from the Corpse Demon Academy.

Xue Yuntao from the Evil Sword Academy.

Jingxue Shang from the Ghost Palace.

Of course, there are not only those people mentioned by Zhou Baoku. For example, Liang Qi, who had a "one-side relationship" with Zhou Tai, also appeared in Zhou Baoku's mouth.

However, compared with the figures that Zhou Baoku emphasized that he was either the first disciple of the branch, or the radiant and incomprehensible figures that were not the first disciple, the glory of others was much dimmed a lot.

From Zhou Baoku's words, Zhou Tai heard that these top figures in the Seven Quaternary Holy Sects that were emphasized were divided into four loose groups—

The largest group is naturally those around Senior Brother Piaoling. Basically, there are people from all hospitals, and they are basically those who are not much different from the first disciple of the branch, but are also suppressed by the first disciple of the branch.

Secondly, it is the second small group formed by the second small group of senior sister Mo Mo from Yinshayuan and Jing Xueshang from Guidaoyuan as the core, plus several other girls and some passionate young men trying to chase them as the outside. This small group often faces the small group above.

Again, the core is Qiao Shuang, the first disciple of the Voodoo Academy, and Zhang Tan, the second disciple, as the core. The tendency of this group of people is not to participate in the battles between the first two groups.

The final small group is Li Mo from the Demon Cultivation Academy. The identity of the Demon Cultivation makes them farther away from the first three and live in their own small circles. If they basically don’t violate this group of people, they will have nothing to do. Once they are teased, there will be a big fight to beat them - Demon Cultivation, but few of them like to reason with others. If there is anything, they will punch and then discuss other things.

As for the scattered people who are not involved in the other groups, they are naturally ignored.

Now, Zhou Tai completely figured out the distribution of the forces in the new generation of the Seven-Certain Saint Sect. Just when Zhou Baoku used his expertise to explain the matter clearly, the servants of the Siheyuan reported that Senior Brother Liang Qi, who had just mentioned the name by Zhou Baoku, came to visit him.

"Huh? That guy Liang Qi, isn't he just doing a master's mission except for cultivation? He wishes he could hide in the embroidery building like a rich lady and never be born. What kind of thing is this torture today?"

Zhou Baoku was confused and had strange looks all over his head.

"You will know what happened after seeing it."

Zhou Tai felt a clear mind in his heart. Brother Liang Qi, the otaku monk, is rushing to hand over the task and collect the next task.

Speaking of which, Zhou Tai was a little unkind. He fooled Senior Brother Liang Qi and did not appear again for several months. He probably had all the flowers that Liang Qi had been waiting for, and he had bloomed several times.

Since Zhou Tai said this, the gatekeeper who came to report the news quickly turned around and invited Liang Qi to come in.

A moment later, Liang Qi appeared in front of Zhou Tai and others like a wind. After seeing Zhou Tai, Liang Qi's first move was to turn his head and look around. He was obviously worried that he would find the Yunluan Saint Master inadvertently.

After looking around, she confirmed that the Yunluan Saint Master was not here this time, Liang Qi's originally tense face suddenly relaxed. He said to Zhou Tai half-satisfied and half-disappointed: "Junior Brother Zhou, I have all the things you want!"

While speaking, Liang Qi took off his own storage bag from his waist and handed it to Zhou Tai.

It’s not necessary to look at Zhou Tai that the storage bag Liang Qi handed to him must be filled with the eighty-one half-demon coyote skin.

But I know that it is necessary to check it out in a pretentious manner.

"Junior Brother Zhou, my Yinsha Mingdi Guiyuan Gong... has advanced to the fourth level!"

Zhou Tai had just finished checking, and before he could speak, Liang Qi could not wait to continue speaking.

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