Thanks to classmate zhangboy313 for the tip! Well, I told the group last night that I lay down to rest for a while, but when I opened my eyes, I heard the sparrows chirping outside the window, sweat!
The first disciple to be brought in was the oldest seventeen-year-old disciple. There were more than 20,000 disciples in this group, less than half of whom came from Business Opportunity City, and more than half of whom came from Hundred Flowers Sect¡ªa very small number of them, They are relatively potential disciples collected by the martial arts hall from all over the country. Due to age issues, Jiangwu Hall does not recruit many disciples over the age of fifteen. Those under the age of fifteen are the key targets of Jiangwu Hall¡¯s teachings.
Liu Chengfeng, Yun Yi and Ye Yuan'er stood in front of three arenas respectively. The other grandmasters were very smart and went to other arenas to watch. Even if they shared the same arena, they would not compete with the three of them. Liu Chengfeng did not give in to this, but began to observe calmly.
On the ring, the two disciples bowed their hands in greeting, announced their names, and then began to compete.
These two disciples are both male disciples recruited from the Martial Arts Hall. Because of their age, their practice is not fast, but it can be seen that their basic skills are quite solid, but that's all.
Because ordinary people in this world get married relatively early, among the disciples collected by the Jiangwu Hall, there are basically no female disciples who are sixteen or seventeen years old, because all the female disciples of this age are already married.
Soon, the two disciples decided the winner, but there was no one who stood out to Liu Chengfeng. The winning disciple glanced at Liu Chengfeng and saw that he remained calm, so he had no choice but to turn around and walk out to prepare for the next round of battle. The defeated disciples have another chance if they are defeated again. Then he would have no choice but to leave sadly.
But the next person who came on stage was a male disciple from Business Opportunity City, and he quickly defeated this disciple. He could only leave sadly. Liu Chengfeng looked at his back with some emotion, but did not say anything to persuade him to stay. This was originally the assessment he gave, survival of the fittest, and sometimes it was so cruel.
Then, the competition continued, and among the seventeen-year-old disciples, a female disciple occasionally appeared. All of them were originally disciples of the Chenlu Hall of the Hundred Flowers Sect, but the total number was only a few hundred. Among the 20,000 people, there were very few who were skilled now - but they had a high chance of winning. Because they are all disciples of Baihua Sect who have been teaching for more than ten years, they are not at the same starting point as the disciples recruited from various places by Jiangwu Hall. Even compared with the disciples provided by Business Opportunity City. They are no less impressive.
Liu Chengfeng watched. I thought to myself that among the seventeen-year-old disciples, among the three hundred in the top class, the number of female disciples from the original Hundred Flowers Sect would account for more than two hundred. This result was not beyond his expectation. The remaining disciples provided by Business Opportunity City and Lecture Hall would come from nearly 20,000 people. Grab those hundreds of spots. On the other hand, there are three thousand official disciples, and disciples from Business Opportunity City may account for nearly half.
Liu Chengfeng sighed in his heart as he looked at the disciples who left sadly one by one, and at the disciples who were still worried about preparing for the next battle after winning. According to the four levels of direct disciples, top class disciples, formal disciples, and martial arts hall disciples, the identities of the disciples have actually changed. There is a big difference in this, but he does not intend to change his plan.
Baihua Fairy originally had only formal disciples and handyman disciples in the Baihua Sect. In terms of status, there is no big difference between the disciples. Such a choice. Naturally it has its advantages, but it also has its disadvantages.
Liu Chengfeng did this. To a certain extent, it will destroy the status quo of equality for everyone in Baihua Sect, but he feels that in a world where the jungle is strong and the strong eat the jungle, talking about equality for everyone is a bit too advanced.
Everyone is equal, but in fact everyone is not equal.
Disciples with low qualifications enjoy the same benefits as disciples with extraordinary qualifications. Is this fair to those disciples with good qualifications? What's more, resources are always limited. Even if Liu Chengfeng can come up with more pills and rare objects from the world, it is impossible to provide unlimited supplies to any disciple. If the same elixir is provided to ordinary disciples and elite disciples every month, the effect will definitely not be as good as providing elixirs from ordinary disciples to elite disciples.
This is also a method commonly used by any sect and any force. Sects that do not do this, or are unable to do this, will not be able to survive in the cruel competition.
Liu Chengfeng will give all disciples a chance, but he will not give everyone the same treatment. He will try to be fair when it comes to opportunities, but the subsequent benefits and treatment will depend on each disciple's efforts and talent. While he was meditating, Tumi'er brought Zhen Hedong to him, cupped his hands and said:
"Sect Leader Liu, you are here. I have something to tell you."
"Well, what's the matter?"
Liu Chengfeng¡¯s eyes fell directly on Zhen Hedong, because his age did not look like that of seventeen. Both Tumi'er and Zhen Hedong saw his reaction.It was nothing, but Zhen Hedong was extremely nervous.
"That's right, this disciple is called Zhen Hedong, and he is twenty-one years old this year. But when I was teaching his younger brother to practice, he was studying by himself next to me, and his progress was not slower than other disciples. Later, I made a special inspection and found that he His understanding is very good and his practice progress is also very good. I will consider giving him a chance if possible."
"Oh? That's okay, we can let him try to participate in the ring competition."
"I also want to do this, but because we were fighting last year, I was not in the martial arts hall, so his progress fell a lot. If he is allowed to participate in the martial arts competition, firstly, it is not in line with the rules because of his age, and secondly, it is not suitable for him. It's not fair to anyone else. I hope I can recruit him specially to see which grandmaster is willing to take him."
"Grandmaster" Liu Chengfeng looked at Zhen Hedong. At this time, the competition on the ring was over, and the failed disciple retreated, so he said, "Wait a minute, Tumi'er, give him the sword and let him go to the ring to fight. One game. That one, please show mercy."
The winner at this time was a female disciple from the Baihua Sect. She won easily and heard Tumi'er's words and nodded. Tumi'er immediately handed the long sword in front of Zhen Hedong and said, "Go and try it!"
Zhen Hedong took the sword, then clasped his fists and handed over to Liu Chengfeng and Tumi'er respectively, then jumped onto the ring, saluted the disciple and said, "Hello, my name is Zhen Hedong, please give me your advice!" After that, He drew his sword.
The disciple also announced his name, and the martial saints on both sides of the ring did not stop him. After all, as the sect leader, Liu Chengfeng still had this privilege. What's more, if Tumi'er can send this disciple here specially, they also want to see if there is anything special about this disciple.
"Sect Master Liu, Zhen Hedong is the brother of Zhen Luo, the female disciple who performed best last year. She also has a disciple named Zhen Hexi who is also very qualified. You will definitely notice him in this year's competition. They are three siblings. People are all talented in martial arts."
"I see, let's take a look first. If he is really worthy of development, I won't hesitate to give him a chance."
Tumi'er sent a message to Liu Chengfeng and while they were talking, Zhen Hedong started fighting with the other disciple.
Liu Chengfeng paid close attention to Zhen Hedong's sword skills. The disciple seemed to know that this was an inspection, so he did not attack as soon as he came up. Instead, he focused on defense and gave Zhen Hedong the opportunity to attack.
Zhen Hedong's performance is indeed good, and his mastery of swordsmanship is also remarkable, but if it is just like this, it is just a normal level. It seems that there is nothing worthy of Tumi'er's so much attention!
Tumi'er seemed to know Liu Chengfeng's doubts, so he sent a message to the disciple who was competing with Zhen Hedong and said: "You should put some pressure on him appropriately."
Hearing this, the disciple immediately gave up simple resistance and began to increase his attacks, and gradually increased the intensity of his attacks. At this time, Zhen Hedong's characteristics were revealed. He could actually learn and use them immediately, using the defensive moves of the disciple just now.
Seeing this, Liu Chengfeng nodded, this disciple is a bit interesting. Tumi'er said that he has a good understanding, and it can indeed be seen from this, especially since he is not yet a formal student of the Jiangwu Hall, which is equivalent to just auditing, and he must have practiced a lot in the past.
But after all, Zhen Hedong had not even fully learned the Hundred Flowers Sword Technique. At this time, under the attack of that disciple, he immediately seemed to be overwhelmed, and he could no longer withstand it. Liu Chengfeng didn't want him to leave the shadow of failure in the first battle, so he said: "Stop it, Zhen Hedong, come down!" After speaking, he looked at Tumi'er and said, "You did a good job, first Set him up, and after Senior Zhou Tianying comes out of seclusion, I will introduce him."
"Thank you, Sect Leader Liu!"
Tumi'er immediately raised his hand and said, Zhen Hedong also looked at Liu Chengfeng with a grateful face. The battle just now made him understand that he couldn't be selected as an official disciple based on his current martial arts.
"Thank you, Master Liu, for giving me this opportunity. I will definitely practice martial arts well!"
"Haha, go ahead and continue here."
Liu Chengfeng smiled and waved to them, indicating that they should continue on the stage. Seeing Tumi'er leaving with Zhen Hedong, he looked around and saw that few masters had chosen their direct disciples yet. This is also normal, because now a seventeen-year-old disciple is on the stage. Among the entire group of disciples, they are already older. It is estimated that most masters will choose younger ones even if they choose disciples.
The rules of this competition are similar to the rules of the last competition to select top students, so most of the disciples were eliminated before the morning was over. There are more than a hundred arenas competing at the same time, and each person only has two chances to fail at most. The overall speed is not satisfactory. Near noon, the disciple responsible for monitoring the data went to Liu Chengfeng to report that nowThere are only the last four thousand people left. Should we start now to determine the number of people in the top class?
Liu Chengfeng looked at the sky, then shook his head and said: "First arrange for the disciples to have a meal, tally up the number of victories won by these four thousand people, and then start to determine the top class and official disciples in the afternoon. In addition, let the sixteen The younger disciples have also begun to prepare, and the other disciples should not relax as well. While waiting for the competition in the past few days, we can conduct group training."
"Yes, Sect Leader Liu."
After the disciple finished speaking, he turned around and went to make arrangements. Liu Chengfeng looked at the arena. It was obvious that this competition would take more than ten days to complete. He hoped that it would be best to complete it before the Qingming Festival on the fourth day of April, because on that day, the Baihua Sect would definitely hold a ceremony to honor the dead this year. ()