In the Minghe Tower, in order to celebrate Lin Man'er's plum blossom recruitment order, Xuemei set up a banquet. Attending the banquet were the city lord Su Hao, the hall owner Song Shi and Yu Youcheng and other teachers. Of course, there are also the disciples of the martial arts hall.

Su Hao was originally reluctant to participate, but he thought that his daughter had told him when he left that he must follow the Fenglei Martial Arts Pavilion and Minghe Tower to have a good relationship. Therefore, I deigned to participate.

At the beginning of the banquet, Su Hao, as the lord of the city, naturally had to say something about the scene. However, he didn't say much verbose, just wished Fenglan, Lin Man'er and Cao Leshui a smooth pass of the assessment in advance. After that, he drank a few drinks and left.

During the banquet, Xuemei talked to Lin Man'er alone and prepared two big gifts. Lin Man'er understood that one of them was for Ji Yunquan. He only accepted one copy, and let Xuemei keep it for herself to practice.

Xuemei looked at the young man in front of her and was also very emotional. She told Lin Man'er that when she arrived at the Meizhou Branch, she must learn to be patient, and she must also learn to be ruthless. Lin Man'er promised on her lips, but she didn't care about it at all.

On the second day, other monks who had received the Meihua recruitment order came to Lin Man'er and asked him if he wanted to set off together. Lin Man'er wanted to wait a few more days to see if Guan Yongnan could catch up. After all, it's a shame if you can't participate because of an injury.

Five days later, Guan Yongnan heard about this and sent someone to send Lin Man'er his plum blossom recruitment order. Lin Man'er understood that he had given up on his own initiative. However, Fenglan told him that Guan Yongnan is not someone who gives up easily. He was afraid that he would drag everyone down because of himself. With this, Fenglan encouraged Lin Man'er to complete the assessment with Guan Yongnan's share.

Lin Man'er looked at the plum blossom recruitment order in his hand and nodded heavily.

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There are a total of seventeen states in the Shenzhou Continent, and three of them are occupied by the Hao royal family in the East, namely: Meizhou, Guzhou, and Kezhou. There are three royal colleges in these three states, namely: Guzhou College, Meizhou Branch, and Kezhou Branch.

The Meizhou branch is not in Yanlin County, but in Zhirong City, Meizhou Prefecture. Rongcheng is a city of monks, but unlike Pengcheng, it has a top-level protective array. There are three levels of this array, namely Daily, Defense, and Lock.

The daily level refers to the large array of city guards that are half-open and half-closed. In other words, it is always on. Defensive means that the battle is normally turned on. Lockdown, as the name suggests, is to block the city.

Rongcheng naturally also has bazaars, no less than 20 large and small. Cultivators practice in seclusion, and when they need to buy or exchange cultivation resources, they will go to the nearest bazaar.

The Meizhou branch was established on Quhua Mountain, east of Rongcheng. Quhua Mountain is similar to Xiaoshan Mountain and connects to the Meishan Mountain Range.

The Meizhou branch teaches a lot of things, and it can be said that the nine major cultivation systems are involved. Of course, the main thing is to practice the Fa. There are hundreds of large and small courtyards in Quhua Mountain, from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, the grade is strict. The reason why this is so is because there is a green source on Quhua Mountain.

Qingyuan is a kind of spiritual source, and it is very significant for the promotion of Immortal Monarch. It can be said that the so-called spirit stone is a stone that has been wrapped by the spirit source for a long time and then "spiritualized". The reason why there are red, orange, yellow, and green grades of spiritual stones is because the time and degree of "spiritualization" are different.

For example, the red spirit stone has the lowest aura content, so it takes the shortest time to be "spiritualized". In the same way, the green spirit stone has the highest aura content, so it has been "spiritualized" for the longest time. It is precisely because of the characteristics of Qingyuan that the aura content of Quhua Mountain gradually decreases from top to bottom.

There are four presidents in Meizhou Branch, one principal and three deputies. The dean's name is Dongfang Qingtang, and he is a Dharma cultivator, and his cultivation has reached the Taiyi Golden Fairyland. The other three vice presidents are each Sword Cultivator, Array Cultivator, and Dan Cultivator.

Below the dean are the elders, who are divided into law enforcement elders, deacon elders, ordination elders (inner and outer elders), honorary elders, etc. Below the elders are disciples, and there are inner disciples and outer disciples.

In the Meizhou branch, the dean practiced on the top of the mountain, and the elders and inner disciples practiced on the mountainside. As for the outer disciples, some practice at the foot of the mountain, and some practice outside the foot of the mountain.

Because Lin Man'er and the three of them set off late, they didn't meet other monks who participated in the assessment along the way. After arriving in Rongcheng, they met two acquaintances. One is Qi Ran, the young master of the Qi family, and the other is Jin Sanfat, who once fooled him. Lin Man'er had a very bad impression of Jin Sanpang, so she only greeted Qi Ran and went to the Meizhou branch together.

At the foot of Quhua Mountain, a platform was temporarily erected. There was an emissary on the stage who was in charge of the recruitment. Lin Man'er swept through them one by one and found Ren Feiyang and Xiao Yingyu, who were in charge of Yanlin County. Xiao Yingyu also seemed to have spotted him and smiled back.

About half an hour later, a middle-aged man dressed in a green coat stood up on the stage and began to speak.

"This seat is the person in charge of the recruitment of disciples in this Meizhou Branch, you can call this seat Elder Ji. Let's explain the rules first, this assessment lasts for a total of three days. All you have to do is enter the teleportation array, and after arriving at the assessment venue, get the corresponding plum pills. ”

A monk in the audience asked, "May I ask Elder Ji, what kind of plum pill is it?" ”

Elder Ji stretched out his palm, and four balls of different colors appeared in his palm. As soon as he threw it, Umemaru hovered over the heads of the monks. Next, let's start explaining the detailed rules.

First of all, there are four types of plum pills: red, orange, yellow, and green, each of which is wrapped in a special wax layer. This layer of wax will begin to melt after the monks enter the examination grounds. After the wax layer has completely abled, the Plum Recruitment Order will reveal the location of the plum pill. Among them, the red plum pill shows the widest range, and the green plum pill is the smallest.

Of course, the scores represented by different colors of plum pills are also different. From low to high, they are one point, two points, five points, and ten points.

All the monks need to do is to do their best to collect the plum pills, and after the three-day period is over, urge the plum blossom recruitment order, and then return here. At that time, there will be a special person who will arrange the corresponding identity according to the Umemaru score they have obtained.

The first three people will be granted the status of descendants; Nine people in the second class obtained the status of core disciples; Eighteen people in the top three obtained the status of inner disciples. In addition to these three grades, thirty-six people were selected as outer disciples.

This time, though, is different. Half a year ago, Elder Ding of the Meizhou Branch successfully advanced to the Golden Immortal Realm. He wanted to accept the top of the list as a disciple. The so-called disciples, that is, the cultivation resources required by the disciples, are all in charge of Elder Ding.

After listening to the rules, Fenglan looked worried. Seeing this, Lin Man'er asked, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

"This time it's harder than before." Feng Lan sighed.

Qi Ran nodded, "Yes! This time a rule was canceled. ”

"What's the rule?" Lin Man'er looked like a curious baby.

"I've heard people say that in the past, whoever collected the required number of points first was the top score. And so on. Qi Ran explained.

Cao Leshui thought for a moment and was puzzled: "Is there any difference?" ”

Jin Sanpang leaned over with a big belly and said contemptuously: "I can't even figure this out, just go home early!" lest you die within. ”

Feng Lan looked at Cao Leshui and explained: "If you follow the previous rules and collect the required points first, it will be equivalent to determining the ranking. Therefore, those monks who have won the rank will not grab the remaining plum pills. Now that the rules have changed, it is undoubtedly encouraging everyone to snatch each other. ”

Jin Sanpang heard Fenglan's explanation, snorted, and mocked: "I thought he was a smart person, but I didn't expect to be the same stupid." I advise you to go back early! lest you die within. ”

Lin Man'er stood in front of Fenglan, pointed at Jin San's fat nose, and scolded: "You dead fat pig, I think you will die first." ”

Jin Sanpang looked at him and sneered, "Oh? Can you figure it out? ”

"Humph! Isn't it just for everyone to kill each other until the last moment? ”

When Jin Sanpang heard this, he was immediately impressed by Lin Man'er. I thought, it hasn't been long yet, why did this bald man suddenly grow a brain?

Feng Lan figured out that she had made a mistake in her previous analysis because she ignored a very ordinary, but particularly crucial sentence - the expiration of three days.

In fact, there is more than one rule change this time. Previously, gangs were not allowed, so the order of teleportation was determined by lottery. But this time, the lottery was canceled, which also meant that it was possible to huddle.

Jin Sanpang didn't choose to join forces with Lin Man'er, because he didn't trust anyone. After all, the temptation of this assessment is too great. A golden immortal personally taught, and provided the required resources, undoubtedly holding a ladder for the disciples to climb up!

This time, about 200 monks participated in the assessment, and only 66 remained, almost one out of three. However, the treatment of the outer disciples is really too poor, which undoubtedly indirectly increases the difficulty.

After Lin Man'er and his group of four entered the teleportation array, they came to a jungle after a while. Lin Man'er observed the surrounding environment and felt a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

Qi Ran thought he was too nervous, and comforted: "The jungle is all the same, and it is not surprising that some eyes are familiar." ”

Lin Man'er shook his head and walked in one direction, and it didn't take long to find a cave. He poked his head out towards the cave and suddenly shouted.

"I've been here, it's the place of the second-order demon tiger king."

As soon as Feng Lan heard this, the relevant memories of the second-order demon tiger king suddenly appeared in his mind. On that day, if Su Shan hadn't been there, Lin Man'er would have died in the mouth of the Demon Tiger King. However, although the location at that time was Xiaoshan, Lin Man'er stole the tiger cub from the Meishan Mountain Range.

Feng Lan realized the seriousness of the situation, and she asked everyone to carefully observe the surroundings to avoid encountering the Demon King. The four of them spread out, surrounding one person in the middle, forming a triangular defense. After that, they walked slowly towards the direction of the plum blossom recruitment order.

After about half a cup of tea, they found a red plum pill. Interestingly, this red plum pill was actually under the belly of a seventh-order demon beast. Fenglan made a move, solved the demon beast, and took down Mei Maru. However, if you only have one point, you can't score it.

Qi Ran proposed, and the four of them drew lots to decide. Fenglan felt that it was feasible and participated in the draw, which was finally accepted by Lin Man'er.

The four of them continued to maintain the momentum of the triangle defense and began to search. In the blink of an eye, two hours passed, and they only gained ten points, and the most annoying thing was that they were all drawn by Lin Man'er.

Qi Ran can't stand it, if he goes on like this, he doesn't know when it will be his turn. So, he decided to break away from the team and go it alone. For this result, Fenglan is also helpless. I thought to myself, maybe I was too cautious. She took an orange plum pill and gave it to Qi Ran, reminding him to be careful.

Qi Ran didn't accept it, he opened a casino, and he still has the quality of being willing to gamble and lose.

Cao Leshui also felt that there were too many people to share things, so he also proposed to act alone. After hearing this, Fenglan decisively refused. The reason is very simple, she can not care about Qi Ran's life or death, but she must take care of Cao Leshui, because she used to teach. Cao Leshui had no choice but to hold together.

After another two hours, Cao Leshui said that he would leave everything. Because, Lin Man'er is not a thing, he is the one who draws lots every time, how can he play this! If it weren't for Fenglan's presence, Cao Leshui would have planned to rob it.

Fenglan couldn't stop him anymore, gave him an orange plum pill, and told him to be careful. After Cao Leshui left the team, Fenglan looked at Lin Man'er and said angrily: "Are you cheating?" ”

Lin Man'er's face was not red and her heart was not beating, and she quibbled: "I don't, I'm just lucky." ”

Fenglan tugged at his ear and said, "Are you an idiot for me?" Fourteen draws, each time it's you. Even if you want to cheat, can't you restrain a little? ”

The white worm came out and echoed: "Good scolding, I reminded him, let him lose twice, and leave someone else to live, but this guy is too greedy." ”

Fenglan saw that it was it, and finally understood what was going on. She let go of Lin Man'er, grabbed the white worm, and said coldly: "What did you do?" ”

The white worm shook his head and quibbled, "I don't." ”

"I'm giving you a chance, did you do it?"

The white worm's eyes rolled, and he replied: "Even if it is, I was forced." ”

Feng Lan nodded slowly, and then threw the white worm out. However, she was pleasantly surprised.