God Rewards Those Who Work Hard: No Pains, 100% Gains

  Chapter 31 Is there really a sect competition?

  The hall of Sinon Hall is located on the north side of the second floor of Haoyang City.

   Walking along the streets surrounding the mountains, Xu Ke and his party rushed towards the hall.

   Along the way, they also met teams from various workshops under His Royal Highness Si Nong.

   Seeing these teams, Xu Ke understood a little.

   It turned out that it wasn't that the Zongmen was too bad, nor was it that the Hall of Si Nong was too bad, it was just that the "Hedong Fang" where he was located was too bad.

  If it is said that the Hall of Si Nong is the lowest existence among the various halls and pavilions of the Zongmen, then "Hedong Fang" is the existence at the bottom of the various squares of the Hall of Sinong.

  In the team of Hedong Fang, there are mostly "senior brothers", and there are only about a hundred or so young disciples like Xu Ke and the others.

  In the teams of other workshops, most of them are young disciples, and the oldest one is only in his forties. Whether it is personal image or overall mental outlook, it is not comparable to the mob in Hedong Fang.

   "Hey... Isn't this a nursing home? You are also here to participate in the assessment?"

   "Junior brother, you are wrong. They didn't come to participate in the assessment, they came to go through the motions, and they went back after turning around."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

  Among the other teams encountered on the road, some people pointed at the mob in Hedong Fang, laughed and mocked.

  In the team of Hedong Fang, the young disciples were flushed with anger, but the "senior brothers" turned a blind eye to it and didn't take it seriously.

   It may be that they have experienced too much, and the reality has already smoothed the spirit in their hearts, so that they don't care about these ridicules at all.

  Amidst the pointers of other teams, Hedongfang and his party hurried to the hall of Sinonong Hall.

   This is a majestic hall. Its shape is a bit like the Forbidden City hall that Xu Ke once saw, but it is not so gorgeous. The blue-gray stone hall looks simple and heavy.

   In front of the main hall is a huge square.

  At this moment, there are already two teams in this square.

   "The farmers are here!"

   "Oh, it's really those mud legs."

  When Xu Ke and others walked into the square, there were voices of talking and mocking among the two teams standing on the square.

   "That's the team from Lingjiufang and Lingchafang."

  Brother Wang pointed to the two teams on the square and introduced them to Xu Ke, with envy in his words, "They are all subordinates of His Royal Highness Sinong, and their lives are much better than ours."

  Xu Ke smiled, but didn't answer.

   Those from Lingjiufang and Lingchafang look down on farmers. Among the farming disciples, other workshops looked down on Hedong Fang.

   The chain of contempt is everywhere!

   After waiting in the square for more than an hour, the teams from the various workshops under His Royal Highness finally arrived.

  Xu Ke turned his head and took a glance. The huge square was densely packed with people.

  His Highness Si Nong governs thirty-six farms and two workshops, each of which has more than a thousand people, adding up to 40,000 to 50,000 people.

  This is just the Hall of Sinong, and the total number of halls and pavilions in the entire Haoyang Xianzong may be hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.

  With hundreds of thousands of disciples, the scale of Haoyang Xianzong is not small.

   It's just that Xu Ke doesn't know much about the outside world, and it's not clear what position Haoyang Xianzong is in the practice world.

  The only thing that is certain is that Haoyang Xianzong is definitely not a top school.

  After all...According to what Xu Ke has heard, the real person in charge is also the cultivation base of the golden core, so it doesn't mean that the upper limit of strength in this world of cultivating immortals is the golden core realm?

  Just as Xu Ke was thinking wildly, the bell of "Dang" rang.

   "Silence!"

  Hearing the ringing of the bell, the Fang Zheng of each Fang hurriedly shouted at his team.

   Obviously, this is the boss of Si Nong Dian coming out.

   As a result, the entire square was suddenly silent, and everyone concentrated and held their breath, standing upright.

  Even the "senior brothers" in Hedong Fang put away their laziness and became serious.

  The next moment, streaks of light flew out of the hall and landed on the steps in front of the hall, revealing five figures.

  At present, a person is wearing a yellow Taoist robe, with black hems on the collar and cuffs, embroidered with a golden black flame pattern on the big sun, and wearing a golden lotus crown on his head. There is a layer of flames all over his body, which seems to be burning.

   This person is the master of the Hall of Si Nong, Master Ming Hong.

   There are four other people standing behind the hall master, lined up on both sides. They are all wearing yellow Taoist robes, but the crowns have been replaced with five mountain crowns. These four are the elders of Si Nong Dian.

   "Meet the Palace Master!"

   "Meet the elders!"

  Under the leadership of the Fangzhengs, the disciples belonging to the Hall of Si Nong saluted the Hall Master and the elders one after another.

   "Free gift!"

Master Minghong waved his hand, glanced at the audience, and said: "According to the decree of the real person in charge, on the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Zongmen Grand Competition will be held. For this competition, my Highness Si Nong, everyone, must Go all out and don’t let up.”

   Having said this, Master Minghong paused.

Then…

  Everyone in the audience bowed and saluted, and said: "I will obey the order of the palace master!"

  Afterwards, Master Minghong continued: "This competition is divided into three levels."

   "The first session, the internal assessment of the workshops under His Royal Highness Si Nong."

   "In the second round, the winners recommended by each workshop will participate in the selection and assessment of the Sinong Hall."

   "In the third round, the Hall of Si Nong selects and assesses the winners, representing the Hall of Si Nong to participate in the Zongmen Grand Competition."

Huh? This is different from what I heard!

  Hearing what the palace master said, Xu Ke was taken aback for a moment. Didn't Senior Brother Wang say that he only needs to participate in the Sinong Hall assessment? Why did someone appear to represent Si Nong Dian to participate in the Zongmen Grand Competition?

  Originally, Xu Ke thought that this Zongmen Grand Competition was equivalent to a "Sinong Palace Year-end Examination", but he didn't expect that there would actually be a Zongmen Grand Competition.

   After thinking about it, Xu Ke also understood.

  Perhaps in the eyes of Senior Brother Wang, the so-called "representing the Temple of Sinong to participate in the Zongmen Grand Competition" is completely meaningless, and it is unnecessary to mention it.

   Being able to participate in the promotion assessment of the Sinonong Palace is already in the sky. Do you still expect a bad place like "Hedong Fang" to produce a genius who represents the Sinonong Palace to participate in the Zongmen Grand Competition?

  Xu Ke can understand Brother Wang's small mistake. But... this totally messed up my plans.

  According to the original plan, Xu Ke intends to undisputedly get the first place in the promotion assessment, so as to ensure that he can be smoothly promoted to the executive disciple of the Temple of Agriculture.

   There is nothing wrong with this plan itself. The problem is, once you get the first place without any dispute, you have to represent Si Nong Dian to participate in the Zongmen Grand Competition.

  What is the Zongmen Grand Competition? Is it better than farming?

   This is definitely not possible. The disciples of other palace institutions don't know how to farm.

  From the point of view of the entire sect, no matter which palace institution's disciples, no matter what skills you have learned, the only common assessment standard is strength!

  So, once you represent Si Nong Dian to participate in the Zongmen Grand Competition, the competition will be about combat effectiveness.

   Of course, this is not a problem. Competing at the same level, Xu Ke is still confident.

  The only question is, will it cause a lot of trouble after winning?

  I am the most troublesome person.

  Uh... If you can show enough fighting power and make people feel that they won't affect other people's interests, there shouldn't be much trouble.

  Sufficient combat power brings enough deterrence, making it easy for people not to provoke them.

  If it does not affect the interests of others, there will be no conflict of fundamental interests, and others will not take risks to deal with me.

   It should be no problem to deal with it this way.

  (end of this chapter)