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Chapter 31 Is There Really a Zongmen Competition?
The hall of Sinong 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 lived was too bad.

If it is said that the Hall of Si Nong is the bottom 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 Temple of Si Nong.

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

Most of the teams in other workshops 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're wrong. They didn't come to participate in the assessment, they came here to go through the motions, and they went back after turning around."

"Hahahaha!"

Among the teams from other workshops that we met on the road, some people pointed at the mob in Hedong Fang, laughed and taunted them.

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

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.

Under the pointers of other teams, Hedong Fang 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 had seen before, 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!"

"Yo, it's really those mud legs."

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

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

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

Xu Ke smiled, but didn't answer.

People 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 on the square for more than an hour, the teams from the various workshops under the Highness of Sinong finally arrived.

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

There are 36 farms and two workshops under the jurisdiction of His Highness Si Nong. Each workshop has more than 5 people, and the total number is [-] to [-].

This is just the Hall of Si Nong, the total number of halls and pavilions in the entire Haoyang Xianzong, I am afraid there will be 10,000+, or even tens of 10 people.

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 he doesn't know 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, right?
Just as Xu Ke was thinking wildly, the bell of "Dang" rang.

"quiet!"

Hearing the ringing of the bell, the Fangzheng of each workshop hurriedly shouted at their team.

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

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

Even the "senior brothers" in Hedongfang 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.

The one in front of him 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 a golden lotus flower 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 were four other people standing behind the hall master, lined up on both sides. They were all wearing yellow Taoist robes, but their crowns were replaced by five mountain crowns.These four are the elders of Si Nong Dian.

"Meet the Palace Master!"

"Meet the elders!"

Under the leadership of Fangzheng, the disciples belonging to the Si Nong Hall saluted the Hall Master and 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 that, Master Minghong paused for a moment.

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 round is the internal assessment of each workshop 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, and represents 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 did not expect that there would actually be a Zongmen Grand Competition.

After thinking about it, Xu Ke also understood.

Perhaps from Senior Brother Wang's point of view, 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 Senior Brother Wang's small mistake.But...that totally messed up my plans.

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

There is nothing wrong with the 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 exactly 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!

Therefore, once participating in the Zongmen Grand Competition on behalf of the Temple of Si Nong, 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, then there shouldn't be much trouble.

Sufficient combat power brought enough deterrence, so that people would not dare to provoke them easily.

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

That should work fine.

(End of this chapter)