Chapter 383 Guardian (Part 2)
Qianshan Pavilion.
The building is thirty feet high. Sitting on the top floor, you can enjoy half of the scenery of Wanling City. The night breeze blows in and you drink and talk, plus a table of delicacies, making people feel like they are in the Qiongyu Immortal Banquet.
After drinking for three rounds, Wang Chen thought of a question: "What is a protector?"
Zuo Qingcheng said earlier that he was Zuo Xiaomo's protector, but Wang Chen had no idea what this protector meant.
Zuo Xiaomo put down his wine glass and scratched his head in embarrassment: "This is a long story."
Wang Chen smiled and said: "It's still very early, let's talk slowly."
He had long seen that Zuo Xiaomo's invitation to come to Wanling City today was not as simple as going to the Fairy Market to gamble on jade.
What is hidden in the heart of this disciple of the Zuo family is most likely related to this "protector".
Wang Chen's guess was not wrong.
It turns out that Zuo Xiaomo is now a preparatory disciple of the outer sect of Xihai Sect. If he wants to "become a full member", he must pass the examination of the outer sect.
This year's external examination was held in the Kowloon Underground Palace!
The Kowloon Underground Palace is located three hundred miles south of Wanling City. It is hidden deep under the ruins of a huge ancient capital city. Its scale is extremely large. I am afraid that not even a tenth of the area has been explored so far.
This huge underground palace has restrictions, which are still functioning today. The higher a monk enters, the greater the suppression he will receive.
Jindan Zhenren once led a team to explore the underground palace, but the result was never to return!
But this does not mean that low-level monks can be safe and sound in the underground palace. There are many strange and evil spirits entrenched in the underground space, and evil spirits appear from time to time, so it is very dangerous.
Since the discovery of the Kowloon Underground Palace hundreds of years ago, the Xihaizong has never stopped exploring it. However, after suffering several major losses, it adopted a step-by-step strategy.
It was excavated bit by bit, and several entrances were even opened for casual cultivators and monks from other small sects to venture inside.
Although the Kowloon Underground Palace is dangerous, there are also many treasures hidden inside.
Among them is ancient seal jade.
In addition, the Kowloon Underground Palace was also listed as a place for disciple assessment by the Xihai Sect.
Zuo Xiaomo plans to participate in this year's assessment.
"I've been outside for three years."
He smiled bitterly and said: "I failed the two previous assessments. If I fail again this time, I will have to leave the sect."
This is actually similar to Wang Chen's situation. The Xihai Sect is extremely large in scale, with more than one million outer disciples, and the internal competition is extremely fierce.
If you fail to become a regular employee in three years, you will definitely be eliminated!
"So this time I am bound to win!"
The protector is the fellow disciple who accompanied Zuo Xiaomo to participate in the assessment!
The guardians are not there to help the candidates complete their tasks, but to rescue them when they are in danger that they cannot withstand.
The entire task process is recorded with a photo stone, and is finally handed over to the sect to judge whether it is passed or not.
Because it is related to one's wealth and life, the choice of guardian is very important.
Zuo Xiaomo said solemnly: "Senior Brother Wang, I want to hire you as a protector. I wonder if you are willing?"
Wang Chen pondered: "Why choose me?"
He believed that given the other party's status, it shouldn't be a problem to find a guardian with a higher level of cultivation than himself.
Zuo Xiaomo smiled bitterly and said: "All the trustworthy guardians I could invite were taken away first!"
The Zuo family is a very large family, with a total of hundreds of thousands of members in the main line and branch lines. Many of their children are disciples of the Xihai Sect and will also participate in this year's assessment.
Zuo Xiaomo's status in the clan is not high, and he has great conflicts with Zuo Qingcheng and others. He is targeted by the latter everywhere, so he is in a situation where no one can invite him.
It doesn’t mean that you can’t hire a monk from Zifu. The problem is that the protector must be reliable. He can’t trust his life and fortune on a stranger!
Wang Chen was curious: "Do you believe me so much?"
He and Zuo Xiaomo met and got acquainted by chance, and there was no deep friendship between them.
"Yes!"
Zuo Xiaomo replied calmly: "Senior brother and I hit it off right away. I believe that senior brother is definitely not the kind of person who forgets his integrity for the sake of profit, so he is willing to trust his life."
After a pause, he added: "Senior brother, please rest assured, I will never let you suffer."
With that said, Zuo Xiaomo took out a storage bag and placed it in front of Wang Chen: "This is the deposit."
Wang Chen didn't know the "market" of the guardian, and he didn't open the storage bag to see what was inside.
He thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, I will accompany you then."
According to Zuo Xiaomo, it is impossible for the sect to test disciples with a fatal task. Whether they pass or not mainly depends on the disciple's performance in the task.
The Kowloon Underground Palace has been explored for hundreds of years. Everyone knows which places can be visited and which places are the most dangerous.
Nor will he risk his own life.
The protector is actually a safety rope, which is only needed when an accident occurs.
Wang Chen agreed to Zuo Xiaomo's request because the other party gave him a lot of help.
This favor should be returned both emotionally and rationally.
"Very good."
Zuo Xiaomo was delighted: "Then I'll be relieved."
Although Wang Chen's cultivation level is only on the first floor of the Zifu, in the special environment of the Kowloon Underground Palace, there is actually not much difference between the first floor and the second and third floors.
Wang Chen comes from a remote area, and if he can pass the examination to enter the inner sect of Xihai Sect as a casual cultivator, he must have unique skills.
After the matter was finalized, Zuo Xiaomo felt very happy and called the restaurant waiter to serve two more jars of spiritual wine.
Had a good drink with Wang Chen.
It was already late at night when Wang Chen flew back to his residence in Xihai City with his sword.
Fortunately, there is no drunk driving investigation in the sect, otherwise he would definitely be locked up in a dark room for drunk driving.
When he got home, he brewed a pot of spiritual tea and opened the "deposit" given to him by Zuo Xiaomo.
There are a thousand spirits stored in this storage bag!
According to the current market price, one thousand middle spirits can be exchanged for 120,000 middle spirits.
This is just the deposit!
Wang Chen suddenly felt that his deflated storage bag would become bulging again.
He didn't take the job wrong.
Putting away the storage bag, Wang Chen took out the ancient seal jade that he had previously bid in the fairy market from his arms.
His bid for this seal jade was not just to support Zuo Xiaomo's rescue!
The moment this thing was placed on the table by the stall owner, Wang Chen felt his eyebrows twitching, and the ancient Taoist stele entrenched in the sea of consciousness suddenly shook, as if he was awakened from a deep sleep.
Although it immediately fell into silence again, Wang Chen noticed something strange.
So I took this ancient jade seal.
He suspected that the sudden movement of the Taikoo Taoist Monument was directly related to this thing!
It doesn't matter if he guesses wrong. Wang Chen can still afford the price of tens of thousands of spirit stones.
But if it's really what he thinks...
Holding the ancient seal jade in his hand, Wang Chen decisively injected a trace of mana.
Click!
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