The Star Sword Sect Sword Trial Conference is the day for the Star Sword Sect to select talents. The disciples in the sect can only pass the sword trial, become disciples who enter the sect, then succeed in their studies, and then get the approval of the Elders Council. Only in this way can they go down the mountain to practice and break out. The name is just like the meteor sword Omu. If an outside disciple cannot even pass the sword test meeting, and is not taken seriously by the elders, then he will most likely stay in the mountain for the rest of his life, unknown to anyone.
Although the Sect Leader Ou Zhen did not participate in the Sword Trial Conference, it still had to be held as usual and someone had to lead it.
Therefore, this year's sword trial meeting was hosted by Nangong Feiying, the elder of the four famous families of Xingjian Sect, assisted by Li Yu, the elder of Li, and assisted by younger generations such as Nangong Cheng and Li Haiqing.
This person has extremely high prestige within the Star Sword Sect, no less than Ou Zhen, and far better than Li Tianhao. But this man is also more conservative than Ou Zhen. Although this man is qualified to go down the mountain, he has never gone down the mountain once in his life, so he has almost no reputation in the world, and no outsiders have seen him at all. I don't even know what his martial arts skills are.
Probably because of family reasons, Nangong Feiying was such a conservative person, so his son also received the same discipline from him. Nangong Cheng is one of the four great talents of the Star Sword Sect, and he is also a senior brother. His martial arts skills are definitely no worse than those of the other three junior brothers and sisters. However, like his father, he is almost an unknown person in the world, and few people know about him. who is it. Those who have heard of him know that he is Ou Zhen's eldest disciple at most. He has three junior brothers and sisters who are ranked on the swordsman list, so in the eyes of outsiders, Nangong Cheng, the senior brother, should not be too bad.
His two junior brothers and one junior sister have all made their names in the world, but Nangong Cheng is the only one who has never left Star Sword Mountain.
In the Great Sword Pavilion, on the martial arts field, the holy fire swayed.
The disciples of each sect stood in order, wearing plain clothes and famous swords, looking majestic.
Nangong Feiying and the elders stepped onto the sword trial stage one after another, and then the sword trial ceremony began. First, they offered sacrifices to heaven and earth. After the sacrifices were completed, each disciple drew lots in turn to choose their opponent for the sword trial. Every year at the Sword Trial Conference, two people from each family are usually selected, including two disciples with a foreign surname. That is, 10 disciples are selected every year to become disciples.
If one company really cannot select qualified candidates, then the quota may be divided among the other three companies. The same goes for disciples with foreign surnames. If there are no qualified people, candidates from the four famous families will be selected to supplement them.
Ever since Li Tianhao left the Xingjian Sect and disappeared without a trace, the Li family has been in decline for many years. For two consecutive years, no qualified disciples have been selected. This has made the Li family feel shameless and humiliated. At this time, the Li family was led by another quasi-elder Li Jin. This year, they planned to avenge their shame and regain their dignity that had been lost for many years.
Li Jin is Li Tianhao's cousin. Originally, the Li family had a declining talent pool, and there was only one elder, Li Tianhao. However, because Li Tianhao had been away for many years, the Li family needed someone to lead them, so they made an exception and promoted Li Jin to quasi-elder. It's just that Li Jin originally had low martial arts skills and limited talents. Under his management, the Li clan became even more chaotic, which caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the Li clan members. Among them, the person most dissatisfied with Li Jin is Li Tianhao's son Li Sungjae.
Li Chengzai has always believed that a son inherits his father's legacy, and since his father is gone, the Li family should be led by him. However, his qualifications are too low, and the elders are all his elders. Logically speaking, he is not qualified to sit on an equal footing with his uncles, so no one supports him at all.
After Li Jin became a quasi-elder, he was unable to become a formal elder because of his limited abilities. He has managed the Li family for two years. In the past two years, the Li family has suffered a huge defeat in the sword test competition. If no one from the Li family can become a disciple today, it is very possible that Li Jin, the quasi-elder, will lose his position. No guarantee.
You know, in the Star Sword Sect, if a family wants to stand out, it must have enough disciples entering the house, and then enter the Sword Testing Hall to practice the essential martial arts, so that it can stand out from others. No one from the Li family has been selected year after year, and the spots have been taken away by other families year after year. This will only make other families stronger, and the Li family will become weaker and weaker, and may even never get ahead.
Although Li Chengzai is highly skilled in martial arts, he is more than ten years older than Nangong Cheng and others, and he is a disciple of the previous Star Sword Sect master, so he has lost the qualification to run.
Of course, he is also qualified to enter the Sword Trial Hall to practice martial arts, but before entering the Sword Trial Hall, he must first obtain the consent of the Elders Council. The other three have two official elders and many quasi-elders respectively, but the Li family only has one quasi-elder who cannot speak. In this way, the Li family will inevitably be squeezed out by the other three families. Li Chengzai is the person with the best chance of getting ahead in the Li family, so he is also the key target of the other three families.
In the initial examination, disciples with the same surname are usually asked to avoid each other and compete with fellow disciples of different surnames, so that they can eliminate each other and select the elite. Coupled with the martial arts competition between different surnames, another advantage is that no one will show mercy, and the true skills of the disciples can be seen.
Only after passing the preliminary examination can one become a disciple in the re-examination.
Generally speaking, after the initial examination, each family will have three to five disciples who pass the preliminary examination, and then, together with the disciples with other surnames who have been recommended, they will undergo a re-examination to select the disciples who will enter the family that year.
The reason why the Li clan was completely wiped out for two consecutive years was because in the past two years, none of the Li clan's disciples could pass the preliminary examination. Seeing such a scene, quasi-elder Li Jin could only laugh and show his helplessness, but Li Chengzai was heartbroken.
If this continues, I'm afraid there will gradually be more disciples with other surnames than his Li family, and it will be really embarrassing.
As the saying goes, "A man is poor but his ambition is short, and a horse is thin and has long hair." Li Jin seems to be such a person, and it seems that the rise and fall of the Li family is irrelevant to him.
In addition to Nan Lu Feiying being the elder of the Nangong family, his other cousin Nangong Feihu is also an elder. Not only is Ou Zhen the head of the Ou family, but there are also two elders, Ou Ke, besides him. The Li family has two elders, Li Yu and Li Bu. Among them, Li Yu is the father of the top ten swordsman Phantom Sword Li Haiqing. In addition to this position, each family also has a number of quasi-elders, so I will not outline them one by one. Only in the Li family, there is only one Li Tianhao, and I don’t know where he is. Counting Li Jin, there are only two.
The quality of the initial test was not high. Many of them were disciples of the Three-Legged Cat Kung Fu, but they came on stage with luck. When facing the enemy, they were knocked to the ground by the opponent in a few strokes. They just abandoned their swords and admitted defeat, which was not very interesting.
