Chapter 282: Big Contest
However, what he didn't know was that Xin Zhen had not said many things, and that it would be useless to say those things because Qiu Chuji and the others did not have the ability to carry them out. It would be harmful if he heard too much.

After hearing this, Qiu Chuji did not say anything, but Xin Zhen's question was still unanswered, so Xin Zhen asked again: "Master, so, what exactly do you want me to do?"

Qiu Chuji smiled and said, "It's nothing, you are just a lay disciple. It's just because of your father and your uncle Guo that everyone is paying attention to your growth. Seeing that you are kind-hearted and have outstanding abilities, everyone is very happy. Don't think too much."

Xin Zhen was not someone who could be easily deceived, but after hearing what Qiu Chuji said, he was still skeptical, because it was not because he was not confident, but because there were too many issues involved.

The Quanzhen sect's successive leaders were all Taoist monks, so it was impossible for them to pass the position of leader to a lay disciple. This was the first problem.
The second problem is that the headmaster is still a second-generation disciple, and I am a fourth-generation disciple. I have only been a disciple for half a year and am less than fourteen years old. I am not virtuous, I am not respected, I am too young, and I have too little experience. These are all serious problems.
The third problem is that the position of the headmaster may not necessarily fall to the Changchun lineage. This will require a struggle and it is not something that Qiu Chuji can do as he pleases.

All in all, it is absolutely impossible to discuss whether Xin Zhen is qualified to be the headmaster now, and even saying this will make people laugh.

The world's number one sect that manages 3,000 Taoist temples, 80,000 disciples, and tens of millions of people in the north depends on it, and it is let a fourteen-year-old boy take charge?

Wouldn't it be a fantasy if you told others about it?

It is precisely because of so many problems that Xin Zhen began to doubt Qiu Chuji's motives and what exactly he wanted him to do!
Xin Zhen was certain of this. It was definitely not what Qiu Chuji said, that he was Yang Kang's son and needed more training. That was nonsense.

In the original novel, Qiu Chuji threw Yang Guo to the narrow-minded Zhao Zhijing for discipline, but he was not so considerate. If he was considerate, why didn't he hand Yang Guo over to Yin Zhiping for discipline?

So Xin Zhen was determined not to believe it.

The day of the competition arrived. According to the rules of previous years, each third-generation disciple would select only one most outstanding disciple. For example, Xin Zhen was chosen to represent Yin Zhiping's lineage in the competition.

This was normal, but what was different from previous years was that this time all the third-generation disciples would participate in the competition.

In previous years, the third generation disciples did not participate in the grand competition. The grand competition was a competition between the fourth generation disciples, not the third generation disciples who had already become teachers. After all, the dignity of the teacher had to be taken into consideration.

Ordinary people all know that once a child gets married and becomes a father, he can no longer beat him, otherwise he will not be able to hold his head up in front of the child.

This is an unusual signal.

However, Xin Zhen estimated that the changes were brought about by the new Quanzhen swordsmanship. The Six Quanzhen Swordsmen probably wanted to see the power of the new Quanzhen swordsmanship in actual combat.

The fourth generation disciples’ attainments in swordsmanship are too shallow, so it is probably difficult for them to see anything. If the third generation disciples are allowed to fight in actual combat, they will be able to see more.

But what is even more unusual is that after the competition among four generations of disciples, the top three outstanding disciples are allowed to participate in the competition among the third generation of disciples.

You have to know that most of the third generation disciples are teenagers, the oldest is only in his twenties, and the youngest is in his early thirties. The gap of nearly ten years is difficult to make up with talent when practicing the same martial arts.

Xin Zhen thought for a while and could only conclude that the Six Quanzhen disciples wanted to see if there were any outstanding people among the fourth generation of disciples.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the competition officially begins.

The first day was a showdown between four generations of disciples.

The Seven Quanzhen disciples each accepted more than a hundred disciples, but most of them were mainly for learning Taoism, and only a few truly practiced both Taoism and martial arts. After completing their studies, the disciples who learned Taoism basically went to various Taoist temples to spread the true meaning of Taoism and spread their beliefs.

Only those who practice both Taoism and martial arts are the true disciples. They exist to serve as the fundamental elders who inherit and protect the Quanzhen Sect. There are actually not too many such people. Each of them has seven or eight people under their seat, and no more than twenty or so.

Therefore, there are only about a hundred fourth-generation disciples participating in this round of competition.

The day before the competition, Yin Zhiping said to Xin Zhen: "Your master told me that this competition is to boost the enthusiasm of the third and fourth generation disciples to learn martial arts.

But it's been like this every year, and the effect is not very good. But this time it's different with you. The master hopes that you can beat the pride of the three generations of disciples and let them know that there are always people who are better than you. "

Xin Zhen laughed and said, "Why, Master wants to encourage his disciples to learn martial arts, but wants me to be the bad guy?"

Yin Zhiping smiled and said, "I raised this question to your master in a veiled way, and he said, 'Guo'er is a lay disciple, and his roots are not in Chongyang Palace. If he is offended, then so be it. Anyway, he will go out to venture into the martial arts world in the future, and I believe Guo'er doesn't care about these things.'"

Xin Zhen laughed and said, "I don't care about that. Since Master is not afraid that I will undermine your confidence, then I will not be polite. Don't blame me for being too ruthless later."

Yin Zhiping quickly said, "It's not good to hurt others. After all, we are just competing with each other."

Xin Zhen waved his hand and smiled, "It won't hurt anyone, but it can easily break their hearts."

Yin Zhiping groaned and said, "You can't even curse at me."

Xin Zhen looked at Yin Zhiping in surprise and said, "Is your disciple the kind of person who would curse others? What I mean is that my martial arts skills are too high and they can't handle a few moves. I'm afraid that it will dampen their martial arts spirit."

Yin Zhiping breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's fine. The harder you hit them, the more it will inspire their enthusiasm for martial arts training!"

Xin Zhen chuckled: "That's what you said, don't blame me later."

Yin Zhiping said: "That can't be done, that can't be done."

Xin Zhen smiled and said, "Master, you have to work hard too."

Yin Zhiping immediately felt something was wrong and said quickly, "You should be more lenient when fighting with Master, otherwise it will be embarrassing."

Xin Zhen grinned.

On the second day, thousands of Taoists gathered in front of Chongyang Palace, including the six Quanzhen disciples, who all came and sat high on the arena.

There were exactly one hundred and twelve people participating in the duel among the four generations of disciples. The rules of the competition were that each person drew a number card, which was divided into two groups, A and B, with numbers like A1 and B1 written on them. The opponents would be A1 against B1, and after the winner of the first round was decided, A1 would be paired against Fifty-six, and this would continue until the end to decide the top three.

Xin Zhen drew the number A26, so he patiently watched the four generations of disciples compete against each other on the sidelines.

(End of this chapter)