Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 17 Guild Quiz

Su Yu also knew that it would take a while for the Golden Winged Flying Centipede to be mass-produced. This thing was made from a Level 20 Golden Centipede and a Flying Gu. The price of these two Gu insects was about one or two taels of silver each. It took at least 100 of them to make a Golden Winged Flying Centipede with an initial Level 40 elite template.

Including other blood food and elixirs, the total cost is about 100 taels of silver.

They are all poor now and don’t have much spare money, so they can’t refine much at the beginning.

However, Su Yu didn't know how to make Gu, so he didn't need to worry about it. The next day, he continued to go out to kill monsters and accumulate killing experience.

Half a month later, Su Yu, who was hunting monsters underwater, received a message from Fu Ping:
"There's a quiz at the guild headquarters tomorrow. Do you want to participate?"

"Of course I will."

"Then you should prepare well. This quiz will have generous rewards. If you can get into the top 20, you will receive the guild's special attention and be included in the candidate list for reserve cadres."

"Thank you, Director Fu, for the reminder."

"You're welcome. I've always been optimistic about you."

Close the communication and continue to kill monsters.

After a few hours, it was dark. He returned to the base and discussed with Zhuang Zhuo and others, then returned to the guild headquarters with Gu Zhiqiu.

Zhuang Zhuo, Shi Ning and Meng Chen felt that their current strength was insufficient, so they simply decided not to participate.

They planned to wait for the second quiz three months later. By then, each of them would have more than a dozen golden-winged centipedes in their hands, so they could try to impact the rankings.

Gu Zhiqiu, on the other hand, felt that he had become much stronger after switching to practicing the exquisite-level Wan Gu Ju Ling Jing, so he wanted to see if he could break into the second echelon.

Back in Qianyu City, the guild headquarters is still prosperous.

After the two parted ways, Su Yu first went to the flea market to sell some miscellaneous items he had accumulated in the past half month, earning 11 taels of silver and 852 coins. His total assets were 74 taels of silver and 619 coins, less than a gold coin.

"I hope this quiz will give me some money, otherwise I won't have any money left to raise my mental limit."

After eating something, Su Yu returned to the residence assigned by the guild. Just as he finished washing up and was about to go to bed, he received a message from Fu Ping:
"Here are the rules for tomorrow's quiz, as well as the ranking rewards. Take a look and get an idea."

"Thank you, Director Fu."

"You're welcome. You're the new guy I'm in charge of. The better you perform, the bigger my year-end bonus will be."

"Then I have to work hard to get my supervisor a big bonus at the end of the year."

"Haha, thank you for your good words."

Close the communication and open the attached document to view it.

The information shows that the quiz will be held at 9:00 am tomorrow in the guild arena, and there will be many guild leaders watching.

The competition is divided into two rounds. The first round is three consecutive auditions. The guild will divide all newcomers into three echelons. The first echelon will directly enter the second round. Each player in the remaining two echelons will fight for three rounds respectively. Three wins and two wins will advance directly.

The second round is a standard two-on-two PK, with the winner decided round by round.

Rank 64th and receive a reward of 1 tael of gold.

Rank 32th and receive a reward of 2 tael of gold.

Ranked in the top 16, you will be rewarded with 3 taels of gold and 100 points of guild contribution.

Enter the top 8 and you will be rewarded with 5 taels of gold, 200 points of guild contribution, and 1 opportunity to listen to the guild's sermon.

Enter the top 4 and you will be rewarded with 10 taels of gold, 300 points of guild contribution, and 2 opportunity to listen to the guild's sermon.

Third place: Reward: 20 taels of gold, 400 guild contribution points, and 3 opportunities to listen to guild sermons.

Second place: reward: 30 taels of gold, 500 guild contribution points, and 4 opportunities to listen to guild sermons.

First place: reward: 50 taels of gold, 1000 guild contribution points, and 5 opportunities to listen to guild sermons.

"This reward"

"The guild is really rich."

It's just a small test. There are three rounds of tests plus one major test every year, and the rewards are definitely higher. The investment is really huge.

But these are all necessary expenses. Not only Qianyu Guild, but all other large guilds must invest heavily in training new members, otherwise the guild will soon become weak due to the lack of fresh blood.

Although the theoretical upper limit of lifespan for those below the level of a Sanxian is 150 years, there are always various accidents and deaths during the cultivation process, and very few people can live that long.

In addition, the demand for resources in the later stages is too great, and many people spend decades stuck at level 70 or 80 in their mental skills, and only one in a hundred can reach level 100 and transcend the tribulation.

Among these one in a hundred people, only a few can reach this step, and few dare to overcome the tribulation.

The success rate of those who have the courage to overcome the tribulation is pitifully low.

Those who dare to survive the tribulation are already elites, not to mention the guild leaders.

The normal level of mainstream senior monks is between 60 and 90, and their age is generally around 60 to 80 years old. If they fight too hard in the early stages and suffer too many casualties, they may have to consider retirement in their 40s or 50s. They no longer dare to fight and just want to make some money for retirement.

There are quite a few semi-retired people in the guild, and a group of them retire every year.

Therefore, if any force wants to grow and develop, it must constantly cultivate new people.

You also have to take the initiative to spend resources on training, otherwise it would be a waste of time for a monk of ordinary origin to develop slowly on his own.

“Try to get into the top eight.”

Taking stock of his current means, Su Yu felt that the chances were quite high.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, before six o'clock, he received another message from Fu Ping, asking him to gather at the guild arena on time.

After a quick wash, he went out, and rode his paper crane slowly over the city. From afar, he could see the dome building covering an area of ​​four or five square kilometers in the center of the city. That was the arena, but it was still early, so no one was going there for the time being.

The quiz is open to the public and can be watched by both guild members and non-guild members.

In addition, there are many people in the regional channels who act as dealers and open bets on the rankings of the quizzes.

Su Yu took a look and found that everyone in the first and second echelons was on the list, including himself.

The odds of entering the top sixteen are 1 to 5.

The odds of entering the top eight are 1 to 10.

The odds of ranking fourth are 1 to 20.

The odds for third place are 1 to 30.

The second place odds are 1 to 50.

The odds for first place are 1 to 100.

"Damn, these odds."

This odds is based on their performance during this period. He was previously ranked in the second tier, but he has been staying in the base and not participating in the guild activities during this period. The bookmaker still ranks him as being in the second tier.

Considering that there are forty people in the first echelon, it is very difficult for him, the second echelon, to enter the top sixteen, so it is not surprising to have such odds.

It's not just him. The odds of most second-tier rookies are almost as high as his.

Looking at the extremely high odds, Su Yu scratched his head and felt the urge to bet on himself to win.

As long as you can get into the top sixteen, the odds are 1 to 5. Buy three or five taels of gold, and work hard to get to the sixteenth place, which will be more than twenty taels of gold. This is more cost-effective than entering the semi-finals.

"You can try it."

The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed to him, as he was so short of money right now.

However, he cannot buy it himself, as the dealer will not accept contestants buying to win themselves. He can only buy others to win.

He immediately contacted Gu Zhiqiu:

"Brother Gu, do me a favor."

"explain."

"Isn't there someone on the City Channel who's bankrolling this quiz? I can't bet on myself, so could you place a bet for me?"

"You want to bet on yourself to win? How many places do you want to bet on?"

"Well, the top eight will get 3 taels of gold."

"Top eight? Are you confident?"

"I have some confidence." Just kidding, after all, I have achieved some success in the realm of Sword Qi and Thunder Sound swordsmanship, so it shouldn't be a problem to get into the top eight.

The reason why I didn't dare to rush to the top four was mainly because my flying sword magic weapon was not good enough and my Taoist magic level was not high either.

No matter how exquisite his swordsmanship was, he could not withstand the unreasonable bombardment of the enemy who had several powerful magic weapons in his hands.

There are people like this everywhere in the first echelon.

In addition, he remembered that there were several people in the first echelon who had ordinary backgrounds but extremely high innate attributes, and several of them seemed to have special physiques and bloodlines. Even if the quality was not very high, it was an additional help, especially the bloodline was quite powerful in the early stage when everyone's cultivation was not high and the magic weapons were not good.

At this time, Gu Zhiqiu seemed to think about it and asked:

"Brother Su, how sure are you?"

"Why, do you want to buy some too?"

"Hey, I'm also very poor and want to make some money."

"I have some confidence, but I can't guarantee it. After all, the opponents are random. If you are randomly matched with a top-tier seeded player, you're doomed. Think about it yourself."

"Okay, I'll spend one gold and try it too."

"I don't promise."

"No one can guarantee such a thing, but since you bought it, there must be some confidence. I trust you."

"Ok."

Su Yu turned off the communication, turned around and went to the commercial district, found a chamber of commerce and sold the Mountain and River Seal for 3 gold.

This bulky magic weapon cannot be used in PK, and selling it will not affect combat effectiveness.

Then he met up with Gu Zhiqiu and handed over all three taels of gold to him.

Then Gu Zhiqiu took the money and went to Qianyu Chamber of Commerce to place a bet.

That’s right, only the Qianyu Guild can afford such a large-scale operation.

"Whether we'll have a good life or nothing depends on this."

Su Yu rubbed his hands, feeling a little nervous.

However, this tension gradually subsided as the quiz was about to begin.

The two of them came to the guild arena together, glanced at the crowd outside, walked around half a circle and entered the arena through the back door.

There were more than a dozen new supervisors standing at the backstage door, and Fu Ping was among them. When he saw him come in, he immediately waved to him to come over.

"Register first and get a license plate."

Gu Zhiqiu and he were not in the same position as a new supervisor, and they had already separated.

After completing the registration, he was number 68. Fu Ping whispered to him:

"Perform well and try to get into the top 32. It will be beneficial."

"Bonus?"

"No."

Fu Pingyi whispered:
"The guild pays close attention to newcomers. Every year, the guild's top brass will keep an eye on your exams. If you perform well and catch the eye of a big boss, they'll recruit you with generous benefits."

"I see. I'll try."

"come on!"

Fu Ping patted him on the shoulder and motioned him to enter.

Follow the flow of people into the arena, pass through an arched gate with a thin light curtain, and come to a huge space.

In the center was a battle field enveloped by a transparent spherical barrier. A square upside-down mountain was surrounded by audience seats suspended in the air, densely packed like a keyboard and extending far back.

There are more than ten layers of seats stacked up, with tens of thousands of seats on each layer. The arena can accommodate more than one hundred thousand people to watch the fight at the same time.

With just one glance, Su Yu knew that inside the transparent spherical light curtain was an independent space cut out by a large formation. From the outside, the arena looked only about a hundred meters in diameter, but in fact, the inside was an independent space with a diameter of no less than ten thousand meters, or ten kilometers in diameter, which was enough to accommodate immortal-level masters to fight inside.

I looked around again, but didn't see any guild leaders. They probably hadn't arrived yet.

As time went on, more and more people entered the venue and the seats were slowly filled.

"A lot of people."

Gu Zhiqiu had also come over and said, smacking his lips:
"As far as I know, today's tickets are one or two taels of silver each. As long as there are 10,000 people watching, there will be 100 gold in revenue. But in fact, there are already more than 20,000 people entering. By the time the time comes, there will be 30,000 or 40,000 people sitting there. The ticket revenue alone will be 300 or 400 gold, and there will be some left over after giving out all the rewards."

“It’s quite good at generating income.”

The two chatted while waiting. At 9 o'clock, two hosts, one male and one female, came on stage to announce the start of the quiz.

Su Yu glanced around the waiting hall. There were more than two hundred to nearly three hundred new students from the same class taking the test. Everyone had different expressions, but they were all full of confidence.

Obviously, after three months of experience and improvement, everyone's strength has been greatly improved.

Mana was poured into his eyes, and his pupils shone brightly as he scanned everyone. His mouth opened slightly involuntarily:

"Good guy."

The basic Qi-refining skills of the newcomers present had all reached above the 30th level, more than half had above the 40th level, more than a dozen had above the 50th level, and two had reached the 60th level.

“That’s outrageous!”

It’s okay for levels below 40, but how much resources would it take to reach the 50th and 60th levels of Qi Refining Mentality?

Nor is there any fear of forcing growth.

Su Yu felt jealous.

It's so sour.

At this moment, the host on the stage finished explaining the rules and opening speech, and announced loudly:

"This year's Qianyu Guild's first quiz for new members has officially begun!"

Then the central formation began to change. The huge arena was divided into more small arena spaces as the formation changed. Then Su Yu heard the countdown for transmission.

The ten-second countdown ended, and an invisible force wrapped him up and turned him into light, rushing into one of the small grids on the ring.

It looks like just a small grid, but in fact it is an arena space with a diameter of over one thousand meters.

At the other end of the ring a kilometer away from him, there stood a figure, who soared into the sky after a three-second countdown.

Su Yu thought about it and held up the protective air shield. When the figure flew over, he pointed his sword and the Ice Soul soared into the sky. It instantly stuck to the opponent and surrounded him with a circle of protective light.
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Six consecutive injuries jumped up, and the magic weapon's defensive light twisted violently and almost collapsed.

"Shit!"

The instantaneous explosion of three thousand scared Li Tong. He immediately took out a mirror covered with spiritual patterns and pointed it at Su Yu. An invisible force froze him.

Then he picked up a small hill and threw it out. The hill quickly grew to more than ten meters and smashed down heavily.

Then he took out a large red banner and waved it. Flames began to boil and gush out, forming fireballs that smashed over like meteors.

"boom!"

Su Yu was directly knocked down by the hill, and then twenty or thirty huge fireballs from the head fell down in succession, causing the protective air shield to twist violently.

Before the wave of blasts was over, Su Yu broke free from the immobilization, soared into the sky, and pressed his left hand downward. Blue light appeared in the sky and gathered into a vortex with a diameter of more than ten meters, blocking the fireball.

He pointed the two fingers of his right hand forward, and the flying sword Bingpo, which had previously fallen out of control, soared into the sky.

Left hand press:

"Purple energy!"

The magic power condensed and swept across with a large hand that was several feet wide.

"boom!"
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Li Tong's protective light was shattered on the spot, and the Ice Soul Sword light flew around his body. An invisible force field suddenly appeared and protected him and teleported him away.

"Su Yusheng!"

(End of this chapter)