Chapter 106

Lu Ren looked back and found it was Qin Ze. He immediately walked out of the courtyard and saw that everyone who had made the alliance at the Tongbi Fist Hall was there.

The group nodded to each other and then booked a private room at a nearby restaurant.

After the tea was served, Qin Ze spoke first, "It's been several days since we arrived at the Purple Sun Gate. Has anyone been suppressed by the Sharp Wind Hall or the Young Eagle Society?"

Everyone shook their heads. Everyone was still familiarizing themselves with the Purple Sun Gate and hadn't started doing missions, so even if Cao Rong, Han Xing, and others wanted to target them, they had no opportunity.

Qin Ze continued, "I recently found out that even if we complete three years as outer sect disciples, it is very difficult to join the four peaks and become inner sect disciples, because to become an inner sect disciple, one needs to complete an assessment.

This assessment is basically impossible for a single person to complete. I asked everyone to come today because I hope to add a clause to our alliance: in the future, as long as someone meets the promotion requirements, the others must help complete the assessment.

Of course, the person who is promoted first and becomes an inner sect disciple must also help those who come after. Does everyone agree?"

At present, they were at best beasts of burden for the Purple Sun Gate. Only by becoming inner sect disciples could they truly be considered people of the Purple Sun Gate.

Yue Gui spoke first, "I have also inquired about inner sect disciples. If one can win the top three in the outer sect competition, one can skip the assessment.

And the outer sect competition happens once a year. Of course, Brother Qin, I fully agree with your proposal."

Liu Qian said, "I also agree. Although the outer sect competition is once a year, it is too difficult to win the top three. Besides our batch, there is the previous batch. It is said that some people have been outer sect disciples for five or six years and still haven't completed the assessment, which is why they haven't been promoted."

Lu Ren found that this alliance was still very useful. He was obsessed with martial arts and didn't know about the assessment required for inner sect disciples.

Everyone had status and wide connections, so they naturally had many sources of information. Maintaining the alliance could help him reduce a lot of trouble, so he immediately expressed his agreement.

He wouldn't be arrogant enough to think he could complete an assessment that others hadn't finished after five or six years as outer sect disciples.

"I have no objections either. I believe everyone has heard about the Ten Heroes and Ten Strongest. In the outer sect competition, the top three are likely already in their pockets, so we shouldn't think about it," Chen Jiang said.

Once these words were spoken, everyone fell silent. They were all famous geniuses in Qingyuan, but upon arriving here, among the twenty spots for the Ten Heroes and Ten Strongest, not a single one of them had made it. The gap was quite large.

Qin Ze nodded, "Since everyone has no objections, then this alliance is set. Next, if anyone has any intelligence to share, if you feel it is important and need to charge a fee, don't be shy."

This time it was Yue Gui who spoke first, "I found a senior brother from the previous batch at the fist hall, and he told me that if you want to get good missions, you can bribe the deacon of the Mission Hall. He has a way."

Everyone's eyes lit up. For outer sect disciples, the most important thing was missions.

Chen Jiang asked, "How much money?"

Yue Gui held up a finger, "At least one hundred taels, and even more for the best missions. If you have any ideas, you can come find me privately."

None of them cared much. When they came to the Purple Sun Gate, their families had prepared over a thousand taels for them to bring.

Lu Ren shook his head inwardly. He had spent quite a bit in the last few days, and he had less than two hundred taels left; he couldn't afford this kind of wasteful spending.

Liu Qian nodded and said, "My older brother told me a piece of news: five miles east of the sect gate, on the first, tenth, and twentieth of every month, there will be a black market for outer sect disciples. Elixirs, techniques, and even contribution points can be bought, but be careful."

Her older brother, Liu Xiao, was the third-place finisher in the previous county examination, which everyone knew.

Qin Ze said, "This news is very important."

Lu Ren and the others nodded one after another.

Chen Jiang said, "I also want to say one thing: be careful of an organization called the Dawn Society. They use the guise of recruiting members and making progress together to get newcomers to join.

Once you join, they will tell you to concentrate resources to let a small number of people enter the inner sect first, and then those who enter the inner sect will help everyone else enter. You have to hand over twenty percent of the contribution points you earn from missions. Anyone who is unwilling to pay will later die in various accidents.

If they come to your door, be sure to refuse politely."

Qin Ze and Yue Gui's pupils shrank.

Liu Qian was not very surprised because her brother Liu Xiao had already warned her, but she had forgotten to mention it.

At this time, everyone had shared useful intelligence, but Lu Ren hadn't said anything, so everyone couldn't help but look at him.

Although it was said at the beginning of the alliance that information would be shared, if you always freeload on others' information, everyone will feel uncomfortable, and over time, you will be excluded.

Lu Ren thought for a moment and said, "I'll share a piece of news that might not be very important: the Ten Heroes and Ten Strongest list is not accurate. Among the new disciples, there is at least one person with Grade A bone structure who did not appear on the Ten Heroes list, so everyone had best be low-key and not provoke people randomly."

He immediately shared the news Jiang Fan had told him. In fact, there were likely two, and the other one was himself, so he used the word "at least."

"There is actually a hidden genius among the new disciples?"

Qin Ze and the others were all shocked. A Grade A genius hadn't made the list.

"This news is also very important," Yue Gui said.

The news shared by the others could be known with a bit more time, but Lu Ren's news was different. A Grade A genius was hidden so deeply that if he didn't expose himself, no one could possibly know.

"Who is this person?" Chen Jiang asked curiously.

Lu Ren shook his head, "The person who told me this news is unwilling to reveal the other party's identity, but I can guarantee that this news is one hundred percent true.

And I suspect that there might be more than one such person."

Of course it was true. Even if the news Jiang Fan told him was false, he had himself to back it up, so he dared to guarantee that the news was not false.

Unable to know the identity of the hidden genius, the group felt quite regretful. Soon, this alliance meeting ended, and the five walked out of the private room and left.