Chapter Twelve: New Friends in the Dorm

  Xin Xue Mountain Villa is built on the mountain, with a simple shape and an area of about five or six mu.

  Xin Xue Mountain Villa is divided into two parts: one part is the living area and the other part is the practice area.

  In the training area, there are training rooms, challenge platforms, and plazas.

  There are dormitories, kitchens and dining halls in the living area.

  In the seventh room of this row of dormitories, Gu Chao pushed open the door and walked in. The room was about 30 square meters in size, with three beds inside. Next to one bed stood a wooden cabinet, a table, and a chair. That's all there was. Oh, on the wall hung some weapon racks, which could hold weapons.

  There were three beds, two by the door and one by the window opposite. Gu Chao chose to sit on the bed by the window and slept in that bed himself.

  Afterwards, two people almost simultaneously pushed the door and came in. One was a thin and dark-skinned man, while the other was a somewhat chubby white-faced little fatty, with completely different appearances.

  The two people who pushed open the door first sized each other up, then sized up Gu Chao, who had entered the dormitory earliest, and the three of them sized each other up.

  That short and stout little fellow burst out laughing and said: "My name is Luo Tiao, from the middle-class family of Luo, I don't have any big hobbies, just a good eater. Now my cultivation is at the peak of the third layer of the Post-Heaven realm. In the future, in the days of the Tai Shan Sect, please take care of me." As he spoke, he had already taken out several snacks, including braised beef and red stove peanuts: "Come on, come on, let's eat together, I brought these from home." This person should be a good eater and a generous and open-minded person, Gu Chao made this judgment, of course, this was just an initial judgment, whether he was like that in the future still needed to be judged later. Gu Chao also casually picked up some red stove peanuts and started eating, it's better to get along well with roommates who will live together in the future.

  That tall and thin boy slightly narrowed his eyes, and he didn't hesitate to pick up the sauce-braised beef of the short and chubby Luo Tuo: "I'm called Gao Ren, from an ordinary family, the Gao family. Taking this name destined me to be a superior person. Now I have reached the fourth layer of the Post-Heaven realm." He laughed at himself, making fun of his own joke, seeming like someone easy to get along with.

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  These two finished introducing themselves, and it was Gu Chao's turn. Gu Chao smiled slightly: "My name is Gu Chao, I come from a small merchant family, and my current cultivation level is at the second layer of the Post-Heaven Realm. I don't have any special talents or hobbies." Of course, Gu Chao's strengths were obvious - he had strong observational skills and was quite intelligent. However, if someone always says how smart they are when meeting people, that's not intelligence, but rather being a try-hard. Gu Chao acknowledged to himself that he wasn't one of those try-hard youngsters.

  Listening to Gu Chao's self-introduction, both Luo Tao and Gao Ren looked at him with surprise in their eyes. Luo Tao said: "Awesome! With your Second Heaven Realm cultivation, you can still pass the Wooden Man Passage assessment. Brother, you're a real talent!" He himself had experienced the Wooden Man Passage assessment, so he knew how difficult it was. Gu Chao's ability to pass it with his Second Heaven Realm cultivation made it even more impressive, which is why Luo Tao repeatedly called him a "cow person".

  Gao Ren also nodded in agreement: "I always thought that I was called Gao Ren and therefore a high-ranking person, but now I realize that you are the real high-ranking person."

  Gao Ren, Luo Tao and Gu Chao tidied up their dormitory, putting away the gifts they were going to give. Gu Chao had the least gifts, while Luo Tao's gifts were mostly a big pile of food. Then Luo Tao said: "Now we're going to the cafeteria for dinner."

  "Excuse me, do you know where the cafeteria is?"

  Lu Tao said disdainfully, "The cafeteria only needs to cook, and with my nose, I can smell where the cafeteria is." Lu Tao's words were not bragging, he really had this special skill. Lu Tao took Gao Ren and Gu Chao to quickly find the bamboo-built cafeteria in the living area, and they ate a meal there. Gu Chao felt that the food in the cafeteria was pretty good, at least much better than the school cafeteria in his previous life.

  Luo Tao was disdainful while eating in the cafeteria, thinking that the food here was too ordinary, he had always been a gourmet.

  Gao Ren glanced at the girl in the middle of the cafeteria while eating his meal. Among the 61 people this time, there were actually seven girls.

  The meals in the cafeteria are not free, but the charges are basically nominal, which can also be considered one of the benefits for outer door disciples.

  Since it's the first day of entering the Tai Shan Sect, there is no need to train for now. After finishing dinner, I went to receive six sets of clothes: two sets of slightly thicker winter clothes, two sets of thinner summer clothes, and two sets of spring and autumn clothes. The style of these six sets of clothes is simple and elegant, with a Tai character on the edges, which is the symbol of the Tai Shan Sect. Wearing this set of clothes, others can see that you are from Tai Shan at a glance. The clothes of the Tai Shan Sect are quite practical to use, and when other small forces in the surroundings see the symbol of the Tai Shan Sect, they will also show respect. After all, the Tai Shan Sect is a white silver-level sect, second only to the golden-level sects, and far stronger than bronze-level sects, black iron-level aristocratic families, middle-class families, and lower-class families.

  In addition, the Taishan Sect also issued a unified standard of fine steel long knife. These fine steel long knives were uniformly three feet six inches long. On the hilt was engraved a mountain peak shape. Gu Chao lightly wiped the blade and found an extremely cold chill within.

  "This is the Tai Shan sect's standard long knife, which contains precious materials of red copper. With a red copper weapon, it's quite sharp and difficult to damage, much better than ordinary knives from a weapons shop. This is one of the benefits for our outer sect disciples."

  A comparison of the two revealed that this long sword with a hint of red copper was far superior to the one he had brought.

  From now on, I'll use this one, Gu Chao fondled the crimson copper long knife in his hand.

  Clothes and long knives are the basic welfare of Tai Shan Sect's outer door disciples. If you want more, then work hard to earn it yourself.

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  It was already night, this is Gu Chao's first day joining the Tai Shan sect.

  Gu Chao lay on the bed, with a book in his hand. The cover of the book had five words "Taishan Zhongxi Peak" printed on it. This was something he had bought for 50 copper coins from a bookseller before nightfall when he was familiarizing himself with the new Snow Mountain Villa and its surroundings while wandering around outside. It was quite expensive to spend 50 copper coins on one book, but in order to quickly understand his current environment, he didn't mind being taken advantage of by the merchant. The author's name on the book was "Taishan Bai Xiaosheng", with a fan symbol below it. Who was this Taishan Bai Xiaosheng?

  Wherever he is, Gu Chao will always try to understand his surroundings as soon as possible, which is what the self-proclaimed calm and rational party would do.

  Gu Chao opened the book "Taishan Zhongxi Peak", which started with a long geographical introduction and landscape description, all of which were descriptions of Taishan Zhongxi Peak. After flipping through this boring landscape description, he finally reached the real text.

  Originally, every two years, Mount Tai would hold a grand competition for the outer disciples of the Tai Shan sect. In this grand competition, almost everyone from the fifteen mountain mansions of Zhong Xi Peak would participate, with over a thousand people attending each session. Only those who ranked in the top few positions and were considered the most excellent had the possibility of becoming an inner disciple of the Tai Shan sect.

  Gu Chao looked at the intelligence and analyzed it in his mind. Apparently, this way, the outer door disciples of Mount Tai would have a great advantage, especially for those who had been admitted for a longer time. After all, if you had been admitted for more than 20 years, it wouldn't be easy to bully a junior brother or sister who had just joined.

  And "Taishan Zhongxi Peak" also introduces the list of the top ten masters among the current outer disciples on Zhongxi Peak.

  Among all the outer disciples of Taishan Zhongxi Peak, the first is 26-year-old Mo Xuanfeng. His actual strength is unfathomable, and he excels at swift and fierce knife techniques. Mo Xuanfeng once single-handedly took on three white-silver level outer disciples from the Roushan Sect and emerged victorious. Although both are white-silver level sects, there are actually further divisions into upper, middle, and lower tiers within that rank. Taishan Sect is only a lower-tier white-silver sect, yet Mo Xuanfeng was able to hold off the attacks of three formidable outer disciples from an upper-tier white-silver sect and defeat them - this is an extremely impressive achievement.

  The second is Zhao Changkong, 28 years old, skilled in cloud-changing knife techniques. Hundreds of miles away from Mount Tai, there was a gang of great thieves called the Yellow Wind Thieves. This group of Yellow Wind Thieves was extremely powerful, with many expert fighters, but they were defeated by Zhao Changfeng alone on horseback, and the Yellow Wind Thieves were completely destroyed.

  The third is Sito Xi, twenty-one years old. This is an extremely promising figure who has fought with others and launched ninety-nine moves in a row, while his opponent did not even have the ability to counterattack once.

  Fourth, Yuè Moon, twenty years old. Note that she is a woman, but don't underestimate her because of it. She once beheaded the notorious Water Executioner, who had been terrorizing several provinces, in a battle on water. The fight was said to have been extremely brutal, but Yuè Moon returned, reportedly with thirty-two injuries. In a fit of rage, she killed the Water Executioner and then used her beauty-enhancing technique, Nourishing Skin and Muscle, to completely erase all thirty-two scars.

  Fifth is Song Qing, fifteen years old. Behind this person, it was especially noted that he had the reputation of being a genius. Someone like Murong Ying could only be called a little genius, but Song Qing was a true genius. At the age of fifteen, he squeezed into the top ten masters of the outer door, and his strength increased at a speed that broke many records.

  The sixth is Qi Zhongnan, 24 years old. He was said to have been a master of gunplay in the past, but later abandoned his guns for swords. With his swordsmanship, he added another formidable expert to the world of knife fighting. His sword technique has the sharpness of a gun and the majesty of a knife, making him quite difficult to deal with.

  The seventh is Zhangsun Long, twenty-three years old.

  The eighth was Zhao Lie, twenty-eight years old. These two men joined forces to kill the Huangsha thief, who was slightly inferior to the Huangfeng thief. The two horses exterminated the Huangsha thief, which was also a remarkable achievement.

  The ninth was Zheng Ya, 25 years old. He had once defeated two outer sect disciples of the Yashan Sect, a Bronze-level sect, in a joint battle. Although the Yashan Sect was only a Bronze-level sect, it was one of the best among them, with strength close to that of a Silver-level sect.

  The tenth is Wei Qingqing, 19 years old. Behind this person is also a standard female. Although Wei Qingqing does not have many dazzling achievements, she can be ranked in the top ten, which naturally has its own strengths.

  Looking at the list of the top ten masters, it's indeed as I analyzed, the older you are, the more advantageous. Except for Song Qing, who is only 15 years old and has a reputation for being a genius, the others are basically in their twenties or thirties. This undoubtedly increases the difficulty for me to break into the inner door disciples. Gu Chao was secretly analyzing this.

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