My talisman pen is omnipotent. How should you deal with it?

Chu Ci walked to the door and saw seven or eight people standing in the yard. The leader was Sun Datou. A plump woman next to him was holding Sun Datou's arm with a seductive smile on her face. The members of the inspection team were standing behind them.

One of the tall men was Qi Dazhuang who came to inform him yesterday.

As soon as Chu Ci entered the courtyard, Qi Dazhuang saw him and immediately shouted: "Chu Ci, Grandpa Sun is here to inspect the work, why don't you hurry up and greet him?"

After hearing Qi Dazhuang's shout, several people turned their heads. Chu Ci was stunned and immediately bowed to everyone: "Hello, Master Sun, hello, senior brothers and sisters."

Sun Datou walked over with a smile and asked, "Are you Chu Ci? I heard that you have been doing well. I have nothing special to do today. I am just here to check the work. If you have any difficulties, please tell me. You can also tell me if you have any requests for our Miscellaneous Affairs Hall."

Chu Ci nodded repeatedly and said some clichés like thanking Sun Datou for his consideration for his subordinates. However, he was thinking in his heart that he had been in the sect for three years and had never seen Sun Datou inspecting work. There must be a reason why he came to him today.

Sun Datou briefly greeted them again, then changed the subject and asked, "Junior Brother Chu, do you still remember the disciple competition that Deacon Liu mentioned yesterday?"

"Remember, remember, Deacon Liu said that the sect disciples will have a competition in a month, and he specially gave us talisman paper for this purpose, asking us to practice diligently. I, the disciples, will never forget Deacon Liu's advice..." Chu Ci answered respectfully, as if he vaguely knew the purpose of these people's visit.

"Yes!" Sun Datou nodded solemnly: "Well said, each of us must remember the teachings of Deacon Liu, practice diligently, and strive to win glory for our Miscellaneous Affairs Hall in the competition in a month, but..."

Sun Datou paused for a moment, with a serious expression on his face, and continued:

"But we can't practice by ourselves behind closed doors, because if we practice alone, our progress is often too slow. Only when brothers and sisters learn from each other can we quickly improve our cultivation. Do you think I'm right?"

Chu Ci was wondering how to respond, but Qi Dazhuang beside him immediately took over the conversation and said to Sun Datou:

"Grandpa Sun, you are absolutely right! I agree with you! I was saying that my recent practice has always been that that that ..."

He seemed to be trying hard to think of some words, and his face was flushed red.

"Standing still. Right?" Sun Datou reminded with a smile.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes. My practice has been stagnant recently. I think it's time to learn from my fellow disciples." Qi Dazhuang immediately took over the conversation.

Hmm, the people around also had an expression of sudden enlightenment, as if these words hit the nail on the head for them.

Qi Dazhuang turned around and said to Chu Ci, "Yes! Junior Brother Chu, today is just the right time. After Master Sun's advice, to be honest, I am a little itchy. Now that I am here, why don't we have a sparring match?"

Watching the performances of several people, Chu Ci was speechless, knowing in his heart that this must have been something they had discussed beforehand.

Seeing that Chu Ci didn't say anything, Qi Dazhuang's face darkened, and he asked half-jokingly: "Junior brother, do you think what Grandpa Sun said is wrong? Or do you not give me face? You are not willing to help even with such a small favor, right?"

"Brother, you are too polite. My cultivation is still shallow and I am afraid I will be defeated in one move. It will not be of any use to your cultivation." Chu Ci looked embarrassed.

"Brother, you are too polite. Our goal is to improve our cultivation. We don't need to care about winning or losing."

After Qi Dazhuang finished speaking, without waiting for Chu Ci to answer, he pulled Chu Ci's hand and walked towards the center of the yard, secretly exerting some force, the threat he meant was self-evident.

But his face was still full of smiles: "Come on, let's spar in your yard."

Suddenly, one of the inspection team shouted:

"Brother, I'm afraid it's boring for you to just spar with each other. I think it would be better to add some prizes. If Junior Brother Chu wins, you have to lose something to him. This will also give Junior Brother more motivation."

Chu Ci looked back and saw that the person who spoke was called Qi Dalin, who was Qi Dazhuang's younger brother. Both of them had reached the third level of Qi Refining and were Sun Datou's confidants.

It seemed as if Sun Datou didn't hear what was said here. He was just busy chatting with the people around him without even raising his eyelids.

Qi Dazhuang pretended to think seriously, and after a while he said:

"Well, if that's the case, I will take out 500 pieces of talisman paper. If you can win, they will all be yours."

Qi Dalin complained, "Brother, this is your fault. You knew that Junior Brother Chu only gave out 100 pieces of talisman paper yesterday, but you still took out so many. How could Junior Brother Chu have so many?"

After saying that, he looked at Chu Ci with concern.

Only then did Chu Ci truly understand the purpose of this group of people. They had been asking and answering questions for half a day, just to snatch the talisman paper under the guise of competition.

In fact, Chu Ci's guess was not wrong at all. This idea was thought out by Sun Datou after he distributed the talisman papers yesterday, and he had already discussed it with a dozen menial disciples.

This morning, they used this method to forcibly win a lot of talisman paper.

At this time, Qi Dazhuang pretended to have just learned something, and quickly slapped his forehead and said:

"Oh, I forgot. Junior Brother Chu doesn't have that much talisman paper. How about this, Junior Brother, you can include your annual salary for next year in it. I'll just take the loss."

Listening to the conversation between the two brothers, Chu Ci's face darkened. These people were really cruel. Not only did they ask for a hundred pieces of talismans, but they also wanted him to pawn his annual salary?

As a menial disciple, Chu Ci's annual salary is 200 pieces of talisman paper and 200 contribution points. If he loses, all his work for the whole year will be in vain.

In fact, Sun Datou and his companions only bet a hundred pieces of talisman paper at the beginning, but later they found that these menial disciples on the first and second levels were too easy to bully.

They were all used to accepting everything and thought that since they were taking a gamble, they might as well win more. Anyway, the annual salary would be paid in about a month.

As for why they were disciples at the first or second level of the Qi Refining Stage, it was of course because they were not sure about levels above the third level.

Looking at this group of people guiding him one by one, Chu Ci understood that he probably couldn't avoid this competition today.

However, if the other party thought that he was easy to bully, he was very wrong. Looking at Sun Datou who was pretending to talk to others, an idea popped up in Chu Ci's mind.

Now with the help of this golden pen, he could still afford to lose a mere 500 pieces of talisman paper, not to mention that he might not lose to Qi Dazhuang.

"My two brothers, this kind of competition is not fair. Brother Qi is at the third level of the Qi Refining Stage, one level higher than me. If the two of us fight, I will definitely lose."

Qi Dazhuang seemed to have known that Chu Ci would say such a thing, so he said, "Junior brother, for the sake of fairness, I will not use the talisman, but you can use it. You are taking advantage of this, so you have nothing to say, right?"

Almost every disciple who wanted to compete with them would refuse on the grounds that their cultivation levels were not equal, so these people came up with this statement. It sounded fair, but how could an ordinary errand disciple have talismans?

Chu Ci looked hesitant, lowered his head and thought for a long time before saying, "Okay, then I'll give it a try, but I hope you will show some mercy, brother!"

Sun Datou, who had not been looking over here, immediately raised his head after hearing this, and said to himself: "Hey, you bunch of bad boys, I just said that, and you really started to spar with each other."

He shook his head helplessly and added, "Listen to me, brothers must stop when sparring with each other."

"Okay!" Except for Chu Ci, everyone else answered in unison.