Ju Jingbai filled out the form according to the young lady's instructions. After her fingerprint was confirmed, she received a mahogany number plate with her name on it. Her number was 226.

The numbers are sorted according to the number of participants across the country.

The competition time for each region is the same, which is New Year's Day, at 8 o'clock in the morning.

The location is not in any Taoist sect, but a Taoist martial arts hall in the city center.

That's where the Taoist Alliance is, and it covers a large area.

Ju Jingbai carefully studied the notice given by the working lady. She had never participated in the metaphysics competition, so she didn't know that the metaphysics competition was divided into such detailed categories.

Preliminary round, preliminary round, semi-final, final and final.

The preliminary round of the selection competition that Xu Ge participated in at that time was not divided by region. As long as there was a place to register, everyone could be selected together. The official competition after the preliminaries was divided into regions. For example, they were competing in the city now, and in the semi-finals they would compete in the province, the entire East China region, and then the whole country.

The notice clearly stated that the use of personal weapons and talismans was not allowed in the Metaphysics Competition. Of course, weapons that you cultivated yourself were allowed to be used. Such weapons were as long-lasting as you were and would not break. They represented a part of your strength, so there was really no need to ban them.

"Well, little junior sister, what we said just now was not directed at you. We were just complaining because Qi Qingren usually puts too much pressure on us. Please don't mind it, and don't tell your senior brothers when you go back." The twin boys who had the bells also lined up to confirm their information, and came up to talk to Ju Jingbai.

"Okay, what's your name?" Ju Jingbai said.

"My name is Zhou Zhou, and that's my younger brother Zhou Lu, from the Shangxi Zhou family." Zhou Zhou said with a smile.

The reputation of the junior sister of the Xingyi Sect being afraid of ghosts spread out for some unknown reason. The initial spread was not widespread at all, but his fellow disciples, especially Bai Shuo, were notoriously protective of their junior sisters and would not tolerate anyone saying anything. Anyone who gossiped about them would not only be beaten but also be left with nothing but their pants. The younger generations around them were all scared of them.

Otherwise, he wouldn't come here and bow down to the little girl.

He and Zhou Lu were unlucky today. Why didn't they ask his mother to tell their fortune before going out?

"Okay, I understand." Ju Jingbai nodded. Seeing a familiar person approaching, he was stunned for a moment and said, "Then Senior Brother Zhou, I saw someone I know, so I'll leave first."

"Okay." Zhou Zhou watched Ju Jingbai leave, "Don't tell Bai Shuo."

As he was talking, Zhou Lu also finished registering his information. He walked over and asked, "Brother, how is it? Have you apologized to Junior Sister Ren? What did she say?"

"Oh, she said she understood." Zhou Zhou scratched his head, and the bell on his waist rang softly. "I think Junior Sister Ren is very good. It's okay if we don't come over. You insisted that I come over to apologize. When I left, she even called me Senior Brother Zhou."

"Wait, wait, you told her our names?"

"Of course."

"You idiot, why did you tell that woman your name? Originally, she could only complain that she encountered two Zhou family members gossiping about her, but now she can say that Zhou Zhou and Zhou Lu teamed up to diss her." Zhou Lu slapped Zhou Zhou's head and said angrily.

"Ju Jingbai?"

"Yan Rong?" Ju Jingbai naturally didn't know about the conflict between Zhou Lu and Zhou Zhou. He was surprised to see Yan Rong walking towards him. Yan Rong was the subordinate who had disdained his black-clad brother when she was taking the police station's external examination. During the last mission to encircle and suppress the Taiqi Sect, Yan Rong followed his senior to seal off the headquarters, so they hadn't met. He didn't expect to see him here. "Why are you here? Didn't you say you were from the Miaojiang area?"

"Yeah." Yan Rong smiled and nodded. He stood next to Ju Jingbai with his tall body, blocking him out completely. "My hometown is in Miaojiang, and I grew up there, but my household registration is in East China. The police station gave me a recommendation this time, so I came here to compete. Your Xingyi Sect is from here, right? It's quite famous. Oh, and I just saw Senior Xu."

"Really? I thought I missed it. Where is the boss?" Ju Jingbai asked.

"Hey, he was there just now, maybe he left first." Yan Rong looked for him but couldn't find him. He said puzzledly, "It is said that this metaphysics competition is the most difficult one in recent years. The big boss of the previous competition also participated in this competition in order to get the first place.

I've been hit so hard along the way that I don't have any confidence in winning any awards anymore."

"Well, I'm not sure either." Ju Jingbai didn't find Xu Ge either, so she said with a smile.

"It's okay. For small minions like us, it's just a casual test." Yan Rong consoled him earnestly. "By the way, I heard a rumor about you on the way here. It said you were afraid of ghosts. I was surprised at the time. If you were afraid of ghosts, how did you complete the mission at the police station? Isn't this slandering you?"

“…I am indeed a little afraid of ghosts.”

Ju Jingbai didn't see Xu Ge, so he withdrew his gaze and said quietly.

Apart from anything else, hasn't she spread this information too widely?

Yan Rong scratched his head in surprise: "Really? Then you are even worse off than me. There seem to be a lot of ghosts on the levels of this metaphysics competition. You better be careful."

"Thank you for your concern." Ju Jingbai moved his lips slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Okay, if you need my help with something, you can come to me. After all, I'm a colleague in the police station. I've already filled out the information and will leave first." Yan Rong said.

"Okay, see you next time." Ju Jingbai greeted.

She watched Yan Rong walk up to a proud young man and speak in a low voice.

The arrogant boy glanced at her, raised his eyebrows, and gave her a look of contempt.

Ju Jingbai vaguely felt that this scene was familiar, no, it was familiar. The last time she took the exam for non-staff positions, Yan Rong's big brother in black looked at her like this!

"..." So, Yan Rong was acting as a henchman to gather information?

Ju Jingbai retracted the slight guilt she had felt when she lied just now.

She looked at Yan Rong again. Yan Rong was a middle-aged man, and his posture when he was with the boy was exactly the same as when he was with the eldest brother.

"Ju Jingbai?" Xu Ge patted Ju Jingbai.

"Xu Ge, who is that kid?" Ju Jingbai pointed at the arrogant young man next to Yan Rong and asked subconsciously.

"That kid, a sixteen-year-old junior brother of the Qingxuan Sect, is said to have helped his senior brother catch ghosts when he was just in the first grade of junior high school. He's quite capable, and the Qingxuan Sect recommended him this time." Xu Ge explained, raising his hand to rub Ju Jingbai's head. "I just came here, and you didn't even look at me?"

Ju Jingbai slapped Xu Ge's hand away and rolled his eyes: "Don't touch my hair."

"Hey, let me introduce you. This is Xu Xiang and Xu Nian."

Ju Jingbai turned around and saw the two boys standing with Xu Ge. She kept in mind that she and Xu Ge were sworn enemies, so she pushed Xu Ge's hand away and said, "My name is Ju Jingbai."

"What do you think? My mortal enemy is prettier than the two you chose, right?" Xu Ge said.

"..." Xu Xiang was speechless. How could a pretty young girl be compared to two grown men, Bai Shuo and Qi Qingren? Just pick anyone and you'll know who's pretty?!

Xu Nian looked at Ju Jingbai's impatient face and remembered what Xu Cheng said about Ju Jingbai's good luck and how he could often get rare treasures. Even if Xu Ge disliked someone, if that person had something good, he would still try to get it and then kill them. Ju Jingbai was a person who could get good things continuously.

Xu Xiang and Xu Nian looked at each other.

If Ju Jingbai is a long-term meal ticket, then Xu Ge's attitude is totally normal.

Ju Jingbai uncomfortably pulled down Xu Ge's hand that was on his shoulder and winked at Xu Ge, "Boss, didn't you say we were going to play sworn enemies?"

Xu Ge blinked and said affirmatively: "Yes, the mortal enemy, it was Xu Cheng who spread the news."

Xu Cheng and Qin Shijun have been competing against each other for so many years that their brain circuits just happened to clash without her knowing it. If her senior brother knew about this, he would probably be very angry.

Ju Jingbai was puzzled. Now that she had said it, Xu Ge's acting ability shouldn't be like this. She could only roll up her sleeves and go at it herself: "Xu Ge, are you ready for tomorrow's competition? Don't get eliminated in the first round."

"It's you who should be worried about, right?" Xu Ge said, and he could hardly control the smile on his face. His eyes curved into crescent shapes, his head lowered, and his eyelashes cast a small shadow like crow feathers.

"I'm not kidding you. I went to the ghost formation for training at my house a few days ago. Do you know what the big boss in there looks like?" Ju Jingbai had finished training these days. Although the results were good, he was very tired. He went back and fell asleep on the bed. He had no time to respond to the WeChat message sent by Xu Ge. He said this because he wanted to talk to Xu Ge.

"Is he the same as me?" Xu Ge was surprised.

"That's right, there is another one who is just like my grandfather. After I defeated you, my grandfather couldn't bring himself to kill you, and we both came back injured." Ju Jingbai gritted his teeth, and then when he thought of the scene where he was strangled, he was just angry.

Xu Ge smiled earnestly and said, "Then I really thank you for your kindness."

Xu Nian and Xu Xiang were talking: "Does Xu Ge treat this little junior sister as his mortal enemy? I don't know. This little junior sister must be annoying Xu Ge to death. She can still encounter the same face when practicing the ghost formation. This must be an enemy."

Xu thought: "It's either an enemy or a loved one. This doesn't look like it. It must be an enemy. Let's get rid of Xu Ge. It's immoral for him to tease a young girl at his age."

Xu Ge was just about to raise his hand to rub Ju Jingbai's head again when Xu Nian and Xu Xiang pulled him out, one on each side. Xu Nian said politely, "See you tomorrow, Junior Sister. We have things to do today."

Seeing this, Xu Ge pointed to the phone in his hand implicitly.

Ju Jingbai was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Oh, okay, see you tomorrow."

She looked at Xu Ge's smile and counted the seconds. She and Xu Ge had only spoken for less than ten minutes today.

Ju Jingbai put away his ID card and went out to find Qin Shijun.

That night, she received several lucky charm packages from Xingyi Sect. Even the chef made her a dish of fried rice called "Qi Kai De Sheng" and told her to eat it all.

Her grandfather said that this was the treatment that every soldier deserved.

Then she heard Qi Qingren muttering that his treatment last year wasn't this good. If he had known the treatment this year would be so good, he would have packed up and gone to the tryouts. What a loss!

*******

New Year's Day.

Ju Jingbai followed the crowd into the gym, where there was a huge indoor square in the center.

The square is densely covered with cultivation formations.

There were already spectators sitting in the surrounding stands, waving small flags at the players entering the field.

Ju Jingbai scanned the number plate and entered the door, found his own formation, and sat cross-legged inside.

Next to her was a huge screen.

Ju Jingbai looked up and saw a photo of "the most popular Taoist priest of the previous session" flashing on the screen.

Ju Jingbai: "..."

The photo was a bit distorted on the screen, making the Taoist priest look even uglier. I wonder if this Taoist priest regretted participating in the last metaphysics competition.

Opposite the big screen in the square sat a row of grandfather-like Taoist priests wearing Taoist robes. They were all reviewers and judges who were carefully selected from the city's Taoist temples.

"There are three minutes left until the Metaphysics Competition begins. All participants, please take your seats. Anyone who disrupts the formation will be arrested as a member of the Yinxie sect."

"The preliminaries test each contestant's survival ability and sense of justice. Everyone knows that we often help the police solve cases, and sense of justice is the foundation."

"This competition is in the form of groups, with seven people assigned to each group."

"The scoring criteria will be announced after the competition. Death will not be counted. Please proceed with caution. The top 20 scorers will enter the provincial semi-finals." The broadcast over the loudspeaker was repeated three times.

"The Metaphysics Competition officially begins. Three, two, one!"

Ju Jingbai counted silently to three, two, one. When he opened his eyes again, he found that she was standing at the edge of the cordon, also wearing a police uniform. There were probably more than ten policemen next to her. A human figure was painted inside the cordon.

Someone must be dead. I don't know if he jumped from the building or was murdered.

Ju Jingbai looked up at the garden house directly opposite the white coil. It was filled with yin energy, had few ventilation holes, and was all facing away from the sun. The main door faced south, a bad orientation. It was a house type that easily fostered yin evil.

Ju Jingbai also saw Yan Rong and the arrogant young man at the end of the team.

Yan Rong also saw her and smiled at her, but the arrogant boy still looked at her with contempt.

"Oh, it's too cold inside, it's much warmer outside." A middle-aged man with a buzz cut came out from the other side of the gate. He was not wearing a police uniform, but there was a police badge on the edge of his clothes.

"Captain Cheng, was it murder?" someone asked.

The one called Captain Cheng nodded. "It was murder, but the killer was very cunning. We haven't found any useful clues. The situation in the house looked like the deceased had been fighting with himself in the house for most of the day and finally jumped down because of his anger."

Seeing this, Ju Jingbai asked, "Captain Cheng, is it a ghost?"

Captain Cheng laughed: "What's your name? You're so young and you don't learn well? We've been established for so many years, how can ghosts still exist? I see you're so young, how can you still be so superstitious? You'd better not say such things in the office normally, or you'll just make those interns laugh at you."

Ju Jingbai nodded and said, "I understand. I'm just usually timid."

It seems that this is a world that does not believe in Taoism, and she needs to be careful to avoid others when using powers that are not in line with science.

The author has something to say: I will update tomorrow evening, around 9:00 to 12:00.