Chapter 27

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"Move, move!"

At this moment, a cold and stern voice came over, and a handsome young man walked over, staring coldly at Bu Zheng for a while.

At this time, Bu Zheng learned the identity of the handsome young man from the way the people around him addressed him—

"Second Senior Brother!!"

The disciples of the Green Cloud Sword Sect usually only called each other senior brothers, at most adding their names, and rarely used numbers. This was because only ten people could have numbers, those ranked in the top ten, the ten major disciples of the Green Cloud Sword Sect.

Regardless of the seniority and age of these ten major disciples, once they entered the top ten, they became senior brothers to the other disciples. This was an honor given to the top ten disciples, and also a motivation for others to compete.

As for ordinary disciples, they were ranked according to the time they entered the sect. Even if their strength was inferior, as long as their seniority in the sect was higher, they were still senior brothers, and junior brothers had to respect them.

The top ten disciples were a special case, but even so, it was only among the disciples, and the seniority would not change because of this.

Some sects respected strength above all, but most sects still emphasized seniority and experience. This was because the sects needed not only strong individuals but also those who could contribute to the sect, and the latter was actually more important.

Of course, if one was powerful, they would also earn the respect of their elders, as long as their strength reached that level.

Would there be some arrogant people who were不服 (unconvinced)?

This was naturally the case, and the top ten disciples were set up to balance this. If you were不服 (unconvinced), then you should enter the ranks of the top ten disciples. If you couldn't, then what was there to be不服 (unconvinced) about?

Once you entered, you would have already achieved what you wanted, and there would be nothing to be不服 (unconvinced) about.

Therefore, the existence of the top ten disciples was common in all sects, the only difference being the number. Interestingly, the higher the level of the sect, the more people it had, the fewer the number of disciples. For example, some top-tier sects at the Mystic level seemed to have only four major disciples.

Perhaps, this was because at that level, the disciples' strength was more evenly matched, and the competition was more intense, so reducing the number would be better.

No matter what, since this Second Senior Brother could be the Second Senior Brother, it indicated that his strength was very powerful, at least among the disciples of the Green Cloud Sword Sect, he was one of the top two.

No, he was the second...

"Second Senior Brother, are you looking for me?" Bu Zheng asked weakly. This was a big shot, and he didn't know what he wanted. Could he have offended him? That shouldn't be the case, it would have been that old Liu.

Speaking of old Liu, Xu Fu had helped Bu Zheng investigate, and old Liu had already forgotten about this small fry, unless Bu Zheng appeared in front of him again.

"That's right, hand over the Spatial Bag in your hand to me." The Second Senior Brother said coldly.

"How much are you willing to pay?" Bu Zheng looked at the Second Senior Brother. He didn't know why the other party wanted the Spatial Bag, but he knew its fate was about to change hands.

He wouldn't offend the Second Senior Brother over a newly acquired Spatial Bag, but he still needed the money, at least to get back the 2000 contribution points.

"Since Senior Sister was willing to trade with you, I will also trade with you. I have a Spatial Ring here, which I don't need to explain, right?" The Second Senior Brother took out a ring and threw it to Bu Zheng.

"Spatial Ring?"

"Second Senior Brother is truly a Second Senior Brother, to offer a Spatial Ring. Even elite disciples might not have one. This kid is really lucky."

"Yes, I'm envious..."

"Jealous..."

"Hate..."

...

Bu Zheng took the Spatial Ring but didn't move. It wasn't that he was stunned by happiness, but he didn't know how to use the Spatial Ring. He only saw very fine but complex array patterns on it.

From the array patterns, even if one didn't understand them, they could tell that the value of the Spatial Ring was much higher than that of the Spatial Bag.

An array artifact, while not necessarily better with more arrays, the more arrays carved, the better the material of the array artifact, as long as they weren't wasted. The more arrays, the better.

"You haven't used a Spatial Ring before, right? I've already erased my aura from it. You just need to add your own aura. How to set the activation method is up to you." The Second Senior Brother said indifferently.

"Oh, I understand."

Bu Zheng had never seen a Spatial Ring, but he knew some basics of array patterns, which Li Laifu had taught him. Array patterns were part of the foundation of alchemy, and the basic knowledge of array patterns was universal. Li Laifu had also mentioned this.

There were array patterns specifically designed to recognize the user's aura. These patterns could even identify the common characteristics of a large group of people, with many useful applications.

The Spatial Ring, being personal, would not work if the user's aura was incorrect, even if the activation method was known, unless the array pattern could be cracked.

Cracking array patterns was a profession. Some people specialized in this, cracking array patterns to open array artifacts that belonged to others.

Of course, cracking array patterns required extremely strong array pattern skills and carried risks. It was likely that a mistake would destroy the array artifact.

Because of this, cracking array patterns was a high-cost endeavor.

Moreover, items like the Spatial Ring, even if stolen, could not be used by simply having higher strength. It required someone skilled in cracking array patterns, in other words, someone who could "unlock" it.

Alternatively, one could wait for one or two hundred years for the aura to naturally dissipate, making it an unowned item. As long as one knew the activation method, it could be used. Of course, if the item was good enough, it would last longer.

This was also why martial artists liked to explore tombs, no, to investigate ruins.

None of these matters were relevant to Bu Zheng, at least not now. He just set an activation method, making the Spatial Ring his own, and then transferred the items from the Spatial Bag into the Spatial Ring.

Although the space of the Spatial Ring was not as large as that of the Spatial Bag, it had better security. Bu Zheng didn't need such a large space, so this was perfect.

Well, if it were even more perfect, Bu Zheng wouldn't mind, but he thought it was impossible.

However, things were interesting. As Bu Zheng left amidst the envy of the crowd, the Second Senior Brother had already left, with no intention of saying another word to Bu Zheng.

"Hehe..."

While Bu Zheng was on the road, touching the Spatial Ring and smiling foolishly, someone else appeared and stopped him.

Robbery?

Impossible, this was the Green Cloud Sword Sect, no one dared to do such a thing.

Kidnapping?

Even more impossible, Bu Zheng was a man...

However, the person seemed to be a woman. Could it really be kidnapping?

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