Seven Xuanwu Mansion, located in Tianyun City, the capital of Tianyun Kingdom, with Dazhou Mountain as its back, is the only military mansion established in Tianyun Kingdom by Qixuangu, a martial arts sect with a 600-year heritage.
As the martial arts palace of the great sect, the Seven Xuanwu Palace has many inherited martial arts, and there are martial arts masters in charge of teaching. It has naturally become a martial arts holy place in the minds of all young people who are interested in martial arts in the Tianyun Kingdom. , Seven Profound Martial Palace’s threshold for recruiting disciples is also quite high, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as one in ten thousand.
On a hot summer day, at the foot of Dazhou Mountain, on a grassy forest, a teenage boy, with his fists wrapped around a strip of cloth, stood bare-chested in front of a big tree that hugged each other, punching and punching The fist hit the tree trunk hard.
“Peng!” “Peng!” The dull voice echoed in the forest, and the bark of the big tree that was hit was obviously dented, revealing gray-white wood with a little blood on the wood.
The boy’s name is Lin Ming, and he has a talent for third-grade martial arts.
In Tianyun Kingdom, half of the people have no talent in martial arts at all, and they are not suitable for practicing martial arts at all. In the other half, more than 80% have only a rank 1 martial arts talent, and even if they practice martial arts, they will not be able to do anything, and about 90% of the remaining less than 10 have a rank 2 martial arts talent. If you practice martial arts hard, you can do it. There is little achievement, but there is little hope of becoming a martial arts master.
Lin Ming’s third-class martial arts talent can be said to be top-notch, and it can barely be regarded as one of the best in a hundred.
Lin Ming knew this very well. He happened to grow up with Lin Ming, and the beautiful girl Lan Yunyue who cultivated together had the same talent of the third rank as Lin Ming, so the two of them agreed to get a grade that was a lot worse than that of the Seven Profound Martial Palace. Tianyunwufu.
Tianyun Wufu belongs to the Tianyun Kingdom. It has only been established for 80 years. The practice, inheritance, and background are very limited, and the inheritance of martial arts is very important to the martial artist. If there is no good martial arts, think about it. To complete the body training stage, it is as difficult to condense the meridians and lead to a higher martial arts realm.
The period of condensing the pulse is the realm that many warriors yearn for, and it is also the first watershed in the way of martial arts. Once the pulse is condensed, the lifespan of the warrior is greatly increased, and he can be named a noble, and he will be blessed with good fortune and descendants.
As for the cultivation of Pulse Condensing Martial Artists, the Heavenly Fate Martial Palace is far from the Seven Profound Martial Palace.
Lin Ming is devoted to martial arts, and naturally also dreams of going to the Seven Profound Martial Palace. If he is not talented enough, he can only impress the examiners with diligence and perseverance. However, his hopes are not very high. Half a year to wait for the next time, for a warrior, time is also very precious.
Based on this and Lan Yunyue’s reasons, Lin Ming decided to enter the Heavenly Fate Martial Residence.
Lin Ming and Lan Yunyue have been practicing together and having fun together for so many years. Although they are still young, they have not reached the point of talking about marriage, but they already have a vague affection. Lin Ming’s parents He also likes Lan Yunyue very much, and often asks Lan Yunyue to eat at home.
Lin Ming and Lan Yunyue had always had a mutual affection for each other. There was only a thin piece of window paper left between the two of them. As long as they got older, the window paper would be pierced.
Lin Ming attached great importance to the agreement between the two of them. He made up his mind that even in the Heavenly Fate Martial Palace, he would attack the Pulse Condensation Realm!
However, Lan Yunyue did not appear on the day of the Tianyun Wufu Entrance Exam.
Lin Ming originally thought that Lan Yunyue could not arrive because of certain things. Later, he learned that Lan Yunyue had entered the Seven Profound Martial House, and the Zhu Family, the first family in Qingsang City, had recommended her to become a disciple of the Seven Profound Martial House. The talented young master Zhu Yan.
Although Lin Ming was only fifteen years old, he had been wandering outside with his parents since he was a child, and his mind was much more mature than children of the same age. He knew very well what it meant for Zhu Yan to guide Lan Yunyue to enter the Seven Profound Martial Palace.
The choice of a wife for a son of a big family such as the Zhu family depends not only on the woman’s appearance and temperament, but also on the talent of martial arts. The offspring with high talent is very likely to give birth to a genius. Although Lan Yunyue’s family background is average, but the third-grade talent is already very good among girls.
Although the Zhu family wanted to find someone with higher talent, Lan Yunyue herself had a beautiful appearance and outstanding temperament, so it was normal for Zhu Yan to like her.
For Lan Yunyue, the Seven Profound Martial Palace and Tianyun Martial Palace are incomparable in terms of opportunities, glory and possible achievements in the future, especially when stepping into the condensed veins will prolong youth by dozens of times. The temptation of the year is even more irresistible for girls.
Faced with such a temptation, I’m afraid not only Lan Yunyue, but most girls would also choose Zhu Yan, especially Zhu Yan’s appearance is not bad, his family background and future are far better than Lin Ming.
Although he understood in his heart, it was impossible to say that this matter did not hit Lin Ming. He locked himself in the door for three days. After three days, he walked out of the room, ate, slept, and cultivated. Harder before.
Before Lan Yunyue left him, he was determined to break through the pulse condensation period and pursue a higher martial arts realm, and Lin Ming still does. If there was still something in his heart before, then after Lan Yunyue left, he strengthened his will to Wu.
He decided to take the Seven Profound Martial House exam instead, even though the process was difficult.
“Peng!” “Peng!” The sound of the dull fist hitting the trunk of the tree still reverberated in the forest. This tree is called Ironwood. Not only is the bark extremely tough, but it also has a strong healing ability. Scholars will choose this iron wood to practice strength.
Lin Ming didn’t know how many punches he had thrown, but he finally exhausted all his strength. He sat on a stone while supporting the tree trunk. He took out the herbs from his backpack on the ground, crushed them and smeared them on his scarred fists. It is necessary to use the medicinal herbs for the body regularly, otherwise, dark wounds will be left, and if the dark wounds accumulate too much, they may be disabled or even die.
This herb is called Iron Thread Grass. The name is because the green juice squeezed out of the Iron Thread Grass has healing properties, but when it is sprinkled on the wound, it is like an iron wire brush, and the pain is piercing.
Lin Ming gritted his teeth to endure the pain, took out a new white cloth from the package, and wrapped his fists in circles.
Actually, there were many herbs that were more effective than the thorn grass, and had mild medicinal properties. There were many herbs that did not hurt or itch, but all of them were expensive, and Lin Ming’s family couldn’t afford them at all.
Lin Ming’s parents run a good-scale restaurant in Qingsang City, but the assets of this restaurant do not belong to Lin Ming’s parents, but belong to the Lin family in Qingsang City.
Although Lin Ming is also surnamed Lin, he has been separated from the Lin family for several generations by blood. The family has handed over part of the property to distant relatives for management. Lin Ming’s parents run the restaurant and receive a fixed income and a part of the commission every year. , this income was quite considerable compared to ordinary families, and it was used to live a prosperous and prosperous life, but it was not enough for Lin Ming to practice martial arts.
Originally, Lin Ming’s parents hoped that Lin Ming would inherit the family business and become a shopkeeper of a restaurant. However, seeing that Lin Ming devoted himself to martial arts, they took out all the savings in the family to buy healing medicines for Lin Ming.
Nowadays, the savings at home are being consumed little by little, but Lin Ming has always stayed at the first weight of body training.
The body training period is the first stage of martial arts. Introducing the essence and quenching the body, there are a total of six levels, one level of strength, two levels of meat training, three levels of visceral training, four levels of tendons, five levels of bone forging, and six levels of training. Coagulation pulse. After this, the martial artist will enter the stage of gathering Yuan.
After smearing the wound with the sap of the thorn grass, Lin Ming rested for half an hour to allow the wound to fully absorb the medicinal power of the herb. A young man with a delicate long sword walked out of the woods. When he saw Lin Ming, he said with a smile, “Brother Ming, today is the day for registration for the entrance examination of the Seven Profound Martial Palace. Didn’t you forget that you are still practicing boxing here?”
This young man’s name is Lin Xiaodong. He is slightly younger than Lin Ming. He and Lin Ming grew up together. They are close brothers.
Lin Xiaodong is actually a direct descendant of the Lin family, but although he is a direct descendant, the direct descendant also has a high and low status in the family. Lin Xiaodong happens to belong to the bottom line. Lin Xiaodong’s parents are also in business and live very close to Lin Ming’s family.
Lin Ming glanced at Lin Xiaodong, then turned to the tree stump, and said, “There are a lot of people who sign up at the beginning, and it takes an hour or two to wait in line. It’s a waste of time to wait there.”
“Fuck, don’t let this time go by, you won’t.” Lin Xiaodong exaggeratedly said, he approached the tree stump, saw the fist marks and bloodstains on the tree stump, and looked at Lin Mingman again. It was the bandaged hands, he took a breath and said, “You are really crazy, you have beaten Tiemu like this, with such a practice, if you rely on Tiemu grass alone, your hand will be injured, maybe it’s not good. It will be obsolete!”
Lin Ming didn’t say a word. The way of practicing martial arts is to fight against the heavens. With his third-rank talent, it is very difficult to enter the sixth stage of body training. If he does not work hard when he is young, there is absolutely no hope. If you fight hard, you may accumulate dark injuries and become disabled, but you may also succeed before the accumulation of dark injuries occurs. Once you successfully enter the pulse condensation stage, the body will be tempered with true essence, and the dark injuries will disappear.
For Lin Ming, this was a last-ditch battle, and a gamble that cost his life.
Lin Xiaodong sighed, took out a cloth bag from his arms, opened it layer by layer, and said, “Brother Ming, this is for you.”
Lin Ming looked back, but saw a blood-red blood ginseng lying quietly in a cloth bag. This blood ginseng seemed to be at least a hundred years old. It was an excellent medicine for healing wounds and nourishing blood. Once One slice is enough, and the medicinal properties are mild and powerful. This ginseng is worth at least one hundred and fifty taels of gold, which is equivalent to the income of Lin Ming’s family for one year.
Lin Ming paused for a while, then shook his head and said, “I can’t have this blood ginseng.”
Brothers belong to brothers, but this blood ginseng is too precious. Lin Xiaodong’s family is only the last of the direct descendants of the Lin family. Although the family is much better than Lin Ming’s family, if it is used for Lin Xiaodong’s cultivation, it will not be very rich. .
Lin Xiaodong forced the blood ginseng to Lin Ming and said, “I bought this blood ginseng for you. I cultivated for three days and fished for two days. My body is a bit bigger, so using this is a waste. If you don’t need me, you’ll buy it for nothing. It’s boring if you push it back. In fact, my dad doesn’t have any high demands on me. He just hopes that I can keep the number one of the direct line of the Lin family in my life, and don’t lose this number to the next generation. It’s done.”
Lin Ming was silent for a while, but he still put the blood ginseng away and said, “Okay, I have accepted this blood ginseng, and I’ll go for this ginseng, and I have to break through the Pulse Condensation Realm.”
“Haha, it’s just like what you said, not only to break through the condensed veins, but also to kill that Zhu Yan, this son of a bitch, I have long regarded him as disgusting!”
Is it Zhu Yan… Lin Ming breathed a sigh of relief, his talent was not bad, but Zhu Yan’s talent was unparalleled. Zhu Yan had already been admitted to the Seven Profound Martial Palace, and he was one of the senior disciples of the Heavenly Palace. His strength reached the peak of the third level of physical training. Even so, Lin Ming still set himself the goal of surpassing Zhu Yan. It was not because of Lan Yunyue, but because of the pursuit of martial arts, one had to cross one threshold after another. One mountain after another, even if he catches up with Zhu Yan in this life, it may take more than ten years, or even decades!
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At the foot of Dazhou Mountain, there is a building complex that stretches for 20 miles. This is the location of Qixuanwufu and Tianyunwufu. Today is the day for registration for the entrance exam of Qixuanwufu. At the main entrance of Qixuanwufu On the square in front, a bustling crowd gathered.
Lin Ming and Lin Xiaodong had deliberately delayed the time, but when they got to the square, they found that they had underestimated the number of applicants. There were three lines of applicants, each of which was tens of meters long. To more than half an hour.
“Wait.” Lin Xiaodong sighed and stood helplessly at the end of the line.
“Yes.” Lin Ming nodded.
“Hey, there are very few people there.” Lin Xiaodong pointed to a small door not far away, where there were only a few sparse people, and the ground was covered with a red carpet.
“That is the noble district…” Lin Ming noticed the words written on the sign.
Since the Seven Xuanwu Mansion was established in the Tianyun Kingdom, using the land, buildings, and resources of the Tianyun Kingdom, it would naturally give some face to the elites, and even many affairs of the martial arts would be left to the elites. Such as today’s admissions application.
“Fuck.” Lin Xiaodong muttered unhappily. Nobles need royal canonization, which is a kind of hereditary honor. Although the Lin family is rich, they are not nobles.
Lin Xiaodong was about to scold a few words about the aristocratic moth and find some psychological balance, but at this moment, the door was pushed open, and two young men walked out from the door, one of them was wearing blue clothes with delicate waistbands. With a long sword and a golden crown on his head, he looks very handsome.
Lin Ming frowned slightly when he saw this man. This man was Zhu Yan.
The daughter of the Zhu family married into the royal family and became the emperor’s favorite concubine. Because of this, the Zhu family became the first family in Qingsang City without any suspense, and was named a noble, so Zhu Yan was able to recommend Lan Yunyue to enter the seventh Xuanwu Mansion.
“Damn, I didn’t read the almanac when I went out today, I bumped into a ghost.” Lin Xiaodong muttered unhappily.
Zhu Yan walked out side by side with the young man. A few entourages who were waiting outside the noble district followed the two. Judging from the situation, Zhu Yan brought the young man to sign up. The two walked all the way to Lin Ming, and then If you go on like this, you will naturally bump into it.
With Lin Ming’s status and strength, once he ran into him, he might suffer a loss, but Lin Ming didn’t dodge it, he just watched Zhu Yan come over so calmly.
Zhu Yan’s footsteps paused slightly, and he saw Lin Ming and Lin Xiaodong. He was slightly startled at first, then frowned, seeing Lin Ming made him extremely unhappy. Although he had already snatched Lan Yunyue, she refused all intimacy before marriage. Obviously, Lan Yunyue still had Lin Ming in her heart, and she felt some guilt. She chose herself only because of the Seven Profound Martial Palace. , No man can tolerate his future wife with another person in his heart, and the same is true for Zhu Yan.
“Your name is Lin Ming, right? I didn’t expect you to follow me here. You want to take the exam for the Seven Profound Martial Palace?”
The irony in Zhu Yan’s words is obvious. He will never allow Lin Ming to enter the Seven Profound Martial Palace. Even if Lin Ming’s strength is not worth mentioning to him, as long as this guy stays in the Seven Profound Martial Palace for one day, Then it was impossible for Lan Yunyue to forget Lin Ming.
“It’s my fault that I can’t pass the test. I didn’t follow anyone to get here. I came to the Seven Profound Martial Arts Palace just to pursue my martial arts.”
“Martial arts? You even a middle-class talented kid dare to talk about pursuing martial arts? What a shame!” Zhu Yan said this, the bones of his knuckles made a soft sound, and the long sword at his waist seemed to have spirituality. out of the shell! Zhu Yan slashed into the air with his sword in his hand, and along with the piercing sound of the sword energy breaking through the air, a wave that was faintly visible to the naked eye quickly slashed out, directly cutting off half of the crown of a big tree not far away.
With the rustling sound, a large number of branches and leaves fell to the ground, and the eyes of the surrounding people widened. After all, most of them were about the same age as Zhu Yan, and they were not even a few years younger. The realm of martial arts left them behind.
Zhu Yan swung this sword to give Lin Ming a slap in the face and let him understand the gap between the two. “I am a talent of the fourth rank. I learned martial arts at the age of twelve, and I have used countless elixir. Now that I have entered the Seven Profound Martial Palace, the Heavenly Palace Sword Sect, and cultivated at the peak of the third level of physical training, it is only a first glimpse of the threshold of martial arts, and you are only practicing physical fitness. In the first layer, An dares to talk about martial arts!”
Zhu Yan’s words were domineering, and Lin Xiaodong became angry, “The surname is Zhu! You were only born two years earlier than us, so what the heck, if you change your age, I will knock you over with one hand!”
Zhu Yan frowned, turned his face to look at Lin Xiaodong, took a step forward at will, and his body burst into true energy, “Who are you?”
“I…” Lin Xiaodong was oppressed by Zhu Yan’s aura, and a sentence was stuck in his throat. He took a step back, swallowed, patted his chest and said, “Little Master Lin Xiaodong, remember it!” /
“Lin Xiaodong? Humph, the children of the Lin family deserve to be counted by one hand. You are a clown jumping beams, what qualifications do you have to talk to me? Not only you, but also you Lin Ming, if it weren’t for Lan Yunyue, you wouldn’t be at all. You are not qualified to talk to me! I advise you, you must be self-aware, Lan Yunyue is not something you can afford.”
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“One thousand taels of gold, don’t show up in front of me in the future!” Zhu Yan said, and took out a stack of golden tickets from his sleeve.
The people around were stunned. One thousand taels of gold was an extremely exaggerated amount. It was enough for a martial artist in the training stage to use advanced herbs for two or three years.
“One thousand taels of gold, you’re begging for it!” Lin Xiaodong pushed the golden ticket back. In fact, he was just a swollen face and a fat man. One thousand taels of gold was also a huge fortune for him. .
Zhu Yan’s hand trembled, and a powerful anti-shock force directly shook Lin Xiaodong out. He looked at Lin Ming coldly, waiting for Lin Ming’s answer.
Lin Ming took a deep breath and said slowly and forcefully, “Zhu Yan, in terms of talent, I’m not as good as you, and in terms of family background, I’m not as good as you, but Xiuwu looks at not only the support of talent and financial resources, but also the most important thing. —— the heart of Xiangwu!”
“You cultivate martial arts for wealth, status, and vanity. I cultivate martial arts for the pursuit of the ultimate in martial arts. The way of martial arts is not the martial arts of the talented, nor the martial arts of the rich and powerful, but the people who are devoted to martial arts. One day, I will surpass you!” Lin Ming said the last sentence almost word for word, his voice was clear, and all the people nearby could hear it clearly.
The third-grade talent wants to catch up with the fourth-grade talent, and there is a huge gap in family background, this kid is really crazy!
Hearing Lin Ming’s words, Zhu Yan was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud, “Okay, very good! I’ll be waiting for you!” After he finished speaking, he put away the golden ticket, followed by a humming sound. , the long sword returned to its sheath, Zhu Yan gave Lin Ming a deep look and turned away.