The old disciple of the inner courtyard was named Hou Ziping, about forty years old, with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, a thin body, and a green shirt that looked elegant and free on others, but it looked a little nondescript on him, as if he was a monkey wearing human clothes, which looked a little funny. Eight?? 1 Chinese Net = ≤≤.≤

Hou Ziping seemed to be an honest man, and he didn't seem to be happy in this inner courtyard, and some inner courtyard disciples along the way saw him, and their expressions showed contempt, as if they disdained him.

Even some Inner Court disciples who started later than him didn't have any respect for him, and they didn't even bother to call him a senior brother.

There are several inner court disciples who are older than Hou Ziping, and after seeing Hou Ziping, they are called "monkeys" with a smile, and there is obviously a bit of insult in their tones.

And Hou Ziping seems to have become accustomed to this, and he is not angry, but greets everyone with a smile, and he is not polite.

It's just that Fang Bai caught a trace of silence and helplessness from the depths of Hou Ziping's eyes.

There are hundreds of disciples in the inner courtyard of the Bitao Martial Academy, and their living and cultivation area is in the mountains with a radius of dozens of miles, where hundreds of antique houses and courtyards are built for the disciples of the inner courtyard to live in.

Fang Bai is quite satisfied with the living environment here, there are mountains and rivers, flowers and trees, the environment is quiet, and the vitality of heaven and earth is more intense than other places.

What made Fang Bai even more pleased was that there were many elixirs planted in this vicinity, some of which were hundreds of years old, and if he wanted to refine the pill in the future, he would not lack resources.

Fang Bai inquired about Hou Ziping, only to know that a large part of these elixirs would have to be picked in the future, some would be handed over to a certain Sanpin sect as a "protection fee", and some would be handed over to a certain alchemist, asking that alchemist to refine the elixir.

The elixir that was refined was naturally distributed to the disciples of the Bitao Martial Academy for cultivation.

"Senior Brother Fang, this will be your place of residence in the future. ”

Hou Ziping took Fang Bai to a small courtyard, with a flattering smile on his face, and introduced Fang Bai: "In a house with a courtyard like this, only inner courtyard disciples with high qualifications and a promising future on the path of martial arts are qualified to live. As soon as Senior Brother Fang entered the Bitao Martial Academy, he was assigned such a house, which shows that the high-level of the Martial Academy attaches great importance to you!"

After a pause, he said: "Senior Brother Fang is a dual-attribute innate spiritual root, this is unique in the history of our Martial Academy, and the future is limitless, I feel that I have wronged Senior Brother Fang by living here!"

Fang Bai smiled indifferently and was noncommittal.

"Senior Brother Fang, rest for the time being, I won't bother!"

Hou Ziping looked at the room with convenience, and wanted to chat with Fang Bai for a few words, but he was afraid of causing Fang Bai's boredom, so he wanted to leave.

Fang Bai smiled and said, "If Senior Brother Hou doesn't have anything important, you might as well sit here for a while." When I first arrived, I imagined learning more about the Martial Arts Academy from Senior Brother Hou!"

Hou Ziping was overjoyed, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll sit down for a while and chat with Senior Brother Fang!"

The two sat down at the stone table in the small courtyard, and Fang Bai asked with a smile, "How many years has Senior Brother Hou entered this Bitao Martial Academy?"

Hou Ziping thought for a while and said, "It's been twenty years. ”

His expression showed a look of remembrance, and he said with emotion: "Twenty years ago, I stood out among tens of thousands of martial artists and became a miscellaneous disciple of the Bitao Martial Academy. At that time, I was full of spirit and ambition, thinking that I could make great achievements in martial arts, and I would enter the outer court, the inner court, and even become a core disciple and a personal disciple......"

When he said this, he sighed lightly and said with a wry smile: "Although what I thought was beautiful, the reality gave me a merciless blow. In the twenty years since I entered the Martial Academy, my progress was still obvious at the beginning, and it only took me three years to change from a miscellaneous disciple to an outer court disciple, and then another five years to change from an outer court disciple to an inner court disciple. However......"

His expression darkened, his expression changed from depression to pain, and he said, "However, in the twelve years since I entered the inner courtyard, no matter how hard I tried, my cultivation has stagnated, and I have not made any progress. As a result, the high-level leaders of the Martial Academy gave up on me, and the disciples of the Inner Court also began to sneer at me in various ways...... Although I am very distressed, what can I do? This is the way this world: if you are strong, you will naturally be respected by others, and if you are weak, you will be trampled under the feet of others. ”

As soon as he opened the clip, he couldn't hold it back, and poured bitter water on Fang Bai.

Fang Bai comforted: "Senior Brother Hou is only forty years old this year, and for our martial artists, he is still very young, so there is no need to be presumptuous. ”

Hou Ziping sighed: "It's not that I'm arrogant, it's really the penance of the past twelve years, which has not been rewarded as it deserves, and it makes me disheartened and completely desperate." It may be that my qualifications are average, and the path of martial arts can only end here!"

Fang Bai Zhengse said: "The path of martial arts is not completely dependent on penance, but also has a certain chance. Senior Brother Hou has not been promoted for a long time, maybe the opportunity has not yet arrived!"

Hou Ziping smiled bitterly: "Senior Brother Fang is the same as I thought. Over the years, I have also been numbing myself with 'the opportunity has not come'. ”

Fang Bai said: "I believe that Senior Brother Hou will definitely be able to become the core disciple of the Martial Academy. ”

In the Bitao Martial Academy, above the inner court disciples, there are core disciples, and the cultivation of the core disciples is a heaven-level high-level.

In other words, only after the cultivation of the inner court disciple has reached the high level of the heaven level can he be promoted to the core disciple.

After Hou Ziping entered the inner courtyard twelve years ago, his cultivation had been wandering in the heaven-level mid-level realm, and he had not been able to reach the heaven-level high level for a long time, so he could not turn into the core disciple that the inner court disciples dreamed of.

Hou Ziping himself was already desperate, but seeing that Fang Bai was full of confidence in him, he was somewhat grateful in his heart, and said, "Senior Brother Fang, thank you for your auspicious words!"

Fang Bai then asked some more about the Bitao Martial Academy, Hou Ziping had been in the Bitao Martial Academy for twenty years, and he was very familiar with everything here, and he knew everything, and the other party's eyes did not hide anything.

Although Fang Bai has unparalleled qualifications and a great future, he shows enough respect for Hou Ziping, a senior brother, and does not mean to look down on Hou Ziping because of his mediocrity, which makes Hou Ziping have a good impression of him, and he has a feeling of meeting a confidant.

"Anyway, I have nothing to do, so I'll accompany Senior Brother Fang to walk around the Bitao Martial Academy!"

Hou Ziping asked Fang Bai to change into the clothes of the inner courtyard disciple of the Bitao Martial Academy, and then walked out of the courtyard side by side with him, walking slowly along the mountain path.

"Senior Brother Hou, do you recognize a disciple of the outer courtyard named Gao Shuxian?"

Walking to a deserted place, Fang Bai suddenly asked.

When Hou Ziping heard the word "Gao Shuxian", his face changed slightly, and a trace of hatred disappeared in his eyes, and then he looked at Fang Bai vigilantly and asked, "How does Senior Brother Fang recognize Gao Shuxian?"

(End of chapter)