The Great Qi State is located on the peninsula protruding from the eastern part of the Dongzhou Continent, and the Yan State and the Huang State are in the same area, all backed by the East China Sea and the Western Dynasty Barbarian Wasteland, so these hundreds of years have been in alliance with each other, often advancing and retreating together.

Daqi is located in the center of the peninsula, and is held in the middle by the other two countries, but the national strength is the strongest, claiming to have a million standing armies, followed by the Huang State, and the Yan State is the weakest.

In addition to the capital area directly under the jurisdiction of Daqi, the following area is divided into nine prefectures and 36 prefectures, each of which has its own jurisdiction over several to a dozen different cities, as for the towns and villages, there are countless of them.

Fengcheng is the largest city in Quanzhou, and it is also the state city of Quanzhou, even in the entire Kaiyuan Mansion, it can be ranked among the top five.

The Jin family is one of the wealthy families in Quanzhou, owning a large number of fields and manors outside the city, and also engaged in the sale of some medicinal herbs and ores, and their influence can almost affect the small half of Quanzhou.

All this was learned by Shi Mu from the mouth of the old man in green shirts.

At this time, he already knew that the old man's name was Jin Cheng, and he was a foreign affairs housekeeper of the Jin family, and he seemed to have a certain status among the Jin family's subordinates, at least the knights of the Jin family were all very respectful to him.

The group walked on the road for a full month, and after passing through two cities in a row, they finally came to Fengcheng, and directly passed through the city gate, and went to the northwest corner of the city.

Shi Mu sat at the window of the carriage and looked at both sides of the street.

He grew up in a fishing village and hardly ever traveled far away, and the largest city he had ever been to was the nearby county seat.

Fengcheng is worthy of being in Quanzhou, although the city in front of him is prosperous, but the heart is surprisingly calm, and there is not much fluctuation.

The largest city is lined with tall buildings on both sides of the street, and pedestrians on both sides of the road are also bustling, looking very lively.

Although the city in front of him was very huge and lively, Shi Mu's heart was surprisingly calm, without the slightest fluctuation.

As the group slowed down, the carriage walked for half an hour before it stopped in front of an inconspicuous house.

Shi Mu jumped out of the car, looked at the white flags raised on the side of the gate, his face changed slightly, and then followed the old man in green shirt into the gate, and several knights honestly stayed near the carriage.

After a short while, Shi Mu saw a woman dressed in vegetarian clothes and a teenage girl in the memorial hall decorated with white cloth.

The woman was no more than twenty years old, and she was born graceful and elegant, and when she saw Shi Mu, she said in an unquestioning tone: "You are late, your father passed away a few days ago." I don't know what you think of your father, but you're his own flesh and blood, so come and pay a respect. I'll talk about the rest!"

The girl's eyes were a little red and swollen, but she still looked at her brother with curiosity.

Shi Mu looked at the black coffin placed in the middle of the hall, his face complicated.

When the vegetarian woman saw this, she had no intention of urging.

The old man in the green shirt took this opportunity to take a few steps forward, walked up to the woman and whispered a few words, and then withdrew silently.

After a long while, Shi Mu finally moved, slowly walked to the coffin, and said calmly: "Open the lid, I want to see him for the last time." ”

"No problem"

Woman "snapped"

"Smack"

Clapped his hands twice.

Suddenly, two big men poured out from both sides of the hall, pushed the coffin lid open, revealing a man lying quietly inside, Shi Mu looked down at the face of the man who was six or seven similar to himself in the coffin, his face turned pale, and only after a while did he take out a seemingly ordinary bronze mirror from his waist and silently placed it next to the man's body.

"It's ......"

The vegetarian woman's brow furrowed slightly.

"I don't know what my father is sorry for, he will abandon our mother and son for many years and not return, but my mother had a last wish on her deathbed to bury this relic with my father. Shi Mu said slowly, turned around and put a stick of incense in the incense burner in front of the coffin, and knocked his head three times on the ground. The vegetarian woman was slightly stunned, as if she was a little surprised, but she didn't stop Shi Mu from standing up again, so she looked at the coffin in a daze and was silent. At this moment, the woman waved her hand, and the two big men closed the lid of the coffin again. "Come with me, this is not the place to talk. There are some things that I want me to explain to you when your father was alive. After the woman had said a word, she led the girl to the side hall. Shi Mu raised his eyebrows and followed without saying a word. "Since you are willing to kowtow, it is not in vain that I will call the steward to bring you here. I don't ask you to call me 'Mother', if you want, you can call me 'Aunt Zhen', this is your half-sister 'Yuhuan'. Yuhuan, come and see your brother. When the woman came to the side hall, she immediately turned around and said. "I've seen Brother Mu" Shi Yuhuan has big eyes and bent eyebrows, a straight nose and a small mouth, and when his eyes turn, he gives people a very weird and cute feeling, and when he heard his mother's words, he immediately called out obediently, and his voice was crisp and pleasant. Shi Mu nodded at the girl, barely showing a smile. "Although your father was a member of the Jin family, he also made a family property including a manor outside the city during his lifetime, and you are his eldest son, so naturally you will inherit it. Yuhuan and I only need this mansion in the city. After all, I am a member of the Jin family, and I don't lack this money. In addition, your father has made a great contribution to the Jin family, which is why he died young. He has never used this credit. In that case, I can now give you two options. The woman paused. Shi Mu looked at the woman and couldn't help but be surprised. "One, just like Steward Cheng said, I can use this credit to directly exchange a Qi Spirit Pill for the Jin family for you, so that you will have the opportunity to enter the Kaiyuan Martial Academy in the future. The second is that you can borrow the power of the Jin family to seek a low-level title for you in Daqi, so that you can have no worries about food and clothing from now on, and you can even honor future generations. The woman stared at the young man and continued earnestly. "Real power title?" Shi Mu frowned when he heard this...... "That's good." The titles of Daqi are divided into duke, marquis, son, male, and honor, each of which corresponds to the corresponding status and power. Not to mention Gao, with this credit and the power of our Jin family, there is definitely no problem with a lord, and he can also seek a certain official position for you in the future. The woman explained. "No, I want the Qi Spirit Pill!" Shi Mu said without hesitation after hearing this. "You'd better think it through before you decide, and if I were you, I'd choose the latter. When the woman heard this, she said with a strange look on her face. "What do you mean by that?" the boy vaguely heard something. "How much do you know about comprehending qi and martial arts?" the woman asked rhetorically. "Listening to Aunt Zhen's tone, could it be that you are also a martial artist?" Shi Mu asked slowly after being stunned for a moment. This time, the woman did not answer anything, but after shaking her body, she suddenly appeared in front of one side of the wall, and as soon as her arm was raised, a long sword with a decorative gold handle on the wall suddenly came into her hand. "Snort" "Snort" broke through the air loudly, the long sword waved in the woman's hand, and conjured up a heavy sword shadow near the body, and then the cold light flashed, and with a clear sound, the long sword turned into a frightening rainbow and sank into the wall, leaving only the hilt of the sword to tremble slightly. This scene made Shi Mu stunned! "Don't look at me like this, I am actually one of the three acquired martial artists of the Jin family, otherwise why would I ask for a qi spirit pill from the Jin family." After all, the Qi Spirit Pill is worth 10,000 gold, and it is often priceless. And when people die, even if your father made great contributions during his lifetime, in the eyes of some people in the Jin family, it is not worth paying such a precious elixir, which is one of the reasons why I advise you to give up. After all, if you want the Qi Spirit Pill, it will definitely make some people in the Jin family dissatisfied, I can protect you for a while, but I can't protect you for a lifetime. "No matter what the difficulties, I must become a true martial artist. Shi Mu replied without thinking. "Since you insist on doing this, then I won't persuade you much, let's talk about the division of the martial arts realm that you know. Aunt Jane sighed and said. "Isn't a martial artist divided into quenching bodies, formal warriors and protectors? I heard that once you become the most powerful protector warrior, you can be on an equal footing even in the face of princes and ministers!" Shi Mu said. "You all know about these things from the martial arts hall in the town, and it's not wrong to call them like this! But those sect leaders in the martial arts hall, I'm afraid that the highest cultivation level is only just stepping into the day after tomorrow, how can they tell you ordinary disciples about the true division of the martial arts realm. Aunt Zhen showed a look that was indeed so. "I also hope that Aunt Zhen will give advice!" "Quenching the body, the title of the official warrior and the warrior who protects the country, is actually just a saying among ordinary people. The true name of the martial arts realm of the entire Dongzhou Continent should be martial disciples, acquired martial artists, and innate martial artists. That is, they correspond to the names of the quenching body, the official warrior and the protector of the country. In the martial arts stage, anyone can practice the method of quenching the body, but those with inferior roots and bones may have no hope of achieving success in their lifetime. An acquired martial artist is a martial artist who can cultivate true qi after comprehending the sense of qi. At this time, with the assistance of true qi, even in the face of heavily armed armor soldiers, they can often achieve one enemy against hundreds, and they are already real warriors among ordinary people. And the innate martial artist is a martial artist whose true qi has reached a certain level, and who can give birth to innate true qi in the body after successfully opening up the qi mansion in the dantian. If a dozen or so martial artists who have completed their bodies join forces and may still kill the acquired martial artists, then even if hundreds of acquired martial artists join forces, they will often be unable to help the innate martial artists. Because when you reach the realm of an innate martial artist, you can already leave your body with true qi and kill people in the air, but under normal circumstances, an acquired martial artist can't get close at all. But the difficulty of entering the innate is not at all something that ordinary people can imagine. As far as I know, in the entire Great Qi Country, there are only seven or eight innate martial artists. Aunt Zhen told the boy carefully. "There are so few innate martial artists?" Shi Mu was really surprised.