Xunyang City, located in the middle of the Great Chu Empire, with a population of about twenty or thirty thousand people, is the capital of De'an County, and is less than two or three days away from Jiangzhou City in Yimen Village, Chen Xuan's hometown.

Xunyang Martial Arts Academy and Xunyang Academy are in the north and south of this small city.

Xunyang Wuyuan is actually occupied by the mountain, this is an unnamed high mountain, the highest peak on the mountain is called Feilai Peak, there is a cave in the middle of Feilai Peak, called Xianren Cave.

The Xunyang Martial Arts Institute is distributed in this cave about four or five miles long.

When the Xunyang Martial Academy was the largest, it accommodated about 20,000 disciples, and such a huge scale made it impossible for the Martial Academy to make ends meet.

Later, the first presiding officer of the martial academy encouraged the people of insight among the disciples to start some industries in the city, and at the same time accelerated the pace of letting the disciples graduate, and now the entire martial academy has maintained a scale of about four or five thousand people, but from the perspective of income and expenditure, it is still very barely maintained.

Besides, Xunyang Academy, in fact, is located at the foot of Feilai Peak, the current site was originally a brothel, and when it was auctioned off, it was purchased by the host of the academy, thus transforming it into a very large-scale place for reading and cultivating.

The existing address has reached 20,000 people, although the scale of the number of people is about the same as that of Xunyang City, but because of the good management of the business, it is needless to say that the normal expenses are maintained.

As for the secrets of Xunyang Academy's operation, the managers of the academy kept their mouths shut.

Because of this, it has added a mysterious color to Xunyang Academy, and its fame in the Great Chu Empire is also increasing.

On the contrary, the Xunyang Martial Academy, in the annual martial arts competition of the entire Great Empire, often ranks last, so the sign of defeat is becoming more and more obvious.

As for Chen Xuan's father, Chen Ba, why did he send his son to this place to cultivate, the reason for this is unknown.

But outsiders can speculate that one of the main reasons is that this place is the closest to Chen Xuan's hometown, and there is anything to go back to his hometown to see.

However, one thing is very strange is that although the reputation of this Xunyang Martial Arts Academy is not too small, its acceptance rate is very low, even if it is a thousand young talents, I am afraid that there are less than one or two people who can really pass the entrance examination in the end, and this admission rate is simply outrageously low.

"The entrance examination result is zero points, and I don't pass!"

"The results of the entrance examination, ten, next! The garbage that got zero points, why don't you leave, don't waste everyone's time anymore, don't you know that everyone's time is precious?!" A middle-aged man in a cyan uniform shouted impatiently at the candidate in front of him.

When Chen Xuan and his entourage drove six carriages full of silk and stored them in a silk and satin cloth village in Xunyang City, they immediately rushed to Xunyang Martial Arts Academy, and they happened to see that Xunyang Martial Arts Academy was taking the exam on the spot, and the admission scores were announced on the spot.

The middle-aged man told everyone that this year's admission rate is about twice that of last year, that is, one or two thousand people can probably admit four to six people.

The young talents who were watching were very disappointed when they heard that they had fallen off the list, some were full of complaints, some stopped and lamented, some pointed at Sang and scolded Huai, and some were indifferent......

Some people even proposed that they would go to Xunyang Academy and never take the exam of Xunyang Martial Arts Academy again.

Among them, among the indifferent young talents, there are Chen Xuan and others.

Because they had a superb entry notice in their hands, that was the Xunyang Order that Chen Ba desperately kept for him.

At the entrance of the Immortal Cave to sign up, Chen Xuan solemnly took out the Xunyang Order and handed it to the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man was dumbfounded.

Although he has recently stepped up efforts to introduce students who are exempt from entrance examinations, he has rarely seen students who have entered with such tokens.

In other words, he hadn't seen such a thing for a long time, and how long it was could never be counted in a year or two.

In short, the Xunyang Order is the qualification certificate for admission without examination.

In the exclamation of everyone, Chen Xuan took several of his brothers and strode all the way into the Xunyang Martial Academy.

Chen Zhong and Chen Fangguo have the feeling that one person has attained the Tao and the chicken dog has ascended to heaven.

According to the prescribed process, they should go through the admission procedures below.

"Young master, does this brand care about three people?!"

"What's the matter? Do you still want to join in?!" asked a young man in white, blocking their path.

"Are you?!"

Chen Xuan felt that the white-clothed young man in front of him was a little familiar, but he really couldn't remember where he had seen it before.

"Ye Jiao Xi is a good ......"

A young woman who was also dressed in white and dressed as a student of the martial arts academy said hello to the white-clothed young man in front of her, then glanced at Chen Xuan and his party in surprise, and walked straight away.

Could it be that there are still female students in Xunyang Martial Arts Academy?!

Chen Xuan and Chen Zhong glanced at each other and smiled tacitly at each other.

"I am a teacher here, my name is Ye Baidong, you can just call me Ye Jiaoxi. I have come to meet you at the order of the Dean. Ye Jiaoxi, a young man in white, said.

"Hello, it's Chen Xuan below, a ...... from Yimen Chen," Chen Xuan immediately bowed down and said.

He always felt that the person in front of him was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere in his previous life.

"Who are these?!"

"Oh, this one, he's going to stay and study here with me. Chen Zhong, haven't you seen Ye Jiaoxi soon?!" Chen Xuan said.

Chen Zhong immediately learned from Chen Xuan's appearance, bowed down and said, "Ye Jiao is good, it is Chen Zhong below, and he is also from Yimen Chen." ”

Ye Baidong just nodded, which can be regarded as an acquaintance.

Chen Xuan then introduced below: "This is Mr. Chen Jiageng from Xunyang Academy, I don't know if you recognize him?!"

Ye Baidong said: "Hello Mr. Chen, I just bought it not long ago, and I don't know much about the situation in Xunyang City. ”

"It's okay, I sent them all the way. Chen Jiageng smiled and said.

"These three of them also accompanied me, so I won't introduce them one by one. ”

Ji Xiaofeng was about to open her mouth to introduce herself, but she was preempted by Chen Xuan, she suddenly felt very unhappy, so she glanced at Chen Xuan fiercely.

Seeing this, Ye Baidong smiled and said, "These two girls have a big name, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"This ......"

Chen Xuan was a little embarrassed, he thought to himself that since people asked, let them introduce themselves.

Originally, he wanted to come to the academy and keep a low profile as much as possible, because he had such distinguished friends in his industry, and when the time came, he would not be embarrassed to get a lot of preferential treatment and care from the academy for no apparent reason? !

When Ji Xiaofeng said the identities of himself and his sister, Chen Xuan clearly felt that there was a trace of strangeness on Ye Baidong's face, but he didn't say anything, just politely replied with some courtesy, and took Chen Xuan to the registration place and handled all the registration matters.

After handing over the Xunyang order, Chen Xuan and Chen Zhong got an admission manual, which recorded many rules and precepts of the Xunyang Martial Academy.

In the end, Chen Xuan and Chen Zhong were each assigned to the same dormitory, which was actually a small cave.

When the two of them walked inside, they found that there were already four people inside.

After everyone got to know each other, Chen Xuan had four more classmates, and they happened to be surnamed Chen with himself, namely Chen Jiling, Chen Ruchu, Chen Baiquan and Chen Guo.

It's just that they are not from Yimen Chen, they are from other parts of the Great Chu Empire......

After identifying his bunks, Tan Kah Kee offered to take them to the academy to have a look, and by the way, the Ji Ruohua sisters were placed there to rest temporarily.

The next day they will return to the capital of God and return to their father.

Chen Jiling told Chen Xuan that he could walk around the city for a day today, and he didn't have to come back in the evening, but he had to rush to the courtyard early tomorrow morning to report for duty.

After Chen Xuan and the others thanked them, they were ready to go down the mountain.

"Hey, you're new here, aren't you?!Did you take the entrance exam?!"

At the door of the fairy cave, a somewhat excited voice reached Chen Xuan's ears, Chen Xuan came back to his senses, and saw that this was the girl who greeted Ye Baidong just now, she looked fifteen or sixteen years old, slightly younger than Chen Xuan's, and her appearance was beautiful and lovely.

"I came straight in......"

Chen Xuan felt that his answer was not so reasonable, because in his heart, as long as it was this kind of assessment, it was best to participate in it himself.

"Deng Qianyue, the eighth stage of the mortal realm......"

"Chen Xuan, the nine-stage ...... of the mortal realm"

"Oh, it turns out that you are the ninth stage of the mortal birth realm, no wonder you will be exempted from the entrance examination, it is really amazing. In the future, we will be classmates, I heard that our class is going to have a mortal realm nine-stage, it turns out that you are ......"

The two of them knew each other, but under Chen Jiageng's repeated urging, they had to go down the mountain.

On the way down the mountain, I looked far away, only to see that in the blue smoke and white fog, the whole Xunyang City could be seen clearly, this is a small and smart city, it is appropriate to use the pocket.

"Young Master, could it be that this Xunyang Martial Academy accepts female disciples?!" Chen Zhong seemed to remember something and asked.

"I don't know about this, I have to ask our brother Chen. Chen Xuan said with some embarrassment.

Chen Jiageng said with a smile: "The sage once said that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented." There are no women in our academy, but there are in the martial arts academy. Therefore, there are many families, because there is no way to send them to the academy to study, so they are sent to the martial academy for cultivation. There are a lot of female disciples here, and maybe you will have a lot of like-minded people in the future, all of whom are some very good female warriors. ”

Chen Xuan secretly glanced at Chen Fangguo, only to see that his face was becoming more and more embarrassed and ugly.

In the end, he simply pretended to enjoy the mountain scenery along the way.

It seems that there should be no female disciples in their Xunyang Academy, so I am afraid that he will feel bored when he goes there to study.

As for what the reason is, they are tacitly aware of each other.

After a few people went down the mountain, the light car Jane followed, and in the blink of an eye, they came to a gorgeously decorated archway, only to see that on the top of the archway, there was a sign upright, which read: "Xunyang Academy".

"This is the ...... specially inscribed by the emperor for our academy," Chen Jiageng gave a deep salute to this memorial arch and said to them.

"This font shouldn't look like our father's, but like ......"

"Sister, don't talk nonsense, this font is our father's. Ji Ruohua glanced at Ji Xiaofeng fiercely and said.

Ji Xiaofeng felt like a child who had opened his mouth, so he hurriedly didn't dare to speak.

Chen Xuan thought in his heart that when he was in the fairy cave on the mountain just now, he didn't even see the sign of Xunyang Martial Academy, and the comparison between the two was simply too cold compared to Xunyang Martial Academy.

However, he soon discovered that something was not quite right with this torii, because behind the four vigorous and powerful characters on it, there seemed to have been traces of shoveling with a knife and axe.

After Chen Xuan stood still, he unfolded his divine sense, and soon he recognized that the shoveled out was the previous handwriting, there were three words, namely "Yihongyuan......

He remembered a more embarrassing afterword, that is, to be a bitch and set up an archway.

However, in today's Great Chu Empire, isn't this ridiculous thing of being a bitch and setting up an archway every day, everywhere?!

After entering this archway, Chen Xuan immediately felt that even if he arrived at the academy, he really couldn't even see a beautiful woman.

However, the popularity here is obviously much more than that of the Xunyang Martial Arts Academy on the mountain.

It seems that what Chen Jiageng said is true, and the large number of people is their popularity here.

"Here we are, this is my book house......"

Tan Kah Kee led them to a row of newly repaired houses, only to see a plaque hanging on a newly repaired red lacquered gate, on which also wrote two large characters "Qingyuan"

"Qingyuan ......"

When he saw these two words, Chen Xuan couldn't help but read them out loud.

Chen Jiageng smiled and quickly explained: "This is what I took casually after I came here and started teaching, and there is no special meaning." ”

"No, Brother Chen doesn't have a special meaning, so you just take one at random?!"

"Because other professors and gentlemen have given their study a nickname, so if I don't take it, wouldn't it be very shameless?!"

Chen Xuan shook his head and said, "There's really no way to understand you scholars. ”

Chen Jiageng did not talk, but took out the key, opened the door, led them in, and then sat down.

After he personally boiled tea for them, and after brewing it, he saw a bowl of fragrant tea placed in front of them, and then he said: "I can't understand that most of you martial cultivators are tendons. Brother, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the dean of your Xunyang Martial Academy, Dean Yang Qianyu......"

Hearing him say this, Chen Xuan was stunned and said, "Is our dean's surname Yang?!"

"Yes, his name is Yang Qianyu, he is a very powerful character, it is said that in our entire De'an County, his cultivation is as high as your father Chen Ba, and everyone is a ...... of the ninth rank of the Quenching Blood Realm"

"Brother Chen, you seem to have said something wrong. I've never heard of my father, Chen Ba said that the specific level of his cultivation ......"

"It will only be high, not low......"

"And how is he a person?!"

"I don't really know who he is. I only say here that he is not good at management, and a good handful of cards have all been messed up by him, making the entire martial arts academy unable to make ends meet. ”

"No wonder when I went to the Martial Arts Academy today, I felt that the atmosphere there was very wrong. ”

It turned out that Chen Xuan remembered that when he had just entered the entrance of the Immortal Cave, he saw that the examiners of the entrance exams were reprimanding those candidates very impatiently.

Originally, because of this low enrollment rate, he felt a little complacent, because he was exempt from the exam, and he could bring two more places.

Now that I think about it, it should be a manifestation of Dean Yang's poor management.

If the situation of making ends meet continues like this, then the martial arts academy will have to close sooner or later.

Thinking of this, Chen Xuan felt very unhappy in his heart, so he said to Chen Fangguo with a pun: "I knew that this was the case, I wanted to exchange with you, cultivate here, and don't have to go to the top of the mountain to suffer that kind of ......."

"Young master, don't say that, you see so many beauties we saw on the top of the mountain just now, and after watching here for a long time, we didn't even see a mother, how much back do you say?!It's really boring, since you want to change with me, I really want to change with you......"

"Well...... If you want to ask Brother Chen what he means, if he agrees, I have no opinion. Chen Xuan glanced at Chen Jiageng and said.

"Brother Chen, don't forget your identity as a master and servant, he followed me to do some rough work, how could he let you do such a thing that only subordinates do?!" Chen Jiageng said with a smile.

"This so-called gentleman is not ashamed to ask, this is not enough, not only to ask shamelessly, but also to do something that only subordinates do, so that he can be a gentleman. ”

"It's the first time I've heard you say that, and it's really you. But I really can't accept you here, you can come over and cultivate Wen Xiu at that time, it's no problem. If you don't believe me, you can take a look at the admission manual......"

"Really?!"

Chen Xuan was a little unconvinced, he hurriedly opened the admission manual, and sure enough, he saw that it was written: "For those who are exempted from the entrance examination, they will take care of their own accommodation...... At the same time, you need to pay a total of 1,000 taels of silver to the Martial Arts Academy every month......."

Reading this, Chen Xuan was almost stupid, it turned out that the current Xunyang Martial Arts Academy was so black-hearted, for these students who were exempted from entrance examinations, they actually had to pay so many tuition and miscellaneous fees every month, it was better to let them block the road and rob it.

"Do you see clearly?!"

"So much to pay for tuition and fees every month?!"

Chen Xuan felt very bitter in his heart, it turned out that his father had spent so much effort to protect the entry notification token, which turned out to be just a pass to send himself to the fire pit.

"Haha, I have to hand over 1......,000 taels of silver every month," Chen Jiageng said with a smile.

"This simply doesn't make sense. Then I'll bring one with me now, will he have to pay the same amount of tuition and fees?!" Chen Xuan asked with some anger.

"This is a must, so you can bring up to three places in your Xunyang Order...... Fortunately, you have given me your little brother, otherwise you will have to pay an extra thousand taels of silver every month. ”

"Otherwise, I'll give him to you, I really can't stand it. Chen Xuan felt that he had gone crazy and said.

"It's too much, it's not too much, it's ......"

Looking back, it turned out that it was Ji Xiaofeng who said this, she didn't come in with her sister just now, but walked around the entire academy.

"What do you mean by that, if you don't think it's much, then you can help me make friends......" Chen Xuan said angrily.

Seeing Chen Xuan say this, Ji Ruohua hurriedly smiled and said: "If you say so, it's actually nothing, my sister helps you pay some tuition and miscellaneous fees, it's actually a piece of cake." Her monthly pocket money, I'm afraid not 8,000, but 10,000 taels of silver......"

"That's good, I, Chen Xuan, have thanked the county lord here......"

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm not done yet. Ji Ruohua grabbed it, and Chen Xuan, who was about to bow, said to him.

"What does the county lord mean?!"

"Don't you remember what I said to you earlier?!"

Ji Ruohua's meaning couldn't be more obvious, because she had helped Chen Xuan and her sister match before, but Chen Xuan didn't let go at that time.

Now that Chen Xuan is worried about tuition fees, why not take this opportunity to fulfill him?!

Of course, Chen Xuan is clear about this, but now that he has a family feud, where does he have the heart to think about personal affairs, everything can only be said when he stabilizes.

"I still remember what the county lord said......"

"Then do you agree or not?!Answer me, there are two options, one is to promise and the other is not to agree......" Ji Ruohua said with a smile.

"Sister, what are you talking about?!Do you think your sister can't get married?!I can be regarded as a beautiful young woman after all......" Ji Xiaofeng glanced at Chen Xuan and said.

"County Lord, there are some things that are really undemanding, such as major events between men and women. Chen Xuan said.

"In that case, you are such a tendon, then I can't help it. Ji Ruohua was a little disappointed and said.

"I'd rather work on my own...... I still don't believe it, I can't earn a thousand taels of silver a month......"

"With me, there are two thousand ...... in total," Chen Zhong said with some sincere trepidation.

"I'm not afraid to ...... if it's doubled"

Chen Xuan's tone was a little bitter, but he still supported it because of the problem of face.

"I believe there is no end to it, Brother Chen. Take a good look at your admission brochure, which is written at the back...... In addition to cultivation, you can create some side businesses, won't you have them?!"

"I really can't believe it, I'm going to the Xunyang Martial Arts Academy......" Chen Xuan's face became more and more ugly, and he said.

"The martial arts academy is genuine, but they also want to survive now, so they encourage you, the students who are exempt from entrance examinations, to start your own business, so as to reduce the economic pressure on the entire martial arts academy. ”

"Is this really unreasonable, living in a broken cave, drinking mountain spring water, and not even having an archway at the door, what pressure is there?!" Chen Xuan said dissatisfiedly.

"You can't say that, Brother Chen. You are studying martial arts, but where are you doing martial arts? Of course, in the mountains...... Don't you see that there are still some ancient temples and Taoist temples in those famous mountains and rivers?!"

"Ancient temples and Taoist temples, it's not easy for them to survive?!"

"I know this, they don't rely on the support of pilgrims?! Sometimes they occasionally go out to make a fortune and beg for a meal, and everything is solved...... So your Dean Yang, he has also recently opened his mind...... It's still my suggestion to him, otherwise, you will shrink day by day in Xunyang Martial Academy, and finally ...... I don't think I will say the following, but you also know. Chen Jiageng took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

It turned out that Brother Chen had come up with this idea for him. That little brother, I really need to ask you for advice, if I cultivate in the Xunyang Martial Academy, but I want to devote myself to cultivation, do you have any way to help me earn the tuition and miscellaneous fees of the two thousand taels of silver every month?!"

"The people who can help you are far away and close at hand," Tan Kah Kee said meaningfully......

"What does Brother Chen mean?!"

"I mean, the people who can help you are all around you, it's up to you to choose. ”

"Except for the matter of the county lord, I really can't do it now...... There are other things I could consider......"

Obviously, although the current Chen Xuan is not very arrogant, he really doesn't like a woman like Ji Xiaofeng very much, because she has grown up in all kinds of pampering since she was a child, and she is used to being arrogant and domineering.

If anyone becomes her husband, he will definitely be angry for the rest of his life.

A man with a character like Chen Xuan will definitely not suffer from this kind of wretched spirit for the rest of his life.

"You...... Hmph!"

Ji Xiaofeng could hear something in Chen Xuan's words, stood up angrily, and then stepped out of the door.

"County Lord, my little brother is too straightforward, please tell your sister that you must not take it to heart. Your sister is actually a very good girl, and she should be able to find the right person in the future. ”

"Alas, what is the right door, I don't think it's the order of the parents, the matchmaker's words ......" Ji Ruohua's face was a little sad and said.

"Of course I understand you very well, and we are very sympathetic to your situation at the moment, so I have a plan to help you ......"

"Yes, Mr. Chen?!Then I'll take my father first, thank you, Mr. Chen......"

When Ji Ruohua was about to stand up and salute, Chen Jiageng immediately stopped her and said, "Don't thank me first, thank my brother Chen Xuan if you want to thank me." ”

After listening to Chen Jiageng's words, Chen Xuan also felt that the second monk was confused, and asked with some doubts: "Thank me, thank me what?!"

"Brother Chen, don't be in such a hurry, after you settle down, I will slowly tell you the plan little by little. In my plan and that of your father Chen Ba, we must make you the strongest in the Great Chu Empire, and you will definitely become a useful talent for the country in the future. ”

"Brother Chen, can I become the strongest person in the empire, and what other countries are useful...... I don't have any interest in these now, what I'm most interested in now is how to earn that monthly tuition and miscellaneous fees, you have to know that there are two thousand taels of silver, where can I find so much money?!" Chen Xuan said with some distress.

"Since you don't want the easy and quick way, I can give you a suggestion. ”

"Brother Chen, please speak quickly, I'll listen to you......"

"Since according to your admission manual, the school encourages you to start your own business. Then you can do some amateur entrepreneurship in addition to your cultivation......"

Chen Xuan shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this won't work, because I promised my father that after coming to Xunyang Academy, I can only concentrate on martial arts cultivation, and I don't have more energy to think about other things, I think you can not mention this." ”

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