Lin Xiao and the three of them sat in a carriage that beckoned to stop in the snow-besieged city unhurriedly, and gradually, the noise slowly faded away, and the sound of the bell on the neck of the horse pulling the cart became clearer and clearer.

Finally, with the shouting of the coachman, the carriage came to an abrupt halt.

"The master is back," there was a surprise call from outside.

"Fulin, I'll go and see my father first, and you will settle Lin Xiao. Yan Yifei's voice hurried away.

The curtain of the carriage was "brushed" open, and Lin Xiao jumped out of the car.

In front of me is a magnificent mansion door, on which is hung a plaque with gold characters on a red background, the word "Yan Mansion" is written on it, and above these two words, there is another line of small characters written with the eight words of "Imperial Seal Seven Grades Hongwu Family".

Hongwu family, a system formulated by human countries to win over martial artists, takes the number of masters in a family as the main rating basis, the higher the grade, the more privileges can be enjoyed, and more support can be received by those in power.

Everyone in the human race can practice martial arts, no matter rich or poor, there are good and bad in martial arts talent, although there are many mediocre people, there are also many geniuses.

Because of this, whether or not they can get more external support has become particularly important, even if a martial artist from an ordinary family and a martial artist from a Hongwu family who has received a lot of support have the same talent, the speed of improvement of the two realms can never be the same.

The Hongwu family enjoys more privileges, and it is easier to operate and get rich, so they have the financial resources to provide their children with a steady stream of cultivation resources such as pill spirit stones, and collect better martial arts treasures to arm.

Over time, the martial arts masters of the human world have gradually concentrated on these Hongwu families, and there are few masters among the people.

But there is an exception, that is, in addition to the Hongwu family, there is also a kind of force, that is, large and small martial arts sects, some of which have a long heritage, and some are short-lived, joining the sect is also one of the few important paths for ordinary martial arts cultivators to get ahead.

However, the path of cultivating the Fa is very different, and there is no one in ten thousand people who have the talent for cultivating the Fa, so no matter whether they are rich or poor, as long as they have this talent, they will become the pride of the heavens.

It is precisely because there are so few practitioners that it is difficult to form a sect with a large number of people, and since their talents cannot be inherited, it is even less possible to form a family with inheritance, and most of them are mainly passed on from master to apprentice.

However, of course, the rulers of various countries will not let go of the possibility of co-opting these Dharma practitioners, so organizations such as the Dharma Teachers' Guild have emerged, funded by the state and the government, to provide the Dharma practitioners with superior living and cultivation conditions, with the sole purpose of hoping to get the help of the Dharma practitioners when something happens.

As a result, the presidents and elders of the Mage Guild, like the heads of the high-ranking Hongwu families, became important figures in various countries.

The Yan family is a seven-rank Hongwu family, which belongs to the middle Hongwu family, and the next level is a low level.

Although Yan Yifei left first, two armed family members immediately stepped forward to hold Lin Xiao on the left and right, looking at their long breath, they must also be masters of martial arts.

However, Lin Xiao didn't plan to run away, in this human world, the whole is a wolf's den and a tiger's den, and if he escapes from here with a black eye on the human world, maybe the situation will be worse, at least from the perspective along the way, Yan Yifei is much better for him than ordinary humans treat orcs.

Yan Mansion covers an extremely wide area, Lin Xiao was escorted by several family members to turn left and right, and it took a long time to stop in front of a door.

The door was pure black, glowing with a dull metallic glow in the light of the lantern, and it was actually an iron door.

In front of the door, there were several heavily armed guards guarding the house, and when they saw Lin Xiao and others approaching, a leader-like person glanced at Lin Xiao, stepped forward and asked Wang Fulin with a smile: "Lord Wang, did the master buy new goods this time? How much did it cost? Three or five diamond coins?"

"Scare your dog's guts, a hundred," Wang Fulin stretched out a finger to the eyes of the Ding leader.

"One...... A hundred? What orcs can ...... Is it worth the price?" the head of the family and the guards in front of the door widened in shock.

"He is a very rare tiger person, and he can go crazy twice, he is our secret weapon in this year's Jiahua Competition. Wang Fulin lowered his voice and made a mysterious appearance.

"No wonder the Tiger Clan. Another exclamation, implying relief.

"If we can win the championship in this year's Jiahua Competition, our Yan family will have hope to advance in next year's Hongwu Family Ten-Year Evaluation," the leader of the family looked excited.

"Beauty, how can it be so easy for you to win the championship? As long as you can enter the top three, it will be good to keep your current grade" Wang Fulin was worried.

"Quick, arrange it well, I still have to go to the front hall to return to the master." Wang Fulin urged.

"Don't worry, we'll take this orc as a treasure. The leader of the house said as he motioned for the door to open.

The heavy iron door slowly opened, and Lin Xiao felt that there was a vague power on this iron door, but he couldn't perceive the truth.

And in the sky above this piece of building, Lin Xiao also faintly felt that there was a mysterious power.

Inside the iron gate, there is a long corridor, and there are several bright tiles on the roof, which bring in a dim starlight.

On both sides of the corridor, there is a thick iron fence from the ground to the roof, and every few steps, there is a horizontal iron fence to separate it into a ** room, like a large iron cage that is lined up one by one.

Lin Xiao's first feeling was that this place was too similar to the detention center where the police used to interrogate prisoners.

He soon discovered that it was a place similar to a detention center, and that the people in it were not good people.

Seeing someone coming in, in the swarthy iron cages, there were constantly figures standing up and walking behind the iron railings near the corridor.

"Hey, I want a woman, call the ** from last time in. A rough voice roared loudly, and a large, muscular hand stretched out from the iron fence on one side, and pointed fiercely at the leader of the house.

There was a crisp "snap", and the leader of the family whipped this hand, and in his hand, he held a short horse whip.

"Whew" The rough voice howled in pain, and his hand suddenly retracted, and he cursed bitterly.

"You wild donkey, you only think about women all day long, and one day you cut off your donkey's whip" The leader of the family kept walking, scolding as he walked.

In the iron cages on both sides of the corridor, a rough laugh erupted, like a ghost crying wolf.

"Hey, I also want to play with women, why don't we go to gladiatorial fights, sooner or later we will die, it's better to go to gladiatorial fights, even if we die, we will die happily, if we win, there will be good wine and meat to eat, and women will play." Another high-pitched voice shouted.

There was a chorus of approval.

"If you want to die, there is a chance, now that Jiahua Dabi is approaching, small competitions will make way for it, you low-class goods, you should honestly wait here for a month. The head of the family was disdainful.

"Why don't you send me to Jiahua Dabi," a loud voice shouted.

"Stupid cow, you still want to participate in the Jiahua Competition? I'm supposed to go," a shrill voice shouted.

"Cut stinky mice, it's not big, but it's quite big. There was a chorus of disdain.

There was a rough noise all around, but Lin Xiao felt very kind, because these people who were locked in cages were all orcs.

Lin Xiao estimated that on both sides of this long corridor, there were at least one hundred and fifty orcs imprisoned inside.

But the family members had no intention of stopping here, and kept escorting Lin Xiao to the end of the corridor, and at the end, there was another iron gate.

In front of the iron gate, one on the left and one on the right, there are two middle-aged men, although they are not wearing military uniforms, they are both fierce, one person and one sword, flat on their knees.

Seeing these two people, the leader of the family smiled heaps on his face, stepped forward and bowed and saluted: "Little Shao Yi, I have seen the two team commanders, this is the orc newly bought by the master, and he wants to send it inside." ”

The two team commanders didn't speak, they looked Lin Xiao up and down first, and then said, "Fast in and out." ”

With that, the two "door gods" stood up and worked together to open the second iron door, which could be seen from their tense bodies, and this iron door was very heavy.

In the second iron gate, there is still a corridor, but it is much shorter, and there are only about thirty iron cages on both sides, and the iron cages here are much larger than those outside, and there are some simple furniture in them.

The people in the iron cage in this room were also orcs, and when they saw someone coming, they also flocked to the iron fence.

"Hey, who is he, and is he worthy of the double gate?" a voice said proudly in the dark cage room.

"Don't worry, he won't grab a place to live with you, he's going to live in the triple gate. Shao Yi sneered.

"What...... What? He's going to live in the triple gate?"

There was an uproar all around.

"This kid doesn't have any ink marks on his face, he's a rookie who has just been captured from the Beast Domain, why did he enter the Triple Gate?" a voice shouted angrily, accompanied by a loud "clang" sound of slapping against the iron fence.

"Just because he's a Tiger Clan, what's wrong with your wild boar?" Shao Yi scolded.

"Tiger ...... Tiger Clan" was a gasp on both sides of the corridor.

"What's wrong with the Tiger Clan? I can torture a bunch of such chicks. "There are still people who are not convinced.

"Yes, those of us who have been through a hundred battles can't enter the triple gate, this tiger boy is not worthy. A hand stretched out the iron fence and pointed directly at Lin Xiao.

Shao Yi didn't whip it up this time, he was obviously a lot more polite to the orcs here, he just snorted and said: "It's up to you to enter the door, this is what the master meant." ”

As soon as he heard this, the surroundings fell silent, and no one shouted anymore.

The group quickly walked to the end of the corridor, here, there was an iron gate, Lin Xiao only noticed at this time that in front of the iron gate, there was a thin old man sitting cross-legged on the ground, dressed in a gray robe, motionless.

The old man seemed to have become one with his environment, not only his clothes, but even his breath, his whole being, imperceptible, until he was a few feet in front of him.

As soon as he saw this old man, Shao Yi had a look of panic on his face, stepped forward lightly, knelt down and bowed, and said softly: "Second Elder, someone has brought it." ”

"Got it, Yifei has already sent a message to me. The old man said slowly in a low and hoarse voice, and as he spoke, he opened his eyes slightly, and a terrifying coercion instantly enveloped Lin Xiao, and a powerful divine thought pierced his mind.

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