Chapter IX Protection Fees
The scale of the outer courtyard martial arts arena is obviously not comparable to the inner courtyard martial arts arena, but when you stand at the entrance and look at it, you will still feel very large.
"There are a lot of people here. Qu Yuan stood at the entrance, his heart moved.
In addition to the many subordinates, it is estimated that there are more than 500 disciples of the outer courtyard living in the entire outer courtyard of the Qu family, and at this time, there are as many as 200 disciples of the outer courtyard on the martial arts arena of the outer courtyard.
This family house is actually a training base for the Qu family, if a family child has no value to cultivate, then he will leave this house and go to other places. The industry of the Qu family is spread all around Yuyang City.
And not far from this house, there is also a family home, where most of the women and girls of the Qu family live.
In this world, the status of women is relatively low, take the Qu family as an example, unless it is a girl with particularly excellent qualifications, she can enter the Qu family's house and be cultivated. Therefore, in the entire house, almost all of the male brothers of the Qu family can be seen, and if there is a female brother of the Qu family, then its strength is absolutely amazing.
Qu Yuan saw that there were a total of three iron man arrays on the martial arts field, and the size of these three iron man arrays was the same, but the color of the iron men on different iron man arrays was slightly different.
On the outside of each Iron Man Formation, there are some words, that is, the words of the low-level Iron Man Formation and the Intermediate Iron Man Formation, so that the children of the family who have trained here can easily distinguish its difficulty.
The darker the Iron Man Formation, the more difficult it becomes.
Although it was quite far away, Qu Yuan could also read a few big characters written on the sign, and knew that the innermost Iron Man Array was a high-level Iron Man Array, which was the most difficult.
"Qu Yuan, are you Qu Yuan?"
At this time, a voice came from behind him, and Qu Yuan naturally turned around and saw that it was a child of the Qu family, who was older than him, about twenty years old.
When Qu Yuan saw this person, he felt a little familiar at first, frowned, and after a closer look, he recognized this person.
"Are you Qu Fang?" Qu Yuan looked slightly surprised.
"Yes, it's me, you remember me. Qu Fang said with a wry smile.
Qu Yifang is also a direct descendant of the Qu family, but five years ago, he had already moved from the inner courtyard to the outer courtyard, because his cultivation talent was really poor, so he was driven out very realistically.
"Well, I remember. Qu Yuan also nodded.
"Qu Yuan, I heard that you were injured a few days ago, are you better now?" Qu Fang asked after looking Qu Yuan up and down.
From Qu Fangfang's expression, Qu Yuan could see that Qu Fang did not mean to make fun of himself, on the contrary, he still had some real concern, perhaps because both of them were direct children who were kicked out of the inner courtyard, and they had some sympathy for each other.
"It's no big deal, it's okay. Qu Yuan smiled and didn't care.
"That's good, I've heard some people talk about you these days, and I still think you're ......" Qu Fang raised his eyebrows and said, "Qu Yuan, are you here to perform the martial arts trial?"
As he spoke, Qu Fang's gaze naturally looked in the direction of the Iron Man Array.
"Yes, it's the first time I've come to the family's outer courtyard to perform martial arts. Qu Yuan nodded in response.
"Qu Yuan. Qu looked at Qu Yuan with a blank expression, and said as if he was a little anxious, "If you go over in a while, there will definitely be many people in those outer courtyards who will laugh at you, don't be angry and angry, it is you who will suffer in that way, you don't have to pay attention to them, you can just treat everything they say as if you didn't hear it, there is no need to argue." ”
"Are we being ostracized?" Qu Yuan asked after a deep sigh.
"Heh, isn't this inevitable, we are the direct children of the family, and we were driven to the inner courtyard by the family, how can these outer courtyard disciples welcome us?" The wry smile on Qu Fang's face was even worse.
Qu Yifang, who is now also a cultivator in the Three Environmental Realms, although he is only twenty years old, Qu Yuan has seen some traces of vicissitudes from Qu Yifang's body.
Presumably, this song is also very sad in the outer courtyard.
"I see, thank you so much. Qu Yuan nodded.
In fact, there is no need for Qu Fang to say, he also knows what kind of attitude some people from the outer courtyard will have towards him.
These outer courtyard disciples are usually shorter than the inner courtyard disciples, and they are full of envy and even jealousy for the inner courtyard disciples, but they dare not show disrespect to the inner courtyard disciples.
Therefore, it is inevitable that the direct children who have been forcibly kicked out of the inner courtyard like themselves will be excluded and ridiculed by these people who were originally full of jealousy.
"Let's go, let's go. As long as they have enough strength, they will consciously shut up. Qu Yuan's eyes froze, and he said to Qu Fang with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
"That's right, even if we are kicked out of the inner court, we can't give up on ourselves, if we don't give up, there is hope. Qu Fang also smiled.
The two of them walked towards the Iron Man.
"Huh?"
"That Yu Yuqing is also here. Qu Yuan's eyes fell on a place where a large number of disciples from the outer courtyard were gathered, and when he saw Yu Yuqing, who was dressed in a long skirt and was unbelievably beautiful, he was standing in the crowd, slim and elegant, as if he was watching the fierce battle between several cultivators and the iron man in the intermediate iron man array.
Qu Yuan knew that Yu Yuqing was also a cultivator, and his strength was not weak, although he had never seen him make a move, Qu Yuan felt that Yu Yuqing should also have the cultivation strength of the four environmental realms.
When the two of them walked to the approach of the low-level Iron Man Array, many disciples from the outer courtyard had already seen the two of them, and their eyes swept over the two of them.
Qu Fang was obviously used to these gazes, and he didn't care at all about the whispers of these disciples in the outer courtyard.
"Qu Yuan, although the outer courtyard martial arts arena is not as good as the inner courtyard martial arts arena, after a long period of training in the Iron Man Formation, there are many benefits. When I first stepped into the Three Environments Realm, it was difficult for me to hold on to dozens of breaths in this low-level ironman array, but now I can hold on to a cup of tea. Qu Fang said to Qu Yuan.
Qu Fang only broke through to the Three Environments Realm three months ago, and his talent was not even as good as the previous Qu Yuan. However, Qu Fang can really insist.
If he breaks the jar and breaks, I'm afraid he won't even be able to reach the Three Environmental Realms. When he left the inner courtyard, he was only a cultivator in the second environmental realm.
Qu Yuan glanced at Qu Fang deeply, and admired this person a little in his heart.
"Qu Yifang, are you here?" Not far away, a disciple from the courtyard outside the Qu family greeted Qu Yifang.
"yes, let's see what progress has been made lately. Qu replied with a smile.
"Qu Fang, the face next to you is very raw. Another disciple of the composer said in an unfriendly tone.
Although Qu Yuan's strength is average, there are not many children of the Qu family who don't know him. The man asked, apparently on purpose.
"My name is Qu Yuan, and I have just been kicked out of the inner courtyard. Qu Yuan responded directly.
"Oh?" the boy was slightly stunned.
"Haha, who should I be, it turned out to be the famous direct descendant of Young Master Qu Yuan, I didn't expect that Young Master Qu Yuan would also come to our outer courtyard to perform martial arts. Then he laughed.
Many people around also burst out laughing, and there was no lack of sarcasm.
"Qu Yuan, ignore them. Qu Fang's voice was very low, and he glanced at Qu Yuan again and again.
He also knew that Qu Yuan was a cultivator in the Three Environmental Realms, and in the outer courtyard, such strength could only be regarded as average, if there was a conflict, it would definitely be Qu Yuan who would suffer.
"Prizes have been awarded. Qu Yuan didn't show any displeasure, but just thanked those people.
"Qu Fang, come here. ”
At this time, a voice came from the direction of the middle-level Iron Man Array.
Qu Yuan also stared at it, and saw a person beckoning in the direction of his own direction, Qu Yuan also knew this person, named Qu Yang, who was very strong and had a very high status in the outer courtyard.
Seeing Qu Yang, Qu Yifang's expression changed slightly, and then he immediately raised his feet and walked over.
"The newcomer, you come with you. Qu Yang beckoned to Qu Yuan again, and said in a commanding tone.
Shaking his head slightly, Qu Yuan also raised his heel on Qu Fang, sneering in his heart, I want to see what this Qu Yang wants to do.
"Brother Qu Yang!" Qu Fang stepped forward and immediately bowed, unusually respectful.
He is a few years older than Qu Yang, but at this time, he calls the other party his eldest brother.
"Well, this month's protection fee, did you bring it?" Qu Yang waved his hand, his eyes squinted at Qu Fang, and asked with a casual expression.
"Bring it, this is a Gathering Spirit Pill, and please accept it from Brother Quyang. Qu Fang hurriedly took out a small blue porcelain vase and respectfully handed it over.
"Protection money?" Qu Yuan was slightly stunned, a little hard to believe.
After handing over a Gathering Spirit Pill, Qu Fang retreated to Qu Yuan's side and said to Qu Yuan in a low voice, "Qu Yuan, if you hand over a Gathering Spirit Pill every month, you will be protected by Qu Yang, and no one will dare to do anything to you in the open and in the dark." If we don't pay the protection fee, we won't have a good time in the outer court. ”
Hearing this, Qu Yuan was stunned, but his brows furrowed even tighter.
Qu Yifang's monthly quota of Gathering Spirit Pills is only two, but he has to hand over one of them as a protection fee, that is to say, Qu Fang only has one Gathering Spirit Pill every month to be able to use it for auxiliary cultivation.
"Very good, this month, you will be very safe, if someone is looking for trouble with you, I will help you. Qu Yang opened the small blue porcelain vase and glanced at it, said to Qu Yifang with a smile, and then put the small porcelain vase away.
His gaze turned to Qu Yuan, who was standing in place.
"New here, what's your name?" Qu Yang asked with a squint of his eyes at Qu Yuan.
"My name is Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan looked at Qu Yang Dao.
"Well, Qu Yuan, do you know our rules here?" Qu Yang nodded and asked again.
"What rules?" Qu Yuan was stunned.
"You just came, it's normal to not know the rules, I'll tell you about this rule now, in the future, you will pay me a spirit pill every month, of course it's not for nothing, this is the protection fee." As long as you pay the protection fee, you can not be bullied by others, and you can cultivate and improve your strength with peace of mind, which is a great thing. Qu Yang said in a subdued tone.