Qixuanwu Mansion, located in Tianyun City, the capital of Tianyun Country, backed by Dazhou Mountain, is the only martial arts mansion set up in Tianyun Country by Qixuangu, a martial arts sect with a six-hundred-year heritage.

As the martial arts mansion of the great sect, the Seven Xuanwu Mansion has many inherited martial arts, and there are martial arts masters in charge of teaching, so it has naturally become a holy place of martial arts in the minds of all young people who are interested in cultivating martial arts in the Tianyun Kingdom.

In the scorching summer, at the foot of Dazhou Mountain, on a forest meadow, a teenage boy, with his fists wrapped in strips of cloth, stood bare-chested in front of a big tree with a thick hug, punching and punching the trunk hard.

"Peng!" "Peng!" The dull sound echoed through the forest, and the bark of the battered tree was visibly dented, revealing a gray-white wood with a little blood on it.

The boy's name is Lin Ming, and he has a talent for three-grade martial arts.

In the Heavenly Fortune Country, half of the people have no talent for martial arts at all, and they are not suitable for martial arts training at all. The other half of the people have more than eighty percent of the first-grade martial arts talent, even if they practice martial arts, they will not do anything, and the remaining less than one of the ten people have about ninety percent of the second-grade martial arts talent, if the practice of martial arts is diligent, it can make a small difference, but there is little hope of becoming a martial arts master.

Lin Ming's third-class martial arts talent can be said to be superior, barely one in a hundred, but this martial arts talent, if you want to go to the Seven Xuanwu Mansion, it is still a lot behind!

Lin Ming knew this very well, and Lan Yunyue, a beautiful girl who happened to grow up with Lin Ming and cultivated together, had the same three-grade talent as Lin Ming, and the two agreed together to get into the Heavenly Fortune Martial Mansion, which was much worse than the Seven Xuanwu Mansion.

Tianyun Wufu is subordinate to Tianyun Country, it has only been 80 years since its establishment, and the exercises, inheritance, and heritage are very limited, and the inheritance of martial arts is very important to martial artists.

The condensation period is the realm that many warriors yearn for, and it is also the first watershed in the way of martial arts.

In terms of the cultivation of condensing vein martial artists, the gap between the Heavenly Fortune Martial Mansion and the Seven Xuanwu Mansions is too much.

Lin Ming is dedicated to martial arts, and naturally dreams of going to the Seven Xuanwu Mansion, if the talent is not enough, he can only rely on diligence and perseverance to impress the examiner, but the hope is not very big, and once the exam to enter the martial arts mansion fails, he needs to waste half a year waiting for the next time, for martial artists, time is also very precious.

Based on this, coupled with Lan Yunyue's reasons, Lin Ming decided to enter the Heavenly Fortune Martial Mansion.

Lin Ming and Lan Yunyue have practiced together and had fun together for so many years, although because they are still young, they have not reached the point of talking about marriage, but there is already a hazy relationship between the two, and Lin Ming's parents also like Lan Yunyue very much, and often ask Lan Yunyue to eat at home.

Lin Ming and Lan Yunyue have always had a good impression of each other, and there is only a thin window paper left between the two, and when the two of them are a little older, they will pierce this window paper.

Lin Ming attached great importance to the agreement between the two, and he made up his mind that even in the Heavenly Fortune Martial Mansion, he would impact the Condensation Realm!

However, on the day of the Tianyun Martial Arts Mansion's entrance exam, Lan Yunyue did not appear.

Lin Ming originally thought that Lan Yunyue couldn't arrive because of some things, but later learned that Lan Yunyue had entered the Seven Xuanwu Mansion, and the one who escorted her to become a disciple of the Seven Xuanwu Mansion was Zhu Yan, the genius young master of the Zhu family, the first family in Qingsang City.

Although Lin Ming was only fifteen years old, he had been outside with his parents since he was a child, and his mind was much more mature than that of children of the same age, and he knew very well what it meant for Zhu Yan to escort Lan Yunyue into the Seven Xuanwu Mansion. ...,

The children of a big family like the Zhu family choose a wife, the first thing to see is not the woman's family background and appearance, but the talent in martial arts, and the possibility of a talented offspring giving birth to a genius is very high. Although Lan Yunyue's family background is average, her three-grade talent is already very good among girls, and Lan Yunyue herself has a beautiful appearance and outstanding temperament, so it is normal for Zhu Yan to like her.

For Lan Yunyue, the Seven Xuanwu Mansion and the Heavenly Fortune Martial Mansion are not comparable in terms of opportunities, glory and possible achievements in the future, especially the temptation to step into the Condensing Pulse Realm to prolong their youth for decades, which is even more irresistible for girls.

In the face of such a temptation, I am afraid that not only Lan Yunyue, maybe most girls will also choose Zhu Yan, especially Zhu Yan himself is not bad looking, and his family background and future are far better than Lin Ming.

Although he knew it in his heart, it was impossible to say that this matter did not hit Lin Ming, he locked himself in the door of the room for three days, and after three days, he walked out of the room, ate, slept, and cultivated, and he cultivated even harder than before.

Before Lan Yunyue left him, he was determined to break through the condensation stage and pursue a higher martial arts realm, and now Lin Ming is still like this. If he still had something in his heart before, then after Lan Yunyue left, he strengthened his martial heart.

He decided to take the Seven Xuanwu Mansion instead, even though the process was difficult.

"Peng!" "Peng!" The dull sound of fists hitting the trunk of the tree still echoed in the forest, this tree is called ironwood, not only the bark is extremely tough, but also has a strong healing ability, many beginners in martial arts will choose this ironwood to practice strength.

Lin Ming didn't know how many punches he made, and finally exhausted all his strength, he sat on a stone with his support on the trunk, took out the herbs from the backpack on the ground, crumpled them and smeared them on the scarred fist, martial arts practitioners must often use the herbs to heal the body, otherwise they will be left with dark wounds, and if the dark injuries accumulate too much, they may be crippled or even die.

The name of this herb is Clematis, and the name is given because although the green juice squeezed out of the clematis has healing properties, it is like a wire brush when sprinkled on the wound, and it hurts the heart.

Lin Ming gritted his teeth to endure the pain, took out a new white cloth from the package, and wrapped his fist around one by one.

In fact, there are many herbs that are more effective than clematis, and the medicinal properties are mild, and they are not painful, but without exception, they are expensive, and Lin Ming's family cannot afford them at all.

Lin Ming's parents run a restaurant in Qingsang City, but the assets of this restaurant do not belong to Lin Ming's parents, but to the Lin family in Qingsang City.

Although Lin Ming is also surnamed Lin, he has been separated from the Lin family for several generations, and the family has handed over some less important properties to distant relatives on the side, Lin Ming's parents are making a living by running this restaurant, and get a fixed income and a part of the commission every year.

Originally, Lin Ming's parents hoped that Lin Ming could inherit the family business and become a restaurant shopkeeper, but seeing that Lin Ming was dedicated to martial arts, they took out all the family's savings to buy healing herbs for Lin Ming.

Nowadays, the family's savings are being consumed little by little, but Lin Ming has always stayed at the top of physical training.

The training period is the first stage of martial arts, which leads to the true yuan and quenches the body, with a total of six layers, one training strength, two training meat, three training organs, four easy tendons, five forging bones, and six condensing veins. After that, the warrior will enter the stage of gathering yuan.

After coating the wound with clemat juice, Lin Ming rested for half an hour, allowing the wound to fully absorb the medicinal power of the herbs, just when he stood up and was about to continue practicing boxing, a chubby young man with a delicate sword in his hand walked out of the woods, he saw Lin Ming and said with a smile: "Brother Ming, today is the day of registration for the entrance assessment of the Seven Xuanwu Mansion, haven't you forgotten, are you still practicing boxing here?"

This young man's name is Lin Xiaodong, slightly younger than Lin Ming, he grew up with Lin Ming since he was a child, and he is a brother with a very strong relationship.

Lin Xiaodong is actually a descendant of the Lin family, but although he is a descendant disciple, the descendant disciple also has a high and low status in the family, Lin Xiaodong is just the last class, Lin Xiaodong's parents are also in business, and they live very close to Lin Ming's family.

Lin Ming glanced at Lin Xiaodong and turned to the stump, saying, "There are a lot of people who have signed up at the beginning, and it takes an hour or two to queue, and it is a waste of time to wait there." ”

"Damn, don't let go of this little time, you won't be able to. Lin Xiaodong said with some exaggeration, he approached the stump, saw the fist marks and bloodstains on the stump, and then looked at Lin Ming's bandaged hands, took a breath and said: "You are really crazy enough, Tiemu has been beaten like this by you, such a practice, if you rely on the clemat grass alone, your hand will be injured, and it will be wasted!"

Lin Ming didn't speak, the way to practice martial arts, is to fight with the sky, with his three-grade talent, it is difficult to step into the sixfold condensation period of the body, if you don't fight when you are young, there is absolutely no hope, if you fight, although you may accumulate dark injuries and cripples, but it may also succeed before the accumulation of dark injuries, once you successfully step into the condensation period, the true yuan will refine the body, and the dark injuries will disappear.

For Lin Ming, this is a battle against the water, and it is also a gamble that costs his life.

Lin Xiaodong sighed, took out a cloth bag from his arms, opened it layer by layer, and said, "Brother Ming, this is for you." ”

Lin Ming looked back, but saw a bright red blood ginseng lying quietly in a cloth bag, this blood ginseng looks to be at least a hundred years old, it is a fine medicine for healing injuries and blood, one thin slice is enough at a time, and the medicinal properties are mild, the medicinal power is strong, just this ginseng, the value is at least one hundred and fifty taels of gold, which is equivalent to a year's income of Lin Ming's family.

Lin Ming paused, shook his head and said, "I can't ask for this blood ginseng." ”

Brothers belong to brothers, but this blood ginseng is too valuable, Lin Xiaodong's family is only the last of the Lin family's descendants, although the family background is much better than Lin Ming's family, but if it is used for Lin Xiaodong's cultivation, it will not be rich.

Lin Xiaodong forced the blood ginseng to Lin Ming, and said: "This blood ginseng is bought for you, I have been practicing for three days and fishing for two days and drying nets, and the dark wounds on my body are a little bigger, it is a waste to use this, you don't need me to buy it for nothing, it will be boring for you to push it back, in fact, my father doesn't have any high requirements for me, I just hope that I can keep the number of the Lin family in this life, don't let the next generation lose this number." ”

Lin Ming was silent for a while, but he still put away the blood ginseng and said, "Okay, I accepted this blood ginseng, just rush to this ginseng, I also have to break through the condensation realm." ”

"Haha, this is just like what you said, not only to break through the condensation realm, but also to overturn that Zhu Yan, this son of a bitch, Lao Tzu has long looked at him unpleasantly!"

Zhu Yan...... Lin Ming exhaled lightly, Zhu Yan had already been admitted to the Seven Xuanwu Mansion, and he was a senior disciple of the Heavenly Mansion, and his strength had reached the third peak of physical training, even so, he still set himself the goal of surpassing Zhu Yan, not because of Lan Yunyue, but because the pursuit of the realm of martial arts was bound to cross one threshold after another, and climb one mountain after another, Zhu Yan would be the first of them.

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At the foot of Dazhou Mountain, there is a building complex that stretches for twenty miles, here is the location of the Seven Xuanwu Mansion and the Tianyun Martial Mansion, today is the day of the registration for the entrance examination of the Seven Xuanwu Mansion, in the square in front of the main gate of the Seven Xuanwu Mansion, gathered the bustling crowd.

Lin Ming and Lin Xiaodong had deliberately delayed the time, but when they walked to the square, they found that they had underestimated the number of applicants, and the applicants lined up in three lines, each of which was dozens of meters long. ...,

"Wait. Lin Xiaodong sighed and stood helplessly at the end of the line.

"Yes. Lin Ming nodded.

"Hey, there are very few people over there. Lin Xiaodong pointed to a small door not far away, where there were only a few sparse people, and there was a red carpet on the ground.

"That's the ...... of the aristocratic district," Lin Ming noticed the words written on the sign.

Since the Seven Xuanwu Mansion is set up in the Tianyun Country, with the land, buildings, and resources of the Tianyun Country, it will naturally give some face to the elite class, and even many affairs of the Martial Mansion will be handed over to the elite class, such as today's enrollment registration.

"Damn. Lin Xiaodong muttered unhappily, nobles need royal canonization, which is a hereditary glory, although the Lin family is rich, but it is not a noble.

Lin Xiaodong was about to scold a few words about the aristocratic moths or something to find some psychological balance, and at this moment, the door was pushed open, and two young men walked out of the door, one of them was wearing a blue coat, wearing a delicate long sword at his waist, and a golden crown on his head, and his appearance was very handsome.

Lin Ming frowned slightly when he saw this man, this person was Zhu Yan.

The daughter of the Zhu family married into the royal family and became the favorite concubine of the eldest prince, and the eldest prince was about to inherit the throne, and the Zhu family was named a nobleman because of this first family that had no suspense in Qingsang City, so Zhu Yan had the ability to escort Lan Yunyue into the Seven Xuanwu Mansion.

"Rub, I didn't look at the yellow calendar when I went out today, and I bumped into a ghost. Lin Xiaodong muttered unhappily.

Zhu Yan and the young man walked out side by side, and several entourages who were waiting outside the aristocratic area followed behind the two, depending on the situation, Zhu Yan took the young man to sign up, and the two walked all the way to Lin Ming, and they would naturally bump into each other if they went on like this.

With Lin Ming's status and strength, once he bumped into him, he might suffer a loss, but Lin Ming didn't dodge it, and just watched Zhu Yan come over calmly.

Zhu Yan's footsteps paused slightly, and he saw Lin Ming and Lin Xiaodong. He was slightly stunned at first, then frowned, seeing Lin Ming made him extremely unhappy. Although he had snatched Lan Yunyue into his hands, but she refused to make an intimate move before getting married, it was obvious that Lan Yunyue still had Lin Ming in her heart, and she had some guilt, she would choose herself only because of the Seven Xuanwu Mansion, no man could tolerate his future wife with another person in her heart, and the same was true for Zhu Yan.

"Your name is Lin Ming, right? I really didn't expect you to follow here, practice the first level of cultivation, and want to take the Seventh Xuanwu Mansion?"

The irony in Zhu Yan's words was obvious, he would never allow Lin Ming to enter the Seven Xuanwu Mansion, even if Lin Ming's strength was not worth mentioning to him at all, but as long as this guy was in the Seven Xuanwu Mansion for one day, then it would be impossible for Lan Yunyue to forget about Lin Ming.

"It's my problem whether I can pass the exam or not, I didn't follow anyone to get here, I came to the Seven Xuanwu Mansion just to pursue my martial arts. ”

"Martial arts, you dare to say that you are a middle-class and upper-class talented kid who pursues martial arts!" Zhu Yan said this, the bones of his knuckles made a soft sound, and the long sword on his waist seemed to have a spiritual spirit coming out! Zhu Yan held the sword and slashed in the air, and with the terrible sound of sword qi breaking through the air, a faintly visible ripple quickly drew out, directly cutting off half of the crown of a big tree not far away.

With the sound of fluttering, a large number of branches and leaves fell to the ground, and the eyes of the people around widened, after all, most of them were about the same age as Zhu Yan, and they were not a few years younger, but this Zhu Yan's martial arts realm was beyond their reach.

Zhu Yan swung this sword to give Lin Ming a dismount and let him understand the gap between the two. "I have four talents, I practiced martial arts at the age of twelve, and I have used countless elixirs, and now I have entered the Sword Sect of the Seven Xuanwu Mansion Heavenly Mansions, and my cultivation is the triple peak of physical training, but it is just the first glimpse of the threshold of martial arts, and you are only practicing a heavy body, and you dare to speak of martial arts!"

Zhu Yan spoke domineeringly, Lin Xiaodong became angry, "The surname is Zhu! You were only born two years earlier than us, what are you dragging, the age is changed, Lao Tzu will overturn you with one hand!"

Zhu Yan frowned, turned his face to look at Lin Xiaodong, took a step forward at will, and the true yuan in his body exploded, "Who are you?"

"I ......" Lin Xiaodong was oppressed by Zhu Yan's momentum, and a sentence was stuck in his throat, he took a step back, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, patted his chest and said, "Master Lin Xiaodong, you remember!"

"Lin Xiaodong? Hmph, the children of the Lin family are worth remembering on one hand, you are a clown who jumps off the beam, what qualifications do you have to talk to me? Not only you, but also you Lin Ming, if it weren't for Lan Yunyue, you wouldn't have the qualifications to talk to me at all! I advise you, you must be self-aware, Lan Yunyue is not something you can deserve. ”

Qingsang City has a talent of three grades, and there are very few girls with good looks and temperament, most of them are concentrated in big families, and the conflict of interests between big families is strict, how can an excellent woman marry into other families and strengthen the blood of others, most of them will ask the man to join him, so Zhu Yan said so.

"One thousand taels of gold, don't appear in front of me in the future!" Zhu Yan said, taking out a stack of golden tickets from his sleeve.

The people around were stunned, one thousand taels of gold, this is an extremely exaggerated amount, enough for a martial artist at the physical training stage to be appointed with high-level medicinal herbs in two or three years.

"One thousand taels of gold, you sent it for food!" Lin Xiaodong pushed the golden ticket back, in fact, he was just a swollen face and a fat man, and a thousand taels of gold was also a huge fortune for him.

Zhu Yan's hand shook, and a powerful anti-shock force directly shook Lin Xiaodong out, he looked at Lin Ming coldly, waiting for Lin Ming's answer.

Lin Ming took a deep breath and said slowly and forcefully: "Zhu Yan, in terms of talent, I am not as good as you, and in terms of family background, I am even worse than you, but what I see in martial arts cultivation is not only the support of talent and financial resources, but also the most important thing - the heart of Xiang Wu!"

"You cultivate martial arts for wealth, status, and vanity, and I cultivate martial arts for the pursuit of the ultimate in martial arts, the way of martial arts is not the martial arts of the gifted, nor the martial arts of the powerful and rich, but the martial arts of those who are dedicated to martial arts, one day, I will surpass you!" Lin Ming said the last sentence almost word by word, his voice was clear, and all the people around the scene heard it clearly.

The third-grade talent wants to catch up with the fourth-grade talent, and the family background gap is huge, this kid is really crazy!

Hearing Lin Ming's words, Zhu Yan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Okay, very good! I'm waiting for you!" After speaking, he put away the golden ticket, and with a buzzing whistle, the long sword was returned to the sheath, Zhu Yan glanced at Lin Ming deeply, and turned away.

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