From the Fire Province, Dragon Elephant City.

The scorching sun is like fire, burning the creatures on the earth, and the slanting sun sweeps under the eaves and shines into the thatched hall of Zhuxiang Academy.

"Next, I would like to announce the results of the last Shujing exam. A white-haired old man in the study hall looked down at the audience and said sternly, "Those who do not pass will be punished for copying the first ten articles of the Book of Books twice!"

The grass hall under the stage was filled with twenty or thirty people, all six or seven years old, and when they heard this severe punishment, their young cheeks were full of apprehension and nervousness.

"This time there are only 10 questions, and there is only one person who gets them all right. ”

"Who, so powerful. ”

The children stared around with curiosity and admiration in their dark eyes.

"He is Tang Lin. A smile appeared on the old man's stern face, and he looked at a corner of the cottage.

All the children turned their heads to look.

On the last row of seats in the thatched hall, there was an eleven or twelve-year-old child, with delicate eyebrows, gray-white robe, black hair hanging down gracefully, and a white scholar's hat on his head.

"It turned out to be Brother Tang Lin!"

"Three of the questions in this test are from the "Martial Arts Classic", and he opened a martial arts gym at home, so it's no wonder that he can get them all right. ”

The children's eyes flashed with admiration, and some of them were gruntled with grievances.

The old man lowered his face and said, "Although Tang Lin's family opened a martial arts hall, he only entered the school at the age of ten, and his time in the academy is not as long as yours, you must strive to surpass him, you know?"

"Got it!" the children replied in unison.

"Alright. The old man nodded slightly, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the academy is on holiday, so let's go back early." ”

"Holiday?"

"Great!"

Hearing that the holiday was over, a group of children immediately became cheerful, quickly packed up their books, and quickly rushed out with the book basket on their backs.

"Mid-Autumn Festival ......" Tang Lin's eyes flashed with a gleam, "I don't know if the eldest brother and second sister who went to the capital Shenwumen to campaign will not come back this year." ”

He quickly packed his things, left the academy, and went straight home.

Tang Lin's home is north of Dragon Elephant City, and the environment is relatively remote, so you can walk straight along the path outside the academy for half an hour.

From a distance, an old building towers over the deserted street, with many maple trees nearby, and the door is full of fallen leaves because no one has cleaned it, and it is sparsely populated, and there are two stone lions in front of the wide mansion, and the gate is open and unguarded.

The four big characters on the door are golden: Pure Yang Martial Arts Hall!

Walking through the gate, a straight bluestone road leads to the main hall. Tang Lin happily ran outside the main hall, and before he could enter, he heard a strange middle-aged man's voice from inside, "Tang Tian, your mansion has been rented for nine months now, you are ready to give me money, give me a deadline." ”

"Brother Lantian, I've been really nervous about money recently, although it is a martial arts hall, but you also know that martial arts halls are all over the city, and they are extremely competitive, our Pure Yang Martial Arts Hall is just a third-rate martial arts hall at most, with a low income, and I really can't get so much money for a while. A loud voice said with embarrassment.

Tang Lin could hear that it was his father's voice, he was a little puzzled, and secretly walked behind the stone pillar outside the main hall to look. I saw a middle-aged man standing in the hall, wide and fat, with a slight bulge in the lower abdomen, and a purple brocade on his body full of dignity, which should be the "Lantian Brother" in his father's mouth.

The father stood on the side, in a gray shirt, the exposed muscles were as hard as steel, and the burly and majestic body stood in front of the middle-aged man, but it seemed to be shorter than the other party, and the smile on his face was a little embarrassed and ugly.

"No money?" Lan Tian raised his eyebrows, "I think back then, your Pure Yang Martial Arts Pavilion was the number one martial arts hall in Dragon Elephant City, although it declined later, but the stored funds will never be less, right?"

Tang Lin, who overheard the first martial arts hall, was stunned for a moment.

In Tang Lin's opinion, his family is just a third-rate martial arts hall, and it is already very good to barely maintain it, how could it be the number one martial arts hall in Dragon Elephant City?

It seems that I have never heard my father say these words.

Tang Tian sighed bitterly, "That was my father's time, and then there were a lot of problems in the martial arts hall, and the funds were all spent, and our whole family shrunk back in food and clothing, where did we get the money." ”

Lantian sneered: "Don't pretend, some time ago, the Tianlong Martial Arts Pavilion was going to buy your mansion, and I was willing to spend three times the price to let you transfer it to them, but you refused, if you were really forced to do this, you would have sold it a long time ago, and you yourself said that now your Pure Yang Martial Arts Pavilion is just a third-rate small martial arts hall, and it is a complete waste of resources to occupy such a large leased land." ”

"The leased land of this mansion is owned by my grandfather's generation, and the foundation of my Tang family is here, and I will never transfer it to anyone!" Tang Tian raised his head and looked directly at Lantian, "As long as you give me two more months, I will definitely make up the money to give it to you." ”

"Two months?" Lan Tian smiled disdainfully, "What do you do with this little time?"

Tang Tian breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face, "Last year, my son and daughter went to the capital Shenwu Gate to campaign, and there will be news within two months, as long as they join the Shenwu Gate, it is possible to become a martial artist in the future, and it is very simple to come up with this lease money." ”

"I'm a three-year-old. Lan Tian glanced at him, his voice full of mockery, "Who doesn't know that your son is a waste who is weak in blood and blood, unable to cultivate martial arts, and can only go to the academy to study, what will happen in the future?"

Tang Tian's face sank, and he said coldly: "Lantian, you are not too much! I'm talking about my eldest son and daughter, they are less than eighteen years old this year, they are already high-level martial artists, they only need to work hard in the future, there is still hope to become a martial artist! And my youngest son, although he has been thin and weak since he was a child, but now his grades in the academy are also first-class, if he is promoted or Xie Yuan in the examination in the future, and gets an official and a half-position in the court, he can also be blessed for life, and he will never be a waste!"

His angry face exuded a cold momentum, and in an instant, he stood in front of Lan Tian like a giant.

Tang Lin's heart was shocked, and a stream of heat gushed out from his heart.

"Father......" His eyes moistened a little.

Since he was found to be congenitally deficient in martial arts at the age of six, he has been taken by his father to visit famous doctors, and he has taken a lot of medicinal herbs every day to nourish his body, but there is still no improvement. After the age of ten, it has passed the best bone shaping period, and it is difficult to achieve something in martial arts.

Since he was a child, he knew that his family was not wealthy, and the expenses of the martial arts hall were very large, so he had always been full of apologies and self-blame, and in order to save tuition, he even planned to drop out of school to find a job to subsidize the family.

Lan Tian's face changed when he was shocked by the momentum on Tang Tian's body, and he also said with a cold face: "I don't care about you so much, the Shenwu Gate in the capital is not so easy to enter, I will give you another month to give you a deadline, if you haven't handed it over, I will report to the government to sue you for breach of contract!"

Tang Tian's fists were clenched, staring at Lantian like an angry lion, his body trembling slightly with anger, and he couldn't speak.

Lan Tian was a little jealous in his heart, although he had the royal law of the imperial court, but after all, the person in front of him was a high-level martial artist, and he could tear himself apart in an instant, he snorted coldly, and was about to turn around and leave, when he suddenly thought of something, he looked at Tang Tian with a sneer.

"For the sake of old friends, by the way, the Tianlong Martial Arts Pavilion seems to be interested in the Wolong Pool behind your mansion, although it used to be a treasure of feng shui, but it has been overdeveloped for too long and has long been abandoned, you can sell it early while it still has a little value, and you can sell it for a few dollars." ”

After speaking, he didn't look at Tang Tian's gloomy face, and turned around and left leisurely.

"Bang!"

A palm slapped on the table, and the wooden table shattered into slag.

Tang Tian watched Lan Tian disappear at the gate of the mansion, his eyes almost bursting with fire.

Seeing his father's angry appearance, Tang Lin secretly gritted his teeth in his heart, "Tang Lin, Tang Lin, although you can't practice martial arts, as long as you study hard, you will still have a chance to stand out in the future. If you can raise people in the township examination, then you can serve as a civil official of the imperial court and get a salary, although it is not much, but it is enough to pay the rent. ”

In the Cangxue Dynasty, civil officials were far inferior to military officials, but this was Tang Lin's only way out at present.

He took a deep breath and clenched his fists.

"Who?" came his father's deep voice in the room.

Tang Lin secretly exclaimed in his heart, he didn't expect his father to be so keen, such strength, according to the records in the "Martial Classics", should be within three zhang, the realm where a needle drop can be heard.

He is worthy of being a high-level martial artist!

Secretly admiring, Tang Lin walked in and called out respectfully, "Father, it's me." ”

"Lin'er, why did you come back so early today. Seeing that it was Tang Lin, the haze on Tang Tian's face swept away, revealing a doting smile, and walked over to lift the heavy bookbasket on Tang Lin's body, "It's hard work, go and rest, and let Granny Song cook you something delicious at night." ”

"Father, is it true that the man just said that we used to be the number one martial arts hall in the city?" Tang Lin looked up at his tall father curiously.

Tang Tian was stunned for a moment and looked at him, "When did you come back?" ”

"Just now. Tang Lin said honestly.

Tang Tian's expression was a little complicated, he didn't want Tang Lin to know these things, although Tang Lin was sensible, but after all, he was still too young, "I didn't expect you to hear it, it seems that I am really old, and I didn't even notice that someone was ...... outside" There was bitterness in his voice.

Tang Lin felt a pain in his heart, and hurriedly stretched out his white and tender little hand to grab his father's rough big hand, feeling the calluses left by the martial arts practice on it, he felt even more pity in his heart, and said softly, "Father, you are not old, the book says that when you reach the age of forty, you are too focused to notice me." ”

Tang Tian's heart warmed, and he rubbed his son's black hair on his forehead, "You are the most sensible, I Tang Tian can have a son like you, and I have no regrets in this life." That person was right, in your grandfather's generation, our martial arts hall used to be the largest martial arts hall in the city, and everyone knew that even when the city lord came to my house, he would get off the sedan chair and stop the horse, but then something happened, and the martial arts hall began to decline. There was a deep sigh in his voice.

"What is it?" Tang Lin was even more curious.

Tang Tian didn't hide it anymore, hugged Tang Lin on his lap, sat on the deadwood chair and said slowly: "The most important thing in opening a martial arts hall is the secret of the exercises, the cultivation method, and the resources. Our Pure Yang Martial Arts Pavilion originally had a copy of the Pure Yang Martial Arts, but when your grandfather passed it on to me, the Pure Yang Martial Arts Scripture was nowhere to be found, and I couldn't find it no matter how I looked for it. ”

"At the beginning, because I was worried about being stolen, I didn't copy the copy, and I was still young at the time, there were eight layers of the Pure Yang Martial Arts, and I only practiced three layers, so after the Martial Arts Scripture was lost, the Martial Arts Hall did not have this set of Martial Arts as the core cultivation method as the foundation, but relied on the rest of the relatively medium exercises to practice, and the speed of the students' cultivation was extremely slow, so there were fewer and fewer people who came to sign up to practice martial arts. ”

"Since the Pure Yang Martial Scripture is so precious, why didn't it be collected?" Tang Lin wondered.

Tang Tian shook his head, "The Martial Arts Scripture is treasured very secretly, only your grandfather and I know it, but then I don't know how it disappeared, I suspect that it was stolen by other strong people, it's a pity that I didn't memorize the mantra of the next five layers at the beginning, otherwise with the qualifications of your eldest brother and sister, you will definitely be able to cultivate to the seventh layer before the age of twenty-five and become a powerful and honorable martial artist, in that case, our martial arts hall will not decline for at least two hundred years." ”

"It won't decline in two hundred years?" Tang Lin looked at him suspiciously.

"yes. Tang Tian stroked his son's hair with a smile, "Martial artists have vast magical powers, and their lifespans are at least two hundred years, even if there are no outstanding people in the next few generations, but with a martial artist in charge, the martial arts hall can continue to prosper." ”

"It's amazing!" Tang Lin exclaimed.

The lifespan of a mortal is eighty years at most, and it is extremely rare to live to be a hundred years old, let alone two hundred years old!

"That's right. Tang Lin suddenly said curiously: "The man said before, let you sell the Wolong Pond in the backyard, why don't you sell it? ”

Tang Tian smiled, "If I sell that, your grandfather will be so angry that he will jump out of the coffin." ”

"Huh?" Tang Lin opened his mouth wide.

"At the beginning, the two treasures of our martial arts hall, one is the Pure Yang Martial Arts, and the second is this Wolong Pool. Tang Tian smiled slightly, "Don't underestimate this Wolong Pool, although it is deserted now, but in those days, the water in it was extremely precious, and it could wash the marrow of the Book of Changes, even if it was a person after the age of ten, as long as it was soaked in it, it would be able to reshape the bones and practice martial arts." ”

"It's so amazing!" Tang Lin was stunned.

"This is the foundation of our martial arts hall, even if it is abandoned, it must not be discarded, you know?" Tang Tian said with a bit of seriousness in his smile.

Tang Lin nodded heavily, "Well, I see!"

......

Mid-Autumn Festival, full moon.

There was a stone table in the courtyard, Tang Lin and his father sat next to him to eat, and an old woman came up with a big bowl of soup and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, Xiaolin, this is your favorite bamboo shoot soup." ”

"Thank you, Grandma Song. Tang Lin cheered, and hurriedly took a big spoon and put it in the bowl to drink, "Wow, it's so hot." ”

"Slow down, you kid, you're always so anxious. Grandma Song smiled lovingly.

"The students in the martial arts hall have all gone home. Tang Tian looked at Grandma Song gently, "You can also sit down and eat." ”

Grandma Song smiled and nodded, she was used to this kind of life, she sat down next to Tang Lin gently, served him a spoonful of rice balls, and blew the hot air, "Hot, eat slowly." ”

"You eat too. Tang Lin pushed with his small hand, turned his head to look at his father, but saw him looking at the night sky courtyard in a trance, with a little sadness and loneliness on his face.

Tang Lin's heart ached, knowing that he remembered the events of the day again, he didn't know how to comfort him for a while, so he could only hate himself for being useless.

That's when --

"Ha, it's better to come early than to come soon!" a clear voice came from outside the courtyard door, with a joyful voice.

Tang Lin's eyes lit up, "It's the eldest brother who is back!" Hurriedly put down the bowl and stood up and ran, only to see that under the moonlight, a slender young man slowly walked from outside the door, his long black hair flew in the wind, with a bit of unruliness and frivolity, his sword eyebrows were slanted, and his starry eyes were full of bright light.

"Big brother!" Tang Lin shouted excitedly.

"Little nerd, do you miss your big brother?" the young man laughed, walked in, hugged Tang Lin in his arms, and rubbed his hair, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and I've grown taller again." ”

"Of course I want to, I think about it every day!" Tang Lin was in a mood, looked behind him, and said, "Sister, why is she not here?"

"Your sister is still in the capital, let me tell you good news, she was admitted to the Seven Star Martial Arts Pavilion, and she is already an official disciple in it, so she can't come back this year. The young man smiled, looked up at his father on the stone table, his eyes glowed with respect, and walked over and said, "Father, I'm back." ”

When Tang Tian saw his eldest son Tang Long, he was pleasantly surprised, his worries were swept away, and his face smiled, "Okay, okay, just come back, sit down and eat rice balls." ”

"Hmm!" Tang Long sat down casually, and after greeting Grandma Song next to him, he looked at Tang Lin beside him, with a doting smile flashing in his eyes, "Little nerd, have you studied hard lately?"

"Absolutely. Tang Lin said happily: "Today, Mr. said the exam results, ten questions, I am the only one in the academy who is all right!"

Tang Long said with a smile: "I knew that your little nerd's grades would definitely not be bad, for the sake of your hard work, my brother rewarded you with a fun thing." ”

"Huh?" Tang Tian and Tang Lin both looked over.

I saw Tang Long take out a piece of jade pendant from the clothes in his arms, which glowed with vigor in the moonlight, "This was bought for you by the way when my sister and I visited the capital, do you like it?" he smiled and handed it to Tang Lin.

Tang Lin's eyes were completely attracted by the green light on this jade pendant, and he suddenly woke up, and quickly shook his head and said, "No, this is too precious, it won't be good if I lose it." ”

Tang Long said with a smile: "If you lose it, just buy another one, take it, what the eldest brother gave you, don't accept it!"

Tang Lin knew his surname, coupled with the love in his heart, so he only took it lightly and found that this jade pendant was extremely exquisite, like a jade-colored gem.

Tang Tian glanced at the jade pendant, with a smile in his eyes, then turned his head to look at Tang Long, and asked, "You just said that Xiaofeng was admitted to the Seven Star Martial Arts Hall in the capital?"

Facing his father's questioning, Tang Long was very respectful, nodded and said: "Yes, when I went to the capital, my little sister and I went to the Shenwu Gate to participate in the assessment first, but the assessment of this Shenwu Gate is too strict, it is worthy of being the first martial arts hall in the capital, this time only eight people were admitted, all of them are the pinnacle of high-level martial arts, and we are only one step away from reaching the realm of martial arts, and we have been brushed down." ”

"Then my little sister and I went to the Seven Star Martial Arts Hall, although the Seven Star Martial Arts Hall is second to the Shenwu Gate, but it is also the second largest martial arts hall in the capital, after many assessments, the little sister was admitted, as for me, I played abnormally in the assessment, coupled with my own level is not enough, I was defeated...... "There was a little gloom in his eyes.

Tang Lin laughed and said: "Big brother, you and your second sister practice martial arts together, but you are not as good as her, are you lazy every day." ”

Hearing his teasing voice, Tang Long couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Okay, you little nerd, you dare to make fun of me, see that I don't scratch you." "Scratch the itch.

The two were laughing together, and Grandma Song was full of smiles.

Tang Tian's heart was pounding.

Sky!

His daughter was admitted to the Seven Star Martial Arts Gym!

Originally, this time he asked Tang Long and Xiaofeng to go to the Shenwu Gate assessment, he didn't have much hope, as a person who runs the martial arts hall, he knows the severity of the Shenwu Gate assessment, this ancient martial arts hall has stood for countless years, when he was young, he didn't run for the assessment, and his son and daughter were brushed down, he was not too surprised.

It's just that he didn't expect that his daughter would be able to enter the Seven Star Martial Arts Gym!

In the Cangxue Dynasty, there are two major martial arts halls that are the most powerful forces, and the branch halls are all over the world, namely the Shenwu Gate and the Seven Star Martial Arts Hall, and in terms of real strength, the Shenwu Gate is slightly stronger than the Seven Star Martial Arts Hall, and the top ten marshals in the empire, six of them are all out of the Shenwu Gate, but the Seven Star Martial Arts Hall should not be underestimated, the warriors in it are like clouds, and the legendary martial gods exist.

Such a big martial arts hall, his daughter enters it, and the achievements in the future can be imagined, as long as you work hard, becoming a martial artist is not a problem!

For a medium-sized city like Dragon Elephant City, which is located in a relatively remote part of the dynasty, the prefect has to salute when he sees a warrior, which shows the dignity of a warrior!

"Daughter......" Tang Tian's eyes showed a glint of excitement.

Late at night.

After eating, the eldest brother was called by his father, Tang Lin returned to the house alone, lit the oil lamp, looked at the empty house, and felt some indescribable emptiness in his heart.

"Now that the eldest brother is defeated, he must be taking care of the martial arts hall at home and inheriting his father's identity as the owner of the hall in the future, and the second sister is in the Seven Star Martial Arts Pavilion, and she will definitely be a powerful martial artist in the near future and return to her hometown. Tang Lin sat on the chair, and his mind couldn't help but drift away.

"What about me, what can I do in the future?"

"Could it be that God is destined that I, Tang Lin, really can't practice martial arts?"

Tang Lin clenched his fists slightly, this question had already been asked countless times in his heart, but in the face of the cruel truth, it was gradually erased by the dull years, and at this moment he remembered it again, and a hot current welled up in his heart.

"I don't believe it, I can only follow the text in my life, I'm not reconciled!"

Tang Lin abruptly stood up from his chair, with a resolute glint in his eyes, left the house, and walked towards the empty field outside the door. The cold moonlight shone on him like a cold winter frost.

"Kang Long Jin!"

Tang Lin recalled in his mind that when his father had taught martial arts hall students, he had practiced a set of powerful boxing techniques, and the blood in his body seemed to be gradually aroused, and he slowly sank his waist and stomach with the movements in his memory, as if his father's words sounded in his ears: "Kanglong Fist, can train the three hundred and sixty muscles and bones of the body like steel, punch with fierce strength, force through the legs, fists are like sharp arrows, one punch on the stump, the leaves of the entire tree tip will explode!"

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