The crowd was silent and continued to walk forward until they came to a dilapidated rammed-earth beacon.

Suddenly, I heard someone shouting on the high pier platform: "Military important places, idlers retreat!" ”

Then the sound of footsteps sounded, and three soldiers with knives and guns ran out of the platform.

The leader was dressed in bamboo armor, with long arms and legs, and a big head on his neck, staring at a pair of bull's eyes, his face was suspicious.

"Who are you?"

Yang Lin didn't speak, and took out a round and jade tooth tag from his waist to show him.

The big-headed soldier saw the pattern on the tooth card, was taken aback, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Excellency, ......"

The two soldiers behind him were stunned for a moment, and they also bowed.

Yang Lin waved his hand casually, stopped the three of them, and said with a pleasant face: "I'll wait here to take a look, if you are disturbed, don't blame it." ”

The big-headed soldier's head shook like a rattle, and he said continuously: "Don't bother, don't bother." ”

Zhong Yewu saw that these three soldiers were all wearing leather armor and looked like they were exposed to the wind and sun, and said curiously: "Now that the war is over, what are you guys doing guarding the beacon tower here?" ”

The big-headed soldier said "hey" and looked to the north, "Those Tartars don't keep their word, they often come to steal chickens and dogs, and when we found out, we lit a beacon fire and notified the garrison to drive them out." ”

"Now that the autumn harvest is approaching, we have to prevent them from coming to harvest the wheat."

Zhao Lin glanced at the broken beacon tower and asked, "It's not easy to go down the mountain here, is it convenient for you to live?" ”

The big-headed soldier grinned and said, "There is food hoarded in the mound, enough to eat for half a year." ”

"Half a year?"

Xiang Bao was surprised: "You stay on this mountain for half a year? ”

"Hmm."

Several of the soldiers nodded at the same time.

Xiang Bao asked, "Isn't it hard?" ”

The big-headed soldier scratched his head, "It's okay, there are more mosquitoes in summer, and it's cold in winter." In fact, it's nothing, we eat military rations, and we have the responsibility to defend the land. ”

When Xiang Bao, Zhao Lin and the others heard this, they couldn't help but be in awe.

……

The day after returning from Yueguan Mountain, Yang Lin sent someone to call Zhao Lin to the Red Banyan Pavilion.

Zhao Lin walked into the hall and saw Yang Lin sitting on the top, with Elder Shui Jing on the side, and he probably understood what was going on.

Yang Lin, as the head of the academy, was responsible for the overall strategy of the disciples' cultivation, but the specific exercises were still taught by the Dancing Elephant Elder.

On the one hand, due to the scarcity of martial artists in the Yuan Realm, it is impossible to equip the inner courtyard with five more elders.

On the other hand, it is also because most of the disciples in the inner courtyard are from the Dancing Elephant Academy, and the elders are more familiar with the disciples and can give suitable cultivation suggestions.

Elder Shui Jing appeared here, explaining that he wanted to pass on the exercises to himself.

"Head of Courtyard Yang, Elder Shuijing." Zhao Lin saluted.

"Sit down."

Yang Lin smiled and pointed to the chair in front of him.

Zhao Lin walked over and sat down and waited quietly.

Yang Lin touched the eight-character hook on his lips, and suddenly asked, "The next martial arts competition will start in the spring of the year after tomorrow, you know?" ”

Zhao Lin responded: "The disciple knows. ”

Yang Lin let out a "hmm" and said, "You've been in the inner courtyard for almost a month, and according to the usual practice, it's time to teach you the exercises." ”

"You're eighteen years old, and you'll just turn twenty when you come next. I believe that with your talent, you should be able to enter the top ten in the inner courtyard at that time and compete in the martial arts court! ”

Speaking of this, he changed his words: "But twenty years old is still too young, and the cultivation time of one and a half years is too short, so I want to perform in the martial arts competition...... Hard! There has to be a trade-off. ”

"So I want to ask you, do you want to improve your realm in a down-to-earth manner, and set your goal on the martial arts competition in five or even eight years, or do you want to practice a few exercises, quickly improve your combat power, and make contributions at the next martial arts competition?"

Zhao Lin did not answer immediately, but fell silent.

It's a dilemma.

If you choose the former, you must go all out to practice the Guihai Technique, and at most one more exercise, you should be able to break through to the Blood Realm within two years.

This is also the choice of most disciples who enter the inner court, first ascending to the realm, and then practicing the exercises.

But if you do this, it will be difficult for you to fight against a lot of strong opponents in the martial arts competition.

Not to mention, the strength shown by the four great disciples a few days ago shocked him.

If you choose to strengthen your combat power, then you have to practice several exercises at the same time, such as fist strength, leg strength, claw strength, footwork, etc., and the realm can only be put aside for the time being.

Everyone wants to do both, but it's extremely difficult.

Because if you want to push your qi and blood to a higher realm, you need to cultivate the Guihai Jue for at least two hours a day, and you have to leave time for the meridians to rest and recover.

Forcibly cultivating the exercises can only make both sides discounted.

Zhao Lin thought for a moment and replied, "Sect leader, the disciple wants to make a difference in two years!" ”

In fact, from Yang Lin's tone, Zhao Lin knew that he wanted to take a long-term view, but after weighing it, he still chose to improve his combat power first.

Because I have a spirit animal diagram.

There is no need to wait five years.

Strive to achieve good results in the martial arts competition, and then obtain a large amount of resources from the reward to enter the Yuan realm as quickly as possible.

Only by becoming a Yuan Realm martial artist can you have the right to read all the martial arts classics of the sect.

It is said that there is no end to martial arts, and the innate realm is over?

Even if this is the case, the exercises are all created by people, and they will study a set of exercises by themselves, and add another realm to the innate realm!

Yang Lin was stunned when he heard this, but Elder Shui Jing laughed and said to the former, "Look, I'm right, right?" ”

Yang Lin frowned and said, "You have to think about it, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it." Do you think Xiao Jin is amazing? The last tournament was only in the top 16. ”

Zhao Lin said seriously: "Thank you for the reminder, the disciple wants to give it a try." ”

Yang Lin stopped talking, his face was slightly gloomy.

The reason why he hesitated was because a talented disciple like Zhao Lin was too difficult to encounter, and he had to cultivate carefully, and once he practiced something wrong, he would waste a good seedling of martial arts in vain.

Seeing this, Elder Shui Jing said in a low voice: "Zhao Lin is naturally strong, and he can compete for a very high ranking, which is very advantageous in the Martial Dynasty Meeting, and he may be able to go further." ”

Zhao Lin knew that Elder Shui Jing was helping him speak, and immediately gave him a grateful look.

Yang Lin pondered for a long time, and finally sighed, "Okay, I'll promise you first, and allow you to practice several exercises at the same time." ”

"But every other month I'll check your cultivation progress, but if there's a little problem, stop immediately!"

Zhao Lin said solemnly: "Yes, thank you to the head of the hospital!" ”

Yang Lin nodded, "Okay!" Let's look at it the same, your three yin claws have become small, and you can continue to cultivate, but your boxing skills need to be changed. ”

"Shi Xiao boxing is a quick success method, although the power is good, but it has not been promoted, and it must be replaced with better boxing skills or palm skills."

"I still want to practice boxing."

Zhao Lin said immediately.

When he was in the Qi Realm, he had already figured it out, and when he arrived in the Blood Realm, he immediately practiced the Heavenly Frost Fist, so that his cold and icy true qi would also be useful, and he would no longer have to be careful to cover it.

Yang Lin was noncommittal, and looked at Elder Shuijing.

(End of chapter)