The next morning, after eating, they left the inn. When I arrived at the newly bought house, I found that the fat man was already waiting there, directing people to move furniture into the house. These furniture materials are ordinary, they should be made of local wood, but they are decent, sturdy and durable, the workmanship is still very good, and they are relatively complete, large and small pieces are all-inclusive, and a set of pots and pans are also presented, and you can live when you move in.

Li Cuilian's mother and daughter and Lao Liaotou are very satisfied with the furniture of the farmhouse, although it is expensive, but if it is really as Wu Lun said, it can ensure safety, it is nothing. They thanked Wu Lun and Liu Jizu again.

Wu Lun sighed with emotion: "I finally lived up to my husband's entrustment and delivered your mother and daughter safely, and my step-ancestor and I have completed the task." If you have something to do in the future, you can go to that Mr. Ji for small things, and you can come to me and Chuanzong through him for big things. and these are the remaining sixty taels of silver, and ye shall collect them. We still have to go to the sect to do business, so we won't stay long. After speaking, he took out a money bag from his bosom and handed it over.

Li Cuilian didn't answer, saying that this was Wu Lun and Liu Jizu's hard work, but Wu Lun shook his head and said: "You just moved here now, and it costs money to do anything, so let's put it away!" After speaking, he stuffed the money bag into Li Cuilian's hand and left.

Li Cuilian didn't refuse, she and Lao Liaotou and his wife were very reluctant, but they knew that they couldn't keep it, so they had to say goodbye with tears.

Li Ruping still has to pester Liu Jizu to teach her martial arts, Liu Jizu has found time to teach her a lot these days, but she is still not satisfied.

Wu Lun saw it and helped Liu Jizu relieve the siege and said: "That's what the sect can teach, the regulations of the master can't meet the requirements, and the martial arts can't be taught." When you practice these well, you can go to other sects to learn martial arts, you can't enter our sect!"

Li Ruping had no choice but to pout and let Liu Jizu leave.

Wu Lun and his wife, Liu Jizu, and Seventh Sister took Xiao Hei to say goodbye and drove the mule cart to continue walking towards the mountain. The mountain road is getting higher and higher, and there are no farmland and cottages on both sides of the road, and there are fewer pedestrians on the road. Both sides of the road are rocks or trees, but the road is not bumpy and is very flat.

Liu Jizu looked at it, such a long road was actually paved with stone slabs, looking at these stone slabs, Liu Jizu seemed to understand why the sect needed so much money. Some places on the road are very steep, it is a natural pass, and there is really a momentum that cannot be opened. Whenever he went to such a place, Wu Lun would stop, take out his waist card and shake it on both sides of the road before continuing to move forward. But Liu Jizu didn't see anyone, and he didn't know who he showed it to. After walking for another half a day, I finally came to a small town.

At first glance, this town is nothing, but on closer inspection, it is very different from ordinary villages and towns. The first is that the town is very clean and tidy, the houses are all wooden, built in a quaint style, and the roads are also paved with stone slabs and are spotlessly clean. On both sides of the road, there are four long green trees, all as thick as three people hugging each other, and you can tell at a glance that this town has been around for a long time. The second is that the people in the town are also very clean, unlike the average village and town. If you look carefully, Liu Jizu found that there were no farmers in this town, and most of the pedestrians were well-dressed. Either dressed as a scribe or a warrior, and some of the busy ones were merchants and men. The last difference is that many people are surrounded by animals, and there are different kinds of animals. Although many people in ordinary villages and towns have cats and dogs and other animals, it is still rare to follow their owners around like this.

At this time, Liu Jizu suddenly thought of some communities he had seen in his previous life, and many people came out with their pets for a walk after dinner, which was somewhat similar to the current scene. However, although the animals here are mainly dogs, there are also many other animals, and these animals are relatively obedient. Except for a few dogs who will sniff their buttocks and say hello when they meet their own kind, and bark when they meet a different species, they don't see that kind of chase and fight.

Liu Jizu guessed that these animals were probably domesticated by the Psychic Hall.

The houses in the town are built along both sides of the road, and there is an inn and a restaurant on the left and right sides of the town. Looking at the scale, it is estimated that there are backyards, each house has a door number at the door, although the town is small, it has everything to operate, what firewood, grain, vegetables and vegetables, oil and salt, tea and wine, poultry and livestock, clothing, porcelain, ironware, furniture, groceries, medicine, carriages and horses, weapons are all included.

There is only one that says craftsman and post booth, which Liu Jizu has never seen in other towns. Asked Wu Lun, Wu Lun explained: "This is a town that provides services for our sect, and it is all run by the sect itself. People in the sect will come here to buy all kinds of needs. The artisan shop is specially designed to find craftsmen to customize things for you, and the post booth is for sending and receiving letters. Don't underestimate these shops, most of the things they sell are shipped from the capital, except for grain and those seasonal things. The deacons in the capital are the best choices, and of course the prices are also expensive. If you have any special needs, you can also tell these shops, as long as you can buy it in the capital, they will buy it for you, as long as the money is enough. ”

Liu Jizu thought to himself that this was really good, a bit like the errand service in his previous life.

At the end of the road are two houses side by side, also with house signs, the one on the left that says Take, and the one on the right that says Inquiry.

Wu Lun pointed to the two houses and said, "This place is responsible for receiving and inquiring. There are three main types of people who come to us, and the first type of people are the businessmen and men you see, who come here to deliver things and do business. They all have the street signs given to them by the sect, otherwise they can't get in at all, and they are dealing with the deacons in the town's shops. There were also a small number of merchants who came to try their luck, and they brought their own good things to sell, and were received by the deacon at the foot of the mountain. If the stuff is really good, it will also be sent to them. We have high requirements for goods, and the price we give is also high, as long as the goods are good, we have never treated these merchants badly.

The second type of people are specially here to spend money on errands. If you have a doorway, you know that there are our strongholds in various big cities, so you don't use it here. There are still some who have no way out, and I don't know where our stronghold is, so we can only come here all the way. The deacon at the bottom of the hill would also give him a sign, telling him to come here and consult the house with the 'Inquiry' sign on it. As you know, our fees are very expensive, and ordinary people can't afford to pay them, so it's either rich or expensive to come here. ”

"The third type of people, who are like us, are here to identify the identity of official disciples, and they are going to the room with the 'Introduction' sign on it. Our sect never accepts outsiders to come to apprentice by themselves, they are all selected by the official disciples themselves, and they must be observed for at least three years, and after reaching the standard, they will teach martial arts, and then come here to identify after leaving the teacher. In this way, it is equivalent to a long period of observation and selection process, and the disciple's character and martial arts skills can be guaranteed. ”

Liu Jizu was very emotional, thinking that the sect that could be inherited for so many years really has its own uniqueness! Liu Jizu asked, "Then what if it can't meet the standards of the sect?"

"It's very common, but don't worry too much, you're better than me at the moment, otherwise I wouldn't have let you come. Such disciples who have not been recognized and those who have not passed the certification are registered disciples. If they give up the test or fail the test, the sect will also have a separate rule to explain to them. Not only can these registered disciples not be able to enjoy the benefits given by the sect, but they also have to pay tuition fees to the sect, and they are also subject to many restrictions. Therefore, the master carefully selects the apprentices and trains them strictly, just so that the disciples can pass the recognition of the sect, otherwise the hard work of the past ten years will be in vain. ”

Liu Jizu nodded when he heard this, thinking that this sect is really good at calculating!

Wu Lun took the two of them to the receiving place, where a young deacon was on duty, feeding a mink, and when he saw someone, he hurriedly trotted over to greet him.

Wu Lun explained his intention, and the man said, "It turned out to be Uncle Wu, we have been waiting for you for a long time." This is Senior Brother Li, at first glance, he has an outstanding character! Come with me, it's late today, you can rest for one night, and you can only test it tomorrow. After speaking, he opened a door next to him, and Wu Lun and the others drove the mule cart and followed the deacon to the back of the door.

Behind the door was an inn, and the deacon had arranged for them before leaving. It was dinner time, and the inn had prepared a special dinner for the four of them.

Wu Lun looked at these meals and said: "I only ate this kind of meal once when the master took me back to the sect for the first time, I heard that it is called the Zhuang Body Banquet, which is only prepared for new disciples when they come to test, and others can't eat it if they want to." ”

This meal is really special, Liu Jizu has eaten a lot of things that he has never eaten and does not know, the taste is very ordinary, and even a little weird and bland.

Wu Lun asked him to eat more, "These foods are medicinal foods, which can enhance physical strength and help for tomorrow's test." Many years ago, due to the relatively low pass rate of people who came to the test, the sect was very worried. So an elder came up with an idea to prepare special food for the disciples who came to the test to boost their physical strength, and the results were still good. Although it doesn't increase the physical strength of the test disciples much, even if it can increase by one or two per year, it is still cost-effective for the sect, so this has slowly become a common practice.

When Liu Jizu heard this, he could only force himself to eat as much as possible.

This meal is really supplemented, I don't know what was added, anyway, Liu Jizu was hot when he slept at night, and his lower body was swollen all the time, it seems that this meal is really not small, I don't know what it is made of. He couldn't eat it, Wu Lun ate it cleanly as a baby, and said that he was violent and didn't know the benefits of these things.

Early the next morning, the deacon from yesterday came early, arranged for the inn to prepare a special breakfast, and prepared a big bowl of broth for Liu Jizu alone. This soup tastes good, there is meat and some medicinal herbs in it, but Liu Jizu doesn't know it.

Under the watchful eye of the deacon, he ate his breakfast and bowl of soup. The deacon saw that Liu Jizu had eaten a lot and drank the soup, so he became happy and said, "Senior brother, I think you will definitely pass the test." I have counted, everything that is less than half a catty for breakfast, almost no play, can eat more than one catty, five or six out of ten are successful, can eat one and a half catties, seven or eight out of ten, you have eaten two catties, and drank the soup, nine times out of ten, you can pass the test. Senior brother, it's up to you whether I can marry a daughter-in-law!"

Liu Jizu wondered, "What does this mean, why does it have anything to do with me if you marry a daughter-in-law and I can't pass the test?"

"Senior brother, I'm not afraid of your jokes. We come here to guard in turns, as long as someone passes the test while on duty, the sect will reward that person with a sum of money, I am unlucky that it has not opened for half a year, and the little money in the courtyard is not enough to prepare the bride price. ”

Liu Jizu couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to say that he would do his best.

The deacon said to Wu Lun again: "Uncle Shi, your application has been reported, and the result will be available soon." Let's follow the junior brother to test first, and it is estimated that the test will be completed, and the results will come out. After saying that, he led a few people to the back of the inn, behind which was a flat stone road, and the men had already prepared the mule cart. Wu Lun drove the mule cart, and the deacon walked beside him to lead the way.

The scenery behind the door is better, it is estimated that someone is taking care of it, the mountains and rivers on both sides are scattered, the flowers and plants are flourishing, and there are many rain shelters with seats. The surrounding forks were also paved with stone slabs, and there were many pedestrians, mostly to the town in front of them, and from a distance there were many houses in the valley at the end of these roads.

Liu Jizu estimated that he walked along the stone road for about ten minutes and came to a house on the side of the road. If you look at the courtyard wall, you can see that the backyard of this house is very large. There is a plaque on the door of the house that reads 'Trial Place' in ancient characters. The young deacon tied up the mule cart and led the people into the trial.

In the trial room, there were two old men sitting playing chess, estimated to be about sixty years old, with ruddy faces and gray beards. Wu Lun saw the waist cards of the two people, and hurriedly took Liu Jizu forward to salute, and said: "Hello two elders, my name is Wu Lun, this is my apprentice who I accepted outside, and now I am out of the school, and I have come to the sect to participate in the test." Liu Jizu also saluted.

The two old men stood up with a smile, they were actually a little taller than Wu Lun, and the two of them returned the salute to Wu Lun and said, "Welcome Senior Brother Wu home, we will meet more often in the future, and we should be closer and closer." This is Senior Nephew Li, right?" After speaking, he looked at Liu Jizu carefully.

Wu Lun said: "Yes, I have been teaching him for ten years. ”

The two old men came to Liu Jizu, and their body was still very flexible. They reached out and began to pinch Liu Jizu's limb bones, nodding while pinching, and asked, "How old is it?"

Liu Jizu was pinched a little painfully, and said with a grin: "I just turned sixteen." ”

One of them turned his head and asked Wu Lun, "How is my nephew's family?"

Liu Jizu was about to reply that it was all good, but Wu Lun replied first: "His grandfather is the strongest in the local area, and his father is not bad!"

The two of them nodded after listening, "Well, the planting is good, there is still room for improvement! The body is also good, it is estimated that you can grow from your appearance, come in and test it! You guys have some tea here and wait, Xiaohua, you are greeting!" After speaking, he took Liu Jizu to the backyard.

The backyard is very large, unbelievably large, much like a modern sports field, except that the surrounding plastic track has been replaced by a fine gravel road, and the lawn in the middle has been replaced by a martial arts field and a training ground, on which there are various exercise equipment, and many people and animals are exercising on the field. However, the animals in this group are relatively simple, mainly large dogs. In addition to the entrance to the trial area, there are three other doors in the other three directions of this backyard, all of which are open, and it is estimated that they lead to various residences.

One of the old men said: "Let me give you a brief introduction to the content of the trial, which is divided into two parts, one is physical fitness, and the other is martial arts. Let's test your physical fitness first, you go to the room over there, and take off your coat and heavy objects on your body. ”

Liu Jizu was a little embarrassed when he heard this, but when he thought that this was a master, he put his mind at ease again, and followed the elder to a room at the back of the room, which contained a few chairs, a table, and a large shelf, I don't know what it was for.

An elder came to the wooden shelf, pointed to the chair, and said, "Put your clothes on the chair, take off your shoes, and come to the shelf." ”

The two elders watched Liu Jizu take off his coat and saw the inner armor, arm guards and treasure bag inside.

One of them smiled and said: "It seems that your master is good to you, he has prepared good equipment for you before he becomes an official disciple, and he can take it off, he can't use it for the test, and it can help you reduce a lot of burden!"

Liu Jizu had no choice but to take it off, and came to the wooden frame barefoot, and the elder next to the wooden frame asked him to lean on a pillar of the wooden frame, and took a folding ruler and put it on top of his head, which turned out to measure his height. Another elder was nearby, holding a wooden board in his hand, taking notes. After measuring his height, the elder holding the folding ruler asked Liu Jizu to come under the shelf, untied a rope sleeve from the side, and let Liu Jizu sit on it.

Only then did Liu Jizu understand that this was a big name.

After weighing, the weight is chest circumference, hip circumference, shoulder width, leg length, arm span, etc.

Liu Jizu thought to himself, what are you doing with this, but not picking actors.

After these measurements, the elder in charge of the measurements asked Liu Jizu to get dressed, but he didn't let him put back the inner armor arm guards and the treasure bag. The elder who recorded next to him sat down next to him, took out a notebook from the side, kept flipping and writing on the table, and after a while, said: "Yes, it is more than 20 catties heavier than a person of this size, which means that the muscles are strong, the bones are strong, and the grades are excellent." ”

The other old man nodded and said to Liu Jizu: "It's about the same as I estimated, let's test the speed and endurance, and I'll light a fine incense in the house later, you run along the lap outside, see how many laps you can run in this incense stick." This is the standard incense, and it is indoors, about a quarter of an hour, you have to arrange the speed, calculate that you can run 20 laps to qualify, don't use up all your strength at once. ”

Liu Jizu nodded and came outside to prepare.

An elder lit incense and motioned for him to run.

After taking off those weights, Liu Jizu felt easier to run. It seems that the two old men are very experienced, and it is not difficult for him to make twenty laps in half an hour. He finished it quickly, and after twenty laps, the old man in charge of timing also signaled him not to run, he was already qualified.

Liu Jizu stopped, it is estimated that he ran for about 20 minutes, which is about the same amount of exercise as his warm-up, he thought that he had such a result in his previous life, and he was probably an athlete.

The two old men were very happy, let Liu Jizu rest for a while, and then introduce him to the following test content. The next item is a strength test, there are several items such as lifting stone locks, holding iron rings, pushing stone doors, and pulling stones to grind, which Liu Jizu passed more easily, and the results were excellent.

The two old men became more and more happy, and their attitude towards Liu Jizu became better and better, and after measuring their strength, they also prepared tea for him to drink. When he finished drinking the water, he asked him if he wanted to take a break.

Liu Jizu said no.

One of them said: "Then let's test the second part, the martial arts test, you first go to the martial arts arena and show us the martial arts you have learned." ”

Liu Jizu came to the martial arts arena, and more than a dozen young people immediately surrounded him, Liu Jizu arched his hand, said I want to start, and showed his martial arts. He used the two martial arts together, so that the power of the fist technique and the speed of the leg technique were combined, and the two elders couldn't help nodding, and the young people around him also cast approving glances. After the martial arts were displayed, Liu Jizu saluted the two elders again, signaling that he had finished practicing.

The elder in charge of the measurement smiled and said to the people around him: "You have also seen it, it is the fist method and the leg method, who wants to end the game?

A young man next to him smiled and said, "Elder Mu, what kind of task is it?"

Elder Mu smiled and said: "You kid is suitable, just try it out in the end, and it's not difficult, if you lose, you can only count as tenth, and if you win, you can count as ninth." ”

The young man said, "Okay, I'm short of money, so I'll accompany this junior brother to practice!"

Elder Mu nodded, and said to Liu Jizu: "This is the second item, this time empty-handed, the martial arts that your master reported to you are Honghuang Quan and Pingjibu, and your senior brother is also practicing fists and feet. You remember, if you are knocked down, you can't get up within five numbers and lose, and if you are beaten off the field, you can hold on to half a stick of incense or knock the opponent down and play outside the field is considered qualified, do you hear clearly!"

When Liu Jizu heard this, he remembered that he was like this when he fought against his master, the rules were similar, and it was not difficult to adapt, it was estimated that the master did it intentionally.

Another elder lit incense, and when he saw it, he bowed to the other party, and the other party returned the salute, and the two sides started to move.

This fight made Liu Jizu addicted, he could only fight with Wu Lun before, but Wu Lun is old after all, he only knows those few sets of martial arts, and the boxing method will only be the same, and it will inevitably be boring after a long time.

The martial arts used by this young man are obviously different from his own, and he will also use leg techniques and a set of punches along the way. But his boxing technique is not based on fierceness, but on being short, fast and accurate, and he specifically aims at the weaknesses of Liu Jizu's protection. looked at the fist speed was not fast, but at the moment of contact, it would suddenly exert force, which made Liu Jizu suffer several losses. His leg method is also very unique, unlike Ping's step, which focuses on improving the strength and speed of the attack, it is more auxiliary, his leg method is a leg method that pays equal attention to body and attack, dodge flexibly, make good use of toes and knees to attack, the attack is very strong, it hurts to hit the body, Liu Jizu took several hits. But the other party was not comfortable, although he hit Liu Jizu several times, but Liu Jizu just frowned, and it did not have much impact, it can be seen that after Wu Lun's hellish strict training, Liu Jizu's ability to resist attacks is extremely strong. And every time he came into contact with Liu Jizu's limbs and fists, he was very painful. Because Liu Jizu's strength is much greater than him, and his bones are much harder.

The latter two both figured out each other's ways and adjusted their fighting methods, and the other party tried to avoid contact with Liu Jizu as much as possible, but dodged through his body, and then waited for an opportunity to attack the other party. But Liu Jizu began to chase him and beat him, and he used the Honghuang Fist to the extreme.

In the past, I was always unhappy with Wu Lun, but this time I finally had enough fun, and I saw Liu Jizu's fist shadow and the opponent's dodging figure all over the scene. By the time the fight reached about five minutes, Liu Jizu had already figured out the opponent's strength and fighting style, and he was sure that he would knock the opponent down in the next move. But Liu Jizu is cautious, he thinks he should not be too public, just pass the test, and don't offend people. And this person looks pretty good, and he doesn't use any tricks to damage himself, and it's the first time he has encountered such an opponent, which is really rare. Fighting with him is also very helpful to your actual combat, and it is good to practice more, so it's better to stick to it until the end of time.

So, he took the initiative to collect three points of strength and continued to fight with the other party. On the surface, it seems that the other party has more actual combat experience, Liu Jizu has more physical strength, and both sides want to knock each other down or leave the court. But it was difficult to do so in a short period of time, and as time went by, half of the incense burned out in a blink of an eye.

Seeing that the incense was extinguished, Elder Mu hurriedly shouted to stop, but the rise of the two sides was inseparable. Seeing this, Elder Mu was afraid that it would be bad if someone on both sides would be injured if the fight continued, so he hurriedly jumped into the middle, pushed and pulled, and used a skillful hand, and the two were separated by a wrong hand.

Liu Jizu and the other party were separated, the other party was a little tired, panting, Liu Jizu was not tired, but he also pretended to be panting.

However, the two sides really enjoyed the fight, the other party came over first, and arched his hand: "My name is Sun Xing, I don't know what to call the virtuous brother?

Liu Jizu also hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "My name is Li Chuanzong, and I admire my senior brother's martial arts very much!

Elder Mu smiled and said: "Okay, okay, and you have to show your feelings! Sect Inheritance, I think you should have won the battle this time, first, you are young, he is twenty years old, how can you compare; second, you have just started to walk the rivers and lakes, and you have little experience in fighting with people, he will have to pay the tuition, given time, when you have more strength and experience, he will definitely not be your opponent." Besides, your martial arts have to be combined with inner armor, arm guards and fist gloves, which is a martial art born out of the battlefield, and it is really rare to be able to play to this level!"

Sun Xing didn't care, "What the elder said is that the junior brother is terrifying, but I'm also improving, isn't this saving money to learn new martial arts!"

Liu Jizu also hurriedly said a few words modestly and politely.

At this time, another elder came over and said, "Alright, you've passed the test." You are now our official disciple, come and sign your name. A few of you will also sign and be a witness. ”