The ox cart carried Luo Xiao walking slowly, and when the sky was about to darken, he came to a small village called "Balitun" outside Yishui City, because it was exactly eight miles away from Yishui City, and this was the residence where Luo Xiao had lived for nearly two years.

Although the housing price in Yishui City is not expensive, it is not something that a low-level grassroots like him can afford to live in - or rather, he can barely afford to live, but it is really not cost-effective, it is better to live in a small market town or village outside the city.

There is a student dormitory in Xiuwutang, and the accommodation fee is cheap, after all, it is a government-run school, but he doesn't dare to live there. He never dared to live in the same room with others, for fear that one day he would talk in his dreams and reveal things that he shouldn't say, cutting off his hard-won martial arts path.

Therefore, living in a small village outside the city is the most suitable choice for him.

Generally, there are a large number of market towns and villages scattered around the city, different sizes, even in these villages, Balitun also belongs to the bottom category, the total of the whole tun is only more than 20 households, more than 100 people. In the penultimate household of Tunwei, a dilapidated two-entry courtyard made of stones is Luo Xiao's residence.

Although the courtyard is dilapidated, it is strong and the area is large enough, and there is a martial arts training ground that has been leveled out by Luo Xiao in the front yard. He was satisfied with the place where he had lived for two years.

When it gets dark in the mountain village, there is basically no one moving, so Luo Xiao entered the village all the way and did not meet any villagers. He opened the courtyard door directly, returned to the hut, lit the oil lamp, and then opened all the doors and windows, so that the evening breeze could blow away all the peculiar smells caused by the long period of uninhabited people. At the same time, hold the lamp and check all corners of the house, beds, tables, tables and chairs to see if there are rats, insects and ants.

After cleaning around, Luo Xiao carried a wooden bucket to the well to fetch water, and rinsed it with the cold well water. When wiping the body, the right hand touched the fairy stone pattern on the left arm, and the mind moved, and a red herb appeared out of thin air in the hand, with seven leaves, and its leaves were crystal like red jade, emitting a faint light in the dark night, and it was more strange and fragrant.

The corners of Luo Xiao's mouth were hooked, he was extremely satisfied with the function of being able to store items from the cave at will, compared to this precious herb called "Red Jade Horse Clover", which was usually enough to make him ecstatic, he didn't care too much.

Luo Xiao casually pressed the red jade horse clover to his left arm, and with a snap, the red jade horse clover disappeared as if by magic.

Although he really wanted to enter the Immortal Stone Cave again to experience the baptism of aura, Luo Xiao, who hadn't slept well for two days, still couldn't resist the exhaustion, and returned to the nest that made him feel the most at ease, the feeling of tiredness was even stronger, and he fell down on the side of the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

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Early in the morning, as soon as the south gate of Yishui City was opened, Luo Xiao appeared outside the city on time, and he returned to Xiuwutang to hand over the task.

Today, Luo Xiao put on a formal student uniform, a white power suit that was a little yellow, with thick patches on the elbows, knees and other joints, and a green belt around his waist, representing his second-order cultivation of martial arts, and a golden fish and dragon seal emblem on the green belt spike showed that he was born in the Yishui Martial Arts Hall.

From the guards greeting him with a smile when he entered the city, to the shopkeepers of the breakfast shops, running halls and full seats of diners along the long street greeting him and inviting him to eat together, it can be seen that Luo Xiao's popularity is prosperous, as well as the weight of him, a student of the martial arts hall, in the eyes of the common people.

The world's martial arts halls are all official martial arts schools run by the imperial court, with a ten-year school system, with the purpose of cultivating "samurai", the most basic and important scholar class in society, for the country. Those who become warriors within ten years can be granted the title of Tian Zhai and Shiren by the kingdom, and they can have status, status and benefits, and they can start with at least a captain in the army, and they can also enter the sect to practice at a higher level and obtain greater wealth. If you are unable to become a samurai at the end of the 10-year period, you will leave the court and find your own way out.

Even so, as long as you are not too dull, you can rush to the open pulse realm after ten years of penance, as long as you reach the third level of martial arts, and then specialize in a martial art, whether you are enlisted in the army, walking darts, taking care of the family or joining the gang, you can have a bowl of thick food. Those who have active brains or still have some potential may mix well.

If Luo Xiao's fate hadn't changed, he would basically have taken this path, and the warrior class would be out of reach for him who was extremely lacking in resources.

Corresponding to this, there is also a school called "Wende Pavilion", which is a basic school all over the world, for Mengtong to open wisdom and enlightenment, and those who have learned and have success can also enter the county government Baowen Pavilion for further study, and in the future to gain fame, with Wen Jinshi, you can also become a scholar like a samurai.

Since ancient times, any dynasty with a stable structure needs both civil and military carriages, both of which are indispensable. The difference is only in the prosperous times when the culture is prosperous and the military is decadent, and in the troubled times the martial arts are prosperous and the literature is weak. In the past hundred years, the entire domain has been in turmoil, and the countries have fought against each other, and even an ordinary person can see the chaos of the times.

On the occasion of this great controversy, the martial arts of all countries flourished, the status of the warriors was high, and the literature and Taoism were completely suppressed, and both nobles and commoners were proud to enter the martial arts. It's just that learning literature doesn't have to be talented, but practicing martial arts must, and if you can't pass the Gathering Spirit Pass, even if you are a nobleman, you can't practice martial arts. And for ordinary civilians, even if they have talent, it is difficult to achieve achievements, because martial arts cultivation is different from Xi Wen, every martial arts powerhouse who has achieved something means that a huge number of terrifying resources are consumed - poor literature and rich martial arts, which has been the case since ancient times.

In a sense, how much achievement can be achieved in martial arts does not depend on talent and diligence, but on the amount of resources occupied - Luo Xiao is a typical example.

All disciples who are admitted to the Xiuwu Hall are only provided with basic accommodation, food, and exercises. The so-called "master leads the door, and cultivation depends on the individual", if you want to improve, the aura, elixir, martial arts, spirit soldiers, etc., you need to solve it yourself. You can get rewards by completing the tasks of the hall, or go out to experience and get opportunities, in short, Jackie Chan becomes an adult and depends on his own ability.

Of course, if you have a good background, none of the above problems are a problem. Ability is important, but background is even more important, after all, no matter how much you can toss alone, you can't compare to the continuous strong support of a family. And this is often the decisive factor in how far a martial artist can go, and very few people can jump out of this trap.

And a low-level disciple like Luo Xiao has not yet been qualified to go out to practice, and his civilian background also determines that if he wants to obtain resources, the only way to complete the tasks of the main hall is to complete them. Therefore, even if he only had a few merit points and was very likely to face a dangerous task such as the terrifying beast tide, he gritted his teeth and took it.

It's just that the world is unpredictable and unpredictable. Before yesterday, Luo Xiao was just an ant in this mortar, but after today, he has crawled out, and everything is different.

When he walked from the long street to the end of the street, Luo Xiao just swallowed the last big steamed bun, drank the soy milk in the bowl with his neck up, put the bowl on the table, threw down a dozen big money, thanked the shopkeeper, and walked quickly in the direction of Xiuwutang.

The shopkeeper's surprised voice faintly came from behind him: "Brother Luo's appetite has increased, and he actually ate eight!"

Luo Xiao touched his half-full abdomen, and he was also a little helpless, since he entered the open pulse to refine blood, the absorption of spiritual energy has doubled, the transportation of qi and blood has accelerated, the amount of food has increased greatly, and the amount of food has doubled. If this continues, he is afraid that he will not even be able to afford to live in that small broken courtyard, so he will have to move back to Xiuwutang. Fortunately, the harvest in Longyuan Mountain this time is not small, and when those herbs are processed, they will probably not worry about their livelihood for a long time in the future.

Xiuwutang is the most conspicuous building complex in Yishui City, just under the thousand-foot peak in the south of the city, the dense forest cultivates bamboo, the green water surrounds, the courtyards are lined up one after another, the tile surface of the scales reflects the faint red light under the morning glow, and looks like a backless red carp from a distance, so Yishui Xiuwutang has the name of "Yishui Red Carp" again.

In front of the mountain gate, there were two disciples dressed in white clothes and green belts, both of whom were fifteen or sixteen years old. Seeing Luo Xiao walking up the stairs, one of the square-faced young men looked uplifted, and shouted: "Luo Mangzi, you can be counted as back, it will be your turn to guard the mountain gate next month, I'm really afraid that your mission is not over yet, and I have to postpone the duty again, it's okay." ”

"Luo Mangzi" is Luo Xiao's nickname, and the "mang" here does not mean reckless, but refers to this person "very reckless", that is, fierce.

Luo Xiao smiled: "This stake, I'm afraid you will continue to be it." ”

The square-faced young man glared: "What?

Luo Xiao ignored him, didn't wave his hand back, and walked into the mountain gate.

The mountain gate of Xiuwutang is on duty, and generally only in the disciples under the beginner hall are on duty, and above the third order, they basically don't have to bear the chores in the hall, they only need to concentrate on cultivation. Although Luo Xiao's waist system represents a second-order green belt, his strength has entered the fourth order, and he only needs to find a time to pass the assessment, and he can replace the third-order yellow belt or even the fourth-order red belt. At that time, among the eight hundred disciples of this martial arts cultivation hall, he can be regarded as an outstanding one, how can he still be used as a stake to guard the door?

As Luo Xiao went all the way deeper, there were gradually more white-clothed disciples around him, only the color of the belt was different, and they all rushed to the martial arts arena to gather martial arts exercises. This kind of large-scale joint martial arts exercise of hundreds of people is limited to disciples under the hall, and disciples who enter the room above the fourth order do not need to participate in such "morning exercises". Of course, day students like Luo Xiao don't need to participate.

There are only two types of disciples in the Xiuwu Hall: disciples under the hall and disciples in the room. The first, second, and third orders are the lower disciples, and the fourth and fifth orders are the in-house disciples. Each level is distinguished by a five-color belt, which corresponds to the fifth order of martial arts foundation.

Whether it is a disciple in the hall or a disciple in the room, they are all dressed in white, and they are only identified by their belts, from low to high, they are gray belts, green belts, yellow belts, red belts, and black belts.

In addition to the disciples who are dressed in white, deacons, teachers and other instructors are all dressed in black, wearing rhino belts, and only identifying the level by buckles, which are four levels, such as iron turtle buckles, copper bird buckles, silver tiger buckles, and golden dragon buckles, corresponding to different rank positions.

Since this is an official school and adopts semi-military management, the hierarchy is strict, and the low-level disciples must maintain a minimum of respect for the seniors, and the seniors can instruct the low-level disciples to a certain extent. The deacons, teachers and other key management personnel can instruct their disciples to act in the hall, and have certain rights of rewards and punishments. This is just like the army, the subordinates must obey the superiors, no rank can not reflect the glory, no rank difference can not motivate the upward, this is also one of the good mechanisms that have been passed down from the Xiuwutang for thousands of years.

Luo Xiao was walking towards the Yingyang Hall where the task was handed over, and as soon as he turned around the No. 7 B-level cultivation ground where the disciples under the hall were cultivating, he heard a vicious voice coming from the back corner: "Hand over the flesh spirit stone!" Don't make Brother Heipi angry, Brother is on fire, your little body can't bear it even if it's broken!"