The outer courtyard of the Zhao Mansion, the martial arts hall.

This is a large hall, can accommodate hundreds of people, the main hall sits in the north and faces south, there are several statues standing in the north, there is a tablet in front of each statue, on which is written the names of the successive grandmasters of the Zhao family.

The main hall is three feet high and is supported by eight vermilion trees, on which many legendary mythical beasts are carved.

At this moment, in the middle of the main hall, there are dozens of futons, which are full of people.

At the top, there sat a beautiful woman in white, with a beautiful face and a beautiful figure, and her long black and bright hair was simply tied behind her head by a white ribbon.

But the expression on her face was as cold as ice, even more ruthless than Tang Chop, just by letting people see it, they knew that she was a heroic and determined heroine, and she would never drag her feet in doing things.

This ice and snow beauty is the examiner of the Yanwutang, and the usual instructor, the daughter of the patriarch of the Zhao clan, and the most outstanding martial artist of the Zhao family's generation, Zhao Xueqing.

To her right sat a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a sallow face. Zhao Dongli has already inquired from the mouth of the next person, this is the teaching of the martial arts hall, and the usual explanations are brought by this person, and he is also a six-trick martial artist, but he has not yet comprehended the aura.

On Zhao Xueqing's left, there were several other people sitting, namely Lan Jun Wang, Huaying County Lord, Tang Qi and Cao Zheng. Opposite Zhao Xueqing are dozens of people from the Zhao family, sitting on two sides, the left is the official member of the Yanwutang, and the right is the preparatory member of the Zhao family who will participate in the assessment of the Yanwutang, the number on the left is not much, only a few, and there are twenty or thirty people on the right, and there is an empty space in the middle.

Zhao Dongli sat among the preparatory members on the right.

Soon after he arrived, he figured out the rules of the martial arts hall.

As an institution for the Zhao family to cultivate core disciples, Yanwutang has received great attention from the Zhao family. Unlike what Zhao Dongli originally heard from his uncle, the Zhao family stipulated that any Zhao family disciple who reached the high level of the Tongli Realm could come to the Yanwu Hall to observe, which was a preparatory member and participated in the assessment at any time. Those who participate in the assessment must be successful in the Kone realm, and those who pass can become members of the martial arts hall.

Therefore, for Zhao Dongli, he can apply to Zhao Xueqing for assessment on the same day, but since he can be assessed at any time, he is not in a hurry to apply within a day or two, he can learn about it for a few more days, and settle down, understand the assessment process, and then apply for assessment.

After becoming an official member of Yanwutang, there are many benefits, mainly three things.

1. Allocate a set of courtyards in the inner courtyard and assign several servants.

2. Ten taels of silver per month. and a year it is a hundred and twenty taels of silver.

These two benefits, although they can't make people clothed and fed, but they don't have to worry about food and clothing, and they can allow members to concentrate on martial arts.

3. You can be taught the family prefecture-level exercises and enlightenment methods.

And this is the most valuable thing about the members of the Yanwu Hall, and for the geniuses among them, they can even teach the family's heaven-level exercises.

There are many benefits, but the members of the Yanwutang also have a corresponding obligation to complete a task given by the family every year.

These tasks, whether to capture thieves or to challenge some martial artists, are also aimed at allowing members to access the power of the family and exercise their actual combat ability by the way. The power of the Zhao family is like an old tree in Liangzhou, intertwined, with the power of one family, to control a state, no matter how many talents are enough. Therefore, Yanwutang undertook the task of supplying core disciples to the family.

If a gang or family can't steadily produce talent for tens or hundreds of years, there is a risk of being replaced, so the Zhao family attaches enough importance to Yanwutang. The hall master is the number three person in the family, Zhao Tianxiong, the eight-trick martial artist, and the assessment officer Zhao Xueqing, although he is young, is the daughter of the patriarch and a first-class martial artist in the rivers and lakes. In addition, many masters in the family have the position of elder or teacher, and have the task of teaching disciples on a regular basis.

Even if there are disciples in the martial arts hall who can reach the six knots, they can be summoned by the ancestors, get guidance, and martial arts will usher in rapid progress.

When a martial artist becomes a first-class master, he can stand alone, and with the power of the Zhao family, he can control a county, if the strength is not enough, the people below are not convinced, and there will be many constraints in doing things.

As for in some county seats, the martial artist who has opened his eyes or ears is considered a master, just like Zhao Dongli's original location in Zou County, only the leader of the Canglong Gang is a second-order martial artist who has opened his senses, and Zhao Dongli's uncle Zhao Fangtian is only a first-order martial artist who has opened his senses, and these are the only two martial artists in the entire Zou County.

Therefore, the members of the Yanwutang are equivalent to the leading body, specializing in training the Zhao family stewards of various counties and counties, and if they do not pass the assessment, they have to start from the bottom and be promoted according to merit like other ordinary Zhao family children.

At this moment, a teacher next to Zhao Xueqing was speaking, talking about the experience of enlightenment.

"The human body has nine realms, corresponding to the nine realms of the enlightenment realm. There are two eyes and ears, two noses, and one mouth and one back yin. The last three tricks are not mentioned, and among the first six tricks, one, three, and five are all passes, because they want to open a new trick. If the first pass is opened, the second pass is much easier, and in the same way, if the third pass is opened, the fourth pass will be completed, and the same will be true for the next two knots. ”

"The eyes, ears, and nose are difficult to pass on one layer. Even if the exercises are complete, it is not an easy task. Take my Zhao family as an example, sitting on the land of a state, supplying a family with the wealth of a state, and having more than 10,000 children in the family, in addition to being born with defects, almost everyone practices martial arts, and there are thousands of martial artists. And most of them are in the Tongli realm, and the martial artists in the enlightenment realm are worth more than a thousand. And most of them are the first and second orders of enlightenment, and there are only more than 100 people who have opened the third and fourth orders, and there are only dozens of people who can reach the fifth and sixth levels of enlightenment, and these people are the middle level of my Zhao family, scattered throughout Liangzhou. ”

"This is not too much compared to the entire Liangzhou, therefore, there are many second-rate families and gangs in Liangzhou, which can be regarded as vassals of my Zhao family to help us manage Liangzhou together. ”

Zhao Dongli secretly estimated that the Zhao family was equivalent to the emperor of a state, listening to what Jiao Xi said, he kept saying that he was the Liang Zhou of the Zhao family, and he didn't take the Great Xia royal family in his eyes at all. But looking at the people in front of them, whether it was the people who played the martial arts hall below, or the outsiders such as Cao Zheng opposite, their faces were calm and they thought so. It seems that this is the default truth of everyone.

Even the King of Lan County and the Lord of Huaying had a calm face, and these two people could be regarded as members of the royal family.

It sounds like the current Great Xia is like the Zhou Dynasty in the previous life, in the name of the Son of Heaven of Zhou commanded the world, but the princes of various places firmly controlled their respective territories in addition to the offerings. The bottom believes that there is an emperor ruling in Great Xia, but in the eyes of the family gang, the emperor is only the largest family, and because of his strength, he just temporarily succumbs.

Jiao Xi continued: "Except for the Ji family, which is outstanding in strength and obviously surpasses my Zhao family, the rest of the top gangs and families are on a par with my Zhao family. And the gang is the first, and there are several Cao Gangs, and this is the Cao Shao gang leader of the Cao Gang. ”

The Ji family is a royal family, since it can make many family gangs, nominally called ministers, and pay tribute, of course the strength is strong, this is not surprising to Zhao Dongli.

"Cao Shao's gang leader came to my Zhao family's martial arts hall three years ago, and he had a lot of reputation at that time, almost embarrassing my Zhao family. ”

Hearing this, Cao Zheng shook the iron fan and said proudly: "If you fight again, you will lose, so why bother to humiliate yourself." ”

Jiaoxi's face turned red instantly, but he thought that he couldn't beat Cao Zheng, so he could only look at Zhao Xueqing, and the children of the Zhao family in the audience all glared angrily. Zhao Dongli also saw Cao Zheng's arrogance, which was really impressive.

Zhao Xueqing's icy expression was finally moved, and she turned her head to look at Cao Zhengdao: "Why don't you help the master compete with me." I have heard for a long time that the dragon claw hand of the young gang leader has entered the realm of sending and receiving from the heart, and the Cao gang leader is only like this at your age. ”

Cao Zheng was just about to reply, when King Lanjun suddenly interjected: "I have also heard of the prestige of the Young Gang Leader Dragon Claw Hand for a long time, why don't I let my Overlord Fist come to comprehend and comprehend." A few days ago, I competed with Xue Qing, and Xue Qing deserved to be a talent, but I lost. If you want to compete with Xue Qing, you have to pass my level first. ”

Seeing that the king of Lanjun had come over, Zhao Xueqing stopped talking and returned to a cold expression.

Cao Zheng laughed loudly and said, "I also want to lead the Pope's peerless learning, is it so domineering as in the legend?" After speaking, he stood up and walked to the center of the clearing.

King Lanjun also walked to the open space, facing Cao Zheng standing, the two of them were chic, one majestic, and their temperaments were different, but they were both calm, their eyes were bright, and they looked at each other, both of them knew that the other party was an opponent comparable to their own, and they did not dare to be negligent.

"I don't know if Cao Zheng's dragon claw hand is superior, or is Lan Junwang's Overlord Fist superior?"

"Of course it's Cao Zheng, you don't know how weird and powerful Cao Zheng's dragon claw hand was three years ago! ”

"But the Overlord Fist is also a heaven-level exercise of the royal family's prestige, although the King of Lanjun has not seen him make a move, but since he dares to pursue the deputy hall master, he is at least a first-class master. ”

"No matter what they are, they are not as good as the deputy hall master. This is the master that the old ancestor personally said that the young people of the Zhao family are the most promising grandmasters. ”

The crowd in the martial arts hall spread out a large enough space and talked about it.

Zhao Dongli listened to everyone's discussions, and also sandwiched in the crowd, carefully watching the battle between the two. Before this, although he had seen Cao Zheng catch the leader of the thieves, after all, there was a huge disparity in strength and weakness, and he had not seen Cao Zheng's real strength, and at this moment, when he met a master of the same level, he would do his best, and it would also make Zhao Dongli see how big the gap between himself and them was.

Zhao Xueqing said: "The two of them are limited to twenty moves, and they must stop regardless of victory or defeat or draw." And you all have to pay attention to see how the masters are fighting fiercely. The latter sentence was obviously addressed to the members of the Yanwutang.

This is the function of the martial arts hall, all masters who come to the Zhao Mansion will be invited to the martial arts hall to compete in order to improve the martial arts and vision of the clansmen. The people of their own clan are learning the same set of martial arts, knowing the roots, but they can't play a role in promoting, and they need other martial artists to compete to improve the level of martial arts and presence.

If the master of the Zhao clan goes to a good force, he will also be invited to do the same competition, which is an exchange of martial arts, and for martial artists, this is also part of martial arts training.

It's just that this time, only Zhao Xueqing was in the same realm as Cao Zheng here, but he was unexpectedly picked up by King Lanjun.