The exciting selection exam began, and the three brothers entered the examination room separately in order, although they were registered at the same time, but the examiner was not the same. It is said that Huo Xiaofan came to the house with a nervous heart, the furnishings in the house were very simple, there was almost no decoration, and the examiner was none other than his sixth uncle Ni Haixin.

Ni Haixin interviewed several candidates in a row, and there was no one for the time being, and the first few children were either poor in qualification or had impure motives, and some of them even wanted to use the Heavenly Sword Gate as a staircase to soar, thinking that this was not the imperial examination.

At this time, another teenager walked in outside, he looked up and saw that this teenager looked familiar, and then looked at the name "Huo Xiaofan" on the roster, he didn't have any impression, and thought to himself that he didn't know Q, how could it look familiar and familiar. With this thought, the unpleasantness of the few interviews just now suddenly disappeared, and he saw that Huo Xiaofan was very nervous, so he comforted: "Huo Xiaofan, don't be nervous, let's talk casually first." ”

Huo Xiaofan stepped forward and said: "Huo Xiaofan, the younger generation, has seen Ni Daxia. ”

Ni Haixin looked at him carefully, although he was dressed in coarse cloth and coarse clothes, he was a country child, but his temperament was quite good, compared to the two teachers and nephews just now, he felt that Huo Xiaofan looked more comfortable;

Huo Xiaofan saw Ni Haixin as if he was seeing a relative, but he listened to Qi Yuanshan's words and couldn't immediately announce his life experience to the public, just according to what they had agreed in advance.

He replied: "Xiao Fan didn't dare to hide anything, I was originally a country child who had never seen the world, because my grandfather saved your senior brother Qi Yuanshan Qi Daxia by chance, he saw that my qualifications were good and taught me a few kung fu, and also instructed me to formally apprentice in the mountain." ”

When he said this, Ni Haixin was surprised and delighted and asked, "Yes, then my Senior Brother Qi is going there now, he has nothing to do, right?"

Huo Xiaofan said: "Ni Daxia rest assured, Qi Daxia's body is fine, he said that he is going to complete the task assigned by the master and cannot return to the mountain for the time being." ”

After listening to this, Ni Haixin said: "Since the second brother has taught you kung fu, you can just practice it for me." As he spoke, he watched intently.

Huo Xiaofan put his sword aside, tidied up his clothes, and unfolded his mixed yuan palm. His recent jade-breaking skills have unconsciously broken through the second layer, and this set of palm techniques is also very familiar, and he is also extremely hard and serious in front of Ni Haixin.

Ni Haixin saw that he was practicing the basic palm technique, and he was overjoyed, and he secretly said: "Second senior brother has good eyesight, this is a good seedling. ”

He was originally this martial arts idiot, and he didn't feel that he would be able to watch it casually, Huo Xiaofan saw Ni Haixin slap him, and knew that his uncle was considering his own skills, and he didn't feel that he had all his strength to meet that palm.

When the two palms touched each other, Huo Xiaofan was naturally not an opponent, and he was pushed back a few steps. Ni Haixin's palm power has reached the realm of sending and receiving freely, and once he tried Huo Xiaofan's skill and purity, he immediately withdrew it. He also tested Huo Xiaofan's skill and purity through this palm, verifying that he was not lying. Because most of the martial arts moves can be learned secretly, but the internal martial arts must be passed on by people, otherwise they will not be able to connect the essence.

He asked again, "I see that you are still holding a sword, has the second senior brother taught you swordsmanship?"

Huo Xiaofan replied: "Xiao Fan and Qi Daxia have not been together for a long time, and they have not practiced swordsmanship with him. However, Qi Daxia said Ni Daxia, your swordsmanship is one of the most powerful in Tianjianmen, and Xiaofan wants to learn more from you in the future. ”

Thousands of clothes are not worn, how did Qi Yuanshan know that today would be Ni Haixin considering Huo Xiaofan. He and Ye Kai didn't learn anything else for a few days, but he also learned a few sycophants.

Ni Haixin was really happy when he heard this, and said: "That's good, since the second senior brother has already taught you kung fu, in fact, you are already a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, go back and wait to see the list." ”

As soon as Huo Xiaofan heard the joy, he quickly shook his head and knelt: "Thank you, it's Ni Daxia, thank you Ni Daxia." In addition, Qi Daxia said that he taught me kung fu and was saved by our family, please don't mention it to others, if you want to say it, just talk back to your master,。。 ”

Ni Haixin said okay, he thought to himself that the second brother still wanted to save face, and he still had to be instructed in this matter, it is estimated that he was afraid that everyone would know that he was injured and received favors.

Huo Xiaofan ran out happily, but he didn't expect Yakaba and Ye Kai to come out, thinking to himself why the two of them didn't come out faster than me; he looked at the two of them and saw that Yakaba looked calm, it should be no problem, but Ye Kai was a little frustrated, and his heart sank, just don't be eliminated.

Yakaba and Ye Kai felt that Huo Xiaofan's eyebrows were dancing when they came out, so they both leaned forward and asked, "How is Xiaofan?"

Huo Xiaofan smiled and said, "I'm okay, it's not a big problem, what about you. ？“

Yakaba said: "I don't have a big problem, but fortunately I learned the Arhat stick, or I can't rely on a handful of strength."

Ye Kaidao: "I shouldn't have a big problem. ”

Huo Xiaofan asked suspiciously: "What do you mean by what should be, what is it?"

Ye Kai looked around again and whispered: "Originally, it was estimated that it would not work, but I gave the tiger whip to the old Taoist chief, and he smiled happily, so I estimated that it was about the same, you see I said at the time that it might be useful to cut the tiger whip." ”

Huo Xiaofan was a little surprised and said, "I'll go here." ”

In any case, it would be better than anything else if the three brothers could stay. Because it would take two days for the list to open, they temporarily went down the mountain and came to Xianshan Town to wait for news. At this time, many people have been eliminated or obviously have no hope, and many people have come and returned with a bad mood, so that many inns in the town are empty again, and the three of them will temporarily find a small inn and wait for news.

Time passed quickly, and two days later, the list of selected candidates was revealed as scheduled. This time, the Heavenly Sword Sect recruited a total of sixty disciples, and they were divided into the five halls of Jinmu, water, fire, and earth to cultivate, and Jin Jian's son Jin Buchang led the team to Jintang, and the master was Ni Haixin. The leader of the Mutang team is called Zhao Tianhe, the leader of the Shuitang team is Luojiangbei, the leader of the Huotang team is Li Xiaoyun, and the masters of the three teams are also older elders in the sect. Huo Xiaofan's three brothers were all assigned to the Tutang, which belonged to the last one, and it should also be the hall with the worst default qualifications and foundation, and the master was a person named Zhao Wuving. Although they also realized that this hall might be the worst, it was better than not being selected, and the three brothers were so happy that they couldn't help but cheer.

Luo Jiangbei and Li Xiaoyun already knew that they would be on the list, and they would accompany Jin Buchang to go through the motions. The three of them have known each other since childhood, Jin Buchang is a few years older than the two of them, and he often beat them when he was a child, so they are still a little afraid of him, and Jin Buchang is indeed a natural martial arts billet for the pride of the sky. This selection of apprentices is really a formality for him, he has been practicing the highest level of martial arts in the Heavenly Sword Sect with his father Jin Jian since he was a child, and now he is basically close to the skills of the first-class martial artists in the rivers and lakes. I saw that this Jin Buchang looked quite like his father Zi Yantang, with a burly figure, although he was not yet an adult, his height was already taller than that of ordinary adults.

Luo Jiangbei is a young master at home, shouting five and drinking four everywhere, but when he saw Jin Buchang, he was very low-key, and he saw that Huo Xiaofan and several people were very excited because of being on the list, so he said to Jin Buchang: "I really don't know how Uncle Ni and a few uncles choose people, how can even these vulgar country children and dead fat people be selected." ”

Jin Buchang usually annoyed the young master of Luo Jiangbei De glanced at Huo Xiaofan and the others a few times and said: "Senior brother, you haven't heard that people can't look good, and the sea can't fight. Although these people are ugly and vulgar, they may have something extraordinary. As disciples, we should not arbitrarily discuss the decisions of our elders. As far as I know, we have to have a martial arts competition every year in the past few years, brother, you have to study hard, don't be compared to others in the future. “

Luo Jiangbei blushed and said: "Yes, yes, Senior Brother Jin taught me a lesson" but scolded secretly in his heart: "Damn, don't you eat a few more years than Lao Tzu, what kind of tail wolf, and you will have the opportunity to look good in the future." ”

The three brothers Huo Xiaofan followed the selected disciples to the Supply and Demand Hall to receive clothes and bedding, and then went to the Tutang to report together. The Heavenly Sword Sect arranged these sixty disciples on the Shade Peak next to the Jiuxiao Peak, the main peak of Tianqi Mountain, and moved in five courtyards. The tree-lined peaks are not very high, but they are tree-lined and relatively flat. At that time, an elder of the sect built five annexes on this peak, which were specially used for the accommodation and training of new disciples in the past few years. The five places are not close to each other, but they can practice separately without interfering with each other.

The three of them took their things and came to the Tutang Courtyard, this courtyard is really not small, the five big north rooms are spacious and magnificent, in the middle is the hall where the portrait of the ancestor is enshrined, below is a table of eight immortals, next to two mahogany chairs, which are sitting on the master. There are two rooms next to it, three of which are the disciples' dormitories, each of which has to accommodate four people, and the one on the far right is the weapons room, which is equipped with eighteen weapons and more than twenty swords. The rest of the side rooms have their own uses, there are dining halls for eating, there are quiet halls for practicing qi and meditation, and there are study halls for dictation and writing, most of these arrangements are ordered by the future head Jin Jian, in short, Tianjian Sect has also made a bloody investment in order to cultivate a generation of disciples.

The three brothers chose to live in the same house and get along day and night, and another person also moved in, Huo Xiaofan and the three of them saw that he had a long face and yellow muscles, like a sprout, and wondered how such a person could be selected. But after all, they will live in the same house in the future, and they have the heart to get to know each other, but the person's personality is very strange, and he is not too far away to take care of them, which makes the three of them a little embarrassed.

After a while, the senior brother in the door will come and spread the word that they should rest and clean up first, and they can't leave at will if they have nothing to do, and their master will come back early tomorrow morning to meet them and start teaching martial arts.

Everyone didn't expect to start learning so soon, and they were all very happy. Ye Kai was very happy, and said to Huo Xiaofan and Yakaba, "Have you noticed our master's name?"

Huo Xiaofan said: "See, isn't it called Teacher Zhao Wudi?"

Ye Kaidao: "Yes, he must be a person with strong martial arts, otherwise he can call this name casually, I think our hall may have the weakest foundation, and eighty percent will send the most powerful master to teach." ”

Yakaba and Huo Xiaofan also felt that it made sense, and hoped that people would be as good as their names. Learning martial arts is no better than others, and having a good teacher is basically half the battle.