In a simple room, a hawk-eyed middle-aged man sat on a Taishi chair, and a young man stood with his head bowed not far in front of him.

"I, Zhao Xuanyi, am responsible for the second level of the assessment. Raise your head, look me in the eye, and answer the following questions truthfully. Zhao Xuanyi's tone is beyond question.

"Yes, Senior Zhao. The young man slowly raised his head, revealing a pair of clear eyes, it was Ma Chuan.

"Name?" Zhao Xuanyi stared at Ma Chuan's eyes, and his gaze suddenly became deep and sharp.

"Ma Chuan. Ma Chuan came into contact with those eagle-eyed and sharp eyes, his heart was cold, and his consciousness gradually blurred.

"How many people are in the family?" Zhao Xuanyi asked as usual when he saw Ma Chuan's demented expression.

"Six. Ma Chuan felt like he was back in that palace, having lost all contact with the outside world.

"Is there anyone in the family who has anything to do with the Jianghu sect?" Zhao Xuanyi's voice was very gentle.

"I didn't ...... Yes. The demented Ma Chuan obviously hesitated, because he was about to answer Sometimes, dozens of patriotic soldiers appeared on the mourning platform and asked him to say no.

"Huh!" Zhao Xuanyi was a little surprised, and then a different color flashed in his eyes, and he said in a changed tone: "You have passed, go out." ”

"Oh. As soon as Ma Chuan heard this, the demented expression on his face immediately disappeared.

Ma Chuan walked out of the wing room with some doubts, there was a quiet courtyard outside, Wang Daoming was standing at the door, and when he saw him come out, he didn't ask much, and he entered the wing room by himself.

Ma Chuan stood at the door and looked into the courtyard for a moment, and then walked to a corner, where there were two figures, it was the sturdy young man who was willing to be a miscellaneous disciple and the child.

In the middle of the courtyard, there were fourteen people standing or sitting, and it was the same people who passed the first level of assessment, but one person failed to pass the second level of assessment, so only fourteen people remained.

Two quarters of an hour later, Wang Daoming walked out.

"Congratulations on passing the assessment, from now on you are the people of Longquan Villa, go and say to your relatives waiting outside, if you are willing to go back and stay for one night, remember to come here on time tomorrow." You're not here to learn your art, you're going there tomorrow. Wang Daoming said softly. In the early morning of the next day, at the gate of Cangsongzhuang, three large carriages lined up, and in front of them was Wang Daoming, who was riding a good horse. There were many people on both sides, many of whom watched the excitement, and some parents who came to see off their children.

Seeing that everyone else had their families to send them off, Ma Chuan felt a little lost in his heart, and in a flash, he saw a familiar figure with a hat flashing in the crowd, he paused slightly, and resolutely entered the carriage.

Although there was a lot of space in the carriage, there were already four children and the stout boy in it, and the remaining space was not very large. After seeing the situation in the car, he took his baggage and walked to a corner where no one was there and sat down.

The others were silent except for Ma Chuan who had just taken a few glances when he first came in, but a gorgeously dressed child had a look of disdain on his face.

Ma Chuan naturally noticed this scene, but he was not used to arguing with people for these trivial things, but the sturdy young man couldn't bear it.

"Boy, what kind of expression do you have, do you think we are going to test our perseverance, so you look down on it. The stout boy walked up to the richly dressed child and patted him on the shoulder.

"Nope. The richly dressed child, frightened by the might of the sturdy boy, whispered in his heart.

Ma Chuan cast a grateful glance at the sturdy young man.

"Brother, the name of Gao?" When Ma Chuan looked over, the sturdy young man happened to look at him, and then asked.

"I ...... My name is Ma Chuan. Ma Chuan was nervous for a while, so anxious that he couldn't speak smoothly.

"It turned out to be Brother Ma, in the next Zhang Yuntong, here you and I are the oldest, I have to teach these hairy children well in the future. Zhang Yuntong looked around, and some children who wanted to speak were so frightened that they shut up.

"You...... Brother said yes. Ma Chuan felt that Zhang Yuntong in front of him had a very heavy atmosphere of rivers and lakes, and he couldn't help but be more nervous.

"Brother Ma doesn't have to be restrained, in the future, if you have a place for me, just say it. Zhang Yuntong patted his chest and said.

"Okay. Ma Chuan took a deep breath, finally suppressed the tension in his heart, and nodded.

"I'm not talking big, I've heard of the Zhang family in Binhai City, my father is the patriarch, and my mother was born in Jishitang...... "Zhang Yuntong began to tell his family history.

Ma Chuan is not good at dealing with people, so he has to try his best to deal with it, and he has never heard of most of the Jianghu sects and Jianghu characters that Zhang Yuntong said, but he is not good at showing impatience.

As Zhang Yuntong's mouth frothed, the horses outside neighed, and the carriage began to set off.

The carriage traveled all the way south, except for stopping for food and rest, all the way at a gallop.

The other people in the carriage were dizzy from the bumps, but Zhang Yuntong sat cross-legged and continued to chat with Ma Chuan, seeing that everyone was uncomfortable, he smiled and said: "Look at your appearance of being dead or alive, what if you are talented, you are not weak and unwinded!"

"Brother Ma, I didn't say you. Zhang Yuntong watched the others stagger, his face turned blue, and he was very proud. "Don't believe it you hairy children, Lao Tzu is talented, he can beat the ghost fist upside down at the age of six, and he began to practice internal strength at the age of ten, and he can see it clearly, this is the miraculous effect of internal strength. ”

Ma Chuan listened to Zhang Yuntong's words, and suddenly thought that he seemed to have practiced something suspected of internal strength, so he took a deep breath, tried to calm his heart, and then began to sit cross-legged as before, this time he did not take out the jade tiger, but just held the sachet on his waist with one hand.

"It turns out that Brother Ma is a real person who doesn't show his face, and you have also practiced internal skills. Zhang Yuntong's eyes lit up and said happily.

"I guess so. Ma Chuan wasn't sure that he was practicing internal skills, but he did feel better.

"You hairy boys, be convinced, Brother Ma and I have already learned internal skills, don't look at us to test our perseverance, three years later, I will beat you all down alone. "Zhang Yuntong has become very good now because of his bad mood of being a miscellaneous disciple, and even has a sense of superiority.

Ma Chuan didn't have Zhang Yuntong's publicity, because he was worried about his family, and he couldn't be sure that he was practicing internal skills.

After more than ten days of travel, Wang Daoming and his party rushed to Longquan Villa.

It is rumored that Longquan Villa has a sparkling Longquan Lake, which is also named after this lake.

The villa is very vast, almost the same as a city, and the city wall is as high as four or five zhang, which is really easy to defend and difficult to attack.

When Ma Chuan and the others entered the city, they found that it was not as crowded as ordinary towns, with people coming and going. On the contrary, it is somewhat quiet and elegant, with lush vegetation and undulating mountains as far as the eye can see, and through the tender green branches and leaves, you can see a corner of the eaves or a half-cent attic.

The carriage stopped in front of a courtyard, and then Wang Daoming ordered someone to arrange a house for them.

As soon as they walked into the residence, Ma Chuan and the others found that there were already more than a dozen people living there, but fortunately, this was a large courtyard, there were many houses, and it was not cramped to live with dozens of people.

Ma Chuan and Zhang Yuntong, as well as the child who had also come to work as a handyman, lived in this courtyard, and the others who came with them lived in a nearby courtyard.

Ma Chuan lived in a side room with Zhang Yuntong and the child named Wang Meng.