"Is this the city?"

Ding Qi stood on the street, curiously looking at the various shops and people standing on the side of the street, and secretly thought in his heart.

For Ding Qi, who was walking out of the mountains for the first time, everything here was extremely new.

After a long day of driving, Ding Qi and the second uncle finally arrived at the destination of the trip.

This city is called Liangcheng, which can only be regarded as a small city in Jingzhou, and it is not prosperous. But for Ding Qi now, it is already lively.

Getting out of the carriage, Ding Shan walked towards a blacksmith shop at the west entrance of the street, and Ding Qi followed closely behind.

On the way here, the second uncle had already told Ding Qi that there were several sect properties in Liangcheng, and he was to take care of them.

This blacksmith shop is one of them.

There is a simple residence behind the blacksmith shop, where Ding Shan lived when he was in Liangcheng.

"Second uncle, is Zhang Tao here?" asked Ding Qi obediently following behind.

Ding Shan turned around and said to Ding Qi with a smile on his face: "Well, that kid learned the craft from Master Li. People from the sect have come over in the past few days. You have been with Zhang Tao for the past few days. ”

"Yes. ”

Ding Qi nodded honestly.

Zhang Tao in Ding Qi's mouth is from Zhangjiaao like Ding Qi, less than two years older than him, and is Ding Qi's childhood friend.

In the first two years, the relationship between Zhang's family and Tuodingshan allowed Zhang Tao to learn the craft in Liangcheng and apprentice the blacksmith. That is, now, this industry of the Qingyun faction.

"Zhang Tao. Listening to the sound of 'dang, dang' from inside the shop, Ding Qi shouted to the door.

Later, Ding Qi entered the house.

At this time, Zhang Tao was giving his hands to the blacksmith master, and his face was red from the fire. Zhang Tao's face is a little dark, but his eyes are big, and his eyes are dripping, and he looks very smart.

"Ding Qi, Uncle Ding said that you would come a few days ago, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. Zhang Tao said to Ding Qi with a smile.

Zhang Tao looked at the blacksmith master next to him, and saw that Master Li signaled that he didn't need his help for the time being, so he cleverly greeted Ding Shan and walked towards Ding Qi.

I haven't seen each other for a few months, and it hasn't made the two strange. Soon, the two started talking and laughing. Ding Qi's nervousness about coming to a strange place also dissipated unconsciously because of seeing his childhood playmate.

Because of the frequent help of the blacksmith master, Ding Qi, a childhood friend, has become quite strong. In addition, Zhang Tao is two years older than Ding Qilai. When it came to fighting, Ding Qi was not Zhang Tao's opponent at all.

For a while, Ding Qi was depressed.

After hearing the reason why Ding Qi came here, and knowing that he had the opportunity to enter the inner gate of Qingyun Gate, Zhang Tao had a surprised expression, and his face was suddenly full of envy.

The two years in Liangcheng made Zhang Tao more aware of the weight of the inner disciples of the Qingyun Sect than ordinary mountain people.

Two days later, the people of the Qingyun faction rushed to Liangcheng.

This is a young man, ordinary-looking, and not imposing.

However, Ding Qi saw that the second uncle was extremely respectful to this person. In front of and behind him, he poured tea and water, as if he was afraid that the hospitality would not be thorough.

Later, Ding Qi learned from his second uncle that this young man, whom he called Deacon Li, was a member of the law enforcement hall of the sect, and he had the power to punish the disciples in the sect, and the outer disciples like him did not dare to neglect in the slightest. For fear that if you are not careful, you will anger the other party and attract punishment.

"Old Ding, is this little guy the person you said?" the man said while looking at the ordinary-looking Ding Qi with interest.

"Back to Deacon Lee, exactly. Ding Shan stood respectfully beside him and replied.

Seeing that in his heart, the second uncle, who was quite capable, was so respectful in front of this person, Ding Qi suddenly became extremely nervous and looked at this person carefully.

"Little guy, don't be nervous, I'm here this time just to see if you really have true qi in your body.

Okay, reach over. ”

This Deacon Li is quite easy to talk to. Seeing that Ding Qi was very nervous, he smiled at him, wanting to ease his emotions.

Ding Qi secretly looked at the second uncle, and Ding Shan motioned for him to do what Deacon Li said.

When Ding Qi stretched out his hand, Deacon Li's expression also became serious. Like a doctor, he took his pulse and placed his hand on Ding Qi's wrist.

Ding Qi felt that an extremely fine True Qi extended from Deacon Li's hand, and it came into contact with the original True Qi in Ding Qi's body along Ding Qi's meridians.

It was only then that Deacon Li's serious expression loosened and revealed a confident smile.

"Lao Ding, it seems to be true. Deacon Li said congratulatory to Ding Shan.

Hearing the affirmative reply, Ding Shan first breathed a sigh of relief, and then showed a happy look: "This time, it's really troublesome Deacon Li." ”

As he spoke, he quietly handed a small bag of silver to Deacon Li.

Deacon Li frowned, sighed and said, "Lao Ding, I know your intentions. But the rules in the gang, you don't know it. Besides, now is this kind of time, you and I have to be careful, I can't take this silver. ”

Ding Qi, whose heart is far more mature than that of ordinary peers, vaguely realized that Deacon Li did not want to accept it, but had scruples about 'such a time'.

Ding Shan also suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "What Deacon Li mentioned is that Ding almost made a mistake this time. ”

After confirming that there is indeed true qi flowing in Ding Qi's body, the next thing will be easy. More than a month later, the Qingyun Sect will take Ding Qi to the sect headquarters for the final assessment.

If you pass the assessment, you can become an inner disciple.

More than a month passed. A carriage rushed to Liangcheng and picked up Ding Qi, who had been waiting at the blacksmith shop for a long time. The person in charge of picking up people was Deacon Li, whom Ding Qi had met before.

The first time he was really away from home, he felt at a loss, especially this time the destination was the headquarters of the Qingyun Sect, which he was extremely unfamiliar with, which made Ding Qi want to jump off the carriage and immediately flee home. However, thinking of the advice of his family before leaving, and his yearning for the rivers and lakes, Ding Qi stabilized his heart again.

After getting into the carriage, Ding Qi quietly looked inside the car.

Inside the car, there were already five or six children. Obviously, before entering Liangcheng, this carriage had already traveled to several places to pick up the children who had participated in this inner disciple assessment.

In the next half day, as the carriage drove all the way, they stopped in several places, and seven or eight people came up one after another.

"Okay, this batch of fourteen people is already in the car. Next, all that remains is to rush to the sect headquarters. ”

As he spoke, Deacon Li turned his horse's head and turned onto the official road on the right.

The carriage was quite spacious, and although there were fourteen people gathered on it, it was not noticeably crowded. The carriage was full of half-grown teenagers like Ding Qi, and the oldest was only two or three years older than Ding Qi.

The carriage drove for two days in succession, and arrived at its destination just as the sun was about to set.

The headquarters of the Qingyun faction is a beautiful mountain, and it is also a famous mountain in Gyeongju. On some specific days, standing on the top of the mountain peak, you can watch the wonders of the sea of fog, which is extremely spectacular, and the whole mountain peak seems to be inserted into the green clouds. Qingyun faction is also named after this.

Even though it's not the time to see the scenery, the sunset is still quite flavorful when it comes down from the mountains.

However, the fourteen teenagers, including Ding Qi, were not interested in watching this beautiful scenery at all. The bumps of two consecutive days made the teenagers who had never traveled such a long way full of exhaustion.

Deacon Li looked at Ding Qi and the others with a wry smile on his face.

Fortunately, he also knows the hard work of Ding Qi and others. In fact, even Deacon Li, a man in the rivers and lakes who is full of martial arts and is not weak, has been a little tired after two consecutive days of traveling.

For this situation, the Qingyun faction has also been prepared for a long time. According to the practice of previous years, Deacon Li took Ding Qi and others to live in a house at the foot of the mountain.

"You people, rest here for the time being. Three days later, when the last group of people arrives, there will be an assessment competition. If you want to eat, take the waist card I gave you before and get it. After arranging for fourteen people to stay, Deacon Li said.

Next, Deacon Lee went on to say some other precautions. Although Ding Qi and the others were already sleepy and couldn't wait to lie down and fall asleep early, they still carefully memorized every word Deacon Li said, for fear that if they missed a word, they would cause trouble in the next three days.

It wasn't until Deacon Li left that everyone found a bed corresponding to their waist card and went to sleep.

The next day, Tintze was woken up by a burst of talking.

Ding Qi looked out the window, and the sky was only slightly bright. But there are still two or three teenagers who have already gotten up.

Afterwards, Tintzi turned his attention to the source of the sound.

Among the people who spoke, there was Deacon Li, whom Ding Qi knew. At this time, Deacon Li was accompanying a middle-aged man with a majestic face like an iron tower, his face was quite respectful.

"Master Weitang, my nephew is young, and his true qi is already so hot. If you want to come to this introductory assessment, it will not be a problem. Deacon Li stood beside the man and said with a smile.

"Then thank you Deacon Lee for his good words. The middle-aged man smiled and looked at a teenager standing in front of him and said.

Looking at the few people who spoke, Ding Qi blinked curiously. Then, he turned his attention to the boy.

The boy who was in the same carriage as Ding Qi was called Wei Zhuo. Among the fourteen children, except for Ding Qi, he was the only one who had true qi in his body.

Compared with the other children's anxiety about this internal assessment, Wei Zhuo was quite confident and arrogant. It seems that he is already one of the inner disciples of Qingyun Sect.

During the two days of contact in the car, Ding Qi also knew the reason why Wei Zhuo was so confident. From Wei Zhuo's mouth, it was revealed that he not only had true qi in his body, but was also the nephew of the Qingyun Gate Guard Hallmaster.

Before coming, the second uncle had already told Ding Qi about the Qingyun faction. He knew that the hall master was a very high-status person in the Qingyun Sect.

Although the hall master is not as high as the elders and protectors of the sect, he is already a high-level member of the Qingyun sect.

After the rest of the children learned about the relationship between the master of Wei Hall, most of them crowded around Wei Zhuo, and they kept shouting "Brother Wei" and "Brother Wei", looking like Wei Zhuo was looking at the horse, which made Wei Zhuo even more proud.

Not only the children in the car were very flattering to Wei Zhuo, but Deacon Li, who had long known Wei Zhuo's identity, also took unusual care of him. Deacon Li was only the lowest level of management in the Qingyun Sect, and his position was only a little higher than that of ordinary inner disciples, but compared to the Wei Hall Master, it was two levels worse.

For this nephew of the Wei Hall Master, he naturally can't be lazy.

Only a few children like Ding Qi, who came out of the mountains in the poor countryside and did not have the ability to observe words and colors, stayed in the car honestly, looking at Wei Zhuo and the others with anxiety and laughing. Facing the 'Wei Dashao' with a proud look, I don't know how to get in touch.

For Ding Qi, who didn't come to compliment himself like other children, Wei Zhuo naturally wouldn't care. The conversation between the two was almost none.

In the final analysis, although Ding Qi is much more mature than children of the same age, after all, it is the first time to go out of the mountain. The observation of words and expressions in the market is far from being learned.

Just as Ding Qi was looking towards Deacon Li and the others, the deep voice of the Hall Master came again.

"Since the waist card has been handed over to Deacon Li, then my nephew, Wei Mou, has also taken it. ”

Afterwards, the Wei Hall Master touched Wang Zhuo's head again and said, "Although it is only three days, I can't let this precious nephew live in such a humble place. It just so happened that I had a courtyard at the foot of the mountain, so I let him live there to be examined. ”

"The master of the Wei Hall will take his nephew away, and it doesn't violate the rules of the sect anyway. Deacon Li said indifferently.

Deacon Li and the others said some more words, and then left the room.