"Yes, is there any problem? No, how do you know the seniority order of the Qin family so well? Are you also a descendant of the Qin family?" Qin Xingbao blurted out and nodded when he heard this, followed by his expression of surprise.
"Sorry, my name is Qin Ziling, and I also came to Wuzhou to participate in the Qin family's ancestor worship ceremony." Qin Ziling looked at Qin Xingbao with a smile and said.
Qin Xingbao looked at Qin Ziling, who was smiling, and his expression suddenly froze. His bearded face turned red unconsciously. After a while, Qin Xingbao raised his hands to Qin Ziling and said, "Xingbao has met the clan uncle."
"Excuse me." Qin Ziling smiled and waved his hand, and then said: "Since you have been to Wuzhou, you must know how Qin Mansion left?"
"Yes, uncle Clan, just follow me." Qin Xingbao quickly returned to normal and grinned.
"That's just right, I'm just about to find someone to ask for directions." Qin Ziling said...
"Hey, my uncle and I are destined to be together, and we bumped into each other by chance. By the way, uncle, how old are you this year?" After the initial embarrassment, Qin Xingbao quickly became cheerful and talkative again.
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"Twenty-six years old." Qin Ziling replied, shaking the reins and driving the horse into the city.
Upon seeing this, Qin Xingbao hurriedly chased after him, riding side by side with Qin Ziling and said: "Uncle Clan is so young, I am already thirty-two years old. I wonder what Clan Uncle is now?"
The last time Qin Ziling took action to fight an injustice, those bad guys were swept away by Qin Xingbao like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. Qin Ziling just threw a few people with some brute force and had no chance to use his strength, so Qin Xingbao didn't know who he was.
Cultivation.
"Later stage of bone refining." Qin Ziling replied.
Hearing this, Qin Xingbao swayed slightly on the horse, and then said with a look of admiration and envy: "Then you are much better than me. I am only in the middle stage of bone refining. You will definitely become the key disciple of the family this time, even
Not even the core disciples."
"You are also very powerful. You are already a great martial artist in the middle stage of bone refining at the age of thirty-two." Qin Ziling said.
Qin Ziling's words were not meant to be perfunctory to Qin Xingbao.
Cui Shanhe was said to be very powerful back then, but he only became a great bone refining master at the age of twenty-nine. Now Qin Xingbao is already a mid-level bone refining master at the age of thirty-two. Obviously, Cui Shanhe is not inferior in bone refining talent.
"In Qingjun Prefecture, people like me are quite talented in martial arts, but in Wu Prefecture, they are not powerful enough. I don't know if I can squeeze into the ranks of key disciples this time. If I can squeeze in, then
I hope to become a martial arts master, otherwise with my family background, it will be very difficult to become a martial arts master." Qin Xingbao said, with a worried look on his face.
Qin Ziling was not too surprised when he heard this. Cui Shanhe was considered very powerful in Qinghe County, but if he had not met him, given the Cui family's family background, it would be basically impossible to become a martial arts master unless there was a great opportunity.
With the innate conditions such as root and bone talent, the competition is to invest in acquired resources and cultivate them.
Even because the entry threshold for martial arts is relatively low, acquired resources and cultivation are even more important.
"What are key disciples and core disciples?" Qin Ziling asked.
"The core disciples are the ones that the Qin family values the most and cultivates with the most care. They can even get some fifth-grade exotic beast flesh and blood supplements every now and then, and of course there are many other excellent resources to improve their cultivation.
However, the core disciples are generally selected from the direct descendants of the family head. Only the descendants from other branches will be selected as the core disciples, unless they are particularly outstanding and are definitely expected to reach the master level.
The key disciples are selected from all the Qin family's children with outstanding talents. For example, uncle Clan, you are already a great martial artist in the late stage of bone refining at the age of twenty-six. There must be key disciples, but it is difficult to say whether they can be selected as core disciples.
." Qin Xingbao explained.
"It turns out there are so many things to pay attention to!" Qin Ziling said.
"That's for sure. Even if the Qin family in Wuzhou has a big business, it can't afford to squander it randomly. It must use good resources on promising children, so as to ensure the long-term prosperity of the family." Qin Xingbao said.
Qin Ziling nodded in agreement.
A few years ago, he personally took the time to select and eliminate people in Yunluo Lake, in fact, in order to use good resources on promising subordinates.
"By the way, where does the uncle's family live? Which branch does it belong to?" Qin Xingbao quickly asked again.
"My family is in Xiyun Prefecture, and my great-great-grandfather and the grandfather of the current head of the family are half-brothers," Qin Ziling replied.
"Then you are considered a branch of the family leader's lineage. Even if you are not a direct descendant of the family leader's lineage, you are much closer than me. With your qualifications and talents, if you work hard, you might really have hope of being selected into the core
Children.
If you can be selected as a core disciple and you can eat the flesh and blood of fifth-grade exotic beasts every now and then, then your clan uncle will definitely be expected to reach the master level. Once you become a martial arts master, you will be the family elder, and you will have a truly high and powerful position.
"
Qin Xingbao was shocked at first when he heard this, and then his face was full of envy. Even when he mentioned the fifth-grade exotic beasts, his eyes shone and he swallowed his saliva.
"Can the important disciples read the Zang Zang exercises?" Qin Ziling smiled noncommittally and then asked.
Now he does not lack the flesh and blood of fifth-grade exotic beasts, but what he lacks is skills.
As long as the key disciples are qualified to read the exercises in the internal organs training section, it is enough for him.
If you really want to create a core disciple, you will not only have to expose more of your strength and secrets, but you will also definitely have a greater responsibility to the Wuzhou Qin family in the future.
Qin Ziling's current understanding of the Qin family is very limited, and he has not even met the members of the Qin family who are actually in power. Naturally, he does not want to get too involved in the Qin family's affairs.
"Of course, the key disciples are all trained as martial arts master candidates. If you are not allowed to read the internal organs training method, how can you become a martial arts master? However, it is said that the key disciples who have cultivated to the late stage of bone refining can only read one method according to regulations.
Qin Xingbao replied.
"Really? Can't you browse through the second door?" Qin Ziling frowned slightly when he heard this.
Last time, Qin Tianchou was anxious to finish things and rush back within two months, so he didn't stay long at the Qin family and rushed to Nanding Prefecture, which was occupied by the rebels, without stopping. Qin Ziling didn't have time to ask about many things in detail.
"It should be possible, but there must be conditions. The cultivation of children at each level in the family has certain standards. If the standards are exceeded, you need to exchange them with merit or other things. It cannot be given for free. Like me, who is twenty
I broke through and became a great bone-refining martial artist at the age of nine. At that time, I came to the Qin family in Wuzhou to report and was approved as a first-class disciple. The family assigned me some training resources and guidance according to this specification.
By the way, after the key children, they are divided into grades A, B, and II. After grade B, the family will generally not pay too much attention to it and needs to find a way out on its own. Of course, if it is a direct descendant of the main line, no matter how poor the talent is, the family will still pay attention to it.
If you cultivate them, you will be able to live without worries about food and clothing for a lifetime." Qin Xingbao replied.
Qin Ziling nodded to express his understanding when he heard this, but he was thinking in his heart: "No wonder my great-great-grandfather moved to Xiyun Prefecture back then. It seemed that he was one of those collateral descendants with poor talent. And because Qin Tianchou is the current head of the family,
My nephew, even if he has no talent, he still has a transcendent status in the family. When traveling and doing things, he is protected and followed by great martial arts masters and great qi refiners."
"Hey, uncle, you mentioned that we are a branch of the main sect. How come you don't know about this?" Qin Xingbao said after realizing it.
"Our family has been a single line since my great-great-grandfather. My grandfather and father passed away when I was a child. If the Qin family in Wuzhou hadn't continued to compile the genealogy, I wouldn't have known that the ancestral temple of my Qin family was in Wuzhou." Qin Ziling
replied.
"So, my uncle had never received support from the Qin family in Wuzhou before, and he relied on his own ability to reach his current state!" Qin Xingbao was surprised at first when he heard this, and then he was in awe.
For Qin Xingbao, Qin Ziling started from scratch, but he was sheltered under the big tree of the Qin family in Wuzhou, and with their help, he was where he is today.
Qin Ziling smiled noncommittally.
The two of them walked into the city while chatting.
Qin Xingbao was a talkative person, and he admired Qin Ziling, his clan uncle, so he kept talking along the way, which helped Qin Ziling understand a lot about the Qin family in Wuzhou.
However, the more he knew about it, the more Qin Ziling was surprised by the power of the Qin family.
While talking, the two of them rode exotic horses through the wide streets.
Most of the people encountered along the way were ordinary people, but the number of warriors and Qi refiners was much larger than in other states and counties.
Qin Ziling discovered several masters who were rarely encountered in other states and counties along the way with his keen five senses.
Soon, the two of them rode strange beast horses and arrived in front of a mansion.
It is more appropriate to say it is a mansion than a city.
A twenty-meter-wide moat and dozens of meters-high walls protect the palaces, courtyards, and gardens inside.
The mansion covers an area of 8,000 acres, with eight suspension bridges hanging over the river, leading to eight gates and exits.
From time to time, pedestrians and carriages come in and out of the gate.
"This is the Qin Mansion! Outside the city, the Qin family built another city called Qin City, which is bigger than this one. It is also the ancestral home of the Qin family. The ancestor worship ceremony will be held in Qin City a month later."
Qin Xingbao stood by the moat and pointed at the city within the city across the river.
Before Qin Xingbao finished speaking, Qin Ziling felt two surging and powerful qi and blood rushing from behind him from far to near.
Then, he saw a young man riding a silver dragon horse onto the suspension bridge.
The silver dragon horse is a fourth-grade exotic beast horse. Its body is silver, with a dragon head and a horse body, but the horse's hoofs are like dragon claws. When it falls, clouds of smoke grow under the hoofs.
The young man riding the horse is dressed in white. Under his handsome eyebrows are a pair of slender and sharp black eyes. His face is expressionless, as cold as if it were carved from marble.
When the pedestrians on the suspension bridge and the guards guarding the gate saw the man approaching on horseback, they all stepped aside and bowed.