While Qin Longyuan and his son were talking about Qin Ziling and the family, Qin Ziling had already settled in a house to the west of the Qin Mansion under the arrangement of the steward.
The house has three entrances and three exits, and is equipped with maids and servants. If Qin Ziling needs anything, he can just give instructions.
After Qin Ziling settled down, he remembered what Qin Xingbao said before leaving, and asked his servant to take him to the "Yingwu Courtyard".
Yingwuyuan is also located to the west of Qin Mansion. It is a large building complex with more than 200 houses and courtyards.
Every house has a house number written on it.
Qin Ziling asked Qin Xingbao's house number from the guard and found Qin Xingbao easily.
"Uncle Clan, you are here, please sit down, please sit down." Qin Xingbao couldn't help but glowing when he saw that Qin Ziling had come to see him. He quickly asked Qin Ziling to sit down and ordered his servants to prepare tea.
"You have a nice environment here!" Qin Ziling glanced around and said with a smile...
"Hey, when the true identity of Uncle Ming'er is determined, you will know that my house is not worth mentioning." Qin Xingbao said.
"Didn't you say that this time you broke through and became a great martial artist in the middle stage of bone refining, and you should have hope of becoming one of the key disciples? Listening to your tone, I don't have much confidence!" Qin Ziling said.
"Uncle, I am different from you. You started as a key disciple, and you might even become a core disciple. If I want to join the ranks of key disciples, I have to compete with other clan members for ranking. I just took the time to inquire about the Qin family's status this year.
Our sect and other branches from various places have produced many outstanding disciples, so it may be difficult to compete for this position." Qin Xingbao said.
"The path of practicing martial arts is to advance bravely and diligently, to overcome obstacles and overcome difficulties along the way. How can you lose confidence just because strong competitors appear? On the contrary, you should be happy that there are so many strong competitors. They are all your martial arts practitioners.
A whetstone on the road." Qin Ziling said with a serious face when he heard this.
"What the clan uncle taught is that Xingbao has been taught!" Qin Xingbao quickly said with an awe-inspiring expression.
Seeing that Qin Xingbao was willing to humbly accept the teachings of his young uncle, Qin Ziling nodded with a hint of approval in his eyes.
At this time the servants brought tea.
Qin Xingbao stood up and poured tea for Qin Ziling, and then said: "Just now, the steward should have taken the clan uncle to meet the clan elder who is responsible for receiving foreign children, right?"
"I met my great-grandfather and the head of the family." Qin Ziling replied.
When Qin Xingbao heard this, he couldn't help but trembled all over, and then he said with a look of envy and excitement: "You have just arrived, and the ancestors and the head of the family unexpectedly met you. It seems that the clan uncle is highly regarded by them, and he has a lot of potential to become a core disciple.
Hope!"
Qin Ziling smiled noncommittally when he heard this.
He came here mainly to practice his skills, and actually didn't want to attract too much attention.
"However, uncle, you must be mentally prepared. The number of core disciples is very rare and precious. Even if the direct descendants of the main line want to be selected, they need to go through fierce competition. As for the disciples of the main line branch like you, there are also the disciples of the family branch.
, If you want to be selected as a core disciple, you have to go through the family meeting and the assessment of the clan elders, and the family head cannot make a decision directly." Qin Xingbao followed up.
"It doesn't matter, I know it well." Qin Ziling said.
"Uncle, I know that you started from scratch and are a man of great ability. However, in addition to your own efforts, the support of external forces is also very important in cultivation, which can save us many detours and save a lot of time. You should know that warriors are the most important
What is up for grabs is time.
The status of core disciples in the family is second only to the clan elders, and the investment in resources is even much greater than that of some clan elders who have little room for breakthrough. If you join the ranks of the core disciples, you will be supplemented with the flesh and blood of fifth-grade exotic beasts every now and then.
, with your talent, you might be able to become a junior martial arts master before the age of thirty. If you become a junior martial arts master at the age of thirty, you generally have a great chance of becoming a master, and even a grand master has a glimmer of hope."
Seeing Qin Ziling's indifferent look, Qin Xingbao hesitated and reminded him seriously.
"Okay Xingbao, thank you for the reminder." Qin Ziling nodded, then changed the topic, chatted for a while, and then stood up to leave.
Returning to his residence, Qin Ziling ordered his servants, then closed the door alone, took out a portion of cooked fifth-grade exotic animal meat from the storage ring, had a full meal, and then started to use the exercises to transfer Qi and blood.
Slowly penetrate into the deepest part of the skull.
Soon, the muscles on Qin Ziling's face became twisted, he was sweating profusely, and his body was trembling slightly.
The skull is the most difficult place to cultivate, and the depth of the skull is even more difficult. Even though Qin Ziling cultivates the power of the five attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, the fusion of the five powers also gives birth to a trace of the power of yin and yang of life and death.
, and with the help of powerful souls, it is difficult and extremely painful to reach this point.
It was not until late at night that Qin Ziling stopped refining bones, took out the magic crystal and turned to refining Qi.
The energy of the Dharma Crystal Stone is so pure that Qin Ziling only needs to practice it for an hour, and his whole body's meridians and Dantian will feel swelling and pain, reaching saturation.
Putting away the Dharma Crystal, Qin Ziling visualized the "Immortal Galaxy".
After practicing like this, at the beginning of the Yin period, Qin Ziling closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, after breakfast, Qin Ziling, led by the steward, came to the Qin Mansion's meeting hall.
The meeting hall is grand and massive, facing north and south.
The head of the family, Qin Zaixin, sat high up in the head position, with eighteen people sitting on the left and right below.
These eighteen people were of various ages and were basically all men, with only two women.
These people were all powerful and full of energy, and they were all masters of martial arts. Qin Xingjun, the genius of the Qin family whom Qin Ziling saw outside the Qin Mansion yesterday, was also present.
However, most of them are junior martial arts masters, and there are only three middle masters, including the head of the family.
"What the teacher said is indeed true. There are many martial arts practitioners. As long as there are enough resources, it is relatively easy to train some small martial arts masters. However, due to the age limit of Qi and blood, it is difficult to produce middle-level masters in martial arts, and it is even more difficult to become a great master.
, simply like a rare bird.
The Qin family is also one of the most wealthy families in Wuzhou. It can easily recruit more than ten martial arts masters. Such a force can directly sweep the entire Xiyun State. However, there are only three martial arts masters.
The Grandmaster was nowhere to be seen.
No wonder no matter how warriors strive to dominate the world, no matter which family takes control of the country, Qi Refining will always be aloof from the world, above the imperial court and the country, monitoring the world."
Qin Ziling walked into the meeting hall. Although he didn't scan it with his eyes, he basically had a clear picture of the cultivation levels of everyone present.
"Zi Ling has met the head of the family and the elders of the clan!" Qin Ziling raised his hands to meet everyone in a neither humble nor overbearing manner. At the same time, he tried his best to restrain himself, only slightly revealing part of the energy and blood fluctuations of Han Iron Kung Fu.
"You have reached the late stage of bone refining at the age of twenty-six. You are considered very talented and have a good character. You can be considered qualified to be selected as a core disciple. But the Qin family is different now twenty years ago. At that time, our Qin family
There are also great masters sitting in charge, who are as powerful as clouds and control resources as large as mountains and oceans.
But over the past twenty years, our Qin family has lost too much, especially in the fight for the crown prince. We misjudged the situation. After the sixth prince took the crown prince, he often targeted our Qin family. For this reason, we
How many resources have the Qin family transported to the country over the years?
Therefore, in my opinion, the number of core disciples must be reduced as appropriate, and the qualifications for selection must be more strictly assessed. The best resources must be truly used on the cutting edge, and no more waste can be allowed. What do you think?
What about the head of the family?" A bald old man sitting on the left side of the head of the family looked at Qin Ziling, clasped his fists at Qin Zaixin and said.
Qin Zaixin glanced at the bald old man, nodded, and then said seriously: "What the elder said makes sense. But it is precisely because our Qin family is in decline now, and we must be more careful in cultivating future generations of young children. Warriors have been criticized.
The blood age limit is too high, the young children are the hope of our Qin family!"
"That's true, but good resources are limited!" The great elder shook his head and sighed.
When Qin Zaixin saw the elder shaking his head and sighing, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and soon returned to normal. His eyes slowly swept across the rest of the people below, and asked: "What do you think?"
"Actually, it's simple. Qin Ziling's age and level are enough, so let's look at his strength!" Qin Xingjun, the youngest in the hall, said.
Everyone nodded in agreement after hearing this.
"Then Xingjun, it's up to you to fight Zi Ling." Qin Zaixin said.
When Qin Xingjun heard this, he was about to stand up to accept the order. A man with a big face, a smiling face, and an age of about forty stood up and said, "Master, let me do it."
After that, the big-eared man walked out of the queue and said to Qin Ziling with a smile on his face: "Zi Ling, my name is Qin Zirong. Since you and I are of the same generation, it would be more appropriate for me to challenge you."
Qin Ziling did not respond to Qin Zirong, but raised his eyes to look at the head of the family.
"Then you have a fight with Elder Zirong. Just attack with all your strength. Elder Zirong has been fighting at the level of a small master for ten years. He is very powerful and you can't hurt him." Qin Zaixin saw Qin Ziling.
Looking at himself, he nodded and said.
"It's the head of the family!" Qin Ziling bowed and replied, but secretly sighed in his heart.
How could he not see that the head of the family and the great-uncle should still want to cultivate him vigorously, but Qin Zaixin's lineage was caused by an accident twenty years ago, when the head of the Qin family had an accident.
It was not enough to frighten the whole clan, so the controversial scene in the meeting hall came about.
Even Qin Zirong was obviously worried about Qin Xingjun's betrayal, so he rushed to come forward.
Logically speaking, Qin Ziling should be relieved that Qin Zaixin treated him like this, but he didn't want to stand out, and from the conversation just now, it was not difficult for Qin Ziling to hear that the Qin family was on the wrong side in the battle for the crown prince.
Location, the situation is not good now.
It can be seen that at the level of the Qin family, the power struggle involved has risen to a very high level.
Under such circumstances, Qin Ziling must not stand out and keep a low profile, so that if the Qin family is really in trouble, he will have room for maneuver.
Otherwise, he would have been targeted early and targeted, and he would have been completely tied to the Qin family's warship, without even any room for maneuver.