"I am devoted to martial arts. I have to attack the inner sect now, and I have no time to care about the marriage of this girl."
Zhou Xing said calmly.
After saying that, he turned and left the lobby.
"Bah! Based on your qualifications, you still want to become an inner disciple?"
"This kid really doesn't know the heights of the world."
Several clan elders looked unhappy and were very dissatisfied with Zhou Xing's behavior.
But when these words fell into the ears of Zhou's father and Zhou's mother, they felt a little uncomfortable.
"Why can't I enter the inner gate? Didn't you guys also make the conclusion before, but now he has established himself in the outer gate."
Zhou's mother Liu Yu said angrily.
"Hmph! If he could become an inner disciple, I would be willing to apologize to you."
An old man from the white-bearded tribe said disdainfully.
Several clan elders present had sneers on their faces. Without the help of family resources, Zhou Xing would have a hard time reaching the sky if he wanted to improve further!
In the hall.
After a quarrel, with faces red and ears red, Zhou's father and Zhou's mother waved their sleeves and walked away.
"God is mighty! This Zhou Xing's wings are really stiff. He is completely disrespectful and needs treatment."
"Not only did this son refuse such a happy marriage, but he also monopolized the land deed and gold. Does he want to leave the family and start his own business?"
Several clan elders spoke sternly.
Zhou Xing beheaded the three evil spirits of Honghu, monopolized half of the treasures, and put a bounty on the territory, including ten thousand taels of gold, which had already made them jealous.
Now, Zhou Xing is against the head of the family again and refuses to marry. They are taking advantage of the situation. If they can defeat Zhou Xing, they might be able to get a piece of the pie.
"Master of the family, do you want to ask the 'ancestor' to take action and deal with this son according to the family law?"
The white-bearded elder suddenly suggested.
Ancestor?
Everyone present looked in awe when they heard these two words.
As a family based on one side, the Zhou family still has secret experts sitting in charge. However, they will not be easily dispatched until the family's life and death is at stake.
"No, it's not the time yet."
The head of the family, Zhou Tianwei, immediately shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Xing has not made a big mistake of principle yet, so we have no excuse to punish him severely. Moreover, as a disciple of the sect, he has just killed the Three Evils of Honghu, and his momentum is at its peak.
"
"What about the engagement with Chu Fengyun?"
"We can only delay it for a while, maybe I will change my mind. Besides, Chu Fengyun only made an engagement with us and did not mention the time of marriage at all."
…
Return to the courtyard.
Zhou Xingping calmed down, recalled the scene in the hall, and had no regrets about his decision.
He monopolized the land title and gold, but he deserved all of it.
In the face of extremely evil people like the "Three Evils of Honghu", how many people in the family's senior leadership dare to stand up and fight?
In the past, in the sect, he was kept in the dark and did not receive any substantial resource help at all.
But now, how can I allow others to take advantage of the rich fruits I have gained by risking my life and death?
As for the marriage contract, this is his freedom.
"Okay."
At this time, Zhou's father and Zhou's mother both walked in.
"Father, mother."
Zhou Xing felt a little guilty, having failed his parents' kindness.
He could tell that his parents were quite in favor of this marriage, especially his mother Liu Yu.
but.
After coming back, my parents did not try to persuade them to get married again as they imagined.
"Okay, no matter what decision you make, we will support you..."
Father Zhou Tiande comforted him.
Zhou said solemnly: "Xing'er, you must become an inner disciple."
Forehead?
Zhou Xing was a little stunned, why did his mother suddenly have expectations for him?
After asking, I found out that my mother Liu Yu had actually argued with several clan elders. Those clan elders were certain that Zhou Xing could not become an inner disciple, and their words were somewhat disdainful.
"Inner disciple, I must succeed!"
Zhou Xing murmured inside.
In two months, Yunyue Sect's "Outer Sect Competition" is about to begin.
However.
In the early stage of Tongmai, I just obtained an admission qualification.
As far as Zhou Xing knows, those who have passed the competition and been selected as inner disciples are basically those who have reached the late stage of Tongmai or above.
Two months were quite stressful for Zhou Xing.
In the wing room.
Zhou Xing sat cross-legged and performed the "Yun Sha Heart Method" as usual.
He discovered that after the dangerous fight with the "Three Evils of Honghu", not only had Yunsha's boxing skills been improved, but the strength of his inner breath had also become slightly better.
Since then.
His Yunsha Mental Technique operates more smoothly and progresses much faster.
Zhou Xing guessed, is this because after fighting, his state of mind is more consistent with the true meaning of "Yunsha Fist"?
"but."
Zhou Xing frowned slightly: "With my qualifications, even if the progress is several points faster, if I want to break through the middle stage of Tongmai, it will take a year and a half."
He has no corresponding qualifications in the practice of inner breath.
However, after the channel opening period, the inner breath level corresponds to your cultivation state.
Zhou Xing fell into thinking for a moment.
In the sect, geniuses with good qualifications are in the minority after all. Most people do not have the ultimate qualifications.
So, what do these people with average qualifications rely on to improve their progress?
The answer is external resources.
To a certain extent, external resources are no less important than qualifications.
For example.
Zhou Xing's current nominal "fiancee" Chu Wanyu has a cultivation level in the middle stage of Tongmai. It is hard to say whether someone with no family background can break through to the stage of Tongmai with such qualifications.
"correct."
Zhou Xing took out a small porcelain bottle and carefully stared at the crystal pill inside.
This thing is the "hard work fee" that the mysterious girl "Ye Luofeng" gave Zhou Xing before she left.
at that time.
The stunning girl called this pill the middle-grade "Yunti Dan". According to her, if Zhou Xing's qualifications are not bad, with the help of this pill, there should be no big problem in advancing to the middle stage of channeling.
After a while.
With a thoughtful look on his face, Zhou Xing carefully put away this middle-grade "Yun Ti Dan".
Now, he doesn't want to take this pill immediately.
First, Zhou Xing is not confident about his semi-spiritual qualifications; "Ye Luofeng" has a high level of vision, and the qualifications she mentioned are not bad, and may be rare qualifications for ordinary sect disciples.
.
Second, Zhou Xing had not long since advanced to Tongmai, and he wanted to rely on his own efforts to accumulate knowledge.
Therefore, he put down this "Yunshi Dan" for the time being and saved it for the critical moment.
Immediately afterwards.
Zhou Xing took out the semi-treasure weapon "Wind Chanting Sword" and waved it around the room a few times.
Huh!
Zhou Xing discovered that when he swung the sword, it was unusually light, and a faint sound of wind roar could be heard in his ears.
The speed of the swing is one or two minutes faster than that of ordinary weapons.
In order to verify this, he specially got a dagger of similar weight and volume, but it didn't feel that light and nimble.
"It is as sharp as a treasure and can slightly increase the speed of the sword. It seems that this is the real characteristic of the 'Wind Sword'."
Zhou Xing clicked his tongue in surprise.
Of course, he has no martial arts training in swordsmanship. He can try it when he returns.
It suddenly occurred to Zhou Xing that he seemed to have broken through the channeling stage and could choose an intermediate martial arts for free.
…
In the blink of an eye, a few days passed.
Zhou Xing has always stayed in the clan and participated in martial arts.
Among them, "Bronze Statue Skill" and "Lingyun Step" are making steady and rapid progress.
In the field of physical arts, Zhou Xing's talent is indeed impeccable.
Only "Yunsha Fist", especially in terms of mental techniques, has made slightly slower progress and is far inferior to the previous two.
this day.
Zhou Ying'er said goodbye in advance, her deadline to return to Shuiyue Sect has come.
When she left, Zhou Ying'er received a large amount of resources accumulated by her family; however, this woman seemed to still have some attachment to Zhou Xing's semi-treasure.
Zhou Xing's deadline for returning to the clan is coming soon.
He went home this time and took a month's leave, which is now more than half of the time.
A few days later.
Zhou Xing stood up and said goodbye. Unlike Zhou Ying'er, he did not receive any help from family resources.
Deep in the Zhou Mansion, in an attic.
"Zhou Xingxing?"
The head of the family, Zhou Tianwei, looked at the white-bearded elder in front of him.
This clan elder is the one who had a dispute with Liu Yu of the Zhou family a few days ago.
"He left, and he didn't get any resources."
The old man from the white-bearded clan laughed.
"Well. With his qualifications, it will be impossible for him to reach the front line in this 'Outer Sect Competition'. When the time comes, he will naturally change his mind."
Zhou Tianwei nodded.
original.
After Zhou Xing was promoted to Tongmai and established in the sect, no matter what his family said, he had to provide some resources to help him.
However, because of Zhou Xing's refusal to marry and even the monopoly of territory, gold and other issues, several elders in the clan unanimously refused to provide him with resources to help him.
"Hey, don't worry."
The white-bearded clan elder looked confident: "I have never heard of an example of a semi-spirit being able to become an inner sect disciple without the support of family resources. At least, there has been no such case in the Chu Kingdom in the past ten or twenty years.
Appeared."
…
On the way back to the clan, Zhou Xing still walked and used the "Ling Yun Step" to hurry.
I was practicing my body skills while rushing on the road, but the actual speed was not too fast.
Two days later.
Zhou Xing's "Ling Yun Step" has made steady progress and is probably not too far away from the realm of Dacheng.
If he can break through to Dacheng, Zhou Xing's movement speed will reach a new level, and very few can match it during the channel opening period.
At a certain moment, when Zhou Xing passed a canyon mouth that he must pass through.
No! No! No!
Several figures suddenly jumped out of the nearby mountains and forests on both sides.
"Um?"
Zhou Xing was alert and soon saw six masked figures in black.
These six masked men had cold eyes and exuded a murderous aura that chilled their hearts.
Zhou Xing felt a vague sense of crisis in his heart.
"kill--"
Six figures, without saying a word, surrounded Zhou Xing from both sides.
These people's bodies were filled with inner energy, holding knives or swords in their hands, and some even fired hidden weapons that were sharp and piercing the air.
"Two are in the late stage of Tongmai, and four are in the middle stage of Tongmai..."
From the inner breath induction, Zhou Xing came to the conclusion, and his heart was trembling.
If there were just a lot of masters, it wouldn't be enough to scare him.
Zhou Xing majored in "Yun Sha Gong", and after fighting against the three evil spirits of Honghu, he was very sensitive to evil spirits.
Right now, these people have astonishing evil auras and murderous intent in their eyes. They are definitely experienced in many battles.
Whizzing!
Before he could get close, there were one or two hidden weapons, no less powerful than the Ersha Blood Poison Darts, approaching Zhou Xing from two sides.
"Take your life."
One of them, who was in the late stage of Tongmai, used a black whip and made an astonishing muffled whistling sound, hitting Zhou Xing's foot.
Another person in the late stage of Tongmai held a spear in his hand and transformed into a deep cold snake shadow, like a tricky poisonous snake, attacking Zhou Xing's vital points.
The remaining four intermediate stages of Tongmai are all unambiguous.
Facing such a lineup, even if they are as strong as the "Three Evils of Honghu", if there are no powerful means such as Heavy Rain Pear Blossom Needle and Mysterious Purple Flute, they will probably stay away and not want to fight head-on.
"retreat."
A choice was made in a blink of an eye.
With his own strength, he was really at a disadvantage against so many experienced masters.
At the same time, his thoughts were racing, who was it that killed him?
Someone who can come up with such a skill must have a certain amount of power behind him; as for Zhou Xing, a fifteen-year-old boy, the number of people he can offend is really limited.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in Zhou Xing's mind.
Above the canyon.
A young man in green shirt, with a sneer on his face, looked down at Zhou Xing who was being surrounded by a group of masters.
"Zhou Xing, Zhou Xing, you can't escape today even if you have wings, your opportunities and good luck end here!"
Wang Lingyun's handsome face is somewhat sinister.
That day, after the battle with Zhou Xing on Zongmen Mountain, he became frightened.
Since the "Meteor Meteor" incident, Zhou Xing's progress has been so fast, it's like he has become a different person.
Wang Lingyun was sure that Zhou Xing probably had some opportunity or secret.
After returning to Xiangyang City, Wang Lingyun has been secretly paying attention to and inquiring about Zhou Xing's travels, as well as planning this assassination operation.
After learning that Zhou Xing was lucky enough to kill Dasha and receive a generous reward, Wang Ling was filled with jealousy and hatred.
How could he be willing to see his once suppressed opponent leap forward step by step?
At this time, the mouth of the canyon below.
Faced with the attacks from the six masters, Zhou Xing made the quickest reaction - retreat!
Whoosh!
Zhou Xing launched the "Ling Yun Step", his body lightened up, and with his extremely fast movement, he narrowly avoided the interception of a group of masters.
Ding!
There was still a dart among them, but he couldn't avoid it and used the "Bronze Statue Skill" to catch it forcefully.
Huh!
Seeing Zhou Xing using his superb body skills to retreat from the encirclement, followed by the two men in black in the late Tongmai stage, there was a trace of surprise in his eyes.
"When did this boy's body skills reach such an advanced level? No, how can this body skill be like Le Feng's "Ling Yun Step"?"
Above the canyon, Wang Lingyun looked shocked.
He had seen this kind of movement technique from the outside genius Le Feng.
However, Zhou Xing's rapid breakthrough did not panic Wang Lingyun.
A hint of coldness flashed in Wang Lingyun's eyes: "Fortunately, I have improved my estimate of your strength. Come and try my secret weapon!"
Boom boom boom boom——
As soon as Zhou Xing escaped a few feet away, two rows of powerful crossbow arrows suddenly shot out from the dense forest on both sides.
Those crossbow arrows, each one as thick as a thumb, pierced the air with an astonishing scream.
"Armor-breaking arrow!"
Zhou Xing finally changed his color. This armor-piercing arrow, which is rare in the army, can penetrate the steel armor of the cavalry.
In some cases, this armor-piercing arrow is specially used to ambush masters.
And at this moment.
Two rows of crossbow arrows, twenty in total, completely blocked Zhou Xing's escape route.
No matter how you move, it will be difficult to avoid all the armor-piercing arrows.
Armor-piercing arrows not only have the power to pierce armor, but are also much faster than ordinary bows and arrows.
Gulu!
Zhou Xing quickly rolled to the ground and used his "Bronze Statue Technique" with all his strength to protect his body's vitals.
Ding ding ding!
There were still two armor-piercing arrows that pierced Zhou Xing, and there was a strong drilling force, which made Zhou Xing feel a sting.
Zhou Xing's skin and flesh were punctured, and a trace of blood flowed out.
However, the blood on the wound solidified quickly and was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
What a strong penetrating power!
Zhou Xing is extremely clear about his defense of the "Bronze Statue Skill". Of course, his "Bronze Statue Skill" is only at the level of copper skin after all. If it reaches a higher level of copper ribs, it will be different.
how come!
Wang Lingyun, who was above the canyon, had a frozen face and a look of shock.