The red sun rises, shooting out streaks of golden light.
Outside Yongning City, Zhu Huaishan boarded the southbound carriage, stuck his head out of the carriage, and waved to Zhao Lin.
"My disciple, don't send me off. Go to the sect as soon as possible."
Zhao Lin nodded heavily, "Master, when will you come back?"
"In two years' time, I will pass on the exercises and prescriptions to Gao Yuan, and I will come when he can hold up the Liuhe Gate."
"Then take care of yourself on the way."
"Don't worry, Master, this old bone can still withstand the torture..."
The driver raised his whip to drive the horse, and the wheels of the carriage turned rapidly.
Zhao Lin stood there for a long time, until the carriage turned into a small black dot, then he turned and walked towards the city.
Yongning City is the largest state capital in the northern states. It is home to millions of people. It has thirteen city gates and nine city gates in the inner city. It is known as "Nine Inner and Thirteen Outside".
If you take a detour from outside the city to go to Xingyun Sect, you will have to walk at least half an hour longer.
Zhao Lin walked out of the city, glanced at the mountains in the distance, made sure he was heading in the right direction, and started running quickly.
It took about three sticks of incense to reach the foot of the mountain.
Xingyun Sect is located in a place surrounded by peaks, with lush and green trees. As you approach the mountain gate, you will feel the quiet and simple atmosphere.
The place is clean today, with only a few Xingyun Sect disciples patrolling in front of the mountain.
"This talented man is Junior Brother Zhao Lin Zhao?"
A man in black was sitting in front of the stone steps. When he saw Zhao Lin, he immediately stood up to greet him and said with fists in his hands.
The man is in his thirties, of medium height, tall and tall, with bright eyes.
Zhao Lin thought to himself that he had just arrived in Yongning City and had no acquaintances. How did this person find him?
"I'm Zhao Lin, do you know me?"
Ma Chaoxian grinned, "My man, Ma Chaoxian, is the owner of the Haoyue Martial Arts School in Yongning City. May I ask, are you a new disciple of the Dancing Elephant Academy?"
Zhao Lin raised his eyebrows, vaguely guessing the other party's purpose, and said: "Exactly, what's the matter?"
Ma Chaoxian smiled and said: "Our Haoyue Martial Arts School was established not long ago, and we want to hire Junior Brother Zhao as the tutor. What do you think?"
Zhao Lin pondered for a moment and asked, "Where is your martial arts school?"
Dujiao is equivalent to a visiting professor in his previous life, who goes to the martial arts hall from time to time to teach people how to practice martial arts.
Generally speaking, Tujiao are mostly martial artists who are famous in the local area, and martial arts schools borrow their names to recruit and attract apprentices.
The more apprentices there are in the martial arts gym, the more tuition fees will be collected, and it will also be easier to expand the business network.
A disciple of the Xingyun Sect Dance Elephant Academy is naturally a pretty good sign.
Zhao Lin didn't refuse straight away because he really needed money.
He originally saved a lot of money when he was in Qinghe County, and the reward he got for just suppressing bandits was as much as a thousand taels.
But the expenses in the past month have also been huge.
When leaving Qinghe County, Zhao Lin gave Liang Song two hundred taels so that he could continue to practice martial arts and not have to go out to work for the martial arts gym too early.
The whole family traveled a long distance to get here and spent a lot of money on carriage and accommodation along the way.
When I came to Yongning City, I bought a house, and I had to pay to practice martial arts in Xingyun Sect...
Although I still have savings on hand, I can only go out but not get them out, and sooner or later I will run out of them.
Being a tutor in a martial arts school is indeed a good choice. It is not dangerous and does not require too much energy.
Ma Chao first observed the situation and knew that something was going on. He smiled and said: "The martial arts school is on Zhidao Street at Qingliangmen, not far from here."
"As long as Junior Brother Zhao is willing to come, our martial arts school is willing to provide 20% of the shares, plus one hundred taels of silver per month for tea money."
Zhao Lin thought about it and felt that the conditions were good, but some things must be explained in advance.
"I am a disciple of Xingyun Sect, martial arts cannot be taught to outsiders..."
"certainly!"
Ma Chaoxian said with emotion, "We will definitely not ask for such an unreasonable request! As long as Junior Brother Zhao comes over a few days a month to give guidance to the apprentices and show off, it is enough."
After saying that, he took out a bag of silver from his arms and said, "This is tea money for the first two months. Please accept it with your smile."
Zhao Lin did not reach out to take it, but shook his head and said: "Don't collect the money now, wait until I go to visit you someday."
You have to see this kind of thing before you feel at ease. Otherwise, it won't be worthwhile if you encounter someone with ulterior motives who uses the name of Xingyun Sect to deceive you.
"That's fine, Junior Brother Zhao is a cautious person, so I won't bother you here."
Ma Chaoxian didn't force anything, put away his money, said goodbye and left.
Zhao Lin walked to the mountain gate, showed the jade token to the gatekeeper, asked where the Dance Elephant Courtyard was, and walked up the mountain.
There are many buildings scattered on both sides of the mountain road, with blue bricks and black tiles, elegant and unique.
The outer courtyard is near the foot of the mountain, the inner courtyard is halfway up the mountain, and the top of the mountain is where the headmaster, elders, deacons and other senior officials of the Xingyun Sect live.
The Dancing Elephant Courtyard is not far from the inner courtyard. It is divided into five areas and looks like a huge starfish from a distance.
Zhao Lin knew that the Dancing Elephant Courtyard had five parts: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and he guessed that the areas were divided accordingly.
There is an empty lobby in the middle of "Starfish". There is a large mahogany table in the middle, and a middle-aged man with gray temples sits behind it.
When they came down the mountain yesterday, Hu Xuancheng had already told his disciples what to do. Zhao Lin came to the Dance Elephant Courtyard and walked directly into the lobby.
"Who are you?"
The middle-aged man saw Zhao Lin coming in and asked.
"New disciple, Zhao Lin." Zhao Lin said, showing the jade sign.
The middle-aged man said "Oh" and said with a smile: "I know you. Elder Shui Jing specially told you today to let you go to the Shui Jing Department."
Zhao Lin heard something in his words and asked: "Senior brother, do you mean that I can choose another department?"
"Exactly."
The middle-aged man nodded and said: "The human body has the qi of yin and yang and the five elements. Most people have a balance of the five qi. There is not much difference in which method they choose to major in."
"But there are also a small group of people who are born with a certain kind of practice. So some disciples enter the Qi realm and their cultivation has been stagnant for many years, so they switch to other techniques."
"What's the result?" Zhao Lin asked.
"Nine times out of ten you bet, you lose." The middle-aged man sighed, seeming to feel deeply.
"I'll go to the mirror department."
Zhao Lin discussed with his master yesterday that his martial arts was progressing smoothly and there was no need to change his techniques, which would be a waste of effort.
"Okay, give me the jade token."
The middle-aged man asked for Zhao Lin's jade plaque, took out a carving knife from the drawer, and quickly carved Zhao Lin's name on the jade plaque, and then carved the word "water" next to it.
Zhao Lin felt quite emotional when he saw it.
The middle-aged man looked like a warrior at first glance, but now he was working as a civilian.
This is the case with martial arts training. Either you can practice all the way to the Yuan realm and become a master of martial arts in the eyes of the world, or you can stop progressing at a certain realm and start to indulge in worldly things.
The middle-aged man carved the jade plaque and gave it back to Zhao Lin, saying, "Xuewu's monthly medicine fee is twenty taels, so you should pay it for a year."
A month's tuition at Liuhe Sect is only twenty taels, but here at Xingyun Sect it is twenty taels.
This is not because the Xingyun Sect wants to make money from this, but because the family has a big business and has thousands of disciples. If all the expenses are borne by the sect, it is estimated that the disciples can only go out to find a way to survive like apprentices in a martial arts school, and they will not be able to concentrate. Practice martial arts.
"Can I pay for half a year first?"
Zhao Lin thought for a while and asked, maybe he will have broken through to the blood realm in half a year. Wouldn't it be a loss to pay for one year?
(End of chapter)
