There was no dining hall in the inner courtyard, so Zhao Lin went directly back to his residence to eat.
The living conditions in the inner courtyard are much better than those in Wuxiang Yuan. Each disciple has a separate two-entry mansion.
Zhao Lin had already moved in for two nights in advance and was already familiar with the situation.
The servants quickly prepared the meal. After Zhao Lin had eaten and drank enough, he went out again and came to the Hongrong Pavilion, where he asked Hu Xuancheng for a bowl of "Nine Red Soup".
Jiuhong Decoction is made from nine medicinal materials that replenish qi and blood, including safflower, xuezhi, and nanzhuzi. Because the nine medicinal materials are all red, it is named Jiuhong.
When you have reached the Blood Realm, you have sufficient Qi and blood. You no longer need to drink medicine every day like you do in the Strength Realm and Qi Realm. You can just take it every three to five days.
Zhao Lin drank Jiuhong Tang and came out of Hongrong Pavilion. He met Xiang Bao, Zhong Yewu and two unknown disciples.
All four of them looked tired, walked heavily, and looked like they were overworked.
"Senior Brother Xiang, Senior Brother Zhong, two senior brothers."
Zhao Lin stood still and held his hands.
"Senior brother, I don't dare to take it. I heard from Xiang Bao that you are very strong. Maybe I will have to call you senior brother next month."
One of the disciples, who was thin, with green bean eyes and a pointed chin, said.
Zhao Lin didn't know what he meant by this, and looked at Xiang Bao.
Xiang Bao explained with a smile: "Brother Zhao doesn't know something. There is a rule in the inner courtyard. The ranking of disciples does not depend on age, nor does it depend on who started early."
"Whoever is strong is the senior brother. If he is not strong enough, he can only be the junior brother."
Only then did Zhao Lin realize that he had thought that the man was acting strangely just now.
Xiang Bao introduced Zhao Lin and the two of them.
The thin disciple who just spoke is named Hou Qian. He has been in the inner courtyard for four years. He is a veteran and has quite good skills.
However, Hou Qian was good at agility but lacked strength. Yang Lin was not satisfied with this and asked him to practice strength with the newcomer Xiang Bao and others.
Another disciple is Li Liang, who was originally a disciple of the outer courtyard. Due to his hard training and late blooming, he broke through the blood realm at the age of twenty-four and became a disciple of the inner courtyard.
Then, Xiang Bao asked: "Brother Zhao, how do you feel on your first day here?"
Zhao Lin thought for a moment and smiled: "It's good. It's different from the Wuxiang Academy. Chief Yang has great ideas."
Xiang Bao bared his teeth and said, "The method is just a little too radical."
After saying that, he looked at Zhao Lin and said, "You're good, I was stung by a spotted-tailed bee on the first day and I lay in bed for the whole day..."
After chatting for a while, Zhao Lin said goodbye to the four of them, returned to the mansion to wash up briefly, and then went to bed to rest.
While sleeping, the sixty-four hexagrams azimuth map appeared in my mind, and densely packed spotted-tailed wasps appeared in my mind.
The next day.
Zhao Lin came to the stone room and started practicing footwork.
Not long after, instructor Wei Hong walked in and looked aside for a while, surprise flashing in his eyes.
"You can initially master the shuttle step in one day. It seems that you have worked hard. Can you try it faster?"
"good!"
Zhao Lin agreed and moved faster with his feet.
After walking for dozens of steps, Wei Hong raised his eyebrows. Zhao Lin knew that he had stepped on the wrong step and hurriedly stopped.
"It's normal. Take your time." Wei Hong encouraged.
Zhao Lin continued to practice hard, increasing his speed little by little.
In the next few days, in addition to practicing the Guihai Jue, he spent most of his time practicing footwork.
Gradually, I can complete all the hexagram positions of the shuttle step at a trot, but I am still far from running at full speed.
On the fifth day, Yang Lin called Zhao Lin to the courtyard and asked him to fight the spotted-tailed wasp again.
"It doesn't matter, just follow the flying shuttle steps." Wei Hong warned.
"good."
Zhao Lin took a deep breath, walked through the shuttle in his mind, then raised his sword and stabbed the honeycomb...
Buzz!
The spotted-tailed wasp burst out of the hive and jumped out angrily.
Zhao Lin turned his body slightly, and his feet naturally walked diagonally along the "Dayou" position, stepping onto the "Qian" position, and then came Guimei, Lin, Wuwu...
Oddly enough, Zhao Lin was worried that he would step in the wrong direction, so he didn't walk very fast. However, while advancing and avoiding retreat, the spotted-tailed wasp missed him several times.
Whenever the spotted-tailed wasp is about to flap its wings and speed up, Zhao Lin changes its position and appears in an unexpected position, and they must also change their flight direction.
After walking for more than ten steps, no spotted-tailed wasp came close.
Zhao Lin's confidence increased greatly, and he stabbed out the three-edged sword in his hand one after another, and each sword could kill one or two spotted-tailed wasps.
However, although the individual spotted-tailed wasps had low intelligence, they seemed to gain intelligence after gathering in groups. They quickly dispersed and surrounded Zhao Lin from all directions.
Seeing that more and more spotted-tailed wasps were gathering around him, Zhao Lin had to speed up his pace and began to step on the wrong foot.
Finally, a spotted-tailed wasp landed on his shoulder and stung him.
Then the second one, the third one...
Zhao Lin You's spirit beast map absorbed the poison, and he continued to swing his sword to kill the spotted-tailed wasp without stopping.
The bee corpses fell down with a rustling sound.
In about a quarter of an hour, everything returned to calm.
Zhao Lin glanced at the three-edged sword and saw a string of spotted-tailed bees piercing the tip of the sword.
"How's it going? Does the footwork work?"
Yang Lin came over with a smile on his face.
Zhao Lin was sincerely convinced and nodded vigorously.
"My requirement for the disciples in the inner courtyard is to be able to survive a hundred breaths. Since you have a poison-resistant physique, the requirements are naturally higher."
"When you can kill all the spotted-tailed bees without any harm, when will you be considered passed? How about that?"
"I will obey the orders of the head of the hospital."
…
Suddenly, at the end of the month, there were suddenly more people in the inner courtyard.
Zhao Lin often encounters them when he goes in and out of the practice room or when he goes to Hongrong Pavilion to receive medicine.
Judging from their clothing, these people were also disciples of the inner courtyard just like me.
However, his cultivation level is much higher.
Most people's cultivation is above the first level of blood realm, and there are even two who have reached the third level of blood realm.
Zhao Lin has been in the inner courtyard for more than half a month and has a general understanding of the situation here.
Yang Lin tests the cultivation of the school disciples at the beginning of every month. These people must be the inner courtyard disciples who were guarding the mountain outside before and now rush back to take the test.
"I heard that only those who are among the top ten in the inner court are eligible to participate in the martial arts competition. I just want to take advantage of this assessment to see how strong they are..."
The first day of August.
The disciples of the inner courtyard gathered at the school. Yang Lin, the head of the courtyard, and the four teachers stood in the center of the venue, facing everyone.
The disciples formed a semicircle and spontaneously positioned themselves according to the latest assessment rankings.
The first disciple named Xiao Jin is the oldest and strongest person in the inner courtyard.
He is twenty-eight years old this year and will turn thirty in two years. He is stuck within the age limit for the martial arts competition and will take advantage of this.
You must know that although some people have outstanding talents, they are born at the wrong time. The most powerful years in their twenties and thirties will be different from the martial arts competition.
Ranked second and third are Miao Tianfeng and Lu Zhenglong, two famous geniuses from the sect.
They all entered the inner court when they were less than twenty years old and performed well in last year's martial arts competition.
What's even more commendable is that both of them are only 24 or 25 years old, and they can still participate in two martial arts competitions. The head and the court have high hopes for them.
The fourth-ranked disciple is named Yao Chong. Although his actual combat skills are not as good as those of Miao and Lu, his cultivation level is one level higher. He and Xiao Jin are the only ones in the inner courtyard who are at the third level of Blood Realm.
These four people have controlled the top four in the inner court for many years and are almost unbeatable.
Xiang Bao's elder brother, Xiang Shaofeng, ranked fifth.
(End of chapter)
