Chapter 20 The Zhong family proposes marriage (Part 1)
Under the influence of Zhong Lingxi and other beauties, the enthusiasm of the male disciples of the Qingyun Sect for martial arts practice has obviously become much higher than in previous years, which makes Ou Ye Changfeng feel a little gratified. Of course, it would be even better if there weren't a few private fights that occurred from time to time, resulting in injuries.
"Hmph! These brats don't know where the world is, and they spend all day fighting for women!" The leader Ou Ye Changfeng was very helpless. The reason why he left these little girls in Qingyun Sect was mainly for the convenience of management. After all, at that time Zhong Lingxi, Li Xintian, and Wu Xiaoxiao are not very old. They are in the same sect and can take care of each other, but it is unexpected that the three of them will become more and more beautiful as they grow older.
Especially Zhong Lingxi, a 20-year-old girl, naturally attracted the attention of the disciples in the sect, and was even vaguely rated as "one of the three beauties of Luo Yun Kingdom" by some of the disciples in the world! On the contrary, the Qingyun Sect, which had been silent in the world for many years, once again became the focus of public opinion. Although the development of a sect does require prestige and influence, Ouye Changfeng knows that the real influence comes from deep foundation and strength, not the beauty of the female disciples in the sect!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown. As the head of the Qingyun Sect, he knew that the world was dangerous. Sometimes women were too beautiful without the corresponding strength to support them, which was not a good thing!
"Junior brother, Lingxi is getting older, and it's time to plan a good home for her!"
When Ou Yezi heard what his senior brother said, he raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "She is still young. This matter is not urgent, right?"
"For other women, there is indeed no rush, but for her, getting married early is not a bad thing." He looked at his junior brother with a deep look. He knew Ou Yezi's temper. Among the three saints in Yunxiao, , In terms of martial arts, he is on par with Chen Chuantuo, but in terms of temperament and ability to protect the calf, Ou Yezi is undoubtedly the most powerful.
Although he never talked about this female apprentice for a long time, he actually loved her like the apple of his eye. Although he had never openly rejected anyone's marriage to Zhong Lingxi, he was more interested in her than anyone else in private. .
"Humph, I said senior brother, I told you not to worry about my apprentice's affairs! Take care of your good apprentice Li Xintian. I think this little girl will be able to live a good life in a few years! What? You don't Looking for one for her?" Ou Yezi said coldly.
Speaking of Li Xintian, Ouye Changfeng's expression obviously softened a lot. The girl had been learning the exercises from him since she was nine years old. Over the years, he found that Li Xintian's talent was extremely powerful, and what was even more rare was that she was born with a pure mind. This also makes it difficult for Li Xintian to have mental bottlenecks and be troubled by inner demons on the road of spiritual practice.
Of course, this does not mean that inner demons will never arise, but it is extremely difficult to generate inner demons. Correspondingly, if inner demons arise, it will be extremely difficult to eliminate them.
In the past five years, Li Xintian's inner strength cultivation has steadily improved from the beginning of the Mang Realm. In fact, according to her qualifications, she could have entered the Xiaxia Realm two years ago. You know, if she can enter the knight realm before the age of thirteen, then she will become a genius comparable to Helian Haixin.
But Ou Ye Changfeng did not waste the girl's talent prematurely, but focused on solidifying her foundation. Since two years ago, Li Xintian has changed his daily training program. He no longer focuses on improving internal energy, but more on improving his state of mind and martial arts.
As for the direction she has practiced in the past few years, it is naturally the most powerful swordsmanship of the Qingyun Sect. After all, it was once a branch of the Sword Sect of the Yunxiao Sect, and its foundation far exceeded that of ordinary second-rate sects. Even some of the first-rate sects in the world were far behind it. Moreover, Li Xintian has practiced with Li Chengqian and Li Chengtao since he was a child, so he naturally understands the art of swordsmanship.
And after more than five years of training, the girl has also seen some clues. The Sword Sect is actually divided into many schools. Some focus on the practice of swordsmanship, some focus on the study of sword moves, and some focus on internal skills. The direction of Jin Yujian.
For example, Ou Yezi's swordsmanship is mainly based on the sword's intention, and the emphasis is on the sword wielder's perception of the sword's intention. Even in the most advanced realm, every plant and tree in his hands can exert extraordinary combat power.
Another example is Ou Ye Changfeng. As the leader of the Qingyun Sect, his sword intention, sword moves, sword control skills, etc. are extremely powerful, but when it comes to his first practice, it is concentration and sword moves. He practiced swordsmanship at a young age and has read all the swordsmanship in the world. He can be called the master of swordsmanship in the world. Unfortunately, the swordsmanship school has a level gap with other schools in the same sect in the early stage. Others are already at the level of a chivalrous person, but he is still a half-step chivalrous person. The person is wandering around. Therefore, Ou Ye Changfeng in his youth could only be the first disciple of the Sword Sect (the oldest one, or the earliest to start), not the first person of the Sword Sect (the strongest one).
Later, Ou Ye Changfeng continued to learn from others' strengths and steadily improved his cultivation level step by step, and then slowly caught up with the cultivation level of other brothers in the sect. Since then, Ou Ye Changfeng, who has rich experience in sword moves, has grown by leaps and bounds, becoming an invincible being at his level, and slowly becoming the number one person in the Sword Sect.
Until Yunxiao Sect split into Qingyun Sect and Xiaoyuan Academy, Ou Ye Changfeng at that time was already on par with Chen Chuantuo, the number one Qi Sect leader at that time, or just slightly inferior. But now, after so many years, it's hard to say which one of the two is at a higher level.
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While Ou Ye Changfeng and Ou Yezi were bickering with each other in the Qingyun Palace, an inner disciple came in. He first saluted the leader, then solemnly raised his hands to Ou Yezi and said, "Master. Door, the Zhong family is here again!"
Hearing this, Ou Yezi snorted: "This Zhong Rui has a dog-skinned personality!" Obviously, he was very tired of this brat who pestered his precious apprentice all day long.
When the young male disciple who had just come to report saw his elder saying this, he immediately raised his hands and said, "Great Elder, do you need me to send them away?"
It's not that he is so enthusiastic, but mainly because as a member of the Qingyun Sect, anyone who has ideas for his Junior Sister Zhong is a potential target.
The jealousy among the brothers within the sect is an internal conflict. If a wild boy from outside were to abduct Junior Sister Zhong, wouldn't it be a great shame and humiliation for the brothers and sisters like them? If this spreads to the world, what will peers from other sects think?
"I heard that the great beauty Zhong Lingxi of the Qingyun Sect was married by that so-and-so!"
"What! Married to someone from another sect? Then what do the male disciples of the Qingyun Sect do for food? They can't even look down on a junior sister! Are they all pretty ugly?"
"No, no, it's not ugly either. Maybe it's because the skills are not good enough and the internal strength is not as strong as the Qibong. Zheng Tianguang is playing with the sword!"
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Think about these conversations, spread throughout the world, how can other male disciples in the sect get involved in the world? Therefore, regarding internal factors, there may only be a few crazy people who act more radically and often have private fights and so on. But if this matter were to be disclosed to the outside world, all the male disciples of the Qingyun Sect would not stand idly by.
Ou Ye Changfeng waved his hand and said calmly: "This Zhong Rui is from the Lingxi tribe. When the tribe comes to visit, how can we, the Qingyun sect, keep people outside the door? What's more, they just came to have a look and didn't say anything. Something else.”
Having said this, he said to this inner disciple: "Xin Yuan, please take this person to the foot of Qingling Peak."
When the leader spoke, the young man named Aragaki was always reluctant, but he accepted the order and left.
"Why do you still need to take my Qingling Peak? Let Lingxi meet at the door soon?" Ou Yezi muttered with some dissatisfaction.
"No matter what, they are members of your beloved disciple clan. You can make the decision for Lingxi, but you have to take care of the Qingyun Sect's face!" the old man said slowly.
Ou Yezi said nothing, but turned around and left the hall.
Ouyang Changfeng smiled bitterly. He knew his junior disciple's temperament very well. If he didn't like to see this person, no matter who said it, he wouldn't know it. But it doesn't matter. I believe Zhong Lingxi can handle this little thing.
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Zhong Rui brought the things he bought from Xiaohe Town, followed by a hired servant, dragging ten carriages. The carriage contained various valuable calligraphy, paintings and ornaments, plus several boxes of yellow and white things. He had to exchange half of Xiaohe Town's ticket numbers to get such a large amount!
He had secretly calculated before coming here that the total cost this time had exceeded one hundred thousand taels!
This is an astronomical figure for an average family. Even for a smaller power, it is worth a year's income. Looking at the Qingyun Sect disciples standing outside the gate, he naturally read the hostility in their eyes.
Over the past five years, Zhong Rui has gradually grown from an ironclad captain in charge of intelligence and internal affairs to the head of a trading company. The hardships involved are naturally not shared by outsiders. Compared with the accumulation of material wealth, Zhong Rui himself has also grown a lot in the past few years, but this growth is not mainly reflected in martial arts, but in the control of human nature.
"Dear senior fellow apprentices, it is indeed rude of Zhong to visit us without prior notice!" As he spoke, he bowed.
It's just that he only slightly bowed his hands in this bow. It looked like he was bowing, but in fact he didn't bow at all.
"Haha, Your Excellency has traveled thousands of miles to visit the sisters in my family in Qingyun. Haha, this brother-sister relationship is enviable! Why is it so unreasonable? It's you! Master, doesn't he always teach us that we are guests from afar! "At this time, a young man appeared outside the gate.
He first said a few words to Zhong Rui, and then scolded the people at the door with a side face.
"Ah! It's Senior Brother Guo! I've met Senior Brother Guo!" The people at the door saluted immediately when they saw the person coming.
Zhong Rui looked at the young man named Guo in front of him and narrowed his eyes slightly. Although he said it politely, he actually had bad intentions! The other party kept saying that the relationship between him and Zhong Lingxi was "brother and sister", which invisibly set him up. If he really agreed, it would be easy for others to mention marriage in the future.
"Haha, this brother is joking. Don't know what to call him?" Zhong Rui smiled and asked.
"You're welcome, I am the inner disciple of the Qingyun Sect, Guo Xinyuan!" The young man replied in a deep voice. This person was the inner disciple who had just come from the Qingyun Palace.
Zhong Rui raised his eyebrows slightly and grinned: "Oh? Inner disciple? Haha, I have met Guo Shaoxia!"
There are specific rules for addressing people in the martial arts world. For ordinary sects, inner disciples are almost considered an elite force. Sects of different sizes have different numbers of inner disciples and different strengths.
In general third-rate sects, warriors who can reach the realm of Mang can be counted as inner disciples, and those who have reached the realm of knights can become elders of the sect. As for the number, there are usually less than ten elders and about thirty or forty inner disciples.
As for the second-rate sect, it is slightly stronger. Most of the inner disciples are at the realm of Mang. There are a few half-step knights or knights. The elders in the sect must at least be at the realm of knights. In terms of number, there are about twenty elders and about fifty inner disciples.
The first-class sect is already a very powerful force in the world. Most of the inner disciples have reached the half-step chivalrous realm, and some have reached the chivalrous realm. The elders of the sect must at least reach the great chivalrous realm. Therefore, many elders of first-rate sects actually have the ability to establish sects, because generally the leaders of third-rate sects have martial arts cultivation in the Dacheng realm. In terms of number of people, there are about twenty elders and about seventy inner disciples.
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In the world of martial arts, there are also unified names for the inner disciples of various sects. Those whose strength has reached the level of the chivalrous person are naturally called "Xia Zhe", while the inner disciples who have not reached the level of the chivalrous person are called "young heroes". It can be regarded as a kind of courtesy. After all, who can become an inner disciple of a sect, who doesn't want to advance to the knight realm?
Of course, this is a title in the martial arts world, and it is indistinguishable to ordinary people. After all, without martial arts cultivation, naturally they cannot feel the opponent's strength level. Therefore, in the secular world, the word "young knight" is used more often. Anyone who practices martial arts at a young age will become a young knight.
When Guo Xinyuan heard this, he snorted in his heart. Zhong Rui naturally realized that his inner strength was at the level of a half-step knight, and he had reached the final stage of entering the knight realm, so his words "young knight" had somewhat unfriendly meaning.
"Haha, Mr. Zhong, please!" After saying that, the young man ignored this hateful young man and turned around and walked towards Qingling Peak.
Zhong Rui smiled slightly, then raised his hands to the two Qingyun Sect disciples standing at the door and said: "These things are gifts I brought to the Qingyun Sect. Please ask someone to take them back to the back mountain."
After saying that, he no longer looked at the two people in front of him. He stepped into the gate of Qingyun Sect, followed Guo Xinyuan, and walked towards Qingling Peak calmly.
