"Yes, is there any problem? No, how come you know the seniority order of the Qin family so well? Are you also a descendant of the Qin family?" Qin Xingbao blurted out and nodded when he heard this, and then his expression became shocked.
"Sorry, my name is Qin Ziling, and I also came to Wuzhou to participate in the Qin family's ancestor worship ceremony." Qin Ziling looked at Qin Xingbao with a smile and said.
Qin Xingbao looked at Qin Ziling, who was smiling, and his expression suddenly froze. His bearded face turned red unknowingly. After a while, Qin Xingbao raised his hands to Qin Ziling and said, "Xingbao has met the clan uncle."
"Excuse me." Qin Ziling waved his hand with a smile, and then said: "Since you have been to Wuzhou, you must know how Qin Mansion left?"
"Yes, uncle Clan can just go with me." Qin Xingbao quickly returned to normal and said with a grin.
"That's just right, I'm just about to find someone to ask for directions." Qin Ziling said...
"Hey, my uncle and I are destined to be together. We met by chance. By the way, uncle, how old are you this year?" After the initial embarrassment, Qin Xingbao quickly became cheerful and talkative again. .
"Twenty-six years old." Qin Ziling replied, shaking the reins and driving the horse into the city.
Upon seeing this, Qin Xingbao quickly chased after him, riding side by side with Qin Ziling and said: "Uncle Clan is so young, I am already thirty-two years old. I wonder what Clan Uncle is now?"
The last time Qin Ziling took action to fight an injustice, those bad guys were swept away by Qin Xingbao like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. Qin Ziling just threw a few people with some brute force and had no chance to use his strength at all, so Qin Xingbao didn't know who he was. Cultivation.
"Later stage of bone refining." Qin Ziling replied.
Qin Xingbao swayed slightly on the horse after hearing this, and then said with admiration and envy: "Then you are much better than me. I am only in the middle stage of bone refining. You will definitely become the key disciple of the family this time, even Not even the core disciples."
"You are also very powerful. You are already a great martial artist in the middle stage of bone refining at the age of thirty-two." Qin Ziling said.
Qin Ziling's words were not meant to be perfunctory to Qin Xingbao.
At that time, Cui Shanhe was said to be very powerful, but he only became a great bone refining master at the age of twenty-nine. Now Qin Xingbao is already a mid-level bone refining master at the age of thirty-two. Obviously, Cui Shanhe is not inferior in bone refining talent.
"In Qingjun Prefecture, martial arts talents like me are relatively powerful, but in Wu Prefecture, they are not powerful enough. I don't know if I can squeeze into the ranks of key disciples this time. If I can squeeze in, then I hope to become a martial arts master, otherwise with my family background, it will be very difficult to become a martial arts master." Qin Xingbao said, with a worried look on his face.
Qin Ziling was not too surprised when he heard this. Cui Shanhe was considered very powerful in Qinghe County, but if he had not met him, given the Cui family's family background, it would be basically impossible to become a martial arts master unless there was a great opportunity.
With the innate conditions such as root and bone talent, the competition is the investment and cultivation of acquired resources.
Even because the entry threshold for martial arts is relatively low, acquired resources and cultivation are even more important.
"What are key disciples, core disciples?" Qin Ziling asked.
"The core disciples are the ones that the Qin family values the most and cultivates with the most care. They can even get some fifth-grade exotic beast flesh and blood supplements from time to time, and of course there are many other excellent resources to improve their cultivation.
However, the core disciples are generally selected from the direct descendants of the family head. Only the descendants from other branches will be selected as core disciples, unless they are particularly outstanding and are definitely expected to reach the master level.
The key disciples are those with outstanding talents among all the Qin family disciples. For example, uncle Clan, you are already a great martial artist in the late stage of bone refining at the age of twenty-six. There must be key disciples, but it is hard to say whether you can be selected as a core disciple. "Qin Xingbao explained.
"It turns out there are so many things to pay attention to!" Qin Ziling said.
"That's for sure. Even if the Qin family in Wuzhou is big, it can't afford to squander it randomly. It must use good resources on promising children, so as to ensure the long-term prosperity of the family.
" Qin Xingbao said.
Qin Ziling nodded in agreement.
A few years ago, he personally took the time to select and eliminate people in Yunluo Lake, in fact, just to use good resources on promising subordinates.
"By the way, where does the clan uncle live? Which branch does he belong to?" Qin Xingbao quickly asked again.
"My family is in Xiyun Prefecture, and my great-great-grandfather and the grandfather of the current head of the family are half-brothers." Qin Ziling replied.
"Then you are considered a branch of the family leader's lineage. Even if you are not a direct descendant of the family leader's lineage, you are much closer than me. With your qualifications and talents, if you work hard, you might really have hope of being selected into the core Children.
If he can be selected as a core disciple, he will be able to eat the flesh and blood of fifth-grade exotic beasts every now and then. That uncle will definitely be expected to reach the master level. Once you become a martial arts master, you will be the family elder, and you will have a truly high and powerful position. "
Qin Xingbao was shocked at first when he heard this, and then his face was full of envy. Even when he mentioned the fifth-grade exotic beasts, his eyes shone and he swallowed his saliva.
"Can the key disciples read the Zang Zang exercises?" Qin Ziling smiled noncommittally and then asked.
Now he does not lack the flesh and blood of fifth-grade exotic beasts, but what he lacks is skills.
As long as the key disciples are qualified to read the exercises in the internal organs training section, it is enough for him.
If you really want to create a core disciple, you will not only have to expose more of your strength and secrets, but you will definitely have a greater responsibility to the Wuzhou Qin family in the future.
Qin Ziling's current understanding of the Qin family is very limited, and he has not even met the members of the Qin family who are actually in power. Naturally, he does not want to get too involved in the Qin family's affairs.
"Of course, the key disciples are all cultivated as candidates for martial arts masters. How can one become a martial arts master if they are not allowed to read the internal organs training method? However, it is said that the key disciples who have cultivated to the late stage of bone refining can only read one discipline according to regulations. Qin Xingbao replied.
"Really? Can't you browse through the second door?" Qin Ziling frowned slightly when he heard this.
Last time, Qin Tianchou was anxious to finish things and rush back within two months, so he didn't stay long at the Qin family and rushed to Nanding Prefecture occupied by the rebels without stopping. Qin Ziling didn't have time to ask about many things in detail.
"It should be possible, but there must be conditions. There are certain standards for the cultivation of children at each level in the family. If the standards are exceeded, you need to exchange them with merit or other things. It cannot be given for free. Like me, who is twenty I broke through and became a great bone-refining martial artist at the age of nine. At that time, I reported to the Qin family in Wuzhou and was approved as a first-class disciple. The family assigned me some training resources and guidance according to this specification.
By the way, after the key children, they are divided into grades A, B, and II. After grade B, the family generally does not pay too much attention and needs to find its own way out. Of course, if you are a direct descendant of the main lineage, no matter how poor your talent is, your family will still pay attention to and train you, so that you can live a lifetime of food and clothing. "Qin Xingbao replied.
Qin Ziling nodded to express his understanding when he heard this, but he was thinking in his heart: "No wonder my great-great-grandfather moved to Xiyun Prefecture back then. It seems that he was one of the collateral descendants with poor talent. And Qin Tianchou is the current head of the family because he is He is a nephew, so even if he has no talent, he still has a transcendent status in the family, and he is escorted by great martial arts masters and great qi refiners when traveling and doing things."
"Hey, uncle, you mentioned that we are a branch of the main sect. How come you don't know about this?" Qin Xingbao said after realizing it.
"Our family has been a single line since my great-great-grandfather. My grandfather and father passed away when I was a child. If the Qin family in Wuzhou hadn't continued to compile the genealogy, I wouldn't have known that the ancestral temple of my Qin family was in Wuzhou." Qin Ziling replied.
"So, my uncle had never received support from the Qin family in Wuzhou before, and he relied on his own ability to reach his current state!" Qin Xingbao was surprised at first when he heard this, and then he was in awe.
For Qin Xingbao, Qin Ziling started from scratch, but he was sheltered under the big tree of the Qin family in Wuzhou, and with their help, he was where he is today.
Qin Ziling smiled noncommittally.
The two of them entered the city while chatting.
Qin Xingbao is a talkative person, and he admires Qin Ziling, his clan uncle, so he kept talking while reading, which helped Qin Ziling understand a lot about the Qin family in Wuzhou.
However, the more he learned about it, the more surprised Qin Ziling was about the power of the Qin family.
While talking, the two of them rode exotic horses through the wide streets.
Most of the people encountered along the way were ordinary people, but the number of warriors and Qi refiners was much larger than in other states and counties.
Qin Ziling discovered several masters who were rare to encounter in other states and counties along the way with his keen five senses.
Soon, the two of them rode strange beast horses to a mansion.
It is more appropriate to say it is a mansion than a city.
A twenty-meter-wide moat and dozens of meters-high walls protect the palaces, courtyards, and gardens inside.
The mansion covers an area of 8,000 acres, with eight suspension bridges hanging over the river, leading to eight gates and exits.
From time to time, pedestrians and carriages come in and out of the gate.
"This is the Qin Mansion! Outside the city, the Qin family built another city called Qin City, which is bigger than this one. It is also the ancestral land of the Qin family. The ancestor worship ceremony will be held in Qin City a month later." Qin Xingbao stood by the moat and pointed at the city within the city across the river.
Before Qin Xingbao finished speaking, Qin Ziling felt two powerful waves of energy and blood rushing from behind him from far to near.
Then, he saw a young man riding a silver dragon horse onto the suspension bridge.
The silver dragon horse is a fourth-grade exotic beast horse, with a silver body, a dragon head and a horse body, but the horse's hoofs are like dragon claws. When it falls, clouds of smoke grow under the hoofs.
The young man riding the horse was dressed in white. Under his handsome eyebrows were a pair of slender and sharp black eyes. His face was expressionless, as cold as if it were carved from marble.
When the pedestrians on the suspension bridge and the guards at the gate saw the man approaching on horseback, they all stepped aside and bowed.
