The next day.
It was still dawn when Luo Qingzhou got up.
He told Xiaodie something, wrote something on a piece of paper, stuck it on the door outside, and then went out.
The paper said: I am reading today, please do not disturb me.
We walked all the way and soon arrived at the south of the city.
After looking around at the intersection, Fang quickly walked forward and entered Alley 18.
Then he put on the mask and turned into Chu Feiyang.
The door to Dao Mansion has been opened.
The servant was holding a broom and sweeping the fallen leaves in the courtyard last night.
Luo Qingzhou held the copper ring and knocked on the door.
Sister Dao just happened to walk out of the hall, and when she saw him, she immediately walked out quickly.
Daofu also walked out of the hall and looked towards the door.
Luo Qingzhou was about to go in and say hello, but Sister Dao came over quickly, grabbed him and said, "Let's go!"
Luo Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, and was pulled out by her. He said, "Sister Dao, don't you want to say hello to your father? And I haven't had breakfast yet."
Sister Dao released his arm and said, "No, let's go."
Luo Qingzhou glanced at the expression on her face and asked in confusion: "Didn't you ask me to pretend to be your lover? If so, will your father blame me for being rude?"
Sister Dao sighed and said, "Don't pretend, my father knows everything."
Then, he told me what happened after he left yesterday, and then said, "My father said that he will beat you the next time he sees you. If you come to see me next time, just wait at the door and don't go in again."
Luo Qingzhou: "...Sister Dao, wasn't this your idea? Did I hit you?"
Sister Dao suddenly laughed, looked at him and said, "Even if my father is angry, he won't hit me. He only hits outsiders."
Luo Qingzhou said speechlessly: "I have been implicated by you, you have to compensate me."
Sister Dao smiled and said, "Okay, what compensation do you want, Luo Jieyuan?"
Luo Qingzhou's mouth twitched, and he said, "Let's talk about becoming your master's disciple later. What's your master's temper like? What should I pay attention to? And how should I get along with your fellow disciples?"
Sister Dao thought for a moment and said, "My master has a good temper and won't beat or scold anyone for no reason. Just treat him as an elder. As for the others, there are only six of them including me, one senior sister, one junior sister, and three senior brothers. To be honest, I've only known them for a few days, so I don't know what their personalities are like, but they're all very nice to me."
Luo Qingzhou asked curiously, "Only six people? Are they all martial artists?"
Sister Dao said, "Six people are not a small number. After all, this is just a branch in Kyoto. You are a martial artist, so you should practice with martial artists. Except for that junior sister and I, who are at the early stage of martial arts like you, everyone else is at the middle stage of martial arts, and two senior brothers are about to break through to the late stage. As for the disciples at the martial artist level, they are all in another courtyard, so you may not necessarily see them."
Hearing this, Luo Qingzhou looked at her in surprise and said, "Sister Dao, you have also broken through to become a martial artist?"
Sister Dao looked indifferent, glanced at him and said, "Why, you are allowed to break through, but I am not allowed to break through? My talent is not worse than yours, and I have a master to teach me."
Luo Qingzhou praised: "Sister Dao is really amazing."
Sister Dao raised her chin slightly, with a hint of pride on her face.
Luo Qingzhou coughed and said, "Sister Dao, there is something I forgot to tell you."
Sister Dao looked at him and asked, "What's the matter?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "I am not in the early stage of martial arts now, I have already broken through to the middle stage of martial arts."
Sister Dao: “…”
Crossed a street and entered an alley.
Sister Dao suddenly said, "By the way, Chu Feiyang, there is something I forgot to tell you."
Luo Qingzhou looked at her and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
Sister Dao said, "You need to pay money to become a disciple and practice. The first time you need to pay 200,000 gold coins, and then you need to hand over a mid-level monster to the branch every month, and this will last for a year. After a year, you don't need to pay anything. If you have broken through to the Great Martial Master level by then, you will receive support from all the cultivation resources of the sect."
Luo Qingzhou was surprised when he heard this: "Two hundred thousand gold coins? We need to pay for a mid-level monster every month?"
Sister Dao said, "Every new martial artist is like this, because no one can guarantee that you will not run away after training. After a year, you will have the mark of Lingxiao Sect on your body. If you betray your master at that time, other sects and martial artists will know, and you will have no place to stay in Dayan."
"For a martial artist, it's not too difficult to catch a mid-level monster every month. If you can't catch it, you can pay with gold coins."
"Chu Feiyang, the sect provides you with a place to practice, a master to teach you, skills and potions, and organizes you to go out for trials to earn money. We will even take you to compete with other sects to make a name for yourself, etc. So I think this expense is worth it."
Luo Qingzhou pondered for a moment and said, "Hearing what Sister Dao said, it is indeed worth it. But Sister Dao, I only have 170,000 gold coins on me right now. I originally had 180,000, and I gave you 10,000 yesterday."
Sister Dao said generously, "I can lend it to you, but there will be interest. Thirty thousand gold coins, return it in a month, and you have to pay me fifty thousand."
Luo Qingzhou asked: "Loan sharking?"
Sister Dao shrugged and said, "If you don't want to lend it, then you can find a way yourself."
Luo Qingzhou couldn't help but say, "Sister Dao told me this now because she saw that I couldn't regret it anymore and had to borrow it from you, right?"
Sister Dao sneered, "I didn't know you were so poor. A mid-stage martial artist doesn't even have 200,000 gold coins? Even if you don't have gold coins, you should have a few demon pills, right?"
When Luo Qingzhou heard her mention the demon pill, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have one.
He quickly took it out of the storage bag, handed it over and said, "Sister Dao, take a look, how much is this demon pill worth?"
Sister Dao took it in her hand, examined it carefully, and said, "An ordinary demon pill costs at most 100,000 gold coins."
Luo Qingzhou said: "One hundred thousand is enough, do you want it, Sister Dao? I will sell it to you."
Sister Dao raised it again, looked at the sun, and said, "The most I can give you is 90,000. I'm a middleman, and I have to make some profit from the difference."
Luo Qingzhou smiled and said, "This is the first time I've seen such a frank middleman. Deal."
Sister Dao smiled and glanced at him, saying, "This ten thousand yuan can be considered as your meeting gift to Senior Sister."
Having said that, he took it without hesitation, then held out his hand and said, "Give me another 110,000 gold coins, and I'll pay for you later."
Luo Qingzhou did not hesitate. He counted out 110,000 gold coins from his storage bag and handed them to her.
He now only has 60,000 gold coins left on his body.
For a martial artist, it is indeed a bit shabby, but sooner or later he will have to go to the Yunwu Mountains to pick Nine-Leaf Grass, and then he can just hunt a few monsters.
Of course, maybe you can also pick up some gold coins like last time.
Crossed the alley and entered another alley.
Sister Dao said, "It's just in front."
Then he stopped again, turned around and looked at him and said, "Chu Feiyang, take off your mask and let me take a look first."
Luo Qingzhou asked in confusion: "What for?"
Sister Dao said with a smile: "Looking at Luo Jieyuan's handsome face early in the morning will make you feel better."
"boring."
Luo Qingzhou continued to move forward.
Sister Dao grabbed his arm and said, "Just take a look!"
Luo Qingzhou had no choice but to look around the alley. After seeing that no one came in, he took off the mask on his face.
"Tsk, tsk, it's really beautiful."
Sister Dao stared at his handsome face and couldn't help but admire him.
Luo Qingzhou immediately put the mask back on.
Sister Dao sighed and said, "It's a waste of such a beautiful face to hide it."
Luo Qingzhou looked at her suspiciously and said, "Sister Dao, are you interested in me?"
Sister Dao sneered, her face full of sarcasm: "Don't be so self-indulgent. You are a married man, and you are also a pervert. Do you think I am that hungry?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "It's very likely."
"whispering sound!"
The two continued to walk forward.
Soon, they arrived at a house with a closed gate and high walls.
There is no sign in front of the door, nor a plaque on it.
"By the way, Chu Feiyang, you can't say that you are a son-in-law, let alone that you are married. Just say that you are single and there is no one else in your family, understand? Otherwise, according to the regulations, the sect will send someone to check your family situation, and you have to write down all the family members..."
After arriving at the door, Sister Dao hurriedly gave a few more instructions.
Luo Qingzhou nodded.
Sister Dao thought about it carefully again, and after seeing that she had given all the necessary instructions, she went forward and knocked on the door, saying, "Open the door, it's me, Dao Ling!"
After a while.
The door opened with a creaky sound.
An ordinary-looking girl in black clothes poked her head out and said with a smile on her face, "Sister Dao, why are you here so early today?"
Then he saw the young man behind her, was stunned for a moment, quickly opened all the doors, and whispered: "Senior Sister Dao, this person is our new junior brother, right?"
Sister Dao nodded and introduced: "Chu Feiyang."
Then he pointed at the girl and said, "Nie Yunrong, you should call me Senior Sister."
Luo Qingzhou quickly bowed and said, "Senior Sister Nie."
Nie Yunrong smiled and said, "Brother Chu, you are welcome. Come in quickly. Master just mentioned you and said that you might come today."
Luo Qingzhou followed Sister Dao and entered the gate.
Nie Yunrong closed the door again and bolted it.
The front yard was filled with wooden men, sandbags, wooden stakes, etc. used for martial arts training. Two shirtless men were boxing in sweat.
Sister Dao greeted the two and whispered, "This is Senior Brother Feng and Senior Brother Zhang."
Luo Qingzhou bowed to the two of them.
One of them waved his hand and said, "Go see the master first. The master is waiting in the house."
Luo Qingzhou saw that the space in the front yard was not too large, but he could faintly hear a series of "bang bang" sounds coming from the back, and it was obvious that there was another place for practicing martial arts.
Sister Dao led him through the corridor to a small room on the side, and knocked on the door, saying, "Master, it's me, Dao Ling."
The voices inside stopped.
"Squeak..."
The door opened.
A tall and thin young man came out of the house, glanced at the two of them, and said with excitement on his face, "Martial Sister Dao, come in quickly."
He just nodded slightly at Luo Qingzhou without saying anything, and left quickly.
Sister Dao whispered, "That's Senior Brother He, he's about to break through to the late martial artist stage."
Just as he finished speaking, a clear voice came from the room: "Your Senior Brother He had already achieved a breakthrough yesterday."
Sister Dao was stunned for a moment, turned her head, looked at the young man's back again, and then took Luo Qingzhou into the house.
Sitting on a chair in the room was an old man with a thin figure and wearing a green robe. He was holding a teapot in his hand and drinking tea from the spout.
This person is Sun Jiang, the elder of Lingxiao Sect.
Sister Dao quickly stepped forward and said, "Master, I brought Chu Feiyang here."
Luo Qingzhou quickly bowed his head and said, "Greetings, Senior."
Sun Jiang was squinting his eyes, staring at him up and down. After a moment, he said, "I heard from Ling'er that you are now at the initial stage of martial arts cultivation, is that right?"
Sister Dao said quickly: "Master, Chu Feiyang has now broken through to the middle stage of martial artist. I haven't seen him for a while, so I just found out."
"Oh? You're already in the middle stage of martial arts?"
Sun Jiang was surprised when he heard this. He put down the teapot in his hand, looked at the young man in front of him and said, "Come, come closer, I will take a closer look."
Luo Qingzhou bowed and walked closer.
"boom!"
Unexpectedly, Sun Jiang suddenly punched him in the chest.
Luo Qingzhou immediately crossed his arms across his chest and blocked the opponent's fist with a "bang". However, his body shook violently, and he retreated more than ten steps, and only stood firm when he retreated to the corner of the wall behind him.
At the same time, the places where both arms met the fists felt slightly numb.
This old man's strength is indeed extraordinary. Just sitting and throwing a punch can have such power.
"Yes, judging from the fluctuations in his aura, he has indeed reached the middle stage of martial artist."
Sun Jiang nodded with satisfaction and said slowly: "Fei Yang, Ling'er has told me about your situation. As long as you are sincere in joining Ling Xiao Sect, there will be no problem. But after all, you joined Ling Xiao Sect halfway, so the requirements for you may be more stringent than for others. Ling'er should have told you about paying 200,000 gold coins and handing over monsters every month, right? In addition to these, there are also the rules of Ling Xiao Sect, which you must not violate. You must complete the things I tell you to do. You must also try your best to complete the tasks assigned by the sect. Can you do all these?"
Luo Qingzhou cupped his hands and said, "Disciple will do his best."
Sun Jiang nodded and said, "Okay, just do your best. Don't be too sure about anything."
Then he said to Dao Ling: "Pour the tea."
Dao Ling immediately agreed, went over and poured a cup of tea, handed it to Luo Qingzhou, and said, "Hurry up and offer tea to Master and become his disciple."
Then he added: "No need to kneel, just stand."
Luo Qingzhou took the teacup, walked forward, bowed and offered tea, and said, "Master, please have some tea."
Sun Jiang nodded, took the teacup, looked at him again, then put it to his lips and took a sip.
Sister Dao quickly took out 200,000 gold coins and placed them on the table next to her.
Sun Jiang gave a few more instructions, and then said, "Fei Yang, Ling'er will tell you the rules of our Ling Xiao Sect. If you don't understand anything, you can ask her. Today, you should go meet the other brothers and sisters, and then get familiar with the environment here. Starting tomorrow, you can come here to practice. At that time, I will first take a look at the skills you practice and your strengths, and then formulate a suitable training route for you, which can at least help you avoid some detours."
Luo Qingzhou quickly said: "Thank you, Master."
Sun Jiang nodded, waved his sleeves, and said, "Okay, let's go out."
The two of them quickly took their leave.
Sister Dao took Luo Qingzhou to the back room first and had someone measure his height, body shape and shoe size. She explained, "I will make you two sets of clothes and two pairs of shoes with the Lingxiao Sect's mark on them. You will have to wear them when you go out on missions or participate in activities held by the sect."
Luo Qingzhou asked curiously: "Where is the sect's headquarters?"
Sister Dao said, "It's on the green mountain outside the city. We go there every time there is a festival or a sect event."
Luo Qingzhou asked again: "Sister Dao said last time that our Lingxiao Sect is one of the five major sects in Da Yan, so which sects are the other four major sects?"
Sister Dao said, "Golden Cicada Temple, Qingyun Temple, Huashan Sect, Xianyun Pavilion. The strength of the Buddhist and Taoist sects is the most unfathomable, but they are also peaceful and rarely conflict with other sects, and never participate in sect gatherings. The conflict between Huashan Sect and our Lingxiao Sect is the deepest, and Xianyun Pavilion is also very strong. They have business everywhere in Da Yan. Half of the warrior supplies in Kyoto are made by them."
Luo Qingzhou was secretly surprised. He didn't expect that Jinchan Temple and Qingyun Temple were also one of the five major sects.
Sister Dao continued, "Of course, this is only the sect in the open. I heard from my father that there are actually some sects in the dark whose strength should not be underestimated. The Dragon and Tiger Academy established by the court and the martial arts academies in various places are also very strong. Especially the Dragon and Tiger Academy, the training resources are very rich, and once you graduate, you will be reused by the court. Not only will you bring honor to your family, but you can also get various rights and more training resources."
After listening to this, Luo Qingzhou pondered for a moment and said, "Sister Dao, have you ever heard of soul cultivation?"
"Soul cultivation? Isn't it just cultivating the soul?"
Sister Dao was stunned for a moment, and said: "Of course I have heard of it. There are soul cultivators in the Taoist and Buddhist sects, as well as the Xianyun Pavilion. However, soul cultivators cannot leave the mountain without permission, and they cannot cast spells casually. It seems that there is some agreement, but I am not sure. Chu Feiyang, why are you asking this?"
Luo Qingzhou said: "I seem to have seen soul cultivators in Mo City. They seem to be able to fly swords, right?"
Sister Dao said, "I've heard from my father that soul cultivators can indeed fly swords, but they need to be very strong to do so. In addition, the imperial court and the five major sects have regulations that soul cultivators cannot enter the city at will, or cast spells in the city at will. Those you saw were probably some casual cultivators or evil cultivators from the demon sect."
When Luo Qingzhou was about to continue asking questions, there was a sudden loud bang in the backyard.
Sister Dao glanced towards the backyard and said quickly, "Let's go. Senior Sister Yan is practicing in the back. Let's go and take a look."
Then, she introduced the names of other people to him one by one.
"The eldest brother is He Yang, the one who just came out of Master's room. He is now in the late stage of martial arts. The second brother is Feng Yunsong, who is in the middle stage of martial arts. He is the taller one in the front yard. The third brother is Zhang Yuanshan, who is also in the middle stage of martial arts. You also saw him just now. The youngest sister is Nie Yunrong, who is in the early stage of martial arts. She is the one who opened the door for us just now. The fourth sister is Yan Mei, who is in the middle stage of martial arts..."
Then he smiled and said, "Little Junior Brother, I am your fifth senior sister, so there is no need to introduce myself, right?"
Luo Qingzhou couldn't help but sigh: "When I was in Mo City, I thought that the realm of martial artists was already very powerful. When I came to Kyoto, I found that there were so many martial artists... ahem, there were so many martial artists."
Sister Dao laughed and said, "Mo City is too small, and there are almost no training resources. Few martial artists are willing to go there."
Sister Dao then explained to him in detail the rules of the Lingxiao Sect.
Luo Qingzhou remembered them all.
When they arrived at the backyard, they found that the martial arts training ground in the backyard was even larger, almost comparable to a football field.
There are all kinds of martial arts training tools on the field.
Many of them he had never seen.
In the western corner, a young woman in black tights was swinging an iron rod in her hand fiercely.
I saw her moving left and right, flashing forward and backward, her figure was extremely fast, and her body was surrounded by dense stick shadows.
A strong wind swirled around her, as if she was riding the wind.
Sister Dao introduced in a low voice: "Senior Sister Yan is practicing with an iron rod. The iron rod is made of special materials and has powerful runes added to it. Even some indestructible swords will break if they touch it. If an ordinary person is hit by the iron rod, he will be turned into meat paste directly."
Luo Qingzhou looked at it for a while and suddenly thought of the black wooden stick on his body.
His wooden stick was also very tough. Even the ancient ferocious beast Zhu Yan had his fingers broken after being hit by it. I wonder which one is harder, against Senior Sister Yan's iron stick.
How about trying it later