Chapter 4

I saw it with a red top and white feathers, with a body length of ten feet. When its wings were opened, it was like a light cloud. Judging from the appearance, this bird originally looked like a crane, but it was different from ordinary cranes. The pair of sharp and long beaks turned out to be dazzling golden.

Xu Zishu's young daughter's mentality, seeing this bird, couldn't help but whisper: "What a beautiful white crane!"

The elder Neitang didn't take it seriously, Nian Xu smiled and said, "This is a golden-beaked crane, which can travel thousands of miles a day. In Dengzhou, only my Xu family has rich financial resources to raise such spiritual birds."

The golden-billed crane is unusual, not only flying extremely fast, but also extremely stable when manned. Moreover, his temperament is relatively docile, and he only needs to eat one spiritual bead every year, so ordinary people cannot afford it. Even the rich and wealthy like the Xu family only raised ten animals in total.

After the crane landed, it slowly crouched under the whistle of the elders in the inner hall. When the elder of the inner hall raised his hand, Xu Ziqing and the others felt that their footing was unstable, and they were already sitting on the back of the crane. Another whistle sounded, and the crane soared into the sky, straight into the clouds.

The sound of the wind is in the ears, the clouds around him are lingering, and the Guanling Temple has long since disappeared. Xu Ziqing lowered his head and looked down, only to see that the ground was a hundred feet away from the crane, but it was no longer elevated.

After about half a moment, the crane floated down, a pair of steel claws grabbed the turf and stopped firmly.

The inner hall elder suddenly jumped down, his figure fluttering without the smell of fireworks. Because of the previous experience, Xu Ziqing and the other six came down by themselves this time, and most of them climbed down slowly, and Xu Ziqing was no exception. Only Xu Zishu jumped down, and after landing, her knees were slightly bent, reducing the buffer force, and she just stood firm.

From this, the elder of the inner hall gave Xu Zishu one more look. Xu Zishu was not afraid, and looked at the elder with a playful smile. Elder Neitang also had a smile in his eyes, and it seemed that he had a very good impression of Xu Zishu. Naturally, this is also related to Xu Zishu taking advantage of her appearance and her high aptitude. If she were to show off in front of the elders of the inner hall with low aptitude, she would naturally be reprimanded as "impatient and unusable".

At this time, Xu Ziqing had the heart to observe the surrounding environment. I saw that there was a layer of courtyards in front of them, it was hard to count, and each courtyard was much larger than what he had seen in the branch. There are countless fertile fields, lakes, flowerbeds and grasslands, and various gardens in the distance. On the left, there is a lonely peak. The peak is a thousand meters high. Strong sense of fear.

Obviously, Xu Ziqing was not the only one who was attracted by the solitary peak. The other people were all horrified and couldn't move.

The elder of the inner hall, Xu, often sent children with spiritual roots into the inner hall, so he was not surprised by the performance of the crowd. This is where the outstanding disciples of our clan are cultivating. Different cultivation bases have different heights of the Dòng mansion in that mountain. You have only just entered the inner hall, and you don’t know the potential of your cultivation, so you are not qualified to go up.”

Feijiu Mountain is so majestic that everyone has longed for it, but now that they can't go up, all of them show some disappointment.

Xu Ziqing also had the same expression, but other thoughts came into his mind. He always felt that the mountain was not so simple... In the words of the elder of the inner hall, there are still some things that have not been said. But after all, he is an elder, and it is already condescending to be able to receive these hairy children, so how can you expect him to give a detailed introduction? If you want to know, I'm afraid you have to settle down and ask later.

After briefly explaining the distribution of the inner hall to the children, the inner hall elder took them to a side hall. This side hall also has an inner hall elder in charge, and the one who came out to greet him is one of the stewards of this "Flying Pavilion".

The steward was short and stout, and when he saw the elder Neitang coming over, he smiled very affectionately: "Elder Zhang, have you come to assign the new children's accommodation?"

The elder of the inner hall was not polite to the new disciple. He just nodded and said, "There are six people in total. Two are middle and low, one is low, and three are low. You register first."

The steward hurriedly took out a pamphlet the size of a palm, with the years of the past ten years marked on it. He opened the booklet, wrote the names and qualifications of Xu Ziqing's six people, then took out a thumb-length jade talisman, and pressed each name on it before putting it away.

When the disciples saw the passing of the jade talisman, their names gave off a little white light.

The steward then smiled and said, "It's done."

Elder Zhang brought Xu Zishu and the slightly more qualified Si Linggen forward, and said to the steward: "I will take these two to the third hospital for training, and the one with the lower qualifications will take him to the fourth hospital, and you will pay for it. For the remaining three, assign tasks to them depending on the situation."

The steward pulled Si Linggen, who had low aptitude, to his side, and said to Elder Zhang: "Please don't worry, Elder Zhang, I will definitely handle this trivial matter."

Xu Ziqing and the other two five spiritual roots were left in the same place, and the steward directly gave them to a handsome young man who came out behind, but he walked to the courtyard with four spiritual roots.

The rest of the three people are all under-qualified. Xu Ziqing has been a human being in two generations, and his mentality is natural, so it is better, but he deliberately looks nervous on his face. But the other two were just teenagers. Seeing that the manager's attitude had become so indifferent, they felt scared. And the future is unpredictable, besides fear, there is more sadness.

Although the handsome-faced youth was not good-looking, he was surprisingly good-natured. Seeing that several people looked ugly, he smiled and said: "Don't worry too much, you are new here, and the task will not be too onerous."

A little boy panicked and asked

Said: "Yes, what is the mission?"

The huáng-faced young man's tone was very gentle: "I will first introduce you to the basics of our Xu clan's inner hall, and then I will explain it in detail. You must listen carefully to what I say below."

The three nodded in succession.

It turns out that as long as you have spiritual roots, you are eligible to enter the inner hall, but this is also divided into three, six, nine, and so on. The most special nature is the Flying Vulture Mountain. Usually, only monks who have reached the third level of Qi refining are allowed to enter the mountain for cultivation. When entering the door, those whose qualifications are above the upper class can make an exception to enter. The Xu family has existed for tens of thousands of years, and there are no more than ten cases of high-quality talents in total, which shows how rare high-quality talents are!

In addition to Feiji Mountain, there are Ruogan courtyards for others to practice.

In the main courtyard on the east side, the courtyards are further divided into four classes. Among them, the first class is called "One Court". After entry, students with middle and upper qualifications can enter it to practice. The resources provided by the door, such as spiritual medicine, exercises, freedom, and elders' guidance, are all above the other houses. . The "Second Academy" is the second most qualified, children with medium qualifications can enter, and the resources in all aspects are slightly inferior to that of the first academy. By analogy, the third courtyard can be admitted by the children of lower-middle qualifications, and the fourth courtyard can be entered by the children of lower-grade qualifications.

As for the children of inferior aptitude, they can only live in the South Courtyard and live with the servants. You can also learn some exercises, but they are only the most superficial, and their status is lower than others. Although they are not called servants in name, their actual status is similar.

These children either receive tasks every month to complete the exchange, which is better than being able to control it; or they do chores in one place for a long time, and the resources they receive are fixed, which is better than stability, but they are difficult to be remembered by others; or they may suppress their self-esteem and choose Go to serve some children who can enter the main courtyard in the east - if there is something to learn from their fingers, if the opportunity is good, maybe you can improve your strength to the third level of Qi refining, and then get the blue eyes of an elder, You can become a steward of the inner hall, and it can be regarded as a mess.

If it is said that the children with good aptitude are raised by the clan, then the children of inferior aptitude are to support themselves.

But don't look at the popularity of those disciples with good aptitude, they are also under a lot of pressure. After a monk enters the Qi-refining period, his lifespan will increase to two hundred years old, but if he cannot build a foundation within these two hundred years, in the end, his lifespan will be exhausted, and it will be just death.

In order to develop for a long time, the Xu clan also has a rule, that is, people in the main courtyard in the east, as long as they can pass the third level of Qi refining within the age of 50, they can enter Feiji Mountain for diving. But when the children reach the age of 150, those who are below the fifth level of Qi refining will be transferred to high-level stewards, and their status will be equal to the level of peace; As for those who are above the eighth level of Qi refining and below the foundation building, they will become Supreme Elders, while occasionally contributing to the family as a person who can frighten other families, they must continue to work hard to break through the foundation building.

Basically, if you haven't made a breakthrough when you are old, it will be even more difficult to progress if you have too many mundane tasks on your shoulders. Therefore, no one wants to become a steward elder or something, and they all want to get more resources so that they can step up their cultivation. Therefore, the competition among those children is also very fierce.

Now, in front of three new disciples with low-level qualifications, there are only three paths.

The huáng-faced youth smiled and asked them, "What is your choice?"

Chapter 5 Handyman

As soon as he finished speaking, the other two qualified disciples spoke first: "Xu Ziliu and Xu Ziqi are willing to serve the nobles in the eastern courtyard, please ask the steward to help arrange."

The huáng-faced young man sighed secretly in his heart, but in his mouth he agreed: "It's okay, I have a sticker here. I need the names of the servants' children in the letter. You can choose it yourself."

The two disciples were overjoyed, and quickly took a wooden tube handed over by the handsome-faced youth, and went to the side to carefully select the signature.

The huáng-faced young man looked at Xu Ziqing again: "This disciple didn't speak just now, I think he has another choice."

Xu Ziqing lowered his head and said with sincerity and fear: "Xu Ziqing is not good enough, I would like to do some chores and share the worries of the clan..."

Alas, this is even less aggressive. The huáng-faced young man had no choice but to hand over a huáng leather booklet and said, "It describes exactly where my clan needs people to do chores. You can choose one for yourself."

Xu Ziqing thanked him and took it to look carefully.

Why is the huáng-faced young man so sorry? It is because the three choices given by the Zong family to the next qualified children are all very particular.

Among them, on the one hand, it is because the inner court requires people to take care of them, and their family members are more reliable. On the other hand, it is also to see whether these lowly qualified people can supplement the lack of qualifications from the side.