From the gate of heaven

Chapter 73 [Mingyue Tower, the Holy Land of Martial Arts, find the mountain gate]

Xu Sheng was a little shy when he mentioned that he was already a teacher.

Mingyue Tower is a holy place of martial arts with a high reputation in the Jianghu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and every once in a while it will open its gates to recruit disciples.

Generally, it takes three years for the disciples of the outer sect to hone their minds, and they are definitely not the ones with bad intentions.

Three years of formal disciples, this stage will teach basic martial arts to test the root understanding.

After that, if the performance is qualified, he will become an inner disciple of the sect, and be able to practice the true martial arts of the sect and even the unique knowledge of the town sect.

And after three years of official discipleship, those who show poor understanding will be dismissed by the sect.

Of course, the outside world will definitely not say that.

The official statement is that after six years of practice, this disciple has achieved a little success in martial arts, and he is ready to be a teacher and walk in the world.

Formal disciples can act in the name of the sect outside, and when they encounter danger, they can use the prestige of the sect. If they are killed for no reason, they will be helped by masters of the sect.

Of course, these official disciples enjoy the benefits of the sect, and they must also abide by the basic rules of the sect, and must not do bad things to tarnish the reputation of the sect.

If the sect is in trouble, these disciples who leave the master also need to help the master as much as possible.
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The identity of this teacher and disciple is not only prevalent in Mingyue Tower, but also an unspoken rule among all the famous schools and decent schools in the entire rivers and lakes.

Since Lin Ze was a martial arts practitioner, he could understand Xu Sheng's situation when he revealed his identity as a disciple.

As for Lin Ze, who is young, he looks not only outstanding in strength, but also generous in money.

Such a young man must have a bright future.

And he, Xu Sheng, was only a disciple who was dismissed by the sect in his middle age, but Lin Ze was so polite to him, Xu Sheng was naturally a little ashamed.

There is a kind of subtle embarrassment of being born in a prestigious school, but being a scumbag.

Lin Ze saw Xu Sheng's slight embarrassment, and praised with a smile: "Mingyue Tower is a holy place for martial arts, even people like me who live in a corner of the world have heard of it. It is an enviable opportunity for Brother Jingguan to practice martial arts in such a holy place for martial arts."

According to Lin Ze's superficial understanding of the Jianghu affairs in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

From low to high, the forces in the Jianghu are divided into small forces, local tyrants, and famous schools. Above this is the holy land of martial arts.

Small forces gather together to keep warm, local tyrants run rampant all over the place, famous sects are famous in prefectures and counties, and the holy land of martial arts is powerful all over the world.

Common villages, clans, and small guilds are small forces.

For example, Lin Ze now has some property in his hands, possesses a certain degree of military power, and has a good relationship with local officials. This belongs to the category of local tyrants, but it is still many levels away from Mingyue Tower, which is a holy place for martial arts.

It is rumored that the four major martial arts holy places in the world today, Mingyue Tower, Shenjian Pavilion, Luohua Valley, and Canglan Palace, are all inextricably linked to the Great Zhou Taizu who established the Great Zhou Dynasty 130 years ago.

Nowadays, many of the disciples of the four major martial arts holy places also serve in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which shows their strength and influence.

Lin Ze's praise is really not just bragging.

Because of this, the embarrassment in Xu Sheng's heart dissipated a lot.

A smile appeared on his face, and he felt that the friend he just met in front of him was really good at talking.

Now, continue the previous topic: "Before I came to Fengping County, I met Brother Gao once as an accompanying guest, and I heard him talk about the reason for the attack."

"The storyteller is right. His Highness the King of the East China Sea sent two pearls to the present-day sage, and called his own guard commander, Senior Brother Gao, to escort them. Somehow, the Seven Heroes of Yousha were attracted along the way."

"The Seven Heroes of You Sha are certainly not weak masters, and they can be called second-rate in the world, but Brother Gao's martial arts are even higher than that. The two sides fought in Jinmei Valley in Ningshan County. Senior Brother Gao easily killed seven people with one fight."

"Not only did he keep the pearl, but he also received a reward of 400 taels of silver from these seven people in Lanjiang City. That's how this story spread."

Speaking of Senior Brother Gao receiving a reward of 400 taels of silver in the end, Xu Sheng's eyes showed obvious envy.

It looks like Xu Sheng is really short of money?
This thought flashed in Lin Ze's mind, and he said with emotion: "The truth about Gao Daxia fighting against the Seven Heroes of Yousha is the truth."

Afterwards, he took advantage of the situation and asked, "I see brother Jingguan is very skilled, why is he so embarrassed? As a martial arts practitioner, you can't eat enough for a long time, but it will damage your blood."

This sentence refers to the fact that Xu Sheng only ordered a bowl of plain noodles for dinner.

If you want to maintain a strong body, you need to consume more food every day.

If you don't eat enough for a long time, your body will become weak, and eventually your blood will even decline to a level that is not much stronger than ordinary people.

Hearing this, Xu Sheng was silent for a while, and then said:

"Ziyi doesn't know that Quanzi also practiced martial arts in Mingyue Tower, and now he has just passed the examination of the outer disciples and became a formal disciple."

"Don't look at my aptitude for martial arts, but my child has shown a good talent, and he is expected to be promoted to an inner disciple in the future."

"Ziyi, you also know that learning martial arts costs a lot, and the money needed to become a master is more than studying."

"I'm afraid I won't make much progress in martial arts in my life, so I want to save some money and buy some medicinal materials for my child to nourish qi and blood, so that he can be more confident in being promoted to an inner disciple, and in the future he will become a great master like Senior Brother Gao."

Pity the parents of the world.

Lin Ze was surprised by Xu Sheng's answer, but also felt normal.

From his face, Lin Ze saw the expectation for future generations to live a better life, even if he suffers a little bit, it doesn't matter.
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"This trip to Fengping County is to deliver goods, and I will also go to Mingyue Tower to give my child the money to buy nourishing medicinal materials. Now the ship is about to set off, so I should say goodbye."

"Farewell, Ziyi, see you someday."

After chatting for a while, Lin Ze got a lot of accurate information about the Jianghu from Xu Sheng, who was born in a famous family, but his martial arts was only second- and third-rate.

From the conversation, I learned that Xu Sheng joined a bodyguard agency set up by the same school as a bodyguard after leaving the army. His usual task was to escort people and things to various places to earn money.

I was able to meet Gao Han, a martial artist with strong martial arts skills, because the head of the Escort was familiar with the other party.

They talked happily all the time, and seeing that it was getting late, Lin Zeben was going to invite Xu Sheng to go to the second round of banquet in the evening.

At this time, they heard Xu Sheng offer to leave.

Through previous conversations, Lin Ze knew that Mingyue Tower was on the East China Sea outside Linhai County.

In other words, Xu Sheng will take a boat from Fengping County to Linhai County, and then contact the boat from Mingyuelou to go to the sect's residence above the East China Sea.

"Brother Jingguan's words made me unable to stay."

"Then there will be a period in the future. My family lives in Yunyan Lane, Ximen, Fengping County. Please be sure to visit Brother Jingguan again when you return. At that time, I will definitely treat Brother Jingguan well."

Lin Ze said goodbye bluntly, and sincerely invited Xu Sheng to be a guest next time.

At the same time, he took out a large silver ingot of 50 taels and stuffed it into Xu Sheng's sleeve.

"Brother Jingguan, you and I had a very happy conversation today. When we parted, there was no gift to commemorate, so I only offered these silver taels. Don't refuse. Could it be that you look down on me?"

Seeing that Xu Sheng wanted to evade, Lin Ze directly opened his mouth to block his words.

Xu Sheng really needed money, so he frowned for a while, but in the end he didn't refuse.

"Then I'll be ashamed of it. When I go back and forth, I will definitely visit Ziyi again and have a good drink."

A touch of emotion appeared on Xu Sheng's face, and he made a promise that he would visit again when he returned.

In fact, when we met by chance at the beginning, Xu Sheng planned to say goodbye, but now that he took the money from Lin Ze, the relationship was different.

It is a blessing to have a sincere friend like Lin Ze in the rivers and lakes.

"Farewell."

Lin Ze finally bid farewell.

Watching Xu Sheng get on the boat to Linhai County.
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Back home, Lin Ze took a shower and changed clothes and had dinner.

Instead of going to play with the concubine, he sat in the study and meditated.

Before today, Lin Ze only had a superficial understanding of the Jianghu affairs of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Knowing that there are martial arts in this world, knowing the general division of strength, knowing that there is a peerless master who can take the head of a general among thousands of armies.

But they don't know where these masters are, and where they can learn the peerless magic skills that can be cultivated to this level.

In this case, even if Lin Ze had the All-heaven Gate, he didn't know where to open it.

Today, though talking with Xu Sheng, Lin Ze successfully learned about the holy place of martial arts named Mingyue Tower and the approximate location of its sect's residence.

"Xu Sheng set off from Fengping County by boat in the evening, and he will be able to arrive in Linhai County around midnight."

"If he is in a hurry, he will probably contact the boat at Mingyue Tower in the middle of the night, and go out to sea towards this holy place of martial arts."

"At the latest, I will set off from Linhai County tomorrow morning and take a boat towards the Mingyue Tower. Although Xu Sheng didn't explain the exact location of the Moon Tower to me before, I can find the mountain gate of this holy place of martial arts as long as I follow him."

Thoughts were spinning in Lin Ze's mind.

Being able to find the mountain gate of Mingyue Tower, the operable space becomes very large in an instant.

First of all, you can peek at the disciples practicing martial arts in Mingyuelou through the aerial photography of the drone. Then Lin Ze can replace the crude kung fu he is practicing now with the superior martial arts in Mingyuelou, the holy place of martial arts.

With the superior martial arts from the holy land of martial arts, the speed of his personal strength improvement will soar in an instant, and his self-protection ability will be greatly improved.

If you are lucky, you can take pictures of the masters of Mingyuelou teaching the unique skills of the town school to their disciples, which will be even more bloody money.

This means that Lin Ze got the ticket to become the world's top master.

With sufficient self-protection ability, he can easily and safely expand his business scale.

Thinking of such a prospect, Lin Ze became excited.

"First calculate the coordinates of Linhai County."

Lin Ze closed his eyes, contacted Zhutianmen, and began to locate the coordinates of Linhai County.

This is not difficult. After Lin Ze provided the approximate positioning direction, he quickly completed the positioning.

After successfully locating, Lin Ze dispatched servants and concubines to enter his own small courtyard in the name of practicing.

First, send the large yellow croaker sent by Shan Xuliang back to the main world to freeze, and then Lin Ze went to the trading base of the two worlds, where he opened the gateway to Linhai County, another world.

At an altitude of 500 meters in Linhai County, the drone came out quietly.

Lin Ze controlled the drone to patrol over the county, and soon arrived near the pier. The drone landed on a hidden roof near the pier, and then began to stand by.

If you keep flying, the power of the drone will not last long, but it can last for a long time in standby mode.

Today, Lin Ze made an exception and started to stay up all night. While reading a novel on a tablet, he glanced at the pictures sent back from the night vision lens of the drone from time to time.

Especially when it was close to midnight, Lin Ze put down the novel and began to focus on the Linhai County wharf.

Sure enough, not long after, the boat that Xu Sheng was on arrived at the wharf of Linhai County.

Through the drone's lens, Lin Ze could clearly see Xu Sheng getting off the boat with his luggage and found a brightly lit room at the corner of the pier.

Through the opened door and window, Xu Sheng could be seen saluting the old man who was reading by the light in the room, and then spoke.

"Brother Zhao, I want to go to the mountain gate to see my son, but I don't know when the boat will leave for Crescent Island."

Lin Ze read his lips and could probably guess what they were talking about.

This is a skill that Lin Ze needs to practice specially when he observes different worlds in the past few years.

"At dawn tomorrow morning, you can go to Crescent Moon Island with the supply ship, and now you can rest here for a while."

The old man known as Brother Zhao replied.

"I slept all the way from Fengping County, but I'm not sleepy at the moment. I bought some wine and meat on the way here. Brother Zhao, if you don't mind, you can eat and drink with me to get through this long night."

While talking, Xu Sheng smiled and took out the wine and meat he bought at the Fengping County Wharf and put them on the table. He took a bite first and then invited Senior Brother Zhao.

This person is in charge of when he can go to Crescent Island, so even if Xu Sheng eats vegetarian noodles by himself, he still has to spend money to entertain him.

Brother Zhao glanced at Xu Sheng, smelled the wine and meat himself, and agreed after confirming that there was no problem: "Okay, let's eat and drink."
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Lin Ze still didn't sleep, and resumed his previous posture of reading novels on a tablet, only occasionally glancing at the drone camera to make sure that his target Xu Sheng was still there.

Time passed by every minute and every second, the darkness subsided, and the light returned to the earth.

Xu Sheng bid farewell to Senior Brother Zhao, boarded a huge ship on the wharf of Linhai County, and sailed towards the sea.

The drone followed the ship far away, and the coordinates of the opening of the Tianmen Gate kept changing, keeping a distance of one kilometer from the ship.

Whenever the power of a drone is exhausted, Lin Ze controls to replace another fully charged drone to continue the surveillance mission.

Lin Ze watched silently.

Until noon, the ship had traveled two hundred miles, and a huge crescent-shaped island appeared in the drone's lens.

(End of this chapter)