Zhou Heng's gaze fell to the entrance of the martial arts school, and he saw a beautiful figure standing inside.
She was sixteen or seventeen years old, with beautiful eyebrows and bright eyes, wearing a scarlet dress.
It was Yun Sleeve.
"Miss Sleeve, when did you come back?" Zhou Heng greeted him with a smile, he just remembered that Yun Sleeve had to come back for the last five or six days of every month.
"Brother Heng'er, long time no see." Yun Sleeve moved lightly in her lotus steps and arrived in front of Zhou Heng, she suddenly stopped and raised her hand to Zhou Heng from the top of her own head, exclaiming. "Have you grown taller, Heng'er?"
A month ago, Zhou Heng was only half a head taller than her, and now he was already almost a head taller.
Yun Sleeve was sixteen years old this year, her body shape had almost developed, tall and slender, or thanks to martial arts training, she was much taller than ordinary women.
"Well, it seems to have grown a bit taller." Zhou Heng nodded and smiled.
Ninth Grade was the stage of form refining and foundation building, which would improve the overall condition of the body, and he was already at a developmental age, so growing taller was actually normal.
By Earth's standards, it would have already exceeded one meter eight.
"It's even better looking!" Yun Sleeve praised generously, then pursed her lips and said, "You haven't been to my house for breakfast these past few days, what's going on?"
"This... "Zhou Heng scratched his head and smiled, "Tomorrow, tomorrow, Sleeve Girl, can I still eat your buns then? "
These days he didn't go to eat breakfast this really can't be said, recently he cultivated palm thunder, always struck some innocent birds and beasts to death, and directly cooked.
In line with the principle of not wasting nature's gifts, he had been eating this for the past few days, so he didn't go to Cloud Sleeve's house to eat it.
"Of course I have!" Yun Sleeve beamed with joy, then said, "By the way, Brother Heng'er, I heard that you're going to be tested by the Chang Xing Gate, right?"
"Well, because of taking medicine to step into the ninth grade, we have to test the foundation." Zhou Heng nodded and said, "Now that the people from the Changxing Gate have arrived, I guess the test will be in the next two days."
"Then I'll be there to give you a shout out! Also I have some good news." Cloud Sleeve smiled, "But I won't tell you now, I'll tell you when you're done testing, let's go!"
After saying that, she turned around, leaving behind only a faint fragrant breeze.
".... "Zhou Heng looked at his departing back, his heart was roaring wildly, Maiden don't plant a flag ah!
Waiting for you...I'll...that kind of sentence.
But it's too dangerous!
At this time, Yu He walked over, patted Zhou Heng's shoulder and sighed, "Brother, can you tell me how to obtain the A girl's favor?"
"Huh?" Zhou Heng turned to this good friend, scrutinized it, shook his head, and said, "The face."
"Alas, pity this young master I have a plain face." Yu He sighed and said, "It seems that I can only go to the Overflowing Fragrance House tonight to scatter coins and listen to a little song to maintain my interest in life."
The Overflowing Fragrance House was different from the Jade Fragrance House, the fragrance here refers to the young girl's fragrance, it was a famous green house in Huangtong Prefecture City, and Yu He's big hobby was to go inside to scatter coins to find a Qing Qing Qing to listen to a tune.
"Ten thousand evil rich people." Zhou Heng did not conceal his envy.
Of course, it was only envy of the rich, not anything else.
And I don't envy the fact that there's an entertainer who plays a little song and gently gathers and slowly twists and picks.
"Hey, never mind that, how are you preparing for this test?" Yu He smiled, "I've heard that this Kong Cheng Shun is highly powerful and iron-faced, so you should be careful."
"Don't worry." Zhou Heng waved his fist and said, "The odds are in your favor."
"That's good, by the way, you remember Liu Changsheng, right?" Yu He said, "He's about to leave, he's hosting a banquet at my restaurant at noon today and wants to invite you to the banquet, saying that he's thanking you for helping to intercept the last time That moneykeeper."
"That's pretty good, I'll go, don't eat for nothing." Zhou Heng smiled.
.....
High noon.
Liu Changsheng had been attacked earlier by the ghostly seal phantom that possessed the Qian treasurer, and although he was only slightly injured, it was considered a shock, and after a few days of recuperation, he had finally returned to his normal state.
The banquet table.
There weren't many people, only Liu Changsheng, Steward Wang, Yu He, and Zhou Heng.
As Zhou Heng was still practicing his gong, he took tea instead of wine.
When the "wine" had passed thirty years, Liu Changsheng straightened his look.
Liu Changsheng straightened his appearance and said seriously, "Then is Mr. Zhou interested in joining the Five Elements Sect?".
"Ah!??" Yu He next to him was scared off when he heard this chopsticks fell off and looked startled to see Liu Chang Sheng and said, "I go, Younger Liu, are you serious?"
O Five Elemental Sect!
One of the ten great sects in the world, the Sect Master was a great power that had stepped onto the second grade level, which was definitely the best and most elite martial sect in the world.
In Qi, both in terms of prestige and reputation, it was only slightly inferior to the Pure Yang Palace, one of the three palaces of the Dao Sect, and the Infinite Temple of the four Buddhist temples.
This was a sect that countless martial artists dreamed of and wanted to worship.
Now, actually taking the initiative to invite Zhou Heng?
"Pay your respects to the Five Elements Sect?" Zhou Heng was also stunned at the news, then smiled, "Is that even possible? Mr. Willow can just invite me in?"
"Ah, this..." said Liu Changsheng, touching his nose, a little embarrassed, "Not yet, but as long as you agree, I can ask my master to reserve a disciple slot for me.
"When I step onto the sixth grade of Martial Dao in a few years, I can accept you as a disciple, so that you can logically become the true successor of my Five Elements Sect Disciple."
"Duke Zhou, your comprehension of the Five Elements One is extremely strong and your talent is very high." Steward Wang also said at the side, "If you can obtain the true transmission of the Five Elements Sect, you will definitely be able to step onto the middle three grade level in the future."
The vast majority of martial artists in the world were only pursuing the seventh-grade level, and there were already very few who could reach the middle third-grade level.
As for the upper three grades... that was the realm of a terrestrial immortal.
Not many people dared to dream of that kind of achievement.
Now, Steward Wang's phrase "will be able to step onto the middle third grade" could already be considered a very big temptation for the others.
Yu He wanted to open his mouth to persuade Zhou Heng to agree.
After all, according to his business thinking, a few years of time to change the identity of a Five Elements Sect true disciple, is simply incomparably blood-earning buy **** Up to the Five Elements Sect true transmission, the District Changxing Sect's outer disciple identity, is not worth mentioning.
But he didn't open his mouth after all.
Such an important matter should be left to Zhou Heng's own decision, and he should not be allowed to influence the final decision because of his own persuasion.
Zhou Heng did not answer immediately, he was in deep thought.
The others did not speak either.
The banquet table was quiet like this.
A long while later, Zhou Heng raised his head, looked at Liu Changsheng, shook his head and smiled, "It still sounds like it requires quite a bit of thought on the part of Mr. Liu, no need."
He declined.
Bam... Yu He's chopsticks dropped again in shock, he didn't expect Zhou Heng to actually refuse.
It was the Five Elements Sect!
The Five Element Sect!
Willow was stunned at the news, but he was extremely well cultured and still smiled, "In that case, I'll leave it at that, but In the future, as long as Mr. Zhou is interested, one of my disciple slots will always be reserved for you."
Steward Wang, on the other hand, smiled lightly and did not speak again.
Although neither side had spoken to death, everyone actually knew that this matter was already impossible.
Next, the feast became peaceful and quiet and ended quickly.
Liu Changsheng and Steward Wang returned to the upper room of the Heavenly Character to rest.
.....
Inside the room.
When Liu Changsheng saw that Steward Wang looked unhappy, he smiled and said, "What, is Steward Wang in a bad mood?"
"It's some." Steward Wang nodded and said, "That Zhou Heng actually refused Young Master your invitation, who does he think he is?"
"Haha, Steward Wang, that's where you're wrong." Liu Changsheng, however, shook his head, "I just gave him an offer, it's not like I'm forcing him to worship, besides, my Five Elements Sect hasn't fallen into That kind of field."
"Uh, this, Young Master is right." Steward Wang still had some dissatisfaction in his heart and said, "But he's too high on himself and doesn't know any good."
"Steward Wang, no matter what, Zhou Heng is considered to have helped us, you shouldn't have this thought." Liu Changsheng's expression turned serious as he said in a deep voice, "Even if Zhou Heng refuses my invitation, he will still be my friend in the future."
"Yes, Young Master, I know." Steward Wang nodded his head.
He originally had no ill will towards Zhou Heng, but he just felt a little indignant that his young master had been rejected, and now that he had been awakened, that little indignation disappeared.
"Also, do you think that I wanted to invite him to worship under my disciple just because of his talent in the Five Elements Path?" Willow stood at the window and looked out at the sun.
"Is there another reason?" Steward Wang was curious, he knew that although this young master liked martial arts, he was not a reckless person, on the contrary, he was very careful and insightful. .
"Earlier, I happened to see that Zhou Heng was carrying a talisman on his body." Liu Changsheng smiled, "Although I didn't see all of it and didn't know exactly what kind of talisman it was, I was able to recognize it as the talismanic strokes of the Pure Yang Palace."
"Young Master means that someone from the Pure Yang Palace has actually been in contact with Zhou Heng for a long time!?" Steward Wang was wide-eyed with astonishment and said in dismay, "Then what else is he participating in the outer sect selection of the Evergreen Sect?"
"The Pure Yang Palace is extremely strict and has a tedious process for accepting apprentices, just because there's contact doesn't mean he's already paid his respects, otherwise I wouldn't want him to pay his respects Down." Liu Changsheng shook his head gently, then said, "But there is no doubt about one thing, if it wasn't for the importance of someone from the Pure Yang Palace, then he wouldn't have had the Pure Yang Palace's talisman. That means he must have even more extraordinary qualifications."
"I see." Steward Wang nodded heartily and said, "Young Master is insightful, and befriending this Zhou Heng won't be bad for us."
"That's right." Liu Changsheng lightly jawed and smiled, "When he conducts his test in two days, let's go there and take a look, we might even be able to help out a bit. "
.....
Yu He and Zhou Heng companion back to the martial arts school.
On the way.
Yu He couldn't help but inquire, "Why don't you promise Liu Changsheng that the Five Elements Sect's true legacy is not good?"
"Hehe." Zhou Heng laughed and said, "If I could get started now and get the true legacy of the Five Elements Sect, I might have agreed to it. But a few years from now..."
He shook his head gently, laughing instead of speaking.
"What happened a few years later?" Yu He was puzzled and said, "Are you afraid that Liu Changsheng won't be able to break through to the sixth grade in a few years? That shouldn't be so bad, his father is an Elder of the Five Elements Sect, ranked high on the Earth List."
"No, what I mean is..." laughed Zhou Heng, "Maybe in a few years, I'll be stronger than him, and then even if I want that He's probably too embarrassed to give the disciple quota, so he might as well end it now."
"Ah!?" Yu He was stunned, smashed his mouth, and said in amazement, "Is this genius?"
"Hey, I'll take that as a compliment." Zhou Heng laughed and was about to shamelessly compliment himself some more, but he suddenly felt some coldness on his rear blanket, like something was staring at him I looked back sharply, but there was nothing.
"What's going on?" Yu He was confused.
"Nothing." Zhou Heng shook his head, frowning slightly, and said, "Let's go back to the martial hall first."
.....
After Zhou Heng and Yu He left, two figures appeared out of nowhere on top of a loft not far away.
One male and one female, one tall and one slender.
The female was only fifteen or sixteen years old, with an incomparably beautiful face, but she was still a little young, and it was Pei Luoling.
And beside her was a middle-aged man who looked to be 40 or 50 years old, sturdy and strong, wearing a black robe, with mighty muscles and a full beard, not angry.
"This kid has good perception." The middle-aged man smiled, "The gaze I saw him with just now was not deliberately restrained and even had a few sharp edges, but an ordinary seventh grade or less Martial artists may not even be able to perceive it, but he perceived it instantly. Well, it's not simple."
"Right, Uncle Zhantu, I knew that someone who tells stories that well would not be bad at martial arts." Pei Luoling rejoiced, the middle-aged man beside her was Pei Zhantu, her uncle according to the family hierarchy.
Pei Zhantu, a Pei Clan side line in Pingzhou, a five-grade clan master, official to the General Division of Buwu in Pingzhou County.
"It's indeed considered a genius." Pei Zhantu nodded and said, "There shouldn't be any problem for such a young genius to take the support policy of the Huangtong Prefecture."
"But I heard that the application that Long Xing Martial Hall got for him was rejected." Pei Luoling said in a huff, this was the talk she heard in the teahouse during the day.
And the one talking about this was still the instructor of the Chang Sheng Martial School and Tong Chang Martial School, so it had some credibility.
It just so happened that Pei Zhan Tu personally came to Huang Tong Fu City to "catch" her to go back, so she made a condition that she could go back, but only if this matter was perfectly resolved.
"Dismissed?" Pei Zhan Tu's eyes narrowed as he smiled, "Then let's wait for this kid to pass the Chang Xing School's test, then I'll see how Tian Chong behaves! ."
"Uncle Zhantu is wise!" Pei Luo Ling leaped up.
.....
In the midst of thousands of mountains and ravines, a sea of clouds swirled and no one was around.
Suddenly, a large white crane flew through the clouds and fog, creating a "huge wave" that rose high above the sky, over the lofty mountains and mountains, and swept across the sky at great speed.
On the white crane lay a middle-aged Taoist priest with disheveled hair and beard, and vaguely handsome brows, his robes wrinkled and stained with oil, some of them crusty.
"Knock knock knock!" This Taoist priest picked up a gourd and poured a large mouthful of wine into his own mouth, beautifully burped, and mumbled drunkenly.
"North of Da Qi, Huang Tong Fu City, Ping Zhou County, Long Xing Martial Hall Zhou Heng... can make that little girl Jiang Jian say that her qualifications are superior, well, you can go and take a look... burp... hehehe, good wine... gulp... gulp..."
.....
In the evening, Lin Cang knocked on the door of Zhou Heng's practice room.
"What's wrong, Master Lin?" Zhou Heng saw that Lin Cang's face wasn't quite right and was confused.
"Those two guys, Huang Jingfu and Hong Kang, really aren't things!" Lin Cang gritted his teeth, took a deep breath and exhaled long, "Zhou Heng, I'm sorry that I've been letting you practice the Benevolent Skyfall all these days! Swords, but I didn't know they were so sinister."
"What's going on?" Zhou Heng looked confused.
"They propose to test it empty-handed!!!" Lin Cang explained the rules of the test he heard from Lei Xuyuan, and finally said angrily, "This is clearly a deliberate attempt to suppress you! ! You've only learned the kung fu in your hands for a few days, how can you test this?"
"Master Lin be at ease." Zhou Heng smiled, "I actually think this test plan is feasible."
"Huh? What did you say?" Lin Cang was stunned and astonished at the words, "You're confident that Kong Cheng Shun can defeat you three times? He's the ninety-ninth expert on the human list."
"This confidence well." The corners of Zhou Heng's mouth rose slightly, revealing a confident smile as he said, "I still have it."
.....
Two days later.
In front of the Huang Tong residence's Bu Bu Bu Division, a large and spacious arena was set up, and a temporary platform was built for the important "audience" to stay.
Many spectators flocked to the arena.
Zhou Heng, as the test subject, arrived here early, to climb the ring to wait.
The masters and instructors of the Tongchang Martial Arts Center, Chang Sheng Martial Arts Center, and Long Xing Martial Arts Center, as well as the core apprentices, all arrived one after another.
Yun Sleeve, Pei Luoling, Liu Changsheng, and Steward Wang also stood in a place with a good view and waited.
Zhou Heng ignored the noises that filled the arena and sat with his eyes closed and knees crossed on the ring.
He was circulating his internal qi and calming his mind.
Suddenly, his eyes snapped open and he looked to the other side of the ring.
Kong Cheng Shun had come and was ascending directly onto the ring.
A test match!
It's about to start!