Outside the Zheng Family Sutra Pavilion, there are four tenth-grade warriors guarding. As the guards of the Sutra Pavilion, they will never be polite to those younger generations who enter the Sutra Pavilion to choose martial arts.

But when they saw Zheng Ming, they all smiled and said, "Mr. Ming, you have chosen!"

Zheng Ming nodded and said, "I have read it once, but there is nothing outstanding."

I read it once and what's the use? Every martial arts can be practiced for ten or twenty years without much effort, but it's useless.

It seems that this person must have come in vain this time! The four people with a hint of contempt in their hearts. After looking at each other, they also said to Zheng Ming: "If Mr. Ming doesn't feel troublesome, please let me search it!"

"This...this is a rule that all people entering the Sutra Pavilion must abide by."

The word "rules" has a great effect. Even some elders of a family can only abide by the family's rules.

But Zheng Ming is definitely not included in this, although he thinks that the golden bell cover was thrown here at will, although he thinks that no one cares about the secret of the golden bell cover.

However, he was absolutely unwilling to let people know that he had taken away something like a golden bell cover from the Zheng family's Sutra Pavilion. This was his secret, and some things could not stand scrutiny, nor could they stand the research of those who were interested.

"You four are going to search me, okay, as long as anyone of you can take my punch, just search."

When Zheng Ming said this, he showed a wicked smile on his face and said, "Otherwise, you will find a few girls in your 14th and 15th, and let them search."

"Remember, you must be young and beautiful, and your skin is best to be broken. The most important thing is that you lower your head in shame when you see a man."

At this moment, all four guards had the urge to faint. They took him a punch. Although they were considered strong in the family, they were far behind the Supreme Elder.

They believed that as long as Zheng Ming did not hold back, he could send them to the West with just one punch.

As for finding a few girls, it’s not that they can’t find them. The key is, is this a body search or a benefit?

If so, they wanted to have someone search themselves.

"Let him go!" A faint voice came from outside the Sutra Pavilion.

The person who said this was Zheng Zhongwang. He smiled and waved at Zheng Ming and said, "Don't mess around here, be busy with yours!"

As the patriarch, although Zheng Zhongwang has to listen to the Supreme Elder most of the time, he is the patriarch after all.

So the four guards who were already in a dilemma quickly bowed to Zheng Zhongwang and said, "Sir, please obey the order."

Zheng Ming was secretly happy. After all, for him, Zheng Zhongwang's arrival could be regarded as freeing him, so he smiled and clasped his fists at Zheng Zhongwang and said, "Thank you, the patriarch."

"You don't have to take some small things too seriously. They are also responsible for doing this." Zheng Zhongwang smiled gracefully and pointed at the stone bench in front of him: "Mr. Ming, if you have nothing urgent, let's sit down and talk."

Zheng Ming had really urgent matters in his heart. He wanted to find a piece of ice as soon as possible to see what was in the iron piece of the golden bell cover? But Zheng Zhongwang had just relieved him, and with the identity of the clan leader, Zheng Ming seemed to be hard to refuse.

What's more, I had a little friction with the guard just now. If I left in a hurry, it would be like there was a ghost in my heart. Of course, the key is that Zheng Ming did have a ghost in his heart.

So Zheng Ming did not refuse, followed Zheng Zhongwang to the stone bench not far away and sat down. Zheng Zhongwang looked at Zheng Ming twice and said with a smile: "My Master Ming, your cultivation level should have reached the peak of the tenth grade, right?"

If the tenth grade was four internal strengths, Zheng Ming would have long since passed this peak.

But he didn't want to make it known to everyone in the world when he practiced the nine internal strengths. So he just smiled and said, "It's not long before he reached it."

"At your age, you have reached the peak of the tenth grade. Not to mention our Qingchuan County, even the entire Lu Ling Mansion is not many."

Zheng Zhongwang said this and chuckled again: "Of course, this is also your opportunity. Fairy Fu from Xinjian Pavilion can be able to practice in Luming Town. It is a blessing for our Zheng family. You must seize this opportunity."

"Ask Fairy Fu more and more. Even the superficial things she taught were enough for us to enjoy."

Zheng Ming did not think of hiding Fu Yuqing's existence, so Zheng Ming was not surprised that Zheng Zhongwang knew about Fu Yuqing's existence.

On the contrary, he felt that this was much easier. With the banner of Fu Yuqing, he would not have to explain anything more.

"My father said the same thing. These days, I have learned a lot from Fairy Fu."

Zheng Ming's words made Zheng Zhongwang's smile even more. He patted Zheng Ming on the shoulder and said, "Young Master Ming, you are young, but you are the main combat power of our Zheng family. In the future, the Zheng family will depend on you."

Speaking of this, Zheng Zhongwang said in a deep voice: "Do you know the content of the discourse?"

Zheng Ming vaguely heard about the discussion meeting, but he didn't understand it. Seeing Zheng Zhongwang's seriousness, he said, "I have heard of it, but I just heard someone mention it. As for the rules in it, I don't quite understand it."

"Warriors are divided into thirteenth grade, and aristocratic families are divided into nineth grade. The grade of warriors is changing, and aristocratic families are also changing!"

"Not to mention the aristocratic families that have been rising and falling for thousands of years, just treat me as the head of the Zheng family for ten years, a second-grade family was destroyed, and four third-grade families were deprived of their grades. As for the rise and fall of other aristocratic families, there are countless."

"Whether the grade of a family is rising or falling, it is determined by the discourse meeting."

Zheng Zhongwang said this and said in a low voice: "Of course, our Zheng family is not qualified to participate in the thesis meeting of the entire dynasty. What we are going to participate in is the Jinghongzhou Thesis meeting once every 20 years."

"Jinghong Prefecture has a total of 19 prefectures and 571 counties. How many ninth-rank families should be there?"

Zheng Ming didn't feel serious at this time. Although he didn't have a high sense of belonging to the Zheng family, it is undeniable that he is a member of the Zheng family.

The power of the family is sometimes irreplaceable.

"It's one thousand two hundred ninth-grade families." Before Zheng Ming could return, Zheng Zhongwang waved his finger and said, "There are one thousand two hundred ninth-grade families, three hundred eighth-grade families, seventy-two seventh-grade families, plus six sixth-grade families, and a fifth-grade family, which are all the grade families in our Jinghongzhou."

Although I felt that there should be many families in the huge Jinghongzhou, Zheng Zhongwang's words still surprised Zheng Ming.

The only thing Zheng Ming felt about the number that Zheng Zhongwang said was that this family was not ordinary. However, he was a little surprised that the numbers of these families were all in one place.

"Of course there will be no only 1,200 aristocratic families that meet the requirements of the Nine-grade family. The strength of some Nine-grade families has long exceeded the requirements of the Eighth-grade family, but they just can't get promoted."

Zheng Zhongwang said this, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said, "Because, the number of Jinghongzhou families in the entire Jinghongzhou is subject to regulations."

"Even a monarch has no right to increase the number of families of any grade."

"Now, you should understand how fierce the competition for this thesis is! Families without grades want to compete for the position of the ninth-grade family, and most of the ninth-grade families are thinking about how to keep their position."

"There are also some families with great strength who want to gain the position of the eighth-grade family!"

"At the same time, families that are also listed in the ninth rank must try their best to win the top 500 of the ninth rank family, because only families with the top 500 can obtain the territory of a county."

This was the first time Zheng Ming heard this. When he looked at Zheng Zhongwang's frowning brow, he felt that the current situation of the Zheng family seemed to be a little unpleasant.

"Honor, what is the current ranking of our Zheng family among the 1,200 ninth-grade families?"

Zheng Zhongwang's face had a little more bitterness: "Four Hundred and Ninety-Nine!"

Among the 1,200 families, the ranking is 499th, which seems not low, but if it is placed among the top 500 ninth-grade families that can be classified as a chassis in one county, it is simply the bottom!

"And this ranking is the ranking of the great elder when he was not dead!" Zheng Zhongwang added to Zheng Ming again.

Before the Great Elder died, the Zheng family had four ninth-grade warriors on their faces, but now they are only two and a half. Except for Zheng Zhongwang and Zheng Yongen, the remaining half is naturally the third elder with one arm left.

Although the third elder seemed to have obtained a one-armed sword method from the Supreme Elder, he still suffered a loss when he fought with a warrior of the same level.

Therefore, the third elder can only be considered half a ninth-grade warrior now.

"Although our Zheng family looks stable now, there are not many families in Jinghongzhou that are eyeing our family."

"Even the Supreme Elder and I suspect that the reason why the thieves in Hanyun Village attacked us was not only because of the remnants of Huwu Village, but also the great families of aristocratic families were behind the scenes."

Zheng Zhongwang said this and patted Zheng Ming on the shoulder and said, "You are the youngest hero of our Zheng family. You need to share the burden of the Zheng family with me."

However, Zheng Zhongwang's words were a bit wrong. Zheng Ming had no intention of listening to what he said at this time.

At this time, Zheng Ming was calculating how many people there were in the huge Jinghong Prefecture. If he could control these more than 500 counties in his own hands, he would have a reputation.

Especially the reputation of the warrior made him covet even more.

Grandma, for the sake of her reputation, she could not say that she had to push the Zheng family's grade up. Zheng Ming, who had only three digits in his reputation, had only three digits left in red or yellow. The desire in his heart became stronger and stronger.
Chapter completed!