"So, from now on, Shaoshang will be confined! Except for Pengyu, the four elders, and other irrelevant people, you must not enter. In addition, in some time, people from all major families and martial arts will come to visit. At that time, you should only mention Du Xuan as usual, as you always do, and you should not talk about his advance training. If anyone violates it, you will be executed! You can hear it clearly!" Du Zhimu shouted sternly.
"Yes!" Everyone's hearts tightened and bowed in unison to respond.
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In this vast half-moon continent, it is actually divided into ASEAN and Western Alliance, which are separated by the Kongtong Mountains. The Kongtong Mountains extend for hundreds of thousands of kilometers, starting from wild forests in the north and ending in the endless ocean in the south, just separateing ASEAN and Western Alliance.
The half-moon continent that people often talk about refers to the territory of ASEAN and Western Alliance. There are only these two territorys, and there are a large number of martial arts practitioners, demon practitioners, and countless ordinary people. To the north, there is a dangerous wild forest, and the other three sides are endless oceans.
ASEAN and Xi'an are separated by the Kongtong Mountains, and their humanities and styles are not the same. But the same ones are both martial arts and magical cultivation.
The Du Mansion is located in the north of ASEAN. In the Du Mansion, in addition to the Presbyterian Church composed of the lord and four elders, it also has the Raptors Association, the Lone Wolf, the Demon Garden and the Zangzhen Pavilion.
The Raptors have a Shaoshu Gate, an outer door and an inner door.
Shaoshuo Sect is a place where direct disciples and side disciples of the Du family passed the training before the martial arts examination. Occasionally, outstanding disciples from other surnames will be trained here.
The outer sect is the place where new martial artists practice, with hundreds of people now. The disciples in the inner sect are all martial artists who have advanced to the Dharma Realm and above, and there are hundreds of people now.
In addition, some talented inner disciples are transferred to various cities within the territory of the Du Mansion to serve as guards every year, including Du City, where the core of the Du Mansion is located. Of course, no matter how poor the qualifications of the Du Mansion are, it is impossible to be transferred to serve as guards.
The lone wolf is also divided into outer door and inner door.
The lone wolf is stronger than the Raptors, and they are all elite disciples of the Du family.
The outer disciples are at least at the fifth level of Dharma, while the inner disciples are even more elite among the elite. There are not many people, but they are all martial artists above the First Dao Realm.
The outer disciples of the lone wolf have to regularly take on the outer defense tasks of the Du Mansion. In addition to some of the inner disciples specializing in making Qi Scrolls, they take turns to serve as the heads of the city guard camp in other cities and secret whistles within the Du Mansion.
After all, the continent has a lot of power in the past half month, and wars have often been frequent for thousands of years. Even within ASEAN, there are undercurrents, and defense tasks are naturally the top priority.
In the Demon Garden, there are naturally all demon cultivators, all of whom are martial artists in the Du Mansion to refine medicine and refine weapons, and to cure diseases and help the wounded.
As for the Zangzhen Pavilion, it is a treasure auction place run by the Du Mansion and is also the main source of economic resources for the Du Mansion. The Zangzhen Pavilion is spread all over ASEAN and is also a larger treasure auction place in ASEAN.
It has been more than a thousand years since the Du Mansion was born. Over the years, all important positions of the Du Mansion have been held by the Du family's direct disciples. Only a small number of unimportant positions are held by the disciples of the sidelines. The position of the head of the mansion is directly stipulated that the direct disciples of the Du Mansion must be held by the direct disciples of the Du Mansion. For more than a thousand years, few disciples from the sidelines have been involved in the position of elders. This way of passing the throne in direct descendants is also one of the reasons why the Du Mansion can survive in the continent for more than a thousand years.
In this year's martial arts examination, except for four direct disciples who successfully became martial arts practitioners, the Du Mansion had passed the martial arts examination, and all of them became martial arts practitioners without exception.
This martial arts examination can be said to be the most glorious time in the Du Mansion in more than two hundred years.
First, the number of people who passed the martial arts examination reached a record 285 in a century. Second, there was no accident in taking the Wushou Mushroom. Third, there were as many as 78 martial artists who reached the second level of art, and there were three martial artists who reached the third level of art, including Du Xuan.
Perhaps, these brilliant achievements indicate that the Du Mansion is about to be revitalized.
It is precisely because of this that the Du Mansion decided to hand over the other two sub-class disciples who reached the third level of art to Du Penghao for personal guidance, and also allowed them to practice the highest level of Qi techniques in the Du Mansion.
These two lucky disciples are Du Tao and Du Haobing. They are now fifteen years old and will practice rock collapse fire rolls and black soil rolls respectively, both of which are yellow-level top-grade Qi techniques.
Among the 285 people, except for Du Yujin and five others, Du Penghao, the outer sect of the Raptors Association, and Du Xuangui’s second elder Du Zhihuo, the remaining 279 people were divided into twenty-eight groups, each group was about ten, and they were equipped with a martial artist at the fifth level or above as the enlightenment master.
Due to Du Xuan's success, the regulations on training for the Raptors were greatly changed, and the training requirements were greatly improved.
It is precisely because of this that the Fourth Elder Du Ziwei and the Demon Garden where he was responsible was exhausted. Due to the increase in training intensity, the number of disciples being injured naturally increased. Moreover, the demon cultivators in the Demon Garden should also pay close attention to the physical condition of the martial arts disciples of the Du Mansion to prevent accidents.
Inevitably, there are always some disciples who cannot stand the new training intensity, lose their physical strength, and their meridians are damaged. The most serious ones are three disciples who burst and shrink and become useless people throughout their lives.
However, even so, Du's determination to enhance the intensity of training was not changed.
When talking about the demon cultivator with a low status, he had to talk about this martial arts exam again.
This year, there were also 78 people in the Du Mansion who were over 18 years old, but unfortunately failed the martial arts examination. If it were in the past, less than half of the disciples would have been lucky enough to obtain the Moshei Pills and become the Demon Cultivator. After all, the cost of making the Moshei Pills is not cheap, and the Demon Cultivator is already weak and can only act as a role in refining medicine and refining weapons and medical rescue, and there is no need for too many people at all.
But this time, because Du Mansion Demon Garden urgently needed manpower, these people were lucky enough to obtain all the Demon Pills, all of them became demon cultivators, and all entered Du Mansion Demon Garden. This was really a blessing in disguise.
As for the shocking news that Du Xuan passed the Wu Casino at the age of twelve, it spread to major forces in ASEAN and even the Western Alliance within two or three days.
In addition to shock, almost all major forces doubted whether Du Xuan's age was fake, and the spy who questioned these rewards did not find out clearly.
However, in recent years, various forces have had some contact with the Du Mansion. In the past, Du Xuan himself did not keep any secrets. Therefore, everyone calmed down and thought about it, and then summarized the news from all parties, and then they could clearly know that Du Xuan is indeed twelve years old now.
If the Du Mansion could have predicted Du Xuan's extraordinary talent, he would definitely regard him as the biggest secret protection of the Du Mansion and not be investigated by outsiders. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as to say in this world.
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To the west of the Du Mansion is the Shawang Sect, which has been occupied in the northwest corner of ASEAN for more than a thousand years, a family force that is more powerful than the Du Mansion today.
In Shawang Sect, there is a secret room.
The two old men were paced in the room, frowning, not knowing what they were thinking. And in the corner of the secret room, a man in black stood respectfully.
After a while, one of the old men shook his head and sighed, "This Du Mansion seems to be intimidating the world again."
"Yes! The twelve-year-old martial artist is really a monster." Another old man sighed helplessly.
The two old men sighed, but fell silent again.
After a moment, the old man who spoke before said, "Sect Master, do we have to hurry up? If Du Xuan learns the great compassion method, all our previous efforts will be wasted."
The old man who is called the sect leader is Wang Feng, the sect leader of the Shawang Sect, and a martial artist in the Shendao Realm.
The elderly Wang Feng did not answer immediately, and took two steps in the room before he slowly said: "The Great Compassionate Heart Method is said to be able to practice the third level of art before the age of fourteen. Now, Du Xuan is only twelve years old, and it must be the first level of art. In the past two years, even if Du Xuan is not accustomed to art, he still has some possibility of reaching the third level of art. It seems that we have to hurry up. However, the Du Mansion has now produced such a genius, and its defense will inevitably increase. I am afraid it will be even more difficult to plan things again."
"Sect Master." Seeing that Wang Feng could not make up his mind, the old man seemed a little anxious, "I can only join forces with the Tang Gang."
Hearing the word "Tang Gang", Wang Feng couldn't help frowning and shook his head and said, "With a wolf, there will be endless troubles."
"Oh, Sect Master, there is no other way now. More than a year later, if Du Xuan learns the Great Compassion Method and uses the style of Wumen's behavior, the second volume of the Great Compassion Method that exists in Wumen will inevitably be returned to the Du Mansion. Such a profound and wonderful qi technique as the Great Compassion Method will definitely have at most only one scroll. At that time, it will be too late to regret it!" The old man continued to persuade.
Wang Feng's eyes were gloomy and unsure. This was a major event that concerns the survival of the clan and should not be neglected. After a while, he snorted: "Okay! The Du family refused to admit that he had the Great Compassion Method in the first volume, but this Great Compassion Method was originally created by the ancestors of the Du family. If he didn't have it, who would have it? Junior brother, he sent a letter to the Tang gang and invited the leader of the Tang gang to come to my Shawang Sect to talk."
"Oh, the elder of the Tang Gang can do it." After a pause, Wang Feng added.
This old man is Wang Feng's junior brother, Wang Qi, the great elder of Shawang Sect.
Seeing that the sect leader Wang Feng finally made up his mind, Wang Qi was naturally very excited and immediately responded: "Yes, senior brother."
At this time, the man in black next to him turned his eyes, as if he wanted to speak but stopped.
"Xuanye, just say something." The movement of the man in black naturally could not escape Wang Feng's eyes.
The man in black, named Xuanye, took a step forward, thought for a while, and said softly: "Sect Master, Great Elder. We have been secretly investigating this great compassion method for decades, and there are only a few clues. Xuanye thought that even if we join forces with the Tang Gang now, we are afraid that it will be difficult to achieve a victory."
"If the Du Mansion really had this great compassionate method in the first volume, it would definitely be taken out when Du Xuan was about to reach the age of fourteen. At that time, it would not be too late for us to take action, and we would have much greater confidence in success. We can also leave the Tang Gang and enjoy the fruits alone. If Du Xuan still has no whereabouts of the great compassionate method when he is fourteen years old, then Du Mansion will probably be really lost."