Speaking of the reality of the world, Zhong Chao's tone was full of indescribable bitterness and emotion.
When Zhong Chao came to this world, what he felt most deeply was that the class gap in this world was extremely serious.
In order to protect their own class, those with vested interests have set up numerous obstacles to the lower classes.
Techniques, resources, and even information are all monopolized by the upper echelons, and it is very difficult for the lower echelons to obtain them.
For example, in the Vajra Martial Arts Hall, the handyman needs to work for a full year to obtain the exercises, and the bronze medal registered disciples can only obtain the middle and low-level exercises. Moreover, the reason why the martial arts hall gives them the exercises is because they want them to do more as a sparring partner.
longer.
As for Zhong Chao, he is an exception. He is liked by the owner of the gym and has crossed a level before he can be taught high-level skills.
Even so, he still doesn't have a complete top-level technique.
"However, you can look forward to the perception skills this time. Now I am treated like an inner disciple."
The skills are like this, and so are the resources. The medicinal food in the Xi family restaurant is layered. As a registered disciple of the Vajra Martial Arts Hall, he could only touch the threshold of the third floor.
I don’t know what impressed the Xi family, so he was qualified to buy Sanyang Guiyuan Decoction.
Compared with these, the information Zhong Chao obtained was not only incomplete, but also somewhat specious.
"I remember when I first got the Pure Yang Golden Bell, I learned that when the pure Yang energy condenses, it is also the time when I change my blood. At the same time, the condensed pure Yang energy can change my blood independently, allowing me to
Become pure Yang blood, and then obtain a pure Yang body."
Thinking of this, Zhong Chao smiled bitterly and shook his head:
"I was deceived... The children of wealthy families who are really valued usually take one to three years from martial arts apprentice to blood exchange. This is to lay a good foundation. It takes one to twenty years to condense the pure Yang energy.
, the two times simply don’t correspond.”
"If my estimate is correct, the condensation of pure Yang energy takes about four times of blood exchange. If you cannot reach this level, you will not be able to break free... No wonder this technique is said to be a eunuch technique, and many people practice it.
Crazy, it’s really difficult to reach this level.”
This kind of specious information is the obstacle set up by the upper level to the lower level. There is also a lot of information that is directly concealed by the upper level.
For example, in the early stage of martial arts training, resources are emphasized, but starting from the third exchange of blood, the cultivation of heart energy and will begins.
Moreover, this part of the practice of ‘mind’ can be accumulated in advance.
Because of this information gap, the children of aristocratic families who began to focus on cultivating their minds in the early stage will be able to break through from three blood exchanges to four blood exchanges countless times faster than ordinary warriors.
Such obstacles are almost everywhere in practice. Under the layers of obstacles, even if there are geniuses at the bottom, it will be difficult to get ahead.
Fortunately, after talking with the museum owner today, he can be regarded as the museum owner's true inner disciple.
Because of this, he has opened a big gap in the obstacles set up by his superiors. However:
"I remember that the owner of the museum, Yuan Ming, climbed up from a humble background without any masters. How did he break through these information barriers... And, with the secret, is he really so weak..."
Thinking of this, Zhong Chao's eyes froze, but soon, this emotion disappeared without a trace.
"Why are you thinking so much? Everyone has secrets. As long as they don't interfere with me, no matter how big the secret is, it has nothing to do with me."
"No, I am on the same side as the owner now. The bigger his secret, the longer he can protect me. This is a good thing."
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After being recognized by the owner of the museum and having the opportunity to participate in the Mingce Army's test, Zhong Chao's status has been further promoted - although not many people know about it.
However, after obtaining these, Zhong Chao did not relax, but instead practiced harder.
"I have no blood relationship with the museum owner, let alone ten or twenty years of friendship. I am only valued by him because of my status as a genius. If I am no longer a genius, everything I have gained will become a passing cloud."
Such a mood made Zhong Chao act even more urgently.
Therefore, that day, he took Jiang Liang and Yan Xiang to the dock, set sail and went to the Falling Sun Sea to practice.
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The black mist is coming, and in the Millennium Era, no one at the bottom knows this kind of news, but the ancient court, which is known for its procrastination, even ordered the army to be planned, indicating that this matter has been planned at the top for several years, or even ten years. For several years.
Over such a long period of time, most of the wealthy families in the middle class and the poor families at the "lower level" have learned about the formation of the Mingce Army.
Moreover, these people knew more information and understood what the Mingce Army was about. Therefore, many families immediately summoned their family members to prepare for the assessment of the Mingce Army.
The Xi family is also one of them. At the same time, they made preparations for this matter four months ago.
——This is not to say that the Xi family knew the news months earlier than the owner, but that the previous owner did not pay much attention to Zhong Chao. Until today, he was regarded as an inner sect and was qualified to have access to these inside stories.
After several months of preparation, plus some special connections, the Xi family learned what Ming Cejun was planning to test when there was still one month left before the test.
This is an early reveal, but it is the norm in this world.
Because of the existence of classes and powerful families, the selection of talents in this world is not the more fair meritocracy (imperial examination) in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but the nine-rank Zhongzheng system in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Although the details of the two are different due to the existence of martial arts, in general, they are very different.
After learning the news, Xi Xun immediately summoned the family members, and what he immediately ordered was to change the direction of cultivation.
"Don't practice anything else during this period, practice more swordsmanship."
"???"
This sentence made everyone in the Xi family in the room confused.
"Father, our family's bloodline is Dangkang, does it have nothing to do with swords?"
"That's right, practicing swordsmanship doesn't bring much benefit to us..."
Because they were a family, these juniors did not hide it and expressed their confusion one after another. Among them, only a fat man with squinted eyes did not complain immediately, but frowned and thought.
After just three breaths, he thought of something. He turned to Xi Xun with bright eyes and asked, "Father, the commander of Jujiang City's command army has been appointed. Is he a swordsman?"
This judgment made Xi Xun's eyes a little happy, and when he looked at the fat man with small eyes, his eyes became much kinder.
"Hahaha, third son, you guessed it right. The commander of our Jujiang City army is Mr. Ji from the Canghai Sword Sect. He specializes in swords and is the best at swordsmanship. This assessment will also focus on swordsmanship."
"According to the information I heard, he commandeered the Qinglong Gang's Zhanjian Gorge and activated the secret ruins there, preparing to use it as an assessment for the Ming Ce Army. Therefore, it is always right to practice more swordsmanship during this period. "
The news of the competition was informed in advance, but none of the Xi family members present were happy. The Dangkang bloodline is good at stimulating the growth of animals and plants, and can accumulate fat. Therefore, most of the Xi family members are good at hard-core external skills.
It's not that they don't know how to use swordsmanship at all, but it's not what they're best at.
However, although they felt it was unfair, no one complained.
It has become the norm in this world for the strong to change the customs and even habits of a certain place on their own. As a "poor family", they are unable to change and can only adapt.