Chapter 306 Qin Mansion
"Yes, is there any problem? No, how come you know the Qin family's seniority order so well? You are not also a member of the Qin family, are you?" Qin Xingbao nodded when he heard it, and then his expression became surprised.
"I'm sorry, my name is Qin Ziling, and I'm also here in Wuzhou to participate in the Qin family's ancestral worship ceremony." Qin Ziling said, looking at Qin Xingbao with a smile on his face.
Qin Xingbao looked at the smiling Qin Ziling, and his expression froze for a moment. His bearded face turned red unconsciously. After a while, Qin Xingbao bowed to Qin Ziling and said, "Xingbao greets my uncle."
"No need to be polite." Qin Ziling smiled and waved his hand, then said: "Since you have been to Wuzhou, then you must know how the Qin Mansion left?"
"Yes, uncle, just follow me." Qin Xingbao quickly returned to normal and grinned.
"That's great. I was just about to ask someone for directions." Qin Ziling said.
"Hehe, my uncle and I are destined to be together. It's such a coincidence that we meet each other. By the way, uncle, how old are you this year?" After getting rid of the initial awkwardness, Qin Xingbao quickly became cheerful and talkative again.
"Twenty-six years old." Qin Ziling answered as he shook the reins and drove the horse into the city.
Qin Xingbao saw this and quickly chased after him. He rode side by side with Qin Ziling and said, "Uncle, you look so young. I'm already 32 years old. I wonder what your cultivation level is now?"
The last time Qin Ziling stepped forward to fight for justice, those bad guys were swept away by Qin Xingbao like fallen leaves in the autumn wind. Qin Ziling just used some brute force to throw a few people away and had no chance to use his bone strength, so Qin Xingbao didn't know what his level of cultivation was.
"The late stage of bone refining." Qin Ziling replied.
Qin Xingbao swayed slightly on his horse's back after hearing this, and then said with admiration and envy, " You are much better than me. I am only in the middle stage of bone refining. You will definitely become the key disciple of the family this time, or even the core disciple."
"You are also very powerful. At the age of 32, you are already a great martial artist in the middle stage of bone refining." Qin Ziling said.
Qin Ziling's words were not just to please Qin Xingbao.
Cui Shanhe was very powerful back then, but he only became a bone refining master at the age of 29. Now Qin Xingbao is 32 years old and has become a mid-stage bone refining master. It is obvious that his bone talent is not inferior to Cui Shanhe.
"In Qingjunzhou, someone like me has a relatively strong talent in martial arts, but in Wuzhou, it's not strong enough to be called strong. I don't know if I can squeeze into the ranks of key students this time. If I can, then I will have a chance to become a martial arts master. Otherwise, with my family background, it will be very difficult to become a martial arts master." Qin Xingbao said, with a look of anxiety on his face.
Qin Ziling was not too surprised to hear this. Cui Shanhe was considered very powerful in Qinghe County, but if he had not met him, with the Cui family's financial situation, it would be basically impossible for him to become a martial arts master unless he had a great opportunity.
Now that you have the innate conditions such as physique and talent, the competition is about the input and cultivation of acquired resources.
Even because the entry threshold to martial arts is relatively low, acquired resources and cultivation become even more important.
"What are key disciples and core disciples?" Qin Ziling asked.
"The core disciples are the ones that the Qin family values the most and cultivates with the most care. They can even eat some fifth-grade exotic beast flesh and blood every now and then as a tonic. Of course, there are many other excellent resources to improve their cultivation.
However, the core disciples are usually selected from the direct descendants of the patriarch. The descendants of other branches and collateral branches will only be selected as core disciples unless they are particularly outstanding and have absolute potential to reach the master level.
The key children are those with extraordinary talents among all the children of the Qin family. For example, you are only 26 years old and you are already a great martial artist in the late stage of bone refining. There must be key children, but whether you can be selected as a core child is hard to say. "Qin Xingbao explained.
"It turns out there are so many details to consider!" Qin Ziling said.
"That's for sure. Even though the Qin family in Wuzhou is wealthy and powerful, they can't afford to squander it at will. They will definitely use the good resources on promising children. This is the only way to ensure the family's long-term prosperity." Qin Xingbao said.
Qin Ziling nodded in agreement.
A few years ago, he personally took time out to select and eliminate people at Yunluo Lake, in fact, just to use good resources on promising subordinates.
"By the way, where does my cousin live? Which branch does he belong to?" Qin Xingbao asked quickly.
"My family is in Xiyun Province. My great-grandfather and the grandfather of the current head of the family are half-brothers." Qin Ziling replied.
"Then you are considered a branch of the patriarch's lineage. Even if you are not a direct descendant of the patriarch's lineage, you are much closer to him than to me. With your aptitude and talent, if you work hard, you may have a chance to be selected as a core disciple.
If he can be selected as a core disciple, he can eat the flesh and blood of fifth-grade exotic beasts every now and then. Then he will definitely have the hope of reaching the Grandmaster level. Once he becomes a martial arts Grandmaster, he will be the elder of the family, and he will be truly powerful. "
Qin Xingbao was shocked when he heard this, and then his face was full of envy. Even when he talked about the fifth-grade exotic beast, his eyes lit up and he swallowed his saliva.
"Key students can read the internal organ refining techniques, right?" Qin Ziling smiled noncommittally and then asked.
He is not short of the flesh and blood of the fifth-grade exotic beasts now, but what he lacks is the martial arts technique.
As long as the key disciples are qualified to read the exercises related to refining the internal organs, it will be enough for him.
If one really wants to have a core disciple, not only will one have to expose more strength and secrets, but the responsibilities that one will shoulder for the Qin family of Wuzhou will certainly be greater in the future.
Qin Ziling's current understanding of the Qin family is still very limited. He has not even met those members of the Qin family who are truly in power. Naturally, he does not want to get too deeply involved in the Qin family's affairs.
"Of course. Key disciples are cultivated as candidates for martial arts masters. How can they become martial arts masters if they are not allowed to read the internal organ refining techniques? However, it is said that key disciples who have cultivated to the late stage of bone refining can only read one internal organ refining technique according to regulations." Qin Xingbao replied.
"Really? Can't we look at the second door?" Qin Ziling frowned slightly when he heard that.
Last time, Qin Tianchou was in a hurry to finish his work and rush back within two months, so he didn't stay in the Qin family for long before rushing to Nandingzhou occupied by the rebels. Qin Ziling didn't have time to ask about many things in detail.
"It should be possible, but there are definitely conditions. The cultivation of each level of children in the family has certain specifications. If it exceeds the specifications, it needs to be exchanged for merit or something else . It can't be given for free. For example, I broke through at the age of 29 and became a bone refining master. At that time, I came to the Qin family in Wuzhou to report and was approved as a first-class child. The family gave me some cultivation resources and guidance according to this specification.
By the way, after the key children, there are two grades, A and B. After the B grade, the family generally does not pay too much attention to them, and they need to find their own way out. Of course, if they are direct descendants of the main line, even if they have poor talents, the family will pay attention to and cultivate them, and ensure that they will have no worries about food and clothing throughout their lives. "Qin Xingbao replied.
Qin Ziling nodded to show that he understood, but he was thinking in his heart: "No wonder my great-grandfather moved far away to Xiyun Province. It seems that he was a collateral descendant with poor talent and physique. And Qin Tianchou is the nephew of the current head of the family, so even if he has no talent and physique, he has a high status in the family. He is accompanied by great martial artists and great Qi refining masters when he travels and does things."
"Hey, uncle, you said it was a branch of the main sect, how come you don't know all this?" Qin Xingbao said belatedly.
"Our family has been a single-line line since my great-grandfather. My grandfather and father passed away when I was a child. If the Qin family of Wuzhou had not continued to compile the family tree, I would not have known that the ancestral temple of my Qin family is in Wuzhou." Qin Ziling replied.
"So, my uncle has never received any support from the Qin family in Wuzhou before, and he has relied entirely on his own abilities to cultivate to his current level!" Qin Xingbao was surprised at first, and then he was in awe.
To Qin Xingbao, Qin Ziling was a self-made man, but he was sheltered under the big tree of the Qin family in Wuzhou and got their help to achieve what he has today.
Qin Ziling smiled without comment.
The two of them walked into the city while chatting.
Qin Xingbao was a talkative person and he admired his uncle Qin Ziling very much, so he talked non-stop along the way, which allowed Qin Ziling to understand a lot about the Qin family in Wuzhou .
However, the more Qin Ziling learned, the more surprised he was at the power of the Qin family.
As they were talking, the two of them rode their exotic horses through the wide streets.
Most of the people we met along the way were ordinary people, but the number of warriors and qi cultivators was much greater than in other states and counties.
Qin Ziling even discovered several masters who were rarely seen in other states and counties along the way with his keen five senses.
Soon, the two men rode on exotic horses and arrived in front of a mansion.
It would be more appropriate to call it a city rather than a mansion.
A twenty-meter-wide moat and dozens of meters-high walls surround the palaces, courtyards and gardens.
The mansion covers an area of 8,000 acres, with eight suspension bridges lowered over the river, leading to eight gate exits.
Pedestrians and carriages came in and out of the gate from time to time.
"This is the Qin Mansion! Outside the provincial capital, the Qin family built another city named Qincheng, which is even bigger than this one. That's also where the Qin family's ancestral land is located. The ancestral worship ceremony in a month will be held in Qincheng." Qin Xingbao stood by the moat, pointing to the city within the city across the river.
Before Qin Xingbao finished speaking, Qin Ziling felt two powerful streams of energy and blood rushing towards him from far away.
Then he saw a young man riding a silver dragon horse stepping onto the suspension bridge.
The Silver Dragon Horse is a fourth-grade exotic horse. It is silver all over, with a dragon head and a horse body, but its hooves are shaped like dragon claws, and clouds and smoke appear under its hooves when it falls.
The young man on horseback was dressed in white, with a pair of slender and sharp black eyes under his handsome sword-like eyebrows. He had a blank expression and was as cold as if he was carved out of marble.
When the pedestrians on the suspension bridge and the guards at the gate saw the man riding over on horseback, they all stepped aside and bowed to him.
