Chapter 111 Arriving at the County Town and Becoming the Youngest Junior Master
Chapter 111 Arrived at the county city and became the youngest junior master (please subscribe)
After entering the city, the shops on both sides of the street were next to each other, and the high hanging signs were like flags, reflecting the sky of the city with colorful colors.
The streets were crowded with people. Although not everyone was dressed in gorgeous clothes, the faces of the passers-by were always more red than those in Wuxiang City.
Looking at this completely different bustle from Wuxiang City, Zui'er couldn't help but feel dazzled.
Zhao Ya was not in a hurry to find Dingtai Martial Arts Hall, but took Zui'er around the street first and bought some small things that girls like.
It was already noon, and Zhao Ya took Zui'er into a busy restaurant to have some food.
When the waiter saw that Zhao Ya was tall and well-spoken, and the woman following behind him was even more bright-eyed and white-toothed, he knew that he was not an ordinary person, so he entertained him very attentively.
After the food and drinks were served, Zhao Ya called the waiter and asked him about the location of Dingtai Martial Arts Hall.
When the waiter heard that Zhao Ya wanted to go to Dingtai Martial Arts Hall, he couldn't help but smile.
"Young man, are you also going to take the entrance exam for a martial arts school?"
"Entrance exam?"
"Yes, at this time of year, all the martial arts schools in the county city will open for enrollment, and many young people who want to learn martial arts will take this opportunity to come and try."
"Oh? So there are many martial arts schools in the county city?"
"That's right. There are several well-known martial arts schools, such as Chenfeng, Renyong, Guangrui, and Dingtai, which you just asked about. As for those smaller ones, there are countless."
"But I suggest that if you want to take the entrance exam, it's best to apply for more schools, especially be careful not to just focus on those big martial arts schools."
"Because those martial arts schools are really powerful, but the entry requirements are relatively strict. In comparison, smaller martial arts schools are much easier. Here I recommend Jinquan Martial Arts School..."
The waiter talked endlessly about the advantages of this martial arts school, and Zhao Ya laughed in his heart.
It seems that the competition among martial arts schools in this county city is really fierce.
This guy obviously received benefits from the Jinquan Martial Arts School, and he probably could get a commission for introducing someone there.
This model of attracting people made Zhao Ya feel quite familiar.
He interrupted the guy's crazy recommendation, saying that he was not going to take the exam, but to Dingtai Martial Arts School to find someone.
The guy reluctantly stopped talking about this topic, and then told Zhao Ya the specific location of Dingtai Martial Arts School in detail.
Zhao Ya gave him a tip, and after finishing the meal, he led Zui'er away.
According to the location the guy told him, Zhao Ya arrived at the door of Dingtai Martial Arts School smoothly.
After looking at the imposing gate and the word Dingtai hanging on the gate, Zhao Ya stepped in.
"Hey, little brother, if you want to register for the exam, come back tomorrow. Registration is over today." A man stopped Zhao Ya.
Zhao Ya stopped and said, "I'm not here to register, but to find Master Lu Dingtai."
Hearing this, the man's face changed.
"Who are you and what do you want to see my master for?"
"Oh? Is that your master?"
"Yes, I am Gu Mingdong, the direct disciple of Miao Shaocheng, the third disciple of the old man." The man said proudly.
Zhao Ya saw at first glance that Gu Mingdong had just entered the second realm, and this level of cultivation was not worth mentioning to him.
However, Zhao Ya was too lazy to pay attention to these, and just said lightly: "Just say that an old friend from Wuxiang City is visiting."
Wuxiang City?
Gu Mingdong frowned.
That remote town is thousands of miles away and has a very remote geographical location. What old friends can there be there?
However, Gu Mingdong did not dare to be careless. He ordered someone to watch Zhao Ya here, and he ran into the backyard of Dingtai Martial Arts Hall, then slowed down and came to the study.
At this time, Lu Dingtai was writing, and he did not raise his head after hearing the footsteps.
"What's the matter?"
"To answer your question, a young man came outside, saying that he was an old friend from Wuxiang City and wanted to see you."
With a snap, the pen in Lu Dingtai's hand turned into powder.
Then Lu Dingtai calmly picked up the towel on the table, wiped his hands and said, "Let him in!"
"Yes!"
Gu Mingdong was shocked, not knowing what happened to the master, and did not dare to ask, so he turned around and left.
A moment later, Zhao Ya and Zui'er came to the study.
"Master, it's him who wants to see you!"
Lu Dingtai waved his hand, and Gu Mingdong quickly retreated, then he looked up at Zhao Ya.
A moment later, he slowly said, "Did Junior Brother Meng ask you to come?"
"Yes!"
Zhao Ya answered very straightforwardly.
Since entering the study, he has been looking at Lu Dingtai.
Lu Dingtai looked to be in his forties, with a well-proportioned figure, a yellow face, and wearing loose clothes. He looked like a rich man sitting on a chair.
But Zhao Ya felt great pressure.
Because Lu Dingtai's seemingly gentle appearance contained extremely terrifying power.
His every move exerted a strong pressure on him.
You should know that even Zhan Feng, who was at the fourth level, had never given Zhao Ya such a feeling.
This made Zhao Ya secretly shocked.
Could it be that he had already entered the fifth level?
"What is your relationship with him?"
"He is my master."
Zhao Ya gritted his teeth and took out the jade token from his arms despite the mighty force.
Lu Dingtai remained silent after taking the jade token. He stroked it for a moment before sighing.
Instantly, Zhao Ya felt the pressure eased and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Although it only lasted for a short while, Zhao Ya felt more tired than a big battle.
Lu Dingtai glanced at Zhao Ya and saw that although he was a little tired, he still stood there without moving. He couldn't help but show a touch of admiration in his eyes.
"How long have you been promoted to the third realm?"
"Half a year."
"Not bad, you can hold on for so long under my might, which shows that you have a solid foundation." Lu Dingtai praised and suddenly changed the subject.
"How did Junior Brother Meng die?"
Zhao Ya was stunned.
Lu Dingtai said calmly: "It's not hard to guess. This jade token is his most precious thing. Unless he dies, he will never give it to others."
"And since you know this place, it proves that he has mentioned me to you. With his character, he will never bow to me unless he dies."
Speaking of this, Lu Dingtai's face showed a bitter smile.
"He said at the beginning that he would never see me again in his life, so the fact that you can come to see me has already proved that he is gone."
Zhao Ya nodded, "Yes, my master is indeed dead."
"How did he die?"
"Killed by someone!"
As soon as the voice fell, the desk in front of Lu Dingtai suddenly exploded, and even the pens, ink, paper and inkstone on it were not spared and shattered.
"Who?" Lu Dingtai asked calmly.
"Qingzhuling, and the Hong family!"
Then Zhao Ya roughly recounted the course of events.
After listening to this, Lu Dingtai remained silent. After a long time, he said, "Did he ask you to tell him something before he died?"
"He said that what happened in the past is over and he no longer hates it."
Lu Dingtai fell into silence again. After a long time, he slowly said, "You did a good job. Now I give you two choices."
"One is that I give you a considerable amount of money, and then you leave. As for your master's revenge, you don't have to worry about it."
"The second is to become my disciple. I will teach you martial arts, but in this case, I will no longer intervene in this feud. Everything will be left to you. Which one do you choose?"
Zhao Ya did not hesitate at all and said directly, "I choose the second one."
As if he had expected Zhao Ya's choice, Lu Dingtai nodded.
"Okay, from today on, you are my disciple, ranking fifth."
Zhao Ya was not hypocritical. He was about to kneel down, but was stopped by Lu Dingtai.
"Don't kneel to me. I've accepted you on behalf of your master, so if you want to kneel, kneel to your master!"
Zhao Ya didn't say anything else, just nodded, and then suddenly asked: "Master, may I ask what realm you are in now?"
Lu Dingtai didn't expect Zhao Ya to ask this question. He was stunned at first, then smiled and said: "What realm do you think I am in?"
"Fifth realm?" Zhao Ya asked tentatively.
Lu Dingtai smiled and shook his head, then sighed: "Fifth realm is not that easy to achieve. I just wasted enough time in the fourth realm, so my strength is stronger than the average fourth realm. I am still one step away from the fifth realm."
Zhao Ya's heart was shocked.
The sense of oppression Lu Dingtai gave him just now was so strong, but he didn't expect that he was still not in the fifth realm even so?
"What? Are you disappointed?"
"No, I just think the fifth realm is so difficult?"
"It's hard to say it's hard, but it's also easy to say it's easy."
"For example, the Zhan Feng you just mentioned, although he is also in the fourth realm, if he is in front of me, he can't even get through three moves."
Zhao Ya has no doubt about this.
Because the aura of Zhan Feng and Lu Dingtai is simply incomparable.
"Do you know why the gap is so big even though they are both in the fourth realm?"
"Why?"
"Because of the foundation!" Lu Dingtai paused and continued.
"If the five realms of martial arts are five-story buildings, then starting from the first realm, the foundation must be well built and solid. Otherwise, the higher the building is, the more unstable the foundation will be, and it will eventually stop at a certain realm or even collapse."
"That's why I used my power to oppress you just now, just to see how well you have built your foundation. If your foundation is weak, I won't even give you the two choices just now, and I will just give you a sum of money to get rid of you."
"To put it bluntly, there is no shortcut in the martial arts. Anyone who wants to achieve his goal through shortcuts will eventually pay several times the price to repay."
"From your description, Zhan Feng should have used some secret method to forcibly improve his realm. Such strength can fool ordinary people, but it's just a joke in front of me."
Lu Dingtai's words are simple and easy to understand, and he describes the martial arts cultivation chain appropriately. Zhao Ya is convinced.
As expected, he is a master that Meng Lei admired before his death. Just this knowledge is extraordinary.
"What is the legendary opening of meridians above the fifth realm like?" Zhao Ya simply asked to the end.
After hearing this, Lu Dingtai frowned slightly, as if he was considering his words, and after a long time, he said leisurely and fascinatedly.
"That is the true road to martial arts godhood. Now we are actually just wandering around at the starting point of martial arts. Even if we reach the fifth realm and have completed the blood exchange, we have only taken the first step."
Martial arts godhood!
Hearing this word, Zhao Ya's heart moved, and he was about to ask something.
Lu Dingtai waved his hand, "Okay, don't ask this kind of question anymore in the future. The most taboo in martial arts is to be too ambitious. Wait until you reach my level before thinking about other things."
"Yes!" Zhao Ya responded.
"Mingdong!" Lu Dingtai shouted.
Gu Mingdong outside the door hurried in.
"Go and call your senior sister."
"Yes!"
Gu Mingdong secretly glanced at Zhao Ya, full of surprise.
Although he didn't hear what the two said outside the door just now, he heard the sound of the desk exploding.
At that time, he thought that this young man was dead, because he dared to anger the master, which was like talking to the King of Hell, purely looking for death.
But after entering the door, he found Zhao Ya standing there, and the master was also very kind to him.
What's going on, who is this person?
However, Gu Mingdong quickly hid these questions in his heart and left in a hurry.
After he left, Lu Dingtai said to Zhao Ya: "The one who will come later is my first apprentice, and also your master's only daughter. Has he mentioned it to you?"
"Yes!"
Zhao Ya remembered Meng Lei's story about Meng Shiwen, and nodded.
"It's good that he mentioned it. This child grew up with me since she was a child. I spoiled her and she is a little arrogant. So when you meet her later, don't say too much about Meng Lei, especially about his death. Do you understand?"
"I understand."
At this time, footsteps came, and then a woman walked in.
The woman looked about 20 years old, tall, and cold. Just standing there gave people a sense of coldness and arrogance that kept people away from her.
And Zhao Ya vaguely saw some traces of Meng Lei in her facial features.
It was Meng Lei's only daughter, Meng Shiwen.
"Master!" Meng Shiwen said respectfully.
"Well, let me introduce you. This is Zhao Ya, who is from Wuxiang City. He will be your junior brother from now on."
Meng Shiwen looked at Zhao Ya, and a strange color flashed in her eyes.
On the contrary, Zhao Ya bowed first.
"Senior sister!"
Meng Shiwen nodded slightly, "How is he?"
The tone was calm as if asking an irrelevant person.
Zhao Ya glanced at Lu Dingtai,
Lu Dingtai sighed, "Your father is dead."
Meng Shiwen did not react at all, just said "oh" softly, and then lowered her head.
And Meng Shiwen's reaction also moved Zhao Ya's heart.
At the beginning, Meng Lei once told him that his daughter was a little naughty.
And looking at Meng Shiwen's current state, Zhao Ya has vaguely guessed something.
This place is thousands of miles away from Wuxiang City. Meng Lei must have rarely come back after founding Changlong Escort Agency.
Growing up in such an environment without fatherly love, Meng Shiwen's resentment towards Meng Lei can be imagined.
Zhao Ya couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
At this time, Lu Dingtai changed the subject, "Mingdong, go again and call your master and uncles over, and tell them that I have something important to announce."
Gu Mingdong was already dumbfounded at this time.
He heard everything Lu Dingtai said when he introduced Zhao Ya just now.
This young man suddenly became his junior uncle?