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Cloud Arise City Martial Manor, Lin Li.

Every year, as the Martial Manor's recruitment approached, the Imperial City's security became increasingly strict. Anyone who dared to cause trouble at this critical juncture would be the first to be targeted by the Flying Cloud Kingdom's royalty!

Why did the royalty place so much importance on the Martial Manor's recruitment?

It was simple. In this world where martial arts were revered, if the Flying Cloud Kingdom wanted to prosper, it had to have a continuous stream of martial arts experts to succeed each other. And the talented youths recruited by the various Martial Manors would undoubtedly become the pillars of the nation in the future. As long as the royalty had a little foresight, they would never allow anyone to cause trouble during the Martial Manor's recruitment.

According to custom, on the first day of recruitment for the various Martial Manors in the Imperial City, only the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion could recruit disciples. Only after the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion had finished its selection would it be the turn of the other Martial Manors to "pick up the scraps."

Early in the morning, outside the massive gates of the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion, there was already a sea of people; looking around, there were probably no fewer than ten thousand people. And among these tens of thousands of people, the vast majority were "examinees" and their parents.

The examinees were as nervous as if they were about to go to the battlefield, while their parents' faces were full of anticipation.

Every year, the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion recruited thousands of outer pavilion disciples, usually: one thousand at the sixth level of outer training, three hundred at the fifth level, and one hundred at the fourth level. With so many places available, naturally many people came to sign up.

But even so, the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion was not so easy to enter; the first threshold was—talent!

Examinees at the sixth level of outer training were limited to seventeen years of age; the fifth level was limited to sixteen years, and the fourth level was limited to fifteen years. Those whose talent met the standard could be considered one in a hundred.

And then, the talented youths who were one in a hundred had to compete with each other to finally stand out and become an outer pavilion disciple of the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion!

It could be said that in the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion, even just an outer pavilion disciple was a genius, one in a thousand!

"Everyone below, listen up!" The gate of the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion was over a hundred meters wide, and there were hundreds of steps outside the gate; the person shouting was sitting in the center of the gate, "All examinees, quickly go to your respective areas according to the registration number you registered yesterday! No idlers are allowed to enter the examinee area!"

The wave of tens of thousands of examinees immediately surged, and the parents of the examinees encouraged them one after another:

"Ah Huang, you must perform well, and bring glory to our ancestors today!"

… …

"Ah Hua, don't worry, your father has already pulled the strings for you. The other party said that you only need to go up and go through the motions!"

"Okay, Dad, which connection did you find? Is it strong enough?"

"It's the Bodhisattva in the temple!"

… …

"Ah Niu, just take the exam casually, don't be stressed. If you don't do well, just come home and herd cattle with me!"

"Damn, how can I not be stressed?"

… …

Xu Ming was also in the wave of examinees, completely inconspicuous.

Originally, Xu Kai was going to accompany him, but he happened to have a mission to go on, so he couldn't come, and could only let Xu Ming come alone.

"Hehe, Lin Muqing and the others will definitely not think that I would come here!" Xu Ming appeared here today, naturally intending to become an outer pavilion disciple of the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion, "If I stay in the Imperial City, Lin Muqing will attack me sooner or later, and I can't avoid it! But if I enter the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion and become his fellow disciple, then it will be much safer—the crime of fratricide is not light, I don't believe Lin Muqing is willing to bear this crime; in this way, he can't deal with me too blatantly."

Xu Ming had a cheat in his hand, as long as he was given some time, the mere Lin Muqing was not to be feared at all! And now, Xu Ming was trying to buy himself time to level up!

"The one sitting in the center of the gate should be Wu Gaofeng, the person in charge of the outer pavilion, he's really powerful!" Xu Ming's eyes secretly glanced at the person who had just shouted, "Just sitting there and shouting casually, his voice is as loud as a bell, making tens of thousands of people hear clearly! His cultivation must have transcended outer training and entered inner training!"

Outer training and inner training were two completely different realms!

"Huh?"

Suddenly, a figure that Xu Ming was extremely familiar with appeared in his line of sight.

"Lin Muqing!"

Then, Xu Ming saw Lin Muqing sitting down next to Wu Gaofeng very casually, putting his arm around his shoulder, not knowing what they were talking about, but obviously the two had a close relationship.

"I didn't expect Lin Muqing to come… but it's okay, there are so many examinees, he shouldn't see me!"

Indeed, Lin Muqing did not notice Xu Ming. Among the tens of thousands of examinees, Xu Ming was not conspicuous at all; moreover, Lin Muqing never expected that Xu Ming would dare to play "knowing there are tigers in the mountain, he still goes to the tiger mountain."

"Brother Wu!" Lin Muqing said with a smile, "The elders really value you! This time, you are fully responsible for the recruitment again!"

If a personal disciple of an elder could emerge from this batch of newly recruited disciples in the future, the benefits to Wu Gaofeng would be self-evident. However, Wu Gaofeng also knew that the probability of this kind of thing was very small.

"Haha…" Lin Muqing smiled and complimented Wu Gaofeng a few times, then suddenly changed the subject, "Brother Wu, I wonder if it is convenient to give me two places?"

"Two places?" Wu Gaofeng smiled casually, "It's a small matter, it's just a word from you!"

"Thank you!" Lin Muqing didn't say any more, the quota of two outer pavilion disciples was indeed nothing. Like Lin Han, who only had the cultivation of the second level of outer training, Lin Muqing had also manipulated him into becoming a nominal disciple—that is, an outer pavilion disciple.

At this time, the outer periphery of the crowd was slightly noisy.

"Someone from the royal family is here!" Wu Gaofeng stood up immediately, he had just received a message.

"Royal family?" Lin Muqing also stood up and looked towards the outer periphery of the crowd.

Generally speaking, when the royal family went out, the pomp was very big; but this time, no pomp was seen.

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After a while, Lin Muqing searched for the royal family in the center of the noisy circle: "Who is it? It turns out to be Wen Shuai!"

Lin Muqing's tone was very slow, obviously he didn't take this royal family member named Wen Shuai seriously at all.

"Brother Lin, keep your voice down! No matter what, he is a member of the royal family, it's not good to offend him!" Wu Gaofeng gently poked Lin Muqing with his elbow.

"Don't worry, Brother Wu, I know what to do!" Lin Muqing followed Wu Gaofeng and reluctantly greeted Wen Shuai.

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When the recruitment of the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion was about to officially begin, two more people appeared in the sparsely populated outer area—a playboy in brocade clothes and jade belt, shaking a folding fan, and his maid.

Although this playboy was dignified, he didn't attract much attention; on the contrary, the maid beside him had an extraordinary temperament, and whenever someone passed by, they couldn't help but take a second look.

But if the real upper-class figures of Cloud Arise City saw these two people, then their attention would definitely not be on the maid; in fact, many people would not dare to look at the maid too much, for fear of offending this playboy! Because this playboy had a very resounding name in the Imperial City—Master Gu!

The maid looked at the surging crowd in front of her, and was a little impatient: "I said little…"

"You can call me whatever you want at home, but outside, you must respect me!" The playboy interrupted, "If others hear it, it won't be good!"

The maid stuck out her tongue: "Yes, Master!"

"That's right!" The playboy, Master Gu, nodded with satisfaction.

"I say, Master, this Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion is too domineering! Every time they recruit, we have to wait for them to pick and choose before it's our Savage Martial Manor's turn; how can we recruit good seedlings like this?" The maid complained, "It's making our Savage Martial Manor still be suppressed by their Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion, and many people even think we are not as good as the Flying Cloud Martial Pavilion!"

"Xiao Ran, what others think is their business!" Master Gu said indifferently, "Besides, they are just mediocre talents, it doesn't make a difference to us whether there are a few more or a few less, instead it can save some resources!"

"Then why are you still coming today?"

"Anyway, I'm idle, just take a look, just treat it as a stroll! Moreover, if I really see any genius, I will snatch them over!"

"Genius?" The maid Qin Ran didn't take it seriously, "What real genius can there be in this small place?"

"Xiao Ran, you're wrong about that!" Master Gu smiled inscrutably, "Don't ask about the origin of a hero…"