The Gate of the Genkai

Aunt Jane

The Daqi Kingdom is located on the peninsula protruding from the east of the Dongzhou Continent. It is in the same area as the Yan Kingdom and the Huang Kingdom. advance and retreat.

Daqi is located in the center of the peninsula, sandwiched between the other two countries, but its national strength is the strongest, claiming to have millions of standing armies, followed by Huangguo, and Yanguo is the weakest.

In addition to the capital area directly under Daqi, the following areas are divided into nine prefectures and thirty-six prefectures, and each prefecture governs several to a dozen different cities. As for the towns and villages, there are countless.

Fengcheng is the largest city in Quanzhou and the state city of Quanzhou. Even in the entire Kaiyuan Mansion, it can be ranked among the top five.

The Jin family is one of the wealthy families in Quanzhou. They own a large number of fields and manors outside the city, and are also engaged in the sale of some medicinal herbs and ores.Quanzhou.

All this was learned by Shi Mu from the old man in blue.

At this time, he already knew that the old man was called Jin Cheng, and he was a foreign affairs steward of the Jin family. He seemed to have a certain status among the Jin family’s servants. At least the few Jin family knights all respected him very much.

A group of people walked on the road for about a month, and after passing through two cities in a row, they finally arrived at Fengcheng, and went directly through the city gate to the northwest corner of the city.

Shi Mu sat at the window of the carriage, looking at both sides of the street non-stop.

He grew up in a fishing village since he was a child, and he has hardly traveled far. The largest city he has been to before is the nearby county seat.

Fengcheng is worthy of being the largest city in Quanzhou. Both sides of the street are full of tall buildings of all kinds, and pedestrians on both sides of the road are also bustling, looking very lively.

Although the city in front of him is huge and lively, Shi Mu’s heart is surprisingly calm, without the slightest fluctuation.

With the group of people slowing down, the carriage traveled for half an hour before stopping in front of an inconspicuous house.

Shi Mu jumped out of the car, looked at the white flag raised on the side of the gate, his face changed slightly, and then followed the old man in blue into the gate,

Several knights remained obediently near the carriage.

After a while, Shi Mu saw a woman in full body and a girl in her teens in the memorial hall decorated with white cloth.

The woman was only twenty-eight or nineteen years old, and she was graceful and elegant. When she saw Shi Mu, she said in an unquestionable tone:

“You are late. Your father passed away a few days ago. I don’t know what you think of your father, but you are his own flesh and blood. Come here to pay respects first. Other things, we will talk about them later.”

The girl next to her had red and swollen eyes, but she still looked at the elder brother who had never met with curiosity.

Shi Mu looked at the black coffin placed in the middle of the hall with a complex expression.

Seeing this, the plain woman didn’t intend to urge her.

The old man in green shirt took this opportunity to step forward a few steps, walked up to the woman and said something in a low voice, then retreated silently.

After a while, Shi Mu finally moved his feet, walked slowly to the coffin, and said calmly:

“Open the lid, I want to see him one last time.”

“no problem”

The woman clapped her hands twice.

Immediately, two big men poured out from both sides of the hall, and pushed the coffin lid open, revealing a man lying quietly inside.

Shi Mu looked down at the face of the man in the coffin that resembled him, and his face turned pale. After a while, he took out a seemingly ordinary bronze mirror from his waist, and silently placed it beside the man’s body.

“This is” the plain woman frowned slightly.

“”I don’t know what my father’s difficulties are, he will abandon our mother and son for many years and never return, but my mother had a last wish before she died, hoping to bury this relic with my father. “Shi Mu said slowly, turned around and after burning a stick of incense in the incense burner in front of the coffin, he kowtowed three times on the ground.

The onyx woman was slightly taken aback, she seemed a little surprised, but she didn’t stop anything

Shi Mu stood up again, stared blankly at the coffin and fell silent.

At this time, the woman waved her hand, and the two big men closed the coffin lid again.

“Come with me, this is not a place to talk. Your father asked me to tell you something before he was alive.” After the woman said something, she led the girl to the side hall.

Shi Mu raised his eyebrows, and followed without saying a word.

“Since you are willing to kowtow, it’s not in vain that I call Cheng Shishi to bring you here. I don’t ask you to call me mother. If you want, you can call me Aunt Zhen. This is your half-sister Yuhuan. Yuhuan, come here to see your brother.” The woman in the side hall immediately turned around and said.

“Meet Brother Mu”

Shi Yuhuan had big eyes and curved eyebrows, a straight nose and a small mouth. When her eyes rolled, she gave off a very eerie and cute feeling. Hearing what her mother said, she immediately called out obediently, with a clear and sweet voice.

Shi Mu nodded at the girl, barely revealing a smile.

“Although your father belonged to the Jin family, he also created a family property including a manor outside the city. You are his eldest son, so you will naturally inherit it. Yuhuan and I only need this house in the city. After all I am from the Jin family, so I don’t need this kind of money. In addition, your father has made great contributions to the Jin family, which is also the reason for his early death. He has never used this contribution. In this case, I can give you two choices now.” The woman paused when she said this.

Shi Mu looked at the woman and couldn’t help being surprised.

“One is just like Cheng Guanshi said, I can use this credit to directly exchange for you a Qiling Pill from the Jin family, so that you will have the opportunity to enter Kaiyuan Wuyuan in the future. Obtaining a low-level title in Daqi will allow you to live comfortably from now on, and even be honored by your descendants.” The woman continued to speak seriously, staring at the young man.

Hearing the “real power title” Shi Mu frowned. .

“That’s right. Daqi’s titles are divided into Duke, Marquis, Zi, Nan, and Xun, each of which corresponds to the corresponding status and power. Not to mention the high ones,With this credit and the power of our Jin family, there is no problem with being a lord, and you can also obtain a certain official position for you in the future. “The woman explained a few words.

“No, I want Qi Ling Pill,” Shi Mu said without hesitation after listening.

“You’d better think clearly before making a decision. If I were you, I would choose the latter.” After hearing this, the woman said with a strange look on her face.

“What do you mean by that?” The boy vaguely heard something.

“How much do you know about comprehension of qi sense and warriors?” the woman asked back.

“From Aunt Zhen’s tone, could it be that you are also a warrior?” Shi Mu asked slowly after being stunned for a while.

This time, the woman didn’t answer anything, but after shaking her body, she suddenly appeared in front of a wall, raised her arm, and a long sword with a gold handle decorated on the wall was immediately in her hand.

“嗤” “嗤” there was a loud sound through the air, the long sword swung in the woman’s hand, and heavy sword shadows appeared around her body, then a cold light flashed, and there was a clear cry, the long sword turned into a startled rainbow and entered In the wall, only the hilt of the sword was left trembling slightly.

This scene left Shi Mu dumbfounded.

“Don’t look at me like this, I’m actually one of the three late-stage acquired warriors of the Jin family, otherwise why would I want a Qiling pill from the Jin family. After all, Qiling pills are worth tens of thousands of gold, and there is often no market for them. And when the lights are off, even if your father made great contributions during his lifetime, in the eyes of some people in the Jin family, it is not worth paying for such a precious pill. This is one of the reasons why I advise you to give up. After all, you If you ask for Qiling Pill, some members of the Jin family will definitely be dissatisfied, I can protect you for a while, but I can’t protect you forever.”

“No matter what difficulties there are, I must become a true warrior.” Shi Mu replied without thinking.

“Since you are determined to do this, then I won’t persuade you any more. Let me tell you about the division of martial artist realms you know.” Aunt Zhen sighed and said so.

“Warriors are divided into hardened body, official warriors and country protectors? It is said that once you become the most powerful country protector, you can be equal even in the face of princes and ministers,” Shi Mu said.

“You all know these things from the martial arts gym in the town, right? It’s not wrong to call them that, but the instructors in the martial arts gym, and the ones with the highest cultivation level may only have just stepped into Houtian. Ordinary disciples tell about the true division of the realm of warriors.” Aunt Zhen showed such a look.

“I still hope Aunt Zhen will give advice”

“Body quenching, the official titles of warriors and warriors protecting the country, are actually just common people’s sayings. The real names of warrior realms in the entire Dongzhou continent should be warriors, acquired warriors, and innate warriors. They correspond to quenched bodies respectively. , the official title of martial artist and national protector warrior. At the martial apprentice stage, anyone can practice the method of tempering the body, but those with inferior roots may have no hope of achieving great success in their entire lives. Acquired warriors are those who can practice true strength after comprehending the sense of energy. A martial artist with qi. At this time, with the help of true qi, even in the face of fully armed soldiers, a warrior can often defeat a hundred with one enemy. He is already a real warrior in the ordinary population. When the true energy has reached a certain level, after the dantian has successfully opened up the Qi Palace, a martial artist with innate true energy can be born in the body. Innate warriors are the real martial arts experts. Killing the Houtian warriors, even if hundreds of Houtian warriors join forces, they will often be unable to do anything to the Xiantian warriors. Because at the level of the Xiantian warriors, they can already leave the body with true energy and kill people from the air. Under normal circumstances, the Houtian warriors can’t get close at all. But it is difficult for ordinary people to enter the congenital. As far as I know, there are no more than seven or eight congenital warriors in the entire Great Qi Kingdom.” Aunt Zhen explained to the young man carefully.

“There are so few innate warriors.” Shi Mu was really surprised. :