Not to mention the Wind-Chasing Sect, even if it has tens of thousands of disciples and a top-notch sect with third-level masters at its command, what about it?

If you really dare to cause a big mess, you don't need to send out the army. Dozens of people from Shenhuatang can wipe it out.

Of course, the kind of top sect that can gain a foothold in Dachu will not cause chaos easily.

They all have big backers behind them.

Guanxi can lead to a certain thousand-year-old family, generations of sects, even relatives of the emperor, and even the real person of the royal family.

A few of the top sects' founders even followed Taizu of Chu to fight across the country.

Some sects were simply sects established by military generals and heroes who had no intention of pursuing an official career after conquering the country with the support of Taizu of Chu.

Yan Tianying once said that the Da Chu royal family's heritage is unfathomable. Although this is just a top martial arts sect, some of them are part of the royal family's heritage.

Many of the masters who defended the imperial palace were from such top sects.

After chatting casually all the way, they came to the main entrance of a fairly grand courtyard. He Wei made a complaint and asked Feng Wei to stay in front of the door with Shen Lang while he went in to report.

The current leader of the Wind Chasing Sect is named Zhou Hongwei. He is in his early forties this year and has reached the mid-level cultivation level of the fourth level of martial arts. However, his potential has been almost exhausted. If he is lucky in his lifetime, he will be able to barely reach the fourth level at most.

When Shen Lang arrived, Master Zhou Hongwei was discussing with the elders of the sect the rules for recruiting disciples in early February.

The Wind Chasing Sect recruits disciples every three years, and about 20% of them are carefully selected young people who are truly trained to inherit the martial arts of the sect.

The other 80% of the new disciples are the children of wealthy families.

The requirements for talent and basic skills are slightly lower, and they are mainly recruited for the purpose of generating income and making connections.

This year happened to be the time to recruit new disciples every three years. Headmaster Zhou felt that he could relax some of the criteria for recruiting new disciples and recruit more children from wealthy families.

"In the past twenty years, our Feng Zhui sect has adopted too strict standards for recruiting disciples, and has missed out on many children from good families. For example, the son of Yuan Chu's wife in Fucheng was rejected by us six years ago because he was too fat.

He immediately spent 10,000 silver dollars and became a member of the Songshan sect. In the past six years, I heard that he donated 10,000 silver dollars to the Songshan sect every year...

"I think it is necessary for us to learn from the Songshan Sect. Any disciples who are interested in martial arts should not be turned away. We must give them a chance to practice martial arts. There is no discrimination. Our Zhuifeng Sect uses Qinggong.

He is good at leg skills. I think the criteria for recruiting disciples can be made simpler and clearer. It doesn’t matter if he is too fat, it doesn’t matter if he is born weak, as long as he has legs..."

Some elders disagreed:

"Master, I have heard that the fat young master from Yuan Chu's family has been practicing martial arts for six years and has not even reached the seventh level. How can such a piece of iron trash be recruited into the sect? We really need to relax the standards.

As long as money is enough, if you have the legs, you can recruit. Then the disciples of my Zhuifeng sect will inevitably be mixed, so how can we maintain the reputation of the largest sect in Wuyang Mansion in the future?"

Headmaster Zhou said calmly:

"Although Mr. Chu failed in martial arts, he succeeded in losing weight, right? Now he is no longer a fat man of 300 pounds, and has become a talented person, right?

"Songshan sect was originally only a second-rate sect, unable to even make it into the top five in Wuyang Prefecture. Over the past twenty years, it has always adhered to the beauty of adulthood, taught without distinction, and has gradually developed and prospered.

"Now it is the second largest sect in Wuyang Mansion under my Feng Zhui Sect. If this continues, in a few years, won't the title of the largest sect in Wuyang Mansion be snatched away by the Songshan Sect sooner or later?

"

An elder sneered disapprovingly:

"Songshan Sect seems to be prosperous, but in fact it is vulnerable. The strongest elder is only in the early stage of the fourth level. If you give him the leader, you can easily kick him to death with both hands.

"If we really want to fight, I, the Wind Chasing Faction, can destroy the Songshan Faction with only 30% of our strength. Even the Plum Blossom Club, which was the second largest sect at the time and was only squeezed into third place by the Songshan Faction the year before last, can be defeated head-on.

Songshan Sect…”

Master Zhou held the teacup in one hand and the cup lid in the other to scrape the foam, and said quietly:

"Innocent. If there is really going to be a conflict, how dare you take action against the rich and powerful disciples of the Songshan Sect? If you really want to hurt a few of them, what will you do if they file a petition in front of the governor?

“Aren’t we just carefree rogues who can travel around the world with a sharp knife and a bad horse? We are landowners with a family and a job. How can we afford to offend the government?

"Even without using the power of the government, the Songshan faction can spend money and hire a large number of experts and easily destroy us."

Having said this, Master Zhou put down his tea cup, looked around at the elders, and said with sincerity:

"Elders, times have changed.

"Twenty years ago, if a martial arts sect like my Wind Chasing Sect was really determined to cause chaos, the governor would have a headache. But what about now?

"With a warrant issued by the governor, hundreds of musketeers sealed the mountain, put out a few small cannons, and a few people with good martial arts skills to capture the heads with guns. It's like a sect. Who dares to make a mistake?

"Nowadays, what is the most important thing to establish a foothold in the world? It is the word money! What does the Songshan Sect rely on to become the second largest sect in Wuyang Mansion? Is it by force? No, they rely on money and connections!

"

The elders were silent for a while.

After a long time, an elder whispered:

"Regardless of martial arts, only about money and connections...is martial arts still martial arts?"

Headmaster Zhou said calmly:

"Some people study martial arts to avenge bloodshed. Some people study martial arts just to have a good meal. Some people want to learn martial arts, join the army and serve as officials, and honor their ancestors. Some people have a rich family and practice martial arts.

It's purely out of hobbies, or the family wants to temper their dandyism, or even lose weight and strengthen their body...

"Ninety-nine percent of people who practice martial arts have no lofty ideals. Only a handful of people in the martial arts do it to pursue the peak of martial arts and even transcend the world.

"Unfortunately, those of us from the Wind Chaser Sect are not qualified to pursue the pinnacle of martial arts, let alone transcendence. In this case, it is better to be realistic and live a more prosperous life in our lifetime."

After Master Zhou told the truth, the elders were silent for a while.

The leader is really not attacking them.

Headmaster Zhou himself is the most talented among the elders of his generation, but even he can only hope for a fourth-grade achievement.

Among the next generation of young disciples, Shen Wu, a direct disciple of Zhou Zhang and the current eldest disciple, only has the potential of the fourth rank, not much better than Master Zhou.

With such a level, he can be regarded as a martial arts genius in Wuyang Prefecture. If he can achieve the fourth rank in the future, he can also become a master of the martial arts in Wuyang Prefecture.

But if you can't even climb the first level of the martial arts ladder, the third level of martial arts, why should you expect to reach the top of the martial arts ladder?

It’s really better to be more realistic like Master Zhou said...

When all the elders were having mixed feelings, a disciple came in and preached:

"Master, He Wei came to report that a chief catcher from the God's Catching Hall has come to our Fengzhui Faction to investigate. By the way, the catcher's name is Shen Lang."

God catches the leader in the hunting hall, and comes to chase the wind to investigate?

Head Zhou and all the elders looked at each other for a while.

Suddenly, Master Zhou frowned:

"I seem to have heard the name Shen Lang somewhere..."

The expression of the elder in charge of foreign affairs changed and he lost his voice:

"The Divine Catcher Shen Lang? Could it be... a cold-blooded massacre, Shen Lang!"

hiss……

As soon as the foreign affairs elder finished speaking, there was a gasp of air in the hall.

Headmaster Zhou's scalp tightened, and his first thought was:

The evil star is coming to your door, so you have to run away quickly!

There is a secret passage in the back mountain, which allows you to go down to the mountainside, and then rappel down to the foot of the mountain through a rope that is more than fifty feet long and hidden in the mountain wall.

Then take a secret route to pick up your wife and children who have been secretly placed outside. Take the gold and silver accumulated over the years and take a boat down the canal to go to the Chilong River that separates the north and the south. Then go straight down from the Chilong River to the mouth of the sea, and then change

He took a sea ship to the South Seas and defected to the Dragon King of the Seven Seas on the grounds of being persecuted by the government...

Just after he quickly ran through the escape route in his mind, Master Zhou had another thought:

No, I didn’t break the law!

Although the God Catchers are all tough-headed and hateful evil stars, I have not committed any crimes. The shops, escort agencies, fields and other businesses owned by the Fengchai sect pay taxes according to regulations every year. The God Catchers do not

You should come and fuck me!

Could it be that someone in the sect committed a crime behind my back, committed a big crime, and committed a big death, which led to the murderous young evil star "Cold-Blooded Human Slaughter"?

At this time, an elder asked calmly:

"Leng...Why did Chief Shen come to our Feng Zhui Faction to investigate? But someone of our disciples from the Feng Zhui Faction committed an offense and fell into the hands of Chief Shen?"

The disciple who reported it said:

"No. He Wei said that Mr. Shen encountered a murder, and the perpetrator was a disciple of our Wind Chasing Sect, so he came here specifically to ask us to assist in the investigation."

"..."

Oh, it turns out that we, the disciples of the Wind-Chasing Sect, were not the ones who committed the crime, but we were the ones who were guilty of the crime. The "cold-blooded massacre" came to stand up for our disciples of the Wind-Chasing Sect.

Hearing this, all the elders breathed a sigh of relief, and all of them became angry again, staring at the disciple who informed him angrily.

Even the headmaster Zhou stared at the disciple who informed him with a serious look on his face, which frightened the disciple to the point where his scalp was numb, he was helpless, and he was trembling. He didn't know what had offended the old guy in this room.

After staring at the disciple for a while, Master Zhou suppressed his anger and said coldly:

"If you dare to speak only half of what you say in the future, the rules will serve you! Don't back down yet!"

As if he had received an amnesty, the disciple quickly rolled back and crawled out.
To be continued...