Guande Martial Arts School! Senior Brother Luo Lianbo! A great master?

Although he had plenty of meat at home and didn't lack for food or clothing, to be accepted into a martial arts school run by an old martial artist, he heard they required a considerable sum for tuition. Su Mo knew his family had almost no money.

Therefore, he could only borrow a bullock cart from the village and bring five Green Wolves to Qingshan Town to exchange for money. In reality, Su Mo could have easily carried the five Green Wolves to Qingshan Town himself, but to avoid drawing too much attention, he used the villagers' bullock cart.

"Su Mo, Uncle knows you want to join the martial arts school in Qingshan Town. After all, among the younger generation in the village, Zhang Qian, Zhang Hai, Li Goudan, and Chen Mazi have all been noticed by the Black Eagle Sect in Anyuan County Town and taken on as disciples. You certainly don't want to fall behind."

"But, the old martial artist at this school, I heard he has a bit of a temper. If you join, you must be careful."

Beside Su Mo was a villager from Shuanglin Village, the owner of the bullock cart. He usually transported villagers going to the market in Qingshan Town, earning a meager living.

However, he was very familiar with Qingshan Town.

Su Mo took out ten copper coins and paid the villager for the bullock cart. Normally, a single ride cost two copper coins, but Su Mo had chartered the entire cart this time, carrying five Green Wolves and over a dozen wild rabbits. Thus, ten copper coins was a fair and reasonable price.

At the same time, Su Mo also thanked the villager for his reminder. He was indeed not very clear about many things within the martial arts school.

After unloading the five Green Wolves and over a dozen wild rabbits, Su Mo placed them by the roadside and began to sell them.

As Green Wolves were Beasts with delicious and tender meat, many people came to buy them, mostly wealthy families from Qingshan Town.

These wealthy families owned dozens or even hundreds of acres of fertile land and operated the restaurants and grain stores in Qingshan Town. They had a particular fondness for wild game like Green Wolves.

"Little Hunter, thirty copper coins per jin of meat, how about I take it all?"

Soon, a wealthy family bought all of Su Mo's Green Wolf meat and wild rabbit meat. Generally, Green Wolves were difficult to hunt in the mountains, so their meat could fetch a good price, selling for twenty-eight copper coins per jin.

Since Su Mo had brought five Green Wolves and over a dozen wild rabbits, and the Green Wolves were quite large with good quality meat, a wealthy family directly offered thirty copper coins per jin. They wanted it all because their son had joined the martial arts school founded by the old martial artist of the Tendon Changing Realm. Training required meat, and Green Wolf meat, being from a Beast, was considered rare wild game.

It was uncommon for Hunters to come to Qingshan Town to sell Green Wolf meat for money.

"Deal!"

Su Mo readily agreed. Each of the five Green Wolves weighed an average of 130 jin, plus twelve wild rabbits, each weighing an average of 10 jin. The price for wild rabbit meat wasn't usually thirty copper coins per jin, but this wealthy family was mainly interested in Su Mo's Green Wolf meat. Fearing he wouldn't agree, they decided to buy everything.

In the end, the five Green Wolves and over a dozen wild rabbits sold for a total of over twenty-three guan and one hundred copper coins.

One guan was equal to one thousand copper coins, and one thousand copper coins was equal to one tael of silver. Therefore, Su Mo now possessed twenty-three taels of silver.

This amount of money would be considered immense wealth in Shuanglin Village.

However, in the eyes of the wealthy families in Qingshan Town, it was merely enough to buy meat for their sons, not worth mentioning.

"Five Green Wolves and over a dozen wild rabbits, and they sold for so much money. This Hunter has struck it rich."

"That's not entirely true. Wild rabbits are easy to catch, but Green Wolves are not. Being able to catch five Green Wolves in one go shows this Hunter must have exceptional hunting skills, otherwise, this wild rabbit meat wouldn't sell for such a high price of thirty copper coins per jin."

At the adjacent stalls, some Hunters, seeing Su Mo sell his goods for twenty-three taels of silver immediately, were filled with envy.

But when they thought about the fact that he had hunted Green Wolves, they felt it was understandable.

After collecting the silver, Su Mo followed the directions and arrived outside a large and magnificent martial arts school. Many people were there to seek apprenticeship, creating a very noisy scene. On the plaque above the entrance, four large characters were written.

Guande Martial Arts School.

This martial arts school was founded by the old martial artist of the Tendon Changing Realm after he returned to Qingshan Town.

It was the first martial arts school in Qingshan Town to have a strong practitioner of the Tendon Changing Realm, and it was the only one.

Martial arts schools weren't something anyone could just open. The head of a martial arts school had to possess great strength and be able to withstand challenges from peers to be qualified to open one.

Moreover, since Qingshan Town was just a small town under Anyuan County Town, reputable martial arts schools with strong practitioners wouldn't establish themselves here.

This led to Guande Martial Arts School being the first martial arts school in Qingshan Town.

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The old martial artist of the Tendon Changing Realm was named Yu Guande, and the martial arts school was named after him.

"The tuition fee for apprenticeship is fifteen taels. If you don't have enough, it's difficult for our martial arts school to feel your determination to practice martial arts and become a Martial Artist. We apologize, but our school does not accept those with wavering resolve."

Beside the main entrance of the martial arts school, a sturdy disciple wearing martial robes said.

Su Mo stood outside Guande Martial Arts School, watching the constant stream of people. Clearly, many wanted to join the school, but upon hearing that the tuition fee for apprenticeship was a hefty fifteen taels, many hesitated.

For an ordinary family, ten taels of silver could almost cover a year's expenses, yet the apprenticeship fee alone was fifteen taels, a price many couldn't afford.

Although Qingshan Town had many wealthy families, not everyone was wealthy.

This exorbitant apprenticeship fee caused many who wished to learn martial arts to shake their heads and turn away. Some intended to go back and gather the money, as if that alone would allow them to become Martial Artists.

"As long as I pay enough tuition, I can become a disciple of the martial arts school without even having my bone structure and aptitude tested?"

Su Mo stood quietly in the crowd, observing the process of the martial arts school recruiting disciples. The procedures made him frown slightly. They barely tested bone structure and aptitude, and anyone who paid enough tuition could join.

While this seemed fine, and even aligned with Su Mo's intentions, he had witnessed the Black Eagle Sect's disciple recruitment assembly. He couldn't help but feel that Guande Martial Arts School was perhaps too focused on money and not enough on the disciples' aptitude and bone structure.

Su Mo thought he was here for the Body Tempering Cultivation Technique. As long as he had a technique for body forging and tempering, other things were secondary.

"Senior Brother, I wish to apprentice at Guande Martial Arts School."

Su Mo stepped forward and spoke.

"Junior Brother, I can see you are a perfect fit for our Guande Martial Arts School. However, the apprenticeship tuition is fifteen taels. Have you brought enough?"

The martial arts disciple in robes outside Guande Martial Arts School asked.

Looking at Su Mo's attire, he was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected a Hunter to want to join their school, but did he have enough money?

"Senior Brother, I have brought the apprenticeship tuition."

Su Mo replied.

"Good! Senior Brother was right about you. Your unwavering belief in wanting to practice martial arts and cultivate, I could feel it even from afar. You're exactly the person our martial arts school is looking for."

The martial arts school senior brother, clad in a martial robe, smiled upon hearing this. He then quickly pulled Su Mo into the Guande Martial Arts School.

Upon entering the Guande Martial Arts School, they were greeted by a large, spacious training ground. Currently, many disciples were practicing martial arts on the field.

The ages of these disciples varied, the youngest being fourteen or fifteen, the oldest in their late twenties, and some even in their thirties could be seen at the edge of the training ground. It was clear that these disciples were all recently recruited.

Judging by their punches and palm strikes, they were all extremely rough and unpracticed.

This made Su Mo pause slightly. The Guande Martial Arts School's requirements for recruiting disciples were truly... too lax.

"Junior Brother, what's your name?" the senior brother who brought Su Mo in asked.

"Senior Brother, my name is Su Mo," Su Mo replied.

"Su Mo, that's a good name. I'm Luo Lianbo. If you have any questions in the future, feel free to ask me!"

Senior Brother Luo Lianbo said. Perhaps sensing the confusion in Su Mo's eyes, Luo Lianbo continued:

"Junior Brother, don't think that our Guande Martial Arts School has easy admission requirements. This is also intentional by our Master. When our Master was young, he left Qingshan Town and struggled, lacking opportunities. After a long and arduous journey, he finally qualified to practice cultivation techniques."

"So now that Master has returned to Qingshan Town to open a martial arts school, retirement is secondary. The main goal is to open our doors wide, hoping everyone can practice cultivation and martial arts, and no longer suffer the predicament Master faced in his youth, struggling to find a path to cultivation. When I heard Master speak of this, I couldn't help but cry. I truly felt how great our Master is."

"Junior Brother Su Mo, do you think Master's actions are great?"

Su Mo watched as Luo Lianbo's eyes began to water as he spoke, and quickly said, "Yes, Master's actions are truly great."