The students of the Tianxin Style Martial Arts Hall were roughly divided into three categories. The first consisted of direct disciples like April, who had formally joined Tianxin Style and could learn all of its martial arts.
The second consisted of martial arts enthusiasts drawn from nearby areas, or talented youths from the village. By paying a certain fee, they could become hall students and learn Tianxin Style's fighting techniques. The third consisted of villagers who sat in on the lessons. The hall instructors would not give them special guidance; how much they understood depended entirely on themselves.
Of course, through selection, the Martial Arts Hall also recruited a group of people to reside there as instructors, responsible for teaching everyone the basics of martial arts.
At this time, among those permanently stationed at the Martial Arts Hall, the first category had the fewest students. There were only a dozen or so direct Tianxin Style disciples to begin with. Aside from a few who needed experience and lived at the hall, the rest were children like April, still too young and needing to study cultural knowledge in the village.
When Mu Yang and April pushed open the doors and entered the Martial Arts Hall, quite a few disciples were already training inside. Most of them were children from several nearby villages. Since there was a school not far from the hall, the villagers' parents were happy to let their children learn a few means of self-defense.
If they could be found to have the potential for further study and join the hall as students, that would be even better.
"Senior Brother Mu Yang is here! Senior Brother Mu Yang is here!"
The moment he stepped through the door, the disciples inside spotted their senior brother and immediately began shouting