Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 203 Accepting the Test (New book has been released, please support!)
"Boy, don't blame me for being harsh. Even though you've helped me earn a lot of spirit stones, this City Lord's Mansion still has its rules."

After the excitement, City Lord Li also talked about business.

Jiang Xuan was not surprised to hear what City Lord Li said.

The personal guard of the City Lord's Mansion is different from ordinary warriors. His duty is to protect the highest official of a state.

Although the highest officials of a state are often monks and do not need the protection of some warriors, the duty of protection still exists in name.

Since the purpose is to protect the highest decision-maker of a state, it means that there will be considerable requirements for the warriors who become the personal guards of the City Lord's Mansion.

Therefore, before arriving at Yingzhou City Lord's Mansion, Jiang Xuan had already made sufficient preparations, especially mentally.

"This is a rule I set a long time ago, and it cannot be changed easily. Although you have won the reward of the Five States Martial Arts Competition, you still have to pass the test of the City Lord's Mansion before you can truly serve the City Lord's Mansion." City Lord Li said to Jiang Xuan in a serious tone.

"If I give you special treatment as a reward for the Five States Martial Arts Show, your brothers will say I'm being unfair. How can I convince them?"

"However, I can relax the conditions for you. Your brothers each had one chance during the test, and failure meant they were eliminated. But you can be given multiple chances. Only after you pass the test can you truly become a personal guard of the Yingzhou City Lord's Mansion. How do you do that?"

The test conditions were so relaxed that it was indeed beyond Jiang Xuan's expectations. However, without the risk of being eliminated, a lot of trouble was saved.

Although it is said that there is no motivation without pressure, for Jiang Xuan, it would be a very troublesome thing if he was eliminated during the test to enter the ranks of the Yingzhou City Lord's Mansion's personal guards.

So, what allowed City Lord Li to make the test conditions for his personal guards so relaxed?

Is it because the reward for the Five States Martial Arts Competition is to directly enter the City Lord's Mansion and become a personal guard without the need for any test?
However, the Five States Martial Arts Competition said that one could obtain the qualification to become a personal guard of the City Lord's Mansion in any of the Five States, and it did not say that one could directly become a personal guard. So, it seems that this point is not true.

Jiang Xuan thought about it and the only possible reason was the forty spirit stones.

"To save your reputation, I will allow you to serve as the city lord's personal guard until you pass the test. Now, go find your Senior Brother Cheng. He will take you to take the test."

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Yingzhou City, on the way from the City Lord's Mansion to Xu Mansion.

"Junior brother, we are so happy to hear that you are coming."

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan felt that Senior Brother Cheng, who was walking side by side with him, was just being polite to him.

Who are the personal guards of the City Lord’s Mansion?

Others may not know, but Jiang Xuan has seen it.

He knew that the personal guards of the City Lord's Mansion in Qizhou City were all rather serious and seemed to be very busy with many matters to deal with.

Logically speaking, no personal guard would care too much about having another companion.

But what Jiang Xuan didn't know was that the personal guards of Yingzhou City Lord's Mansion and the personal guards of Qizhou City Lord's Mansion were like two completely different positions. Both their style of doing things and their personalities were extremely different.

"Junior Brother Ling, I heard you are from Fuzhou?"

Before Jiang Xuan could answer, Senior Brother Cheng said, "Don't worry. We in Yingzhou don't have so many rules. If you have any questions, you can come and ask us. Don't be embarrassed."

Jiang Xuan smiled helplessly, but nodded. Senior Brother Cheng continued, "However, it should be similar to other states. I don't know what the situation is like in Fuzhou, but the forces in our Yingzhou can basically be divided into several categories."

"There's no need to say much about the City Lord's Mansion, but our City Lord has always been very easygoing and has delegated a lot of power, so our work is naturally easy. Of course, this doesn't mean that the City Lord doesn't have his own ideas. You'll understand this later."

"Then there are the three major families in Yingzhou's Chamber of Commerce. The head of the Xu family is the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and the other two, the Xing family and the Jiang family, are vice presidents."

"Yes, the city lord asked us to go to the Xu family, the largest family in the Chamber of Commerce, today. It's a good opportunity to show you around."

Hearing this, Jiang Xuan didn't know what to say, and didn't know how to respond, but he still smiled helplessly.

Seeing Jiang Xuan nod and smile, Senior Brother Cheng continued, "Finally, there's the Prince Rong's Mansion in Yingzhou. They don't interact much with the City Lord's Mansion on a daily basis, so just don't provoke them."

When he said this, Senior Brother Cheng lowered his voice a bit and spoke to Jiang Xuan in a whisper-like manner.

Jiang Xuan nodded, it was pretty much what he knew.

Jiang Xuan suddenly thought of something and asked Senior Brother Cheng, "Is there anything I should pay attention to when entering the Xu family?" Jiang Xuan asked Senior Brother Cheng.

"Hahaha!" Senior Brother Cheng laughed heartily, then continued, "Junior Brother, you're quite a careful person, but you don't have to worry. Although the Xu family is the largest family in the Yingzhou Chamber of Commerce, we are, after all, the City Lord's personal guards. To put it bluntly, we represent the City Lord, so the Xu family will naturally not make things difficult for us."

Jiang Xuan originally wanted to find out something from Senior Brother Cheng, after all, Jiang Xuan had been away from Yingzhou for some time, but he didn't expect that Senior Brother Cheng had nothing to say to him.

Just when Jiang Xuan no longer had any expectations, he didn't expect that Senior Brother Cheng would actually tell him the secrets of the Xu family.

"The eldest son of the Xu family is currently studying at the Yingzhou Martial Arts School. Naturally, he's doing quite well as a result of his status as the eldest son of the Xu family. He has quite a few supporters at the Yingzhou Martial Arts School. It seems the Xu family is in its heyday..."

At this point, Brother Cheng hesitated for a moment, considering whether to say it clearly.

Finally, he seemed to have made up his mind. He was afraid that his junior brother, who had just arrived, would offend the Xu family because he didn't know what was going on. So he gritted his teeth and told them what he was hesitating about.

"This President Xu, when he was young... that's all. Junior Brother Ling, just remember the matters assigned by the City Lord, Yingzhou, and the Chamber of Commerce. Junior Brother, feel free to speak up. On a normal day, it's better not to mention Vice President Xing in front of President Xu!"

After saying that, Senior Brother Cheng stopped talking.

Jiang Xuan knew that Senior Brother Cheng had said all he wanted to say. He was very grateful that he could say this to him on their first meeting.

But Jiang Xuan was still surprised, but he naturally understood what Senior Brother Cheng meant.

But, what kind of conflict is there between the Xu family and the Xing family, or between President Xu and Xing Yue's father, that has made President Xu still feel resentful about it?
Before this, Jiang Xuan thought that the relationship between the Xu and Xing families was closer than the relationship between the Xu family and his own family.

If this senior brother had not mentioned it, Jiang Xuan would have never known that there was some irreconcilable conflict between the two families, both from Yingzhou.

While the two were talking, the Xu family arrived in a flash.

There is a stately building on the street. Although it is not very large, it looks very majestic.

The large characters on the plaque above the gate of the building indicated the identity of the owner.

"Excuse me, the City Lord's personal guards are here to visit."

(End of this chapter)