Chapter 594: The Withered Old Man
This slightly old voice came from the exchange office, the sound was not loud, but it made Lin Xuan and the others' heads buzz.
If you ask the reason, it is only because this sound is directly transmitted to everyone's ears and rings in their heads by forcing the sound into a line.
Lin Xuan, Jiang Can and the others closed their eyes and gritted their teeth, while Long Yixue and Zhou Xiaolu subconsciously covered their ears, in fact, there was no way to hear the source of the sound of forcing the sound into a line, but everyone present thought that the sound came from the exchange office.
After following the sound, everyone turned their heads to look at the exchange office, only to see that the red door had opened at some point.
However, although the door was opened, the people standing outside the door could not see the inside of the building clearly, and whenever they looked over, their vision would become blurry and they could not see anything inside, but as soon as they looked away, their vision would be restored immediately.
"It seems that there is a very powerful formation in this building. Long Yixue's beautiful eyes moved back and forth, and she reacted immediately.
Lin Xuan expressed his agreement when he heard this, and immediately squinted his eyes slightly, and his spiritual sense swept out without anyone noticing, and went straight to the inside of the exchange office, trying to use his spiritual sense to tear this formation apart, but soon Lin Xuan was surprised to find that no matter which direction and in what way his spiritual sense attacked, his spiritual sense was never able to cause any degree of damage to this formation.
That feeling was like a punch on the spring water, and the aggression and destructiveness contained in Lin Xuan's spiritual sense were instantly wiped out!
The experiment was fruitless, Lin Xuan frowned, and had to silently withdraw his spiritual sense again, and said: "This formation is really mysterious, and the master of this formation is at least above the spirit master, and his attainments in the formation must be extraordinary!"
Everyone was puzzled by the basis of Lin Xuan's inference, and was about to ask, but they heard a faint voice coming from the building.
Knock, knock, knock......
From far to near, this rhythmic percussion sound came from time to time, and the sound became louder and clearer.
Everyone looked up, only to find that at some point, there was an old man with white hair who was moving step by step from the building to the outside with a cane, and what was more interesting was that although everyone couldn't see the inside of the building, they could see the old man in the building.
The old man moved out of the building step by step, which was a boring scene, but it firmly attracted everyone's attention.
Looking at it, Lin Xuan, who was standing in the first place, suddenly shrank his pupils!
Previously attracted by the old man's slow walking, but now that he came back to his senses, Lin Xuan was shocked to find that the old man had come to the door of the exchange office from the depths of the building when everyone was unconscious, standing at the door of the building with a cane.
This...... What's the matter with this old man!?
Lin Xuan gritted his teeth lightly, his pupils trembled slightly: his steps were obviously very small each time, and the sound of the clattering crutches only sounded ten times at most, and he was also faltering in the process of walking...... So, when exactly did he come to us!?
Quickly calmed down, Lin Xuan looked at the old man with a frown, and everyone around him also came back to his senses at this time.
The situation in the building is still in a distorted state, this old man standing here looks weak, as if the distorted state in the building can destroy the old man at any time, if you don't see it with your own eyes, I'm afraid no one will believe it, it is such an old man who can be described by the wind and candle for the rest of the year, and he actually walked out of the building slowly, and it seems that he is completely unaffected.
The old man felt thin and haggard, the robes on his body were old but not tattered, and the color had long since faded.
His gray eyebrows were thick and long, hanging down from both sides, almost reaching his shoulders, and the old man's eyes were closed because of the sagging eyelids of age, but this did not seem to affect the old man's vision, his beard was equally thick and gray, almost obscuring most of his face, and his neck was full of deep wrinkles, carved with the marks of age.
He was holding in both hands a crutch that was supposed to be made of mahogany, with the pattern of the celestial palace stars carved on it, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.
Lin Xuan deliberately paid attention to the old man's hands, although they looked very withered, they still looked slender and well-proportioned.
His eyes blinked, and Lin Xuan immediately looked away and looked at the old man.
"Little dolls, my old bones really can't go fast, so I've kept you waiting. The old man seemed to be smiling and said to Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan and the others hurriedly shook their heads, Xu Gang and Wang Yuxing originally planned to go up to help, but they were politely rejected by the old man.
"Ho ho, thank you so much!" the old man smiled and expressed his gratitude, Xu Gang and Wang Yuxing both bowed slightly to the old man.
Zhang Lefei and Teng Yun exchanged a look, hesitated for a moment and then stepped forward and said, "Old man, we are here to ......"
"Hmm...... I know, I know. Before Zhang Lefei's words were finished, the old man waved his hand to interrupt her, and then said to everyone present: "You said that you can exchange things when you come to exchange things, wouldn't it be good to come in directly, why are you frolicking at the door?"
Lin Xuan and the others turned red, and they all lowered their heads a little embarrassed, and the old man laughed again when he saw this.
"Hmm...... Okay, okay, if you know it's wrong, you'll be a good boy next time!" Although the old man's words felt like everyone was a child, there was no displeasure in everyone's hearts: "Hmm...... You're here to exchange your contribution points for spiritual cultivation resources, right?"
"Yes. Everyone nodded, but they couldn't help but complain in their hearts: Otherwise, what else can you do here?
"Hmm......" The old man nodded slowly, turned his head slowly, as if scanning everyone, and when he looked at Lin Ling'er and Lin Qi's sister and brother, he paused directly, his eyelids seemed to be slightly raised, and he asked in a puzzled tone: "Hmm, you two dolls don't seem to be disciples of Beichen Sect, how did you get in, why did you come here with them?"
Lin Ling'er and Lin Qi woke up like a dream when they heard this, and they didn't know how to answer, so they could only blink back and forth.
"That, senior......" Lin Xuan said directly, regardless of whether the sister and brother planned to answer or not: "They are members of the disciple clan, and the location and content of our mission this time are related to them, so we brought them here, hoping to use our contribution value to select some suitable spiritual cultivation resources or suitable spiritual weapons for their sister and brother, can you?"
The old man stood there without moving, looking a little groaning, and some bad premonitions suddenly appeared in everyone's hearts.
Who knows, this feeling has just appeared, but the old man suddenly laughed and said: "Of course, since they have already entered the sect, there is no restriction on them here, as long as someone pays for them, it seems that this person is you?"
Lin Xuan smiled and nodded, since Lin Ling'er and Lin Qi's sister and brother could enter, he was relieved.
"Hmm......," the old man snorted again, and asked, "It seems that most of you are here for the first time, right?"
Lin Xuan looked at Jiang Can and Zhou Xiaolu, and when he saw the two of them shaking their heads, he turned around and replied, "The disciple and the others don't know. ”
"Hmm...... In this way," the old man stroked his beard, and after a moment, he said, "To enter the exchange office, you need to pay a certain amount of contribution value as an entry fee, and there are strict regulations on this amount. There are three types of people who do not need to contribute value to enter: first, disciples who have just joined the sect for less than half a year, second, disciples above the green level who have been specially approved by the sect people, and third, purple-clothed disciples from the inner gate. ”
Lin Xuan and the others were stunned when they heard this, and looked at each other: "This ...... That is to say?"
"Hmm......" The old man raised the crutches in his hand, gestured slightly to Jiang Can and Zhou Xiaolu, and said, "Except for the two of them, all of your new disciples who joined this year can go in directly, and as for them, each of them needs to pay a hundred contribution points." ”
Teng Yun's little face showed doubt, and asked, "Huh, it's strange, how can the old gentleman tell if it's a new disciple?"
"Ho ho ho ho ......" The old man laughed loudly, but the answer he gave surprised everyone, only to hear the old man say: "It's nothing, it's just that I remember all the disciples of the Beichen Sect, and I remember all the disciples every year, including this year." ”
Hearing this, everyone's jaws all smashed to the ground: Remember all the disciples of the Beichen Sect!? What kind of brain power is this!
"What about them, do they also need a hundred contribution points?" Lin Xuan pointed to Lin Ling'er and Lin Qi's sister and brother and asked.
The old man shook his head slightly and said, "No, according to the rules of the sect...... They need someone to pay five hundred contribution points for each of them before they can enter the exchange office, after all, outsiders are allowed to enter here, but it is mainly for the benefit of the sect disciples. ”
"What!Five hundred!?Or one person!?" Everyone including Lin Xuan was shocked!
The old man's expression did not change, and he said slowly: "This rule is not set by me, whether you want to enter or not depends on your personal wishes, not that you must enter when you come." If you agree to go in, give me your disciple badge, and I will deduct the contribution value that should be deducted for you, and if you don't go in, you can leave. ”
After that, the old man stood there motionless like a statue, and everyone couldn't help frowning when they saw this.
Everyone is prepared in their hearts, but as soon as this price comes out, everyone still can't control it, if they choose to bring Lin Ling'er and Lin Qi in now, then it means that Lin Xuan and they haven't done anything, and they have to spend a full thousand contribution points first.
Compared with 50,000 points, 1,000 points is not enough to get up to the bones, but looking at this number, 1,000 points is already a lot of wealth!
(To be continued...... )