Chapter 35: See Zhu Changluo again
Wukong had eaten, found a small inn, asked for a room, and was ready to rest first. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info asked the boss by the way: "Boss, do you know how to get to the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion'?" ”
When the boss heard this, he immediately smiled and said to him, "Little brother, are you going to go to the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion' to apprentice?" ”
Wukong was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, and hurriedly echoed: "Yes." Boss, how do you know? ”
"Hey, that's not hard to guess. In a few days, it will be the day when the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion' openly accepts apprentices, and people like the little brother who go to apprentice and are about to join the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion' have seen a lot in the past few days. ”
Wukong thought to himself: "I didn't think that the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion' would still openly accept disciples, it seems that the opportunity to blend into the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion' has come." He hurriedly said, "I see! I'm also here to see it, but I don't know much about the conditions of apprenticeship, so can I ask the boss to tell me about it? ”
"Little brother, this public acceptance of apprentices is not just for anyone. Not everyone can afford that large amount of registration fees alone. After reporting the name, it is said that you have to check the root bones, spiritual roots or something, and you also have to test your physical fitness and compete in martial arts. It is said that it is a public collection of apprentices, and I think it is right to collect money. Even if you are selected, you are only the lowest outer disciple, and if you can't become an inner disciple, it is not much different from the miscellaneous servants who work. Little brother, you have to think about it! ”
Wukong didn't think that he still had to pay the registration fee, he touched his pocket that was not too bulging, and felt a little difficult in his heart. However, he still said to the boss: "I am mentally prepared, I will definitely be selected." ”
The boss saw that Wukong insisted, so he didn't persuade him more. Just wished Wukong good luck, and then told Wukong where the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion' openly accepted disciples. After thanking the boss, Wukong went back to his room to rest.
It's not too far from here, but the cost of signing up is really a problem. The money in his pocket was definitely not enough, unless the elixir was sold. Wukong thought about it, but he was still reluctant. Fortunately, there are still a few days before registration, so let's go check it out first.
The 'Purple Cloud Pavilion' is located among the mountains. This mountain, the peaks are lined with fairy mist. 'Purple Cloud Pavilion' is built on the mountainside of the highest mountain, looking below the mountain, 'Purple Cloud Pavilion' hides between the clouds and mist, and it really has the momentum of the immortal family. Not far from this mountain, there is a city called Purple Cloud City, and most of the entire city is the property of 'Purple Cloud Pavilion'. The registration office for the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion' to openly accept apprentices is set up in this Purple Cloud City.
Wukong came to Purple Cloud City, and sure enough, as the innkeeper said, this Purple Cloud City was already overcrowded. All the inns in the city were already full, most of them had come to sign up for the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion' entrance test, and some were family members who had accompanied the testers. The city is full of people who are desperate to find inns, and there are still many locals selling improvised tents. It's really hilarious!
There are no more idle inns in the city, and Wukong is not in a hurry. Over the years, I have been running around, sleeping in the open air, and sleeping in the open air is common. It was already early afternoon, and I didn't look for any place to live. Just go straight to the place where you signed up and take a look first.
The registration office is located in a square in the center of the city. The registration has not officially begun, but some details of the registration and enrollment of disciples have been posted, and many people are watching around a sign. Wukong also squeezed in, only to see a bright red piece of paper on the billboard, with some terms and requirements for registration clearly written on the paper. The first is that the registration fee is one hundred taels of silver per person. When Wukong saw it, he thought to himself, "It's so dark! One hundred taels of silver, enough for ordinary people to live comfortably for a year. “
Looking down, there are still enrollment conditions, what age must not exceed 20, physical disability must not be obvious and so on, these are nothing. Looking at the admission criteria, those who have spiritual roots are given priority after testing. Others are required to take the physical fitness and martial arts test, and they are also admitted on a preferential basis. However, there is another one in the back, those who have not passed the martial arts assessment can also participate in the selection of miscellaneous servants. Not only does he not give silver to be a handyman, but he also needs an application fee of one hundred taels of silver. It's really unreasonable.
After reading the detailed rules, Wukong felt a wave of slander in his heart, this 'Purple Cloud Pavilion' will really make money! Looking at the number of people who signed up in this city, the registration fee alone was enough for the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion' to spend a year and a half. Even odd jobs don't cost money. It's dark! However, after reading the notice, Goku has a new idea. He felt that if he wanted to get familiar with the environment of the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion' and then secretly enter the Demon Refining Tower, it would be more convenient to be a miscellaneous servant than an ordinary disciple. But he can't directly ask to be a handyman, and if he is stupid, he will see that there is something wrong with him. It seems that you need to put some water in this martial arts competition! Now the first task is to get the registration fee.
When Wukong was about to leave, he saw a few people coming out of the registration office. These people were all wearing the Taoist robes of the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion', and the leader was a fat man, walking in front of everyone with a few young disciples talking and laughing, without looking at these people. Looking at the clothes, they are all disciples of the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion'. Seeing the fat man walking in front, Wukong froze.
This fat man turned out to be Wukong's old acquaintance, and he was Zhu Changluo.
It turned out that Ling Qingyun and Zhu Changluo were scared away by the old man with an illusion, and after running out of the road for a while, it was a little strange that the ghost did not chase after him. But at that time, everyone was frightened and didn't dare to go back to check, so they had to go back to Sifang Town first. It wasn't until the next day, after dawn, that they recruited some more people and returned to Lingshi Village to check. Of course, they didn't see anything, not even the body of Grandpa Goku. Ji Qingyun was furious when he saw this situation, but there was no way, although he was reluctant to give up the colorful spirit stone. Pack your bags and get ready to go back to the sect.
And when Zhu Changluo thought of that terrible ghost, his feet became weak, but he didn't dare to stay in Sifang Town anymore. The soft grinding and hard bubble had to follow Ji Qingyun, and Ji Qingyun had no choice but to bring him back to the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion'. What I didn't expect was that after the test of the sect, this Zhu Changluo was actually a person with a spiritual root, although the quality of the spiritual root was a little worse. He was still accepted as an outer disciple. This Zhu Changluo's family is well-off, and he is good at drilling, plus Ji Qingyun, an elite disciple of the inner door, is supported. In the past few years in the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion', although there has been no progress in kung fu, there is also a lot of noise among the outer disciples.
This time to recruit disciples, Zhu Changluo is the general person in charge of these peripheral chores. This can be regarded as a fat bad, and you can reap a lot of benefits just by charging the registration fee. Not to mention that in the past few days, there have been many rich people every day, and the squires have asked acquaintances and relationships to compete for a banquet for him, so as to have some relationship with him, so as to take care of their own children. Zhu Changluo naturally agreed one by one, and at the same time received a lot of thanks. As for whether so many people can be taken care of, he has never considered it.
Wukong was reluctant to suppress the idea of rushing over to take revenge. He knew that with his current strength, rushing over to take revenge was equivalent to looking for death, and he still had to wait for an opportunity. However, this Zhu Changluo and Ji Qingyun are both in the 'Purple Cloud Pavilion', and this Zhu Changluo seems to be in this place to sign up, I don't know if he will recognize himself?
Wukong thought about it carefully, and felt that nearly ten years had passed since the old man took him to travel the world, and he had changed from an eight- or nine-year-old child to an eighteen or nineteen-year-old youth. His appearance has changed a lot, and this Zhu Changluo should not recognize himself. So, Wukong followed Zhu Changluo from a distance to see where they were going.
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