On the beautiful eastern continent, there is a land of tranquility.

In this idyllic land, there is an ancient city called Xiangxiang City.

Xiangxiang City is the county seat of Xiangxiang County and the largest city in Xiangxiang County.

Lao Tan and his wife are famous doctors in Xiangxiang City, and Lao Tan is very strange and very good.

The two opened a small clinic called "Lao Tan Clinic" on Nanzheng Street in the county town to make a little money to live.

Under normal circumstances, poor people who come to Lao Tan's clinic can see a doctor without charging money, just take some radishes, cabbage, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other things, and it doesn't matter if you don't take them.

Rich people can pay a little money for medical treatment, and they can make ends meet.

The medical skills of the two are well-known in Xiangxiang City, and it is not difficult to make a fortune.

The county magistrate wanted to ask Lao Tan to be a family doctor, only to see a doctor for the county magistrate's family, and the treatment was extremely high, 500 ordinary spirit stones per month. Lao Tan Clinic can't earn five hundred spirit stones a year, or even two hundred spirit stones. However, Lao Tan said to the county magistrate, I like to be a doctor, and doctors are to treat people, and if no one in the county magistrate's family is sick, I won't be able to become a doctor. Seeing him say this, the county magistrate frowned, waved his hand and said to Lao Tan, you go.

Lao Tan is so weird, he doesn't want to make money if he has money.

There is a lonely old man in the county, everyone calls him Grandpa General, who is more than 100 years old, and lives in a blue brick house opposite Lao Tan's clinic. The general's grandfather has no children, he is old again, and he often has a little sickness and two pains, and sometimes he is in bed for several months, and there is no one to take care of him, and there is no money for treatment, which is pitiful.

After Lao Tan came to Nanzheng Street to open Lao Tan's clinic, he found out about the situation of the general's grandfather, and he felt very uncomfortable, he thought that the general's grandfather should not get such a reward. The general's grandfather did a lot of things wrong in the past, the first is that he should not send his only son to the border pass to take over his shift, and as a result, his son died in the border pass. Second, you should not refuse the government's pension and let yourself live in old age. Third, you shouldn't use your only savings to buy snacks for the children in the orphanage to eat every day, and as a result, the children in the orphanage are spoiled. The most annoying thing is that the general's grandfather is still old-hearted, and when he was 100 years old, he suddenly married a 68-year-old wife. Some people advised him that when he was so old, what kind of wife should he marry? But he said, Lao Tzu is still a soldier, married, and physically strong, so why can't he marry a wife? As a result, within a few years, the wife he married took his ancestral martial arts secrets and flew away with others.

The loss of his ancestral martial arts cheats hit him too hard, and it was a priceless treasure.

From then on, the general's grandfather fell into a slump and really began to age, and people in their hundred and half years old looked like they were two or three hundred years old, and they walked tremblingly. Originally, he practiced the ancestral martial arts cheats, and he could live to be at least three or four hundred years old, but now it's good, it's difficult to be two hundred years old.

Lao Tan couldn't bear to see the general's grandfather like this, after all, he was once at the border, he was a commanding general, and he still made a great contribution to Huaxia, so Lao Tan regarded the general's grandfather as his father, whether the general's grandfather wanted to or not, Lao Tan and his family insisted on going to the clinic every day to ask for warmth, and also called their only son to be heartbroken, in the name of learning martial arts with the general's grandfather, to accompany the general's grandfather to be happy, so that the general's grandfather felt the warmth of the family. is also because of Xinmiao's purity, innocence and loveliness, the general's grandfather likes him in his heart, and every morning he takes Xinqiao to play in the mountains outside the city for two hours, almost rain or shine.

Lao Tan and his wife want to pass on the medical skills to Xinqiao, Xinqiao is very well-behaved, and willing to learn, so, from the age of eight Xinqiao began to teach him to memorize soup songs, to the age of thirteen, Xinqiao memorized all the medical books in the family to be proficient, and initially mastered the basic medical skills of "looking, hearing and asking", when his parents went out to help people see a doctor, he stayed in Lao Tan's clinic, and the general patients came, he coped with it easily.

In the blink of an eye, Xin Miao is fourteen years old, Lao Tan has nothing to teach, and even the general's grandfather said that Xin Miao This kid learns things really fast, and all his things have been taken away by Xin Miao, and he has to let Xin Miao go to the academy, Taoist and other places to study!

Lao Tan can't earn a few spirit stones a year, and he doesn't have much savings, so if he sends his heart to study in a better Taoist academy, it will cost a lot of money. In order for his son to have a good future, he decided to sell his old house to pay for the expenses of going to the Taoist institute to study.

The best Taoist Academy in the county is Xishan Taoist Academy, which can select and send a group of students to study in Lufeng Taoist Academy in Jiangnan Province every year, and Lufeng Taoist Academy is one of the four major Taoist institutes in the Oriental Kingdom.

Lao Tan's wish is that he can be selected to study in Lufeng Dao Academy.

The old house sold five hundred high-grade spirit stones, which is equivalent to fifty thousand ordinary spirit stones, which under normal circumstances, is enough to pay for study.

There are only four months left for the enrollment of Xishan Daoist Academy next spring.

Lao Tan asked the general's grandfather: "Senior, do you think Xinqiao will be able to be admitted to Xishan Daoyuan next spring?"

"If you learn pills or martial arts, you should be able to pass the exam. Grandpa General said.

"Then let's learn the pill! In case you can't go to Lufeng Dao Temple in the future, you can also come back and continue to help in the clinic. Lao Tan said.

"No, I think it's better to learn martial arts, it won't be easy to be bullied in the future, and you can learn it incidentally. "Grandpa General hopes that Xinqiao has great power, and he thinks that whoever has the big fist in this society now is the boss. I didn't see that our county magistrate is the most powerful, so he is qualified to sit in this position.

After all, Lao Tan is not like the general's grandfather, he has seen the world, and the general's grandfather's words have a great impact on him.

So, Xinqiao signed up for the entrance examination of Xishan Daoist Academy next spring, and the subject of the exam was martial arts.

On this day, two friends who often play together, Polo and Tiehuan, came to find him and told him that the county magistrate, deputy county magistrate, and their sons had all signed up for the enrollment examination of Xishan Daoist Academy next spring, and threatened to beat them up at the enrollment competition.

"Just Gao Shan, Zhu Biao, and they, Lao Tzu soaked in urine and drowned them!" said with disdain.

"I'll just say they're!" Polo shouted.

"Xiao Najiao is only willing to play with us, ignoring Takasugi and them, saying those words is just out of jealousy and hatred, don't take it to heart. Tiehuan said.

Xiao Najiao, Tan Xinqiao, Polo, and Tiehuan are the same age, all of them are from Nanzheng Street, because they are neighbors, they play together, and the relationship is very good, among the four, Tiehuan is a little older, almost fifteen years old, and he acts more steadily, and the three of them are more willing to listen to him.

Xinqiao is fourteen years old, he is the most freewheeling person among the four, and he is also the most heroic and hot-blooded person who speaks and acts.

Polo is fourteen years old, powerful as an ox, loves to fight, and is the most troublesome of the four.

Xiao Najiao is thirteen years old, a delicate little girl, quiet and elegant, gentle personality, Xinqiao, Tiehuan, and Polo all like her, because she is the youngest of the four, so everyone wants to protect her.

"There's a new stall selling stinky tofu at the corner of Taisho Street, why don't I ask you to try it?" Polo said. His family opened a small shop selling weapons, and his business was good, and his family background was relatively good among the four, and he often carried one or two spirit stones on his body. Therefore, when the four of them are tired of playing and need something to eat, most of the time he treats them.

During this time, he was taken by the general's grandfather to the mountains outside the city, no longer the so-called two-hour play, but forced to practice the general's grandfather's ancestral martial arts secrets, a practice is a whole day, it is indeed very tired, I have long wanted to relax, I heard that I went to eat stinky tofu, this is his favorite, of course I want to go.

Tiehuan also said yes in a loud voice.

When the three of them came to the entrance of Taizheng Street, the smell of stinky tofu wafted in, which made Xin Miao very intoxicated, and the sound of swallowing saliva came from his throat.

The newly opened stinky tofu stall is doing very well, and there is a long queue at the door, Polo said: "I can line up here alone, you go find a place, and wait to find you." ”

"Then let's wait for you at the door of Xiao Najiao's house, and you can buy one more. Tiehuan said.

"Good!"

Tiehuan's family and Xiao Najiao's family are neighbors, the courtyards of the two families are next to each other, and Polo's family is between Lao Tan's clinic and Tiehuan's family, which is not too far from both families, and they can basically be regarded as neighbors. It is precisely because they are neighbors that they have played together since childhood, and the elders all go to Lao Tan's clinic to see a doctor, and the relationship with Lao Tan is very close.

The Tiehuan family usually set up a stall in the courtyard to trade rune paper, and the business is relatively light, just enough to live. Xiao Najiao's family basically grows some herbs for Lao Tan Clinic to live, Lao Tan Clinic doesn't make much money, and naturally her family doesn't make much money. Speaking of which, it is indeed the life of the Polo family that is a little better.

In the current days, everyone is mainly based on cultivation, and as long as all people cultivate to the soldier level, they can live to the third. Four hundred years old, if you cultivate to the rank of captain, your life can be extended to about five hundred years old, and if you continue to cultivate to the rank of a school officer, your lifespan can be immediately extended to about a thousand years old, and if you cultivate to the rank of a general, your lifespan can reach more than two thousand years old, of course, in a small county town, no one can cultivate to the rank of a general, even if it is a school officer, there are very few, the most are the soldier level and the lieutenant level.

In the days when cultivation is the mainstay, the pursuit of material things is not very high, you can eat if you have food, it doesn't matter if you don't eat, you won't starve to death, as long as you cultivate. It is very common for an ordinary low-level cultivator to not eat for ten days and a half months in cultivation, and some people with relatively high cultivation levels have not eaten or drunk for months and half a year, retreating and cultivating, and there is nothing to do at all.

The foundation of cultivation is the spirit stone, and without the spirit stone, it is difficult to cultivate.

There are three levels of soldier ranks, namely corporal, sergeant, and sergeant.

When you reach the corporal level, it is called "Kailing", which means that you can start absorbing aura.

Enlightenment is automatic, there is no need to cultivate, and cultivation is useless.

Ordinary people are automatically enlightened before the age of fifteen, and there are also those with higher talents, who are enlightened at the age of twelve or thirteen, and those who are even more extremely talented, who are enlightened at the age of eight to ten.

Above the rank of general, there are also the rank of general, marshal and emperor, the rank of general is extremely rare in the eastern country, but it is the number of hands, as for the marshal level, there are only two, and the emperor level is only the lord of the eastern country.

Xin Miao is barely the pride of the sky, he was enlightened when he was a little more than ten years old, and now he is already at the rank of sergeant.

The talent of the iron ring is also good, the twelve-year-old Kailing, now at the sergeant level, Polo is thirteen years old, and now it is at the corporal level, Xiao Najiao is also thirteen years old, and it is not long before the enlightenment, the corporal level.

The conditions for enrollment and registration of Xishan Daoyuan are very simple, as long as the child is no more than fifteen years old, he can sign up.

Therefore, Xinqiao, Tiehuan, Polo, and Xiao Najiao applied for the Xishan Taoist Academy together.

The county magistrate and deputy county magistrate are both at the level of school officials, and they are also the only two school officials in Xiangxiang County. As for the general's grandfather, he used to be a real general, when he was ninety years old, in a battle at the border pass, he was smashed by the enemy Linghai, which caused his vitality to be weakened, and he became a wasted person, and his life span plummeted to less than four hundred years old.

Gao Shan, the son of Gao Changyuan, the county magistrate, and Zhu Biao, the son of Zhu Quanyou, the deputy county magistrate, are both fourteen years old this year, and they are only enlightened and have average talents, so the four of them look down on Gao Shan and Zhu Biao, thinking that they are just two tall and big pigs.

Xin Miao and Tiehuan walked while talking, and soon arrived at the door of Xiao Najiao's house.

"The county's new regulations stipulate that all herbal medicine businesses must be registered for industry and commerce, apply for business licenses, and stop all production and business activities before the certificates are completed!

Xinqiao and Tiehuan saw Captain Liu, who was in charge of the market in the county, and walked out of Xiao Najiao's house with a few sergeants.

Xin Miao heard Captain Liu's words, and his heart sank, if the supply of medicinal herbs was cut off at home, how could he treat the disease and save people?

The marketing management department, these dog things!

Xin Miao scolded fiercely in his heart, and ran towards Lao Tan's clinic.