A cool breeze blows through the valley, and the air is mixed with a moist and sweet smell, as if to herald the arrival of the rainy season. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the gravel road next to the Xiaoyan River, Yi Mu was riding a dilapidated ox cart with the village chief, slowly driving on the way to the town. Today is the day of the registration of the Black Tower, and Yi Mu happened to meet the village chief who went to the town to hand over the iron tools, so he took a ride. However, the car shivered a little.

The sun gradually rose, and the sunlight shone on Yi Mu's face, looking a little anxious. The village chief drove the carriage with one hand and said to Yi Mu: "Little wood, what's the matter, is there something to be done urgently?" ”

Yi Mu nodded and shook again, "I can't say clearly. ”

The village chief smiled: "Look, this ox cart, although the speed is slow, but we will reach the destination sooner or later, so there is no need to be in such a hurry." To be a man and do things, you have to be like this old cow, although it is slower, but the things that are done are really excellent. ”

Yi Mu nodded, knowing that the village chief was teaching himself, so he pressed his heart and said, "I know, thank you village chief." ”

"It's good to know." The village chief touched his missing half of his beard, looking like a wise man.

Yi Mu secretly said in his heart: "Can't you be in a hurry? But Teacher Lei Chong's task is still there, and Aisu's ten-year appointment is still there, so it can only be a little faster, a little faster. ”

At the entrance of the town, Yi Mu waved goodbye to the village chief and walked alone towards the black tower in the center of the town. Today is the market day in the town, full of people coming and going, many temporary stalls have been set up on both sides of the street, and there are many shouts and shouts of hawkers. Yi Mu held back his curiosity, thinking that he would come to shop for the new things here after he finished reporting and seeing Lei Chong.

Soon, Yi Mu arrived at the place where the Black Tower was located, and there were a lot of people gathered in it early, all of them were elders with children, and it was estimated that they had come to sign up for study.

In front of Yi Mu were a father and son, wearing a white coat of the same style of linen. The boy's hair, like his father's, was a dull blonde, a rare color in the town. Yi Mu couldn't help but look at it a few more times, the young man seemed to notice something, and when he turned around, he saw Yi Mu holding a brown-black hair, comparing it to his own hair.

Yi Mu smiled awkwardly when he saw the young man turn his head and meet his actions just now, and was about to open his mouth to explain. I heard the blonde boy salute (a polite gesture with his left hand on his chest) and say, "Hello, my name is Ami." ”

Yi Mu paused for a moment, followed by his salute and said, "Oh, my name is Yi Mu." Hello, hello. ”

"Are you here to sign up?" Ami asked, blinking his big eyelashes.

"I guess it's all for the same purpose, and I'm naturally no exception." Yi Mu said that he noticed that Ami's eyes were black like his own.

"Oh, so what's your goal?" Ami asked.

"The goal? What is the goal, isn't it literacy? Yi Mu said.

"Literacy?" Yami repeated in surprise, looking at the young man in ordinary linen clothes with some curiosity, and said, "Your family must be quite wealthy." ”

Yi Mu was a little confused, it was clear that Lei Zhong instructed him to read, but it didn't seem to be as simple as just reading and reading. "I came here on a recommendation, can you tell me about this?"

Ami seemed to be a very helpful teenager, explaining a long piece of information to Yimu that he knew. It turns out that this is not just a place to simply teach literacy, generally speaking, people who just want to learn the knowledge of writing can find a private tutor in the town, that is, an ordinary teacher. And the Black Tower, as one of the transmission bases of the Sun Holy Sect, imparts not only knowledge and writing, but also has the function of selecting talents, on the one hand, it is selected to the higher education colleges of the Amethyst Country, and on the other hand, it is selected to the Sun Holy Sect itself as one of the alternative disciples. Teaching in the Black Tower is held every two years, and the last class has graduated, and five people from institutions of higher learning have been selected and recommended, and zero disciples have been selected.

Yami said that, like the disciple's recommendation, each town-level Sun Saint Sect will only spread once every ten years, which shows the severity of its requirements. And once selected as a disciple, it will be a very big benefit, you must know that the Sun Holy Sect is the state religion of the Bauhinia Country, and the power to control the spread is far greater than that of the Bauhinia Country. Therefore, generally speaking, the status of the lowest-level disciple can be equal to that of the mayor, but the most important thing is not the status of the disciple, but the powerful ability that can be obtained after becoming a disciple and receiving the baptism of the Holy Religion. However, as for what kind of powerful ability, Ami didn't know, because it was just a legend he had heard.

The Amethyst Kingdom is a country that advocates force, and generally speaking, the representative of strength is strength. And most of the people who choose this path of knowledge choose because they are born with a weak constitution or have no better way. In the Amethyst Country, there are two most common ways for ordinary people to climb upward, one is to obtain the title of civil official through the Higher Academy, and the other is to be promoted to a high-ranking general through joining the army. Of course, there are many different paths to take, and most of them are personal chances.

"So my purpose is to send that letter of recommendation two years later." Ami said as he drew a rectangular letter frame with one hand.

"I see, thank you. But I have another question, why do you say I must be rich? Yi Mu asked a question that was holding back in his heart.

"Didn't the person who guided you here tell you how much it would cost to sign up?" Yami looked at Yi Mu suspiciously.

The corners of Yi Mu's mouth twitched, realizing that this would be a sad price, and said, "Actually, I was cheated. ”

Soon, Yi Mu followed the crowd in front of him to the second floor, and in the largest room on the second floor, the elk was thundering, squinting at his huge deer eyes, looking comfortable. Not far from him, two men in white robes were working on a piece of dark white leaf paper; Write the basic information of the registrant and the applicant fluently. Yi Mu clearly saw the luxuriously decorated pen with many inscriptions, and couldn't help but feel envious.

After signing the information, another white-robed man took out a long wooden box without a lid, and saw that one of the applicants took out a considerable amount of purple crystal coins and filled the small wooden box. The width of the wooden box is about the same as the length of the crystal, and it is clear that this is a specially made wooden box to standardize the holding of crystals of a certain size and weight.

At this time, Lei Zhong seemed to sense Yi Mu's arrival and woke up from his comfortable sleep.

"Lei Daren, what's the matter?" The white-robed man who was recording the information on the side asked.

"I'm a little tired, you can go on." Lei Chong's unique tone sounded, and everyone looked sideways respectfully.

Without much explanation, Lei got up and walked towards the staircase on the third floor. The two white-robed men immediately stopped what they were doing, stood up and bowed slightly in the direction of Lei Chong's departure. And everyone in line on the side gave way to their positions and greeted the holy beast Lei Chong.

Suddenly, a slight sound came from Yi Mu's ears, "Come to me after noon." Yi Mu subconsciously turned his head to look at Lei Chong, who was going up the stairs, as if he was the only one who heard this sound, the scattered crowd reunited, and the applicants also started recording work again, and no one noticed this abnormality.

The white-robed man glanced up at Yi Mu and said, "Name, age, place of residence." ”

"Yi Mu, thirteen years old, lives in Yuhe Village." Yi Mu replied briefly, the swallowing river is naturally the small river that flows from the depths of the mountains at the edge of the village, and the name of the village is named after it.

The white-robed man continued.

"Loser, loser." Yi Mu shouted in his heart. After asking a few questions, he motioned for Yi Mu to come to the man beside him to pay the bill. A full fifty amethyst coins, this is still a one-year tuition, that is to say, Yi Mu will still be handing over fifty amethyst coins today next year. Thinking of this, Yi Muxin was bleeding, fifty amethyst coins were equivalent to a normal labor force's income for a whole year, equivalent to half of the cost of marrying, equivalent to the skin and flesh money of several horned wolves, which was a very considerable amount, but here, it was just a year's tuition, not including food and accommodation, and there was only half a day of study time every day.

And there are still a lot of queues behind Yi Mu, which shows people's enthusiastic pursuit of those five recommendation letters. They don't seem to have taken these fifty amethyst coins to heart, maybe these people are not short of money, and what they lack is more of an opportunity to change their fate.

"What about me? Which path am I going to take to change myself? Yi Mu walked out of the Black Tower and muttered to himself to the golden sun.

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