Qinghe Town is located at the foot of Shushan Mountain, which is the closest town market to Shushan. If you say it's a town, it's too small!

Where in the world is there a town with a population of 500,000? Compared with the big cities of Zhongzhou City, it is not far behind.

The population of 500,000 may have been only a district in the metropolis of the previous life, but this is ancient times, and there are no skyscrapers. And the population density is low. Simply relying on the land area to accumulate the population, how big should this Qinghe Town be?

Far away, Tang An saw the city gate archway in Qinghe Town. Because Shuzhong is mountainous and steep, the city wall is only built for a while, and the rest rely on the mountain. But that section alone stretched for more than ten miles.

Tang An walked slowly forward with a small package on his back.

The Shushan Sword Sect recruits disciples only twice a year, once on the ninth day of the ninth month of September and once on the third day of the third month of March, and each time only lasts for three days. Three days later, even if the Heavenly King Laozi came, Shushan would never accept disciples.

Today is August 30, and there are only ten days left before Shushan recruits disciples.

Tang An didn't know what conditions were needed for Shushan to recruit disciples, and he was also a little apprehensive in his heart. And the task was given to him as soon as the system was turned on, and it was still a task that must not fail, which made his heart heavier and heavier.

"I can't fail! I also promised my mother that I would go back to see her! I must not fail! ”

Tang An walked slowly on the avenue of Qinghe Town with a small package on his back, looking everywhere, silently remembering all this in his heart. Maybe he'll live here for a long time to come.

In addition to a clean change of clothes, there is a clean change of clothes in the small package behind him, which is the private money he has saved over the years. The close-fitting mutton fat white jade pendant was carefully wrapped up by him and buried in the back garden of his house. He dug a deep, deep hole to make sure that no one else could find it. He swore that ten years later, he would definitely step into the Tang Mansion openly, take out the jade pendant, bring it back to his neck, and be the Tang family's master again!

Tang An walked all morning, I have to say that Qinghe Town is indeed very big, this morning, he only walked a small half of Qinghe Town, and the road behind him is far away, and he can't see the edge at all. It was noon, and his stomach was already rumbling with hunger, just as he looked up, he saw a three-story restaurant not far away.

This restaurant is made of wood, and there are exquisite carvings on the exterior wall, which makes it a top-notch luxury restaurant at first glance. There is also a gilded plaque on the main entrance of the restaurant, with three words on it: dragon, flying and phoenix dancing.

"Taibai Building"

Tang An was alone, and he didn't bring much other things, but there was a lot of money in the baggage. In this era, gold and silver were extremely valuable, and ordinary people's living expenses for a year probably did not need 20 taels of silver. Of course, this is in the case of their own food. That way, even if you spend money, you won't spend much.

Tang An's package contained a few thousand taels of silver, and this was just a gift that he, a little boy, had received during the New Year and the festival in the past three years. It can be seen from this that the Tang family in Zhongzhou is damn rich!

The higher the level of the restaurant, the clearer the shopkeeper's natural ears and eyes, the more things he knows, and it is very convenient to inquire about the news.

Tang An untied his burden, and as soon as he stepped into the restaurant, Xiao Er immediately greeted him. The little second child was not surprised to see that the person who came was actually a big fart, his face was not surprised, he still had a signature smile on his face, and he bowed a little lower, so that the little guest officer in front of him did not feel that he was looking down on him.

"Little guest officer, where did you come from? Our Taibai Building has local specialties to ensure that your taste is satisfied in our Taibai Building. However, business is good today, and the second and third floors are full. Only the first floor is left. You see? The little two said enthusiastically.

Tang An swept his eyes and saw that this floor was almost full, and most of them were parents accompanying their children, and they should all be children of rich families. It seems that those people came to Shushan to learn art like themselves.

The second and third floors of the restaurant are for dignitaries to eat and eat, and the first floor is a little messy. In Zhongzhou City, as long as Tang An appears, all the shopkeepers will automatically vacate a private room for him. All this is because his father is a rich man in Zhongzhou City, and everyone has to give face! But this is at the foot of Shu Mountain, Tang An didn't care, and pointed to the window at random.

"Just the table by the window. I like the quiet. ”

Tang An took a seat, and the little second immediately presented a written menu, which really contained major cuisines. There are many spicy dishes in Sichuan people's dishes, and Tang An can eat this, so he didn't care, and ordered two side dishes at random.

Xiao Er was just about to leave singing the name of the dish, Tang An pulled a hand, and Xiao Er immediately bowed down with a smile and said, "Little guest officer, what else do you have to order?" ”

Tang An said: "I came to Shushan to learn art, but I still don't know what conditions are needed to learn art in Shushan, can the second brother tell me more carefully?" With that, Tang An took out a gold leaf from his arms and handed it to Xiao Er.

When you go out, you can't show your wealth, Tang An understands. However, this restaurant is so large-scale, and it is at the foot of Shushan, so many people accompany their children to Shushan to learn art. If something dirty happened at this moment, Shushan's face would be absolutely gloomy. For the murderer, it is natural to kill. Who would dare not open their eyes at this juncture? Therefore, Tang An didn't care.

But when Xiao Er saw Jin Yezi, although his face was happy, he didn't dare to take it, but turned around and gestured to the counter. The shopkeeper understood, smiled on his face, lowered his body and took out a blue book from the cabinet and brought it over.

"Little guest officer, this is the [Shushan Entry Instructions] just released this year, the questions you want to ask, we can answer, are here. If you don't have it here, even if you ask us, we won't know. ”

Tang An smiled, the people here are really good at economic acumen, and they can even come up with this kind of thing to make money.

"Little Er, you should also know that I am here to sign up for art. However, this mountain gate will not be opened until the ninth day of the ninth month, so let's open a room for me. The gold leaf will serve as the front of the house first, and if it is not enough, tell me again. ”

Xiao Er snorted a thousand times, said, "Okay, wait a minute", took the gold leaf, sang a few words of Sichuan dialect, and ran towards the other tables.

But at this moment, four men and two women suddenly appeared at the door.

These six people were all dressed in uniform brocade robes, with frost on their faces, obviously in a bad mood.

When Xiao Er saw the expressions of those people, his face suddenly showed bitterness, but the soles of his feet didn't dare to stay, and he ran to the door like a gritted tooth, bowed down, and said in a flattering tone: "Prince Wang, how many times are you not coming." The private room on the third floor is still reserved for you. What do you want to eat today? The new sturgeon is not bad, would you like to try the taste? ”

Although Xiao Er was talking, he lowered his head, only daring to look at the prince's feet, and didn't dare to look up directly, and his head was about to fall to the ground. I didn't know that the prince didn't pay attention to Xiao Er, and he raised his leg with a kick, and directly kicked the Xiao Er out. Even the guests on the second floor stuck out their heads to see the situation, but when they saw the visitor, their faces suddenly showed surprise, and they retracted their heads again.

Xiao Er screamed in pain and rolled twice on the ground, but he hurriedly got up again, and he didn't dare to say anything, and he slipped into front of the man again, still with a shy face, and his tone was still flattering: "Wang Gongzi, can you dissipate your anger now?" Your body is expensive, and it's not worth it to be angry. ”

"Count you as acquaintances!"

The prince snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, ignored Xiao Er, and went upstairs with a few people behind. The foot stepped on the floor, the sound was heavy, and the dust "fell" down, almost knocking down the ladder.

Among the few people who ate knew the prince, his face suddenly showed disdain: "Isn't it just an outer disciple?" How long will it take him to be arrogant? If it weren't for his father's sake, there would be no less than 100 people in Qinghe Town who could deal with him! ”

The man glanced at him in disgust, then turned his head and warned his son sharply: "Son, you will become a disciple of Shushan in the future, but don't be in the company of such people, and lose the face of our Li family in vain!" What the hell! ”

Although the child nodded, his face was very excited, probably seeing that the prince was so majestic, he couldn't help but imagine in his heart.

After the man finished speaking, someone spoke again, and his tone was a little gloating: "Eighty percent of the person surnamed Wang did a bad errand and was reprimanded by the superiors." Look at the six of them, all in the dust. I've heard that a few of them took over the task a few days ago to hunt down the two big thieves who have been rampant in Shu recently. It's a pity that only one was killed, but the other escaped. ”

Tang An was eating, but his ears were erected. He could hear what they were saying. When he thought of the headless corpse on the col of Shushan Mountain, it was probably a big thief in their mouths.

"A disciple of the outer sect of Shushan dares to be so arrogant, if he is replaced by a disciple of the inner sect of Shushan, what should he look like?" Tang An suddenly shook his head when he thought of this. If the disciples of Shushan are so virtuous, Shushan is afraid that it will not be far from destroying the door.

However, he looked back and thought, why did that prince dare to be so arrogant? In addition to the power of Shushan, I am afraid that his own strength is not bad! Otherwise, why did the five people behind him listen to his orders? Moreover, listening to the tone of the speaker in front of him, there are only a hundred people in Qinghe Town who can deal with him. This Qinghe town has a population of 500,000!

As soon as he thought of this, Tang Anxin's idea of becoming stronger became even more determined!

Tang An was eating, but after a while, he suddenly heard a loud "bang" outside, as if something had been thrown out of the window upstairs.

Tang An was close to the window, and immediately moved his little butt to poke his head out, and looked out curiously, only to see that the prince who had just been invincible was lying in the middle of the road in embarrassment and wailing. Immediately after, a cold voice came from upstairs, it was a woman.

"Wang Rui! You can see my face clearly, remember to go back and call your father to trouble me! I'm waiting for you at any time! After saying that, there was a bang, and the window was slammed shut again.

When someone in the know heard this, an expression of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

"I forgot, there is a Miss Mu family in this restaurant today."

"Hey...... The eldest young master of the Wang family, the eldest lady of the Mu family. No wonder the business of this restaurant is so good today. Feelings are waiting to be seen here. ”

"Hmph, compared to Miss Mu's family, that little bastard of the Wang family is a fart. It's just an outer disciple! At the age of 20, he hadn't even reached the realm of [Heaven and Man Fourth], if it weren't for the shadow of his Lao Tzu, he would have been killed a long time ago. The young lady of the Mu family, but at the age of sixteen, she had already stepped into the [Fifth Layer of Heaven and Man], the supreme genius of the inner gate. Compared with the kid of the Wang family, it is basically the difference between white clouds and sludge. There is no comparable surname at all! But on the contrary, the world makes people, but the young lady of the Mu family has been married to this kid of the Wang family since she was a child......"

"Ah, I see, no wonder Miss Mu Jia met the young master of the Wang family, and there was no time when she didn't fight."

Tang An didn't have any interest in the gossip of that prince, and when he heard the [Fourth Weight of Heaven and Man], he was suddenly curious in his heart. Seeing that the uncle was talking energetically, Tang An was also full, and slowly moved to the side of the uncle, listening to him like a curious baby.

The uncle saw a little kid looking at him with a bulging belly and "winking" his eyes, and thought that he was greedy for the good wine in his bowl, so he smiled and said, "Little doll, but you want to drink?" I'm afraid your old man has never been willing to give you a drink. Come on, uncle, please have a drink. The uncle smiled, and really poured a small glass for Tang An with a wine cup. Tang An took it, and he was not polite, and sucked it into his mouth with a "snort".

But in an instant, he was tragic. The throat was immediately hot, and his heart felt as if it was on fire, and his little hands were desperately picking at his clothes, as if they wanted to reach into the flesh to scratch. His head swelled up all of a sudden, and he was dizzy.

Thankfully, though, he spoke fairly neatly. "Uncle, what do you mean by the fourth level of heaven and man?"

The uncle saw that the little kid's face was red, obviously drunk, and his eyes were red, and he was choking on the soju and almost crying, and he immediately burst out laughing. patted Tang An's head: "Little doll, is your curiosity so heavy?" But the uncle saw that you were bulging and cute, so he would say a few words to you. ”

"This master of the rivers and lakes, according to the depth of his skills, divides the realm into ten levels. Reaching the fourth level [Combination of Rigidity and Softness] is the realm of second-rate masters in the rivers and lakes, and this is also the first condition required by the disciples of the inner gate of Shushan. As for the above realms, they are legends on the rivers and lakes, and there are very few people who can reach them. ”

Tang An's head was already a little dizzy, but when he heard this, he was full of energy, and wondered: "What is above the tenfold realm?" ”

When the uncle heard this, he suddenly burst out laughing, and the rest of the people who listened to it also laughed: "Little doll, you are really funny." If there are realms above the tenfold realm, then the rivers and lakes should be divided into eleven and twelve-fold realms. Even the sixth realm, the people in the rivers and lakes have already called it the [Heavenly Realm], because from the beginning of this sixth realm, they can already fly to the sky and escape to the earth, and all evils will not invade, just like heaven and man. Even our Shushan Sect Master, Master Li, is only the seventh realm of heaven and man. That's already a first-class figure of the gods. More than ten, what can we mortals imagine? The little doll must have drunk too much and began to get confused......";