Chapter Ninety-Six: Hope Lost
In less than half an hour, Yan Liqiang, who had taken a bath, put on a brand new outfit, and looked at himself in the mirror, Yan Liqiang almost couldn't recognize it.
Yan Liqiang in the mirror has a new look all over his body, wearing a purple silk crown on his head, bound by an amber flying feather copper hairpin, wearing a silk blue robe, a pair of trousers of the same color, under the robe, armor, shirt, placket, the waist of the blue gown, tied with a turquoise silver belt, and a pair of deerskin thick-soled leather ties.
With such a change, a beautiful young man with a peerless demeanor appeared in front of Yan Liqiang in an instant, not to mention anything else, even if he called the dead Wu Tao to Yan Liqiang again, that Wu Tao probably couldn't recognize the person in front of him for a while The young man he saw in the Fang City yesterday.
The so-called people rely on clothes, and Buddha relies on gold, and there is really nothing wrong with it.
Looking at himself in the mirror, Yan Liqiang was also very satisfied.
When Yan Liqiang walked out of the room again, the chubby shopkeeper looked at Yan Liqiang's eyes, it was like watching a magic show to change people, the whole person was dumbfounded, he couldn't believe that the beggar just now and the young man now were actually the same person, he looked at Yan Liqiang, and then looked at the room where he opened his clothes, and he was completely speechless.
"Shopkeeper, burn or throw away those shabby clothes, and take your leave!"
Yan Liqiang arched his hand towards the shopkeeper, and then walked out of the store.
"Obediently, is this boy playing tricks......" Watching Yan Liqiang leave, the shopkeeper muttered to himself.
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After coming to the street outside, Yan Liqiang casually found someone and asked how to go to the Lingshan Sect Huzhou Courtyard, and then went directly to the Lingshan Sect Huzhou Courtyard.
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An hour later, Yan Liqiang came to the outside of the Lingshan Sect's Huzhou Courtyard.
The Lingshan faction really deserves to be the four major sects in the world, just a Huzhou courtyard, it occupies an area of more than 400 acres in the Huzhou city where every inch of land is valuable, from a distance, the Lingshan faction Huzhou courtyard is like a palace, behind the high walls and red tiles, there are lush trees everywhere, and the buildings such as pavilions and pavilions are hidden in the shadow of the verdant trees.
The gate of the Lingshan Sect Huzhou Courtyard is like a miniature version of the Huzhou City Gate, the gate is facing an open square, at this moment, outside the gate, there are almost thousands of young people gathered, and those young people are lining up in a long line, divided into several roads, and are participating in the selection.
Yan Liqiang had only seen such a scene in his previous life at the registration site for those who took the civil service examination.
On the other side of the line, there is a registration office, where there are hundreds of people in line, registration is the first selection, qualified people, in the registration office to take a sign, you can go to participate in the later selection, unqualified people, in the registration office is screened down.
Yan Liqiang also came to the registration office, lined up at the back of the line, ready to register.
In the team of the registration office, Yan Liqiang attracted a lot of attention as soon as he came, and many people were quietly looking at Yan Liqiang, especially a few young women in the registration team.
"Hello brother, get to know me, my name is Lu Wengang, I came to sign up for the selection of disciples of the Lingshan Sect Huzhou Sect today, I don't know what you call ...... brother"
In front of Yan Liqiang is also a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, the young man looks a little honest, but his eyes are very smart, and there is a sense of wit in the simplicity, seeing Yan Liqiang coming, the young man took the initiative to say hello to Yan Liqiang.
"Hello, my name is Yan Liqiang!" Yan Liqiang smiled.
"Brother, you're not from Huzhou?"
"Well, it's not ......"
"Oh, I'm not from Huzhou, I'm from Xiaoshan County, Guanzhou, I heard that the Lingshan Sect Huzhou Branch began to recruit and select disciples this year, and I came here on purpose......"
"Does this Lingshan Sect Huzhou Academy usually recruit very few disciples?"
"Of course, the last time the Lingshan Sect Huzhou Academy recruited disciples was three years ago, such an opportunity is not easy to encounter, brother, have you passed this step......
"It's ...... past"
"It's good, I saw that the few people who left just now didn't have it, those few people just didn't pass the Mabu Pass, and they couldn't even sign up, this has to enter the Lingshan Sect Huzhou Annex, unless they have special talents, otherwise they just sign up, at least they have to pass the Mabu Pass!" Lu Wengang turned his head and said to Yan Liqiang, and then blinked, "Actually, I just passed the Mabu Pass two months ago, I want to join the Lingshan Sect, and I don't want to learn any martial arts from the Lingshan Sect......"
"Brother Lu didn't join the Lingshan Sect to learn martial arts, so what was it for?" Yan Liqiang asked curiously.
Lu Wengang raised his face and said in an admiring tone, "Now sitting in the Lingshan Sect's Thousand Machine Hall, it is Zhang Yourong, the world's first organ master, I heard that when Zhang Yourong was thirty years old, he made a wooden bird that could fly, and the wooden bird could fly in the sky for several hours without landing, it was really amazing, if I joined the Lingshan Sect, I might be able to enter the Thousand Machines Hall of the Lingshan Sect in the future, and learn the art of the organ with the world's first organ master, which is much more interesting than practicing martial arts......
Since there is an emperor who likes to be a carpenter and locksmith, it is not strange that there is a young man who joins the Lingshan faction because he likes tricks, Yan Liqiang smiled understandingly, "I wish Brother Lu to join the Lingshan faction Qianjitang as soon as possible......"
"Well, my dream is to hope that one day I can make wooden oxen and horses, and you said that if those wooden oxen and horses who don't eat or drink can go down to the field to help people work, and can help people pull things on the road, they can make people idle, and they can make the poor rich and have enough to eat, isn't it interesting......"
"Yes, it's interesting, this idea is also very good!" Yan Liqiang smiled, he didn't tell Lu Wengang that the wooden oxen and horses he dreamed of were actually not difficult to manufacture, only a steam engine was needed, but no matter what kind of machine, it could only improve labor efficiency and productivity, and it was impossible for the machine to change the nature of social production relations and class contradictions, even if there were wooden oxen and horses, the poor would still be poor, and the rich would still be rich.
Hearing Yan Liqiang's idea of hating and appreciating himself, Lu Wengang was like meeting a confidant, and suddenly became interested, and talked to Yan Liqiang endlessly about his favorite tricks......
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After queuing for more than half an hour, some people in front of them passed the registration level and received a sign to line up next to them, while others did not pass and left one by one with a sigh.
When it was Lu Wengang's turn, Lu Wengang told him his family address or something, and showed a little bit of his understanding of the technique, and the person who signed up checked the strength of his fist, then nodded, let him leave a handprint, gave him a sign, and asked him to line up on the other side.
"Brother Yan, I'll wait for you over there......" Lu Wengang happily raised the sign in his hand to Yan Li and ran over there to line up.
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As soon as Lu Wen left, it was Yan Liqiang's turn next.
"Name?"
"Yan Liqiang ......"
"Age?"
“14......”
"The home address of the family, the names of the parents, what do you do for a living?"
Yan Liqiang hesitated slightly......
Seeing Yan Liqiang's hesitation, the man from the Lingshan Sect's registration office stared at Yan Liqiang's face and said seriously, "I remind you, once you become a disciple of the Lingshan Sect, the Lingshan Sect will send someone to verify the information you said......
Yan Liqiang was silent for a moment, and then spoke, "I have been at home since I was a child, wandering everywhere, living without a fixed place, and I have never seen my parents at home......"
"And who raised you?"
"An old beggar, he died a few years ago!"
The two people from the Lingshan Sect at the registration office discussed with each other, and then shook their heads at Yan Liqiang, their faces turned indifferent, "The Lingshan Sect never accepts disciples of unknown origin, so please go back, the next ......"