The gray sky looked a little heavy, and it was already approaching the unitary hour, and on the official road not far from Huangshan City, a convoy of horses and merchants came.

In the convoy of merchants, two young men looked a little tired and dusty. After seeing the city rising on the horizon not far away, two pairs of eyes suddenly lit up. These two people are clearly Lu Chen and Ding Nan who are on their way to Huangshan City.

The two looked at each other for a moment, then smiled relaxedly.

"It's finally here, and after a day of non-stop driving, I'm really about to get tired. Ding Nan rubbed his shoulders, weighed down by his "huge" burden, although he was taken care of by Yi Youwei, a caravan girl he met along the way, but in such a non-stop hurry, the exhaustion could not be concealed.

After the two met the girl Yi Youwei in the teahouse, they followed her into the caravan. When they arrived at the location, they realized how big the convoy under the banner of the Yijia caravan was, which really shocked the two people who had just come out of the small town of Wushan.

Remembering the vigilance of the two at the beginning, for fear that the other party would have some ill intentions towards them, they entered the caravan and found that others needed to be ill-intentioned towards them. The owner of this big convoy will not look at the little money of the two of them. The two looked at each other, and they both found the wry smile in each other's eyes.

As for later, the two of them have been rushing non-stop with the convoy, and the girl on the road may be to relieve her boredom, and she also chats with Lu Chen and the two from time to time, after all, there are not many people in the entire convoy who are the same year as Lu Chen and the girl.

During the conversation, it was learned that the girl was the second lady of the Yijia caravan, and the Yijia caravan was a well-known business in the east of Huangshan City, even if it was in Huangshan Cheng = the city, it also had its own industry. Wushan Town, according to the girl, should be between the south and east of Huangshan City, a remote place that has never been heard of.

When it came to Wushan Town, Lu Chen and Ding Nan obviously had embarrassed expressions on their faces. It's not because of his background, but because he thought of the embarrassment of the two of them before. But the girl didn't seem to have any contempt for Lu Chen and Ding Nan after knowing their origins, but Lu Chen and the two had a good impression of her, and they were friends worth befriending.

Looking at the giant city rising not far away, Yi Youwei, a girl who had been sitting in a sedan chair, also poked her head out, and said to Uncle Liu, a middle-aged man on the side, with some excitement, "Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu, are we going to arrive, is it Huangshan City in front of me, yes, I'm going to be tired to death all the way." Obviously, this girl doesn't seem to have been to Huangshan City.

Uncle Liu, who was on the side, was full of pampering, looked at the girl and said, "Yes, Miss, it's in front." ”

Hearing Uncle Liu's words, Lu Chen and Ding Nan also looked at each other and smiled, clenched their fists, and then followed the torrent of the convoy and continued to walk forward.

After about a stick of incense, Lu Chen and Ding Nan stood under the giant city, the heavy black stone paved city wall had traces left by swords, guns, swords and axes, standing at the gate of the city and looking at the giant city, it looked unusually thick and tall under the dark sky.

"Don't look at it, hurry up and check. ”

Just as Lu Chen was distracted, there was a urging sound in his ears, and when he looked up, several uniformly dressed officers and soldiers guarding the city in front of him were looking at Lu Chen and shouting, with a look of impatience on their faces.

"Oh, okay, sorry, here we are. Lu Chen didn't want to cause trouble, so he hurriedly walked forward, took off the burden on his body and put it in front of several officers and soldiers, and then said.

Seeing this, the officers and soldiers didn't say much, and after a simple and rude inspection and search, they saw that there was no problem, so they let Lu Chen go.

The Yi family caravan that came to Huangshan City with the girl Yi Youwei this time is not big, but it is not small, of course, this is not for Lu Chen and the others. Obviously, the caravan also has its own business to do when it comes to the city, and on the surface, the girl Yi Youwei is in charge, but all the actions are still commanded by the middle-aged man Uncle Liu.

It took about a full cup of tea for the entire caravan to enter the city.

When everyone finished entering the city, Lu Chen and Ding Nan stood at the gate of the city, saying goodbye to the girl Yi Youwei and Uncle Liu and others.

"Miss Yi, let's separate here, it's really troublesome for you along the way, I'm grateful, we have a chance to meet again." Immediately, Lu Chen and Ding Nan clasped their fists with the girl Yi Youwei and Uncle Liu to express their gratitude, and left their contact addresses at the girl's request.

Then, waving at them, Lu Chen and Ding Nan turned around and walked towards the city.

The sky became darker and darker, and Lu Chen and Ding Nan, who had left everyone, couldn't help but feel a hint of coolness coming from Huangshan City at night.

Ding Nan shook his body, shrunk his head, turned his head to Lu Chen and said, "Ah Chen, it's not early this day, let's go find an inn and settle down first, I'm going to die of exhaustion." ”

Exhaling heavily, Ding Nan drooped.

Lu Chen glanced at Ding Nan, a strong sense of exhaustion also welled up in his heart, and he nodded, "Okay, Brother Ding, let's find a place to rest first, I've been tired all day." ”

After a stick of incense, a inn-like building built not far from the official road attracted the attention of Lu Chen and Ding Nan. Walking into this inn side by side, someone immediately came forward to receive them, which made Lu Chen and Ding Nan sigh in their hearts, the city is really the city.

"May I ask the two guest officers whether they want housing or food, our Yunlai Inn will definitely satisfy you. The shopkeeper who came from the store greeted the two in a familiar tone.

He didn't look at Lu Chen and Ding Nan as inferior because of their shabby dress, he had seen too many such people, many of them were really big people who would be dressed like this, although he didn't understand, but Xiao Er deeply understood the truth that people can't be judged by their appearance, which is also the reason why they brought the inn to become one of the best inns in the west of Huangshan City.

Ding Nan saw that the shopkeeper was coming, and he was already exhausted, so he raised his hand and said,

"Let's get two things to go to the room first. Then do you have anything to eat here, come up a little first. ”

"Okay, two upper rooms, a table of good food to entertain. The shopkeeper shouted, led Lu Chen and the two to the stairs leading to the second floor, and after taking the two to the room, Xiao'er turned around and went downstairs to prepare wine and food for the two.

"It's so expensive, the price here, one upper room costs ten silver coins a night, and two rooms don't cost twenty silver coins a night. Walking into the room, Ding Nan looked painful after listening to the introduction of the shopkeeper, and said with some bitterness.

"But it's true, it's a really good environment, hehe. Thinking that the money was well spent, Ding Nan smirked at himself.

Seeing this, Lu Chen's face couldn't help but show helplessness, although there was not much fluctuation in his heart about this price, but it was also under Ding Nan's chewing tongue, and he also felt a little painful as he inexplicably, but it was quite expensive.

After packing up their luggage briefly, Lu Chen and Ding Nan went downstairs, Xiao Er had already prepared the wine and food intimately, and the two of them went to the table, affected by the table full of wine and food in front of them, they couldn't help but growl in their stomachs and swallow their saliva.

Immediately, Lu Chen and the others grabbed their chopsticks and feasted on them.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the two of them had eaten and drunk enough, and sat down on the stool, feeling full of joy. Lu Chen supported his chin with his hand, looked at Ding Nan and said, "Brother Ding, how will you arrange the matter of going to the academy to participate in the cultivation assessment?" ”

When Ding Nan heard this question, he also became serious, and then he thought of something again, and said, "Ah Chen, I think... You should go with me, just like Miss Yi said, I'm afraid there is only this one chance, you have to take advantage of it, Achen, you can go with me. ”

"The assessment of that academy, if I remember correctly, is that from tomorrow, Abba gave me the wooden sign for the assessment quota, and I just need to take it to the academy. ”

"Ah Chen, you don't have a place, so you can only go directly to the academy to pay an application fee, I'm afraid it will cost hundreds of gold coins, we can't afford it, I... I think we can go and find it... Miss Yi, I'm sure she'll help us. ”

Lu Chen listened to Ding Nan's words, and he also fell into deep thought, he touched his chin, this introductory cultivation assessment must go, and Lu Chen must go up on this path of cultivation, otherwise, everything the old man Qilin said and did would not become a joke.

It's just that how to get there, according to what Ding Nan said, the mayor's grandfather also used part of the public funds in the town to get a place. This expense, he Lu Chen alone still can't afford it, all his family property, adding up to only fifty gold coins, Ah Jiu Ye left him twenty gold coins, but even if he adds it, it is not enough for a hundred, not to mention, Lu Chen will not use the money that Ah Jiu Ye left for him.

Lu Chen thought for a while, grabbed his hair, once again deeply realized the importance of money, shook his head, Lu Chen put his eyes into the distance, his face was full of helplessness.

"It seems that I really need to go to Miss Yi to borrow money, I'm afraid I have to owe a favor. ”