CHAPTER XXII
On the gray-yellow rocky beach on the shore, there is a simple small pier. Several stout wooden stakes were nailed into the shallow water, and a long wooden bridge was built over the side.
There was already a small boat docked in advance, and a woman dressed as a scholar jumped off the boat, looked back at the three of them, did not speak, directly dropped the boat money, and carried the long sword away.
I got out of the boat and followed the woman's direction for a while, passing through a rocky canyon, and the front was cheerful.
Lin Xin stood at the mouth of the canyon and looked down, and in the middle basin surrounded by mountains in the distance, there stood a gray-white stone town. Inside, hundreds of stone houses are neatly arranged. All are standard cube-shaped boxes, with small chimneys curving out on the sides.
The roads between the towns are neat, and from time to time there are figures wearing pale yellow robes, but more often than not, they are like ordinary people, wearing all kinds of clothes, and everyone wears swords, both men and women.
"At this point, I can't go in either. Bo Yunzi patted Lin Xin on the shoulder, "I'm no longer a registered disciple, just an outer disciple who performs tasks for the sect, and then it's up to you to rely on yourself." ”
Lin Xin nodded, looked at Bo Yunzi, and was about to say something grateful, when he saw him turn around and hurriedly leave towards the canyon, muttering something like another piece of jade money in his hand.
Ji Lu glanced at Lin Xin.
"This is Tingjian Valley, where the registered disciples live, come with me to report the records to you. ”
"Yes. ”
The two walked down the town, and Lin Xin noticed that not only one canyon could come in here, but also the other five or six entrances and exits, and when they met a few people on the way, Ji Lu greeted each other.
When they were about to arrive in the town, the two women were wearing Yuebai Dao robes, obviously they were also masters of qi refining, and they also brought a young man behind them, these four people came in from another entrance, and when they saw Ji Lu, one of the women hurriedly raised their hands and shook it.
"Here, Ji Nerd!" The woman had a red mole on the corner of her mouth, a melon seed face, a slender figure, and a long hair shawl tied with a white headband, looking quite beautiful.
Ji Lu's face turned red.
"I'm not a season nerd!" he argued.
"Aren't you, who else is?" the two women laughed coquettishly.
The woman with the red mole glanced at Lin Xin.
"You're also a leading task, yes, yes, we've brought two of us in, let's report together." ”
Ji Lu's face turned red, and he lowered his face and didn't dare to look at the other party.
"Good. ”
"It's worthy of being a nerd season, it's really the same as what you said sister. The other woman couldn't help but laugh. "No wonder my sister whispers to someone every night, it turns out that I really feel sorry, hahaha"
"Are you itching You Ling!" the red mole woman was a little embarrassed, and raised her hand to hit someone.
Lin Xin looked at the back and wanted to laugh a little, but the two men and women over there, who were also newcomers, couldn't help laughing out loud.
The three of them were all newcomers who came together, looked at each other, and simply gathered together and followed the three immortal masters towards the town.
"Who is Brother Tai?" asked the man in a low voice, this guy has clear eyebrows and a baby face that looks a little cute.
"Red Pine City, the Red Pine City of Dayuan. Lin Xin added. "Brother Tai's surname?"
"Don't have your surname Wang, a single name and a chong word, Chong to the sky. Da Yuan, it's a little far away, but this Xiao Lingling girl is also Da Yuan. The man introduced himself.
"In the lower forest new, the old and the new new. Lin Xin smiled. Hearing the introduction, he glanced at the woman next to him.
The girl is only about twenty years old, about the same as him, with big eyes watery on both sides, and a slight feeling of fox. She has fair skin, and at first glance she is a young lady, with black hair and a white hairband like a bow tied at the back.
In addition, the figure of the person who practices martial arts is not bad, he is dressed in a white dress, and he is convex and backward at a glance, except for the short legs, there are no other shortcomings at all.
"Dayuan Hongsong City, I haven't heard of it, but I'm from Yuwangfu. Xiao Lingling introduced with a smile.
"Yuwang Mansion I know, it's a long way from us, near the central capital of Dayuan. Lin Xin smiled.
The three of them casually chatted about each other's martial arts learning experiences, as well as some interesting anecdotes on the itinerary, and soon arrived at the front of the town, where there were long white stone steps, standing under the stone steps and looking up, they could only see faint clouds and mist, and there was no end in sight.
There are two huge stone walls on the side of the stone steps, and the upper sides are covered with dense scratches of all kinds, which seem to be all sword marks.
There is a small white stone tower on the right side, and several people enter the small tower, and there are messy things and items on the cross of the stone wall inside, many of which are jade.
Behind a bar-like table sat a shriveled old man, who looked like a eunuch, and had no beard at all.
"Register, get basic equipment. Ji Lu entered the door and said loudly directly.
"Write your own name and ask for things on demand. Don't take more, the consequences are clear to yourselves. ”
The old man weakly pointed to a booklet on the table, and every page of the booklet was hard jade. There are already a lot of names written on it.
The two women with red moles went up and wrote directly on it with their fingers, but white handwriting could appear when their fingers were written on it.
Soon it was written, Ji Lu also walked up, quickly wrote Lin Xin's name, and then the guides were Ji Lu and Bo Yunzi.
The so-called basic equipment is a white package that is wrapped one by one, and each person carries it one by one.
Lin Xin picked a drum and lifted it up a little bit.
Leaving the small tower, the two women took Xiao Lingling and Wang Chong to the side to talk. Ji Lu also took Lin Xin to the side.
"Next, you have to survive in this small town by yourself, this burden contains your three days' rations and drinking water, as well as the clothes of the standard registered disciples, and you have to figure out the rest by yourself, whether you buy it, grab it, or do it yourself, it's up to you. There are no restrictions on registered disciples, there is only one rule, that is, they cannot kill their fellow disciples. ”
"And where do I live?" Lin Xin asked a little speechlessly.
"If you find a small house with no one on your own, you can share it with someone if you can't find it, or rob someone else's house, as long as you can beat the other person. Ji Lu said lightly. "That's how we've all come here, and it's a natural way to adapt. ”
"Is it okay not to live in a house?" Lin Xin thought for a moment and asked again.
"Of course you can, but it will rain here at night with extremely low temperatures, which can freeze adults to death, and the rain is poisonous, which will hinder your cultivation of internal strength. If you can't find a place to live, you'll die a terrible death. Ji Lu replied in a low voice.
"Actually, there are enough houses, but the location is good or bad, and the house itself is good or bad. You'll understand later. ”
"What about other questions such as eating and drinking?" Lin Xin continued to ask.
"There is a stone monument in the center of the town, and every once in a while someone goes to write down various notices and schedules. There's a mini-map here, and the schedule of the monthly pujas, and so on. You can ask someone you know. Ji Lu patted Lin Xin on the shoulder, "Your talent is not good, but you are young, you will have internal qi at the age of twenty, it may be difficult to break through the cultivation of qi in ten years, but it is still no problem congenitally, after going out, you will be lucky to survive, and you can also make contributions and achieve a career, work hard." ”
"Yes. Lin Xin nodded vigorously.
Ji Lu thought about it, took out a bronze medal from his cuff, and handed it to Lin Xin.
"You are Bo Yunzi's apprentice, if you have anything in the future, you can use this brand to come to Dantang to find me. Not to mention anything else, a few Jing Yuan Dan can still be bought. ”
"Thank you, uncle!" Lin Xin was overjoyed when he heard this, he didn't know that this was Ji Lu's preferential treatment for Bo Yunzi's sake.
Thinking about it, this guy was able to accompany Bo Yunzi to go out so far just to introduce an internal qi disciple, and he obviously had a good relationship with Bo Yunzi.
Compared with the irresponsible uncle, this Uncle Ji Lu is much more reliable.
"That's it, there will be a date later. Ji Lu turned around and saw that the two women with red moles over there had already explained, they didn't seem to have any special relationship, it was simpler.
"Let's go, Ji nerd. ”
The woman with the red mole smiled and turned around and walked up the stone steps, and the woman named You Ling looked back at Lin Xin and the others.
"Wait for yourself. ”
After the three of them finished speaking, they did not look back, and at the same time jumped into the air, jumped towards the top of the steps, and disappeared at the end of the cloud above in a few blinks.
Lin Xin and the three of them looked at each other, all of them a little at a loss.
"Let's go find a place to stay first. Lin Xin proposed.
"Well, the three of us are new here, and it's best to abandon the operation. Wang Chong nodded, "It sounds like the environment here may be a bit troublesome." ”
"I agree. Xiao Lingling agreed.
The three of them walked back into town.
The white stone houses in Baishi Town are neat and orderly, most of the houses are closed with stone gates, and a few people occasionally walk on the road between the towns, all of them looking hurried.
The three of them walked along the edge of the town, and found a small river on the side, the water of the river was crystal clear, and there were several relatively large stone houses on the side, with a stone wall more than ten meters high, and it was divided into two floors. There was faint smoke coming out of the second floor. You can also hear the music that seems to have silk bamboo in it and the woman's smile.
"Fifth. Fourth, third. Lin Xin read out the handwriting engraved on the walls of these houses.
"These are probably the best ones, and they have been occupied for a long time. Wang Chong said softly.
"I asked carefully about the situation before I came here, and the stone houses here all have the effect of accelerating the cultivation of internal qi. Even the worst stone houses are faster than we can practice on our own. So we have to grab the stone house. Xiao Lingling said.
The three of them walked along the river and entered through the edge of House No. 4, which was lined with two-storey stone houses that looked like villas. There is also a small area fenced off outside that serves as a small courtyard.
The road between the stone houses is unusually deserted, and there are hardly any people coming and going.
Wow.
When he walked to the edge of a double-storey stone house, the door of the stone house was just pushed open, and a young woman with a gloomy face walked out, dressed in black, with long hair scattered, and two long swords crossed on her back.
The woman glanced at the three men, closed the door, and without saying a word, disappeared around the corner of the road in a few leaps.
"What a strong cultivation" Xiao Lingling's little face turned pale, and she seemed to be frightened by the woman's glance.