Volume 1 The Vessel of Hao Chapter 5 Undercurrent
The Beast Spirit Tower Square continued to have major families and sects with their younger generation of talismans coming over, and not far from the entrance, a man in a black cloak was followed by two teenagers, one of the teenagers looked strong but his eyes were frivolous, and the other looked a little thin and looked a little cringe, but if you looked closely, he was a little more handsome than the one next to him.
"Wang Zhao, Xu Zifeng, you follow closely, you have to participate in the selection ceremony, give me a little nervous, I'm talking about you, Wang Zhao. And Zifeng, I want you to be nervous, not to make you scared here, to correct the bad problem of being speechless in crowded situations. ”
"Uncle, I don't think there's any problem with me in this state, you better take care of Zifeng first, I think he's a little ...... Not adapted to here. "Shouting Uncle Wang Miao, the one with a strong body and flirtatious eyes is Wang Zhao, and the other one is Xu Zifeng.
And Wang Zhao looked at Xu Zifeng, who was trembling a little, and pretended to say to his uncle solemnly.
Dressed in a black robe, Wang Miao, who didn't take care of his face very well, and looked unkempt, immediately turned around and struck Wang Zhao's head hard: "Don't talk so much nonsense, I don't see you being able to speak so much when you practice talismans." ”
"Practicing talismans is different, you can become better by practicing diligently, and it is useless to play tricks. Wang Zhao replied solemnly.
"I ...... Who did you learn from to be able to say that? I have to slap him twice. ”
"Teacher Shi Lingli. Wang Zhao looked at his uncle with a smug expression.
“...... Well, it's true that I won't slap her twice, but that doesn't mean I won't ask anything of what she is teaching you. ”
At this time, Xu Zifeng interjected very unexpectedly: "Boss Wang, just put pressure on Wang Zhao, it has nothing to do with me."
Wang Miao immediately glanced back at Xu Zifeng: "Zifeng, how many times have I said that I want to call me teacher, although I have always asked you to call me Boss Wang before, but now that you are my student, you have to call me well, teacher." ”
The last two words, Wang Miao deliberately accentuated. I don't know if Xu Zifeng listened to it, he continued to start his curiosity mode: "By the way, teacher, why are you hanging the mask on your waist today, I have never seen this mask on your waist?"
"After all, this is the occasion, you still have to bring something to defend yourself"
"Oh, I see, the mask is the ......"
Before Xu Zifeng said the last word, Wang Zhao covered his mouth in time: "Zifeng, don't talk too much." ”
"I'm sorry. After Wang Zhao let go of his hand, Xu Zifeng apologized honestly, and returned to the state of being timid in the face of many people.
At this time, Wang Zhao noticed that on their left, the Zhang family came over with their participating talismans, and there were dozens of people, compared to the three of them, it was simply magnificent.
"Uncle, isn't that the Zhang family, one of the five families?"
Wang Miao glanced to the left: "How do you know that it is the Zhang family?"
"Uncle, do you have a problem with your eyes?"
"What the Zhang family and the Li family, their talismans are not worth mentioning compared to you. ”
Although he didn't care, Wang Miao still looked at the Zhang family, and his eyes fell on Zhang Haotian, who was accompanying Zhang Hai: "Three people, all you have to pay attention to is the three children who are walking in front." Since they can walk beside the head of the family, they must be very respected by the family, and as far as I know, one of them reached the fourteenth floor at the assembly nine days ago. ”
"Three? not two? Uncle. ”
"What two?" Wang Zhao asked, Wang Miao looked dazed?
"Haven't you heard? Uncle, there is a grapevine that the male grandson of the head of the Zhang family can't even use the open fire charm, it's been several years. ”
"What, who said that?" Wang Miao asked in a cold voice.
"Teacher Lingli. Wang Zhao replied in a low voice.
"Lingli's news? That shouldn't be wrong," Wang Miao looked a little headache for some reason, "I didn't expect this, in that case, that child shouldn't be treated well in a place like the Zhang family, right?"
The voice of the last sentence was very low in Wang Miao's voice, and Wang Zhao and Xu Zifeng couldn't hear it.
Just when Wang Miao and they were discussing Zhang Haotian, Zhang Haotian also noticed them, after all, the three of them were very conspicuous in this place where family and sectarian groups generally operated, like a few ragged people walking into a bunch of gentry.
But Zhang Haotian didn't pay much attention to it, and began to cast his eyes on the other side of the other group of people who were slowly approaching them. Their robes were embroidered with eight yellow Dao talismans, which were the family crests of the children of the Eight Fu Family, one of the lower eight families, and the Ming Tan City, where the children's family was located, and the Meteorite Castle, where the Zhang family was located, were geographically close to each other, so the two families had been secretly competing. But after all, the younger family is only the lower eight, and it is still inferior to the Zhang family of the upper five, and it has been suppressed by the Zhang family for many years, and the competition between the juniors of the two families in the Beast Spirit Tower has also become their capital for comparison.
"Grandpa, are the three people over there also participating in the selection festival?"
Zhang Lingmeng, who was walking next to Zhang Yanyun, also saw the noisy Wang Miao and the three of them, and asked Zhang Yanyun strangely.
"Little Zero Dream, don't care about those ants, the strong don't need to look at the weak, we have our pride. ”
Just when Zhang Yanyun said this to Zhang Lingmeng, the people of the family who were close to the Zhang family were not far away, and the head of the family led by the family greeted Zhang Yanyun warmly, although the relationship between the two families was not good, but the surface work still had to be done well.
"The head of the Zhang family, I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know if my health is good. ”
"The head of the family, the old man can survive for a few years, but the head of the family is not long before the new head of the family, and I don't know if it is tiring to deal with family affairs. ”
"Entrusted to the head of the Zhang family, Hong Fu, now the family business is thriving, by the way, are these three people around the head of the family this year's heroes? Isn't this last year's number one Zhang Zhaimiao? I hope you won't fall on the fourteenth floor this year. ”
"No, the dog is in good health, so he won't participate in next year's Beast Spirit Tower. Zhang Hai denied that Zhang Haotian also participated in the selection ceremony, after all, if he didn't explain that Haotian would not play later, he would have the opportunity to let the head of the family belittle the Zhang family.
"I didn't think that Brother Hai's son was in good health, it's a pity, I originally wanted you and my child to compete on the tower. ”
"Oh?"
"Yan Gu, come here and say hello to the elders of the five Zhang families. ”
The expressionless young man walked out from behind the head of the family, and bowed to Zhang Yanyun and them very mechanically, and the greeting did not have any emotional color: "Junior, Eryangu, greetings to all seniors. ”
When Eryangu raised his head, Haotian couldn't see any look in his eyes, and he felt that he had no soul and only a shell.
"Is this the second son?Isn't the eldest son Er Fenghong here today?" Zhang Yanyun deliberately asked Er Fenghong, after all, Er Fenghong is a master of the same generation who can be compared to Zhang Zhaimiao, but he is still inferior to Zhai Miao in the Beast Spirit Tower, even he has a hard time believing how Zhang Zhaimiao passed through those floors.
"My precious son no longer wants to participate in this kind of competition where he can't show his strength, and is now in retreat to cultivate the Eight Fu Technique. ”
"I think that when he comes out of the customs, his eight-rune technique will definitely be famous in all directions. ”
"Then accept the noble words of the head of the Zhang family. ”
Only then did Zhang Hai notice that there was a middle-aged man beside the head of the family who he had never known who had been watching him, this person looked like he was in his forties, Zhang Hai felt strange, and the middle-aged man smiled after noticing Zhang Hai's gaze, and restrained himself a little.
"I don't know why this benevolent brother next to the head of the family keeps looking at me, and there should be no such person as you in my memory. ”
"Let Brother Hai smile, I am the guest elder of the children's family, just call me Tian Hao. ”
"This Brother Tian was met when I was traveling, thanks to him bringing my lost daughter back, by the way, Brother Tian, where did my daughter run away?"
Tian Hao smiled helplessly: "Yan'er's little girl doesn't know where she ran again, but please rest assured, I will go to her after a while, please don't worry about Yan'er's safety, I gave her a warning talisman, what is the danger, I will know it as soon as possible, I guess Yan'er must be wandering around the square, after all, there is such a fun place around, she will not let go, and it is not strange to run to the spirit stone later." ”
"It seems that the daughter of the head of the family is really lively," Zhang Hai said with a smile, "By the way, Brother Tian, I always have a familiar feeling when I look at you, have we ever had a relationship before." ”
"I don't have much of an impression, but maybe I did have a relationship. "Tian Hao's treatment of people is quite good, and his words are not as thorny as the head of the family, so Zhang Hai doesn't feel bad about him, but Zhang Hai always feels that this Tian Hao is a little unfathomable.
"Without further ado, let's go inside. Zhang Yanyun invited the head of the family
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey. Come here, Yangu. ”
"Yes, Dad. ”
Entering the Beast Spirit Tower Square, you can see that the square is a large booth prepared for the major family sects, the square is surrounded by a circle, under the booth, is a viewing seat prepared for ordinary audiences, ordinary audiences are allowed to enter the venue after the major family sects enter, and the general public can only come to watch the spirit stone selection sacrifice, because the Beast Spirit Tower Conference is carried out inside the Beast Spirit Tower, so it is impossible to know what is happening inside from the outside.
The Beast Spirit Tower is at the end of the square, and it is also the highest point of the square, and the fifteen-story tower feels very shocking when you look at it from a distance, let alone stand at the bottom of it and look up. The entrance to the Beast Spirit Tower is guarded by two stone beasts, and when the Beast Spirit Tower is opened, the stone beasts will expel people who try to enter the Beast Spirit Tower without being given a mark.
Just in front of the Beast Spirit Tower, there is a blue stone, which is the spirit stone of the young rune who can enter the Beast Spirit Tower, which is rumored to be the soul of this ancient rune master who is housed in the spirit stone. In addition, there are four guard stone statues around the spirit stone, which will completely shatter those who try to destroy the spirit stone.
After passing the entrance of the square, Zhang Haotian pulled the corner of Zhang Hai's clothes, Zhang Hai turned his head and asked what was the matter.
"Dad, I want to go to the back of the audience by myself, I heard that there are a lot of people set up stalls there today, and there are a lot of strange things for sale, I want to go and see them. ”
"Is it okay to be alone?do you want your father to accompany you?" Zhang Hai tried his best to treat Zhang Haotian gently.
Zhang Haotian shook his head with a smile: "No need, Dad, I can do it alone, and the family's booth is so obvious, I can find it at a glance, don't worry about getting lost." ”
Zhang Hai didn't ask any more, after all, it was a good thing to let Zhang Haotian be independent, he would go to the mortal realm soon, and it might be good for him to let him do some things independently, Zhang Hai nodded in acquiescence.
"Then I'll go, Dad. ”
"Be careful. ”
"Sister, Brother Zhai Miao, I'll go to other places to play first. Zhang Haotian went to Zhang Lingmeng and Zhang Zhaimiao and told them.
"Is it okay for you to be alone?" Zhang Lingmeng was a little worried.
"What's the matter? Haotian is about the same age as you, don't you just go around the neighborhood?" Zhang Zhaimiao didn't care much.
Zhang Lingmeng turned around and glanced at Zhang Zhaimiao, Zhang Zhaimiao smiled helplessly and spread her hands. Zhang Haotian looked at the two of them and laughed: "Okay, okay, I'm fine, sister, you can prepare the beast spirit sacrifice, at the beginning, I will go back to see you show your skills." ”
"Haotian ......"
After saying goodbye to Zhang Lingmeng and Zhang Zhaimiao, Zhang Haotian ran towards the back of the audience alone. Zhang Hai looked at his distant figure, and always felt a little uncomfortable in his chest, as if the farewell in a month had been advanced.
"Zhang Hai, let him go. ”
Zhang Yanyun said this, there were obviously two meanings in his words, and Zhang Hai could certainly hear it.
"I know, my lord. ”
The family and sect have already entered, and now they are starting to let ordinary people enter to watch the selection festival, although no one from the Beast Spirit Tower Conference came to see it, but there is an endless stream of people who come to see the selection sacrifice, after all, the genius who appears today may be the talisman who will alarm the Dao world tomorrow, and everyone naturally wants to go and see the style.
Shortly before the release of people to enter, the personnel of the Eastern Regions Branch of the Holy Dao Division, who had determined the number of candidates at the entrance, were packing up their things and preparing for the next step, and Tian Hao, a guest of the child's family, walked over to the staff for some reason instead of staying at the booth of the child's house.
Stopping in front of the registrar who determined the number of people, Tian Hao asked politely: "May I ask, can I add one more person now?"
"It's not closed yet, it's okay, what's the matter, you want to compete with those young people even when you're old?" the registrar who was holding the confirmation list joked and raised the list in front of Tian Hao.
"How is that possible? But I'm not old, I'm only in my forties, and I can't recognize old age. ”
"Okay, okay, I won't talk to you, just say the name, and I'll call it a day after writing this. ”
"Okay, the name is Zhang Haotian, Ri Tianhao. ”
"Zhang, is it the Zhang family, Haotian is not the grandson of the head of the family......"
"Yes, it seems that we missed him and didn't submit his name to you, can you make it up to me, just put it at the end. That's our Zhang family's trump card. Tian Hao said this, smiling mysteriously.
"Okay, I understand. The registrar seemed to understand the meaning of Tian Hao's words, smiled knowingly, and lowered his head to write Zhang Haotian's name.
"Thank you then. ”
"You're welcome. ”
Tian Hao thanked the staff, turned around and slowly walked towards the square, a smile of unknown meaning appeared on his face, everything was going on as he calculated, and the next thing was to find someone to work with, someone who was willing to assist him.
And Zhang Haotian didn't know that his name had been written on the last line of the spirit stone test list, and he was still circulating around the stalls, admiring the strange things on it.