The new era of nine thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine is a special year.

This year, many small border towns welcomed many big names and began to evolve into important towns.

This year, Falling Spirit City got rid of the undercurrent and has become an important town.

This year, the four holy sons of the five clans in the north of the Demon Domain were selected into the Demon King Palace and were rumored to be beautiful talks; among them, Mai Shaofei, the young master of the Burning Spirit, was cultivated to fall, but he was particularly valued by an elder of the Demon King Palace and accepted as a closed disciple, which was a strange talk in the beautiful talks.

This year, the Dao League announced the world and wantonly collected some strange people and strange things, with unknown intentions.

This year, the Demon King's Palace announced the edict to the world, and opened the place of dreams for the second time, and the intention was also unclear.

This year, in many places where the spirit and demon are linguistic, the figure of the disciple of the Mountain Monarch began to appear.

This year, some ancient families that had been silent for many years began to be active and appeared in front of the world one after another.

These are big things, big things that the world knows about happening, but they don't necessarily know why they happened. At the same time that these big things are happening, there are many big things on shijie that people don't know about, and they are also happening at the same time.

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For example, somewhere in the depths of the Land of Dreams, a black shadow bound in thirteen chains roared wildly, each of which made the earth tremble. The land of silent dreams has undergone drastic changes everywhere, some formations have been destroyed, some mountain peaks have been bulldozed, and some canyons have become plateaus.

With his roar, the thirteen iron chains trembled, and countless colorful runes shone or annihilated, unable to calm down for a long time.

It didn't stop for a long time, but it finally subsided, and the dark shadow roared enough. Then he stopped, muttering something that no one could know.

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For another example, some big figures between the Dao Alliance and the War Alliance held an extraordinary meeting in a certain place, during which a quarrel broke out.

The quarrel subsided, and the bigwigs left with resentment. Leave behind a wreckage.

Their weight is too heavy, and there is no place to withstand their wrath.

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For example, an unknown place in the Demon Domain. A slightly illusory figure arrives with a woman with a scarred face and settles down.

Their relationship is very peculiar, like a master and a servant, like a sister. Like a master and apprentice and like a friend, quiet and quiet, not involved.

At this time, they don't know what kind of turmoil will be caused in the future because of their non-appearance.

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There is also the great event that everyone knows that it is going to happen and knows the exact time of it.

In less than half a year, that is, in May of the following year, the Taoist Academy will open the mountain gate and usher in an important once-in-a-century apprenticeship.

Countless heroes are eager to try. Countless sects, families, and shili have taken action, gathering from all directions and corners to various enrollment locations, ready to try their skills.

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These are big things, or not big things for the time being, but they have a big impact on the future. It's a big thing. However, no matter what happens, it cannot be compared with another.

It was a small thing, a little thing that almost no one knew about.

A small incident that happened in the Purple Cloud Country.

A young man in white came out of an inconspicuous corner and came to the Purple Cloud Country, to the Purple Cloud City. He was like a butterfly climbing over the fence and quietly flying into a huā garden. Start dancing.

The scattered leaves drift into the water, stained with a few ripples, and the ripples are transmitted in all directions, gradually turning into the waves of the sea.

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There are many kingdoms in the Spirit Domain Continent, and the Purple Cloud Country is a special country, not because of his area, not because of his population race, nor because of how many sects it has. In fact, the Tianyun Kingdom was almost the smallest country in the Spirit Realm, or it was not a region that could be called a country at all.

The Purple Cloud Kingdom has no emperor, no army, a sparse population, a shortage of resources, and no decent spiritual vein.

In such a place, although there are some scattered families, there will not be any big sects, not that they don't want to, it's not that they don't want to, it's not because they don't want to, there is only one reason, they don't dare. ...,

There is a mountain here, named Ziyun Mountain, which is the headquarters of the Taoist Academy.

This alone is enough to deter the world.

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Ziyun City is a quiet and peaceful city.

It sits in the mountains, surrounded by water, the area is not too large, the population is not too much, if you look from the air, the long clear waves circle a green space, it is clearly a green and verdant island. The green smoke on the island is misty, the sound of birdsong, the green tiles of the bamboo building appear from time to time, and the young people laugh and often hear it, just like a paradise and the world.

Since the surrounding water, there are ferries, the oarsman has a girl and an old man, the girl is happy and lively, the old man is wise, and the pedestrians come and go or talk to him, or look at the green and meditate quietly, no matter what choice he makes, he can always find his own place of pleasure.

All in all, it's good, it's really good.

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The New Year has passed, the spring is gradually blooming, and Ziyun City is gradually lively, and many people have rushed from all directions, crossing the water into the city, looking for their own opportunities.

When there are more people, the ferry business will naturally be better, and when the business is good, the smile of the boatman will become more cheerful. Correspondingly, right and wrong also increase.

No, a boatman there was arguing with several river crossers, and it seemed very unpleasant.

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This is a ferry, there are many people on the shore, many boats in the water, in addition, there is a big wooden sign on the ferry that should have rotted but refused to rot, and the wooden sign has several rows of red letters written vertically and horizontally: Three rules for crossing the river!

Article 1: Thou shalt not go to heaven.

Article 2: No escape.

Article 3: No entry into the water.

There is also a row of small letters on the back: One hundred and twenty-one people, please take a boat to cross.

Except for the first one, which is well-known and told by the elders, the other two are unheard of, and they clearly prohibit monks from practicing the Dao.

To put it bluntly, this is a strong sell!

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"Why do you charge me seventeen times as much!" cried out a gruff and angry voice.

It was a fat man who spoke, and said he was fat. In fact, it is not accurate enough, it is accurate to say that this person's figure is thick at the top and thin at the bottom, and the legs of a normal person are on top of a seriously excessive body, which looks ...... It's like a sledgehammer.

"Because you're the size of two people. ”

The girl, to be precise, was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, dressed in red, and was standing with her waist crossed. is competing with a fat man, his voice is crisp and loud, although it is a weak female streamer, the momentum is not conceded.

“...... Even so. Shouldn't you just take double!" A fat man's voice was not only angry, but also more aggrieved.

"That's not how the accounts are calculated. ”

"Then how to calculate, you count it for me. ”

"Then listen up. ”

The girl looked at him with contempt. Fingers crossed, he said, "You take up two people's place, that's double, you have two people's weight, that's twice, you make grandpa twice as hard, that's twice, you make my boat wear out twice as fast, it's twice as fast." ”

"Two times two times two times two, plus the original share, isn't it seventeen times?"

The girl said triumphantly: "One hundred taels of silver for one person, seventeen times is one thousand seven hundred taels, give money to cross the river, two clear." ”

The fat man has already listened stupidly. Even the people next to him were confused, not to mention whether the river crossing fee of one hundred taels of silver was expensive or not, let's just say that this algorithm was really earth-shattering and weeping ghosts and gods, which was enough to save countless heroes.

Everyone is thinking that although this is the fat brother's physique is vividly described by you, how can it be counted like this on a boat. The good thing is that it's twice as much. If you meet a really fat person, take it like this...... One hundred and eighty times the fare shall not be paid.

How much silver does that get!

There are also people who muttered in their hearts, thinking that Ziyun City is located at the foot of the Dao Courtyard, how can such a Diao people be born. The three rules of crossing the river are written there, and you can see them when you raise your eyes. When a foreigner first arrives, it's always not good to come up and be strong. First, it is not interesting to bully the boat family itself, in case it is seen by a Taoist master for some small things, it is not a haode start.

The two of them had been in a stalemate for a short time, and the people on the shore were gathering more and more; most of these people were cultivators who had come to Ziyun City to participate in the Dao Gate test; everyone was waiting to cross the river in a group, and their mood was inevitably anxious. Although it is still early before the start of the test, everyone knows that the early bird has worms, and even if you don't think about it, it is not a problem to always wander around the river. ...,

Some people began to accuse the fat man, some people said that the girl was not, and a few people persuaded him to make peace, and even asked the old smoker who sat firmly on the bow of the boat to discipline his granddaughter, with all kinds of expressions and words, without a moment of peace.

On the other hand, the boatmen looked unhurried, and the boats lined up in an extremely orderly manner, and as long as the first ferry did not depart, the others waited quietly. Looking at the noisy crowd on the shore, the boat bosses looked indifferent, and their eyes were even a little sarcastic, but they were not worried about business at all, let alone any quarrels.

It's not surprising at all, just imagine, one person can get a hundred taels of silver, where will those boatmen worry about their livelihood. To put it mildly, all of these people are rich, rich among mortals. There is work to do, but there is no work to rest, so why not do it.

"I ...... I don't have that much money. ”

The fat man realized that he might not take advantage of raising the bar with the girl, so he wisely chose to back down. "I give spirit stones, spirit stones are better than gold and silver, this is always okay, right?"

This is the truth, cultivators don't care about gold and silver, and even if they bring some spare, who will bring so much? From this, it can be seen that it is not that these monks are unwilling to share the worries of the fat man, but that others have no surplus food and cannot afford to fill the big household.

"Spirit stones are better than gold and silver, who said that?" the girl asked in astonishment, her eyes wide.

"You...... Isn't it!" the fat man blushed and argued.

"Of course not. ”

The girl sneered and said, "Is the spirit stone beautiful with silver? Can the spirit stone be used for jewelry? Can the spirit stone be used as a mirror? Can the spirit stone be used as a chair? Can the spirit stone be ......?"

"Ahem!"

The old man coughed twice and signaled his granddaughter not to leak the family information, so as not to worry about the villains. The people on the shore were dumbfounded, and secretly thought that these boatmen should use silver to make chairs, and that they were so extravagant that they were simply ...... Make somebody's blood boil!

"The Qinghe ferry has been open for thousands of years, and it has always been a child-free and undeceiving, suitable for all ages, and harmonious and wealthy...... It's not difficult for you, the ratio of spirit stones to silver is one hundred to one, and one thousand seven hundred taels of silver is ......."

"170,000 spirit stones!"

The girl put on countless high hats for herself and her ancestors, and Zuihou said, "Give money or give spirit stones." You look at it. ”

The audience was in an uproar!

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"The little girl is so unreasonable. ”

These angry and unreasonable words finally made everyone unhappy, and someone was about to stand up and say it, or it was a lesson.

A man in Tsing Yi came out of the crowd, coughed lightly and said, "We are all here for the entrance examination, and if we enter the Taoist Academy in the future, we must not stay here for a long time." Pop in and out. It is indispensable to wait for Lao Er, but these hundred taels of silver are ...... at a time."

The man's face can be called handsome, but at this time, he has a difficult color, and said: "It's not something that we can't afford to block. It is true that a cultivator is not as good as the ordinary, so how can he carry a lot of gold and silver with him? Why don't you make it convenient for you, and wait for me to get gold and silver when I get ashore. Or how about making up for it later?"

Saying that, he clenched his fists around and raised his voice and said, "I ask Liu in Xiahe, tell me if this is the truth." ”

As soon as the words came out, the audience was shocked. It was not the man's words that the crowd was amazed, but his name.

"He asks Liu, he is He asks Liu!"

"The first monk of Lingnan asked Liu, could it be him!"

"This can still be pretended! But what you said is not right, it should be the first young monk of Qinghe. ”

"You're not right, there are more young monks than him. This person is known as the first person in Lingnan, referring to his age when he married Dan. ”

"Yes, yes, seventy years of knotting, a hundred years into the middle of the century, it is said that this person has a very good chance of entering the inner court. Known as the Star of Lingnan. ”

"The inner courtyard? That's not necessarily, the inner courtyard doesn't just look at cultivation. ”

"Tell me about that? ”

"I ...... You think beautifully. ”

Someone thought that if I knew what the inner court exam was, I would still have to wait here, and I would have gone into hiding and cultivating secretly. Besides, I can't tell you if I know...,

Lingnan is not a country, but refers to an area south of Ziyun that encompasses the Three Kingdoms. At this time, most of the monks who rushed to Ziyun were from nearby countries, and it was inevitable to hear that this young man, who was known as the first person, was looking forward to it. Between the words, everyone looked at He Wenliu's eyes differently, and some people began to think about how to befriend him, whether they would be rejected and so on.

In the hustle and bustle, He Wenliu turned around and smiled at the boat girl: "Little girl, I don't know what to say......

"What's your name asking Liu?" the girl interrupted him and asked directly.

He Wenliu frowned and said, "Exactly." ”

The girl said, "It's not a good name. ”

He asked Liu Weileng and said, "It's not good?"

"Yes, Xun Huā asked Liu, of course this name is not good. ”

The girl gave him an explanation that made people laugh and cry, and asked, "Are you a Lingnan monk?"

He asked Liu Xin if he didn't like it, but still patiently replied: "Exactly." ”

The girl asked, "Then why did you come here? Aren't there branches of the Taoist Academy in the three kingdoms of Lingnan?"

He Wenliu replied proudly: "In the inner courtyard of Xia Shizhi, it is natural to enter the purple clouds. ”

There was a whisper around him, and many people looked at the man with admiration or jealousy, all admiring his courage.

Entering the inner courtyard is the dream of every cultivator, but the inner courtyard is difficult, and it is even difficult to advance the monastic path. Take the proportion of monks who are enchanted as an example, for 10,000 foundations, there are always ten, eight, or even more people who are enchanted, but in terms of the proportion of students recruited in the inner court, not to mention that one hundred thousand may not be able to succeed.

Because it was too difficult, the monk did not dare to say that he wanted to enter the inner courtyard at will, because it was not necessarily glorious to say it, and it was likely to become a laughing stock. He Wenliu said this in public, undoubtedly a person with strong confidence, not to mention whether he can succeed, this courage is worthy of admiration.

Others admired, but the little girl didn't think so, she let out a loud daxiao, pointing at He Wenliu and gasping, looking delicate and cute, but like a scoop of cold water poured on the top of He Wenliu's head, anger arose.

A coercion faintly came out, He Wenliu's eyes became cold, looking at the girl and smiling, his palms gradually clenched.

If you are in Lingnan at this time...... The results can be imagined.

The girl was completely unaware of the changes in He Wenliu, and he gasped and said, "The inner courtyard...... Haha, Inner Courtyard ......"

"Why, what does the girl think? ”

encountered this kind of thing before entering the country, and the depression in He Wenliu's heart can be imagined. At this time, Ah seems to have forgotten that the purpose of his standing up is to create momentum, and secondly, to cross this damn river as soon as possible.

Taking a deep breath, he forcibly suppressed the suffocating breath in his chest and abdomen, and said sarcastically: "The assessment of the Daoist Academy should be based on the eyes of mortal villagers. ”

"Of course not. ”

The girl laughed enough, looked at each other with a playful gaze, and said, "However, this girl knows the first test question for admission, do you want to listen to it." ”

"What?

"You know the first question? How is that possible!"

"It may not be possible, little girl, tell me quickly, what is the first test question!"

The sound of gossip and questioning sounded, and everyone made excuses for themselves in their hearts, secretly thinking that it would not be surprising for them to get some rumors from their hometowns; even if what she said was wrong, listen to what is important.

No one paid attention to He Wenliu anymore, and no one paid attention to the fat man who kept wanting to interject, and the noise and shouting came and went, like a mortal vegetable market.

Even He Wenliu's expression was slightly tight, he naturally didn't believe the girl's words, but whether he believed it or not, he could only listen patiently at this time. For some reason, looking at the expectant and longing eyes of the people around him, He Wenliu gradually felt a trace of irritability in his heart.

"I really don't know what to say, I just want to be opportunistic, a bunch of waste. He thought to himself.

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In the midst of the hustle and bustle, there were a few exceptions.

A woman in plain clothes, as well as a monk, all looked at this room with faint eyes, did not participate or speak, and looked indifferent. There was another obscene old man, his eyes were looking around, his gaze swept over the few people who did not speak, and Zuihou landed on a young man in white.

The young man in white stood quietly by the river, his expression calm and peaceful, and at first glance it seemed as if he had blended in with his surroundings and could not distinguish between them. He didn't look at the noisy crowd, his eyes fell on the blue waves, and he was silently thinking about something.

The old man looked at the young man, and a glimmer of light gradually appeared in his eyes, and he tiptoed over and said something in a low voice. The young man turned to look at him, and his gentle voice replied with a few words, and then nodded.

The old man looked overjoyed and began to talk to the young man, who listened quietly, not very enthusiastic. However, his expression was always gentle and calm, and the occasional interjection of a half-word often made the old man smile and speak harder.

At this time, the voices gradually stopped, and everyone's expectant eyes looked at the girl in red, waiting for her reply. Even He asked Liu to be happy, "This first level is ......?"

The girl had enough of it, and her big sparkling eyes glanced around before she nodded in satisfaction.

"This first level is, don't take a boat, cross the Qing River by yourself!"

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... (To be continued......)