"Who is that woman you are talking about?"

"Aren't we talking about cultivation? Why did we get to this again?"

Xiao Xuan spread his hands and shrugged helplessly, "Even if I don't say it, you should know that I have already received the next task." ”

"This time things are a bit tricky, I'll have to concentrate on this thing in a few days, maybe I won't be able to stay in this inn anymore, since you have spoken, some things are better known sooner. ”

Hu Jiu frowned, it was obvious that this was a reason he couldn't refuse. But according to his thoughts, knowing some things too early is not necessarily a good thing.

The middle-aged man, who was about forty years old, sat there, his fingers tapping slowly and slowly on the table. His cheekbones were a little prominent, his face was sallow, his gaze fell unfocusedly somewhere in front of him, his lips moved slightly, but he didn't say anything.

He's thinking about some possibilities.

It took a long time for him to make up his mind.

"Another day, I'll tell you another day. ”

After a long time, the slender innkeeper spat on the ground fiercely, and said a little unwillingly, "For now, let's talk about the cultivation first. ”

Xiao Xuan nodded and motioned for him to continue.

Hu Jiu looked at him fixedly, stretched out the index finger of his left hand, and said, "Before we continue, you need to know something very important. ”

"I'm a killer, and I'm not good at teaching people this kind of thing. ”

Xiao Xuan was stunned at first, and then a little annoyed, "Then you still let me ink here for a long time?"

Hu Jiu smiled, but there might be something wrong with his throat, this laughter was a little strange, like a deep well that had not been used for many years, and suddenly blisters appeared, "Don't be in a hurry to get angry, although I can't teach you, but there is a place where you can learn all the things you want." ”

"You must not tell me that it is the three major sects of Great Xia, or the state religion or that kind of place. Xiao Xuan tilted his head and looked at him with an indescribable indignation, "Although I have been a helper with you for a few months, although the potatoes I peel may occasionally have a few pieces of potato skins left on them, although there are so many, but you can't play me like this, right?"

"Not to mention the state religion, the people of the entire Great Xia Dynasty know that the sect accepts people, and they all have to go through the entrance test, but on the occasion of the entry test, it is not a teahouse and a green building, and you can enter if you have money. ”

"Don't say it's the Qingyang Sect and the Star Picking Hall thousands of miles away, even if the mountain gate is in the Wufeng Temple in the southern suburbs of Kyoto, if I get the qualifications for these entrance exams, I still need to look for you?"

"What's more, as far as I know, the Qingyang Sect and the Star Picking Hall have not opened the mountain gate to openly recruit disciples for several years. ”

Unlike the Mu Qin Dynasty in the south of Middle-earth, there were many sects there, and even formed a powerful system that could compete with the rulers of the dynasty, and there were only three great sects that the Great Xia Dynasty could call it.

The Qingyang Sect, which occupies Zhelong County and Tianhai County, the Star Picking Hall in Qianxue County in the north, and the Wufeng Temple near Xuanyang in Kyoto, these three families are put together, and they are the places that can best represent the strength of Great Xia cultivators in addition to the state religion.

No matter which of the three families it is, it has more than 10,000 disciples. When the sect selects disciples, the way may be very different, except for being directly favored and accepted as disciples by the senior masters in the sect, there is only one way to take the test.

Even in the Wufeng Academy, which is vaguely ranked last in the strength of the three major sects, it is necessary to obtain certain qualifications to participate in its triennial entrance examination. Those who can get the qualifications, or the children of the wealthy eunuchs, or the nobles who protect them, or have made some merits in the army, in short, the entrance test of Wufeng Academy is indeed different from the teahouse Qinglou, so that a little money can be fooled.

Every time he thought of this, Xiao Xuan felt a little unwilling. He always felt that those great cultivators who were quite a bit of a worldly master in the eyes of ordinary people must not not not accept money, but just did not collect small money.

And he doesn't have any way to make money, because he is just a helper boy in a dilapidated inn in the open, and his secret identity is even more disgraceful.

The money earned by completing tasks over the years has long been used elsewhere.

Hu Jiu looked at his indignant expression, his eyes were a little playful, and he sighed with interest: "I can't imagine that the rumored cold-blooded killer is also worried about a mere entry test qualification. ”

Xiao Xuan glared at him when he heard this, and said angrily: "You have the ability to let me be directly favored by the powerhouses of Wufeng Academy?

When Hu Jiu heard him say this, he smiled slightly, with an unfathomable and profound expression on his face, and even the obscene aura emanating from his body was a little less, as if I was just very dragged, but he didn't answer.

Xiao Xuanqiang resisted the urge to jump up and beat him up, but there was a little surprise and joy in his heart, could it be ...... Got a door?

Just when Xiao Xuan was really about to jump up and hit someone, Hu Jiu put away the banter on his face, coughed twice in a fake way, and said, "How do you know that I can't let you be favored by the powerhouses of Wufeng Academy?"

"Oh, then may I ask the handsome Boss Hu, how can he be favored by those unborn adults?"

"You go and chop the firewood in the backyard first, and then boil a pot of hot water, this boss has been sitting for a long time, a little tired, and it is most comfortable to burn his feet at this time. ”

"Do you mind if I cut you down first?"

As he spoke, Xiao Xuan reached out and touched the cutting board.

"Ahem, ahem, don't laugh, well, in fact, like you said, I really don't have the ability to let you directly enter the place where countless people want to go in. ”

Looking at the young man's unkind eyes, Hu Jiuxin said Why don't you even have this patience, it's rare to have such an opportunity, can't you just let me play it?

"That being said, I can help you get the qualifications for the entrance exam. ”

"Oh?"

The young man's eyes lit up when he heard this, "How?"

"It's a very good word, I like it. Hu Jiu laughed, but he knew that it was not good to laugh too much, so he reached out and took out something from his arms.

The light in the inn's kitchen was a little dim, but that didn't prevent Xiao Xuan from seeing that it was a sign.

It was a sign made of some kind of wood, boxy, the size of a palm, with some wonderful lines on it, but no words. The wooden sign looks like it has been around for some years, and when it is held in the hand, others look free and have a sense of simplicity and heaviness.

Hu Jiu held the wooden card, his eyes became a little dim, and he didn't know if he remembered something unbearable from the past. I saw him gently rubbing his hand on the wooden card, as if he was a little reluctant.

However, this reluctance did not last long, and as soon as he gritted his teeth, he threw the wooden card out.

Xiao Xuan took the wooden card, and when he started it, he felt that the brand was unexpectedly heavy, not like it was made of ordinary mortal wood.

"What is this?"

"There is no wooden sign recommended by the Blade Temple. ”

"Who's?"

"Me, don't look at me with such eyes, although I'm a killer, but that's only the last ten years, can't I be a disciple of Wufeng Academy before I become a killer? Okay, I know you don't believe it, but this is really my recommendation card. ”

"Every disciple of Wufeng Academy, after reaching a certain period of time, can exchange for some cultivation resources by completing some tasks issued by the sect, such as the classic pill talisman, and this wooden card in your hand. ”

Xiao Xuan shook his head and said with some regret: "I don't doubt your identity, I just think it's a pity." ”

"What a pity?"

"With your kind of cultivation, it is estimated that at most he is an ordinary outer disciple who can no longer be an ordinary disciple, and this level of recommendation can only allow me to get a qualification to participate in the entrance examination. ”

Hu Jiu sneered when he heard this: "Please, don't do any Spring and Autumn Dreams, okay?" Except for those genius-like characters from the big clans and the royal family's official families, how can anyone have the possibility of being exempted from the exam, not to mention that you are just a ...... who has not even awakened your soul."

Speaking of this, Hu Jiu seemed to have thought of something, his eyes widened suddenly, and he said with some uncertainty: "I remember that you are not a cultivator?"

"I'm not. ”

"So that means you haven't even awakened your soul?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense?"

"Bring it. Hu Jiu stretched out his hand grinningly, "I want to take back this brand." ”

Xiao Xuan was startled, and hurriedly stuffed the wooden card back into his arms, and said: "The brand sent out is the water splashed by the girl who got married, how can there be any reason to take it back." ”

"Okay, then let me ask you, you haven't even awakened your divine soul, so do you know if you are born with a divine soul?"

"This ......" Xiao Xuan obviously hesitated, "There should be one, right?"

Hu Jiu laughed angrily, "You don't know if you have the qualifications to practice or not, what's the use of me giving you a brand? ”

"Take 10,000 steps back, on the day of the entrance test, it is the merit you have accumulated for three lifetimes, and you have measured the divine soul, but a guy who has not even awakened the divine soul, do you think the Wufeng Academy can be able to see it?"

"How can you compare to those young talents who have poured in from the whole Xia Kingdom? Although the Wufeng Courtyard may not be able to strengthen the Qingqing Yang Sect and the Star Picking Palace, it is one of the three major sects of Great Xia, and it is not just a radish and cabbage that everyone is willing to pick up. ”

Xiao Xuan was annoyed by what he said, and couldn't help but say: "I thought that a powerful person like you would always have a way to help me find out." ”

Hu Jiu shook his head, and his tone softened a lot, "I have no choice, except for those great cultivators who practice special supernatural powers who can see the cultivation qualifications of ordinary people, they can only pass some artifact judgments, such as this entry test of Wufeng Academy, they will definitely take out the soul sealing stone." ”

"The soul sealing stone can detect whether ordinary people are born with divine souls, but the greater role is to test the qualifications of those who have awakened divine souls, after all, people who can't even awaken their divine souls will rarely go to the entrance exam, and they can only bring humiliation on themselves. ”

Xiao Xuan listened to him for a long time, and had a headache, how did he know that there was so much to say inside?

Hu Jiu looked at him and said seriously: "For you, if you can't take that first step and awaken before the entrance exam, everything will be in vain." ”

"The awakening of ordinary people's souls, some of them practice the secret method of cultivation, some of them take the genius earth treasure, and some of them are even urged by the direct transmission of the great power, but there is no doubt that the same method of awakening is not effective for everyone. ”

Xiao Xuan was silent.

This is a contradiction.

A contradiction that he can't see even the slightest hope for him at the moment.

With no hope in sight, he decided not to think about it for the time being.

"Where are you going?"

"It may seem like nothing will come of it anytime soon, but I always have other important things to do. ”