Chapter Twenty-Seven: Into the City
Ji Ye and the three of them came to the city gate, and there were ten city guards standing on the left and right sides of the city gate, each wearing black armor, holding a long knife, standing there with their chests held high and their backs, and their iron bones were standing there, their eyes were watching the passers-by, and there were also rows of guards patrolling back and forth above the city gate.
"Let's go in" Ji Ye said and walked forward, and soon the three of them came to the city gate, and one of the guards saw Ji Ye and the three of them said: "Enter the city and pay ten lower grade yuan stones."
Hearing the words of the head of the guard, Ji Ye looked at it and saw that it was written on the wall: "Those who enter the city pay ten lower grade yuan stones", and when he saw that there was a mark, Ji Ye took out thirty lower grade yuan stones from the storage ring and handed them to the guard leader.
"Let's go in," the head of the guard said flatly, and then the men on one side let them go.
As soon as the three of them entered the city, they saw the bustling crowd in the city, the noisy streets, and the towering buildings rising from the ground, all kinds of buildings.
Ji Ye and the three of them came to a teahouse and sat down, tasting the fragrant tea sent by Xiao Er, and Jiya said, "What are your plans?"
Hearing Ji Ye, Zi Ying'er put down the light teacup in her hand and said, "I will live in the city for a while now, waiting for the entrance exam of the Imperial Academy, and Xiaoru will go back to the family first."
"Oh" After Ji Ye heard it, she looked at Xiao Ru, Xiao Ru's eyes were slightly red, her expression was full of sadness, and her eyes were full of reluctance, but she didn't say anything, this was the arrangement of the head of the family, originally thought that a servant like her was not qualified to come out at all, this time it was Zi Ying'er who brought her in the car, which was already very satisfying for her, so she didn't dare to ask for anything more.
"Xiaoru, but you can go to them, they will take you back," Zi Ying'er said softly.
"Hmm," Xiaoru nodded.
"I'm going to find a place to stay" Ji Ye got up and looked outside, moved the stool, and wanted to leave.
Zi Ying'er said embarrassedly: "You can also help me find a place, I don't have any acquaintances here"
"Okay" Seeing Ziying'er's pitiful expression, Ji Ye nodded, and then said, "I'll come to you later" After speaking, he left.
Ji Ye left the teahouse and walked on the street, there were a lot of people in the street, and it was very appropriate to describe it as a crowd, although this is only a medium-sized city, but there are a lot of caravans back and forth, walking casual cultivation, and the entrance exam of the Imperial College that will come soon, which will run the population flow of Yuanfeng City to the maximum.
Due to the large number of people in the street, Himeya had to move forward slowly, and it took a lot of effort to find an inn, and when he walked inside, Himeya asked, "The shopkeeper gave me two rooms"
"Wait a minute" Soon the shopkeeper took out two keys and said, "Give you the keys, rooms 304 and 305."
"Thank you" Ji Ye took the key, thanked, and then wanted to leave, just wanted to step away Ji Ye heard some people talking about the auction house, Ji Ye just came to Yuanfeng City, and didn't know about Yuanfeng City, so he found a place to sit down and listen to their conversation.
"It is said that there is an auction tonight, which is held by the Qin Clan's Auction House, and I heard that this auction will be held by the four major families of Yuanfeng City and the people of the City Lord's Mansion," a man in a robe spoke.
"Yes, it's rare to see such a grand auction, and I must have something good to do this time, and I'll have to go there in the evening," said a big man with thick black hair.
"I'm also going to join in the fun, I can't miss such a difficult thing"
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Ji Ye, who was sitting on the side, listened to the conversation of these people, and said to himself: "Is it an auction, I'll also go and see it in the evening, maybe there is something good" and then got up and left a piece of lower grade Yuan Stone and left, rushing back to Ziying'er.
After a while, Ji Ye returned to the teahouse where Zi Ying'er was, and when she returned here, Ji Ye only saw Zi Ying'er drinking tea alone, shaking the teacup in her hand in boredom.
As soon as Ji Ye appeared, Zi Ying'er saw him, and Ji Ye also walked over, sat opposite her, took a sip of tea and said, "I've found a place to live, let's go over now."
Immediately, the two of them packed up and walked to the inn that Ji Ye had just found, and as soon as they got out of the street, Zi Ying'er said, "There are so many people!"
"I'll learn more in a few days" Ji Ye said, Zi Ying'er nodded, and said: "The Imperial Academy is about to enroll, many people will come to participate, and it is normal for the population in the city to skyrocket."
Ji Ye asked, "Can you tell me about this Imperial Academy?"
Purple Shadow nodded and said, "The Imperial Academy was opened by the royal family of the Wind Country, and their purpose in opening the academy was to cultivate talents and enhance the strength of the country. The academy is in the imperial capital of the Wind Country, and the college recruits a group of colleges from various cities in the Wind Country every year, as long as you pass the examination of the college, you can enter the college, there are a lot of exercises, martial arts, powerful weapons and soul master cultivation exercises, soul skills and pills and other resources in the academy, you can have many cultivation resources when you enter the students, there will be some construction in the academy to assist us in cultivation, which can speed up our cultivation, and the academy has many cultivation benefits, which you can learn about later"
"Oh, it turns out that the academy is so complicated, how do you know" Ji Ye looked at Zi Ying'er curiously, he knew that Zi Ying'er was the first time to go out like himself, but he didn't expect her to be so clear about these things.
"I learned all this from books, don't you know" Purple Shadow blinked and looked at Himeya.
"I haven't read a book like this, so I don't know" Himeya was a little embarrassed.
The two chatted and walked, and soon came to the inn, and when they walked into the inn, Ji Ye was about to give Zi Ying'er a key and find the room, the rooms of the two were connected, and they each entered the room.
Ji Ye walked into the room, thought about it and didn't do anything for a long time, but got into trouble, "Huh" Ji Ye sat on the edge of the bed and fell asleep, exhaling a sulky breath.
As soon as he entered the room, the Blood Demon said: "Boy, now that you have time, I will teach you to cultivate soul power, although your current cultivation speed is fast, this is only because you have the natal yuan power in the Shura Blood Temple in your body, and when you consume these natal yuan power, your cultivation speed will slow down, so you quickly learn alchemy, and you can refine some pills to assist in cultivation in the future, and speed up your cultivation."
Hearing the Blood Devil's long words, Ji Ye sat up from the bed and said, "Okay, Blood Elder, let's start"
Hearing that the Blood Demon was going to teach him to cultivate soul power, Ji Ye was full of energy, he had long wanted to become a soul master, and now that he finally had the opportunity, it was no wonder that he was unhappy.
"You kid" Seeing Ji Ye so happy, the Blood Demon couldn't help but laugh and scold.
A "hum" sound came from the Blood Demon Sword, and then an old man dressed in black appeared in front of Ji Ye, Ji Ye watched the Blood Demon come out of the sword, a little surprised, the first time he saw the true body of the Blood Demon Son, Ji Ye felt a powerful aura from his body, and thought in his heart: Is this the strength of the King Realm?
"What are you kid thinking" Seeing Ji Ye's eyes dissolved, the blood devil knew that this kid was thinking about something else.
"It's nothing, let's get started" Himeya came back to his senses and looked at the blood demon in his body.
"Hmm" The Blood Demon sat on the bed and began to speak: "The soul master is to cultivate the soul, the soul is the foundation of people, it dominates people's thoughts, if a person dies without a soul, he is a walking corpse, so the importance of the soul is undoubted." Soul master cultivation is much more difficult than martial cultivation, the key is that the resources for cultivating the soul are much rarer than martial arts, and soul skills are naturally indispensable for cultivating souls, but soul skills are more precious, and ordinary soul masters can't get a soul skill in their life, and soul skills are difficult to cultivate and time-consuming, so soul masters generally don't learn a lot of soul skills, they will specialize in learning a few soul skills that meet their own, and then cultivate it to the extreme, and usually, the duel between soul masters is between a few moves, and the soul power is not enough so easy to lose, it is not like the body can withstand a heavy blow, if the soul suffers a heavy blow, it will be damaged, soul damage is a very troublesome thing, and it is even more difficult to find a medicine to repair the soul, so you kid have to work hard."
Hearing the words of the Blood Devil, Ji Ye's face changed, and he felt as if the Blood Demon was urging him in disguise to hurry up and help him find the elixir to repair his soul.
The Blood Demon Zi continued: "The soul master can also refine the elixir and refine the weapon, but to learn these two things, you must first learn to flexibly control the soul power, and have the superb skills of controlling the soul with one hand, you can increase the chance of success in the alchemy and the refiner, how to control the soul power depends on your own talent, no one can help you."
Ji Ye listened to the Blood Devil's words with bright eyes, and memorized every word he said in his mind.
"Okay, that's all I have to say, now you start to practice the soul exercises I taught you," the Blood Demon stopped explaining and said slowly.
At this time, Ji Ye asked with a sly smile on the corner of his mouth: "Blood Elder, I guess you should also have soul skills on you."
"You kid is smiling so insidiously, I know there is no good thing," the blood devil scolded angrily.
"Hey" Himeya smiled and touched her hair.
"Yes, yes, but what you have to do now is to quickly learn how to cultivate the soul first, otherwise you won't be able to learn even if you have soul skills" The blood devil scolded Ji Ye.
"Well, I'll start now" Ji Ye closed his eyes after finishing speaking, and began to practice the Blood Demon Son's exercises.
Ji Ye ran the exercises, and soon felt that his soul was under strong pressure, and the further the exercises worked, the greater the pressure, Ji Ye felt that his soul was about to be crushed in half, and his soul was also in great pain, this is when he thought that the blood devil said that the cultivation soul was very suffering, and after adapting to it for a while, Ji Ye felt that the pain was reduced a lot, so he continued to start cultivating, and the speed became faster and faster.
An hour later, Ji Ye woke up from his cultivation state and found that a thick layer of sweat had appeared on his forehead.
"That's right, the first cultivation has reached an hour," the Blood Demon Zi praised.
"Huhu" Ji Ye gasped for breath and did not speak.
"In the future, you will devote one or two hours to cultivating your soul power every day, so that day after day, your soul power will increase day by day, understand" The Blood Demon was a strict teacher at this time, teaching Ji Ye.
"Hmm," Himeya nodded.
The Blood Demon Zi also said: "Soul power will only become more and more powerful when you are under great pressure, and your soul power will also be enhanced when you refine pills and weapons in the future" The Blood Demon taught Himeya.
"Okay, you can cultivate by yourself" The Blood Demon returned to the Blood Demon Sword, and Ji Ye also entered the cultivation state again.
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Two hours later, Ji Ye woke up from his cultivation state, looked out the window, the sky was already dark, and Ji Ye said, "Let's go see the auction"
Himeya stood up and looked at the clothes on his body, which were somewhat torn due to today's fight.
Himeya took some time to freshen up, took a new purple outfit from the storage ring and put it on, and walked out the door.