Chapter 16: A Strange Attitude
Three hours later.
Zeng Yihao finally finished this time of cultivation, opened his eyes, but saw that five luxury tents were set up in place, except for a few guards who were keeping vigil, Zhao, Xu, Bai, the three of them, the delicate girl, and the old man in cloth were all gone, while Tang Haitao was sitting beside him and closed his eyes to cultivate, and the two pit viper corpses were still at his feet, blinking, and he was about to get up.
The sound of grass movement immediately woke Tang Haitao, who opened his eyes, carefully looked at the guards, and lowered his voice to teach: "You are so bold that you dare to break through the realm in front of strangers!"
"Hey...... Uncle Tao, you're here, what am I afraid of!" Zeng Yihao smiled innocently.
"Why aren't you afraid? They are numerous and powerful, and there are masters, if you want to make trouble with you, I can't protect you at all!" Tang Haitao said dissatisfiedly: "Where do you want to go? Don't say I didn't remind you, that girl has a very good background, and it's not something you can provoke." ”
"Uncle Tao, I just want to pee!" Zeng Yihao pretended to be helpless.
His father's poisonous wounds have not healed, his broken ribs have not completely healed, and there are people like Tang Haitao next to him who are always watching, no matter how beautiful the delicate girl is, he has no heart to provoke at present.
Tang Haitao's tone froze, and then he said angrily: "Be careful!"
Zeng Yihao smiled, quickly found a dark place to release water, returned to the same place, climbed the tree slowly, and slept directly. On this day, the battle of wits and courage with Tang Haitao along the way, and the dealings with Zhao, Xu, and Bai just now, really made Zeng Yihao consume too many brain cells, even if the cultivation is a breakthrough, but this soul and this body may not be completely integrated, and he is still a little tired.
"Hurry up and get to bed so you can prepare for tomorrow's emergencies. Zeng Yihao can imagine that if the delicate girl took the initiative to talk to him tomorrow, Zhao and Xu would be so annoyed that they would inevitably lose their temper again.
This **, Zeng Yihao did not sleep peacefully, the death in the previous life, the possession in this life, and the scene of Lao Hu falling to death from the sky**, constantly appeared in the dream, so that when he woke up the next day, he was still tired.
"Didn't sleep well?" The young man surnamed Bai just walked out of the tent when Zeng Yihao was stretching his waist, and when he saw Zeng Yihao with two big black eyes, he smiled slightly, which was a greeting.
"A coward, you definitely don't dare to sleep!" probably didn't want other competitors to be courteous to the delicate girl in advance, so Zhao Huizhao also got out of the tent early, and sneered when he heard the words.
"It's okay, it's just not used to sleeping in the wild. Faced with the inquiry of the young man surnamed Bai, Zeng Yihao was still stunned: "Thank you, you are indeed a good person!"
The young man surnamed Bai smiled, and Zhao Huizhao only pouted.
After waiting for nearly a quarter of an hour, everyone got up, freshened up a little, and then took out their own dry food.
"Hey, Haozi! Here you go!" Seeing that Zeng Yihao was holding a dry dough cake in his hand, the delicate girl took the initiative to throw the beef in her hand over.
Zeng Yihao wanted to roll his eyes. Actually called himself "Haozi?", how ugly it sounds, like calling "mouse".
"Women, they like to mess with nicknames!" It's just that her strength is too poor, and she has to ask for others, so she can only endure it first.
Zhao Huizhao and the young man surnamed Xu glared at Zeng Yihao at the same time, very jealous, Zhao Huizhao couldn't help but say: "Sister Yun, you are so kind, and you are so polite to such waste." He alone does not deserve such treatment...... ”
"Well, it's delicious!" Zeng Yihao couldn't see his arrogant appearance, so he deliberately took a heavy bite, and then said: "But Qiang Lao, this is this young lady who took the initiative to give me, I don't pay!"
"Xiao Hao!" Tang Haitao was afraid that he would provoke Zhao Huizhao to anger, so he hurriedly stopped, and then smiled at the old man in cloth: "Don't be surprised by the old man, in fact, my nephew is also from a big family, and his father is a family descendant, but he ran out of the ...... because he had some misunderstandings with his family when he was young." ”
Zeng Yihao was still stunned, but he secretly scolded Tang Haitao in his heart for deliberately raising his background, obviously to protect himself, but in fact to pull hatred for himself.
"Joke, everyone in Kuaixian City knows that their Zeng family is just his father and son, what a big family, Master Tang don't think that the strong old man is easy to deceive!" Zhao Huizhao was really dissatisfied.
The old man in cloth was stunned, and then said thoughtfully: "His surname is Zeng, could it be the ...... of the Zeng family in the Northeast Region?"
"Exactly!" Tang Haitao nodded hurriedly: "You are really well-informed...... ”
"The Zeng family?" The delicate girl was also interested: "That is the top family in the Northeast Region, and our Qin family's status in the Northwest Region is on par!
"Uh...... I don't know about this below. Tang Haitao was a little embarrassed.
"Hmph! Even if it is, it must have made some mistake before being expelled!" Zhao Huizhao stared at Zeng Yihao with displeasure.
How can this kind of waste be compared to the self from which everyone was born?
Zhao Huizhao, who thinks highly of himself, never wants to be compared to Zeng Yihao in his family world.
Zeng Yihao blinked: "Uncle Tao, you must be mistaken, my father said that my grandfather and grandmother are dead, and there are no other relatives in the family!"
Top family?
Even if his father is really from this top family, the family has ignored his father for more than ten years, and Zeng Yihao has no intention of recognizing them!
Tang Haitao's smile stiffened slightly, but he immediately said: "I have been friends with your father for many years, how can I not know your father's origin? He just doesn't want to tell you!"
"Anyway, I haven't heard of the Zeng family. Dad has been poisoned for so many years, and I haven't seen anyone from the Zeng family send anyone to see him!" Zeng Yihao emphasized again.
The old man in cloth smiled slightly: "If what Master Tang said is true, maybe your father has something unspeakable!"
Seeing that Zhao Huizhao was still unconvinced, Bai Zhizhou suddenly spoke, very sincerely: "Since Brother Zeng has never heard of this, I think Brother Zeng's father doesn't want him to know, so we don't need to inquire." Elder Qiang, why don't you continue to tell us about Tongbaofang! Yesterday we were all very satisfied. ”
Tongbaofang?
Zeng Yihao sensitively caught this word, and hurriedly looked at the old man in cloth, wanting to hear it too.
"Hehe......" The old man in cloth smiled slightly: "Actually, the old man only has some friendship with one of the directors of the Zhuli County Branch of Tongbaofang, and he knows a little about some of the assessment processes of their outer workshop, and he basically finished talking about it yesterday." They are under the age of 20, and those who are above the sixth order can go to give it a try, and after passing the assessment, they can enter the outer workshop. The level of this assessment is nothing more than six levels, including the test of the heart surname, the test of force, the test of eyesight, the test of professionalism, the test of oral expression, and the measurement of bone age. He glanced at Zeng Yihao intentionally or unintentionally: "Even if the young man is not qualified, he can focus on these aspects." ”
"He said it to me on purpose!" Zeng Yihao was shocked by the deep meaning in the eyes of the old man in cloth.
After thinking about it again, Zeng Yihao once again had strong doubts about Bai Zhizhou: "Did he also deliberately bring up this topic?"
It's just that why do people with the surname Bai help each other again and again?
Got close to yourself?
However, Zeng Yihao looked at Bai Zhizhou carefully, but he didn't find that his appearance was a little similar to himself, and after a few glances, he saw Bai Zhizhou smiling at him, Zeng Yihao replied with a stunned smile, and temporarily put this question aside.
"Elder Qiang, you said yesterday that the assessment of their outer fang usually tests response, reaction, eyesight, and counting, but there is one thing that the younger generation does not understand, in the past few hundred years, the test of Tongbao Fang has been almost three times a month, and the frequency is high enough, but why is the pass rate still so low? If someone is interested in statistics, they should be able to spread some of the experiences that have passed!" Bai Zhizhou asked again.
The old man in cloth smiled slightly: "There are differences between people, and other people's experiences may not be suitable for themselves, and the assessment of Tongbaofang's outer workshop is different every time, and the latter cannot learn from the failure and success of the former." ”
Zeng Yihao's heart moved, thinking about the first volume of "Tongbao Minerals", and couldn't help asking: "May I ask the seniors, how is the inner and outer fangs of Tongbao Fang divided?
The old man in cloth had a flash of brilliance in his eyes, and he did not shirk it: "As far as the old man knows, the outer fang of Tongbaofang is responsible for external business, recruitment, and training, while the inner fang is responsible for finding things, protection, internal assessment, supervision and law enforcement. The division of labor is different, so the members of the inner workshop may not have a higher status than the members of the outer square. However, the cultivation of the members of the inner workshop is generally higher than that of the members of the outer workshop, and the salary is also much higher. ”
"It's just that it's difficult for their inner members to review, and ordinary people can't get in without the recommendation of the old members of the inner fang. However, the members of their inner fang have always been mysterious, and they are not insiders, so they have no way of knowing who belongs to the inner fang in their area.
"Oh?" Zeng Yihao couldn't help but feel a little proud, remembering Lu Weisheng's "Tongbao Mineral Chronicles" in his arms, and said secretly: "Others want to get it but don't know the way, but I picked one up casually, it seems that God really loves me!"
Tang Haitao approached him at this time and whispered: "Xiao Hao, now that you have broken through to the fourth-order Xuantu, you can use six years to upgrade your cultivation to the sixth-order Xuantu, and then apply to enter the Tongbaofang Outer Fang." Ordinary people don't dare to fight in the outer square of Tongbaofang. ”
"Okay, I remember!" Zeng Yihao looked at him strangely, nodded, and smiled in his heart.
Out-of-town?
Waifang was never his goal!
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