After walking out of the mountains, the population gradually became dense, and the rivers were magnificent along the way, and Ye Ziyu also took the opportunity to ask Zeng Anjun about some common sense of this world.

Originally, the country was called Cai State, with a land spanning 30,000 miles and a total of nine counties and 27 counties.

After listening to this, Ye Ziyu couldn't help but smack his tongue, spanning 30,000 miles? Wouldn't that be larger than the area of the Heavenly Empire in the previous life?

Zeng Anjun told Ye Ziyu everything he knew, the barbarian race is also a branch of the human race, but I heard that there is demon blood flowing in its body, so it is strong in flesh and infinitely powerful.

Ye Ziyu didn't find it strange, since there were qi refiners in this world, it was not surprising that there were various strange races.

A month later, Ye Ziyu and the others came to the gate of the city in Wucheng County.

I saw the tall and majestic city gate open to the east, and the bluestone city wall was simple and majestic.

From the city gate, you can see that the houses in the city are lined up. The streets are full of people and hawkers, and it is really lively.

The soldiers in front of the city gate waved their hands and let them enter the city after checking the official documents handed over by Zeng Anjun.

After entering the city, Zeng Anjun asked the other two to report to the barracks with the more than 300 strong men.

He led Ye Ziyu and the seven children straight to the center of the city, passing through the streets and alleys without stopping for a moment.

Soon a group of nine people came to the county guard mansion in the center, Zeng Anjun stepped forward to contact the guards of the gate, and after the officials entered the mansion to report, they came to pass the word to Zeng Anjun and them into the inner mansion.

A middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper in front of him took Zeng Anjun and them straight to the backyard and opened a vermilion gate.

I saw a large school field in front of a magnificent and gorgeous hall, and a huge stone stood in the middle of the school field, and the stone body still exuded a little clear light, which was extremely strange.

At this time, the school field was already full of qi refining seedlings sent from all over the world, and they were lining up to touch the stones to test their qualifications.

There is a platform several feet high above the school grounds, and a table is placed in the middle of the high platform. On the left and on the right sat two middle-aged men with majestic manners, and one of them was the group of guards of this group of cities.

The other person was dressed in black armor and wore a long sword at his waist, presumably the county lieutenant. In the center, there was an old man in a purple robe sitting on the main seat, and I saw that he was in good spirits, and there was a flash of light in his eyes from time to time.

The momentum around the body is a few points stronger than that of the county guard, and I don't know which big man it is.

At this time, a boy on the stage stepped forward to touch the stone, and after the boy's palm was put up, the stone emitted a pale yellow light, and gradually the light condensed into the shape of a piece of earth and stone.

The two people sitting in the audience looked at each other and smiled, and they were seedlings with qi refining qualifications, although the light was a little weaker, but at least they could still refine qi.

The purple-robed old man in the middle was still closing his eyes, as if this qualification could not arouse his interest at all.

Ye Ziyu and the others lined up from noon to dusk, and finally it was their turn to take the test, first the young children walked to the school field and started the qualification test under the guidance of the teacher.

Among the seven children, only one little girl with pigtails had the qualifications to refine qi, and when she timidly put her little hand into the groove, the stone actually outlined an innate gossip map, and the dark color was actually impregnated with half of the yin fish area.

A different color flashed in the eyes of the old man on the stage, and then he stroked his beard and smiled: "This little girl has acceptable qualifications, so let the old man take it away and train it personally." ”

The guards and captains on the side nodded their heads again and again, extremely deferential to the old man.

Zeng Anjun in the audience was also happy when he saw that the little girl had outstanding qualifications, and his reward was definitely indispensable at that time.

When it was Ye Ziyu's turn, the vermilion gate was suddenly pushed open, and a middle-aged man with a feminine face walked in with a young man who was eleven or twelve years old and richly dressed.

The middle-aged man shouted at Ye Ziyu on the steps in an unquestionable tone: "You come down first, let my young master test first." ”

Ye Ziyu still walked up on his own, as if he hadn't heard his words. Seeing this, the middle-aged man jumped directly and rushed towards Ye Ziyu.

Zeng Anjun's face sank, and he jumped towards the man to stop him, but unexpectedly, this person was actually a foreign master who was not weak, and slapped Zeng Anjun on the shoulder with a palm in the air, directly knocking him to the ground, and a wisp of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Ye Ziyu only felt a strong wind hitting his back, and without thinking, he punched back, just touching the middle-aged man's hand that grabbed him.

Both of them were shocked, Ye Ziyu "pedaled" and took three steps back, but the middle-aged man directly retreated five steps, and this time it was Ye Ziyu who had the upper hand.

The three people on the high platform seem to have been accustomed to the domineering of middle-aged people, the middle-aged man's surname is Wang Mingwei, he doesn't have much ability, he just knows some foreign kung fu.

But the Li family behind him is huge, and it has an influence that cannot be underestimated in the entire Cai officialdom.

Ye Ziyu was not afraid of him at all, and the two of them were ready to fight.

The young man behind Wang Wei said: "Forget Wang Wei, why bother to be like a mud-legged man, if he wants to test first, let him test first, anyway, he can't have any qi refining qualifications." ”

The tone was extremely arrogant, and he didn't take Ye Ziyu in his eyes at all.

Wang Wei glanced at Ye Ziyu hatefully after hearing this, but he didn't make another move.

Ye Ziyu's expression was indifferent, and he also didn't put the other party in his eyes, people respect me, and I respect people.

But if you want to rely on your identity to show off in front of him, you have chosen the wrong object.

Ye Ziyujing walked to the front of the stone, only to find that there was a palm-shaped groove in the middle, which did not look like it was naturally formed, but more like it was artificially imprinted by the day after tomorrow.

Without much thought, he placed his left hand in the groove of the stone.

The moment it was put in, it caused an uproar, and the light on the stone was so bright that everyone couldn't open their eyes, and the stone made a clicking sound.

It seems that because of the immense energy, cracks even appeared on the surface of the stone.

Just heard the sound of "boom", the boulder exploded, and the broken stones splashed down the stage, making everyone present open their mouths wide and speechless.

Even the old man in purple was taken aback. The three of them looked at Ye Ziyu who was stretching out his hand on the stage in a daze, and said in unison: "Cultivation genius." ”

Ye Ziyu had just put his hand into the groove when he felt a wisp of true qi emanating from the stone.

Surveyed his body as if it were scanning his entire body.

Originally, everything was normal, but at the moment when I scanned my eyebrows.

That wisp of true qi exploded, followed by the surging of qi and blood in his body, and a faint layer of pure white light appeared on the skin of his body.

At this time, the three big men had already surrounded Ye Ziyu in the middle, and they were even more excited than seeing the peerless beauty.

Ye Ziyu felt awkward and awkward at this time, and the three big men surrounded him.

The smile was still so kind, as if he were their long-lost son.

The young man in the audience had a look of disbelief in his eyes, and muttered: "How is this possible, it's just a mud leg from the mountains." ”

But the facts in front of him didn't allow him not to believe it, his face turned red, and he shouted in the audience: "He must have played some trick, how could he directly shatter the verification stone!" ”

Before Ye Ziyu could argue, he only heard the old man in the purple robe snort coldly: "Don't give me enough to stop, can you really do it when your Li family can cover the sky with one hand?" ”

Suddenly, a trace of blood overflowed from the corners of the young man's and Wang Wei's mouths, and Ye Ziyu was secretly frightened, is this a qi refiner? Just one sound wave can hurt someone.

The young man in Chinese clothes turned pale and didn't dare to say anything more, but his eyes were full of resentment when he looked at Ye Ziyu.

Wang Wei fell directly to the ground and didn't dare to get up.

Seeing this, the county keeper hurriedly stepped forward to play the round, and then beckoned a few subordinates to come up and clean up the gravel on the stage, and took out an identical boulder from the treasury again to continue to verify the qualifications.

Then he beckoned a butler-like man to come near, and told him to go down and prepare a table for a banquet.

After doing this, he turned to the old man in purple and said: "Lord Zhao, this time you are happy to have two talents, it is really gratifying, I have set up a banquet in the mansion to congratulate the Lord and your two disciples, and please do not shirk." ”

The old man surnamed Zhao saw that the county guard was mediating at this time, so he took in the compelling momentum and smiled lightly: "Thank you Wen for the good intentions of the county guard, but the old man is disrespectful." ”

After speaking, he followed the county guard path into the main hall, and did not look at the pale-faced young man and Wang Wei who was kneeling on the ground at this time.

He turned around and beckoned to Ye Ziyu and the little girl, motioning for them to come in with him.

Ye Ziyu stood aside and saw this scene, and after seeing this, he knew a little more about this world, this is a world dominated by the strong.

All official qualifications must be given to absolute strength, and as a cultivator, the most important thing is one's own strength.

The dishes on the banquet were all mountain and sea delicacies that Ye Ziyu had never seen in his previous life and this life, and there was a small stir-fry made of the heart and liver of a strange beast.

There is also a chicken soup made from thousand-year-old ginseng, and each dish is a delicacy that ordinary people rarely see in their lives.

Ye Ziyu was sitting next to Zeng Anjun, and he looked restrained and uneasy at the moment.

Don't say that this Lord Zhao, even Wen Junshou is also an unattainable low-level official like him on weekdays.

It was Zeng Anjun who Ye Ziyu introduced to the old man, so he was able to sit on the table with his identity.

Everyone at the table was full of people with heads and faces in the county town, and the youngest official was also a county prince, and everyone didn't think they were embarrassed when they saw Ye Ziyu's hillbilly appearance, but praised him for being a young hero and uninformal.

Wen Junshou looked at Zeng Anjun with a smile on his face, and even came over to touch a cup with him, and said with a smile: "Brother Zeng, if you encounter difficulties in the future, just come to me, you are Brother Ye's friend, and you are my Wen's friend." ”

Zeng Anjun was flattered and nodded again and again. Looking at Ye Ziyu's eyes, he was full of gratitude, and he really didn't press the wrong treasure. The future of this young man is limitless.

Ye Ziyu just lowered his head and ate the dishes violently, but he didn't pay attention to them. During the banquet, the audience talked about it, and then they knew that this Lord Zhao's name was Zhao Xingping.

Zhao Xingping looked at Ye Ziyu and became more and more happy, with this young man, he will have a towering tree that he can rely on in the future to go further in the officialdom, and even his own family.

A wine was eaten until the third watch, until Zhao Xingping said that he was a little tired, and the Lord Qunshou accepted the banquet and arranged for the housekeeper to help Ye Ziyu arrange a place to stay.

After the night banquet ended, Zhao Xingping called Ye Ziyu into his room alone.

Zhao Xingping asked Ye Ziyu's origin, name, and age in detail, and after asking this, he waved his hand and said, "You go down to rest, and I will take you back to the national capital directly tomorrow morning." ”

Ye Ziyu didn't move, twisting and refusing to leave. Zhao Xingping was stunned.

Seeing that he didn't leave, he asked curiously, "Why don't you go down yet?" If there is anything to tell me, I will arrange for them to do it for you. ”

Ye Ziyu smiled shyly and said, "My lord, I don't have anything to do, I just want a book of qi refining methods to practice." ”

Zhao Xingping laughed and said, "I said, what is the big deal with you, this is easy to do." ”

After speaking, he flipped through the table for a while, and casually threw a booklet to Ye Ziyu.

He said to him: "This is the Qi refining technique that you have cultivated at the beginning, you should go down and comprehend it with your heart." If you have nothing to do, go back and rest, and you have to hurry up tomorrow morning. ”

Ye Ziyu carefully took the booklet, bowed to Zhao Xingping and exited the room.

On the way, Ye Ziyu saw the contents of the booklet by the dim candlelight.

On the cover were the five small characters of "Xuanhuang Lian Qi Decision", Ye Ziyu said in his heart: "This name is too ordinary, shouldn't it be the old man who used it to perfunctory me." ”

The so-called Xuanhuang is the color of heaven and earth, and the ancient book cloud: the sky is mysterious and the earth is yellow.

After Ye Ziyu returned to his room, he lit a candle and seriously comprehended this Xuanhuang Qi Practice, at first he didn't know the essentials, he only felt that the mantra was extremely tongue-twisting, and the meaning was jerky and difficult to understand.

But after an hour, Ye Ziyu finally gradually mastered the essentials, and two hours later, he was already sitting cross-legged on the couch, and there was an inexplicable rhythm in his breathing between his mouth and nose.

At this time, Ye Ziyu only felt that the hot qi in his body was constantly swimming along the meridians around his body under the traction of the Xuanhuang Qi Cultivation Method.

One night, he operated the wisps of heat in his body according to the true qi movement diagram drawn in the booklet and the mantra, and finally used that hot qi to penetrate Ren's veins before the Tianming rooster crowed.

Officially entered the realm of the first level of qi refining mentioned in the booklet. After opening the Ren vein, he felt that his body was much lighter than before, and he could vaguely feel the pulse of the aura between heaven and earth.

It's faint, but you can feel that it's real.

There are three levels of Xuanhuang Qi Refining in this volume, and the highest is that you can only practice to the realm of the first level of Qi refining, and there will be no follow-up chapters beyond that.

Presumably, Zhao Xingping didn't expect him to become a qi refiner overnight.

Not long after the rooster crowed, Ye Ziyu's door was knocked, and the group guard sent someone to inform Ye Ziyu to go to the lobby to gather, and Zhao Xingping was ready to go.

After Ye Ziyu washed, he changed into a set of white robes prepared for him by the county guard, and followed his subordinates to the lobby.

In the lobby, Zhao Xingping was sitting on the main seat with his eyes closed, and when he saw Ye Ziyu arrive, he stood up and was about to leave.

Suddenly, he looked at it intently, revealing a look of disbelief, pointing at Ye Ziyu and saying, "You have actually cultivated as a Qi Refiner?" ”

Then he came to Ye Ziyu in a flash, and after looking at it carefully, he gasped.

After making sure that his induction was not wrong, Ye Ziyu had indeed broken through from a mortal to the realm of the first level of qi refining in one fell swoop.

Ye Ziyu smiled shyly, trying her best to show the simplicity of a peasant boy. But he said: "It's just a layer of qi refining, and I'm still far behind you." After saying that, he was still there and giggling.

Zhao Xingping was choked by his words and almost didn't catch his breath, he had outstanding qualifications since he was a child, he began to cultivate at the age of three, and it was not until he was twenty-one years old that he broke through the Ren pulse and entered the first layer of qi refining, and now he is old, but he is only the sixth layer of qi refining, this kid has become a qi refiner after practicing overnight? What an unreasonableness!

After Zhao Xingping calmed down, there was another burst of ecstasy, finding such talents for the imperial court, it would be difficult for his family to prosper in the future. After encouraging Ye Ziyu a few more words, he said: "Everyone is together, let's leave for China." ”

So Zhao Xingping took Ye Ziyu and the other three children straight to the school field on the west side of the county guard's mansion.

One of them was the little girl with pigtails, Ye Ziyu asked curiously, "Aren't you going to the national capital?" ”

Zhao Xingping patiently explained: "Quncheng is still thousands of miles away from the national capital, and I have you by my side.

Even if you rush there on horseback, it will take at least a year and a half, and there is a teleportation formation left by an immortal master between the county and the national capital, and you can reach the national capital as long as you throw in the spirit stone for a while. ”

After speaking, he waved his robe sleeves, and his spiritual power burst out, and a huge Tai Chi Bagua diagram suddenly appeared on the originally empty school ground.

In front of Zhao Xingping, a suspended array platform appeared, and there were nine square grooves on the formation platform, and he waved his hand to let Ye Ziyu and the three children walk to the middle of the gossip map.

Then, with a flick of his sleeves, nine stones with a dull luster flew out of it, embedded in the grooves of the array platform, and then flashed to Ye Ziyu's side.

I only heard Zhao Xingping say: "After the formation is activated, you will close your eyes, there will be wind in your ears, don't open your eyes, and then open your eyes when I call you." ”

Ye Ziyu and the three children hurriedly nodded yes.

Not long after, the Tai Chi Bagua diagram in the field lit up with a strong light, and then Ye Ziyu and others disappeared from the school field.

Ye Ziyu only felt that the wind in his ears suddenly rose, blowing his eardrums a little painful, but fortunately, after a stick of incense, the wind stopped abruptly, and Zhao Xingping said: "It's here, you can open your eyes." ”

Ye Ziyu opened his eyes and saw that he was already in a large square at this time.

In front of the square is a big hall, the big hall is magnificent, the palace golden roof, the red door, showing an antique style, the sense of grandeur arises spontaneously.

The pillars on both sides are carved with five-clawed golden dragons, and the white marble railings enclose the square for a whole circle.

The palace is extremely high, and there are nine full steps from the bottom of the stairs to the top, and nine is the most numerous, showing the majesty of the emperor's family with nine steps.