Chapter 7 The Way of Life of the Poor
At this time, the three dogs have long lost the ruddy face they had before, and some of them have sunken faces, as if they have been hungry for a long time. His face was like the kind of grayish white that had not been seen for a long time.
"Uncle Hai, why... Why... I didn't do anything, they..."The three dogs couldn't stop crying, he didn't know why, things became like this.
"Okay, it's okay, let's go back first. Don't think about it, this is the way of the world, we are all poor, we are all refugees, we are all ordinary people. Zhou Lihai put his arms around the three dogs and helped him up. He didn't say anything, because that's what can happen to ordinary people without status.
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In this world, there is also a very cruel way of living.
In order to earn a living, when the poor are desperate, there is one last way to live.
That's selling life.
Yes, to some demon masters, sell the vitality of their bodies.
5 years of vitality, 100 gold.
Why does Zhou Lihai know so clearly?
Because a month ago, for Xiaotian's tuition, just for the 100 gold coins, he himself went to sell it once.
Originally, a piece of white crystal was enough, after all, a piece of white crystal was at least equivalent to 100 gold coins. However, where is life so easy to please, nearly half a year has passed, and it has long been spent. So, for the sake of tuition, he went to sell his life once. Selling one's own vitality means selling one's own life.
In this world, strength is respected. Without a spiritual root, it means having nothing.
If you have strength and money, then these people will begin to be afraid of death.
Since you are afraid of death, you will start to think of all kinds of ways to prolong your life.
By extracting the vitality of others, it is refined into vitality pills, which are bought by those who need it and eaten by those who need it.
So, there is another name for the vitality pill: blood pills.
Looking at the three dogs in front of him, he knew that the three dogs had been taken out of their vitality for at least 15 years.
When he returned to the courtyard and saw that everyone was there, Zhou Lihai didn't say anything. Holding the three dogs, he went to the back room to rest.
Through the stone pillar, everyone also knows what happened. However, there was nothing anyone could do.
It's a big city, but there's no place for them. There was never a moment when everyone wanted to escape from the big city and return to their small but warm village. This city, which has nothing to do with them, is probably the truest portrayal of everyone's hearts.
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There was no word all night. Everyone got up early.
In any case, the child's registration is important. No matter what, you have to deal with things before you go back.
The three dogs didn't get up today, they drank some millet porridge last night, and they will still be asleep at this point.
Zhou Lihai saw that everyone was also six gods and no masters. took the initiative to provoke the girder.
"Shizhu, you and me, plus you, you and the three of you, the five of us will take the children to the academy to test and register. Everyone else should stay and rest, and don't run around today, just stay there. After Zhou Lihai finished speaking, he organized the children to prepare for departure.
Something like last night happened, even if Zhou Lihai didn't say it today, the rest of the people were in no mood to go out for a walk.
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The entrance of the Star Spirit Academy.
The triennial enrollment of Star Spirit Academy is a grand event. At the door of this meeting, the traffic is busy, like a vegetable market, the shouts of the vendors come and go, and the chatter of adults and the laughter of children are interspersed from time to time.
"All the other unrelated people are back and back!"
"The children who participated in the test registration are lined up in three columns! The accompanying parents stand to the right of the children!" At this time, there was a commotion at the door. The Star Spirit Academy has also sent out a lot of demon spirit cultivators and practitioners to maintain order.
It was already early on Sunday. However, because I live in a remote area, when I arrived at the gate of the Star Spirit Academy, there were already a lot of people. So that's going to be a bit lower in line.
"Be quiet. A voice made through magic magic, suddenly sounded, and it made people feel like a spring breeze. It sounds far away, but it feels like it's ringing in your ears.
The Academy's Demon Spiritual Practitioner spoke.
"My name is Gong Jiaping, and I am the director of the academic affairs office of the college, and I am in charge of the triennial enrollment of the college. The College is not normally open as usual. But there is a tradition in the Star Spirit Academy, that is, during the enrollment period, it is open to everyone to enter for free, but the enrollment period will only last for three days, so ah, visitors, you must remember: you must leave the academy within three days. Otherwise, you may end up being kicked out by the academy's law enforcement team, and when you visit, don't make a noise and affect other children. Gong Jiaping clapped his hands and said with a smile.
"Well, there's not much to say about the rest. Those who want to visit enter from the right, and let's start registration now. ”
The young men in the row sitting at the doorway on the left, as soon as they heard the director say this, nodded their heads and immediately began the task at hand.
"Start the test from here, come, first put your hand on the Tianmin Stone, and then put it on this Infinite Stygian Stone. The Tianmin Stone detects age based on palm prints, and the Infinite Pluto Stone detects the spiritual root based on its attributes. If it is an alien spirit root, it can be downgraded by one level. The young man sitting in the first place pointed to the two stones in front of him and said to the people who walked by. Two stones, one transparent and colorless, but the other is swarthy.
"Second-level Fire Spirit Root, 6 years old, eliminated. The young man's voice sounded calmly.
The little boy who was tested for the first time burst into tears.
"Alas, it's a pity. ”
"The first one failed. ”
The crowd of onlookers immediately began to talk.
But the young man who tested had no expression, failure was too normal, if you want to cultivate, you must at least reach level 3 spiritual root, and you can't be more than 6 years old, if you are more than 6 years old, although you can also cultivate, but you can't achieve any results at all. Cultivation is a matter of talent. If the spiritual root is too low-level, then there will be no point in cultivating.
"First-level wood spirit root, 5 years old, eliminated. ”
Another eliminator
"Level 2 Wind Spirit Root, 6 years old. Pass. The young man in front of him smiled when he saw the color and light of the two stones. "Now that you've passed, you can go to the next link, go down the middle aisle with your parents, and go there to register. ”
"Wow, the alien root! ”
"I've heard that alien spirit roots are rare! Is it true that they are one level stronger than ordinary spirit roots?"
"Nonsense, of course it's true, didn't you look at the academy when you recruited people, did they lower the requirements by one level? If it's not better than the ordinary ones, then why lower the level of recruitment, idiot. ”
"Hey, you can explain it, why are you scolding me, do you want to fight!"
"Come on, I'm still afraid of you!" said several people in the crowd, and they were about to fight. But fortunately, we all know that it is the enrollment period of the college, but there is no real mess.
"Yes, grandpa, I passed the test!" the little girl said loudly as soon as she heard that she had passed the test, and put her arm around her.
"Yes, great, the ancestor has appeared. When the old man with the little girl heard that his granddaughter had passed the test, he burst into tears.
It's not easy, every ordinary person wants to completely change their fate, and the only way to do so is through cultivation. But to cultivate, one must meet the standards. Now, their family is at the end of their life.
The test was carried out quickly. It didn't take long for more than a dozen to be tested.
"Level 4 Fire Spirit Root, 5 years old, pass the test!" Another one passed, and the level of the Spirit Root was not low.
"According to this pass rate, almost two out of ten can pass, and if it is an alien spirit root, it is estimated that there will be one out of hundreds. ”
"It's about the same, but this enrollment will take three days, and there must be other alien roots in the future. Passers-by in the crowd said.
Looking at this situation on Sunday, it is estimated that he will have to wait for a long time today, and he may not be able to take his turn today. But it's normal, tens of thousands of people come to test, and the queue is so low, waiting is inevitable. He'd heard his father say that he might stay here tonight and wait.
The waiting time is long, after the initial excitement, a large part of the onlookers have dispersed, they just watched the excitement, there was already a part of the college to visit, after watching this for nearly an hour, the onlookers also ran away some, for them, just a lively, after the freshness, life has to go on, what to do.
However, although a large part of the people left, there were still many people watching, which was indeed a lot less than before. At this time, most of the onlookers were people from all over the villages and tribes who came to Star Spirit City for the first time.
"Level 6 Water Spirit Root!4 years old!" Suddenly, the young man who tested in front of him said excitedly.
Level 6! means that the level of the spiritual root is not low, and the age is only 4 years old!
What a genius!
"Level 6, this is another future powerhouse born, it's terrifying. ”
"This kid looks like he came out of a big family, you see the old man who was dressed up and followed him, although he was dressed ordinarily, but he was all imposing. It's not much worse than the director of the Academic Affairs Office who preached before. ”
"You are from the Lu family in the city. The Demon Spirit Cultivator, who was following the young man, looked at the child in front of him, glanced at the old man who was following the child, and asked.
"Hmm. "The old man didn't have any extra words.
"The head of the family is my father!" the old man didn't say anything, and the child said proudly.
"It turned out to be Lu Gongzi, amazing! "Originally, these things were done by those young people who tested and registered, and they just followed behind to avoid making mistakes, which would see that it was the son of the Lu family who personally handled the registration procedures for them. The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, don't blame people like this. The Lu family is in Xingling City, that is everyone's surname. I heard that it has something to do with the royal family in the capital city on the clouds, who dares not to deal with it carefully?