Millions of miles away, on a gray city gate, hung a huge plaque with the words "Crouching Tiger City" written on it.

Next to the gate of the castle, two rows of samurai in silver armor with spears and (shēn) stood looking at the (shēn) tokens of passers-by.

At this time, thirteen young people came from outside, and at the front was a white-faced scholar, holding a folding fan in his hand, and his literary quality was polite.

The twelve men who followed him (shēn) were thin and dark-faced, dressed in subordinate attire and robes of different colors.

The silver-armored warrior looked at the leading scholar and said lazily, "Take out your (shēn) token." ”

The white-faced scholar rummaged through the shēn for a long time, and finally said with a grateful face: "I'm sorry, I may be at home, can you be accommodating and let me wait for the first time?"

The silver-armored warrior waved his hand and refused with a serious face: "That's not good, if you don't have a token, please go back the way you came." ”

With a wave of his hand, he let the armor behind him stop them, and he turned (shēn) to check on the other person.

The scholar looked at the city gate, and then looked at the four armor soldiers who stopped in front of him, thinking in his heart, if he went straight in, he would not say whether he could get in, but it would definitely cause chaos, and even if he entered, he would become the target of wanting, which was not worth it.

After thinking about it, he had no choice but to walk back with his subordinates.

Less than 100 meters away from the city gate, an old man in a blue robe with a shiny face stepped forward to talk to him and said:

"Daoyou don't have a token to enter the city, I can help you solve this matter, ten spirit stones for each token, how much do you need?"

This white-faced scholar was naturally Luo Yan, he looked at the old man, and then looked at the warriors at the gate of the city, and found that these people guarding the city turned a blind eye to the old man's behavior, and immediately understood what was going on in his heart.

Collusion between officials and businessmen, a nest of snakes and rats.

He sighed and asked, "I need thirteen yuan, can you give me some discounts?"

The old man with a shiny face agreed with a mouth: "Of course you can, thirteen will charge you a total of 100 spirit stones, how about it, you can inquire, this is definitely the lowest price, and other people can't give you so many discounts." ”

Luo Yan pretended to hesitate and said, "Then according to what the seniors said, but what (shēn) are you going to arrange for us?"

The old man smiled and said: "You can choose whatever you want, we have the role of sect master, elder, principal, disciple, village master, young master, family member and so on, you can choose with me in the forest in front of you." ”

Luo Yan agreed, followed him to a mountain forest in front of him.

It can be said that it was a small bazaar, where the monks gathered in groups of three or five, many of whom carried a large string of (shēn) tokens in their hands, walked back and forth, and gathered around the people returning from the front.

The old man with a shiny face led Luo Yan and the others to a propped stone table, where they were received by a slender and fair-skinned woman with a green veil on her face.

After the old man explained the situation, the woman took out hundreds of tokens (shēn) from the storage ring and placed them on the stone table for them to choose.

Luo Yan picked up the tokens and looked at them one by one, and finally chose a sign engraved with the young master of the Sage Village, and then Linuo, Mo Lingyun, Jinfinch, Qiao Xuan and others also chose a suitable (shēn) token, Luo Yan took out a hundred spirit stones and handed them to the woman, and then turned (shēn) and left.

The woman said to his back: "Fellow Daoist, walk slowly, if you need anything in the future, please ask for more."

Come and patronize. ”

Luo Yan smiled back, which was an answer.

When they came to the city gate again, it was the silver-armored warrior who stopped them just now.

After Luo Yan and the others showed the token they had just purchased, the warrior looked at it and said, "Crouching Tiger City welcomes the young master of the Sage Village. He then made way into the city.

When they came to Crouching Tiger City, they entered a moderately sized teahouse along the street, asked for a pot of spiritual tea, and everyone sat around the stone table to taste the tea.

After a pot, when Xiao Er came to add water, Luo Yan took out two spirit stones and put them in his hand and asked, "Do you know how to get to the Golden Holy Gate?"

Xiao Er thought for a moment and shook his head and replied, "I haven't heard of this sect." ”

Luo Yan asked again, "Have you heard of Chiyuan City?"

Xiao Er threw a long scarf on his shoulder, and replied while adding water: "I've heard of this, it's a side city outside Zhongzhou, if you want to go there, you have to go to Zhongzhou Mansion first."

However, this is a long way to go, and I heard that there are also powerful monsters and robbers on the way, if a few of you go alone, I am afraid that there will be more than luck.

Fortunately, you are lucky, we have a caravan in Crouching Tiger City going to Zhongzhou next month, and you can follow them. ”

Luo Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, and continued to ask, "Where to find this caravan?"

"Seongnam Shrine Gate. After saying that, Xiao Er put the two spirit stones into the sleeves of his robe and turned (shēn) away.

After knowing the direction, Luo Yan said to Mo Lingyun and the others: "Next, I will go to the Shentang Gate and follow them to Zhongzhou, what are your plans?"

The women looked embarrassed, you look at me, I look at you, and then they discussed in a low voice.

In the end, Mo Lingyun said: "I am also unfamiliar with this Zhenhui Continent, if Gongzi doesn't dislike it, let us follow yours (shēn), and when we have a suitable place, we will leave, what do you think?"

Of course, if Childe finds it inconvenient, we can leave now. ”

Luo Yan thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, you can follow me for the time being, and wait until you get to Zhongzhou." Then he led the people to the south of the city.

After inquiring, they came to the outside of the courtyard of the temple gate, and at this moment, it was already full of traffic.

Luo Yan clasped his fists at a square-faced middle-aged monk next to him (shēn) and asked, "Dare to ask Daoyou, why are so many people gathered here?"

The square-faced monk replied, "The Divine Hall Sect will go to Zhongzhou on the fifth day of the first month of next month, and we are all ready to follow them, after all, people often walk and know which road is the safest." ”

After hearing this, Luo Yan asked suspiciously: "With so many people following, aren't the people from the Divine Hall Gate worried about the villains among them?"

The middle-aged monk looked at Luo Yan for a moment and replied: "Daoist friends have just come here, the Shentang Gate is in the Zhenhui Continent, everyone knows it, and there are their semicolons in large and small cities along the way, whoever dares to hit their attention, I'm afraid they will be discovered before they make a move."

Moreover, after we left the city, we all followed from afar, so people didn't mind. ”

After Luo Yan finished understanding the situation, he calculated the time, and there were still ten days left before the fifth day of the next lunar month, so he planned to find an inn to live in first, and then he could take this opportunity to go to the shops in the city again to see if there were any spiritual materials needed.

Then he came to an inn on the side of the street, but before he could enter, he was stopped by Xiao Er, turned over a wooden sign on the door and said, "The guest room is full, and I ask the guest officer to go to another house to have a look." ”

Luo Yan, who was closed, had no choice but to retreat back and go to the next one.

As a result, they found three inns in a row, all of which were full, and when they came to the fourth inn, there was only one vacant room left, not to mention that the price was much more expensive than other places, and the most important thing was that its area was too small.

When Luo Yan was hesitating about the difference between men and women, he was preemptively paid a deposit by a group of people who followed him.

After coming to the street again, Mo Lingyun asked, "Childe just now did you mind living with me?"

Luo Yan said: "The fairies are all beautiful and beautiful, I am worried about insulting your reputation." ”

Mo Lingyun said: "It is a great honor for us to be able to share the same room with our son, how can we say that we are insulted, as long as the son does not dislike us (shēn) for being dirty, and we are now dressed as men, so we will not attract the attention of others." ”

After hearing this, Luo Yan said: "Fairy Mo's words are serious, how can I be that kind of worldly person, fairy don't blame me." ”

When Linuo and Qiao Xuan heard the conversation between the two, they hurriedly stepped forward and said, "We know that Mu Gongzi is not that kind of person, Junzi Tan (dàng) (dàng), you don't have to worry too much. ”

Then the two of them smiled similarly and continued to look for the inn.

After searching for two more streets, I finally found a vacant room in a smaller inn.

This time, Luo Yan didn't hesitate and paid the deposit directly.

Xiao Er led them to the easternmost side of the third floor and pasted the token in his hand on the door.

After the white light, the door opened automatically, and then Xiao Er handed the black token to Luo Yandao:

"This is your room, your valuables are kept by yourself, and the shop will not compensate for the loss. ”

After speaking, the little two left without looking back.

After entering the room, Luo Yan was completely dumbfounded, this so-called Tianzi guest room should be the most humble guest room Luo Yan has ever seen, to put it mildly, it is a large open room, and there are a few more stones (chuáng) and stone benches in it.

All the women looked at each other and smiled, not knowing how to describe it for a while.

Luo Yan shook his head and smiled bitterly, and whispered, "It's really no business!

Lino said: "Forget it, it's getting late outside, and I'm afraid there won't be any room left at this time." ”

Luo Yan looked at the other personnel, and they all agreed with Linuo's statement.

After hearing this, Luo Yan had no choice but to say: "Then I have wronged you fairies, let's stay here for the time being, and don't put all the belongings in the room, I am worried that in such an environment, thieves should also fish in troubled waters." ”

After saying that, he began to set up the (jìn) system in the room, and after a stick of incense, he injected a piece of true qi into the (jìn) system that he had just laid out.

Then, the white light in the room flashed, and a white light curtain appeared in front of everyone's eyes, but after a while, it automatically disappeared, and the surface looked the same as when he first entered.

Luo Yan withdrew his hands, told the women the method of opening and closing (jìn), and then went to sit down on a stone (chuáng) facing the door, closed his eyes slightly, and began to breathe out his true qi and rest.

When the others saw that he had already chosen a (chuáng) position, they began to choose their own (chuáng) shop.

Not long after, Luo Yan heard the sound of changing clothes, he hurriedly faced the door, closed his eyes tightly, and began to run the "Cold Ice Jue".

Two days later, his heart calmed down, but at this time, an intoxicating fragrance rose in the room again.