Chapter 191: Into the City
Seeing Ling Yifeng looking around curiously along the way, Jiang Quan walked up to him and patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Brother Lin is the first time to come to Shize City?"
Ling Yifeng's performance was indeed a bit like a hillbilly entering the city, before he entered the gate of Shize City, he had already seen many novelties that he had never seen before, and when he heard Jiang Quan say this, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Smiling wryly, Ling Yifeng scratched his head and said, "Yes, this is indeed the first time I've come here!"
"Brother Lin should be from this southwest region, the first entrance examination of these three major spiritual academies will be held in this Shize City!" Jiang Quan didn't mean to make fun of him, but introduced this big city on the southwest border to Ling Yifeng.
"First exam?" Ling Yifeng just heard his father and Dean Zhong mention the entrance examination of the three major spiritual academies, it seems that the Tiannan spiritual academy in Luoyu City was only allocated three places that could participate, Ling Yifeng thought that as long as he obtained one of these three places, he could directly carry out the selection of the three major spiritual academies, but he didn't expect that there would be such a preliminary examination.
"That's right, the three major spiritual academies are the strongest spiritual academies in the Tianluo Empire, and their enrollment is to select the best geniuses from all over the country, but the empire is so big, it is impossible to gather geniuses from all over the world, so the big cities in all directions will first conduct a screening, and then gather the best ones to the imperial capital for the final selection!" Jiang Quan said.
"The three major spiritual academies are not just people who can try their luck casually, if you want to participate in the re-examination, you must first obtain the approval of the local selection!" Jiang Yan also interjected: "I wonder if you have obtained the qualification to participate in the preliminary examination in your town?"
"Hehe, it's still so troublesome?" Ling Yifeng scratched his head with a smile, he thought that as long as the test reached the standard of the Spirit Academy's admissions, it seemed that it was not as simple as he imagined!
"Of course, what do you think are the places of the three great spirit academies? There are the most outstanding talented geniuses from all over the country, the empire is so big, there are countless geniuses who can be called geniuses, it is impossible for the Tianluo Spirit Academy to accept all of them, so the people who can really be recruited by the three major spirit academies are all geniuses among geniuses, the best of the best! I see, I will be able to enter the first test at most, and whether I can pass it depends on luck? The second test, but don't think about it!" Jiang Yan suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly.
"Yan'er, when did you become so unconfident in yourself and enter the Tianluo Spirit Academy, but you have been determined to achieve the goal since you were a child! Not only yourself, but you also carry my share of hope!" Jiang Quan looked at Jiang Yan Zhengse.
"Okay brother, I'll work hard!" Jiang Yan grimaced at his brother and said with a smile.
Ling Yifeng couldn't help but feel a little headache, until he was fifteen years old next year, the enrollment of the Spirit Academy would only occur once in five years, which meant that he might not be able to wait for the next opportunity! Every time he enrolled, the competition was absolutely very fierce, and his strength in the early stage of the Spirit Realm was probably a little hanging!
If you can advance to the middle stage of the Spirit Realm, your chances of succeeding may increase a lot! Moreover, if you can refine the Xuanxu Pill and learn the secret method of the Xuanxu Hua Transformation, you may be able to temporarily increase your strength to the late stage of the Spirit Realm! However, this is not a conventional method, and it can only be used as a last resort!
Well, Ling Yifeng had already made up his mind in his heart, his next goal was to reach the strength of the mid-stage Spirit Realm before the assessment. In addition, it is necessary to gather the materials for refining Xuanxu Dan, and strive to refine Xuanxu Dan in case of emergency.
After walking forward for more than an hour, the road gradually became wider, and there was an endless stream of pedestrians coming and going, and around them, there were also many mercenaries who had harvested back like them, and of course, there were some who were unlucky, had no gain, and returned empty-handed!
The Warcraft Forest is extremely dangerous, and it is a blessing to be able to return safely, although they returned empty-handed, no one laughs at them!
"Yo, isn't this Brother Jiang Quan, you're finally back, and the harvest is quite rich!"
A group of fully dressed mercenaries greeted them, seemingly a team that was about to leave for the Warcraft Forest, led by a tall middle-aged man, who was very familiar with Jiang Quan, and came up to greet him with a smile.
"Brother Chang, I haven't seen you for a long time, I didn't expect you to leave just after I came back, next time we have a chance, we must drink a few cups of him!" Jiang Quan also greeted them with a smile on his face.
"Brother Chang, we still have to hurry up to hand in the task, so I won't say much, I wish you all a smooth journey and a full return!" Jiang Quan said goodbye to the big man.
"Hey, Brother Jiang, wait a minute!" The big man suddenly stopped Jiang Quan, quietly leaned close to his ear and whispered: "When we just came over, we saw that guy from Shi Bi guarding not far from the city gate with a group of people, you can be careful, don't have a conflict with them!"
Hearing this, Jiang Quan's face suddenly changed, and then, he nodded solemnly and said, "Thank you Brother Chang, I will pay attention! As long as they don't deceive people too much, I don't want to have a conflict with them!"
The big man patted Jiang Quan on the shoulder, and then led the men and horses to walk past them, and Jiang Quan continued to lead them forward.
"Brother, what's wrong with you, why don't you speak, you look sullen?" Jiang Yan walked beside Jiang Quan, noticing his tense face, as if he was thinking about something.
Ling Yifeng also noticed that his perception was far beyond ordinary people, he had also heard the words that the big man whispered in Jiang Quan's ear just now, Jiang Quan might be worried about what the big man said at this time!
However, Ling Yifeng didn't say anything, he just watched Jiang Quan's reaction closely from the sidelines.
"Oh!" Jiang Quan was pulled back to his thoughts by his sister's question, he forced a smile and said: "It's nothing, we're about to reach our destination, I'm thinking about something, it's nothing!"
"Oh, yes!" Jiang Yan squinted at Jiang Quan, with an expression of disbelief in what he said.
"Let's hurry up, the Mercenary Guild will be closed after dark, and we will only have to wait for tomorrow to hand in the task!" Jiang Quan looked ahead and quickened his pace as he spoke.
Ling Yifeng had been quietly observing Jiang Quan's expression on the side, he seemed to be a little uneasy, and a little angry, thinking that he had a very heavy heart in his heart, as if he had encountered some trouble.
In front of them was a vast flat land, Ling Yifeng couldn't see the edge at a glance, but in front of them not far away, there was a magnificent city gate!
Ling Yifeng was shocked by this huge city gate, compared to it, the city gates of Luoyu City were like a low fence wall surrounded by a courtyard!
The height of this huge city gate is at least ten zhang or more, and a solid city wall extends infinitely on both sides, so that except for the birds and beasts that can fly, you can only enter and exit through the only gate in the middle!
Glimpsing Ling Yifeng's surprised expression slightly, Jiang Yan smiled proudly and said, "What, this is shocking, I've never seen such a majestic city wall, right?"
With a faint smile, Ling Yifeng knew that she had no malicious intentions, she was just showing off to him, so she nodded and exclaimed: "It is worthy of being the largest city in the southwest region, the outer wall is so magnificent, I don't know what kind of prosperous scene it will be inside!"
"You'll find out when you get in!" Jiang Yan smiled at him and winked.
In front of the city gate, the mercenary pedestrians who came and went were neatly lined up, and no one dared to cut in line here to be presumptuous, Ling Yifeng noticed that there was a row of people wearing armor and swords and holding swords standing on the top of the city gate.
"They are sent by the City Lord's Mansion to maintain law and order, and there are also many patrolling sergeants in the city, when you enter the city, you have to be honest, do you know?" Jiang Yan whispered in his ear.
"City Lord's Mansion?" Ling Yifeng was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that there were also the most powerful people in this Shize City, like in their Luoyu Town, there was no city lord, and the four major families were completely in charge of their respective territories!
"It is said that it is the City Lord's Mansion, but in fact, it is also the place where several major families in Shize City are jointly under the leadership, and the major families take turns to take charge of the order of Shize City, for those of us who have no identity background, we must be careful in what we do!" Jiang Quan explained.
Ling Yifeng nodded solemnly, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "I wonder if there is a family surnamed Le in this Shize City?"
"You mean Lejia?" Jiang Quan's face changed slightly, and he seemed to be a little happy: "What, does Brother Lin know anyone from Lejia?"
He knew a few people from the Le family, but they were all dead now, and they were still buried in the Warcraft Forest by Ling Yifeng himself!
Ling Yifeng recalled that one of those people was the young master of the Lejia family in Shize City, Ling Yifeng was quite troubled by this, but fortunately, he finally left all of them in Luoyu City, otherwise he didn't know what terrible crisis they would bring to his family!
Now seeing Jiang Quan's reaction, Ling Yifeng is also sure that Shi Zecheng does have such a family surnamed Le, and the power should not be weak! He is also glad in his heart that he made the decision he made at the beginning - never suffer in the future!
"I don't know, I've just heard of it, just ask!" Ling Yifeng smiled.
"That's it!" Jiang Quan seemed to sigh a little disappointed, and immediately introduced to Ling Yifeng: "This Le family is also one of the best families in Shize City, and its strength should not be underestimated, it seems that this year, they are the acting city lord of this Shize City!"
Nodding, Ling Yifeng no longer showed concern for Lejia, and followed the team at the back of the line to enter the city!