Early in the morning, after Ming Fan put the things he wanted to bring into the Qiankun bag (a storage space made of Taoism, a magic weapon for home travel that almost everyone in the Taoist world must have), he walked out of the room and walked towards the main entrance of Xuanqing Gate.

The four elders, as well as Zhu Xin and Yan Yunxiao, had been waiting at the door for a long time.

Ming Fan walked towards everyone with a smile, "Isn't it just going down the mountain to practice, it doesn't have to be so grand, right?"

Zhu Xin's eyes were a little moist and said, "Xiao Fan'er, take good care of yourself when you go out." ”

Ming Fan looked at Zhu Xin's reddened eyes, nodded and said, "Well, don't worry, senior sister." ”

Yan Yunxiao hugged Ming Fan and admonished, "Senior brother, don't be too impulsive when you encounter trouble, you must be cautious." ”

Ming Fan nodded vigorously.

The four elders didn't say much here, and what they wanted to say had already been conveyed to Ming Fan through their eyes, but the second elder seemed to have something to say, "Xiao Fan'er, when you pass by Luohe City this time, help me go to a place called Yunshui Village not far from Luohe City to visit a girl I met many years ago." ”

"Girl?"

"Yes, I once passed by Yunshui Village forty years ago, and met a girl who sold tofu brains in the town. The second elder recalled.

Ming Fan thought for a moment and asked the second elder, "Forty years ago, how old was the girl who sold tofu brains forty years ago?"

"Looks like you're in your seventies, right?"

Ming Fan calculated and said, "Forty years ago..... I'm over seventy years old, and now I should be more than one hundred and ten years old, are you sure that old woman who sells tofu brains, ah.... No.... Is the girl who sells tofu brains still alive?"

This is also what the other three elders and Zhu Xin and Yan Yunxiao want to ask.

"Uh...... Forget it, I'll go back and find time for myself. The second elder said embarrassedly

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After saying goodbye to everyone in the door, Ming Fan turned around and left.

His destination was the Hunters' Guild branch in Luohe City, but before he could go there, Ming Fan still had a place he had to go.

The once peaceful and ordinary village is now in ruins. The long-uninhabited thatched hut is surrounded by barren grass.

Ming Fan looked at the current Mingjia Village, trying his best to recall what it used to be, but the knee-high weeds and dilapidated houses seemed to tell him that nothing could go back to the way it was.

Time never stands still for anyone.

Ming Fan came to the side of the thatched hut where he used to live, and scenes appeared in front of him, smiled desolately, and then knelt in front of a grave.

"Grandpa, I'm back. ”

The bodies of the two were cremated and taken away by the villagers, so there is no grave for them. The tomb in front of Ming Fan is the old man who picked him up from the barren valley, the tomb of Ming Chen.

Unlike other places where the grass is dense, there are no weeds in front of Mingchen's tomb, but it is very neat. It looks like someone has cleaned it.

He can't go down the mountain within ten years of entry, so every year when the old man dies, Mingfan has to ask two senior brothers and sisters to come to worship for him.

When I was young, I used to think about what kind of future I would have, but my fate was impermanent, and all kinds of encounters made me a cultivator.

Ming Fan knelt in front of the tomb like this, telling everything he had done in the past ten years, the four elders like grandfathers, Zhu Xin like sisters, and Yan Yunxiao like brothers.

That's it, a day, a night.

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Luohe City, as one of the two largest cities in the western region of the Central Plains, is not to mention the degree of prosperity, like what Shangwu City is not at all comparable to Luohe City.

The area of Luohe City alone is more than five times that of Shangwu City, and the people in the city plus the floating population have 200,000 people.

Unlike the situation where the Murong Mansion in Shangwu City was dominant, the forces in Luohe City were more complicated.

First of all, the two major forces of "Daolin" and "Ruhui" have people from different sects staying here.

For example, "Daolin", there are two sects with disciples in Luohe, namely "Dengdao Palace" and "Qiongxiao Palace", if you add the Xuanqing Sect, which also belongs to "Daolin", it is three sects.

It's a pity that Xuanqingmen is not interested in the power struggle in Luohe City, and there are not enough people in the gate.

The "Ruhui" aspect is in charge of the Confucian branch "Renli Yuyu".

The purpose of these disciples staying in Luohe City is not only to take care of the sect's property, but also to be responsible for accepting disciples.

The so-called insiders look at the doorway, laymen look at the liveliness, and the same is true for the disciples in the sect, the disciples in the door pay attention to the quality, and the disciples outside the door look at the quantity.

How a sect wants to become bigger and stronger, it is very simple to accept apprentices. The more apprentices collect, the greater the strength of the sect, but these apprentices have to spend money to eat, drink, and lazar.

Moreover, in the Lingzhou Continent, all sects accept apprentices, which do not charge tuition, and belong to educational institutions that do not charge a penny and have to put money inside.

How does that sect feed its disciples and how does it survive and develop?

To steal? no.

It doesn't work to rob it?

To beg?

Trade?....... This line!

Therefore, some sects gradually opened taverns and inns in towns and villages to make money.

However, these places require people and time to operate, so the sect will select some disciples who are not very good at cultivating the truth, that is, disciples outside the sect to take care of the so-called sect business.

When the sect makes money, it can continue to recruit apprentices, expand the scale of the industry, gradually turn its strength into power, and finally even acquire and invest in the business of ordinary traders.

Of course, this is only the way most sects operate, and there are many sects that have different ways of survival, such as Xuanqingmen, which makes money by being a chivalrous guest (Yan Yunxiao) and hunting (Ming Fan).

It can be said that Xuanqingmen is sending talents to the society by making money.

In addition to the two forces of Taoism and Confucianism, there are also two forces in the city: the Law Enforcement Hall and the Hunter Union. It's just that these two forces are slightly weaker.

The Hunter Guild in Luohe City is just a subordinate branch, so it is naturally inferior to the Dao and Confucian sides in terms of power.

And the Law Enforcement Hall is a very peculiar organization, in fact, it is more appropriate to call it a platform than an organization.

The operation mode of the law enforcement hall is to receive news first, such as people coming to the law enforcement hall to say that there have been robbers and murders in a certain place, bandits robbing the road and other incidents.

Then the Law Enforcement Hall will write this information in the form of a task, mark the reward amount on a piece of paper, and post it on the notice board at the door, waiting for the people to complete it.

After the completion of the Jianghu people, the bounty marked by the task of the law enforcement church will be paid as a reward.

It's a very simple and reasonable process, but when you think about it, there's a lot of confusion.

First of all, how did the Law Enforcement Hall ensure that the information said by the people was accurate, and how did they know that these people had really completed the task released by the Law Enforcement Hall?

(According to rumors, someone once went to the law enforcement hall to tell false news, and after a few days, no one saw the person.) In addition, some people deceived after receiving the task, falsely claiming that they had completed the task, and after a few days, no one had seen the figure of the Jianghu person.

The above news is all rumors and unconfirmed. ）

In addition to confirming the accuracy of the information, there is another strange place, that is, where does the bounty of the Law Enforcement Hall come from?

In addition, although the power of the Law Enforcement Hall is not like the three sects, it is spread all over Lingzhou, but basically every city has their existence.

Not only do you not collect money, but you also send money everywhere? You are even more popular than a certain meeting.

There are also people who have gone to the law enforcement hall to ask about these things, but their voices are very unified.

"No comment, dear. ”

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Ming Fan, who has never seen much of the world since he was a child, was shocked by the busy scene in front of him when he first arrived in Luohe City.

"Although the Third Elder said that the branch of the Hunter Guild is in Luohe City, but in such a big place, how can I find it?" Ming Fan said at a loss. "Let's get someone to ask, right?"

Ming Fan grabbed a passer-by and asked, "Excuse me, where is the Hunter Guild?"

"You?...... A hunter?"

"Not yet, I want to go to the union to register..... Yes..... What's the problem?" Ming Fan raised his head and observed carefully, and the passer-by in front of him was puzzled.

Why do you want to look up? Because this passer-by is half a head older than Ming Fan, about one meter nine or more, not only taller but also more muscular than Ming Fan.

By the way, one more thing, this passerby is a woman.

The strong woman looked at Ming Fan and asked, "You still want to be a hunter when you're so short?"

"Hey, you've grown too tall!" Ming Fan shouted in his heart, but he still replied politely on his face, "It was my dream when I was a child to become a hunter, and there should be no height requirement for hunters." ”

The strong woman slapped Ming Fan's shoulder with a palm, and laughed, "Haha, it turns out that you are also the one who regards being a hunter as a dream, it's too coincidental, and so am I!"

Ming Fan only felt a hot pain in his shoulder, took a breath lightly, and smiled reluctantly, "It's a coincidence, it's not." ”

"Since you are a fellow believer, then I will personally lead you to the union. The strong woman said with a grin.

You are too easy to trust others, right?" Ming Fan complained in his heart.

"Then thank you, my name is Ming Fan, I don't know what Your Excellency is called. ”

The strong woman replied, "My name is Wang Tiezhu!"

"What a name!"