Chapter 9, Surabaya Town
Xu Ming looked up at the wooden sign on the city wall, and looked around: "There is no river all the way around me, why is it called Surabaya Town?" Before Xu Ming could figure it out, the guards guarding the door shouted at him: "If you can't enter the city, the door will be closed immediately." ”
"Enter, enter, sorry, sorry. Xu Ming didn't have time to think about it, and advanced to this town.
It was nearly evening, there were not many pedestrians on the streets of the city, and the vendors were collecting their stalls and signs, Xu Ming found a kind old man and asked about the inn in the city. The name of this inn is a bit interesting, called "Arima". "There was an inn which was a bit interesting. Xu Ming raised his head and looked at the wooden plaque on the door of the inn, on which were four gilded characters "There is an inn".
The bed and meals in the inn were still very good, and Xu Ming was lying on the bed with Erlang's legs crossed after eating. The pillow is made of sandalwood, and you can smell the fine sandalwood on it. However, Xu Ming still couldn't get used to the wood, so he took out a few clothes from the bag and pillowed them.
"Gao Dazhuang said that I should join the cultivation of some first-class sects in Dongsheng Prefecture, but I don't even know where Dongsheng Prefecture is. Xu Ming crossed Erlang's legs and looked at the ceiling, "Now let's live in Surabaya City for a while, study and study the cultivation of immortals and historical geography in this world, and you can't go outside and ask three questions without knowing it." ”
Night falls. This was the first time Xu Ming had spent the night in the town in this world, and he was lying in bed looking at the moon outside the window.
The moonlight was very bright, and the tiles were as silver as scales. Occasionally, a few dogs barked from the east of the city, and it was strange to listen to them from a distance. The wind was blowing gently, and there was some coolness. Xu Ming held his hands and looked at it.
Next door was a big man with a big shoulder and a round waist, and the sound of snoring like thunder came over, floating far away in the silent night.
Suddenly, the sound of a window opening was heard upstairs, and a dark shadow fell from the roof. Xu Ming was startled, thinking that someone had fallen from the building, so he quickly poked his head out and looked on the ground.
I saw a man in a night suit fall to the ground, jump up again, and stand firmly on the roof opposite. As if sensing something, he turned his head and saw Xu Ming stunned by the window, then turned his head again and walked down the roof into the darkness.
Xu Ming was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time, although he had fantasized about the great god and immortal who flew on the wall in this world, but when he really saw it for the first time, that shock and unreality still made him involuntarily shout: "Awesome." ”
After breakfast the next day, Xu Ming took Ling'er to the town for a walk, and by the way saw if there was a bookstore or something to buy some books or something. The bookstore is not difficult to find, Xu Ming asked for directions, and found the largest bookstore in Surabaya Town, which made Xu Ming feel a sense of déjà vu. The most eye-catching position at the entrance of the bookstore is a thick set of large booklets: "The Latest Edition of the Commentary on the Six Classics", next to which there are reference books such as "General Appreciation of Poetry of the Previous Dynasty", "The Past Life and Present Life of Shixian Taibai", etc., which look very similar to the guidance materials of the previous life.
"This Nima, do people in this world love to learn so much? Xu Ming hugged Tang Jinling and cautiously walked directly past the person who was sitting cross-legged on the ground reading a book, which made him feel like a spy for a moment.
Xu Ming searched for a long time, and finally found the history bookshelf in the corner. "Secrets of the Five Continents", "Things Cultivators Should Know", "The Legend of Qingxu", "The Seventeen Emperors of the Duan Dynasty", ...... Xu Ming looked at these books that were very similar to the names in his memory, and then looked at the price: "Yo, are these books so cheap!"
Xu Ming walked to the front desk to check out the bill with a half-height book.
The shopkeeper looked at him, shook his head with a regretful look: "I sold it to you cheaply, one or two silver." Xu Ming gave the money inexplicably and asked the shopkeeper: "Is the business of the bookstore so good, so many people come to read books?"
The shopkeeper was very surprised by Xu Ming's ignorance: "Young man, you still don't know? This year, the saint is newly married, and the decree is taken, and it will be spring soon, why don't you study hard, and in the future, you will be on the high school emperor's list, glorify your ancestors, and change your court." ”
It turned out that I was going to take the exam, so it's no wonder that these books are worthless now. Xu Ming smiled and said to the shopkeeper: "Thank you for the shopkeeper's concern, but I don't take the exam, I'm here to buy some books and go back to expand my knowledge!"
The shopkeeper was a little anxious, and said hatefully: "Miss this year, wait for another three years, a person will have a few more or three years in a lifetime, and only a good seedling of cultivating immortals can be produced in tens of thousands of people, and we, the common people, can only study hard if we want to change our fate! This set of "Starting from Scratch, Eight Strands of Composition Rapid Method" is very suitable for you, as long as two taels of silver, do you want to buy a set and try it?"
"I'll go, study hard, I know, but your sales pitch is too hardcore!" Xu Ming ran out of the bookstore with the book in his arms, Tang Jinling leaned on Xu Ming's shoulder and yawned, and playfully "meowed". Xu Ming put the book in the bag, walked around the street again, and returned to the inn.
Not long after returning to the room, the shopkeeper knocked on the door and came in: "Guest officer, are you still staying in the hotel?" Xu Ming was lying on the bed watching "The Secret of the Five Continents", Emperor Jingxian of the Jing Dynasty in Dongshengzhou was a strict wife, and he was chased and beaten by two wives all day long, making him laugh like a pig.
"I'm probably going to have to stay here for a while. Xu Ming put the book upside down on the bed and sat up.
Xiao Er laughed with him: "Then you first calculate yesterday's room money and wine money, we are here to calculate one day at a time,"
Xu Ming nodded: "Yes, how much is the total cost of the room and the wine?" Xiao Er said with a smile.
Xu Ming was a little surprised: "Inferior spirit stones?" "Yes, our store only accepts spirit stones and not silver, don't you know?" Xiao Er's smile was a little contemptuous.
"I just came to Surabaya City, and I don't know about it. Xu Ming scratched his head and looked at the shopkeeper in front of him.
Xiao Er's face instantly became serious: "Guest officer, are you entertaining me, who in the entire Dongsheng Prefecture doesn't know that we 'have an inn', only accept spirit stones and not silver, don't blame us for not being polite if you don't have spirit stones." ”
Xu Ming hurriedly took out a stone from the Qiankun bag: "Don't worry, I didn't say no, I just wanted to ask why I didn't accept the cash." ”
"Because our inn is only for monks, don't you know?" said the shopkeeper as a result, Xu Ming's spirit stone in his hand. The rich aura made his eyes dazzle for a moment, and he was about to fall.
"I'll go, touch the porcelain?" Xu Ming hurriedly grabbed the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper's limbs were weak, and he couldn't hold the spirit stone in his hand.
"Senior, who are you?" he stammered, his eyes full of awe. Xu Ming was inexplicable: "What senior, I'm just a novice who lives in a hotel, and I don't know anything about cultivating immortals, thank God if you don't drive me away, why do you suddenly call me senior." ”
Xiao Er didn't believe it at all: "Senior, don't bury the villain, the villain just has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he collided with you, you have a lot of adults, don't blame the villain." "As soon as the little two legs are weak, they will kneel.
At this time, there was the sound of clogs touching the stairs outside the door, and there was the characteristic shouting of impatient young people: "Why is it so troublesome to ask for money, why is it useless for me to talk as a young owner?"
As soon as Xu Ming raised his head, a delicate face appeared at the door. The face is like fat jade, the eyebrows are fluttering, the nose is like gall hanging, the mouth is like painted Zhu, and he has a gorgeous but not extravagant clothes, if it weren't for the smaller eyes, he would really be a perfect beautiful man.
"Have I seen you somewhere?" Xu Ming looked at the figure of the person in front of him, the more he looked at it, the more familiar he became, and thought about it carefully, isn't this the man in black yesterday! Seeing Xu Ming's expression of sudden realization, a green finger in the depths of the person stood up in front of his mouth, signaling him not to speak, and then turned to Xiao Er: "What's going on?"
Xiao Zhan stood up tremblingly and bent down: "Qi Yu Shao Dong, this master paid a piece of the best spirit stone as the house money, the little one thought that this was a master senior, so he met here." ”
"People are not as old as you, who is comfortable listening to your predecessors here. With a wave of his hand, the man dismissed the shopkeeper who was in a state of bewilderment, put back the spirit stone that Xu Ming had just given him on the table, and bowed his hand to Xu Ming: "In the young owner of the 'There is an Inn', Mu Yun Tuohai, dare to ask Your Excellency?"
Xu Ming looked at the respectful Mu Yun Tuohai a little embarrassed, and also arched his hand and said, "Xu Ming." ”
Mu Yun Tuohai saw that he was reluctant to tell his origin, and he didn't ask strongly, so he smiled and said, "What is the important matter for Your Excellency to come here?"
"It's fine, I'll leave in a few days. Xu Ming was a little weak-hearted, and he also knew that Mu Yun Tuohai regarded him as a son of a wealthy family.
"Your Excellency should pay for food and accommodation here, we have invited you at the inn, and you can stay as long as you want!" Mu Yun waved his hand, waived Xu Ming's accommodation and food expenses, and walked out with Xiaoxiao.
Xu Ming was a little embarrassed, but he didn't know what to say, and he was going to wait for Muyun Tuohai to smell it again before explaining to him, as for food and accommodation, if you can rub it for a few days, you still have to take advantage of it.
"Young owner, who is he?" In a separate compartment on the top floor of an inn, the shopkeeper brought food to Muyun Tuohai, and Zhiwu couldn't help but ask for a long time.
"I don't know. Mu Yun Tuohai shook his head, "I can't see his cultivation, either he doesn't have cultivation, or his cultivation is too high, and he deliberately hides it that I can't see, or he has cultivated some secret method to hide his cultivation." Mu Yun Tuohai paused, and continued: "But the family that can take out the best spirit stone to the junior, except for the masters of the hidden world, there are only a few in the entire Dongsheng Prefecture, and yesterday at the gate of the city, it was the old man who asked him to come to our inn." ”
"Kui Lao, the first person under the Golden Immortal, the Lord of Surabaya City, Kui Lao?" the shopkeeper was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Mu Yun Tuohai nodded: "Looking at his reaction, it seems that he really doesn't know that we 'have an inn', which means that it should be a disciple of a certain hidden clan or a master who has come out of the mountain, and they should not look down on the treasures in the forbidden land this time, but they have come to experience and practice, and we have to make more friends with such people." ”
"Understood. Xiao Er nodded and retreated.
"The town of Surabaya is getting more and more interesting. ”