After standing in the courtyard and quietly watching Chen Baoyun's carriage go away, he went out unhurriedly, still walking to several second-hand bookstores in the south of the city first.

For the spiritual wilderness, he is not without sense, and the various signs that have already made him suspicious.

Before getting Chen Baoyun's definite answer, he had actually begun to think about what he was going to do.

He had consulted a lot of ancient books, and in the few spiritual famine eras that appeared in history, the number of new cultivators had dropped sharply, only less than one-tenth of the normal period, and those who were already cultivators did not have a longer lifespan than cultivators of the same level in the past, coupled with the wars and power changes caused by this mutation, the number of cultivators in the spiritual famine began twenty or thirty years later, and the population of the entire cultivator world was reduced by more than two-thirds.

In the Spiritual Famine Era, the polarization of cultivators' strength also became more serious.

Some cultivators who are already strong in themselves can also compete for certain resources in the spiritual famine era, and they become stronger.

And for a new cultivator like Lin Yi, the speed of cultivation is slower than in normal times, and the gap in strength is even greater.

The middle-aged female coachman who drove the car for Chen Baoyun felt a pity in his heart, that is, he felt that Lin Yi could become a cultivator at the beginning of this spiritual famine and condense yellow buds, which was indeed good, but then a cultivator like Lin Yi, who was difficult to get resources, would be extremely difficult to climb up.

Lin Yi actually knows these things himself, but if he resigns himself to his fate and feels sorry for himself, it will not be possible to get such a high evaluation from Chen Baoyun.

In his opinion, no matter how barren the wasteland is, there are people who survive, and in the era of spiritual famine where the spiritual energy is thin, the ancients may also leave a little experience, and perhaps leave some useful records in some ancient books.

"Lin Yi, you're here. ”

He usually goes to several shops in the south of the city that specialize in collecting and selling used books, and he also works part-time to help repair some old books, so several people in the used bookstore greet him warmly when they see him.

"Lin Yi, you came just in time, I happened to receive a large number of ancient books here yesterday, and some of them are from the Beiban. The owner of one of the bookstores was also very clear about his preferences, and while warmly greeting him into the door, he looked at Lin Yi steaming all over, knowing that he had walked a lot, and specially brought a pot of tea.

"Thank you, Xue Bo. Lin Yi was grateful.

The owner of this bookstore, surnamed Xue, is a middle-aged man with gray hair, a scholar who fled to Jiankang in the early years, and saved an old bookstore by selling calligraphy and painting and teaching for a long time. This kind of bookstore is just able to make a living, not to make a living, but the owner of this bookstore is kind-hearted, and he is a real lover of books, and he also appreciates Lin Yi, who loves to read, no matter how long Lin Yi reads, he will not accept Lin Yi's money, and Lin Yi often helps him do some chores, which is regarded as a reward.

This time, he received a lot of old books, which filled half of the hut.

Lin Yi finished drinking a pot of hot tea, wiped his sweat, and sat directly on the ground, sitting in the middle of this large pile of old books, and quickly became fascinated.

The owner of this bookstore didn't bother, and he didn't even let people into this small warehouse, so he let Lin Yi read quietly alone.

The people here in Jiankang habitually call the Northern Wei people "Northern Barbarians", the more they are scholars, the more they despise the Northern Wei Dynasty, one is that the Northern Wei people have a rough style and do not pay much attention to etiquette, and the other is that the Northern Wei Dynasty was martial and light on civil rule in the early years, and did not pay much attention to scholars.

I don't pay attention to readers, and of course I don't care about books.

There are many ancient books from the Northern Wei Dynasty in front of you, and you can see the clues.

Many of the ancient books are incomplete, and most of them are covered with grease, giving people the impression that these ancient books were not preserved by scholars who wanted to study knowledge, but were used for other purposes, such as igniting fires, such as making some cushions, etc., before they were preserved.

However, the content of these ancient books is very different from the common ancient books in Jiankang, and many of them are unique records in the north.

Lin Yi flipped through it intently, and soon found some records that he was interested in.

He found that there were two ancient books that recorded a practitioner called "Da Kuluo", according to the ancient saying of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Da Kuluo has the dual meaning of divine power and sage, and that practitioner is the best person in a spiritual famine closest to the present, and he is very invincible in the north.

Moreover, this person known as "Da Kuluo" was also born in poverty, according to the records in two ancient books, he was also born as a horse seller in the border market.

What made Lin Yi feel most peculiar was that this person did not get a special opportunity, and there was no help from the royal family at that time, it seemed that he was practicing on his own, so he came from behind and became the strongest cultivator in the north at that time.

"Could it be that you've discovered some new way of practice?"

Lin Yi frowned, carefully flipped through the two ancient books, and he noticed that the authors of these two ancient books also seemed to have such speculations, but they were not sure, and some of the descriptive sentences were not clearly indicated.

He then focused on reading ancient books from the Northland, and he found an older ancient book, which also had a record of "Da Kura", but in addition to a few simple descriptions, saying that this "Da Kura" had gone through a lot of wars and suffered a lot of unbearable hardships for ordinary people, there was no more detailed record.

"I had to try my luck again at the Monkey King Academy's stacks. ”

Lin Yi picked out all the ancient books that were slightly related to the spiritual wilderness, and did not find any more clues, but the sunlight shining into the window kept getting stronger to remind him that it was close to noon, and the classmates might be late.

"Xue Bo, thank you. ”

Lin Yi didn't bother, thanked the owner of the bookstore and went out, and then trotted in the direction of the Three Eyes Bridge.

After running hundreds of paces, a carriage suddenly came behind and stopped beside him with a "whoosh".

"Lin Yi. "Someone called him.

Lin Yi stopped.

There were three people in the carriage, two men and one woman, all of whom were his former classmates.

The petite woman who shouted at him was called Xiao Suxin, the surname Xiao was the imperial surname, but Xiao Suxin's family was a member of the old royal family, and the current royal family of Emperor Wu of Liang was even an enemy, even if Emperor Wu of Liang did not actually prosper and punish him, but in the past six years, her situation can be imagined.

Xiao Suxin used to have much of the same family background as him, and there were many contacts between the two fathers, and they often saw each other outside the college, and they were relatively familiar with each other among the classmates back then.

At that time, Xiao Suxin was naïve and romantic, arrogant, and completely a little girl's temperament, but now Lin Yi stepped forward, but inadvertently saw that she looked mature, and there were even a little wrinkles in the corners of her eyes, far more haggard than people of the same year, where was there still the shadow of the delicate girl back then.

Lin Yi greeted the three with a smile.

He also remembered the names of the other two men, the tall and thin man sitting next to Xiao Suxin was called Liu Jieshi, who was originally only the son of a wealthy businessman, but after Emperor Wu of Liang ascended the throne, he heard that he became an official in charge of salt transportation, and his status was naturally greatly improved.

The other man has an ordinary figure, his eyebrows are extremely dark, his name is Ye Chengyu, he is the son of Shangshu Shilang, and there is not much change from before.

"Lin Yi, running sweaty, why, don't forget to practice when you participate in this classmate meeting?" Liu Jieshi just smiled faintly in return, but Ye Chengyu teased with a mocking face.

Many of my classmates back then were eager to talk to Lin Yi from time to time, but now the times have changed, but their attitudes are completely different.

Lin Yi didn't care, and also joked with a smile, "I just don't have a carriage, so I can only rely on walking, but your carriage is too small, and it's already a little crowded for three people, otherwise you can take me by the way." ”

Lin Yi's words are also with guns and sticks, alluding to the fact that Ye Chengyu's carriage is not high-end. His character is like this, he is usually gentle and does not look down on people, but if the other party provokes him, he will not grovel, even if the other party is very big.

Xiao Suxin obviously cared about the friendship of her classmates, and couldn't help but open her mouth to play a round, but Liu Jieshi and Ye Chengyu were a little cold.

"My carriage is indeed a little crowded, so let's go first. Ye Chengyu said lightly, and then ordered the coachman to drive away.

"It's already like this, what else is pretending to be high, unruly, sooner or later there will be no good fruit to eat..."In the distance, Lin Yi vaguely heard Liu Jieshi's voice.

Lin Yi is not angry about the attitude of these two people, after all, he has seen a lot of such people in the past few years, and the other party has nothing to care about.

Being angry with such a person will affect his daily mood.

He was usually very punctual, but it seemed that these people were not too early, and there were only one or two people he really wanted to see, so he simply slowed down, so as not to eat dust after the carriage.