"This damn weather, it's all September, and it's still so hot......"

The one who spoke was a young man in his early twenties, with a sturdy body but shabby clothes and a dusty face, except for a mouthful of white teeth when he spoke.

And the object of his speech was a teenager, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, but his demeanor was quite calm, and when he heard the complaint of his companion at this moment, he just smiled slightly, raised his hand to put the sweat and dust on his face, and did not mean to answer.

The young man who began to speak was a little bored, his companion was good at everything, down-to-earth and hardworking, but he was not good at all—he didn't like to talk.

After another moment, the young man who provoked the conversation became interested again, and said mysteriously: "Ah Ran, this year is the day when Ying Tianzong recruits disciples every three years, you should definitely know this, but you will never guess how they selected disciples this year. ”

The calm young man named Ah Ran sat on a big rock, looked at his companion, and said with a smile: "I guess, this year it should be through the examination to recruit disciples." ”

"Hey, how do you know?" said the stout young man's face in disbelief.

But after a while, he suddenly came to his senses and asked, "Okay, you Ah Ran dared to fool me, you must have known this news a long time ago, didn't you?"

The young man named Ah Ran shook his head and didn't speak, just silently looked into the distance.

"This stuffy gourd ......" the sturdy young man cursed in his heart, feeling helpless about his companion.

A gentle breeze blew, and the sound of the people's horns could be faintly heard in the distance and the rumbling of the river in the distance.

The boundary of the two of them was located in the southwest of Fufeng Country, and there was a bluestone mountain not far from where they were.

The stone produced in the mountains is mined and made into bluestone slabs, which are quite popular with large families.

It was here that the stout young man and the calm young man found a job pulling the quarried stone to the river in a cart so that it could be loaded onto a boat and transported out.

This job is naturally very hard, but fortunately, the pay is not bad, as long as you are willing to work hard, in addition to food and clothing, you can also get some money left over in January.

At this moment, when the two of them were resting on the way, they couldn't help but talk about the enrollment of Ying Tianzong, which had been rumored vigorously recently.

After sitting for a while, the young man found another way to speak, and asked curiously: "I heard that this time the Heavenly Sect recruits disciples, as long as they are under the age of sixteen, they can participate, and there are no other restrictions. ”

The young man sighed regretfully: "Brother, I don't have a chance, but I remember Ah Ran, you happen to be sixteen years old, why don't you give it a try?"

After that, the young man's face showed a leisurely and yearning expression: "That's Ying Tianzong, if you are lucky enough to be chosen, you can be a free immortal from now on." ”

The young man named Ah Ran spread his hands and said very frankly: "Because I have no money, I can't make up enough money for the journey." ”

The sturdy young man frowned and asked, "Haven't you paid off the money you borrowed when your mother was buried?"

"Soon," Ah Ran replied casually, but when he thought of his physical condition, he thought a little gloomily in his heart: I hope there is still enough time.

After Chen Yuan left Kazama City, he flew towards the southwest of Fufeng Country.

About two hours later, a city appeared in front of Chen Yuan's eyes.

Chen Yuan lowered his flying sword and walked straight towards the City Lord's Mansion.

It didn't take long for Chen Yuan to come out of the City Lord's Mansion, just looking at his expression, he seemed to be quite disappointed.

After some questioning, he learned that eight years had passed, and the City Lord's Mansion had changed its owner, and the previous City Lord had died of illness three years ago, and Chen Yuan had lost his whereabouts.

Out of the city, Chen Yuan reminisced and continued to fly towards the west.

Chen Yuan didn't come out to hang out when he left the Kazama Castle stall, he was here to fulfill a promise he made eight years ago.

It can be said that there are not a few people who have been cheated by Chen Yuan, but if he is asked to speak deliberately, it doesn't count, Chen Yuan can't do this.

In fact, this promise should have been fulfilled three years ago, but according to the time of the Eastern Continent, Chen Yuan was still struggling in the rift of the plane at that time.

And now, he took time out to come when the twenty-seventh assignment was held for the exam, and he only hoped that it was not too late to make amends.

As Chen Yuan walked all the way, the world in front of him was gradually shrouded in a faint mist, which let Chen Yuan know that the place he was looking for was about to arrive.

Seeing the shadow of a village faintly in front of him, Chen Yuan fell, looked up and saw the name of the village "Wuyin Village" on the archway at the entrance of the village, Chen Yuan knew that he had found the right place.

Eight years ago, after breaking a phantom array near here, he and Prince Su and Senior Sister Li obtained the legacy of Patriarch Emperor I.

It was during that trip to break the formation, Chen Yuan made a promise to the child who led the way, when he reached the age of twelve, as long as he had the qualifications to cultivate, he would accept him as an apprentice and lead him into the Yingtian Sect.

Chen Yuan laughed at himself, but later he broke the appointment with this child......

Chen Yuan thought in his heart that when he met that child eight years ago, he seemed to be seven or eight years old, but now eight years have passed, and the child has grown into a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy.

It stands to reason that fifteen or sixteen years old has already missed the best foundation building period, and if you start cultivating at this time and want to reach the foundation building realm, you are destined to be much more difficult than those twelve or thirteen teenagers.

It's just that Chen Yuan doesn't want others to take responsibility for his mistakes, he has already thought about it, as long as the children back then have the talent of cultivation, he will use the elixir to pile up, and he will also help him make up for the missed three years.

Chen Yuan followed his memories to a dilapidated thatched hut where the child and his mother lived together.

But now it seems to have been abandoned for a long time, and the house is full of dust and cobwebs.

No clues were found in the house, Chen Yuan retreated, and there were some doubts in his heart: neither in the City Lord's Mansion, nor back to Wuyin Village, where did that kid go?

Finally, after asking around the village, Chen Yuan finally got the news he wanted.

"You said that Tao Ran's kid," said a village elder with his front teeth slurred, "he should be working in Qingshi Mountain now." ”

The foot of the bluestone mountain.

Ah Ran moved his legs and feet, and said to his companion, "Enough rest, let's continue." ”

"Okay. ”

The young man put on the rope and pulled up the cart with Ah Ran, still gushing and imagining: "If I had the mana, with a wave of my hand, this stone would be moved from the foot of the mountain to the river, how labor-saving it would be." ”