Chapter 23: Luyang City
It was night, and Jiang Lin couldn't sleep all night.
Looking at the moment when Elder Xiao Yang fell down to ascend to the Sendai, Jiang Lin felt for the first time the sadness that his life was not in his hands.
Even the Heavenly Phenomena Realm cultivators who had the Dao Law to the heavens couldn't pass the test of ascending to the Immortal Terrace, not to mention that these disciples of the Yuan Realm, their fate was too illusory for them to grasp after all.
Could it be that the monk has gone through a lot of hardships in his life, abandoning the seven emotions and six desires regardless of the fate of his life, just to pursue the success of the Great Dao and ascend to heaven, but in exchange for just walking on the Falling Immortal Terrace.
Although the monks of today are more accustomed to calling Ascension Sendai a Falling Sendai, it is not absolutely impossible. Because according to Gan Yan, a person from the Star Palace and Sanqingmen passed through Shengxiantai before Jiazi, and since then he has left this world and disappeared.
In addition, Master Gan Yan also revealed to himself that it is said that the probability of passing through Ascension to Sendai is much higher on the other side of the Great Wilderness Land. Therefore, ascending to the Immortal Terrace can also be passed, as long as you work hard to cultivate to the Heavenly Phenomena Realm, everyone will have a chance, and then it will depend on their own chances.
Moreover, it is said that every time the Great Monk of the Celestial Realm ascends to one order, he may also receive the mercy of the heavens and usher in the Fall Sendai again.
Jiang Lin shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly, he was still a little monk in the personal Yuan realm, how could he always think about these distant things, God knew if he could cultivate to the Heavenly Phenomena Realm.
Immediately, Jiang Lin picked up these boring thoughts and decided to learn from Su Hua, just look at what is in front of him now. Besides, what he wants to do most at the moment is to return to the Eastern Imperial City and find out the truth about the Jiang family's annihilation. Therefore, after completing the mission of the sect and serving in the sect, let's go and find out about this matter.
Six months later, outside the Lingwufeng Deacon Hall, above the square.
Eight people, five men and three women stood together, obviously a small group, and when they looked closely, there were four people including Su Hua and Jianglin, as if they were waiting for something.
At this moment, a dark-skinned disciple came out of the deacon hall, although his appearance was not good, but he was full of aura, and he was not afraid of the eyes of the people around him, and walked towards him. Jiang Lin and the others knew that this was their leader, a generation of disciples, Lingwu Feng Gao Qing.
"Are you ready?" Gao Qing saw that the number of people was all there, and when he saw that everyone nodded, he immediately said:
"Then let's go!"
Then, Gao Qing casually sacrificed a cyan flying sword, and then teleported and stepped on the giant sword, directly flying into the sky and shooting towards the distance. Jiang Lin and the others were a little caught off guard when they saw that their senior brother was so resolute, and then they all sacrificed their flying swords and chased their senior brother away.
Luyang City, located in the lower reaches of the Qingjiang River, is located 300 miles east of Qingwumen, and is the only giant city within a radius of thousands of miles. Because it is adjacent to the Luyang River, it is named.
Three hours later, in the grove outside Luyang City, a group of nine people fell, ready to walk into the city!
According to Senior Brother Gao Qing, Luyang City is a kind of mortal city, and people who cultivate immortals should try to avoid direct intersections with secular mortals, so several people left down in advance and walked into the city.
Jiang Lin looked at the city wall that was more than thirty feet high, and wondered why the city built such a high city wall. I didn't care about it when I was young, but after embarking on the road of cultivating immortals, my opinion on this is different, what is this to prevent!
Immediately, the group chatted while walking, of course, their respective hometowns and the fall of Sendai half a year ago were everyone's talking points, and they arrived at the city gate after a while.
There was a long queue at the door, and there were dozens of people; there were nurseries and elderly people visiting relatives, carriages consignment and trading, and only a few people who were simply entering the city to be lively.
Jiang Lin and the others went straight to the detection place in the surprised eyes of the crowd, and Gao Qing took out a token and showed it to a leader and went into the city. As soon as Jiang Lin and the others entered the city, the lively atmosphere instantly invaded their ears.
In front of me is a ten-zhang wide avenue, lined with small moving workshops on both sides of the road, and the sound of shouts and shouts constantly comes from there, attracting pedestrians to come and go. On both sides are high and low houses, with shops and various restaurants lining up in the distance.
Although Jiang Lin and the other second-generation disciples were curious about the things sold on both sides, they still honestly followed the steps of Senior Brother Gao Qing. An hour later, Jiang Lin followed Senior Brother Gao Qing all the way to the north, and came to a huge street with few pedestrians, and only a few shops on both sides opened to do business.
After that, the group walked again for more than half an hour, and finally came to the outside of an old compound: the Hu family compound.
After a cup of tea, the hall of the Hu family's compound.
An old man who was close to the age of sixteen on the main seat sat upright, looked at the eight newcomers below, and then said:
"Old man Hu Hong, Elder Ling Wufeng, is the chief deacon elder of Luyang City, if you have any major news in the future, you can come to me to report, and at other times you can find Gao Qing's nephew. ”
"You are here to be responsible for the safety of Luyang City, if you find that there are demons doing evil, or mutilating mortals, etc., you can immediately take it down or report it to the senior brother on duty. ”
"Although the environment here is not as good as that inside the door, and there are more temptations in the world, you should practice diligently and hard, and you must not slack off in your cultivation. ”
"The way of cultivation is to fight for one's life with the sky, just like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. Remember!
"Do as the elders command. The group below replied respectfully.
"Yes. Then the next arrangements will be handed over to Gao Qing's nephew!" Seeing this, Hu Hong immediately said to Gao Qing on the side.
"Okay, Uncle Hu!" Gao Qing bent down slightly, and Elder Hu Hong left with a blur of his figure under the surprised gaze of everyone.
Jiang Lin and the others, you look at me, I look at you, obviously I didn't expect this Elder Hu to deal with everyone's affairs so lightly.
"I just arrived on the first day today, and my senior brother is not a ruthless and cold-blooded person, so I won't arrange it first. You can go to Luyang City to get acquainted with the situation!"
"Go ahead, remember to come back in the evening and we'll explain other matters!"
As soon as Gao Qing saw Elder Hu Hong leaving, he suddenly said with a smile, obviously he was also clear about Elder Hu's temperament, and he didn't mean to explain too much.
"Oh, really, that's great!"
"Yes, thank you, brother!"
"Haha!"
"By the way, we'll go see the one at the gate of the city in a moment..."
When the people below heard this, they all smiled, obviously in line with their hearts. Lin was also relieved and a lot happy, this senior brother is really quite humane! Immediately, the group excitedly left the Hu family's compound.
On the second day, in the north urban area of Luyang City, on the main road.
Jiang Lin looked at the ten-zhang wide and straight avenue in front of him, extending all the way from north to south to the end of the line of sight, this is Kunzi Avenue. The one they came from yesterday, the one from west to east is the Qianzi Avenue. The two roads of Qiankun divided Luyang City into four areas, and it was the southwest city that he was responsible for.
And his partner is a disciple named Lan Yueqiao, but he made trouble for himself last night.
Jiang Lin shook his head not to think about these helpless feelings, thinking that it would be better to go to the southwest city to familiarize himself with the situation, after all, everyone watched it rough last afternoon, and the focus was on other things.
By the way, go buy some rune paper and spirit sand, if you have a cheap beast soul, you can also consider it, after all, after practicing for half a year, I have consumed a lot, and the ghost green snake beast soul is almost used.
The shops on Qianzi Avenue are basically opened by secular mortals, Jiang Lin doesn't plan to look for them there for the time being, as long as he finds out the shops on Kunzi Avenue.
Different from Qianzi Avenue, the shops on Kunzi Avenue are basically opened by people who cultivate immortals, or people related to monks, and the things provided are naturally suitable for monks.
Jiang Lin walked all the way through a distance of hundreds of zhang, and it can be seen that basically half of the shops on both sides are not open for business, and the rest are selling anything, magic weapons, spiritual grass, spells and even wine, except for pedestrians who come in and out from time to time.
Jiang Lin was a little timid when he saw this, so he naturally didn't dare to go in. Next, after Jiang Lin continued to walk forward for hundreds of zhang, the situation completely changed.
I saw that there were more and more shops around, and the number of pedestrians of different styles gradually increased, and I don't know how many times more lively than the upper bunk I saw before.
When I saw an antique three-story attic, there were several vigorous characters flying on the door plaque: Baixing Pavilion. Looking at this shop with the largest number of people in and out, Jiang Lin must have walked in his heart.
"This fellow Daoist, I don't know what you need, do you need my help?" As soon as Jiang Lin stepped into this quaint hall of nearly 100 zhang in size, a handsome boy about the same size as himself stepped forward and asked.
"I want to buy some demon beast souls, just one realm fire attribute. Jiang Lin looked at the boy in a light green dress, with a leaf pattern tattooed on his chest, and the word "star" on the leaf, and there were more than a dozen busy figures in uniform not far away, Jiang Lin immediately concluded that the people of Baixing Pavilion were at this time, so he agreed.
"Then senior brother come with me, the soul of the demon beast is here. ”
"Senior brother, it's the first time I've come to the Hundred Stars Pavilion. The first floor of this hall is full of things suitable for the cultivators of the Human Yuan Realm, and the upper two floors are the trading places for the predecessors of the Earth Spirit Realm. The boy saw Jiang Lin stop and look at the position on the second floor, and saw that he was about the same age as himself, so he immediately introduced.
"Yes, thank you. Jiang Lin smiled awkwardly, and then raised his heels.
"Inside this bottle is the beast soul of the first-level demon beast fire refining snake, each beast soul has a spirit gourd, and there is a beast soul inside, and the price is a hundred spirit gourds in total. The boy quickly walked to the side, took out a light purple gourd the size of a baby's fist, and introduced it to Jiang Lin.
"After the first-level demon beast fire refining snake reaches adulthood, it is generally equivalent to a monk of the third or fourth layer of the Human Yuan Realm, which is indeed suitable for me. ”
"But, aren't there only ninety beast souls in this, how can you ask for a hundred spirit galleys?" Jiang Lin reacted quickly and immediately frowned and asked.
"It's such a senior brother, this gourd is a gourd specially designed to hold the beast soul, called the beast soul gourd. Our Baixing Pavilion is half sold and half given away as ten spirit gourds, which is already very cheap, and other places can ask for thirty spirit gourds. ”
As soon as the boy saw Jiang Lin ask about this, he immediately explained with a sincere and careful face, for fear that this senior brother would turn around and leave, after all, he had not opened a bill and had no income today, and without Linghu income, it would affect his cultivation.
"I see. Well, I want it. Jiang Lin thought about it again and again and finally made up his mind to buy it, after all, the master had worked hard all his life on the witch talisman, and he couldn't break his inheritance.
Besides, with these things, when life is at stake, there are unexpected wonders, after all, I have seen the master's escape deeds with my own eyes. Immediately, Jiang Lin took out the little whisker bamboo, and poured out a hundred spirit gourds with a movement in his heart, and his heart ached.
After all, this is the accumulation of ten coins that he received every month after returning from the Five Elements Garden, plus the fifty coins of the reward for completing the diving cultivation of the Five Elements Garden, plus some other consumption, and now there is only a little left.
"The number is right, trouble Senior Brother. I don't know what else Senior Brother needs?" The disciple saw that Jiang Lin did not leave and then asked, and at the same time, with his experience, most of the monks who buy beast souls are used to make talismans, and see if they need talisman paper or something.
"I also want to dot the rune paper and spirit sand. Jiang Lin replied.
"This is a rune paper made of fire-refining snake skin as the main raw material, five pieces of one spirit gourd. The green-clothed disciple then took out a wad of light yellow rune paper and said.
"Fire refining snakeskin talisman paper? That's right! Let's get a hundred. Where's the spirit sand?!"
"There is no spiritual sand now, not at all. Because in addition to the problem of procurement, it may not be until a month later!" the disciple said with some embarrassment.
"A month later, okay. I'll take the rune paper first. Immediately, Jiang Lin poured out twenty spirit gourds again, then looked at the things that were bought and sold, and then left the Hundred Star Pavilion. Today, I basically spent all my savings, and Jiang Lin was bleeding in his heart.
"Didn't that guy ask for anything just now?" asked a disciple dressed in dark green with a branch tattooed on his chest.
"Deacon Bai, we don't have the spiritual sand that senior brother wanted. ”
"Okay, I see, it's spirit sand again!"