The car travels non-stop all night.

The horses' hooves clattered on the stone roads in the countryside. The mountain trail is long, and it seems that there is no end to it. Ordinary knows that every step of the carriage is a step away from his father and his home. Thinking of his father, Pingfan couldn't help but cry.

At noon, a group of three arrived in town. The town is about 30 miles away from the village, which is not too far. The name here is a small town, in fact, it is very reluctant, a total of only seven or eight miles, but there is a very majestic name - "Tongtian Town." Listening to the villagers, the name of the town is taken from the meaning of "hands and eyes to the sky". When the three of them heard this, they didn't care about it, so they took the lead from the second uncle and found an inn to settle down.

This is the only inn in town. The inn has a very cheesy name - "Gao Sheng Inn". Since it was lunch time, there were very few empty seats. The second uncle handed over the carriage to the shopkeeper and received the ordinary, Tie Zhu and the two chose a clean seat to sit down, and ordered four dishes and one soup, which was regarded as a meal for the two juniors.

When he was eating, he suddenly heard a shrill voice and said: "This time Shangqingguan is recruiting people, the scene is really not small, there are still seven days before the official day, and Tongtian Town is crowded with interviews." I don't know what kind of scene it will be when it arrives. When the three of them heard him mention the Shangqing faction in his words, they couldn't help but prick up their ears to listen. Ordinary turned his head to look, only to see that the owner of the shrill voice was a slender man in red.

Ping Fan turned his head sideways, but heard a young man with a broken arm on the table say, "That's natural." The Shangqing faction has been in existence for hundreds of years, has a solid foundation, and has long been a local hegemon. Now that the Shangqing faction is open to accept disciples, everyone is not everyone rushing to be the first to become a disciple of the Shangqing faction? Even if you can't become a descendant disciple, it's good to get a disciple from an outer sect to do it. If the ancestors accumulate virtue and happen to learn a trick and a half, then they will be inexhaustible for life. I look a few days later, there is still a lot of excitement in Tongyuan Valley. ”

The man in red snorted and stopped talking, and after a long while, he said softly: "Who are so lively? In my opinion, most of them are people who tend to be inflammatory, and Lao Tzu is angry in his heart." ”

The young man ignored him, and said to an old man at the same table: "Uncle Chen, I heard that the Shangqing faction has long been a well-known faction in the world, and the sect is even more proficient, so why bother to make a big splash and go to great lengths to recruit people? Could it be that the Shangqing faction will also be short of manpower?" An old voice said: "There are many reasons why the sect recruits people. If it is a small sect recruiting people, most of them are in order to expand their strength and grab territory. It is said that it is to recruit people, but in fact, it is no different from robbers. The Shangqing faction has a great cause, and such things will never be done. The young man nodded and said, "Yes, that will not happen." ”

Sixth Uncle Chen said again: "If it is a famous family, there are many reasons to recruit people. The Shangqing faction surrendered its identity in such a way, in fact, it was a last resort. When the young man heard this, he became even more interested, and immediately asked, "What is the trouble?" Uncle Chen smiled and said, "If you say this elsewhere, it doesn't matter, but think about it, what kind of place is this?

At this moment, the man in red snorted suddenly, and said coldly: "Can't you say it casually, in my opinion, you don't know, right?" Uncle Chen couldn't stand the excitement, and immediately blushed, and said loudly: "Who said I don't know? The Shangqing faction recruited people this time, clearly saying that it was recruiting workers, but in fact, it was to fight with Hungry Tiger Valley. The words fell. Several people asked, "Why do you have to recruit people to fight with Hungry Tiger Valley?" Even ordinary people couldn't help but cast inquiring eyes.

Sixth Uncle Chen said: "It is true that there are many masters of the Shangqing faction, but most of them are cultivators of the true feathers, and they are afraid to retreat and cultivate every time, so how can they have such leisure to take care of these mundane things? These people are usually lazy and lazy, and once they start, they are naturally not the opponents of those hungry and red-eyed bandits. In this way, the number of outer disciples became smaller and fewer, and the number of people was naturally insufficient. These outer disciples, if they say something nice, they are called outer disciples, if they say something ugly, they are just miscellaneous servants who know some martial arts. Do you think that the monthly money of five taels of silver a month is so easy to earn?"

After hastily using lunch, the iron pillar carried the ordinary, and went to find the boundary of the "Shangqing faction". The second uncle left some coils, gave a few words, and went back to the village on his own. Tiezhu spent twenty copper coins, and learned from a local pimp that the "Shangqing faction" was located in the Tongyuan Valley ten miles west of the town, which was remote. Even so, the Shangqing faction is also very generous, and all those who go to the interview, whether they are in or not, there are cars and horses to pick them up and drop them off, and they are in charge of food for a month. If you want to go, you just need to go out of the west gate, along the bank of the moat, and the flaming carriage is there. The two hurriedly thanked each other and hurried away.

When the two arrived, the moat was already full of people, all of whom had come to take the exam. Roughly counting, there are two or three hundred people, and it is really lively. In front of each carriage, there are two guiding disciples, who are being assigned in an orderly manner. Ordinary counting, each car has to seat at least a dozen people. but the iron pillar was not with him.

After getting in the car, Pingfan found a corner by the door to sit down, one can breathe, and the other is that if he is empty, he can also look through the thin door crack to vaguely see the scenery outside the door.

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Three days later, in the evening.

The carriage finally stopped at a valley entrance. When everyone got out of the car, they saw two high mountains rising from the ground. On the high mountain, there are cold trees all over the place, and with the mountain wind, they can't stop "rustling". On both sides of the mountain are two straight cliffs, enclosing a quiet and quiet deep valley. The afterglow of the falling day was gently and softly sprinkled on the ground, as if on the cold mountain ground, a layer of pale red velvet carpet was spread. Everyone suddenly saw such a beautiful scenery, and for a moment, they were all stunned.

It was easy to wait for everyone to come back to their senses, and the disciples were the first to lead the way, and the two or three hundred people were divided into six teams and brought in.

After entering the valley, the eyes suddenly opened up, revealing a huge cave that could accommodate thousands of people. On the wall of the cave, hundreds of butter candles were lit brightly, illuminating the cave as bright as day. On both sides of the cave, hundreds of disciples in strong suits stood with their heads bowed, silently ignoring the slightest sound.

At this moment, a disciple in Tsing Yi walked out and muttered a few words to the leading disciple. After receiving the disciple's understanding, he turned around and said: "Mr. Bei has an order, I have wronged you to stay in the East Chamber tonight, and tomorrow morning, the entry selection will be carried out!"