There are demons in the world, and there are also practitioners who can contend with them.
There are many kinds of practitioners, all different from each other. They are mainly divided into five types: martial arts, Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and witchcraft.
Warrior, Taoist, Confucian, Buddhist, witchcraft.
Warriors use the power of qi and blood and specialize in cultivating the body. Because they cannot communicate with the breath of heaven and earth, they are despised by several other cultivation systems and regard them as the lowest practitioners in the world. They are often called martial artists, and they are also preceded by the word "reckless". , silly, stupid, silly and other negative affixes.
Taoists cultivate the soul, understand the secrets of heaven, use the power of the five elements to cast spells and sword techniques, fly with swords, move mountains and fill seas, and Mahayana practitioners soar immediately.
Buddhism cultivates the original mind, understands the Buddha's teachings, and promotes its teachings. The stronger the Buddha's teachings, the stronger it becomes. If you reach the peak of cultivation, you can become a Buddha in the physical body and become immortal.
A Confucian scholar cultivates his luck, cultivates a strong and righteous spirit, cultivates his moral integrity and establishes his destiny through accumulation. If a great Confucian in the world travels around the world, he can change the luck of his dynasty.
Witches and Gu cultivate the path of Gu, raise Gu and feed insects, cast spells, enter dreams, call wind and rain, conjure gods and ghosts, and take lives from thousands of miles away.
The five cultivation systems in the world have fixed grades, ranging from ninth grade to first grade.
The ninth grade is the lowest and the first grade is the highest.
Corresponding to the human race, the demon race also has a fixed level, from level nine to level one.
A seventh-level demon clan is equivalent to a seventh-level human cultivator.
The gray-haired old man who was devoured by the three-eyed blood wolf in Qinghu Mountain was an eighth-grade Taoist monk with the cultivation level of the Consecrated Light Realm.
As for the seventh-level demon clan, it requires a seventh-level monk at the Bigu Realm to compete!
Mu Qingyao's mouth turned bitter.
This trip was full of crises from the beginning. When they arrived at Qinghu Mountain, the entire army was wiped out except for her.
Mu Qingyao has already noticed that the three-eyed blood wolf is coming towards her.
She encountered a tiger demon at the county government office in Zangshi Town today. She was even more certain that someone did not want her to return to Tianqi Imperial City alive.
Taking a deep breath, the little princess looked at the young man in black opposite.
"Yun Que, are you short of money?"
Mu Qingyao's voice was very soft, and her eyes were full of hope.
Hearing the word "lack of money", Yun Que's lazy expression immediately became alert.
It doesn't matter who comes from such words, whether it's a naturally beautiful girl or an uncle with a dirty look on his face.
The artistic conception contained in it is the same.
Are you short of money?
Do you want to eat a piece of candy?
Is there any difference?
No.
"I'm short of money! Of course I'm short of money. If I wasn't short of money, I wouldn't be able to hunt monsters all over the mountains and plains. But I am self-aware and have the ability to earn a hundred taels of silver. I definitely won't take a job worth a thousand taels of silver." Yun Que said. .
Mu Qingyao ignored Yun Que's words, pursed her lips slightly and said:
"I would like to ask you to be my temporary guard and take me back to Tianqi Imperial City for a reward of three thousand taels of silver."
Yun Que took a breath and waved his hand to refuse without even thinking about it.
Mu Qingyao expected that the other party would not agree, so she added in a solemn voice: "In addition, there will be a quota at Tianqi Academy."
Yun Que's eyebrows suddenly moved.
The name of Tianqi Academy is known to everyone in the world.
Tianqi Academy does not belong to the imperial dynasty and does not obey the emperor's orders. Although it is located in the center of the imperial city, it is outside the world.
Since its establishment, Tianqi Academy has a history of nearly a thousand years and has gone through several generations of dynasties. It is a place of study where famous teachers from all over the world gather, and is regarded as a holy place for cultivation by practitioners all over the world.
There are twelve halls in the Tianqi Academy, with various categories. Each hall has teachers with advanced cultivation teaching.
If you can enter Tianqi Academy to study, even if you don't learn any skills after coming out, you will still be respected by all forces as a disciple of the academy, and it will be like a talisman that travels around the world.
People who want to enter Tianqi Academy are like crucian carp crossing the river, but the number of places is limited. There are only a few students who enroll every year. They are either talented people or children of wealthy families. For ordinary people, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
Even many of the emperor's relatives could not give him a place in the academy.
Yun Que didn't know Mu Qingyao's identity.
The girl across from her was not only noticed by the seventh-level tiger demon, but also had a place in the academy. Her identity was definitely not simple.
"You don't need to answer me now, you can think about it."
After Mu Qingyao finished speaking, he looked out the door.
Wu Dachuan and several government officials were coming here in a hurry.
As soon as he entered the door and saw Yun Que, Wu Dachuan let out a sigh of relief and said:
"Brother Yun, why are you missing? The evil spirit came out on his own later. She was actually the maid of the county magistrate's family, not Xiao Cui at all! When I asked her what happened, she said that she had been in a hazy state before, as if she had had a dream. wake up."
"If you are possessed by a ghost, you will be fine when you wake up." Yun Que said.
"So Brother Yun knew she was a maid! Where is the county magistrate?" Wu Dachuan felt something under his feet. He lowered his head and looked strangely: "Why is there a pile of gravel?"
"The one you stepped on is the county magistrate." Yun Que said.
Wu Dachuan was so frightened that he jumped up high and exclaimed: "Sir, why are you broken, broken!"
"It's fake. There is a demon pretending to be the county magistrate. You should go find the real county magistrate. I'm probably still in the Yamen. I'm going back now that this matter is over."
After that, Yun Que and Mu Qingyao left the county office.
Wu Dachuan Niu Bucai and others had a good time at the county government office, and finally found the county magistrate Ma Yong in the toilet.
Fortunately, he arrived in time. If it had been a little later, the county magistrate, Ma Xiaojiao, would have been drowned.
Although the Twins' mystery was over, the magistrate was no longer interested in eating anything and felt like vomiting whenever he saw anything to eat.
Back at Buyi Alley, it was getting dark.
Yun Que was already ravenous since he didn't get any food at the county government office at noon.
Get home and start working.
Cut two pounds of fresh pork belly into large pieces, cut half a cabbage, add green onion, ginger and garlic to a frying pan, add vermicelli and start cooking. After a while, the house was filled with the aroma of vegetables.
A small pot of pork and cabbage stewed with vermicelli was steaming hot.
He heated up a few more large white-faced steamed buns, and Yun Que devoured them.
Mu Qingyao saw this kind of folk dish for the first time. She tore off a small piece of steamed bun with her two slender fingers and chewed it slowly. She was also particular about picking vegetables. She only started from the top and only picked up the vegetables at a time. It's enough for a small bite, and the taste is gentle and elegant, with a subtle sense of nobility.
On the other hand, Yun Que, who was immersed in eating fiercely, behaved like a pack of wolves eating.
A small oil lamp was lit in the room.
Two figures were reflected on the window paper.
In contrast, the two sides of the small wooden table are simply beauties and beasts.
Two completely opposite views.
After eating five steamed buns in one go, Yun Que burped.
Mu Qingyao opposite had not even finished half of the steamed bun.
Seeing that Yun Que was full, Mu Qingyao put down the food in his hand.
"We poor people don't pay that much attention. You eat what you have." Yun Que said.
The rule in a wealthy family is that once the owner of the family has finished eating, no one else will continue to eat.
"I'm stuffed."
Mu Qingyao said with a slight smile on her face: "The craftsmanship is good and it is delicious. I have never eaten this kind of food in the palace."
"It turns out that she is a princess with golden branches and jade leaves. No wonder she dared to bid three thousand taels."
Yun Que leaned on the couch, his voice was lazy, and he did not show due respect for the other party's noble status.
"Money is an extraneous thing. If you think it is not enough, I can add more. However, it is difficult to buy a place in Tianqi Academy with money. How do you think about it?" Mu Qingyao said softly.
"Tomorrow morning, walk from the south gate of the town to Wuji Town on the left and Baiyu City on the right. Both roads lead to the sky and pray."
Yun Que said listlessly:
"If you are willing to pay two hundred taels of silver, I can send you to Wuji Town or Baiyu City, and you can walk the rest of the way on your own. I personally recommend that you go to Baiyu City, because Baiyu City is an important town for jade trading, with many merchants coming and going. There are many troops stationed there, so if you reveal your identity, someone will definitely escort you."
Mu Qingyao did not feel any disappointment and said in a light voice:
"With your skills, staying in Hidden Stone Town will only bury talents. Gold will shine, but if it doesn't see the light of day, no matter how precious the treasure is, it won't be able to shine."
"Scholarships really sound nice, but unfortunately I am not gold, let alone treasures. I am just an ordinary warrior. I hunt some little monsters and examine some corpses to make extra money. I just live in this world and wait to die." Yun Que said. .
"You can compete with seventh-level monsters. You should be in the seventh-level realm. If you serve the imperial court, you will be at least the level of a partial general and a guerrilla general. How can you be an ordinary person with such skills?" Mu Qingyao said.
"Princess, you don't have good vision. I am not a seventh-grade warrior. I am just a small eighth-grade warrior." Yun Que said.
Mu Qingyao's steady gaze wavered, and she felt shocked in her heart.
She always believed that the seventh-level tiger demon disguised as a county magistrate was on the same level as Yun Que.
Moreover, in Mu Qingyao's opinion, Yun Que's strength should be slightly stronger than that of the tiger demon.
This could also be confirmed from the tone of the tiger demon Pingshanjun. Mu Qingyao could tell that the tiger demon had a strong fear of Yun Que.
If not for fear of Yun Que, the tiger demon Pingshan Lord could have come in his own form.
A seventh-level tiger demon and an eighth-level warrior would never be able to stop it, and she, the princess, would definitely die when the time comes.
But Mr. Pingshan didn't come.
Only a puppet stand-in was used.
After an unsuccessful assassination attempt, he immediately fled far away.
If this isn't an obvious fear, what is it?
Mu Qingyao really couldn't figure out why Yun Que, who was at the level of an eighth-level warrior, could frighten a powerful seventh-level tiger demon!
Suppressing the shock and doubt in her heart, Mu Qingyao said calmly:
"The first three realms of a warrior are the acquired realms, the ninth-level body refining, the eighth-level bone refining, and the seventh-level god refining. These three acquired realms are the most expensive and require a large amount of medicine to increase qi and blood to refine the body."
"Especially in the eighth-level bone refining realm, the resources required are extremely huge. If you do an autopsy in the county government, each body only costs a hundred copper coins. After several lifetimes of doing the autopsy, you won't be able to earn enough money for bone refining medicine. Even if you can make money hunting monsters, if you want to rush I don’t know how many years or months it will take to reach the seventh level of god refining.”
"If you can escort me back to the imperial city, I can provide you with all the medicinal materials in the bone refining realm. I don't want to die, I want to live."
Mu Qingyao's voice was very soft, and it could be heard that it came from her heart. In addition to the transaction, she also had her expectations for survival.
Yun Que was silent for a moment.
"You don't recognize that tiger monster Pingshan Jun, do you?"
Mu Qingyao nodded slightly.
"The consumption of the Bone Refining Realm is indeed too great. The benefits you offer are very tempting. To be honest, I am very tempted, but I will not accept this deal."
Yun Que smiled and said: "That old demon Pingshan Lord is very lazy. He will not kill a princess for no reason. There must be someone who instigates it. Dealing with Pingshan Lord is not a big problem. I really can't do anything to deal with the forces behind it. I'm sorry, if I promise you, I won't send you back to the imperial city, but I will die with you."
Mu Qingyao sighed softly and said unwillingly:
"The twelve halls of Tianqi Academy accommodate the essence of Confucianism, Taoism and Martial Arts. If you enter the academy, you will have the opportunity to switch to other systems. With your intelligence, Taoism and Confucianism will definitely be more suitable for you. Martial arts is really too difficult."
"The princess does not need to care about this."
Yun Que yawned loudly and said, "I can't enter Confucianism, Taoism, or worship Bodhisattva. I can only be a martial artist in this life."
"Why?" Mu Qingyao asked confused.
"Because I sold my life long ago." Yun Que said.
