"Hiccup, you ask me? I am a native of Dongsheng, but I was not born here. I came here with the adventure team more than ten years ago." The drunkard explained in a daze, "Our team, look here The atmosphere was very good, and it was a blessed place to make a fortune, so we decided to stay here for a long time. On weekdays, we hunted spirit beasts in the misty forest to the west, and then brought them back to the town to sell the magic cores. Speaking of which, little brother, are you interested in joining? Huh? Look, brother, I have made a lot of money with this skill over the years!"
"Um...Thank you for the invitation, brother, but I still have other things to do. I'm afraid I won't have the chance to participate in this hunting of spiritual beasts." Tianjihong is not interested in these messy things at the moment. He doesn't even practice cultivation. We haven’t even started yet. If we join in hastily, we will die! However, after listening to the man's words, he deduced that the big man in front of him must be a monk, but seeing how they dared to go into the mountains to hunt for soul cores in such a group, it was obvious that his strength was not very good. Of course, this is not something Tianjihong cares about. Since this person knows how to practice and has lived here for a long time, he must know the situation in the town very well. It seems that he is lucky to have asked the right person.
"That's such a pity. You don't know how profitable this magic core business is! Just last month, a few of us got two fifth-grade magic cores at the foot of Wusheng Mountain, and we made a profit by selling them when we returned to town. Thousands of copper coins. It's a pity that the depths of the misty forest are really dangerous. If you don't have any real skills, you really don't dare to run around. In order to catch those two beasts, our group lost two brothers along the way. Alas! "The drunk man also opened his chat folder and started chatting with Tianjihong beside him.
"I see that you, little brother, have thin arms and thin legs. Let me give you a piece of advice. Walking in this martial arts world requires capital. If you don't have any background, you have to rely on your own strength. I advise you, little brother. You better practice hard, maybe you can surpass me one day, hahaha!"
"Brother, yes, I have learned a lesson. Little brother, I have learned a lesson. By the way, when it comes to practice, I just want to ask brother." Seeing the opportunity coming, Tianjihong quickly echoed and asked, "Brother, are you in this town? I’m familiar with it. Brother, I feel that I am not strong enough now and want to continue to improve my cultivation. I am planning to find a suitable martial arts gym in the town to join. I wonder if I have any recommendations?"
"Haha, you've got to ask the right person." The big man was obviously interested in the conversation and continued to talk, "You little brother has some ideas. Who doesn't have any ability nowadays and doesn't want to go to the martial arts school to worship him? The master learned every move from him. There are many martial arts schools in Dongsheng Town, most of which are concentrated on West Street. If you go shopping there, you will find that most of the people wandering around West Street are those who know a little bit. Practicing guys; in addition to the martial arts hall, equipment shops, mercenary offices, auction houses, and other various commissions are also issued on West Street, so that is the area where the monks are most concentrated."
"There are more than a dozen martial arts schools on the West Street, and the martial arts they teach are also diverse. But you must also know, little brother, that Dongsheng Town is not that simple; most of these martial arts schools In fact, they are just pretentious and defrauding people from outside the country." The big man reminded, "It's not that the martial arts masters in the museum have no special skills, it's just that they all like to show off their skills on the street under the banner of preaching and gaining the attention of passers-by. "After earning the registration fees from those stupid young people, they will not really teach you their unique skills. On the contrary, they will defraud many other fees after joining them, and they will not give up until they deceive you into bankruptcy."
"Listen to my elder brother's advice. If you really want to improve your strength, the best way is to practice with peace of mind. The most reliable way is to prepare more spiritual objects from heaven and earth to improve your cultivation. If you really want to learn some moves. , then try your luck at the two martial arts gyms [Hongwu] and [Qingfeng] on the innermost side of West Street. Those two martial arts gyms are easy to find. One is on the left and the other is next to the martial arts ring. Most of the martial arts taught are orthodox moves that are widely circulated in the mainland, unlike those other deceitful guys who brag about their invincibility while only teaching you some useless heresy."
"However, the entry threshold for these two martial arts schools is quite high. If you don't have a very deep background, such as being a disciple of some sect or a member of a famous family, you will have to spend a lot of money to join them. That's enough money." The drunkard seemed to be recalling the past and couldn't help but curled his lips and looked a little dissatisfied. "At the beginning, I wanted to learn a move [Dang Martial Spear] taught by the Hongwu Martial Arts School, but it took me almost half a year of income before someone was willing to teach me. After conversion, it was enough for me to go to the auction house and buy a copy of the technique myself. It’s a secret book. And it’s not even considered an apprentice. If you want to truly become a disciple and join the martial arts school, the cost will be even higher.”
Tian Jihong couldn't help but feel shocked. Although the big man in front of him didn't explain clearly how much he spent, but seeing that this guy was an old man who had been around the town for many years, he obviously didn't look like a shabby person. His half-year income would definitely not be too low. Nowadays, Tian Jihong, in addition to helping with work in the village on weekdays, and the villagers will give him some reward for his face, he still relies more on the money left by his mother to survive. Although Tian Jihong guessed that there should be some money left in the sachet left by his parents, he had not even cultivated his spiritual power, so he could not open the thing at all and could only stare. Before setting off today, I had made full preparations, and basically brought out the few silver coins I had left at home. But now that the person in front of me said this, compared to the cost of becoming a disciple, I am afraid that this amount of money would be too much. It’s just a fraction.
Now that he had obtained the necessary information, Tian Jihong did not linger any longer; after saying a few polite words to the drunkard beside him, he threw two copper coins to the bartender and got up and left the tavern. Of course, now that he was in a place like Dongsheng Town, Tianjihong would not believe the words of a stranger so easily. Being cautious by nature, he asked two locals along the street in the same way. After getting similar answers, Tianjihong made up his mind. Since several people have similar opinions, no matter what, you have to go to West Street to see it with your own eyes. In addition to martial arts schools, if you embark on the path of spiritual practice in the future, you will inevitably have to deal with many merchants and bosses here.
Passing through the crowded crowd, Tianjihong was also eye-opening along the way. Although I have seen a lot of strange things when I followed Uncle Lin and the others to Dongsheng Town several times before, this is my first time to visit the town from beginning to end like today. The many places with bright lights and greenery around and all kinds of strange scenery are really exciting. It really shocked the young Tianjihong: the Dongsheng Inn with people coming and going, the luxurious restaurants that were packed with people, the famous families in the high-rise courtyards, the heavily guarded recruitment office, the shops selling strange and weird products... There are even romantic places that cannot be seen in other towns, and you can find them in Dongsheng Town.
On the streets with endless traffic, there is an endless stream of hawking sounds among the stalls; large and small caravans drive their horses, stopping at the shops on the street from time to time to start bargaining with the bosses; sometimes you can see street performers working hard. They performed a variety of unique skills, attracting cheers from the onlookers. What's more, some mercenary teams who did not want to be paid commissions by intermediary organizations directly squatted on the street and started shouting and accepting. Various tasks; in this unregulated town, it is obvious that no one will care about anything with them.
The cash-strapped Tian Jihong finally suppressed the curiosity rising in his heart and accelerated his progress. As the central street slowly extended to the end, the street finally became clearer, and the flow of people along the way also decreased a lot. When Tian Jihong stepped into West Street, there were no caravans or small stalls visible in the middle of the wide street, and only a dozen or so figures were left standing by the shops along the street to watch. Recalling the words of the man in the tavern, Tian Jihong discovered with careful attention that the pedestrians here gave people a vague feeling of strangeness, and their spirits were somewhat different from the people coming and going that he had met on the central street before. , there is more or less aura leaking around them, which is the difference between monks and mortals.
People who have learned the method of cultivation can use the skills to absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and absorb and refine it for their own use, thereby generating streams of spiritual power in the Dantian. Then, under the operation of the skills, through The meridians gradually spread throughout the body. The birth of spiritual power is the primary indicator that distinguishes ordinary people from monks. Whether it is used for practice, fighting, body protection, or resisting diseases and abnormalities, monks with spiritual power can crush others who have not acquired spiritual power in all aspects. . Although the spiritual power that has just been cultivated cannot fundamentally change one's own physique, practitioners who have spiritual power blessing their bodies are basically fearless of swords and guns in the world; and as the spiritual power in the body continues to circulate, the practitioner will Can always maintain a high-spirited state. As long as one's own spiritual power has not been exhausted, even if the sleep and rest time are reduced, fatigue and overdraft will basically not occur. Therefore, although spiritual power cannot be used to change one's own appearance, the face of a practitioner often gives people a sense of vitality. A strange feeling of fullness.
Seeing the monks running rampant all over the place, Tianjihong knew that he had found the right place, so he quickly walked towards the end of the street without stopping. However, after taking a few steps, a majestic and simple building attracted his attention.
"Mercenary Union - what a big deal!" Tian Jihong's eyes fell on the plaque on the door rail. Compared with the narrow shops around it, it is indeed a force that is qualified to occupy such a huge area on this street. It has quite a lot of background.
