Huang Baobao's greed for Xiaohuan Shen Dan caused Zhang Xiaozhu's change in attitude towards him.
Although Zhang Xiaozhu is currently very wealthy and is an out-and-out local rich man, it is okay to give this bottle of Small God-Returning Pill to Huang Baobao, but you can't treat me as a fool and take the Little God-Returning Pill as yours without even saying a word. own.
Therefore, Zhang Xiaozhu's name for Huang Baobao was changed from "Brother Huang" to "Master Huang". It sounded like he was more respectful, but in fact he seemed alienated.
Although Huang Baobao's title of Zhang Xiaozu and Yuan Taiping changed from "brother" to "gongzi", his change was based on gratitude and respect for Zhang Xiaozu's strong cultivation.
The same transformation, but the semantics behind the transformation are very different.
"We have two towers in Taiping College. One is for literature, located in the east side of the liberal arts academy, and the other is for martial arts, located in the west side of the martial arts academy. This is the one in front of us." Huang Baobao introduced, pointing to the east and west towers. .
The twin civil and military towers are towering and eye-catching. Zhang Xiaozu and Yuan Taiping have already noticed them, but they just don't know their names.
Huang Baobao continued: "Both the civil and military towers are nine stories high, each floor is three feet high, and the total height is twenty-seven feet.
There are one hundred and eight thousand books in the Wen Pagoda, and all the knowledge of heaven and earth is contained in it. If you can read through these one hundred and eight thousand books, you can be a literary sage.
The Wu Pagoda contains nine thousand volumes of martial arts techniques.
All the martial arts and martial arts skills that Zhang Tufu and other founding marshals looted and looted when they conquered the world are here.
If you can understand the Nine Thousand Martial Arts of the Martial Pagoda, you can expect to become a saint. "
Zhang Xiaozu and Yuan Taiping were all shocked after hearing this. Looking at the Civil and Military Twin Towers again, I couldn't help but feel admiration and wanted to go inside the tower to have a look.
"I heard you say that you failed to break into the tower. I guess not everyone can enter this tower." Zhang Xiaozu said.
"Of course." Huang Baobao nodded and responded, "If you want to enter the Civil and Military Holy Tower, you must first be a citizen of Dasu, secondly you must swear allegiance to the empire, and thirdly you must have enough strength, because there are guards on each floor of this tower. Tanu, only by passing Tanu’s examination can you reach a higher level.”
"Can people who are not from the academy also enter the tower?" Yuan Taiping couldn't help but look forward to hearing that this rule was not mentioned in the three points mentioned by Huang Baobao.
Huang Baobao nodded and said: "Yes, people who are not from this college can also enter the tower, but it is only open to people outside the college on the 15th day of every month. Today is the first day of the new year. If you want to enter the tower, you still have to wait for some time. .”
When the two heard this, they couldn't help but look forward with hope and expectation.
"Are there any unruly people who forced their way into the tower?" Zhang Xiaozu asked curiously.
"I heard that they were common when the hospital was first built, but they are rare now." Huang Baobao replied.
"Why?" Zhang Xiaozu asked.
Huang Baobao raised his hand and pointed to the surrounding pine forest and said: "Because the trespassers have turned into pine fertilizer in this forest, and there are many powerful stars among them. Have you seen the row of particularly tall pine trees over there?"
Zhang Xiaozu and Yuan Taiping looked in the direction of Huang Baobao's finger, and sure enough they saw a row of more than 20 pine trees, which were particularly lush and tall.
Huang Baobao said: "It is said that a saint refused to surrender to the emperor and forced his way into the Wusheng Tower. As a result, he was injured by the palm of the master's palm. He coughed up a mouthful of the saint's blood and ran away. Those twenty-six pine trees, It was nourished by the saint’s blood that made him stand out and grow so strong and tall.”
After hearing this, Zhang Xiaozu and the two couldn't help but be horrified, thinking: "If you hurt a saint with one palm, what kind of heavenly cultivation does that mean?"
The two of them tried to imagine such a shocking scene in their minds, but they all thought of the ancient corpse resurrected in the underground ancient city, killing the saint with a snap of their fingers, effortlessly.
The two of them felt a sudden thump in their hearts, their eyelids twitched, and they almost blurted out: "Could it be that this Imperial Master is also a resurrected ancient saint?"
The two looked at each other subconsciously, and both saw the fear and suspicion in each other's eyes, knowing that they wanted to get together.
"I wonder how sacred this Imperial Master is?" Zhang Xiaozu asked curiously.
"Sin!" Huang Baobao was startled when he heard this. He quickly turned around and bowed in the direction of the palace, and then said with a serious expression: "The Imperial Preceptor is a respected relative of heaven and earth. How can we and other ordinary people not be allowed to talk about it. Sin, sin, sin. .”
Seeing Huang Baobao's frightened expression and frightened eyes, Zhang Xiaozhu had no choice but to give up and stop asking further questions.
"Why does this tower seem to have a mind and always overwhelm me in terms of momentum? Is it possible that there are experts in the tower who do this intentionally? Or is there a clever formation around it?" Zhang Xiaozhu asked, changing the subject.
Huang Baobao shook his head and said: "No. This is the mystery of the Martial Saint Pagoda itself. This civil and military twin holy towers were not built by my people, Dayu, but were obtained by Emperor Su from an ancient tomb. They are ancient artifacts and are extraordinary. .but--"
Huang Baobao suddenly lowered his voice and glanced around with vigilant eyes. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he continued: "It is said that the Emperor has not completely refined the Twin Holy Towers, and even the Imperial Master is helpless. That’s why it has been left in the college and used as two attics for storing books. Of course, this is just a rumor and not very credible."
Zhang Xiaozu and Yuan Taiping nodded, becoming more and more curious about the Holy Tower, and couldn't help but look forward to the fifteenth day of the month.
However, just as Zhang Xiaozu was looking forward to it, he suddenly looked startled, and then his expression gradually became stiff and awkward. He couldn't help but touch the tip of his nose and asked Huang Baobao in a low voice: "I wonder if there are illustrations of the martial arts skills hidden in the Holy Tower?"
"Ahem -" Yuan Taiping choked on his saliva when he heard this, and coughed several times, because Zhang Xiaopeng's embarrassment was also his embarrassment - he didn't know a few Chinese characters, and entering the Martial Saint Tower would only increase his embarrassment. you.
Unless - unless, as Zhang Xiaozu said, there are illustrations in the martial arts skills, and there is no need to be literate, just look at the pictures, but this is obviously impossible, as you can tell by looking at Huang Baobao's confused expression.
"Intrusion? What illustration?" Huang Baobao looked at Zhang Xiaozu puzzledly.
"That's it - that's all, don't tell me." Zhang Xiaozu waved his hand dejectedly and glanced at Wusheng Tower. He was not interested for a moment, and immediately turned around and left: "It's really uncomfortable to be pressed by this Wusheng Tower. Withdraw." .”
Yuan Taiping shook his head with a smile and stepped to follow.
Huang Baobao looked at Zhang Xiaozu's leaving back. His right hand holding the pill bottle trembled slightly, and his face showed a look of struggle. Two voices were fighting in his heart.
A voice asked him to return the Small God-Returning Pill to Zhang Xiaozu and be an upright person.
Another voice told him that Zhang Xiaozhu was from a wealthy family and did not care about this bottle of elixir, but this bottle of elixir was of great use to him. With the help of this bottle of elixir, he would have a great chance of ascending to the throne. Go up to the fifth floor of the Holy Tower.
Seeing that Zhang Xiaozu's figure was about to disappear in the pine forest, Huang Baobao suddenly looked determined, raised the pill bottle in his hand, and shouted to Zhang Xiaozu: "Mr. Zhang, you left something behind."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaozhu didn't even pause. He just raised the corners of his lips and replied with a smile: "Meeting is fate. I'll give this to Brother Huang."
This call of Brother Huang made Huang Baobao startled, and he suddenly realized that the change in Zhang Xiaozhu's name for him, from Brother Huang to Young Master Huang, and then to Brother Huang, were all caused by the rise and fall of greed in his heart.
After thinking about it, he couldn't help but flush his cheeks. He thought that all his little thoughts were clearly visible under Zhang Xiaozu's eyes, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground to sneak in.
"Thank you for your kindness, sir, but I will repay the favor of giving you pills if you have the opportunity."
Zhang Xiaozu's figure has disappeared in the pine forest, but Huang Baobao still bowed deeply in the direction where he left, expressing his gratitude both physically and mentally.
Little did he know that if he kept silent about Xiaohuan Shendan, Zhang Xiaopeng would definitely come back and ask for it from him.
"Oops, I forgot to ask." Zhang Xiaozu suddenly slapped his forehead and shouted after walking out of the pine forest.
"What are you asking?" Yuan Taiping asked.
Zhang Xiaozu responded: "Didn't Huang Baobao say that if one could comprehend the Nine Thousand Kung Fu of the Holy Tower, one could expect to become a saint? I would like to ask, has anyone ever climbed to the ninth floor of the Holy Tower since the Martial Saint Tower was established? How many are there? Can any of them become saints?"
"Find someone else to ask?" Yuan Taiping's curiosity was also aroused.
"There's no rush, let's take a walk." Zhang Xiaozu waved his hand and asked, "Don't you want to break into the Martial Saint Tower?"
"Of course I just want to learn all the characters first." Yuan Taiping said with a smile.
"Literacy is too boring and difficult." Zhang Xiaozu said with a bitter face.
Yuan Taiping nodded hurriedly, feeling the same.
After a long while, Zhang Xiaozu let out a long sigh and said, "I wonder if Taiping College will recruit older young people?"
Yuan Taiping burst into laughter and asked, "Why, are you going to sit in the same class as five or six-year-old babies who have just started to learn calligraphy?"
When Zhang Xiaozhu imagined such a scene, he couldn't help but hold his forehead in pain and said: "I'm afraid that tens of thousands of people will die."
Yuan Taiping said: "It's a small matter to be embarrassed. I'm afraid that you are full of evil spirit and will scare the whole house of children crying for father and mother. Haha——"
Zhang Xiaozu glared at Yuan Taiping angrily and cursed: "You're just laughing, you're not the same person."
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"Don't bear heavy burdens if you are weak, and don't persuade others with light words."
"Don't bear heavy burdens if you are weak, and don't persuade others with light words."
"If you don't have money, don't join the crowd. If you're in trouble, don't look for relatives."
"If you don't have money, don't join the crowd. If you're in trouble, don't look for relatives."
The spring breeze blows slowly, the bamboos rustle, and the book sounds loud.
Zhang Xiaozu walked along the bamboo forest path and couldn't help but be immersed in the fresh and elegant beauty.
Walking slowly along the winding path, the sound of books became louder in my ears. After turning another corner, my field of vision suddenly broadened, and I saw a bamboo courtyard appearing in the sea of bamboo ahead.
The sound of reading came from the bamboo courtyard.
There are five bamboo houses in the courtyard, three main halls and two wing rooms.
To the south of the east wing is a kitchen room. To the south of the kitchen room is a bamboo shed built against the southeast corner. There are several farm tools, some daily sundries, and a pile of firewood in the shed.
To the south of the west wing, there is a vegetable plot surrounded by a fence. Seasonal vegetables are grown in it. Leeks have fat leaves, spinach is lush, potato seedlings are already more than two feet high, and the tender rice and beans seedlings are growing along the thin lines of the new frame. Climbing up the bamboo tent, there is a small vegetable patch, well-organized and well-kept.
It is not difficult to tell from the layout of the courtyard that someone lives here.
The courtyard door is open.
Zhang Xiaozu was attracted by the sound of reading, but he was negligent for a moment, forgot to knock on the door and asked the owner, and broke into the yard without authorization.
