Taoist methods include martial cultivation and Shintoism, both of which have natural restraint against evil things. That's why Zhang Yan confirmed on the mass grave that there was a powerful ghost in Xuanhua City, and without a second thought, prepared to save him in exchange for the merits of the Desolate Heaven Territory.
Zhang Yan was eating Li Gui as his meal.
However, if the rice is too hard, you will inevitably hurt yourself without a good mouth.
There are many cases where the monsters are fine but kill themselves in the end. Zhang Yan is no exception and has to face the counterattack of evil ghosts and even get injured.
Of course, Zhang Yan is still sure of saving his life. Even if he can't be defeated, he can run away. He is confident that his life will not be killed by a mere ghost.
Now Zhang Yan's problem is not only how to prevent himself from being injured, but also how to prevent the other party from running away. Otherwise, wouldn't all his efforts in Xuanhua City today be in vain?
Putting aside his thoughts, Zhang Yan continued to ask the one-armed man on the ground, "Where will Ma Datou and the others go during the day?"
"That's not very clear. He must be wandering around."
"Dangyou? Are you going to the recruitment office in the south of the city?" Zhang Yan added. The "job recruitment office" he refers to is a place jointly established by the Refugee Hall and Chengbei Commercial Bank to facilitate the refugees to find work. The two people at the Refugee Hall told Zhang Yan that most of the refugees would gather there and look for suitable opportunities to make money.
However, the one-armed man obviously scorned the "recruitment office" mentioned by Zhang Yan.
"The jobs offered by the recruitment office are either jobs like the one I did as turtle, which can be done by shameless people. Or they are hard labor jobs that the bodies and bones of refugees can't bear. Or they are jobs with some skills, such as paper painting, tailoring, etc. You What kind of work do you think Ma Datou and the others can find there?
In fact, many of the refugees are old and weak. They may not be able to do hard work, nor may they know any skills, so their life is difficult. "
"If you don't go to the recruitment office, where can you hang out?"
The one-armed man thought for a while and said uncertainly: "If I have to find a place, it would be over there on Yuhua Street where I can get some benefits."
"How to say?"
"There are many fancy houses on Yuhua Street, and there are also stalls selling money. People who come and go are very interested in one thing. As long as you keep an eye on it correctly, you can make a lot of loose money by saying, "I'm sure you'll be lucky today." Although this is a matter of course It's not much, and you can easily get beaten if you don't target it correctly, but you can get money quickly and effortlessly. I talked to Ma Datou and the others about this, and they also said they wanted to try their luck. Even Zhao Hou'er succeeded once Go back. I think if they are wandering around, they will probably go there, but they won’t go early, probably after noon.”
Having said so much, the one-armed man has told everything he knows. But it is a pity that he does not know the identity, past and other relatively private matters of Ma Datou and the three of them. He only has some superficial understanding as fellow refugees.
Zhang Yan said goodbye to the one-armed man with a smile, and while following the path pointed by him, he decided to go to the recruitment office in the north of the city to see the job first. It was too early to rush over to Yuhua Street anyway.
The journey from the east of the city to the south of the city allowed Zhang Yan to take a good look at the various features of Xuanhua City.
To be honest, Xuanhua City is full of surprises for Zhang Yan. It was completely different from the backward city he had imagined when he was in Yubei Mountain.
There is not only a wide main street that can accommodate two large cars walking side by side and people passing by, but also a dazzling array of shops. The streets were bustling with people and seemed prosperous.
The largest store he has seen on the road so far is a shop called "Yuan Pharmacy", with an eight-story storefront and two floors. The people who came in and out were all warriors, and some of them even had advanced cultivation. The aura reminded Zhang Yan of a Tongqiao realm warrior like Lin Zedong.
Next is the shop selling weapons, which is also very large. Although Zhang Yan did not go in, he looked through the door and saw that there were a full range of weapons placed inside. In addition to ordinary long and short swords, there are also many strange weapons. However, there are no long-handled weapons such as spears, and there seems to be no crossbows.
In addition, Zhang Yan also passed by a special place, the "Xuanhua City Military Academy" where the gate was heavily guarded and even the guards were warriors.
Along the way, Zhang Yan had actually been to the south side of the city. He came in through the south gate for the first time when he entered the city, so he had some impressions of this place.
It was relatively easy to find the recruitment office by following the one-armed man. It is in the middle of a place called "Tiaoshi Street" near the city gate in the north of the city.
However, no clues were found here that Zhang Yan was looking for.
Compared to the homeless hall, this recruitment office is obviously much busier, with all kinds of people coming and going in a hurry. Not only refugees come here, but most of the people who come here are not refugees. After all, compared to Xuanhua City's labor demand, refugees only account for a negligible small part of it.
After staying at the recruitment office for about half an hour, Zhang Yan found nothing. But there was an episode. Several people who were said to be the managers of Hualou came to Zhang Yan and asked him if he wanted to go to Hualou to be a male advocate. They were looking for money from lonely rich women. They said that he was handsome and strong and would be very popular and become famous in the future. Da Zi is so famous in the southwest that I can only wait for it...
After Zhang Yan fled the harassment in the recruitment office, he went to Yuhua Street in the north of the city. The prosperity here once again made his eyes widen a little. At the same time, he could feel the aroma of rouge and gouache spreading around him. He couldn't help but feel shaken.
Not all Taoist sects are abstinent, but Longhushan is one that is not abstinent. Although Zhang Yan was not as handsome and strong as he is now on earth, he still had good facial features, so he would not be unable to find a woman. But he has always restrained his desires and rarely indulges them.
However, being in an environment like Yuhua Street and having two years of military career, he would also miss it.
But business was important, so Zhang Yan quickly gathered his energy and carefully observed the road, hoping to find new progress.
"It really does."
Not far from the street entrance, Zhang Yan saw a lot of activities like the one-armed man said about picking people to "send blessings." Often, three or two of them would either talk nicely or annoy others, so they would choose to spend a small amount of money to get rid of them. In fact, there don't seem to be many refugees among the people who do this kind of business.
Are you looking for someone to ask if you know the situation of Ma Datou and the three of them like you did before? Zhang Yan was thinking this in his mind.
But suddenly he stopped when passing by an inconspicuous alley. An unusual yin energy overflowed from the alley, catching his attention.
I turned around and looked into the alley. It was already dark, so I couldn't see clearly. I only saw that the alley was quite deep.
Looking around, Zhang Yan found a few beggars gathered together across the street. Judging from the way they looked at ease here, they must have been begging for more than a day or two. Then he walked over.
