Zhang Tie, who came to the counter, handed over his family disc card and the 360 gold coins that had been prepared.
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Zhang Tie's cousin gave Zhang Tie his advice last night when he handed over Zhang Tie's principal of 300 gold coins and the 900 gold coins he won from a bet with the Zhang Haige brothers.
It is said that the Zhang Haige brothers were seriously injured this time and both lost face. After paying the bet, the two went out to do tasks to make money that day. They were really a pair of poor brothers in distress.
Because of this, Zhang Tie currently carries more than 1,200 gold coins. If the debts owed to him by the girls in Zhixing Academy are added in, Zhang Tie is definitely the richest freshman in Lingtian Academy at this moment.
"I'm here to report to Lingtian Court today. I need to pay the monthly fee for Lingtian Court for one year in advance..."
"Are you Zhang Tie?" The old scholar behind the counter lowered his head, lowered his glasses, and looked at Zhang Tie seriously when he accepted what Zhang Tie handed him.
After what happened yesterday, Zhang Tie knew that he was no longer an unknown person in Qianlong Hall. Many people should have heard of his name, so it was not surprising and he just nodded calmly.
"Wait a minute, I have to check the source record of the money you got after entering Qianlong Hall!"
Zhang Tie nodded, and the scholar-like old man behind the counter stood up from behind the counter, moved to another room that Zhang Tie could not see, and did not reappear for a full minute.
Zhang Tie estimated that based on the Qianlong Party's grasp of the intelligence of the family members who entered here, it would be easy to know the origin of the large gold coins carried by some students and whether they were carried illegally. If you can't even do such a simple thing, then Qianlong Hall will have no shame in calling it Qianlong Hall.
"There is no problem with the source of your money. Are you sure? Pay one year's Lingtian Academy monthly fee in advance..."
"Sure!"
"Okay!" After counting the gold coins, the man inserted Zhang Tie's family disc into the slot of the machine, and then operated the machine a few times.
"Zhang Tie, paid Lingtian Court a monthly fee of 360 gold coins for one year, and it has been recorded..." The old scholar handed over Zhang Tie's identity card and two keys again, "What is your residence in Lingtian Court?" Room No. 7, Xuanzi, Songtao Pavilion, this is the key to Songtao Pavilion and your room!"
"Thank you!" Zhang Tie took these things. I couldn't help but glance at the machine at the counter curiously, "Can I ask, for example, after I paid the fee of 360 gold coins, you don't give me a receipt. What if there is a fight in the future?"
Upon hearing this, the eyes of the old scholar at the counter suddenly widened. Looking at Zhang Tie angrily, "What nonsense? Unless Qianlong Hall is breached. The difference engine system in the middle fort is completely destroyed. Otherwise, all your information in Qianlong Hall will be stored in the database managed by the difference engine. , Human brains make mistakes, but the difference engine does not make mistakes. Do you understand..." At this point, the old scholar turned his head and said loudly to several other people working in the room behind the counter. "Listen, this brat actually suspects that our precious machine will make an error. It's simply unreasonable..."
For a moment, all the old guys wearing sleeves in the room behind the counter glared at Zhang Tie. Just like a devout believer whose faith has been insulted.
Seeing that Zhang Tie had stirred up a hornet's nest with his unintentional words, he quickly apologized and ran away.
Leaving the Zhongbao through the back door, you officially entered the area of Lingtian Courtyard. Only after truly entering this place did Zhang Tie feel the magnificence and atmosphere of Lingtian Courtyard hidden in the mountains. Compared with Lingtianyuan, the courtyard of Zhixingyuan has been completely transformed into a preschool and kindergarten.
Lingtianyuan occupies a large area of slopes, valleys and woods on the mountainside. The architectural style is a combination of east and west. Pavilions, towers, attics and halls stand everywhere, just like a palace. There are five steps to the first floor, ten steps to the pavilion, and hundreds of steps. In the hall, there are long corridors everywhere, with high eaves and teeth, hugging the terrain. There is a flying spring flowing down from the mountain, forming a silvery sky waterfall in the Lingtian courtyard. The water is gurgling everywhere in the courtyard, and fish swimming in the water can be clearly seen. Strange flowers and plants remain undefeated all year round. This is the first time Zhang Tie has seen such a scenery in his entire life.
At a glance, Zhang Tie knew that the scale of Lingtian Court was only slightly smaller than the towns on Qianlong Island.
Unlike Zhixingyuan, which feels deserted in broad daylight with few people, the entire Lingtianyuan is full of people and appears to be full of vitality. Under the waterfall, there are a lot of people practicing swordsmanship. There are many people meditating and breathing on the cliffs, and there are also many people reading books by the stream, under the trees and in the attics, and many people are still having heated discussions.
Here, everyone seems to be doing something. Even if you occasionally meet a few people on the road who are doing nothing, those people are in a hurry, as if time is very tight.
Because the residential areas in Lingtianyuan are relatively concentrated, Zhang Tie easily found Songtao Pavilion, which is a traditional Chinese building next to a pine forest, covering a large area and with a total height of five floors. architecture.
After using the key to open the door of Songtao Pavilion and entering Songtao Pavilion, Zhang Tie discovered that each floor of Songtao Pavilion has eight rooms, each occupying a corner of the attic. Room Xuanzi No. 7 is on the fourth floor of Songtao Pavilion. The room faced the southwest. It was early in the morning. Everyone in Songtao Pavilion was probably out. Zhang Tie didn't meet anyone until he reached his room on the fourth floor.
Using the key to open the door of Room No. 7, Xuanzi went in and put down his suitcase. Zhang Tie finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was indeed a place where he could live for a gold coin for a day. Except for the hard wooden bed, the room still maintained its hidden features. Apart from Longtang's hard work style, everything else is much better than when he was at Zhixingyuan.
In addition to the bedroom, Xuanzi No. 7 room also has a bathroom, a study room, a metal processing room, and a training room facing the balcony. In several corners of the room, there are several thick Crystal column. Each of those thick crystal pillars weighed more than ten kilograms. As soon as he entered the room, under the influence of the powerful aura of those "crystal generators", Zhang Tie found that there was more fighting spirit in his body. A touch of liveliness and agility.
Zhang Tie only stayed in Songtao Pavilion's room for a few minutes, sorted out his things a little, and then left Songtao Pavilion.
More than ten minutes later, Zhang Tie almost searched all the way in Lingtian Courtyard and finally found this place.
This is a small building, a small building located in a pine forest. This small building is very inconspicuous among the many tall and elegant buildings in Lingtian Courtyard. In front of the door of the small building, there is a plaque with seven characters written on it - "The youth's ambition is to reach the sky."
When Zhang Tie came here, a young man had just come out of the small building with great ambition and was outside the small building. He bowed deeply to the small building before leaving.
The person living in this small building is a strange person from Lingtian Courtyard. Zhang Su's cousin called this strange man the Old Man of the Bamboo Forest. Every newcomer who comes to Lingtian Courtyard officially starts his life in Lingtian Courtyard after visiting the old man Zhulin.
There is a strange rule when visiting the old man in the bamboo forest. The first visit for all newcomers is free. If they want to visit for the second time, they must pay 100 gold coins and 100 family contribution points. If they want to visit for the third time, they must pay 100 gold coins and 100 family contribution points. You must pay 1,000 gold coins and 1,000 family contribution points when everyone is in Lingtian Courtyard. You can visit him up to three times. But few people can afford a third visit. Because those 1,000 gold coins and 1,000 family contribution points are no joke.
Zhang Tie is here for the first time today, so it’s free.
Zhang Su told Zhang Tie that everyone will gain a lot from visiting the old man in the bamboo forest for the first time, so Zhang Tie must be respectful when he comes here.
Zhang Su also asked Zhang Tie to think carefully about his future ambitions. It's best to come after you know clearly what you want to do and who you want to be most, so that you won't waste your first free visit to the old man in the bamboo forest.
Of course, Zhang Tie would not waste such an opportunity. This suggestion from his cousin meant nothing to Zhang Tie, because as early as in Karur City, Zhang Tie had already found the direction of his soul and something worth fighting for in his life. Target.
With a very respectful attitude, Zhang Tie tidied his clothes outside the small building and stepped clean of the dirt on his shoes before entering the small building.
In the small building, an old man was lying on a soft couch next to a desk. His face was as rosy as a baby, but his hair and eyebrows were as white as silver. Zhang Tie was stunned for a moment when he saw Zhang Tie's first words. .
"Another debt collector surnamed Zhang has come, alas..."
"Please give me some advice from Old Man Zhulin!" Following his cousin's instructions, Zhang Tie smiled, bowed to Old Man Zhulin nonchalantly, and then stood respectfully in front of the desk with his hands crossed.
The old man in Zhulin closed his eyes after looking at Zhang Tie and did not open them for a while. After opening them, he sighed again, "The road you are going to take is too difficult. The entire Qianlong Hall and Zhang Tie Even though your family is dominating, I’m afraid there’s no one who can help you!”
Zhang Tie's heart suddenly trembled. How could he know what he was thinking before he even spoke? It's impossible! This ambition of mine has never been spoken out, it has always been buried in my heart, and no one can know about it.
"The two top-level ancestral bloodlines unique to your surname have been produced by the Huaiyuan Zhang family. One of these two bloodlines can allow the Huaiyuan Zhang family to produce the most powerful rune weapon refiner, the rune weapon refiner. It is also the top profession among the human race. Most of the Zhang family's children who come to Qianlong Hall aspire to become rune weapon refiners. Huaiyuan Zhang's rune weapon refiners can be ranked first in the entire Weiyi subcontinent. You Do you know how many people in the entire Weiyi subcontinent are trying hard to learn the Huaiyuan Zhang family's rune refining methods, but they can't, and you..." The old man in the bamboo forest who was lying on the soft couch looked at Zhang Tie with a half-smile. , "As a direct descendant of the Huaiyuan Zhang family, you want to become an alchemist even though you have great conditions that no one else can ask for. Should I scold you for being stupid, or should I praise you for your ambition?"
Zhang Tie was shocked. Oh my god, this old man really knows... (… )