On the gray-yellow rocky beach on the shore, there is a simple small pier. A few thick wooden stakes were nailed in the shallow water, and a long wooden bridge was built beside it.
A small boat had already landed ahead of time, and a woman dressed as a man dressed as a scholar jumped off the boat, looked back at the three of them, without saying a word, dropped the boat money, and walked away with a long sword on her back.
After getting off the boat, I followed the direction of the woman for a while, passing through a rocky canyon, and the front suddenly opened up.
Lin Xin stood at the mouth of the canyon and looked down. In the middle of the basin surrounded by mountains in the distance, stood a gray-white stone town. There are hundreds of densely packed stone houses neatly arranged inside. All are standard cube boxes with small chimneys protruding from the sides.
The roads between the towns are neat, and from time to time there are figures in pale yellow Taoist robes, but more of them are like ordinary people, wearing all kinds of clothes, and everyone has a sword, both men and women.
"At this point, I can't go in either." Bo Yunzi patted Lin Xin on the shoulder, "I am no longer a registered disciple, but an outer disciple who performs tasks for the sect, and you will have to rely on yourself next."
Lin Xin nodded, looked at Bo Yunzi, and was about to say something grateful, when he saw him turn around and leave in a hurry towards the canyon, muttering something like another piece of jade in his hand.
Ji Lu glanced at Lin Xin.
"This is Tingjian Valley where the registered disciples live, follow me to declare the records for you."
"yes."
The two walked down to the small town, only then did Lin Xin notice that there was not only one canyon on this side that could be entered, but there were five or six other entrances and exits. Ji Lu greeted several people they met on the road.
When they were about to reach the town, two women were wearing Yuebai Taoist robes, obviously they were also masters of qi refining, and they each brought a young man behind them. The four came in from another entrance. When they saw Ji Lu, one of the women quickly raised his hand He shook his hand.
"Here, you idiot Ji!" The woman had a red mole on the corner of her mouth, an oval face, a slender figure, long hair tied with a white headband, and she looked pretty.
Ji Lu blushed.
"I'm not a jerk!" He retorted.
"Who else is it?" The two women laughed coquettishly.
The woman with the red mole glanced at Lin Xin.
"You are also on the task of attracting people, not bad, we also brought two in, let's report together."
Ji Lu's face turned red, and he lowered his face a little afraid to look at him.
"well."
"As expected of a jerk, it's exactly what you said, sister." Another woman couldn't help laughing. "No wonder my sister whispers about someone every night. It turns out that I really feel sorry for you, hahaha..."
"Aren't you itchy, You Ling?" The woman with the red mole was a little embarrassed, and raised her hand to hit someone.
Lin Xin looked at the back and wanted to laugh, but the two newcomers over there, a man and a woman, couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The three of them were newcomers who came together, looked each other up, and simply got together and followed the three immortal masters to the small town.
"Where is Xiongtai from?" the man clasped his fists and asked in a low voice. This guy has delicate features, and his baby face looks kind of cute.
"Hongsong City, Hongsong City in Dayuan." Lin Xin added. "Brother, what's your name?"
"Miangui's surname is Wang, and the single name has a word Chong, soaring to the sky. Dayuan, it's a bit far away, but this girl Xiao Lingling is also from Dayuan." The man introduced himself.
"Under Lin Xin, the old is new." Lin Xin smiled. Hearing the introduction, he glanced at the woman next to him.
The girl was only about twenty years old, about the same age as him, with big watery eyes raised to the sides, giving her a slightly seductive look. With fair skin, she looks like a lady from everyone, with black hair shawl, and a white headband like a bow tied behind her.
In addition, martial arts practitioners are not bad in stature, and they are dressed in a white dress, which is perfect at first glance. Except for their short legs, they have no shortcomings at all.
"Great Yuan Red Pine City, I've never heard of it...but I'm from Prince Yu's Mansion." Xiao Lingling introduced with a smile.
"I know Prince Yu's Mansion. It's a long way from our place. It's near the central capital of Dayuan." Lin Xin smiled.
The three casually chatted about each other's martial arts learning experience, as well as some interesting anecdotes on the itinerary, and soon arrived at the front of the town, where there were long white stone steps, standing under the stone steps and looking up , can only see faint clouds and mist lingering, and there is no end in sight.
There are two huge stone walls on the side of the stone steps, which are covered with dense scratches of various kinds, which seem to be all sword marks.
There is a small white stone pagoda on the right side. Several people entered the small pagoda, and there were messy things and objects on the horizontal partition of the stone wall inside, many of which were made of jade.
Behind a bar-like table sat a shriveled old man who looked like a eunuch, without a beard at all.
"Register, get the basic equipment." Ji Lu said loudly as he entered the door.
"Write your own name, and ask for things on demand. Don't take too much, you will know the consequences yourself."
The old man weakly pointed to a booklet on the table, and every page of the booklet was actually hard jade. Many people's names have been densely written on it.
The two women with red moles went up and wrote directly on it with their fingers, but white writing appeared even when they swiped their fingers on it.
After writing it quickly, Ji Lu also walked up and quickly wrote down Lin Xin's name, and then Ji Lu and Bo Yunzi were the guides.
The so-called basic equipment is a package of white packages, each carrying one.
Lin Xin himself picked a louder one and brought it up.
After leaving the small tower, the two women led Xiao Lingling and Wang Chong to the side to talk. Ji Lu also took Lin Xin to the side.
"Next, you have to survive in this small town by yourself. This package includes your rations and drinking water for three days, as well as the clothes of the standard registered disciples. You have to figure out the rest, whether you buy it or grab it. , Do it yourself, it’s up to you. There are no restrictions on registered disciples, there is only one, that is, you can’t kill your fellow disciples.”
"Then where do I live?" Lin Xin asked a little speechlessly.
"Find a small house with no one on your own. If you can't find it, you can share it with someone, or rob someone else's house, as long as you can beat the other party." Ji Lu said lightly. "We all came here like this, and this is a necessary way to adapt."
"Is it okay not to live in a house?" Lin Xin asked after thinking for a while.
"Of course you can, but there will be freezing rain with extremely low temperature at night, which can freeze a grown man to death, and the rainwater is poisonous, which will hinder your inner strength practice. If you can't find a place to live, you will die a miserable death." Ji Lu answered in a low voice.
"Actually there are enough houses, but there are good and bad locations, and there are good and bad houses. You'll see later."
"Then what about other issues such as eating and drinking?" Lin Xin continued to ask.
"There is a stone tablet in the center of the town. Every once in a while, someone will write down various notices and schedules. There is a small map of this place on it, and the schedule of the sermons and pujas every month. You can find a familiar Ask someone." Ji Lu patted Lin Xin on the shoulder, "Your talent is not good, but it is better than you are young, you will have internal energy at the age of twenty, and it may be difficult to break through and practice energy in ten years, but you still have no talent." The problem is, if you are lucky enough to survive after going out, you can also make contributions and achieve a career, so work hard."
"En." Lin Xin nodded vigorously.
Ji Lu thought for a while, took out a bronze medal from his cuff, and handed it to Lin Xin.
"You are Bo Yunzi's apprentice. If you need anything in the future, you can use this brand to come to Dantang to find me. Among other things, you can still buy a few Jingyuan Pills."
"Thank you uncle!" Lin Xin was overjoyed when he heard this, but he didn't know that this was Ji Lukan's preferential treatment for Bo Yunzi's sake.
Thinking about it, this guy was able to go out with Bo Yunzi so far just to bring in an inner qi disciple, so he obviously had a good relationship with Bo Yunzi.
Compared with that irresponsible uncle, this uncle Ji Lu is much more reliable.
"That's it, there will be a period later." Ji Lu turned around, and saw that the two women with red moles over there had already explained it to each other. They seemed to have no special relationship, which was simpler.
"Let's go, jerk."
The woman with the red mole smiled and turned around and walked up the stone steps. The woman named You Ling looked back at Lin Xin and the three of them.
"You can do it yourself."
After the three of them finished speaking, without looking back, they jumped into the air at the same time, jumped towards the top of the steps, and disappeared at the end of the cloud and mist above in a few blinks.
The three of Lin Xin looked at each other, and they were all at a loss.
"Let's find a place to live first," Lin Xin suggested.
"Well, the three of us are new here, so it's best to abandon the operation." Wang Chong nodded, "It sounds like the environment here may be troublesome."
"I agree too." Xiao Lingling agreed.
The three walked back into the town.
The white stone houses in Baishi town are neat and orderly, most of the houses have closed stone gates, and occasionally a few people pass by on the road between the towns, all of them look in a hurry.
The three of them walked around the edge of the town, and found a small river on the side, the river was crystal clear, and there were several relatively large stone houses on the side, with a stone wall more than ten meters high, which was divided into two floors. There was faint smoke coming from the second floor. You can also hear the music of silk and bamboo and the charming smile of a woman.
"Fifth. Fourth, third." Lin Xin read out the words engraved on the walls of these houses.
"These should be some of the best buildings. People have already lived in them." Wang Chong said softly.
"I asked about the situation carefully before I came here. The stone houses here all have the effect of accelerating the cultivation of inner energy. Even the worst stone houses are faster than our own cultivation. Therefore, we must grab the stone houses." Xiao Xiao Lingling said seriously.
The three of them walked along the creek and entered from the side of house No. 4. In front of them were rows of double-storey stone houses that looked like villas. There is also a small area surrounded by a wall outside as a small yard.
The road between the stone houses was unusually deserted, with hardly any people coming and going.
Wow.
When he came to the edge of a two-story stone house, the door of the stone house was just pushed open, and a young woman with a gloomy complexion came out inside. She was dressed in black and had long hair loose, with two long swords crossed on her back.
The woman glanced at the three of them, closed the door, left the yard without saying a word, and disappeared at the corner of the road after a few jumps.
"What a strong cultivation..." Xiao Lingling's face turned pale, as if she was frightened by the woman's look. .