Inside Gaoyang City, three children leaning on crutches, looking like beggars, tried to enter Gaoyang City, but were driven out by the soldiers guarding the city gate.
At this point, the three of them were starving and cold. The highlands were no match for the southern part of Shao Country. It was already autumn and the days were getting colder. If they couldn't get into the Shangxian Academy that the gods had pointed out, they would probably die.
Moreover, two of the three people had different thoughts. Since it was the gods who pointed the way, especially the powerful Feng Sheng who was known throughout the world as the legend, who guided them here, then this was definitely not an ordinary road.
At the very least, it is a path leading to becoming a practitioner.
This is why they risked their lives to travel thousands of miles to the capital of Gao State. They were unwilling to be ordinary. Only by mastering power can they have the right to speak in this world and get everything they want.
The three of them stood outside the tall city wall. The cold wind blew and they shivered. At this time, a strong man driving a carriage passed by them and suddenly stopped.
A calm and indifferent voice came from the carriage: "Come on up!"
The three children, the oldest of whom was only eleven years old, were stunned for a moment, but Gai Cang was the first to get on the bus without any hesitation, followed by Tang Li and Fu Hou.
Tang Li thought that the person who could ride in the car was at least a noble person, and how could such a person treat the three children who looked like beggars. Fu Hou watched the two of them get on the car, and followed them in without thinking too much.
There was a stove in the carriage, which made the three children who were shivering with cold breathe a sigh of relief. They then noticed a young man leaning against the wall with his hands curled up in his sleeves, as if he was taking a nap.
He was wearing a robe that was somewhat ancient and similar to the style of a shaman priest, rather than the ordinary clothing of the Gao Kingdom, which could only be seen among some aristocratic families.
Seeing this scene, Fuhou became even more restrained and afraid and dared not speak. Fuhou's family had been serfs for generations, and three generations ago they were just savages in the countryside. Gai Cang was himself cold as ice and taciturn. No one could tell what he was thinking.
Only Tang Li looked at the other party without fear and asked, "Who are you? Why did you save us?"
The man finally opened his eyes and looked at them, and at the same time, the three of them felt an inexplicable shock surging through their chests.
Eyes are the most capable of seeing everything about a person, but in these eyes, they saw tens of thousands of people, from ancient times to the present, endless figures, rising and falling in the long river of history, and finally disappearing in the river with the waves.
They even saw themselves.
They had never seen such a pair of eyes before. In his eyes, they could not see anything, only the reflection of the world and themselves.
The carriage followed the sound and entered the city, which was bustling and crowded.
The other party finally spoke: "A great era is about to begin, and heroes will compete for supremacy. Not only will mortals and princes join in, vying for the position of the common leader of the human race who will unify the world, but even cultivators, warriors, witches and priests, as well as those great powers who have returned from ancient times, will join in, vying for the opportunity to achieve enlightenment."
“This is the cruelest era, but also an era full of opportunities!”
"Are you ready?"
Gai Cang spoke for the first time at this time: "Can I gain immortality?"
Fang Xiu's eyes were filled with a hint of amusement. He didn't expect that the other party had no memory, only a trace of his true spirit was left, but this obsession was still retained: "Isn't immortality enough?"
Gai Cang said coldly: "Not enough!"
Fang Xiu laughed: "We'll have to keep going to find out!"
"The road is something you walk on yourself! The way is something you seek for yourself! You will know if you can achieve immortality by trying it yourself!"
Tang Li had no idea what the two were talking about. He watched the carriage going farther and farther away, and said anxiously, "Where are you taking us? We want to go to Shangxian Academy!"
Fang Xiu looked at him and smiled, "We're here, get off!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the carriage stop, and three children got off the carriage and stood on the somewhat deserted street.
"Gai Cang!"
At this time, a call came from behind. Gai Cang turned around and saw a silver ring flying by, falling into his hand, and then put on his wrist. It changed from big to small and instantly became the right size.
"Your stuff! I'll give it back to you!"
Gai Cang brushed his fingers across the silver ring and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he had worn this silver ring for countless tens of thousands of years. As his fingers stroked it, he became familiar with every pattern on it.
The horses whizzed past and, driven by the yellow-turbaned strongman charioteer transformed from a magic weapon, went away along the road.
At this time, Tang Li chased after him and shouted, "Hey! You haven't answered my first question yet? Who are you?"
The carriage drove away and disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving only a faint sentence: "A long time ago, they all called me—Fuzifeng!"
The three of them stayed on the street, watching the carriage go away. Tang Li felt a little lost, and turned around and said to the two companions behind him: "This person should be no ordinary person, he looks very powerful!"
Fu Hou didn't feel anything: "Why do you say that?"
Tang Li immediately said: "In the legend, those powerful people are just like him, a kind of dragon that can only be seen from the head but not the tail."
"Master Feng? Master Feng? Could he be some important figure in the academy? No wonder he would help us!"
Gai Cang glanced at the two of them and said coldly: "In the academy, there is only one person who dares to use the name Feng!"
“That’s Feng Sheng!”
Tang Li and Fu Hou were stunned for a moment, while Gai Cang looked up at the four words "Shangxian Academy" wiped clean above his head, and walked forward and knocked on the door of the academy.
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Fang Xiu sat in the carriage, passing through Gaoyang City, and the prosperous scenery of the city passed by his eyes.
However, Fang Xiu did not pay attention to this scene that he loved most in the past. Instead, he looked out the window towards the palace of the Kingdom of Gao in the distance. With a flash of silver in his eyes, he saw two dragons roaring at each other above the clouds of Gaoyang City, one was ferocious and the other was upright.
In this Gaoyang City, there are two people who release dragon energy and possess the aura of a king. They are qualified to seize the throne of the human race in Dongzhou.
Fang Xiu has also stayed in Gaoyang City for several months and observed the person with dragon energy. He found out that he was not the king of Gao State. One was Prince Ji Gu of Gao State, who was currently in charge of the state. The other was Sima Ehong, the extremely powerful man of Gao State.
Once the dragon energy is in their bodies, the two will naturally clash. As for whether Prince Ji Gu will change the weak situation of the Gao royal family, or Sima Ehong will usurp the throne, or the conflict between the two will lead to the annexation of Gao by Shao and Pan, Fang Xiu did not continue to pay attention.
Because the final result is bound to be that the dragons devour each other, causing chaos. Within these 20 to 30 years, this chaos will end, and finally one person will become a real dragon and unify the world.
Fang Xiu hurriedly left Gaoyang City because the first spiritual pool that could grant people immortality was about to open.