"Two senior brothers?" Someone came up from behind, and cupped their hands with a smile: "What are the two senior brothers doing here? The younger brother's surname is Zhang, and his single name has the word Zheng. He is a disciple of Zhenren Zheng."
Xiaodong's heart tightened.
How to deal with this
They are fake, but this one is real!
People in the outer city can't see the flaws, but it doesn't mean that the disciples under the city gate can't see the flaws.
Mo Chen just nodded, looking quite impatient: "We are disciples of Shuge, my surname is Li, and this is my junior brother's surname Meng."
Zhang Zheng, who suddenly appeared to greet them, seemed to be in his twenties, with a square face that was upright. Eyebrows are slender, he looks like he hasn't woken up, the robes on his body are similar to those on Mo Chen and Xiaodong, but Mo Chen's clothes are obviously new and neat, while Zhang Zheng's has been washed and faded, It's so soft that it doesn't have any shape at all.
Look at the old crown on his head, the painted scabbard around his waist, and...
No need to look any further, Xiaodong can tell that this person must be very frustrated and not doing well in his sect.
Even if you don't look at the attire, just judging from the situation in front of you, this person is still eager to please them, and it seems that he has no doubts about their identities at all.
"Senior Brother Li and Senior Brother Meng, the weather is not good today. If you are not in a hurry, find a place to rest your feet. If you can help me, please tell me, although my ability is low. But running errands and finding someone to pass on a message can be done, I am familiar with this area.”
This person is different from the disciple of Tianjian City that Xiaodong imagined.
In his previous imagination, the disciples of Tianjian City should all wear spotless robes, wear murderous swords, be spotless, and walk without touching the ground...
Looking at it, not all people in Tianjian City are like that, they are probably divided into three, six, or nine classes. There are high-ranking ones, like the woman he saw in his dream that day, who at first glance seemed like immortals. There are also people like Zhang Zheng in front of me, who are eager to make friends, just like ordinary people who hang around in the market, no difference.
"It's not an important matter." Mo Chen didn't look guilty at all, he looked down on Zhang Zheng's flattery, and was a little impatient: "What are you doing here again?"
Zhang Zheng hurriedly said: "I'm here to deliver things, and I'm going back after I've finished my work...Brother Li, who are you two?"
Xiaodong watched from the side as the elder brother manipulated this man into a submissive manner in a few words, and had no doubts about them.
But... this person looks older than both of them. It is said that in a sect, the first is the best, so he doesn't have to turn his head around to please the younger generation.
This Zhang Zheng could see that Mo Chen was the one who was in charge of the two, so he focused on pushing him hard, and of course he didn't neglect Xiaodong, he was a man who could talk and make things happen.
Xiaodong knew one thing.
If you are polite to others, you must ask for something.
Mo Chen saw many people, so he was not surprised by Zhang Zheng's flattery.
Surprisingly he just...
These people in Tianjian City are far more credulous and deceitful than he expected.
What about Longtan Tiger's Den? Originally, he also thought that Tianjian City would be a dangerous place to fall into land every step of the way. The people here, from three-year-old children to the elders of the city lord, are all human sperm, with "not to be messed with" written all over their bodies. words.
But judging from their little knowledge now, that's not the case at all.
I don't know if the people here have never been out of the city, have seen less, and have less experience, so... it seems that they have less eyes than people outside, much less.
Could it be that he has been in such a circle and does not communicate with the outside world, is it stupid
The people from the outer city, the gatekeeper disciples they met yesterday, and the people they met on the road, none of them realized that Mo Chen and Xiaodong were fakes. Probably when they thought about it, it was impossible for someone to sneak into Tianjian City without a waist card, so they didn't think about the word "counterfeit" at all.
After all, this Zhang Zheng couldn't hide what was on his mind. After circling around for a while, he asked unintentionally, "I've only been to the bookstore once. Senior Brother Li must be very useful, right?"
"I heard that there are a lot of exercises and secret books in the Book Pavilion, which are beyond reach for us low-level disciples. Presumably, Senior Brother Li and Senior Brother Meng must be close to the water, and they are very familiar with these..."
Well, I heard it.
Sure enough, it is useless to get up early.
This Zhang Zheng seemed to belong to the kind of little person who should not be valued. Although he said that he was a disciple of Zhenren Zheng, he did not say that he was a direct disciple, nor did he say that he was a registered disciple, only that he was a disciple.
The discrepancy in this is much bigger, 80% he is not even a registered disciple, just a handyman, a small deacon, etc., doing errands and odd jobs, wanting to learn more, but suffering from no way out, Others didn't bother to talk to him.
So he can only rely on himself to dig around and find out.
Without a backer, there is nothing in your hand that can impress others. No matter how hard you try, it is often in vain.
So when he saw Mo Chen and the others, he came up to talk to them without hesitation.
And Mo Chen figured out Zhang Zheng's thoughts in a few words, and caught him with the names of two popular kung fu books without any effort.
Xiaodong was very surprised.
For nothing else, the "Tong Yuan Lian Qi Jue" and "Nan Luo Jing" that the big brother talked about are all... well, rotten stuff. Even casual cultivators outside can easily get these copies. As long as they have a little talent, they can make some tricks by practicing blindly. It can be said that everyone who cultivates the Tao can have a copy, which is as common as the Qianjiawen and Mengxuejiezi that ordinary people read.
But as soon as the two minds were uttered, it could be seen from Zhang Zheng's reaction that he didn't know these two minds, and his attitude towards them was more than twice as enthusiastic as before.
How closed is Tianjian City, and you don't even know about this kind of thing? According to the words of the master, due to various other changes in the war of killing demons, many sects died out and their exercises were lost, but there were also many exercises that became ownerless and gradually spread. Take Tongyuan Qi Refining Jue as an example. I heard that the original master was a sect called Tongyuan Sect. The sect has long since disappeared. However, this exercise has become the first choice for many casual practitioners because it is easy to understand and easy to use. It's easy to return to easy, but when you reach the fifth or sixth level, it's impossible to improve. So after having a certain foundation, those who have the conditions and ability will of course pursue better exercises, and these beginner exercises will naturally be discarded.
Zhang Zheng was also pleasantly surprised.
He didn't have much hope at first, he just hoped that he could get acquainted and form a good relationship, so that if he met again in the future, it would be easier to talk to him. Unexpectedly, this seemingly cold-hearted Shuge disciple was unexpectedly generous and easy to talk to. Zhang Zheng has not been able to refine qi until now, and no one has taught him his mind, even the most obvious and obscure ones.
It seems that if the brothers and sisters are coaxed well, they can at least get a copy of the exercises!
People from the outer city saw that he had already entered the inner city, and his status immediately changed. But Zhang Zheng knew his own affairs, he was just a small person doing errands, he said that he was under Zhen Zhenren's family, but in fact, since he entered the inner city, he had met Zheng Zhenren twice in a few years, and he only saw him from a distance. Well, Zhenren Zheng didn't even know there was such a character as him. If things go on like this, the years will be wasted in vain, and I will not learn anything real.
Zhang Zheng secretly made up his mind that he must coax these two people, coax them well, and coax them to be comfortable and happy. A book of exercises is nothing to the people in their bookstore, and they can be copied casually. If there is friendship, the benefits will continue to flow in the future.
With this kind of mood in his heart, he knew everything when Mo Chen asked him, and he couldn't wait to dig his heart out for the two of them.
He was not surprised by some of the news that Mo Chen inquired about. How famous is the person in Shuge? They can be locked in the house for many years without leaving the house, as long as someone delivers food and water on time, or just use Bigu Dan to save all these troubles. So sometimes the disciples of Shuge don't know each other, and the things in and out of the city are known to others but they don't.
Zhang Zheng was happy to use these outdated news that everyone knew to please these two.
"Elder Xu passed away last year..."
"People from outside? There haven't been any people from outside in recent years."
But the most important news he said was the news about the "Young Master".
"Young master? I only saw him once from a distance. He is thin and looks about twenty. I heard that he is a very intelligent person. It's just a small person like us. Of course, he doesn't have the status to talk to the young master. I heard that the young master The Lord was born with congenital deficiencies, and has been recuperating for these years, and now his body has almost recovered, so he showed his face in front of people."
"Since the death of the old city lord, my wife has lived in seclusion and is unwilling to see outsiders, let alone take care of the affairs in Tianjian City. Elder Xu was in charge of most of these matters. After Elder Xu left, Elder Huo is now in charge. That said, it will take at least a few years for the young master to take over, he hasn't fully recovered yet, and he doesn't know much about the big and small affairs in the city."
Mo Chen and Xiaodong exchanged a look.
Zhang Zheng went on to say: "Recently, spirit herbs have become more and more popular, but the goods are not as good as before. Well, speaking of it, Senior Brother Lin complained a few days ago, saying that refining medicine is not going well recently. That’s right, the other two furnaces have been destroyed.”
Mo Chen asked one more question: "Is it because the medicinal materials used are not good? Or is there a deviation in the refining technique? Or has the alchemy furnace not been repaired for a long time?"
"It's not because of these reasons. The quality of the elixir and spirit grass is indeed not as good as before, but that means that at most the refined medicine has deviations in efficacy and poor quality. Now it can't be refined at all," Zhang Zheng said while shaking his head: "This It seems that the matter has been reported to the elders, and I hope it can be resolved as soon as possible." (To be continued)