Su Yun found Hua Hu and others, and not long after, Li Muge came. This young spiritualist had been very enthusiastic before, but now he had become a little distant and reserved, and politely invited them to go upstairs.
Su Yun and Hua Hu were puzzled and wondered how he could have become like this.
"Is he possessed by a demon?"
Huahu whispered to Su Yun, "The whole village should have arrived in the city for dinner."
Su Yun was stern in his heart: "Second brother, don't talk nonsense. This is the outer perimeter of Shuofang City. The whole village has to go to the inner perimeter to eat. There are more people there."
Huahu whispered, "We just entered the city and it was snowing on the north side. Maybe the demon has been with us all along."
Su Yun was also feeling uneasy, but luckily the monks came over and smiled at them kindly.
Su Yun smiled back, and several monks also walked into the enclosure, apparently living here as well. Li Muge whispered, "These masters are the teachers of our Wenchang Academy."
Su Yun was surprised: "Wenchang Academy is a temple?"
Li Muge shook his head: "Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are prominent schools. Basically every school and university has them."
The Youlou was very dilapidated, and there were all kinds of people inside. On the way upstairs, Su Yun and his friends met several Taoists and Confucian scholars in the narrow corridor. There were also a few people with ferocious faces, and they didn't look like good people.
They even met a miner, a monster with a leopard head, who must have escaped here during the chaos. Because he was frightened, he forgot that he was scared out of his original form and hid in the corner, trembling.
Su Yun entered Li Muge's room. Li Muge took out a small piece of ash from a small box on the table. It was only the size of a fingernail, lit it and put it in the lampshade.
I saw the ashes slowly floating up in the lampshade, shining brightly, illuminating the room.
"This small piece of ash can illuminate the whole night, and when it burns out the next morning, it will turn into ashes and fall down."
Li Muge was a little embarrassed and said, "The most convenient thing about living here is that it's free to buy ash. If you run out, you can go to the roadside of the ash factory and pick some up."
Su Yun was amazed. He also picked up some robbery ashes, which were made of the flesh and blood of the robbery ash monster. However, the shape seemed to be different from the robbery ashes picked up by Li Muge.
He took out the ash made from the flesh and blood of the ash monster, carefully pinched out a small piece, put the rest away, and compared it with Li Muge's ash.
I saw that the ash formed from the flesh and blood of the ash monster was diamond-shaped, pointed at the top and bottom, like a dark crystal.
However, the ashes that Li Muge picked up did not have this characteristic.
Li Muge was also a teenager with a curious nature. He came over and said, "This is also the first time I've seen the ash transformed by the ash monster. How about we just light a piece and see how bright it is?"
Su Yun nodded.
Li Muge took the fire and brought it to the diamond-shaped piece of ash.
boom!
The building shook violently, and a room on the ninth floor was on fire. The glazed windows and window frames flew out, and all the doors in the entire corridor were forcibly opened by the air waves!
Not long after, Li Muge, Su Yun, Hua Hu, Qing Qiuyue and others stood on the official road under the You Tower. Their faces were covered in black and white, their hair was burnt, and they were carrying bags of varying sizes on their backs.
Suddenly, another bundle was thrown down from upstairs and landed at their feet.
"You little bastard from Wenchang Academy, don't let me run into you again!"
The owner of the building half leaned out of the window and yelled at them: "If I rent it to others, I'll get money, but if I rent it to you, I'll risk my life. Go away and eat the ashes!"
After a while, the monks came down from upstairs with their small bags on their backs. The owner of the Yulou accompanied them and said apologetically, "Masters, I'm really sorry that I can't rent it to you... Is there anyone else from Wenchang Academy in this building? Get out of here! Masters, please come this way!"
The monks came to Su Yun, Li Muge and others with gloomy faces. Hua Hu lowered his head to look at his toes, Li Muge also lowered his head to look at his toes, and Su Yun's face was full of an innocent, sunny, yet ignorant smile.
The snow fell heavier and heavier, and soon everyone was covered with a layer of snow.
The leading monk said gently, "Mu Ge scholar, accidents often happen on our way to knowledge. Don't let them shake your faith. Be brave to face them. Stay at the academy for one night. You can go back home tomorrow or rent another room."
Li Muge said yes.
After a while, a giant beast came staggering on the official road. On its back was a two-story wooden building with lights on.
Li Muge waved his hand, and the giant beast stopped. The small wooden building creaked, and there were people in the two-story building, and their shadows swayed under the light.
The glazed window of the second-floor building opened, and a messy head poked out, holding a jar of wine, reeking of alcohol, and asked, "Are you going into the city? Get in the car. Two coins for adults and one coin for children."
Li Muge climbed up first, followed by Su Yun and Hua Hu with three children, and a few monks at the end.
The first floor of the beast carriage was already full of people, with no place to step. Several people climbed up the wooden stairs. There were also several middle-aged men with fierce faces drinking on the second floor.
Several monks also walked up to the second floor. The leading monk knocked on the car window and said, "Let's go to Wenchang Academy."
"Wenchang Academy?"
The driver who was carrying the jar of wine was startled, and all his drunkenness disappeared. He quickly put the jar aside and sat up straight.
Several middle-aged men who were drinking quickly stood up, walked down to the second floor without saying a word, and jumped down from the building, not daring to stay on the beast chase.
The passengers downstairs also shouted: "I'm here, stop the car! Stop the car now!"
After a while, Su Yun and others were the only ones left in the car.
The driver was trembling with fear and wanted to jump off the car and escape, but he didn't dare. He could only shake the reins. The giant beast let out an unwilling moo and walked towards the city.
Su Yun and Hua Hu exchanged a glance, and both had a bad feeling in their hearts: "Li Muge said that the atmosphere in Wenchang Academy is not good. It seems that it is not just as simple as that."
Several monks closed the car windows, and the small building suddenly became extremely quiet, isolated from the outside world.
Su Yun looked outside and saw more and more tall buildings and more and more cloud bridges. Some buildings were so tall that there were clouds floating around the waists of the buildings.
There is also a cloud bridge protruding from the clouds, and pedestrians walk on the bridge, strolling in the clouds.
The night in this city is not dark at all. There are lamps with burning ashes hanging everywhere inside and outside the buildings and on both sides of the roads, illuminating the city like daytime.
Pedestrians took advantage of the night and snow to come out for fun, and the streets were bustling with business, like a city that never sleeps, dazzling the eyes.
There were more and more animal carts on the road, some were running wildly, while some were very slow. The small buildings on the backs of the animal carts were illuminated by ash lamps upstairs and downstairs. Most of the people in the buildings were young men and women, drinking, having fun, singing and laughing.
The small building where Su Yun and his companions' beast-drawn carriage was driving was unusually quiet. Although it was winter, the driver was sweating all over. He was extremely nervous as he drove the giant beast on the official road towards the Wenchang Academy.
Opposite Su Yun, the young monk had a gentle look in his eyes and smiled, "I am Tu Ming. The envoy has come from the Eastern Capital, but I am afraid he has no place to stay yet?"
"Ask me to be the envoy again?" Su Yun was stunned.
Monk Tu Ming's face became serious. "Your Excellency, don't worry. We are monks from the Sakya Academy of Wenchang Academy, and we learned about your identity by accident. Your Excellency was ordered to come to Shuofang, and he must have an important mission. Tu Ming dare not ask, but please give me Wenchang Academy a chance to serve the emperor!"
Hu Buping said quickly: "Monk, you misunderstood. We are not envoys from the emperor. We are from the countryside and came to the city to study!"
Monk Tu Ming smiled slightly, as if he understood everything, and said, "Could you please show me the Heavenly Dao Order?"
Su Yun glanced at Li Muge who was standing beside him. Li Muge looked at his nose and thought about his heart without saying a word.
Su Yun frowned, took out the Tiandao Academy token from his bag, and said, "Master, you must have misunderstood. We are really here to study, not to be envoys."
Monk Tu Ming took it, and several monks came over and checked it over and over again. After a while, the monks nodded solemnly.
"That's right, it's the Heavenly Order."
Monk Tu Ming stood up, holding the token in both hands, and respectfully presented it to Su Yun, saying in a deep voice, "Your Excellency, please keep it."
Su Yun accepted the token. They had found these tokens from the bones of the dead Tiandao academicians in the Dragon Burial Mausoleum. A total of four and a half tokens were found.
They thought the jade was of good quality and originally planned to take it to the city to sell it to earn money to subsidize their expenses. However, judging from Monk Tu Ming's performance, the token of Tiandao Temple should be of great significance.
"Masters, we are country folks who came from the uninhabited area of Tianshiyuan. We encountered the robbery monster by chance. We also picked up this Heavenly Dao Order by accident."
Su Yun said honestly: "We have nothing to do with Tiandaoyuan."
Monk Tu Ming laughed, exchanged glances with the other monks, and said in unison: "Don't worry, Your Excellency. We all understand and will never let the news leak out!"
There is no one in the Tianshiyuan No Man's Land, and this is something everyone knows.
It is even more impossible for anyone to pick up the Tiandao Order of Tiandao Academy casually!
As for the riot of the Robbery Gray Monster, it is certainly not something that can be encountered by chance!
Su Yun's words made them even more convinced that Su Yun and his companions were the scholars of the Tiandao Academy who came to Shuofang for a secret visit on the orders of the Emperor of Yuan Shuo Kingdom!
Several monks became excited: "Shuofang, there is a big case!"
Monk Tu Ming changed the subject and asked with concern, "You have come from the countryside to study, but you haven't enrolled yet?"
Huahu shrank his head and said honestly: "We just entered the city and haven't found a school yet..."
Several monks laughed at the same time: "Yes, he has just entered the city, so he has not yet enrolled. The envoy has not yet enrolled, and wants to go to our Wenchang Academy. Our Wenchang Academy will naturally welcome you. Those who originally had an entrance examination do not need to take it again."
"It's better to take a test!" Hu Buping said hurriedly.
Several little foxes nodded repeatedly, thinking: "What if this Wenchang Academy is a big cesspool? We came to the city to study, not to fall into a cesspool and take a bath!"
Monk Tu Ming had no choice but to say, "Well, let's just take the test and go through the motions."
Hua Hu was more and more certain that Wenchang Academy was not a good place, and said with difficulty: "Masters, we are from the countryside and have no identity in Shuofang City. I am afraid it will be difficult for us to enroll..."
Monk Tu Ming smiled and said, "This is simple. We have nowhere to stay, so let's go to Wenchang Palace to sleep for a night. Tomorrow morning, the identities of the five of you will be arranged properly, without any flaws!"
Su Yun and Hua Hu looked at each other, and both had a bad feeling in their hearts: "Wenchang Academy is indeed the worst school in Shuofang City. It can't recruit scholars, and it is determined to keep us!"
Qingqiu Yue was so angry that tears started to flow down her cheeks. She choked up and said, "If we can't pass the exam, we will definitely not go to your school!"
Monk Tu Ming and the others breathed a sigh of relief and said solemnly: "Your Excellency, rest assured..."
Su Yun was also a little confused and explained: "Master, we are not the envoys."
Tu Ming looked around with a stern look, and said in a deep voice: "Do you all understand? After we go down from here, there will be no more envoys from the Eastern Capital!"
"Understood!" several monks said in unison.
A monk hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Brother, do you want to silence this driver?"
Zhaizhu: If anyone says he wants to draw a picture again, I will kill him. I can't even draw a round ball! I can't draw a raven or a minecart! My daughter is learning to draw, but she is only seven years old and can't draw illustrations. I'm kneeling, please let me go!
By the way, someone has already drawn a picture of the four foxes having dinner with the whole village. Does anyone want to see it