Chapter 259: Martial Arts Academy
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(The following are all a few randomly written deeds! The following are all a few randomly written deeds! The following are all a few randomly written deeds! Say important things three times!)
As soon as he walked out of the hotel, Ou Chuyang heard a scream coming from behind: "Help, help."
Ou Chuyang frowned and turned around and looked in the sound. As soon as he turned around, Ou Chuyang saw a figure that had arrived in front of him. Without any precautions, Ou Chuyang was hit by the figure and helped up his figure. Only then did he see clearly that the person who hit him was a thin young man wearing a coarse cloth dress with a patch of facial hair.
Before Ou Chuyang could speak, the young man pulled Ou Chuyang and said, "Sir, save me, the people behind me will kill me." After that, he threw Ou Chuyang, who was confused, and ran quickly.
At this time, a few people came from behind, Ou Chuyang stood in front and said loudly: "Stop, you are too brave to commit crimes in broad daylight."
"Stupid brat, don't block the way. Be careful that I will ruin you." One of the people said fiercely.
"Still curse?" As he said that, Ou Chuyang was about to step forward and attack, and several other people surrounded him.
At this moment, one of the middle-aged men walked out and stopped his companion and said, "Little brother, don't get me wrong. The man was a thief just now. He stole our things and we chased him. Don't be fooled by him."
"Ah?" After hearing the middle-aged man's words, Ou Chuyang subconsciously mopped his pocket, and it turned out to be empty.
The group of people watched Ou Chuyang stop him, and did not say much, and chased him in the direction where the thief had just escaped.
"I actually lied to me and stole my things." Thinking of this, I suddenly trembled violently. Ou Chuyang found that the ethereal ring on his hand was gone. Ou Chuyang was shocked: "Oh no, my ring." Thinking of this, Ou Chuyang closed his eyes and felt it carefully. Suddenly, he found a faint fluctuation of mental power not far ahead. Following this fluctuation, Ou Chuyang chased after him.
In the narrow alley, a thin young man showed a smile on his face and was counting the gold coins in his hand. "Haha, a lot of them, I can't tell that the boy is really rich, tsk tsk." The young man was the thief who had just bumped into Ou Chuyang. At this time, he was counting the "trophy" in the alley. "What kind of broken thing is this? It's an iron ring. He actually stole such a worthless thing." After saying that, the thief threw the ring out and turned around and was about to walk out of the alley.
"Ba", the ring did not land, but was picked up by a person, and then a voice came over: "Why, where are you going?"
Hearing the sound, the thief was suddenly startled, turned around and took a look, immediately ran out of the alley. However, after only two steps, a figure blocked in front of him. The thief stopped quickly and retreated step by step.
"What are you going to do?" the thief asked tremblingly.
Ou Chuyang was naturally the one who blocked the thief's way. With the spiritual mark left on the ethereal ring, Ou Chuyang quickly found the thief's hiding place. When he arrived, it was the time when the thief threw away the ethereal ring.
"You stole my stuff and asked me what I'm going to do?"
"Sir, don't kill me, I'm wrong. I have an eighty mother above and a son underneath. Please give me your hand... By the way, sir, I don't want your gold coins." Seeing Ou Chuyang's angry expression, the thief immediately knelt on the spot, begging for mercy with tears in his nose.
The thief suddenly showed an exaggerated expression, which made Ou Chuyang stunned and thought to himself: "Damn, this person is really able to bend and stretch. I knelt down before I could do anything about him. It's okay, I'll save trouble."
After taking the gold coins, Ou Chuyang said to the thief impatiently: "Okay, okay, don't pretend. Get up and answer a few questions from me. If you answer well, I will let you go."
Hearing this, the thief suddenly jumped up from the ground and said with a flattering smile: "It's the first time I'm here in Qipan Town. If you have any idea, please ask. The villain knows everything."
As if he was disgusted with the thief, Ou Chuyang waved his hand and asked, "What's your name?"
"The villain is called Ma Liu, he is from Qipan Town..." Ma Liu smiled.
"This is my first time here and I don't know the situation here yet. Tell me about it."
"What do you want to know, sir?"
"Just say something valuable. If you agree, maybe I will give you a reward."
"It's my first time here. Qipan Town is the second largest city after the imperial capital. There are all kinds of food and play places here. If you want to eat some specialties here, you can go to Guanghe Restaurant, where the food is the most delicious."
Seeing that Ou Chuyang didn't say anything, Ma Liu continued: "If you want to find a place to play, I can introduce you to the Red Chamber. It is a place where many children of big families and nobles often visit. You can see singing, dancing, storytelling, and most importantly, the girls there are very beautiful. If the gentleman has enough gold coins..."
Ou Chuyang is not a ten-year-old child. Seeing Ma Liuyi's vulgar expression, he immediately knew what he wanted to say. Before he could finish speaking, Ou Chuyang waved his hand and interrupted, "These are worthless, something useful to say."
"Oh yes, look at the appearance of Mr. I look like a practitioner. If Mr. I want to buy special treasures such as martial arts, mental techniques, and spiritual medicines, I can recommend Mr. to go to the Marin Auction House on West Street to see it. Maybe there is something that Mr. needs in it.
“Auction house?”
"Yes, it is the headquarters of the Marin Chamber of Commerce in Qipan Town. The Marin Chamber of Commerce is a relatively large chamber of commerce in the empire. They involve various industries, and the auction house is one of their most profitable businesses, and the things sold in it are treasures."
"Yeah, is there any?"
After his eyes dripped around, Ma Liu continued: "Yes, there is a branch of Dantang on East Street. If you want to refine any elixirs, you can go there. As long as the elixir has the raw materials for refining elixirs, the people in Dantang will help you refine it. The cost is very low, and it is definitely much cheaper than the one you buy."
Speaking of this, Ma Liu slowly came to Ou Chuyang, looked around and said carefully: "If the sir wants to find out what information or kill someone, the villain can introduce you to the people in the Killer Alliance. As long as you have money, they will do everything for you."
Hearing this, Ou Chuyang frowned and took two steps back and said, "You really know everything?"
"Hehe, sir, praise me." Ma Liu smiled and smiled.
"No, this is for you. Be careful when stealing things in the future. Don't take a look. You won't always have such good luck. Let's go, don't let me see you again." As he said that, Ou Chuyang took out a gold coin and threw it towards Ma Liu. The latter received the gold coin and smiled respectfully and said: "Yes, yes, thank you, sir, you are such a great person."
Ignoring Maliu's flattery, Ou Chuyang walked out of the alley, recalling Maliu's words while walking, thinking that the world is so big, it's really amazing. Auction house, Dantang, and Killer Alliance are really interesting.
After leaving the alley, Ou Chuyang followed the route guided by the hotel clerk and came to Renhou Antique Store. When he walked to the door of the store, Ou Chuyang was unnaturally excited, "Maybe we can find out the news about the old man here." He walked into the antique store and saw that two old and young men in the store were busy with something. He called a young man and Ou Chuyang asked, "Is Fang Tang here?"
Hearing Ou Chuyang's words, the young man looked at Ou Chuyang carefully, and then said, "Fang Tang? There is no such person."
"No? It's impossible, think about it again." Ou Chuyang asked unwillingly.
"It's really not. If you buy something, you can take a look. If you don't sell it, please don't disturb us in business." The young man was a little impatient and began to issue an order to expel customers.
"Oh." Ou Chuyang shook his head and thought to himself: "How is it possible, is the old man lying to me?"
At this moment, another old guy came over and asked, "What's the matter?"
"This person is here to find someone named Fang Tang." The young man pointed at Ou Chuyang and replied.
"Well? Go and move the goods over there, be careful, I'll greet this person." After saying that, the young man walked towards him, and then the old man smiled at Ou Chuyang and said, "I'm looking for someone, brother?"
"Well, look for Fang Tang. Do you know old man?" Ou Chuyang immediately replied when he heard the old man's inquiry.
"Little brother, I will talk with you." As he said that, the old guy pulled Ou Chuyang into the store.
"My little brother, do you have any tokens?" the old guy asked.
"Token? Oh, there is." As he said that, Ou Chuyang took out the dark green sign and handed it over.
After taking the sign, the old guy looked at it carefully, with a trace of intriguing light in his eyes. He returned the sign to Ou Chuyang and said, "Little brother, please come with me." After that, he shouted to the guy, "I'll talk to this gentleman about some business, look at the store."
"Okay!" the young man replied happily.
The old guy turned his head and said politely to Ou Chuyang: "Please!" Ou Chuyang replied to the old guy, and then followed the old guy to the inner courtyard.
When he entered the inner courtyard and walked to the center of the yard, the old guy stopped and said to Ou Chuyang: "Little brother, please wait." After that, he walked to the door of a room, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door rhythmically.
At this moment, a voice came from it: "What's the matter?"
"Shopkeeper, someone is looking for it." The old guy replied.
"You go out first." The voice inside came out again.
"Yes." Immediately afterwards, the old guy ignored Ou Chuyang and silently left the inner courtyard. He threw Ou Chuyang alone in the center of the courtyard.
After a while, the door of the house opened and a middle-aged man in his thirties walked out from it. He was a thin figure, steady steps, and his eyes were shining. He was obviously a cultivator. Judging from the momentum he showed, his strength should be higher than Ou Chuyang.
"Huh? He's a master." Ou Chuyang thought to himself.
"Are you looking for me?" The middle-aged man stood at the door, and suddenly a hint of undetectable surprise appeared in his eyes, and he looked at Ou Chuyang and asked.
"You are Fang Tang?"
"I am, who asked you to come to me?"
"Old...hehe, Old Fang." Ou Chuyang replied.
"What certificates are there?"
"This is what he gave me." As he said that, he threw the dark green sign over.
After taking the sign, Fang Tang looked at it, then nodded and rushed to Ou Chuyang and said, "Talk inside." After that, he entered the room. Ou Chuyang also walked in.
The decoration and decoration in the house are very ordinary: there is only one table, two chairs, a bed inside, a landscape painting hanging on the wall, and a cabinet next to the bed, and a few antiques placed on the cabinet.
"Sit." While looking at the room, Fang Tang spoke out.
"Thank you." Ou Chuyang said politely and sat down.
"Is there anything wrong with me?"
"It's nothing, actually I just want to ask, do you know where he is now?" Ou Chuyang asked a little embarrassedly. In fact, it's no wonder he was embarrassed. Originally, Mr. Fang gave him this brand because he was afraid that he would not be able to solve anything when he was outside, so he came here to seek help. As a result, Ou Chuyang actually used this brand to find Mr. Fang's whereabouts.
Fang Tang looked at Ou Chuyang and said, "I can't tell you this."
When Fang Tang heard Fang Tang's answer, it was not beyond his information. Fang Tang did not tell him whereabouts of Fang Lao. In fact, Ou Chuyang already knew the answer when he came. If Fang Tang could tell him, then Fang Lao would not have to hide his whereabouts when he left.
He shook his head with a wry smile, lowered his head and said softly: "I knew that you couldn't tell me. But I still want to ask, how is he doing now?"
Feeling the true feelings revealed in Ou Chuyang's words, Fang Tang's expression that had been cold on his face finally melted a little: "He is very good now."
Ou Chuyang was silent for a while, and then asked: "I heard that Shangwu Academy recruits students here every year. I wonder if this is the case."
Fang Tang was slightly stunned and replied: "It's because of this. Shangwu Academy recruits students from all over the empire every year. This has become a routine. What are you asking about this?"
Ou Chuyang did not answer Fang Tang’s question, and then asked: “When was the last time I recruited students?”
Hearing that Ou Chuyang did not answer his meaning, Fang Tang didn't care and said to Ou Chuyang in detail: "There are four months left. Shangwu Academy will recruit students around February every year. The number of people recruited in different places each time. A big city like Qipan Town will recruit 100 people every year. Due to the limited number of places, it will be screened in designated places in the city when enrolling. As long as you can enter less than 100, you can be admitted to Shangwu Academy and become a student there. What? Do you want to go to Shangwu Academy?"
"I want to go and have a look." Ou Chuyang nodded affirmatively.
Although he was affirmed by Ou Chuyang, Fang Tang obviously didn't believe it. According to the information given by the organization, Ou Chuyang obviously could not cultivate internal energy. It was impossible for such a person to enter Shangwu Academy. However, looking at Ou Chuyang's firm expression, it didn't look like he was talking casually. Moreover, when Ou Chuyang first entered the yard, he also felt a faint aura on Ou Chuyang's body. Although it was not like the internal energy he was familiar with, under his pressure, Ou Chuyang not only did not feel uncomfortable at all, but was more energetic, as if he was fighting him.
(The following are all a few randomly written deeds! The following are all a few randomly written deeds! The following are all a few randomly written deeds! Say important things three times!)
Chapter completed!