Chapter 241 Xiaowu Bronze Medal(1/2)
Since then, Qingmei has brought a steady stream of news to Lu Cheng, which has helped a lot.
Time flies, and more than a month has passed in a blink of an eye.
On this day, Wu Luo finally sent a disciple, named "Wu Qi", a young woman with phoenix eyes, thin eyebrows, long hair, combed into a braid, with a stern face, and was serious.
Wu Qi said lightly: "You are Wu Kuang? You haven't got the little witch yet, why should you name the word "Wu"?"
Lu Cheng laughed with him: "This is given by the great witch in the clan, so I can't take it seriously. My original name was Yakuang."
"Yakun, come with me."
"OK."
Wu Qi walked in front without looking back, and a long braid was swaying behind her.
Lu Cheng followed without looking sideways.
After walking for half an hour, I came outside the "Father City".
Although there were warriors who defended the city, they did not stop them and did not earn money.
After entering the city, Lu Cheng saw that the city had obviously been planned and the streets were neat.
There are some shops on both sides of the street. Although they are not as prosperous as the cities in later generations, they have no shortage of functions.
There are several large palaces in the city, the largest of which are the Witch Temple and the Jiuwu Hall.
Wu Qi led him to the Witch Temple, where there was a middle-aged man responsible for reception.
Wu Qi showed the other party his little witch bronze medal and then explained his purpose: "This is Lord Wu Jie's servant, come here to test the little witch bronze medal."
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Since he is an adult's servant, the exam fee for 100 jade coins will be waived."
Although Lu Cheng didn't care about the jade coins, he was still a little surprised. It seemed that Wu Luo was quite interested and sent someone to bring him over to save him 100 jade coins.
After Wu Qi finished speaking, she said to Lu Cheng: "I'll take a walk around the city. After the exam, you can go back to Wu Castle by yourself."
Lu Cheng quickly thanked him.
Wu Qi left expressionlessly.
The middle-aged man led him into a small house in the hall where an old man in black robes sat.
Cheng Lu bowed to the other party: "I have met the lord."
Because I don’t know the other party’s skill level, I just call it “Master” directly.
The old man said, "I am Wu Keng, one of the deacons of the Wu Temple. You are very young and have you learned "Little Wu Wen"?"
Lu Cheng hurriedly replied: "I have learned "The First Wu Qianyan", "Little Wu Wen", and a small part of "The Great Wu Song".
"Okay, then I'll start asking."
Wu Keng opened a parchment scroll and asked Lu Cheng to recite each rune one by one.
Lu Cheng started reading it from the beginning and found that this was also a volume of "Little Wu Wen". However, the runes included in this volume of "Little Wu Wen" are different from those he learned from the Yayi clan! At least 10% of the runes are different! In other words, if he only knows "Little Wu Wen" of the Yayi clan, he may not pass the exam.
He thought to himself: "It's really a pitfall! This world is so vast that even the Wu Wen is spreading out is different."
He recited the words word by word.
Wu Keng asked questions from time to time, asking what a certain character means.
Lu Cheng's slow explanation.
The entire exam lasted for two or three hours. At the end, Wu Keng nodded and said, "It's very good. The question you answered is 98% correct. The answer is 90% correct. The exam is considered passing."
Lu Cheng thought to himself: "Is it 2% wrong? I thought it was all right."
He was a Wuwen who was from Wuhuan. After the seeds of Wufa sprouted in the Marrow Sea, he carefully proofreaded his cognition, so he felt that it should be 100% correct.
However, what he did not expect was that Wu Keng’s so-called “standard answer” might have fallacies. Although many wizards entered the Witch Temple to worship, they had a seed of witchcraft in their minds, but whether the seeds sprouted and how tall the small tree was after germination was, everyone was different, and their understanding of runes was different.
Although some people have seeds in the sea of marrow, they cannot sprout for a long time. Such people can also practice witchcraft, but they have to learn little by little with their masters. Fallacy is easy to occur during the learning process.
In any case, Lu Cheng passed the exam and took a round bronze medal from Wu Keng. The bronze medal was ten centimeters in diameter and was red in color. It hung on his chest like a heart-protecting mirror.
Wu Keng said: "From now on, you will be the little witch confirmed by the Witch Temple. You can come to the temple to receive 500 jade coins and 2 'Little Witch Pills' every year. This elixir is mainly used to strengthen the soul and has some effect on the body."
Later, he told Lu Cheng that there are fixed time to collect elixirs and jade coins, and medicine is given in the Spring Equinox and autumn equinox every year, and jade coins are received during the Chinese New Year.
Lu Cheng cared more about the "little wudan" and didn't care much about the jade coins.
Wu Keng said again: "As a little witch, his only responsibility is to contribute thirty pieces of talisman paper to the Witch Temple every year, and the requirement is not less than two feet square."
Lu Cheng asked: "What kind of animal skin talisman paper?"
"Everything is fine, as long as it has spiritual energy and can carry simple runes."
"That shouldn't be difficult."
Lu Cheng learned to make talisman paper with Wu Huan, and knew a simpler method, that is, to take cowhide to modern times and hand it over to the fur factory for tanning. In this process, the spiritual energy was not lost and it could be used as talisman paper.
Thinking of this, Lu Cheng's heart was shocked: "So, I can sell talisman paper!"
However, after a second thought, I felt that it was not possible, because the tanned fur in the modern world is too exquisite, and if it is sold in large quantities, it cannot explain the source!
In the final analysis, he is just a little man. If it is a spiritual witch, he will be the Lord of Heaven around the "Fancheng". Who dares to care about him?
He came out of the Witch Temple and walked along the long street for a while.
As we were walking, we suddenly saw Wu Qi walking out of a mai shop.
Wu Qi also saw him and saw clearly the huge bronze medal hanging on his chest.
Her expression was very surprised. Obviously she didn't expect "Wu Kuang" to pass the exam!
Although she looks young, she is actually 25 years old. She has only succeeded after taking the exam three times before, while "Wu Kuang" is only 13 years old and can pass the exam in the first time, which can be considered a miracle.
Therefore, in addition to being surprised, her face became much better and she saw Lu Cheng having a hint of smile.
"Wu Kuang, congratulations! I'm going to go back, let's go together!"
Lu Cheng smiled slightly: "Okay."
Wu Qi walked, and said, "After returning to Wu Castellation, you will change your place to live. There are more than 40 little witches belonging to Wu Castellation, all of whom live in caves excavated on the mountain. Not only is it more spacious, but it is also warm in winter and cool in summer, which is much more comfortable than living in a small wooden house."
"Is there any extra cave?"
"According to the rules, a large witch can bring up to seven small witches. There are a hundred caves on the mountain, half of which are distributed to warriors and half left to the small witches, so it is more than enough."
Wu Qi spoke a little more, and it seemed that she was not facial paralysis, but was watching people take food.
Lu Cheng asked: "All the little witches have masters?"
Wu Qi replied: "Yes, you are so young, you must be very popular. However, others may not have the chance. My master Wu Luo will accept you. If she doesn't have this intention, she will not let me take you to the test."
Lu Cheng said: "Then the relationship is good. If so, I will call you senior sister."
When they returned to Wu Castle, the two went to ask for Wu Luo.
Wu Luo lives in a courtyard covered with green trees. The entire courtyard covers an area of two or three acres and has more than ten houses.
As Wu Qi said, Wu Luo spoke directly and wanted to accept "Wu Kuang" as his disciple.
Lu Cheng agreed. He guessed that this so-called "disciple" might not have much close relationship with the master, but had a factor of mutual help, because Wu Luo himself did not have absolute autonomy, and everyone in the entire Wu Castle belonged to Wu Jie, the Spirit Witch Lord.
Wu Luo talked to him for a while: "After becoming a little witch, you don't have to take care of the Lingtian anymore. You come to our yard every morning to help me with work, and don't use it in the afternoon and evening."
Lu Cheng nodded, probably.
Then, Wu Qi led him to find a clean cave.
"Junior brother, do you want me to help you move?"
"No, I have nothing to do with my house."
Lu Cheng returned to the wooden house, cleaned up a little, and took Qingmei to the cave.
The area of the cave is about 60 to 70 square meters, three times larger than a wooden hut. The stove is near the door, which is easy to ventilate. The cave has a door, a wooden door; there are two small windows, where light comes in during the day, and you can see a few stars at night.
There is a flat ground at the entrance of the cave, covered with grass, because the weather is cold, the grass is dry.
Qingmei found two stone slabs in the house, and compared them with the window, the size was about the same. It seemed that the weather was colder, so we had to use the stone slabs to block the small window!
However, if you block the small window and then block the door, how can you create a fire in the house? How can you discharge the smoke?
Lu Cheng patted the stone wall against the wall behind the stove and found that it was empty. It turned out that the flue had already been dug when the cave was dug!
"This is almost the same, otherwise I can't live!"
Lu Cheng walked around the cave and found that every three meters, he dug a cave along the mountain. There were indeed hundreds of similar caves!
The cave is located at high and low, left and right, but it is all excavated towards the abdomen of the mountain.
In other words, as long as you dig in, you will not communicate with each other.
"If necessary, I can dig with a golden dagger. I think I dug 180 meters in Taohuayu, and I can also dig a huge cave here... Of course, if I really do this, I will still have to pretend that I can't let people see through it at first sight..."
Qingmei was very happy because the environment here is much better than that of a small wooden house. She used to live in a cave in Qingqiu Kingdom, and felt that living in a cave was safe. She would not be blown down by wind and rain, nor would she be hit by lightning. Especially for the latter, the fox tribe is most afraid of thunder!
Lu Cheng took out the big wooden bed, wooden table and wooden chair, and immediately there was a sense of life in the cave.
Qingmei took out the copper cauldron and clay pot, which are common local cooking utensils.
To be continued...