After Yu Lie left the courtyard, he walked in the damp and cold shanty town, thinking about where he should go to find a suitable shelter.
However, he took a look at the sky and quickly gave up this idea, because the sky was dark and there were still an hour or two before the town's Yamen responsible for managing Taoist boys and handing over tasks would be closed.
Yu Lie had to hurry up. He could only get the talisman money from the yamen first by going over and handing over his task of subduing the demons. He would not be left penniless and could also have the talisman money to rent a new residence.
Walking briskly along the way, Yu Lie came to the street. He found that the pedestrians on the street did not become sparse because of the gloomy sky, but instead became more numerous.
Yu Lie didn't take it seriously.
Different from the nine-to-five work hours of the yamen, the Taoist boys in Heishui Town prefer to go out for activities in the evening and night. During the day, they like to stay in their respective residences to rest and strengthen their bodies.
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This living habit has a lot to do with the Heishui River, because the black snake fish in the Heishui River are most active in the evening and night.
If you rely on mountains, you can eat mountains; if you rely on water, you can eat water.
Black snake fish generally possess demonic aura and have abundant flesh and blood, but their sizes vary.
The small black snake fish are far less powerful than the real ferocious beasts. In addition, they live in the water, so once they land on the shore, the threat to humans will be greatly reduced.
Therefore, even a mortal Taoist boy, as long as he is lucky, can catch black snake fish from the black river and earn valuable fortune.
But the black snake fish is only a specialty product with a radius of hundreds of miles. The entire Blackwater River flows for thousands of miles. There are many aquatic species in the river, as well as many monsters. Occasionally, ferocious eighth-level beasts and even seventh-level monsters will jump out of the river.
On the shore, they prey on Tao Tong.
Such vicious beasts can only be hunted down by the powerful Taoist boys and Taoist disciples in the town!
Therefore, fishing in the Blackwater River, even on the cliff near the town, is not so easy and safe.
What's more, Yu Lie is walking on the street.
He casually glanced at the pedestrians and clearly saw that any Taoist boy carrying fishing tools must be carrying a variety of murderous weapons, such as axes, hooks, guns, crossbows and armor, and cold light splashed everywhere!
Some people carried iron cages for holding fish in their hands, but they did not carry other fishing tools. Instead, they carried most weapons and other items.
These people are often in groups of three or five, with hawks and wolves looking at them, and their faces are ferocious.
Once night falls and the Taoist boys and disciples in the yamen get off work, the town's restraint on the Taoist boys will naturally weaken.
It's fine if you're on the street or in a residential area, but if you're anywhere else, even within the town, it's not safe.
And in Blackwater Town at night, the most dangerous thing is often not the beasts and monsters, but people, living people!
As Yu Lie walked along, he glanced at the pedestrians for a few times and then withdrew his gaze from the passers-by.
Heishui Town is not a big town, so he quickly arrived at the office of the Yamen.
Taoist boys one after another walked in and out of the wide doorway of the Yamen, looking either worried or happy.
The town's yamen is not a place for judgment. In Heishui Town, not one piece of eucalyptus is brought to the yamen for judgment every year. Its main purpose is to provide government-run rewards and a place to receive tasks.
Together with the yamen, there are also government-run alchemy rooms, government-run butcher shops, government-run bookstores, Taoist courtyards, etc.
Yu Lie blended into the crowd, and not long after, he walked out of the Yamen lobby again.
Yu Lie was very lucky. During the time he was practicing in seclusion, people had already visited several places where he had eliminated demons and verified his results one by one.
After walking out of the Yamen, Yu Lie's pockets were enriched. He had a large amount of money, which was enough for him to live comfortably for a period of time.
This made Yu Lie feel a little surprised.
The reason why he accepted the task of exterminating monsters in the first place was just to obtain traces of vicious beasts and hunt them. In fact, he did not care too much about the rewards after completing the task.
Only now did he realize that although the reward money was not comparable to the investment he made when slaying the demons, at least he still got back half of his original investment.
An unexpected joy deserves to be celebrated.
However, when Yu Lie stepped out of the Yamen, he found that because he walked quickly, there was no long queue to receive the reward. It was still early when he came out, and it was not dark, and several halls next to the Yamen were open.
So Yu Lie thought about it, thinking that two trips would be better than one trip, so he turned around and walked towards the Daolu Courtyard next to it.
The Taoist Courtyard is a place under the Taoist court that is responsible for assessing Taoists, promoting them, teaching etiquette, etc. It is roughly similar to the household registration courtyard dedicated to Taoists, and it also has many other responsibilities.
For example, a remote and small town like Heishui Town is also responsible for arranging residences for new Taoist boys, distributing salary, allocating positions, etc.
The building of Daoluyuan is not big, but it is different from the stone structure in other places. It is a pure wooden structure. Although they are all logs, they are not even painted. Only the outermost periphery is coated with a layer of scarlet powder, which barely creates a...
It looks like a temple with red mud and pink walls.
But when Yu Lie walked in, he still felt as if he had left the rough and rude Blackwater Town and arrived at a real monastic place.
When work was almost over, there was only one old Taoist boy sitting on the stage in the main hall of the courtyard, and there were several young Taoist boys in gray robes waiting, all of them nodding and bowing, flattering the old Taoist on the stage.
Yu Lie was at the back of the team, and he could clearly see that the hands of the gray-robed Taoist boys were more or less carrying fish and meat, in large and small packages.
The old Taoist boy on the stage stared at him with cloudy eyes, and without even raising his eyelids, he dismissed the waiting Taoist boys one by one.
"Qingling seabass? This is rare in this town, but it's a pity that it smells bad. Do you want to go to the farm to plant meat? No, no, the fish smells too bad. Either become a landless tenant farmer first, or take the fish back first."
"You want to work in Taoist Temple? No matter how much money you give, it's useless. I'll try again when I'm about to die."
"Tiger meat? Since it's a gift, why don't you bring a tiger whip? If you don't have the demonic aura, you can still be a little bit arrogant. I am short of this. If you have it? Will it be delivered tomorrow? Then come back tomorrow."
This fish-eyed old Taoist boy is the official responsible for allocating various positions to the Taoist boys who come to receive their positions.
Taoist boys who have just arrived in Blackwater Town will not only be able to stay for free for the first three years, but the town also promises to provide an opportunity to learn cultivation skills, including alchemy, weapon refining, and talisman formations, which will ensure the survival of the Taoist boys in the first three years.
The big and small bags in the hands of the Taoist boys in the Taoist Temple are used to bribe the old Taoist priests in the hope of getting a better position.
Because just like the free-of-charge miscellaneous hospitals, the positions provided by the town also have countless hidden pits. If you are not careful, your life will be lost.
Yu Lie patiently waited until it was his turn.
The dead fish-eyed old man on the stage asked: "Name?"
"The rest of the line."
"Well, I found it. There is no position yet, and the qualifications are not used. Are you here to get a job?"
"Is there any position in the alchemy room available recently? It's safer."
When Dead Fish Eye heard this, he still stared and said without raising his eyelids: "Yes, Medicine Slave, Corpse Slave, Medicine Gathering Slave...which one do you want to choose?"
When Yu Lie heard these choices, he frowned subconsciously.
The medicine slaves test medicines, and everyone knows that the end will be miserable; the corpse slaves use their own yang energy to nourish corpses; the medicine slaves are responsible for going out of town to collect medicines...
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Every position mentioned by the old man is a position with a short lifespan! The first two will definitely die, and the third one may not necessarily die, but it often dies the fastest and leaves no bones left.