Lin Zhao did not give advice, as he may not be able to understand the suffering of others.
"Then drink a few more drinks. If you have wine today, you will get drunk today." He said with a smile.
Li Xiucai also laughed together, feeling that this young swordsman was extraordinarily gentle and elegant, unlike ordinary swordsmen in the martial arts world.
Soon after, the two of them had eaten and drank enough. Li Xiucai only had a wooden bed in his home. He wanted to give the wooden bed to Lin Zhao, but he was afraid that Lin Zhao, a mountain god with a slightly fairy spirit, would dislike him.
Confused, Lin Zhao shook his head directly and told him that his level was already quite high, so he didn't need to sleep and let him fall asleep on his own.
…
The next day, clouds filled the mountains.
Li Xiucai got up early and scooped out the last bit of rice from the rice vat, not even a single grain of rice was spared. Then he cooked two bowls of rice porridge for himself and Lin Zhao to satisfy their hunger. Fortunately, they had eaten enough the night before.
, so two bowls of rice porridge were enough, and Lin Zhao was not polite. After drinking the rice porridge, Li Xiucai tidied up his book box, and put his only change of clothes into the book box.
"Want to leave?" Lin Zhao asked.
"Yes."
Li Xiucai's face was full of shame and he said: "We have to leave today, otherwise I'm afraid I will miss the big exam in the neighboring county. Mr. Lin Zhao, you are here to visit the immortals in the mountains. What you are looking for is our Li family."
The ancestors of the sages, what a pity... I made you see a joke, the descendants of the Li family are unworthy, I really..."
"fine."
Lin Zhao smiled calmly: "I said that there is never any shame in studying and doing knowledge."
Li Xiucai was ashamed. He took out a notebook from the bookcase, held it in his hand, and walked up to Lin Zhao very ashamedly, saying: "It's been a waste of time for you, and I really don't have anything for you. This notebook...
You keep it."
"oh?"
Lin Zhao accepted the note and asked with a smile: "What is this?"
When he was about to open it, Li Xiucai hurriedly covered it and said with a face of shame: "Actually, it's nothing. What's recorded in it is that I borrowed rice and food from my neighbors in order to rush for the exam. I remember every stroke.
Yes, in my life... I have read many books by saints and sages, but I have not come up with any results. My parents left when I was very young, and I grew up eating the food of hundreds of families in the village. It can be said that everyone in the village
He is my elder. Originally he only wanted to be at the top of the high school and stand out before coming back to repay his fellow villagers. However, he was afraid that he would be incompetent and end up miserable in the end. This handbook would be of no use. Just keep it.
I have memorized every item in my mind. If I were really in high school, I would still be able to return favors without them."
Speaking of this, Li Xiucai's eyes were slightly red and he said: "I am going to the county town to take the exam. If I can pass the exam, I will repay the favor of the villagers twice and I will not disappoint the elders in the village. But if I fail,
I no longer have the dignity to live anymore, there are so many branches along the way, I can just find one and spend the rest of my life."
"unnecessary."
Lin Zhao frowned and said: "Although there is a saying among saints that those who excel in learning will lead to officialdom, but fame may not be the last destination for scholars. There are many Confucian saints who actually have no fame, so they can write books and biographies as well.
Spread throughout the ages?”
"Teachable!"
Li Xiucai smiled and nodded.
Lin Zhao put the note away, spread it out immediately, and said with a smile: "I don't have anything to give you before leaving, just this... If you really can't think about it anymore and feel that your life is so boring, just smash it open.
This thing will have answers inside, and it can at least save your life."
In his hand was a round stone.
In fact, this is a flying fish coin, wrapped in mud, and then refined by Lin Zhao with spiritual energy and real fire, so it looks like a small round brick, but after breaking it open, the flying fish coin inside will naturally be exposed.
Come on, if nothing else, this flying fish money is enough for Li Xiucai to live a good life, and even get a wife and so on. The reason why he didn't give Jin Mu money was because he was worried that it would attract Li Xiucai.
In the event of a fatal disaster, the value of a gold mullet coin is too high, far beyond the control of a down-and-out scholar. He may die when he goes to the bank to exchange money.
"Thanks."
Li Xiucai took a flying fish coin and placed it at the bottom of the bookcase with great treasure. Then he bowed again and said, "Lin Zhao, I'm leaving then."
"Well, have a safe trip."
"Okay, you too."
Li Xiucai bowed repeatedly and then left. Lin Zhao stood at the entrance of the village, watching Li Xiucai leave. Until he disappeared from sight, Lin Zhao took out the notebook and opened it page by page.
The numbers are not big, but there are many. Some are two eggs, some are two kilograms of rice, some are three kilograms of flour, and there are also one kilogram of cornmeal, sweet potatoes, etc. Li Xiucai will borrow anything that can satisfy his hunger and survive. Naturally,
There must have been many of them sent by fellow villagers on their own initiative, and Li Xiucai remembered them all.
Is it right or wrong to live like this just to study and to gain fame?
Lin Zhao frowned and felt worried. He felt that he was not qualified to judge others in this matter.
After flipping through the note for a while, Lin Zhao took a deep breath. These villagers were really kind to Li Xiucai, and Li Xiucai kept this note as a souvenir for himself. Maybe he really had nothing to give, or maybe there was something different.
The deep meaning of this was unknown, but Lin Zhao felt that he should do something, so he took a sword trip to a small town at the foot of Lingze Mountain, bought a lot of rice noodles, eggs, etc., and also exchanged a lot of copper coins.
After returning to Lijiacun, he repaid the neighbors for their help to Li Xiucai with 3-5 times or more according to the amount recorded in the note. He knocked on the doors of every house and told them that he was Li Xiucai's friend.
Now that he was in the city to catch up with the exam, he came over to help him pay off the things he owed to the villagers. In one afternoon, Lin Zhao used up all the materials stored in the package, and wrote off the debts in his notebook line by line.
After doing all this, my heart actually felt more relaxed.
…
It’s time to set off, tomorrow is the day of the Sendai Competition!
A small town at the foot of the mountain.
Lin Zhao was dressed in a green shirt, a bamboo hat on his head, carrying two swords, and leading a donkey. He looked like a standard swordsman in the martial arts world. When he was walking on the street with the donkey, a voice came from behind him: "Lin Zhao?
"
"ah?"
Lin Zhao turned around, and what he saw was a female martial artist from the Nine Realms wearing a flaming red short shirt. She was none other than the ancient Shu Kingdom Valkyrie Yu Wan Ning who had changed into casual clothes. She had already arrived for the competition tomorrow.
"Miss Yu!"
Lin Zhao couldn't help but laugh: "I didn't expect to meet you here."
"Sooner or later."
Yu Wanning walked forward very familiarly and said softly: "I have heard about the incident in Ning'an City. I'm sorry, I didn't help much when Liu Liying was taken away, and even though I was present
, I’m afraid it can’t help much.”
"It's fine."
Lin Zhao smiled slightly: "Liying is blessed by heaven. I believe she can turn danger into safety. I believe even more in myself that I will be able to save her from the fire pit in the future."
"Um."
Yu Wanning nodded and smiled softly.
"Come on, can I treat you to hot pot?"
"good!"
The two of them still arrived at the Zui Tianxia hot pot restaurant. The shopkeeper recognized Lin Zhao at a glance and immediately said respectfully: "My young master has said that if Mr. Lin Zhao comes to eat, the meal will be free of charge. You can order whatever you want."
"Then I won't be polite."
Lin Zhao smiled and said that entertaining the Valkyries of the ancient Shu Kingdom should not be too shabby, so he ordered all the expensive dishes. Anyway, the Lingnan Sword Sect was rich, so it was not bad.
When the two started to cook the hot pot, a lean man outside smiled and said: "Sir, miss, would you like a copy of the landscape newspaper that was just released? The national master Zhao Qian is gone, and the ten people in the world have been re-ranked~~~"
"oh?"
Yu Wanning took out a few coins and threw them over, smiling: "Two of them."
"okay!"
Two landscape newspapers appeared in front of Lin Zhao and Yu Wanning. The most eye-catching words were the ranking of the top ten people in the world today.
Ranked first is Xu Beilin, the world's number one Nascent Soul sword cultivator.
Ranked second is Yu Wanning in front of Lin Zhao, the ancient Shu Kingdom Valkyrie, a legendary woman who single-handedly carried the ancient Shu Kingdom and the Xu Dynasty to compete undefeated. The martial arts foundation of the Yunyou Realm is quite solid, ranking first.
There is no problem in the second one.
The third one is the young master of the Lingnan Sword Sect, Chi Zhongyu. Although his sword is crumbly, his strength is still very strong.
Fourth is Chu Xiantong, the leader of the Huang Sect. There is no problem with this. Chu Xiantong does have the strength to compete for the top three. It seems there will be no problem which one of her or Chi Zhongyu ranks third.
The fifth is Qin Fei, the ancestor of the Feiyun Sect. Although he is old, his fighting power is still good.
As for the 6-10 people ranked at the bottom, they are Zhou Jin, Han Qian, Lin Chong, Wang Yan, and Luo Wanqiu. Yu Wanning is very familiar with them. They are all leaders in the world. Lin Zhao does not know any of them.
It was unfamiliar, but in addition to these ten people, this newspaper actually listed an eleventh person, who was Lin Zhao, the swordsman in blue, a foreigner.
The writers of Shanshui newspapers are obviously not high-level enough and not well-informed enough. Otherwise, with Lin Zhao's record, I am afraid that he will be at least among the top three. Even Yu Wanning and the fish in the pond may voluntarily give up their rankings to let
Lin Zhao and Xu Beilin competed for the first place. Naturally, Lin Zhao was too lazy to compete. This kind of ranking was meaningless.
…
"Lin Zhao."
While eating, a figure suddenly floated in. It was the fish in the pond. After a day of rest and healing, the fish in the pond was in much better condition, but it was still too difficult to compete for the ranking on the Immortal Platform, after all the previous injuries.
It was too heavy, so he sat down politely and smiled at Yu Wanning with his fists clasped in his hands: "The Lord God of War has come, and the shop is full of glory!"
Yu Wanning smiled slightly, she knew Yu in the Pond, he was a nice guy, but he was a bit unpromising in terms of relationships.
Lin Zhao put a piece of freshly rinsed tripe into his mouth and said with a smile, "Should we have a table for four?"
"That's right."
A figure walked upstairs with a strong sword intent. It was Chu Xiantong, who smiled and said: "Sorry to bother you..."
Lin Zhao smiled and said, "Waiter, add another chair!"
