The first thousand two hundred and nine chapters unexpected encounter
Xuanhuangzhou, Li Guo.
On top of a huge mountain, stands a huge building, with four big characters "Seven Star Academy" written outside the mountain gate.
At the foot of the mountain, seven small cities stand on the mountain, known as the Seven Cities.
One of them, Xingzi City, is the smallest ancient city among the seven cities, with a population of only a few hundred thousand. In the world of immortality or in many places, it is difficult for such a scale to become a "city"!
At this time, Xingzi City was unusually lively. In just a few days, monks from all over the world gathered. The entire ancient city suddenly became crowded. All major inns were overcrowded, and many tents were even set up outside the ancient city.
Tens of thousands of monks lived there.
All this is thanks to the Seven Star Academy on the mountain.
Every ten years, Seven Stars Academy recruits new disciples and conducts assessments. Those who successfully pass the assessment can become disciples of Seven Stars Academy and enter the school to practice.
And this year, it is the last day for Seven Star Academy to recruit new disciples. There are only a thousand places left, and the location is set in Xingzi City.
Therefore, countless monks at home and abroad were attracted to Li, and they all wanted to seize this last opportunity to win one of the thousand places and enter the Seven Stars Academy.
In Xuanhuangzhou, the academy is the best springboard and the best cradle.
Practicing in an academy not only gives you access to a large number of techniques and resources, but once you graduate from the academy, you can also become a teacher or be introduced to major sects, which is definitely easier than being a casual practitioner.
This is just like the entertainment industry. Many people want to enter various film, music and art academies, and then use the qualifications learned at the academy or connections to enter the entertainment industry and become famous stars.
Although the sects in Xuanhuang Prefecture will also recruit new disciples, most of them will give priority to those trained by the academy before considering casual cultivators.
Therefore, no matter which academy recruits students, whether they are strong or lucky, there will always be countless monks vying to participate.
At this moment, in Xingzi City.
An old woman wearing a Taoist robe was walking on the street, followed by a young woman with a long skirt as white as snow, a delicate face, and skin like gelatin.
She was holding a horse, with a hint of exhaustion on her brows, but she always had a determined expression.
She had an idea that she couldn't give up or give up.
"Yuxi, let's take a rest here first!" At this time, the old woman walking in front suddenly stopped and muttered in a low voice.
The woman was slightly startled, and then she saw the old woman stopping outside a rest house.
"Master, is this rest house opened by your friend?" the woman asked.
"Yes, let's go in with our master. The horses will stay here for the time being. Someone will come and take them away later." The old woman nodded and stepped into the resting place with an expressionless face.
"Yes!" the woman responded, then let go of the horse's reins and followed the old woman in.
After a while, a middle-aged shopkeeper personally received the old woman and the woman.
The woman stood aside and said nothing, but from the conversation between the old woman and the middle-aged shopkeeper, she understood that the old woman's friend was actually the shopkeeper's father, but he had passed away.
Although the middle-aged shopkeeper had a warm smile on his face, the woman always felt that it was a fake smile but not a real smile. It was very fake!
Finally, one old and one young were placed in a simple and remote woodshed.
Seeing that the surroundings were covered with dust and there was still a musty smell in the air, the woman suddenly frowned and said in a deep voice: "Master, that person went too far. He even allowed you to live in such a place. I will ask him to reason now."
go."
"That's all, Yuxi, human relationships are cold and warm, and the world is hot and cold. Don't you understand this simple truth?" The old woman waved her hand gently and sighed.
"But Master, your illness..."
"Haha, is it possible that if we change to a better place, our teacher's illness can be cured? Forget it, now that Seven Stars Academy is recruiting students, it would be great if they can provide a woodshed!" The old woman smiled kindly.
The woman couldn't help but be startled. In her mind, this was one of the few smiles the master had.
But seeing her master's smile, she felt very uneasy, as if she felt that his master was about to leave.
"Yuxi, I have something to tell you, Master!" At this time, the old woman spoke again, her tone very gentle.
"Master, please speak!" The woman hurriedly helped the old woman aside, wiped away the dust on her white skirt sleeves, and asked the old woman to sit down.
The old woman looked at the woman's movements, nodded slightly and smiled, with a hint of relief and a bit of reluctance in her smile.
"Now that my master's life is about to expire, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you much longer..."
"Master!"
"Yuxi, don't interrupt me! When I brought you here, I wanted to give you some good fortune, but I never thought that before the good fortune was given to you, I had to take the first step! However, this time the Seven Stars Academy is enrolling students.
It may not be a blessing for you. After you enter Seven Star Academy, remember to practice hard. I have already taught you everything my teacher can teach you. The rest depends on your own destiny!"
"Master, it's all my fault. If it weren't for saving me, you wouldn't be like this!" the woman said, tears already flowing out of her eyes.
"Don't talk nonsense. If my master hadn't brought you out in the first place, how could you have fallen into such a trap?"
"No, Master, I begged you to bring me here in the first place. I was looking for someone, but I didn't expect that the world is so big, this road is so difficult, and it even harmed you..."
"Then do you regret coming out to find him?"
"I..." The woman paused slightly.
But her firm eyes said everything, she has no regrets and never regrets!
The old woman looked at her and smiled, but no longer mentioned the matter. Instead, she said: "Yuxi, remember, don't take out the Seven-Star Order easily next time. No one can treat my master's illness."
Save, even if you use the Seven-Star Token to exchange for more pills, it will only make my master live in pain for a few more days!"
"Master, I remember!" the woman nodded.
"Okay, then I can rest assured..." After the old woman finished speaking, her eyes slowly closed and she left with a smile.
The woman suddenly froze on the spot, completely stunned.
She didn't expect that her master would leave like this, so suddenly.
Although there was a calm look on her face, this was still hard for her to accept.
"Master..."
The woman knelt down in front of the old woman and burst into tears.
If Xu Que were here, he would definitely be shocked.
This woman in white is actually his college girlfriend Lin Yuxi.
"Master, don't worry, this disciple will practice well and avenge you!"
Lin Yuxi looked at the old man leaving peacefully, and said firmly in her heart.
She has one more goal in this life!
In the end, Lin Yuxi buried the old woman under the firewood shed, which was something the old woman had hinted to her a long time ago.
She and her friend had opened this inn back then, and there were many memories of the two of them here. The old woman once said to herself that she hoped to return to her roots here and rest in peace in the future.
At that time, Lin Yuxi didn't think anything was wrong. Only now did she understand why the old woman brought her here. In addition to escorting her to Seven Stars Academy, she also wanted to rest here.
"boom!"
At this time, there was a sudden muffled sound outside the door, as if someone fell to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, there was a burst of shouting and scolding.
"You bastard, how dare you come here to eat and drink and seek death?"
"Damn it, do you still want to do business in this inn? I took out the elixir to look at it, but it was eaten by this person. How do you plan to compensate for this? A second-grade God-returning elixir will probably kill you.
I can’t even afford the compensation if I sell the inn!”
"Young Master, please forgive me, I will leave this person to you!"
"Deal with your mother. This person is a fool at first glance. Even if he is killed, will he be able to recover the loss for me?"
"But this..."
"Humph, this time, in order to participate in the assessment of Seven Star Academy, I specially obtained a God-Returning Pill. However, your inn let a fool come in and chewed up the pill. Your inn must be responsible for this matter."
"Sir, we are a small business, how can we afford to pay for this God-Returning Pill?"
"Can't you afford to pay? That young master will burn your shop down. Even if the city lord comes, there is nothing you can do to me! Come here, drive everyone out of the inn, and this fool, let me die.
Beat him inside, beat him to death and then throw him out to feed the dogs!"
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The words ended with the shopkeeper's begging for mercy and the sound of a dense fight.
Lin Yuxi frowned slightly and shook her head.
It seems that the middle-aged shopkeeper is also in trouble, but according to this trend, it seems that the inn will no longer be able to stay.
"Squeak!"
She gently opened the door and took a look outside.
I saw the middle-aged shopkeeper kneeling in front of a young man, begging for mercy and shouting.
There were several people dressed as guards nearby, beating a slovenly man, but the man didn't say a word, huddled on the ground holding his head, and was still chewing food frantically in his mouth, as if he was starving.
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When Lin Yuxi saw this, she couldn't help but sigh. This is a world where the jungle prevails. When her master was here, he always taught her not to meddle in other people's business. What's more, now that her master has passed away, even if she wants to help others, she doesn't have the opportunity to do so.
strength.
"Huh?" Suddenly, just when Lin Yuxi was about to close the door and ignore it, her eyes met the eyes of the beaten man.
This look seemed to have traveled through the void and through time, looking for thousands of years and searching for him thousands of times. Suddenly looking back, the man was in the dim light!
Her eyes widened in disbelief, and her whole body trembled with excitement: "Xu...Xu Que!"