"Is the teacher here?" Zhang Shilong walked up and asked softly.
"Yes, yes. Senior Brother Zhang, you haven't been here for a long time. What a rare guest." The worker looked up and smiled familiarly. He threw down the rag and led the two into the inner room of the shop.
In the inner room, there was an old man who was almost all skin and bones lying on the bed. He held a cigarette in his hand and smoked lazily.
Seeing that it was Zhang Shilong, the old man who was about to get up lay back down.
"It's Xiao Long, I thought it was …" he muttered, but no one knew what he was saying.
"The teacher thought it was those money chasers again," the worker said helplessly.
Zhang Shilong was speechless.
"Disciple Zhang Shilong greets the teacher." He knelt down and bowed to the old man.
"It's okay, Xiao Long, money's been a bit tight lately … If it's convenient for you …" The old man hesitated and didn't finish his sentence.
As expected, Zhang Shilong quickly said, "I still have some Devil Gold notes on me, but not much." He quickly took out a handful of notes and handed them over.
"Hm … a bit too little." The old man took the notes, dissatisfied. "Tell me, what do you want?"
He also looked at Lu Sheng, who was behind Zhang Shilong. He seemed to have just noticed the young man who came in.
"It's like this." Zhang Shilong organized his words. "This junior of mine accidentally offended the Yuan Family in the prefectural city and killed the deputy chief of the Fierce Tiger Tribe, Yuan Yingxiao …"
"Yuan Yingxiao? Fierce Tiger Tribe? "The old man muttered." Normally, you wouldn't come to me for trouble. How about this, I'll ask around for you later. This Yuan Family is a bit troublesome. Yuan Chengdao became a prefectural elder of the Spirit Bind Sect. What's his relationship with the Yuan Yingxiao you killed? "
"It's his younger brother."
"…" The old man's cigarette paused. He put down the stick and looked deeply at the two people in front of him.
"This …"
"Teacher … think of something!" Zhang Shilong bowed to the ground. "This junior of mine is the disciple chosen by that legendary senior of the sect. He has a bright future ahead of him, and cannot be delayed here."
"You guys go back first. I'll think of something … This is very tricky. I've seen Yuan Chengdao from afar once when I was drinking, but I can't see through him." The old man shook his head and frowned. "Xiaolong, don't worry about this for now. Just stay here for a while and let your juniors report their identities. Let's see how they react first."
When Zhang Shilong heard this, he was stunned. The meaning of his teacher's words was very clear. He was powerless. It was already good enough that he could protect him. Lu Sheng shouldn't even think about it.
From his teacher's words, he could tell that if Yuan Chengdao wanted to take revenge, even he would be in danger.
"That's good too." Lu Sheng smiled. He knew that the old man was asking him to leave, so he didn't delay. He cupped his fists and said, "Elder Zhang, I'll leave it to you."
He was already impatient with Zhang Shilong's way of handling things, but he had been restraining himself out of consideration for Zhang Shilong. Otherwise, with his temper, why would he need to be afraid of this and that?
"As long as you understand." The old man nodded, and the way he looked at Lu Sheng changed slightly.
"Then, Elder Zhang, Senior, farewell." Lu Sheng cupped his fists and bowed again. Without waiting for Zhang Shilong's reaction, he turned and left the inner room. He circulated his True Qi and dashed out of the shop.
It was obvious that the person he killed had a powerful background. Even Elder Zhang Shilong's teacher seemed to be in a difficult position. Since the other person didn't want to help, Lu Sheng didn't bother asking for the cold shoulder.
After leaving the shop, Lu Sheng sped up and strolled on the street. He quickly returned to the place where he came in and found a few Thousand Sun Sect disciples guarding the entrance. After asking for the reported location of the service hall, he went straight to his destination.
The service hall was located in the middle of Thousand Sun City. It was a U-shaped courtyard. When Lu Sheng arrived, there were quite a few people at the entrance. Judging from their clothing, there were all kinds of styles. Obviously, they weren't local disciples. Most of them were probably branch disciples who came from other places to join the sect, just like him.
Lu Sheng looked around and immediately saw a small group of people in the crowd. They were dressed similar to the people from Autumn Moon County. Knowing that they came from the same place, Lu Sheng decided to move closer to them.
"Just arrived?" A skinny young man greeted Lu Sheng with a smile.
"Just today." Lu Sheng nodded. "What are you guys doing? Why are you all gathered outside the service hall? "
"Testing aptitude. Entering in groups of five, plus submitting a mission. You're from Leaf Gen County, right?" the man guessed.
"No, I'm from Autumn Moon County." Lu Sheng shook his head.
"Autumn Moon County's not here yet?" The man smiled. "Let's get to know each other. I'm Chen Jintian, and my name is Wen Jiu. But I'm not a newbie. Brother, you just got here. Don't you know anything? Do you want me to be your tour guide? There's nothing I don't know about in the Thousand Sun Sect. "He chuckled, and took out something that looked like a map from his sleeve.
"This is a service map. It shows all the places we need to pay attention to in the prefectural city. Which places are safe, where we might run into trouble, and which places are dangerous. It's all on it. What do you think? Do you want one? Just one Devil Gold. "
Lu Sheng immediately understood. He was wondering why this person came over to greet him. So he was doing this kind of middleman business.
"I do want some, but I'm short on money." He smiled.
"That's fine." Chen Jintian waved his hand. "We prefectural sect disciples are all elites. Every one of us who came here to study is a local genius. Earning some Devil Gold isn't a problem."
"That's true." Lu Sheng nodded.
"Speaking of which, among the branch disciples this time, there aren't many who showed signs of coming out. It's not as good as the previous batch, "Chen Jintian said with a sigh.
Lu Sheng glanced in front of him. There were more than ten people in the queue, so he moved forward a little. "Brother Chen, your cultivation is not bad. Why are you willing to do this kind of business?" He didn't understand.
Chen Jintian smiled wryly when he heard this. "Brother, you don't know how much money the Thousand Sun Sect of the Moling Prefecture costs. Not to mention the True Essence Tower, that's a big spender. Then there's the Spirit Training Ground, the Secret Arts Library, the Heavenly Star Nine Dragon Pavilion, and so on. You can never have too much Devil Gold here. "
"Don't you just have to cultivate?" Lu Sheng froze. This prefectural disciple was too pitiful.
"You can cultivate, but do you want the equipment and weapons? So you have to go to the Heavenly Star Nine Dragon Pavilion. Life-saving secret arts change from time to time. You have to keep an eye out for new ones. If you find a secret art that can counter you, do you want it? "
Chen Jintian's face was full of helplessness as he talked about this.
"Then there's the Spirit Training Ground, which simulates all kinds of new monsters and devils outside the Devil Army. If you don't get used to it and encounter a new weapon developed by the Devil World, you can only blame yourself for being poor and short-lived. You have to know that a weapon like the Devil Shadow Blade ignores physical defense and can only be blocked with True Qi. If you don't know how to deal with it, you can first use all your True Qi to strengthen your equipment and prepare to block it, but you don't have enough True Qi to block it. Fine, don't blame yourself for dying unjustly … "
Chen Jintian grumbled a bunch of complaints.
"In this world, it's not enough to just cultivate behind closed doors. Actually, the Thousand Sun Sect is much better. We have money, and we rely on good equipment and artifacts. The barbarians of the Youyin Sect can only fight with their lives on the line. If they can't win, they die. Their casualty rate can reach 50%! Unlike us, who have a 99% survival rate. When you go into battle, you throw down an Instant Glyph, then stick in a Glyph Array Flag, take out an Explosive Artifact and a Defensive Artifact, then summon your servants and throw out some Amplification Secret Arts. If you can still die like this, then you're just too unlucky to have met a monster several levels higher than you. "
Lu Sheng was a bit dazed. This prefecture-level Thousand Sun Sect was completely different from the branch sects.
From the lazy attitude he had seen in the beginning, to the lazy attitude of Master Zhang Shilong in the shop, to the scene Chen Jintian described before him.
This Thousand Sun Sect was basically a money-burning sect, the first choice of a rich, rich, and handsome man.
As the two of them chatted idly, it was finally Chen Jintian's and Lu Sheng's turn.
Lu Sheng walked into the hall side by side. Inside was a small, spacious hall.
A young man wearing a yellow robe and a golden crown was sitting behind the white jade table with an impatient look on his face. His fingers were tapping on the table in annoyance.
"Lu Xiang, Chen Jintian, Yue Qingpeng, Yue Qingying, Lu Sheng." The man in the yellow robe registered the names of the five.
"Write down your background, cultivation level, completion of outside missions, age, and specialties here." The man handed each of them a piece of paper and a pen, indicating for them to fill it out.
"Also, each of you must pay a thousand Devil Gold as a sect sponsorship."
"What!?"
They were all stunned.
"Didn't we just pay the foundation fee a few days ago??!" Chen Jintian yelled.
"You already said that was a few days ago. Today is today, and now is now. Do you still want to take the test? Hurry up if you do! "the man in the yellow robe said impatiently.
Lu Sheng frowned. He could tell that the Thousand Sun Sect here was very corrupt even before he entered. It wasn't as formal as the Autumn Moon County.
"Fine …" Chen Jintian was helpless. He had to fork out money, so he could only follow the rules. After a long time, he finally took out a Devil Gold note, worth a thousand.
Looking at his pained expression, it was obvious that this was a lot of money to him.
Lu Sheng obediently paid a thousand Devil Gold. Luckily, he borrowed some money from Elder Zhang, or he wouldn't even be able to pay this fee.
The other three also paid reluctantly.
A thousand Devil Gold was not a small amount. It was enough to buy the lowest quality Divine Weapon shard. Although the people who could come to the prefecture-level Thousand Sun Sect were all top disciples, they couldn't afford this kind of expenditure no matter how rich they were.
After the five paid, the man's attitude became much gentler.
"Don't blame the sect for being greedy. What can we do? Where did we get our 99% survival rate in the Devil Realm? Of course, it's all thanks to the Thousand Sun Black Sun Formation. But how many resources does it take to last a day? The more you pay now, the safer you'll be in the future. "
The five of them weren't so easily fooled. They didn't care, filled out the form, paid the money, and were led into the main hall.
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