Crossing the Sword

While eating, Ye Shisan finally discovered that this era had a relatively big weakness, that is, no matter what food there was, there was no salt, so he couldn't help but think of a way to make money. After sprinkling the salt he brought with him into the dishes, the three of them started chatting. From the two people's mouths, Zhang Tianya finally had a certain understanding of this era.

First of all, this era has a complete management system, education system, etc. Every town has its own school, which includes various subjects such as martial arts, Taoism, etc. Most people choose to study either martial arts or Taoism. In addition, the foundation of cultural courses is a compulsory course. The main purpose of learning it is mostly to be able to understand secret books and other things in the future. Few people continue to study more profound culture.

The Taoism here does not refer to Taoism, after all, Lao Tzu had not yet been born.

Taoism here refers to magic. Ye Shisan originally thought that it had something to do with feudal superstition, but in fact it did. Almost everyone who learned magic started out as a believer. They believed in the corresponding gods according to their own attributes and worshipped the gods they believed in as their patron saints.

Warriors and ascetics are divided into different realms.

The most basic warriors are martial arts enthusiasts who know some basic attacking techniques. After cultivating their own inner strength, they can become warriors, fighters, and samurai. Of course, the more advanced they are, the more powerful they are. After entering the innate realm, the levels are: knight, hero, master, and great master.

After listening to their description, Ye Shisan was basically sure that his current cultivation level was at the level of a heroic hero, close to the Grandmaster level, and was considered the pinnacle of a fifth-level master. This was already very outstanding in this world, of course there were many Grandmasters and Grandmasters, but they rarely appeared in this remote place.

The classification of Taoists is based on believers. These people only know some theoretical knowledge of spells and cannot really cast any spells. After being able to use some basic spells, they can become alchemists and priests, and the level of spells they can cast is also improved in sequence. After that, it is equivalent to the innate realm of warriors. It is very rare to reach it, namely Taoist priests, Taoist masters, Taoist commanders, and Taoist saints. When hearing the last two, Ye Shisan couldn't help but think of Chu Liuxiang and Bai Zhantang.

The above only describes the classification of the first seven levels. There are also masters who have broken through the seventh stage, but most of them are those who have learned from peerless masters. It is difficult for ordinary people to obtain the cultivation methods of the eighth level and above. Luanfeng and Feng don’t know much about these people.

Of course, martial arts can also be practiced together. Luanfeng and Feng both practiced magic and martial arts together, but they spent less time practicing one of them alone. So their realms were not very high. Qingluan's martial arts realm was a knight, which means that she had just mastered the acquired internal force, and her magic realm was a sorcerer. Huofeng was one level weaker than Qingluan in every aspect.

After eating, Ye Shisan patted his stomach and said, "I see that the black turtle is not very powerful. Apart from that water arrow, it does not have much killing power. Is it really that difficult to kill?"

Qingluan smiled bitterly and said, "You didn't give it a chance to perform. Otherwise, if it entered the water, it would run very fast. And that thing is very cunning. Once it is injured, it will immediately escape by water. So if you want to kill it, more people will not be of much use. But if I want to, I can also use my fire spells to barely kill it, but in that case, both the shell and the meat will be of no value, so I will definitely not do such a thankless task."

At this time, a man in armor entered the restaurant, walked straight to the three people's seats, and said to Ye Shisan respectfully: "Hello, I am the mayor's guard. The mayor heard that the three of you are the heroes who killed the black turtle. He has prepared a banquet and would like to invite the three of you to his house for a chat." As soon as Ye Shisan came out of the strange item shop, he found that someone was paying attention to him, but he didn't expect that it was an official.

When Ye Shisan heard what he said, he immediately felt that this mayor was not a simple person. This guy said that he clearly admitted that he noticed the three of them in the strange shop, and even indirectly admitted the fact that he followed them. Such a simple sentence is much more comfortable than hiding it. Although this principle is simple, most people usually choose to cover up the truth.

But Ye Shisan understood better than anyone that there is no good banquet. He deliberately burped and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Mayor. But we are full, ha..." After laughing, he continued, "Also, I am born afraid of officials, so I have no interest in dealing with them. I can only appreciate the kindness of the mayor."

The man continued, "The mayor has said that he is not here to discuss interests with you three, but to discuss money!"

Ye Shisan thought about it and decided that since he had to go to the agency to find a job anyway, he might as well go there and see what kind of person this mayor was. So he turned to Luanfeng and asked, "What do you think?"

Huo Feng said excitedly: "Okay."

Qing Luan replied nonchalantly: "I don't care."

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It was already dusk when they arrived at the mayor's mansion. As soon as Zhang Tianya entered the gate, a fifty-year-old man in blue cloth came out to greet him and said enthusiastically, "Hello, three heroes. I am the mayor of this town of Chuyang. I am sorry to invite you three to come. I hope you three heroes will not mind."

Qingluan and Huofeng had never seen any big scenes, so they said nothing and were ready to follow Ye Shisan's lead.

Ye Shisan saluted in accordance with the rules of the martial arts world and said: "Mr. Mayor, you are too polite. I am Ye Shisan, and these two are Qingluan and Huofeng. We just happened to be lucky to kill the black turtle, so how can we call ourselves heroes? I wonder if the mayor has any advice for us?" While covering his mouth with his fists, he used the method of secret sound transmission to warn Qingluan and Huofeng not to talk nonsense.

Hao hurriedly smiled and said, "Heroes are indeed quick-witted. However, the wine and food are ready. Let's go inside and talk while we eat."