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He waved his hand and walked away without looking back, his back gradually becoming smaller in the huge venue. When he left the venue, he saw a servant standing beside him, looking at him politely with a smile.

Gu Chenzhou looked at him, explained his situation, and asked, "Excuse me, do I need to recycle the jewelry I'm wearing?"

"Just give it to me, my guest."

Gu Chenzhou took off the hair ornament hanging on his forehead and handed it to him carefully, and then took off the necklace on his neck. The hair ties were also prepared by the owner of the manor, and he let his hair down and pulled down the two hair ties.

"Thank you."

He walked with ease, the wind blowing his hair around, dancing behind him like rolling clouds.

Walking along the road towards the entrance of the manor, there were crowds of people coming and going, with smiles on their faces.

Gu Chenzhou brushed past them and slowly went in the opposite direction of the main force.

Everyone was so absorbed in their own world that they didn't notice him.

After leaving the manor, Gu Chenzhou ran towards the inn. The remaining people in the city were all locals of Mihe City. All the monks who could enter the meeting had entered. The inn that was originally full now had only a few people.

As soon as he came back, the shopkeeper recognized him and asked, "What's wrong, young master? Didn't you go to the meeting?"

Gu Chenzhou was a little troubled and coughed lightly: "I accidentally angered a big shot and was kicked out."

"What big shot? Did he take a fancy to you?"

Gu Chenzhou thought, how could he know. But the post said that he held the flag in the morning, so it must be those nobles sitting on the high platform who could see it clearly.

Moreover, this guess is not reliable at all. How could those nobles take a fancy to him? He is just an ordinary person among all people.

Unfortunately, the shopkeeper's speculation was somewhat similar to his.

"To be noticed by a big shot on the first day, do they have so much free time? I don't believe them if they say they didn't take a fancy to you."

Gu Chenzhou was embarrassed: "It's really not."

"Even if it's not, I'm interested in you. Maybe it's intentional. You look easy to bully."

This was the first time someone had said this to him face to face. Gu Chenzhou asked, "Do I look like I'm easy to bully?"

Shopkeeper: "Yes. Don't your senior sisters bully you every day?"

She smiled and said, "Love at first sight is like dislike at first and love later, you can't have one or the other. Sometimes people who hate you may not hate you as much as they show."

But he felt that the person who kicked him out could not possibly be interested in him. Gu Chenzhou hoped that she would stop talking about this because what she said was too horrible. If she continued, he would start to suspect that those who hated him were the ones who loved him to death.

Gu Chenzhou said seriously but perfunctorily: "...I understand, I understand."

Shopkeeper: "Okay, no more talking, do you want a place to stay?"

"Well, is there a smaller room?"

The room he had stayed in a few days ago had two beds in it, a double room. Now that he was alone, he had to be more frugal.

"A low-grade single room costs 5 low-grade spirit stones per day. A medium-grade single room costs 10 low-grade spirit stones. A deluxe single room costs one medium-grade spirit stone."

He took out five low-grade spirit stones from his storage bag. The shopkeeper took them, rummaged through the counter, found a key and handed it to him.

Gu Chenzhou took it.

"On the second floor, turn right and then right again, and walk to the last room. There's a sign 'five' on the door." The shopkeeper stood up and pointed out the location to him.

"Thank you."

He thanked me, walked up slowly, and turned two corners.

The room is located in the corner of the second floor. The light is a little dim and the space inside is not large, but everything is fully equipped.

Next to the door is a small wooden table against the wall. Next to the small wooden table is a small clothes hanger that can hang about four or five sets of clothes.

There is a window next to it, which is very small. A ray of sunlight shines into the room, appearing dazzling in the dim environment.

The bed is just one step away from the clothes rack.

The bed covers were new, soft to the touch, and exuded a light fragrance. Gu Chenzhou was very satisfied, turned around, closed the door, drew the curtains, then sat on the bed, took off his coat, and kicked his shoes aside.

He sat there for a while, sighed, threw back the quilt, crawled under it and buried his face.

There was no movement for a long time.

Just like that, I fell asleep peacefully.

*

He slept until night, then came downstairs and bought a bowl of shredded chicken noodles and a sugar cake on the first floor of the inn. The inn also gave him a plate of fragrant fruits, which tasted delicious.

There were some people sitting on the first floor, talking about the recent martial arts competition.

The results of the martial arts competition in the morning have already spread out from the manor. The most exciting clips were passed on by word of mouth and then drawn and engraved on jade slips by a special person. They cannot match the power of the real person's every move, but they are also about 50% similar.

It soon spread throughout the entire Mihe City.

They held the jade slips in their hands, reading and commenting on them.

"This young lady is not bad. Look, the moves she made have very solid basic skills."

"It's really good. It will achieve something in time."

"Hey, hey, hey, look, this water control technique, I didn't expect it to look so fancy, but it's actually quite powerful!"

“It’s at the level I was at back then.”

"You're just talking nonsense..."

The store was noisy, but Gu Chenzhou was the only one who was concentrating on eating, and he was doing it happily.

He was sitting in a corner. Someone noticed him and called out to him, "My friend, why didn't you go to the martial arts competition?"

Gu Chenzhou raised his head, pointed his finger at himself in confusion: "...Me?"

strangeness.

This was the first time he was approached by someone.

And he is an elder.

"Yes, all the young people are going, why don't you go?"

He wiped his mouth with the tissue on the table, stood up from the corner and walked in front of them.

"Yeah, no cultivation."

They saw it clearly at a glance.

Gu Chenzhou smiled politely and prepared to go out to continue working.

Although he could not participate in the martial arts competition, there were no restrictions in Mihe City. He could take this opportunity to get a higher-paying job and no one would compete with him.

There were still seventy or eighty spirit stones in the bag, which were enough compensation to sustain him for a while. He wanted to save some money and go to the talisman shop to buy another spirit storage device.

The existence of the spirit storage device is like a prosthetic limb for a disabled person, giving him hope.

"My friend, what are you going to do?"

Gu Chenzhou answered truthfully: "Working."

"Don't you want to go to the tournament?"

Don't you want to?

He did think about it.

When he came to this world, he kept thinking about eating, walking and dreaming. It seemed that God favored him and gave him a chance.

But now it is cruelly taken back.

"Can I still come in?"

Several people looked at each other, and the older monk slowly revealed some unknown inside information: "Of course. The martial arts competition is organized by people, and as long as there are people, there are human relationships."

"Many of the guards at the conference are locals from Mihe City. Some of them like to exchange favors for money. Three mid-grade spirit stones bought them to turn a blind eye."

She said earnestly: "As long as you don't cause any trouble, I guarantee you can stay in there peacefully without being discovered."

Gu Chenzhou pursed his lips, his voice a little dry: "...Are many people like this?"

"what?"

"That is, many people paid to get in?"

"Self-cultivators without sects, wanted demon cultivators, and cultivators expelled from sects all have no identity cards. They pay three mid-grade spirit stones to enter the city, and then find some local cultivators in Mihe City who are familiar with the roads to lead the way. Some can even enter the manor where the martial arts competition is held without three spirit stones."

Gu Chenzhou: "..."

I was careless. It turns out that even the world of cultivating immortals is an evil money-oriented society.

I'm a little bit moved.

But not much.

He touched the storage bag he had obtained by accident, and found that even if he took out all the spirit stones inside, they would not be enough, so he became more determined in his choice.

Get a job first.

At present, the most profitable way is to dig spiritual herbs. Without the help of his senior brother, he went to the stall to buy tools and prepare to go out of the city to make money during the day.

He moved the ID card hanging around his waist to his neck. Gu Chenzhou deliberately hid the lanyard inside his collar, and the card was attached to his chest, so it could not be seen unless he tore open his clothes.

If he is locked outside the city gate again, he will die.

Those who have been cheated once will grumble in their hearts.

In the evening, he returned to the city safely and exchanged for sixty low-grade spirit stones. He also took out dozens of spirit stones from his storage bag and exchanged them for a medium-grade spirit stone.

After drinking a bowl of delicious mutton soup, he braved the cold wind and once again blended into the busy crowd of Mihe City.

On the second night of the martial arts competition, he finally saved up three mid-grade spirit stones and contacted a local cultivator.

According to the monk, there are many paths leading to Bincha Village. Some of them are abandoned and no longer used. Outsiders cannot find them, but the locals who have lived here for many years are very familiar with them. She can forge an identity and bring people in. After they enter, the transaction is completed and both parties are cleared.

Gu Chenzhou nodded in agreement.

There is still one day left and the competition will enter its final stage. I wonder how grand the event will be.

The next morning, the monk took him along a weed-covered path and sent him in before dawn.

The ID card on his body was replaced with a black token with intricate patterns engraved on it, which belonged to a less famous demonic sect.

There were a few people sitting sparsely in the seats, looking like they were still sleepy and didn't react when they saw strangers approaching.

There were also many fewer people from other sects. It was probably because after being eliminated from the competition, some people did not choose to continue watching and just left.

He couldn't see the advanced sword moves, but he could understand the magic spells used by the monks.

The same spell will release the same amount of spiritual power. Even if the amount of spiritual power varies due to the level of spiritual power, it can be recognized instantly.

And the colors.

Color is also one of the important credentials to distinguish them.

The Water and Thunder systems are bluish in color, and their flashes are similar and can be easily confused, but if you look closely, you can tell that the flashes in the Thunder system are lightning, while the Water system also has flashes, but they are sparkling.

There are many overlaps in the spells that everyone uses, but the effects vary from person to person.

Even if their cultivation levels are similar, the power of the spells they cast are different, and some differences are even huge.

After observing for a long time, Gu Chenzhou's guesses gradually surfaced.

He pondered and felt that he might need a laboratory to use the controlled variable method to study the most important factors that affect the effectiveness of the magic formula.

Cultivation? Spiritual roots? Angle? Number of times? Or mood?

Gu Chenzhou has a lot of questions.