The young man suddenly asked Lu Fang, "Are Mr. Lu and His Highness the Crown Prince friends?"
"Um."
Lu Fang responded and added in his mind, "But the premise is that Liang Dong treats me as a friend."
The young man chuckled, "That's right, His Royal Highness rarely cares about others like this!"
Then he looked at Lu Fang and said, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Lin Dong, a student from Bahuang Martial Arts Academy."
"Martial arts academy?"
Lu Fang was stunned.
Lin Dong's face looked a little strange, "Mr. Lu, has he never heard of the Martial Arts Academy?"
Lu Fang shook his head, "No."
There's nothing to hide.
In the past, the unlucky guy only knew how to live and drink, and he was a complete loser. He really knew very little about this world.
Lin Dong explained with a smile, "We in Chongqing are both talented in culture and martial arts. We have a liberal arts academy and of course a martial arts academy. Most of the civil servants in the DPRK came from liberal arts academies, but most of the military generals came from martial arts academies."
"Which one is better and which one is worse?"
Lu Fang asked.
Lin Dong thought for a while and said: "It's hard to say, the future depends on the individual. However, the martial arts academy is much smaller than the liberal arts academy, because martial arts requires too much talent."
Lu Fang nodded slightly.
Anyone can read books. But martial arts, as far as he knows now, does have extremely high requirements for talent.
If I didn't have this kind of bug in the system, I wouldn't be worthy of embarking on the path of martial arts, right?
Then he suddenly remembered something and asked Lin Dong: "How did the imperial court select martial arts talents?"
Lin Dong said: "Martial examinations! The imperial examinations are divided into civil and military examinations, but the military examinations are not as well-known as the civil examinations."
"Why?"
"Because the martial arts examination is only open to students from martial arts academies in various places. What the imperial court wants to select are generals, and generals do not just have to be strong in martial arts."
Lu Fang nodded, understanding.
The Chongqing court wants people who can lead troops to fight. No matter how strong a person is, he cannot stop thousands of troops.
Lin Dong added: "However, if your martial arts talent is extremely amazing, or your commander's ability is particularly outstanding, the imperial court will also specially admit you."
Lu Fang just nodded again, he had no interest in martial arts.
Lin Dong probably saw this again. He looked at Lu Fang and hesitated to speak.
Lu Fang didn't notice his eyes, and just asked: "Where does His Highness want you to take me?"
Lin Dong just chuckled and gave it a try, "Master Lu will know when he arrives."
Then the two of them were speechless.
After walking on the streets of Tanzhou City for about a quarter of an hour, Lin Dong stopped.
Lu Fang raised his head.
"The Four Seas Pawn Shop."
Lin Dong said: "You must have heard the name of Sihai Pawn Shop, Mr. Lu. This is one of the largest pawn shops in Da Chongqing. It has branches in almost all counties and cities."
Lu Fang smiled and said, "Uh... I come from a small place and have never heard of it."
Lin Dong was a little surprised, and then said: "Okay!"
It is probably hard to imagine how someone like Lu Fang, who knows nothing and has never seen the world, could become Liang Dong's friend.
He led Lu Fang inside and whispered: "On the eleventh day of every month, the Sihai Pawn Shop holds an auction. The items sold are all things that our martial artists can use."
Lu Fang was slightly surprised, "They are all used by martial artists?"
Lin Dong nodded, "There are secret books on mental techniques, secret books on martial arts, panaceas, genius treasures, magic weapons and sharp blades, and even cauldrons."
Cauldron...
woman?
Lu Fang asked again: "What about other pawn shops?"
Lin Dong said: "Of course there are. Because these things are very rare, these pawn shops will conduct auctions on specific days, and you can't usually buy them."
As he spoke, he murmured with emotion, "It's not easy to practice martial arts..."
Lu Fang was not very surprised.
The martial arts masters in this world are so awesome, they are simply unbelievable. It would be strange if they were so easy to practice.
These pawn shops are really smart and sell by auction. This is no different from hunger marketing and can maximize profits.
But those things must be very rare.
Poor in literature and rich in martial arts...
It seems that this is also the case in this era.
When we arrived at Sihai Pawn Shop, the shop in front was actually empty. There were only two men in green robes with swords on their waists standing at the door inside.
It doesn't look that simple.
Probably from the town hall.
Lin Dong took Lu Fang and walked directly in.
There is a cave inside.
There was a large patio, and dozens of people were already sitting in the patio, all sitting on futons.
The shapes and colors vary.
Some are young, some are old. Some look like handsome young men, and some look just like old farmers.
At the front of these futons was just an ordinary desk. At this time, there were only two maids standing beside the desk.
A few meters behind the desk is a huge screen that separates the patio.
There are four other men in green robes standing at the four corners of the patio holding swords.
The atmosphere seemed a bit depressing.
Lin Dong took Lu Fang to sit on two futons at the edge and whispered: "Most of the people here are casual cultivators."
Lu Fang said: "How?"
Lin Dong said: "No one with a real background would come to an auction like this to buy things. These are the ones that have been picked out."
Lu Fang understood instantly.
Take people like Liang Dong and Su Liluo as examples. Behind them are Prince Rong's Mansion and Danxia Sword Sect respectively. There is obviously no need to go out and buy anything by themselves.
Really good things must have been divided up by the higher-ups. Only helpless casual cultivators would come to such an auction.
No wonder it looks so shabby.
There still has to be a backstage!
He does have four Tongxuan masters as his back-up, but apart from the techniques, Lao Xiao and the others probably won't be able to squeeze anything out of them.
However, Lu Fang never thought about what kind of competition Lao Xiao and his friends' skills would cause if they appeared in the world.
About ten minutes later, a fat middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe appeared in the courtyard.
As soon as he walked behind the desk, he raised his hands to the people present and said, "I've kept you waiting."
Many people nodded to him.
Lin Dong said: "This is Ge Xiangsheng, the auctioneer of Sihai Pawn Shop, but he has a clever mouth."
Ge... cross talk?
How can I not have a clever mouth?
As soon as he finished speaking, Ge Xiangsheng smiled again and said: "Without further delay, let's get started!"
As he spoke, he clapped his hands.
A maid came out from behind the screen carrying a wooden tray covered with red cloth and gently placed it on the desk.
Ge Xiangsheng said: "This secret book is Tiger Fighting Fist, a sixth-grade medium-level skill. The starting price is two hundred taels. Please bid!"
Lu Fang couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.
He now has some understanding of things like mind methods and exercises.
Sixth level refers to the secret that a sixth-level martial artist can fully perform. Medium refers to the approximate power of this technique.
They are roughly divided into three categories: upper, middle and lower.
He didn't expect that the starting price of just a sixth-grade intermediate skill would be so high.
The orchid acupoint brushing technique that Lao He casually taught Zhu'er was a top-grade third-grade technique!
How much is that worth?
And then, the lively scene in the audience made Lu Fang even dumbfounded.