For ordinary people, if they can pinch their faces, they will try their best to make themselves prettier, but Zhou Tai doesn't. He just wants to get an identity in this Shengxian City, and then try to participate in the apprenticeship test of the Immortal Cultivation Sect, keeping a low profile
Not attracting attention is his pursuit.
In this world, the quality of life of ordinary people is not high. It is easy to attract the attention of others by turning yourself into a pretty boy. If some jealousy arises because of this, and finally things deteriorate to a certain extent and you have to take action, this potential will be
will lose meaning.
Zhou Tai knows that he is not the kind of person who can swallow his anger for the sake of a short-term goal, so making a public appearance is the best choice, and there is no need to be too ugly.
Shengxian City has a total of eight gates, and there are two gates next to each other in each direction. One gate is for entry only, and the other gate is for exit only.
There are no requirements for leaving the city. You can leave directly. However, if you enter the city, you have to pay the city gate fee.
In addition to people living in the city, people from outside the city will also enter the city. Although they do not have the right to live in the city, there is no problem in coming in and out within a short period of time. Zhou Tai has long understood this.
It’s just that the Immortal Sect’s recruitment of disciples starts after the Moon of Yin Evil, and only when the sect’s recruitment of disciples ends, the gates of Shengxian City will be opened normally. This cuts off people outside the city who want to join the Immortal Cultivation Sect.
It's possible to fish in troubled waters when accepting a disciple. After all, even if you hide in the city and don't come out, you still have to survive the three months of the Yin evil month, and it's impossible not to have a place to live.
There are a lot of people at the city gate, especially when entering Shengxian City. Everyone has to pay a city fee, so the speed will be slower, and queues will inevitably form.
The city walls on both sides were masonry structures four to five feet high, and there were guards patrolling them all day long. After a casual glance, Zhou Tai withdrew his gaze. He hadn't queued in line for a long time, and it was a novel experience.
In front of Zhou Tai was a senior farmer, pushing a cart of various fruits and vegetables, which seemed to be going to the city for sale. There were many such figures in the team entering the city, but many of them did not come alone.
, but only one person entered the city near the city gate, presumably to save some city gate fees.
Behind Zhou Tai was a middle-aged man, carrying an unknown animal weighing hundreds of kilograms on his back. It was unknown whether he was going to the city for sale or if his home was in the city.
It is rare to see people like Zhou Tai who only carry one burden. Some people are chatting with each other, and some people will occasionally look at Zhou Tai. Zhou Tai, who has already absorbed all his consciousness,
, I didn’t care if I found out.
There are two lines of people entering the city. There are always some people who are constantly looking at the people queuing up. Some people are always looking curiously. Zhou Tai is not the only one who is being looked at. Many people are also being looked at by others.
Maybe this is also a way to gain knowledge when going out.
Some children are particularly curious about everything around them, and they look like they are visiting Shengxian City for the first time. Some adults are similar, with some novelty always in their eyes, but their eyes are much more restrained.
The reason why Zhou Tai didn't care about what others looked at was because he was confident in his outfit and had checked it all over many times: his hair was messy and looked like it hadn't been washed for a long time, he was wearing linen clothes that were similar to those of the people around him, and his feet were
Wearing a kind of straw sandals, he looked like an ordinary mortal here, and he looked a little downcast.
As the team continued to move forward, it was finally Zhou Tai's turn.
"Name? What are you doing in Shengxian City?" The guard at the city gate looked Zhou Tai up and down, and then asked.
"Zhou Yu, come to the Immortal Sect's disciple recruitment conference." He made up a fake name at random. Regarding his rhetoric, Zhou Tai was not worried about any problems. He came to Shengxian City alone and wanted to enter the Immortal Sect.
I am not the only one, but it is relatively rare.
Generally, people come with their families, so that once they are selected by the cultivating sect, they can directly leave benefits to their families. However, the cost of living in Shengxian City is not low. Generally, few families will use the efforts of the whole family to just
Entering the city for one person, because if he is chosen, he will leave with the immortal master of the cultivating sect, and it will be difficult to see him again in this life.
After a simple question and answer, the guard collected the city gate fee and gave Zhou Tai a special wooden sign. Zhou Tai knew that this was his certificate of passage in the city. If he wanted to live in the city, he had to pay the residence fee at the city lord's mansion.
Change to a more detailed voucher.
Only after you have a residence certificate can you spend money to find a place to buy or rent a house in Shengxian City.
Without a voucher, no one dares to give him a place to live, and each voucher has a specific date, usually at least one year. Before the date is reached, you must go to the city lord's palace to pay again to extend the date, otherwise the consequences will be
Very serious.
The only good thing is that with this residence certificate, you don't have to pay the city gate fee to go back and forth from the city, but for Zhou Tai, this is basically of little use.
It was said that the application was done at the City Lord's Mansion, but the place to apply for the voucher was just a gatehouse-like place in front of the City Lord. It was guarded by guards and the process was very smooth.
Then Zhou Tai rented a small house and started his own rental life. After getting to know the neighbors briefly, Zhou Tai rarely interacted with them, firstly to avoid trouble, and secondly because of this
This is a normal reaction for someone like him who wants to join the Immortal Cultivation Sect alone. If the certificate expires and the certificate is not processed, there will be rewards for neighbors who report it. And generally, those who come to Shengxian City alone to seek immortality have stolen money from their families, so this kind of
A slightly distant neighbor relationship is a normal reaction.
Everything is within the plan and everything is under control. This is Zhou Tai's conclusion after successfully staying in Shengxian City for a period of time.
But in order to be more realistic, Zhou Tai can't hide in the house all day long. He usually goes out of the city for a few days, pretending to hunt prey or something, and then comes back and sets up a stall to sell in an area where he can set up a stall. This way
The income is maintained and will not be too noticeable.
Because the cost of living in Shengxian City is very high, the money of mortals here is also somewhat different. It is a kind of metal unique to this area. It is printed by Shengxian City where it is located. It is not ordinary gold and silver, so it is difficult to have it here.
Those very wealthy mortal families who have accumulated some money will soon spend it on living in Shengxian City, and most of these coins will be distributed to those family members who are selected to join the Immortal Cultivation Sect, and a small part will be used to maintain Shengxian City.
The operation of fairy city.
As an immortal cultivator, Zhou Tai doesn't want to go to some mortal homes to steal. Maybe such an act will make a mortal home disappear. The coins in his hand were found in the villages that disappeared in the evil moon, so he is very
Knowing how much financial resources an ordinary mortal family has, the cost of living in the Immortal City is a huge expense, so everything is done to look reasonable.
However, because the day he chose to enter the city was not too far away from the beginning of the Yin Evil Month, Zhou Tai did not have to pretend for too long. Soon he was hoarding some food like other residents of Shengxian City, and then less after the Yin Evil Month began.
Go out or even stop going out.
This experience allowed Zhou Tai to experience the life of a mortal again. He went hunting, sold meat in the market, and felt quite good without using his spiritual consciousness.
There were no problems with the Lingbao-grade fluid enhancement used for camouflage, which made Zhou Tai even more relieved.
The days passed by. During the Yin evil month, Zhou Tai did not choose to enter the Lingbao space. Instead, he made a fire and cooked every day like an ordinary mortal. He even controlled his spiritual consciousness and did not use it for a long time.
On the first day after the Yin evil month passed, looking at the sky returning to normal, Zhou Tai washed his face early and set out from his place of residence, because as expected, today was the day when the Immortal Cultivation Sect came to accept disciples.
The queue was very long, and Zhou Tai was about in the middle. The queue was adjusted, and those who were not in the queue last year and those who were in the final year were queued at the front.
Because the streets of Shengxian City were wide enough, although there were nearly 10,000 people participating in the selection, after being divided into ten teams, each team had less than 1,000 people.
The speed of testing was very high, and the team was constantly moving forward. After queuing for more than an hour, Zhou Tai arrived at the edge of the central square of Shengxian City, and it would be his turn after a while.
And here we have to start checking the residence certificate of Shengxian City. This is the main reason why Zhou Tai chose to enter the city like a mortal. Otherwise, fishing in troubled waters is not impossible, but it will undoubtedly increase the risk.
As he got closer, Zhou Tai saw that the qualified people were all standing together. By visual inspection, there were about 300 people. There was no problem in lining up for him, because the number of people selected every time was at least 500.
After observing for a while, he felt that the selection ratio was about one-fifteenth. As the distance continued to get closer, Zhou Tai tried his best to keep his eyes away from the monks. It would be bad if his eyes exposed something. He didn't think so.
I will be a very qualified actor, even if I look like a mortal, there will still be some slight differences.
On the surface, Zhou Tai acted as if nothing had happened, but in his heart, Zhou Tai was very vigilant. If there was any abnormality, the Ghost Pulse Destruction would be activated immediately.
The journey was uneventful, and finally it was Zhou Tai's turn to take a test. The Qi practitioner doing the test briefly hovered his hand three inches above Zhou Tai's head.
At this moment, Zhou Tai raised his head and paid close attention to the other person's expression. Firstly, he was concerned about the result. Secondly, he could detect any abnormality that the Qi Practitioner discovered immediately. Although it would appear a little unusual, he could not relax his guard at this time.
.
Zhou Tai didn't feel anything unusual with the hand on his head, as if he hadn't done anything, but was it possible?
Soon, the other party withdrew his hand without saying anything. Zhou Tai understood that he was not qualified. If he was qualified, he would ask him to wait aside.
He stepped away, feeling a little disappointed. Because he had passed the dangerous moment, Zhou Tai became bolder and observed the choices of other Qi Practitioners to see if he could find anything.
As a result, I actually discovered something. There was a Qi practitioner who didn't know whether it was because of nervousness or for some other reason. His lips kept opening up and down, as if he was chanting something, but no sound came out.
Is this a test spell? He can't recite it silently in his mind? Zhou Tai, who was so doubtful, looked carefully and found that it seemed to be just one sentence. If he guessed correctly, it looked like: wide body, fat body, strong body?
"If you don't pass, leave quickly and don't look around!" I heard the whispered words of the person in charge of distributing successful entry rewards at the City Lord's Mansion.
Zhou Tai glanced at the other person's fierce expression with some fear, lowered his head and left. It was obvious that this person was afraid of the monks above and worried about offending the other party. Zhou Tai didn't care about this, but at this moment, all he could think about was his body.
The words wide body, fat body and strong body.
Is this the selection criteria for this Shengxian City? Carefully recalling the images of those shortlisted, Zhou Tai felt that this was really the case.
No matter what, Zhou Tai felt that he should give it a try, so he decided to slowly gain weight and get stronger before the Immortal Cultivation Sect came to select disciples next year to see how he would fare next year.
As a monk, Zhou Tai's body shape has not changed for a long time, and because he doesn't know any tricks to change his face, Zhou Tai began a journey of constantly pinching his face, and also strengthened another one.
The Lingbao-level fluid reinforcement allows the body to continuously deform, and success or failure depends on this.
Still pretending to keep hunting and living the life of an ordinary mortal, Zhou Tai went to pay the living expenses for another year before the residence permit in Shengxian City expired.
Either he was out of the city for a few days, or he was living in seclusion. Selling meat in the market was his biggest publicity. Under these circumstances, Zhou Tai spent a stable year and ushered in the second time of recruiting disciples in Shengxian City.
The process was almost unchanged from before. The only change was that Zhou Tai was ranked further back, but fortunately he did not miss the test. When there were still a few places left, it was his turn to be tested.
Zhou Tai is still the same person, the only change is that he looks fatter and stronger than last year.
Looking at the young Qi-training monk who put his hand on his head, Zhou Tai saw a trace of hesitation on his expression.
Is this going to end again? The thought flashed through Zhou Tai's mind. If he still failed this time, he would not try a third time because it would probably be a waste of time. He has lived enough of a mortal life, so he will
I will decide to leave here.
The Qi-training monk who was testing Zhou Tai glanced at the crowd behind Zhou Tai imperceptibly, and then said: Pass, go to the side and wait.
Unexpected surprises always come out of the blue, and Zhou Tai, like most other young people who pass, showed a happy smile.
Zhou Tai also saw the action of looking behind him before. After walking to the side, he also quietly glanced behind him. Then he found that among the people lining up behind him, few of them looked very special.
A strong young man, he can be regarded as the best among them.
Is it really based on physical strength? Then why is there an age limit? Because when he didn't take part in the test before, Zhou Tai couldn't use his spiritual sense to observe. He just looked at it from a distance and didn't pay much attention to it.
Even if you notice it, you are unlikely to think of this strange selection method, and more likely to think it is a coincidence.
But after passing, Zhou Tai was very happy, but he kept his doubts in his heart.