But just thinking about it is useless. To become a strong person, both talent and opportunity are indispensable.
Perhaps this time is Zhang San's opportunity, but in terms of talent, Zhang San is the kind of person who would be unremarkable even if thrown into an ordinary crowd. Otherwise, if Zhang San had extraordinary talent, he wouldn't need to exchange his family's "treasures" for cultivation methods everywhere; many strong people would be willing to take him as a disciple.
Zhang San's father and Uncle Quan knew that Zhang San's talent was unremarkable, so they wanted him to be an ordinary person, living a plain life for a hundred years, which is better than becoming a bottom-level cultivator, desperately fighting for a little bit of cultivation resources.
But sometimes opportunity can bridge the gap in talent.
Back then, before Gu Huaiyu met Gu Changsheng, she was also a bottom-level cultivator. If she hadn't met Gu Changsheng and changed her fate, she would have either been buried in the sea beast tide or died in the hands of纨绔 children.
Gu Changsheng was Gu Huaiyu's opportunity, and Gu Huaiyu's talent was also very ordinary, but Gu Changsheng tailored a cultivation method for her.
Purple Qi Comes From the East!
This cultivation method can improve the talent of the cultivator. The stronger the cultivator, the more heaven-defying the effect.
But since it is tailor-made, others besides Gu Huaiyu naturally cannot cultivate it.
Lu Chengfeng and Gu Huaiyu followed Zhang San through the streets and alleys of Linbei City, and soon came to a small courtyard with a fairly elegant environment. Uncle Quan also followed closely behind for Zhang San's safety.
There are three rooms and a bamboo building in the courtyard. Zhang San said, "The treasure is upstairs, two elder sisters, come with me!"
After speaking, Zhang San took the lead and walked up the bamboo building.
Lu Chengfeng and Gu Huaiyu nodded slowly and followed Zhang San's steps to the second floor.
Uncle Quan shook his head helplessly and muttered, "I just hope the two adults don't feel like they've been tricked."
Saying that, he also followed, in case of any accident, he could immediately kneel down and beg the two adults to let young Zhang San go, right?
What 'a man has gold under his knees' is bullshit to him. Zhang San's father saved his life, so he must protect young Zhang San and let him live comfortably for the rest of his life.
"Creak!"
Arriving on the second floor, Zhang San skillfully pushed open the bamboo door. Inside, there were some bookshelves, and there were some books on the bookshelves, but most of these books were mass-produced goods that could be bought from street book vendors, with nothing outstanding.
Zhang San came to a bookshelf in the middle, tiptoed, and fiddled with the books with both hands. Then he heard a rumbling sound. Behind the bookshelf, there was actually a secret room.
At this time, Uncle Quan said, "Young Zhang San is afraid that others will steal his so-called treasures, so he set up a mechanism here."
"He made it himself?"
Lu Chengfeng asked in surprise.
"Not entirely, I helped a little." Uncle Quan said.
"You just helped me move things. If I didn't have no cultivation, I wouldn't need Uncle Quan to help me!" Zhang San said proudly.
"You brat!" Uncle Quan's face darkened. He didn't even know to give his uncle some face when there were outsiders present.
Lu Chengfeng asked softly, "Where did you learn this mechanism technique?"
"From a book, ah, look, it's this book!"
Zhang San flipped out a slightly old book from the bookshelf. The book was written with the three characters "Tian Gong Lu".
Lu Chengfeng took the "Tian Gong Lu" and glanced through it, and knew that this book was just talking about some knowledge of mechanism techniques, not even basic, completely a book to fool people.
"You learned from this book?" Lu Chengfeng asked, she still didn't quite believe it, because even she couldn't see anything remarkable from this book.
"Let me see!" Gu Huaiyu curiously took the book and looked at it, then complained, "Stuff for fooling children."
"I knew you wouldn't believe it!" Zhang San seemed to have known that they would show disbelief. He took back the book from Gu Huaiyu's hand and muttered the words "another one who doesn't know the goods." Obviously, many people didn't believe him before.
But Uncle Quan, listening to Zhang San's complaints, was almost frightened to fall. He quickly said to Lu Chengfeng and Gu Huaiyu, "Two adults, young Zhang San didn't mean to offend you, please don't be so serious with him."
"It's okay!"
Lu Chengfeng shook her head gently, they wouldn't be so serious with a child.
However, they also saw that Zhang San possessed a characteristic of becoming a cultivator, that is, fearlessness. He dared to find them alone at a young age, saying that he would exchange his family's treasures for cultivation opportunities, and it was this seemingly foolish fearlessness that supported him.
"Sister Lu, this kid might be a promising talent." Gu Huaiyu transmitted a voice to Lu Chengfeng.
"Let's see first." Lu Chengfeng responded.
Talents with special talents are no less valuable than cultivation geniuses.
But she still needs to observe Zhang San's temperament. If his temperament is up to par, even if the treasure Zhang San said is not real, she doesn't mind giving Zhang San a chance.
However, Zhang San possessing special talent is a pleasant surprise. Their purpose is still the treasure Zhang San said.
"Two elder sisters, come with me!"
Zhang San didn't know when he was carrying an oil lamp, wanting to use the oil lamp to illuminate the secret room.
"Too much trouble!"
Gu Huaiyu snapped her fingers, and a ball of light condensed by spiritual power entered the secret room. The originally dark secret room instantly became as bright as day.
Seeing this, Zhang San's eyes lit up, he asked, "What kind of immortal magic is this?"
"Immortal magic?" Gu Huaiyu was stunned, then said with a profound look, "Want to learn?"
Zhang San nodded sharply.
"Then it depends on whether your treasure is real." Gu Huaiyu said with a smile, but her eyes were full of cunning.
Lu Chengfeng couldn't help but shake her head. This is not some immortal magic, but a low-level application of spiritual power in the body, which even a Breaking Void Realm cultivator can do.
Uncle Quan also looked at Gu Huaiyu in surprise. He didn't expect Gu Huaiyu to tease Zhang San.
"It must be real!" Zhang San patted his chest and assured.
Then, he put out the oil lamp and put it aside, and took the lead into the secret room.
Lu Chengfeng and Gu Huaiyu also followed.
Uncle Quan didn't follow in this time, not because he didn't want to, but because the secret room space was not very large. Zhang San is a child, so he doesn't have to worry about it, but he is a big man.
Inside the secret room, Zhang San walked to a stone that was about half a head taller than him. The stone was irregularly shaped, and it was impossible to see what was special about this huge stone.
On the stone, there were extremely simple patterns. Gu Huaiyu looked at these patterns and said, "It looks like words."
Lu Chengfeng also looked at the patterns on the stone, and a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, and said, "This is a very ancient text of our human race."
"Sister, do you recognize it?" Gu Huaiyu immediately became interested. Very ancient text, wouldn't this stone be a very old antique? Even if the content recorded on it is something dispensable, it is worth a lot of source crystals for people who like to collect antiques!
Not to mention anything else, the sect's Ascension Grand Senior Brother is said to have a hobby of collecting antiques. Selling it to him will definitely get a lot of Divine Sources!
Thinking of this, Gu Huaiyu's eyes glowed!
Lu Chengfeng said, "I also occasionally saw it in the ancient books of the sect. If you want to know the content on it, you need to study it carefully."
"Oh!" Gu Huaiyu nodded regretfully. It seems that her idea of selling it to Yuhua at a high price cannot be done for the time being.
Zhang San listened to their conversation and said happily, "I said it was a treasure!"
He was very happy at this time. Those people didn't know the goods before. After seeing this big stone, they left cursing, which made him very unhappy. Now someone finally recognizes that this is a treasure, he is naturally happy.
Lu Chengfeng and Gu Huaiyu did not deny that this stone was a treasure, because just the ancient human text carved on the stone, the value of this stone is no less than a holy weapon. If the text on it records important content, such as supernatural secret methods or secret realm locations, then the value will be even higher.
So Lu Chengfeng said to Zhang San, "I will give you two choices now."
"Choice?" Zhang San was puzzled. Uncle Quan outside the secret room panicked when he heard it. He had promised Zhang San's father to let Zhang San be an ordinary person in peace and live comfortably for the rest of his life.
But before he could say anything, Lu Chengfeng put two choices in front of Zhang San.
"The first choice, I will pass on to you profound cultivation methods, help you open up the meridians in your body, and let you embark on the road of cultivation."
"The second choice, I will give you a sum of source crystals, you find a way to go to Yushui City, which is thousands of miles away from here. If you can do it, I will let the current city lord of Yushui City take you as a disciple."
After speaking, Lu Chengfeng and Gu Huaiyu looked at Zhang San, looking forward to his choice.
Zhang San's face was full of entanglement, he said, "Can't I choose both?"
"..."
"Little guy, you are more greedy than me!" Gu Huaiyu glared at Zhang San and said.
"No!" Lu Chengfeng refused decisively.
"In this case..." Zhang San's little face showed a serious look, obviously he was seriously considering the pros and cons of these two choices.
With the former, he can immediately become a cultivator, but with the latter, he can not only become a cultivator, but also have the opportunity to become a disciple of a strong person, but Linbei City is very far away from Yushui City, what guarantee does he have that he can safely reach Yushui City?
"I choose the second one!" After a long time, Zhang San's little face was full of firmness as he looked at Lu Chengfeng.
"Little Zhang San!"
Uncle Quan's anxious voice came from outside.
"Uncle Quan, I know what you and my father think, but I also have my own ideas, I want to become a strong person!" Zhang San said to Uncle Quan outside.
Uncle Quan was stunned, and then said, "You...know?"
Zhang San chuckled, and said, "Uncle Quan, don't you know that you like to talk drunk when you are drunk? I also know that you peeked at Widow Liu taking a bath when you were a child..."
"Stop talking!"
Uncle Quan's face darkened, and he kept admonishing himself in his heart that he must not be greedy for a drink in the future, otherwise his previous dark history would be known to others.
Zhang San said to Lu Chengfeng, "That...can I bring Uncle Quan with me?"
Uncle Quan was speechless again, take me? A ten-year-old brat said he wanted to take a more than one-hundred-year-old cultivator, is that reasonable? If you say it, you will be laughed at by others.
"I said, I will give you a sum of source crystals, you find a way to go to Yushui City, as long as you have the ability, you can even hire a strong person as a bodyguard." Lu Chengfeng said.
Zhang San nodded, and then asked seriously, "I have one last question."
"Say!" Lu Chengfeng looked at him.
Zhang San asked, "How do you guarantee that when I arrive at Yushui City, the city lord of Yushui City will take me as a disciple?"
"Just this question?" Lu Chengfeng asked back.
Zhang San nodded again.
Seeing this, Lu Chengfeng showed a smile on her face, and said, "It's very simple, I am the city lord of Yushui City."
"I am the deputy city lord!" Gu Huaiyu also said.
"How is it possible, the rumors say..."
Zhang San originally wanted to say that the rumors said that the two city lords of Yushui City were as beautiful as immortals, but he didn't expect that the two ordinary-looking elder sisters in front of him would transform into two fairies, so he didn't say what he wanted to say.
"Master is above, disciple pays respects to Master!" Zhang San was also clever, and immediately wanted to kneel down to confirm the name of master and disciple, but how could Lu Chengfeng let him succeed?
Zhang San wanted to kneel down, but his knees couldn't bend anyway.
"Little guy, it's useless to be clever, if you want to become my disciple, then complete my test!" Lu Chengfeng chuckled.
Zhang San scratched his head embarrassedly, and Uncle Quan on the side was shocked by the scene in front of him and couldn't speak.
The two people that Little Zhang San randomly brought back from the street turned out to be the two most popular city lords of Yushui City?
This kind of opportunity is too magical, right?
The turning point of things was too fast, even if he had more than one hundred years of experience, he couldn't adapt to this change for a while. Even after Lu Chengfeng and Gu Huaiyu left with the stone, he hadn't recovered.
"Uncle Quan, Uncle Quan!"
Zhang San walked to Uncle Quan, jumped up and wanted to wave his hand in front of Uncle Quan, but unfortunately he was too short and had no cultivation base. Only ten years old, his jumping ability was really not flattering. No, after jumping a few times, his hand could only reach the position of Uncle Quan's shoulder. Helpless, he had to shout loudly.
Uncle Quan heard Zhang San calling him, and immediately came back to his senses, and asked, "Where are the two adults?"
Zhang San rolled his eyes at him, and said, "They left long ago. You said that you are more than one hundred years old, why are you more uneasy than my ten-year-old brother?"
Uncle Quan glared at him, and said, "You brat, what do you know?"
Zhang San is not a cultivator after all. As the saying goes, every line is like a mountain. Only cultivators can understand how valuable the "City Lord of Yushui City" is. For Uncle Quan, Lu Chengfeng and Gu Huaiyu are the legendary ancient sages, and he is the most ordinary member of all living beings. Now that he sees the sages, how can he not be shocked?
There will also be ignorant and fearless little brats like Zhang San, who will seem unconcerned when getting along.
"Uncle Quan, Master gave me a ring before leaving, she said that the source crystals are all inside, how do I need to use it?" Zhang San asked, holding a storage ring.
Master?
The corners of Uncle Quan's mouth twitched slightly. Why didn't he find that this kid Zhang San had such a thick skin? People haven't agreed to take you as a disciple yet, and you call him Master?
But looking at the storage ring in Zhang San's hand, he sighed in his heart. Old Brother Zhang, I am afraid that the younger brother will break his promise, but if Zhang San can become a disciple of the City Lord of Yushui City, you will be happy if you are alive!
Uncle Quan calmed down and said, "I will teach you!"
As he spoke, he gently pricked Zhang San's finger, and a drop of blood fell onto the storage ring.
Blood oath recognition is a low-level method of claiming ownership in the cultivation world. Even someone without any cultivation can bind a storage ring using this method.
Meanwhile, Lu Chengfeng and Gu Huaiyu had finally settled on a residence within the city to serve as their temporary abode.
Since they intended to study the ancient characters on the stone, they naturally needed a relatively quiet environment, so they couldn't just find any random place to sit and meditate.
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