"Sir?"
Lin Yuyang was lying in the bathhouse, thinking about what the shop owner had just called him.
This was the first time he had been addressed like this. Was this the benefit of strength?
Looking at the boss's expression, although he was not afraid of him, it seemed that he did not want to offend him.
Thinking of the respect brought by his first strength, Lin Yuyang smiled and soaked in the bathhouse for half a day. Only then did he change into the blue clothes he had just bought and comb his hair.
Clothes make the man, and horses make the saddle. Lin Yuyang, who had changed into new clothes, suddenly became much more energetic and handsome...
Lin Yuyang walked out of the bathhouse and headed for the tavern. Of course, this was only under Winesage's constant urging. It seemed that Winesage was truly craving for wine.
After changing his clothes, he was no longer hated by the shop owners. He entered the tavern smoothly and asked for some food. Looking at the food, Lin Yuyang could not help but think of Big Grey. This was the first time he ordered so much food. He really wanted to share it with Big Grey.
However, Lin Yuyang was not too sad. Big Grey was still alive, and there would still be opportunities in the future. When the time came, he would make a whole table for Big Grey and let it eat to its heart's content.
After ordering, Lin Yuyang naturally had to order some wine for Winesage, but once the wine was served, Lin Yuyang felt troubled. He sent mentally to Winesage,
"Senior Winesage, how do you drink this wine?”
"Simple, simple. Just get someone to get a big wine jar and put the sword in! Hurry up…"
Winesage urged, smacking his lips.
Very soon, the owner brought over a large wine jar. This was the largest wine jar in the tavern. It was not a problem to fit five or six people inside. He placed the wine jar beside Lin Yuyang. The owner was still puzzled. Was this little boy an alcoholic? How could he drink such a huge jar of wine? Even if he could drink it, he would die from overfilling.
But then, the owner was dumbfounded.
Lin Yuyang did not go to drink. Instead, he took down the broken iron sword from his back and directly put it into the wine jar.
"Is this child crazy? Could it be that swords can also drink wine?"
The owner thought to himself and shook his head.
Lin Yuyang didn't care what the owner thought and started to eat. It had been a long time since he had such a big meal. The food on the table was swept away by Lin Yuyang, and finally, there were only a few empty plates left.
"Is this child the reincarnation of a hungry ghost?”
The shop owner's attention was obviously more on the strange Lin Yuyang.
After finishing the food, Lin Yuyang asked Winesage in his mind,
"Senior Winesage? Can we go now?"
"Let's go! Burp…I haven't had a drink in a long time. It's so comfortable!”
Winesage was clearly enjoying himself, and he was even burping.
Hearing Winesage's words, Lin Yuyang took out his broken iron sword and slung it on his back before paying the bill and leaving.
However, Lin Yuyang felt a little pained when he paid the bill. Those dishes didn't cost much, totaling three gold coins. However, this large jar of wine cost a total of eight gold coins. He had only spent a few of the thirty gold coins he had on him in Wake Town.
After Lin Yuyang left, many curious people gathered in front of the wine jar. Clearly, they wanted to know how a sword drank wine.
The wine jar was not empty, only about one-third of it was gone. The owner was puzzled and smelled it again...
Good heavens, this jar was not wine at all. It was clearly a jar of water. The essence of the wine had completely disappeared.
The shopkeeper was shocked. This little boy and that sword were really strange, too strange!
Lin Yuyang left the tavern. It was already very late, so he ran to an inn to stay.
Entering the inn, Lin Yuyang lay on the soft bed and immediately felt that every piece of flesh and every bone in his body was extremely tired, and his sleepiness increased greatly.
After so many years of running around, the best place he had slept in was just a pile of rotten leaves on the ground. Moreover, he had to be prepared to guard against the attack of magical beasts at all times. Therefore, even when he slept, his entire body was tense. He had never slept on such a soft bed, let alone slept in such a relaxed and comfortable place.
Lin Yuyang had nothing to do for a day. He walked around Wako Town a few times. He had never been so relaxed in a town. In the past, he did it to get something to eat, but now, he did it to relax.
As he walked around, Lin Yuyang arrived at the Martial Arts Practice Field of Wako Town.
"Ha ha…"
In the training field of Wako Town, twenty to thirty children were training hard. Each of them was drenched in sweat, but they were still persevering. The trainer was a level six martial guard and was very strict. Some children would be punished by the trainer if they relaxed a little.
Looking at the training, Lin Yuyang suddenly thought of the humiliation he had suffered in Puni Town, and then thought of the academy. These days, he had been exhausted and almost forgot about the academy.
A fifth-grade martial guard!
There's still a year left. Can I do it?
"Senior Winesage?" Lin Yuyang called out to Winesage in his mind.
"Hmm? What is it?"
Winesage replied drunkenly. Early in the morning, Winesage had asked Lin Yuyang to buy another large jar of wine, causing the amount of gold coins in Lin Yuyang's hands to decrease once more. He would finish it in a day. That was thirty-nine gold coins, enough for an ordinary family to live comfortably for a long time.
"Is there any way for me to become a fifth rank guard in a year?”
Lin Yuyang asked tentatively.
"Yes! What do you want?"
Winesage said absentmindedly, still drunk.
"Yes?"
Winesage didn't pay much attention to it, but Lin Yuyang's sudden enthusiasm gave Winesage quite a fright.
"Silly boy, do you want to scare this old man to death?”Winesage raged.
"I'm sorry, senior Winesage. Is there really a way to become a guard of the fifth rank within a year?”
Lin Yuyang hurriedly apologized. Although Winesage had given him a definite answer, he still wasn't sure.
Entering the academy was the dream of many people.
"There is, but…" Winesage continued to muddle through."What exactly are you trying to do?"
"I want to enter the academy." Lin Yuyang replied.
"Academy?" Winesage seemed to have sobered up from his drunken stupor, but he was still angry.
"This old man is a hundred or a thousand times stronger than those little kids in the academy. You actually want to go to the academy?”
Lin Yuyang was speechless. He hadn't expected Winesage to be so angry.
"Oh right, earth element origin!" Winesage seemed to suddenly remember something.
"Earth element origin! That old fellow gave you the Earth Elemental Origin. It would be a waste not to cultivate it. Unfortunately, I don't have much understanding of the Earth Elemental Origin. It might really be a good thing for you to enter the academy! Yes, it's a good thing!"
Winesage said, ignoring his anger.
"What are the requirements for the academy to accept students now?”Winesage asked.
"15 years old, fifth rank Martial Guard." Lin Yuyang replied.
"Hmm? The conditions for recruiting students in the Wutuo Continent were actually so low?”
Winesage was clearly surprised.
"Low?"
Lin Yuyang groaned in his heart," This is still considered low. Does this old man know how many people have been strangled to death by this hard rule? No one has entered the academy in the entire Puni Town for almost twenty years."”
"Back then, in our era, if you couldn't reach the seventh rank at the age of thirteen, you wouldn't even be qualified to be selected by the academy.”
Winesage said proudly.
"Rank 5 Martial Guard is the requirement for the worst academies in the continent. Those higher ranked academies have ridiculously high requirements. The best Udra Academy has a minimum requirement of a fifteen-year-old Rank 8 Martial Guard.”Lin Yuyang said emotionally.
"Hmm, what about the other academies?" Winesage was actually quite interested in this topic.
"The second place Yinlaier Academy requires a fifteen-year-old eighth rank martial guard as the minimum requirement. The third place Cessai Academy requires a fifteen-year-old seventh rank martial guard as the minimum requirement. The fourth place Kachele Academy requires a fifteen-year-old sixth rank martial guard as the minimum requirement.”Lin Yuyang said.
This was what he had heard from the residents of the various towns.
As he spoke, his eyes revealed a certain yearning, just like the children in the training field of Wako Town.
Although Lin Yuyang didn't expect the academy to be any better than Winesage's, with Winesage's guidance, the academy was still the dream of every child on the Utto Continent. He would be satisfied if he could enter and take a look.
"Hmm, the top two are still something!”Winesage said thoughtfully,
"Sigh! It seems that the academies of my era no longer exist. At that time, the two great academies were on equal footing. In order to compete for a genius, that scene…hehe…"
"Genius?" When Lin Yuyang heard this word, his gaze dimmed a little.
After all, he was not a genius. Even if his talent was extremely poor, it was not an exaggeration to say that he was useless.
"Yes, at that time, a fifteen-year-old fifth-grade martial guard couldn't even see the academy's door! That was truly an era of geniuses!”Winesage sighed.
"Don't be discouraged, kid. With your talent, it's impossible for you to reach the seventh or eighth rank within a year, because time is too tight. However, through the split cultivation method, there's still hope for you to advance from the first rank to the fifth rank within a year.”
"Split cultivation method?" This was the first time Lin Yuyang heard this term.
"That's right, it's the Split Cultivation Method. This was a cultivation method that our Holy Light Alliance had created in the past. There are only a few people in the world who know of this cultivation method.”
Winesage said proudly.
"How do I cultivate the Split Cultivation Method?”Lin Yuyang asked anxiously.
"How do I cultivate? It is to split martial qi into parts. Let's not talk about this first, what I want to tell you is: First of all, you can't use this kind of cultivation method if you're not a Grade 2 Martial Guard."Secondly, I won't teach you this cultivation method until that little guy wakes up. Because this cultivation method has too many drawbacks and is very dangerous. If you use this method, your strength will decrease rapidly for a period of time. You can't even protect yourself now, and you still want to train separately. You're simply courting death. Don't you see that many people have been following you these days?”Winesage said sternly.
Lin Yuyang could only sigh. Clearly, the little fellow Old Man Winesage was referring to was Little Si. If Little Si was awake, Lin Yuyang would still have a reliable protector, but now that Little Si was still unconscious, Lin Yuyang's situation couldn't be considered safe.
Actually, these few days of tailing, Lin Yuyang had long noticed.
Right now, Lin Yuyang himself knew that there were three groups of people following him nearby. As for those that Lin Yuyang did not notice, he did not know how many people were watching him.
Lin Yuyang still understood the principle of holding a treasure can lead to crime.
It seemed that this ugly broken iron sword on his body had attracted the attention of many people.
Lin Yuyang took the broken iron sword from his back and sighed as he stroked it.
"Senior Winesage? Where did this sword come from?" Lin Yuyang asked Winesage in his mind.
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