Chapter 190 (1/2)

It never occurred to Lin Xun that the old man wanted to take him to Mist City, the capital of Southwestern Province.

“To all the practitioners of the empire, whether they’re from the upper class or the lower class, the Nation Test is relatively the fairest system for selecting talents.”

The old man seemed aware of Lin’s doubts and explained to him patiently.

“If seizing this opportunity, the poor who can pass the competitive examinations will climb up the ladder leading to the upper class, thus, which will lift them out of poverty. Similarly, the real talents instead of those who only know how to dine and wine but literally know nothing will be selected from the noble offspring.”

“Once you can get enrolled at the Green-deer School, the wisdom and power you possess will probably help you figure out a bit of the truth.”

Lin Xun felt a little nervous, “Senior, may I know what the truth is?”

The old man smiled with some elusiveness in his eyes full of vicissitudes, “It depends on what kind of truth you want.”

He felt a little restless. Had the old man already known something?

Then, he suddenly remembered that the old man once said in Donglin Town that the Queen of Dark Night went to the deep of Three Thousand Mountains for an old friend’s whereabouts

However, when they arrived there, the abode of her old friend had already been destroyed, leaving no clues for her to follow.

Lin Xun doubted at that time that what they looked for was the mine prison he had ever lived in, but deep down, he wasn’t sure of that.

On hearing the old man’s meaningful words, Lin Xun subconsciously felt that the old man seemed to know something.

Lin Xun wasn’t sure of that, either.

Lin Xun couldn’t ask him, because the mine prison was involved with too many things, including Master Lu, his own background and enemies.

The old man was done speaking. He took out a snow-white handkerchief carefully and gently polished a black pendant that was like an ancient sword but was only 10cm long.

The old man’s old and amiable face was full of concentration, graveness and seriousness, drawing Lin Xun’s attention.

Lin Xun didn’t know that the sword-shaped black pendant was called “Eternal Night’s Sigh”, a name that shocked the world thousands of years ago!

That was the name of a suit of armor with spiritual tattoos.

Over thousands of years, fewer and fewer people knew the name.

…

Three days later-

Mist City –

As the capital of Southwestern Province of the empire, Mist City was rather prosperous with a large population of millions of people. With its huge area and dense population, it was far beyond the reach of Donglin Town, a border city.

In a remote and shabby yard of Mist City at night-

Looking at the room which acquired a completely new outlook after his cleaning, Lin Xun felt like he was at home.

The old man left at dusk, leaving a house he had prepared for Lin Xun without servants or maids. Thus, Lin Xun had to clean the yard thoroughly by himself.

The yard was small but quite tranquil. Lin Xun felt greatly satisfied because he could have his own house for free in Mist City dubbed as the golden district.

But now he had to face a practical problem. A house was far from enough for him. He also needed to prepare the resources he used for daily cultivation and materials for a living.

After he left the Bloodthirsty Camp, no one would supply him with those things for free.

He had already checked all his belongings, including 200 imperial gold coins, a Greenwave Saber, two bottles of Condensate Pills, as well as miscellaneous spiritual materials.

He had nothing except for the above items.

In the past, those things might be enough to sustain him for a couple of months. But now as he reached the Human-gang Realm, it was far from enough for him to sustain his cultivation and daily living.

In other words, he was confronted with a great practical problem after he arrived in Mistclouds Town- to earn money!

“The Province Test will be held in September, which means I’ll live in the city for nearly half a year…”

Having pondered for a while, he stood up, attempting to go out first for getting familiar with the environment around.

“Hey, wait a minute, boy.”

Suddenly a lazy voice came from a corner of the wall.

Lin look carefully and saw a big-boned guy lying there, with a rough face, dull-red cheeks, sleepy eyes and his chest as hard as steel exposed. It was an absolute drunkard.