Fairy Desire

After eating five bowls of noodles in a row, Meng Xiang frankly explained his financial situation to Zhao Xuezhu, and put the remaining eight big money on the table.At this time, he had already prepared for the worst and decided to bear the worst consequences, so he gave up the plan of escaping from fear.

In the process of eating noodles, Meng Xiang already found that Zhao Xuezhu already knew that he had no money to pay the bill.But she didn't expose him, she still greeted him enthusiastically, and even added a few thick slices of sauced beef to his bowl, and put them under the noodles thoughtfully.

When eating the long-lost beef, Meng Xiang made a decision in his heart, absolutely not to play any tricks, to accept all punishments from Zhao Xuezhu calmly, and absolutely not to escape.

After learning about his situation, Zhao Xuezhu neither asked him to eat the overlord's meal, nor called the city management to punish him. On the contrary, she took him in, nominally to help her, with food and housing included, and every month There are two taels of silver wages.

Although two liang of silver is very little, which is much less than some local workers' wages, Meng Xiang is still very grateful to her, because he soon learned that Zhao Xuezhu's small noodle shop does not need to hire help at all, and the income is also very meager. After paying various expenses and taxes, the annual income is less than 100 taels of silver.

It wasn't love at first sight between Meng Xiang and Zhao Xuezhu. Although he was grateful to Zhao Xuezhu at first, when they were face to face, he still tried not to look at the big birthmark on her face.But as we get along slowly, in his eyes, the birthmark on her face is no longer so obtrusive, because she is really a good girl, and she will still do her best to help him in such a difficult life. Those poor people who suffered like him.

Meng Xiang stayed at Zhao Xuezhu's home for a total of eight months, and then he used the accumulated wages as a deposit to find a job in a leather goods store. Although the work was very tiring and the salary was very low, he felt unprecedented in his heart. Easy, because he no longer has to exploit the people he likes.

Later, in order to live better, he bought a copy of "Bronze Skin and Iron Bone Kung Fu" and seized all the time to practice. He wanted to improve his strength and become a hunter. Although it was dangerous, his income would be much higher.

The so-called poor culture and rich martial arts, martial arts requires money, and the meager wages he earned working in a leather goods store could not satisfy his growing appetite.In addition, the food he ate was not good, and he couldn't provide enough energy and blood at all. The result of hard training was that apart from dense scars on his body, the effect was minimal.

At this time, Zhao Xuezhu didn't know where he found out about his situation, so she took out all her savings, tried everything possible to get him delicious food, and persuaded him to persevere.It was Zhao Xuezhu's move that slowly turned his liking for her into love.

Meng Xiang started to join the ranks of hunters after practicing "Bronze Skin and Iron Bone Skill". Perhaps it was his original hunting experience that helped him and made him quickly adapt to the work of hunters.Although he didn't dare to hunt and kill ferocious beasts directly because of his low strength, he was better at getting some cubs.

Some wealthy people in Ironwood City like to raise cubs of ferocious beasts for fun, so his income is not bad, at least much higher than that in fur shops.Gradually, he had some savings, and he used them to buy the most common "Night Fighting Eight Directions" knife technique, and practiced it diligently.

In fact, Meng Xiang didn't want to choose "Night Fighting Eight Directions" at first. What he liked was a sword manual - "Spiritual Snake Sting".But in the end, there were two reasons that changed his decision. One was that "Spiritual Snake Sting" was almost twice as expensive as "Night Fighting Eight Directions", so he couldn't afford it, and the other was that one needed a long sword to practice swordsmanship. , and the lowest-level long sword in Ironwood City also needs a hundred taels of silver, and for practicing swords, he has a long sword himself, although it is not very sharp, it can still be used barely.

Maybe Meng Xiang really has some understanding of sword skills. He has not been practicing "Night Fighting Eight Directions" for a long time, and he can unleash some of its power. At least when he dances with a long knife, the defensive power he can display is not bad.

After a while, after becoming more familiar with "Night Fighting Eight Directions", he joined the team of hunting beasts. However, due to his experience and strength, his gains were poor at the beginning, even worse than when he worked in a leather goods store. His income was still low, so he had to brazenly go to Zhao Xuezhu's place for food.

Fortunately, Meng Xiang still has some ideas about hunting. After a period of study and using traps to make up for his lack of strength, his income has gradually increased, and at least he can fill his stomach.

After almost two years like this, everything went relatively smoothly. Although Zhao Xuezhu's noodle shop business is still slow, although his income has not increased much, although he has played in "Bronze Skin and Iron Bone Skills" and "Night Fighting Eight Fangs" They all encountered bottlenecks. Although the urban management still harassed them every now and then, at least they didn't have to worry about not having enough food and clothing. Being able to do these two things was already happier than many people in Ironwood City.

Time flies and it is the fifth year that Meng Xiang has been in Ironwood City.If that incident hadn't happened, maybe it wouldn't be long before the flower of love that sprouted in the humbleness between Meng Xiang and Zhao Xuezhu would bear fruit.

Originally, they had already discussed that on the day of Zhao Xuezhu's birthday, they would hold a small banquet and invite some acquainted friends and neighbors to testify that they would form a small family. It's been three months.However, an announcement issued by the city lord Qi Changzheng cast a boulder in their peaceful life and produced a series of chain reactions.

The various immortal gatekeepers will recruit disciples in Tiemu City in the fall of two years later. Men and women under the age of 30 can join. , Food and lodging and other things are bothering.But everything has a premise, that is, both men and women must remain virgins.

Just like most people, the lower the social class, the more people hope to change their destiny, even if the hope is very slim.Meng Xiang and Zhao Xuezhu, especially Meng Xiang as a man.

After discussing with each other, the two decided to wait another two years. If one of them could be selected by Xianmen, their lives would be greatly improved, and they would no longer have to live in such a difficult life.If good luck doesn't befall them, they will marry and form a family. Anyway, they are still young, and it doesn't matter much if they are earlier or later.

In the following time, the focus of their lives was on the Longmen Conference two years later, but they didn't know that many conditions were required to become disciples of the Immortal Gate, and they had no hope at all.

During this process, Meng Xiang knew that to become a disciple of the Immortal Sect, one needs to know ancient characters, and to enter the Ancient Literature Museum, one must pay a large sum of money.

Although, not long ago, Meng Xiang rescued a barefoot doctor and learned some medical and herbal medicine knowledge.Originally, he could see a doctor and increase his income, but the doctors in Ironwood City formed an association.

Doctors who have not registered with the association and have obtained medical qualifications are not allowed to see a doctor, otherwise they will be thrown into a terrible prison if they are caught, and there will never be a bright future.In order to become a member of the association, in addition to undergoing complicated assessments, one has to pay a membership fee of thousands of taels of silver. It is impossible for Meng Xiang to spend so much silver, so heroes are useless at all.

The knowledge of medicine and herbal medicine that Meng Xiang has learned is not completely useless, at least when he is out hunting, he sees some valuable herbs that can be dug and brought back.Although the people who opened medicinal materials stores and medical centers were very dark-hearted and gave him extremely low prices, they finally increased their income.

It took more than half a year. After Meng Xiang and Zhao Xuezhu took out all their savings and found some acquaintances to borrow some money, they finally made up enough money for Meng Xiang to study in the Ancient Literature Museum.But Zhao Xuezhu has no chance, because the tuition fee of one person has already weighed them down.

Holding the guilt for Zhao Xuezhu, Meng Xiang seized every bit of time to study, sometimes the words he said in his sleep were those ancient characters.His hard work paid off, and he graduated less than half the time early, with excellent grades.

In the following time, they were preparing for the Dragon Gate Conference. In fact, they had no way of preparing for it, because they didn't know what the major immortal gates would examine, so Meng Xiang took part of his time to teach Zhao Xuezhu how to read.

Although she didn't know a single word before, but in the process of teaching her, he found that she is extremely smart, and she can remember many difficult words as long as he teaches her once, and she can also do it in many cases. To infer other cases from one instance.

After discovering this, Meng Xiang felt even more guilty. He felt that with her aptitude, she had a better chance of being selected by Xianmen, but she gave him the chance.At that time he swore that he would never betray her.

With the expectation of Meng Xiang, Zhao Xuezhu, and many other people who shared the same thoughts with them, the day of the Longmen Conference finally arrived.

At that moment, Meng Xiang and Zhao Xuezhu saw wonders they had never seen in their entire lives: immortals stepping on white clouds and various magic weapons, giant birds with a wingspan of more than [-] feet, giant beasts flying in the sky, and shrouding the sky flying in the sky. At that time, like many other people, they were dumbfounded by the palace covered by the sun and the big ship of unknown length and width.

With excitement, after paying the entrance fee of ten taels of silver per person, Meng Xiang and Zhao Xuezhu entered the scene of the Dragon Gate Conference, and they lined up in a long line to recruit disciples from the masters of the various fairy gates. people approach.

As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.Three days later, Meng Xiang and Zhao Xuezhu came out of the Dragon Gate Conference one after another. They looked at each other with wry smiles, and they knew the result without even asking—they both lost the election.

However, as long as people live, life must go on.After a period of time, their mentality returned to calm, and they planned to pay off the debts after a period of time. When they had some savings in their hands, they would hold a small wedding, get married, and live a good life. To grow old together.

But none of them thought that a catastrophe was about to befall them, and the source of the disaster was the Longmen Conference that had given them infinite hope, or more precisely, the so-called masters who came to recruit disciples.