Lonely Immortal

"It's not a good idea to ask for advice. Besides, our junior brothers and sisters are very skilled in martial arts. I feel ashamed and I'll take my leave."

Yan Ling directly rejected the other party's request. He had seen this kind of thing before in his years in the medicine hall. He ignored such competitive and competitive face issues without even thinking about it.

Wang Kun and others obviously did not expect Yan Ling to admit defeat on the spot. They did not know what to say for a while, and Yan Ling and others naturally left.

"These barefoots!..."

When Wang Kun saw them leaving, he felt quite unhappy, but since they were willing to admit defeat, what else could he do?

At this moment, Zhang Zhiwen came to Lin Lian's residence and knocked on the door.

"Come in!"

The voice of Alchemist Lin came.

Zhang Zhiwen opened the door and walked in.

"See Master!"

He saluted honestly and respectfully.

Alchemist Lin frowned when he saw it was Zhang Zhiwen, and said impatiently: "What are you doing here?"

Zhang Zhiwen raised his head and saw Lin Alchemist reading a book. The book in his hand seemed to be a medicinal book. Next to him, there was a wooden shelf with a long sword placed on the shelf.

At this moment, Alchemist Lin was not wearing a green shirt, just simple casual clothes. He was obviously recuperating at home.

Zhang Zhiwen took a brief look at the situation here and replied truthfully: "This disciple is here to visit the master, and at the same time he is here to pay his membership dues."

"Oh?..." Alchemist Lin was a little surprised. He probably didn't expect Zhang Zhiwen to have the money to pay the membership fee.

Zhang Zhiwen stepped forward, took out twenty silver leaves and placed them on the table.

Seeing these silver leaves, Alchemist Lin's expression finally softened a lot, but there was still a suspicious look in his eyes, and he obviously couldn't believe that Zhang Zhiwen could actually take out these silver leaves.

However, the Chamber of Commerce did not stipulate how disciples should make money, so he naturally did not ask any more questions. He just nodded: "Well, I did pretty well. For the sake of paying your membership fees in time, I have a book here. Just take it and take a look."

Alchemist Lin took out a book from the drawer and threw it in front of Zhang Zhiwen.

"Introduction to basic alchemy?" Zhang Zhiwen was a little surprised. He didn't expect that alchemist Lin gave him this book.

"Yes, take it and practice hard. Don't embarrass me when the time comes for the medicine hall test."

Although Lin Lian's words were not pleasant, his tone was obviously not so cold.

"Yes." Of course Zhang Zhiwen still looked respectful. Besides, this book was also very helpful to him. He had no common sense at all when it came to refining medicine.

"Okay, if you have nothing to do, just go down."

Alchemist Lin waved his hand, signaling Zhang Zhiwen to leave.

Zhang Zhiwen naturally understood what was going on and bowed again before retreating. However, Alchemist Lin suddenly stopped him and said, "Wait a minute."

Zhang Zhiwen stopped and looked at the other person in confusion.

Alchemist Lin seemed to think about it for a moment, and then said: "Don't run around during this period, it's not peaceful outside."

Zhang Zhiwen was startled, but soon he clasped his fists and saluted: "Yes, disciple understands."

"Well, you go ahead."

Alchemist Lin was still very satisfied with Zhang Zhiwen's attitude, so his tone had softened.

Zhang Zhiwen left here. After coming out, he was still thinking about why Alchemist Lin said those words. Why was it not peaceful outside?

But he doesn't know much about it, and no matter how peaceful it is outside, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with him. The most important thing for him now is to quickly find the mysterious soil.

At this time, Yan Ling and others also came. This is the place where the alchemist lives. They also come to visit the master every month. Although these masters are hands-off shopkeepers, the rules cannot be broken.

They immediately saw Zhang Zhiwen coming towards them, and both parties stopped involuntarily.

"Haha, Junior Brother Zhang, are you here too?" Although Yan Ling smiled, his eyes were obviously a little surprised. He obviously didn't expect Zhang Zhiwen to have collected enough membership fees. After all, those who can come to see the master must have collected enough. I paid the membership fee, otherwise how could I come in advance?

Zhang Zhiwen naturally greeted them politely.

After some pleasantries, Yan Ling said again: "Junior brother Zhang, I don't know how your martial arts studies have been lately?"

Zhang Zhiwen was stunned for a moment, wondering why his senior brother suddenly asked about this matter.

However, he still cupped his fists and said modestly: "Of course I can't compare to my senior brothers and sisters. My skills are just for training my body and bones."

"Hey, Junior Brother Zhang, you have to hurry up. I heard that we are not at peace in Wuping during this period."

Yan Ling said, seeming to be serious.

"Yes, junior brother, I recently heard that some thieves on the wanted list have arrived. These thieves are very powerful in martial arts. Some people have been killed in the city."

Zhou Wan also followed suit.

Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help but be a little surprised, what is the wanted list? And why do these thieves come to Wuping County to kill people? What does this matter have to do with him? He was confused when he heard it. In addition, Alchemist Lin had just mentioned this matter. Could it be that this matter was related to the Chamber of Commerce?

"Seeing that you guys are talking nonsense, junior brother is confused. Junior brother, the thing is like this..."

Li Xiaoqing is a girl and has a more delicate mind. Seeing Zhang Zhiwen's stunned look, she started to explain.

After listening to her explanation, Zhang Zhiwen finally understood.

It turns out that the so-called wanted list is a list ranked by Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng, and Bai Xiaosheng is not the name of a person, but the name of a Jianghu organization, which is probably some kind of intelligence organization. They are responsible for collecting various important news in Jianghu. , and released these important news from time to time. Over time, some lists were produced.

For example, this wanted list is one kind of list, which is different from the government's wanted list.

The people on the wanted list are jointly wanted by Jianghu gangs. Most of these people are gangsters such as killers. These killers have killed some gang disciples and even elders, and offended these gangs, so these gangs jointly issued arrest warrants. , and ordinary wanted people are not qualified to be on this list. They must be the kind of killers who have killed top masters or above to be eligible to be on the list.

Usually this kind of killer has high martial arts skills, and if someone kills the killer on the list, he will not only get generous rewards, but also jump into the Jianghu Dragon Ranking.

The so-called dragon list is naturally the martial arts ranking list. If you can be on this list, you will have a bright future and will definitely be the target of recruitment by major gangs.

However, for Yan Ling and others, they naturally would not count on the Dragon List. They could not avoid such killers because no one knew when the other party would kill someone and who they would kill. Die unjustly at the sword of the other party.

But Zhang Zhiwen didn't care very much. How could such a killer like them? But since there are these rumors in Wuping County, it is estimated that something has indeed happened. Otherwise, how could it cause people to panic?

However, Zhang Zhiwen felt that things were not that simple. If these killers really came to Wuping County to kill people, how could they let everyone know in a big way? I'm afraid there are some ulterior things going on, right?

Doesn’t it mean that as long as you kill these killers, you can gain both fame and fortune? But these killers are bound to be difficult to show up. So if we create some chaos, such as killing innocent people indiscriminately, and blaming these killers for this matter, wouldn't this arouse the anger of the masses? Will these killers be forced to show up then?

In this world, any means are possible for the sake of fame and fortune. There must be times when those killers can't hold it in anymore. I'm afraid not many people can bear to swallow their anger when someone throws dirty water on them.

In this case, Zhang Zhiwen had to be vigilant. People who spread dirt like to target weak people, and an alchemy apprentice like him must be the best target. Killing him must not be risky, but it will anger the chamber of commerce. With the strength of the Chamber of Commerce, they will inevitably intervene. Otherwise, wouldn’t the Chamber of Commerce lose all its face?

No wonder Yan Ling and others were so nervous, and no wonder Alchemist Lin specifically asked him about this matter.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Zhiwen roughly understood what was going on.

It seems that for blacksmithing, you need to be strong yourself. Get a better martial arts secret book as soon as possible, and then practice diligently, so that you can settle down and live in this world, otherwise you don't know if you will be wiped out by others when you walk on the road.

This world is indeed not peaceful!

In this way, he said goodbye to Yan Ling and others and went to the martial arts field in the main hall outside.

His appearance immediately attracted the attention of Wang Kun and others. These people were so angry that they had nowhere to vent their anger. There was nothing they could do against Yan Ling and others. Now that they saw Zhang Zhiwen coming out alone, could they let him go so easily?

So Wang Kun and others quickly came over and surrounded Zhang Zhiwen.

"Hey, isn't this the new junior brother who just arrived?"

Wang Kun had met Zhang Zhiwen, so he recognized that Zhang Zhiwen was new.

When Zhang Zhiwen saw them, of course he knew what this group of people was going to do. He had been outside all year round and encountered too many such things, so he was not surprised. If this group of people didn't find something to cause trouble, they would be Everyone will feel uncomfortable.

So he was not nervous, but calmly clasped his fists and said, "I've met all of you, brothers and sisters!"

"Hey, stop doing this. Let me ask you, how have you been learning martial arts during this time?"

Wang Kun waved his hand impatiently, with a lecturing tone.

"Senior brother, I haven't practiced martial arts yet." Zhang Zhiwen still looked very calm.

Wang Kun was blocked by these words. He couldn't help but widen his eyes: "What? You haven't practiced martial arts yet?"

"That's right, I am penniless and cannot compare with my brothers and sisters, so I can't afford martial arts secret books."

Zhang Zhiwen is still neither arrogant nor humble.

At this time, not to mention Wang Kun, all the disciples in white were dumbfounded. Are they too poor to afford the lowest level martial arts secret book?

In the eyes of rich people, they cannot understand poor people like Zhang Zhiwen.

In their view, after entering the medicine hall and becoming a disciple of the Chamber of Commerce, shouldn't they be able to easily get a low-level martial arts secret book and then learn some martial arts casually?

If it was said that there was no money to refine medicine, then they would understand. After all, they all thought that refining medicine was very expensive, but if they couldn't afford low-level martial arts secrets with ten silver leaves, they basically couldn't understand.

"Farewell!"

Seeing them dumbfounded, Zhang Zhiwen didn't want to waste time and left here.

"stop!"

Suddenly, a voice called out to Zhang Zhiwen. Zhang Zhiwen turned around and saw that it was Li Mohuan who called out to him.