Chapter 40: Money can make the little devil open the door
"Moo Spring Ox, Spring..."
Spring is naturally not an attribute.
However, Zhou Qing practiced the Xiantian Neijing Diagram, in which there are three gates above the spine: the coccyx gate, the paravertebral gate, and the occipital gate. However, these three important gates are already unobstructed and there is no need to worry about them.
What he noticed was that an adult's spine has twenty-six vertebrae.
Aside from the two bones at the very end of the sacrum, the remaining cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, and lumbar vertebrae together total exactly twenty-four, representing the twenty-four steps to heaven, which also correspond to the twenty-four solar terms.
Therefore, after seeing Moo Spring Ox, Zhou Qing had another idea. That is, while the first four soul rings contain the four elements of earth, water, wind and fire, they can also include the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
According to the Xiantian Neijing diagram, if one wants to create an inner world, the rotation of the four seasons is essential. The spine runs through the human body, and the twenty-four vertebrae correspond to the twenty-four solar terms, which will definitely reduce a lot of trouble for future practice.
"Sure enough, the more basic the practice, the more prepared you should be to lay a solid foundation." Zhou Qing took note of Moo Spring Ox as a backup for his first soul ring in the future.
After all, the books on soul beasts that he has access to now are too scarce. It is better to wait until he enters Notting College and read them in the library before making a more detailed consideration...
Day two.
Old Jack found Zhou Qing with a dejected look on his face.
【Failed? 】
Zhou Qing immediately understood that Old Jack had not gotten another work-study student quota from other villages, so he said, "Grandpa Old Jack, don't worry. My family still has some savings. It's just a work-study student quota. I can be a regular student."
“Ah, the expenses in the city are so high.” Old Jack felt a little sorry for Zhou Qing and could only complain, “The quota shared by the other six villages was given to a little girl, who also has full innate soul power, and a beast martial soul, a soft bone rabbit…”
Xiao Wu?
Zhou Qing was stunned. He didn't expect that Xiao Wu actually occupied the work-study student quota shared by the other six villages within a few dozen miles of Shenghun Village.
But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
After all, Xiao Wu is the incarnation of a hundred thousand year old soul beast and has no identity of a normal human being at all. In the original novel, she went to Notting Junior Soul Master College as a work-study student, and that work-study student identity could not be something she made up. Without a certificate issued by the Spirit Hall, Xiao Wu could not even enter the gate of the academy - with Xiao Wu's temper in the original novel, it was impossible for her to climb over the wall, and she would most likely quarrel with the doorman.
"Grandpa Jack, don't worry, I can make money during my studies." Zhou Qing was not worried about money. You know, the legacy left by the Soul Saint, gold soul coins alone, was more than three million. After dividing it equally with Tang San, there was more than one and a half million. There was no need to worry about spending.
"Well then." Old Jack sighed and continued, "I will talk to the villagers who want to rent your land and ask them to raise the rent for you."
Zhou Qing did not refuse this.
After all, wealth should not be exposed.
After helping Old Jack home, Zhou Qing walked to the blacksmith shop where Tang San was and heard the bang bang sound of forging. It was different from the previous ones and had a certain rhythm.
It's obvious that Tang San didn't go to the forge early today. It was probably because Tang Hao was teaching him the Chaos Cloak Hammer Technique. But Tang Hao only remembered to take care of Tang San's emotions at this time, which was a bit too deliberate...
In the blink of an eye, it was the day for school to start in Nottingham.
On the day before departure, Zhou Qing and Tang San went to visit the Lingyun Turtle, whose injuries had recovered and no longer needed them to clean the impurities in the cracks of its shell regularly, and to do the final cleaning of the secret base before leaving.
And today, Zhou Qing said goodbye to his friends in the village, got on the ox cart with Tang San, and drove towards Nottingham City with Old Jack.
Look back.
Looking at the silhouette of the Holy Soul Village gradually disappearing into the distance, Zhou Qing was filled with emotion: "It's been six years! I've been in this world for six years, and I'm finally leaving the village." Although he has lived two lives and before setting off, Zhou Qing had even summarized the general direction of his cultivation path, but when he really went out, he was still a little confused.
However, this confusion soon dissipated and turned into determination... maybe.
Although the distance between Holy Soul Village and Notting City is not far, it still took nearly a morning to reach the outskirts of Notting City at the speed of an ox cart.
Zhou Qing could see the city gate of Nottingham from afar. Its height alone was over twenty meters.
On the door, there are three big words "Nottingham City".
Arriving at the city gate, Old Jack got off the car, led the ox cart, walked into the city gate passage, and said to Zhou Qing and Tang San: "In the city, except for nobles and spirit masters of high status, other civilians cannot drive."
Perhaps this was for the sake of traffic and public security stability in the city, but Zhou Qing also saw another point: the hierarchy between nobles, soul masters, and civilians was clear.
Thinking back to how his civilian parents, whom he had never met, were killed by a soul master on the grounds of "colliding with the soul master"... I'm afraid that even if a soul master kills someone accidentally, he would be innocent as long as he can find a sufficient reason.
In this era, the lives of civilians are not lives.
Perhaps in those big cities, the conflicts of interest and mutual attacks between various major forces would try their best not to leave any evidence, but in such small cities, it is probably more common for nobles to abuse their power.
The apparent order and laws do exist, but in most cases, as long as it involves a soul master, and there are many networks of relationships behind the soul master, I am afraid that justice will not favor civilians.
Even if the Spirit Hall can uphold justice, they also have to consider business issues. After all, the city of Notting is essentially ruled by the city lord and his faction of officials and spirit masters, not the Spirit Hall.
The Spirit Hall also prefers soul masters, civilian soul masters, rather than civilians themselves.
After entering Notting City, Old Jack parked the ox cart at a nearby post station and took Zhou Qing and Tang San to the Junior Soul Master Academy.
Come to the gate.
The concierge saw someone coming and immediately stepped forward, glancing at the coarse linen clothes on Old Jack, his eyes full of disdain as he said, "What are you doing? This is not a place for country bumpkins."
Old Jack took out Zhou Qing and Tang San's martial spirit certificates and said to the doorman: "My little brother, we are from the Holy Spirit Village. These two are children from the village. They come here to study. One of them is a work-study student."
The doorman took a look at the martial spirit certificate and frowned.
Can a useless martial soul like Blue Silver Grass have full innate soul power?
And the heart spirit...
A part of the body? The martial spirit of the deputy city lord's daughter seems to be a part of the body, the brain...
"Sir, can we go in?" Zhou Qing said, reaching into his pocket, and two Silver Soul Coins fell out and rolled out of the door.
Hearing the familiar voice, the concierge immediately returned the martial spirit certificate to Old Jack, opened the door, bent down to pick up the two silver soul coins, pointed in a direction without looking back, and said: "This is the silver soul coin I dropped! You guys go in! The registration office is over there!"
Just as Old Jack was about to say something, Zhou Qing pulled him back and said, "Forget it, Grandpa Jack, let's go in."
"No, you guys go in, I'll go back."
Old Jack looked at the open space and tall teaching buildings in the Junior Soul Master Academy. He felt that the buildings in the Holy Soul Village could not compare to them at all. He couldn't help feeling timid in his heart and decided to go back.
"OK then."
After watching Old Jack's back disappear, Zhou Qingcai and Tang San walked towards the reporting office...
(End of this chapter)
