Chapter 458: The Laughing Stock of the Town

The three old men all turned their attention to Su Yan, who was approaching. When the three of them saw Su Yan, their expressions immediately showed a trace of solemnity.

Judging from her appearance and dress, this woman who has just stepped onto the stage is anything but simple. He was just in his early twenties and his cultivation had almost reached the middle stage of bone refining. He was dressed in gorgeous clothes that wrapped his graceful curves, and his hair was neatly tied on top of his head. It was in sharp contrast to the slovenly Zuo Feng beside him. It also shows the extraordinary origin of the woman.

The gray-haired old man among the three slowly said: "Lao Xie Lin is the city lord of Tushan City nearby. I didn't know that you, girl, are..."

The other party announced the name of the city lord. There was no change in his plain expression, but Zuo Feng frowned unconsciously. The other two old men noticed that there was no change in their plain expressions, and they obviously did not take the city lord or the like seriously. But Zuo Feng, who was wearing a bamboo hat, had a different look in his eyes. They immediately judged that the name of "City Lord" had intimidated Zuo Feng.

But in fact, Zuo Feng was shocked. How could this old man, who was only six or seven levels in the middle stage of tempering, become the leader of a city? With such strength, even in the smallest city in Ye Lin, he could barely climb to the rank of leader. Just a bit.

It was not convenient to ask questions at the moment. Zuo Feng also saw that the three old men were very concerned about Su Yan. Zuo Feng didn't know much about the situation here, so he simply left the matter in front of Su Yan to handle.

During the brief conversation between the three people, people were already gathering under the high platform. By the time Zuo Feng noticed it, no less than 200 people had gathered under the high platform.

Su Yan didn't seem to care about anything around her, and she didn't pay any attention to the three old men in front of her. He smiled calmly and said: "I am also from a little-known family in Linshan County. It is not enough to mention it to taint everyone's ears. However, this friend of mine was the first to participate in the competition to select medicine. Don't bully outsiders. People.”

The old man in green robe, who had always looked down on Zuo Feng, spoke again: "I am the mayor of Tushan Town. I have the right to set the registration fee for Tushan Town myself, provided that the city lord above us agrees. That’s it. Looking at what you were talking about just now, you should be aware of this rule of the empire.”

Before the old man finished speaking, the beauty without makeup was already frowning. It was obviously the old man's words that aroused her true anger. After snorting coldly, he pointed at the crowd below and said, "Could it be that these people also paid ten gold coins to sign up?"

The old man in green sneered and said, "To be honest, the amount they paid was only ten copper coins."

Seeing that Suyan was about to ask a question, he waved his hand and continued: "But today is the last day for registration. If I say ten gold coins, it means ten. As long as the city lord next to me allows it, I can say how much it is." "

As he said this, the green-robed old man looked at Zuo Feng with a sarcastic look, and then turned to look at the white-haired old man beside him. The old man who claimed to be the Lord of Tushan City was stunned for a moment, then nodded to Su Yan with a smile. .

Su Yan was clearly angry at this time, her chest was rising and falling violently. Zuo Feng saw that she was about to have an attack and quickly reached out to hold her back. Suyan was about to take a step forward, but with her fiery temper and financial background, how could she take such a group of people seriously.

Zuo Feng could clearly guess what Su Yan was thinking, but he also knew that making matters more difficult would only cause more trouble for him. Under today's circumstances, it was certainly better to have one less problem than one more thing.

One hand held Su Yan, the other reached into her arms and fumbled around, then took out ten gold coins. Just now the three old men saw that Zuo Feng wanted to spend money, and now it seemed that Zuo Feng was really able to come up with such a large amount of money.

For an ordinary family, these ten gold coins are definitely a huge amount of money. It would be difficult for an ordinary mountain family to save ten gold coins in a few years. So when Zuo Feng took out these ten gold coins, there were voices of discussion below the high platform, pointing and guessing Zuo Feng's origin.

The three old men looked at each other. The old man in green robe looked at Zuo Feng with a greedy look on his face, and said with a smile: "This little friend heard what I said before. If you fail to pass the preliminary round of this competition, then This registration fee will not be refunded.”

Zuo Feng held Su Yan tightly, who was about to get angry, and nodded: "I listened to the mayor's words lightly. Since it is your rules, I will just follow them."

As soon as these words fell, Zuo Feng felt a strong force coming from his palm, and then Su Yan shook Zuo Feng's hand away fiercely. When he turned around to look, he saw Su Yan looking at him with hidden anger. Looking at Zuo Feng's plain face, it was obvious that she didn't like Zuo Feng's submissive appearance, but she had nothing to do with Zuo Feng's words.

Looking at her plain appearance, Zuo Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head, and was about to hand over the gold coins in his hand. But Suyan grabbed his wrist with her backhand. Under Zuo Feng's puzzled gaze, Suyan slowly said: "Then according to the rules, if he is finally selected in your town's competition, you need ten times the amount. I don’t think you have the right to change this rule as long as the registration fee is refunded.”

The smiles on the faces of the three old men instantly faded, and they looked at each other with a hint of shock in each other's eyes. The young man looked like a country boy who had never seen the world, but this girl was very different.

If the previous rules are known to everyone who was born and raised in the Xuanwu Empire, then the latter rule that cannot be changed is not known to everyone. Only those who can really stand out in the selection can know this, and such a proportion is really rare in the Xuanwu Empire.

Generally, those who stand out in the selection return the few copper coins, and no one takes it too seriously, and no one pursues whether this rule is part of the empire that cannot be changed. So the fact that the girl in front of them knows this also shocked several old men.

The blue-robed old man and the green-robed old man looked at each other, and finally the blue-robed old man said: "Since you know it so well, we don't need to explain it to you anymore. This young man will pay ten gold coins as the registration fee. If he can stand out in the selection, not only will the registration fee be returned, but we will also give him ten times the reward."

Zuo Feng, who originally wanted to hand over the money, was stunned. He didn't expect that participating in the selection of medicine boys without spending money could actually make money.

While laughing secretly in his heart, he suddenly found that Su Yan's face beside him had a strange color. If someone met Su Yan for the first time, they might think she was thinking about something, but Zuo Feng had been with her for some time, and he could see at a glance that Su Yan was thinking of something bad.

If Su Yan was lost in thought, her face would be very calm, but now her eyes were flickering.

Since he planned to leave everything to Su Yan, Zuo Feng did not say anything. Anyway, he could just give his name in the end. After hesitating for a while, Su Yan cast her eyes at Zuo Feng thoughtfully.

The green-robed old man saw Su Yan's cautious look and said, "I think the girl has no confidence in your friend. I think you should leave quickly to avoid losing face and money."

These words seemed to be well-intentioned advice, but anyone could hear that he was mocking and provoking Su Yan. Su Yan seemed to have made up her mind. After a little hesitation, she said, "It's not that I don't trust my friend's ability, but I suddenly remembered another rule of the selection of medicine boys, which is that you can bet on the contestants."

The three old men on the high platform changed color at the same time, looking at Su Yan as if she were a fool. None of them expressed their opinions, as if they were confirming whether what Su Yan had just said was true.

The green-robed old man was the first to react, but before he could speak, he was pulled by the gray-haired old man, who then whispered a few words in his ear. Others could not hear any sound at all, but Zuo Feng clearly heard that it was the city lord who whispered to the green-robed old man to be careful.

Just at this time, Su Yan said, "Why, is it that your Tushan Town can't afford the bet? Weren't you full of confidence just now?"

The crowd watching the excitement below immediately heard a discussion, and they didn't understand Su Yan's behavior of provoking the old man here.

The old man in green robe hesitated for a moment and then said, "Since you have such a request, don't say I cheated you. I wonder how much you want to bet."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, Su Yan casually threw out a piece of orange-yellow object. You can tell it's a gold cake without looking carefully.

After seeing the heavy gold cake in their hands, the three old men were stunned. They had already seen that the woman named Su Yan was unusual, and now they were more certain of their guesses. However, the three old men looked at each other, and then looked at Zuo Feng who was stunned. Finally, the three of them couldn't help but smile brightly.

The old man in green robe stood up with a smile on his face and said, "Since this young friend wants to participate in the selection of medicine children so much, then our Tushan Town has decided to accept your registration. Come to the front."

When the old man's voice fell, the voices in the crowd below the high platform became louder, but Zuo Feng walked to the table without caring and put down the ten gold coins in his hand.

The registration process was very simple. Just record Zuo Feng's name, age and other identity information, and then take out a small bronze medal and give it to Zuo Feng.

Looking at the small bronze medal in his hand, Zuo Feng couldn't help but frown slightly, because this pass card looked particularly rough, and even seemed to be very old. The edges of the pass card have been worn and faded, while the middle part has obvious rust.

There is a herb on the front of the bronze medal, and the words "No. 95" are engraved on the back. After Zuo Feng put the bronze medal away, he found that Su Yan had already walked down the stage. Although Zuo Feng had many questions in his heart, he could only wait until he left here.

Just as Zuo Feng and Su Yan walked down the stage, more than 200 people in the audience immediately laughed. The eyes of those people were like looking at a fool, making Zuo Feng seem to be in Zuojia Village when he was disabled.