si-mexico Chapter 806: Cramming for Knowledge
Chapter 806: Cramming for Knowledge
Chapter 806: Cramming for Knowledge
"Phew, is this what it feels like to enter the palace? I'm so nervous."
After leaving the Imperial Guard, Gu Heng looked back at the palace building one last time; it was truly oppressive inside!
However, despite his frustration, he felt that the overall strength of the Imperial Guard was not very good.
Even the clerk himself was seen as a "zero-threat" person.
The name "Imperial Guard" is definitely prestigious, powerful, and intimidating. Every member of this kind of imperial guard is a famous and powerful figure.
As for the abilities of those people inside... well, let's just say it's hard to describe.
He could probably fight his way in and out of here all by himself without much difficulty.
Gu Heng now felt that the Central Continent Dynasty might not be as strong as he had imagined, but this was, after all, the Xuan Tian Realm, not a place like the Immortal Realm or the Demon Realm where powerful beings were everywhere.
The potential of this world is already quite limited.
But it's hard to say. The Central Plains Dynasty is a behemoth. Although he doesn't understand the rules of the dynasty, Manager Jin Qian has told him a lot about the power and resources of this behemoth, which are not just what he sees on the surface.
Perhaps there are still some things he doesn't know.
He decided to meet his disciple first. Whether the Central Plains Dynasty was treacherous or not was none of his concern. However, considering that he was no longer a mortal, or even an ordinary cultivator...
Why don't you stop staying in this desolate city all the time and try becoming an official of the imperial court?
However, becoming an official is equivalent to settling down in the Central Plains Dynasty. He still has many places to go, especially the Demon Realm. He has already made a promise with Hua Yeli and Ning Hanyan that he will go back to see them.
to be honest.
Being an official is really just for the novelty; you might not want to do it anymore once the novelty wears off.
"Forget it, just take it one step at a time."
"Let's find an apprentice first."
Gu Heng pursed his lips.
All he wanted was to find the little girl; everything else could be ignored.
With that in mind, Gu Heng continued with his original plan and decided to take a stroll around the capital city.
The capital city is the largest city in Zhongzhou, with people coming and going, so news probably spreads very quickly. He first inquired to see if there was any news about the little girl.
...Gu Heng found a restaurant, asked for a table, and ordered a pot of tea and pastries.
Then they sat there for several hours, and the waiter refilled the teapot several times.
"It seems the little girl isn't that famous yet."
Gu Heng put down the list of successful candidates.
While strolling around the capital, he stumbled upon this list in a shop. According to the shopkeeper, it was a "List of Rising Stars of the Central Plains Dynasty" specially compiled by the Imperial Household Department!
The so-called Rising Star Ranking is a list of names that the Central Continent Dynasty has had since its founding. Only the youngest and most talented cultivators of the dynasty are qualified to be on the list.
This list only lists twenty names, meaning that anyone outside the top twenty will not be recorded unless they can be pushed off the list.
Gu Heng bought a copy, but Qin Yiyao's name wasn't on it. She wasn't on the list.
However, in comparison, everyone on this list is indeed young, and their backgrounds are either very impressive or very mysterious. His little girl is somewhat inferior in terms of background alone.
Moreover, considering when she started cultivating, she was one of the latecomers. She was ranked first on the new talent list, and she had a very low level of cultivation when she was born. She dared to hunt monsters alone when she was only five or six years old...
Gu Heng's assessment of this was that it was not human, but purely alien.
"Although I think she's a genius, perhaps she's not quite that genius yet?"
"But it's not bad to buy it as gossip."
Gu Heng didn't just buy into the rookie rankings.
He also bought many similar things, such as "Mysterious Treasures of the Heavens", "One Hundred Records of Supreme Treasures", "Illustrated Compendium of Monsters", "Supreme Power Ranking", "List of Mysterious Powers", "Records of Major Events in Cultivation", etc. Several hours passed, and he had read two or three of them. Although he had only skimmed through them and had not yet savored them, he was still enjoying them immensely!
When he was a mortal, he had never even heard of these things, let alone seen them. Now that he has become a cultivator, he should have acquired these books and read them more often.
Consider it a crash course in knowledge.
Although Manager Jin Qian often treated him to a meal, Jin Qian didn't tell him everything. There were always things he didn't know, or things he simply didn't find interesting and didn't want to talk about.
"Waiter, could you please refill my tea?"
Gu Heng pulled out the newly printed "List of Xuantian Powers" from a stack of books, noticed that the teapot was empty, and called the waiter over to refill the tea.
He also placed a few spirit stones on the table.
"Come on!"
The waiter was equally efficient, quickly providing the best service to this generous customer.
The waiter had seen his fair share of entertaining guests in the capital, but a guest like Gu Heng, who could casually toss out several high-grade spirit stones just to refill a cup of tea, was truly a rare sight.
It's not that everyone who's wealthy acts extravagantly, especially when they come to restaurants.
Gu Heng's behavior was somewhat as if he had too many spirit stones in his hands and didn't know what to do with them, or perhaps he simply felt they were useless and was just squandering them in a nonsensical way.
These several high-grade spirit stones are more than enough for him to enjoy the best service at the most upscale restaurants in the capital.
He has already given away dozens of them, and it seems he can continue to give them out.
But this restaurant was not high-class, and it had very few customers.
"Sir, is this your first time visiting the capital?"
The waiter understood, and while refilling the teapot, he asked, "Yes."
"Sir, you're new here and have bought so many of these books. You must be looking for something you want to know, but you might not find it by looking at these things."
The waiter carefully put away the spirit stones.
"Oh? How do you know?"
Gu Heng raised an eyebrow and looked at him.
"What these scrolls record are nothing more than the old clichés of cultivators. Nothing that can be put on the table is anything special."
"Sir, you're not here to find those things that are on the table, are you?"
His manner of speaking revealed the air of a seasoned veteran of the underworld. Gu Heng could tell that the waiter wasn't very old, but he seemed to have a lot of secrets hidden inside.
No wonder people say that restaurant owners and storytellers are prone to making a spectacle of themselves. "So, you know a lot, huh?"
"I dare not presume to know more than a little," the waiter said modestly.
"Hmm... then let me ask you, in the past year, have there been any young female cultivators in Zhongzhou who have risen to fame, who are only seventeen or eighteen years old and are not listed on the 'Rising Stars List'?"
Gu Heng put down the book in his hand and then slowly laid out ten spirit stones on the table.
He saw it clearly just now; the waiter's eyes lit up as soon as the spirit stone was placed on the table.
Ha, he may not have much else, but he has an abundance of spirit stones.