The sign hanging in front of the academy door has long since faded because it has not been taken care of for too long, and the original word "Transparent" has become "Tongyue".
Lin Sheng walked towards the academy without hesitation.
As soon as he entered the academy, he saw an old man with a rickety figure and a considerable age. He was lying on a rocking chair, holding a colorful unknown book in his hand, shaking his head and looking at it with a lewd smile on his face from time to time.
Seemingly noticing someone coming in, the old man immediately put the book under his body, stood up, and looked at Lin Sheng with a smile on his face.
"I don't know what book the guest wants to read. Just tell me and I will find it for you."
"I'm looking for a copy of Xifengzi's Travels. Is it available here?"
Lin Sheng spoke lightly.
The old man didn't change much when he heard the name, and he immediately spoke.
"There are three articles in total Xifengzi's Travels. Which one does the guest want?"
"The third article Falling Water Tour." Lin Sheng simply broke out.
Only then did his eyes flicker.
"In that case, guests, please follow me to the inner room to choose."
The old man immediately led Lin Sheng towards the yard. He didn't speak lightly until he entered a side room at the back of the yard.
"Proof of identity, please."
Lin Sheng naturally understood what it was, and immediately took out the coat of arms representing his identity from his arms.
After seeing the Dark Star Emblem, the old man took it and examined it carefully before handing it back.
"Are you Ghost Face?"
The old man looked Lin Sheng up and down at this time, with a bit of curiosity in his eyes.
Hearing the old man directly reveal his name, Lin Sheng frowned slightly.
"You don't need to think too much, I can recognize you directly, firstly, in addition to the news coming from above a few days ago, and secondly, because of your identity coat of arms."
As if he knew what Lin Sheng was thinking, the old man said with a smile.
"Heraldry?" Lin Sheng was stunned.
"That's right, it's a coat of arms. Every coat of arms issued by the organization is unique."
As he spoke, the old man flipped his wrist, and there was already a Gray Star Emissary Emblem in his hand that was almost the same as Lin Sheng.
"This is my coat of arms, you can call me Yellow Dog."
The old man said with a smile.
Lin Sheng glanced over its coat of arms, and indeed found something different.
There is a faint cloud pattern on the front of Yellow Dog's coat of arms. You can't see it at all unless you look carefully.
Lin Sheng's own coat of arms has a crescent pattern on the front.
Obviously this is the difference between the two, and it is also a status symbol to some extent.
"That's it." Lin Sheng nodded.
"Looking at you, I can tell that guy Mu Niu didn't tell you anything. He is really lazy."
The old man shook his head, with a look of helplessness on his face.
"You can wear a mask when you come to the station in the future. A human skin mask is best. After all, our organization is unlikely to see the light. Although nothing will happen in a small place like this, it is always good to be careful."
"I understand, but it's hard to see what you mean?"
Seeing the old man say this, Lin Sheng asked in time.
Speaking of which, he didn't know much about Dark Star's organization. There was no such information in the booklet Mu Niu gave him before.
"What else can I mean? Our Dark Star organization is on Northern Yan's wanted list."
The old man said calmly.
"As for why, it's because the founder of Dark Star is Former Dynasty Royal Family. Even after so many years, half of the senior Dark Star Emissarys in the organization are still descendants of the Former Dynasty Royal Family."
Lin Sheng frowned when he heard this. He really never thought that Dark Star had such a background.
Lin Sheng couldn't help but flash the drama of the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, and he also understood why Lin Miao did not disclose the slightest bit of the situation, obviously because he was afraid of affecting his family.
Although there are many aristocratic families and sects in the Great Yan Kingdom, the strongest one is always Imperial Court, and it has an overwhelming advantage.
Otherwise, it would not have been able to remain in power for hundreds of years.
Lin Sheng suddenly felt like he was on a pirate ship, but if he thought about it carefully, it was nothing.
Dark Star organization has been established for many years and is still alive today. It naturally has its own way of survival. As long as you are careful, nothing big will happen.
Moreover, the cheap brother has already joined it, and he should even be a high-level member. If he is exposed, he will not be able to escape.
It is better to use the convenience of Dark Star organization to improve your strength as soon as possible.
Seeing that the expression on Lin Sheng's face did not change, the old man did not continue talking, but changed the topic and spoke again.
"Hello, you came here this time to get your martial arts skills, right? Now there are these second-rate martial arts in Linjiang Prefecture Branch Office station. You can take a look and see which one you are interested in."
As he spoke, the old man handed Lin Sheng a book without a cover.
It was said that the booklet actually only had a few pages. Lin Sheng took it and flipped through it, and couldn't help but be surprised.
"There are so many?"
No wonder he was so surprised. There were no less than twenty second-rate martial arts recorded in the few pages of the book in his hand.
Although second-rate martial arts are not as precious as first-rate martial arts, their value is not low. In Lin'an County City, they are all valuable and marketless. Each one can easily be sold for thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of silver.
But in front of him, there were more than twenty movies for him to choose from.
"This is just the inventory in the Linjiang Prefecture station, not everything in the organization." Huang Quan, who was squatting at the door and looking at the colorful book before, said casually.
"Don't underestimate us Dark Star. There are still some second-rate martial arts practitioners in the organization."
"Hundreds of second-rate martial arts." Lin Sheng couldn't help but take a breath, what is the concept of Baibu's second-rate martial arts.
With such a big Lin'an County City, all the second-rate martial arts in total are probably only a dozen or so.
Excluding those repetitive martial arts, the number of second-rate martial arts in the entire Linjiang Prefecture range is probably only a hundred at most, and these are still scattered among various forces.
One can imagine the shock brought by Dark Star organization 100 second-rate martial arts, and this does not include those first-rate martial arts with higher value or even higher real skills.
No wonder Great Yan was able to survive and thrive under the wanted list. Dark Star organization's background is indeed strong.
The shock in his heart did not last long, and soon Lin Sheng put away his mood and began to sift through the exercises in the book.
[Surrounding Cloud Ring Palm]: The cycle of advance and retreat, back and forth is like the wind, and the shots are surrounded by the breeze, which is hard to guard against...
[White Rainbow Sword Style]: The style of following others, borrowing their strength, using stillness to stop, the last move comes first, the sword moves return to their original nature, and the killing is impressive...
[One Character Hunyuan Leg]... [Tiger Step Bajiquan Saber]... [Iron Shoulder Mountain Splitting Hand]...
Lin Sheng glanced at the names of second-rate martial arts. The booklet recorded not only the names of these martial arts, but also a brief introduction to each martial arts technique, allowing the person who chose to better determine what he wanted.
This is extremely convenient, but with so many exercises in front of you, Lin Sheng feels quite overwhelmed.
"The leg skills are not suitable. I already have Ape Fetus Technique, which is not lacking in leg skills, the palm skills are okay, and the strength route is okay. As for the sword skills and sword skills, they seem to be just fine..."
He was thinking while watching, trying to find a martial arts technique that was more suitable for his current situation.
Ape Fetus Technique This martial arts is considered top-notch among the second-rate martial arts. It has no shortcomings and its speed burst is pretty good, so he was a little undecided about what kind of martial arts he wanted.
His eyes passed over the martial arts recorded in the book one by one. He quickly turned to the last page of the book with only a few pages, and finally his eyes fixed on a martial art on the last page.
[Three Corpses Soul Severing Palm]: This skill is extremely poisonous. There are strange poisons in the palm technique, which makes it difficult for people to guard against. It is difficult to practice and it is difficult to become a fire...
The introduction of this technique is quite powerful, but it seems to have a lot of disadvantages, but Lin Sheng is quite interested in it.
After thinking about it for a moment, he decided that this was it.
"I choose this one."
Lin Sheng handed the booklet to Yellow Dog. When he saw the exercise chosen by Lin Sheng, Yellow Dog was stunned, with a strange look on his face.
"Why did you choose this technique? It is best not to choose to practice any of the techniques listed on the last page of the booklet."
"Although the power of those skills seems pretty good, they all have serious side effects, and the practice process is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you will die before the skills are completed."
Yellow Dog opened his mouth to explain, as if he was afraid that Lin Sheng wouldn't believe it, so he gave another example.
"Three Corpses Soul Severing Palm This skill has been practiced before by someone who was not afraid of death. Moreover, the practice progressed rapidly and the power was quite vicious and cruel. However, that person had just reached a small level of success in this skill. One day, he was found dead at home. His whole body had turned into sewage. How can one word describe how miserable that person is?"
While talking about Yellow Dog, he also chewed his teeth, his face full of regret.
"Speaking of which, that person is still a genius with quite good talents, tsk tsk..."
"Is there still such a thing!?"
Lin Sheng raised an eyebrow.
"That's for sure. Hurry up and change to another one. The martial arts in the front of this book are all good. Do you need me to recommend some to you?"
Yellow Dog had a smile on his face, as if he was sure that after he said this example, the other party would not be stunned.
"Thank you for your kindness, but no, I will choose this Three Corpses Soul Severing Palm."
Lin Sheng shook his head and had no intention of giving up.
"This kicking technique is pretty good, you..."
Yellow Dog was minding his own business recommending Lin Sheng. He suddenly reacted and pointed at Lin Sheng, not knowing what to say.
"Did you not understand what I just said? How about I tell you again??"
"No need, this technique is quite suitable for me. I still have some research on the poison path."
Lin Sheng shook his head slightly and said with a smile.
"Hmph, you think those people who died suddenly after practicing cultivation didn't know enough about poisonous ways."
"Forget it, it's up to you to make your own choice, but as the saying goes, if anything happens in the future, you must not blame it on me."
Yellow Dog seemed to have thought of something and said something quickly.
"Of course." Lin Sheng nodded.
"Then just wait a moment and I'll get it for you."
After saying that, Yellow Dog had already stepped out of the room very quickly.
After a full stick of incense had passed, his rickety figure returned. His clothes were stained with dust, and he handed over a yellowed book in his hand.
"Ahem... No one has practiced this technique for many years. It's really hard to find TND. I'll give it to you. This is what you want."
"If you choose other techniques, it will take some time for Prefecture City to be sent to you. It won't be so troublesome if you choose this Three Corpses Soul Severing Palm."
Yellow Dog threw the obscene book directly.
After catching the book, Lin Sheng glanced at the dark blue cover, patted the dust on it, and then put it in his arms.
"Also, can I receive the tasks issued by the organization here?"
He is quite interested in the tasks in Dark Star. He wants to see what the Gray Star Emissary level tasks are like? If possible, he wouldn't mind completing one or two of them.
"Of course it's okay, come with me."
Yellow Dog led Lin Sheng to a nearby hut without saying anything.
The cabin was poorly furnished, so Kizaru stepped directly on a slightly raised floor tile on the ground. With the sound of a brick wall shifting, a dark room appeared.
On a wall in the dark room, there are many thick pine and flower papers hanging.
The pine flower paper edges are available in four colors: gray, brown, red and dark.
The colors above correspond to the task levels. All the tasks written on the pine flower paper here are basically tasks belonging to Linjiang Prefecture.
Lin Sheng nodded and glanced across these pine flower papers. When he saw the contents of a dark pine flower paper hanging at the highest point, he paused for a moment.
[Dark Star-level mission: Kill King Zhao Hongzhang of Yan. Mission reward: Profound Technique (Supreme Heavenly Demon Scripture) in its entirety and two Divine Scolding Glazed Pill.]
"Kill King Yan?"
Seeing this Lin Sheng, I shook my head slightly.
This mission is too abnormal. Although he has only been in this world for a few months, he has also heard about the strength of the current King Yan.
What is powerful is not King Yan's own realm strength, but the Sky Rainbow Pavilion he created, which is the most powerful violent organization in the entire Great Yan today.
It was because of the existence of the Sky Rainbow Pavilion that he was able to overwhelm all the aristocratic families, including many masters. Even Southern Qi Kingdom, who was always known for his martial arts, did not get any benefits.
Of course, what interests Lin Sheng the most is the reward for completing this task.
"Profound Technique?" This was the first time he heard this word. I'm afraid this is a more powerful technique than the real technique.
He thought this in his heart, but of course he could only think about it. This kind of skill was still too far away from him now.
As for Divine Scolding Glazed Pill, it is an unheard-of elixir, but if it can be included in such a mission reward, it is definitely a magical elixir that is hard to find in the world.
Judging from the dark edge, the yellowed material of the pine flower paper and the thick dust on it, it's obvious that it has been hanging on the wall for an unknown amount of time.
Lin Sheng shook his head slightly and moved his gaze downwards, sweeping over the tasks representing Lie Xing and Hidden Star Emissary, landing on the gray-edged pine flower paper below.
[Gray Star Emissary mission: Kill Yangping Mountain deep in Spirit Beast Green-striped Golden-eyed Leopard, and take his blood and bones. The mission reward is 10,000 taels of silver notes and a bottle of Bone Strengthening Heart Nourishing Pill.]
Seeing this mission, Lin Sheng frowned slightly.
He has also heard of Green-striped Golden-eyed Leopard and Spirit Beast. It belongs to the lower class Spirit Beast and should be on the same level as Red-bellied Spirit Snake.
It walks like the wind, and it is a problem to find it, let alone kill it, and to kill this Green-striped Golden-eyed Leopard, I am afraid you must be at least a master of Blood Circulation Practitioner.
He looked at the other Gray Star Emissary tasks and found that except for this Green-striped Golden-eyed Leopard task, which was in Lin'an County, the rest were basically in other counties, or in Prefecture City.