I studied beheading in a mental institution

"This gentleman, dare to ask, is Chang'an ahead?"

On the barren land, a young man with a bag on his back stopped an old man carrying a pole and asked respectfully.

"That's right, you'll be in Chang'an if you go about ten miles ahead, but you'd better make a five-mile detour from the southeast first."

Hearing this, doubts appeared on the young man's face, "Why?"

"There is a sky abyss in front of us. If you don't go around in advance, you just wait to walk along the edge of the abyss in the gully, it will be more difficult." The old man waved his hand and walked straight into the distance without further words.

"Tianyuan..." the young man murmured, "Before, I never heard of any Tianyuan near Chang'an?"

Although he was puzzled, he followed what the old man said and started to circle southeast.

This young man looks about 24 or [-], and is wearing a dark blue-colored coat full of dust. From a distance, he looks like a refined scholar with temperament, but if you look closely, you will find that his cuffs and the hem of his clothes are all mended. Even though the stitcher's skill is considered superb, there are still some slight color differences.

He put the heavy luggage on his back, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and walked forward step by step against the scorching sun.

After an unknown amount of time, he walked up a small soil slope and turned his head to look, only to see a huge abyss in the distance. The inner wall was extremely smooth, like an endless deep hole, and the bottom could not be seen at a glance.

"Near Chang'an, there is such a miracle..." Shock appeared in the young man's eyes. He couldn't imagine how such a huge and deep abyss was formed.

He rested for a while, and set off again to walk towards Chang'an. After several hours, he finally arrived at the foot of Chang'an.

What surprised him was that for some reason, a large piece of Chang'an's city wall collapsed. Many laborers were busy rebuilding the city wall, and a group of armored soldiers were standing at the original city gate, checking the people who entered the city one by one.

"Brother, what happened in Chang'an?" The young man in the queue couldn't help but ask the man in front.

"I don't know, but I heard on the way here that Chang'an was attacked by some kind of powerful evil spirit, and it was the champion who saved the catastrophe." The man looked around and said in a low voice,

"You are outside the city, have you seen Tian Tianyuan? It is said that it is also the work of Lord Hou!"

"That day, the abyss is actually man-made?!" Shock appeared in the young man's eyes.

"Hmph, that's Master Hou! Is there anything I can't do?"

"Champion Hou..." The young man chanted the name, and longing appeared in his eyes.

Seeing that the young man was interested in Champion Hou, the man raised his mouth slightly. After hesitating for a moment, he leaned into the young man's ear mysteriously, and said proudly, "Brother, to tell you the truth, I came to Chang'an this time to seek refuge. Lord Hou's!"

"Go to Lord Hou?" The young man was taken aback, "Are you also going to take the exam for Zhenxie Division?"

"?The same to you??"

After knowing that they were fellow travelers, the two immediately became eager and began to call each other brothers according to their age.

"I said Brother Hu, since you are here to take the exam for Zhenxie Division, why are you here now? If I remember correctly, this is the last day, right?" the man asked puzzled.

"My home is quite far from here, and it took me some time to walk all the way."

"Oh? Where is your home?"

"Chonglin County."

"Hiss, that's really not close... You came all the way here? Why don't you buy a horse?"

The young man smiled, but did not speak.

The man saw that the young man was unwilling to say more, so he didn't ask any more questions. After the two chatted for a while, it was the soldier's turn to question him.

"Who are you? Why do you want to enter the city." The soldier asked with a serious expression.

The man opened his mouth and was about to say something, looked around furtively, and finally stuck to the soldier's side, and answered in a low voice:

"I'm going to Zhenxie Division..."

The soldier gave him a strange look, "If you go to the Zhenxie Division, you will go to the Zhenxie Division. Why are you so quiet? Let's go...that kid in the back, how about you?"

"I, like him, also went to..."

"Hey, let's go, go straight through the door and turn right for two miles. There are signs along the way to guide you there. Remember to take the number and line up."

The soldier waved his hands impatiently, as if he was too lazy to ask more questions, the two of them passed the city gate inexplicably, and vaguely heard the impatient voice of the soldier:

"What? You also went to the Zhenxie Division? Why don't you talk together? Tsk, let's go... There are still people going to the Zhenxie Division, so don't queue up, just go in and don't block the way of others."

youth:……

"There are so many strangers in this world?" The young man scratched his head in confusion.

"I don't know if there are so many strangers, but there are definitely many people who respect Lord Hou."

"By the way, Brother Zhao, I haven't asked you yet. Since you are also a stranger, what are your abilities?"

"Me, hehe..." The man looked around and no one was there, leaned into the young man's ear, and said triumphantly, "I can kill a cow with three punches!"

"..." The corner of the young man's mouth twitched slightly, and finally forced a smile, and praised politely, "Brother Zhao is really powerful..."

"Hahaha, it's okay, by the way, how about you, Brother Hu?"

"I...I'm not as good as Brother Zhao, I can't even beat a cow to death."

The man looked at the young man with pity, patted him on the shoulder, showed an expression of "I understand", and said meaningfully,

"Brother Hu, it doesn't matter if you are a stranger or not, as long as you have this heart..."

"Brother Zhao, let's go there quickly. I think the people queuing up to take the test have already reached the street."

"what?!"

The two walked along the way according to what the soldier said, and they saw many eye-catching slogans on the road:

——For the foreigner to take the test, move forward two miles.

——Turn right ahead.

——This place is still one mile away from the test site, and there are about 200 people in line, expecting to wait for two hours.

——An inch of time is an inch of gold, everyone, don't waste your own and others' time, if you are not a stranger, please move to the opposite street to get a bowl of mung bean soup, and then return the same way.

The two were at the end of the queue far away. Seeing the densely packed figures in front of them, the man sighed helplessly, turned his head and said to the young man:

"Brother Hu, there are too many people here, why don't you go back... you can practice more, and come back next year when you can kill a cow."

"..." The young man shook his head, "It's okay, I can wait."

The man stopped persuading them, and the two of them just lined up in the queue, moving forward a little bit, the bright sunlight gradually slanted westward, and the distance between them and the house became closer and closer.

"Brother Hu, this doesn't seem to be that slow... There are people in front who keep turning back, and they must have given up." Seeing that it was his turn, Mr. Zhao's face lit up with joy!

Just as the young man was about to say something, a young man walked over from the front with a cold face, with a jade plaque tied around his waist, with the words "Suppressing Evil" written on it.

"You, what ability is it?" Wu Quan walked up to Mr. Zhao and said expressionlessly.

"Are you from Zhenxie Division?" Mr. Zhao leaned into his ear mysteriously, "I can kill a cow with three punches!"

Wu Quan glanced at him, stretched out his hand silently, and pointed to the opposite street:

"Go and drink mung bean soup, get out of here after drinking!"