In the living room in the courtyard of the mansion, Lin Fei sat leisurely on a chair and watched the old housekeeper take the school examination.

Luqi, the maid of the elf clan on the side, was about to fill Lin Fei's teacup with tea, but was stopped by Lin Fei.

"Just bring me plain water. "Lin Fei, who drank a lot of flower tea today, now just wants to drink some simple boiled water.

"Yes. Luqi nodded, and then poured Lin Fei a glass of boiled water.

The old housekeeper is very serious about taking the school examination Jing Jiu, and Jing Jiu, who works in Qianzhuang, also lives up to Lin Fei's expectations, and answers the old school's examination and school are fluent, showing the demeanor of a senior person.

After a while, the old housekeeper stopped the examination of Jing Jiu, and said to Jing Jiu very much, "Very good, I hope you will take care of the accounts in the manor in an orderly manner in the future." ”

Jing Jiu heard the old housekeeper say this, and knew that she had passed the examination, and for a while, the joy of success filled her heart.

Lin Fei saw that Jing Jiu had passed the old housekeeper's examination, and he said to the old housekeeper, "Tea housekeeper, the next thing will be handed over to you, I will go out for a walk first, and then get familiar with the family." ”

"Huh?" Except for Jing Jiu, the others in the living room didn't understand what Lin Fei meant.

You can't get lost in your own home anymore, and it would be a shame if something like this happened again...... Lin Fei muttered in his heart, and then beckoned to the maid Luqi and asked her to be his guide.

After Lin Fei and Luqi left, the old housekeeper Chatu took Jing Jiu to the place where the account office worked, and arranged a place for Luqi to live casually.

Seeing that everyone else had left, Zhangqiu opened his mouth with nothing to do, and then sighed, "Alas...... It's been a laid-back day, huh...... I'll go to the back kitchen and find something to eat!"

............

In the corridor, Luqi took Lin Fei to the garden in the courtyard at Lin Fei's request.

Along the way, Lin Fei carefully observed his surroundings, remembering these references, so that he would not get lost again.

I don't know what to do with such a big mansion, the royal family is really extravagant...... Lin Fei, who had traveled a long way, complained in his heart.

Luqi, who led the way for Lin Fei, secretly looked at Lin Fei who was recognizing the way with the corner of her eye, she thought about it and called Lin Fei in a low voice, "Boss." ”

"Hmm. Lin Fei looked at Luqi and asked, "Something?"

"The snack you gave me in the morning from your hometown ꓹ is very delicious. Luqi said.

"Yes!" Lin Fei said with a smile, "Do you like to eat?"

"Like. Luqi nodded hurriedly and said, "I'll take a bag of snacks and share them with other people to eat, and they also like it very much." ”

Elven girls also like to eat chocolate ꓹ It seems that my future plans can go smoothly...... Lin Fei smiled and said to Luqi, "If you like it, it's fine." ”

"Boss, what's the name of that snack?" Luqi asked curiously.

"Chocolate. Lin Fei said.

"Chocolate? Luqi thought to herself.

............

Blue Star, Banyan City.

Somewhere in the East End, a martial arts training gym that has been open for some years, on the second floor.

It was the afternoon at the moment, and there were people coming and going from the first floor of the training hall from time to time.

In the member area on the second floor, a building made of a similar ring stands in the center, and there are two figures fighting on the stage, surrounded by more than two dozen members watching intently.

"Whew...... Smack!"

"Bang...... Boom!"

The next second, with a series of crackling sounds.

A figure screamed in pain and was knocked out of the ring, and a burst of cheers suddenly sounded below, "Brother Zhang is mighty!"

"Xiao Liu is also good, he lasted a minute and a half more than last time, and now he can fight with Brother Zhang back and forth. ”

"Yes, Xiao Liu is really amazing, he has only been studying for two months, and he has been able to make such great progress. ”

"This is talent! Listening to Xiao Liu, he only practices in his free time, and he is usually busy with work!"

In the midst of everyone's discussion, the victorious Zhang Chaotai jumped out of the ring, raised his hand to pull the young man surnamed Liu up, and scolded with a smile, "Don't pretend, you didn't suffer much injury this time." ”

The latter got up with a smile when he heard this, and said, "It's Brother Zhang, your subordinates have shown mercy." ”

Zhang Chaotai, who likes martial arts, is no longer dressed as a white-collar worker at the moment, with a plain vest on the upper body, trousers on the bottom, sweating, and steaming in his hair, which is similar to the appearance of him when he was a small clerk in the company's office.

Listening to the young man surnamed Liu's words, a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes, and then he patted the other party's shoulder with a smile and said, "Your progress speed has surpassed mine." ”

"No, there is no ......," the young man surnamed Liu said modestly.

At this time, someone around handed over mineral water, and two other people couldn't wait to jump into the ring......

None of these people who fought in the martial arts training gym were martial arts enthusiasts before, they were just ordinary office workers.

After experiencing that feeling of punching the flesh, they all fell in love with the sport, and although they were both amateurs, it didn't stop them from loving the sport.

Life is stressful, and through this kind of real collision, you can release the anxiety accumulated during work...... This is the advertisement that this martial arts training gym advertised when it first recruited students.

Not to mention, the effect of this advertisement is really good, attracting many office workers to sign up.

The relationship is played, and after a long time, these office workers who apply for cards have become friends with each other, and in their spare time, they will meet here to learn.

After more than a year, after learning martial arts skills, everyone will have that kind of mentality in their hearts.

Coupled with the explosion of spiritual energy, the students who learned martial arts actually awakened their spiritual energy, and after a period of cultivation, they all became cultivators.

From thinking about releasing pressure to learn martial arts, to now fighting in order to further their cultivation, everyone's original intention has changed unconsciously.

Not long ago, the government issued a document announcing several policies to promote the cultivation of the whole people.

After the policy was opened, many well-funded gyms in various cities increased their investment in martial arts venues that were conducive to cultivation on the basis of the original.

Some small martial arts training halls have sprung up like mushrooms.

However, because these small martial arts training gyms are not as good as those large gyms in terms of funding, in order to survive, they came up with a plan to jointly hold a martial arts tournament and set up a high prize money.

Well, for the sake of that high bonus, the students are practicing more diligently one by one, and as soon as this matter spreads, it attracts many people to these small fighting training halls to open members.

Watching everyone's eyes cast on the ring, Zhang Chaotai stood on the periphery, replenishing water in one mouthful, but his face showed a trace of loneliness.

Last year, he finished in the top 10 in the tournaments organized by these small martial arts training gyms, and he was very satisfied with this result at the time.

Insert a sentence, it's really good, it's worth pretending, after all, there are many sources, all books, and fast updates!

But this year has passed, and he feels that he may not even be able to enter the top 20 in this year's martial arts competition, and he is not too surprised by the possible results, but he is extremely dissatisfied with himself, and he has a sense of crisis day by day.

This sense of crisis largely stems from the fact that there are more and more awakened people in Rong City, their cultivation talent is better than their own, and their progress is naturally faster than their own.

For example, the young man surnamed Liu who fought just now is only in his early twenties, and he has only awakened his spiritual energy for a few months, and his cultivation time in the martial arts training hall is still short.

But now, Zhang Chaotai wants to defeat the other party, and he almost has to go all out.

It is conceivable that with the passage of time, those of them who occupy the advantage of time will sooner or later be overtaken by the juniors of these geniuses.

Those young people may not have to worry about this, but Zhang Chaotai can't help but be pessimistic.

"Brother Zhang, are you going back?" asked the young man surnamed Liu, who had been studying with Zhang Chaotai before.

"Well, I have something to do, I'll go back today, you guys have fun!" Zhang Chaotai said to Xiao Liu with a smile.

............

As the sun sets, the sun that has been shining on the earth all day is finally about to set.

In a park in the eastern district of Rongcheng, in a small square in the east, there is a circle of people playing and singing.

The one who led the singing with a microphone in hand was an old aunt in her sixties.

She has silver hair, is well-dressed, sings in a round voice, has a bel canto flavor, and is probably a retired professional actor.

The other was an old gentleman, skinny, tanned, dressed in a cheap cultural shirt and a pair of plastic slippers with a heel at his feet, like a common man in an alley.

Compared with the two, the old gentleman's singing voice is slightly inferior, and the image of the two is very contrasting.

Some of the others were dressed fashionably, and some were dressed shabbyly, but everyone didn't care, and just sang blindly and sang very devotedly.

One song after another, the fun is endless, this is an equal world, coming together, they are all ordinary members, there is no distinction between high and low.

In the bamboo forest before, the seven-colored flowers who had played a few games of chess with those old people who had repeatedly lost and fought were standing aside, watching these humans sing happily.

"Twitter......"

A crisp birdsong suddenly sounded, waking up the seven-colored flowers that were addicted to it.

The seven-colored flower in the shape of an elementary school student looked up at the tree on the side, and saw the three sparrow brothers winking at themselves.

"It's a fun event for so many people to get together and sing, I wonder if I can join them. Seven-colored flowers left the crowd and walked towards the small square on the west side of the park, thinking about how to join the singing event.

......

"Whew...... Smack!"

"Bang...... Boom!"

Quite a few people gathered around a small ring that was a bit rudimentary.

"Come on ......"

"Shhh...... This elbow blow is so heavy! If I get this blow, I will definitely admit defeat immediately. ”

In contrast to the soothing singing activities in the small square on the east side of the park, the activities in the small square on the west side of the park are a bit exciting.

This is a gathering place for cultivators who come to this park, and when the sun sets, these people compete in the ring in the small square.

"Bang. ”

A figure was knocked into the air and fell under the ring.

"Concession. The victor gasped and clenched his fists at his opponent.

When the victor stepped down, two more people walked out of the crowd, and their psionic energy fluctuations were no weaker than those of the victor.

Jumping up, the two cultivators of the middle stage of the first order began to compete.

"Bang, bang, bang......" The offensive of the two was very rapid, dazzling and overwhelming the surrounding audience.

"After the Chinese New Year this year, I will be 32 years old, and the gap between me and them will only widen in the future. Zhang Chaotai, who had just come down from the ring, looked at the two young people who were fighting, and felt anxious in his heart.

"Can I just watch myself slip a little bit?"

The mineral water bottle in Zhang Chaotai's hand was suddenly pinched flat, and there was confusion in his eyes, he left the crowd and sat down on the bench on the side.

At noon, after leaving the martial arts training gym and dealing with some trivial matters, he did not go to the martial arts training gym again, but came to this park to compete with people.

He had thought that there would be no decent cultivators in this park, but the result was different from what he had imagined.

The opponent he just fought against was not weaker than Xiao Liu in the martial arts training gym, and then, the two people who went to the ring after him were already firmly stronger than themselves.

They all have one thing in common, and that is that they are young......

"This year's martial arts competition, I still don't want to sign up, last year's results were in the top ten, and this year I can't even enter the top 20, and it's just a joke to go. ”

Just as Zhang Chaotai was whispering to himself, a short figure came to him and sat in the spare space on the bench.

"You look lost?" said the child, looking at Zhang Chaotai.

"Huh?" Zhang Chaotai was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

"Do you want to be stronger?" said the child seriously.

“？？？”

Zhang Chaotai looked at the child sitting next to him with a strange expression, and when he saw the other party looking at him with a smile, he said in a calm tone, "Little friend, it's getting dark, hurry up and go home for dinner! ”

The smiling seven-colored flower took out a small glass bottle the thickness of an adult's finger from his pocket.

Zhang Chaotai saw that the child did not speak, but took out a small glass bottle containing a transparent liquid from his pocket, and he looked puzzled.

"You are my first guest, and I will give you this first bottle of spiritual liquid for free. After the seven-colored flower finished speaking, he stuffed the glass vial in his hand into Zhang Chaotai's hand.

"Children, you ......" Zhang Chaotai was interrupted by the seven-colored flower before he finished speaking.

"You are only in the middle of the first order at this age, and your cultivation talent is really poor, when you cultivate in the future, drink the spiritual liquid I gave you in advance, and you will break through to the first order high level just around the corner. ”

"......" Zhang Chaotai looked at the seven-colored flower with a disbelieving face, only because he had watched too many TV series for this child, so he made it like this.

In order not to let this strange child continue to pester himself, he nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, thank you very much." ”

............