Volume 1 Once Upon a Time in the South A Leopard in the Tube
As Alvin closed his eyes in contemplation, Onian returned to his room.
He sighed softly.
"Say anything, don't sigh there. Onien said coldly.
Alvin knew what to say for a moment, so he had to be silent. After a while, the two of them were silent, and the funny thing was that these two actually leaned against the head of the bed in the same position, but they were separated by a floor and no one could look at anyone.
He listened to the silence above, and thought that Onian was lying down to rest, but he was not sleepy at all, his body was quite tired, but his brain entered a state of euphoria, and the thought of going to sleep was driven out of his brain countless times.
"Are you really going to say nothing?" asked Ornian faintly.
"I thought you were asleep. β
"Can't sleep. β
"So what do you want me to say, and talk to you about the magic that I can't even figure out?"
"For a moment, I looked at you as if I were a stranger. β
"I don't know why, but I couldn't accept sympathy at that time. β
Onian hesitated and said, "Or... β
"I know what you're trying to say, but there's no way I'm going to give up space-time magic right now. Alvin replied firmly.
"I found that you are really self-righteous, as if you can't listen to what others say. Onien was a little annoyed, "Then please don't make an assertion next time and come to save me, you must know that this princess is not as weak as you think, and I can still deal with those Tingxiao people." β
"Well, I'm self-inflicted. Alvin replied coldly.
After more than half a sentence, the room fell silent again.
After a few moments, O'Ann finally sighed, got out of bed, and took the wooden ladder to Elwin's bedroom below. This lower floor is no worse than the upper floor, and the lighting is a little worse, but there is no moonlight tonight, but it is not bad. The stone lamp in the room was also hidden by Alwyn, because it hurt his eyes.
"What the hell are you angry about?" said Onian, who sat down on the edge of his bed.
"I can't tell, maybe it's this feeling of not being able to control myself. Alvin put his arm over his eyes, "If I told you, if I hadn't had a little sanity at the time, I would have killed everyone present." β
"Of course, that includes you. Before she could speak, Alvin continued, "Including the few of them, and even I don't even feel the slightest guilt, until now. β
"Now you know why I'm so hot, right?" said Alwin, and as soon as he finished speaking, the evil fire was leaking quite a bit.
"Your two crescent moons are scary. O'Ann recalled the scene, "If it had been me, I might have died." β
"Of course it's scary, time and space have been sliced apart, do you think it can not be scary?" Alvin said coldly.
"Time and space have been cut apart?" Onien listened a little puzzled, frowned and asked, "Did Professor Fetimor teach you this space-time magic?"
"No, Lao Fei hasn't studied much himself. Alvin replied calmly.
"And how did you learn it?" asked Ornieen.
Alvin pulled the Law of Time and Space out from under his pillow and shook it in front of her eyes. Afraid that Alwin would not be able to eat the lamp, Aurien condensed the fire with two fingers, and looked at the cover of the book with a glimmer of light.
In such a dark environment, such a dim light, if they were seen by others, they would mistakenly think that these two people were discussing some shady conspiracy.
"Can I open it and see?" said Onieen, looking at him, but Alvin had both eyes covered, and could not see her expression.
He hesitated, "It's better not." β
"Okay. Onien was not reluctant, which was also expected by her, "If you die because of this practice, I will regret your stupidity in front of your tombstone." β
Alwyn couldn't help but grin, "Okay, then I'll give you this book when I'm dead." β
"Let me see the wound in your eye. O'Ann said and removed his blinding arm.
Alwyn was left to her to fiddle with, and now he was too tired to move except his brain. However, feeling the princess's warm fragrance nephrite rubbing against his body is also quite enjoyable, but he is now physically exhausted, and he is quite a bit of a bad scenery.
"The qi and blood are surging too fast, flowing directly out of the corners of your eyes, how atmospheric do you have to be at that time?" Onien sighed after the examination, and then quipped: "Then next time I look at you like that, you must not be in a hurry to squirt out all the eyeballs?"
"If you're not afraid of death. Alvin said lightly.
"Heh, when did you have such a great ability to dare to talk to this princess like this. Onian unceremoniously twisted the flesh from his cheeks.
"Hey, how can you start doing it well. Alwyn slapped her hands in pain.
"Who told you to just say not guilty. Onien sneered.
"yes, I'll tell you the truth, I've been thinking about it since I came back just now, and I always feel that a lot of emotions are missing. It hasn't slowed down yet. β
"Is that just the case today?" asked Oneen, after a moment's thought.
"It should be ... Be. Alvin replied somewhat ambiguously.
"I think I'll stay away from you in the future. O'Ann said, giving him a look.
"Why?" said Alwin, puzzled.
"It's too close, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to laugh at you at your tombstone. Onian laughed.
"Hah, am I so mad?" said Alwin, smirking dumbly.
"Also, this one is back for you. O'Ann said as he pulled his Purple Sharpening Stone Staff from his sleeve, "So I said I felt like I had met a stranger, and you looked at it with disgust and threw it to me at random. β
"yes, why is that?" said Alwyn as he took the staff, wondering a little, "It's funny how embarrassed and ashamed I felt at the time that I needed to fake something else to cast my magic. What the hell is this idea?"
"Who knows. You'll have to ask yourself. β
"Again, I'll have to ask myself again. β
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At this time, on the atrium deck of the airship, Lai Wu, Kaiba and Chen Zhu were looking at the night and talking softly. There was no one else on deck at this time, and after the day and night, everyone was quite tired and had already fallen asleep in the lower cabins.
"His magic really scared people to death, you can also see it, those Tingxiao people were directly cut in two, and then they were all sucked into the black hole. Chen Zhu whispered with a worried face.
"I really don't know what Fetimor taught Alwyn, why does his magic look more and more weird?" said Keba, a little surprised as well.
"What's strange, I heard my dad say that Countess Philip used to delve into space-time magic. Lai Wu said calmly.
"Then what do you mean, this can still be inherited?" Chen Zhu said with a smile, "But didn't Fetimo teach him these things?"
"I always felt that there was something else going on here. Alvin himself said that these magic involved time and space, and in my opinion, Lao Fei couldn't teach him anything in this regard. What he was messing up now was probably something his mother had left behind. Lai Wu said in a deep voice, "How many of those who have studied the mysteries of time and space have become climates? Look at Alwin, the speed at which he has been improving in the past few months, do you really feel that your comprehension of time and space does not need to rely on talent?"
"It's no wonder that there are fewer and fewer people studying time and space now, it turns out that for most people, it is a waste of time on this, and it is better to improve personal cultivation. Keba nodded.
"Also, some people are born rich and noble, and some people are born with geniuses and can't be envious. Chen Zhu sighed, "After all, there are people who are born with miserable winds, and there is no place to reason." β
"I see, these things, don't take them too seriously. That Gaver is also gifted, and he was born with a pretty face, but he was still burned by the princess's electric fire. Lai Wu said with a smile, he seemed to be a small belly chicken intestine and a grudge against Gaver's personal grudge, but in fact, he tasted it carefully, this is something to say.
Chen Zhu and Kaiba also heard the meaning of Lai Wu's words, saying that above the court, a mountain is higher than a mountain, and there is a higher place than the sky.
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"You bandits, return the empty boat to us!"
Before Alwin woke up, he could hear a terrible commotion outside. He fell asleep very late, and now he was woken up after a few hours of sleep, and his face was annoyed.
"What's going on?" Alvin scolded, tossing the futon over his face.
"Your little girl's father has woken up, and he is arguing with Laiwu about who belongs to this empty boat. Onian's voice came from the upper room.
"Ahh Alvin said, rubbing his eyes. After applying O'Nian's potion last night, my eyes didn't hurt so much, but I slept too little and it was still very sour.
He climbed to the upper room and saw Onian staring thoughtfully out the window, apparently unconcerned about the quarrel on deck.
"Haha, your eyes are swollen like blisters. Oneen glanced back at Alwin, amused by his current appearance.
"Huh. Alwyn ignored her, rubbing his fingers on his face, and a few swipes of water began to swim on his face. Magic face washing, quite pleasant. He glanced at the leftover piece of bread on the table, picked it up and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Are you usually so rough?" said Onien, looking at him in surprise.
"How can I compare with Your Highness, I still carry the jam of 'Tinglan' when I go out. Alvin sneered with a sneering look on his lips as he put on his coat and walked out.
"Tinglan" is a well-known bakery in the city of Salyushi, and every time freshly baked bread is baked, there is a long queue outside the street, sometimes exaggerated enough to stretch two blocks away. Of course, his family's various jams are also quite famous, and what Alvin didn't expect was that the princess would be as good as this.
When he reached the atrium on deck, he saw that Aoi and her father were already surrounded by the crowd. Originally, in the past two days, Kwai Tilt, a clever and cute little girl, has already mingled with everyone in the mercenary group, and everyone likes this smart and clever little girl very much. Now this tense scene is very embarrassing, and it is impossible for everyone to really treat this little girl.
"What are you talking about, what are you yelling at us?" didn't you say at that time that you would borrow it until the battle was over?" Lai Wu looked at the middle-aged man and said, "If it weren't for us, you would still be locked up in that secret room by those Tingxiao people." β
After scaring the gang away that day, Alvin and Laiwu talked about the ins and outs of the rescue on the airboat, and then Laiwu also agreed that he would return the airboat to the father and daughter when the battle was over. After all, although these young nobles are greedy for money, they are not really shameless enough to be like those robbers.
With the current situation, in fact, it is nothing for Lai Wu to really say something to intimidate the father and daughter. It's just that Alvin agreed to others first, so it's not easy for Lai Wu to say what he wants to do with others, after all, his brother's face still has to be given.
When the middle-aged man heard Lai Wu say this, he glanced at Kwai Tian behind him as if asking, and the little girl nodded in embarrassment, indicating that this was indeed the case.
"Then we can't accompany you to the front line to die, there are more than 100,000 people against more than 100,000 people in the Shura field... The middle-aged man spoke with a shorter momentum.
"Okay, I'll put you in the city of Xituo, and I'll return the airboat to you when the battle is over. That's all right?" said Laiwu.
"Well, who knows if you will come back if you go. You just walked away, and when the time comes, our father and daughter will ask who is going?" the middle-aged man said unrelentingly.
"Then what do you mean?" Lai Wu's face turned cold.
The middle-aged man looked at Lai Wu's face, and saw that the mercenaries around him were all unkind, and he also sighed in his heart.
"yes, I want to ask, what do you mean?" Alvin didn't wait for the middle-aged man to speak, and pushed through the crowd and walked to the front.
"Brother Elwin, my dad and he... When the little girl saw that it was Alwyn who came, she hurriedly asked for an explanation. Looking at Alwin's bloodshot eyes, it was obvious that he hadn't slept well. If it was because she and her father quarreled that Brother Alvin couldn't rest, how bad would it be, the little girl thought like this, and felt a little sorry.
"Little sister, you told me that your father and daughter are doing business between the north and the south, this business, the most important thing is integrity, at that time we said okay, I saved you, in return, this empty boat will be lent to us for war, now is it difficult to regret it?" Alwin looked at the little girl and asked.
Aoi was about to answer, but her father stopped her.
"She's a little girl, where does she understand the minds of you people. The middle-aged man glared at Alvin and retorted, "If you want to grab this empty boat, just say it, what are you doing to trick children?"
"Daddy, you... The little girl looked at her father complainingly, and before she could finish her sentence, she was frightened by the scene before her.
Alvin stepped forward with an arrow, grabbed the middle-aged man's neck, and nailed him into the mainmast with a "thud". This fine sour branch wood was actually knocked into a section, and the middle-aged man's entire back was already embedded in it. Alvin was full of anger when he got up, and his heart was still depressed, and it happened that this person hit him on the muzzle, so no one was to blame.
"I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you, I'll give you two choices now, either I'll wait for us to come back from the front line in Xituo City," Alvin said as he stared at the middle-aged man, "Or, I'll throw you off the airboat now, and you can do it yourself." β
Aoi had recovered from her father's serious injuries, and now that she had been hit so hard, her eyes looked at Alwyn in horror and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Alvin was unmoved, glanced at him coldly and said, "I knew that your life was so in the way, I shouldn't have wasted potions to save you." β
The little girl was so frightened that she cried out, holding Alwin's arm and begging for mercy, "Brother Alwin, you let go of Daddy, he spoke like this for me, please, let him go, we don't want this empty boat, we don't want it... β
The little girl was really full of girlish hearts, and she mistakenly thought that Alvin was some kind of deferential and gentle man, who knew that he would be so unsympathetic. Women know men, and they peep at leopards in the tube.
Alvin watched the tears in his eyes before he let go of his hand so that her father could take two breaths.
"You... The middle-aged man felt sorry for his daughter, but he looked at Alvin with a resentful face.
"Heh, you can't figure out the situation yourself, I can only mention you. Alwyn pursed the corners of his lips, "Besides, we didn't plan on your airboats at all, and I can't help you if you want everyone to be bandits." β
Seeing that the face in front of him was almost purple, Alvin let go of his hand and let go of the middle-aged man who loved to be strong. The little girl hurriedly stepped forward to help her father, the middle-aged man did not have the strength to argue just now, gasping for air, and staring at Alvin with a pair of eyes.
Aoi looked at Alvin with tears in her eyes, and she didn't know what to say for a while, so she had no choice but to help her father back to the room first. During this time, the middle-aged man also came back and glanced at Alvin hatefully.
Coming out like this early in the morning made Alvin feel very bad, even in the face of this clear sky, it was as clear as a wash.
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At this time, on the provincial road fifty miles northeast of Newinn, the two dukes of Nanton and Kasugi were leading 10,000 royal iron horsemen, intending to bypass Newin and gallop south directly to the south to aid the besieged Xituo City.
"If you don't go southwest, will you?" said Duke Nanton, looking around.
"Well, there's no need to go to Newin City to take a detour, get off the provincial road from here, go straight to the south by the mountain, and then take the provincial road connected to Newinn and Xituo, which will be much faster. The Duke of Nanton looked at the surrounding mountains, then at the map in his hand, and nodded.
"Brother, do you want to stop and trim it? After all, it's been a day and a night's journey. Kasugi asked, glancing at Nanton.
"Why? you can't take it anymore?" Nanton quipped, "probably not, you're still a little younger than me, and you're tired of making this little trip?"
"Why, brother, it's no problem for me to catch up for another day and night, I'm afraid that you won't be able to bear it, brother. Kasugi joked.
"Haha, although I'm older, it's still okay to march and fight. Nanton laughed, "Go, let's go." β
So the 10,000 men and horses did not pause, got off the provincial road and took the path and ran directly south.
At the other end of the provincial road, two columns of Ressa's own soldiers were escorting a carriage to the northeast of Yiling Bernerburg. This cedar wood carriage is well-made, the paint surface is plain, not the kind of graceful and luxurious style, but a bit of simple and elegant taste.
"Are these royal horsemen there to rescue Xituo City?" a red-haired woman lifted the curtain and glanced out.
"It seems that these princes and nobles from Salyushi are not fools, and they are quick to find a way out. Another elderly woman in the car said mockingly, "Or maybe the prince has thought carefully and arranged everything for them." β
The red-haired woman looked at the dry branches on the white night pears in the middle of the road. The snow in Maine has melted, and the snow on these white night pear trees is nowhere to be seen. After these white night pears bloom, it is the most wonderful at night, all the way to the white rainbow, shining brightly at night, illuminating this wide Maine Provincial Road is extremely bright.
"Lan Marriage, I'm talking to you for the teacher. The older woman's tone stiffened. It turned out that this was the prestigious Master Fei Yue.
"Ah, I'm distracted," Lan Yu came back to her senses, stuck out her tongue with a smile, and leaned on Master Fei Yue as if flattering, "I'm sorry, teacher, what did you just say?"
"I said that you little girl, you went to Saliuxi, why are you so ghostly after you come back?" Master Fei Yue looked at Lan Marriage with some curiosity.
"What," Lan Yudui said with a smile, "Teacher, you're joking." β
"Although the teacher has been alone for most of his life, he still understands the affairs of men and women. Master Fei Yue said lightly, "Although the teacher of the Pillow Sword Club didn't go to see it, he also heard about it a little. β
Speaking of this, Master Fei Yue glanced at Lan Yue pointedly, but her eccentric female student was going to pretend to be stupid to the end, so she just smiled and muttered.
"You really don't plan to tell the teacher about that child from Count Feilie's family?" Master Fei Yue smiled and broke the words.
"Ouch, teacher, what are you doing with him?" Lan Yu said with a wry smile.
"Could it be that you are not curious about his magic?" Master Fei Yue glanced at Lan Yu.
"There's some curiosity. Lan replied honestly.
"So you're curious enough to get in touch with people?" said Master Fei Yue with a wink.
Where could Lan Yue stand such ridicule, she immediately blushed and pulled Master Fei Yue's arm and complained, "Teacherγγγ β
"Okay, okay, let's stop making trouble," Master Fei Yue patted Lan Yue's hand and said, "You should have also noticed that the kid doesn't use ordinary magic, right?"
"I think I heard him say something about what time stands still ... Lan Ma recalled.
"Well, then he's practicing space-time magic. Master Fei Yue nodded affirmatively, "Speaking of which, Master Wei and his mother, who later became the Countess, are also old friends. His mother was also obsessed with the mysteries of time and space. β
"Ah, teacher, do you still know his mother?" Lan Yu couldn't help but wonder, "What about later?"
"She was pulling me to study with me at that time, maybe because she was not talented enough to make slow progress, and then she gave up. Master Fei Yue recalled the past and said with a wry smile.
"Isn't that talented? This can't be?" Lan Yu was surprised, he could be as famous as Master Pilo in the empire, and he was nearly twenty years younger than Master Pilo, so he said that he was not talented enough?
"Anyway, the research of time and space is very inefficient, and it is far less real than the magic that can be enhanced. Sometimes you get stuck in a bottleneck and it may take you a lifetime to get through it. Master Fei Yue explained, "And at that time, not many people could really put theory into practice, and there were very few things that could be used in actual combat. Naturally, Master didn't want to waste his time on such illusory things. β
"The Countess, she... οΌβ
"She should be the only one who can apply the mysteries of time and space to magic. After watching the teacher for so many years, she should be the only one who can be called a space-time mage. It can be seen that Master Fei Yue still admires her old friend.
"And then?"
"Later, we didn't have much to do with each other, and somehow, she got married. Later, I heard that she had a difficult birth when she gave birth to that child, and the little guy survived, and the adults seemed to be... Master Fei Yue couldn't help but sigh when he said this.
Lan Ma couldn't help but feel a little sad when she heard this, and felt nostalgic for Alvin's life experience.
Seeing that the girl was deep in thought again, Master Fei Yue turned to a smile and asked, "That kid, didn't I reveal some details about space-time magic to you?"
"Heh, that guy is tight, and as soon as I asked him a little, I was so nervous that I died. Lan Yu pursed her lips and complained, but her heart drifted to the shoreline of Yaofan. That day, Gaver was commanded by the army, and she naturally coped with it with a smile. But in the end, he couldn't resist the curiosity in his heart, and secretly ran to look at the information on Gaver's table, and was relieved to learn that someone was walking on the southern front.
Fei Yue looked at the look between Lan Yu's eyebrows, and sighed in her heart, "This stupid girl, I'm afraid I don't know where I lost my heart." β
The carriage was getting farther and farther away, and there were jade buds waiting to be released on the white night pear that the girl had just looked at.