At this time, it is spring, the sky is a little gloomy, the city is full of apricot blossoms and smoke and rain, the drizzle has been falling for several days, the blue bricks and tiles of the white stone road have been washed clearly, and the breeze between the rain does not know how many flowers have been swept away, and the city is fresh.

The national flower of Daqi is apricot blossoms, so the streets of the imperial city are full of apricot blossoms, it is said that Qi Xuanzhen when he was young enlightened under the apricot blossom tree, and after the founding of the country, he planted apricot blossoms extensively.

On this day, Xu Tianqi sat opposite Lin Haohu Zhongting, a cup of tea, two white jade cups, and a yellowed dilapidated book, and the two talked happily. Watching the smoke and rain in the lake, bits and pieces are all memories, unconsciously it has been almost a year, I still remember that when Lin Hao first came, the pond was full of blue leaves out of hibiscus, and the lotus flowers were different red in the sun, and now the lotus leaves are still the same, and the lotus flowers are indeed as immature as Lin Hao's youth, and they have disappeared.

After going through hardships, everything is difficult to go as expected, the mood is naturally a lot clearer, the face has long faded and immature, and the original intention remains the same.

"Disciple, you said that you learned this refining technique from me, but you don't know where to learn this perfect sword skill?" Xu Tianqi paused, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile, "I feel a feeling of Sword Saint Guard." ”

Lin Hao was stunned at first, but his face was flat and unfazed, and then he replied lightly, "Isn't it that the master knows this Sword Saint?"

"Yes. Xu Tianqi coughed a few times, obviously the cold air in the smoke and rain made him a little uncomfortable, "The battle in the imperial city in the past is still fresh in my memory, nineteen years, and there is his shadow in your sword momentum." ”

Lin Hao suddenly remembered that a few days ago, because of the cultivation of the "Eight Tricks of Sword and Wine", he suddenly felt itchy in his heart, and he wanted to drink, and a restaurant not far from the Apocalypse Pavilion showed a wine flag, and Lin Hao was uncomfortable, so he went to drink three or two catties, a little drunk, and had a dispute with others, and finally fought hard.

The two of them have the same cultivation, and they are both cultivating in the double cultivation of the Shaping Dao Realm. After nearly a year of hard work, Lin Hao's cultivation was naturally promoted to the double level of the Shaping Dao Realm.

Both of them use three-foot long swords, their cultivation is comparable, they are all sword momentum, and their strength is almost the same.

The man was a black-clothed swordsman, like a prodigal swordsman, his long ink-colored hair was tied up with strips of black cloth, his resolute face was a little red, he laughed, he looked arrogant, and said to Lin Hao with a look of hatred when he saw each other, "You are the only person whose cultivation is comparable to me in general, this fight is very happy, this altar of wine is for you." ”

Immediately, his long sword lifted a jar of apricot blossom wine, and as soon as the sword body moved, the wine flew smoothly towards Lin Hao, and the wine was not spilled for half a minute, which showed that its strength was extraordinary.

Lin Hao was rare to meet such a heroic swordsman, and he was also very excited, took the wine with one hand, and said to the black-clothed swordsman that he had done it, and the two of them had one altar for each person. The white flowers poured straight down, Lin Hao's face was red, and he shouted, "Happy." ”

With a snap, he fell to the ground, and between his heavy heads, he faintly heard the black-clothed swordsman say, "The swordsmanship is good, but the amount of alcohol is a little worse, and I will fight again another day." And he departed in style.

Maybe it was the battle that day that made Xu Tianqi see the clues. However, Lin Hao didn't have any extra thoughts, after all, after these years of understanding, his master was peaceful, like a hidden master, and like a recuperating scholar, he couldn't see through, but the only thing he was sure of was that his master would not harm him, and he wouldn't ask more questions if he didn't say that the master.

After taking a sip of tea, Lin Hao felt a lot more relieved and asked, "I don't know who the opponent of the Sword Saint Weique was in the battle of the Imperial City that day?"

At this time, Xu Tianqi suddenly put down the yellowed old book, stood up, walked to the railing, and pointed to a tall building in the distance in the city, "The first battle of the year was fought there, the Sword Saint Wei Que and the Sword Demon Qi Tianxu, three days and three nights, I don't know the victory." ”

Lin Hao got up and looked, the tall building reached into the sky, he knew that it was the Tongtian Pavilion in the palace.

Xu Tianqi seemed to return to the past, telling Lin Hao one scene after another.

At that time, the sky was also so gray, drizzling, the two swordsmen stood proudly in the tall building, the sword saint guard had three thousand white hair, and the white clothes hunted with the wind, and the long sword was cold and shining. The sword demon on the side was dressed in a cyan robe, carrying a long sword, and stood with his hands in his hands.

"Get out of the sword!" Sword Saint Wei Que's white hair fluttered in the wind, and as soon as the words fell, the long sword was like a dragon, breaking through the wind.

The two fought again for three days and three nights, earth-shattering, the sword qi between heaven and earth, and in the end, no one knew who won and who lost. After that, I heard that the Sword Saint began to travel to the north and south of the river, and then he disappeared, and after the battle of the Sword Demon Qi Tianxu, the world evaporated, and the red dust disappeared.

"Master, then who do you say will win later?" Lin Hao turned around and poured the tea to the full, handing it to Xu Tianqi.

"I guess it's a draw, cough cough cough..." Xu Tianqi covered his mouth and coughed a few times, took Lin Hao's tea and drank it all, the teacup just fell smoothly on the table, and then muttered, "But there is also my shadow." ”

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The drizzle that lasted for several days finally stopped, and the gentle sunlight wiped away the tears of the apricot blossoms and made it even more brilliant.

The Tianqi Pavilion where Lin Hao is located is in the west of the city, and the east of the city is the Zhou Mansion, which is-for-tat with the Lin family. However, this is not what Lin Hao cares about, what he cares about is the Qitian Academy in the south of the city.

Qitian Academy was opened after the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, although it is only more than 100 years, but it is also a profound heritage, many martial arts, strong teachers, a wide range of monks from all over the world, established, for the country to cultivate talents. Enrollment will be held every spring, whether it is the common people, or the children of the family, or the princes and nobles, as long as they have talent or power, they can enroll, the enrollment age is 12~17 years old, and Lin Hao happens to be seventeen this year.

With the apricot blossoms all the way, Lin Hao came to the door of Qitian Academy.

Here, he can not only learn to improve his cultivation, but also be able to find out the news, because almost all the children of the Zhou and Lin families are practicing in it.

The gate of Qitian School was crowded with people, all of whom were young people and girls who came to sign up for further study, some of them were dressed in brocade and jade clothes, silk and satin, and some were coarse cloth...... Because Lin Hao had a letter of recommendation from Xu Tianqi, he was directly introduced into the house by a small servant.

The house is very wide, there are a lot of people, each is busy in its own way, the high platform pavilion, the long corridor is like a long snake embedded, the blue pond is smoking, the green trees are shady, and the apricot blossoms are like rain.

Along the corridor, after several turns, after walking for about a pillar of incense, I came to a room, and there were more than a dozen people in the room, all of whom were young boys and girls, dressed in silk and satin, and seemed to have extraordinary identities, all of whom went through the back door.

A middle-aged man dressed in brown clothes inside said, "Although there is a letter of recommendation, the door of the school will naturally be opened for you, but when the freshman assessment, if you don't have some strength, you will be ashamed." ”

"Thank you seniors for reminding me, naturally live up to the expectations of my family, and live up to the cultivation of the university. A young man in brocade said politely.

After registering one by one, it was finally Lin Hao's turn, and the middle-aged man still reminded Lin Hao and gave Lin Hao a map and a key with the mark of his house on it.

There are four academies in the Monkey King Academy, the Heavenly Tower, the Earth Pavilion, the Xuanfang and the Yellow Courtyard. The Yellow Academy is the lowest level, and most of the freshmen are in this college, and of course there are some old students with low cultivation.

The Yellow Courtyard was in the north direction of the school, Lin Hao walked over along the map and found the room he had assigned, the room was simply furnished, but the spiritual power was much more abundant than the outside, it seemed that it was blessed by the formation, and it was very suitable for students to cultivate.

Lin Hao didn't want to waste any time, sat on the ground, and the "Palm Heaven Divine Technique" was running and began to cultivate. Tomorrow is the assessment of the freshmen, the decision of the branch, and the determination of his status, he does not dare to relax, the new students are Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, these children of the family, the princes and nobles have been rich in cultivation resources since childhood, and they must have cultivated many genius-level figures.

And his goal is to become a star above the freshman assessment, attract the attention of these families and princes and nobles, and then he can be attracted by others, and if he wants to be won over by the Lin family, he can find out the news he wants.

Lin Hao didn't sleep all night, he practiced all night, he was not tired, on the contrary, he was still full of energy, until dawn, dong dong dong...... Several loud bells rolled in from afar, and he knew that this was the beginning of the new life competition.