A long, narrow and dark alley, littered with garbage cans, and the buzzing of flies was harsh on a quiet night.

The sound of sparse footsteps sounded not far away, and a figure gradually approached.

This person was hobbling, dressed in tatters, and holding a wine bottle in his hand, which was the same beggar who had disturbed Wu Feng's "Yaxing" in the park not long ago.

The beggar was not at all uncomfortable with the dark dampness of the alley and the unpleasant smell of garbage, which corresponded to the smell of his body.

When he came to the largest garbage heap, the beggar actually fell down with his buttocks, like a dying old man falling, and splashed a lot of garbage aside, but the beggar did not know any pain, and lay on it horizontally, as naturally as sitting on a quilt.

There was no light in the gloomy alley, only a little moonlight shining into the alley, but it was quite dim, so it was impossible to see what the beggar looked like.

Unscrewed the cap of the bottle, took the liquor in his hand and poured it into his mouth, I don't know if he was drunk, or for some reason, his right hand holding the wine kept trembling, although he was very cautious and moved very slowly, but his hand was shaking badly, and the wine in the bottle actually leaked out of the corner of his mouth, dripping directly onto the garbage along his chin.

As if he had lost his beloved treasure, the beggar quickly lowered his head and sucked up the wine stains that had fallen on the garbage, which was not disgusting at all.

Also, he is a beggar himself, living surrounded by garbage and flies, how can he dislike it.

Although it is only a few drops of wine, it is extremely precious to beggars. In fact, to get this bottle, I don't know how many beatings he took before snatching the wine from an alcoholic, so even a drop is extremely precious to him.

Savor the wine in this bottle carefully, then drink it all and sleep beautifully, and wake up tomorrow to continue looking for wine. That's what he lives every day and what it means. Today, of course, is no exception.

It's just that when the wine in the bottle was about to be drunk to the bottom, there was a sound of footsteps in the distance.

Who would come to this garbage-strewn alley in the middle of the night, it's simply incomprehensible.

But. The beggars obviously don't think about it. All his attention is on his wine. Nothing else, it didn't mean anything to him.

The footsteps were gradual, and they were about to reach the big garbage heap where the beggar was. It actually stopped.

The man's face was hidden in the darkness, but his dress was revealed in the moonlight, a wide robe that those who knew knew were the sacrificial garments worn by the clergy of the Catholic church.

The beggar didn't look at anyone, but just bowed his head and drank his wine.

The visitor did not seem to be in a hurry, nor did he say anything, nor did he make any movement, but stood there motionless, quietly watching the beggar drink.

When the beggar drank not a drop of wine from the bottle, the man finally spoke.

"It's not easy to find you." The voice is very strong, this unique rich voice, there is only one, and that person is called a priest, but he is not a Catholic priest, but a priest of the night owl, a priest who is called the spokesman of the night owl of death.

Listening to the priest's words, the beggar finally raised his head, and the dim moonlight shone right on his face, but it was a young face, which turned out to be a young beggar.

Even though his face was covered with dirt, even if he had a sloppy beard, he could see from the outline that this was a handsome face, and this face was none other than Shi Mengchen, who was defeated by Wu Feng on the wind torture table a few months ago.

In just a few months, the once heroic young man has become the sloppy appearance he is now, if Wu Feng sees it, he will definitely not recognize it. He would never believe that the back he thought he was familiar with was actually his former opponent, his defeated subordinate Shi Mengchen.

Shi Mengchen only glanced at the priest, then lowered his head and ignored him, as if the priest was not talking to him.

Seeing this, the priest sighed faintly: "I really didn't expect that the night owl's top killer No. 7 would actually fall into this way." If I hadn't watched you grow up, I wouldn't have recognized you. ”

Shi Mengchen laughed self-deprecatingly, and did not answer, but raised the wine bottle in his hand again, facing his mouth, as if he wanted to let go of the last drop of wine in the bottle.

"Alcoholic, is this still the number seven I know?"

"The number seven you know is dead, and now there is only one beggar left." Shi Mengchen finally spoke, but his voice was unusually old and hoarse, which did not match his current age at all, it seemed that he had drunk too much wine, and the alcohol had overdrawn his body.

"Why are you so troubled, you used to be extremely strong and confident, but now you have become such a waste that is not even as good as ordinary people, aren't all your efforts in vain."

Shi Mengchen still didn't answer, as if the priest's ridicule and regret were not talking about him, but someone else.

The priest sneered and continued, "I grew up watching you, and I've noticed you since the first day you joined the organization. I remember when you were thin and weak, and you were bullied. But in just ten years, you have grown into the feared cold-blooded killer No. 7 of the night owl, I have witnessed your transformation, and I have also seen with my own eyes how hard you have worked and sweated for this, I thought that you would become stronger and stronger, and you would stand at the peak of humanity, but I didn't expect that in just a few months, you fell directly from the peak to the abyss, which is really something I never dreamed of. ”

This time, the priest's words seemed to touch Shi Mengchen's heartstrings, his expression was no longer indifferent, and his face actually showed a look of remembrance.

The priest's smile deepened: "I still remember those who used to bully you in the first place, they have all become your subordinates now, either surrender to you, be trampled under your feet, or die at your hands, what a beautiful scenery you were at that time, why is a small setback now collapsed, this is not in line with your unyielding character." ”

Shi Mengchen's eyes looked at the sky, looking at the hanging bright moon. As if talking to himself, he said, "Yes, I don't believe in it myself, and one day I will be willing to fall." Abandoned by my parents and growing up in an orphanage, I tried to escape the fate of being bullied until I joined the organization, and this desire grew even higher. Because the organization wants us to bully the weak, the strong can survive and become the top killer. Since I was a child, I have been weak in health, but in order to surpass my peers in strength, I have worked hard to improve myself. Others train with ten pounds of weight. I will carry 20 pounds, and others will carry more than 20 pounds, and I will carry 40 pounds. Finally, I surpassed them in my own power. This seems thin on the body. But it has an explosive power that doesn't match the body. Then I gave a hard lesson to those who had dared to despise me at first, and made them submit to my feet. Whoever is not convinced. I'll fight him until he wears. ”

Speaking of this, Shi Mengchen suddenly laughed, turned his gaze from the moonlight to the priest, looked at the priest and continued: "I thought that my strength was greater than that of others, so I was more powerful than others. But later, I found out that I was wrong, because in this world, it is not whoever has the most power is powerful, because there is also a thing called a move in this world, which can ignore the size of the power and defeat the strong with the weak. After realizing this, I no longer deliberately honed my strength, but learned the moves. In order to learn the most profound martial arts, I prayed to the leader to give me the most profound martial arts, for which I knelt in front of the leader's door without eating or drinking for three days and three nights, and finally moved him to teach me the most profound martial arts of the organization, Mianquan. When I learned Mianquan, I thought that I was really a master this time, and there were few people in the world who were my opponents. It wasn't until I met that guy named Wu Feng that I knew that I was wrong again, very wrong. ”

Speaking of this, Shi Mengchen suddenly laughed: "Hahahaha, moves, hahahaha, moves." ”

Shi Mengchen's laughter gradually became crazy, and there were bursts of sobbing in between, I don't know if he was crying or laughing.

The priest frowned and looked at Shi Mengchen's crazy expression, but he didn't stop it. Gradually, Shi Mengchen gradually calmed down from the crazy laughter at the beginning, the laughter was still there, but it was no longer crazy, but it turned into self-deprecation.

"Moves, moves, hahahaha, that guy is right, in the face of absolute power and speed, any move is just a joke, and I, from beginning to end, has been a joke, hahahaha."

"Is it that funny?" Father Priest said.

"yes, it's funny." Shi Mengchen replied with a smile: "I laughed at myself for being stupid, stupid for choosing the wrong opponent, stupid for trying to defeat a person I can't defeat at all, stupid for wanting to become famous in one fell swoop, but never thought of it, and finally became a stepping stone for others to become famous, you say it's funny or not, hahahaha." ”

"If you have time to laugh, why don't you want to think about revenge, do you want to live like this for the rest of your life, have you forgotten those who laughed at you before, the reason why they dared to laugh at you is because they are strong, but in the end you proved that it is the strong who laughs last, you become stronger than them, and finally trampled those under your feet, you can before, why are you willing to fall after this failure?"

The priest's words of encouragement did not have any effect, Shi Mengchen stopped laughing, shook his head and said, "It's different, this time it's different." I knew that no matter how hard I tried to hone myself, I wouldn't be able to reach that guy's strength and speed, which was not what people possessed. I don't even have the slightest chance of revenge. ”

After saying so many words, Shi Mengchen seemed to be tired, and raised the wine bottle high again, trying to drink the best drop of wine in it, but found that there was not even a drop in it.

He threw the wine bottle to smithereens, went to the garbage heap, closed his eyes, and said lightly: "I'm done, don't waste time on me, a wasted person, you better find someone else to continue your plan." ”

This was an eviction order, but the priest did not leave, but stood in place, laughing inexplicably, his smile mixed with mockery, somewhat similar to the meaning of Shi Mengchen just now.

He opened his eyes, looked at the priest coldly, and said, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Obviously, the priest's ridicule stabbed Shi Mengchen's self-esteem.

The priest suddenly put away his smile, looked at Shi Mengchen and said coldly: "I'm also laughing at your stupidity, stupid to choose the wrong opponent, stupid to try to defeat a person who can't be defeated at all, but you just said so much stupid, do you know what the stupidest point is?" ”

Shi Mengchen's eyes moved. Didn't seem to understand what he meant.

But the priest did not wait for his answer, but continued: "The stupidest thing about you is that you have lost, but you don't even know who you are losing to. ”

"What do you mean by losing to whom?" Shi Mengchen's eyes were full of doubts, and he didn't understand the meaning of the priest's words.

The priest looked away from Shi Mengchen's eyes, looked up at the moon in the sky, and said slowly with excitement in his eyes that no one could see: "You know, in the world we live in. There is such a group of people. They seem to be the same as ordinary people, but they have the ability to surpass ordinary people, and their strength can penetrate steel. their speed. It is possible to overtake the car. Their jumping power is several times that of ordinary people, which can be described as flying cornices and walking on the wall. They can see farther, they can hear more realistically, in short, they can say anything. ”

"What are you talking about?" The priest's words made Shi Mengchen a little confused: "Piercing through the steel plate, comparable to the speed of a car, are you joking, or have you watched too many movies or novels?" ”

"I'm not interested in making this kind of joke with you, they are not fictional characters in movies or novels, they do exist in this world, but few people know their existence, but the people who know them give them a unified name."

"What's the name?" Sensing that the priest was not joking, Shi Mengchen also became solemn and asked.

The priest stared at Shi Mengchen's curious eyes and said word by word: "Qi practitioner." ”

"Qi practitioners, qi practitioners." Shi Mengchen muttered these three words in his mouth, and he suddenly felt that these three words were very familiar, as if he had heard them somewhere, but he couldn't remember them for a while.

Where did you hear it, Shi Mengchen couldn't help but grab his loose hair.

Suddenly, Shi Mengchen only felt a bright light pass through his mind, and he finally remembered where he had heard these three words, that is, in the wind torture platform, Wu Feng, who was originally abused by him and had no power to fight back, said when he counterattacked: "It's a pity, you are not a qi practitioner after all."

At that time, Shi Mengchen just focused on the other party's sudden breathtaking momentum, but ignored this sentence. Now when the priest said this, he suddenly remembered.

"Qi practitioner, qi practitioner ......" Shi Mengchen's mouth and mind were all these three words.

"That's right, Qi practitioners, those who know them, collectively call them Qi practitioners. What you just said is very right, no matter how you train, it is impossible to achieve the speed and strength of Wu Feng, because that is owned by a Qi practitioner, and Wu Feng is a Qi practitioner. ”

"Really, there are qi practitioners, really, there are those abilities that fly on the wall in the movie, those abilities, really, aren't they made up out of thin air?" Staring into the priest's eyes, Shi Mengchen seemed to be making one last verification.

"It's true, they are the most real beings in the world, and they are also the beings who should not exist in the world, and they are also the closest to God in this world."

"The truest being, the closest to God." Shi Mengchen's face gradually had an expression, and his eyes flashed with light, and that light became more and more victorious, mixed with hope and longing.

After a long time, Shi Mengchen spoke, but his tone was not as decadent as before, but said with hope: "Answer me two questions, first, are you a Qi practitioner?" ”

The priest shook his head, and there was indescribable frustration in his tone: "I had hoped to become a Qi practitioner, but unfortunately I failed in the end. ”

"The second question, do you know other Qi practitioners?"

This time the priest did not answer, but nodded slightly.

Shi Mengchen's body suddenly stood up from the garbage heap, chased the priest's arm, and pleaded in an eager tone: "Take me to see him, I want to worship him as a teacher, I want to become a qi practitioner, I want to defeat Wu Feng, I want to regain my dignity, I want to wash away my shame, I want to take back all the qiē I lost, take me there, take me there." ”

The priest smiled and said, "That's what I'm here for. But I'll talk about the ugly words first, I can take you to meet that person, but whether that person can accept you or not depends on your creation, and even if he accepts you, it is extremely difficult to really become a qi practitioner in the end, and there is no one in ten thousand people who can become a qi practitioner, I think at the beginning, the organization recruited more than a thousand people from all over the country, and these people are all elites selected from the elites from all over the country, but in the end, including me, most of them failed, and only one person really succeeded in becoming a qi practitioner, and that person is the current head of the night owl. There was an indescribable envy and unspeakable regret in the priest's tone.

"I will succeed, no matter what, I will also become a Qi practitioner, this is the only goal of my life in this world. If I don't succeed, I'll die. Shi Mengchen's eyes flashed with strong confidence. (To be continued......)