Xin Lin continued: "The portrayal of mechanical arts is not a popular major, and even for highly qualified people, it takes a long time to learn. To put it very worldly, it earns little money and comes slowly, and the children of poor families must learn some majors that come quickly. ”

"And for those children of the family, they want to learn something that can immediately increase their combat power, such as the skills of higher-level weapons, or learn some management methods and political methods, in short, they can use it when they return to the family in the future. ”

"Therefore, very few students are willing to study our subjects, and I am very strict in accepting disciples, resulting in me so far, there are only two disciples, except for Wei Ying, one has graduated a long time ago and should now be working in the overseas branch of the academy, and I have not received my true inheritance. ”

After finishing speaking, Xin Lin sighed and said with emotion: "Alas, now that I am a lot older, I don't know how long I can live. ”

Xie Mu said: "Teacher, this, to be honest, I'm still very interested in the portrayal of mechanical arts, but, teacher, like you said, there are so many good things in other subjects, why should I go to learn a major that is difficult to learn and has no benefits?"

At this time, the two finally walked to the office, Xin Lin sat down, and also beckoned Xie Mu to sit down, waved his hand lightly, closed the door in the distance, and said: "I told you clearly, the portrayal of mechanical arts, in peacetime, it really has little effect." ”

"Because, basically everyone who has learned mechanical arts, basically knows some methods of carving, even if they are not very proficient, but it is a big deal to spend more time and time, and slowly it is engraved on the equipment. But if this is a war era, it is an emergency state of war, how can there be so much time for you, of course, you have to quickly portray and repair the skills, which requires very strong professional knowledge. ”

Xie Muyi stretched out his hand, "Teacher, let me interrupt, you said that only the era of war is needed, but think about it, it is already an era of peace, and war is very far away from us." ”

Hearing this, Xin Lin snorted coldly, snapped his fingers, took out a file bag from the storage equipment between his fingers, and put it in front of Xie Mu's eyes, "The real war is never far away. ”

Xie Mu was stunned for a moment, took the file bag, and after opening it, he found that there were a stack of photos inside, some in color, some in black and white, some of them were very old at a glance, and the photos were yellowed. But there are still some of them, but they are very new, and it seems that they should have just been filmed.

The black-and-white photo that catches your eye is four men in military uniforms, holding spears in their hands, and beside them, there are a bunch of corpses lying down, but their smiles are very happy, but Xie Mu found that among those corpses, there are clearly innocent women and children!

He flipped down one by one, all of them were battlefield photos, the people in them were either wearing military uniforms or standard uniforms, and there were a few photos of the outer area, which were a few foreigners, holding a few foreign women, drinking and having fun, but those women were crying all the time.

As for the latest photo, it is a man in a standard costume, holding a musket in his hand, preparing to rob the shop next to him, which is undoubtedly the scene of the first district.

Each of these photos touched Xie Mu's heart, but he frowned, regained his composure, and said lightly: "What does this mean?"

Xin Lin said: "War has never been far away, it has always existed around us, but the walls of the academy have stopped the filth, but it has also stopped the truth. ”

Xie Mu turned the photo upside down and shook his head, "Teacher, in fact, I want to say that I know all these things, I have participated in many assignments of the academy, as well as the tasks of the Discipline Inspection Department, and have seen a lot of cruel killing scenes, but what does this matter, what does it have to do with my choice of direction?"

Xin Lin said: "Since you have participated in the assignment, it is better to say, when you participated in the mission outside, did you have any damage to the equipment, or the mechanical skills on the equipment failed?"

Xie Mu's mind immediately thought of the small town of Yunxi under the jurisdiction of Anzhejiang at the beginning, and the lone bamboo was interrupted, if it wasn't for the mysterious old man, who helped him repair the equipment and re-portray the mechanical skills, he really might not be able to come back from Anzhejiang alive, thinking of this, his expression was also a little unnatural.

Looking at Xie Mu's face, Xin Lin smiled slightly, "It seems that you have this experience, then think about it, if at that time, you learned how to portray and maintain the art of weapons, how much help should it be, and the meaning of showing you the photos is to let you know that the current world is not peaceful, there are wars everywhere, as long as you leave the academy, you may come into contact with war, and when the time comes, you may die if you make a mistake." ”

Xie Mu shook his head, "Teacher, did you ignore a question, you said, the academy has blocked war and filth for us, so can't I stay in the academy? ”

Xin Lin looked at Xie Mu like this, and laughed angrily, "You kid, if it weren't for the fact that you have very high qualifications in martial arts and martial arts, and you still have potential in the portrayal of weapons, I would have persuaded you so hard." Okay, okay, then I'll say it directly, you're in the academy, is there really no fighting?"

"The academy is now, but it's a stormy time!"

Xie Mu said: "You mean?"

Xin Lin and Xie Mu glanced at each other, "No, I didn't say anything. ”

Xie Mu held his chin with his hand for a long time before he stood up and bent down to salute, "Hello mentor." ”

Xin Lin raised his hand with satisfaction, and a breeze helped him up, and said with a smile: "Well, since you chose me as a tutor, then I will report the information tomorrow, by the way, if you don't have classes tomorrow, you can come to the seventh peak of the mountain behind the academy, that is my mountain, you can report it, I can teach you mechanics at any time." ”

Xie Mu arched his hand, "Thank you, teacher." ”

......

The next day, Xie Mu came to the back mountain of the academy according to what Teacher Xin Lin said, and Xiao Ran was also in the back mountain, but she was on the eleventh peak. The back mountain of Nanli Mountain, the peaks are dense, one mountain after another, and there is a connection between each mountain, which is also a wonder.

The entire Nanli Mountain Range is very vast, without a peak, but it stretches for hundreds of miles, spanning the entire Jinghai City, and it is also a strategic place, but because the academy is located here for thousands of years, no one dares to fight the idea of Nanli Mountain after such a long period of operation. Of course, in the past, the college only occupied an area of Nanli Mountain, and it was only after Donglin Chenmu became the dean that the entire Nanli Mountain was included in the arms of the college.

Although Nanli Mountain has strategic value, the main roads in and out of Jinghai are far away from here, and Nanli Mountain is other mountains, the degree of development is slow, and it is not suitable for large-scale mechanized combat, and the fighting style of the college is also a straggler-style operation, so on Nanli Mountain, the college has always been invincible.

Xie Mu climbed the seventh peak, saw the compound at the top of the mountain at a glance, and walked straight up, the peak is not very high, the feet float and follow the wind, and it will take a few minutes to reach the top of the mountain. The house was so large that it almost covered the entire hilltop, but the walls were not very high, and the gate was a very ordinary iron gate.

Xie Mu knocked on the door and shouted loudly: "Student Guan Yeping, come to report!"

After a while, no one responded, so Xie Mu knocked again, "Student Guan Yeping, come to report!"

After a long while, there was still no response, Xie Mu frowned, knocked again, and shouted.

This voice shouted out, and finally someone spoke, and a woman's voice came from the courtyard, crisp and loud, although the voice was full of disgust, but it felt very attractive, making people want to see what this person looked like.

"Come, come, stop shouting, early in the morning, you don't feel noisy. ”

The woman opened the door, the sun just sprinkled on her face, she didn't wear makeup, but the sun was the best makeup artist, delicate face, fair skin, hearty short hair, hazy eyes, it seemed flawless, blinking, there was a touching style.

However, Xie Mu is not a hairy young man who has never seen a beautiful woman, he just glanced at it twice, then bowed his head and bowed, "Student Guan Yeping, come to report." ”

Hearing this, the woman nodded, "Well, I know, the teacher told me yesterday. She glanced at Xie Mu, but said, "Hey, aren't you the one who bought my knife in the commercial building before?" This woman is a student of Xin Lin, and there is no doubt that Wei Ying is there, but she is more beautiful than when she was in the commercial building.

Xie Mu raised his head and smiled: "Senior sister, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Wei Ying nodded, "Oh, it turned out to be you, yes, yes, I still remember when you bought the spirit weapon, you immediately recognized the master, and the weapon qualification should be good." Okay, now that we know, let's come in. She opened the door and walked in herself.

Xie Mu also walked in, as soon as he entered, Wei Ying closed the door, and he said, "Senior sister, why are you here? You didn't go back to the dormitory last night?"

Wei Ying yawned, "Ah, don't say it, yesterday I temporarily processed a machine, but something went wrong, a line was drawn wrong, I wanted to go back to the dormitory after I finished correcting it, but when I finished changing it, it was already midnight, where is there time to go back." Just slept here. ”

When Xie Mu heard this, she saw the residual engine oil in Wei Ying's fingernails at a glance, it seems that she did work late, and she didn't have time to wash carefully, so she fell asleep, and she has been working until now. He smiled: "Senior sister, you are really hardworking. But Senpai, isn't this the teacher's home?"

Wei Ying nodded, "Yes, this is the teacher's home, but the teacher moved the laboratory to his home, and he doesn't have a wife and children, so he deals with mechanical equipment every day, except for the kitchen and toilet, every room here is a laboratory, you can hang out if you have time." ”

Xie Mu glanced at so many rooms around him, "It's all a laboratory, don't you have a bedroom?"

Wei Ying pointed to the largest of the rooms, "This is the teacher's laboratory, and on weekdays, the teacher sleeps here." She pointed to the next one, "This is my lab, but I usually go back to the dormitory to sleep, and I only stay here in special circumstances like yesterday." ”

Xie Mu followed Wei Ying to her room, pushed open the door, and a smell of engine oil came to her face, mixed with the special smell of other raw materials, which was very pungent.

Wei Ying opened the door, took a mask from her arms and put it on, handed it to Xie Mu, and said: "The smell in the laboratory is a bit big, if you don't adapt to it, it's still very uncomfortable, some raw materials are toxic, it's better to wear a mask, it's safer." ”

Xie Mu said thank you, put on a mask, and at a glance, the laboratory was unobstructed, there was indeed nothing, except for a few large experimental tables and cabinets, there was nothing left, on the table, on the ground, in the corner, there were all kinds of parts, and there were also many finished and semi-finished equipment.

And by the window, there is a bed, different from the messy appearance in the laboratory, this bed is very clean, it seems that although Wei Ying is not picky about the working environment, she still pays attention to personal hygiene.

Wei Ying took two chairs over, and after sitting down, she said to Xie Mu: "Guan Yeping, which department are you from?"

Xie Mu said: "Freshman and fourth. ”

Wei Ying said: "Oh, then what are you cultivating now?"

"The peak of the late congenital stage. ”

Hearing this, Wei Ying lowered her head and sighed, "Alas, even a freshman freshman has a higher cultivation level than me. ”

Xie Mu then remembered that Senior Sister Wei Ying's martial arts qualifications were surprisingly poor, and hurriedly said, "Senior Sister, which department are you from?

Wei Ying immediately came to her senses, "Now that I am from the fifth series, the DL5 series of weapons has reached the second stage, and the HD series of weapons can also reach the level of the fourth level." ”

This time it was Xie Mu's turn to be stunned, the second stage of the DL system of weapons, that is, the next stage of "mechanical arts", the fourth level of the D series of weapons, this is far beyond his imagination, not to mention stronger than him, it is also a little stronger than Yu Wen.

No wonder Teacher Xin Lin said that Wei Ying's mechanical qualifications are superb. Her martial arts development was obviously constrained by her own martial arts qualifications, but she was still able to reach this terrifying level, if her martial arts qualifications were a little higher, she would definitely be able to achieve even higher.

Wei Ying's mood was obviously much better, and she said with a smile: "Senior brother, you take out the knife you bought from me before, show me, maybe I can improve it for you." ”

Xie Mu nodded, took the lone bamboo he had been carrying from his back, and handed it to Wei Ying.

Wei Ying took it in her hand and was stunned, "Senior brother, isn't this the knife I gave you?"

Xie Mu said: "This is it, this is my lonely bamboo." As he spoke, he took the knife and flicked the blade, and the blood-colored light shone brightly, and the sword light was cold.

Wei Ying shook her head, "No, although there is no difference in the feel of holding it in your hand, the knife is completely different." First of all, it is the blade itself, when I gave it to you, its material was at most the material of the ninth-level martial arts, but now, it is comparable to the Yuan martial arts, and it should have been re-refined with the addition of other materials. ”

"Secondly, the mechanical pattern on its body has completely changed, it does not have the ability to shrink freely before, but in exchange for the ability to keep the blade sharp, and when you first activated it, there was obviously a rebound fluctuation, indicating that it was added with a Dharma protection barrier, which was not available before. ”

As soon as she talked about the equipment, Wei Ying was extremely excited, and little by little she said the difference between the lone bamboo before and after the mysterious old man's hands, some places, even Xie Mu was not clear, but she could see it at a glance, and said it in great detail, this ability made Xie Mu admire.

After saying all the differences, Wei Ying sighed: "Now this spiritual weapon of yours is far beyond the previous one, and this spiritual spirit has not changed, it is still your previous weapon, in terms of this ability to transform the weapon, it is better than me, dare to ask which master of our academy transformed it?"

Xie Mu shook his head, "I'm sorry, I have an agreement with him, I can't say it." ”

Wei Ying glanced at him, it didn't matter, he just sighed, "This kind of mechanical attainment, even in the academy, is one of the few, even if it is a mentor, he may not be able to do it so finely, then it can be imagined, it is nothing more than one of those few." ”

Xie Mu didn't argue, what she thought was what it was.

Wei Ying returned the lone bamboo to Xie Mu, "It's really a good knife, I want to dismantle it, but unfortunately, if I dismantle it, I can't restore it, it's a pity to have such a good knife." ”

As soon as Xie Mu heard this, he hurriedly put Guzhu back behind him, and said with a smile: "Senior sister, don't be kidding, I'm just such a knife, I can't let you break it down." ”

Wei Ying waved her hand, "I'm just kidding." She got up, walked to the side of the experimental table, and picked up a short sword, "This sword, the guy who caused me to not be able to go back last night, has finally been successfully transformed, my martial arts foundation is too thin, you can help me try it." As she spoke, she threw the short sword at Xie Mu.

Xie Mu caught it, held it in his hand, and the internal qi was infused into it, and he waved it twice at will, and the sword qi actually emitted from the sword body by itself, and the internal qi was unimpeded, without the slightest sense of obstruction, it was obviously just a seventh-level weapon, but this sense of smoothness was stronger than the old version of the lone bamboo.

Wei Ying said: "Well, the sword qi is not bad, you try to throw it out now and manipulate it with your mind." ”

Xie Mu was stunned for a moment, and manipulated it with his mind, isn't that a function that only a spirit weapon has? This is just a seventh-level weapon, and it still has this function? Although he had doubts, he still did it, and his internal qi was infused into the short sword, and at the same time, he manipulated his mind to touch it, and then, it floated into the air.

Xie Mu could feel that his internal qi and thoughts were mixed, and they were connected to the short sword, so it could fly in the air according to its own consciousness, which was still fundamentally different from the spirit weapon martial arts.