Volume 1 The Small-Town Boy Chapter 26 The Road Ahead
"Xiaochen, come out and have some food. Outside the door, Liang Hanshuo shouted into the room.
"No, I don't have an appetite. There was a weak voice in the room, and there was a weak voice.
"Alas......" Liang Hanshuo sighed, "I put it outside the door for you." As he spoke, he put down the palm in his hand and picked up the other one next to him. Looking at the untouched food, he shook his head and prepared to leave.
In the last big accident, Ling Tianze was affected so much that there were no bones, and Liang Hanshuo was also immersed in grief. As a ground seal master, this is the end of the curtain, and the funeral should have been celebrated, but the bones are not complete, so how can we talk about the great prosperity?
"By the way, if you want, you can go to the academy in a while, Wang Qingyun and they are all worried about you. In addition, the person named Liu Yuan also has something to ask you, although it doesn't matter if you go to the academy or not, but the college's recognition certificate is still very important. Liang Hanshuo suddenly remembered something, turned to the room and said.
"Got it. A faint weak voice came from the room, making people feel a bit of worry.
"Hmm. Responding softly, Liang Hanshuo turned into a meal and left.
A short time later, the door creaked and a crack opened. As the door slowly expanded, an emaciated teenager appeared in front of him.
His eyes were dark and his sockets were deeply sunken. The skin is also faintly pale because the sun is not visible. The breath was a little low, and the whole person was a lot thinner.
The boy raised his lowered eyelids, looked a little uncomfortable when he saw the bright world again, and blinked unconsciously. The gentle sunlight sprinkled on the boy's body, and suddenly the haze accumulated on the boy's body dissipated a lot.
"Big brother, I'm out. Ling Chen said. With that, he walked towards the gate.
Silently, Liang Hanshuo appeared in front of the door where Ling Chen appeared before. Looking at the young man's distant back, there was some flickering in his eyes.
The steps that are still familiar, when Ling Chen was a child, he often competed with Wang Qingyun to see who ran up first, and every time Ling Chen won.
Thinking of the past, a smile appeared on the corner of Ling Chen's mouth.
When he came to the office of the tutors of the college, Ling Chen entered the door and saw a middle-aged man in plain clothes writing something. Then he stepped forward and said lightly, "Master Liu." ”
The man stopped the brush in his hand, raised his head and said with a smile: "It's Ling Chen, I know that I respect my mentor." ”
Ling Chen didn't pick up the joke, but said directly: "I don't know what Master Liu is looking for me?"
Liu Yang saw that Ling Chen didn't pay much attention to him, so he cut to the chase with interest.
"I heard that you have entered the Qi Cultivation Realm, so Master Liu, I want to give you a task. Two months later, the counties are ready to open the college competition, which is an opportunity to enter a higher university. So I want you to represent our college in this competition. Liu Yang said slowly.
"Doesn't the academy need at least five people?" Ling Chen asked.
"Of course, there are other people besides you. However, all five of them have to practice qi, so I'm afraid it's a little difficult. Saying that, Liu Yang was also a little embarrassed. One academy can't even make up five colleges above the Qi Cultivation Realm, which shows that the teaching level is average.
"How many people have been found now?" Ling Chen asked.
"Not a single one. Liu Yang said this cruel truth very calmly.
It is no wonder that in previous years, colleges like theirs rarely participated in such a grand event. If it weren't for the existence of Ling Chen, a seal master, this time, maybe Liu Yang would not have taken this matter to heart.
After a slight pause, Ling Chen said, "I'll think about it." Instead, Ling Chen continued: "Master Liu, if it's okay, I'll leave first. ”
"Okay. Seeing this, Liu Yang was also a little helpless and responded.
"I don't know how many people can enter the four courtyards of the winners...... Liu Yang lowered his head and wrote his own things, muttering in his mouth.
"Winner, can you enter the four courtyards?" Ling Chen's figure that was about to step out of the door stopped, but he didn't turn around and asked.
"Of course, but only if you are strong enough. Liu Yang said with a smile.
"I see, Master Liu, I'm going to participate. Ling Chen left these words and stepped out of the door.
"By the way, the House Contest will be held in two months. Liu Yang suddenly said to Ling Chen, but at this time, Ling Chen had already disappeared.
Slightly speechless, but Liu Yang looked at the white paper on his desk, and a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. On that piece of paper, the word "Ling Chen" was written impressively.
The daily life of the academy is nothing more than learning knowledge in the morning and training outdoors in the afternoon.
Printing and repairing is a very noble profession. In a small town in Wanyuan, there is no knowledge and training in seal cultivation. Ling Tianze, the second uncle who is usually Ling Chen, occasionally popularizes knowledge for them. Due to the lack of materials to learn the printing method, it was just a matter of talking on paper to let the students know that there was such a thing.
And Ling Chen happened to be a seal repairer. As for how he became a seal cultivator, it's very simple, just slept and woke up to find that he had activated the Yin Yuan, but he hadn't engraved it yet.
For this kind of thing, the dean of the college, who has always seen the beginning and the end of the dragon, only said two words: "Luck." ”
And when everyone thought that Ling Chen had jumped into a dragon, he suddenly changed to martial arts. This made the senior management of the academy suddenly unable to sit still, and tried every possible way to brainwash Ling Chen. But Ling Chen didn't buy anyone's account, and still insisted on his own opinion.
Gradually, everyone lost hope and ignored this time, and it has been so until now. How to say it, indifferent, and hopeless.
When I came to the classroom, the instructor was teaching theoretical knowledge. When the students saw Ling Chen, they were all in a commotion. After all, someone has heard some rumors.
Ling Chen ignored these noisy students, walked slowly to the last row of the classroom, and sat down quietly to listen to the lecture.
When the tutor saw Ling Chen coming, he also paused, but continued to lecture.
"Then let's continue to look at the necessary factors for wanting to fight at the next level......
"Hey, Dust!" The deliberately muffled voice floated from not far away, and Ling Chen knew who it was without looking. No one would come and talk to him, except, of course.
"Dust!hey!" the voice continued to call Ling Chen, but before Ling Chen could reply, the voice of the mentor scolding came from the podium.
"Wang Qingyun, if you don't listen to the class, you will sleep on my stomach for me, and it will affect the classroom discipline less. ”
After the instructor finished speaking, he coughed slightly, straightened his tone, and continued: "The most important thing in practicing martial arts is to look at the understanding and fit of martial arts, generally speaking, ......"
Ling Chen saw that Wang Qingyun was scolded by his mentor, and he was also slightly apologetic. Turning his head to look at Wang Qingyun, he found that the other party was looking at him, so he nodded slightly.
Seeing this, Wang Qingyun also nodded with a smile, and turned to lie on the desk...... Go to bed.
The study in the morning is nothing more than to make a clear answer to some cultivation opinions, methods, and so on, so that cultivation can take shortcuts and be slightly ahead of others.
In fact, these are not all true, to study in the college, in their remote town, the most important thing is to be literate, learn history, ancient and modern cultural knowledge. Yes, you heard it right. Nowadays, it can be regarded as an era of peace, and illiteracy or something is now considered a kind of humiliation. So my parents still hope that they can have a little more face on their faces.
In times of peace, it was already stipulated that fighting was not allowed in the city, which was the result of the joint deliberations of the giants of the whole world. Therefore, some people's pursuit of strength is no longer so strong, and they want to spend their lives quietly.
Lunch at the college is generally eaten in the college. Students can study at the college by paying some tuition fees every year, and the cost of food and accommodation is calculated separately. These are basically the financial resources of the college.
In short, the town is remote and the conditions are poor, so let's make do with it. The people here are very responsible, they don't have any big ambitions, and it's enough to live a quiet life.
After lunchtime, Ling Chen and Wang Qingyun came to the grove in the mountain behind the academy very tacitly.
The four looked at each other, and the atmosphere seemed a little strange for a while. Suddenly, Wang Qingyun shouted, followed by Ling Chen.
"I'll open this mountain. ”
"I'll plant this tree. ”
"To cross this road. ”
"Crotch drilling!"
The two of them laughed when they were children.
Sitting on the lawn with a stick of grass in his mouth. A faint bitterness comes into the mouth, and what a nostalgic taste.
When he was a child, Wang Qingyun was bold and always invited Ling Chen to do everything. When he got into trouble, he ran to the small forest in the back mountain and hid, and he didn't go back until dark, and in the end he still couldn't avoid a fight.
"Chenzi, what are you going to do in the future?" Suddenly, Wang Qingyun looked at the afternoon sky and asked while lying in the shade of green.
"Go to Dongsheng Academy. Ling Chen said absentmindedly.
"Anyway, you haven't given up yet, it's been more than two years since that incident...... Wang Qingyun also narrowed his eyes slightly, falling into a memory.
"What about you, do you have any plans?" Ling Chen also asked.
"Me...... We're just rough people, and we want to go out and wander while we're young. Then I went back to this land where I was born and raised, married my daughter-in-law, and planted crops. With that, Wang Qingyun sat up from the ground and said with a smile.
"What a great idea...... If I could, I would also like to have such a dull life......" Ling Chen said with a wry smile.
Wang Qingyun glanced at Ling Chen and said, "It feels like you have an extraordinary fate. However, Wang Qingyun suddenly realized something and quickly shut up.
"It's okay, I've already figured it out. Ling Chen paused, smiled lightly, and said, "Second uncle, he left with a smile......
"Uncle Tianze......" Wang Qingyun's tone was a little choked, and he stopped talking.
"Good all the way. After holding it for a long time, Wang Qingyun spit out four words with difficulty. Tears flickered in the corners of his eyes, but he tried hard not to let it out, so he blinked desperately, and covered up his whimpering with a little laughter.
Ling Tianze usually has a set of tea sets under the tree, which has not changed for many years. When Wang Qingyun was a child, he was naughty, so he quietly replaced the tea leaves in the teapot with a lot of coptis, and put a packet of rat medicine from nowhere, and shook it well. Then he ran to the house to play with Ling Chen, and forgot about it while playing. Finally, when I was thirsty, I saw a teapot outside, so I ran over and poured it down. As a result, I couldn't even open my mouth on the spot. After a while, he foamed at the mouth and his whole body convulsed. If Ling Tianze hadn't come back in time, Wang Qingyun's half life would have been confessed.
In the following days, Wang Qingyun was in a state of facial paralysis and did not even go to school. This has also become a joke in the town for a while, and it is rare to let such a little overlord eat himself. In the end, as soon as someone mentioned Ling Tianze's teapot, this little overlord would be obedient.
Wang Qingyun patted Ling Chen's shoulder and said, "It's okay, we're still here." Your world is not lonely. ”
Ling Chen also laughed helplessly, it's always good to have friends. After so many days, he has slowly figured it out.
The road still has to go on, and as for how to go, it is unknown. No one can see through the fate of their own life.
Ling Chen stood up, patted his buttocks, and said, "Let's go, there's work to do." ”
"What are you doing?" Wang Qingyun asked curiously when he heard this.
"You'll know when the time comes, let's go. Ling Chen didn't answer, but went directly to the academy.
Seeing this, Wang Qingyun was confused, but he still followed.