Prologue IV Reality
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These two items have almost become all that Xing Yu has eaten and slept in the past ten days. He often just ran back from outside, and after chatting with Xingyue for a while, he ran out again in the helpless eyes of the old man. As for the task of taking care of Xingyue, Xingyu had no experience, so he had to entrust it to the old man.
The days passed like this, today is the ninth day, and another day will be the first day of the selection of martial artists in Meteor Town. And Xing Yu's brows became tighter and tighter.
"Let's get started." Xing Yu looked at Xing Yue, whose face was a little gray on the bed, and his heart was full of worry. "Xiao Yu...... Why don't you go out today? Xingyue asked, her voice too weak to be heard. Sister, it's okay today, I'll accompany you. Xing Yu held Xingyue's hand and began to talk about trivial matters, "Sister, didn't a boy confess to you some time ago, why did you go up and reject him?" ”
"Oh, that fool," Xingyue smiled slightly, as if she saw the scene of a boy facing her with a red face, "He doesn't want to cheat your sister without seeing what capital he has?" "Yes," Xing Yu also smiled, "A beautiful person like my sister, anyone who wants to marry my sister can have a long queue, my sister must find someone capable to marry!" "Say what to marry or not, where do you think about the kid, I'm only sixteen years old." Xingyue said angrily. "So what's the matter, it's a matter of time anyway." Xingyu replied.
"Hmm......" Xingyue looked at the ceiling, "Sooner or later......"
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The day has finally arrived.
The street, which was a little deserted yesterday because everything was well arranged, was filled up this morning. For a while, people shouted and neighed, and the entire Meteor Town was wrapped in a lively atmosphere. After saying goodbye to his sister, Xingyu went out with the old man and walked east. The street was already crowded, and Xing Yu and the old man had no choice but to squeeze through. What annoyed Xing Yu even more was that there were many horse-drawn carriages on the streets that were going in the opposite direction, and it was they that took up too much space to make the already not spacious streets even more congested.
"Uncle, why are these people so annoying, they just came here at this time, don't they know about today's martial artist selection?" Xing Yu looked at the slowly moving carriages and complained to the old man. "Xiao Yu don't worry, we have plenty of time. And, in my opinion, the old man, those wagons probably have the blood ginseng you need. The old man looked at the carriages, stroked his gray beard, and said.
"Huh? It can't be, shouldn't everything have been ready a few days ago? Why did you come today? No way. Xing Yu was startled, then shook his head and said. Hard. Something like blood ginseng can only be placed inside the government if it is transported in advance, and there is a great risk of incurring thieves, and although there are many people in this situation now, it is safer because it is a public place, and it is not easy for people to think that this is a carriage to transport treasures. Hehe, old man, I have also watched many martial artist selections, and many of them have been escorted by such means. The old man laughed. Is the Blood Spirit Ginseng in one of those carriages......" Xing Yu looked at those carriages and gradually clenched his fists, he now really wanted to hijack these carriages directly and snatch the Blood Spirit Ginseng to save Xingyue, but it was obviously impossible, everything could only rely on his own efforts to win the championship. "In any case, the person in charge of the escort must be a top master, so there is naturally no need to worry about the safety of the treasure." The old man looked at Xing Yu and said slowly, with an obvious hint of caution in his tone.
"Yes." Xing Yu nodded, no longer thinking, "Uncle, where did they put it?" "It's in the cabinet inside the government, except there's no decent place in Meteor Town." The old man said casually.
"Organ Pavilion ......" Thinking about the name, Xing Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had thought of something, but he didn't speak, and continued to follow the old man forward.
It took a long time to make his way through the crowd, and Starfeather looked ahead, and a huge stone appeared in front of him. It is rumored that this stone is an extraterrestrial meteorite from ancient times, and since it fell here, it has stood silently for tens of millions of years. This is where the name of Meteor Town comes from.
The meteorite is four meters high, more than two meters wide, and about two meters thick at the thickest point, after tens of millions of years of baptism, the appearance has become very smooth, and it is surrounded by a large square with a radius of two hundred meters, and the whole square is one meter lower than other places. It is said that this square was formed by the impact of a meteorite when it fell to the ground, and it has remained unchanged since the meteorite. The square was already crowded with people, and because of the selection of warriors, many people from other towns also came, either competing or watching. There were ten makeshift rings in the square, and there was no one in the ring yet, and it was clear that it was not yet time to start.
The registration process started 10 days ago and ended three days ago, which provided a guarantee for the creation of a less chaotic order today. What Xing Yu has to do now is to go to the staff next to the meteorite to draw lots.
"Xingyu, right?" Next to the meteorite, the staff checked the identity certificate and said, "Then let's draw lots." Xing Yu nodded, and pulled out a bamboo stick from a box beside him.
"Four." Xing Yu looked at the "four" pattern on it, then turned around and walked to the stone on the periphery of the square to sit down and start to rest. On the side, the staff looked at Xing Yu's departing figure, and raised his eyebrows in some surprise, he was also a resident of the town, so he naturally knew that Xing Yu could not cultivate, and now he was a little surprised to see a child who couldn't cultivate actually come to participate.
"It's 8:50." Xing Yu looked at the bell tower of the town in the distance and muttered to himself. The selection officially started at nine o'clock, for such an event, Meteor Town generally does not make an opening ceremony such as a speech, and the people here seek truth from facts and don't like to engage in superficial articles, which also makes Xingyu have a good impression of the simple folk customs here since he was a child. At a glance, the square is full of black figures, if you look closely, most of them are young and middle-aged, the former should be the champion of the competition, and the latter should be the elder of the former, cheering for their children.
"The selection begins!" Suddenly, a loud shout made the whole square instantly quiet, and I saw people in white overalls ascend to the ring one by one and start counting people. These people are supposed to be referees.
"No. 2 and No. 36, please go to Ring No. 1 immediately!" "Nineteen and eighty-three, please go to ring two immediately!" …… The referees shouted in turn, and soon after the voices fell, young figures gathered in the ring, and the condition required for the selection of martial artists was that the participants must not be more than thirty years old.
"Number four and number eight, please go to ring number seven immediately!" The sudden shout shook Xing Yu's body. "It's about to start...... Xing Yu's originally calm heart instantly rippled. Xingyue's condition is getting worse and worse, and he definitely can't lose!
Ring Seven.
The two figures broke away from the crowd of onlookers, walked slowly to the referee on the stage, looked at each other, and bowed together. Saluting each other with your opponent before the competition is an unwritten rule in the entire empire, and it is also where etiquette lies.
"Look, that's not Liu Feng! I haven't seen it for a while, but it looks like it's getting a lot stronger! I think he might be able to win this time! In the audience, one person looked at Xingyu's opponent in surprise. Well, after all, it's a cultivation genius in our town. The people next to him also agreed.
"Wait, the kid across from him can't be Xiao Yu, right?" "Huh? Xiao Yu, are you wrong? Isn't he unable to cultivate, how can he participate in this kind of selection? …… Wait, it's really Xiao Yu! When people looked at the teenager on the other side, their faces showed a look of surprise, and for a while, the whispers in the audience were endless.
"Looks like you don't know yet." One person sighed, "Xingyu's parents were killed some time ago. "What?! Brother Xing and sister-in-law are dead?! How did we not know? When? The people fell silent and looked at the man who had just spoken. Alas, it's been more than ten days, Xing Yu didn't want to say anything about it, and the government didn't reveal it, but a few of us who had a good relationship with Brother Xing only learned about it from Uncle Wang. The man sighed again, the uncle Wang in his mouth was the uncle in Xingyu's mouth, the old man. Xiao Yu's sister, even Xiao Yue, almost died, and she was almost at the limit of being able to hold on to this day, Uncle Wang said that only blood spirit ginseng could save her, maybe Xiao Yu came to participate because of this. ”
"Alas......," everyone sighed, "Poor child," one of the eldest women shed tears, "how pitiful it is to have no father and mother at such a young age." "Alas, why is it a martial artist selection, Xiao Yu is also a genius in terms of intelligence, but it's a pity that ......" The other person wanted to speak and stopped. And the first opponent is Liu Feng, looking at his ambition to win, I'm afraid he won't be merciful. Another man sighed. Why don't we help Xiao Yu, and each of us can pool some money and find a way to buy a blood ginseng. One woman suggested. Buy one? Do you think the blood ginseng is easy to buy, let's not talk about whether you can buy it or not, the people in our town don't have much money, and all the bankruptcies are enough to choke half of its price. One objected. After that, everyone stopped saying a word, and looked at the immature boy in the ring, expecting some miracle to happen.
"Knocking the opponent out of the ring or knocking the opponent out of the ring wins, and the other side loses." The referee said succinctly, then waved his hand: "Let's go!" ”
"Liu Feng......" Xing Yu secretly swallowed his saliva, and some sweat oozed from his palm. He naturally knew that this young man, who was known as a cultivation genius, although he did not intersect on weekdays, but the talent of the other party's sixteen-year-old cultivation to the fifth order was already well known in Meteor Town. Half a year has passed since that incident, and the other party must have improved a lot, and he is just a fourteen-year-old boy who can't cultivate......
"No matter what, for my sister's sake, I have to win!" Xing Yu's fists clenched suddenly, and he let out an angry shout from his mouth, and rushed towards Liu Feng. However......
The next moment, for some reason, the whole world seemed to slow down, Xing Yu felt that his body was soft, as if he was floating, and in his eyes, the figure in white was getting farther and farther away from him......
"Boom!" A dull crashing sound came out, and Xing Yu found that he had sat down on the ground, and under him, it was no longer a ring made of marble, and what his fingers touched was slightly moist soil......
"It's over, Liu Fengsheng!" The verdict sounded, followed by a deathly silence.
"How...... What...... Will ......" Xing Yu looked at the land in front of him sluggishly, everything, as if in a dream. One move, just one move! It was this move that completely broke Xingyu's wish, and it was equivalent to completely pronouncing Xingyue's death! "Concession." In the ring, Liu Feng looked at the sluggish young man, and after clasping his fists and saluting, he wanted to turn around and leave. After hearing this response, Xing Yu no longer seemed to be sluggish, but his pupils began to dilate continuously......
"Impossible!" Suddenly, a roar resounded throughout the area, and people found that a teenager stood up and rushed towards Liu Feng in the ring like a beast. "Xingyu can't, it's a foul like this!" People were shocked. However, the boy ignored the shouts of the people, ignored the referee who was angrily yelling at him, and then, with a fist, struck at the figure......
"Bang!"
There was another muffled sound, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the young man's figure slashed through the air, like a parabola, and slammed into the ground again. "Ahem...... Cough......ing up a little blood, the red-eyed young man stood up again and continued to walk forward.
"Xiao Yu." At this moment, a rough and dry palm rested on the boy's shoulder, causing the boy to stop. Slowly passing through his head, what was reflected in the young man's eyes was a calm and plain old face. "I've already lost, let's go back." The old man looked at the young man and said slowly.
It's a dead silence again. After a long time, a tear slipped from the corner of the boy's eye, condensed into a drop at his chin, and then slid into the air and dripped onto the ground with a slight but heartbreaking crisp sound.
"Smack!" Shaking off the old man's hand vigorously, the young man slowly raised his head and looked ahead, where there was a group of middle-aged people looking at him, and a young man looking at himself, as well as looking at his own fate. After a few seconds, the boy slowly lowered his head, turned around slowly, and walked in the direction of the sidelines step by step, his steps were very slow and slow, contrary to the impatience and swiftness of the previous arrival...... Looking at the back of the young man, a woman just opened her mouth to say something, but she was stuck in her throat and couldn't say anything.
"This is the reality." The old man looked at the figure of the young man gradually moving away, and slowly spit out this sentence, followed by a long sigh......
"Boom."
Falling feebly on the deserted street, Xingyu's tears finally gushed out like a broken embankment. "Ahhh Xingyu let out a reluctant cry, but no one paid attention to him, and everyone went to the square to watch the selection.
"Why ......" Xingyu slammed his hands into blood, but he didn't know at all, "Why...... I...... Such a waste...... "Star Feather muttered, tears streaming down his face, beating the dirt below into a drenched state. Gradually, the cry spread from Xingyu's throat, from a very small sobbing to a howling cry, the cry was full ......of unwillingness, self-blame, despair and sadness. The lonely teenager, together with the silent sky and the earth, form an oppressive picture.
"Huh?" Suddenly, the young man's trembling body froze, as if he had thought of something......
"That's right...... Organ Pavilion, Organ Pavilion, Organ Pavilion! Stopping crying, Xingyu stood up and looked in the direction of the west, his dirty hands clenched again with beads of blood and dirt, and a crazy look gradually appeared on his face.