The sky was a little gray, and in the open space west of the village in the early morning, it was another day of new training. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info But today the teenagers are particularly excited, scrambling to gear up, and there is an atmosphere of competition in the group.

"First of all, congratulations to the twenty students standing in front of me, your persistence has brought you to where you are today, unlike other waste."

"But competition is everywhere, and if you want to get more, you can only be stronger and stronger than others. The resources available to us are very limited, and in order to facilitate you, I will set up a small class of samurai for even more brutal training. Now, does anyone want to quit? ”

"Very well, are you all ready for the challenge?" Yi Mu shouted loudly.

"Ready!" Not to be outdone, the teenagers replied.

"Very well, now I announce the method of the competition. You will be divided into three age groups, 12 to 14, 15 to 16, and 17 to 18. Teenagers of each age group receive stone baskets that match their age group, and from here, they set off to the town. The village chief will be there to pick you up, and the seven people who arrive and return the fastest will enter the samurai class. Remember, there are only seven slots. ”

"Now, use your strength to persevere, use your wisdom to judge, use your eyes to observe, use all that you have learned in these twenty days, and return as long as you can before dark!"

The teenagers scrambled to take their backpacks and ran towards the outside of the village. Soon the figures disappeared from the clearing.

Yi Mu felt the pressure from his shoulders as he carried the five-stone basket, and beside him, followed by the fat man Huang Xiaobao and a young man nicknamed Mouse, who looked very thin on the surface, and whose original name was Yi Suqian, 'probably a name taken from a certain food'.

At this time, Yi Mu's brows tightened slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

"What's wrong, Yimu?" The fat man walked in and asked.

"Fatty, let me ask you, how long does it usually take you to get from the town to the village?" Yi Mu turned his head and asked.

"It's less than two days, what's wrong?" The fat man replied.

"How long do you think you'll be carrying these things on your back?" Yi Mu continued to ask.

"Maybe it's a day or two longer..."

"That's most of the day." Yi Mu said directly: "Then why did Zuo Shi say 'rush back before dark as much as possible'?" ”

"Isn't the test as simple as it seems?" The rat blurted out.

Yi Mu said lightly: "According to Zuo Shi's character, simple is a strange thing. Pay attention to what you find and remind each other. ”

After saying that, Yi Mu held on to the heavy back basket and began to trot, chasing the crowd in the distance. The fat man and the thin man followed, staring at everything strange in the road, lest something bad might appear.

After trotting for hundreds of feet, Yi Mu and the three of them felt a stabbing pain in their shoulders, as if the stone was getting heavier and heavier, while their strength was becoming less and less. The fat man panted and said, "Like, there seems to be nothing different, huhu." ”

As soon as the fat man's words fell, the mouse pointed to a corner in front of him and said, "Look at that, it looks like someone has fallen." ”

The three of them slowed down, walked in and saw the young man in front of them, who was picking up the stones poured out of the back basket, Yi Mu was about to move forward, the fat man grabbed him, and said in a voice: "Be careful." ”

Yi Mu lowered his head and saw a rope of similar color to the ground, firmly suspended in the low air. "Damn." Yi Mu scolded in his heart.

"Thanks, fatty." After Yi Mu finished speaking, he stepped forward and put down the basket on his shoulder and helped the young man pick up the stone together, and the fat man and the mouse also followed Yi Mu to pick up the stone. The boy who fell was Wu Tian, the bald boy, but from beginning to end, he didn't look at Yi Mu and the others, nor did he thank them. It wasn't until they had gone that he picked up his basket again and walked forward with a half-limp in his eyes, his eyes full of determination and unwillingness.

When the three of Yi Mu came to the corner of another mountain road, the fat man couldn't help but say, "Why should we help someone like Wu Tian!" ”

"We don't have much time, so I'm afraid it's hard to get to the front." The mouse said helplessly.

"Do you remember what Master Zuo said?" Use everything you've learned', Master Zuo taught us to help our fellow students, if you pretend to leave without seeing it, are you comfortable? I'm not comfortable anyway, no matter what he does, we've already helped. Yi Mu explained.

The fat man was silent for a while, and said, "I really didn't misunderstand you, Brother Wood, help me share some of the weight, otherwise, I will be very sad, and you will be ・・・・・・ then."

Yi Mu directly took out a stone and said, "Are you sure?" ”

"Hahaha・・・・・"

Continuing on, a flat gravel road lined with lush bushes and grass seemed surprisingly quiet.

"Wait." Yi Mu said with a wave of his hand.

"What, huhu, did you find anything? Huhu~" The mouse looked around for a while and asked.

"See that stone? Like the one we carry? Yi Mu pointed to a gray thing in the distance.

"Seems to be." The mouse said.

"Look there." The fat man pointed to a nearby piece of ground and exclaimed, "There's a rope." ”

"Did someone break it?" The mouse guessed.

"Really?" Yi Mu cautiously approached, and then Yi Mu noticed a sound coming from the bushes on both sides, "Is that so?" Yi Mu smiled in his heart.

"Come on, it's okay here, let's just step on the rope and go over." Yi Mu said loudly, as if he were speaking to someone far away.

In the grass, two middle-aged men dressed as big farmers watched the departure of Yi Mu and the three of them, and said, "Could it be that this baby has been discovered?" ”

"Ignore them, quiet, there's someone again."

Soon, Yi Mu and the three of them came to a mountain road with a basket on their backs, which is also the only mountain and stone path to dig the mountain wall.

Just as Yi Mu was about to walk around the mountain path, a figure walked out from the side. Yi Mu knew him, it was the black-faced Uncle Wu who carried firewood with Ai Su last time.

"You can't go here, you can't go there, you can't go there, you can't go by water." Uncle Wu pointed to the wide river on the side and said.

Uncle Wu looked up as if talking to himself and added: "Be careful of falling when walking on the waterway, and find some grass to tie the soles of your shoes." Don't fall in the water. The weight of the stone is related to the achievement. ”

"Is his neck uncomfortable? Why do you want to speak to us like that. The fat man wondered.

"Fool, don't you see that Uncle Wu is reminding us!" The mouse said helplessly.

"But why did he remind us?" The fat man asked subconsciously.

"Let's go, don't think about it so much, go find some grass." Yi Mu turned and walked towards the creek. secretly thanked Uncle Wu in his heart.

On the road leading to the town, a seemingly thin figure, carrying a large, heavy backpack, walked less than three miles from the end of the line. Her expression was not as struggling as the others' faces, but rather a little relaxed.

In second place, a mile behind her, was a sturdy teenager who was picking up stones on the ground that had fallen from his basket, and not far behind him, there was a trap half a meter wide. A teenager behind him overtook him excitedly, and now he became third.

And on the last stretch of the road of the competition, the bald boy was also picking up fallen stones, ignoring the scarred palms and knees. It's going to be a contest of endurance, courage and intelligence, and whoever has one or two of them is destined to be the winner.

It was almost noon, but the sky still looked overcast, without the usual scorching sun. Villagers who are familiar with climate change know that the first heavy rains of the rainy season are coming, and at the same time the spring harvest is just around the corner.

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