Chapter 7: Mentoring the Martial Arts Master
Yingxian Festival is an important festival once every three years in the Dongling Empire, legend has it that in the ancient times before the Sol planet had an era record, the entire Sol Planet was controlled by many empires of different sizes, the empires were in turmoil, and the lives were devastated, due to the long-term war, even a large number of animals and plants in nature were also on the verge of extinction, seeing that the whole world would collapse in the war caused by human greed, and a fighting genius rose in one of the empires, In the end, he cultivated to the point that other imperial martial artists could not match him, and this genius finally ascended to the throne of the empire, and finally stood at the peak of the fighting of the entire world, but at this time, the world was on the verge of collapse both in terms of ecology and human hearts, in order to completely end the old world and give the world a new life, this genius on the one hand suppressed the killing impulse of those militants and fighting maniacs in the world with great strength, and on the other hand, led various auxiliary professional divisions to transform the world ecology, Breeding and protecting those nearly extinct flowers, plants, birds and beasts have rejuvenated the whole world, and countless years later, the world has almost recovered one day after the world's ecology, this genius has quietly disappeared from this world, and since then, in order to commemorate this genius, the planet has been named "Thor" in the language of this genius's hometown, which means "liberation", and a new era is used to record this new planet.
But with the departure of this genius, the seeds of fighting and fighting that have been suppressed for many years began to germinate on the planet again, and finally the planet Thor split into five major power centers, namely the Dongling Empire in the Central Plains, the Frost Temple located in the snow-capped mountains of the Extreme North Ice Field, the Battle Dragon Immortal Island that dominates the overseas thousand islands, the Tianji Empire in the southwest of the Megatron Continent, and the Qiankun Spirit Palace that controls the ten eastern counties of the continent.
With the continuous rise of the struggle for continental hegemony and martial arts, there have been constant wars and killings in the world, and in order to pray for the arrival of peace, the people of various empires have appeared in various activities to remember the genius who ruled the world, the activities of the Dongling Empire are the Yingxian Festival, at the beginning, the empire officially forbade this kind of anti-combat activities, but later it was released and made a legal holiday, but more official propaganda and control were added, from the perspective of the empire, It is more hoped that with the help of such activities to encourage people to practice martial arts and strengthen the people of the empire to become masters of martial arts, but this festival itself still retains some early traditions, such as the prohibition of hurtful fights during the festival, and at the same time, during the festival, auxiliary professional divisions can enjoy the same courtesy as martial artists of the same level anywhere in the empire, which is also a rule to commemorate those auxiliary professional divisions who follow the genius martial artist to rebuild the world ecology.
Thanks to the help of the elixir, Lin Rui's body was almost fine the day before the Yingxian Festival, and in order to feel this rare festival, on the morning of the festival, Lin Rui also got up early in the morning, rented a car pulled by the spirit beast Tianyan Wolf and left the academy area, heading towards the Wangfu District in the city. From the fairy grass elixir to the divine blade, Lin Rui sat in the car and watched while walking, opening his eyes, although for a body like himself, these items that enhance cultivation speed and fighting ability are basically useless, but just like Teacher Samir said, he came out this time mainly to increase his knowledge, not to mention that the Immortal Festival is held once every three years, and the Ten Thousand Flowers Festival is held in Shuiyue County, so he can't stay in the school dormitory, right? Isn't that really a literal idiot out of society.
After walking for a long time, I finally arrived at the palace area, and because of the proximity to the palace, the flow of people is crowded, and the peripheral spirit beasts are not allowed to enter the street in the past few days of the festival, so Lin Rui changed to walking shopping, looking at the more sophisticated weapons and rare medicines than other areas in the periphery, precious cultivation cheats, etc., listening to the constant greeting and shouting of the surrounding bosses, Lin Rui plans to take a good look at these rare rare goods, and see a very magnificent building built by a family on the street, the signboard is actually the inscription of the king of the palace, and the three big characters "Chongbao Pavilion" are written on it.
Although in the past few years of studying in the Water Moon Palace, Lin Rui has not traveled much to other areas of the Water Moon County outside the academy area, and he has little understanding, but he has also heard of the "Chongbao Pavilion", which is said to have been opened by Tang Qiang, the chief of the palace guard, a few years ago, although it has not been in business for a long time, but due to the support of the palace and the wide range of business, the Chongbao Pavilion has basically become the most famous shop in Shuiyue County now, especially the weapons it sells are even more sophisticated, far more than other weapon shops, of course, the price is also expensive, However, it is very popular with large buyers who pursue high-quality products and do not care about money.
Walking into the first floor of the Chongbao Pavilion, Lin Rui only felt that his eyes were bright, all kinds of different lengths, different shapes, flashing cold weapons were hung all around the hall, and in the middle of the hall there were some introductions to the store's recommended weapons, but compared to the stall-style sales places outside, the hall was much more deserted, only some people sat on the sofa in the store and chatted with the store's service staff while drinking tea.
Seeing someone come in, although Lin Rui was dressed rusticly, the strict service requirements made a service lady run over enthusiastically, guided Lin Rui to sit down on the empty sofa next to him, and asked in a very sweet voice: "Hello sir, are you going to choose a weapon to take advantage of?" I believe that our Chongbao Pavilion specially hired famous teachers to create works will make you satisfied, we are doing activities during the Yingxian Festival, if you choose the festival to order weapons can get a lot of discounts! “
When the service lady enthusiastically said all kinds of discounts, Lin Rui took the recommendation sheet and looked at it, and couldn't help but be startled by the price above, although he knew that this thing was definitely not cheap, but the price of the cheapest short knife above was enough to drain all the money on Lin Rui's body, and the price of this weapon in those time-honored weapon stores outside was only half of this! Damn, it's really dark, Lin Rui thought, but seeing the enthusiastic introduction of the service lady in front of him, he couldn't just leave like this, so he said haha: "Okay, okay, I'll take a look first", after speaking, Lin Rui was about to walk towards the second floor, but was stopped by the service lady, "I'm sorry sir, there are distinguished guests in the boutique area on the second floor now, so it is temporarily closed, and I can't go up now." ”
Hearing this, Lin Rui was also a little disappointed, he originally wanted to see the long knowledge of those fine products collected by the Chongbao Pavilion, but now it seems that he can only come back another day, when he turned around and was about to leave, he heard a joyful voice from the second floor behind him: "Lin Rui, is it you?" You've come to Wangfu District to celebrate the Immortal Festival! ”
Hearing this, someone actually knew him, Lin Rui couldn't help but be slightly stunned, turned around and looked up, I, with long hair flowing behind him, a long skirt, with a noble face, and a pair of big blue eyes staring at him, it was actually Yue Ling'er! I saw a man standing next to Yue Ling'er, tall and burly, with blond hair, a white shirt and a light blue robe, also very handsome and chic, standing next to Yue Ling'er, I couldn't help but sigh "A pair of beauties who match each other!" ”
Seeing that it was Yue Ling'er, Lin Rui didn't think it was strange, as the county lord of Shuiyue County, it was normal for her to come back during the festival, it seems that the guest that the service lady said just now is Yue Ling'er, Lin Rui waved his hand at Yue Ling'er and said: "Hello county lord, happy holidays, I didn't expect you to come to Chongbao Pavilion, have you found anything good?" ”
Hearing this, Yue Ling'er smiled slightly, and before she could speak, the man next to her had already spoken: "Joke, what good treasures are there in Chongbao Pavilion, do you still need Miss Ling'er to find them herself?" Don't you talk through your brains? “
Yue Ling'er said with a smile: "I can't say that, you have sent me all good things, but it is not as happy as when I find something I like." You are offered in the palace every day, but you really haven't felt the feeling of shopping for things, it seems that you should have left the palace like me and went to Longzhen Academy for a few years. “
The man couldn't help but snort, he didn't seem to be convinced, but Yue Ling'er ignored him anymore, went down to the second floor and came to Lin Rui's side and said: "Don't pay attention to him, his name is Tang Yuan, he is the only son of Tang Qiang, the chief of the palace guard, he has been spoiled since he was a child, and his temper is very arrogant, don't mind what he says." “
Lin Rui couldn't help but be a little in a daze, he didn't mind Tang Yuan's words, saying that he had been in the Water Moon Palace for a few years, and he had been despised more often. What he didn't understand very much was Yue Ling'er's attitude towards him, as the county lord, why did she speak so politely to herself? Thinking of Yue Ling'er's words about Tang Yuan, Lin Rui couldn't help grinning, and wanted to laugh a little, feeling that you, the only daughter of the county king, have not been spoiled since she was a child, right? Thinking of it, Lin Rui felt sad again, and couldn't help but think of his parents who disappeared when he was a child, but he was never spoiled by his parents.
Not paying attention to Lin Rui's somewhat lost look, Yue Ling'er was excited, stretched out her hand to pull Lin Rui's hand, and said, "Today is the first day of the Yingxian Festival, but it hasn't been so lively outside for a few years, let's go out for a walk together." ”
At this time, Tang Yuan, who was behind Yue Ling'er, stepped forward and grabbed Lin Rui's right hand first, "It turned out to be Brother Lin Rui, I heard the county lord say that you are the only one in the Intermediate Department of the Water Moon Palace who dares to face Mason's threat head-on, you are really lucky, fortunately!" ”
It hurts! Lin Rui only felt a strong force coming from the opponent's palm, and the bones of his right hand had a feeling of being crushed, he hurriedly used the energy in his body and used his physical skills to resist this huge grip force, but his energy gathered on his right hand still couldn't resist the opponent's power at all, and even felt that the energy he gathered to his right hand was oppressed by the opponent's power and flowed backwards to his arm, and the right hand that was out of energy protection seemed to be about to be broken by the opponent in the next second!
But at this time, the opponent's strength was receiving, and the energy that oppressed him dissipated instantly, and Tang Yuan also naturally shook hands with Lin Rui after withdrawing his strength, and said: "This guy Mason believes that he is the son of Mei Zhantian's old guy, known as the first master of the Intermediate Department of Water Moon Palace, but he is very arrogant, I would have thought I would meet him, hehe, the same level of fighting competition a few days ago finally taught him a hard lesson, happy, happy!" This guy's strength is really blowing, I can't imagine that there is only a capable figure like Brother Lin in the Intermediate Department of Water Moon Palace who can not buy his account, it seems that the fighting strength of Water Moon Palace is really not worth mentioning now! ”
When it came to the word "capable", Tang Yuan deliberately aggravated his tone, and looked at Lin Rui's eyes with a hint of disdain, in Tang Yuan's opinion, people who have no strength but dare to call the strong probably belong to the category of having brain problems, there is really nothing to appreciate, and this kid is dressed in gray cloth, at first glance, he belongs to the kind of guy who has no money and no power, and he has no strength and no background, I really don't understand why the county lord is so favored by this kid, thinking about it, I can't help but make Tang Yuan depressed for a while.
Lin Rui shook his right hand gently, and was not injured, it seems that although the other party shot at him, he also left a hand and did not let himself be injured, the other party's energy was really just right, just when his right hand couldn't stand it, he withdrew his strength, and also saved a little face for himself, this guy is really not simple, he is really a master! Thinking that Yue Ling'er mentioned his name just now, it was actually Tang Yuan who defeated Mason in the inter-school fighting match, Lin Rui's heart was also shaken, this was the first time that he had truly comprehended the means of surpassing Mason's fighting master in many years in Shuiyue Palace, except for the mysterious Ouyang Ziwei!
Looking at the two of them looking at each other, Yue Ling'er hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, everyone knows each other, what are you staring at?" I'll be familiar with it when I'm strolling, let's stop standing here, you guys follow me, hehe, Miss Ben knows some fun places that ordinary people don't know during the Yingxian Festival! “