Xiangshan is located in the middle of the south of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, facing the head of the Eight Kings Mountain in the north - Tianlong Mountain, adjacent to Tianluo Mountain in the west, Xuanjiang River running through half a continent in the east, and looking across the river is the old enemy of Tianluo Mountain - Jinwu Mountain.

Due to the special geographical location, after the end of the Second Spirit and Demon War, there were several battles over the possession of Xiangshan, and finally under the coordination of Tianlong Mountain, Xiangshan was divided into the Eastern and Western Xuanguo Alliance that collapsed due to the collapse of the entrance.

As a result, Elephant Mountain became the only mountain range among the Eight Kings Mountains that was not occupied by a single force, and the Alliance also relied on the favorable terrain of Elephant Mountain to develop it into the most prosperous commercial mountain city in the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range.

Drawing water originated from the trunk road of Elephant Mountain, and there are different opinions about the formation of drawing water. The Elephant Mountain is not high, and there is no ice or snow on the Elephant Trunk Road, but the water gushes out from the bottom of the Elephant Trunk Road abruptly, and gathers into a lake, which is a giant elephant from a distance

The picture of drawing water, hence the name drawing water.

The meandering water flows through the large and small mountains of Xiangshan, nourishing countless living beings, and finally flows down the mountain, bypassing the wildebeest plain and merging into the Xuanjiang River.

On this day, on a path leading to draw water, a little baby of about five years old, I saw that he was wearing a linen pants on the lower half of his body and pulled up above his knees, and his feet were wearing simple sandals made of wooden planks and rattans, and the upper body was actually a rattan armor woven of fresh branches and leaves.

This little baby is poorly dressed and has tanned skin, but her eyebrows reveal a sense of agility and heroism, and she must be a handsome young man when she grows up. Although he is still a child, the little baby has wind under his feet, walks quickly, and keeps muttering, "Daddy is eccentric, Daddy is eccentric......".

On such a hot day, even if she kept picking up the shade of the trees, when the little baby arrived at the water, her face was already covered with beads of sweat, and her linen pants were soaked a little. Listening to the sound of frolicking from the water, the little baby was even more aggrieved and tears were about to flow out. He walked quickly to the water's edge and shouted to several teenagers who were playing in the water: "Brother, brother, Daddy asked me to call you home for dinner." ”

"Okay!" one of the teenagers wiped his face, took a deep breath, plunged into the water, and when he showed his head again, he had already swam to the shore, and wiped his face again, the boy smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, "Ling'er, let's play together!"

"No, brother, Daddy asked me to call you home for dinner," the little baby sniffed and pouted, "If I can't call you back, I'll be beaten again." ”

"But this water is really cool, I don't believe you try it," said the young man, holding a handful of river water and splashing it on the little baby. The cold river water hit her face, and the little baby bared her teeth, and looked at the others who were still playing in the water, showing a hesitation on her face.

"Yes, the water under the shade of this tree is cool, it's still a safe area, come on, just play for a while, and I'll tell my dad when I go back." After saying that, there was another splash, and the boy continued, "It's all wet anyway, come down."

Before ......the words were finished, the young man grabbed the baby's feet and neck, and as soon as he pulled it, the baby slid into the water, gurgling a string of bubbles. The young man smiled, grabbed his younger brother, held the rattan armor with both hands, and said with a smile, "Ling'er, get out quickly!"

really entered the water, and the little baby immediately became excited, and the grievances just now seemed to be swept away. He raised his slender arms, twisted one by one, and emerged from the rattan armor, using his hands and feet together, and quickly swam deeper and deeper.

The boy smiled slightly, swept towards the big tree on the shore, and threw his arms, and the rattan armor hung accurately on one of the branches. Turning around suddenly, the young man shouted, "Ling'er is coming", and swam towards his friends.

Happy times are always so short-lived, and when Xiao Ling'er suddenly felt that the water was a little cold, he realized that something was wrong.

"It's over!"

Hearing his brother's cry, the young man hurriedly swam to his brother's side, grabbed his brother's arm, and said eagerly, "What's the matter, Ling'er, have cramps?"

Xiao Ling'er was crying and mournful, and pointed to the jade wheel in the air that had already intersected with gold and silver.

"Oh, it's over!

The two brothers looked at each other and immediately swam to the shore. When they climbed ashore to get their rattan armor, they knew it was over.

There was a big man with a scarred face in the tree, holding a rattan armor in one hand, squinting and lying comfortably on the branch, with a small branch in his mouth.

The two little brothers looked at each other again, and looked at the man with blank eyes.

"Old ...... Daddy".

............

Although the summer days are long, they really get dark in the evening. The sun, which was still shining in the sky just now, was making a final struggle, and the mixed light of gold and silver intersected through the layers of cloud curtains, only sprinkling some red afterglow, enveloping the entire Jishui Village.

Scarface led the two boys unhurriedly towards the village, and a young man ran not far away, panting and pouting.

"Brother Scar, where are you going? I'm looking for you everywhere! Hurry, the deacons from the mountains are leaving, don't you want to test the qualifications of the two children?"

This scar-faced man is Liu Yi who saved Jishui Village back then, and later because he broke his appearance, he was named Scar, and with his name, the people in the village no longer called him "big brother" and "little brother".

"Oh, you're leaving, you're going to have to hurry," Scar said, but his footsteps didn't move, "Aota, everyone else has been tested, right?"

"After the test, the people scattered. Brother Scar, you'd better hurry up!" Qingtian looked anxious, "If you miss it, you'll have to wait another six years." ”

Although the mages in the world are all wealthy, the lower class has a large population base, and a few decent talents can still emerge every year. Therefore, some big forces will send their subordinates every few years to test the qualifications of the civilians under their rule, in case they find good seedlings!

And Xiangshan is a test every six years, so it's no wonder Qingtian is so anxious.

Hearing that everyone was scattered, a trace of joy flashed on Scar's face, what he was waiting for was now! He grabbed his eldest son Daocheng, and there was wind under his feet, and in a blink of an eye, he was ten meters away, and he was so shocked that Dao Ling and Qingtian opened their mouths wide.

"Brother Qingtian, please take my second child to the test, I'll go first!"

"Uh~" What else could Qingtian say, he didn't have such a loud voice, looking at the disappearing back, he turned his head and smiled, "Let's go, Ling'er." ”

"Oh. Ling'er lowered her head and replied obediently, no one saw it, and there were tears of grievance in those delicate eyes.

"Daddy, why don't you take me ......"

......

When Scar arrived at the entrance of the village, sure enough, only the deacon was left, but they were also packing up.

"Wait a minute, my lord!" Scar struggled to suppress the churning breath in his chest, "I haven't tested this yet." ”

"It's late!" the man didn't raise his head, and he didn't have a good breath, "If you have the ability, go to the Xiangshan Magic Association to test it yourself!"

"Don't mind, my lord," Scar ran to him, put down the bumped eyes of the sword, grabbed the man, and sneered, "I don't have the ability to travel to and from Xiangshan like an adult." ”

That person's face changed, this strength, fourth-order demon alchemist?

"Give me a chance, sir!" Scar smiled, and took something out of his bosom and shoved it into the man's hand.

"Yo, third-order demon core. The man glanced at it, and his face instantly softened a lot, "For the sake of you being a good hand, I'll give you a chance, I hope you don't disappoint me again." ”

Scar smiled and thanked him repeatedly. Although it really can't be done, it can still be hard, but it's cheaper not to fight than to fight.

"It's not that I said, you mountain people, it's not as good as the generation," the man turned his hand and accepted the demon core, and as he spoke, he put the alchemy supplies needed for the test in place, "In the early years, there were also third-order geniuses, and all these years are some middle and third-rate, but this year is good, the middle and third-rate are gone, all of them are low-third-rate goods, and they don't even have the qualifications to become a demon alchemist!"

After setting it up, he said to Scar, who was laughing with him: "You are not very old and you are a fourth-order demon alchemist, presumably your qualifications are still okay, I hope that this kid of yours can inherit your qualifications, so that I will not run for nothing." ”

"Don't worry, my son will definitely give you a big surprise!"

The deacon, who had been disappointed all day, wanted to scoff at it, but when he saw Scar's determined expression, he couldn't help but be infected, and he smiled: "Then I want to take a look!"

The test equipment is not complicated, the bottom is a one-foot square black box, a bracket stretches out in the middle of the box, the top of the bracket is divided into three, evenly extending outward three arc-shaped silver rods, and a transparent crystal ball is suspended in the spherical space formed by three arc-shaped silver rods.

The deacon took out a silver needle, carefully handed it to the curious Dao Cheng on the side, and instructed: "Pierce the index finger of your right hand, squeeze out a drop of blood, and drip it on the crystal ball, understand?"

Dao Cheng nodded, took the silver needle, glanced at the scar, and saw that he nodded, so he carefully stabbed his right hand. The blood slowly gushed out and soon merged into a drop of blood.

"Quick, drip!" Scar on the side poked his head out, looking very excited.

Daocheng was also curious.

For as long as he could remember, his ears had been filled with words like Scar.

"You are a genius, and you will ...... in the future. ”

"You are a genius, and you will ...... in the future"

"Someone has studied that all the famous and powerful people on the mainland have a common characteristic, that is...... You're a genius, so be like this, like that!"

......

Taking a deep breath, Daocheng reached over the crystal ball.

"Now, let's see what kind of genius I am, worthy of my father's hard work to nurture me. ”

Blood dripped down, and three silver rods lit up at the same time.

Hiss~

The silver rod burst out with light blue lightning throughout its body, and the electric light quickly intertwined and spread to the crystal ball, and the entire sphere was rendered blue.

The crystal ball trembled slightly, and then spun at an extremely fast speed, almost beyond the sight of the three of them, and before Dao Cheng could try to open his eyes to see clearly, the crystal ball stopped abruptly.

The crystal ball is still transparent, but in the area of about a finger at the bottom of the ball, yellow, red, blue and blue are evenly distributed.

"Haha, yes!" the deacon laughed, "That's good!"

He suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at the scar, his face was hideous, "Lao Tzu gives you face, you tease me like this!"

"Say a big surprise to Lao Tzu!"

"It's really a surprise! Lao Tzu lives so big, I really haven't seen the legendary third-rate qualifications of the lower third-rate!"

"This is the lower ninth rate of the four-element balance!"

"Scrap wood, waste wood within waste wood!"

"It's a pig, a waste of Lao Tzu's time, a waste of Lao Tzu's feelings!"

The opportunity was given, and the expectation was given, but the result was not expected, and the deacon was really angry.

In order to snatch this task, he paid a lot of price, but he didn't expect that the qualifications of the people in the water basin were so poor, and there were not even third-rate ones, which made his efforts completely wasted, not to mention the reward for discovering talents.

At this time, Scar bumped into him, and he was ashamed to say that there was a big surprise, but he still believed it.

"Lower Ninth Order! It's really unlucky!" This person scolded and scolded, not showing any emotion, if it wasn't for the same fourth-order, if it wasn't for the softness of taking people's things, he would have the idea of doing it.

After packing up his things, the man was still puzzled and spat at the scar in a daze.

"Big brother, big brother Scar!" At this time, there was a cry from the side, but it was Qingtian who came with the sword spirit.

"Ah, my lord, are you leaving?" Qingtian was taken aback when he saw the deacon carrying the package on his back, "Big brother, Ling'er hasn't tested yet!"

The scar is as if he has not seen it, and when he comes out of the qualification test of the knife, he is like losing his soul, in a daze, still in a daze. Not to mention Qingtian's eyes, it was Dao Cheng's confused crying, and the knife spirit was anxiously pulling, but he didn't react at all.

Seeing that Scar was indifferent, Qingtian had no choice but to bite the bullet, nodded and said, "Adult, can you test this child before leaving?"

"Isn't it enough to humiliate me if you test a ninth-rate?"

The man pushed Qingtian away and disappeared into the night.