On April 23, it was cloudy and clear

Because I have the habit of sleeping by the window, when I woke up today, the first thing I saw was the towering buildings and gloomy clouds. and the sirens that woke me up outside my window.

Thick black smoke snaked down the forest-like skyscrapers, eventually merging with the gloomy sky.

I don't know where the fire broke out, and I continue to think back to the explosion I heard with Yaoguang and Wang Hao at the door of the staff building that day, and the thick black smoke I saw.

Otherworldly Date: Early morning April 22

Wang Hao took the two of us to run to the door quickly, from a distance, it felt that the road was not far away, in fact, let us run for a few minutes, Wang Hao suddenly stopped at the door, stretched out his hand to signal us to stop, and then, he took out his identity card from his pocket, and said to the door: "Senluo is everything, the proof is in the heart" Then Yaoguang and I saw that the originally normal space at the door in front of us was suddenly distorted, and then the faint golden light appeared like a beehive's nest like a grid of crystal lattices.

Wang Hao did this undoubtedly to open the door of this enchantment so that we could enter.

Wang Hao looked at us and stretched out his thumb: "Fast forward" said he was the first to rush in.

Yaoguang and I glanced at each other, and although we were both surprised, we followed. It turned out that this was an enchantment, and ordinary people seemed to be no different, but in fact, it was completely separated from the outside by this invisible enchantment, which was invisibly and physically.

I couldn't help but complain and laugh in my heart, and said that it was wrong for the Western Department to set up an enchantment, and I think you are all about the same.

Following Wang Hao's footsteps and paying attention to the explosion, Yaoguang and I didn't pay close attention to the scenery on both sides, but only knew that we had been running for about ten minutes before we ran out of the garden and came to a large open space.

Directly in front of it is a palace that spans the width of a large clearing. This reminds me of the Forbidden City, which is not as wide as the Forbidden City, but it is more than half as large as the Forbidden City. Red lacquer pillars, glazed tiles, carved at the four corners of the guardian of the statue of Rui beast, the main entrance on the blue background gold plaque written on the two words: Dragon Gate

A vigorous momentum has crashed into my heart from the first time I saw it, impacting my vision, looking at these buildings alone and those ancient buildings on the earth are no different, even similar to the Forbidden City, but the difference is that I can see the golden qi around it, and the light emitted, although thin and faint, but enough to shock people's hearts.

"Huh? Beidou, what's wrong with you? Seeing that I was stunned in place, Yaoguang patted me curiously.

Seeing that her expression had not changed in the slightest, I asked, "Can't you see the golden light on the palace?" ”

"See what?" Yaoguang glanced around: "Except for the black smoke that is still rising on the right and the palace, I can't see anything, there is no golden light as you said."

"Really?" I couldn't figure out what was going on, but I did, and the golden light was always in front of me, never gone.

Wang Hao heard our conversation, so he smiled and said: "It's okay, that golden light can only be seen by the Qi Master, and ordinary people can't see it, that is the only enchantment set up here by the only Venerable in our school district, and it is also the enchantment of the entire Oriental School District, which can protect luck and drive away evil spirits, and meditate on the cultivation path."

I couldn't help but exclaim: "What a strong force"

Wang Hao replied proudly: "That's right, it was set up by the only Venerable who has entered the Dao in our school district, and he is also the highest person in charge of our school district, looking at the entire academy, except for the principal and the old mage in the Western Department, there is really no one who can break it."

Yao Guang said slightly dissatisfied: "Don't blow it, hurry up and see what happened" Obviously, I heard that she was very unhappy about not being able to cultivate, but only ordinary people.

In order to comfort her, and at the same time hope that she would not take it to heart, I smiled and said, "It's okay, we haven't already entered the school, you will cultivate Shangqi sooner or later, even if the effect is very small, I can help you"

"Really?" Her eyes twinkled with starlight, and she could tell that she was interested in being able to practice Imperial Qi.

I laughed, "Really, but let's see what's going on first."

Wang Hao watched from the sidelines and finally turned to the topic, and said with a smile: "It's okay, if it's because of her, then this kind of thing often happens" As he said, he pointed to a group of people not far away who were making noise, and black smoke was rising from them.

"You know why?" I looked at him curiously.

"It must be the failure of her experiment again, I heard that she has been doing some kind of puppet research recently, in order to defeat the golem of the Western Department, she has been testing, and the explosion just now I think it should be something wrong with the firepower or the furnace" Wang Hao replied to me by pointing to the black smoke that gradually dissipated.

"Who is she?" I asked.

He pointed to the short-haired black girl in the crowd who was noisy, although she was petite, but the young people around her who were taller than her all looked ashamed, as if she had made some mistake: "It's the girl who is the most noisy, and she is in the same grade as us, but she is not in the same department as us, she is from the Imperial Object Department, and she is also one of the most famous little girls in the whole school, one of the ten heroes of Hallwolf, and one of the five prides of our Oriental School District, who doesn't know her" He said proudly.

I smiled bitterly: "Don't sell it, tell me who it is"

"She is Shangguan Rong, when she is a celebrity under today's son, the second daughter of Shangguan Minghu, the generalissimo of the Protector of the Country, even her family background is different, not to mention that she has become one of the top ten masters of the school, and she has reached the peak of the imperial sword at a young age, and she is one step away from flying with the imperial sword, and the future is limitless" I could see admiration and excitement from his expression.

The so-called imperial sword and the flight of the imperial sword, it is only a description of the peak of the imperial realm, not necessarily a sword, but a sword as a consideration, and the imperial qi, the imperial soul is different, the imperial object focuses on the control of the qi and the maintenance of the balance between the object and the space, the role of the object to the limit, ordinary the imperial master can use the qi to maintain the ordinary sword under the crushing and strangulation of heavy objects without breaking, for the broken sword stage.

A more powerful master can make the sword cut through ten times its own weight, or even a hundred times the weight of the sword, so that the sword body does not break, which is called quenching the sword.

The strong stage, on the basis of the first two, can use the sword freely without destroying it, breaking mountains and gravel is commonplace, and the sword body is still as new, which is the imperial sword.

The true Dacheng powerhouse, the pinnacle of the person, can find the balance between the sword and the surrounding space, so that the sword can move freely in space, and even fly with the sword.

Although they are all for the use of qi, but after all, the place of specialization is different, which leads to our understanding of the Tao with qi as the way, and it is also different, if the qi master is specialized in the control of the invisible qi, then the master is specialized in the control of the physical object, although the two are not comparable in the stage, but they can still be divided into one or two in strength, but who is stronger and who is if, can only be determined by the ability of the fighter himself.

I remember that my master once said to me that a person is a Tao.

Although I haven't fully understood the meaning of the master's words, I guess the girl named Shangguan Rong in Wang Hao's mouth has almost found her own way. It's just that I don't know how strong it is, after all, even if the realm is reached, but the various factors in actual combat and the mastery and use of qi still determine the strength and weakness under the conditions of the same class.

It's just that this kind of realm makes me envious, if you forcibly calculate it, that Shangguan Rong's realm is equivalent to the stage that the Qi Master has completely stepped into the stage of transforming into a form of gas, although it is only a general matter, but this stage is already terrible for the Qi Emperor, not to mention that there is still room to continue to rise, which makes me feel a sense of difference between people and people in my heart.

"This kind of girl should have a teacher at home, and the teachers who can be invited by the Marshal's Mansion are not bad, why would she go all the way to the Iron City in the east to study?" I asked, puzzled.

Wang Hao was surprised: "How did you get in?" Don't you know that in the entire Xia Kingdom, only our Steel City is the capital of communication with the Western world, and Hallwolf is the first academy jointly founded with the Western world, and the conditions and resources for contacting new things and new knowledge are of course second to none in China, as the second daughter of the marshal, she will naturally come here, one is to increase knowledge, learn new things, and the other is to understand the Western world, cultivate and enhance ability, how can this kind of good thing not come?"

To be honest, I really don't know, I've been in the village for more than ten years, except for practicing and listening to the teacher talk about the outside world, I don't know much about other things, based on some similarities, I understand that the girl is indeed extraordinary, and I also understand that I did ask a stupid question, so I hurriedly changed the topic awkwardly and joked to him: "I see you praising her so much, you must have taken a fancy to her, right?" ”

"How is it possible, people will not take a fancy to a little person like us, in terms of strength, I haven't even reached the peak of the Heavenly Palace, how can I compare with the strong man who is about to step into the sword flight with half a foot, my father is only on an errand in the prince's mansion, if it weren't for the prince's appreciation, I wouldn't be qualified to come here, I am the lowest status in the entire campus" Wang Hao smiled bitterly and laughed at himself.

"Rest assured, we're all the same," I comforted.

"Don't make a fuss, who can come here, who is not the son of the prince and nobleman's family, or the descendant of the famous family, the worst of the young people who were scolded by her are the descendants of the famous family, even the people in the Western Regions are all nobles in their respective countries or have a certain status, by the way, I forgot to ask you, dare to ask which of you are the sons and daughters of the house" When I asked this sentence, I found that Wang Hao's eyes were still unconsciously nervous and panicked, it seems that he really didn't dare to have a family status

Regarding the status, I am still relatively clear, for the Xia State, which attaches great importance to both civil and military affairs, it pays more attention to the interests of the country, so even a famous family with a long history has to demote itself one level in front of the marshal who can ensure the survival of the country, not to mention that this hierarchical concept continues to their descendants.

That little girl dared to quarrel with them without fear, except for her own character, I am afraid that her status will not be bad, otherwise how could those young people be willing to be scolded by a girl.

I really don't belong to any status, and I can't tell him the purpose of coming here for Wang Hao's sudden inquiry, so I can only vaguely say: "It's just a stupid son of a landlord's family."

"Don't make trouble, the stupid son of the landlord's family can't come here even if he has money, tell me quickly" Wang Hao is still a child after all, although he is nervous, he still can't help his curiosity.

When I was thinking about how to make up a reason to prevaricate in the past, Yaoguang on the side asked out loud: "What stage does Senior Sister Lingyin belong to?" ”

I gave Yaoguang a thumbs up and cast a look of affirmation and gratitude.

She smiled at me and signaled that it was okay, I couldn't help but feel that although the girl in front of me was usually eccentric, she was still very reliable at the critical moment, but I don't know why, she gave me the feeling that she seemed to be a different person.

Wang Hao rolled his eyes, and the true feelings revealed in his eyes made me unable to speak, as if I was happy, but also like angry: "It's infuriating, the peak of the Heavenly Imperial Thing, and it's also half a foot to enter the vaporized matter, when I entered the school, I was originally one of the top ten masters, but unfortunately something happened" Speaking of this, Wang Hao seemed to realize that he had inadvertently said too much, so he was also vague about us: "It's nothing, our ranking and strength here are only limited to the first and second grades, even the top ten are all top students in the first and second grades, Except for the first three, the others basically belong to half a foot into a new realm, belonging to the hope of the future, the seniors of the third grade have all entered the new realm, and the worst is also the level of Huapuwu, so the place where they study is different from ours, in the North Campus, I can take you to see if I have time"

I accepted Wang Hao's transfer of the topic, after all, we are each other in terms of confidentiality, so we will no longer ask questions.

Suddenly, Wang Hao patted his head: "Oh, look at my brain, I'm just chatting here, it's not too early, I haven't taken you to visit the campus yet."

Yaoguang and I both chuckled, and I said, "It's okay, just show us the area we need to walk to on weekdays, and we'll get to know the rest later."

"Okay, fortunately, today is just a rest day, there are no classes, I can take you to visit," Wang Hao said ahead of time.

"Then I'm bothering you," Yaoguang also happily followed.

I walked at the end and glanced at Shangguan Rong, who was still teaching the group of people, and at the same time saw the two people behind her who were half kneeling in a large part of the place that had been blown to pieces, and the humanoid metal puppet that was already charred and half-kneeling there.

This kind of scene, which can only be seen in anime and manga, really surprised me slightly.

"Gone Yeyi" Yaoguang ran over and called me, and at the same time saw the puppet in my eyes, and said in surprise: "It's so big, but it's so miserable, why didn't you notice it just now"

I chuckled: "I'm just chatting, of course I don't notice, but let's go, it has nothing to do with us after all"

I noticed that instead of going to the dragon gate, we walked towards the small open door on the left.

It's said to be a small gate, but it's actually just a little smaller than the dragon gate in the middle, but it's still tall enough to be as tall as that puppet.

I asked curiously, "Why don't you go through the gate?" ”

Wang Hao said with a smile: "Only teachers and the five masters of the Oriental School District can enter the Dragon Gate, there is a separate barrier set up in the Dragon Gate, so ordinary students can't enter, we only need to walk through the small door here, it is enough to walk through the small door here, there is a small road leading to the real campus, and there is also a small door on the other side, you can enter and exit freely, just take these two doors on weekdays."

Yaoguang asked even more curiously: "What is in the dragon gate?" So mysterious? ”

Wang Hao shook his head: "I don't know, I once asked Senior Sister Lingyin, but she just kept her mouth shut, or used something just a slightly better study scroll to be vague."

I was confused, and thought of the task given by Elder Hong, so I paid attention to the dragon gate, and if I could, I would like to go inside to investigate.

Following Wang Hao's leadership, we walked out of the path, which was indeed a building that was not inferior to the Longmen Palace, with the word righteousness written on the plaque at the door, and the same building on the road not far away was written on the plaque.

"This is a school, classes are held here on weekdays, Zhengqi is the first grade, and Zhengxin is the second grade, don't make a mistake," Wang Hao explained.

I nodded, and chuckled as I looked at Yaoguang, who was excited.

Wang Hao took us to visit other places, originally at the back of the school, through a garden with a pavilion rockery, fish pond and flower pond is our dormitory, because the third grade has a separate school area and living area, so there are only first and second grade students here, Wang Hao told us that these two six-story buildings are able to accommodate 500 Oriental School District students living in the male and female dormitory buildings, the style is basically the same.

The large open space on the side of the dormitory building and the small buildings at the end are the experimental buildings of the Oriental School District, as well as the martial arts hall, where all the experiments and battles in the Oriental School District, and even cultivation, are basically there. In addition, there are also three departments in the Oriental School District, which are the Imperial Qi, the Imperial Object, and the Imperial Soul, which correspond to the three professions of the Xia Kingdom, which are mainly based on qi.

The school district building is also layered, each floor corresponds to its own department, and each department also has classes, so there will be no chaos.

Except for the few Shangguan Rong who we saw outside the Dragon Gate and were testing, we didn't see anyone at all along the way.

Wang Hao told us that on the rest days, most of the students were doing experiments or practicing in the martial arts hall in the laboratory building on the other side, and the rest didn't know where to meditate, so it was normal to not see people.

I also paid attention to the experimental building in the distance, and thought that the letter said that I would go to the basement of the laboratory building to find the person from Yuheng, but it was not easy to leave at the moment, so I could only wait until the visit was over, and I would go there alone to find them.

The cafeteria we went to afterwards was located at the junction of the East and West campuses, directly behind the staff building and the clock tower.

I couldn't help but laugh at the cafeteria building, and although the whole cafeteria was made of marble, the Chinese dragon carved on the stone pillars against the griffins of the West, the strange joke of big eyes on small eyes, made me laugh out loud.

When Wang Hao took me on a tour, he also met a few foreign magicians who were idle and had nothing to do, blonde hair and blue eyes, and when they saw our arrival, they were talking about something in their own language, and suddenly laughed again, Yaoguang and I couldn't understand it, but I could see that they were discussing us, and that laughter was a kind of mockery.

Wang Hao understood, and threw a "fuck!" at them! "It's the only foreign language I can understand, and if I hadn't been accustomed to the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures and lifestyles on Earth, I would have been embarrassed.

Yaoguang and I hurriedly pulled away Wang Hao, who wanted to rush up, when the group of magicians came over angrily, and then left the cafeteria.

When Yaoguang and I dragged Wang Hao out, Wang Hao was still scolding the magicians in a foreign language, and the whole cafeteria heard the shouting and scolding of several of them. And from beginning to end, I only heard Wang Hao keep shouting: "fuck" Although it is not easy to debunk, I thought in my heart that he would probably know this one word.

Eventually, Yaoguang and I dragged Wang Hao to a nearby pavilion and sat down.

"What are you pulling me for? Let me go up and punch each of them, until I don't even know his mother," Wang Hao glared at me angrily.

I knew he wasn't angry with me, so I chuckled and asked, "Why did I say you're so angry?" Do you understand what they say? ”

Wang Hao shook his head: "No"

I laughed again: "Then why are you scolding them"

Wang Hao said indignantly: "You don't know, they should be scolded!" Last time, it was because of these goods that Senior Sister Lingyin was pulled down from the top ten because of diplomatic problems, why aren't you angry! It's all because of me, it's all because of me."

Although I don't understand what is going on, I can see that Wang Hao is muttering the last two sentences, in addition to anger, there is also a deep sense of loss and guilt. I think there must be something going on among them.

But I don't want to ask, so it seems like I'm gossiping, and I comforted them: "Even if they should fight, but if you do this, it will cause more trouble, so there is no need to be angry with them."

Yaoguang also echoed on the side: "Yes, we were very happy on the first day of school, but I don't want to be upset because of those few people, take a walk and show us the rest of the school."

Wang Hao saw that we were all indirectly comforting him, so he dissipated his anger: "Thank you, but the rest is only the arena in the back, which is at the back of the entire school, not here, it is almost as big as the school district, but we are not allowed to enter on weekdays, and we can't go over."

"Arena?" Yaoguang and I spoke in unison.

At this time, Wang Hao's face began to soften and even a kind of excitement: "Hmm! Yes, the Arena, every year important ceremonies and ceremonies at the school level, as well as competitions and competitions, are held in the Arena, and in May, there is a spring competition, which is the annual Steel Race! ”

Yaoguang and I were puzzled, but in my sensitive and suspicious heart, I connected the event that Hong Lao and Lao Liang had mentioned before, and I somewhat thought of what they said, which was this competition.

The stars in Yaoguang's excited eyes on the side never disappeared.

And I continued, "What makes you so excited?" ”

"The Steel Race, it's an annual spring competition, one of the three competitions in the whole year, and all students have to participate."

"I mean, you're both in first grade, so it stands to reason that you didn't come long before me, did you? Don't be so excited."

"Huh? What's wrong with you, are you really a student at our school? Oh, yes, I forgot, you are a transfer student" Wang Hao suddenly nodded clearly: "Our enrollment time here is January every year, the school system is three years, and the difference from other schools is the special grade system, only after the spring competition is over, will it officially enter the second grade, and the third grade graduation is the same, although it is said to be a spring competition, in fact, it is a grade exam, didn't it say in the admission manual?" ”

"It's just that I didn't pay attention," I replied with a chuckle.

Wang Hao nodded in understanding and continued: "I understand, I didn't look at it much at the time, but who let us experience it, and naturally we will understand."

"Are there any conditions for the game? Is it fun? "Yaoguang and I are both from the village and town, and according to the actual hierarchy, it is difficult for us to come into contact with this kind of thing, and we who are even restricted or even not allowed to enter the city, naturally do not know these new things.

But after all, I have memories of my past life, and I try to guess a little bit about the various fantasies and realities of the authors in novels and anime comics, but I am not as excited as Yaoguang.

Wang Hao continued: "The spring competition determines the ranking of the first and second grades in one year, and at the same time, you can also see the wonderful battles of the seniors in the third grade, and even have the right to challenge the third grade, and more importantly, all participants will receive different rewards according to the different rankings, and the first place can get the school's only highest award, the Iron Heart!" ”

"Heart of Steel? What is that? I asked curiously.

Wang Hao was surprised, then nodded clearly again, and said to himself: "Yes, you are all freshmen, it's normal to not know."

I saw that he was really anxious, so I asked again, "What the hell is that?" ”

"The Heart of Iron is just a copy of the real Heart of Steel, it is said that those who get the Heart of Steel will get the power given by the Heart of Steel, and our City of Steel relies on the Heart of Steel to operate, you should know this, right?"

I nodded, signaling the confused Yaoguang on the side not to speak: "And then?" ”

"Every time the Iron Heart operates, it will overflow with some excess energy that has been eliminated by the Iron Heart, but I heard that even this excess energy can help the cultivation break through the barrier or increase the magic power for a cultivator with low cultivation or a magic underground magician. The Iron Heart of the Academy is to collect the energy that overflows after the operation of the real Iron Heart, but I heard that it is too difficult to collect this energy, because the overflow needs to be collected into a special bottle, otherwise the energy will turn into air, because these excess energy are useless for people with high cultivation or strong magic, so the Steel City and the Academy have joined forces to use it as a prize for the champions of the three major competitions every year, and it is also to enhance their abilities and cultivate more strong people for the school to have more protection"

"I see, but this is also a champion can only win, and there is only one, do you have confidence?" I asked.

"How is it possible, there are so many people in the school who are stronger than me, I just look at it from the side, you haven't seen it, the energy overflowing from the heart of steel can simply make people greedy, that feeling is very wonderful" As he spoke, Wang Hao fell into inexplicable intoxication.

I chuckled, "That's going to be a champion too."

"That's right! That's a champion too! You Wang Hao is a lowly plant, and you are also worthy?! Suddenly, we heard the taunt of a young man from the distance of the pavilion in our ears, and at the same time broke Wang Hao's dream.

Following the direction of the sound, watching a group of people rushing here from the distance of the pavilion, Wang Hao's face suddenly showed anger.