Since the establishment of the Rune Academy in the middle of the continent eight years ago, the Rune Continent, which has been ravaged by war and magic, has fallen silent, and the forces of all parties have received a rare time to recuperate, but no one dares to guarantee how long this calm can last.

Gounod Empire, Rampo Village.

Behind this stretch of thousands of miles of the Blue Wave Mountains, there is a small village that has no quarrel with the world, because of the geographical remoteness, even the successive wars have not been able to burn here, and the people of the town live and work in peace and contentment, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, and life is in order.

In the middle of the village, there is a bluestone slab road that crosses the whole town, and the sky is only clear, and you can see a thin young man holding a bucket in both hands, struggling to move on the road, stopping from time to time to rest, shaking his hand vigorously and continuing to walk forward, after a while, he finally appeared in his sight that was surrounded by a bamboo fence of the small wooden house, the young man took a breath, staggered to the courtyard with a bucket, and then opened the water tank in the courtyard, poured water in.

"Crunch ......"

The wooden door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man on crutches walked out slowly, the crutches in his hand tapped the ground to explore, and his voice was mellow: "Back?" ”

The young man put down the bucket, trotted over and helped the man to sit down at the stone table in the courtyard, and said with a smile: "Master Li, why did you get up so early today?" ”

The man's eyes were covered with a cloth, and his ears were slightly twitching, obviously he had long been accustomed to seeing the world with his ears, and the boy had heard the man occasionally talk about it, he was not born blind, he had also seen the colorful and wonderful world, but then why he was blind, the man never mentioned it.

The man put the cane in his hand to the side, folded his hands, and said with a smile: "I can't sleep when I'm old, so I get up early." ”

The young man smiled, and then ran back to the house, lifted the lid of the pot on the stove, there was not much hot porridge in it, he looked back at the rice bag on the side, the rice in it was almost bottoming out, the young man thought about it, divided the hot porridge in the pot into four even bowls, and then took out one bowl, and then divided it into three parts, so that the last three bowls were pitiful, almost half of the bowl.

The full three bowls are Master Li's three meals a day, and the remaining three bowls are his own three meals.

The boy is very happy, and the young man is not afraid of hunger.

The young man picked up two bowls of porridge and walked to the door and put them on the table: "Master Li, eat it while it's hot." ”

The man smiled and nodded, the two chatted while eating, nothing more than trivial things in the village, even if the boy drank very slowly, but no matter how small the thin hot porridge was, it had already seen the bottom, in order not to make the man suspicious, the young man also drank two sips from time to time on the empty bowl, and made a swallowing sound, the man did not seem to suspect, after a while, the young man picked up the man's bowl and entered the house, and walked out after washing the dishes, and sat in the courtyard with the man.

"Qi Wang."

The man tilted his head slightly, although he couldn't see, he could feel the young man sitting next to him, and said with a smile: "Count, we've known each other for five years, right?" ”

Qi Wang nodded slightly, with a bright smile: "Well, this year is the fifth year, and I still remember that it was the end of autumn when I was ten years old, and we met in that small temple outside the village." ”

The corners of the man's mouth moved slightly.

yes, it's been five years.

There are very few outsiders in the village, let alone a blind man who can trek alone, so the man who was bumped into by the children in the village in the small temple became a rarity, and soon attracted seven or eight children in the village, the children were curious and afraid, and at first called him twice, the blind man would smile and respond, but after shouting too much, the blind man also gave up, but he didn't expect that the later children saw that he no longer responded, and became stubborn, and carefully threw him with a small pebble, and saw that the blind man did not have an overreaction and began to intensify, The blind man who was hit several times on his head and face just wiped the scratched places on his forehead and cheeks with the back of his hand, and did not speak, the children's hands were not strong, but they were not small, plus it was a real hard stone, and it still hurt to hit the face and body, but where can these children who have not yet opened their minds manage these, and it is important to have fun.

The children began to run around the blind man, giggling and teasing the blind man, until a bold older boy secretly snatched his crutches from the blind man's hand, and the blind man finally panicked and hurriedly chased after him, but it was a pity that he was the opponent of these nimble children, and after stumbling several times, he still failed to snatch back his crutches, and finally was tripped by the little boys who "accidentally" stretched out their feet, and fell face to the ground firmly, and his mouth was full of blood.

"Hey!"

There was a sound of hurried footsteps, and a pair of small palms grabbed the blind man's arm and pulled him up: "Are you alright?" ”

The owner of the palm was angry: "Yang Sanjin, hurry up and return the crutches to others!" ”

"Don't pay it back!"

The little boy, who was half a head taller than his peers, glared at him: "Don't be nosy, do your work, you can't finish your work, be careful that Lao Lu Tou doesn't give you food at night!" ”

"That's it."

"Qi Wang, who has no father and no mother, go quickly!"

The little ones who are having fun are helping out, they don't like this stranger in the village, Qi Wang is always out of tune with them, and he is unwilling to volatilize his childhood nature with them.

The little boy raised his cane in his hand and shouted as described in his travelogue: "I am Liu Eus, the general of Gounod!" We are all the bravest and strongest warriors, not even blood and death can bring us to our knees, only I can lead us to victory! ”

The little guys around echoed on the side, bowed their heads, and had a lot of fun, laughing: "The Gounod Empire is about to rise!" ”

The little boy put down his crutches, pointed at the thin Qi Wang, and said in a domineering manner: "Take out the blood of the Guno people, and use the battle to get back what you want!" ”

Qi Wang didn't speak, calm and relative.

Seeing that Qi Wang didn't move, the little boy sneered: "Come on, I can give you a hand, little wild child!" ”

Qi Wang, who had not moved, waited until he heard the last three words, the fingers hidden in his sleeve to the ring finger slowly closed like palms, and finally the thumb pressed the middle finger, clenching tighter and tighter, just when he was about to make a move, a pair of broad palms on his shoulders, and the blind man with a little blood left on the corner of his mouth shook his head at him, and chuckled: "It's okay, let's make another one then, it's very simple." ”

Qi Wang's palm slowly loosened, stared at the little boy and said word by word: "I'm not a little wild child. ”

Yang Sanjin didn't notice anything unusual, and he didn't care about this painless and itchless rebuttal, he just sneered, he was not interested in people who wouldn't resist, and threw away the crutches in his hand: "Hey, it's boring, brothers, let's go, let's go out and play!" ”

A group of people hugged each other and giggled away.

Qi Wang walked over and picked up the crutches on the ground, handed it to the blind man, and a smile slowly bloomed on his little face.

"Thank you."

The blind man took the cane, reached out with his palm, and touched the head of the child in front of him.

"You're welcome."

Qi Wang smiled brightly and said solemnly: "When we met for the first time, my surname was Qi, and my name was Qi Wang." ”

The blind man was on crutches, and he also replied seriously: "My surname is Li, and my single name is a blue character." ”

Qi Wang sighed, and then smiled: "Then I'll call you Master Li, it's been a long time since I've been to the village, and I've always longed for the outside world, where did you come from?" ”

"I'm from a place called Shuoji Temple."

Li Qing saw the thoughtful look on Qi Wang's face, smiled slightly, and did not embarrass the little boy's limited knowledge anymore, and immediately said: "The outside world is very exciting and interesting, when you are older, you can go and see it." ”

……

Qi Wang came back to his senses from the memory of five years ago, and the blind man beside him smiled warmly.

"Little Wangzi!"

Outside the courtyard, a rickety old man walked slowly and shouted inside, it was the oldest and oldest old man in the village.

"A batch of goods came to the entrance of the village today, you pack up, go unload with me, and I'll give you five silver coins!"

Old Lu Tou stretched out five fingers, and as he spoke loudly, he showed a mouthful of big yellow teeth: "Hurry up, if you are a little slower, I will immediately call those little bastards in the alley to do it, although those guys are always lazy in their work, but they are better than your thin arms and legs!" ”

"It's coming, it's coming!"

Qi Wang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said hello to Li Qing and hurriedly ran to the house to change his clothes, five silver coins, which can buy rice for a week.

Qi Wang, who had changed into a set of loose clothes, glanced at the hot porridge on the stove, and before leaving, he poured the remaining porridge in his bowl into the two big bowls, and after doing this, he rushed all the way to the door, and shouted to Li Qing by the way: "Master Li, you don't have to wait for me for lunch and dinner!" ”

Qi Wang followed Lao Lu Tou and left quickly, Li Qing in the courtyard sat for a while and then stood up, five years of time he already knew everything about the yard and the things in the house, he turned back to the house, the stove not far away still has a faint aroma of porridge, Li Qing stood in front of the stove, his fingers gently touched the edge of the porcelain bowl, and the full white porridge was about to overflow.

For five years, it was this thin child who held him up, and although his abilities were limited, he always kept the best for this stranger who had nothing to do with him.

The town is not big, so Li Qing can often hear the voices of the village talking about him when he walks out occasionally, and these villagers often whisper when he walks away, but Li Qing, who has been blind for so many years, has long been sensitive to hearing, and most of them can hear their conversation clearly, which is nothing more than a grievance for this child, and looks down on himself as a blind man who eats white food on a child.

But yes, I've been in this cabin for five years.

There was a gust of wind blowing, the wooden door shook, and Li Qing's ears moved slightly, catching a subtle sound that ordinary people couldn't hear at all, which was faint......

The tiger roared, and the bear roared, and even the phoenix roared.

Li Qing smiled and walked to the door to greet his long-lost old friend.

A burly man dressed in a bear's skin appeared in the courtyard at some point, his muscles shining like steel, and his eyes were full of indifference and ferocity like a beast, as if he were a beast from ancient times, which was formidable.

This powerful walker from the Ancient Ice Plain only showed a smile that was difficult for ordinary people to see when he saw the person in front of him.

"My friend, Wuer, you're finally here."

Li Qing stretched out his arm, and Wu Er stepped forward and hugged him heavily.

Wu Er laughed wildly, his voice as thick as an ancient bell: "If it weren't for your summons, how could I have set foot on the disgusting and dirty land of Gounod." ”

"Good work."

Li Qinglang laughed loudly: "How are the four spirits in the body mastered?" ”

Wu Er clenched his fists at will, and above his fists there were red flames rising, as if a red bird spread its wings, turning green, and there were small turtles crawling in it, full of vitality, and tiger roaring, powerful.

"Thanks to your blessings, I was able to master the power of the four spirits so quickly."

Wul laughed.

Li Qing nodded and said, "The four elephants in Shuoji Temple are already similar to your four spirits, and it is only a matter of time before you want to master them with your talent. ”

Wu Er smiled slightly, he looked at everything in the simple room behind Li Qing, retracted his gaze, and said with a smile: "Why are you looking for me this time?" ”

Li Qing clasped his hands in front of his chest, and at this moment, he seemed to have an ancient bell on his body echoing softly: "I'm ready to close the net, this place will be trampled by Gounod's iron hooves in three days, I hope you can defend this place, as for the future, you can do it as you like." ”

This blind man, who was powerless, walked easily without crutches at this moment, walked out of the door like a sight, stood beside Wu Er, "looked afar" at the other side of the mountain, and said slowly: "I came here five years ago to guard the darkness, and now the time has come. ”

Wu Er was solemn, clenched his fists, and there was an illusory hideous tiger head on the top of his head and roared, fierce and abnormal: "I'll go with you, Gunuo's enemies are not idle people, you have already had hidden dangers and hidden injuries in the last Shuoji Temple battle, and you can't use the power of the divine dragon again!" ”

Li Qing didn't speak immediately, he kept "looking" into the distance, and a small cave at the end of the mountain range dozens of miles away came to his mind, there was a world in the small cave, and the mountain body of nearly twenty miles inside had been hollowed out, and there were all kinds of strange instruments and healing bottles filled with green liquid, and there were many things in the bottle that could not be seen clearly, strange shapes, and in the innermost dark place, a pair of red eyes suddenly appeared, and half of his body appeared in the light, it was a fat man surrounded by a white cloth, His face was indistinguishable in the darkness, except for the white cloth that was exposed, stained with blood and rust, which looked formidable.

Li Qing's gaze turned to the northern end farther away.

On the wide plain, about three hundred iron horsemen were galloping, and the leader was not riding a horse, but his speed was not weaker than that of a horse, and if he looked closely, he only had four steel crab legs, and his body was extremely strange, one arm was steel tongs, and the other was a sharp broadsword, and his face was hateful.

The humanoid crab that was originally galloping suddenly stopped, its dark black pupils flashed with cruelty, its scarlet tongue licked its lips, and an ugly smile appeared on its twisted face, as if it was aware of someone's prying eyes, and its voice was hoarse and ugly, as sharp as a stone grinding through glass: "This feeling, it's ......"

"Blind Monk!"

The humanoid crab laughed piercingly, waved his hands, and said indifferently: "Hurry up, you must reach the Lanbo Mountain Range within three days, if anyone dares to fall one meter behind, I will kill him!" ”

The three hundred iron horsemen shook their whole body, and they seemed to be extremely afraid of the strange man in front of them, and they followed him who was galloping in front of him.

"Haha, the legendary monk of Shuoji Temple, let me see how strong the so-called dragon heirs can be."

……

In front of the cabin, Li Qing folded his hands and retracted his mind, although he was already blind, he could still feel the worry of his old friend in front of him and his fiery fighting intent that never flinched, Li Qing stretched out his hand and put it on Wu Er's broad shoulder, and chuckled: "Don't worry, have you forgotten, I am the strongest physical master in the land of the newborn." ”

Wu Er grinned, possessed by the power of the tiger, he even smiled fiercely at the moment: "I never doubted you, my strongest friend!" ”

Anyone in the small village can be bullied, and the blind blind man who has never fought back and scolded and scolded back is now clasped in front of him, his robe is windless, and the hunting sound is sounding, and he has not made a move for five years.

The blind monk of the newborn land, rarely makes a move, he is always compassionate, willing to be a low-eyebrow bodhisattva, endure all the unfair treatment in the world, and suffer any bullying and abuse, but he will also incarnate into an angry vajra, and every time he shoots, he will definitely kill the head of the enemy.

He is only one line away from the line between good and evil.

Twenty years ago, in the war, this blind and blind man made countless Guno people frightened and collapsed, and he once said a sentence that was highly respected by countless war fanatics.

Li Qing raised his head and let out a long breath, his body that had been scattered for five years was gradually regaining its tension, the muscles of his whole body were jumping wildly, and infinite power began to flow in the meridians, his expression slowly darkened, becoming more and more condensed, standing in front of him, it seemed that he was confronting a hidden dragon that was waking up.

"Violence is pointless if it's not about killing."