Chapter 2: Spiritual Beads
When Li Bai woke up, he found himself already in bed. In a daze. He saw his aunt bring a bowl of medicine to his mouth. After drinking the bowl of medicine, he fell asleep again.
"Goo-Goo......
The roosters crowed in the yard, and the fog in the mountains and forests slowly began to dissipate. A fox-eyed partridge accidentally flew above the courtyard of Li Bai's house, "snapped" on the ground, and fell into the yard. A large black spider slowly moved the partridge's body away, hiding behind a pile of bloodthirsty mandala flowers. Seeing that a second-level demonic beast was so easily buried in this strange family's house, the other demonic beasts around him also slowly retreated into the mountain forest.
"Alas, the current Warcraft is getting less and less daring......"
An old woman, at this time, was holding a broom, sweeping the fallen leaves in the yard.
"Auntie, auntie......"
Li Bai suddenly ran out of the house and shouted loudly. He felt that he had a dream, that he had gone to pick male yellow grass, and then met a silver wolf and a big green snake.
"Xiaobai, what's wrong? β
"Auntie, how did I get back? I remember yesterday I fell from a very large pine tree and ...... I don't remember......" Li Bai scratched the back of his head.
"You kid too, you asked you to pick male yellow grass yesterday, and you won't come back for most of the day. I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I went to look for you in the woods. As a result, I found yourself sleeping under that cedar tree in the west. Next to you, there's a white puppy. Thinking that you might have been tired lately, I carried you back, almost exhausting my old bones. β
As soon as the aunt finished speaking, she hammered her back with her hand again. Then he walked a few more steps and pulled out a white puppy.
The puppy originally had a fierce face, and was tied up with a rope, struggling vigorously. However, when the aunt took the leash of the dog, the puppy suddenly became well-behaved again.
Li Bai stared at the white puppy carefully, and suddenly thought of the silver wolf he had met yesterday, and then he said: "Auntie, you see, his hair has some silver in it, not all white, his ears are erect, and his tail is not cocked. Could it be a wolf, maybe it's a cub of some monster? When I raise it, maybe it can help me hunt the Beast, as long as I can get the Beast Pill, maybe the Beast Pill can become a spirit bead, so that I can become a warrior in the future. β
Li Bai immediately became excited, stepped forward to pick up the white puppy, and laughed.
"Xiaobai, we ordinary people, just raise flowers and grow grass. It's not our business to be a warrior. I took the dog home thinking that if you get lost in the forest again, I can let the dog find you, so that I don't have to run all over the mountain. I gave it a name, 'Little White Hair'. By the way, when the dog came back, he kept biting a black pine cone in his mouth. I made it a lucky thing, come on, you wear it. As she spoke, the aunt put a pine cone threaded with black rope on Li Bai's chest.
"Auntie, since I was a child, I don't know how many lucky things I have. You're not a magician, a lucky thing that hasn't been spelled, aren't you?" asked Li Bai with a pout.
"You kid is talking nonsense, if your aunt's lucky thing is useless, can you grow so big? If you wear it, you can wear it well, and you are not allowed to take it off when you sleep, you don't know, the dog's mouth is hard, and I have to make a lot of effort to break its mouth. β
"Oh!"
Li Bai lowered his head, looked at the little black pine cone, and thought to himself, Aunt pulled herself up with one hand, and it was all for her own good, so she didn't shirk it anymore, anyway, the strange things on her body were not bad.
Seeing Li Bai put on the black pine cone, a smile immediately appeared on his aunt's face. Then, she handed Li Bai a flower basket. Inside the basket is a light blue flower, which is full of fragrance.
"Send it to the Rice Military Academy, the flower collector is called Tali Weiss, thirty taels of silver, go and go back quickly. β
Li Bai nodded, picked up the flower basket, and walked out of the courtyard.
After leaving the valley and arriving at the Warrior City, Li Bai's whole person immediately rejoiced. Along the way, ask about the location of Rice Military Academy, and look at the strange things on the various stalls.
At noon, Li Bai finally came to a magnificent building.
"It turns out that this Rice Military Academy, not in the city, is actually built on the edge of the mountain forest, and I finally found it. β
Li Bai strode towards the door of the Rice Military Academy, and his heart was full of anticipation, wanting to see what the rumored place to train warriors was like.
"Who is it? Imperial military land, no trespassing!"
A guard suddenly stopped Li Bai.
"This big brother, yes, somebody ordered my flowers, and I sent them to a girl named Tali Weiss. β
"Tali Weiss......?"
The guard was startled, then let him go.
Walking in, inside the college, the courtyard is open, neat and dust-free, without any superfluous decoration. Then, a tall building caught the eye of Li Bai, in front of which was a fountain with an elaborate flower bed planted with all kinds of exotic flowers and plants.
"I don't know, does anyone know that Tali Weiss?"
Li Bai muttered in his heart, and then found a random pedestrian and asked, "Classmate, may I ask, do you have a girl named Tali Weiss here?"
"Tully...... Send flowers?"
When the other party heard Li Bai's words, he was stunned all of a sudden, and the whole person was speechless. A few people who overheard it next to him immediately came over. In particular, a few young girls looked Li Bai up and down and giggled.
Suddenly, a sturdy man walked out of the crowd with an unhappy face and looked at Li Bai viciously.
"Who are you? Where did you come from? You are not so brave that you dare to chase after the school girl!"
Li Bai looked at a bunch of inexplicable people around him, and the whole person looked a little embarrassed.
"I'm here to deliver flowers, if you know her, tell me where she is, and if you don't know, I'll ask someone else. β
After saying that, Li Bai was ready to squeeze out of the pile.
Suddenly, someone grabbed his basket and pulled him back into the crowd.
"Come on, come and go! You are the Rice Military Academy, is it your garden?" the man suddenly shouted at him, full of provocation.
"Then what do you want to do? I want to fight? I'm not afraid of you!"
Li Bai has been educated by his aunt since he was a child, although he does not bully the weak, but he also feels that he can't let others bully him, even if he can't beat others, he can't be afraid.
Then, Li Bai grabbed a handful of powder from his pocket and held it tightly in his hand. Just as the other party was viciously preparing to attack, Li Bai raised his hand, and the powder flew up in the sky, forming a fog barrier, making the other party lose his vision.
"Ahem-cough-ahem-"
In the smoke formed by the powder, there is a constant coughing sound and even a wail when they bump into each other. The sound of smoke and coughing, which was extremely abrupt in the academy, slowly attracted many onlookers. Li Bai took the opportunity to run out of the smoke and check the flowers in the basket again.
"It's good that the flowers are fine. The mosquito repellent smoke powder made by my aunt herself is enough for you to choke for a while. Li Bai muttered triumphantly.
"Ah!! look at me and you are on your knees begging for mercy!"
Suddenly, in the smoke, someone roared loudly. Then a cloud of white light lit up and shone out of the smoke. Then, a wave of energy immediately shook away. Then, a burly man came out of the smoke, his face full of resentment. He was holding something glowing in his hand.
"You hillbilly, you dare to come here to spread wild, see if I don't teach you a good lesson!"
After speaking, the burly man spread his hand, and a white bead was revealed, and then he squeezed it tightly, and suddenly a bright light shone, and a knight's iron sword appeared in his hand.
"Spiritual Beads!"
Someone was suddenly surprised.
"The kid with the basket is dead, and the spirit bead releases the power of the knight. Another person said.
Li Bai saw that the other party offered a spirit bead, and the whole person stayed in place. Because this was the first time he had seen someone use a spirit orb.
The man held the sword in both hands, rushed directly in front of Li Bai, and slashed down with a sword.
Li Bai instinctively dodged, however, the clothes on his chest were still cut by the sword, and a very thin wound appeared on his chest, and blood immediately seeped out of his skin.
Seeing that the other party had dodged his attack, but was still injured, the man was both angry and proud, and picked up his sword and continued to attack Li Bai.
When the blood on Li Bai's chest slowly flowed, he didn't pay attention, and the black pine cone on his chest was stained with Li Bai's blood. Then, a strange force froze Li Bai in place, making him unable to move, and watched as the opponent's sword stabbed at him.
At the moment when the iron sword was about to touch Li Bai, a stream of black energy poured out from the pine cone, directly enveloping Li Bai. Then, the iron sword confronted the protective shield of black energy, motionless.
Everyone around them held their breath, and in the last second, they were still lamenting that the young man with the flower basket on his back was going to die, and at this time, they were shocked by what was happening in front of them.
Suddenly, a figure sprang out of the crowd, strode forward, and punched the man holding the sword in the chest, knocking him back.
Then, the black energy that surrounded Li Bai also disappeared. He was still in shock, took two steps back, slowly stabilized his steps, and saw the appearance of the person who came. The one who came to help was a woman with a beautiful appearance and cold eyes. At this moment, she was looking at Li Bai with no expression on her face.
"Thank you, girl!" said Li Bai politely.
"No, I ordered the flowers in your basket, and this is a silver tael!"
After speaking, she handed Li Bai a money bag and glanced at the flowers in the basket.
"Oh, flowers for you. This plant is the best one my aunt planted, when the flowers bloom at night, the fragrance of the flowers is in full bloom, and it is placed next to the body to help concentrate and absorb, and its petals can also be directly used to configure magic potions. β
Li Bai introduced, and then handed her the flower basket with a smile.
She took the flower basket, looked at Li Bai, and said softly: "Tomorrow the academy will have an admission selection, if you want, I can be your recommender." β
"You meanβthe entrance exam for Rice Military Academy?" asked Lieber excitedly, stammering as he spoke.
"Hmm!"
She nodded slightly, without any emotion, and then handed Li Bai a pass.
"I ...... Can I?"
Li Bai said tremblingly, and the hand that took the token trembled.
"The idiot you fought just now is fine, you must be better than him!"
With that, she left the crowd and walked in the other direction.
Then, all kinds of talk came and went, and everyone was speculating about the origin of Li Bai and his relationship with Tali Weiss.
After the excitement, the crowd gradually dispersed. Li Bai looked at the token engraved with the word "Rice" in his hand, and his heart was hot, and at the same time, there was an extra name in his mind: Tali Weiss.