Volume I: Induction Section 8: Duel
At the urging of the driver Xiao Yang, Hu Xi and the others walked towards the Heavenly Soul Fort, passed through the iron gate at the door, and arrived at the green turf of the vestibule of the Heavenly Soul Fort.
Arrived at the vestibule, standing at the foot of the towering Heavenly Soul Fort, Zhang Su raised his head again to admire the appearance of the Heavenly Soul Fort, the outside of the fort seems to be made of gray and white marble, each stone is particularly huge, which reminds Zhang Su of the Great Wall bricks and pyramid boulders, not that the stones on the Heavenly Soul Fort can be comparable to them in size, but that when building the Heavenly Soul Fort, these boulders should be transported to the suburbs, then moved to the top of the mountain, and finally piled up into a fort, which consumes a lot of manpower and material resources.
Three rows of dome windows are opened on the stone-piled Heavenly Soul Castle, which means that the castle has three floors, and from the number of windows and the scale of the castle, there are at least thirty houses on each floor, indicating that the castle can provide nearly 100 living rooms, but it is not crowded.
Since it is an ancient castle built in the European style, there are several pointed ball roofs on the top of the Heavenly Soul Fort, I don't know if the rich merchants who built this Heavenly Soul Fort just want to imitate it, or if this place will really suffer from the rainy season for a while.
Hu Xi and Pu Zitong had already begun to climb the stone steps that were not too high in front of the Heavenly Soul Castle, Zhang Su opened up some distance because he was stunned, and when he came back to his senses, Zhang Su hurriedly followed.
Entering the hall of Heavenly Soul Castle, the first thing Zhang Su saw was that the hall was spacious and bright, the sunlight was shining through, and there was a feeling of splendor.
Zhang Su walked in again, on the smooth marble floor, from the entrance to the front desk of the white jade paddle spread a red carpet like a certain awards party, twenty or thirty meters long, walking on it is a bit like a star on the stage.
Walking inside, Zhang Su saw that on both sides of the long carpet stood two rows of six tall dragon stone pillars, the stone pillars were carved with ancient Chinese dragons, and the ancient dragons were covered with scale armor of gold dust, and they were winding and swimming upwards along the central stone pillars, and finally they looked like they had ascended to the sky.
Zhang Su was taken to the front desk by Hu Xi, which is also the registration office of this training, Hu Xi took out a shining gold coin and handed it to a middle-aged man at the front desk, the man put the gold coin in his hand and flipped it back and forth, as if he was carefully reviewing something, after a while, the man nodded to Hu Xi, and handed over two palm-sized wood carved nameplates and two turquoise room cards to Hu Xi, Hu Xi took it, and distributed the nameplate and room card to Zhang Su and Pu Zitong, Zhang Su When he got the nameplate and room card, I felt that my body was sucked by something, and this feeling was fleeting, and Zhang Su didn't care too much.
"Hu Xi, is it your turn to lead the team this year?" Zhang Su heard a voice coming from behind him.
Hu Xi turned his head, as if he recognized the person, and replied: "It turned out to be a large number of brothers, I haven't seen you for a long time, have you come to bring new people this year?" ”
"Unlike your Qicheng, we have a lot of people in Yucheng, and I have been serving as a vocational teacher since we set up, and I have brought new people in the past few years, and now it has been three batches in a row." The person who is called a large number of brothers explains.
"I'm still a newcomer, I don't have much experience, I can't do this with newcomers, Ding Linge is sick, this year's newcomer training was handed over to Brother Fan, he also has an intelligence mission, he can only arrive at night, I will bring them here first to sign in, familiar with the environment." Hu Xi also explained the situation.
"Pham Minh Zeng? He's not a good intelligence pioneer, Old Man Yan must be afraid that he will overdraw, so let him come back and bring new people and take a rest by the way. Brother Tuo rubbed his chin and guessed.
Zhang Su heard Hu Xi mention Fan Zengming's name in the car, and the person in charge of intelligence in the company should go to the province and city where Qicheng is located to run various field work and confirm the reward, which should be the most physically demanding job in all positions.
"That's probably why." Hu Xi also chimed in.
"If you lead the team, I still think that I will have time to learn from you, Fan Zengming's words will be forgotten."
A large number of brothers spoke, waved his hand at Hu Xi, and went past Hu Xi to the front desk to report, followed by a young man who was about the same age as Zhang Su, and a middle-aged man in his forties, these two should be newcomers from Yucheng.
Hu Xi smiled bitterly, and walked towards the outside of the hall with Hu Xi and Pu Zitong, and on the way, he simply told Zhang Su and Pu Zitong that the person's name was Liu Dazhong, who was the leader of the Yucheng branch Chinese New Year's Eve Jiu.
"Let's separate here, Brother Pham Minh Zeng will come over in the evening, and he will be the leader of your training, bring the nameplate, everything is free to eat and drink here, including some daily necessities, if you need anything, go directly to the staff to ask for it, if you have any special needs, you can also call me, I will try my best to help." When he arrived at the door, Hu Xi made a final explanation to Zhang Su and Pu Zitong.
Zhang Su and Pu Zitong felt Hu Xi's enthusiasm, and both expressed their gratitude to Hu Xi, and watched Hu Xi leave in Xiao Yang's car.
"I want to go around, Miss Pu?"
Zhang Su and Pu Zitong just met today, and they don't know each other yet, Zhang Su felt that it was necessary to get along with the same company in the future and have a good relationship with colleagues, so he sent an invitation to Pu Zitong.
"No, I'll go back to my room first."
Pu Zitong didn't seem to have such a plan, so he directly rejected Zhang Su's invitation, and then walked towards the staircase on the side, leaving Zhang Su standing at the door of the hall alone.
Zhang Su didn't expect Pu Zitong to refuse so decisively, and he didn't even bother to find a reason, which was somewhat uncomfortable, but after thinking about it, he invited a little girl who was not familiar with him so rashly, of course the other party would feel uneasy and it made sense to refuse, since the other party refused, he was bored, so it was good to go shopping alone, after all, it was the first time he came to such a high-end castle-like building, which was more upscale than a five-star hotel. Although I haven't been in a five-star hotel.
Zhang Su first found his room according to the room number marked on his room card, the room is on the second floor, room number 218, after swiping the card, push the door, Zhang Su entered his room, although it was already afternoon, the sun was setting in the west, the sky was a little darker, but the room was still full of bright red daylight, as if the sunset only stayed in the house and refused to leave.
As soon as I entered, the first thing Zhang Su felt was that it was spacious, a single room was about the same size as a five-person hotel room, the room was arranged according to the specifications of the hotel, the bathroom, bed, TV and computer were all available, the ground table was cleaned spotlessly, the whole room can be said to be a bright and clean window, obviously before Zhang Su came, it had been carefully cleaned again, and it would have such an effect.
Seeing the situation in the room, Zhang Su was a little skeptical that this was really as Hu Xi said, this was once an abandoned ghost town.
Zhang Su put down his backpack, walked to the transparent window, looked into the distance, and saw that the mountains were full of red leaves, the forest was still green, and a path coiled around the mountains, hidden under the green branches and red leaves, Zhang Su recognized, it was the walkway where Yang Jialei drove when he came.
Looking up and looking into the distance, there is a babbling river in the mountain stream that slowly passes through the gap between the two mountains, and makes a path in the hard rocky soil, and flows down this path into the distance.
On the opposite side of the river, there is a mountain peak that stands like the Heavenly Soul Mountain, covered with red, yellow and blue vegetation, it is another peak in the Heavenly Soul Mountain Range, and the peak where the Heavenly Soul Fort is located is as tall as the peak, and it is not steep and sharp like the peak where the Heavenly Soul Fort is located, it looks more like a protruding mountain bag, if the two mountains look together, it looks like a pair of protruding breasts on the woman's chest, the size is equal and round and smooth, the only difference is in this Heavenly Soul Castle, it is like nailing a thorny nipple ring to the single breast of a beauty, which is somewhat discordant.
Of course, there are actually three peaks in the Heavenly Soul Mountain Range, the Heavenly Soul Castle is built on the top of the middle peak, and the other peak is on the other side of the ancient castle, which is taller than these two peaks, and it cannot be seen from Zhang Su's room.
Zhang Su stood at the window and stared for a long time, taking advantage of the sun not setting, to enjoy the beautiful scenery, and then he was satisfied to prepare to go around the Heavenly Soul Castle, just when Zhang Su wanted to turn around, outside the window, in the side courtyard of the ancient castle, two people slowly walked out, the age looks about the same as Zhang Su, if these two people are the same as Zhang Su, they are new to the upper and lower tours, Zhang Su will not care too much, what makes Zhang Su care is that after these two people came out, they glared at each other angrily, and they all showed a posture of pulling out the posture and preparing to fight.
Both of them are men, at least from the appearance of men, one of them is dark-skinned, thin and tall, with a small braid on his head, this shape looks like an artist who has just sunbathed in his eyes, and the other person is not tall but strong, with a small head but short shaved hair, like a candle that is about to burn to a root, the slightly strange shape of the two makes Zhang Su feel eye-opening, Zhang Su knows that his appearance is not outstanding, even if he has just passed, but when he sees the two people in front of him, Zhang Su is very pleased that his style and aesthetics have not gone astray.
Sure enough, when Zhang Su's lively mood continued to ferment, the battle between the two began.
The two first said something to each other, because the distance was too far, Zhang Su could only see his mouth but couldn't hear the sound, after speaking, the two rushed to each other as if they were acting in a martial arts drama, and used fists and feet to fight each other.
Zhang Su From the above, the movements of these two people are very similar to martial arts, like fists and embroidered legs, but from the perspective of the strength of the two of them, they don't seem to be performing, especially when the two of them have fought for a few rounds, there are a few deep footprints on the grass that cannot be recovered, Zhang Su feels that these two people are not like a show, but a real fight.
After a few rounds of fighting, the two sides each made a brute straight punch bombardment, Zhang Su thought that the two would lose both after the bombardment, at least in Zhang Su's opinion, if he was with a person about the same size as himself, the arm would not be too good even if it was not broken, but when Zhang Su guessed, the two fists touched, but the result was not the same as Zhang Su expected, the arms of the two were not damaged, but the strength of the attack inexplicably bounced the two away, The two of them clenched their heels and slashed back, leaving two rows of shallow grooves on the turf, and the evergreen grass standing between them was directly bent by the wind pressure generated by the force.
Zhang Su felt the unusualness of the two people in front of him, it is impossible for a normal person to have this kind of physical strength and fierce strength, not to mention that these two people are not like Tyson and Schwarzenegger's strong body type, how much explosive power is needed to punch the style, Zhang Su has not calculated, but it is not very simple to think about.
The first wave of fist and kick fights is over, but the two people outside the window don't stop there, as if the next thing is the show.
Zhang Su looked at the two people in front of him with anticipation, he didn't know who these two were, but he didn't expect to see this kind of fairy fight on the first day, which made Zhang Su a little excited.
The short short-haired man pulled out the posture first, clenched his fists with both hands, and put on a posture of bending the bow to shoot the eagle, facing the black thin boy in front of him, like a connoisseur duel.
The thin black boy did not show weakness, he stood up straight, his hands folded, his legs together, like a standing Buddha statue, and finally closed his eyes.
Just when Zhang Su thought that these two people were going to start a fight, these two people actually stood still in place, as if the monks in the temple were settled, and no one planned to strike first, as if the person in front of them did not exist, the posture of the two of them was for a long, long time, and Zhang Su who saw it was about to fall asleep standing by the window.
Time passed little by little, and Zhang Su's patience was constantly being consumed.
Just when Zhang thought that these two people were crazy and were about to leave from the window, the short man suddenly moved, he did not rush towards the black thin and tall man in front of him, but fell to the ground and curled up together, constantly rolling on the ground and wailing, as if he had eaten a bad stomach.
Zhang Su looked puzzled and puzzled, feeling that things were very strange, I didn't know what happened between these two people, and I guessed in my heart whether these two people were some green forest heroes and martial arts masters, relying on the evolution of fists and feet, and the battle of ideas to decide the victory.
The two outside the window finished fighting, although Zhang Su was puzzled, he didn't plan to continue to investigate, he planned to leave the room, go out to familiarize himself with this Heavenly Soul Castle, and then find something to eat.
Just when Zhang Su went downstairs, the short man was carried up to the second floor by a middle-aged man, and Zhang Su passed by him, only to hear the short man complaining about something.
"Cao Xuanqing's soul power is not as high as mine, but their Cao family's soul seeking skills are really not ordinary weird, if it wasn't for the carelessness just now, I wouldn't have been able to defeat in the hands of that Cao Xuanqing, it's too embarrassing to say." The short man said to the middle-aged man who was supporting him.
"Ye Liao, this thing should have never happened, I will teach you some special soul skills during the training, and after the training, you will compete with him in the rookie battle, and defeat the opponent in the public is not more convincing than your private moves." The middle-aged man smiled treacherously and persuaded the short man who was holding him.
"That's what I said, Brother Hou, it's up to you after that, after that, I will say some good things to my father, if I succeed, then the Pu family will belong to my Ye family, and those powerful soul skills of the Pu family will be at your disposal." The short man nodded, and smiled wickedly.
Neither of them paid attention, and Zhang Su, who was just an ordinary person, walked by.
Zhang Su pretended to walk past the two of them inadvertently, and carefully pondered what the two were saying, as if he understood something.
The reason why the two people who were fighting outside the window just now stood still was because both of them were already soul masters, and they were fighting with their souls, and because they had not yet become soul masters, they couldn't see the two soul battles.
The short man is called Ye Liao, from the Ye family, according to Zhang Su, the Ye family should be a soul master family, this Ye Liao is a member of this family, and this person from the soul master family joined the training of the soul hunting company, it seems that there is a hidden conspiracy, and this conspiracy can allow him to get another soul master family.
That tall black and thin man is called Cao Xuanqing, he is from a soul master family surnamed Cao, and he used some powerful soul skills to defeat Ye Liao, it is estimated that he left his soul master family and came to this soul hunting company, and he should have the same purpose as the person named Ye Liao.
Zhang Su didn't dig deeper, these news have nothing to do with him, the only thing that Zhang Su cares about is the Pu family mentioned in the mouth of the short man, if there are no other people surnamed Pu among the people who come to train, this matter is likely to be related to Pu Zitong, who has not been very fond of communicating with others, but from the perspective of the current relationship between the two, they are not very familiar, since it is a muddy water, it is better to interfere less.
Zhang Su walked around the Heavenly Soul Fort alone, turned to the other side and looked at what the highest peak in the Heavenly Soul Mountain Range looked like, after reading it, Zhang Su thought that the vision of the wealthy businessman who built this Heavenly Soul Fort was still good, the highest peak was too tall and steep, and it was not suitable for any building, so it seemed that only the middle peak was the best choice.
In addition, Zhang Su went to the backyard again, the backyard is not known how many times larger than the vestibule and the two side courtyards, swimming pools, miniature golf courses and other facilities are readily available, but now it is deserted, there is no longer water in the pool, the golf course is also overgrown with weeds, a feeling of silence and desolation, although the rest of the Heavenly Soul Castle has been taken care of as a prosperous scene, but the backyard has not been repaired and maintained, especially next to the pool, a rusty boning knife is also deeply embedded in the outer corner of the stone wall, No one pulled it out, Zhang Su felt that the tragedy of the Heavenly Soul Fort that Hu Xi had told him seemed to be vividly appearing in front of his eyes, terrifying but real, as the sky continued to darken, Zhang Su was a little creepy.
At this time, Zhang Su found that he was standing on the second-floor balcony where the rich businessman in Hu Xi's mouth fell.