Du Mu flew out of more than ten meters with a foot and rolled on the ground for five or six laps before he unloaded his strength and stopped.

Without resting, he immediately stood up and looked at the middle-aged man not far away as if he were facing a great enemy.

There was some tightness in his chest, like a heavy stone had been pressed.

When Youyu was knocked away, Du Mu secretly said badly, but fortunately, Gray Dream's isolation blocked the opponent's fist for half a second, giving him time to cast the iron block, so he didn't suffer too much damage.

The middle-aged man slowly withdrew his fist and looked at it in front of him for a few seconds before looking up at Du Mu again.

"I didn't think you were still a transcendent!"

"Hey, I'm really surprised, the strength of the full burst is also at the level of a four-star martial artist, not bad!"

“......”

Du Mu frowned and stared at the middle-aged man vigilantly, not understanding what he meant.

Noticing Du Mu's demeanor, the middle-aged man reacted and smiled.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just wanted to say hello to you, but after seeing you, I had itchy hands and wanted to test you, sorry, it didn't hurt you, right?"

Hearing this, Du Mu still didn't let his guard down: "Who are you?"

The middle-aged man grinned: "It's better for your friend to answer this question." ”

As his words fell, there was a sudden sound of footsteps and grinding in the darkness in the distance, sounding like someone was dragging something along the way.

A moment later, a figure appeared from the darkness, and the moment he saw the purpose of the other party, Du Mu couldn't help but be stunned in place.

"God Luo?"

"Good evening, Amu. With a familiar smile on his face, Luo Shen waved his free right hand at him, "I'm sorry, I didn't explain it to you in advance." ”

As he spoke, he shook his hand violently and threw the thing in his hand not far in front of Du Mu, and there was a muffled sound when it hit the ground.

Du Mu looked at it and was surprised to find that it was actually a person, a strong man in his thirties.

The strong man's chest rose and fell slightly, and he still had breath, obviously just unconscious.

"What's going on?" Du Mu frowned.

Luo Shen pointed to the unconscious strong man on the ground, and said slowly: "This person's name is Cao Hua, he is a member of the Cao family, a five-star martial artist, he is waiting here tonight, just waiting to kill you!"

Du Mu's face changed: "Was it instructed by Cao Haoxuan?"

Luo Shen nodded.

Du Mu's face was gloomy, he didn't expect Cao Haoxuan to come to take revenge on him, but after all, he didn't expect the other party to be so frustrated. Specially sent people to guard this road back to the academy, wanting to take his life.

"Why did he do this? Anyone will suspect him if they attack me at this point in time!"

"Not everyone is able to come to their senses after experiencing setbacks and shame. ”

Luo Shen spread his hands and said, "But this matter is just his own doing, and the Cao family doesn't know about it." ”

Du Mu's face softened slightly, and his gaze roamed back and forth between the middle-aged man and Luo Shen.

"Then what about you and him, why did you suddenly attack me, and why did you help me deal with the people sent by Cao Haoxuan?"

Luo Shen glanced at the middle-aged man helplessly, and then replied: "This guy on the ground is a meeting gift from our organization." ”

"Organization?" Du Mu frowned suspiciously.

"It's a long story, why don't we change places?" said Luo Shen smiled.

Du Mu was silent for a moment, and finally nodded lightly.

"Good!"

Judging from the current situation, the organization in Luo Shen's mouth should have no ill will towards him, if it is really against him, with the strength that the middle-aged man just showed, it is enough to kill him without resistance, let alone help him solve the people sent by Cao Haoxuan.

......

Half an hour later, the trio sat back in the corner of a bar.

The bar is a retro-style music bar, and under the orange light, the bartender wipes his glass behind the bar without raising his head, as if immersed in his own world.

In the small bar room, there are four or five sets of wooden tables and chairs, and a few guests are sitting, talking quietly with each other, quite peaceful.

In the corner, Du Mu and Luo Shen sat opposite each other, and the middle-aged man sat next to Luo Shen's left hand with Erlang's legs crossed.

As for the unconscious strong man, he was thrown into the room by the middle-aged man after entering the bar, and to Du Mu's surprise, the bar and the guests present turned a blind eye to this behavior and did not react at all.

"Okay, now you can explain it to me, right?" Du Mu looked at Luo Shen.

"First of all, let me introduce myself. ”

Luo Shen didn't answer, but the middle-aged man spoke first.

"My name is Xu Shark, and I belong to the same organization as Luo Shen. ”

"What organization?"

"Year Rings!" Luo Shen replied, seeing Du Mu's puzzled look, he smiled, "It's normal that you haven't heard of it, the existence of Year Rings is very secretive, even among the martial artists, few people know about it, generally only some high-ranking officials of the Federation, high-level members of big families and martial arts peak powerhouses know about the organization of Year Rings." ”

Du Mu frowned: "Listen to what you mean, the annual ring is a very strong organization." ”

"Actually, it's a lot stronger than you think. Luo Shen said slowly, "The power of the annual ring is all over the three poles, the Asian Federation, the White Eagle Empire and the Fire and Silver Merchant Alliance all have branches of the annual ring, and the members are all over the world, and even many martial arts powerhouses and high-ranking officials of the country are our members, it can be said that if you stomp on it, the whole world will tremble." ”

Du Mu's eyes narrowed when he heard this: "If the annual ring is really so powerful, will the three polar countries allow it to exist so confidently?"

No country would allow such an influential organization to exist, and that would be tantamount to putting a time bomb into itself.

Luo Shen smiled disapprehantly: "The annual rings have a long history, even dating back to before the Hundred Years' War. ”

"Today, it has long been integrated with the three polar countries, and many high-ranking officials of the country are both the ruling class of the country and a member of the annual ring, and they have two identities at the same time, and other martial arts powerhouses and members of the big family are also about the same. ”

"In this case, if you want to eliminate the annual rings, unless you launch the Second Hundred Years War and reshuffle the three polar forces, it is tantamount to a fool's dream!"

"What's more, the annual rings are just an organization that wanders in the gray area, not a terrorist organization like Kuroye, we will not do anything that endangers the rule of the country, and the price and gain required to eliminate the annual rings are completely disproportionate, and what country would do such a thankless thing?"

Du Mu was silent for a moment, as if he was digesting these words, and after a long time, he said in a deep voice: "I roughly understand what kind of organization the annual ring is. ”

"But what does this have to do with you attacking me?"

Hearing the dissatisfaction in Du Mu's tone, Luo Shen smiled bitterly and said: "I'm sorry, in fact, we came this time to invite you to join the annual ring, and Lao Shark came as an observer, originally just wanted to see you, but I didn't expect him to take action directly, and I didn't even have time to stop it." ”

Speaking of this, Luo Shen glared at Xu Yun helplessly.

"Itchy, itchy!" Xu Yun smiled, and then looked at Du Mu again, "For the sake of us helping you solve the killer of the Cao family, how about revealing it this time?"

At this time, Xu Yun completely lost the momentum of the mysterious powerhouse just now, and instead revealed the essence of a cheeky middle-aged uncle.

Seeing this, Du Mu rolled his eyes, stopped mentioning this matter, and asked instead, "You just said that you wanted to invite me to join the annual ring, what's going on?"

"It's an invitation, but it's actually my own initiative. ”

"The annual ring has always had a tradition of recruiting young and potential martial artists, but it needs to be recommended by members, and it must be verified by core members as observers before it can be allowed, so this time I asked Lao Shark to come over. ”

Speaking of this, Luo Shen showed a trace of sincerity on his face and looked at Du Mu.

"Ah Mu, you are the most talented martial artist I have ever seen, even Senior Sister Qianxi, who is now in the first place in the Glory Book Monument, is not as strong as you in the first semester of the first year, although Xingluo Academy is the best martial arts academy in the Federation, but this platform is still too small for you, and it won't take a year or two to keep up with your growth. ”

"So, join the annual ring! only here, your martial arts talent can be developed at the fastest speed!"

Du Mu said quietly: "This is the reason why you invited me to join the annual ring?"

He had some doubts in his heart, Luo Shen was not an academy instructor, and he had the responsibility and obligation to support young martial artists, so he didn't believe that the latter's behavior was only because of this reason.

"Of course, I have selfish intentions. Luo Shen smiled, although it was still the same familiar smile as usual, but for some reason, Du Mu saw a light called ambition in his eyes.

"The Locke family is a big family in the Federation, but it has always been behind the four major families, I am not reconciled, I want to lead the family to become one of the new four families, and even surpass them, but you also know that the four major families are all behemoths, and it is not easy to squeeze out any of them, so I have surpassed them!"

"For this reason, I need the power of the growth rings, as long as I can enter the core and upper echelons of the growth rings, it will be much easier to achieve my goals!"

Hearing this, Du Mu already knew it in his heart.

"You want me to help you?"

"That's right. Luo Shen simply nodded and admitted, "In exchange, Ah Mu, I will also help you enter the core of the annual ring together." ”

"After Cao Haoxuan's incident, you must have seen clearly that outstanding talent can sometimes bring you opportunities for development, but before you transform your talent into strength enough to protect yourself, you are likely to encounter a lot of jealousy, suppression, and even life threats, without corresponding protection, and may even die halfway before you grow up. ”

Hearing this, Du Mu fell silent.

He understood that Luo Shen's words were not alarmist, tonight's incident was an example, if it wasn't for Xu Shark and they happened to solve Cao Hua, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to see the sun tomorrow.