July 13, afternoon.

As the sun sank in the west, the Bailin Olympic Sports Center was full of people, cheers and applause.

On the green field, Jiang Xiao held the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his left hand, behind him, and raised his right hand high, thinking about the audience in all directions.

In the enemy half, a team of medical staff was rescuing a competitor.

The host Li Li shouted excitedly: "Top 16! After two years, Pishen is still strong, living up to expectations, and once again reaching the top 16! ”

Ye Xunyang said with emotion: "Up to now, the individual competition of the Chinese national team has ended, and a total of 4 players have reached the top 16. ”

Li Li hurriedly looked at the computer in front of the table and said, "The players who entered the top 16 list are Wang Zheng Xiyou, a female soldier from the South Hunan Military Academy!" From Chaengnam Xingwu University, the pride of the nuns! Yi Qingchen, who is from Zhongyuan Xingwu University and is known as a disciple of poisonous milk! and Jiang Xiaopi from Xingwu University, the imperial capital! ”

Ye Xunyang looked satisfied, as the host, they followed the national team to the journey, and in the process, through the commentary of one game after another, they had already formed a special relationship with the national team players.

Ye Xunyang sighed: "Of the four Chinese team players who entered the top 16 of the World Cup, three of them are medically assisted, which is really ......."

"Haha, the camera is given to another Huaxia team!" Li Li suddenly smiled and said, "The team of Imperial Capital Xingwu University is also Jiang Xiaopi's teammates in the team competition, and in the national team competition next door, they have already broken into the top 14!" ”

The trio of Imperial Capital Xingwu sat in the first row on the east side of the auditorium.

At this time, Xia Yan was waving at Jiang Xiao, she had a heroic face, but she was cheering like a little girl, such a scene was transmitted to thousands of households through the TV screen, which made people secretly funny.

Jiang Xiao's figure also entered the camera, he tried to raise his hand and punched Gu Shi'an and Han Jiangxue one by one, but when he collided with Xia Yan, he was pulled by Xia Yan violently.

On the runway in the rear, reporter He watched this scene with a smile, patiently waiting for Jiang Xiao and his teammates to celebrate.

I saw that Xia Yan bent down, holding Jiang Xiao's small round head with both hands, and her lips slammed heavily on his wet head: "Great!" Del piero! Reward you with one! mua~”

Jiang Xiao hurriedly struggled and retreated again and again, but in terms of strength attributes, he couldn't compare with Xia Yan at all.

It was still under the prevention of Han Jiangxue on the side that Jiang Xiao escaped from the "clutches".

"Congratulations, Jiang Xiaopi! Is there anything you would like to say as the last player to confirm a place in the round of 16? He Huan hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a smile.

Jiang Xiao looked quite disgusted, wiped his head, shook the water droplets, and said, "There's nothing to say, I just hope that in the next round, I won't run into a Chinese opponent." ”

Of course, the water droplets were not Xia Yan's saliva, but the water that the Tear Rain Star Technique summoned by Jiang Xiao when he was fighting before, but Jiang Xiao's action made Xia Yan "black" not lightly.

"Uh......" He Huan was obviously stunned for a moment, followed Jiang Xiao's train of thought, and said, "What you are worried about should also be something that we Huaxia people are worried about." Among the top 16 seats, our Chinese players occupy 4 seats, and the probability of drawing together is not low. ”

Jiang Xiao grinned and said, "This reminds me of Xie Yan from the last session, if there was no civil war, his grades could have improved a lot." ”

He Huan nodded, dragged back the topic, and said, "Tomorrow is the qualifying match of the lower bracket of the team competition, and you will get a very rare rest.

Since the start of the World Cup, every three days, you have to play two games, are you tired? What has sustained you to where you are now? ”

What has sustained me to where I am now?

Jiang Xiao smiled, turned sideways slightly, and pointed to the fiery red audience behind him.

The cameraman followed Jiang Xiao's guidance and included the boiling audience into the lens.

Outside the camera, Jiang Xiao waved his hand at He Huan and turned to leave.

"Heh......" He Huan sighed, and did not chase anymore, he looked at Jiang Xiao's departing back, couldn't help but pick up the microphone, and said, "This is the most wonderful answer I have received in my interview career." ”

In the locker room, Jiang Xiao, who pushed the door in, saw Yi Qingchen who was waiting patiently.

With her super popularity and topicality, the Poisoned Milk Disciple was designated to play in the Olympic Stadium, and in the second match of the morning, she had already won the victory, but she never left.

In fact, she also watched the game through the TV in the locker room in the gymnasium, which was no different from watching the game in the hotel, but this little round inch was stubbornly staying here.

Yi Qingchen learned Gu Shi'an's movements in the previous shot, sat on the bench, raised his hand and stretched out his right fist.

Jiang Xiao also clenched his right fist, lightly collided with her fist, and said, "You don't have to wait for me." ”

Yi Qingchen pursed his mouth, lowered his head, and said, "You haven't agreed to accept me as an apprentice." ”

Jiang Xiao casually leaned Fang Tian's halberd against the wardrobe and said, "I agreed." ”

Yi Qingchen lowered his head and continued: "I know, your time is tight, you may ...... Yes? ”

As she spoke, Yi Qingchen felt that something was wrong, she raised her head suddenly, her big beautiful eyes were full of confusion, she looked at Jiang Xiao who was sitting on the bench, and said, "You agreed?" ”

"Ah, yes." Jiang Xiao wiped his wet hair with both hands and said, "Apprentice, why don't you go and get a dry towel for the teacher?" With your eyesight, how can you be a good apprentice? ”

"Oh, oh!" Yi Qingchen hurriedly stood up, walked quickly to the bathroom, just took two steps, his body flashed, and he disappeared directly.

The next moment, Yi Qingchen's body flickered and appeared in front of Jiang Xiao.

After waiting for two seconds, Yi Qingchen found that Jiang Xiao didn't mean to take the towel, she hesitated, but still put the towel on Jiang Xiao's head, half-knelt down, and gently wiped Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao's voice came from under the towel: "In your Central Plains, does anyone use the Rui Beast as a mount?" ”

"Huh?" Yi Qingchen was slightly stunned and said, "The Rui Beast in the different dimensional space of Night City? They...... They can ride, but they don't have a high IQ and a bit of a grumpy temperament. And their limbs are too short to sit on them, and they are not very suitable for fighting.

Yi Qingchen pursed his lips, his head seemed to think of the cute image of the Rui Beast, and a gentle smile appeared on his face: "What's more, the head of the Rui Beast is too big, which obstructs the vision very much, and it is not a good choice for mounts." ”

"Hmm." Jiang Xiao's whisper continued, "What about the pair of night mandarin ducks?" ”

Yi Qingchen shook his head: "Twin Night Mandarin Ducks and Twin Night Ducks? They are also hot-tempered, have low intelligences, and have no loyalty at all.

Moreover, they are too small to be mounted.

On the surface, they may be big, but that's after they spread their wings, but in fact their bodies are very... Well, it's fine. ”

Very fine?

Jiang Xiao sighed deeply in his heart.

At the same time, in the midst of the different spheres.

In a wilderness full of strange rocks, Jiang Xiao and the others stood on their heels.

As the Silver Couple Seven raised their fists high, the two-hundred-strong team of ghost monks stopped one after another.

In the dark night, grimaceous monks wearing hats and robes stood silently in place, and a gloomy aura spread.

"唳~~~"

"唳~~~"

Two particularly pleasant birdsong sounded, tearing through the night sky.

Everyone's eyes moved away from the ruins in front of them, and they raised their heads one after another and looked at the two huge colorful mandarin ducks in the sky.

Humans name it "Double Night Duck" and "Double Night Duck", but in fact, their huge size and slender tail feathers are more like the image of the phoenix in Chinese mythology.

It's just that their heads are very close to the image of mandarin ducks.

The layers of colorful feathers with gradient colors can be described as Ambilight, as if they should only appear in dreams.

A pair of lingering and flying Mandarin Ducks circled and flew above everyone's team for a while, but did not attack, and flew into a strange rocky wilderness like ruins.

Jiang Xiao slowly stretched out his hand, and in the night sky, a seven-colored feather that emitted a faint fluorescence slowly fell and landed on Jiang Xiao's palm.

This area of huge rocks was named Night City by humans because of the strange stones that occasionally cobbled together the appearance of human buildings, some resembling stone houses, some resembling stone bridges, and some resembling stone gates.

But whatever it is, it's nature's workmanship, and no living thing is involved in building it. Moreover, on the earth, in this extradimensional space, day is night, so there is the name "night city".

Jiang Xiao caught the colorful feather and gently twisted the soft feather.

Beside him, Yue Yuchen spoke: "Rui Beast and Double Night Mandarin Duck have a docile temperament and a high IQ, and under normal circumstances, they will not choose to fight with other species. ”

These words came from Yue Yuchen, and Jiang Xiao certainly wouldn't doubt it.

It's just that the creatures in this night city, after layers of projection, have become irritable and brainless creatures when they reach the earth's extradimensional space.

Jiang Xiao opened his mouth and asked, "Can the Rui Beast be used as a mount?" For the Grimace monks to ride. ”

Li Haoge thought for a while and said, "It's completely okay, with the size of our human beings, it is not suitable for riding the Rui Beast, but the size of the ghost monk clan should be very suitable, but it is ......."

Jiang Xiao: "Huh? ”

Li Haoge said: "The ghost monks are all infantry, and they believe in their legs more than they want to have mounts. ”

Jiang Xiao turned his head to look at the Grimace Monk Clan, his gaze swept over the Silver Couple Seven one by one, and said, "What they think, it's not something we need to think about. Fang Tian's halberd should be an immediate weapon. ”

Hearing this, the Silver Couple Seven, including those ghost monks holding Fang Tian's halberds, lowered the brim of their hats one after another, and their movements were the same.

Obviously, these ghost monks were a little resistant to Jiang Xiao's decision.

Yue Yuchen opened his mouth and said: "Since Jiang Tuan has decided like this, then I will make a suggestion, the Rui Beast clan has a docile temperament and a high IQ, we don't need to fight and tame them, we just need to negotiate with them with food." ”

Jiang Xiao asked curiously, "Do you know the characteristics of the Rui Beast very well?" ”

"Hmm." Yue Yuchen nodded, "Ye Guta used to breed Rui beasts in captivity, but ......"

Jiang Xiao: "Huh? ”

Yue Yuchen shook his head and sighed lightly: "Rui Beast is one of our food sources, I raised it, and I raised it, so I raised it, and I didn't want to kill it anymore, but Ye Guta needs food again, so I won't raise it anymore." ”

Jiang Xiao nodded silently and said, "Let's go, let's go find some food for them." ”

Li Haoge: "In this Central Plains land, in addition to the ancient tower and the night city, there are only shadow creatures and star cave creatures left, which can be used as food. ”

He Yun's old voice suddenly came, and said, "After two days of driving, everyone is very tired, since the creatures in this night city are docile, let's rest here for the night." ”

"Hmm... It's good. Jiang Xiao opened his mouth and said, "Organize the team, rest in Stonehenge, no battles are allowed!" ”

We must always look at problems from a dialectical point of view.

The ghost monks who were supposed to be aggressive, after experiencing a battle in which their homes were destroyed, the more than 200 ghost-faced monks who survived were all very obedient to orders, and they were all trying their best to suppress their nature.

The silent Ghost Monk Legion settled on the edge of Night City, and under the guard of the Human Star Warrior and the 7 Golden Couples and the Silver Monks, no Ghost Monks asked for trouble.

Jiang Xiao found a boulder, supported the stone with one hand, sat down slowly, and sighed deeply.

He raised his head, and in the poignant night sky, from time to time, there were double night mandarin ducks flying by with a faint glow.

At the same time, on Earth, in the locker room of the gymnasium.

Jiang Xiao said in a low voice: "Their bodies are not ......."

"Jiang Xiao!" The door of the locker room was pushed open suddenly, and Xia Yan ran in with a happy face, but her face was slightly stiff.

In front of him, Jiang Xiao was sitting on a bench with his elbows on his knees. And in front of him, Yi Qingchen, who was known as a disciple of poisonous milk, was half-kneeling, wiping Jiang Xiao's hair.

Jiang Xiao didn't look up, just waved his hand: "Get to know, this is my apprentice, Yi Qingchen." ”

As he spoke, Jiang Xiao grabbed the towel on his head with one hand and said, "The one with long hair, my sister, Han Jiangxue, you go to the pier to say goodbye." ”

Yi Qingchen stood up, walked towards Han Jiangxue with long legs, and stretched out his right hand in a friendly manner: "Hello." ”

Xia Yan held her mouth, of course she also knew about Jiang Xiao's order to accept apprentices, she looked at Yi Qingchen up close, up and down, looked at Xiao Yuancun's body line, and secretly compared.

After a few seconds, Xia Yan pursed her lips unhappily, as if she didn't distinguish between high and low......

But when he saw Xia Yan's body crooked, her elbow on Yi Qingchen's shoulder, and teased: "I'm Jiang Xiao's master, what should you call me?" ”

"Uh......" Yi Qingchen scratched his small round inch, and his posture turned out to be Jiang Xiao's three-point appearance, and his face was a little embarrassed, "This ......"

Jiang Xiao: "Don't pay attention to her, let's talk about it, you just call her stinky sister." ”

Xia Yan: ???

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