Chapter 9: A Gust of Wind
In the past few years, as the frontline of the Authority, Fang Xiu has noticed that there is an undercurrent that has been surging in Chengping's Huaxia. Originally, it was just a feeling, but as he has been persevering in tracking down the accident for many years, the more he investigates, the more creepy it becomes.
Obviously, all the chains of evidence are clearly laid out in front of them, but everything in that organization is always hidden behind a layer of thick fog, and they can't be erased, let alone see their true colors.
Why is it that such an important city as Shanghai can hide a complete base of the other party, but the Authority knows nothing?
Why is that operation, whether it is the number or strength of the other party, is too different from what was expected?
Why is it that when picketing afterwards, there is just the right character in each link to surface, as if being pulled by an invisible thread, leading the investigator step by step to the direction that the other party wants.
And when Fang Xiu wanted to find out the relationship network of those abandoned sons, he found that the files of each of the other party were so impeccable.
Even things like birth and elementary school can find perfect proof.
To do this, the energy required to make Fang Xiu always soak his clothes in cold sweat when he dreams back at midnight. And the other party uses so much manpower and material resources to cover up the truth, so what are they plotting?
However, looking at the young man in front of him, I thought of his persistence for so many years. Every time the words of pouring cold water reach the throat, they will turn into bursts of sighs under the resolute gaze of the young man.
However, now the young man in front of him, in addition to perseverance, has a little agility in his eyes. This kind of change is what Fang Xiu is happy to see.
Those who accelerate at the beginning often can't run the entire marathon. If the boy really chooses the path he insists on, his future will be extremely bumpy.
Retracting his thoughts, Fang Xiu's thumb swiped on the tip of his index finger, and several blood beads were carried by his thumb through an arc in the air, and all fell into the keyhole of the copper lock.
"Good memory. However, the master key of the lightning lock was developed by a thief at the time more than a hundred years ago. โ
As the blood dripped into the keyhole, the entire lock suddenly opened on its own in a burst of blinding lightning.
"Smack!"
It was the sound of the lock slamming against the table, and the wooden box slowly opened. A book, a black card, and half a jade pendant lay there quietly.
The first thing to be picked up was the half of the jade pendant.
The material of the jade pendant is not very surprising, it can be said that it is very poor. It was dim and dull, relying on the keen vision of ~ evolution after refining the body, Xiao Fan could even see many bubbles mixed in the jade pendant.
However, the carvings of the jade pendant are extremely exquisite. The complex techniques carved a few white clouds vividly, as well as the half of the pine branches, and a couple under the tree, are carved vividly.
"You haven't asked me about her, your relationship with me."
Xiao Fan wanted to speak, but glanced at Fang Xiu, who was staring at the jade pendant, and closed his mouth decisively.
Obviously, what Fang Xiu needs now may be just a tree hole.
"I am an orphan, relying on government relief and a bit of my own talent, all the way to enter the Flying Feather Academy."
"Sss
was obviously ready to be a listener, but Xiao Fan was still shocked.
Feiyu College, among the colleges and universities in China, is one of the most mavericks.
Fly the feathers as you like, ride the wind and sway.
These eight words are the school motto of Feiyu, and they are also the character portrayal of most Feiyu people.
The graduates of Flying Feather Academy have a detached personality and yearn for freedom. Most of the well-known explorers in China basically came out of the feathers.
Fei Yu's students hate restraint and pursue a romantic and uninhibited life.
But looking at Fang Xiu in front of him, it was difficult for Xiao Fan to connect him with the Flying Feather Academy.
"Why, isn't it?"
The young man shook his head, but thought of Fang Xiu's salted fish posture after work, and nodded again.
"Huh. Fly feathers as you like, ride the wind and sway. But if there is no wind, where can the feathers fly? โ
Fang Xiu at this moment has more deep vicissitudes.
"When I was in school, I wanted to be like those who graduated. Explore everywhere and discover hidden gems. I also thought about being a bounty hunter, going to the end of the world with a sword, relying on my ability to hunt the murderers on the wanted warrant of the Authority, and find a few friends in my spare time, drink some wine, chat, and be an idle cloud and wild crane. โ
I don't know when, Fang Xiu had an extra wine jug in his hand: "Until I met her." โ
Here's the big thing!
"She is a disciple of Ling Yue. I remember the first time I saw her that year when I was a freshman. I was a substitute for the school team, and she was the main force of Ling Yue. โ
In fact, since high school, everyone has been training in combat skills. Therefore, the ranking of various competitions has become the highlight of the competition among schools.
Your high ranking in the competition naturally means that the quality of your education is higher. Many schools, in addition to the most elite school teams, will also form a special team for each grade to be used as the seed training of the school team. Therefore, competitions for all grades also came into being.
"What do you mean by the varsity team?"
"Of course, it's a team specially formed by the school."
Xiao Fan:( ฬโะดโ')
Freshmen go straight into the varsity team, which feels like a first-year elementary school student going straight to the sixth-grade math Olympiad. Even though it's just a substitute, wait, Gong Ruyun is the main force of the school team in her freshman year?!
Is it so tough?!
His eyes swept over Xiao Fan, Fang Xiu's expression was a little proud, and was replaced by a thick sadness: "At that time, she had short hair, wore a white combat uniform, and stood in the crowd, like an orchid, quiet and tranquil. Just one glance, I was intrigued. โ
"The second time I saw her, I helped the school team send the entry list, and mistakenly handed in the team competition list as the individual competition list. At that time, I was in a hurry at the door of the registration office, and it was she who suddenly came over and helped me negotiate with the staff of the competition committee and change the list back. โ
Fang Xiu seemed to fall into a good memory, and the whole person exuded a sweet taste: "After that, I chatted with her and exchanged contact information with her, which was the only time in my life that I stammered." I said a communication number five or six times, but I still couldn't say it completely, and finally she wrote it in the palm of her hand with a pen. โ
Looking at the smirking Fang Xiu, Xiao Fan sketched that picture in his mind, and he really couldn't imagine that such a chic person would have such a shy side.
"During the competition, I cheered her on, which caused a burst of ridicule from the brothers and sisters of the school team at that time. When it was over, I made up my mind to reach out to her, right at Mirror Lake in Feiyu, where we had our first date......"
With Fang Xiu's narration, the encounter, acquaintance, and love of the two innocent teenagers are narrated. Xiao Fan really couldn't connect the woman in Fang Xiu's mouth, who was as gentle as the warm winter sun and as warm as the spring breeze, with the current Gong Ruyun.
"Later, we were seniors."
According to the usual practice, in the senior year, there will be a large-scale combat drill. Participating students will work as a team to enter a specially designated trial area.
In the trial area, there are fierce beasts specially stocked by the relevant departments. The strength and type of these beasts have been selected to ensure that the students participating in the trials can experience the most realistic combat while ensuring the safety of their lives.
Just in case, each person will be given a signal transmitter that allows the assessment team to determine the location in real time. There is a special survival button on the transmitter, and when you press it in case of an emergency, the teachers who are cruising around and secretly protecting will immediately take action.
It's just that there was an accident in that trial. A secret realm suddenly appears in the proving grounds. The most important thing is that this secret realm is an open-ended secret realm.
The so-called open secret realm means that this secret realm does not have any restrictions. Outsiders can enter through the entrance at will, and at the same time, creatures in the secret realm can also enter through the entrance at will.
This kind of secret realm is the most dangerous, because you don't know what's in the secret realm at all.
That time, Fang Xiu and the others ran into a frantic red-feathered crystal-tailed tiger. This kind of fierce beast, appearing in the proving ground, is a disaster.
"Originally, we agreed to meet in the middle of the secret realm, and then complete the trial task together. It's just that when I arrived, all I saw was her desperate to save Gong Ruyun. โ
Xiao Fan: (=ใะใ=)
Save the palace Ruyun?
Who did you say before?
He had this question in his heart, but Xiao Fan didn't know how to ask, after all, it was Fang Xiu's sadness. As for Fang Xiu, he was still immersed in the memories of the past, his hands clenched into fists, obviously experiencing great pain.
It was indeed a painful story.
The two originally made an appointment, and after graduation, Fang Xiu and the girl registered an adventure group to discover those secret places hidden in the mountains while traveling in the magnificent rivers and mountains of China.
And Gong Ruyun is the girl's roommate. The girl may not have noticed it, but Fang Xiu had discovered a long time ago that Gong Ruyun seemed to have an inexplicable affection for herself.
But Fang Xiu always thought that this was his own delusion. After all, a wealthy lady like Gong Ruyun has seen many young talents and young geniuses since she was a child.
Until that day.
Gong Ruyun took a fancy to a flower. It was an innocent ice crystal orchid, which would only grow in places with abundant spiritual energy, and it would have a miraculous effect on the exercises of the Ling Yue One Vein.
Gong Ruyun practiced the exercises passed down from the family, but as a commoner, that girl was the inheritance of Ling Yue.
It was a good intention, but when I came across an open secret realm, the Red Feather Crystal Tailed Tiger, it was not something that two students who had not yet graduated could deal with.
Then, the scene when Fang Xiu arrived.
The girl named Qiu Yiyun blocked the fatal blow for Gong Ruyun.
Afterwards, although Gong Ruyun's guardians and Huaxia's teachers arrived and rescued Fang Xiu and them, Qiu Yiyun did not survive even if the Gong family used up the elixir that hung their lives.
Before dying, the gentle girl divided the jade pendant that Fang Xiu gave her to carve by herself, divided it into two halves, and gave it to Fang Xiu and Gong Ruyun.
"Ah Xiu, this person, is like a gust of wind in the mountains and forests, chic and uninhibited. The wind blows and cools people, but the wind itself has no home. I know you've always liked him, and I don't know why, but I hope that from now on, you'll be his home. You owe me my life, so let him have a haven of rest when he is tired, and leave it to you. โ