The morning sun is like fire, and the wind and sand are long.

Kaiyuan City, the border town of the Xuantian Empire. On one side is the northern desert of the Xuantian Empire, and on the other side is across the sea from the Xingyao Empire, known as the Demon Empire, with a radius of more than thirty miles.

In the morning light and wind and sand, the walls of Kaiyuan City already looked old and dilapidated.

Ding Qin stopped, dusted off the dust on his head a few times, and stared at the city not far in front of him.

It's been three years and I'm back!

Before he knew it, his fists were clenched, and his cheek muscles bulged out from his gritted teeth.

Three years, or you don't remember me anymore, but I definitely remember you!

Taking a deep breath, Ding Qin walked towards the city gate again.

After passing through the city gate, Ding Qin slowed down. Everything in the city still seemed so familiar, yet so unfamiliar.

In particular, the once glorious and majestic Ding family compound, because no one has lived and repaired for many years, is now dilapidated, and it seems that every gust of wind blows, there will be bricks and wooden beams blown off.

Walking down the main street, finally, a courtyard with bluestone walls appeared in front of Ding Qin's eyes. Turning a corner along the courtyard wall, Ding Qin finally saw the wisps of the door that appeared in his dream.

Kaiyuan Spiritual Seminary!

Looking at the five big characters glowing with golden light on the plaque on the gate, Ding Qin's heart couldn't help but feel a sour feeling again. I don't know, under this plaque, how many people still bear the same misery as themselves?

After a pause, he walked straight inside the door.

Two doormen stepped forward to stop him, "Stop." This is a spiritual seminary, and no one is allowed to enter without permission. ”

Ding Qin had no expression on his face, and took off a jade plaque from his waist. "Intermediate second class Ding Qin. ”

The slightly younger doorman was stunned for a moment, "Who? Ding Qin? There is no such person in the second intermediate class." No, you are the son of Ding Shouyi, the general of Kaiyuan Zhenguan back then, and Ding Qin, who was later removed from the hospital?"

Ding Qin nodded expressionlessly.

The old doorman's eyes flashed with a cloudy look, and he leaned into the young doorman's ear and said something, and then said to Ding Qin, "The dean said that if you come back one day, you must inform him." ”

Ding Qin still nodded and watched the old doorman walk inside.

After a short time, the old doorman returned, followed by a dozen middle-aged men in white robes.

The leader had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a wide nose and thick lips, and after standing still in front of the courtyard gate, he looked Ding Qin up and down, "If it's really you?

Ding Qin glanced at these people and smiled slightly, "Dean." Actually, what you're trying to say is, you really dare to come back, right?"

The dean's expression immediately turned cold, "What do you mean by that?"

Ding Qin said, "What do you mean, you know very well. Why did I leave in the first place?"

"It's because you don't want to make progress and have no hope of cultivation, so you give up on yourself!" the dean snorted coldly, and there was already something bad in his eyes.

"Wrong!" Ding Qin raised his voice, "You forced me!"

He took a deep breath, and memories of years ago flooded back. "I can see through the faces of you people. When my father was in power, in order to show favor to him, you held me up to heaven all the time, and you had as many cultivation resources as you wanted. ”

"And when my father disappeared in the sea of stars to find medicine, and the empire degraded the entire Ding family to a common people and expelled them for the crime of disobedience, what did you do to me?"

"You immediately turned your face one by one, saying that I am a sinner, a thief and a thief, and I no longer provide even the most basic elixir, where are you still like an apprentice in a spiritual seminary?"

The dean said coldly, "Don't forget, if we didn't protect you from being expelled in the name of the spiritual seminary, I'm afraid you wouldn't even be able to stay in this Kaiyuan City." ”

Ding Qin laughed, "You can still say it, are you protecting me? Don't think I don't know! You secretly gave me the poison of Locking Spirit Soft Tendon Powder, which froze my cultivation and made me unable to make progress for a long time. You want to kill the hope of reviving my Ding family here!"

The dean didn't wait for Ding Qin's voice to settle down, and he had already opened his mouth to scold, "Nonsense! What kind of nonsense! What kind of locking spirit is scattered, we haven't heard of it!"

Ding Qin smiled coldly, "What I just said was that the lock spirit is soft. If the dean hadn't heard of it, how could he correct this poison called locking the spirit and dissolving the tendons? ”

The dean's face was blue and white, "Ding Qin, you ......"

Ding Qin saw that there were more and more people coming around, and then said, "Moreover, you say that I ran away without permission? What is the truth? You later asked me to clean and serve food and drink every day, and I was busy from dawn to dark, just like a servant! You openly humiliated me everywhere, saying that I couldn't help but fight the mud and couldn't support the wall, and that I was a waste of the clan's power. ”

At this time, he calmly glanced at the onlookers, "You are afraid that you will have a little relationship with my father and affect your personal future, reverse right and wrong, confuse black and white, and are unwilling to give me a place to stay!"

"In such an environment, if I don't leave, will I continue to be humiliated by you here?

When the dean heard this, he no longer refuted. His voice seemed to soften a little, "Ding Qin, what do you want to do when you come back today?"

Ding Qin laughed, "It's very simple, get my things back." ”

After hearing this, the dean smiled coldly, "After you left the spiritual monastery without permission and were expelled, your things have already been discarded. However, for the sake of General Ding Shouyi, this is 3,000 Xuantian coins, and my spiritual institute has relieved you for the sake of the people of Kaiyuan City, and it has also settled the grievances between you and the spiritual seminary. ”

After that, he threw a paper bag to the ground, "Take the money, let's go, come back to spread rumors later, don't blame us for being ruthless." ”

Three thousand Xuantian coins is not a small amount in Kaiyuan City, even if it is a medium-sized family, it can live for half a year. If you take it for a little while, you may be able to live a stable life for a few years.

Therefore, when the dean made this move, some people in the crowd also sighed, "It seems that the dean is still atmospheric, and it is really atmospheric." ”

Ding Qin sneered, bent down to pick up the money bag, and opened it to take a look.

Just as someone was about to point fingers at his behavior, Ding Qin raised his hand, and three thousand Xuantian coins were thrown into the crowd with a "bang", and there was not a single one left in his hand.

Ding Qin threw the paper bag to the ground and stepped on it, "Dean, you are wrong. I didn't come back for money. ”

A cold light reappeared in the dean's eyes, "Not for money?

Ding Qin said, "I want to get my reputation and dignity back." ”

Hearing Ding Qin say this, the dean was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. Those who were with him also laughed.

"Honor and dignity? What honor and dignity? Ding Qin, now is not your father's time. "Yes, we in the spiritual monastery have never met an apprentice who is so well qualified before the age of twelve, but we have never met an apprentice who has stopped after the age of twelve and is stubborn!"

The dean paused for a moment and said in a dignified tone, "Do you think that in Kaiyuan City, you can get the so-called reputation and dignity by going to the spiritual temple to make trouble?"

Ding Qin said, "I didn't make trouble. I want to re-enter the spiritual monastery to prove that I am not the mud in your mouth and the waste in the mouth of the people of Kaiyuan City!"

A hint of smugness flashed in the dean's eyes, "You want to re-enter the spiritual convent now?" he shook his head, "You know the admission rules. Before the age of 10, admission can be done by recommendation or test. After the age of ten, unless you pass the spiritual field examination, even the son of the current general will not be admitted to the hospital! If I remember correctly, you are eighteen years old this year. ”

Ding Qin nodded lightly, the light in his eyes flashing, "That's right, I know." I'm just going to go to the dojo. ”

As soon as these words came out, a little doubt appeared on the dean's face, "Are you sure? The spiritual academy dojo is one of the strictest assessments in the spiritual seminary, and no one has passed it in the past thirty years. And on the dojo, casualties are inevitable, don't you want to use this to blackmail the spiritual monastery again?"

Ding Qin slowly narrowed his eyes, "How do you know that I won't be able to pass the dojo?"

The dean was stunned for a moment, and the doubts in his eyes were even heavier. "Ding Qin, big words are not just words. Your cultivation can only stop at the eighth layer of agility, so why bother to suffer for yourself?"

Ding Qin smiled coldly, "Dean, if you really didn't use the Lock Spirit to disperse the tendons for me, how can you be sure that my cultivation can only stop at the eighth layer of the Spirit?

Once again, embarrassment was written on the dean's face.

Ding Qin didn't delve into this topic, but continued, "What happened three years ago, can the dean still be so sure?"

His words were full of confidence and calmness, as if no one could afford to doubt them.

The dean's face also changed slightly. He turned back to the other people, then turned to Ding Qin, "Okay, when do you want to enter the dojo?" But after all, there are casualties, and the spiritual monastery is no longer responsible. ”

Ding Qin smiled slightly, "Whether it is injured or killed, there is no need for the spiritual institute to be responsible." But that's ahead of that. ”

His gaze instantly became sharp, "If I pass the dojo assessment, then you have to announce to the whole city, and I will enter the Kaiyuan City Spiritual Seminary in the strictest form of assessment!"

A faint smile appeared on the corner of the dean's mouth, "Okay, we can do this." When do you want to come in?"

Ding Qin's fists clenched again, and his ten knuckles "clicked". "Right now. ”

As soon as these words came out, the dean was stunned. Now? Is it now?

He glanced at Ding Qin with suspicious eyes, rubbing the thumb and index finger of his right hand unconsciously.

However, he quickly regained his expression, "Okay, come with us." ”

Ding Qin took a deep breath and stepped into the door of the spiritual seminary. It's been three years and I'm back!

I want to take back my honor and dignity. What belongs to me, no one wants to take it away from me!