The test site for the graduation exam has been prepared in an orderly manner.

At some point, a goose-feather snow drifted in the sky, and it was ruthlessly blown in all directions by the sudden cold wind, and it was lifeless everywhere, like a cold and merciless corpse cloth covering the already incomparably desolate and gloomy land after the end of the world.

For the third-year graduates of Rock Academy, the mood at this time was as gloomy and gloomy as the bad weather, even worse.

Whether it will be swallowed up by the boundless darkness before dawn, or whether it will be blasted with one blow and let the birds fly from now on, whether they can change their fate is in today's life-and-death decisive battle.

The heavily armed Iron War Leopard City Guards surrounded the inside and outside of the Rock Academy early, not allowing any idle and suspicious people to come in and out, and maintained the absolute security and order of the examination room with full vigilance to prevent any sudden accidents from happening.

And the group of parents of a large number of students gathered outside the school gate, after seeing their children enter the entrance of the examination room, despite the cold wind and snow, they still stood in place and waited nervously, unwilling to leave for a long time, and their hearts were all secretly cheering for their children who had been studying hard for three years.

"Qingmo, have you really decided not to participate in the following graduation martial artist assessment project? Zhang Manli will not let you apply through the internal recruitment of Hengtai Chamber of Commerce so easily. Xia Yeling frowned, very worried about his friends at the table.

"Thank you, I think Mr. Yang will take care of things for us. I haven't eaten breakfast yet, so take this soy milk and meat bun that I can't eat, and come on for the martial arts assessment items below you. Qiu Qingmo casually handed over the steaming breakfast that had been prepared a long time ago, but when his fingers inadvertently touched Xia Yeling's wrist, there was an incomprehensible light sound in his mouth.

"Oh? The sauce meat bun in the old store of the Hu family has long wanted to eat and taste it, but it is too expensive and I have never been willing to buy it. It's really interesting, Qingmo, knowing that I had to come to the exam early today and didn't have breakfast, I specially brought an extra one for me. Xia Yeling was stunned at first, and then said with a familiar smile at Qiu Qingmo's hippie face.

"Why are there so many words, don't eat I threw it in the trash. Ah, that...... Although I haven't been in the Rock Academy for a long time, I have been taken care of by you very much, and I haven't formally thanked you yet, which is very rude. This one...... That ......", the trace of surprise on Qiu Qingmo's face disappeared in an instant, but a thin pink flush appeared on his cheeks, the cold and ruthless mask was almost shattered, and his tone trembled extremely unnaturally and said vaguely.

"Okay, okay, I understand, please don't say it, if you continue to say it, the veins in your head will burst. I went around, eating and digesting as I went, and by the way, I took a break to relax my mood before the exam. Looking at Qiu Qingmo, who had always been breezy and calm, at a loss, Xia Yeling almost laughed, so he hurriedly waved goodbye to Qiu Qingmo, who sincerely wanted to thank him but seemed to have an unbearable shyness on his face.

"Is Uncle Qian here?" Seeing the summer night spirit gradually disappear, Qiu Qingmo's shy and irrepressible mood gradually stabilized, and then turned around and flashed into a hidden corner and took out a black communicator.

"Hey! I'm in the old money! The two applications you ordered have been sent to Rock Academy, and you have received them now. In this case, you don't have to participate in the next martial arts level assessment project, so I will send someone to secretly take you back to the Hengtai Chamber of Commerce now? ”

"Autumn... Young master, you see, while there are still a few days to spare before the winter hunting, I am wondering about old money, where can we go together to have a fun and relax, and completely adjust the pre-war state? Belch...... Why don't we call that classmate named Xia Yeling, who has a better relationship with you, to accompany us? A kind and honest middle-aged male voice came from the other side of the communicator, and the other party was smiling from beginning to end, like a cute fat panda.

"Xia Yeling's internal admission application was invalidated by Zhang Manli, the director of the third year of high school, and my application was also said to need to be inspected again to see if I was qualified enough to make a decision." , Qiu Qingmo didn't speak, and his voice was cold and terrifying.

"I-fuck, fucking fucking against her! Bah, bah, look at my stinky mouth in front of you again, young master! It's time to fight, it's time to fight! Forgive me. Young Master Qiu, wait a minute, I will personally go and ask your principal Jiang Linyue for a direct request! ”

"But then again, young master, your vision really didn't say anything! In addition to the fact that this young man can't practice martial arts for some reason, he is really a rare good seedling in terms of mind and comprehension, even compared to those long-famous super masters on the [Mountains and Rivers List] in Lanfeng City. ”

"Old money, I'm going to ask him for it. Hmph, Head of Grade Manli Zhang, right! If you can't do this little thing, young master, I will go on a hunger strike! Qian Weixiong, the president of the Hengtai Chamber of Commerce, who has always been eye-to-eye, was like a loyal dog who was loyal to his master at this time, without any yang and yin disobedience and hippie smiles, but assured Qiu Qingmo seriously with his own blame.

"Forget it, it's not you, and you can't grab it anymore." , Qiu Qingmo's heart was inexplicably relieved, and then narrated it flatly.

"Why? Could it be that his genius qualifications in the creation of exercises have been exposed? However, all the experiments carried out by the creation of exercises need strong financial protection, otherwise it will not be able to maintain the daily expenses of research funds, and the progress of research will be slow, and the results will not be immediate. ”

"Besides, an ordinary person who can't practice martial arts is very weak for a martial iron-blooded army like the Iron War Leopard, and the position he obtains after joining cannot become the top part of the first group in terms of money or status, so he can only be very embarrassed."

"If Xia Yeling is smart enough and doesn't want to just be a cow and a horse for others, but can give full play to the value of his talents, the best choice is our Hengtai Guild." , Qian Weixiong's tone was indifferent and unimpressed.

"He's already refining the fifth level of his body, within a day. Moreover, the strength is unfathomable. It sounded plain, but Qiu Qingmo still had a hint of envy and fear for Xia Yeling's terrifying entry at this time.

"What?! The body refining martial artist is level five, within one day! No, this kind of demonic one-day warrior, I have to fight for it. Young Master Qiu, do you have anything else to order? Hearing this, Qian Weixiong's voice suddenly rose a little, and he suddenly became anxious.

"I'm very angry that Gong Fanlin doesn't have the face to stay in Rock Academy anymore."

"Understood, I promise to give you your explanation, and Young Master Qiu will see you later." , Qian Weixiong hurriedly and respectfully buttoned the communicator, and kept completing the seemingly unfulfilled order that Qiu Qingmo had just given.

There was only a busy sound left in the communicator, and Qiu Qingmo, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly let out a rapid cough, his brows furrowed, and a smear of dirty blood oozed from between his fingers that were blocked in front of his lips.

There was only a chill left in my blue eyes filled with murderous intent, and now I would not believe anyone but myself.

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Xia Yeling took a sip of steaming sauce meat buns and a mouthful of warm soy milk, the heat of food ironing dispelled the fatigue of the early morning, and walked leisurely around the academy.

As soon as he slipped to the door of the faculty dormitory, he saw a thin old man with gray hair leaning against the big tree at the entrance of the dormitory, motionless and breathing weakly, and looking very bad on such a cold day, wearing only a coarse cloth shirt and trousers, who looked not to be eighty years old, at least seventy-five.

"Old man, wake up, wake up!" Seeing this, Xia Yeling hurriedly rushed over to wake him up, lest he was too weak to be so thinly dressed and so old that he would freeze to death here on such a cold day.

"Hmmm! Who is so bold and disturbs my dream ......", the gray-haired old man slowly opened his eyes, his wrinkled face was bright and ruddy, and the gaze shot out by a pair of cloudy old eyes was also extremely sharp, sitting there without anger and self-authority, and the momentum exuded from his body was extraordinary.

"Whew...... It's okay, I thought you were frozen. Don't sleep here with such a heavy snow, old man! Haven't you heard of the jackdaws freezing to death? ”

"You woke up too early in the morning to clean up our campus, and after finally finishing cleaning, you wanted to lean back here and rest, but you were too tired and accidentally fell asleep, right?" , Xia Yeling breathed a sigh of relief, and his worried expression of abnormality suddenly relaxed, and he didn't notice the abnormality of the gray-haired old man in a panic.

"Huh? Interesting young man, don't you know me? The gray-haired old man looked at Xia Yeling carefully and asked with a playful expression.

"I don't live in the school, and the sanitation workers in charge of campus sanitation don't know so well, so it's not too much of a fault." , Summer Night Spirit spread his hands, it doesn't matter.

"Haha, it looks like you're missing a lot of lessons, boy." The old man, who was estimated to be a sanitation worker in charge of cleaning the campus, had fully sobered up, but his stomach was rumbling, and his hungry eyes were staring at the breakfast in Xia Yeling's hand, without blinking, the old face wrinkled like a blooming chrysanthemum was full of flattering smiles, and he almost didn't ask Xia Yeling directly.

"Ahaha, please don't say it, the illness will be retired...... Old man, you can really rush, Hujia sauce meat bun, I will eat it for the first time today, and I will give it to you. ”

"I'll go, slow down, don't bite my hand. I took a bite of this, okay, you really don't dislike it, okay, okay, it's all for you. Xia Yeling couldn't help but feel sour when he looked at the old man's lonely appearance, although he was still hungry, he still handed over all the food without hesitation, and then patiently reminded like a child, "Today's graduation exam is very strict in the school, you remember not to wander around, it's best to go out of school as soon as possible according to the regular procedures." You see, when you go home, you drink hot tea and hum a Henan opera, what a beautiful thing it is. Don't stay here, not only will you delay your work, but more seriously, don't sleep on a cold day. ”

"Hahaha, young man, ...... interesting", after nodding with satisfaction, the old man devoured one bun after another, and Xia Yeling, who had a good appetite, swallowed his saliva.

- Candidates in the 7th examination room, please prepare to enter immediately! Candidates in the 7th examination hall should be ready to enter immediately!

At this time, a deafening warning sounded on the campus radio.

"I'm going to the exam, you always have to remember to go home early, don't get sleepy again when you're full, and then accidentally fall asleep and freeze." Hearing the deafening entrance warning sound that resounded throughout the campus, Xia Yeling hurriedly ran to the examination venue, and suddenly turned around and waved to the old man uneasily.

"Go, go. I'll see how you do then. Looking at the figure of the summer night spirit running away, the gray-haired old man smiled meaningfully.

"Lord of the City, I can be regarded as having found you! This is your breakfast, knowing that you have the old habit of having to eat more breakfast after waking up early, how about we eat while walking, and we have to wait for you to sit in the proctoring exam. A group of heavily armed senior martial artists, including the head of each grade Li Chengren, Sun Yuxing, Zhang Manli, and the head of the head of the school, Yang Jian, were all sweating, and the head of the head of the school, Yang Jian, ran to the white-haired old man with a bag of steaming breakfast, and asked anxiously with a face full of anxiety.

"I'm full, keep it, thank you for your hard work. I squinted for a while just now, but I met an interesting little friend, who didn't know me, and was worried that I would freeze to death here, and I didn't eat enough and even took the initiative to bring me his breakfast, which was good. The old man just now had strong steps at this time, and a smile appeared on his wrinkled face, "Okay, okay, I'll go and see how he performs." ”