Qin Qi followed Lingyue as he walked on the dirt road from the jungle to the town. His upper body was a leg-length brown coarse cloth jacket and a black leather belt, which was not his leather shoes but cowhide boots, and the boots were covered with white cracks, very cowboy style in the American West, and of course Bethlito also put a black fine-grained cloak on Qin Qi, because the temperature in this place was not as warm and pleasant as in Guangzhou. Although Qin Qi kept hinting that he was wearing this dress in order to hide his identity, every time he looked down at his outfit, he would show a helpless smile, and the word clown popped up in his mind.

Lingyue walked in front lightly while humming a song to herself, turning back and smiling at Qin Qi from time to time, like a naughty little girl. Along the way, she would always tap the grass with her staff, and the top of the grass would immediately bloom with colorful flowers, but the flowers would soon wither and the green leaves would turn yellow.

"How so?" Qin Qi pointed to the withered yellow grass, "It will wither immediately after it blooms?" ”

Lingyue turned around, squatted on the side of the road, gently held the grass in her hand, stroked it, and said: "Because I let it bloom too early, it uses its energy to bloom, just like human life, old age, sickness and death, if you use up your strength too early, you will also leave this world, right?" ”

Qin Qi took Xiaocao from her hand, looked at Xiaocao with a solemn expression, and stuffed it into his clothes. He raised his head and stared at Ling Yue's eyes again, those watery eyes were like a treasure, making Qin Qi always want to take a few more looks

Lingyue was a little embarrassed by Qin Qi's eyes, and her face flushed again. She looked away and walked on her own.

Seeing this, Qin Qi said teasingly: "Actually, you are quite cruel, you want to see flowers, but you have to sacrifice so many small lives." ”

Lingyue turned to Qin Qi and said loudly, "You still care about Xiaocao, you yourself are dying." ”

With that, she smiled and trotted forward.

Leaving the jungle, Qin Qi's vision began to have other figures shaking, Ling Yue was busy greeting all kinds of people and didn't have time to introduce him to Changhu Town in front of him, Qin Qi was like a farmer who had entered the city, seeing that he didn't know anything, he looked a little embarrassed. However, since fighting the lion-faced beast last night, Qin Qi found that his eyesight and hearing had become very sharp, and the sounds around him were like a flood constantly pouring into his ears, and the people a hundred meters away were as clear as standing in front of his eyes, just the sound of footsteps could make Qin Qi's nerves tense, because this movement was no less than a thunderclap for him.

"It's so tiring." Qin Qi couldn't help but complain about this ability, he knew that this was the role that the lion-faced beast played in his body.

When they walked to a white building in the township, Lingyue was stopped by two middle-aged men, who claimed to be businessmen from Junjie City and wanted to know how to get to the government building. Hearing that they were coming from the Military Guard City, Lingyue was very excited, and enthusiastically told them the detailed location of the government building, and planned to take them over.

Qin Qi observed the two passers-by slightly. These two people are like two extremes, one has a full face and beard, and he doesn't mean to stop talking, and the other seems to have never wanted to speak all his life, with a little uncomfortable expression on his face, Qin Qi thought he was going to have diarrhea.

The man who did not speak wrapped himself tightly in his cloak, his body chrysalis in the cloak, making it impossible to see what his hands were doing, and strangely enough, in such a low temperature, there were profuse beads of sweat on his face. When his wandering eyes touched Qin Qi, Qin Qi felt that something was wrong.

Qin Qi could strongly sense a sense of fear that had crept into his mind out of nowhere, it was extremely clear, and it was obvious that it was not his own fear.

Qin Qi stared at the man for a while, thinking that something was wrong, so he whispered in Ling Yue's ear: "Ling Yue, these two people seem to have a problem..." But before he finished speaking, Qin Qi felt that someone was pulling his cloak, and a force made him fall backwards, until he sat heavily on the stone road, and that hand let go of his cloak.

Qin Qi looked back and found three people in border guard uniforms standing behind him.

At this time, Lingyue turned around, still wondering how Qin Qi was sitting on the ground, a young man standing at the front of the border guard jumped directly past Qin Qi, blocking Qin Qi's sight, he took Lingyue's hand and kissed it.

"Tans, why are you here?" Lingyue quickly withdrew her hand.

Tans slowly raised his head, supported the saber on his waist with his left hand, wiped his hair up with his right hand, raised his chin high, glanced at Qin Qi with contempt, and said, "My dad is injured, let me take his place, and I am now acting as the deputy captain of the border guard team in Changhu Town." ”

As he spoke, he pointed his finger at Qin Qi, who was sitting on the ground, deliberately accentuated his tone, and asked, "Who is this pervert?" He actually wanted to kiss your face just now? ”

"He is Qin Qi who saved us last night." Lingyue walked up to Qin Qi and helped Qin Qi up, "He was just talking to me just now, what a kiss, it's too rude for you to do this." ”

The two businessmen next to him saw Tans in the uniform of the border guards, their expressions were serious, they didn't even say hello, and hurriedly left.

Seeing this, Qin Qi hurriedly pointed at the two people and said to Ling Yue, "Ling Yue, those two people are leaving." ”

As soon as the words fell, the two people had already burrowed into the crowd and were nowhere to be found.

When Tans heard what Lingyue said, he walked up to Qin Qi, looked at him with questioning eyes, tilted his head sideways and said, "You are the one who killed the Lion-Faced Beast last night?" ”

"Let's just put it that way." Qin Qi didn't dare to look at Tans squarely, and Lingyue cast a compassionate glance at him on the side. He looked at Tans' uniform, looked at Tans's face carefully, and said, "Your father was brave last night. ”

Hearing the stranger in front of him compliment his father, Tans had a bright smile on his face, he patted Qin Qi on the shoulder, and said modestly, "That's my father's duty. By the way, my father said you came from out of town? ”

"Oh, that's right," Qin Qi hurriedly moved out the set that the old man Bethlito had taught him, "I'm from Xincheng, and I came to Changhu Town to see the sword-casting techniques of Falling Moon City, and even the king's swords in Falling Moon City are collecting them, they are all fine products." ”

Tans looked down at the saber at his waist, proudly held the hilt, and said, "Falling Moon City provides half of the weapons for the entire Spirit Kingdom. Every swordsman should have a sword from Falling Moon City. If you want, you can go to the blacksmith to build one. ”

Seeing that the two were chatting, Ling Yue breathed a sigh of relief at the tense atmosphere just now, and she reminded Qin Qi beside her: "You still have to go to the border guards to find Ulantu." ”

When Tans heard Lingyue's words, he asked Qin Qi, "Are you going to find Captain Ulantu?" ”

"Oh, that's right," Qin Qi said, "I want to join the border guards, and I'm going to talk to him about it today." ”

"So you want to join us, it's easy," Tans spread his hands, "We just need to go back to the government building, you can come with us, Ulantu should be training new swordsmen on the roof of the building at this time." ”

"That's great," Ling Yue said with a smile, "I'm just going to the bazaar to buy food, Tans, please help me take Qin Qi to Ulantu." Treat him well, he's a guest of Bethlito."

With that, Lingyue waved her hand at them, took her staff, and turned into an alley. Qin Qi turned around and followed Tans towards the government building, he glanced at the white building next to him and asked, "What is this white house used for?" ”

Tans glanced at the house and said proudly, "This is where General Radic used to live, he fought in the Black War twenty years ago, but now he no longer lives in Long Lake, he is in the Military Ring City, and because of the War Anniversary, he will be celebrating with us tonight under the government building." ”

Qin Qi tilted his face and nodded as he listened. Tans added: "He's from Long Lake and a good friend of Bethlito. ”

Less than ten minutes' walk to the government building is in front of you, the government building is a large tower building, covering an area of nearly half a football field, more than 20 meters high, the exterior of the building is painted with gray-white paint, a huge flag is spread down from the middle of the tower, a huge circle is printed on it, and a long sword is erected in the middle.

At this moment, Qin Qi was standing in the middle of the square below the government building, his head raised high, his mouth open, and his face was amazed. He had to admire the wisdom and strength of the locals, with the technology of the cold weapon era, it was unbelievable that such a building could be built.

Tans seemed to see Qin Qi's thoughts, he walked to Qin Qi's side, pointed to the government building and said, "To complete such a huge project, it is not enough to rely on the craftsmanship of the spirits, most of them also rely on the mana of the mages. The Bethleto priests were also involved in the construction of the building. ”

"After the government building was destroyed by Nordland, Baillito came here and stayed for more than a decade, and we are very grateful to him for serving the people of Long Lake all these years." A member of the team next to him added.

"I see, no wonder Bethlito is so popular here." Qin Qi continued to maintain the posture of looking up, "You just said that this building needs to be built by a mage?" How did they build this building? ”

"The mages pay attention to a kind of power, they use their minds to control the staff, let the gems on the staff release the power, and this power will be like a soul, to complete their ideas." Tans smiled and continued, "Lingyue can use her staff to speed up the growth of plants, turning winter into spring. ”

Qin Qi noticed that Tans had a happy expression when he talked about Lingyue, and this kind of happy expression was only shown from the bottom of his heart when he liked this person. He understood that it was not a misunderstanding that he was dragged to the ground by Tans today.

"And where are the border guards?" Qin Qi asked.

"It's on the top floor of this building." Tans pointed to the top of the government building. Qin Qi followed his hand and looked at the roof of the building, the window on the top floor was surrounded by a rope full of colorful flags, and at this time, a crisp horn sound floated out from inside.

After climbing a few flights of stairs, Qin Qi and Tans finally reached the top floor. The Border Guards work in a very spacious place, with no compartments, a whole floor is a huge room, and in the middle of the top floor is a circular training space with the logo on the flag of the government building painted on it. Directly facing the door of the room is a high platform with a chair on it. Weapons and tables and chairs for work and rest were placed along the surrounding walls, and Ulantu was instructing several young men on how to use their swords.

"Captain~" Tans shouted at Ulantu at the door, "there is someone here who wants to see you." ”

Ulantu turned around and saw Qin Qi and Tansi, and his serious expression immediately turned into a smiling face. He gave the young men a few words, and then he walked over to them with his sword.

"Tans," Ulantu said with a smile, "it's great that you brought Qin Qi to me." ”

"Captain," Tans touched his head and smiled awkwardly, "since I brought you the man, I'll go back on patrol." ”

"Hmm~," Ulantu nodded, "Very good, you are becoming more and more like your father, work hard, the future of Changhu Town will be pinned on you." ”

After Tans finished talking to Ulantu, he nodded to him and Qin Qi, turned around, and ran towards the staircase in a hurry. Qin Qi looked at his distant back and shook his head, estimating that he should be in a hurry to go shopping with Lingyue.

"Qin Qi, Lingyue told you, right?" Ulantu asked seriously, "Do you want to join the border guards?" ”

"Of course," Qin Qi stood up, "otherwise I wouldn't have come to this place, I'm very interested in joining the border guards." ”

"Well, that's good, you come with me." Ulantu took Qin Qi's arm and pulled him to the middle of the training ground, and the team members all consciously gathered at the training ground. A little child brought a brown uniform and handed it to Qin Qi, Qin Qi held the uniform in his hand, and suddenly thought of the moment he got the military uniform at the military academy, and his heart was also surging, but this time it was in another world.

"Fellow partners, today we have a new member." Ulantu raised his voice and looked at everyone, "This new member is called Qin Qi, and he is..."

Ulantu paused, turned around and asked Qin Qi, "Where is your hometown?" ”

Qin Qi remembered Burlito's words, and hurriedly said, "I am from Xincheng. ”

"Oh~" Ulantu continued to say to everyone: "Qin Qi is from Xincheng, he killed the lion-faced beast by the Long Lake last night, saved the deputy captain Tuke, and eliminated a threat to our Changhu Town. Today, at my invitation, he joined the Changhu Town Border Guard to become a swordsman, and we will have one more brave warrior in the future, and everyone welcomes him. ”

When the words fell, applause rang out, and the child standing next to Qin Qi happily applauded towards Qin Qi, Qin Qi nodded to everyone a little embarrassed, touched the child's head, and expressed his gratitude.

After the applause stopped, everyone consciously returned to their original positions, training training, writing writing. Ulantu patted Qin Qi on the shoulder and whispered to him: "Due to the small funds of the border guards, I can't get you a long sword, I hope you can understand, I think Bethlito can handle this matter for you, a good sword should not be a problem." Remember, a swordsman must have a good sword to be a good swordsman. ”

"This question..." Qin Qi's face was a little embarrassed, "Actually, I don't know how to use a sword. ”

"That's not a problem. I've found you a good mentor," Ulantu pointed to a man in a black uniform sitting in the corner, "Rickfa is a trainer for the border guards, and his swordsmanship is quite good. ”

Qin Qi glanced at the trainer, the trainer was holding the long sword in both hands, his eyes were staring at him directly, that kind of sharp gaze, staring at Qin Qi's heart. Qin Qi subconsciously avoided his gaze and continued to talk to Ulantu.

"Today is War Remembrance Day, and it is a day to be happy." Ulantu continued, "It's a pity that you can't attend this feast tonight, the more days like this, the more vigilant you have to be as a member of the border guards." ”

"I understand that." Qin Qi responded to Ulantu seriously.

"A batch of weapons in Changhu Town has been packed, as the captain, I want to escort these weapons to the military guard city, and I have to leave in the afternoon." Ulantu said, "After I'm gone, all orders here will be subject to Vice-Captain Tuke. ”

"Natans..." Qin Qi said immediately, he remembered that Tans had said that he was the acting vice captain today.

"Tans only helps with the guards, and although his father is injured, he is still awake and has no problem with other work except patrolling." As he spoke, Ulantu pulled out two things from his pocket, a small colored stone and a small bamboo tube.

"This stone is called a misty incense, and if you throw it out, it will burst open, giving off all kinds of fragrances. The forest area of Changhu Town is large, and all kinds of wild beasts are infested, and you can use this to confuse their sense of smell," Ulantu said and held up a small bamboo tube, "This is for help, when you feel that the situation is critical, take it to the sky, and use your mind to send a signal." ”

Qin Qi took these two things from Ulantu's hand and stuffed them behind his clothes. He saw Ulantu walk to his place, pick up a small wooden box, and walk up to himself again, and stuff it into his hand.

"This is my gift to you, welcome to Changhu Town, and thank you for choosing to serve the residents of Changhu Town." Ulantu patted Qin Qi's shoulder with his hand again, and every stroke made Qin Qi feel very heavy. "I'm going back to get ready now, you can go and say hello to Rickfa now, then go back and change your sword and uniform, Tans should assign you a task in the afternoon."

After speaking, Ulantu walked towards the gate, Qin Qi waved his hand to him, watching the person he had just familiar with gradually leave, and he suddenly felt alone in this strange environment, and couldn't help but feel a little lost. He held the wooden box in his hand, looked at the trainer, gritted his teeth, and walked over with his scalp on his head.

Trainer Rickfa had already noticed Qin Qi. When Qin Qi walked up to Rickfa, he found that Rickfa's eyes were spinning like glass balls, looking him up and down. I have to say that the knife marks on Rickfa's face were like scattered bamboo leaves, which made Qin Qi's vision a little confused, and he tried his best to contain his mood, but he didn't know how to start the conversation between the two of them.

After a short while, Liekefa's ten fingers tightly grasped the long sword, stood up from the stairs, and said to Qin Qi: "You have the breath of a beast on you. ”

After speaking, Liekefa turned around and left Qin Qi stunned in place.