Sea breeze, waves, people by the sea.

Lin Ke's lonely back didn't know who was confused.

"Sister Xue'er, what do you say the young master is looking at there?" Ai Li tightly tugged at the silk scarf that shielded the wind and sand, but she was still blown by the wind and couldn't open her eyes, "I've never seen him like the sea so much when he's grown up, and I'm afraid that the idea of coming here doesn't even appear in his mind." ”

Xue'er quietly looked at Lin Ke, who was independent in the distance, slowly shook her head and nodded, "People have two sides, who knows if he is not the real him at this moment?" We always have to face more things that we don't want to face with continuous growth, sometimes we see it thoroughly, but we are unhappy, the more we understand, the more we don't understand." ”

Ellie shook her head in confusion, she really didn't understand.

But she didn't notice that Cher's clear eyes were also confused.

Lin Ke at the moment is not overly sentimental.

The sea is boundless and the sea breeze is infinite.

The salty and cold wind tore the corners of his clothes and made the sound of hunting, and the water vapor carried the fine sand to his face, warm and stinging, just like Lin Ke's feelings of squinting his eyes and looking directly at the sea.

After coming to this world for about four days and eight hours, Lin Ke roughly estimated the time, and he didn't know if he would live his life counting the time like this.

The confusion of coming to this world gradually dissipated, and as he got deeper and deeper in understanding this world, the feeling of seeing the moon through the clouds made him feel at ease, but after all, he still couldn't forget everything in that world, the children there, the career there, the truth and falsehood there, and the grievances and hatreds there.

He's not a guy who is so carefree that he has a big nerve.

Sometimes, the unreality of this world makes him feel like he is in a play, and he is the clown who does his best to play a character.

He needs a home, and he needs a way.

He took off his shoes and socks and began to walk, along the border between land and sea, the salt water shallow above the surface of his feet.

One step out, leaving a deep footprint, the waves caress the beach, three or two times, the sand fills the pit, Lin Ke looks back there, and then goes forward, all the way, I don't know where the front is, and there is no trace of existence.

Until a certain moment he stood still suddenly, looked back, and looked forward, even if he did not know what was ahead, but it seemed that he still had to go, and with his pride, where would he want to go back?

He turned around sharply and flicked his sleeves, the two wind blades went against the wind like lightning, and slowly dissipated in the wind, everything was the same, the wind was still strong, but it couldn't blow in his heart anymore, he smiled contemptuously, turned around and strode in the direction of Xue'er and them, and said to himself silently.

Next time, next time I come to this sandy land, I want the heavens and the earth to change color!

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In the days that followed, Lin Ke plunged headlong into the library.

He began to find the feeling of frenzied knowledge intake when he was still on Earth, and he had too much confusion and curiosity that Cohen's memory could not satisfy.

He knew from the geography of the continent that the original fish people lived in the huge Otto Islands in the ocean south of the continent, from the history of the God of War Empire to know the current empire's master surname "Caesar", from the troubadour's poems to appreciate the different styles of the continent's famous cities, from the gods from the classics of the gods to feel the vast divine might......

He became interested in everything on this continent.

He began to be confused by everything on this continent.

He wanted to know, so he went and asked everyone.

It wasn't until even the odd workers in the family compound knew that the great spellcaster, the young master, was hungry for knowledge, that Cohen's grandfather Rhine realized that he needed a learned mentor, and after finding him a mentor who was very famous even for the entire province and even the empire, and learned that the two of them were very happy, the old man Rhine got drunk for the first time.

Only the old man in the mansion would know how much the young master who had worked hard to cultivate a genius had originally disliked the scholar mentor of Wen Crepe.

The new mentor was called Fisher Fool, and it was said that he had changed the surname for himself, a surname that seemed somewhat incomprehensible even in Cohen's world, and he insisted.

He has a light blue hair that is rare in the God of War Empire, it is said that he is no more than fifty years old, but his wrinkled face skin makes him look at least twenty years older, his life is full of legends, he was once a noble child of the Jialan Empire, he was a servant of the gods of the Bright Empire, he was one of the few Terran visitors in the Elven Forest, and he was once a weak guest in the God of War Empire.

All these experiences fascinated Linko.

He felt that he was the one who understood the world.

"I'll be in the Windy City for three months, and during that time, I'll do only two things: tell you stories and answer your questions. This was what Fisher had said to Rinko when they first met, and he didn't care what kind of people he taught in the Windy City, because he had at least a dozen students in the city, half of them from the nobility and the other half from commoners.

"In my opinion, there is no difference between the young master of a noble family and the children of a commoner family, and the only reason I teach them is that they want to ask for it, and you are the same. ”

He answered Linko's question in this way, which made Linko have a great affection for the old man who lived in such a hierarchical society but had extraordinary ideas, and he knew that the servants of the Mutes family who had asked for a lot of money had not been able to see Fisher, and the only reason the old man had come to the door to ask for a professor of Linko was that he had heard that he was hungry for knowledge, and that was it.

Fisher only stayed with Linko for half an hour before leaving, and every two days he would give lectures to the children of the nobility, and Linko could go to listen.

The old man did not want to live in the house of Mutes, he lived in the house of a commoner student, and he said that the happiness of the nobles in this world was always the same, but the misfortunes of the commoners were different, and he would rather read the hardships with great difficulty than taste the glitz and glamour.

This made Lin Ke awe-inspired.

He knew he could tell himself everything he had seen, big or small.

That's open-minded enough.

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A rare sunny day in the Windy City.

Early in the morning, five people were crammed into a small dilapidated bungalow in the western part of Windy City.

The old man was none other than Fisher, Linko's new mentor.

"I heard that today is a big day in the Windy City, I'm glad you to come," Fisher smiled and nodded to Linko, today is the day he teaches the commoner students, the children of the nobility will be taught at another time and place, even then there are a few civilian students who were unable to attend the lecture because they were going to watch the test conference, Linko's arrival surprised the old man, "Is there any confusion?"

Lin Ke saluted the old man and nodded to the three young people who could be regarded as classmates, which made the three of them feel flattered, Young Master Cohen of the Mutes family is a noble professional, this is something that many people in Windy City know, "Yes, teacher, I want to know what it means to be powerful." ”

"The dragon power is strong to the great power, the great power is strong to the bear power, and you are strong to me," the old man always looked calm, and never avoided the other students, "You are confused in your heart, and you don't know where to be weak, but I know where to be strong in my heart." ”

The old man shook his head slowly, "The strong is the heart after all, and the weak is the appearance after all, if you are confused in the heart, no matter what kind of strength you have, you are weak." ”

Lin Ke nodded, just a few days of getting along with him made him have a lot of trust in the old man, which seemed to be the unique charm of this ordinary old man, "So, is the teacher so famous all over the world that he is powerful, or is there a big hill in his chest hidden in the city to be strong?"

The old man still smiled, a pair of weathered eyes seemed to be able to see through the soul of a person, he looked at Lin Ke quietly, Lin Ke waited quietly, "There are many roads for the strong, but they often go to the same end, the reason is just a difference in the way, it can't affect the ending of the story, it's just that the path chosen is different, the enemies to face are different, what I need to overcome may be hunger, Fatigue and people's non-acceptance, and what they need to face is loneliness, doubts and people's incomprehension, who can overcome difficulties to go in the direction of their dreams, who will be stronger, in the final analysis, it does not matter whether it is light or dark or obvious or hidden, the result is the root of everything. ”

"What's more," the old man's smiling eyes were full of smiling smugness, "everyone has light and dark, and the me you see now is the whole me? If this is a world with enough order, then what is strong has become simpler, but the order of this world is extremely chaotic, if you have to say what is strong, strong is to have enough solid strength and choose enough to know the opponent, live, only have the qualification to know what is strong. ”

Lin Ke originally thought he understood, but he didn't seem to understand it very well.

He had a lot to gain, but he seemed very confused.

The old man Fisher's mood suddenly became extremely bad, and he waved his hand and hurriedly ended today's lecture, Lin Ke nodded to the three classmates apologetically, and then said goodbye and left.

He still didn't know what lay ahead, but he knew what lay beneath his feet.

Then go forward and make a way.

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In the center of the Windy City is a square with a radius of more than 100 meters.

The square is circular in shape, with twelve stone pillars erected on the edges, and at the top of the stone pillars are the legendary twelve spirit beasts of the wind, suppressing the luck of the wind city and praying for protection from the storms of the sea.

Directly north of the square is a large platform, the high platform is twelve meters high, the view from the top is excellent, you can look down on the whole square, this is a forbidden area for the common people, even on weekdays when there is no assembly, not allowed to take the stage, at this moment the high platform is full of representatives of the major families of the Windy City, they are invited to come to watch the ceremony.

There are no other buildings in the square, and it is crowded at the moment.

"I've watched the test selection here for more than ten years, but I've never seen a commoner's child get a place, and I don't know if I can see a commoner's child get a ticket to the imperial capital from there in my lifetime," a middle-aged man in the crowd sighed.

"Forget it, Harry, the Imperial Capital is not a place where civilians like us can look forward to, even this Windy City is big enough, think of those civilians in the countryside, they bear things that we can't imagine. ”

"Haha, old Jack, if it's not for the expectation, you still come here every year, is it to watch a play?"

"Just your mouth," the old man called Old Jack glared at the speaker fiercely, and said with his mouth in the direction of the high platform, "Just for that little expectation, my old Jack has already gone home to sleep, look there, tsk, three places for so many masters to grab and grab, to be honest, I look comfortable in my heart, you say this is not a show? I have to come every year for this!"

"Hey, that's right, this scene is almost as good as a New Year's carnival, and how many people are here for this scene?"

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"Hey Cole, long time no see!"

Two middle-aged men dressed in gorgeous clothes met on the high platform, and if Lin Ke was here, he would recognize one of them as the middle-aged man of the Gaia family who had given up the pearl of the Sea King.

"Hi, Locke. The middle-aged man called Cole had a calm expression, and as an important player in the Gaia family, one of the seven old families in Windy City, he was qualified to maintain his posture.

"I don't know what kind of geniuses the Gaia family sent this year, but the little geniuses of the Gaia family last year were amazing!" Locke's smile remained unchanged and he complimented him vigorously.

"Where, I heard that your family has a genius this year, and you are very sure of getting this year's place, but I have to congratulate you in advance," Cole still looked cold.

"Hehe," Locke smiled a little awkwardly as he saw the other party's impatience, "It's still far from the Gaia family, I think I should go see the children and say goodbye." ”

"Please. Cole bowed slightly, his eyes full of disdain.