Chapter 21: The Trial of the City Lord
The two cultivators in the Heart Law Pavilion said in unison that they wanted Ling Yun to participate in the City Lord Trial.
"Ling Yun, entering the Dynasty Championship has to go through layers of selection, and the city lord trial after half a year is the first level of selection. Only those who finish in the top 10 in the City Lord Trials are eligible for the Heavenly Wind Nation Seed Race. ”
"Okay, it's not good for you to say it too early, concentrate on cultivation and prepare for the city lord trial in half a year. ”
Only then did Ling Yun understand the importance of the City Lord's trial, and he was even more looking forward to the battle with Ling Haoran in half a year.
Coming out of the Heart Law Pavilion, Ling Yun was full of worries.
The black wooden door next door was still closed.
Senior Brother Qin Feng was in retreat.
I don't know if Senior Brother can overcome himself and break through the shadows.
The name Ye Wushuang always lingered in his mind, lingering.
When he was eighteen years old, he reached the fifth level of swordsman, and eight years have passed, I don't know what kind of strength he is now?
Ling Haoran and Ye Wushuang, no matter how strong you are, I will defeat them one by one.
Ling Yun was firm in his belief, the two teachers didn't have any hope for this year's Academy Tournament, but he wanted to do his best to compete for it.
In a few days he will be fourteen years old, and in two years he should be sixteen.
Someone else can win the championship at the age of seventeen, why can't he be at the age of sixteen?
And he was confident in his weird cultivation talent.
In the Heart Law Pavilion, Kong Jian paced back and forth.
"Senior brother, you go and tell Captain Xiao Li of the patrol team to help them hunt the beasts, and we will take it. ”
Kong Xiang looked at his senior brother in a daze, and then smiled.
"Senior brother, I understand. ”
Kong Jian said calmly: "Ling Yun's strength is too low, I will do everything possible to provide him with resources." Pile up his cultivation as high as possible within two years. ”
There was silence again in the Heart Chamber.
Ling Yun was walking on the road, and Jade Tiger ran over from a distance.
"Big star, don't you eat after becoming famous?
Jade Tiger put his hand on his shoulder, and he also put his own arm on the other's shoulder.
"What a big star? Don't tease me. Go to the cafeteria to eat. ”
The two walked to the cafeteria shoulder to shoulder, laughing and laughing all the way.
"You defeated Zhou Junting of Songren Sword Mansion and let Qingfeng win the championship of the Five Mansions Joint Entrance Examination. Now it's really a star. I didn't mean to make fun of it. ”
Yuhu said it from his heart, Ling Yun was now a real star student in the Qingfeng Sword Mansion.
The students who passed by the two of them all smiled at them, and everyone was polite from the bottom of their hearts.
Especially the shy female student saw Ling Yun coming, stopped on the side of the road and waved her hand to him gently.
Ling Yun nodded and responded politely.
"Hehe, do you see?" Senior Brother Lingyun smiled at me. ”
A beautiful girl with a double ponytail blushes.
The girlfriend next to him said with a disgusted face: "Where are you smiling?" Anthomaniac. ”
Ling Yun and Yuhu rushed to the cafeteria, which was almost full.
Even the swordsman-level students who usually don't go out of retreat came to the cafeteria, and all they talked about when they got together was how Ling Yun defeated the Songren Sword Mansion.
At the window of the meal, Ling Yun shouted to the master inside, "Master, please give me one." ”
The head workers and cooks of the canteen were all from Qingfeng Town, so they were naturally very familiar with Ling Yun.
When the master inside saw that he was coming, he shouted happily.
"It's Lingyun, no problem, come, I'll add two chicken legs to you today. Even if you eat, you don't have enough to ask for it. ”
Ling Yun hurriedly thanked him, and took the rice handed over, and sure enough, two hot chicken thighs were full of aroma.
Jade Tiger stepped forward.
"The master brought me two chicken legs too. ”
The master glanced at him, and then said, "Do you think you are Lingyun, you want to eat chicken legs, wait until you defeat that powerful Zhou Junting!"
Yuhu glanced at the two chicken legs in Lingyun's bowl and complained, muttering, "This treatment is a bit obvious?"
Ling Yun smiled and didn't say anything, just picked one up and handed it to Yuhu.
Yuhu smiled at the master inside: "Master, do you still know Zhou Junting, who has a strong head? That kid did have two blows, but unfortunately he was still beaten by Ling Yun and lost a tooth. Ha ha. ”
The master also smiled and said, "Of course I heard that Lingyun gave us Qingfeng to fight for energy, so that we also have light on our faces! ”
Ling Yun turned his head to look for a seat with his meal, and at this time, a large group of students got up at the same time.
"Lingyun is sitting here with me, right?"
"There are vacancies here. ”
They even scrambled to give Ling Yun a seat.
Seeing such a 'grand scene', Ling Yun and Yuhu sighed that the two of them were no longer stubborn 'typical'.
Ling Yun finally got rid of the title of waste that everyone hated.
In the corner of the cafeteria, Li Jiyun and Li Yi brothers were depressed and red-eyed when they saw this scene, lowered their heads and were silent.
Two days later.
Ling Yun returned home from the Sword Mansion to visit his mother.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw my mother busy in the kitchen.
"Mother, I'm back. ”
Wen Shuxian turned around and saw that her son was back, and smiled happily.
"Ling Yun, you defeated the genius of the Songren Sword Mansion?"
Wen Shuxian's eyes were full of smiles.
Ling Yun nodded.
"Well, how do you know everything?"
"Now it's spread all over Qingfeng Town, I don't think I can even do it!
Whoever saw it congratulated me and said that I had survived to the end and saw hope.
The third aunt and the sixth aunt praise you for your promising!"
Ling Yun saw that his mother was happy, and his previous heavy expression was also reduced, and he was also happy.
"Today is your birthday, waiting for me to cook noodles for you. ”
After Wen Shuxian finished speaking, she continued to work hard.
The family's economy has been tight, and she is used to being frugal, and it is already very good to make a bowl of noodles for Ling Yun.
Waiting for the noodles to be ready, the two sat down at the table, and the smile on Wen Shuxian's face never diminished.
Just as Ling Yun was about to say something, he heard a knock on the door.
A group of soldiers in armor walked into the courtyard.
Ling Yun recognized at a glance that this was a soldier of the City Lord's patrol.
"Is anyone home? ”
Wen Shuxian heard the shouting and hurriedly ran out.
I saw that one of the soldiers in the lead was in his thirties, wearing bright silver armor that was obviously different from the color of the others.
When the man saw Wen Shuxian come out, he said politely: "I'm Xiao Li, the captain of the city lord's patrol, isn't this the end of the year?" ”
Wen Shuxian has been widowed for many years, and it is inconvenient to give guests to the house, so she said in the courtyard: "My lord, how much do we have to pay?"
Xiao Li opened the account book and took a look.
"Your family of two, each half a tael of silver, should pay one tael. ”
Wen Shuxian fumbled around from her cuffs for a long time and only took out fifty copper plates.
Stubbornly said: "My lord, I don't have much income recently, only half a tael, can you see if you can be accommodating?"
Wen Shuxian has been sick and has worked a lot less in the past six months, and she can't get the tax money at this time.
Xiao Li was a little embarrassed: "This ...... Sister-in-law, we are just doing things for the public. Pay per head, that's the rule. No, you can borrow some from another house and make up for it?"
Wen Shuxian's lips pursed tightly.
It's not impossible to go out and borrow, but what can you pay back in your own situation?
If you can't pay it back, you won't be ...... by your neighbors
Alas, they all blame themselves for being sick.
"People have said no, and you still ask for it, it's too inhumane. You see that his family is poor, there must be no one. Don't ask for it. ”
A thin soldier suddenly popped out of the team and said to Xiao Li with some grievances.
Xiao Li was not annoyed, but he was in a dilemma like a bitter melon.
"You don't care, I'm doing things according to the rules, this is business. You're not making trouble, are you?"
"Official, the most annoying thing is that you are always on business when you open your mouth and close your mouth. ”
The little soldier muttered.
Wen Shuxian was in trouble, and Ling Yun walked out of the house.
He reached out and pulled out a piece of silver, and handed it over.
"Mother, this is five taels of silver, for you. ”
Wen Shuxian said in surprise: "Lingyun, where did you get the money?"
Her son shouldn't do something out there stealing chickens and dogs, that would make her worry to death.
Ling Yun smiled and comforted: "Mother, this is the scholarship I won." ”
Hearing this, Wen Shuxian laughed with satisfaction.
The son is really out of the woods, and he will earn his own money.
The skinny armor soldier came to Ling Yun.
"You are Ling Yun?
Ling Yun said strangely: "Ah, it's me, I'm Ling Yun of the Qingfeng Sword Mansion." ”
The armor soldier in front of him was completely different from other soldiers, and he suddenly jumped out unruly and walked in front of the captain Xiao Li.
This made Ling Yun wonder.
And none of the captain and other soldiers behind him said anything to stop him, which made Ling Yun feel even more strange.
Look at the little soldier in front of him, with flat eyebrows, big eyes, pointed chin, white skin, slender limbs, small breasts, and a slender figure.
And such tender soldiers in the patrol?
Wen Shuxian was also stunned for a while.
This is a big beauty who is a sign of a girl's life.
"You were the one who defeated Zhou Junting's stupidity?"
The little soldier continued to ask questions in a shrill voice, not caring at all that the captain was beside him, and everyone was watching.
Ling Yun watched carefully, and he suddenly found that this guy with flat eyebrows, big eyes, and pointed chin didn't have an Adam's apple!
Don't?
Is he a mother?
Ling Yun was even more puzzled in his heart.
He still knows about the city lord's patrol, because he patrols near the Great Wilderness Mountain all year round, and there are all big men inside, except for the strong men, who are a bunch of big old men.
When has there ever been such a girl with such fine skin and tender meat?
Seeing that this guy dressed as a woman was no more than three or four years older than himself, he asked curiously, "Girl, do you also know Senior Zhou Junting?"
The little soldier screamed in fright.
"How do you know I'm ...... Girl?"
Ling Yun casually pointed to her neck.
Suddenly, everyone looked at the little soldier, and everyone had a strange expression, 'It's like only you don't know.'"
The girl said secretly in her heart: "I observed carefully. ”
Behind him, Xiao Li said respectfully: "This is the daughter of our city lord's family, Miss Ding Ling'er." Still not polite?"
When Wen Shuxian heard that she was the daughter of the city lord's family, when had she seen such a noble person?
So he hurriedly gave a salute.
Ding Ling'er stopped directly impatiently.
"Well, it's annoying for everyone to be like this. It's boring. If it weren't for the boredom at home, how would I sneak away...... Oh no, come out and practice?"
She looked at Ling Yun with big eyes and did not shy away from it, without the twisting of ordinary girls at all.
"I'm a student of the Mingcheng Sword Mansion. Since we are all students of the Sword Mansion, we don't have to divide our dignity and inferiority. I'm two years older than you, just call me senior sister. ”
Narujo Sword Mansion?
Ling Yun looked at the tomboy in front of him in surprise, but he didn't expect it to be a top student of the Mingcheng Sword Mansion.
She is frank and lively, without the slightest scheming, and Ling Yun has a good impression.
"Okay, then I'll be called a senior sister. ”
Ding Ling'er shouted: "You haven't told me yet, did you defeat Zhou Junting?"
Ling Yun smiled and returned, "Yes." ”
Ding Ling'er got his confirmation and looked up and down at the young man in front of her.