In the southwest of the Mayan continent, in the eastern corner of the Kingdom of Phutton, the town of Atupu.

It was almost dusk, the quaint town surrounded by mountains, wisps of cooking smoke wafting from the pointed roofs, and the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled a soft light curtain, covering all the silence with a layer of pale yellow veil, although the picturesque scenery was quite beautiful, but also invisibly added a touch of loneliness.

A stone-paved path divides the ancient and restrained town of Atupu in two, and the far end leads to a steep and towering Lingfeng peak, which is the penance of the chocobo family, the Desperate Cliff!

At this moment, on the deserted path, a young man walked quickly, the young man was dressed in white, his thin and thin figure covered the dusk sunset, leaving an extremely long shadow in front of him, although his face was slightly immature, but the slightly enlightened star eyes were matched with oblique flying sword eyebrows, faintly revealing a touch of deep coldness, unruly.

"Oh, is it only two hours until midnight? This is the deadline for the reunion of the black and white moons!"

The lonely figure paused slightly, muttered to himself, slowly raised his delicate and arrogant face, looked at the peak in the distance, and his dark eyes flashed a strange brilliance!

"Well, it's been three years, and although it's been a long and difficult time, I've finally made it to this day! It's finally time to fulfill the promise!"

The young man whispered, the frenzy rising in his eyes became clearer and clearer, and he involuntarily quickened his pace.

"Stop!"

A low snort suddenly sounded, the tone was not high, but it was rough and powerful, bold and majestic.

A black-clothed young man silently turned the corner of the street, standing in the middle of the path with his arms crossed, his burly body and a heroic face like a knife and axe, under the light of the bloody sun, which made people admire.

The figure stagnated slightly, and the young man's footsteps did not stop, passing by as if he had entered a no-man's land.

"Smack!"

There was a crisp sound! The thick arm had already reached out quickly, and the five fingers were like hooks, tightly pinching the young man's shoulder.

"Lu Shan, I have something very important to do, please let go!"

The young man stopped, his tone calm and quiet, and a trace of imperceptible anxiety flashed between his eyebrows.

"No—but—yes!"

The black-clothed poster's answer was very slow and low.

"You...... Why do you want to lose to me on purpose?!"

Standing silently at the young man's side, his angular face staring directly at the blood-red sunset, the black-clothed Housheng's lips opened slightly, and the cold words were quietly spit out, but the arm that was lying across the young man's shoulder trembled faintly......

Turning his arm and gently patting the palm of his shoulder that was clenched, the young man slowly shook his head, with a wry smile on his face: "Lu Shan, I'll talk about this matter later, I have something urgent and I don't have time!"

"No way!"

Lu Shan suddenly let out an angry roar!

The dim daylight elongated the figures of the two of them, and everything seemed to melt into the twilight.

A brief silence, a low interrogation echoed in the night......

"Lu Xiao, before this selection competition, you planned everything, didn't you?! You deliberately provoked those opponents who restrained me in terms of attributes and defeated them one by one, you purposefully cleared the obstacles for me, you think I'm a fool and don't know at all?!"

Mu Ran stared at the mountains in the distance, the young man's face was expressionless, and his whole body exuded the indifference of the ancient well, unmoved.

With his eyes closed, Lu Shan lowered his head slightly, and a drop of tears quietly rolled down, drawing a faint trace, slowly staying on the edge of the wide jaw, implying helplessness and bitterness, but it was even more mixed!

"Actually...... I understand...... We are the best brothers, and you secretly help me like this for my own good, but ...... But...... Why are you embarrassing me so much in the final......"

The hoarse voice faded and finally became almost inaudible.

"Lu Xiao, do you know?! Before this final, many people predicted that you would release the water, and the result was ......"

A big teardrop slid across his cheek and fell to the dust, and the fingers that were clenching the boy's shoulder loosened and gathered again!

"Maybe you don't understand, this invincible champion is not what I want at all! Now, you have finally repaid the favor and no longer owe us the favor of our Lu family, but in the eyes of everyone, I have become a clown! A coward! A shameless villain who relied on the intrigues of his friends to ascend to the throne of the champion!"

"Enough!"

The answer, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly sounded, and the tone was so cold that it could kill everything.

"Lushan, don't forget, only those who win the championship can enter the Elaston Kingdom Academy, and this opportunity is only once every two years!

Sharp eyes like blades emanated from Lu Xiao's eyes, and firmness implied unscrupulous stubbornness!

"Lu Shan, why do you care so much about other people's opinions, is your face more precious than your father's life?! Do you know that your uncle is living in prison like a year! If you can't become stronger quickly, what do you do to save him, are you counting on outsiders to save him?!"

The boy's tone was sonorous and cold, and there was no room for maneuver!

The look of shame began to quietly condense between Lu Shan's eyebrows......

"Lu Shan, I want to remind you again, only by successfully entering the Puston Kingdom Academy, winning the top three in the annual competition, and being summoned by the King of Puston, can you have the opportunity to intercede for your father and let your uncle get out of suffering as soon as possible, do you understand?!"

Gently holding the sweaty palm on his shoulder and slowly taking it off, Lu Xiao's voice gradually softened.

Raising his arms and putting his palms on Lu Shan's shoulders, Lu Xiao's gaze showed tenacity that was extremely inconsistent with his age.

"Lu Shan, don't think that I lost to you to repay your kindness, have you forgotten that we are brothers in life and death, and we can give each other our lives, and what grievances are there to repay!"

A few crystal teardrops fell, already tears of emotion.

Gently patting Lu Shan's shoulder, Lu Xiao squeezed out an ugly smile: "Lu Shan, it's getting late, you will leave for the royal city early tomorrow morning, go back early to prepare, in fact, going to the Elaston Kingdom Academy has always been my dream, if it weren't for the failure of my guardian shield summoning in the finals, I would never give you this opportunity so easily." ”

Raising his hand and rubbing his eyes helplessly, Lu Shan faced Lu Xiao with a guilty face and said, "Lu Xiao, what should you do if I go to the Kingdom Academy?"

"Don't worry about this, I've found a shortcut to the strong, Lu Shan, I'm sorry, I still have important things to do, let's leave it at that. ”

Lu Xiao turned around, waved his hand and dusted off his spotless clothes, leaving Lu Shan in a daze, and left quickly alone.

"Hey......"

A long sigh came from the Lu Mountain Pass, looking at the lonely back that was gradually moving away, his heart was surging and his thoughts were thousands.

"Lu Xiao, you have changed, you have become too scheming, but I don't blame you, there is no way to do it. ”

Lu Shan muttered to himself, and the scenes of the past three years came to mind, and the changes in the past three years were earth-shaking for Lu Xiao, who had always been naughty and cheerful since childhood!

Three years ago, Lu Xiao, who had just turned thirteen, suffered the first major change in his life, his father, Lu Boyan, the patriarch of the Lu Xingniao family, suddenly said goodbye.

The departure of the patriarch made the people in the family panic and chaos, but for Lu Xiao, who was suddenly hit, this crisis had just begun.

Lu Boyan has been away for less than three days, and disputes in the family have arisen, in order to compete for the position of patriarch, the elders are fighting openly and secretly, and Lu Xiao, who is in this whirlpool, has naturally become the biggest obstacle for everyone to obtain rights because of his natural identity as a young master.

After a short game, all parties who secretly peeped into the position of the patriarch invariably pointed the finger at the young Lu Xiao, and made concerted efforts to eradicate this thorn in the eye as soon as possible, a thorn in the flesh!

Fortunately, there are still many subordinates in the family who are loyal to the patriarch, and for a while, the young master faction and the reverse young master faction are-for-tat, and the saber rattling is tense.

In just over ten days, the contradictions between the two sides of the clan intensified, and the conflict entered a white-hot state, almost breaking up.

Faced with the imminent disintegration of the family, the young Lu Xiao had to wipe away his tears and start to deal with the unfavorable situation of the mountain rain coming and the wind filling the building.

He first moved out of his father's close friend, Lu Xiguan, the mayor of Atupu Town, although Lu Xiguan, who is the head of a town, is inconvenient to blatantly intervene in the internal disputes of the Chocobo family, but his deliberate protection made those who watched from the wall have to stop and join the ranks of the Bao Shao faction.

The crisis faced by Lu Xiao gradually eased, but it still couldn't completely suppress everyone's ambition to covet the position of patriarch.

At the critical moment, Lu Xiao sacrificed a killer idea, using his connections and prestige, and even made all the young talents of the famous families in Atupu Town gather in the family ancestral hall and held a powerful solidarity meeting.

These teenagers are the hope of the family, and even many are the recognized heirs of the patriarch of the family, of course, Lu Xiguan's eldest son Lu Shan is also among them, and the support of each teenager undoubtedly represents the attitude of the huge force behind him.

What's even more terrifying is that the sons-in-law of the two elders of the Chocobo family also came to join in the fun!

Since then, public opinion in Atupu Town has been boiling, and the call for support for Lu Xiao has begun to rise.

The huge deterrent force coldly invaded every clansman who tried to seek a position, and the balance of victory suddenly tilted completely towards Lu Xiao!

Finally, at the family meeting a month later, the four elders of the Lu Xingniao family, under pressure, unanimously asked Lu Xiao, who was only thirteen years old, to take over the position of patriarch.

Three years have passed, during which there have been waves of unevenness, and the young Lu Xiao has gone through several hardships in the wind and rain, and has become extremely indifferent.

"I know that you gave me this championship. ”

Looking at Lu Xiao who was gradually moving away, Lu Shan deliberately opened his eyes wide, not letting the tears that condensed his eyes block his vision.

Yes, he couldn't lose, his Earth Guardian Shield had been used perfectly, and as the only boy in Atupu Town who could cast a summoning spell, and with the palpitating Iron Avalanche, no one would be his opponent.

Where is he going, does he really have to find a road to become stronger quickly, it must be an extremely bumpy road......