After getting the mirror that day, Xiao Beichen returned to the grove again.

He wanted to wait and see if the meat mushroom would show up that day.

He wanted to shout twice to see if the girl was still there.

"I'm waiting for you, are you back?"

Such an idea may seem ridiculous, but he is only eight years old. In the absurdity, there is a promise.

The days passed little by little, the girl never came, Xiao Beichen never saw her again, the mirror was never sent out, and the hourglass was always in his hand.

But many times, everything is arranged for the best.

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"Listen, everyone, walk forward from the path in the bamboo forest, and through this dense bamboo forest, you can reach Liangaya. Whoever of you is the first to arrive can talk to me and get a private message from me. ”

"But if the disciples who have not arrived at noon will be punished—they will be punished by cleaning the academy every day. "The Master spoke loudly and powerfully, and although his voice was vicissitudes, his momentum was not inferior to that of those strong cultivators.

"And such things...... "I don't know which girl, softly, expressed her dissatisfaction.

And Xiao Beichen heard very clearly that this test was to go to Lian Guya, and he had been there.

He also passed through this bamboo forest, but before he reached the peak, his hands and legs were scratched by the dense bamboo.

But later, he found a small path, which was so secret that ordinary people could not find it.

At this time, he looked at the others and found that the atmosphere that had been particularly relaxed just now became tense for a moment. Even the children who were just making fun of themselves in the academy were no exception.

"Let's go!" Master Ming gave the order, and everyone began to rush out of the academy like fierce beasts. 、

When Xiao Beichen saw this scene, he hurriedly followed.

The bamboo forest is no longer as dense as it used to be, so it is quite wide. It's just that these children poured in all of a sudden, and it seemed that the whole bamboo forest had become strange.

Xiao Beichen was followed by a slender boy, whose dark skin made him particularly arrogant.

The boy was different from the other children, he seemed to be a little older, and he gave him a relatively calm feeling.

Xiao Beichen looked back at him several times, and the eyes of the two had some intersections, but they were instantly broken by an inexplicable embarrassment.

Some people will have a hard time remembering them years later, even if they appear often, but some people are easy to remember with just a quick glance – especially those who give you a big visual impact.

Xiao Beichen has rarely seen such a dark person, and the boy behind him is really far from everyone's skin color. When he saw the tall and thin black boy, Xiao Beichen inexplicably remembered those fat children under the mountain.

"If those kids saw it, would they think of him as a monster too?" Alternative people are often treated as monsters, but there are always people who don't, because they are strong enough not to be bullied. Then even if others think he is a monster, they will not dare to make a noise, at most they will only avoid it.

I don't know why, Xiao Beichen feels that he has a very special sense of security in the back, just like a family many years ago, and then you don't like to talk, and I don't like to talk, but there is an inexplicable feeling.

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Time is passing slowly, and I don't know how long it has been.

Some of the children began to form cliques and plot to play tricks on each other. As long as it's not the last, you don't have to clean the academy for a month, so you can collectively choose the last one and then conspire to trick him.

Xiao Beichen looked around, and suddenly felt that he would always be the one who was chosen to play tricks. He had been walking for a long time, and his legs were as heavy as lead, and in fact if he had walked like this, he would not have been able to go on, so he might as well have taken the path.

Inadvertently, Xiao Beichen's eyes met the eyes of the black boy again. He was about to avoid it, but the boy leaned forward and said, "Do you want me to help you?"

"What?" Xiao Beichen couldn't believe his ears, this was the second time that someone other than the master would take the initiative to talk to him, and it was still a boy who looked taciturn.

The boy did not answer, but walked over to a bamboo tree and drew his sword from behind him. After three or five strokes, the branches and leaves around the bamboo will fall straight down. Bamboo, which has no branches and leaves, becomes a straight stick. Then, the boy sharpened the place where the fracture had been sharpened with his sword, and it became smooth in an instant.

A bamboo cane is in front of you.

"Here, take this. The boy said, and handed the bamboo cane in his hand to Xiao Beichen.

Xiao Beichen was a little surprised.

The boy looked a year or two older than himself at most. Children at this age are generally still in the process of cultivation, and naturally rarely have swords, but this black boy is already able to use them freely.

You must know that learning to use a sword is not an easy task. At least when Xiao Beichen first came into contact with the sword, he deeply felt that the way of the sword was unfathomable.

He first came into contact with swords early one morning a few years ago. That day was the first time he saw his master practicing swords.

Later, when the master noticed that he was watching, he asked him to choose one of the ten swords and see if he could resonate with them.

It was the first time he had actually observed a sword. Before this, he had always thought that the sword was the same as the sword, but he didn't expect to actually come into contact with it and found that the sword was a spiritual thing. Once you can resonate with it spiritually, you can use it.

Of course, the premise is that the cultivation realm must be sufficient.

Looking at this boy's skills just now, this may be the talent that the master said.

"You're so powerful......" Xiao Beichen's eyes widened, and his palms unconsciously closed.

"It's just a small matter...... You take this, you don't have to work so hard, let's go. ”

Xiao Beichen blinked, pulled him and said, "I know there is a place where I can go up faster." ”

"Where is it, how could I not know that there is a shortcut?" the other party seemed a little skeptical.

"It's true. Xiao Beichen replied, "I have been to Lianguya, I know this bamboo forest, and I don't necessarily go from here." That way, they won't be able to see us, and they'll be much faster from that way. ”

"Hmm...... How's that going?" replied the boy.

"From here, around there...... Then, there is a small stream over there, and if you go down the stream, you will see a secret passage...... Then he ...... "Xiao Beichen has a strong sense of direction since he was a child, and many roads can be remembered as long as he walks them once, but he didn't expect that today has become his advantage."

The boy looked at Xiao Beichen's sworn appearance, and walked according to the instructions.

In the woods, from time to time, there were some voices, which were the complaints of children.

But the two children, who were walking on the other road, did not make a sound.

The black boy's steps were a little hurried, and he was taller, so his steps were naturally larger.

Xiao Beichen was not tall, a head shorter than the black boy. He followed behind panting, holding a bamboo cane, but he didn't complain, nor did he say "wait".

Sometimes, stubbornness is also worthy of appreciation.

The boy walked farther away when he faintly heard a gasp and realized that he was walking too fast. He turned around and found that Xiao Beichen was slowly following behind, sweating profusely and his face a little pale.

"What's wrong with you?" the boy asked softly, turning back.

"It's fine. It's coming soon......" Xiao Beichen pointed to the distance ahead and said with a smile. His legs were like lead, and his body was slightly uncomfortable, but he was not too embarrassed to say too much, after all, he didn't want the children here to say that he was a monster.

A few steps forward, the secret passage that Xiao Beichen said appeared in front of him.

This passage is indeed a secret passage, and the entrance is almost blocked by those wild flowers and plants, which is very secret. If you don't look closely, you really can't see that there is a way here.

There are stone steps in the secret passage, and the light is not very good, but you can barely see the road clearly. The stone steps are full of branches, and there are some slippery places along the road, so it is easy to fall if you don't pay attention.

Two children who are less than ten years old want to climb this ladder-like stone staircase, every step is not easy, but every step can be faster than others. Just as many things in the world are constant and fair, taking a different path may be much more difficult, but perhaps this is the most time-saving road.

In less than half an hour, they arrived at Lian Guya together.

Lian Gu Ya is a very special place in the mountains. Most of the people who come to Sun Moon Mountain to ask for cultivation are here to meditate and recuperate. The reason why Master Ming let all the children come here is naturally to let them learn to find this place on their own, and also take this opportunity to test the physical condition of each of them.

It's just that he shouldn't have guessed that these two children actually found another way. If he knew, he really didn't know whether to praise these two children for being smart or to be smart.