On September 27, 117 years of the Nas year, the snow fell in the thirty-fifth village of the city

Wu Ling sat on a small wooden bench, bent down to wash Wu Lao's feet, silently, carefully stirring the water, his eyes were full of worry.

Although there are still two days before the War College's Naxin test, since the Naxin test is held in Snowfall City, and the 35th village of Snowfall City is far away from Snowfall City, it takes nearly two days to travel, so Wu Ling and Harold must leave for Snowfall City on September 28 to ensure that they will arrive in Snowfall City on the evening of September 30.

At this moment, the only thing Wu Ling can't let go of is his elderly grandfather. The administration of the War College is very strict, the duration of the school is five years, and no one is allowed to leave the boundaries of the school for any reason for the first three years, otherwise it will be punished for treason.

It is precisely because of this rule that Wu Ling will have such a headache at this moment, the old man Wu loves to drink, and he is really worried about where he will accidentally hurt if he drinks too much at night, thinking of this, Wu Ling can't help but sigh.

Wu Lao is a good person, knowing that Wu Ling is reluctant, he bent down and patted Wu Ling's head, and said: "Your grandfather and I are not dead, look at your sad face, are you ashamed? Do you say that Huang Xiaohua in the east of the village is beautiful, or is Miao Xiaojun in the south of the village more beautiful? Both of them are quite smart, can you give an opinion? ”

"Hire both. Wu Ling stroked the water and replied nonchalantly.

Old Man Wu smiled secretly, lowered his face, and admonished in a tough tone: "You are about to become an adult, there are some truths you have to understand, no one can accompany you to the end, only yourself! Remember! Be humble! Humility is to become, but also the most basic virtue of being a strong person, this is the world there are too many people, the speed of their progress is you can never imagine, once pride is the beginning of laxity, once slack will be thrown away by others, one step late, step by step, remember to be humble!"

"I understand grandpa, I will be humble, your words are in my heart. Wu Ling couldn't stand the preaching and said perfunctorily.

"That's good, that's good. It's almost, help me dry it, I'm a little tired. ”

Wu Ling got up to get the towel, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the half-hand sword lying on the sword stand, aroused the question in his heart, and asked, "Grandpa, do you still have an impression of the half-hand sword that Teacher Drake gave me last month?"

"I'm not blind or stupid, I'm hanging it, how could I not be impressed, to the point!" Wu Lao glanced at the sword frame.

"Grandpa gave it to Mr. Drake?"

"Sort of? ”

Wu Ling took back the towel, carefully wiped Wu Lao's feet, and asked, "Is that what Mr. Drake bought?"

"Wu Ling, did you ask where the spars on the sword came from? I always told you that I asked someone to buy them. In fact, those broken stones are carved by your teacher, with these stones, the price of our sword can be doubled several times, I don't know if there are too many fools in this world or if these broken stones of your teacher are really valuable. Anyway, since your teacher came, our family has made a lot of money, and of course he has not made a lot of money. Didn't you think that your teacher was deposed to this point, there was no salary to be paid, he taught you during the day, neither mining nor farming, what do you live on, eating leaves and eating game? ”

"Oh!" Wu Ling put away the towel and asked while putting on Wu Lao's shoes, "Then grandpa, you just said that you want to hire a laborer, wouldn't it be Teacher Drake?" ”

Old Man Wu was happy now, knocked on Wu Ling's head, and said with a smile: "Hey, you stinky boy learns very fast, you really guessed it." When you're gone, Drake will move in, after all, it's a partner, and the intertwining of interests and friendship is the most stable bond. ”

"The teacher came to live, I was relieved, you hired Huang Xiaohua and Miao Xiaojun, two men live together, a little girl can't clean it up. ”

"I'm going to sleep, you can go to bed too, the caravan came early, and you have to get up early tomorrow." Wu Lao avoided talking, got up slowly, and walked to the bedroom.

Wu Ling packed up the wooden bucket and towel, walked out of the workshop, lay on the grass at the door of the workshop, stared at the starry sky, recalled the early morning when the village was attacked by the ghost horned wolves, recalled that his grandfather took him to apprentice, recalled the return again and again in the rocks, and felt mixed in his heart, some resentment, some excitement, some impatience, some reluctance, and maybe a little timidity.

Unconsciously, tears crossed the corners of his eyes, looking at the brightest star in the night, Wu Ling whispered to himself, "I will definitely become the strongest combat force in the empire and slaughter all the beasts!"

On September 28, 117 years of the Nas year, the snow fell in the thirty-fifth village of the city

"Aha, wake up early, have you eaten?" Wu Lao came out of the bedroom with a yawn, and as soon as he went out, he smelled the aroma of food.

"I've eaten it, your portion is in the pot, eat it while it's hot, grandpa. Wu Ling sat in his room, checking his luggage, but he heard a loud "poof" sound outside the door, thinking that Old Man Wu had fallen. Wu Ling immediately rushed out of the room, and when he saw the situation outside the door, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Harold was lying on all fours in the doorway with a backpack that was a head taller than himself, his feet facing the sky like a turtle, and there was a package thrown out on his left and right hands.

"Oh my God, I fell to death, my dad packed my back too high, this was in a hurry, and he forced it on the door frame!" Harold lay on the ground with a depressed face, struggled a few times and found that the backpack was too heavy, untied the bag and then got up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, dragged the backpack to the door and put it away, and then folded back to carry the other two packages.

"Harold, you were swept out of the house by your father?"

"Grandpa Wu, today is a great day to be recorded in the history of the empire, it's not good for you to laugh at me like this. ”

"Is there anything big happening today?"

Harold was sweating profusely from being wrapped in three packages, went into the house and greeted Wu Lao, picked up the water cup on the table and drank it all, put down the water cup to wipe his mouth, put on a preaching posture, and said proudly: "Of course there is, Wu Ling and I went to Snowfall City today to participate in the new test of the War College, and after a few decades, we have achieved fame, and today is to be remembered, it is called - the first day of the expedition"

"Then tomorrow is the second day of the expedition, and it seems to make a lot of sense, hahaha. There is still some time, so you can check your luggage and don't leave anything behind. It was Drake, who was walking across the courtyard gate to the workshop with his hands behind his back.

Drake's words seemed to remind Old Man Wu, and Old Man Wu slapped his thigh, "Oh, if you don't say it, I almost forgot." Wu Ling, you go to the cellar and bring up the black sword box, your teachers have given you weapons, and I can't give you nothing, old man, let's give you two a few more weapons, go quickly!

Wu Ling said hello to Drake early, hurried into the back room, lifted the floor and jumped into the cellar. Soon, Wu Ling crawled out of the cellar with a red sword box nearly two meters long, put the sword box on the workbench with a long pant, and slowed down for a long time before saying a word: "Grandpa, you are tired of me, you misremember the color of the sword box, the weapon is this red sword box, hidden in a pile of parts, it took a lot of effort to find it, ......"

"Alas, it's really old, don't worry about it so much, open it quickly. The old man patted his head, took out the key from his pocket and threw it to Wu Ling.

After the sword box was opened, Wu Lao was very proud, "These are all the best of the black steel weapons, and they are the best of the best, if you have a good eye, just take it." ”

There are three one-handed swords in the sword box, of different lengths and sizes, all of which are fixed in the sword box with leather, and next to the one-handed sword, there is a pair of strangely shaped and hideous finger tigers, and next to the finger tigers, a leather net pocket is stuffed with a neatly stacked nine-section whip. On the lid of the sword case, there were also four daggers and two spearheads.

Wu Ling could see that each of them was the best of the black steel weapons, but each bladed weapon did not have a matching sheath, which was also Wu Lao's quirk of making swords. Wu Lao has always believed that weapons are used for fighting, and it is better to make too many fancy and useless things than to make weapons, and only those who can't make good swords will make a fuss about the scabbard. Moreover, the battle is naturally a race against every second, with a scabbard, you haven't pulled out the sword yet, someone's sword may have stabbed you, wronged?

Harold stood on the side of the sword box, looked around from top to bottom, from inside to outside several times, and then looked back at the three big backpacks at the door, sighed, and reached out to take out the finger tiger, "It's rare for Grandpa Wu to be so enthusiastic, and I can't refuse, I can't take the rest, so let's do it." ”

Wu Ling didn't want to take it, shook his head, and was about to close the sword box, Drake stretched out his hand and held down Wu Ling, pointed to the dagger on the cover of the sword box, and said: "Wu Ling, you take the dagger away, the dagger has a wide range of uses, these four daggers are two large and two small, the small one can be thrown, and the big one can be hand-to-hand combat." I really don't need it, so it's better to peel an apple. ”

"Well, listen to the teacher, grandpa, I took all the daggers. ”

"I know that your teacher Drake is going to recommend a dagger, tie this around your waist, and buckle it inside, so that you don't have to hurt yourself by mistake with Maori frizz. Wu Lao nodded, opened the mezzanine on the sword case, and pulled out a black leather belt from it, and there were four leather sheaths on the belt, two large and two small, and there were four snaps nailed to the sheath.

Wu Ling was worried about what to use to hold the four-handled dagger, and when he saw the belt, he took out the four-handled dagger from the sword box, and after one handle was inserted, he buckled the belt on his waist, and the four-handled dagger was just located on the left and right sides of the waist in groups of twos and twos.

Such a professional set of weapons made Harold's eyes red, and he said to Wu Lao with a flattering face: "The black dagger and black holster are a perfect match, this set is really high-grade! Hehe, Grandpa Wu, do you still have the dagger and belt?"

Wu Lao shook his head and said, "There are no daggers of this grade, there are a few that are almost there, but there are no belts." ”

"Oh, don't do that. ”

"Pack up and go! The caravan is almost here. ”

Wu Ling nodded, walked out of the workshop with luggage and swords, the rumble of the caravan became more and more noisy, drove over from a distance, stopped at the door of the Wu family's workshop, the coachman poked his head out and shouted: "Old Wu, what are you going to take to Snowfall City today?" Yo, so much luggage, it can't really be that these two children are going to take the new test, I thought you were joking with me a few days ago." ”

Wu Lao smiled, rolled up a cigarette and handed it to the coachman.

"From today onwards, you two won't have to run around under my nose, but you can't stop training. It's not as simple as in the village, pay attention to everything, and there is no weapon more terrible and deadly than the human heart. Most importantly, never forget your original intentions, and never give up at any time! Good luck to you!" Drake tapped them on the shoulders and admonished them again.

Wu Ling and Harold nodded together, walked to the caravan and put their luggage in the luggage compartment, Wu Ling looked at his grandfather who was smoking with the coachman, his eyes were red.

Wu Lao saw Wu Ling's eyes, coughed dryly, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go, don't worry about me, don't you still have your teacher, it's more useful to get a good ranking than to cry here!"

Wu Ling held back his tears and nodded vigorously, waved goodbye, and drove away from the 35th Village of Xueluo City with the caravan.

Sending Wu Ling and Harold away, in the Wu family's workshop, Wu Lao and Drake went down to the cellar one after the other, Wu Lao removed a thin wooden plank, a black sword box lay quietly, the lock was intact, and around the sword box, there were no other traces of human movement except for the traces of the wooden plank.

"The black sword box hasn't moved, and the lock is fine. At the beginning, he told him that the color of the sword box was obviously wrong, how did he know that there were weapons in the red sword box?" Wu Lao patted the dust on his body, staring at the black sword box in confusion, his eyebrows were about to twist together.

"I'll just say that Wu Ling, this kid must have some unusual abilities, don't say that he is a teenager when he grabs a sword with his bare hands, and I don't dare to guarantee that he can do it every time when I am in the army. I don't have much reluctance to see your old man today, is it really your grandson?

Drake laughed as he spoke, and helped Wu Lao, who didn't leave and didn't beat the dust, out of the cellar.

"Isn't it true that my grandfather and grandson can look the same? What, I still have to cry for a month or two?" Wu Lao deliberately lowered his face, "When you are ready, move over quickly! ”

"In a few days, I won't hide it from your old man, I have always felt unsteady and restless recently, and every time I was in the army, something would happen. This time must not be a good sign, and in the afternoon I will leave for Snowfall City, where I still have some connections and may be able to help. Also, lend me two black steel short swords, my greatsword is too conspicuous. ”

"It's okay or not, I'm really relieved if you go, the sword box is there, take it yourself. ”

Wu Lao sat in front of the workbench, stared blankly at the door, looked back at the position where Wu Ling was used to sitting when he sharpened his sword, and sighed.