Chapter 14: From Far Away
Snow fell on September 30, 117 year of the Nas era
"If we just walk with our heads bored, but never look up, how can we find this bright star, and the girl hidden in the tree? Harold egged on Wu Ling as he collected the tent.
"I know, I'll give her some color. But those mercenaries were really stupid, they thought they could all leave someone to watch us, and they thought about fighting with the mercenaries, but they didn't expect them all to withdraw. ”
After moving a few branches from the tree, the girl jumped down nearly three meters from the ground, her movements were very light, she took advantage of the momentum to roll to cushion the impact, got up and patted her back and buttocks, took out her saber from her robe, and strode towards Wu Ling and Harold.
"Then take her to practice her hands, here, you can't be soft!" Harold patted Wu Ling on the back and emphasized again.
Wu Ling put down the tent in his hand, glanced at the girl who was approaching, and concluded that the girl had come completely prepared. Although there are thousands of ways to hold the sword, as long as one hand is held at the end of the scabbard close to the shoulder of the sword, the other hand must be waiting for the opportunity to move, ready to draw the sword at any time, this is an obvious attack situation, so grasp the sword and the scabbard, only one shoulder between the two hands, reduce the distance between the two hands when drawing the sword, that is, reduce the opening and closing angle when the arms are completely drawn out of the sword, not only to ensure that the sword is unsheathed in the shortest time, but also conducive to the first blow.
Wu Ling stretched out his hand to take his ink steel hand half sword, but unfortunately the hand half sword and Harold's one-handed sword were inserted in the grass, and the distance between the person and the sword was three positions. Wu Ling could only do something else, pretending to pat the dust on his hands, put his hands behind his back and pretended to pat the dust on his buttocks.
When they were still four paces away from the two, the girl stopped, glanced at the tent that had been packed, raised her chin, and said in a very cold tone: "Thank you for helping me lead those people away, regardless of previous suspicions." But...... You can't take the tent away!"
Harold was still very prejudiced against this girl, and when he heard the girl say this, his anger jumped up, and his voice rose to a new height.
"Did your parents teach you to be grateful? Ah? Don't you know to ask the name of the life-saving benefactor? Don't you know how to report to your home? The two of us are kind enough to help you twice, you have such an attitude? I can't imagine that there are such shameless people in this world, Lao Tzu's trip is really worth it!
After listening to Harold's words, the girl's face directly darkened, she stared at Harold through gritted teeth, moved her right foot forward a small step, and shouted: "There is so much nonsense!
Only a crisp sound of breaking the air was heard, and the almost transparent sword body of the Breaking Sun Silver Ling came out of its sheath, and the girl's wrist flicked and turned, and the sword danced into a streamer of light, heading straight for Harold.
Wu Ling looked at the girl's unskilled and inferior sneak attack skills, thinking that he had been robbed by such a skilled woman, he was depressed in his heart, and rushed out in a hurry. One step, the two daggers have been flipped and held in their hands! Two steps, facing the Sunbreaker Silver Ling Sword, Wu Ling took a heavy step, and jumped up to jump behind the girl.
The girl didn't expect Wu Ling to start so fast, and when she saw two cold lights flashing in Wu Ling's hands, which were originally unarmed, her heart tightened, and there was only one thought left in her heart - she must not let the assassin with the dagger attack in close quarters! Once she was attacked from behind by a preconceived attack, it would be difficult for anyone to parry! The girl dodged backwards to occupy her position, quickly stabilized her body, and tried to hit it quickly with a fast fight, and the Sunbreaker Silver Ling Sword was extremely fast, trying to block the space with an oblique stab pointing at the sky, forcing Wu Ling to give up and jump.
With such a simple move, Wu Ling even saved his habitual cold snort, and his left foot suddenly exerted his strength while leaning forward sharply, and the whole person was ejected like an arrow, rolling on the spot, at this time Wu Ling was only one step away from the girl, and the girl had not completely withdrawn the stabbed Sun-Breaking Silver Ling Sword at this time.
The girl was shocked, and hurriedly turned her sword back, making a final struggle. Wu Ling was still advancing, with the speed of rolling, he jumped up in the direction of the right front, and the dagger with his right hand struck the sword body of the girl back and down, and the moment he knocked on the one-handed sword, Wu Ling swung the dagger forward with his left hand, and once again hit the girl's neck.
"Okay, okay, Wu Ling, you're still so sticky when you fight, it's the same as phlegm, you can't spit it out and can't swallow it, it's uncomfortable to watch. Harold sat on his tented backpack and applauded enthusiastically.
The girl gave up resistance again, Wu Ling threw a dagger to Harold, and before the girl could figure out what Wu Ling was doing when he threw the dagger, she was stunned for a moment, and snatched the Sunbreaker Silver Ling Sword from the girl's hand.
Seeing that the saber was snatched, the girl was enraged, stared at Wu Ling with gritted teeth, stretched out her hand to take the saber back, but there was a dagger on her neck, and the fierce action made her neck rub against the blade of the dagger, and two blood lines were instantly added to the white neck, and the blood gradually oozed and gathered, flowing down the neck, over the collarbone, until it was buried in the clothes.
As soon as Harold saw the blood, he knew that Wu Ling might have been really angry this time, so he didn't stop his hand, and he should definitely hurry up to ease the atmosphere at this moment. But Harold thought about it for a while, and felt that it was still necessary to take this opportunity to deter this girl again, sat on the bag and slapped his thigh, pointed at Wu Ling and shouted: "Hey, you almost killed another one, this is how you promised me not to kill all the way? Killing people in a place with so many people, you are really becoming more and more presumptuous, the sword is down, the dagger is collected, the dagger is collected! Hurry up!" Harold's face was a fusion of resentment and anger, and his expression was extremely exaggerated.
Wu Ling knew that Harold was acting again, and after watching Harold's juggling performance, he pulled back his gaze and withdrew the dagger at the same time, glared at the girl, held the Sun-breaking Silver Ling Sword in his hand and waved it a few times, felt the weight of the sword, and then held it in his hand and stood the sword behind him.
At this moment, Wu Ling still had the aftermath of the battle state on his body, and said to the girl viciously: "You said that the weak eat the strong, then now I have accepted your Sunbreaker Silver Ling Sword, and the scabbard will be left for you, which can be regarded as giving you a long memory!"
Only at this moment, the girl completely lost her temper, there seemed to be tears rolling in her big eyes, she bit her lip and choked a few times, took out a white silk scarf from her robe, folded it a few times and tied it around her neck as a bandage. After tying it up, looking at Wu Ling and Harold, who were about to leave, the girl finally put down her arrogant and rude posture and pleaded: "I admit that I have a series of problems with my previous behavior, and I apologize." I don't know each other, my surname is Mi, my name is Cang, and Mi Cang ......"
"Micang, why don't you call it the grain depot! You're still lying! Your surname is Wan!" Wu Ling glared coldly, and interrupted the girl's words with a loud shout.
The girl was obviously stunned, knowing that she was wrong, she lowered her head, and said aggrievedly: "Yes, you are right, my surname is Wan, my name is Wan Lingyue, but if there is a choice, I don't want the surname Wan in my life! This is the emblem of Wanjia, and the Holy Imperial Capital City of Wanjia is still somewhat famous. After speaking, Wan Lingyue took out a golden flame emblem from his clothes, spread it in his hand and held it up in front of Wu Ling.
Although Harold didn't know how far it was between the Holy Imperial Capital City and the Snow Falling City, but for the people of the Snow Falling City, the Holy Imperial Capital City was synonymous with the distance, and Harold was a little ashamed at this time, and euphemistically reconciled: "From the Holy Imperial Capital City in the Flower Rain Plain to the Snow Falling City on the Pumir Plateau, a girl, she has run so far, and there are people who have been chasing her, this journey must be extremely difficult, I can't help but start sympathizing with you." ”
Wu Ling glanced at the golden flame emblem that Wan Lingyue held in his hand, the shape and pattern were exactly the same as the brass flame emblem of the red-robed man, Wu Ling remembered that the red-robed man's surname was Wan Wan, and the custom of domestic servants following the master's surname was indeed regardless of region, nodded to believe her words, and continued to interrogate, "Flee everywhere, why do you want to come to the Pumir Plateau? Familiar with this place? Have you been here before?"
"I haven't been here, I just think that the Pumir Plateau is more forested and easier to hide. And judging by the timing, I came here just in time for the War College to recruit new students. ”
"It's true that there are many mountains and forests, but you can avoid being forced to marry by taking the new recruitment test? Isn't there a file record in the academy or something? Your family will know that you are here, and you are hiding your fart, and the hardships of this journey will be in vain. Harold felt sorry for the girl.
"The first three years of the three major war academies were without holidays, and any act of going out without permission was regarded as treason, which was a constraint on the cadets, and I guess you all knew that going to school would care about the holidays. However, in fact, there is another clause in this provision, which is a constraint on the family, and the family members of the students in the first three years shall not hinder the trainees' further studies for any reason, otherwise they will be punished for treason. So, I'll be protected by the laws of the Empire for at least three years, and I'll be safe. ”
Wu Ling and Harold asked at the same time, "What about three years later?"
"After that, after three years, I will be able to slash the enemy, and then I won't need to hide in Tibet!" Wan Lingyue waved her fist, her eyes full of anger.
"Tut-tut, the family forced marriage caused the girl to abscond, and three years later, she returned to the horse and shot the hand-swordsman who returned to her homeland, this plot is exciting enough and has ideas. ”
"Thanks for the compliment, I don't know your names yet. ”
Harold quickly responded, pointing at Wu Ling, "He, Wu Ling, my name is Harold, we are from Xueluo Thirty-five Village, you also saw the words on the tent, 'Xueluo Seventy Days' is the two of us." ”
"It's all a good name, seventy geniuses? It's a simplification of the two geniuses of Xueluo Thirty-five Village. By the way, how did you cheat my dog and those three-legged cat mercenaries?"
Harold finally got the opportunity to show his eloquence, and hurriedly said: "Amazing, it is worthy of being from the Holy Imperial Capital, smart! Few people can directly guess what this "seventy days" means. As for fooling those people away, it's a long story, and it's mainly my idea......"
Wu Ling had no intention of grabbing merit with Harold, allowing his eyes to drift in the distant pine forests for a while, then turned around and threw the half-sword in his hand stuck in the ground to Wan Lingyue, and said, "Let's change places, I guess those mercenaries should come back too, I don't want to face six angry adults and an angry sissy." ”
Wan Lingyue took the ink steel sword and frowned.
Harold pulled out his one-handed sword from the ground and quietly explained, "Wu Ling won't take other people's things, don't worry." Now is an extraordinary period, the highest combat power is certain, must, must be equipped with the best weapons, in order to achieve the effect that one plus one is greater than two, this is the original words of our teacher...... Hey!
Harold's hands were cold and Wu Ling stuffed two backpacks, it was very painful, and he struggled with the long-lost backpack again, Harold couldn't help sighing, and said: "Alas, this bag is really heavy, hey, wait, wait, no, I thought of a question, Wu Ling, what about our mechanical bicycle?"
Wan Lingyue's face immediately turned red, and she said, "I sold ......"
Wu Ling thought of the mechanical bicycle and set it on fire, almost kicked Harold to the ground with one kick, and drank at Harold, "What nonsense!
Harold was kicked, stopped chattering, and followed behind Wu Ling in a gray manner. Wan Lingyue stuck out her tongue and followed behind Harold.
The three of them quickly retreated to an inconspicuous mountain col, Wan Lingyue had already set up a tent, and she volunteered to take out the tent from her backpack, and with the help of Harold, she quickly set up the tent.
The tent was erected, but the problem also arose, and the six large fluorescent letters on the tent, "Seventy days of snowfall", have now become the symbol of being searched.
"Obviously, these words have just made a meritorious service, but they are about to be erased so soon, alas, it is really a good person who has no reward. Harold insinuated, glanced at Wan Lingyue, with reluctance, picked his nails for a long time, but was stunned and didn't pick out a word. After a futile effort, Harold found that the words had already been integrated with the tent cloth with the glue, and he was helpless and shook his head helplessly.
Harold's sudden stupidity made Wu Ling very angry, and shouted, "If you can't tear it off, cover it!"
"I need you to remind me today?" said Harold, who was obedient in his actions, pulling through his three backpacks and rummaging through them.
Wan Lingyue wanted to help, but she didn't feel good, so she stood awkwardly next to the tent and didn't know what to do.
Wu Ling probably guessed Wan Lingyue's thoughts, and said to Wan Lingyue: "I'm keeping vigil, the new test is only a few days, it's the end of autumn, I can't let your hard work along the way be wasted." Also, don't worry, Harold and I won't take advantage of you. ”
Wan Lingyue couldn't believe that Wu Ling had guessed everything, and she couldn't say anything, so she could only nod her head in response.
"Just now we came all the way, and many people are talking about tomorrow's exhibition match, and the two sides have been grudging for a long time, and it should be a big battle. Get some sleep and see a good show tomorrow. Wu Ling stretched out his hand to pat Wan Lingyue's shoulder, but his hand was halfway stretched out and felt that it was not appropriate, so he retracted his hand.
Wan Lingyue was amused by Wu Ling's movements, smiled, and jumped into the tent.
Wu Ling lightly placed the Sunbreaker Silver Ling Sword on the edge of the tent, and together with Harold, he did a good job of covering the "snow fell for seventy days", and stuffed Harold into the tent.
After doing all this, Wu Ling took a blanket to cover his body, took the Sunbreaker Silver Ling Sword on the grass floor, carefully put the sword on his lap, gently pulled the sword out of the scabbard, and stroked the almost transparent sword body. Although he is not a professional and qualified swordsmith, but he is also a professional sword sharpener, Wu Ling is full of curiosity about rare and unique metals, this should be regarded as professionalism, or occupational diseases are more appropriate, there is no opportunity to carefully observe this breaking sun silver Ling along the way, now there is a night to savor, the corners of Wu Ling's mouth are raised, and there is an indescribable satisfaction in his heart
The red-robed man was not as comfortable as Wu Ling and the three of them, wandering back and forth in the woods in a hurry, like a lonely ghost, the seven of them didn't know how many laps they had walked around in the woods, until midnight, and when they turned back to the pine forest where they met Wu Ling, they found that the tent with "snow fell for seventy days" had long disappeared without a trace.
The red-robed man was completely angry now! Throwing a bag of coins to the scar man, he left in a hurry.
The scar man weighed the weight in the money bag, reached out and tore off the scar camouflage on his face, smiled proudly, and said to his subordinates: "To deal with a girl who has not yet opened the crossing body, I have to issue a task to invite mercenaries, and I am shocked every day, making myself look like a character." This kind of person is also easy to deceive, and he doesn't even check what we do. ”
"Shall we go back to farming?"
"Seed a fart, we've already returned to our roots, clean up, and go deceive the next stupid employer. ”