Chapter 3 Van Long

"Uncle Brad, Uncle Brad"

"Fanchen! the door is unlocked, come in!"

After a while, Fan Chen stood obediently beside Brad, showing a signature smile. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Brad was sitting on the bed meditating, and when he saw Fan Chen coming in, he slowly closed his efforts.

"Whew...!" he exhaled slowly.

"What's the matter?"

"It's nothing, but can you teach me how to turn into a golden man?"

"No, absolutely not. Hearing Fan Chen's words, Brad shook his head.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Brad, who usually pampers him, heard this request, his head shook like a rattle, Fanchen was very unhappy, pouted and said coquettishly: "Uncle Brad, you promised me before, no matter what I asked, you will try your best to meet me, I just asked for one and you won't agree, this is too untrustworthy, right?"

Hearing Fan Chen say this, Brad couldn't help but have a big head, and said with a wry smile: "It's not that my uncle refuses, it's because you are not suitable for practicing this exercise." ”

"Cut! If you don't teach, you won't teach me, what excuse are you looking for! Besides, you haven't taught me yet, how do you know that I'm not suitable for practice?" Fan Chen said disapprovingly.

"Oh, no wonder you don't believe it, I don't know, but your father does!"

Seeing that Fan Chen quieted down as soon as he heard his father, Brad breathed a sigh of relief, and he didn't know why, the other children couldn't hide when they saw him, even his own son, but Fan was a freak, not only did he not want to be afraid of himself like others, but he also gave himself a headache from time to time, but every time he was annoyed, he could only use his killer trick - that is, to put Fan Chen's father as a shield, and it was tried and tested.

But just when Brad rejoiced in his heart.

"But how does my father know? he knows how to drink every day!" Fan Chen seemed to mutter.

Brad just wanted to say something, but when he saw the loneliness on Fanchen's face, he changed from an innocent child to an old man in a moment, and there was a burst of pity in his heart.

"You have to believe uncle, I definitely didn't lie to you, you really can't practice this set of exercises, and it's true that your father told me, otherwise I taught you a few years ago, do you think Uncle Brad would be reluctant to practice a set of exercises?"

"I know, I believe in you, it's just that I'm a little lost in my heart!"

"It's normal, I know you're disappointed, but I have to tell you even worse news. ”

Hearing Brad say seriously, Fan Chen suddenly had a bad feeling.

Bled said word by word: "You can't participate in next month's Holy Election." ”

"What, why?" said Fan Chen angrily.

"Calm down, I'm doing this for your good!"

"I don't listen, I don't listen, don't you say that men learn to fight on the battlefield, make meritorious contributions, and defend their families and the country? Don't you say that if you pass the Holy Election, you will be able to live on the top? Why can't I participate?" Fan Chen howled hoarsely.

"Little Fanchen, you can't participate, because it's for the sake of your life and that of your father. Brad said with a serious face.

"You're so foolish with me, aren't you? I'm tired of hearing that!" he said and rushed out of the room.

"Alas!" said a long sigh from inside Brad's room.

......

Fanchen soon returned home.

"Father, why are you drinking again?"

As soon as I pushed open the broken door that seemed to be a fictitious, what came into my eyes was a sloppy middle-aged man with fluffy hair and messy beard, holding a wine gourd in his hand, and constantly pouring wine into his mouth, the tattered numb clothes in front of him had been wet with wine, and when he heard Fan Chen's voice, it was as if he had not heard of it, this was Fan Chen's father, Fan Long, who looked inferior to those homeless people living on the streets, because Fan Long's eyes had lost the luster of life!

Fan Chen is also thirty years old, but at first glance he looks like a bad old man in his fifties and sixties, with a handsome face and sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, but those tiger eyes seem to have lost their luster, and the black eyes that should have been pitch black and delicate have lost their former brilliance.

For his father's indifference, Fan Chen is no longer surprised, and he has been used to it for more than ten years.

Although he is wearing coarse cloth clothes, he can still see that there is an extraordinary and luxurious temperament flowing, and he can't hide this luxurious atmosphere at all, Fanlong's identity is very special, no one knows where he comes from, and no one knows his background, only that he came to Shengguang Village on a stormy night eight years ago, when he was covered in blood and holding a child in his arms, he is now Fanchen, and the kind villagers rescued his father and son, and he has lived since then.

But after the body recovered, Fan Chen became an idle drunkard, drunk all day long, ignoring his son, at that time Fan Chen was still two years old, did not understand anything, but Fan Long did not care at all, as if the child was someone else's, fortunately, the villagers of Shengguang Village are simple, and they all take care of Fan Chen as their own children, this is how you have a bite of food and I have a mouthful of food, the villagers thought that Fan Chen would die, but I didn't expect Fan Chen to grow up miraculously, and he is very healthy, which may be the reason why Xiao Fan Chen is close to every villager, and the villagers also like Xiao Fan Chen's cleverness, well-behaved and sensible, the villagers all regard Xiao Fanchen as their own children.

If other people met a father like Fan Chen, they would have torn their faces with him a long time ago, or abandoned him, but Fan Chen didn't, not only did he not hold a grudge against his father, but also constantly took care of his food life, often went to the mountains with Uncle Brad to hunt, went to the sea to fish, and also learned good skills in hunting and cooking, and Fan Chen, who was only ten years old, took care of everything he started.

But Fan Long seemed to turn a deaf ear to everything, his eyes were empty, his face was not happy or worried, there was no reaction at all, he just drank mechanically, if he was not still able to drink, they all wondered if he was already dead.

Fan Chen didn't know why his father was indifferent to him, but he also knew that his father must have experienced a tragic upheaval.

Since he was a child, Fanchen has never tasted a trace of father's love, and when he was very young, he saw that other children had parents hurting, so he couldn't help but ask his father:

'Why don't I have a mother?'

That time left a deep impression on Fan Chen, but I didn't expect that my father, who usually only knew how to drink, when he heard himself mention his mother, he swept away the decadence and made a thunderous fire, just like an extinct volcano suddenly erupted, that time it was like the kind of momentum released by Brad this morning, but it was several times larger than Brad, that time Fan Chenhu wondered if he was dead, and heard the villagers say that Uncle Brad came later, so he pulled him over from the ghost gate, and since then Fan Chen has regarded Brad as his own uncle.

Van Long was still like that, as if he was indifferent to Fan Chen's life and death, but only Brad knew that he had never drunk alcohol during the days when Fan Chen was in a coma.

Since then, Fanchen has never dared to ask about his mother, and every time he can only fantasize about his mother's appearance in his mind, and also hopes to be able to meet him in his dreams, but he has not realized it once, and with the passage of time, his memory is gradually frozen.

"Father, tonight the brothers in the village will have a coronation ceremony, I also want to go and see, I hope my father will allow it. ”

Fan Long didn't look at Fan Chen, he completely regarded him as transparent, just pouring wine vigorously.

He smiled bitterly to himself: "I just didn't return all night, or I disappeared from the world, and my father probably won't have the slightest heartache!"

"My father seems to hate me, he shouldn't hate me very much, but I'm his son!"

Fan Chen has known his father Fan Long since he was sensible, and he hates himself from the bottom of his heart, and even has a deep hatred, Fan Chen is very puzzled by this, but he does not dare to ask the reason, he is afraid that his father will kill him if he is unhappy, so he pretends not to know.

Fan Chen in the eyes of the villagers is always smiling, like an angel who has no troubles, but no one knows, every time in the dead of night, Fan Chen will secretly cry, he looks carefree on the outside, but in fact the heart is extremely lonely and empty, but no one can see through.

Happy expressions are sometimes used to hide the deep loneliness in your heart!

It is precisely because of this that Fanchen is much more mature than his peers from careful wisdom, plus he is already smart and clever, and can bear hardships and stand hard work, so he has become a good treasure loved by everyone in the village, perhaps it is the love of the villagers that is the courage of Fanchen to live.

The coronation ceremony is theoretically held once a year, but the sparse population of the Holy Light Village makes it impossible for people to reach adulthood every year, but this year is an exception, and the boy named Mosier is one of them.

Because next month, the Holy Dragon Valley will send someone to conduct a talent assessment for children between the ages of four and ten in the village, and children between the ages of ten and sixteen have already been tested five years ago, and there is no possibility of becoming a magician at all, but they can join the army, but they must also be screened to join the army.

Among them, the talent assessment is mainly for magical talents, and the physical fitness assessment is generally for samurai, if you are lucky enough to be selected, you will join the Holy Dragon Valley, and the future is bright.

The Holy Dragon Valley is the state religion of the Augustine Kingdom, and it is the base camp responsible for sending fresh blood and talents to the kingdom, that is, a place dedicated to cultivating talents.

There were several times in history when the Augustine Kingdom was almost destroyed by its rivals, the Shakra Kingdom and the Zamuhe Kingdom, and it was the Holy Dragon Valley that repelled the strong enemy!

The Holy Dragon Valley is located in a canyon on the south side of the Demon Immortal Mountains, because it is close to the Demon Immortal Ridge, there are many demonic beasts and demon beasts in these two places, it is a good place to improve the strength and cultivate the disciples of the sect, making the Holy Dragon Valley a top sect, the religion has been established for thousands of years, it is an ancient sect, and the superior cultivation environment is the foundation of the Holy Dragon Valley that has been established for thousands of years without falling.

The valley where the Valley of the Holy Dragon is located is said to be from the time of ancient mythology, where dragons lived!

Legend has it that this was once the hometown of the dragon, and the follow-up people worshiped and respected the dragon, so this place was called the Holy Dragon Valley, of course, this is just a legend, and there is no real evidence, not to mention that the dragon has become a legend, and it has been a long time since anyone on the mainland has seen a dragon, let alone a dragon.

The strength of the Holy Dragon Valley is beyond doubt, the Holy Dragon Valley, as the protector of the Augustic Kingdom, is the most powerful in the kingdom, and the Qingye Sect of the Zamuhe Kingdom and the Liuyan Sect of the Shakra Kingdom have formed a three-legged state around the Demon Immortal Ridge, and they have maintained this status quo for thousands of years!

Because tomorrow the envoy of the Holy Dragon Valley will come to the village to conduct a test, many people may join the army tomorrow, maybe someone will be favored by the Holy Dragon Valley, then it will be soaring to the sky, glorifying the ancestors, but this can only be a dream, after all, it is good for ordinary children to be in the army, how dare they dare to be selected by the Holy Dragon Valley?

After all, Shengguang Village has not heard of anyone passing the Holy Election for more than a hundred years, and it is rumored that there was a person who passed the Holy Election more than a hundred years ago, but then he was sacrificed at the hands of the demon beasts in the deep sea in the south, which was also a hundred years ago, and Fan Chen still overheard it when listening to the elders in the village chatting.

"Next month is the day of the Holy Election, I really hope that I can be selected, so that I can leap into the dragon gate and become famous in one fell swoop!" but ......" remembered what Brad had told him, and suddenly felt uneasy.

"I originally wanted to go back and ask my father, but after seeing my father, I didn't dare to ask!

Unconsciously, Fan Chen has walked to the village's martial arts field, the martial arts field is a place for daily training, and it is also a place for large-scale activities in the village, and tonight is a party for the young people in the village who are about to enter adulthood, the whole village is gathered in the martial arts field, there is an oval step in front of the martial arts field, usually the demon sect is standing on it and shouting loudly, but tonight there is a desk, the desk is like a warped scroll, it is covered with unknown beasts, it has been a long time from the color of the year, and it is full of offerings。

At this time, Grandpa Lan, the village chief dressed in ceremonial clothes, was busy with the preparations for worshipping the heavens and ancestors, and several teenagers, including Mosier, were wearing moon-white robes, neatly lined up behind Grandpa Lan, at this time, their foreheads and faces were filled with joy, excitement, happiness and a little hesitation, which is the unique mood of everyone who experiences the crowning baptism.

The most special place is the hairpin and ribbon on the head, under the night breeze blowing slowly, the clothes are fluttering, the long hair is flowing, and the ribbon seems to flow the waves, looking at the underage child next to him with a look of obsession, Fan Chen was also stunned, and couldn't help muttering:

"When am I going to be an adult?

Putting the hair up is a symbol of adulthood, of course, it is not that adults have to tie up their hair, for example, the father of the demon sect Brad and Fanchen did not tie their hair, this is just a symbol, of course, most people will not wear their hair when they are adults.

Then it was the worship of the sky and the ancestors, and the villagers prostrate on the ground, following the village chief Grandpa Lan to pray word by word:

"Bow down...!The Lord God of Light is above, the earth is the back, and the blue sky is the proof, please God bless your children to grow up healthily and without disease in their lives, pray that God will bless them, and bless them with peace and stability in their lives; ”

"Get baptized!"

"Come children, come and be baptized with holy water, and after you are baptized you will be children of God, and you will be blessed by God!"

As soon as the words fell, Fan Chen saw that the village chief, Grandpa Lan, was holding a narrow bottle of pure gold in his left hand, and a piece of phantom grass in his right hand and sticking some liquid into the golden bottle, which was milky white in color and exuded a soft luster.

Then, Grandpa Lan took the Phantom Spirit Grass in his right hand and threw it on the head of each saluting young man, and a few drops of liquid fell on his forehead and disappeared, while whispering:

"May my Almighty Lord God of Light bless!"

At the same time, the blessed child also responded:

"Praise be to the Lord God of Light!"

"In the presence of the Lord God of Light, my children, you are now adults!

Applause... Cheers... Cheers... One after another!!

I don't know why, when Fan Chen saw the milky white liquid, he felt uncomfortable all over his body, as if it was disgust and rejection, but he really couldn't think of a reason, so he simply didn't think about it.

And then there is the children's favorite, which is the bonfire party, which is an important part of the coronation ceremony, because everyone can eat and drink together, and you can sing and dance.