At the end of the race, the Li family, under the leadership of secretary B, returned to the Shenjian Building in a triumphant posture and waited for the invitation from the Shen family with peace of mind.

And the boys and girls in the outer courtyard have to bend down and bow their heads in the gloomy clouds, picking up the sad fragments from the ground.

Although this defeat was not as shocking as the defeat a month ago, the blow to morale was even more fatal. The people in the outer courtyard experienced a fiasco, and after learning from the pain, the rising momentum that was finally exchanged for it was stopped by a 0.28-second score, as if a rare sprout of hope was broken from it, which made people hurt their internal organs.

Until the Li family left, in the battle formation, there were more than 100 young people in the outer courtyard, but none of them were willing to move their feet, and no one even spoke. At this time, what shrouded people's hearts is unprecedented confusion.

What's next? In today's race, everyone has worked together to win all the favorable conditions, but still can't win, maybe it really should be......

In silence, Shen Herong took the lead in speaking.

"The responsibility for today's defeat lies with me. As an instructor in the outer court, I can't give you proper guidance, which leads to your inferior skills during the competition...... At this point, I have no shame to take on the role of instructor, and I will submit my resignation to the lord of the castle tomorrow. ”

These words quickly attracted opposition from the students, and the silent arena suddenly became a little lively.

"Instructor, what are you talking about? Why is it all yours to blame? ”

"You have done a good job, but we are not strong enough and have disgraced the family......"

"Instructor, don't be presumptuous, although we have hated you all these years, especially your scarred face is really annoying...... But none of us will deny your ability to guide. ”

"Yes, although the training program you designed was inhumane, and you always showed that disgusting scar face when we were tired to death, and it made our stomachs turn upside down. But every time we vomited, we did feel real progress. ”

"That's right, every time I think that as long as I meet the graduation standard as soon as possible, I don't have to look at your scar face again, I feel that no matter how hard and tiring the training is, it is worth it."

Shen Herong could only hear the muscles on his face twitch and the scars twisted. I can't wait to punch out and beat this group of shameless dogs into pigs' heads.

And at this moment, all of a sudden, the young people's chatter stopped abruptly.

As if they were stuck in their throats by an external force, everyone closed their mouths and stopped talking, making the venue instantly quiet.

A few young boys and girls looked at each other, surprised by the inexplicable silence, and then opened their mouths and patted their ears to make sure that there was nothing wrong with their bodies...... But soon, a momentum like a prison spread, like the chill of a winter night, which froze all people's distractions in an instant.

Everyone's attention involuntarily focused on the past.

A silver-haired young man stood in the middle of the road and watched the crowd at some point. The majestic and upright posture made his gaze condescending, and those two sharp gazes seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts, making people's entire consciousness freeze, leaving only a trace of instinct, and he wanted to kneel on the ground immediately and offer loyalty to him.

In the silence, someone took two steps forward, bowed his hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Excellency, Lord ...... City."

The hoarse voice, like a bell striking people's hearts, broke the deadlock of frozen consciousness and allowed people to start thinking again.

Lord of the Castle?

In the entire Shen City, there is only one person who can be called the city lord, and the rest, whether Shen Yueying or Shen Jinghai, will strictly abide by their duties, and they will all be called the deputy city lord, and no one will be allowed to trespass and omit the sub-word.

The city lord of Shen City can only be Shen Ruoshi alone. And only Shen Ruoshi can not say a word, not move the true yuan, and just rely on his own existence, he will suppress the elites of the outer courtyard and dare not even say much.

When they saw Shen Ruoshi, the most in people's hearts was surprise. In fact, this world-famous city lord has stopped showing his head easily a long time ago, so that most of the younger people in the outer courtyard have never even seen the honor of the city lord. Therefore, people can't imagine that this young man who looks no more than twenty-five or sixteen, with skin like jade, is actually Shen Ruoshi, who is about to celebrate his 100th birthday!

Generally speaking, no matter how good a cultivator is, he can't completely resist the erosion of time, especially when he is nearly a hundred years old, the traces of aging will eventually come, but this law seems to have failed in Shen Ruoshi's body, even if it is a silver hair, it looks vigorous and has no exhaustive appearance.

After the initial shock, new doubts soon arose in people's minds.

Lord Castle, why are you here? In the past, even if there was an emergency military situation on the Chaos Battlefield, it was presided over by the deputy city lord, and the city lord himself easily never went out. Now, is that ......

Thinking of the previous defeat in the battle formation, the people in the outer courtyard couldn't help but sweat coldly, and their hearts were panicked.

Of course, this contest to decide the ownership of the birthday banquet invitation may have attracted the attention of the lord himself, but when he came to the scene with high hopes, he saw a fiasco...... This is really a great birthday present for the lord of the castle!

When people were worried, Shen Ruoshi suddenly spoke.

"You guys, have you forgotten the Shen family's family motto?"

Of course, no one will forget that family motto, before the Shen family was sent to the outer courtyard, it would definitely be instilled by the parents tirelessly.

In the crowd, Shen Feihong, who was the tallest and burliest, stood up first, and in the face of the coercion like a prison, he said in a deep voice: "The Shen family can lose, but they will never admit defeat!" ”

After speaking, the big man, who looked older and more mature than Shen Ruoshi, fell to the ground on his knees: "My grandson knows his mistake, after the fiasco, not only can I not lead my brothers and sisters to regroup, but even I am desperate and depressed, and I am really ashamed of my expectations of the city lord......

Before he finished speaking, Shen Feihong suddenly found that his voice stopped abruptly.

As Shen Ruoshi's gaze shifted, he naturally interrupted Shen Feihong's accusation without saying much.

Next, Shen Ruoshi shook his head and said, "Wrong. ”

"You're all wrong."

"The Shen family's family motto is not so understood."

Shen Ruoshi's faint words set off waves of confusion in everyone's hearts.

The Shen family's family motto, isn't that how you understand it? How should that be understood? These two sentences, everyone has heard them since childhood, can there be any other way to understand them?

"The two sentences of the Shen family's family motto, each sentence is equally important. The Shen family can lose, but they will never admit defeat, over the years, you only remember the second half of the sentence, but forget the first half of the sentence. ”

Shen Ruoshi said, raising his head slightly, his eyes became distant and profound, as if he had seen through the long river of history.

"The Shen family is warlike, this is a tradition that has been inherited in the bones and followed for thousands of years, and how can the belligerents always win and be undefeated? The more you fight, the more you lose. Including me, who in the Shen family has never lost? Since I set foot in the Immortal Dao 92 years ago, I have experienced 172 defeats in my life, an average of nearly two games a year, of which 122 losses to my own clan occurred during the study period of the outer courtyard. Fifty defeats to foreigners, mostly when I was out training. Nowadays, the Xiangzhou immortal cultivation world often says that I am a master in the world, and I am undefeated in my life, which is pure nonsense. Of course I will lose, and no less than any other famous player, including a fiasco that I will struggle to recover in my life. In the three battles I had with the Holy Sect Master, each time I missed a move, and in the end, I lost the whole game. And it seems to be just a fraction of a difference, but it is really like a gap, even if I am exhausted, I have no hope of filling it with the strength of the rest of my life...... But, so what? ”

Shen Ruoshi said, his gaze turned back to the young man in the outer courtyard.

Looking at the stunned and surprised faces, Shen Ruoshi said: "For those of us who cultivate immortals, we should have a deeper understanding than mortal beings that human beings are naturally unequal, and some people are born with unique qualifications and understanding, and the Immortal Dao is a smooth road for him, while some people are bumpy and bumpy, and they can only shake at the foot of the mountain for the rest of their lives." Such a difference in qualifications, no matter how hard or desperate it is, it will not help. ”

"If you can work hard, so can others, but you will never have other people's qualifications. Therefore, you will eventually meet opponents that you will not be able to win no matter what, and you will encounter defeats that will never be recovered. At this time, do you have to deceive yourself and tell yourself that as long as you redouble your hard work, you will definitely be able to win it back next time? Or is it disheartened, sinking into despair, and completely giving up the immortal path? ”

"That's all a joke! The Shen family must learn to face failure calmly, don't regret or anger because of failure, only the weak need to use excitement to motivate themselves to move forward, let alone breed senseless despair and depression, because there is no failure worthy of immortal cultivators to give up the immortal path! Look down on every victory or defeat, afford to lose, and don't stay, this is the intention of the ancestors of the Shen family to leave a family motto. ”

"As for the family face...... Ha, the prestige that the Shen family has accumulated for thousands of years will be shaken by a defeat of a few of your little things? You can't help but think too highly of yourself! Even if there is something that you will never allow to fail, it will not be your turn to carry it, and if you become discouraged and want to sink for some senseless vanity of victory or defeat, then you will never have the opportunity to carry the real burden. ”

After speaking, Shen Ruoshi no longer paid attention to the contemplative disciples of the outer courtyard, but hooked his hand at Shen Herong: "Come." ”

Shen Herong was stunned, but he still honestly obeyed the order and leaned over.

When Shen Ruoshi was still three feet away, Shen Herong suddenly felt that the space around him had changed, and when he turned around, the scenery behind him had become gray.

Shen Ruoshi said: "There are some things to say in private. ”

Shen Herong immediately became nervous and swallowed: "City Lord, please command." ”

Shen Ruoshi said: "I didn't come today to see the big competition in the outer courtyard, so in fact, I didn't see the previous competition at all, and comforting those little guys was just taking advantage of the trend." ”

Shen Herong secretly said in his heart Sure enough, how could such a big competition that didn't even invite the deputy city lord to alarm the city lord himself? But in that case, what is the castle lord here for?

"I only have one question, what is the relationship between that Wang Jiu and Shen Qingming?!"