Ma Qi's voice lowered: "I, I, I'm just impatient to wait, I want to ask where the place where you picked up the core of the mine?...... Amon, we are neighbors, I grew up watching you, how could I hurt you?...... I apologize to you for tonight's incident, even if it didn't happen, if you forgive me, I will definitely ......"

His words came to an abrupt end, and Amon saw the most bizarre scene of his life. There was originally a layer of imperceptible thin ice condensed underground, but at this moment, it suddenly spread and wrapped Ma Qi's whole body, freezing him entirely. Immediately after that, countless cracks appeared in the thin ice, which were densely shattered and opened, and Ma Qi's body was also broken into countless small pieces.

The ice then disappeared, leaving only a dark red trail on the ground, flesh and mud, and the horses disappeared forever and silently.

Amon looked up, and sure enough, it was the old madman who came, and he couldn't tell what magic the great magician had used just now, the Freezing Technique, and the Space Cutting Technique? It was the first time Amon had seen a murder with his own eyes, and it was such a strange and terrifying scene, he took a few breaths before asking, "Old madman, you killed him like this, and you didn't ask him clearly?"

The old madman's face sank: "He has been following you for ten days, and he has been to your house three times in the middle of the night, and today he suddenly rushed at you with a sledgehammer in such a place, what other possibilities do you say?"

Amon was taken aback: "He went to my house, while I was away!"

The old madman nodded: "Yes, although you were already very calm a few days ago, you were not meticulous enough, but there was progress and breakthrough tonight, and you actually found him." It's important to keep an eye out for subtle changes in your environment, now you know?...... In any case, if you don't beat him to death with a stick immediately, it means that you have passed the test of impulsiveness. ”

Amon asked rhetorically with some puzzlement: "You said that I passed the test of ** impulsiveness, but why did you kill people without asking, so let him make it clear." As he spoke, he looked at the dark red marks on the ground with palpitations, but still did not calm down.

Old madman: "Child, there is some nonsense that you don't need to ask! What you have to learn is not only magic or physical arts, but more importantly, how to see the world clearly, otherwise what is the use of only strength? The power of the beast is great, do you want to be as ignorant as a beast?"

Amon: "Ignorance? I just want to ask why he came, what he wanted to do just now, did he want to catch me or kill me?"

The old madman pointed to the marks on the ground: "If you want to catch a child, you don't have to swing a mining hammer like that, let alone burst with that speed and power, he is a killer blow." ...... He didn't even want to ask and wanted to kill you, maybe he was worried that he wouldn't be able to do it, so he used the most direct way without hesitation. ”

Amon couldn't help but shudder slightly: "Are you so sure?"

The old madman sighed again and said: "Ma Qi knows you, you are the neighbor in the town, I have watched you grow up since I was a child, and I can't be familiar with you anymore." But he didn't have a mask today, so he didn't think about what you would do if you recognized him, and that only meant one thing, he didn't think you would be able to tell him about it before he came. ”

Amon bowed his head and said: "I really didn't expect Ma Qi to do such a thing, he deserves to die, but I am also at fault, if I hadn't taken out Youlan Shuixin that day to force Xiao Gu, there might not be today's disaster." ”

The old madman nodded slightly: "Do you know that he was sent by Xiao Gu?"

Amon: "After you reminded him, why didn't he think of it? He didn't even cover his face, not only to grab things, but also to kill people directly, then he could only be Xiao Gu's instigation, and Ma Qi was Xiao Gu's servant." ”

The old madman came over and patted Amon on the back, as if to reassure him: "You just said that you were at fault, and that is just your own business. None of this has anything to do with the fate of the horse company, and for him, you are not at fault at all. ...... You can kill him or not, but if you want to forgive a person for some purpose, you have to understand two things. ”

Amon looked up and said, "What two things?"

The old madman replied slowly: "First, it must be clear that when anyone makes a certain choice, he or she chooses the corresponding consequences, whether he wants to or not. For example, Ma Qi, since he decided to do this, he should bear the consequences of being killed, whether he realized it or not.

Second, if you choose to forgive and forgive, you need to understand and be able to bear the consequences of this forgiveness. You need to know if you're defusing your grudge or if you're doing more harm to yourself or someone else. ...... As for Ma Qi, as a third-level warrior, it is impossible for him not to find out that you used magic just now, and if he can't kill you, he will definitely denounce you, you didn't do anything wrong, but he wants your life. ”

Amon lowered his head again and said, "You don't need to say so much, in fact, you don't need Ma Qi to go back and report it, you have already told me that he is a third-level warrior, and as long as I let him go just now, he can kill me." ”

The old madman laughed again as if self-deprecating: "I can't remember how many people I have killed in my life, and it is the first time I have explained so much to a child." Amon, the first time you saw someone kill someone in front of you, you are much calmer than when I was a child! Remember today's events, everything has a first time, and experience is the wealth of life. ”

Amon looked at the ground and replied with a somewhat stunned expression: "Ma Qi is dead, from his own trap, and from Xiao Gu's desires. But Xiao Gu is still there, what should I do?"

"Think about it, what would you do without me?" the old madman replied, thinking about it, probably thinking that it was too embarrassing for a child, and then looked at Du Kezhen in the distance with a mocking look and said: "If you are smart, in fact, you don't have to do anything, your time is precious now, and it is not worth wasting for that kind of person." ”

......

Amon soon understood why the old madman would say "don't do anything". Lord Xiao Gu is sick again, this time the illness is not light, and the person has obviously lost a circle, and he looks worried all day long. He didn't come to trouble Amon again, and occasionally walked around the town, and even took a detour when he saw Amon from afar, and seemed a little afraid to see Amun.

Ma Qi can be regarded as an important person in Duke Town, and it disappeared out of thin air, which is naturally a big turmoil. There was a lot of talk, and his family and neighbors who were helping looked around, but there was no news. Ma Qi's wife finally wept, and the family went to the Mu Yun Temple to pray to the guardian goddess with anxiety.

I don't know if Goddess Mu Yun heard the prayer of Ma Qi's family, anyway, the priest heard it, and it is said that Xiao Gu also gave a large sum of money to appease Ma Qi's family, which made the townspeople very moved and surprised!

Xiao Gu almost didn't go bankrupt to pay that tax for Amon, how could he be so kind to come up with a large sum of money? Because he felt weak and scared, and didn't know what had happened to Ma Qi. Ma Qi got lost in the black fire jungle, was killed by mistake, was captured and imprisoned for interrogation, and escaped after the matter was revealed...... The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, afraid that he would also be exposed.

Xiao Gu is even ready, if Ma Qi is caught by mistake and confesses that it was his instructions, he will deny it, and resolutely insist that he has nothing to do with this matter, it is Ma Qi himself who sees that Amon has so many divine stones and is greedy, so he wants to make money and kill him. Anyway, there is no circumstantial evidence, and there is no evidence, Ma Qi's testimony will not sue a nobleman like him, but will add a false accusation.

But this kind of thing didn't happen, Ma Qi disappeared like air without a trace, but when Mayor Dasty came to visit him, he asked if there was any clue that Ma Qi was missing? Xiao Gu of course said that he didn't know, but he inexplicably felt that the town chief's eyes were a little strange, which made him uneasy.

Xiao Gu wanted to know what had happened, feeling as uncomfortable as a cat's scratch, Ma Qi had been sent by him to kill Amon, but Amon came back unharmed, as if nothing had happened. Xiao Gu didn't dare to ask Amon, for fear of exposing his weakness, but he couldn't understand how things could be like this, and the more he thought about it, the more scared he became.

In the end, Xiao Gu couldn't stand the torture himself, so he took leave from the town chief, went to the city-state to find a more clever magician to see a doctor, and temporarily "escaped" from Duke Town with his illness.

What was Amon doing all this time? He didn't have time to pay attention to Xiao Gu, the old madman taught him a lot of things, not to be exact, but just indoctrination, explaining almost all the content of low-level first-level divine arts to him. In such a short period of time, Amon couldn't practice them all one by one, and the old madman didn't ask him to practice, but just let him remember as much as possible.

Even the best magician cannot be proficient in all magic techniques, but he must know everything and know how to deal with various situations. On the other hand, the old madman didn't know what Amon would be best at in the future, and he seemed to be unable to wait to observe slowly, so he laid such a foundation for Amon. Such a method of teaching divine art is almost impossible to see in the major temples.

Amon struggled to memorize so many complicated magic mantras only in a state of concentration, which was even more tiring than mining a mine. In contrast, it was much easier to learn the physical art of using strength, the old madman just asked him to memorize and understand all kinds of low-level divine arts, but during this time, Amon practiced physical arts.

The first-level physical technique needs to awaken the power of the explosion, which has already been done for Amun, and the old madman asked him to use this power. The power is sent and received from the heart, which is included in the miner skills of Duke Town, but from the perspective of physical art itself, its earliest purpose is that people exercise their strong self, and the most important skill in reality is used in fighting, so it is also called martial arts.

The old madman wasn't too good at martial arts, so he only let Amon use that "branch" to practice and feel how to use his strength. A great magician like him didn't have to fight with a sword, and in fact, many magicians believed that it was against their noble status to engage in brutal hand-to-hand combat themselves.

There are a lot of important fighting experiences that need to be better mastered in actual combat combat experience, and the old madman can't teach too much. And strength, accuracy, agility, and stamina, Amon can cultivate in normal times.

Amon felt very mentally tired, if it weren't for the cultivation of divine arts some time ago, he would almost not be able to remember the content of the magic explained by the old madman, but his body became stronger and stronger, and he felt more and more relaxed and comfortable. But just after Xiao Gu left Duke Town, very suddenly, Amon was also "sick"!

Amon has no concept of "illness" at all, he has never been sick since he was a child, so this illness came suddenly and strangely, often chills and fever, and it seems that he has just bathed in a cold spring two years ago. The strange thing is that two years ago he accidentally fell and injured his leg, and a year ago he accidentally sprained one side of the back of his shoulder, these injuries have long been healed, but now it seems to have recurred, and the former injuries are always in constant dull pain, which is unbearable.

On the surface, he tried not to show abnormality, not wanting his father to worry, but secretly he endured it very hard, and it was almost difficult to accurately control the iron rod when practicing physical arts. The old madman gave him a healing technique, and the healing technique of an eighth-level great magician could only eliminate Amon's pain but could not solve the symptoms, and all kinds of minor problems still recurred.

Amon didn't know what was going on with him, and he was a little worried, though he wasn't afraid, while the old madman looked happy.

The old madman saw Amon's concern, and one day he finally smiled and said, "Child, these days have been very difficult, haven't you? And you really didn't let me down, and I faced a new test so quickly. ”

Amon asked puzzledly: "What conclusion? What test? I remember you once said that the first test to become a magician is the 'awakening of the **), and the next test to cultivate the low-level divine art to the peak is the 'firmness of faith', which has nothing to do with my current situation?"

The old madman shook his head slightly: "This is not just a test faced by the magician, since you have awakened the power of one body and two sides, what you are facing is also a test of one body and two sides, I call it 'purity of the body', which should be encountered when cultivating physical arts, but it is often ignored by people, and there is no clear record in the physical arts classics." Before explaining it, let me tell you an experience that draws on the lessons of countless casualties. ”

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