Chapter 16: Wumen Town
One month is not a long time, but it is not a short time, but for those candidates who are preparing for the martial arts exam, it is fleeting.
The martial arts test is the top priority in the world, from the royal family of the dynasty to the people in the countryside, it can be said that everyone knows about it. It is said that in the Great Zhao Dynasty, the annual martial arts test is undertaken by the official family, but in fact, it is those martial arts sects that really have the right to decide on the martial arts test, after all, this martial arts test is also a way for these martial arts to absorb fresh blood.
Who doesn't want their disciples to be talented, who doesn't want to look for potential disciples, and who wants to find suitable disciples, martial arts testing is the best way.
And for those candidates who have studied martial arts for several years, the martial arts test is also an opportunity for them to change their fate, and if they are lucky, they can also be directly accepted by those high-ranking martial arts.
Because of the large number of participants, the martial arts test centers are distributed in different regions, and Wajin Village is under the jurisdiction of Wumen Town, so school-age teenagers from nearby villages will rush to Wumen Town the day before the martial arts test to prepare for the next day's martial arts test.
At this moment in Wajin Village, Xing Yuanshan surprisingly did not go to work, but stuffed some dry food into a package at home, which included eggs that had just been boiled in the morning and some dried meat that had been marinated two days earlier.
"Dad, I'll be back the day after tomorrow, I don't need to bring so many things!" Xingtian couldn't cry or laugh when he saw his bulging and hungry package.
"Take it, remember, when you go out, be careful!" Xing Yuanshan walked over and patted Xing Tian on the shoulder. Unconsciously, Xingtian was already about the same size as him, and his originally thin body was much stronger.
The father and son don't talk much on weekdays, but there is hidden care in every move, Xing Tian knows that for the big old man, it is already commendable to be able to do this.
After a while, Xing Tian walked out of the small courtyard with his baggage, while Xing Yuanshan followed behind.
"Dad, go back!" Looking at Xing Yuan Mountain, who came out, Xing Tian turned around.
"It's okay, dad will send you!" Xing Yuanshan waved his hand and said very stubbornly.
Walking all the way to the door of Xuewutang, Xing Tiancai persuaded Xing Yuanshan to go back, but he saw his father's increasingly rickety back, but Xing Tian felt that his eyes were a little moist for some reason.
"I will definitely pass this martial arts test, so that my father won't have to work so hard!" Xingtian clenched his fists tightly and swore in his heart. This time he went to Wumen Town, and Xingtian also brought the purple gourd with him, but it was just in case of emergency.
It was still early in the morning, and there were two or three people in the Xuewu Hall, and just when Xingtian was about to enter the courtyard gate, he saw a beautiful figure standing in the corner of the wall in the distance, looking at him from afar.
Xing Tian was overjoyed and hurriedly ran over.
"Linglong...... Why are you here?" looked at the beauty in front of him, Xing Tian said with a little surprise. I said goodbye to Linglong yesterday, but I didn't expect that she would come here today to see her off.
"I have nothing to do, I want to see you, so I'm here!" At this moment, Linglong's face was elegant, staring at Xingtian, as if he was hiding a lot of thoughts. Xingtian has seen this for a long time, in recent days, Linglong has been full of worries, but when Xingtian asked, Linglong kept silent.
"This is for you!" Linglong stared at Xingtian for a long time before taking out a sachet from her arms and handing it to Xingtian.
"It's so fragrant, what kind of fragrance is this!" Xing Tian took the sachet, and he already smelled a wisp of fragrance between his nose, but his ears and eyes were clear, and he hurriedly asked.
"It's Linglong grass, there are clouds in medical books, Linglong grass, the smell is fragrant, it has the effect of concentrating and reassuring, and you can also help you stabilize your mind when you practice in the future, not impatient, and this Linglong grass has the same name as me, and when you smell the fragrance, you can think of me!" Seeing Xingtian put the sachet away as a treasure, Linglong showed a smile.
"Wumen Town is not far away, I can come back in three days at most, and then I will listen to you play the piano, and you will watch me paint, but don't say it, I will miss you if I don't see you for three days!" Xing Tian laughed and said half-jokingly.
"Well, I'll wait for you!" Linglong's smile was a little bitter, obviously hiding no intention in his heart, but when the words came to his mouth, he was extremely indifferent.
The sentence I am waiting for you has already revealed that trace of affection, and Xingtian is not an elm pimple, and he was suddenly overjoyed. Linglong can say this, obviously she also has that meaning to herself, and all of a sudden, Xingtian only feels like falling into a honeypot.
It's just that he obviously didn't notice Linglong's hands clenched at the moment and the fog that gradually appeared in his eyes.
"Then I'm leaving, you said you want to wait for me, don't let Laipi!" Xing Tian was about to turn around and leave, but he heard Linglong say softly: "The road ahead is long, and you are cherished!"
It's just that when Xing Tian turned around and said a few more words, Linglong had already left slowly.
But he didn't know that this time they parted, the sky was separated, and the two didn't know when they would see each other again, and even never see each other again in this life. And Xing Tian would not have known that when Linglong turned around, tears rolled down, and he couldn't cry when he returned to the house.
Xiaocui also had red circles in her eyes on the side, only she knew the pain in Miss's heart, but she had no choice but fate to make people, whether it was her or Miss, she couldn't disobey it, and as for Xingtian, she was even more powerless.
The time limit for March has passed, and Princess Linglong will rush back to the capital of the Great Zhao Dynasty on the same day, and she will have nothing to do with this Wajin Village and the teenagers in Wajin Village.
Doing so may be the best outcome.
After a long time, Linglong stopped crying and sighed: "It's here, Cui'er, come back to Beijing with me!"
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When Mu Haifeng took Xingtian and other candidates to Wumen Town, it was already approaching Xishan, and after the group lived in the post station specially prepared by the official family for candidates from all over the country, the sky also darkened.
Because the next day was a crucial martial arts test, Mu Haifeng let everyone eat and rest to recuperate.
There was nothing to say all night, and in the early morning of the second day, everyone went to the martial arts arena specially opened for the martial arts test outside Wumen Town.
Looking around, there were many people outside the martial arts arena, most of them were boys and girls of the same age as Xingtian. Wumen Town is the only martial arts test center in more than a dozen nearby villages, basically the boys and girls of school age in the vicinity will come, a few in one village, dozens of more, and there are hundreds of people in more than a dozen villages.
It's not the first time Xingtian has come, but he hasn't been shocked by such a big scene.
"Isn't this Master Mu of Wajin Village, I heard last year that no one in your Wajin Village passed the martial arts test, what's the matter, this year I plan to regain my strength and make a comeback, just don't rejoice again, right?"
A man with a long beard in a short coat and a strong physique in front of him walked over at this moment, laughing as he walked. Take a closer look at this person's steady pace, full of middle energy, the exposed muscles and flesh are firm, and the temples are bulging high, obviously the martial arts cultivation is not low.
And behind this man, there are also more than a dozen young boys and girls, all of them are arrogant and proud.
When Mu Haifeng heard this, his face became quite ugly, but on the surface, he arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be Master Wang from Changqiao Village, I haven't seen him for a year, I don't know if Master Wang's cultivation has broken through to the completion of quenching the body?"
In Changqiao Village, Wang Sheng, like Mu Haifeng, is also the martial arts master of the village middle school martial arts hall, and there seems to be a gap between him and Mu Haifeng, so when they meet, they ridicule each other.
That Wang Sheng sneered when he heard Mu Haifeng's words, and then shouted wildly, and his body burst out with a strong momentum.
"Quenching the Great Realm? I can't imagine that I haven't seen you for a year, and you have really broken through. Mu Haifeng was stunned, this Wang Sheng's previous cultivation had always been inferior to him, but he didn't think that he hadn't seen him for a year, and the other party had already caught up.
"Hehe, two martial arts masters, this martial arts test is to test the cultivation of your martial arts middle school students, what is the use of your cultivation as a master? With so many students, don't let the juniors laugh at it!"
In the meantime, another person came over and said loudly, as if he was playing a round.
"It turned out to be Master Zhang of Baijia Village!" Mu Haifeng looked at the person, his face changed slightly, Zhang Wanli of Baijia Village has long been a martial artist in the realm of quenching the body, and he is extremely prestigious in these ten miles and eight villages, and the younger generation of Baijia Village is also capable of producing people, and the proportion of people who pass the martial arts test every year is the most in so many villages, so naturally he can't help but give face.
"It's not too early, let's go and register!" After Zhang Wanli finished speaking, he took a few martial arts masters to the martial arts test registration officer with the list of candidates in their respective villages.
The martial arts master left, and the scene was naturally full of young people from various villages.
Among the younger generations in Changqiao Village, one person walked out at this moment, his eyes scanning the younger generation of Wajin Village for a moment, but his eyes fell on Xingtian.
"Haha, sure enough, it's here again, Xingtian in Wajin Village, he has participated in the martial arts test since he was twelve years old, and he has been eliminated in the first level for three consecutive years, this result is unique even in our ten miles and eight townships, this is the fourth time you have participated in the martial arts test, right? If you are still eliminated at the first level, then you are definitely the first in Wumen Town...... First scrap candidate, hahaha!"
This young man obviously came to belittle Xingtian to make amusement, and as soon as his words fell, the eyes of the younger generations in the surrounding villages fell on Xingtian.
"It turned out to be him, I've heard of this kid, he was eliminated at the first level for three consecutive years, and he was the first to be eliminated, what kind of martial arts test did such a person participate in!"
"That's right, if it were me, I wouldn't have the face to come back a long time ago!"
"I can't say that, I think this person has excellent perseverance, but his talent is very poor, and I can only sigh that God is unfair!"
For a while, there was a lot of discussion around, some people were cold-eyed and disdainful, and some people had a sense of admiration, but obviously, the former was the majority.
Xingtian didn't expect that he would stay honestly, but he was lying down and was hit by an arrow, and secretly said that he was provoking someone. He smiled helplessly, but he didn't speak, if he really had a verbal battle with the other party, he would fall to the inferior. However, the other people in Wajin Village had strange faces, but people such as Lu Meng looked at the deliberately provocative person in Changqiao Village like idiots.
Since Wutang Xiaobi defeated Xu Jiang to win the first place a month ago, no one in Wajin Village dared to underestimate Xingtian, and now whoever says that Xingtian is a waste material stupid, then who is the real waste material stupid.
The strange behavior of the young generation in Wajin Village obviously stunned the people in other villages, and the scene was quiet for a while, especially the young man who belittled Xingtian, and he could feel the idiot-like look in the eyes of the young generation in Wajin Village.
"What do you mean, why do those guys in Wajin Village look at me like this?" The man from Changqiao Village originally wanted to make a show and hit the morale of Wajin Village, but he didn't expect the other party's reaction to be really weird.
At this time, Mu Haifeng, who was on the register over there, walked back, and he obviously heard the ridicule of the young man in Changqiao Village, and he also looked strange. It's just that Wang Sheng, who didn't know why, laughed at the moment, and said deliberately: "Duan Ming, it's not right for you to say that, how can you say that the punishment days are all students of Brother Mu, you say this, don't you say that Brother Mu has no way to teach him?"
This was originally a ridiculous statement, but it was ridiculous to hear it in Mu Haifeng's ears at the moment. That Duan Ming's cultivation is at most the seventh level of the boxing technique, and it is not bad, but if it is compared with the current Xingtian, it is too far behind.
Thinking of this, Mu Haifeng suddenly thought of an idea, but said to that Wang Sheng: "Brother Wang, Xingtian is not good at martial arts, and his knowledge is shallow, why don't you let your student guide him, how about it?"