Chapter 2 Settlement
"This continent is called Sword World. The world is divided into five parts, east, west, north, south, and middle, which are guarded by five empires - the East China Sea Kingdom, the Western Heaven Domain, the Southern Chu Kingdom, the Northern Kingdom and the Central State. The people here regard the pursuit of kendo as the most sacred thing, and the strength of a person's swordsmanship determines the dignity of status and the level of life. ”
"Sword World?" Duan Chen's eyes had a hint of amazement, once upon a time, being able to cultivate a sword was also something he had dreamed of since he was a child, because the supreme martial arts of the Dragon Clan was the sword spectrum, but there were very few Dragon Clan people who could cultivate the sword, and only the Dragon God Clan was qualified to cultivate. His thoughts were pulled back to reality, and Duan Chen asked again, "Old man, what kind of cultivation method is that kendo?" "No, young man, you really don't know?" The old man's eyes widened, as if he was looking at a person from another world (Duan Chen was originally from another world), and he shook his head and sighed, "I really can't understand what your original hometown is like, and I don't even know the way of the sword." ”
Duan Chen rubbed the back of his head embarrassedly, then clasped his hands into fists and said, "Please advise." The old man sighed and said, "Okay, it's time to popularize common sense for you." Kendo is just a general statement, and the real sword cultivation is very specific and long. From the original swordsman to the 'sword soul' that can stimulate sword qi, and then to the 'sword brake', 'sword marquis', 'sword emperor', etc., each level is divided into nine levels, one star to nine stars, and after the peak of the nine stars, it is the next level."
"It's so vast. Duan Chen was shocked by the wonder of this world, this was the first time in his life that he had heard about cultivation, and he felt very novel. The old man looked at Duan Chen's distracted gaze, couldn't help but smile lightly, stroked his gray beard, and said, "Young man, when you really embark on a journey in this world, you will find that it is even more exciting than you imagined. ”
Yes, there are probably many things in this world that I never know, and I can only understand one or two things when I hear people, and only when I really go out for a trip can I experience them. However, before that, there is one more very important thing to do -- where do you live? If you have no relatives and no reason here, let alone go to the Continent of Freedom in the future, if you starve to death, then you don't have to go anywhere, and when the time comes, you will close your eyes and kick your legs, and you will go to Elysium.
Seeing Duan Chen's expression of joy and sorrow, the old man probably guessed something, smiled in his heart, and asked, "Does the young man have a place to live?" Hearing this, Duan Chen's heart was ten thousand animals galloping! "Old man, I don't have any place to stay now" Duan Chen replied pretending to be helpless. "If you don't like it, you can choose to stay here, but you need to farm every day. ”
Duan Chen said in his heart, and hurriedly thanked the old man: "Thank you, old man, don't look at me thin, I am full of muscles." I have the strength, I can do anything!" This is the truth, Duan Chen's physique can be said to be tempered and invulnerable, and it is easy for him to do ordinary farming. "Hehe" The old man smiled lightly, but didn't say anything, just said: "It's a good thing that young people are energetic." After saying that, he turned around and walked to the door, turned his back to him, and said, "Young man, change your clothes first, and I'll wait for you outside the door." ”
"Oh, okay!" Duan Chen agreed.
Ten minutes later.
Outside the door, a pair of farmhouse courtyard furnishings, on both sides of the yard are shelves, there are some medicinal herbs and agricultural products, there is a big tree in the courtyard, it is estimated that it is used for shade, and the old man is standing next to the medicine shelf on the right, with a cane in his left hand, his brows are slightly wrinkled, his eyes are faintly worried with a trace of worry, and he doesn't know what to think again.
"The young man just now has a very strange background. Since he doesn't even know what kendo is, why does he have such a strong internal force in his body?" The old man thought as he raised his right hand that had just performed the acupoint technique on Duan Chen, and now when he looked at his palm, blood actually flowed from the palm, and then he grabbed a piece of medicinal herb, crushed it with his hand, and smeared the broken pieces on the palm of his hand, "When I tapped his temple just now, I seemed to feel that there was a powerful and inviolable aura in his body that was devouring me, so what is it?"
Although there were all kinds of suspicions on his body, the old man could be sure that Duan Chen had no malicious intent, because there was no trace of evil intent on him, and there was no sword intent on his body that a swordsman should have, and it was unspeakable to think of it. The old man was thinking about it, when the door opened, and Duan Chen walked out of it. At this time, he was dressed in plain clothes, with black hair up to his shoulders, and a slender body with a handsome face, which made him look quite chivalrous.
"Hehe, the young man is very handsome. The old man quipped. Duan Chen just smiled slightly and shook his head, he didn't care much whether he was handsome or not, no matter how handsome he was, he didn't have the strength, wouldn't he be looked down upon. "Alright, let's go. The old man was on crutches and turned to walk outside as he spoke. Duan Chen was puzzled, and hurriedly asked, "Old man, where is this going?" "Take you to meet them." The old man replied without looking back.
Duan Chen had no choice but to follow out, and when he arrived at the place, he found that this was a place similar to a martial arts training field, with a radius of five miles, very empty, and a few stone people, in the center of the field was a large stone platform, the platform was three meters high, it should be set up for a martial arts competition, I don't know where the old man's voice and strength came from, and shouted in all directions - everyone gathered. After a while, people came from all over the world.
Almost waiting for everyone to come, Duan Chen and the old man stood on Shitai Mountain, looking down at the people below. Duan Chen counted, there were probably more than a thousand people, what a lot. At this time, the old man spoke: "Everyone be quiet. Now I call everyone here, mainly to say two things, the first thing is that we Zhong Lingshan has a new friend, he may have to live with us for a long time, his name is Duan Chen. Now, let him introduce himself. ”
The old man gave Duan Chen a look, he took two steps back, Duan Chen understood, took two steps forward, and shouted down, "Hello everyone." Originally, because I could have some applause, who knew that some of the people below looked at him coldly, and some pointed at him and asked the people next to him, who is this, so thin. But there were one or two girls whose eyes became heart-shaped, and they said stupidly, "Wow, handsome guy." Hearing this, a man next to him retorted: "Cut, can such a small body satisfy you?" "I want you to care, I'm more handsome than you anyway!"
"Uh" Duan Chen didn't expect this, he coughed lightly a few times and continued. "Everyone, my hometown is too far away, because of some things, I came here, I hope I can live in harmony with you in the future. When I first arrived, there may be places that people are not satisfied with, but I can do my best to fit in here, so that everyone will accept me and like me. After speaking, the audience was instantly quiet, Duan Chen's heart was like a stone hanging, you must give it your strength, don't complain to me, please. The silence only lasted for a few seconds, and after a while it boiled again, and some men stopped joking with him, and said with a smile on their faces: "The temper is not bad, I reluctantly accept you." "Handsome guy, I support you!" another coaxed, as if he was a loyal fan of Duan Chen.
Fortunately, nothing went wrong, Duan Chen pinched a sweat in his heart, and found that although the people here were very casual on the surface, they were kind-hearted, the old man was, the girl who saved himself was, and the people here were too. Duan Chen suddenly remembered the Dragon Clan, although it was not as luxurious as the Dragon Clan, it had more of a taste of home than the Dragon Clan, and it was actually a very good choice to live here.
I thought I was done and I could retreat, but who knew that the audience suddenly shouted: "Slow!"