Chapter 1: The Prisoner of the East, the Boy of the Town

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No one in the world knows his name,

Everyone respects him as a gentleman -

Li Wei's Codex

The autumn of the 10,000th year of the new calendar.

"There is a fog pond in the east, and there is a sacred tree in the dense fog and cold water, which is called the alder giant tree, which is thousands of feet square and ten thousand feet high, and has the same life span as heaven and earth.

Ten thousand years ago, Shenmu gave birth to 48,000 kinds of monsters for no reason, and the vast west came to eat people for fun, and the earth was reduced to a demon domain, and the rise and fall of human beings was only a line between them. When he retreated to the foot of Baishou Mountain in the west, the ancestors who had been sleeping in the illusion of "no return and no return" finally woke up from the prayers of the world, and defeated the demon saints of the Quartet with his bare hands and fists, and retreated to the enemy for hundreds of miles.

The ancestors built a high-walled fortified city on the spot, in order to "steal the city", and passed down the method of cultivation and then slept again.

The new calendar year begins.

In the forty-sixth year of the new calendar, the great master conquered the east and died 3,000 miles away.

In the year 572 of the new calendar, Qiao Limu held the artifact "Heavenly Tribulation", broke into the fog pool alone and killed the black tiger, one of the four saints, and retreated in the encirclement of the two saints of the purple bird and red dragon, so that the human race was mighty, more than 200 cities were built, and the population increased to 10 million"

Li Wei casually flipped through the enlightenment reading materials distributed by the academy, and saw that they were all clichés he had heard countless times, and put them down when he felt that it was not very interesting.

He said to himself:, if it is really so powerful, why do people still have to be locked up in the city for the rest of their lives!

He was never alone with no playmates, and he was not keen on the gang game of "generals fighting", but took a path and climbed to the western wall. He has walked this road countless times and is very familiar with it.

He leaned on the railing and looked into the distance, scanning the winding and clear Qingjiang water and the undulating hills outside the city over and over again, but he still couldn't find the slightest shadow of the demon clan, and felt a little disappointed.

The gentle and refreshing autumn wind blowing on the city tower made Li Wei a little sleepy, he was usually a very vigilant person, but he slept unconscious in the city that day. He had a very strange dream, in which a woman in a purple robe and a veil kept saying to him: "Sir wants to see you, Sir wants to see you."

The woman seemed to be very close, but Li Wei stretched out his hand to remove her veil. Li Wei ran in her dream like a butterfly for a while, but finally she was tired and exhausted, but she was never able to get close to her.

He finally relented and asked weakly: Where is the gentleman?

The woman in the red robe smiled: You agreed?

Li Wei nodded.

The woman in the red robe said, "I can't find him, but you can find him, and you are the only one in the world who can see him."

Before the words fell, Li Wei woke up from his dream suddenly, looked up and looked around at the sky was still clear and bright, and he didn't want to sleep for long. He stretched his limbs and felt a little tired, and he didn't expect that his muscles would be sore even if he ran in his dreams.

"If you eat something in your dream, will you be very full in reality?" Li Wei touched his shriveled stomach, and when he turned his head, he forgot all the instructions in the dream. When he had come down from the tower, he had taken a new path.

It's not a big town, so you won't get lost if you turn left or right, but it just takes a little more time.

It's just that there was not a single pedestrian in the city that day, and not a single shop with a fire was open, and the silence gave people goosebumps. Li Wei was just nine years old, and he said that he was not small, but he was not too big, and it was inevitable that he would show timidity in his heart.

But the childish and crisp voice echoed over and over again in the empty alley, but it seemed even more terrifying.

Xiao Wei closed his mouth, buried his head and ran, and finally saw a person in front of an old house.

The handsome white-haired man looked up at him, his eyebrows trembling slightly, as if there were thousands of stories to be told.

Xiao Wei and he have never been masked, but they can guess that he is Mr. at a glance.

No one in the world knows his name, but everyone respects him as a gentleman.

He has been waiting for twenty-four years in this small city on the banks of the Qingjiang River, but no one knows about it.

In the prophecy of heaven, there will be a snow in Qingjiang City, and Mr. Snow Queen will finally be freed.

He sat on the stone steps in front of the door all day long, admiring the rain on rainy days and watching the sky on sunny days, and after twenty-three autumns, there was still not a single person, not a single animal, not even a wisp of air in this world that could detect his existence, and the shackles he carried blocked all his existence.

And at this moment, Li Wei asked from afar: Are you a gentleman?

With a smile, he said the first thing he had said to the world after a long absence: yes, no more.

The gentleman pushed open the door of the courtyard and invited Li Wei in. Behind the door, the dry well of the courtyard was bubbling with spring water again, the dimly lit hall was lit with bright lanterns, and the rotting leaves on the ground showed a fresh green and rose into the air and fell back to their original branches.

With a smile on his pale face, he looked up at the sky and said, "The legend begins today!"

Li Wei thought that he had met the gangsters and turned around and fled in panic, but what could not be cut off behind was the wild laughter of the gentleman.

I don't know when the noisy sound of people on the road resumed, Li Wei recklessly crashed into the arms of pedestrians and did not apologize and just ran out desperately, the passerby scolded a few words of imp, followed the direction he ran into the courtyard, and wondered: When will there be a family here?

It's just that I didn't expect that two days later, Li Wei actually came back with the courage to come back again, accompanied by a young woman. The woman secretly gave him a look, and Li Wei stepped forward and knelt down with some reluctance and said: I hope that Mr. will accept me as a disciple.

There is no need for a gentleman.

No one in the world can be more clever than Mr., since Li Wei is destined for him, he is destined to become his disciple.

I thought that an extraordinary immortal like Mr. must be different, but I didn't expect Li Wei to still read articles every day. Fortunately, the old scriptures are more profound than the college readings, and even if they are obscure, they are better than clichés.

Li Wei struggled to hold on for more than ten days, and finally couldn't help but be playful. But he didn't mention a word about the dryness of the scriptures, just pretended to be innocent and begged Mr. to tell some anecdotes and wild histories outside the city.

My husband has been lonely for too long, and sometimes he misses the joy of talking to people. The laity have nothing to talk about, but children and saints understand some of the origin of the world, and the gentleman is happy to talk about it.

The people in the world who are qualified to listen to the teachings of Mr. are all powerful people who call for wind and rain; Xiao Wei is still a little doll with short legs and no eggs, and I don't know if it is fortunate or unfortunate to hear this.

One evening, Mr. was about to talk about the ancients, and someone pushed the door in, it was the woman who accompanied Li Wei the day before.

Some people's beauty is exciting, some people's beauty is respectable, and she is always incomprehensible.

The eyes are full of spring, the red lips are painted, and the indescribable charm is not applied to the powder. Wearing a white linen robe, with a hook edge, plain and pure, and a green robe, the waist is tied into a Yingying hand, and the spring color that cannot be hidden is full of gardens, and the graceful posture is graceful. There is a jade hanging on the waist, and the pattern of the phoenix is delicately engraved in the square inch, accompanied by the steps of the three swaying rings, but it is in contrast with the simple clothes.

Li Wei called out to her mother, and ran to her in a hurry and grabbed her waist.

The woman respectfully greeted her husband and said, "It's time for dinner, I'll call Li Wei back home."

The gentleman watched the two of them leave with a slight bow.

Xiao Wei was very excited when he first saw him, but when he heard that he was home, he waved his hand again and again, and said busily: No, no, mother, Mr. wants to tell me about things outside the city.

But she still took Xiao Wei out of the courtyard and said: It's going to be dark soon, do you want the town guard to wait for you!

She looked up and saw that her husband had already returned to the house, so she continued: "There are monsters everywhere outside the city, and children like you can eat five in one bite." Thinking about going out of the city all day long, aren't you afraid?

Xiao Wei scratched the corners of his eyes and said with a pout: You haven't been out of the city again, how do you know what the monsters outside the city look like. Mr. said that he is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of death. As long as I'm not afraid, youkai won't scare me.

The woman blushed faintly, kneaded Xiao Wei's face, and said: I remember that Mr. said this and Mr. said that. I'm your mother, why don't you listen to your mother!

Xiao Wei also wanted to continue "Mr. said". However, the more his mother pinched it, the happier he became, and he whimpered and couldn't pronounce a word. The woman took Xiao Wei into her arms with interest and kissed her heavily. Xiao Wei symbolically struggled and liked his body very much, but he was not honest and said: I am not a child.

The woman's green fingers pointed at the tip of Xiao Wei's nose and said, "Little man, how about your mother carrying you home today?" Xiao Wei nodded happily, stuck to her mother's back like a little sloth, and comfortably rested her head on her mother's shoulder.

After walking for more than half an hour, the young woman asked softly, "Has Mr. taught you the technique?" But I don't want Xiao Wei to be confused and sleepy. As they spoke, they came to an extremely grand mansion with a gilded plaque that read "Qingjiang Town Shoufu".

This town guard mansion is the mansion of Li Geshu, the number one leader in Qingjiang City. And the woman's name is Bai Bei'er, and at the age of fourteen, she entered the town guard mansion and became Li Geshu's maid. She was born beautifully, but she never had an heir, like a white and flawless bottle.

In this world, monsters and beasts are rampant, wars and disasters are continuous, and it is not easy for people to live, and only two or three out of ten can grow up safely; She didn't dare to ask for rain and dew, so she lived a submissive life with her head down, and stayed in a simple courtyard in the corner.

And Li Wei was originally the fourth son of the third lady who guarded the town, but unfortunately the third lady had a difficult birth when she gave birth, and her mother was unknown, so Li Geshu wanted to send him back to his parents' house. However, the mother's family is thin, and there is no one to support, and after several tosses and turns like a cargo, somehow it was passed on to Bai Bei'er. Bai Bei'er is naturally overjoyed and regards it as his own.

The white bottle in front of the door glanced up, and the house was crowded with people, and the sound of congratulations was frequent. Bai Bei'er didn't stop, but immediately lowered his head and walked again, and walked around to a slightly remote side door to the west of the Li Mansion, the door was mottled with red paint, and the couplet was also a little damaged.

Bai Bei'er held the sleeping Xiao Wei with one hand, and freed up one hand to push the door with difficulty. The door frame shook faintly, and then with a creak, the heavy wooden door slowly opened. Bai Bottle's body was weak, and he was a little dizzy with his strength for a while, and he actually took a small step. The hut where the mother and son lived was very close to the side door, but only seven or eight steps away. The walls of the courtyard are high, but the houses are very small. In the afternoon, the whole house was shrouded in the shadows cast by the walls, and now it was evening, and it was even more gray and dark.

She carefully put down Xiao Wei, looked at him with a smile when he was asleep, and whispered: Xiao Wei, Xiao Wei, you grow up quickly.

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