Chapter 18 The Ancient Village
For such a remote area as the Stone Belt region, being able to enter the Bacon School, a famous national government, has always been regarded as a glorious thing, and there is even a village custom in Stone Village, that is, the whole village must go to the entrance of the village to see off and bless the children who go to school in the city. This year is no exception, as soon as the day dawns, everyone rushed to the east of the village one after another, gathered under the archway at the entrance of the village.
Not far from the archway, there is a strange cat that is bigger than the elephant, this strange cat actually has six legs, three tails, the hair on its forehead has been carefully trimmed, forming a big "Wan" word is quite eye-catching, and there is also a cat that can sit six people on its cat's back. Many people gathered around it curiously, and a few children dared to touch its hairy body, but the strange cat ignored all this, and just lay quietly on the ground, licking its forepaws from time to time to clean its face.
Shi Youdao, the village chief, stood up and faced the villagers, and the villagers who were still noisy quieted down. He looked around, as if pleased with everyone's punctual arrival. He cleared his throat and said in a loud voice:
"Today is an important day for our Stone Belt region, because the little ones who stand out in the village examination are going to study at the Bacon School, a famous school in Jingu City. Except for Lin Dumb from Linshi Village, who insisted on starting from their village and did not come here, the other little guys who read their names all stood next to me. Stone Village - Shadow Dance ......"
A girl with waist-length scorpion braids suddenly jumped out of the crowd with a light white aura and landed cleanly beside the village chief, and her light body caused bursts of admiration.
The girl was only about twelve years old, and although she was still childish, her wheat-colored complexion attracted attention, and there were many praises.
"The champion of the village exam is really extraordinary, I heard that this shadow dance has lived in a stone cave with his parents for many years, and has been practicing on the stone mountain for many years, he is really a veritable little beauty. ”
"I didn't expect that at a young age, he would be like the village chief's son Shi Chisha, with seven levels of spiritual power, and his future is immeasurable......
"Stone Village-Shi Chisha, Shijiazhuang-Shi Haoyu, Stone Mason Village-Ghost Tiger ......"
With the warm applause of the villagers, every time the village chief Shi Youdao shouted a name, a child with a glow of inspiration came out of the crowd.
"The last one, Stone Village - Mu Zilei. ”
As soon as the words fell, this time there was a jolt among the villagers, and the voices of doubt were obviously louder than scattered applause, and most people did not know that Mu Zilei had also been admitted until now.
"What's going on? Didn't he lose to Lin Dumb in the village exam?"
"How can a deformed half-spirit person be admitted to the Bacon Academy?"
"He's a veritable scourge, doesn't that school know it?. ”
"This is not fair, why can't my children with five spiritual powers go to the school, but Mu Zilei, who only has one spiritual power, can!" one of the aunts even asked the village chief in a loud voice.
Mu Zilei dragged the heavy wooden leg hoop and walked out expressionlessly in a mocking and suspicious voice.
"I know what everyone is thinking, Mu Zilei got a special recommended place for the Bacon Academy, which is a decision made by the head of the Bacon Academy......" Shi Youdao's explanation not only did not let the villagers relieve their doubts, but attracted more doubts, and his words were immediately drowned in a sound of indignation at the beginning, no matter what he said, everyone still talked on their own, and they were very noisy for a while.
Yellow spiritual light suddenly appeared from Shi Youdao's body, and the villagers standing nearby were immediately subjected to an invisible pressure.
"Who else is not convinced, stand up and tell me!" the yellow light on his body was even more dazzling.
Some people even began to tremble, and at this time, the spiritual pressure disappeared all of a sudden, and Shi Youdao dispersed his spiritual power, and said word by word to the silent villagers:
"Which of you can do it without using any spiritual power, and with just flesh and blood, you can strike a full blow to the Ninth Rank Quasi-Spirit Destroyer?" I Shi asked myself if I couldn't do it, but Mu Zilei, who was only twelve years old, did it, and with this alone, he was fully qualified to enter the Bacon Academy,"
Many people stopped speaking when they heard this, and some even fell into deep thought, and their gaze at Mu Zilei became different.
"In previous years, only two children in our stone village could go to school at most, but this year, including Mu Zilei, there are three of us, which can be said to have set a record for the stone village, which is the glory of our stone village, and it will also be recorded in the genealogy of our stone village," Shi Youdao changed his tone and continued, "I hope that other children will follow their example in the future, strive to improve their strength, and strive for the opportunity to enter the next year." ”
"You guys are on the cat now, don't miss the time, after all, it's not a small amount of money to ask for a six-legged civet cat car. He turned to the five children beside him and waved his hand at the strange cat not far away.
The cat rider standing on the cat's head nodded, and said some strange language to the six-legged civet cat, and the giant cat that was originally lying on his stomach slowly stood up, approached the village chief, and then leaned down again.
The children were reluctant to say goodbye to their loved ones, and the exhortations to "take care of yourself" were heard endlessly. When Shi Chisha's mother-in-law, the "long-tongued woman" Mrs. Shi, muttered "I can't imagine that my family's little temple has grown so big" while shedding tears, Mu Zilei also felt for the first time that she was not as annoying as before.
Soon, the children began to climb up the rope ladder with their belongings one by one.
"Mother, you are ......" Mu Zilei watched in surprise as his mother took off the droplet jade and hung it around his neck.
"Xiao Lei, just in case, this jade lady will give you a side. ”
"Thank you, mother. Mu Zilei said that he knew how much this small jade stone meant to his mother.
"Xiao Lei, you have to use this jade carefully, and you must not let others know. The so-called guilt of conceiving his own crimes, if you don't know it, you know?" Shi Lan next to him reminded in a low voice.
"Xiao Lei, your father's affairs can only be investigated secretly and not overtly, after all, we don't know if there are still people tracking down your whereabouts and plotting against you. Mu Li said.
"Mother, grandpa, grandma, don't worry, I'll be careful," Mu Zilei looked at his relatives, his voice trembling slightly, "I'm leaving, you have to take care." ”
"We will, and you have to take care of yourself. Even Mu Wan'er, who has always been strong and does not cry easily, was a little choked up under the sad atmosphere of farewell around her.
Mu Zilei was the last to board the cat, and after he sat down, the civet cat slowly stood up under the control of the cat's hand, and then began to walk with elegant cat steps. Outside the cat car, the villagers sang the ancient songs that had been passed down from generation to generation, and the sonorous and powerful send-off songs echoed over the stone village for a long time:
Oh! I am the son of the stone in the stone forest,
How many years have no one paid attention,
No tears, no laughter,
Until I wake up, the world changes and wants me to break through.
Wind, fire, water and earth are my oldest powers,
The son of the stone came to the ground, and puffed up a new chest,
The son of the stone walks on the road, and the world knows that I am different,
A frank yellow sky is above, look at how I behave!
"This song "Son of Stone", I have heard it since I was a child, and I am almost calloused when I hear it. A rude voice in the cat car broke the silence in the car, and it was Shi Haoyu from the neighboring village of Shijiazhuang who spoke, he was a small man, and his belly was big, and he looked like a pickle jar that would walk.
"Of course, it's not as good as the "March of the Calamity" we composed. Shi Chisha said as he laughed out loud with bad intentions, but Mu Zilei didn't care about Sang scolding Huai, he just sat stunned and thought about something, his head was still full of the ancient ballad called "Son of Stone".
"Isn't that an old immortal who lives in the ancient forest?" Shi Haoyu said, pointing out of the car.
Mu Zilei looked out when he heard the sound, and saw Granny Ma standing alone next to the huge "divine stone", quietly "watching" them leave. At this time, the six-legged civet took a step, and it finally began to run......;