At this time, on a lively street, a little beggar sat with his head bowed and leaning against the wall, unable to see any expression. Whether he was contemplating, reminiscing, or regretting, everything was incomprehensible, and all he could see was the shabby and old and strange black hat used to beg in front of him. His clothes seemed to have never been changed in his life, and his white shirt was now black, so short that it was like a few strips of tattered cloth.

Not far from the little beggar there were many beggars and some small beggars, all of whom were begging from the people in the street, but not many of them gave them alms.

However, if someone takes a closer look, they will definitely see that this little beggar is Li Aocheng, he is no longer the dashing son, and he is not very particular about dressing.

Now two years have passed, Li Aocheng has been a little beggar for two years now, and now his face is full of emaciation, his whole body is thin like a withered branch, and his face has now faded from the blue, and his face is full of a mature atmosphere.

Li Aocheng is no longer so benevolent, he will now design to deceive other people's sympathy, and he will also steal things from others, steal other people's things to eat, fight with others, and even sometimes kill people.

He has now seen everything very clearly, knowing everything in this continent, only when you become stronger, you are qualified to have it, and only when you become strong in this world can you be qualified to take what you want, for the purpose, no matter what means and what schemes you use, you are wise.

He has now realized the cruelty and ruthlessness of reality, in this vast land of Tianwu, there is only cruelty, only interests, there is no family affection, friendship, no means for the sake of the end, no one will make you worthy of sympathy, worthy of your love.

If you want to live on this continent, you must have enough strength, as long as you are strong, you are qualified to sympathize with others, to get what belongs to you, if you want to gain the sympathy of others, then you must have the strength of others to gain sympathy.

In the past two years, he has been scolded and beaten by others countless times, sometimes his injuries will take a long time to heal, sometimes because he can't get food, he will be hungry for a few days, and sometimes for a mouthful of leftovers, he will beat others with his head and bleed and bruises all over the ground.

He now has only one thought in his heart, that is, to become stronger, he just wants to become a strong man, he has been trained in martial arts because of countless peeks, and he has been beaten by others countless times, but he has never regretted it.

He also thought about returning to the imperial capital countless times, and wanted to find his parents countless times, but every time he thought of his test results, he was discouraged countless times and had inferiority complex countless times.

He knows the cruelty of this world, if he can't become a strong man, then even if he goes home, he will still be looked down upon, and even bullied often.

It has been difficult for him to break the shackles in his heart now, and there is still an invisible cage that binds him, and as long as he breaks this cage, then he can go home.

In order to live, Li Aocheng and the others have now left Qingcheng Town and arrived in Tianhua Town, which is not far from Emperor Li, which is relatively prosperous and easy to survive here, but it is not very luxurious here, nor is it very big, so it can only be regarded as a small town.

Tianhua Town belongs to the property of the Li family, and the people here have settled down and fallen leaves, and their lives are not bad, but the Xiaotun Town next to Tianhua Town belongs to the Xiong family's sphere of influence, and there will often be conflicts here, but there is no martial arts, and there are no cultivators here.

They also have no choice, in order to live they wander around, begging everywhere, and finally settle here, their current team is a little smaller than before, because most of the people are starving to death, freezing to death, being beaten to death, for any reason. Most of the current people are new to joining, and there are not many old people left at all.

However, in the past two years, two major events have occurred in the imperial capital, one is the selection of disciples by the Taoist Sect, you must know that this is a major event that the empire attaches great importance to, and it is also something that everyone yearns for.

However, the disciples selected by the Dao Sect are extremely strict, the requirements are also very high, and the number of people required is also quite small, but these people are mainly selected from the royal family and the nine major families, and other families also participate, but few people are selected.

However, if there are outstanding talents and they don't succeed in the challenge, then the Dao Sect will also think of other ways to make their cultivation faster, and they will be introduced to the Holy Heaven Academy to study.

All the disciples who succeed in the challenge can also choose to study in the Holy Heaven Academy, and the Dao Sect will not be embarrassed, but they must return to the Dao Sect after graduation, otherwise the consequences will be very serious.

Those who study in the Holy Heaven Academy also have requirements, if they directly become the core disciples of the Dao Sect after graduating with excellent cultivation, and those who are not outstanding directly become outside the sect, in short, the Dao Sect will not treat them badly.

You must know that the Holy Heaven Academy is the third largest university on the continent, and there are five universities on the Tianwu Continent, namely the Tianwu Academy, the Demon Heaven Academy, the Shengtian Academy, the War Dance Academy, the Golden Phoenix Academy, and of course, some other elementary schools, but they must be attached to these universities, each of which is assigned in a different direction.

However, the closest to the Taoist Sect is the Shengtian Academy, and the relationship between the two is also relatively good, and the two establish a mutually beneficial relationship.

However, what is worthy of everyone's attention is that this time the Dao Sect has to select ten people in the Qing Empire, not only that, but there are also three candidates, which means that thirteen people will be selected, which is the most selected in the Qing Empire.

I heard people describe this selection as extremely exciting, it makes people feel excited, and because this incident has caused a lot of sensation.

The people who were selected this time were two members of the royal family, two members of the Zhao family, two members of the Li family, one person from the Zhou family, one person from the Wang family, one from the Qian family, one from the Sun family, and a few extraordinary people who suddenly appeared.

To the two people of the Li family, it belongs to Li Tian and Li Fan, the two brothers, but this time what people didn't expect was Li Fan, he was the youngest, but in the end he suddenly appeared, he is the largest batch of dark horses in this year, and his strength is also the strongest, which no one expected, after all, people only know that Li Fan has a good talent for poetry and songs, although he is slightly famous in cultivation, but no one knows that he is so powerful, even Li Tian is inferior, everyone still thinks that Li Fan is like Li Aocheng, only has inhuman talent in poetry and songs, and there is nothing to praise in cultivation。

And what is even more surprising is Li Fan's final choice, he actually chose to go to the Holy Heaven Academy to study directly with his brother, and did not go directly to the Dao Sect, you must know that his talent in the Dao Sect will not be long before it enters the range of core disciples, but he did not do so.

There are five people who asked to go to the Shengtian Academy this time, and there are three candidates, Zhao Yu'er is one of the candidates, Li Tian and Li Fan, obviously Li Tian is going for Zhao Yu'er, but Li Fan is confusing, he can't be for Li Tian.

However, what is even more exciting is that Li Tian and Zhao Yuer made a marriage a few days after the selection, which made people even more surprised, the Zhao family and the Li family became in-laws, will it mean that the two families have formed an alliance, you must know that the Li family and the Xiong family are fighting now.

In the past two years, because the Li family has produced the waste of Li Aocheng, the Xiong family has been looking for another opportunity to attack the Li family, and I don't know how many times I have fought in large and small battles, and sometimes it directly alarmed the emperor.

However, these were all a year ago, and now they have long passed, and people are even more unexpected, this year's battle, this is a major matter related to people's interests, who doesn't care