(PS: Today's new book "Celestials" finally has its own starting point novel cover, and readers who are interested please take the time to pay attention to it.) This cover is provided by the well-known domestic cartoonist and illustrator that I personally admire and love, Brother Dong Shaohua (nickname: Heavy Scarecrow), and I would like to express my deepest thanks to Brother Dong and the editor who helped to complete the cover. )

Xue Li walked slowly to a shot put ball on the left, he calmed down, breathed deeply, breathed three times, shouted violently, raised his right palm and slashed at the center of the shot put-everyone saw that the right palm was full of feet into the shot put before stopping.

Tie Song gasped and cut into the lead ball more than a foot, my obedient, if this palm hits a person, I am afraid that four Lu Zhan can be cut into eight by him.

The nurses of the second team were thunderous, while the nurses of the third team were not so good-looking.

Xue Li quickly withdrew his palm and walked back to his own team, squinting at Lu Zhan triumphantly.

Lu Zhan was not panicked, Shen Yi walked to the shot put on the right, he first stroked the smooth sphere of the shot put with the palm of his hand, one circle, two circles, three circles, five circles, ten circles......

The nurses of the three teams all held their breath.

And the nurses of the second team shouted one after another: "Cut it, boy!"

"It's really grinding, the little doll just admits defeat. ”

"Hehe, can you touch this shot put into a tofu ball for a long time?"

In the second team, only Xue Liji's face began to become solemn, and at this time he could faintly see that Lu Zhan was actually gathering strength with the help of the circling action of touching the ball.

This seemingly gentle way of accumulating power is much more clever than his own way of gathering brute force by relying on the dantian to burst out, and it is a very strange way of gathering qi described at the end of the last exercise commentary in "Wolf Teeth Splitting Empty Palm". At that time, I thought that method was too mysterious, so I didn't put too much effort into practicing and understanding it.

I didn't expect this young boy in front of me to really practice to this point. Judging by this action alone, I don't know if he is just pretending to have learned some fur now, or if he has indeed cultivated the essence of the Splitting Void Palm Technique, and has already surpassed his own cultivation.

Over there, when Lu Zhan was spinning to the twenty-sixth turn, he suddenly raised his right palm, his whole body was condensed, and he slammed his palm downward like lightning!

Everyone only heard a soft and crisp sound of "popping", and the lead ball was split into two in an instant, turning into two semicircles, one large and one small, and the fracture was so smooth and flat, as if it had been cut off by an eighth-level treasure knife.

Hearing and witnessing, the audience fell silent.

It took three breaths of silence before the three teams erupted in enthusiastic cheers, and then the people rushed up, lifted Lu Zhan up, and threw him into the sky to celebrate the triumphant victory.

As the leader, Tie Song also applauded excitedly, looking up at the team of the second team opposite.

Seeing that the nurses of the second team were all silent, Xue Lijian blushed even more, and looked gloomily at the lead ball on the ground that was split into two petals, and then snorted angrily and walked away from the training ground in a gloomy manner.

The second team of nurses also dispersed in frustration.

Tie Song patted Lu Zhan's shoulder vigorously and gave a thumbs up: "Brother Lu, it's good, let's go, let's drink, we won't get drunk tonight!" Saying that, he waved his hand to the nurses of the three teams and said: "Today Lao Tzu is in a very good mood, tomorrow I will let you brothers have a day off, you can go out and have fun casually." ”

The nurses responded with a bang, and the cheers were like thunder.

That night, Lu Zhan accompanied Tie Song and several other black belt nurses to drink and have fun, and they were happy;

By the time the banquet was over, it was already late.

So he decided not to go home and sleep, but to spend the night in the rest room on his squad.

When he walked to the door of the lounge, he heard Xi Liuzi's absurd humming from the side room next to him, and the light was still faintly on in the room.

He glanced into the wing room, and saw Xi Liuzi lying on the bed with Erlang's legs crossed and singing a little song, and on a table next to him, Ma Lixiong and several nurses were gathering in a pile to gamble.

The homes of these nursing homes are not in the local area, so they all live in the nursing homes.

Xi Liuzi's eyes were sharp, and when he saw Lu Zhan, he quickly got up and shouted, "Hey, captain, why didn't your old man go home?"

"Oh, it's too late for a good drink, I'll just spend the night in the lounge. Lu Zhan walked into the wing, and the nursing homes who were gambling quickly packed up the table and made way for the rest of the room.

"Why haven't you rested yet?" asked Lu Zhan with a smile.

Ma Lixiong replied with a smile: "Thanks to your captain, the iron chief will let us have a whole day off tomorrow, so the brothers will gather in a bunch to play, whoever is lucky to earn more silver, Ming'er is better to go to Baihualou to find the girls to play, that-that open meat." ”

As he spoke, everyone laughed obscenely.

Xi Liuzi hurriedly explained to Lu Zhan: "The girls in Baihualou are all fake and serious, and they are dragged and pretended to be forced all day long. It's still a good girl from Chunxiang Pavilion, all of them are babies, and you can pinch the ** of the water. If Captain Lu has a "surname" interest, Ming'er and I will take your old man to the old man's house. ”

Another nurse immediately retorted: "The girls in Chunxiang Pavilion are all old and decrepit old sluts, and only a guy like you, who is not picky and has no taste, will run there without anything." We, Captain Lu, are young and talented, wouldn't it be cheaper for those old sluts and old cows to eat tender grass when we go there? Captain Lu, Ming'er, you come with me, and I will take you to Yuyanfang, that is the high-grade place, and the sons of the families in Yunmeng City and the rich businessmen from other places also often go. ”

Xi Liuzi was furious when he heard this: "What is wrong with Lao Tzu not having taste and not being picky? Lao Tzu has no taste, we also have a good time, which is like you, you only know how to smoke Fushou big tobacco paste all day long, and all your hard-earned silver has turned into green smoke......

Lu Zhan saw that the two of them were arguing inexplicably about which one to go to, and he suddenly felt funny. He quickly changed the topic, and he saw that in addition to the silver taels on the gambling table, there were also some pills piled up, and he couldn't help but be curious: "Can these pills also be used as gambling funds?"

"Absolutely. Ma Lixiong explained: "On the market, the market value of a "Yangyuan Dan" is fifty taels of silver, and some people don't have enough silver in their hands now, so they use pills to fill the number. ”

Lu Zhan was very sorry: "It's a pity not to keep such a good pill for yourself." ”

"What's so bad about that. A nurse sighed and said, "We are not like the captain, you are an old man, we are already so high in martial arts at a young age, and there is still room for further improvement." The elixir that can quickly improve your cultivation is of course valuable to you.

But we all have self-knowledge, I am afraid that we can only struggle in the realm of refining the body in this life, these primary pills are not of great practical use to us, it is better to exchange them for silver to buy more necessary things, and it is affordable to be relaxed and happy. ”

When Lu Zhan heard him say this, his heart moved, his martial arts attainments had improved by leaps and bounds during this time, but the speed of taking pills like him at two pills soon made him stretched, and the pills were about to run out.

Although in his monthly salary, in addition to silver, there are also six benefits of "Yang Yuan Dan" per month. But for him, who has to eat two pills a day, how many days can he last with just six pills?

Therefore, in recent days, he has been worried about the lack of "Yangyuan Dan".

Hearing that someone was actually exchanging the precious pill for money, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, so he said to the nurses: "If you have extra pills on hand and want to exchange for money, you can ask me to exchange them, and I will exchange them with you at the market price." ”

All the nurses responded, "Okay, I have two here." ”

"I have one. ”

Xi Liuzi took out a porcelain vase, generously stuffed it into Lu Zhan's hand and said, "I have three here, captain, you have to take them all and give them to you." ”

The pills of the nurses didn't even reach ten, and Lu Zhan pushed Xi Liuzi's porcelain bottle back to him in disappointment: "Thank you Liuzi for your kindness, but these pills are still too few to solve my problem." ”

Ma Lixiong was stunned and said: "Is the captain planning to take this pill as a meal? Why is the dosage so large? We also give two pills every month, and some brothers will go to the secret workshop to exchange it for silver as soon as they get the pill, so they don't have much inventory in their hands." ”

"Take the pill to the secret workshop to exchange for silver?" Lu Zhan became even more curious: "What is this secret workshop?"

"Don't you even know what the secret workshop is?" Xi Liuzi said in surprise: "You usually practice a lot, so don't you go out and walk around much." The Secret Workshop - as the name suggests, is a secret trading market - that is, an underground exchange. In ordinary markets, the things bought in the shops in the open places are all legal and tax-payable, but the things bought there are generally high-street goods. And most of the good goods are monopolized by those wealthy families and royal families. The secret workshop, on the other hand, has a bit of a secret transaction, and there are some shady and illegal transactions, which can be carried out there, so in the secret workshop, you can buy all kinds of wonderful things that cannot be bought on the market, and if you are lucky, you can even meet super good goods at auction. ”

Ma Lixiong took over the topic: "For example, the weapons, protective gear and pills issued by our Lu Mansion have the marks of the Lu Mansion on them, and these things are not allowed to be traded in the market according to the family rules of our Lu Mansion, so we had to take them to the secret workshop to exchange for silver." ”

"Oh, I see. Lu Zhan suddenly realized, nodded, and said, "It's useless to keep my fifth-level steel knife there, it's better to take it to the secret workshop to exchange for pills." I just don't know how to go to this secret workshop?"

Xi Liuzi said with a smile: "Since it is called the secret workshop, of course the location is secret." Well, tomorrow we are going to the market to play, so let's take your old man to the secret workshop to have a look. ”

"That's a good idea. Lu Zhan stood up: "Then I will go back to sleep now, and I will come to you with a knife early tomorrow morning." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for everyone not to send it, walked back to the lounge, and rested.

Early the next morning, Lu Zhan first went home to get the fifth-level steel knife that was rewarded for the martial arts examination, and then rushed to the nursing hall, and after meeting with Xi Liuzi and several other nursing homes, everyone went to the market together.

Yunmeng County is a big county, Yunmeng City as its county governance, located in the water and land rush, vehicles and ships come and go frequently, caravan trade is prosperous, the street is full of shops, the traffic is busy, it looks like it is very prosperous.

But beneath this cloak of prosperity, there are so many heart-wrenching and poignant boils.

I saw so many ragged beggars hiding in dark corners in the streets and alleys;

There are so many refugees in the market who are selling their children and struggling to die;

There are so many starving and brutally murdered people in the wilderness, and the Zombie Wilderness is ignored.

Lu Zhan is also a child from a poor family at the bottom, looking at these eyes full of poverty and suffering, he is deeply touched in his heart and feels very uncomfortable.

"How can there be so many refugees and dead people?" he muttered in amazement, "I remember when I was a child, my father took me out on the streets, but it wasn't like that in the city." Have you been in a famine for the past few years?"

"Let's not talk about how it was in previous years, this year's revenue is not bad-"

Ma Lixiong, who was next to him, also sighed and replied: "But the world is too chaotic now, there are wars everywhere, and people are rebelling everywhere. The most famous rebel army of the Thirty-Sixth Route rose up in all parts of the empire, and the war with the officials and soldiers was in full swing, and the officers and soldiers of the empire and thieves burned and looted everywhere, causing the people to live in poverty, displaced, and the dead and wounded innumerable--alas, no matter what the rise and fall of the world, the most miserable were the common people. ”;