Cramped lanes, low dwellings. Garbage is piled up haphazardly, and sewage flows everywhere. Although it was already night, the flies had not yet rested.

They gather and disperse, buzzing around rotten and spoiled food, bringing a different kind of sound to the otherwise silent night.

Syllable! The sole of your foot stepped on a beverage crate, and the air burst with a crunch sound. It also frightened a mouse that was foraging for food, and fled towards the hole in the wall at a rapid speed.

has the experience of living in the outer city back then, Wei Tao didn't care about it at all. There was even an inexplicable feeling of intimacy.

He walked briskly through the alleys, gathering together the information he had.

"Xu Yao, twenty-three years old, did not find a suitable job after graduating from university, has been relying on working everywhere to make a living, in the past few months just joined a decoration company, in the design and miscellaneous work."

"Yin Yin, twenty-one years old, just graduated from a university in Beijing, and then entered the Baishan Group to work, which can be regarded as a proper Bai Fumei personality."

"In every sense, the two sides are not all the way at all, but they have had a few contacts recently because of work, and they don't seem to have said a few words from beginning to end, so why did it become a matter of caring for her?"

"And the young man who was eaten doesn't seem to be a gang member who often fights and kills, what kind of secret is hidden in this......

"Forget it, everyone is dead, it's my business." Wei Tao gathered his thoughts and stopped at a T-junction.

He looked at the two scarlet cigarette butts that came in front of him, and suddenly recalled memories that had been quite long.

The familiar and intimate feeling was quietly reflected in reality at this time. These two guys, aren't they here to rob?

"Boss, the two of us brothers haven't gotten together for the past two days, why don't we borrow two money to spend?" The short man puffed out a smoke ring and patted the bulging thing around his waist.

The other man slowly approached and said with a smile on his face,

"Give my brother a face, let's make friends, and ...... in the future" He didn't finish his words. I was dazzled by the sudden rise of sand.

Peng!! Then there was a muffled sound. He covered his face and fell. I didn't even have time to scream. He was kicked in the face again.

His head tilted and he passed out directly. Goo Dong! The short man's throat swelled, struggling to swallow saliva. He subconsciously pulled out the dagger hidden at his waist.

But he kept cowering and didn't dare to rush straight up. And the twitching corners of his eyes, as well as his trembling legs, revealed his fear even more clearly.

The short man didn't expect that the guy on the other side would be so bloody and brutal. If the two of them are gangsters, that guy is definitely a murderous bandit.

It seems that there is no need to think through the brain at all, and when he comes up, he rushes to kill and kill people, without any hesitation at all.

Even, that slap and step are quite crisp and neat, and it looks a little pleasing to the eye. However, if these two fell on him, he didn't dare to imagine what kind of consequences it would be.

"Make a friend?"

"You deserve it too." Wei Tao casually put the blood-stained statue of the Joy Mother into his pocket, and picked up a brick from the side.

He slowly stepped forward,

"If you have any money, give it to me." Although the other party has a sharp weapon in his hand, although there is no trace of cultivation in this body, he is not panicked, and his state of mind is like a dry well in dry land, and there is no slightest wave from beginning to end.

After all, his combat consciousness is still there, and he has the spiritual consciousness of the Great Grandmaster of the Anode Xuan Realm, and his control over his body is far beyond that of ordinary people.

And in this dark and dirty environment, he is even more experienced, far from being comparable to two thieves who don't even dare to kill their hands.

"Yes, some ......" The short man suddenly shook his head and hurriedly took out all the banknotes in his pocket.

"That's all I have on me, I don't know if the boss has it there." Wei Tao stared at the short man's eyes, his eyes fell on his shoulder, and he stepped forward again.

"Throw the money and the knife over, and you're good to go."

"Yes, yes, I'll do it." The two sides looked at each other, and the short man's body trembled again. He hurriedly threw his things to the ground, turned around and walked away without hesitation.

Peng! He had barely taken two steps when he received a flying brick in the crook of his knee. Then he stumbled and slammed his head against the wall.

Immediately afterwards, Wei Tao grabbed his hair and hit him a few times with greater force, and soon his eyes rolled and he fainted.

Soon after, Wei Tao walked through the entire dark alley and turned into another small road. He looked at the tube building in the distance, and his eyes returned to the dilapidated signboard shop hanging on the side of the road, and some memories that had long been washed away by time to yellowing suddenly appeared quietly at this time.

Once upon a time, as he does now, he used to walk the streets and alleys, counting how much change was left in his pocket.

Time seemed to come to a sudden standstill at this moment. The memories of the past and the current reality quietly converged in the depths of his consciousness, and then left in their respective directions.

It's like it's gone, and it can't come back after all. The people who were once closest to each other may at some point drift away and no longer feel that familiar breath.

And all this, when I look back on it after a long time, it is like being covered with a mask of a lake, and no matter how hard I try, it is difficult to get back the clear memory of the beginning.

Wei Tao closed his eyes and slowly opened them again. At this moment, he suddenly understood the autopsy fairy and the female alchemist.

And for the pursuit of the other side of eternity, for the first time, there was a little curiosity and expectation. Katsa let out a soft sound.

Wei Tao took out the key and opened the rusty iron door. A breeze stirred up the dust on the ground.

The moonlight slanted in through the crack in the door, reflecting on the dilapidated furniture, dividing two areas of light and dark, and taking out the convenient fast food that had just been bought.

Turn on what can be called an antique black and white TV. Wei Tao sat down on the bench, chose a news program, and watched it while eating.

"City Councilor Ling Yuan went to the Baishan area today to have a detailed meeting with the chairman of the Baishan Group on the development of the surrounding wild mountain forest."

"Small-scale armed terrorist/terrorist attacks in the northern mining area, for which the Golden Circle has claimed responsibility."

"Now there is an urgent news that a dangerous gas leak has occurred at a school in the city, and the entire campus has been closed and all people are not allowed to enter. Since it was late at night when the incident occurred, no casualties have been found so far, and the specific cause of the accident is under intense investigation. ”

"The following is a ...... of international news"

"What I saw and heard along the way, and then look at the news broadcast, there is indeed some confusion here, but what the specific situation is, we need to know after more in-depth and detailed investigation and analysis." When Wei Tao thought of this, he suddenly had a little doubt in his heart.

He didn't quite understand why a school had a dangerous gas leak. There is even a complete blockade of the two surrounding streets, which is not a normal thing to think about no matter what.

What's more, if it was a gas leak, it should have been said in the news long ago, rather than as it was broadcast.

He wasn't very concerned about that, though. What really needed his attention was whether there was a cultivation system in this world.

If there is, find a way to take it into your hands and delve into the practice. Just like he did in Lingyin Mountain, it was used to strengthen and enhance the true spirit soul.

If not, then only the mark left by Ximu and the reason why it weaves cobwebs in this world, you can leave directly after finding it, and there is no need to waste time staying for a long time.

Therefore, the first thing to do is to transform this weak body first. At least you can have enough self-protection to be able to do things with more confidence.

Little by little, time passed. Soon the night faded and the day came. But the sky outside was still overcast, and after a while, a light rain fell, making a dense noise against the windows.

Wei Tao slowly exhaled a turbid breath and looked down at his hands. For a whole night, he first cultivated the Vajra Secret Method, and then switched to the Red Line Fist, but he was never able to get started.

The perception and transportation of qi and blood cannot be said to be completely impossible, but the effect is extremely poor. If the martial arts practice is compared to climbing the peak, it is like carrying a huge weight on his back, and every time he carries qi and blood, there will be considerable resistance, and it is extremely difficult to take a step upward.

In this way, even if you enter the door, I don't know if you can use the status bar to reach the peak in one breath like before.

Thinking about it further, even if it can be improved, if it is really in danger, the effect of the Imperial Envoy Martial Arts on the enemy will be greatly reduced, and it will not be able to play its original role at all.

After pondering for a moment in silence, Wei Tao decided to go out for a walk first, looking for any other cultivation methods in this world.

He quickly ate the last loaf of bread and went out with a black umbrella, submerging into the dwindling rain outside.

Although it was raining, the road was still bustling with pedestrians, rushing towards their respective places of work. From time to time, old-fashioned-looking cars drove by, splashing a lot of water, which immediately attracted all kinds of angry swearing.

Wei Tao stopped at a breakfast shop, counted the hard-earned banknotes last night, and went in to buy two flatbreads with meat.

He wanted to pack it and take it away, but when he saw a person in uniform chatting at the table, he took out the only two coins he had left, asked for a bowl of white porridge, and sat behind them and ate it slowly.

When the men got up to leave, he put the last bit of meatloaf in his mouth, picked up the black umbrella and walked out of the store.

Walking down the street again, Wei Tao has become much more relaxed. I am no longer as vigilant as before, and I am extremely cautious.

And in the next period of time, because of the experience of earning money with his own hands last night, Wei Tao spent his time to find a new target, followed the two pickpockets who caught big fish, and quietly entered an alley.

After another moment, he stepped out of the other end of the alley. The umbrella he was wearing had disappeared and had been replaced by a wide black raincoat.

Soon after, he arrived at the third martial arts gym. Wei Tao pushed the door in, took off his soaked raincoat and hung it up, and walked straight to the front desk.

Maybe it's raining outside, or maybe it's not a weekend break, and the whole gym is quiet, and there is no sound of practice.

Only one receptionist sat at the back of the stage, holding a book in her hand and reading it with relish, not even knowing that someone had come to the front.

Dangdangdang. Wei Tao tapped lightly on the countertop.

"Uh......"

"Sir, how can I help you?" The young woman sitting there received a spirit, which was stuffed into a drawer like lightning, and got up and came out from behind the table.

Wei Tao nodded slightly, with a gentle smile on his face. Although she didn't show enough vigilance just now, judging by her agile appearance when hiding things, maybe this gym can really learn real things.

"I'd like to know about your curriculum." He looked at the picture posted on the wall and spoke casually.

"Oh, that's the case, sir, our course is mainly divided into three parts: beginner, intermediate and advanced, generally for beginners need to be gradual, starting from the basic skills......" The female receptionist was articulate and spoke quickly, constantly emphasizing the strength of the teachers in the gym, the professionalism of the instructors and so on.

Wei Tao listened silently, took his eyes off the wall, and looked at the various training equipment placed inside through the narrow aisle.

After a moment, he raised his hand and did not let the hostess continue,

"What about your curator, I want to communicate directly with him." The hostess was stunned for a moment, and a smile quickly appeared on her face,

"Wait a minute, I'll go to the curator." After a while, a tall middle-aged man in sportswear walked out of it.

Wei Tao observed carefully and couldn't help but sigh secretly. This person's muscles are tight, his legs are stable, the joints of his hands are protruding, and his movements are relaxed and measured step by step, and it looks like he does have two brushes.

However, this is only relative to ordinary people who have never practiced. If it is placed in the territory of the Great Zhou, I am afraid that it will not be able to compare to the Red Line Fist disciples who have just reached the entry standard.

Even now, if the two sides fight to the death, they should be able to win the battle.

"Do you want to learn martial arts, sir?" The middle-aged man stretched out his hand,

"My name is Shenhu, and I am the curator of the Huwei Martial Arts Gym." Wei Tao shook hands with him, felt the power transmitted from his palm, and said with a smile,

"I do have plans to study, but I don't know what to learn better." Shenhu was silent for a moment, turned his head and ordered,

"Xiao Ming, you go and make two cups of tea, and this gentleman and I will go inside to drink and talk." Five minutes later.

Wei Tao took a sip of tea, and looked through the large floor-to-ceiling window on the second floor of the gym to look at the rain curtain outside.

He put down the cup and leaned forward slightly,

"Director Shen, what I really want to learn is the methods and means that can comprehensively improve myself, including various forms and various senses of strengthening."

"In that case......" Shenhu frowned slightly,

"Can I understand that you want to make yourself stronger, powerful in all aspects?" Wei Tao nodded,

"Curator Shen can also understand it in the same way." Shenhu rubbed the hot porcelain cup, thought about it and said slowly,

"If I want to improve in an all-round way, I can help my husband test all aspects of the data first, and then make a targeted training plan." Wei Tao sighed, and when he spoke again, his voice suddenly lowered.

"Director Shen, we don't talk in secret, in fact, I'm not interested in these basic exercises at all. If I wanted to, I could do it well by myself, but this was not the cultivation method I wanted. After turning around a few gyms, he didn't seem to have much patience either.

He no longer covered it up, and went straight to the point,

"What I really want is the kind of thing that can be called the secret method of cultivation, which can finally allow people to break through the limits of their spiritual bodies and enter a mysterious realm that is difficult for ordinary people to access." There was silence in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Only the sound of the rain lingered in the ears of the two. Shen Hu's hand holding the tea cup paused slightly, then sighed and shook his head,

"Sir, are you kidding me, if I really have that ability, how can I shrink into this small place, guarding the mouth of a half-dead gym lake?" Wei Tao nodded silently, and did not speak again for a long time.

It wasn't until he finished drinking a cup of tea that he looked at the training equipment downstairs, took out a stack of banknotes from his coat pocket, and gently placed it next to the cup.

"I just looked at the posters in the museum, and the money should be enough for the highest level of study expenses." Shen Hu was slightly stunned, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

He helped fill the tea and said expectantly,

"Has the gentleman decided to sign up?"

"I took out all the money, so naturally I decided to sign up." Wei Tao said slowly, took out more bills from the other pocket and placed them next to the first stack.

"But I'm still very interested in that kind of cultivation secret method, if Curator Shen has any clues, this money will be given to you as a reward for providing information."

"If I can really find a way in the future, I will definitely give it a lot of gratitude." Shenhu lowered his eyes, and his gaze fell on the two stacks of banknotes,

"I'll keep an eye on him, but I ask him not to give him too much hope." The total amount of money on the table is nearly 20,000 yuan, which is already a lot of money in this small mountain town.

In the absence of particularly large expenditures, it can fully meet all the expenses of a family of three for the whole year, and if you save a little, you can even have a lot of surplus.

Even for this martial arts hall, it can be regarded as a lot of income.

"I just need to be able to provide some clues." Wei Tao observed his expression, and still pushed the two stacks of banknotes over,

"This money is also the remuneration that Curator Shen deserves, you just take it away." This should be a person who is not very good at lying, and you can find some clues in the expression of his eyes.

Taking a step back, in Wei Tao's view, it doesn't matter even if it is lost. He can also go and get rich by working hard with his hands.

But since there is a glimmer of hope, it is necessary to hold on to it and never let go.

"Aren't you afraid that I will take the money but not do anything, or even lie to you with casual nonsense?" To Wei Tao's expectations, Shenhu did not take the banknotes on the table, but he did not refuse directly, but asked again.

Wei Tao sighed and picked up the teacup again,

"It may sound like bragging, but I have to say that gaining my friendship is far more valuable than a stack of banknotes." This time, Shenhu was silent for longer.

It wasn't until the tea in the cup had turned cold that he thought about it and said slowly.

"I know a master, I can take you over to visit when I have time, but I don't know if he meets the requirements of the gentleman, and I don't know if his old man will open the door to accept apprentices."

"Then please trouble Curator Shen, I can do it whenever I want, and the sooner the better." Wei Tao smiled and slowly got up,

"It's just that I don't know what the master likes, so I'd better prepare a gift in advance."

"I have the stuff here, and I don't need to spend time and energy preparing it." Shenhu followed and stood up,

"If it is a specific time, it may rain again tomorrow, so it will be tentatively scheduled for the day after tomorrow?"

"Okay, I'll come early the day after tomorrow." The two of them went one after the other, and soon came to the door.

"Curator Shen stays." Wei Tao put on his raincoat and hood, wondering if he was going to make another deal.

At this moment, Shenhu wanted to speak and stopped. He seemed to want to say something, but he closed his mouth and didn't open his mouth.

Wei Tao's eyes flashed, and he gently closed the door that had just been opened.

"Is there anything else Director Shen has to say?" Shenhu took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. He finally made up his mind, and a faint fear flashed in his eyes,

"Since Mr. is very interested in this kind of thing, has he ever seen an alien, or in other words, a reborn awakener?" Inhuman, the Reborn Awakened...... Wei Tao's brows furrowed, thoughtful,

"I haven't met any strangers, and it's even the first time I've heard of them, so if Director Shen knows something, I hope I can answer my questions."

"I also had a brief encounter with one of them by chance."

"Mr. Zo Zhi didn't know, so why should I say this more." Shenhu sighed,

"It's better not to know about this kind of thing than to know, try not to contact it if you can, anyway, in my eyes, it's a group of crazy people who are sometimes normal, and sometimes very abnormal."

"It's okay, I'm interested in it."

"Maintaining a strong curiosity and learning more knowledge is the ladder that makes people progress, so I would also like to thank Director Shen for providing such valuable information." Wei Tao touched his pocket, and there were still a few banknotes inside.

He left only one and pulled out all the rest,

"At noon, if Director Shen has nothing to do, why don't you let me get some wine and food, let's enjoy the rain and drink, and talk while drinking." ……………………………… In the evening, the rain subsided.

Wei Tao walked slowly on the sidewalk. Before he knew it, he was next to the lockdown school. A little further on, you will find the campus where dangerous gases leaked.

Wei Tao went into the roadside shop, took two bags of biscuits and a bottle of drink from the shelf, and took the opportunity to chat with the shopkeeper.

After a few minutes, he left the empty bottle and left the store with the biscuits.

According to the words of a stranger who has crossed paths with Shenhu, and if you guess further, this school is said to have a dangerous gas leak to the outside world, but in fact it may have become a reflection folding area. The specific location, size and area of the folding point are not clear, and the duration of the folding point is not clear, but it is known that if someone happens to enter the folding point when it appears, it will undergo strange changes that are unimaginable to ordinary people. If you are lucky enough to survive, you may awaken some kind of special power, so you are called an Inhuman, or a Reborn Awakener. Wei Tao thought in silence and did not continue to move closer to the past.

Since the campus has been locked down, it means that there is an organization intervening here. His current strength level is close to nothing, so naturally he will not rush in.

What's more, although he was still some distance away, he sensed a chaotic aura of Mohu coming from the campus under the cover of night.

For this kind of vague aura, Wei Tao instinctively felt a little irritable and disgusted. So even if there was no blockade and no one guarded, he didn't plan to go in and find out.

"Let's go and meet the master first, and first find out what the so-called qi in Shenhu's mouth is, and whether it can be used as a cultivation method to improve."

"If it doesn't work, then consider the so-called rebirth awakening." Wei Tao narrowed his eyes and took another look at the shadows of the campus shrouded in the dark rain.

"If there really is a folding map here, based on my instinctive disgust, this kind of rebirth awakening may not be a good thing. At that time, whether it should be the goal of research and exploration needs to be considered more deeply. He thought silently, shook off the water from his raincoat, and quickly left the street, into the darker and more silent alley.

Except for a few waves of pedestrians who looked hurried along the way, Wei Tao never met anyone who could start work.

It seems that on this cold and rainy night, they have no desire to come out and do things. Until he came to the dilapidated alley of the compound where he lived, the dusty iron nails and daggers he hid in his raincoat were of no use.

The street lights have long been broken, and the alley is occupied by a lot of debris and garbage, making it look dark and narrow.

Smack! Bang bang bang! Wei Tao's footsteps kept ringing. Soon came to the corner that led to the compound.

He stopped here. Sticking to the debris poked at the wall, the hands shrunk in the sleeves held the dagger and the iron nail respectively.

Even with a nail in his mouth, the tip of his tongue felt the smell of rust, and there seemed to be a hint of undetectable sweetness.

Wei Tao held his breath and remained motionless. In addition to the sound of rain in his ears, he also faintly heard a very light coughing sound, which had just come from him.

In addition to him, the tenant, there is only one old couple living in the best renovated east house.

Of course, that's not the point. The real point is that the landlord and the old couple don't cough, as long as they cough, it can't be this kind of extremely low pressure, and even sound a little weak and delicate sound.

Is it time for work? Wei Tao thought silently, and suddenly felt a cold coolness, which penetrated the raincoat along the night breeze and quietly invaded his body.

"Something doesn't seem right with this feeling." As soon as the thought in his heart moved, he turned around and left without hesitation.

Head out on the road as fast as you can. The wind seems to be a bit stronger. Mixed with raindrops falling down.

There was a crackling sound that grew denser and denser. Suddenly, there were equally light footsteps behind him. And its speed is extremely fast, and if this trend continues, he will be caught up directly before he reaches the main road.

I turned a corner and came to the T-junction where I worked last night. Wei Tao suddenly stopped at this time.

After the whole person retracted into the already familiar garbage heap, he waited motionless and silently. A moment later, a slender figure, also wearing a poncho, appeared in his sight.