"About seven years old, wearing open crotch pants walking birds in the village, on the way I met a few little girls of the same age, Jiang Qiu, the child stood aside to pee, was seen by Aunt Zhang, who sold roast duck, and laughed for several years."

"When I was eight years old, I was a little more mature, but I was also in the third grade of elementary school, and I didn't know where to learn the bad problem, and I started to fight with people."

In the warm sunlight, the middle-aged man wearing a gold-edged yellow patterned robe with long braids on the back of his head tilted his head and thought about it, Lu Qingyan squinted his eyes with a smile, put Jiang Qiu's head on his lap, and listened to the story quietly.

"The most impressive thing is him and his brother."

"Once at the end of the year, I was reading a book and tasting tea in the yard, it was a friend who picked the tender tea leaves from Mount Emei, the taste was very refreshing, I should have sat down to enjoy a moment, but I found a large piece of dust at the door. When I went out, Jiang Qiu and his younger brother actually fought in front of my house, rolling all over the ground, and there were a few children clapping and applauding around to watch the excitement. ”

Lu Qingyan said with a smile: "It turns out that Jiang Qiu was so naughty when he was a child, and he knew how to play hooligan at the age of seven?" ”

Lu Qingyan blinked and plucked a white hair for Jiang Qiu, "Then his temper when he was a child was as stubborn as it is now?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled: "It's even more stubborn than now." ”

"When he was a child, his mother scolded him for standing at the door, Jiang Qiu's temper came up, and he stood until he was unconscious and refused to admit his mistake, and he didn't drink water or eat at the end of the day."

"And then?"

"Later?" The middle-aged man had a smile in his eyes, "Later, his mother added an extra chicken leg to him at dinner, and this child will not hold grudges, which is very good, I appreciate him." ”

Lu Qingyan also wanted to ask some troubles about Jiang Qiu when he was a child, but Jiang Qiu, who woke up early but was embarrassed to get up, covered his mouth, and complained happily: "Master, how many years ago was that, and you still reveal my old truth?" ”

The middle-aged man sat on the bench next to the hospital bed, with a dignified posture, like an ancient aristocrat who paid attention to etiquette, paying attention to behaving properly, sitting firmly, and standing tall, "I haven't told you the story of wetting the bed at the age of ten, urinating on your father, and then being beaten by your father with a belt." ”

When he was a child, Jiang Qiu's family was not very wealthy, living in a bungalow in an urban village, sleeping on a kang like a rural village, a large family in the same bed, Jiang Qiu slept next to his father, maybe he drank too much water that night, and dreamed that he was going to the toilet, so he couldn't help wetting the bed.

Who would have thought that it was all urinated on his father.

The man who was woken up by Jiang Qiu's crying glanced at it, and saw Jiang Qiu's father rubbing his body angrily and hitting Jiang Qiu's ass with a belt, Jiang Qiu was crying and urinating at the same time, this funny scene will never be forgotten for the rest of his life.

Jiang Qiu covered his face in shame, "Master, don't say it, I beg you, I'll kowtow to you, okay?" ”

"Besides, didn't you say that you have a lot of debts? Why did you come to Tianyang? ”

Jiang Qiu didn't intend to get an answer from the master, he sensed his physical condition a little, his muscles and bones were intact, and the qi in his body was also full, but there was only one shadow beast missing, and the total capacity of qi in his body seemed to have decreased a lot, and he felt a sense of lack in the dark, and his heart was very uncomfortable.

But none of this is a problem, because Master is here.

In Jiang Qiu's eyes, the master is an unfathomable master in the world, and the master does not know three of them.

I don't know how old I am, I don't know how highly educated I am, and I don't know how strong my force is.

It seems that when Jiang Qiu apprenticed at the age of five and made a contract with his master, the master was so respectful. Now that Jiang Qiu is twenty-one, Master's appearance has not changed in the slightest, and Jiang Qiu has also learned a lot of 'twilight' things from Master.

For example, after eating, I like to sit in the sun and bask in the sun, I like to drink tea, I like to tell stories to children, and I like to do something seriously without hurry.

Jiang Qiu and Lu Qingyan sat side by side, and gently touched her on the shoulder, "I'm sorry, I haven't beaten anyone, it's a bit miserable." ”

Lu Qingyan shook his head, "You have never done anything to be sorry for me, and I have never doubted that you will fail, and I don't think you will give up after taking a blow, you have never been such a person." ”

"I know that I am better than a wife." Jiang Qiu retaliated and snatched the peeled apple from Master's hand, gave half of it to Lu Qingyan, took a big bite of it, and said vaguely: "Master, when Lu Qingyan graduates, you will sit on the main seat at the wedding of the two of us." ”

The middle-aged man was holding the apple peel blankly and sighed imperceptibly.

I'm going to eat it too......

As for Jiang Qiu's proposal, the man agreed with a smile.

Then Jiang Qiu told the small courtyard that Yang Ye said about the third seat of the 'Ice Gate', and asked suspiciously: "Master, do you know where this courtyard is?" ”

Jiang Qiu's eyes lowered and his voice was hoarse, "My dad really ...... Dead? ”

Probably feeling Jiang Qiu's loss and discomfort, Lu Qingyan clenched his hand, he could feel the rough cocoon on it, and he couldn't help but feel a sour heart, he knew that he would ...... that night

However, there is no regret in the world about taking medicine, and besides, that person is not a ghost or a ghost, what if Jiang Qiu dislikes it?

Lu Qingyan went to the library to consult a lot of materials, starting from the history of the advent of the beast, to the formation of the sorcerer, and the stimulation of superpowers, it didn't seem to be like his own special situation. If he married Jiang Qiu, Lu Qingyan felt that he should not hide anything, and he was extremely entangled for a while.

What woman doesn't love beauty?

If the ugly appearance is seen by his sweetheart, even if he doesn't say it, the slight fluctuation of the corners of the eyebrows and the changes in the outline of the corners of the mouth will cause a misunderstanding among women.

The middle-aged man always had a warm smile on the corner of his mouth, glanced at the pensive Lu Qingyan, but looked back for a few seconds, and said: "You can't go up to the world and don't touch the ground, there is no margin to the left or right, this kind of place sounds familiar." It's kind of like the meaning between heaven and hell. ”

Jiang Qiu was surprised: "Where?" ”

"Alaver, Hemistangan, Dante follows the legend of Inferno in that chant. If there is a place that encounters a wall, infinitely high, infinitely long, infinitely wide, it represents death. The pigtailed man smiled: "It should be a metaphor, it is to show that your parents are in a critical situation, but they are extremely safe." ”

"Between heaven and hell, there is no way to live, and there is no way to die. If that little yard has both...... Bondage, no one can enter, and no one in the courtyard can get out. ”

"It may be that your parents met a certain master of the world, instructed them, and arranged this formation with life as the boundary, or some kind of weapon, a special formation produced by a certain terrain, in short, if your parents are in that courtyard, and take your family as the object of use, and use life as a constraint condition, no matter where they are, your parents will have no worries about their lives."

"Life is as brilliant as a song, and life is also the most effective one in the formation."

"As for your father, I guess he was stabbed at best, bleeding a little, and feeling a little pain. If he has left that courtyard, sooner or later he will meet you again at the crossroads of fate. ”

"It's like heaven and hell robbing each other of souls, and neither can rob the other, so even death has become a luxury."

"I'll teach you how to lay out and dissolve the formation in the future, maybe it will be useful to you."

Although he knew that this was not the time to admire, Lu Qingyan couldn't help but say, "You know so much." ”

The man smiled, "It's always useful to read more." ”

Jiang Qiu's eyes gradually regained their brightness, "That means my family may be fine?" Even if my dad was stabbed hundreds of times outside, he wouldn't be able to die? ”

The man shrugged his shoulders and didn't give a definite answer, "According to the myths and stories of Europe, if a person's soul is not destroyed, it is not death." According to the myths and stories of Asia, if the soul of the deceased is not received in the underworld, it cannot enter reincarnation, and from this point of view, it is also not considered death. ”

"Heaven and earth creatures all have qi in their bodies, but there is a difference in whether it can be used or not."

Knowing the general situation of his family, Jiang Qiu breathed a long sigh of relief, Master's words were a booster, so that Jiang Qiu would not impulsively find Yang Ye and ask him where the courtyard was.

Then the previous question asked, "Master, why did you come to Tianyang City?" ”

Jiang Qiu had written countless letters to his master, wanting him to come to Tianyang City together, at least he could take care of his master here, cook a meal for his master, and sit at the door together to watch the sunset. But the master has never agreed, and he has never even approached Tianyang City for half a step, what kind of wind blew him here today?

"There's a little change out there, but it's all the little things."

"Some monsters can't sit still after hearing about your technique, and want to kill you before you grow up, I heard a little wind, so I came over to take a look." The man smiled: "Who would have thought, I found their traces at the boundary monument of Tianyang City, and after entering Tianyang City, their fate line has disappeared and died, and I don't need to make additional moves, so I will stop by to see you." ”

"In addition, you are a little weak now, and your fate line is entangled with many people, and I, as a master, can't always take care of you, so teach you to make you stronger."

"At least with you now, it's not realistic to want to take revenge on Yang Ye, the third seat of the 'Ice Gate'."

The little Jiujiu in his heart was pointed out by the master, and Jiang Qiu didn't refute it, Yang Ye was indeed hateful, his words were provocative and disgusting words, and he also snatched a demon soldier and killed the shadow beast that he had worked so hard to subdue, so he couldn't just forget it.

Besides, his father was so unbearable by him, how unbearable is it!

As for the monsters in Master's mouth who wanted to kill him but died inexplicably, Jiang Qiu didn't think much about it, after all, there would be a day when they would come to light.

He sighed, "Why did everyone want to kill me, and who stopped these potential dangers?" ”

The man shook his head, and Jiang Qiu didn't investigate deeply, but the next master's words made Jiang Qiu a little unconvinced.

"You are too weak now, far from reaching the real level of the shadow magician, I will stay here for about three months in the future, I heard that there will be a comprehensive competition at the end of September at the Xusheng Academy, and the first place can get a demon soldier and a pair of battle armor, you strive to grab it."

Jiang Qiu couldn't lift his spirits, "What if you have demon soldiers?" ”

The man smiled gently, "Don't underestimate them, in fact, they are also very lonely." ”

"Loneliness?" Jiang Qiu suddenly remembered something, and after signaling Lu Qingyan with his eyes to close the doors and windows, he leaned over and groped through the shadows for a moment, and took out a blue-black scythe that was more than one person high, "Master, when that purple demon flower beat me, this knife seemed to speak. ”

Jiang Qiu raised his head, "Master, could it be that this adult gift you gave me is also a demon soldier?" Where did you come from? ”

The man took the scythe and flicked his fingers on the blade, not making a crisp knife sound like the demon knife on a rainy night, but dead silent, without the slightest trembling.

The scythe is made of something and looks like metal, but it lacks the vitality of metal, and there are many constraints such as indestructible and unreproducible.

Jiang Qiu smiled and said, "Master, otherwise you can take it back, but don't be your coffin book." ”

The man was stunned, a chestnut smashed down, Jiang Qiu hugged his head and wailed loudly, "Master, I feel sorry for you, you still beat me, be careful that I slander you!" ”

The man tugged at the corners of his mouth, ignored Jiang Qiu's sprinkling and rolling, and said, "The demon soldier is the pedestal of fate, and you must get as much as possible." ”

"Every demon soldier has a fate, a sad fate. The demon soldiers who were snatched away by Yang Ye, you have to snatch them back as soon as possible. ”

Jiang Qiu rubbed his head, "Got it, Master." ”

Lu Qingyan noticed that this man, who likes machismo on weekdays and likes to resist himself in everything, finally behaved like a child in front of his master, only to see Jiang Qiu playing a scoundrel and saying: "Master, I'm a fourth-level magician, don't you get a little face?" ”

The man looked strange, "Who said you were a fourth-level magician?" ”

Jiang Qiu and Lu Qingyan were stunned, especially Jiang Qiu, with a look of disbelief, "Could it be that I have already reached the third level?" ”

Lu Qingyan rolled his eyes, "Master means that you are a fifth-level magician. ”

Lu Qingyan changed to a comfortable position and sat on the bed, Jiang Qiu lay on Lu Qingyan's chest with a big grin, his face full of enjoyment. Lu Qingyan rubbed his head, wrapped his arms around Jiang Qiu's neck, and asked suspiciously, "Master, why is Jiang Qiu a fifth-level magician?" ”

The man smiled and shook his head, "My surname is You, you can call me Uncle You, or Mr. You, don't call me Master." ”

"There is a contract between me and Jiang Qiu, so Jiang Qiu is my apprentice, and there is no contract between you and me, the rules cannot be messed up, and the contract must be followed."

Strict like an old-fashioned teacher.

Jiang Qiu raised his face and explained, "My master didn't mean to target you, he respected the spirit of the contract the most. ”

Lu Qingyan stuck out his tongue in embarrassment and called out Mr. You obediently.

Mr. You said with a smile: "The ascension of a sorcerer is completely different from that of a superpower, paying attention to the amount of qi, the expansion of the path in the body, the freedom of the mind and spirit, and the integrity of the rules of the small world in the body, so as to realize the extension of the small world in the body to the outside of the body to form the realm." ”

"Superpowers skip these steps and only pursue the ultimate in strength, grading by the degree of destruction, which leads to a lot of crooked magicians."

"Sorcerers should be free."

"As for you," Mr. You handed the book in his hand to Jiang Qiu, "Of the twelve types of shadow beasts, you must surrender at least eight in order to cross the level of number and reach the level of a fourth-level magician." ”

Jiang Qiu remembered the young man named Wang Ziyu in the sewer pipe, it was not difficult for a sorcerer to probe the amount of qi in a person's body at close range.

Wang Ziyu was only a fifth-level magician, but Jiang Qiu could see clearly that the qi in his body was five times that of Wang Ziyu, which was far beyond the level of a fifth-level magician.

Jiang Qiu took the book and glanced at it, it was the most basic "Sorcerer's Aura", was it a hint that he had learned it from scratch?

Mr. You guessed Jiang Qiu's thoughts and reminded, "Otherwise, what kind of place do you think the shadow technique is unique?" ”

"It's said to be a subjugation of the Shadow Beast, but it's more like an alternative symbiotic relationship. The Shadow Beast needs to hand over a part of the Qi to be integrated into your body as a rent, as a condition for retaining memories to obtain 'regeneration', and the [Shadow Warrior] is to advance the 'rent' of the Beast in advance, so you are naturally more abundant than the Qi in the body of other magicians, and the [Shadow Warrior] state will far surpass people of the same level. ”

Jiang Qiu nodded repeatedly.

Gotcha, make an oolong joke.

It turns out that he is not a fourth-level magician, so no wonder he always feels that he is not enough to kill against people.

Fortunately, Master came.

Listen to Master's right words.

The sun gradually climbed to the top of his head, the summer heat wave finally came into force, Jiang Qiu just lay on the bed and broke out in a hot sweat, after a comprehensive examination by Dr. Wan, Jiang Qiu was already fine, so he got up and went to the discharge procedures, but he was slightly distressed when he paid the money, so the kangaroo-like Dr. Wan couldn't help but ridicule and let Jiang Qiu handle a supreme version of VIP.

Only Lu Qingyan and Mr. You were left in the ward.

Lu Qingyan is worthy of being a gentle and weak woman, she knows for the first time that Jiang Qiu still has a master, in the spirit of meeting her parents, Lu Qingyan helped Jiang Qiu sort out her clothes, make a mattress, and poured a cup of tea for Mr. You, and was busy sweating.

Mr. You smiled: "Sit down and have a few words?" ”

Lu Qingyan nodded, sat on the edge of the bed with some restraint, and sat squarely with Mr. You.

This middle-aged man has an indescribable sense of peace, unlike Jiang Qiu's pretending to be chic, Mr. You seems to have experienced the baptism of the years, as calm as a rock.

Mr. You thought for a moment and said, "I don't care about the relationship between the two of you, I only have a contract with Jiang Qiu." ”

"As for you, some things are not said to be my business, and it is your business to listen to them or not, so it doesn't matter if you don't do it."

Lu Qingyan crossed his fingers, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. You, please speak." ”

Mr. You snapped his fingers, and Lu Qingyan suddenly fell asleep, but in just a second, another voice sounded from Lu Qingyan's mouth, "Yo, old immortal, long time no see." ”

After a while, Lu Qingyan woke up, not remembering that he had fallen asleep just now, and asked suspiciously: "Mr. You, did you say that?" ”

Mr. You smiled: "I said it." ”