At the end of the fourth watch in early autumn, the cicadas that were finally tired had just quieted down. At this time, it is the sweetest and quietest sleep for ordinary people. If someone is disturbed at this time and sleeps, they may want to hit someone.

The autumn cicada thinks that it knows that its time is short, so it is louder than in the middle of summer, and the crickets should hate it very much. It's all winged, and it's awesome if it's big?

The boy sat up from his bed, as if he had a clock in his body that would never miss even a minute. He stretched out greedily, and then glanced at his hard bed with great nostalgia. Although it was only a bed made of one door panel and two stacks of blue bricks, it was already the most luxurious furniture in the room.

He put on his clothes carefully and treated every button carefully. Not just because he feels like he has to take everything seriously, but because he only has this outfit at the moment. He squatted down and tied the straps of his straw sandals, not loosening a single point or tightening them, it was a new pair of straw sandals, so he used three miles to get used to it, ensuring that this was the most comfortable way to tie it.

Then he tied his hair at the half-torn mirror, the comb made of small wooden sticks tied by pine thorns, and the distance between each tooth was the same.

Well, that's the attitude.

When he combed his hair in the mirror, he had a branch in his mouth that had bitten out a lot of tooth marks.

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He made his smile look like a spring breeze.

He will not let anyone see that he has hatred in his heart, and he will not let anyone feel that he has hatred in his heart. Then he smiled at himself in the mirror and said that this qiē was all about getting back what belonged to him. All the gloom, all the coldness, was carefully hidden by him in the deepest part of the corner, where the warm sun could not reach.

After calculating the time, it was time to go out. He stepped out of the door with one less panel and lifted the pole and barrel outside the door. Even with his eyes closed, he would not take the wrong path, and it was two thousand six hundred and twenty-two steps from his door to the well, one step less than last year.

Because he's growing up.

For him, growing up is a great achievement.

Chen Xi calculated silently as he walked, and when he reached the eight hundred and ninety-ninth steps, he began to laugh, the kind of smile he practiced in the mirror, he leaned forward slightly and said hello, although the old man who closed his eyes and stared in the small forest ignored him as always. But Chen Xi didn't think that it was meaningless for him to do this, nor did he think that the old man didn't see him.

This is the Little Mantian Sect, the most famous sect in Qingzhou.

Even if all the sects in the Nine Ya and Eighty-one Prefectures are counted, the Little Mantian Sect is also at the middle and upper level. This old man was the dean of the Sixth Academy of the Outer Sect of the Little Mantian Sect, and his name was Zhou Jiuzhi. Chen Xi didn't know how high his cultivation was, but he knew that if he wanted to cultivate, he had to get close to this person.

And he has to practice.

Chen Xi's pace was not slowed down by a minute, and he didn't take a second look after walking through. He grasps the degree of perfection and does not make people feel bored.

He needed to fill all the twelve vats in the martial arts arena with water before dawn, and the disciples of the Qingwu Academy would practice in the martial arts arena every day when the sun rose, and then use the water in those vats to take a bath. According to the rules, Chen Xi had to leave before those disciples appeared, because he was just a small handyman, and if he peeked at the disciples' cultivation, he would be beaten to death. The reason why the water is filled every day is because those delicate disciples will never bathe in overnight water.

It's been almost a year, and Chen Xi is counting the days.

It was the middle of winter last year, and now it's autumn.

He brought water from the well, and the difference between two fingers and the thickness of the water was not satisfied. It's the ultimate he's able to do right now, and if the water is full, he'll splash it when he runs. The weight of two buckets of water had already become accustomed to him, and he began to run on the bluestone paved path, and even the running was extremely focused.

The foothold of each of his steps is definitely the most stable place for this bluestone slab. You must know that the mountain road is uneven, and the bluestone slab is not flat, if you accidentally step on the warped place, it is very likely that you will fall on your feet and have a face full of flowers. He passed by the path not far from the old man again and again, but never looked there again.

Just as he passed by for the twentieth time, the old man opened his eyes slightly.

"It's a pity to be a little older. ”

He said something to himself, then closed his eyes again.

Chen Xi naturally didn't know what the old man was thinking, he only knew what he was going to do. If he wants to take revenge, he must practice. Because his enemies are so powerful, so strong that even with the slightest movement of his little finger, he will die without a whole body. Status, power, and strong cultivation, these are the things that his enemies have.

And there's only one thing he has...... Perseverance.

After filling all the twelve vats, Chen Xi wiped the sweat from his head and began to walk back. Walked to a place a mile away from the martial arts arena, took off his clothes and jumped into the deep pool to take a bath. This is the famous blue water cold pool in the Little Mantian Sect, and even the people who open the three grades of the foundation do not dare to come down lightly, because the water is indeed too cold.

Chen Xi dared, and only dared.

Each time, he was worse than dead.

But he sued himself that he had to do it.

On the hillside, Zhou Jiuzhi looked at Chen Xi, who was almost dead in the cold pool, and frowned.

"I don't know what you're carrying, but if you're just trying to impress me, you're going to risk your life...... This kind of mind is not necessarily a good thing. ”

......

......

Chen Xi squatted on the stone and handed the roasted chicken wings to the disciples in the cyan uniforms. The faces of the proud sons of the sky are full of pride, so proud that they don't care about Xu Xi's existence at all. In their opinion, Xu Xi is the one who appears whenever and wherever they need him to appear, and Chen Xi will not let them down every time.

But even so, their attitude towards Chen Xi will not change. They won't beat or scold or ridicule Chen Xi, because they don't have Chen Xi in their eyes at all.

Chen Xi was a mortal, and they were cultivators of the Qingwu Academy...... Even if it's just the lowest-level beginner disciple.

They hadn't paid attention to Chen Xi, but Chen Xi cherished every minute of time he could pay attention to them.

"As you all know, the first day of next month is the annual exam. Only those who have reached the five grades of Kaiji are eligible to participate in the internal examination, and those who have passed the internal examination can enter the transformation tower to practice for three months. Don't just eat, drink and have fun, if none of the students I teach enter the Fortune Transformation Tower, don't say that you are ashamed, and my face will be disgraced. ”

Class A professor Ding Mei looked at his disciples who were playing with him and was slightly disappointed, there were too few outstanding disciples in this class. I remember that when she was cultivating in the Qingwu Academy, there were several geniuses in the same class who opened the foundation of the seventh grade or above, including him who has now become a high-level teacher who shines in another place, and at that time, he was already the eighth grade of the foundation before he entered the Fortune Transformation Tower.

The disciples laughed, and a young man with a grim face among them said, "I don't know about them, but I won't disgrace my husband." ”

Exhibit

Ding Mei glanced at his favorite disciple.

Among Class A, there are no more than five people who are qualified to enter the transportation tower. Among them, the least thing to worry about is this exhibition. Enlightenment at the age of six, opening the foundation at the age of seven, opening the foundation at the age of fifteen, opening the foundation at the age of eighteen, opening the foundation at the age of eighteen, this kind of cultivation speed, looking at the entire Qingwu Academy, is also dazzling enough.

"Neither will I. ”

The girl sitting on the edge of the exhibition is called Shi Xueling, and the young generation cultivated by a big family like the Shi family in Qingzhou is naturally superior. Not only is she very talented, but she is also very good-looking. It's just that she can understand it from the way she looks at Zhanjing.

Ding Mei smiled: "Don't be poor, be careful that I go back and move your seat away." ”

Shi Xueling stuck out her little tongue and reached out to stretch her arm: "Don't, no one can compete for a seat with me." ”

Zhan Qing pushed her hand away and twisted her head to the side.

Shi Xueling was not annoyed, and looked at Zhan Qing and smiled.

At the beginning, she gave Ding Mei a bottle of Qingjiu Lotion worth 100 gold on the black market, in exchange for this seat next to Zhan Mei. Hundred gold is nothing to the teaching of the Qingwu Academy, but the Qingqi Dew is something from the Shijia Medicinal Diet Workshop, and it is not something that can be bought with money.

Although Ding Mei smiled, he was still disappointed in his heart.

She was a woman of no specific age, and she was always wearing that dark blue school uniform. According to Chen Xi's understanding, Ding Mei is a woman whose life is monotonous to the point of boring. Get up on time every day, eat on time, go to class on time, don't go shopping, don't buy beautiful clothes, don't talk about boyfriends.

Even the skin clearing lotion that Shi Xueling gave her was still in its original position and never moved.

The reason why I know these is because all the chores in Class A of the Qingwu Academy were done by Chen Xilai. Although he hadn't entered Ding Mei's room, when he cleaned the window, he could clearly see everything on her desk, which was in good order. A woman who is self-disciplined to such a point is actually not cute at all.

So Chen Xi decided that there was a story behind Ding Mei.

The reason why she fulfilled Shi Xueling is mostly related to her own story.

"There is no end to the practice of one. ”

Ding Mei said slowly: "However, the predecessors divided the realm of cultivation into five realms and forty-five grades, and each realm has nine grades. Being able to enter the Qingwu Academy is actually a kind of recognition for you. In the annual examinations over the years, the Qingwu Academy has never fallen out of the top three. The Sixth Academy of the Outer Sect, even if the Qingwu Academy is not the best, it is also the name of your Gaopan Qingwu Academy, not your background in the Qingwu Academy, understand?"

Her words suddenly turned cold, and the disciples immediately became solemn.

"Understood!"

"The first realm is Kaiji, the most genius I know, the first product of the foundation at the age of six, and when he entered the tower at the age of ten, he was already the eighth product of the foundation. Before he was fifteen years old, he had already left the Little Mantian Sect. You are all very proud, and this is a good thing, and practitioners should be arrogant. However, if pride is not proportional to strength, it is a joke. ”

Ding Mei said: "There are thirty-six disciples in Class A, and you are not as good as him combined. ”

"After the foundation is opened, it is broken, and above the void is the spiritual mountain, and above the spiritual mountain is the cave, and above the cave...... It's for the fullness. ”

Ding Mei said: "If a cultivator has average qualifications, he will not be able to break through the strength of his life, and he will eventually become the bodyguard of a wealthy family." Each of you has a heart higher than the sky, but how many of you will not die thinner than paper? The wild goose goes south, and the strongest one is the head. If you don't have a winner in your heart, then your life will be over, even if you enter the Fortune Reform Tower, you won't be able to change your fate. ”

"Among you, only Zhanqing, Shi Xueling, Zhao Wu, Sun Xianke, and Fu Dao have the opportunity to enter the Changing Tower, one less than last year. ”

Ding Mei said: "One less will drag down the results of the Qingwu Academy." Is there any one of you who can nominate yourself and feel capable of competing with the disciples of other academies?"

The students looked at each other, except for the five people Ding Mei said, everyone else lowered their heads and did not dare to respond. You must know that in that kind of competition, no one will keep your hand, and if you can't fight, it will not only be humiliating, but also injured.

"Alas...... Sure enough, they are all spineless. ”

Ding Mei said excitedly, but still no one spoke.

At this moment, the little handyman, who would never be noticed, slowly raised his hand tentatively, and said very weakly but firmly: "Or...... Shall I try?"