"After the battle with you that time I met the Necromantic Bear King, my wounds could not be completely healed. There is no hope of strength to storm the Sanctuary. But I wasn't willing to lose to you the next time I met you, so I kept cultivating and cultivating in a harder way than before. I didn't heed the advice of my father and teacher, and as a result, I was injured again.

Before the injury was healed, I secretly cultivated by myself, and then I was accidentally injured again, and after repeating this many times, I finally became a wasted person. The strength was evaluated by the teacher, and in this life, he could only reach the intermediate level of cultivators. There was no longer the slightest hope of becoming a high-level cultivator, let alone a master-level and a distant Sanctuary. ”

Wuqi nodded, Chloyd sighed lightly, shook his head and continued: "In discouragement, I couldn't accept this fact at all, but unfortunately I did feel that my body was much weaker than before, and my internal injuries could not be recovered. As soon as I continued to exercise vigorously as I had cultivated in the past, I would immediately suffer another injury that made me even more desperate.

So I was so desperate that I even thought about suicide. But my father told me not to cultivate for the time being, and to go to the world of ordinary people for a walk, and maybe I could forget this unbearable past because of this. I obeyed my father and left the family alone, but I never imagined that I would be haunted by a series of strange things after I left. ”

"You're the blood-red heavy sword you encountered after this trip?" Wuqi's eyes lit up as he asked curiously.

"Yes. Chloyd nodded slowly, his eyes gradually showing regret, sighed, and said, "I was in a bad mood at the time. Even in the realm of ordinary people, my life is not happy. Although my father gave me a lot of money, I was never able to erase this shadow.

Disheartened, my days are a mess of life, without purpose, and not much different from a dead man. But then one day, after I had lived in the ordinary world realm in Sword Saint City for about three months, I suddenly heard a rumor.

In the sky above a valley outside the Sword Saint City, one flying sword after another can be seen shuttling in the air every night, like countless meteors, very gorgeous.

Those ordinary people naturally didn't know what this phenomenon was, and I didn't know what it was like at the time, but as soon as I heard that rumor, I decided that there must be a treasure there. Even if there are no treasures, there must be something that can give me hope. ”

"Yes. Wuqi nodded, and he said in agreement: "If I were you, I would definitely want to go there and try my luck, maybe I can get something." ”

"That's what I thought. A strange glint gradually appeared in Chloyd's eyes, and he said slowly: "After hearing the rumors, I went directly to the valley. But when I got there, I realized that I was too naïve. The valley was so large that I searched for three days and three nights but could not find the rumored location. Later, I got lost.

After walking in the mountains for more than a week, I made a discovery. On that day, I suddenly accidentally fell from the bottom of a cliff, I thought I would die, but I was lucky to be rescued by a big tree growing from the cliff on the way to the cliff.

I climbed along the tree to the edge of the cliff at the base of the tree, and then I realized that there was a cave next to it, and I climbed into it curiously without much thought. Because if I don't go into the hole, I don't have a second way to go. ”

"This hole is where the blood-red heavy sword used to be?" asked Wu Qi subconsciously.

Chloyd nodded silently, a hint of fear gradually appeared in his eyes, and he said lightly: "After entering the cave, I thought there would be some kind of cave at the end." But I didn't expect that after entering the cave, I kept crawling down the cave entrance to the bottom of the cave, and I climbed for a whole day, but I didn't climb to the end.

It took me two days before I finally managed to crawl out of the dark hole, but I was dumbfounded as soon as I looked around.

It turned out that outside the exit of the cave was a space with a radius of more than 30 meters, and there were countless holes around the space, just like a hornet's nest, and the size of each hole was about the same as the hole I entered. I was completely stupid. ”,

When Wuqi heard this, his heart sank, as if there were really countless holes in front of him, and he suddenly panicked in his heart, and wanted to make a sound, but in the end he subconsciously held his breath, did not interject, and continued to listen carefully.

At this time, Chloyd's words suddenly changed, and he said with a light smile: "However, I am luckier this time. Not long after I entered the place, I heard a voice letting me in.

I carefully discerned the directions, and finally chose the hole closest to the direction of the sound and climbed in. It was better than at the beginning, I just climbed out of the cave after only half a day or so. But as soon as I got out of the hole, my eyes suddenly lit up. Do you know what I saw?"

"What?" Wuqi subconsciously asked, "Is it something very scary?"

Chloyd shook his head, pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up, and asked, "Could it be the rumored swords that can fly automatically in the air?"

"Not bad. Chloyd gave Wuqi an appreciative look, and then a strange glint appeared in his eyes again, and he took a deep breath and said, "Don't say it's the beginning. Now, as long as I recall the scene I saw, I feel like I'm in a dream. It was an eye-opener for me. It was a space of great height and width.

I saw with my own eyes that countless swords seemed to have spirituality, flying freely in the air like birds. And there are all kinds of lights shining on each sword. The ground there was also filled with countless long swords, and it was completely a sword realm. Not only that, but there seemed to be a white mist in mid-air, like clouds, almost like in a dream.

However, no matter how dazzling the light of these swords was, it was far less dazzling than the blood-red heavy sword in the center. The blood-red heavy sword was stuck in the ground at that time, surrounded by countless long swords, and there was a person sitting cross-legged behind him, and that person was the red-haired old man.

I didn't know who he was, so I just asked, but I didn't get a response. I subconsciously sensed the other party with my breath, only to find that the person was already dead.

Without the slightest breath, I was relieved to approach the blood-red heavy sword, which was not ordinary at first glance, and wanted to pull it out. Who knew that my hand had just touched the blood-red heavy sword, and the red-haired old man, who had not breathed at all, and who I had identified as a dead man, suddenly opened his eyes. ”

Hearing this, Wuqi's heart couldn't help but pinch up, he subconsciously held his breath, feeling that the next step would be the key to the matter, and he was highly concentrated and waiting. As expected, when Chloyd said this, his eyes suddenly froze, and there was no longer any strange light in his eyes, but he recalled with a look of horror: "I was so frightened that I almost lost half my life."

A dead person, I obviously felt it with breath, and a person who didn't have a breath suddenly woke up. It was so unexpected for me. I can't remember how much cold sweat was oozing from my back at that moment. I only remember that my clothes seemed to be drenched in a torrential rain, and I was instantly wet, and my body involuntarily got goosebumps.

But what I didn't expect was that something even more terrible was yet to come.

The man was right next to me, and when he suddenly opened his eyes and glanced at me, a strange smile appeared on his face, and then his head actually fell off on its own. I watched in amazement as the human head falling in mid-air disintegrated and dissipated like sand, and I was so frightened that I couldn't say anything.

After that, the headless body also turned into nothingness in a short period of time, and I just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a red light suddenly flashed in front of my eyes, rushing out of the corpse that disintegrated instantly, as if it was lightning, and directly drilled into my body. They tried to take my body.

I immediately felt my consciousness getting weaker and weaker, and it was as if I had suddenly become a dying person with only the last bite left. I struggled with all my might, and kept resisting, but I didn't know how to resist, and in the end, I was robbed of my body by the phantom of the red-haired old man who suddenly rushed out of the corpse.

But what made me strange was that the red-haired old man took my body and was about to erase the last trace of my soul when he suddenly let out a heart-rending scream, and then rushed out of my body in an instant. Then he turned into a red ray and burrowed into the blood-red heavy sword that was stuck in front of me, and never reappeared. ”,

When Chloyd said this, he paused and slowly breathed a sigh of relief, but his eyes still couldn't help but rise with fear, and he was silent for a long time, until the look in his eyes returned to calm again, and then he continued: "I remember very well. The red-haired old man's phantom burrowed into the blood-red heavy sword, and he muttered to himself, 'How could it be that the seizure failed?', and then he was silent.

As for what he said for Lu, I still don't know why. Later, while I was still in shock, the old man suddenly appeared his face from within the blood-red heavy sword, and said to me that if I would help him draw the heavy sword, he would grant me a wish.

I was also confused at the time, so I agreed to his request and helped him draw his heavy sword, hoping that he could help me improve my strength. It would be better to heal my old wounds.

The phantom of the red-haired old man finally fulfilled his promise. He just spewed a red gas at me, and after I inhaled that red gas into my body according to his instructions, my strength increased significantly, and in the blink of an eye, I reached the strength of the first level of a high-level cultivator. Although the old wound has not healed, I am very happy.

However, just when I was complacent about my improved strength, the red qi that I inhaled into my body began to control my mind after burrowing into my limbs. It was at that time that my memories were sealed for the first time, and my consciousness was manipulated for the first time.

Later, under the orders of the red-haired old man, I killed my relatives with my own hands like a slave. Then, as I continued to kill, the energy of the red-haired old man's phantom slowly recovered, and he seemed to have been seriously injured after the failure to snatch my body in the first place.

After that, I don't know why, my mind seemed to be engaged in some kind of resistance automatically, and I slowly showed signs of breaking away from the control of the red-haired old man.

The old red-haired man made a deal with me in order to manipulate me further. If I can help him find a perfect cultivator body, he will let me go completely. The first person that comes to my mind is you. So after that, I started to look for you in every possible way, and then I met you. ”

Wuqi nodded, his eyes gradually showed a thoughtful look, and after a while, he suddenly subconsciously asked, "What about those swords that can fly in the air?"

Chloyd heard the meaning of Wuqi's words, he nodded, and replied in a low voice, "After I drew the blood-red heavy sword, the entire cave collapsed in an instant. One by one, the swords lost their luster and became a pile of scrap metal, all buried in the hole. I was able to save my life by rushing out of the cave in a red glow that shot out of the blood-red heavy sword.

However, that impact once again caused the red-haired old man to lose a lot of energy, so he couldn't use this trick to fly with me anymore. ”

Wuqi sighed a pity. If it weren't for that, he really wanted to go to the cave once, take a look at those long swords that could magically fly, and study them by the way. However, there is no chance now. His face couldn't help but show a faint look of disappointment, but this disappointment only stayed for a moment, and the next moment, the disappointment on his face instantly turned into joy.

Wuqi smiled and held out his right hand to Chloyd, "Then I can welcome you now." My future Stormtrooper Captain, Chloyd. ”

Chloyd also smiled and nodded, without the burden on his body, his heart was naturally frank and comfortable. Without hesitation, he stretched out his right hand and shook it with Wuqi's hand, but slowly shook his head and said, "Welcome." However, since I am no longer the same person I used to be. Then I don't want to use that name again. Slug, you'll call me Rhodes from now on. ”

"Okay!" Seeing Chloyd's eyes clear, his smile was natural, and from the heart, Wuqi's face was filled with a bright smile again, nodded heavily, and said, "You're welcome, but I'm still used to calling Lao De." From now on, you will be the leader of our stormtroop team. ”

Chloyd's memories were finished, but behind the sun-like smile on his face, he became more interested in the origin of the red-haired old man.

The story is over, but the mystery is not completely solved, but more and more, and for several years after that, Wuqi has been trying to find out the exact origin of the red-haired old man, but unfortunately, in the end, all ended in failure.

This mystery lasted for a long time, and it was not until many years later, when Wuqi grew up and became a father, that he finally solved the mystery that had plagued him for many years. But the answer was far beyond Wuqi's initial expectations, and it surprised him.