The autumn rain is like a line, endless.

The weather in the Aomine Empire is always like this, it rains in all seasons, and there is always no way to tell the four seasons.

The rain will stop, but the wind will not stop. A scrawny old horse was walking the muddy mountain road, the mountain road was rugged, the road was slippery, and the huge horse's hooves left hoof prints of different shades on the road, slightly lonely. Chuncheng tightened the rain on his body, and brought his body closer to the old horse under his crotch to obtain a trace of warmth. The horses walked very slowly, and the rain fell very quickly, although it was very cold and uncomfortable physically. But the end of the road is not far ahead, and the heart is not cold, but there is a trace of warmth, but this warmth is a little lonely, what he hates most in his life is loneliness, but he often goes with loneliness.

Chuncheng exhaled lightly and slid down the horse's body, the road was getting worse and harder, and he was worried that the old horse under him was too hard. Remove a wine bottle from the horse's bag, this is the wine of Qinghongfang at the foot of the mountain, the taste is violent, and the mouth is hot. , This is the taste of Chuncheng, he drank the wine in a big gulp, and walked up the mountain with the head rope of the old horse with one hand, and the wine entered the bowels, making his fair face reveal a sickly red, like a burning flame, burning the body and paralyzing the soul. The bottle was empty, and he seemed to be thirsty, so he took off his hat and put it on his horse, and raised his head to let the rain in the air flow into his mouth. His face was very green, fair and immature, as if he had not experienced any hardships and misfortunes in the world, only his eyes, but they were deep.

These are a pair of strange eyes, as if they were pure black, like a vast starry sky, deep and vast, and like a rough sea, full of endless magic. Perhaps it was because of these eyes that he was able to live alone and peacefully.

Soon he was close to the top of the hill, where was his home, a small thatched hut. Looking back at the old horse that had accompanied him for so many years, he suddenly found that he was still young, but the horse was old, as if he had reached the twilight of his life, the horse's face was very long, his eyes were very bright, and his brown-red body hair could not hide his thin body.

Chuncheng looked at the old horse and slowly put his head on the horse's head.

"I'm leaving, what are you going to do?" Chuncheng said to the horse. And this old horse is also very spiritual, as if he can understand human words, and his eyes are full of softness when he looks at Chuncheng. Chuncheng picked up the hat and put it back on his head, placed the empty wine bottle in his bag, and then led his old horse back to the thatched hut.

The thatched hut is really small. There was only one bed and one table in the room. The southwest corner is full of wine bottles, and the bottles on the ground are already covered with dust. Chuncheng put his bags on the table, and removed the saddle and head rope from the old horse, and let him eat some forage.

Chuncheng didn't rest in the house, the rain was still falling outside, so he took two bottles of wine and went directly to the open space at the top of the mountain. It is more than 200 meters away from the thatched hut and is the highest point of the whole mountain. From here, you can overlook the entire Luoxia Castle at the foot of the mountain.

The top of the hill is empty all around, except for an old pine tree, which can clearly see the roots that stand out from the outside, and the lush branches and foliage keep the rain out. A lone monument is buried here under the pine trees. The stele is not very flat, and the traces of artificial cutting and grinding are very clear. The stele reads: The tomb of the spring and autumn of the teacher, the font is vigorous and powerful, as if to engrave this stele.

Chief Chuncheng let out a long sigh and muttered:

"Old man, I'm leaving, the academy of the Qingcheng Empire is coming to recruit people, you said that you have to go out and have a look. ”

"This is your favorite Qinghongfang wine, and there will be fewer opportunities to drink it in the future. After finishing speaking, Chuncheng held the wine bottle in one hand and drank it on his head, and slowly poured the wine from the other bottle in front of the monument with the other.

The wine soaked the stele as if it were actually drinking.

The rain dripped on Chuncheng's face through the dense leaves, and flowed down into the corners of his mouth, a little salty, and he couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears.

Luoxia City belongs to the relatively remote cities of the Qingfeng Empire, and various academies will come here every five years to recruit students, which is said to be a rule set by the Qingfeng Emperor, probably because his teacher is a Luoxia person. The City Lord's Mansion today is the most lively day, crowded with people, busy with traffic, and the people from the five major academies have arrived early and gathered in the main hall. The atmosphere was not as enthusiastic as expected, and there was even a hint of gunpowder. As for the other sects that are not well-known, they are all waiting in the side hall. The five academies belong to different factions, and they are the main support of the military power of the Qingfeng Empire, and they are deeply loved by the imperial family. The transfer of a large number of resources every year also makes them much higher than other colleges. In addition, what can compete with the Five Academies is the royal family's own Dragon Ice Troupe, the entire Ice Troupe is basically the members of the royal family, and the resources used are the top, including the teacher, who is not inferior to anyone in the Five Academies. There is a contradiction between the five courts, which is well known in the entire Qingfeng Empire, and the wonderful thing is that once the Dragon Ice Regiment is present, they unite and jointly target the Dragon Legion. The contradiction between the five courts mainly comes from the distribution of resources. The ranking of the academy is carried out every year, and the royal family will allocate resources according to the ranking, but the Dragon Legion does not need to do this, and can obtain it directly, which is the reason for this situation.

There was already a long queue in front of the City Lord's Mansion, which stretched all the way to the main road. It's easy to get into the academy, as long as you can detect the presence of a cyclone in your body. If you want to enter the five colleges, it is very difficult, under the age of 12, there must be more than three cyclones, and the qualification must be above the delicate cyclone. If you want to meet these conditions, you really can't find a few such people in this small Luoxia City. Therefore, once the five major academies find such students, there is no ambiguity in competition, which is related to the future of each academy.

The test was carried out in the main square of the city, and a huge pillar was erected in the middle of the square, which clearly marked the number and color of the cyclone, white, blue, blue, yellow and red, and different colors corresponded to different qualifications, ordinary, excellent, exquisite, perfect, and legendary five stages. Each test taker only needs to concentrate their cyclone force in the palm of their hand, and when it is transmitted to the stone pillar, the stone pillar will display the corresponding cyclone number and the corresponding qualification color.

The team for the examination is constantly moving forward, some people are happy and some are worried, some people are constantly being admitted, and some people are constantly being eliminated. Chuncheng was not in a hurry, waiting at the end of the line, he had his own goal and knew where he should go.

The stone pillar suddenly launched a burst of blue light, rising into the sky, and three small cyclones appeared and disappeared on the stone pillar. "Li Mu, three cyclones, cyclone qualifications: exquisite, pass" The recorder announced the test results loudly, and looked at the child in front of him a few more times. This is the first candidate with exquisite qualifications today, which has caused a lot of repercussions in the crowd. You know, once you enter the five colleges, it will be a skyrocket. Many people's eyes are red, and they wish that the person in front of them was themselves.

"This child, I want it" There was a loud shout from the City Lord's Mansion, the voice was loud and deafening, and the words revealed a trace of excitement.

"If you want, why do you want it, with your beard like fire. Another loud shout came from the house, the voice was high-pitched, it was a female voice.

At this time, I saw two figures flying out of the house, one figure was constantly emitting red light, which was a sign of the release of the fire cyclone, and the other figure was graceful, and the body was surrounded by a water mass, which was a sign of the release of the water cyclone. These two are the elders of the Fire Courtyard and the Water Academy, and since the establishment of the Academy, the two Courtyards have been in constant conflict, and the conflicts have been escalating, from snatching the students to snatching resources. Fire and water are incompatible, so whenever both houses are present, fighting is essential.

Elder Qiu Li of the Fire Courtyard is full of beards, probably because of the exercises, the rich black beard has now turned fiery red, and the whole face looks like a burning flame, he hates what others say about his beard in his life, but the ripples of the Water Courtyard like to talk about things with his beard.

"Ripple girl, Lao Tzu doesn't beat women, but don't mess with Lao Tzu, you can't make mistakes" Qiu Li's eyes looked at the woman opposite him like an eagle who made him angry.

"Yo Yo, your temper is still so short-tempered, Old Man Qiu. You won that fight, don't think that because you have a strong beard, you can grab people casually. Ripple sarcastically said.

"You, you," Qiu Li said, gathering a fire cyclone in one hand, forming a huge energy mass in his hand. I wanted to try the attack, but after thinking about it, I exhaled a breath of turbidity, and the fire gradually dispersed.

"Good men don't fight with women, good men don't fight with women...."The autumn calendar began the mode of fragmented thoughts, the previous battles were comparable, ripples took advantage of women, and they were always able to gain the upper hand verbally, so this time they ate a trench and grew wise.

Qiu Li turned his head to Li Mu and said, "Boy, you are willing to enter my fire courtyard."

Ripples faced the avoidance of the autumn calendar, and took Huairou tactics to look stunned, usually this old man as long as he provoked him to take the bait, this time how to learn smart. He also hurriedly rushed to Li Mu's side and asked softly: "Boy, would you like to come to my sister's water courtyard, there are many girls in the water courtyard." ”

"Ripples, you can't be so shameless, kid, our academy has abundant resources, the five major academies, ranking second, come to me to ensure your success. Qiu Li said hurriedly.

Li Mu was already excited and overwhelmed in the face of the enthusiastic invitation of the two elders, in fact, before the test, he had already known his own attributes, just to raise his eyebrows at this moment, and to compete for a glory for the Li family, his father had already explained that there was a power of his own family in the fire courtyard, and if he was appreciated by the fire elders, it would be inappropriate to enter the fire courtyard.

"Elders, Li Mu is willing to enter the fire courtyard. Li Mu said to the two.

"Haha, haha, good, good, good" Qiu Li listened to Li Mu's words, his face flushed. Lianyu shouted. Look at the ripples with your nose.

"Hmph" Ripple listened, turned around and flew back to the house, and slapped the water cyclone on Qiu Li's face with a palm. Although the autumn calendar was blocked with his palm, he was also splashed with water.

"Ahem, hum, Lao Tzu is happy, I don't have the same knowledge as you, go Xiao Lizi, follow me back to the house" Qiu Li said to Li Mu in front of him while beating the water droplets on his body.