Chapter 2: The boy is young and ambitious
"Brother Ling, why did you say this, even if you don't make a move, the demon beast won't hurt you, not to mention that we are teammates, this is a matter of duty, we should ask Brother Qingyun not to blame you for being late. ”
With a look of helplessness, a brocade-robed young man walked out from the direction that Ling Qingyun was facing, but he saw that this well-dressed young man had a light step and an elegant temperament.
"That palm is the bear's hatred, with my body only two percent sure to avoid, and if it hits, at least it is a fracture. Ling Qingyun glanced at his bloody right arm and said helplessly, it is common for people who practice martial arts to be injured, but being half-slapped by a brute bear is much more serious than usual.
"As for the talisman, it's best not to use it, I was helped by Brother Xu and said that this thank you is my duty, and I ask Brother Xu not to refuse. Ling Qingyun said solemnly, seeing the young man surnamed Xu nodding with a wry smile, he put his jaw head and put the sword into the sheath.
"In this way, I also have to say thank you to Brother Qingyun!" Zhou Chi, a young man in ink, strode over and hugged his fist at Ling Qingyun: "Little brother shadow wolf Zhou Chi, thank you Second Brother Ling for coming to the rescue!"
"Why do you thank Ling Qingyun but not me?" A coquettish voice with dissatisfaction sounded, but it was Xue Xue who also stepped forward, frowned lightly, and glanced at Zhou Chi dissatisfiedly: "Shadow wolf, I don't know what taste, it is more appropriate to call you a water dog like this now." ”
"Just rush to your temper, eldest sister, I don't want to say half a word of thanks, master!" Zhou Chi regained his fearless appearance in the face of the giant bear, put his hands behind his head, and responded nonchalantly.
"You!" Xue Xue stomped her feet angrily, suddenly her body went limp, and she fell backwards in surprise!
Fortunately, Ling Qingyun's eyes were quick, and he used his left hand that was not stained with blood to help the girl up before she fell: "Miss Xue, are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's because the previous arrow consumed too much, just breathe. Xue Xue stood up straight, but there was a flash of red on her little face: "Why are you so angry, we've known each other for three months, just call me by my name." ”
"That's good. Ling Qingyun hesitated slightly and then nodded, while the young man of the Xu clan on the side looked at it: "Compared to this, we have to congratulate Brother Ling for successfully killing the first-order demon beast!
Hearing this, Zhou Chi and Xue Xue were both stunned, but they recalled Ling Qingyun's previous move, but they couldn't help but agree with this statement, Ling Qingyun had only made a total of three swords before, one sword was sharper than the other, and one sword was faster than the other, just three swords, and a soil demon beast with strong defense that made the two of them helpless directly killed.
You must know that normal same-level fights often require dozens of moves to distinguish the winner from the loser, and the first-order demon beast level is higher than Ling Qingyun in the Thousand Forging Realm, he can kill this giant bear with three swords, who else can be the enemy of the same level?
"Brother Xu is serious, the hunters in the mountains, some of their strength is not even a thousand forgings, but they can also hunt and kill demon beasts, we cultivate to a thousand forgings and work as a team, if we can't kill this most ordinary demon beast, it shouldn't be. I was able to kill this beast because Zhou Chi and Xue Xue exhausted their physical strength, and attacked it unprepared, and even more because of Brother Xu's help, if one of them is missing, I am afraid that it will be me who has fallen to the ground now. Ling Qingyun didn't accept this compliment, but said with a wry smile.
"Ordinary hunters, I'm afraid that only one out of a thousand people will emerge to hunt demon beasts, it must be God-sent luck. The young man surnamed Xu shook his head: "Although we joined forces to kill this giant bear, the fatal wounds on its body are all from the sword in your hand, Qingyun, this is enough to prove your strength!"
"Yes, this big bear has rough skin and thick flesh, even if I stand up, I can't cut a wound a foot long, if I really want to kill it, I'm afraid I have to cut hundreds of knives, after that I'm exhausted, how can I kill it like you, I will kill it with three swords, this is simply and neatly Others can't learn it!" Zhou Chi also shouted and showed envy: "I knew that swordsmanship could be so sharp, and I also learned swords." ”
"That's wrong, what I'm cultivating is Jinxing, and the offensive means naturally need to be sharper, but in terms of body speed, Zhou Chi, aren't you stronger than me?" Ling Qingyun said and looked at the young man surnamed Xu: "Although the Lingfeng Explosive Technique is not as powerful as my sword, many Dao techniques are much more flexible than a sword in my hand, and the previous move of the Spirit Vine Spell made a miraculous feat, such a Dao method, how can it weaken my swordsmanship? Xue Xue's archery skills are also exquisite, enough to kill the enemy a hundred steps away, but the path taken is different." ”
"That's the case, and Brother Ling has obviously gone further than others in the way of the sword. Xu Lingfeng smiled: "Speaking of which, who discovered this demon beast?"
"It was Zhou Chi who provoked him, he was chased and killed by this giant bear alone, and he was almost shot to death. Xue Xue took the lead.
"If it weren't for the cover for you, I would have been able to pull this stupid bear for another ten miles!" Zhou Chi immediately disagreed, seeing that Ling Qingyun couldn't help but sigh: "If you want to deal with this giant bear, you always need to say hello first, why did you lure it over without saying a word?"
"Aren't I afraid that Lin Da Hammer and them will rob the prey? A trip back and forth will take a stick of incense!" Zhou Chi was confident: "Anyway, with your skills, isn't it easy to clean up this big stupid bear?"
"You kid, you want prey but don't want your life!" Ling Qingyun was helpless and funny, the prey of the first-order demon beast was indeed precious, but it was an unprecedentedly strong enemy for this team, Zhou Chi was the youngest in the team, and his cultivation was also the weakest, but he relied on his body to be the most unscrupulous, once he was reprimanded, he tried every means to shirk his responsibility or play hooligan, which was really helpless.
"Although Brother Zhou is a little reckless, he is not bad, killing a prey, our trip is already complete, if this demon beast raises a demon core, it will be even more perfect!"
"Quasi-bred a demon core, otherwise how could this guy's fur be hard like this?I hope this demon core is not destroyed!" Zhou Chi suddenly said excitedly when he heard this.
The so-called demon core is the crystallization of the spiritual power bred by the spiritual energy of some extraordinary beasts through the aura of heaven and earth, which can be said to be the essence of the power accumulated by this beast in its lifetime, and it is of great use in cultivation, refining, and refining.
What is a demon beast? Among the beasts, those who have achieved cultivation are also beyond their kind. The world calls the tiger the king of beasts, and believes that the tiger is the most ferocious of ordinary beasts, but people can cultivate, there are invincible strong people, and of course there are corresponding strong people among the beasts, so the beasts whose strength is stronger than the adult tiger at a higher level are called demon beasts or demonic beasts to show their abnormality, from the first-order demon beast to the fifth-order demon beast correspond to the three realms of stone, golden body, and Linghua in the human race, and the giant bear killed by Ling Qingyun is a first-order demon beast.
"What's the use of just guessing? Why don't you cut it out and take a look?" Xue Xue was also quite excited, her big black eyes were shining, but she didn't want to deal with the beast corpse, and rushed straight to the little brother Zhou Chi, who was not afraid of dirty and tired, and urged.
"You eldest lady, you can really make people!" Zhou Chi muttered, but honestly squatted down, laboriously cut open the fur of the giant bear, looking for the demon core that might be hidden in it, although he was the youngest among the people, but he was indeed an expert in this area, but after tinkering for a while, his eyes lit up, and then he raised his palm stained with bear blood, and the earthy yellow glittering thing in his hand was not the demon core?
"Unfortunately, it's only the size of a soybean. Ling Qingyun and Xu Lingfeng glanced at each other, both of them were slightly disappointed, normally speaking, the demon core of the first-order demon beast should be a circle bigger than this, it seems that this giant bear is certainly strong, it mostly relies on physical brute strength, but in terms of spiritual power cultivation, it is inferior among the first-order demon beasts.
"Even if it's a little smaller, it's also a first-order demon core, let me take a look?" Xue Xue, who disliked the corpse, didn't think that the walnut-sized baby was still stained with blood at this time, and he couldn't help but take a look, which Zhou Chi was willing to let it go? Hurriedly pulled his hand and shouted: "This kind of thing, how can it dirty Miss Xue's hands!"
"You guy!" Xue Xue was annoyed, after all, as a daughter's family, she didn't plan to be really messing around, and she also dispelled the idea of reaching out and touching: "What is rare, let alone a first-order demon core, even if it is a fifth-order demon core, no, I have seen a spirit-level demon core!"
"Oh?" Ling Qingyun's eyes lit up when he heard this: "The Fire Feather Demon Crane that General Xue shot thirty years ago is indeed a spirit beast?"
Spirit beasts? That is a creature that surpasses the mortal beings above the fifth-order demon beasts! A creature of this level is undoubtedly a powerhouse in the entire continent.
"My father will still be able to deceive people? No, my family is in Guanzhou, 30,000 miles away from your home Tingzhou, how can you be so clear about my father's affairs?" Xue Xue looked puzzled.
"I just like to read, hear about the world's affairs, Ling Zun's military exploits are outstanding, I have read the world's famous generals, and I deeply admire it. Ling Qingyun said with a smile.
"I've heard of it but haven't read it, how many people is my father in?" Xue Xue said curiously.
"With the merit of retreating from the Fifth Legion of the Wolf Devouring Country, ranked sixteenth. Ling Qingyun replied, hearing this, Xue Xue pursed her lips and was a little dissatisfied: "It's not even in the top ten?"
"Miss Xue, there are hundreds of millions of soldiers and thousands of good generals in one hundred and twenty-one states in the current dynasty, and Ling Zunneng ranks sixteenth among them, which is enough to make us admire. Xu Lingfeng persuaded with a smile.
"Indeed, I can't wait thousands of miles to enroll in school, don't I want to be as famous as General Xue after I have achieved cultivation, and be worthy of the name of a hero?" Ling Qingyun also sighed.
"It turns out that Brother Ling has such ambitions, but he is as good as his name, and he can be called Lingyun's ambition!" Xu Lingfeng said.
"As a man, who doesn't want to be a hero, Lao Xu, don't you want to?" Zhou Chi said with a smile, who knew that Xu Lingfeng really shook his head: "What I want is not to be famous, but to seek the true self, to keep the truth from the false." ”
Shaking his head and saying this, Xu Lingfeng really had a taste of immortal wind bones.
"Well, we're not all the way. Zhou Chi looked at Xue Xue: "You won't be like a country girl, you plan to find a good husband in the future, and then you will honestly teach your husband and children, right?"
"If that's the case, what does Miss Ben have to spend so many weeks doing here, it's better to stay at home and be a female celebrity!" Xue Xue raised her wrist and made a gesture to fight: "You men are allowed to be heroes, and we women are not allowed to be heroes?
"Then you are too amazing, I am afraid that after a hundred years, you will be better than the Empress Saint Monarch back then!" Zhou Chi took out the loudest name among women and laughed loudly.
The teenagers are only twelve or thirteen years old, even if they are more mature than their peers, they are also a lively age, at this age they have countless yearning and imagination for the future, and now they are reluctant to stop talking, chatting for a while, from worshipping the marquis to ascending, from the desert of southern Xinjiang to the vast East China Sea, the broad road ahead is really wide, and the countless beautiful scenery on the side of the road is also fascinating, so that the teenagers can't help but want to fly directly to see it with their own eyes.
"By the way, Qingyun, do you plan to join the army? After graduation, you might as well come to my father, for the sake of our friendship, I can let the old man take care of it!" Xue Xue's eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at Ling Qingyun and said with a smile.
"Thank you very much, but I have no plans to join the army right now. Ling Qingyun said.
"That's a pity...... Huh?" Xue Xue smiled, but her ears suddenly moved, causing the girl's smile to quickly turn into alertness, and without hesitation, she took off the longbow from her back, and an arrow like a swift wind shot out immediately, and then, the originally calm bush shook for a while, but a black shadow came out of it.
"What is it?" Zhou Chi held the dagger vigilantly, and wanted to step forward to find out the details but was stopped by Ling Qingyun reaching out, Zhou Chi was a little puzzled, but saw that although the black shadow rushed out of the bush quickly, the momentum weakened sharply, and finally fell to the ground.
This is a slender black panther, compared to its peers, it is taller and stronger, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is comparable to a tiger, but at this time it is covered in blood, it is clearly out of strength, and there is a carved feather inserted on the top of its head, which is Xue Xue's masterpiece.
"This aura is quite extraordinary, and it seems to be a demon beast. Xu Lingfeng squinted his eyes slightly and said seriously.
"Miss Xue, you are good at archery, you can kill the demon beast with one arrow, and you are stronger than Brother Qingyun?" Zhou Chi was stunned, but he also knew in his heart, how could the blood stains on this black panther be caused by Xue Xue's arrow?
At this moment, a deep, and provocative voice came from afar.
"Classmate Xue Xue helped me kill this demon beast, Lin Qiancheng thanked me first, a few classmates, you shouldn't be able to take prey, right?"