Lin Ruiming's expression changed, and he regretted that he had just spoken wildly, allowing this hillbilly to catch the handle, but now it is a little difficult to ride a tiger.

At this time, Lin Ruizhe, the eldest son of the Lin family, who had been sitting on horseback watching the play, turned over and dismounted.

"Ruiming, that's enough!

"Big brother, I can't swallow..."

"Shut up!"

Lin Ruizhe glared at him, and suddenly, Lin Ruizhe, who was halfway through his words, didn't dare to say one more word, silently withdrew his right fist, and stood behind Lin Ruizhe.

Lin Ruizhe and Lin Ruiming, who are also twins, have just turned seventeen years old this year, but their personalities are very different. Lin Ruizhe has had a precocious maturity far beyond his peers since he was a child, and he is calm. And his younger brother Lin Ruiming reveals the arrogance of a rich child from his bones, but Lin Ruiming, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, is only in awe of his brother Lin Ruizhe. Similarly, Lin Ruizhe was deeply expected by his father, the helmsman of the Lin family, and was cultivated as an heir.

Lin Ruizhe narrowed his eyes, turned around and said with a smile: "This young man, you are right, this time I was reckless, and I should be compensated." However, my brother is also unscrupulous, and what he said is nonsense, but don't take it seriously. The boy must have been a man who had read the books of the sages. We are both scholars, can we give face to the next one, why don't we leave this matter over, how about it?"

Mo Shiping thought for a while, and then replied: "It's not a big deal, it's naturally best to take a step back." ”

"Hahaha, sure enough, the minds of the scholars are broad-minded. Lin Ruizhe threw out a piece of gold and landed firmly in the hands of Wang Fuyun on the side.

Wang Fuyun held the ingot of gold in his hand and muttered, "It's too much, my fruit is not worth so much..."

Lin Ruizhe lowered his head and said to Wang Fuyun with a smile: "Put it away, I say it's worth so much." ”

Wang Fuyun looked at Lin Ruizhe, who seemed to be very talkative, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, but he hid behind Mo Shiping in fear. He subconsciously felt that this smiling person was even more terrifying than the vicious person just now.

Mo Shiping patted the little boy's shoulder and said softly, "Put it away, it's worth so much." ”

Wang Fuyun nodded and accepted the ingot of gold with confidence.

"Then, this young man, there will be a meeting later. Lin Ruizhe clenched his fists slightly, and then glared at Lin Ruiming: "Let's go." ”

Lin Ruiming nodded honestly like a child who had made a mistake, turned over on his horse, and left with his brother.

The Lin brothers didn't go far, but Lin Ruiming found that his eldest brother Lin Ruizhe's face seemed to be a little differently happy, and there was a strange smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Big brother?" Lin Ruiming was a little uneasy.

Lin Ruizhe glanced at him and said slowly: "A very interesting young man, not only courageous, but also knows how to make trade-offs, and most importantly, after being punched by you, he looks as usual, interesting and interesting." ”

Lin Ruiming reacted at this time, this young man ate his own punch and only a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, you know, he Lin Ruiming has been born with divine power since he was a child, and the Lin family is also willing to invest in him, he grew up with all kinds of precious medicinal materials. Although he hadn't embarked on the path of cultivation yet, he already had the strength equivalent to the martial arts realm, and it was impossible for ordinary people to withstand his punch, but the young man did it, and reached out to hold his fist.

Lin Ruizhe grabbed the reins, he couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, such an opponent is interesting, such a strange boy is worth taking his own shot, and then defeat him with all his strength in a fair and just way, what a fascinating thing it is.

Lin Ruiming looked at the eldest brother in front of him who seemed to be trying his best to suppress his emotions, and waited silently, not daring to speak.

From childhood to adulthood, he was born with divine power, and he never won the big brother in front of him in the competition. If it weren't for the point-and-point competition, but the real fight, he would only lose once, because there was no second chance, and he knew very well that his eldest brother would definitely kill himself without hesitation and would not stay.

Lin Ruizhe's ruthlessness and decisiveness were unimaginable to Lin Ruiming.

"That young man, he will definitely participate in the trial of the Imperial Spirit Sect, and soon, we will meet again, and each other can shoot unscrupulously, it's... Impressively exciting, isn't it?"

Now that the matter is over, the crowd of onlookers will naturally disperse.

Mo Shiping didn't leave, he stayed to help Wang Fuyun simply clean up the mountain fruits in a place.

Suddenly, Wang Fuyun held the ingot of gold in his hand and handed it to Mo Shiping: "Brother, I don't think I can accept this ingot of gold." ”

Mo Shiping shook his head with a smile, naturally he refused to accept it, and pushed it back to the little boy, saying, "Take it with peace of mind, your mountain fruit may not be worth so much, but the mistake made by his brother is far more than this price." Moreover, it will be very expensive for you to study in the future, so you have to work hard. ”

Wang Fuyun nodded as if he didn't understand, and finally accepted the ingot of gold and handed it to the old woman behind him.

The old woman sighed: "Son's great kindness, the old woman is afraid that she will not be able to repay it in this life." It's just that Childe has provoked the two brothers of the Lin family, and in this Qingluo Town, I'm afraid it will be difficult to move an inch, if you can, Childe should leave quickly. ”

Mo Shiping nodded, indeed, the people who looked like these two brothers were similar to his own guesses, and they were considered to be characters with heads and faces in this Qingluo Town. It seems that he has to participate in the enrollment of the cultivation sect here as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

Thinking of this, Mo Shiping opened his mouth and asked, "I wonder if Grandma knows that there is a cultivation sect recruiting disciples in Qingluo Town?"

Before the old woman could speak, Wang Fuyun on the side patted her chest and said again and again: "I know, I know." ”

"Big brother, the cultivation sect in this Qingluo Town is called the Imperial Spirit Sect, and it began to spread the news that it was going to recruit disciples a month ago, so it signed up at the foot of Qingluo Mountain in the south of the town. It is said that anyone between the ages of ten and twenty can participate in the trial. In the past month, there have been a lot of visitors from outside Qingluo Town, and many inns are almost full. ”

Mo Shiping rubbed Wang Fuyun's head and continued to ask, "Has the trial of the Imperial Spirit Sect begun?"

The little boy shook his head, stretched out two fingers, and replied, "No, it's only a month before they release the news, and it won't start until then." ”

Mo Shiping breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it seemed that he was lucky enough not to miss this trial.

The old woman on the side saw something and asked, "Does Childe want to participate in the trial and enter the cultivation of the Imperial Spirit Sect?"

"Hmm. Mo Shiping didn't hide it and nodded.

The old woman recalled for a while, and said slowly: "In the old woman's impression, this Imperial Spirit Sect was founded in Qingluo Town about sixty years ago, and the old woman still had black hair at that time. Over the years, even this time, there have only been three times to recruit disciples from the outside world, and it should be once every twenty years or so. Every time he recruited disciples, there was an endless stream of people from Wenfeng from other places, but every time he returned in vain, there were countless people, and it seemed that only a few dozen people were accepted at a time. If Childe wants to go, he must be prepared. ”

Mo Shiping hugged his fists and thanked: "I will prepare in advance, thank you grandma"

The old woman smiled and returned the salute, but sighed lightly: "The old woman has lived for so long, and she finds that this world is getting worse and worse, there are fewer and fewer people like Childe, and there are more and more people watching like Fang Cai." ”

Mo Shiping smiled shyly, a little embarrassed to answer, so he patted Wang Fuyun's shoulder and asked casually, "What about your parents, why aren't they with you?"

The old woman looked at the town, shook her head, and did not speak.

Mo Shiping naturally saw some clues, and some regretted asking questions.

Wang Fuyun on the side lowered his head, fiddled with the corners of his clothes with both hands, and replied softly: "When I was five years old, my father went to Beijing to take the exam, I think he should have been admitted, otherwise he wouldn't have come back." My mother waited two years and left the town. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Fuyun suddenly raised his head and added: "When I grow up, I will also go to participate in the scientific examination, and then go to the capital to ask my father, why don't you come back." ”

Mo Shiping rubbed the boy's head again and whispered, "That's it." ”

It was getting darker, and it was getting late.

Mo Shiping didn't plan to stay longer, so he said goodbye to the little boy and the old woman and prepared to leave.

The little boy looked at the young man's distant figure, a little reluctant.

"Big brother, will we ever see each other again?"

Mo Shiping didn't look back, just raised his right hand and waved: "Well, it will." ”

The old woman stood up slowly, and she suddenly felt that this world didn't seem to be so bad, as long as there were people like the boy, there was still hope.

Some people seem to be ordinary, but they are like spring rain, moisturizing things silently.

"I wish my son all the best and a safe journey. The old woman folded her hands and prayed silently.

Wang Fuyun rubbed his moist eyes, and he thought of a sentence he read in the book: There are bandit gentlemen, such as cutting and learning, and pondering and grinding. Although Wang Fuyun didn't know the specific meaning, he felt that the young man who was far away was such a person.

Mo Shiping walked alone on the bluestone street, he wanted to find an inn close to Qingluo Mountain to live in, and go to the foot of the mountain to sign up as soon as possible tomorrow.

However, when he thought of Lin Ruizhe with a smile on his face, Mo Shiping had a headache. As the saying goes, don't stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, this Lin Ruizhe deliberately lowered his posture and admitted his mistake when he came up, if he insisted on holding on, he would seem to be a little aggressive. Moreover, Mo Shiping didn't really think about Lin Ruiming's death at all, after all, it was in the Lin family's Qingluo Town, and he took 10,000 steps back and said, even if he bit Lin Ruiming to death, then Lin Ruizhe only needs to say lightly, do you have any evidence? Mo Shiping fell into passivity, because he didn't have to think about the crowd of onlookers, and no one dared to stand up like him, this is the most common human nature, it's not about himself.

Therefore, Mo Shiping just accepted it when he saw it, but he responded to the fortune teller's nonsense and avoided a dilemma.

Mo Shiping shook his head and sighed, he faintly felt that things would not really be as Lin Ruizhe said. As for Lin Ruizhe's statement that the mind of a scholar is broad, Mo Shiping sneered at it.

The young man with a shriveled bag on his back suddenly remembered a sentence that his grandfather often complained about: "Reading people are the most troublesome, and they are the most small-bellied." The boy thought so at the moment.

Mo Shiping found a simple inn in the south of Qingluo Town and stayed there, the price was quite expensive, asking for 20 yuan. And the attitude of the shopkeeper is also a little unreasonable, at this price, love to live, do not live naturally there are others to live, anyway, there is an endless stream of people participating in the trial.

At dawn the next day, Mo Shiping washed up briefly, and hurriedly set off to the foot of Qingluo Mountain to register.

"There are so many people. Mo Shiping, who had just arrived at the foot of the mountain, couldn't help but sigh. Although he had gone out as early as possible, he didn't expect that there was already a long queue in front of him, and it was crowded with people, and it was estimated that there were hundreds of people.

Mo Shiping silently followed the long queue, lined up, and sighed secretly: Although today is the last day to sign up, it is only early in the morning, and there will be people coming one after another, and the number of people is really beyond expectations. If it is calculated according to 200 people a day, there will be about 6,000 people in a month, and according to what the previous grandmother said, only a dozen people were selected in the end, then this probability is too low, can you really enter the Imperial Spirit Sect to practice?

However, Mo Shiping immediately shook his head, quickly dispelled the idea of wavering, and bit his lip: No matter what, I must enter.

Mo Shiping roughly observed the crowd in line, almost all of them were coarse linen clothes like him, and they were all born in poor families.

In fact, it's not just that most of the people in line today are from humble backgrounds, but nearly ninety percent of all people in the past month. When there is an opportunity to leap into the dragon gate in front of them, maybe the children of rich families will really consider whether it is worth it to spend this little effort, and most of the children of poor families will crash into the south wall without hesitation, even if they know that their heads will break and bleed, even if they know that the south wall will not move at all, but isn't the gamble just in case?

If you don't have a thousand pounds on your body, who will gamble your life for tomorrow?

Most of the children of the poor sect who participated in the trial were the same as Mo Shiping, and they had reasons why they could not be defeated, but the truth was cruel, and often among the people who passed the trial in the end, only one or two were the children of the poor family.

After about an hour, it was finally Mo Shiping's turn to register.

It turned out that this Imperial Spirit Sect was founded on the top of this Qingluo Mountain, and a small dojo was built.

The disciple of the Imperial Spirit Sect in charge of registration was dressed in a white robe and looked like he was in his early twenties.

I saw him glance at Mo Shiping, and then said expressionlessly: "Name, age." ”

The young man was a little nervous, and replied softly: "Mo Shiping, I just turned thirteen years old. ”

"Thirteen years old?" The disciple wearing the white robe of the Imperial Spirit Sect frowned, and added: "Concealing your age will directly cancel your qualifications." ”

Mo Shiping scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "It's true that he just turned thirteen." ”

The disciple of the Imperial Spirit Sect looked a little strange, but he didn't ask any more, handed the young man a piece of jade slip, and said, "Tomorrow, I will come to the Imperial Spirit Sect on the top of Qingluo Mountain with the jade slip to participate in the trial. ”

Mo Shiping took the jade slip and carefully held it in his arms, but he was a little discouraged in his heart: Is he really old?

On the way back, Mo Shiping comforted himself with a wry smile: "It's okay, it's not a bad thing to be young and old." ”