In the barracks with the best conditions in Weicheng, the old man in a torn robe was closing his eyes to recuperate, and the general Ma Shixiang was half-bowing down to talk to the nobles in the tent, with a look of surprise that could not be hidden in his humble attitude.

"You're not happy with that guide?" he asked, confused, "Why?"

The voice of the nobleman in the tent was extremely dissatisfied, and reprimanded: "I want a shrewd and capable guide, not a soldier and ruffian boy whose mind is full of cultivation dreams and has no power to restrain chickens." ”

Ma Shixiang coughed lightly twice, and explained in a low voice: "As the last general knows, although Luo Fan is still young, he has also beheaded many barbarian leaders on the grassland in the past six months, and there are countless bandit leaders............ Just tying up a few chickens, I don't think it's a big problem. ”

Great Qin established the country with martial arts, and the first thing was military merit, although the person behind the tent was extremely noble, but since he touched the glory that the army valued most, Ma Shixiang chose to fight back without hesitation, which seemed to explain that it was actually a bit of a mockery and rebuttal.

The cold voice behind the tent stopped for a moment, and said unhappily: "If you can kill people, you can be a good guide?"

Ma Shixiang replied more and more humbly: "Of the three hundred subordinates in Weicheng, Luo Fan is definitely not the one who kills the most enemies among them, but the last general dares to use his head as a guarantee, no matter how tragic the battlefield is, the last person to survive...... There must be this teenager. ”

Then he raised his head and said with a smile: "Because of his courage in killing the enemy and his reputation for cleaning up bandits, although there is nothing in the Central Plains, but in the grassland, everyone knows that the bandit leader is the most afraid of appearing." Because of these reputations, he obtained a letter of recommendation from Tianshan Academy, this kid is also very competitive, he passed the preliminary examination a month ago, this time it happens to be with you all the way, you study, he also went to the academy to report, it must be a journey across the territory, and his reputation on the road can also have less trouble. ”

Hearing the four words of Tianshan Academy, the back of the tent suddenly fell silent, and the noble man never spoke again.

Ma Shixiang left, the old man in the old robe slowly opened his eyes, the old and calm eyes rarely showed a trace of interest, he looked at the tent and said with a gentle smile: "In this small city, it is really surprising that there are soldiers who can be admitted to Tianshan Academy, in this case, the young man must be the best choice in terms of conduct and ability, and it is not bad to let him be a guide." ”

"My father asked me to go to Tianshan Academy to study, although I crossed the territory, but the reputation of Tianshan Academy is one of the best in the world, but I didn't expect that such a sacred place as the academy would actually start recruiting such soldiers and ruffians. ”

The tone was still cold and disdainful, but the actual attitude had changed, and the noble man at least no longer objected to Luo Fan as a guide in his team - it only took a name to make the big man change his mind, and the place simply called Tianshan Academy was not simple in the first place.

The old man said another thing, and his expression was a little puzzled: "I have seen the words he wrote on the mud floor before, and the copy is the third section of the Taishang Induction Chapter, the font is concise, but it is extremely vivid...... I really don't know how he practiced it, and where his teacher is. ”

"The soldier is just empty brushstrokes, before a few glances, fresh and inevitably shocked, at this time think about it, it is just some strange skills of the road to the pen, talk about the right way, in the future, about to touch is a word seller outside the Xiangfang. ”

The noble man replied coldly.

The old man shook his head and said, "The word "fresh" is the key. I don't know calligraphy, but look at the branch of the soldier, I can really faintly see the meaning of gold and stone, this kind of word stroke bone is very rare, really a bit like the Taoist in the Taoist altar of those Taoist means. "You mean runes?"

Behind the tent, the nobleman was stunned, and immediately mocked: "There are hundreds of millions of people in the world, but there are only dozens of people in Fu Dao. Those masters are either hidden in the palace, or sit quietly in the temple, and meditate and practice all their lives to condense the breath of heaven and earth between the golden hook and the silver stroke. That young man has no breath fluctuations on his body, he is just an ordinary mortal, even if he looks at the Taishang Induction Chapter for another fifty years, he is afraid that he will not even be able to step into the first realm, how can he dare to discuss it side by side with those everyone?"

The old man smiled and said nothing more. Although he is a cultivator, he has won the respect of the other party along the way, but the status of the two sides is too different, and the so-called respect is actually just pity for the old and cherishing talents.

Of course, he didn't agree with the words of the noble man behind the tent, about the soldier boy named Luofan, the old man had his own judgment: all mortals in the world, people who can realize the breath of heaven and earth and step into the initial realm can really be said to be one in ten thousand, the initial induction level is the most difficult, and it is by no means easy, but if Luofan can really enter the academy to study, in case one day he will embark on the path of cultivation due to fate, and the calligraphy with strong and powerful hands will definitely be of great help to him.

Even if the young man was never able to open his mind, that handwriting alone could make the masters in the academy and the Taoist altar look at him differently, and at the worst, it could shock those scribes and calligraphers.

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Luo Fan put down the book in his hand, shook his head and walked out the door, with a faint sense of loss and unwillingness on his face.

The Taishang induction chapter handed down in this Taoist temple, as the noble maid said, is a mainland product that can be seen everywhere. He knew this very well, but he still never forgot to read and study, as if this book was the legendary Seven Volumes of the Book of Heaven enshrined in the unknowable land of the Heavenly Dao. And the reason for all this, Baiyunguan has long recorded that there are no immortals in this world, but the ancestor of Baiyunguan relied on this ubiquitous road goods to successfully practice, and became an immortal in one fell swoop, breaking through the barriers of the world and soaring.

If it were not for the cotton thread to sew the spine tightly, I was afraid that it would turn into a few puffs of paper money and go to the wind to worship the ascending ancestor. It's a pity that after so many years, the pages of the book have already been turned over, and the words on it are deep in his mind, but he still can't enter the door, not to mention the initial realm of cultivation, and even the simplest induction mentioned in the book can't do it.

He was disappointed and even desperate, and later learned that the vast majority of normal people in this world could not comprehend the qi of heaven and earth, and his mood became a lot calmer - yes, those legendary masters of the world are not normal people, they are all perverts, because only extremely rare perverts can comprehend the breath of heaven and earth, otherwise so many Taishang induction chapters are circulating in the world, why haven't you heard of the cultivator's flying sword flashing around, and the master floating around?

And Luofan is normal, or ordinary. It's just that Li Yixue, who is sleeping on the ice bed, is still waiting for him to wake up, otherwise even if he finds the Chiba Ice Lotus and the Sansheng Flower, how can he wake up without the means of a cultivator. Every time I look at this book that can be seen everywhere, of course, he doesn't count this book, this book has a history of hundreds of years, and someone has used this book to fly away.

Every time I look at this book, I can only go back empty-handed, and suddenly I find that the heaven and earth are full of that kind of wonderful thing called Yuanqi like an invisible white cloud, but you can't catch a cloud, and you are still very unwilling after all.

"Weicheng is so poor, the barbarians on the grassland have long made His Majesty the Emperor afraid, and they have not dared to come for many years, so I should leave to study at Tianshan Academy. ”

In the dimly lit barracks, Luo Fan saluted respectfully to the general in front of him, and explained earnestly: "The work of this guide is left to me, and I hope that the general palace will have a lot of good things to say to that nobleman." ”

Ma Shixiang looked at the young man in front of him, the beard on his chin swayed slightly, I don't know if it was the result of being blown by the night breeze or being angry, and said angrily: "Luofan, Luofan, once upon a time you became such a shameless guy?"

Luo Fan replied seriously: "As long as the general needs you, I can do without this face at any time." ”

"Let's be honest. Ma Shixiang's expression became cold, and he asked with a serious expression: "Why do you want to be this guide, although you also want to go to the academy." "Could it be that he is a villain who tends to talk about things?

Luo Fan was silent for a long time, and the expression on his face changed from the previous slowness to a solemn but extremely expressive expression, this situation Ma Shixiang had only seen Luo Fan's expression in the opponent's bandit leader.

"General, I have a reason why I have to go to the academy, and I will use the way of nobles to facilitate my many actions, but it will never endanger the imperial court, please rest assured. ”

"But it seems that the nobles don't like you a little. Ma Shixiang reprimanded sharply: "You seem to have forgotten your identity, you must know that you are now a soldier, and as an imperial soldier, you must obey the orders of your superiors and obey the orders of Lao Tzu! Look at what kind of scourge you have made in the barracks in the past six months? These are all your own causes." ”

Luo Fan didn't answer, looked down at a stubborn grass growing out of the mud in the middle of the military boots, and silently objected.

Ma Shixiang took this young man helplessly, sighed and said: "What kind of trouble do you want to make? A good person, why should you be so cynical, people still have to be a little in awe." Although you have solved a lot of troubles for Lao Tzu in the past six months, why should Lao Tzu help you. ”

Luo Fan raised his head and said with an extremely serious expression: "I have seen their convoy outside, they have encountered attacks, and there has been a spring drought on the grassland recently, and the barbarian disasters and bandits will be more serious. And the nobleman's maidservant was full of luxury, so ...... I'm worried about the general. ”

The attack on the convoy, the spring drought in the grassland, the nobleness of the maidservant, and the worry of the general, these seemingly unrelated words, were trivially combined by him, and became the reason for him to be silent and stubborn to be a guide.

Ma Shixiang looked at him, sighed and asked, "You guessed it a long time ago?"

"Who else in Weicheng hasn't guessed who they are now?"

Luo Fan helplessly spread his hands, looked at the side of the military camp under the night, and said: "Only that princess who grew up in the palace thought that she could hide from the sky and the sea, and the vast road to study was so easy to reach?"