inexplicably signed up in this way, and Heizi followed Xu Lang all the way back to the "talented restaurant". The chubby shopkeeper probably had already been instructed by Zhu Yuanwai, and when he saw Xu Lang entering the building, he hurriedly threw down the account book and abacus and greeted him. After some polite greetings, the shopkeeper stretched out his hand to summon a shopkeeper who was quick with his hands and feet, and ordered him to take Xu Lang and the others to the backyard of the restaurant.

In the backyard, there was a large table under the pear blossom tree in the courtyard, on which the cups and plates were in disarray, and the scraps were scattered. Zhu Youcai was shouting at his classmates to drink and fight, and the group of half-grown teenagers were staggering one by one, their faces were red and their ears were red, and they were drinking happily. Suddenly saw Xu Lang come in, hula, all put down their wine glasses, and were so frightened that they all bowed their heads and stood at the table, and they didn't dare to come out.

Xu Lang smiled faintly and told them not to go too far, and everyone breathed a long sigh of relief when they saw that the master did not scold.

After dinner, the drunken teenagers were all crooked to the point of snoring and falling asleep in bed.

Only Kuroko has never drunk, and he is full of thoughts about tomorrow's opening test, and after tossing and turning, it is still difficult to sleep.

The black-faced young man looked at the amber moonlight through the window in a daze, thinking of the long queue he saw at the registration office at the entrance of Tianhong Academy today, and couldn't help but feel at a loss.

With so many people, can I choose them?

He didn't know how to answer himself. In terms of family background, he is just a country boy, and in terms of appearance, he looks so dark... He had nothing to say, although he could never forget it, and he had several books of sages in his head, but they were all memorized, and if he let himself explain it in detail, he was afraid that he would immediately get a comment that he "didn't know anything."

With a low sigh, he turned away and looked at the wall in a daze.

"Zhang Xifan, hurry up. ”

Opening his eyes vaguely, Kuroko turned his head to look out the window, at this time the morning light was faint, the sky was just bright, and there were three or two lazy crows of roosters in the distance. Rubbing his eyes, he got out of bed with his eyes blank, and then opened the door.

"Hurry up, it's too late. Xu Lang rubbed his eyes and yawned from time to time, and he could see that he was a little reluctant to get up so early.

"Oh. Kuroko nodded listlessly.

When the two of them arrived at the gate of Tianhong Academy, it was already full of traffic, crowds of people, and the sound of chaos resounded throughout the street, which was as lively as a vegetable market.

"You wait here, and when the time comes, someone will beckon you in. I have something to do, so I'm not waiting for you here. ”

Xu Lang patted him on the shoulder, said a few words lightly, and then turned around and walked straight towards the door of Tianhong Academy. Kuroko was stunned as he watched the snow-white back disappear behind the half-open and half-closed vermilion lacquer door.

I'm alone again.

The classmates were still asleep, and in this place where thousands of people gathered, he didn't know anyone. Feeling surrounded by a thick loneliness, he missed the delicate little face carved in pink again.

There are still more than ten days... Sister Yun'er, are you okay?

Thinking in my heart, before I knew it, time had passed. When he came back to his senses, there was already a loud roll call at the entrance of the academy. He hurriedly gathered his attention and listened carefully with his little face up, for fear that he would miss his name.

"Gongsun Ce, is Gongsun Ce here?"

"I'm here. ”

An indifferent green voice slowly sounded from the crowd, and the taciturn young man, dressed in a miscellaneous clothes, bowed his head and squeezed away the crowd. He pulled out his badge and motioned to the doorkeeper, who nodded, and walked straight inside without saying a word.

"Next, Zhang Xifan!"

Swish!

Heizi was about to say yes loudly, but who knew that everyone who was staring at Gongsun Ce just now actually looked at him in unison at this time. He was startled, and felt those gazes stab at him like knives. In desperation, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and hurriedly squeeze forward with his head down.

"This is the shameless Zhang Xifan? It doesn't feel good. ”

"yes, it's nothing but a little darker. ”

Hearing the whispers of the crowd, Kuroko felt his little face hot and his scalp tingle, but the only thing he could do now was not squint and pretend not to hear anything.

"Are you Zhang Xifan?" The gatekeeper couldn't help but look at him a few more times when he saw that the person who came was only a teenager and a half-year-old. Kuroko's little face turned red, and he quickly took out the waist card from his arms and shook it, breathing carefully, and his heart was pounding. Until the man said lightly, "Go in." He hurried into the door, secretly breathing a long sigh of relief, and a heart that had been hanging for a long time finally fell back into his chest.

There were still people in the door who were shouting loudly, and the rows of teenagers were listening intently, and when they saw Kuroko hurriedly break in with their heads down, most of them just glanced casually and turned their heads away.

"You, come here and stand up!

"It's coming, it's coming!"

Seeing a middle-aged man with thin cheeks waving impatiently at him, Kuroko hurriedly nodded in response. When he stood in the queue, he looked up and saw that he was beside Gongsun Ce, who was wearing the clothes of a miscellaneous servant.

"I, my name is Zhang Xifan. ”

Seeing that the young handyman was looking at him indifferently, Kuroko tried to squeeze out a smile despite his nervousness.

"Gongsun Ce. He nodded, then turned his head away.

"Okay, now that everyone has arrived, then I will announce the first level of the opening test. ”

The thin-faced man looked straight and stretched out his hand behind everyone.

"Do you see the mountain behind the academy?"

Everyone nodded in unison.

"Those who carry two iron talismans, rush to the top of the mountain within a stick of incense, fail to arrive on time, or tear off the iron talisman without permission, are regarded as a failure in the trial. ”

His eyes swept over everyone, and he asked coldly and loudly, "Do you understand?!"

"Got it!"

The thin-faced man stopped talking, his sleeves were raised, and the sunspot only felt a flower in front of him, and when he looked down again, he saw a yellowed talisman glued to his leg, which was fluttering, and he didn't feel anything like two ordinary pieces of paper sticking to it. Like other teenagers, he couldn't figure out what the thin-faced man meant by "tearing off the iron talisman without permission".

"Whew. “

The thin-faced man stretched out his hand and flicked it, and an incense stick inserted in the censer was lit. "Alright, you go quickly. ”

Ten young men bowed to him in unison, and he nodded, and then stepped aside and said no more.

"Let's go. ”

Heizi smiled kindly at Gongsun Ce, who was stunned, then shook his head and took the lead in walking towards the mountain behind the academy.

The smile froze on the black little face, and Kuroko scratched his head in embarrassment, and then quickly followed.