At dusk, a large group of dusk clouds in the sky covered the setting sun, turning it into patches of golden sunset, which also reflected the reddish color of the snow. It was already starting to fall into the night.
In the broad square of the Giant Rock Martial Arts Academy, a group of white pigeons were jumping around by the frozen fountain, picking up crumbs of bread on the ground; outside the campus gate, there were young civilians everywhere who had picked up their luggage and left. Most of them were the third generation. Those who were eliminated in the second and third levels, as well as the more than 5,000 people who gave up in the first level, have long since left.
At the end of the day, more than 4,000 people were buried in the valley. In the end, only 34 people were able to move the stone pier. All of them were men, including Ma He, Lin Yi, Liu Yu, and Meng Qian. They and several others were gone for three days. pace, which is also a joint record. After that, Gai Kui announced that today's assessment was over, and the thirty-four people who passed the test could participate in the final assessment tomorrow; as for the others, whether they returned home or stayed in the giant rock, no one cared.
Xin Lie and Cheng Lei were walking on the road with their backpacks on their backs. Both of them were very silent. They had all sorts of mixed feelings in their hearts that were hard to describe. If they were happy, they were not much. If they were depressed, they were not. It¡¯s just that they had seen too much today. Have been through too much
"Thanks to your help today" Cheng Lei said hoarsely, and Xin Lie shook his head: "It's nothing." Cheng Lei smiled slyly again: "Xin Lie, your performance is the best among everyone. Yes." Xin Lie smiled indifferently: "Maybe."
After walking out of the school gate, Cheng Lei pointed to the northwest and said, "I'm going back to the Wangyue Hotel on North Street. Can we come together? Where do you live?" Xin Lie pointed to the east: "No, I live in Daqiao these days. There is a ferry next to it." Cheng Lei nodded silently: "See you tomorrow." Xin Lie said: "See you tomorrow."
After saying that, the two of them went their separate ways. The candidates around had different expressions. Some were happy, talking happily about drinking a few glasses of wine to celebrate reaching the last level; some were tired, standing at the door looking into the martial arts academy, unwilling to leave
Almost everyone recognized who Xin Lie was, the guy who saved people and killed eagles but ranked ninety-ninth in the literary test. When they saw him, everyone pointed out and whispered to their friends: "That's the guy who killed a Montenegro." Eagle.", "He has good skills, but no brains.", "He contradicted the adults, but he didn't die."
Hearing these voices of praise or ridicule, Xin Lie ignored them. He just did what he thought was right. He didn't care what others thought.
At this time, he suddenly stopped and saw a girl in black hair standing in the distance, looking up at the towering bell tower of the martial arts academy, and her hands were holding a sack with a heavy bottom.
Fang Ling'er failed to pass the third level, no one gave her another chance, and she really couldn't move. If Xin Lie hadn't stepped forward to pull her away in time, she might have died under the knife of the one-eyed instructor. However, she seemed to have lost her soul. She was silent all the way back, and her previous gentleness and pleasantness had completely disappeared, just like an empty shell. However, Xin Lie and Cheng Lei didn't know what to say, so don't be sad? If it were them, could they do it?
¡°Moreover, Fang Ling¡¯er is not the only one who has been eliminated today; and Fang Ling¡¯er is not the only one who has been eliminated for so many years?
Does the path of a warrior really need to be so cruel? What is all thiswhy? Xin Lie frowned and sighed, and just as he was about to walk up, he saw the arrogant Ma He in front of him walking past quickly and bumping into Fang Ling'er sideways.
Ma He was a burly man, and Fang Ling'er was already exhausted physically and mentally. After being hit like this, her body suddenly staggered and fell straight to the ground. Her weak hands could not grasp the sack. The sack fell down, and the copper coins in the sack fell. It poured out like rain, and she couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah¡ª¡ª"
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Oops! Xin Lie immediately ran up, but his eyes widened immediately, and a burst of anger arose. That guy did it on purpose! Ma He over there bumped into someone and quickly bent over and grabbed a handful of coins scattered on the floor. After grabbing a handful, he put it in his pocket and continued to pick it up. Xin Lie shouted loudly while running: "Hey!! Ma He, stop -"
"Don't grab it! Don't grab it!" Fang Ling'er also screamed in a panic. While trying to protect the copper coins on the floor, she pushed Ma He away and shouted in a trembling voice: "Don't grab my money, don't Steal my money"
"Get away!" Ma He not only did not stop, but pushed her away fiercely, picked her up faster, and said unreasonably: "This is my money, bitch-" Fang Ling'er fell down again When she got to the snow, she hit her forehead, and blood immediately poured out. She still shouted: "Don't grab it, go away, don't grab it¡ª¡ª" Her shout attracted the attention of everyone around her, but most of them were With an indifferent look like "Don't expect me to meddle in other people's business", many people even looked greedy.
"Sir, there's been a robbery¡ª¡ª" Before the shout could be finished, Xin Lie had already run up to the two of them. Without stopping, he kicked Ma He and shouted in a cold voice: "Put down the copper coins!"
Far awaySeveral guards with swords at the school gate also noticed it. They were about to come over to see what was going on, but several young warriors passing by the school stopped them. Those people were dressed in the colorful clothes of the wheat ear totem. They looked at Xin Lie and the others and said something funny. They seemed to be watching a monkey show and burst into laughter.
After receiving a heavy kick, Ma He immediately fell to the side. He glared at the murderous Xin Lie with resentful eyes, calmly put the copper coins in his pocket into his pocket, and said in a vicious voice: "This is none of your business."
No guard paid attention at first sight, and the master warriors seemed to be conniving. After what happened today, everyone knew that in the eyes of the warriors, the lives of civilians were not worth as much as an eagle, especially Fang Ling'er, who was an ordinary civilian who had been eliminated. !
Suddenly, one person, two people actually gathered around and started grabbing!
¡°They didn¡¯t knock people down, nor did they snatch it from someone¡¯s hands. They picked it up from the ground! Although a few broken coins are not much money, you would be a fool if you don't pick up the bargains!
"Stop!! You guys stop!!" Xin Lie looked around and shouted, but for a moment he didn't know how to stop him. Looking at these people who kept grabbing, those hands, those smiling faces who thought they were getting an advantage, the anger was about to kill him. People are burned and twisted. We are all ordinary people. Don't they know the hardships of ordinary people! ? Stealing a girl's money, what are you doing! !
Seeing that everyone was still the same, he couldn't help but yelled and hit them with his fist: "Stop¡ª¡ª"
As soon as they saw him coming, those people grabbed the copper coins and ran away after being punched. They didn't dare to make a big deal out of it. They lost their lives for some coins. That was stupider than a pig. The people on the other side stepped up. Keep up the speed
There are some people here who are eliminated, and there are also many people who are finalists, that Liu Yu! Xin Lie punched him again and shouted: "Liu Yu, put down the money!"
"Who do you think you are?" Liu Yu suddenly dodged sideways. Xin Lie's punches were as fast as the wind. This dodge was enough to show that his skills were also very good! There was no entanglement, Liu Yu turned around and ran away, but did not forget to turn around and laugh at him to vent his anger: "Chase! Haha, let's see how many people you can catch. Do you think it's true how much respect you have on the mountain? Do you think you can point fingers? You fool? !¡±
Sure enough, everyone started to flee. Xin Lie grabbed one person and took back some money, but it was too late to catch the other person.
Lin Yi and Meng Qian, who had already formed a group with Liu Yu, continued to grab a handful on the snow and left quickly in different directions, leaving behind a string of laughter: "I picked up a treasure on the ground, ask. We can¡¯t get it from Heaven and Earth!¡±, ¡°It¡¯s developed!¡±
At this time, there were only a few copper coins scattered on the snow.
"Don't grab my money, don't grab it, don't grab it" Fang Ling'er, who was pushed several times by everyone, fell to the side. She tightly grasped the sack with some copper coins in her hands, blood streaming all over her face, her expression Dazed, muttering something.
"Are you okay?" Xin Lie knelt down and looked at her. His serious expression could hardly be called gentle. He was indeed a fool. He had imagined that people who participated in the martial arts assessment would be hard-working, good people and like-minded. Partnerhe was wrong, very wrong
But Thoughts flashed through his mind, and the cold light in his eyes grew stronger. He had already memorized the faces of everyone involved in the money robbery, and would never forget them, because he would definitely deal with these scum one by one in the future. Can't run away
"IBrother Xin Lie, I" When Fang Ling'er saw Xin Lie, she pursed her lips and grinned, barely concealing something, but she still couldn't hold it back. Suddenly, tears welled up in her eyes and she cried uncontrollably: " Woo ah ah, woo woo woo"
Listening to this sad and desperate cry, Xin Lie almost wanted to speak, but he didn't know what words of comfort he should say, so he silently picked up the remaining copper coins in the snow and put them back into her sack. One, two, three Pieces
"Xiulian died miserably, she didn't deserve to die, she didn't deserve to die" After crying for a while, Fang Ling'er choked up and said: "She obviously didn't like that person, that person was a bully, her father Mom insisted on marrying her off for two acres of land, so she just threw herself into the river" As she spoke, she burst into tears again, looked up at him, and asked in a trembling voice: "Why are you doing this? Xin Lie Brother, why are you doing this?"
Xin Lie remained silent. Fang Ling'er shook her head and continued crying: "I don't want this, I really don't want this. We have heard stories about female warriors. They can marry the person they like, and they can decide for themselves. life Xiulian came to me before she committed suicide. She said, 'How great it would be if I were a warrior!' How great it would be"
She was trembling all over, with tears and blood falling down her face, "I thought I could be a female warrior My father and mother scolded me and scolded me for dreaming so I secretly took it"So much money, I earned it from embroidery, but my family originally planned to use it to buy fields I'm a fool! "
Xin Lie shook his head silently, tore off a piece of cloth from his sleeve, grabbed some snow and packed it into a cold snow ball, pressed it on the wound on her forehead, and said: "You are not, it's just, just"
"It just failed, right?" Fang Ling'er smiled sadly. People passing by glanced at her from time to time, but she was already so disheartened that she didn't care about any ugly appearance. She said softly: "You shouldn't have saved me. I was Just die"
A burst of anger rushed out, and Xin Lie couldn't help shouting: "What are you talking about! How many people died today? What do you think they were thinking before they died? Forget about dying!?" His rapid breathing slowly calmed down, He said softly: "It's always good to be alive, isn't it?"
"Yeah." Fang Ling'er sobbed and nodded. She just felt that she was so useless. It wasn't worth it to save her and cause him to quarrel with Lord Gaikui.
Xin Lie is a little confused, his heart feels very uncomfortable, he feels sad for those people, he feels sad for her, yes, why is this? If he is eliminated, is everything over? He took out a small piece of silver from his backpack and put it into her hand: "Here is one tael of silver. Just take it. I can't help you much." Fang Ling'er pushed it back without hesitation: "I don't want it. You saved me." I came twice and helped me a lot, but I don¡¯t want the money.¡±
Looking at the determination on her pale face, Xin Lie understood her mood and retracted his hands tightly.
"I have to go. There is a curfew on the street over the hotel." Fang Ling'er stood up slowly. She couldn't hinder him anymore. He had to take the exam tomorrow She picked up the dry and empty sack. , settled for a while, and suddenly asked in confusion: "Brother Xin Lie, is this fate? Is this Fang Ling'er's fate?"
"I don't know if there is destiny, but" Xin Lie's mind was churning with thoughts, and he suddenly smiled: "Oh, I don't believe it, any bullshit fate, providence, destiny I don't believe it!" He handed the snowball to him. She said: "Although I have read few books, I know that if you do nothing in the spring, you will not be able to harvest in the autumn. This is doomed."
Fang Ling'er was thoughtful. She took a deep look at him, then turned and walked south.
Watching her figure gradually walking away, Xin Lie's fists gradually clenched, and some voices faintly echoed in his ears: "Have any of you ever heard of coolies becoming warriors?" I can't go back to my hometown, I can only stay in the giant rock and wait for death, without any hope.", "If you succeed, it's a dream; if you fail, it's shit.", "This is fate. ?"¡¡
Is this life?
He suddenly shouted: "Hey¡ª¡ª"
Fang Ling'er from a distance looked back, her beautiful face was filled with tears.
Xin Lie smiled, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly: "If you meet God, please tell him for me and leave Xin Lie alone!"
Fang Ling'er smiled faintly, nodded, pulled the sack out of habit, raised her feet again, and walked away step by step.
Until her figure disappeared far away, Xin Lie did not move. There was also some confusion in the depths of his firm gaze. Countless people came to take the martial arts test every year, and most people lost their lives every year. , lose their souls, where will they go? What about her?
If you still chase your dreams all day long, it will definitely be very painful! If you say throw it away, can you throw it away? How can we continue without throwing it away? Or, hide it in your heart
"Three armies can seize commanders, but ordinary men cannot seize ambitions Is that so?"
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