In the past few years, the barbarians outside "Ansheng Pass" have almost disappeared, and only the gatekeepers know the reason.
He became a gatekeeper at the age of 5. Seven years later, the 12-year-old Sun Zikai had killed more than 2,000 barbarians and massacred more than 50 barbarian tribes. He always eliminates the roots without leaving any clues, so no one outside the customs still knows of his existence, and the scope of his footprints has expanded from the twenty miles determined by the gatekeepers over the years to more than a hundred miles.
Sun Zikai distributed the credit to all the gatekeepers. The number of enemy kills that each person could record reached about 110. In these years, the reputation and treatment of the gatekeepers among the fourteen cities in the gate have reached unprecedented levels. high. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and are smiling happily, but it also makes some people from some sects feel dissatisfied.
On this day, four hundred miles outside the pass, a tribe of barbarians rushed to "Ansheng Pass" on foot. They had not heard the news of their compatriots breaking through the pass and entering the city for a long time. Today they brought enough equipment to grab some good things within ten days. go back.
As he was walking, a young man appeared in front of him. He was dressed in black, with his hair tied back. There were two large pockets on the waist. He put his hands in them with a very calm expression. There was a slender knife on the left side of his waist, and the scabbard was made of iron.
The barbarians saw the young man, regarded him as a compatriot, and shouted: "Where are your people? Come with us to tackle the problem."
Sun Zikai took a breath, and while inhaling, dozens of different "airflows" appeared in front of him. But only he can see it. Then, he stood out on tiptoe, looking like a floating gauze and moving like a willow leaf in the water. He kept his hands in his pockets. As he moved forward at a high speed, the energy around him was driven and manipulated, turning the invisible into a sharp blade, and he moved with ease. On the barbarian's neck, when he passed through the entire team, he did not look back, and still walked forward lightly. However, everyone in the barbarian team behind was beheaded, and only the two horses had their reins cut off. , gained freedom.
He returned to a waterfall, which was his base outside. Next to the waterfall, there was a porcelain bowl with water in it. Under the waterfall, water droplets splashed into the bowl from time to time, but the water in the bowl never made waves and was always calm.
Sun Zikai bent down, touched the water in the bowl with his finger, and drew it outward. The water did not move, but a virtual image appeared. He jumped into the waterfall with the virtual image. The falling waterfall suddenly stopped, as if time had stopped. Integrating the virtual image into his body, he seemed to blend with the water and the air. The waterfall returned to normal. He was in it, but not a drop of water fell on him.
He reached out his hand, and the water under the waterfall was like dough, which was kneaded up, but in an instant it lost its heaviness and turned into "cotton". Water changed from invisible to tangible in texture, and then from tangible to ethereal. Then, he waved his arms. Within a radius of fifty feet, everything stood still, the soil turned into fluid, the vegetation began to "walk", the water solidified into stones, and the stones kneaded into wind.
They gathered towards Sun Zikai one after another. When they approached his body, the energy of everything was drawn out and hovered around Sun Zikai. Then, their energy was sucked out again. What was changed this time was the "form" of the energy. Hua Bubu No longer flowers, water is no longer water. When changing the form of objects, each object still burst out with super energy value. Sun Zikai discovered it, but still could not capture it. He judged that objects are composed of energy, but the process of composition requires consumption. Huge energy, and structural changes will also release huge energy.
In the past two years, his path of self-cultivation and physical training has stagnated, but his ability to absorb life and control energy has been greatly improved. This is also attributed to his grasp of the flow of energy when he realized the power of water and fire. There are traces of this kind of guy with incredible qualifications. Once he finds a breakthrough, he will be out of control. From the moment he truly "grabs" the energy, his way of practice has undergone a qualitative change.
No longer limited by the fixed form of "things", he seizes energy, masters energy, swallows energy, and then uses energy to create a new form of energy similar to "things". He named it - technique.
And it was after he touched the truth of energy that Sun Zikai had a recognition and speculation about the nature of the world for the first time. Why does water flow downwards? Could the energy thing be controlled by another special thing? Things are restricted, and he initially called that kind of restriction - rules.
Use energy to turn disordered water into order. In that bowl of calm water, there are actually thousands of energies flowing. They are hidden in it and give the water an order. This makes the soft water become orderly. It is extremely hard, can withstand violent attacks, and can also break down soft objects into the body.
Creating order from disorder and creating rules from order, he suddenly realized the great way and named it - Wuji.
After some practice, he lay down on the water, but the water did not touch him. After a while, he sat up. His range of energy and vitality perception now reached twenty miles. He sensed that a special person was moving quickly. If it's close, it should be flying.
He made some calculations in his mind and immediately realized the reason. He came to the road he was passing in advance. Not long after, a sword-wielding man flew from the horizon. After seeing Sun Zikai, he immediately landed.
This person was no one else, but the "elder" who had stopped them many years ago and threatened to help the barbarians enter the city.
The man looked at Sun Zikai with great disdain and said coldly: "Where have all the barbarians died? Why did I see you alone after such a long journey?"
Sun Zikai smiled and said: "Sir, I don't know. I'm here to explore the way. It will take two days for the clan members to arrive."
"Hey, little piggy." The man was very dissatisfied, but he looked around and found no other barbarians, so he said: "Go back and tell them, Grandpa, I will help you enter 'Ansheng Pass'. After entering the city, give me Rob as hard as you can, kill as hard as you can, and I guarantee that you will escape unscathed."
"You are so powerful, I'd better go and tell them in person. If you fly with me, I will find them soon."
The man glared at him, with disgust on his face, but he took the opportunity to sneak here. Time was tight, so he thought rightly. Let the barbarian enter the city quickly so that he could go down and get some benefits. Those bastards guarding the gate , No barbarian has been allowed into the city in seven years, and he has not made money for a long time.
After thinking about it, he took out a rope, threw it directly on Sun Zikai, tied him up, and then hung him up into the sky, saying coldly: "Guide the way."
Sun Zikai raised his chin and pointed in a direction, and the man took him flying away, not caring whether the child would be hanged. And he was completely unaware that the child was already standing behind him.
Sun Zikai thought to himself, and the rope on his body softened and loosened. He took out a hand and put his fingers on the man's back. Within a few breaths, almost all the energy in the man's body was swallowed up by it.
The two fell down immediately. The man fell heavily to the ground, while Sun Zikai stepped on the wind and landed steadily on his toes. The man didn't know what happened. He turned around, but his waist was dodged, and he was aware of his internal organs in an instant. He felt a sense of decline, and his teeth had fallen out, his skin was wrinkled, and his white hair fell out in large pieces.
"What...is going on..." The old man had no strength at all.
Sun Zikai slowly walked up to him, took out his hands, stepped forward and back with his legs, and made a gesture of accumulating punches. He said calmly: "Sir, hold on for a little longer, I want to try all my abilities."
A light appeared on his fist, as hot as the sun, and the air around his fist became hot and distorted, and he whispered: "Just a punch."
boom! !
A half-mile-long deep ravine exploded backwards from where the man was. Everything in it was shattered, and mud and dust rolled in, spreading to both sides.
But that man had become scum and disappeared without a trace. Sun Zikai immediately regretted it. He also wanted to get some cultivation methods from the man, but he was too cautious. He first sucked away his energy, then his life, and finally How can a man who throws a punch with all his heart and has no backhand power survive?
Sun Zikai sighed, put his hands into his waist pockets, and walked slowly towards "Ansheng Pass".
He would go back once a month to reassure everyone. Nine-year-old Yang Youshi had been waiting on the wall early. When he saw Sun Zikai's figure, he shouted excitedly: "Brother! I've carried it all! I've carried it all." Passed!" After five years, she finally memorized the contents of the 460 medical books that Sun Zikai solved in one month.
There was no need to open the gate. He jumped up to the top of the wall and said, "Where do the rain flowers and locust grass grow? How to pick them and how to use them."
Yang Youshi's eyes were bright and he spoke one by one without pausing. Sun Zikai nodded and said: "Okay, assuming you have memorized it, you can try to cook the medicine. Once cooked, you can heal people."
"I've cooked medicine for everyone a long time ago. It's not like you don't know, brother!"
"I didn't approve of it before, but now you are barely qualified."
"Hey, brother, you're so boring all the time, you're annoying!"
Lao Yang shouted: "Is the little grandson back? Come to me, there is something wrong!"
Sun Zikai greeted the men along the way, but found a sophisticated carriage that did not belong in this rough place.
Entering Lao Yang's house, I saw Lao Yang enthusiastically entertaining a group of people, while Lao Zhang was sitting at the table with his head down. The clothes worn by this group of people were not of city style, nor did they look like barbarians. Although they all looked tired from running around, their etiquette was evident and their temperament was good.
Lao Zhang waved Sun Zikai over, pushed him to sit down at the table, pointed and said, "That's him."
The leader, who was about forty years old, looked at him and said in surprise: "Is this kid really the boy who slaughtered barbarians that is rumored in the fourteen cities?"
"Yes, he killed thousands of barbarians. In terms of military merit, he is undoubtedly the highest." Lao Zhang said seriously.
The hint of joking flashed across the man's expression was immediately noticed by Sun Zikai. He took a breath and a large amount of air flow appeared in the room, which only he could see.
The man said happily: "Okay! If we have this little hero by our side, our journey will be smooth."
"You can't forget that our child is going to..." Lao Yang sent him a cup of tea.
The man touched the edge of the cup, but did not drink it. He vowed: "Commander Yang, please rest assured. In terms of military merit, this child has already obtained the qualification. If he is escorted properly along the way, there will be another reward!" As he said this, he looked back. Someone shouted from the corner: "Miss, please pay the commission."
Sun Zikai looked over there. A girl was sitting in the corner, wrapped in a robe. She heard the voice and raised her head, her hair hanging down. When he saw her, he first saw a pool of sadness, reflecting on himself under the half-moon. figure, those are her eyes.
She stood up, her eyes a little timid, but soon became as clear as a clear pool, as if she had gotten the answer, and then she walked behind the screen with her head lowered.
Sun Zikai felt a strange flow of energy, but it quickly disappeared. The girl walked out and came to the table. She wrapped something in a handkerchief and placed it in front of Lao Yang. The handkerchief was untied, and inside was a foot-long gold nugget. , engraved with patterns, but shining brightly under the weak light, then silently walked back to the original place and sat down.
Lao Yang and Lao Zhang's eyes widened. Lao Yang immediately said: "Girl, you don't need so much, just give me some scattered things."
Lao Zhang also immediately wrapped the gold nugget and said, "This thing can buy a lot of lives. I really can't use so much. Girl, please take it back."
The girl seemed to feel a little surprised. She raised her head and just felt a gaze. She followed it and saw first a pair of autumn moons, scattering the stars in the night pool. What was outlined was her own mood, which was his. eye.
The leading man waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is a reward from my young lady. Don't refuse, just do your job well."
Lao Yang and Lao Zhang looked embarrassed. Sun Zikai asked him what they were going to do. Lao Zhang explained: "These are not from our customs. They came from thousands of miles away."
"Thousands of miles away?" Sun Zikai felt incredible. "do what?"
Lao Zhang said: "Escort their young lady to the Ying River two hundred miles away, and help them find, uh... what sect is she from?"
The leading man said: "Moving the mountain to pull out the dust, a thousand-year-old vein, moving the Chen Sect! Little brother, you must escort us from outside the pass all the way south to find the end of the Ying River. Let's go up the river and walk another five hundred miles. We can reach the realm of Dongchen Sect,"
Sun Zikai was very puzzled and asked Lao Yang: "Aren't they all barbarians outside the Pass?"
Lao Yang explained: "No, I heard the old people in the city say that if you walk southward from outside the pass, you can encounter a stream. If you follow the stream for hundreds of miles, you can see a prosperous place. In fact, the so-called barbarians are just The descendants of the ancient nomadic tribes within 800 miles outside the pass, the nomadic tribe is also our ancestors, but our tribe came to the pass back then, opened up fertile fields, and became a farming tribe. The nomads even ate the food provided by God, and often They have no food to eat, so they live by plundering, which is also the reason for the contradiction between the people inside and outside the pass."
Sun Zikai asked again: "What is military merit? What do you want me to do?"
Lao Zhang said: "Those sects and sects that master the way of cultivation have given us ordinary people some opportunities to join the sect and honor our ancestors. According to us gatekeepers, it has always been about military merit. Killing one person is a military merit. As long as you gather four hundred military merits, you will have the opportunity to enter the sect."
Sun Zikai said directly: "Are they giving you a chance? Who can do such a thing? How many years does it take for a gatekeeper to kill four hundred people? Even if he survives, he has killed enough. By the time he goes to the sect, he will probably be dead. , At fifty years old, what else are you practicing?”
Lao Yang said: "That's us, not you. You can do it. You have to seize this opportunity."
Sun Zikai directly exposed the man's lie and said coldly: "Even if there is this opportunity, what does it have to do with Dongchen Sect, which is thousands of miles away, or even further!"
The man smiled and said: "I just told Commander Yang that the Dongchen Sect is actually in alliance with the Yanming Sect a hundred miles behind the Fourteenth City. The two sects have always been in contact, so the military merits can be cashed in the Dongchen Sect. , Oh, of course, I also promised that if it doesn’t work, we will pay enough.”
"Why do you want to disturb the Chen Sect?" Sun Zikai asked the girl directly this time, but she did not raise her head.
The man replied on her behalf: "Practice, my young lady wants to enter the path of cultivating immortals."
Sun Zikai said: "In that case, I will send you to the Yanming Sect behind the Fourteenth City. My parents were once members of this sect, and that sect is also very powerful. There is no need to take risks and go to the barbarian land. "
The man was a little displeased and said, "My young lady is going to disturb the Chen Sect. Commander Yang, do you want to accept this or not?"
There was silence in the room, and both Lao Yang and Lao Zhang looked at Sun Zikai.
Just as Sun Zikai was about to speak, Lao Zhang said: "Xiao Kai, I don't agree with you going. You are safe within two hundred miles, but you have to walk five to six hundred miles, or even a thousand miles... It's too dangerous outside, Lao Yang If you have to go, I can't stop him!" He spoke with resentment, obviously dissatisfied with Lao Yang's decision.
Sun Zikai looked at Lao Yang, who looked at him with a smile and said nothing. He then looked at the girl sitting in the corner, then turned his eyes to the man, and suddenly said with an evil smile: "Do you really believe that I am so Even though I’m not as tall as your chest, can I protect a group of you from a mass of murderous barbarians for hundreds or even thousands of miles?”
The man smiled equally meaningfully and said: "Commander Yang said you can do it. I believe it. It is said in the fourteen cities that you are the little ancestor of the barbarians. I heard your legend all the way here, so of course I believe it."
Sun Zikai did not expose the man's lies directly. He could judge whether the other person was lying through the air flow that only he could see and the other person's emotions reflected. The man's purpose was not that simple. He should not agree, but Lao Yang thought Let him go, and he remembered those eyes under the robe.
"Okay, I'll go and leave at any time."
"Leave immediately without taking any rest."
"So soon?" Lao Zhang insisted on letting everyone stay overnight, but the man had no choice but to give up.
The next morning, Sun Zikai did not pack any luggage, and he did not need to bring anything outside the pass. Standing on the wall of the pass, he suddenly turned his back and looked into the pass.
Lao Zhang stayed up all night. He walked to Sun Zikai, took a few sips of cold wine, and after a long time, he said: "Lao Yang, I have made a decision for you again. Five years ago, I advised him not to keep you, my child. You should live peacefully in the city. I didn't expect that he was right. 'Anshengguan' is the place where you should stay. I don't understand why he did this for you yesterday. In my opinion, he almost died. decision, but I hope this time, he is right."
Sun Zikai lifted the wine pot in Lao Zhang's hand. After a few breaths, steam came out of the spout and the aroma of wine wafted out. Lao Zhang looked at it in disbelief. Sun Zikai said: "Lao Zhang, he is right. We all You know, he’s always doing the right thing.”
Carriages came out of the open gate one after another. Sun Zikai did not find these vehicles yesterday, but Lao Zhang said: "I asked Liu Zi to explore last night. Those carriages were filled with gold nuggets and treasures. They are really rich people. It's hard to find them." Imagine who they are. Hey, Lao Yang also saw that something was wrong with this group of people. No one reported that you killed the barbarian, but Lao Yang told that person directly. He also saw that those guys didn't take you seriously at all. But he just wants you to go and believe in some bullshit intuition. He...ah, his intuition is indeed very accurate, I have to admit it."
After saying goodbye to his "family" one by one, Sun Zikai followed the carriage, but Lao Yang followed him out. The older one and the younger one looked at each other and smiled happily. Lao Yang said: "My child, you are a wolf and a beast. By the way, you still have wings, the 'Ansheng Pass' cannot trap you, you are free."
Sun Zikai nodded, and then caught up with the carriage. Youshi shouted at the wall, asking him to come back quickly...
