Azure City.
The westernmost part of the Johto region, this is an island city.
However, the scale of urbanization is not too high. It is more like a small seaside town, mostly with traditional-style folk buildings. To the east is the Uzumaki Islands sea area where the Uzumaki Islands are located.
In the northeast corner of the city, there is a traditional dojo. It still has the architectural style of tiled wooden houses common in the Johto area, and its appearance is somewhat similar to the Platycodon dojo.
There is also a fist sign hanging at the door, indicating that this is a boxing dojo.
Azure Gym!
At this moment, two figures were standing in the courtyard inside the gym.
One of them is a middle-aged man with a broad build, short brown hair and a brown beard that grows on both sides. His upper body is naked, and his lower body is in a white martial arts training uniform. He has bare feet and looks like a martial arts practitioner.
Although his arms were muscular, his round belly was also protruding.
When people reach middle age, even muscular martial arts men still have the trouble of beer belly.
But his demeanor is restrained and deep, giving people the feeling of a martial arts master.
The trainer of Zhanlan Gym, Ah Si!
"..."
Standing next to him was an 11-year-old boy with a handsome face and brown hair, but with spikes protruding upwards, looking quite arrogant.
He was also wearing a white training uniform. Of course, he was not as wild as the middle-aged man, and he was still wearing something on his upper body.
Top 16 of the Quartz Conference, Xiaomao!
...
Suddenly, Ah Si put his hands behind his back and slowly said:
"Xiao Mao, you have been here for almost four months. I believe that your Taoist heart has been tempered to the state of purity by now, and you will no longer have the slightest mood swings due to external objects."
Xiao Mao nodded, looking forward with a pair of calm eyes, his aura was steady, which was completely different from Zeng Jin's arrogance, but his every move showed the aura of a strong man.
"Yes, Teacher Ah Si."
He has become more mature.
Four months ago, the Quartz Conference ended.
Xiaozhi went to the Orange Islands, while Xiaomao came to the Azure Gym and began a training session on Taoism.
In the electronic world, Qinglu studied abroad before embarking on the trip.
So when Xiaomao's mentality was frustrated, he also looked for green steps and came here to study.
"Forget it, it's time to leave here, your future is still farther in the sky!"
Ah Si nodded and sighed.
Xiao Mao is undoubtedly the most qualified disciple he has encountered in these years. Although he had planned to leave him here as a closed disciple, this was undoubtedly too selfish.
"Then now is the final assessment. If you pass the assessment, you can leave here."
"is teacher!"
So the two of them looked in front of them.
It was a white writing board with strange character patterns and imprints carved on it. It seemed simple and simple, but it also concealed the truth of the great truth.
"Today is the last time, this time you go first."
Ah Si handed the black pen in his hand to Xiao Mao.
"Draw..."
Xiao Mao borrowed a black pen and made a new mark in the middle of the pattern.
"Draw..."
Then Ah Si left another mark...
...
After three rounds, there were only two spaces left on the tic-tac-toe board.
Xiaomao has also successfully forced Ah Si to a dead end. He then raised his black pen and was about to draw the last circle that symbolized the end.
Three circles formed a line, and he won this game!
However, Ah Si took the lead and stood in front of him.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
Then he used his palm as a wiper and wiped everything clean on the whiteboard, causing Xiao Mao to freeze in his movements.
"How about it? Do you feel very anxious now? Do you even have the urge to beat me up?"
Ah Si looked at Xiao Mao with a smile.
"..."
The muscles on Xiao Mao's face twitched slightly, but finally he took a deep breath and replied respectfully:
"Teacher Ah Si, I am already a brand new Xiaomao. Such things cannot possibly cause any disturbance in my Taoist heart, and I don't have any urge to beat you up..."
Hearing this, Ah Si was delighted and said with a smile:
"good."
Then he took out a small dark brown badge, which looked like a small fist.
"This is the blue gym's strike badge. I will give it to you now."
"Let's go out and challenge a higher future."
Xiaomao took the badge, saluted respectfully, and said:
"Yes, teacher, I'll leave now."
...
An hour later, at the Zhanlan City Pier, on a high platform.
Xiao Mao had already changed back into his classic clothes, looking at the sea in the distance with a vicissitudes of expression.
Wearing blue outdoor long sleeves and trousers, paired with a pair of brown hiking boots, he held a gray cylindrical luggage bag in one hand, and a black cloak hung on his back, fluttering in the sea breeze.
It's just that Xiao Mao's expression at this moment is completely different from before, looking irritable and out of touch.
Admittedly, he really didn't want to beat Ah Si.
"Gan! Stinky old man, I almost want to make a fool of you!"
Xiao Mao cursed loudly.
Horse's.
Every time I play tic-tac-toe, Ah Si has to continue drawing to the end if he wants to win.
If he wants to win Ah Si's backhand, he will wipe everything off, which is called tempering his mentality.
I'm grinding your horse!
If staying there wasn't really helpful for my cultivation, I would have fallen out with you long ago!
Xiao Mao's face looked bad.
Although he was disgusted for four months, his mood and strength have indeed improved a lot in these four months.
The unique fighting training venue of Azure Gym, carrying huge rocks on your back, meditating under waterfalls, etc., and there is also a Si who acts as a sandbag...
Now Xiaomao is new Xiaomao!
"Hmph, now the Johto Alliance Conference has begun. Let you Johto people see what real fear is!!"
As he spoke, Xiao Mao's eyes showed a bit of ruthlessness, and a figure unconsciously appeared in his mind.
"Xiao Zhi, you should be here too... Let me destroy you completely this time!!"
The two did not meet at the Quartz Conference last time, but now Xiaomao is very confident.
If there is any biography of a great figure in the future, the protagonist will only be him, Xiao Mao from Zhenxin Town!
Yes, the title of the book is "Mao Xin Shuo"!
...
"Tu tu tu tu..."
At this time, a cruise ship slowly sailed into the dock. Judging from the logo on the ship, it should have come all the way from Kuye City in the Kanto region.
Seeing the ship in his hometown, Xiao Mao subconsciously looked at it for a while.
Now he is waiting for the ship to go to the other side - Asakusa City, where there is an Asakusa Gym.
"Huh?"
Xiao Mao suddenly made a confused sound.
After the cruise ship from Kuye City arrived, several groups of tourists disembarked, but he saw a familiar figure among them.
It was a boy with short blue-black hair, dressed in strange black clothes, with a baby face, and his actions seemed very polite.
"It seems to be the grandson of King Juzi?"
Xiao Mao raised his eyebrows. The two of them had met once before at the Quartz Conference. The other party deliberately came to snipe him, and then he was eliminated with a backhand.
"Isn't it the old woman Juzi who sent you to snipe me again?"
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