It is 1,600 kilometers from Chengdu to Daicheng and takes 17 hours by car.
Lu Cheng left in two days and arrived at four o'clock in the afternoon on the sixth day of the lunar month.
At this time, there were very few reporters guarding the door.
During the Spring Festival, who doesn’t go home to celebrate the New Year? What's the point of standing guard at someone else's door?
Furthermore, news events are all rushed, and the limelight is over in less than three days. The memory of the Internet is as short as a fish. Who can remember what happened a few days ago?
Lu Cheng sent Jiang Qiuyun and the two old people home, then returned to the mountainside villa and moved down 100 kilograms of Hetian Yushan materials, as well as a few pieces of seed material and the purchased jade raw stones, and put them into the basement.
Rao Yuqiu asked: "Son, how is your relationship with Jiang Qiuyun?"
Lu Cheng replied: "It's fine."
"How far have you reached?"
"Humph, I won't tell you!"
"Have you had dinner?"
"not yet."
"Then just wait a moment, I'll do it now."
"Why didn't you see Lu Xinyuan?"
"It's my kid's birthday, I'll pick her up later."
"What's the address? Mom, I'll pick it up for you."
"I'll send you the address."
After a while, Lu Cheng drove his sister back.
After the New Year, the little girl will be 5 years old. She has pigtails, pink makeup and a round face.
"Brother, where have you been? Why haven't I seen you during the New Year?"
"Go out to play."
"Did you bring me anything?"
"Bringing delicious snacks."
"What snack?"
"Peach cake, egg yolk cake, walnut and jujube cake, cookies, mung bean cake, cloud leg moon cake, Napoleon, flower cake..."
"Wow, so many..."
After that, Lu Cheng started his internship and training days again.
In the blink of an eye, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has passed, which is the second half of February in the solar calendar.
At this time, Jiang Qiuyun left Daicheng and went to Quancheng to go to school.
Lu Cheng ushered in the second hearing of his lawsuit against Tian Feifei. He did not come forward himself and was fully represented by a lawyer. Because the International Olympic Committee did not detect doping after receiving the blood and urine samples, Tian Feifei lost the lawsuit before it was even fought.
A large part of the compensation was deducted by the Oriental Sports agency and specially invited lawyers, and Lu Cheng only got half of it.
He donated the money and entrusted Oriental Brokerage Agency to transfer it to the families of those who died in the accident years ago as pensions. Although it was a drop in the bucket, it was still his intention. Some people were unwilling to accept it and transferred it to needy households among them.
Then a few days later, we entered March of the solar calendar.
Lu Cheng tried sowing the seeds of Lingmai and Lingdou in the garden in the backyard of the villa. I also planted muskwort in a corner of the garden.
On March 5, Li Hong called and said that there would be a national track and field Olympic trials on March 12. She helped Lu Cheng get the quota for the marathon and the 10,000-meter race, as well as a special pass for the 100-meter race.
Lu Cheng said: "Did you sign up for three items for me?"
Li Hong said: "This is not my idea, but Teacher Huang communicated with the Athletics Association, and the other party wanted you to participate in the 100-meter test. Because China's sprinting is not good, Su Bingtian ran into the finals in the first two years, which was considered his peak period. Three or four years ago After that, he retired and there was no one to step up. Although a few dark horses emerged last year, the best result was 9.88 seconds. If you perform well, you can enter the finals, but if you perform poorly, you won't even enter the finals. And When you sprinted in the marathon, you reached 9.5 seconds for 100 meters, so the Athletics Association thought of you."
"I have to think about whether to participate in the 100-meter race."
"Lu Cheng, this is bringing glory to the country! You also know that China has risen in an all-round way in the past two years. Its nominal GDP has surpassed that of the United States. Its military strength is not weaker than that of the United States. In the last Olympic Games in 2024, the total number of gold medals ranked first. However, in track and field and swimming, China still loses miserably! Track and field is the mother of sports, and its influence is too great! Especially the 100-meter run and marathon, one is the limit of speed, and the other is the limit of endurance. If you win two championships, it will be an unprecedented miracle, and you will also be the most outstanding representative of the Chinese and even the yellow race..."
Li Hong desperately encouraged him to participate, because once Lu Cheng participated, even if he couldn't win the championship, as long as he stood in the finals like Su Bingtian, he would have succeeded! By then, with the marathon championship and the 100-meter final, Lu Cheng's net worth will soar to the sky!
Li Hong was excited just thinking about it, those were colorful tickets!
Lu Cheng has only won a few marathon championships now, and has never even participated in the National Games. His worth is disproportionate to his strength, and he is like a diamond buried in the sand.
Lu Cheng pondered for a moment and said, "Well, since we have taken this path, we will do our best. Where will the competition be held?"
"In Kunming, Yunnan, Chenggong Sports Training Base. The trials are very important, and I will also go there."
"Will Hu Qikun go too?"
"Well, he will go too. Because his total points last year ranked 33rd in the national marathon. This time, the top 50 are invited, and there are also two wild cards, both of which are dark horses emerging from various places. .”
"Please help me buy a ticket and I will arrive at the airport on time."
The days passed.
After several months of hard work, Lu Cheng finally finished learning the 5,000 runes in front of the "Great Witch Chanting". These runes are equivalent to intermediate runes and are very difficult to learn. They are ten times better than the "Little Witch Chanting" and better than the "Basic Witch Chanting". "Wu Qianyan" is a hundred times harder! Because of this, it cost him a lot of time.
This is not all of the "Great Witch Chant". In addition to these single runes, there are many words and spells that the witch has not taught him yet.
On the night of March 8th, there was a dark moon and no light, and everything was silent.
Lu Cheng activated the jade ring again, and his soul drifted away to a different world.
When I opened my eyes, the light outside was a little dim, the weather was gloomy, raindrops were falling, with a few snowflakes, the weather was a little cold, it looked like winter had already begun.
The leaves of the sycamore tree have long since fallen, and only the pines and cypresses still retain their dark green color.
The farmers in the fields down the mountain have already harvested. There are no people in the fields, only birds looking for food in hunger.
Lu Cheng saw a coir raincoat in the corner of the cave, so he took it and put it on himself.
When he came outside the cave, he found that the rain was not heavy.
He stepped up and walked up, and after a while, he came to the Witch Temple.
At this time, the old shaman was looking through the "Great Witch Chant" made of ancient wolfskin paper. Although he was very old, he had not learned all the spells behind it.
The two apprentices are also busy. Wu Fan was making medicine, and Wu Guang was trying to draw talismans, using talisman paper made of deer skin.
Lu Cheng walked over, saluted the shaman, and said: "Greetings to the witch master, I have learned the five thousand words at the beginning of this book. I would like to ask you to teach me the words at the end. I don't know if I am so lucky."
Wu Huan raised his head, looked at him intently, and put his hand on his shoulder.
Lu Cheng felt his body sink, as if a hill had fallen on his shoulders. He didn't know what the other party meant, so he tried his best not to kneel down.
