In the early autumn of the thirty-third year of the Qiongwu calendar, it was the day when Wuyang City held its triennial martial arts competition. Early in the morning, there was a lot of traffic and people outside the Lu Mansion. People everywhere went to watch the martial arts competition in the city.
This year's martial arts tournament is different from previous ones. Only people from the four major immortal cultivating families in Wuyang City can participate, because the results of this martial arts tournament will rearrange the status of the four major families.
An ordinary martial arts tournament is held every three years, but this kind of tournament is only held once a century. This grand event will not only verify whether the Lu family, which was originally ranked first, can continue to be the largest family in the next hundred years, but will also determine the future of Wuyang. The development of the city, this is a historic moment for Wuyang City!
The place where the martial arts tournament was held in the middle of the city was already overcrowded. Those who came to watch the excitement were pushing and scolding each other just to get a front seat. If there were not people from the four major families there to maintain order, perhaps those who were watching the excitement would We have to fight first.
Compared with the lively atmosphere there, Lu Yunyou's residence in Lufujiaojiao is much quieter, and there is no sound inside at all from the outside.
Since he was not qualified to participate in the martial arts tournament, Lu Yunyou practiced the Lu family's ancestral secret art of eight wild steps in his yard overgrown with weeds early in the morning as usual. It was a secret art of movement that he had learned so far The only immortal method.
I saw him walking straight across the small yard, sometimes circling left and right, his steps were chaotic and orderly, and he became more agile. His figure was sometimes clear and sometimes blurry due to the change in speed.
Following a specific pace trajectory, when he reached an important link in his training, Lu Yunyou tried his best to further increase his speed, but his body suddenly stopped when he exerted force, and his whole body felt like he had been hit hard. The speed immediately slowed down, and when he came to a complete stop, he repeated the original practice process again.
In this way, he practiced over and over again until his servant and now his only friend Lu Yi came over with breakfast, and he stopped practicing.
"Sir, are you not injured?" Seeing Lu Yunyou sweating profusely and looking out of breath, Lu Yi was very worried when he just entered the door, because Lu Yunyou had been in trouble many times before because he was in a bad mood. Practice until your whole body is injured.
As for Lu Yi himself, although he has the same surname as Lu Yunyou, his surname was given by the Lu family, and he himself is just a member of the Lu family with a foreign surname.
"No," after taking a look at the food brought by Lu Yi, Lu Yunyou, who knew what Lu Yi was worried about, shook his head, then turned around and walked into the living room with Lu Yi.
Today's breakfast was as boring as usual. After finishing the meal, after Lu Yi returned from delivering the tableware to the kitchen, Lu Yunyou, who had packed up, walked with Lu Yi to the back door of Lu Mansion.
The back door is usually the passage for the servants of the Lu Mansion to enter and exit, but the two of them have long been accustomed to entering and exiting the Lu Mansion from there, because it will save them a lot of trouble.
Since they lived close to the back door, it didn't take long for the master and servant to arrive at the back door. Unfortunately, the door was still locked and had not been opened by other servants as usual.
Fortunately, they had encountered a similar situation before, so the two of them did not panic. After looking around, the two of them found a suitable position and prepared to climb over the wall. However, when they were about to climb over the wall, what a coincidence. A group of servants came, all talking and laughing, as if they were about to go out to purchase items together.
When they saw the location of the two masters and servants, the servants immediately guessed their purpose and burst into laughter. Their faces were full of ridicule, and they did not take Lu Yunyou's status as a direct member of the Lu family at all. Inside, and precisely because they knew the master and servant's plans, even though they had already reached the back door, the person in charge of the key refused to open the door and go out. Instead, as if he wanted to watch the master and servant's jokes, one by one Stop where you are and stop moving forward.
"Sir, let's go back," Lu Yi, who was a little nervous, quickly reminded Lu Yunyou to avoid quarrels with the servants.
"Okay," Lu Yunyou agreed, but he had no choice but to go back with Lu Yi through another road. On the way back, both of their faces were covered with a layer of haze.
"Sir, how about we go out through the back door later?" After returning to their residence, the master and servant looked at each other speechlessly. In the end, Lu Yi spoke first, because they had encountered similar situations. At first, after they came back, He would just choose to stay at home, but now because he has to go out to rescue refugees every day and is worried that those refugees will starve, Lu Yi can only help Lu Yunyou with an idea.
Faced with Lu Yi's proposal, Lu Yunyou remained silent, still maintaining his original depressed mood. After a while, he responded bravely: "We will go out directly through the main entrance."
"But..." I wanted to remind him that going out from the main entrance would also lead to trouble, but in a blink of an eye, Lu Yunyou had already walked outside the courtyard. Seeing Lu Yunyou's hurried figure, Lu Yi had no choice but to follow quickly.
Usually at this time, the young members of the Lu family are training at the martial arts field in the center of the Lu Mansion. They need to pass there to go out from the main entrance. Lu Yi is worried that Lu Yunyou will be bullied by those Lu family members.
Not only that, today is also the day when a martial arts competition is held in Wuyang City. Not surprisingly, they will also meet the tribesmen who are about to go out to participate in the martial arts competition. In Lu Yi's opinion, they are more likely to run into trouble from there. , but Lu Yunyou's footsteps didn't stop for a moment, and he could only keep up. After the two of them passed through the decorated courtyards, they heard a burst of energetic shouts in the distance.
Those were the slogans issued by the children of the Lu family during training. Those voices were full of shocking power. Every time he heard those neat and powerful shouts, Lu Yunyou would be shocked by it. It was a pity that although he was Lu Yunyou, A direct descendant of his family, but he is not even qualified to train with those clan relatives. Thinking of this, a sad look of unrequited desire suddenly appeared on his face that had regained its calm.
At the same time, walking next to Lu Yunyou, Lu Yi became more and more nervous. He wanted to persuade Lu Yunyou to go back several times, but he knew very well that Lu Yunyou was stubborn by nature and it was difficult to change things once he decided, so in the end he didn't say a word. , just closer to Lu Yunyou.
When the two walked side by side to the side of the martial arts arena, looking around, they could see tall and straight figures everywhere on the martial arts arena. There were dozens of men and women, big and small, all descendants of the Lu family who were the same generation as Lu Yunyou.
Whenever he looked at the high-spirited appearance of his clan members on the martial arts field, Lu Yunyou couldn't help but imagine that he was also in the martial arts field, but the reality always backfired.
Since he had physical problems when he was young, his cultivation has not improved for more than ten years. He can't even compare with some of the servants in the mansion, and he is not worthy of being with those clan members.
Without looking too much at it, and after letting go of those inappropriate thoughts, Lu Yunyou slowly lowered his head and continued walking forward, just wanting to leave this area as soon as possible.
However, things did not develop in the direction he expected. When the two of them got closer to the martial arts arena, someone already noticed their presence on the martial arts arena: "Hey, isn't that the eldest son of our Lu family? Doesn't he want to do it too?" Going to a martial arts tournament?"
"He is the eldest young master of our Lu family. Of course he can go wherever he wants. It's not like we have to obey the elders' arrangements and stay at home to train. We can't go to see anything exciting." Following the pointing of the tribesman who spoke, another A member of the Lu family said the same sinister thing after discovering Lu Yunyou.
"Isn't he going to participate in the martial arts competition on purpose to ruin the reputation of our Lu family? The elders shouldn't let him go, right?"
"It goes without saying that with his strength, even if he goes to watch the battle, he will bring shame to our Lu family."
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The less the master and the servant dared to raise their heads, the less those people wanted to let them pass easily. It seemed that they were not allowed to watch the martial arts competition because they were restricted. Those people simply vented their inner dissatisfaction on Lu Yunyou, and ridiculed them unscrupulously. Lu Yunyou.
"Hahaha..." A burst of laughter followed, and the originally solemn martial arts arena suddenly became more lively. Both men and women, from seven-year-old children to twenty-seven-year-old adults, were looking at each other with strange eyes. Lu Yunyou seemed to be looking at a monster. There was no sense of fraternity in their behavior. Even some Lu elders who passed by ignored him and had no intention of upholding justice for Lu Yunyou.
Although Lu Yunyou had long been accustomed to the wanton ridicule of his relatives, he still felt uncomfortable every time he thought of those people who were connected to him by blood, but he was helpless.
"Master, those bastards are just talking words, don't take it to heart," Lu Yi, who had just breathed a sigh of relief as he was far away from the martial arts arena, hurriedly comforted Lu Yunyou, fearing that Lu Yunyou would do something extraordinary if those people said he was in a bad mood. thing.
"It's nothing, let's go," Lu Yunyou felt mixed emotions in his heart, but Lu Yunyou didn't say anything and kept walking forward with his head lowered as before.
After a while, the two finally walked out of the Lu family gate under the contempt of several guards at the door.
After arriving on the street, because the place they were going to was opposite to the direction they took to watch the martial arts competition, those who were walking in the opposite direction cast strange looks at the two of them. Fortunately, although Lu Yunyou had a low status in the Lu family, , but due to his status outside, even if passers-by knew that he was a useless person who could not practice, they still did not dare to behave too much. The master and servant were therefore much more relaxed, and no longer had the same kind of behavior as when they were in the Lu family. Feeling of oppression.
Wuyang City is worthy of being the trading center in the surrounding area. There are many outsiders on the street. Most of these people are dressed in elegant clothes and speak well. They are all heading towards the city.
Seeing those foreigners with frivolous expressions, Lu Yunyou's heart fluctuated again. It wasn't that he wasn't practicing hard enough, it was just his physical problems that limited his progress.
On weekdays, whenever he wants to improve his cultivation through practice, he will feel that the true energy in his body is not flowing smoothly. If he continues to practice forcefully, the Qi and blood will go backwards and the whole body will be in unbearable pain; in the worst case, the internal organs will be injured. , the vitality was seriously injured, and this was the reason why Lu Yi was worried about whether Lin Xuanzhong was injured after practicing in the morning, because there had been situations in the past where Lu Yunyou practiced until he was covered in injuries because of a bad mood.
Day after day, year after year, thirteen years have passed since Lu Yunyou's physical problems started to appear when he was nine years old, but his state is still exactly the same as when he was nine years old.
In fact, he doesn't expect to be as outstanding as the martial arts geniuses in the city and be respected everywhere. He just wants to live an ordinary life, but his current strength is far from being able to achieve what he wants.
