"According to your opinion, except for the leading Eight Meridians martial artist, none of you know who we are?" Nie Yun asked, touching his chin.
"That's right, that's right." The man in black nodded quickly: "I hope the young hero will spare my life for the sake of being honest."
"Haha." Nie Yun smiled noncommittally: "Frankly speaking, I'm quite curious about what price I have to pay to make you fight so hard."
"A thousand taels of silver plus a pulse-breaking pill." Since the most important thing has been said, there is no need to hide these details. In order to survive, the man in black immediately explained: "And as long as they come, they will pay first
A deposit of five hundred taels of silver."
"That's it?" A trace of surprise flashed in Nie Yun's eyes, and he continued: "Is this enough to make you fight to the death?"
Nie Yun no longer cared much about yellow and white things like gold and silver, and a pulse-breaking pill only cost three hundred martial coins, which was no longer worth mentioning to Nie Yun today.
"Hey, the young hero is so talented, he must be a student of Yuelu University." The man in black suddenly sighed quietly.
Nie Yun did not deny it and nodded slightly.
"That's right, young hero, do you know how difficult it is for people like us who are not talented enough and want to take two more steps in martial arts?" The man in black looked at Nie Yun with a hint of something in his eyes.
With a touch of envy and melancholy, he spoke slowly and continued. "In order to break through the realm of rebirth, I joined the army for several years. I worked hard all day long to gain military merit in exchange for a strength fruit, and I was lucky enough to break through the lineage."
, barely reached the realm of rebirth, and followed my position to the position of centurion."
"I thought that after breaking through the barrier of rebirth, my talent might not be that bad. After all, it is difficult to exercise. Although there are not many examples of smooth journey afterwards, it is possible that there are not none. But... the reality finally gave me
A slap in the face, my talent is really too bad, after breaking through to the realm of rebirth, through normal practice, my Qi has barely increased at all."
"I'm not willing to do it." When he said this, the eyes of the man in black turned red: "I have been practicing hard for more than 20 years, and I am not willing to stop here! I went to the battlefield even harder, fought for merit, and won the victory.
Reward, in exchange for anything that might help me improve my strength, but in the end... eh."
Nie Yun frowned slightly and asked, "As far as I know, the treasure pavilion in the army will not have fewer things than our university hall."
"Yes, those things can be bought with war merit or silver." The man in black nodded excitedly: "But it is really too expensive. If my rumors are true, students from the Martial Arts Department of the University Hall will buy them as soon as they enroll.
I will give you a thousand martial coins for free, and you can easily buy the top-level magic spell, the Pulse-Breaking Pill. But do you know that if a centurion has no military merit, his annual salary is only one hundred taels of silver, and the Pulse-Breaking Pill requires
More than two thousand taels of silver!"
"More than two thousand taels of silver. Even if I don't care about life and death, it will take at least five years to go to the battlefield like crazy!" The man in black gradually calmed down: "But I still have a few five years left, this broken
The Pulse Pill took me five years, what about the next one? Ten years? Or even longer?"
The body's functions cannot remain in a juvenile state forever. Time will eventually slowly erode your body and make your meridians and bones fragile. When you are old, even if you are given a pulse-breaking pill for free, do you dare to
Want to eat?
"So I retired. The military could no longer satisfy me. I retired and became a casual cultivator. I lived a life of licking blood on the tip of a knife. After experiencing several lives and deaths, I finally broke through to the four-meridian cultivator.
Because, as long as I get that pulse-breaking pill, I can break through the fifth pulse." The man in black suddenly became a little bitter: "But I still failed today. In fact, I had known that such a day would come..."
Nie Yun responded silently, maybe this name
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The man in black was somewhat evasive in his words, and he didn't dare to talk about what he did when he was licking blood with the tip of his knife. However, what happened in the army should be true... quitting the army in despair should also be true...
In the end, Nie Yun did not kill him and handed him over to the nearest government office. When the government office knew that three Yuelu students had been attacked and killed, they did not dare to neglect him and quickly collected the bodies by Yishui Lake.
Seal it for subsequent investigation.
Whether the only survivor will spend the rest of his life in prison, or be killed directly, or whether he can successfully escape from prison depends on his own destiny.
"Young hero, I will risk my life to repay this kindness someday." These were the last words the man in black said to Nie Yun's back.
Nie Yun waved his hand and did not respond to him, nor did he know how to respond to him. After all, he did not really let him go, but sent him to the government office. Whether he could survive or not was another matter.
After briefly questioning Nie Yun and the others, the government office asked them to go back. After all, anyone who was not blind could tell that this was an attack on the three of them. The government office even gave the three of them a gift before leaving.
Although the carriage was not as comfortable as the original black scale carriage, the rest of the road was an official road and not as rugged as a small road, so it didn't matter.
Nie Yun was sitting on the carriage, looking at the rapidly changing scenery on both sides. He was a little distracted, and suddenly sighed: "Hey, I finally understand why the university semi-mandatorily requires us to take one class concurrently."
"The outside world is very cruel." Han Yue nodded lightly. The experience of the man in black just now also deeply touched her.
They originally thought that if they pursue martial arts, even if they are not talented enough and can only complete physical training, they will be able to live and eat well. If they are lucky enough to break through the rebirth realm, they can become a so-called prosperous family, harmonious and beautiful.
However, they ignored one thing. After you have endured countless hardships and just caught a glimpse of the gorgeous scenery of martial arts, you are told how painful it is to have no talent.
I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the light.
One of the cruelest things in martial arts practice is that when you see a hidden light, you are told that your path ends here.
Tens or even decades of hard work have been forced to come to a halt. If you want to forcefully continue, you have to rely on money and risk your life!
That's right, as casual cultivators, even the way to make money is to risk their lives. No one will teach them how to make elixirs or make talismans...
Even if they get the booklet for refining the Qi Restoration Pill, they can't find the place where the pill is made. And even if you are very lucky and get the booklet by chance, you find an unowned earth fire, but there is no
Under the care of an old master, I don’t know how many medicinal materials will be wasted when practicing the Qi Restoration Pill. If I’m unlucky and encounter an underground fire riot and have no experience, I may even die.
What would have happened to him if he were in his situation, or what would have happened if he had not met his master and senior sister? Nie Yun couldn't help but think of such a question.
Would you be willing to stop here, become a centurion and build a so-called wealthy home to live out the rest of your life?
Nie Yun turned his head and looked at Han Yue, who was holding his chin in his hands in a daze, and sighed silently.
he does not know.
"But fortunately, we are pretty lucky." Han Yue seemed to see what Nie Yun was thinking, and suddenly stretched out her jade hand to gently touch Nie Yun's head, as if to comfort him: "So let's not think about those things.
I have a headache and can’t think of anything that will turn out.”
Feeling the slightest warmth coming from the top of his head, Nie Yun raised his head slightly and looked into his senior sister's shining eyes. He looked at Han Yue and looked a little blushing.
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Then he slowly opened his mouth and murmured as if sighing: "My luck is really endless."
"Yes, our luck is really endless." Even Xiao Xue, who is usually heartless, couldn't help but sigh at this time. This is the first time they living in the ivory tower have realized this cruel world.
corner of.
"Okay, why are you thinking so much? You are much luckier than us." Han Yue patted Xiao Xue's shoulder and smiled softly: "Why are you so sentimental?"
Xiao Xue tilted her white neck and thought for a moment, then suddenly laughed out loud: "That's right."
Nie Yun also smiled, raising the riding whip in his hand slightly, and floated into the distance with a faint smile.
Such is the joy and sorrow of young people.
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Due to a sudden attack on the road, it was already late at night when Nie Yun and the others arrived at Yuelu Mountain. But even so, with the talisman of the University Hall, they still entered the University Hall smoothly.
The bright moon hanging high in the sky shed its cool brilliance, covering the entire university hall with a silver-white veil.
The three of them walked briskly on the silver-white path towards their small courtyard, but within two steps they saw a tall figure wearing a black robe standing in the middle of the path, quietly blocking their way.
"Deputy Dean, who are you?" Nie Yun was slightly startled, feeling that this scene seemed a bit familiar.
"Haha, you were attacked and killed on the way back from completing your mission. Of course I, the deputy dean, have to come and take a look." The deputy dean slowly turned around and looked at the three of them carefully.
"Deputy Dean, you are quite well informed." Nie Yun spread his hands helplessly: "We just encountered an attack in the morning, and you came to our door this evening."
Snap!
The vice-president knocked Nie Yun hard on the head: "You went to the local government office and reported your identity as a student of the university hall. Naturally, the government office has to talk to the university hall about such a big matter."
"Okay, okay, the three of us have nothing to do now. You should go back to bed quickly." Xiao Xue stretched out her delicate white hands and yawned: "Ah, if you don't sleep, we still have to sleep."
"You guys." The vice president shook his head helplessly: "Of course I have something to ask you."
"Uh... let's talk quickly." Han Yue is also very sleepy now. She fell asleep outside the car last night for some reason. Naturally, she didn't sleep well outside the car. The same thing happened again in the morning.
After being attacked and killed, and then driving for a long time, Han Yue felt that in her current state, she might be able to fall asleep just by touching the pillow.
When the vice president saw the appearance of these people, he stopped writing and said straight to the point: "Just one question, does anyone else know about your mission to the far north?"
"It stands to reason that I haven't told anyone else." Nie Yun pondered for a moment and said, "Vice Dean, what do you mean?"
"One Eight Meridians Realm plus ten Reborn Realm martial arts cultivators cannot be prepared in a short while." The vice-dean's tone was cold, with a hint of chill: "I'm afraid we started preparing when you set out.
.”
If someone touches the inside of the university hall, this is something he will never tolerate!
"Although we probably didn't tell others, Xiaoxue and I bought a lot of cold-resistant things from Wuzhentang." Han Yue forced herself to cheer up and said, "If anyone pays attention, they should be able to guess that we are going to the far north.
.”
"Then I understand." The vice president sighed leisurely.