Two days later, the sound of steel colliding could still be heard in the inner room of the gym.
The sharp sound echoed inside from morning to night. Even the intense singing in the gym could not cover it up. Now, it finally came to an end and fell into a long silence.
The door opened a little with the faint sound of footsteps. A dirty hand stretched out from inside, grabbed the meal tray at the door and pulled it in. Soon, the sound of chewing came from behind the door.
It was like a hungry beast, chewing the bones and separating the flesh. It was a takeout that had been completely cold, but the sound was as sweet as a delicacy.
Soon, the door opened again and the meal tray was put out.
There was nothing left.
Elder Luo glanced at it. Naturally, the gym staff walked over and picked up the meal tray to clean it up.
After a short rest, the sound of steel colliding burst out again.
"It's been two days."
Luo Xian glanced at it and lowered her head to continue knitting the oversized sweater for her father. She said casually, "Father, isn't it too difficult to teach him this kind of thing? When I was 14 years old, I didn't dare to say that I could learn it. "
"It's only interesting when it's a little difficult." Elder Luo mixed the protein powder with carrot juice and said casually, "It's good if he can learn it, but it's not my fault if he can't learn it, right?
It's good to let him suffer for a few more days. Otherwise, it'll be a loss to teach him so much for 100,000 yuan. "
"Bad boy." The daughter looked up at her father and shook her head. "Are you so sure that he won't give up?"
"Some young people nowadays look like they're smiling, but they're cursing in their hearts. That kid is different because he's more difficult to deal with."
Elder Luo smacked his lips and recalled the taste of the carrot juice. "He looks bright and doesn't care about anything, but he's not like that at all. Sometimes, he's as gentle as a domestic dog, but when he holds a sword, he's as fierce as a wild dog. It's completely incomprehensible.
Even if he's not interested, as long as you put good things in front of him, he won't give up. Even if he knows it's bait, he'll swallow the meat and the hook into his stomach and tear the line. "
Luo Xian listened and the knitting needle in her hand stopped. "It sounds good."
"Yes."
Elder Luo put down the teapot in his hand. "Sometimes, I even feel lucky that he doesn't have your talent. Otherwise, I would have killed him here."
"Isn't such a person good?"
"It might be good, but it's not good for this world."
The old man said calmly, "People like him, even if he doesn't learn these things to kill people, he will only kill more people in the future, thousands of times more than people like us.
It would be great if he was the kind of person who was cold and vicious by nature. He could disregard the lives of others and himself. If he killed someone, then he killed them. If he died, then he died. He was as light as a feather.
However, he knew what death was, and he knew the value of life more than anyone else. Therefore, when he held a sword, he was colder and crueler than ordinary people.
Even if he might regret it, hate it, and repent, he would never stop. Not even a hundred thousand Mount Tai could stop him. Even if he looks like a pretty boy now, he will definitely be a disaster in the future. "
Luo Xian listened and thought for a while. She couldn't help but laugh. "I always feel like father wants to eradicate a disaster."
"But even if he is a disaster in the future, what does this have to do with me, a gym owner?"
Elder Luo leisurely crossed his legs and continued to make the protein powder. "He pays, I teach … Even if more people die, it has nothing to do with me."
He listened to the bitter and persistent sounds of the sword in the inner room, basked in the afternoon sun, and enjoyed the joy of torturing people. He took two mouthfuls of his daughter's special protein powder.
It was another beautiful day.
Who cares about the flood in the future?
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Under the gentle afternoon sun.
In the lobby on the first floor of the Jinling branch of the Astronomical Society, Ai Qing saw the man sitting on the sofa and reading the newspaper.
After many years, he didn't look as rough as before. Now, he was wearing a decent suit with a gentle smile on his face.
When he saw Ai Qing finally appear, he took off his glasses, closed the newspaper, and waved at her.
"It looks like you have something to do?"
Chai Fei glanced at him and knew the identity of the visitor. "Do you need me to help you take the afternoon off?"
"No need, you go up first, I'll come later."
Ai Qing replied faintly. She moved her wheelchair to the front of the sofa and looked at the smiling face that didn't hide her joy. After a long time, she sighed softly.
"Brother Yin Ya, long time no see."
"After hearing Xiao Yan's words, I thought you would kick me out. I was almost fooled by him."
The man named Yin Ya sat forward a little and looked at her cheeks. After a long time, he ruffled her hair without hesitation. When he saw Ai Qing's angry face, he couldn't help but laugh.
"You've really lost weight."
Ai Qing calmly smoothed her hair and asked, "Other than other people's weight, what else can you think of?"
Yin Ya smiled awkwardly and shrugged. "I wanted to ask you if you met someone you like, but then I thought that you might scold me even more, so I didn't dare to ask."
Ai Qing shook her head but didn't retort.
In the big Yin family, since her parents died, the one who had been taking care of her was her cousin, who was regarded as the future head of the family.
If it weren't for Yin Ya, she probably wouldn't have had the opportunity to study in London, let alone other things.
Now that she saw her cousin who took care of her, it would be a lie to say that she was unhappy.
But after so many years, she had changed from a little girl to an inspector of the Astronomy Society, and his achievements were even more amazing. It was said that a few days ago, he had broken through the third stage at the border and stepped into the fourth stage – Star Antimony.
Such a person was enough to support a family in the present. Presumably, after the old Yin master passed away, he would be the head of the Yin family.
Their identities were completely different from the past.
Even though Yin Ya took care of her, now he was going to represent the Yin family.
After a short silence, she didn't want to continue in this awkward atmosphere, so she directly asked, "Big brother, why did you come to me this time?"
"Don't you want to eat some fruit first? When I came back from the border, I specially brought it for you … Try it, it tastes very good! "
Yin Ya stretched out his hand and picked up the net bag under the table. There were several white fruits that looked like dragon fruits inside, exuding a burst of sweet fragrance, making people salivate.
Ai Qing didn't say anything and just looked at him.
After a long time, he also felt a little helpless and put the fruits on the table. "No matter if this matter is successful or not, the fruits are specially brought by big brother for you. You have to accept it, right?"
Ai Qing nodded.
Then, Yin Ya's expression became relieved, and he felt joy from the bottom of his heart.
After pondering for a moment, he didn't want to beat around the bush in front of his sister, so he directly asked.
"Now that big brother is able to protect you, come home with me, okay?"
He said sincerely, "Before I came, I told grandpa that as long as you can go home, all the business in the family can be handed over to you. All the assets and operations of the Yin family can be decided by you. "
"What about Yin Yan?"
When Ai Qing heard this, she couldn't help but laugh. "Isn't he already promising? It's better to leave this kind of thing to a man than to a woman like me. "
"He's still young."
Yin Ya answered seriously.
For Yin Ya, even if his cousin had become a reserve inspector of the Astronomy Society, he was still an immature child. He always liked to act according to his own temperament. If he didn't train himself, it would be difficult for him to take on a big responsibility.
Before he came, he had already beaten up Yin Yan because of the matter on the high seas.
Ai Qing was indifferent to this. "He can grow up, can't he? One day, he can take on important responsibilities. "
"When he grows up, he should be a man," Yin Ya replied calmly.
"A man has to learn to support his family, and not think about stealing things from his younger brothers and sisters every day. These years, Little Yan has been a little spoiled. I've already sent him to the border. If he doesn't become an ascendant, don't think about coming back. "
Ai Qing was stunned for a moment, and she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
With Yin Yan's spoiled appearance, it would be better to kill him than to send him to the border.
"Aren't you afraid that he will hate you?"
"When a child is wronged a little, he will feel that the world is falling apart. When he grows up, he will know what a man should and shouldn't do." After saying this, Yin Ya shook his head awkwardly. "If he really can't grow up, then forget it. I'll take care of him for the rest of his life. If he wants to hate me, then let him hate me. It's better than being slaughtered like a chicken one day."
"…"
Ai Qing was silent for a long time, and couldn't help but sigh. "After so many years, you haven't changed at all."
"I'm almost thirty. At least I've become a little taller, right?"
Yin Ya shrugged and looked sincerely at his sister in front of him. "As a brother, I can't do nothing. In the future, I must shelter my younger brothers and sisters … Little Qing, this is what I think from the bottom of my heart."
"I know." Ai Qing nodded.
Yin Ya's expression suddenly became hopeful. "Then will you come back?"
"I won't." Ai Qing shook her head and calmly refused. "I'm living a good life now. To be honest, I don't want to have anything to do with the Yin family."
"…"
Yin Ya was stunned for a long time, and sighed helplessly. "In a few days, it will be your grandfather's birthday. You have to come back, right?"
"What will I do there? Congratulate him? " Ai Qing was amused. She lowered her head and looked at her wheelchair. "Won't it be annoying to carry this pair of legs?"
"I know that in the early years, there were some things that the family did too much. It's reasonable for you to have opinions about the family. But great-grandfather has changed now. "Yin Ya hesitated for a long time." He has admitted … that what happened in the past was his fault. If you can come back home, he can apologize to you in person. "
The old man who had always shown a tough face and never bowed his head in his life would apologize.
It sounded like a joke.
But Yin Ya's expression was serious and solemn. Besides, he had never lied to Ai Qing.
"I feel that he's more reasonable than before."
Ai Qing nodded slightly. "This is expected. After the bloody accumulation stage, capitalists will start to be kind, won't they? After they don't need to fight for food like wild dogs, they will start to flaunt their benevolence. Otherwise, they will be looked down upon. "
She paused for a moment, looked at her cousin in front of her, and said to him seriously, "Although I don't know how sincere the old man is, it's useless to say this to me, right?
If he wants to apologize, shouldn't he tell my mother in person? "
"…"
Yin Ya sighed and didn't know what to say.
After a long silence, he could only say softly, "I have the final say in many things in the family. If you can come back home, I can protect you.
At least I can guarantee that what happened in the past won't happen again. "
"…"
Ai Qing was silent for a long time. She didn't speak and just stared at him.
For some reason, she suddenly laughed softly.
"Brother, if you can promise me a little earlier, I won't be called a crazy woman in a wheelchair behind my back."
She withdrew her gaze. "I should be angry, brother. Although I don't hate you, I don't even want to argue with people about what happened in the past.
I can only tell you that I'm living a good life now. I have my own job and things I want to do. I don't need the Yin family to take care of other things. "
"Is there no room for negotiation?"
"Why do you want to reason with a crazy woman? Brother, is a person's forgiveness really so important to you? Or is it that the old man will be afraid if there is a cripple in the way? "
Yin Ya didn't speak anymore.
Time passed quietly.
When the clock rang, he got up, took out a plane ticket from his pocket, and placed it in front of Ai Qing.
"Find a way to transfer abroad, Xiao Qing. Go to London, Rome, anywhere is fine. "
He said, "I'll leave tonight."
"You can't wait to do it so soon?" Ai Qing asked coldly. "If great-grandfather really doesn't want me to leave, it's useless even if I have a plane ticket."
"If I say it's okay, it's okay."
Yin Ya looked at her as if he was pleading. "This is the only thing brother can do for you."
"…"
Ai Qing lowered her eyes and didn't look at him again.
After a long time, she suddenly said, "I'm going to work. Brother, you should go."
Yin Ya hesitated and wanted to say something, but in the end, he sighed silently and turned to leave.
Soon, the figure disappeared into the crowd outside the door.
After a long time, Ai Qing picked up the fruit left by Yin Ya and returned to her schedule.
Under the reflection of the afternoon sun, only the ticket was left in place, waiting quietly.
In the end, under the cleaning of the construction site, it was thrown into the dust.
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On that night, due to the weather, other than a flight to London, no planes were able to take off from Jinling.
It was a clear starry night.
There were no clouds in the sky.
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Just like that, the days passed one by one. Everything was calm and tranquil.
As the Asian Rookie Competition approached, the Social Security Bureau became busier and busier. As the main registration points and entrances, a large number of ascendants poured into Jinling and submitted their participation information to the organizing committee of the Tomorrow News.
In addition to the local ascendants of Dongxia, there was no lack of foreign faces. There were even ascendants from Rome and America who came to try their luck.
For a large number of ascendants in the wild, this was a good opportunity to verify their strength and seek better treatment. For various organizations, it was also a good opportunity to show their potential and muscles.
In addition to Dongxia's Taiqing Heavy Industries, Giant Goose Group, Yaochi Entertainment, and other major groups, there were also Yingzhou's Sodom and Ren Xiatang, Xinluo's Seven Stars Group, and so on.
Even the Social Security Bureau of Dongxia sent people to compete, not to mention Yingzhou's Luming Hall … Several pedigrees were involved and simply treated it as a test and training for newcomers. Even the Theravada Tantra, which had never had a sense of presence, sent a few seeded players to try their luck.
If it weren't for the fact that the Indian pedigree had been classified as Rome for historical reasons, this Asian Rookie Competition would have a direct competition between the two pedigrees.
Even though a large number of people had been screened out in the preliminary auditions, there were still more contestants coming in. This was just the contestants, not to mention the audience that was more than ten times larger.
How could there be so many people willing to spend money to buy tickets to the once-in-a-decade rookie competition?
After the Rome and America divisions ended, the Asia division was about to begin. As one of the main entrances, Jinling naturally became more and more lively.
The big cousin was already very busy these past two days, but when he thought about how the Yangcheng division was even more chaotic, he couldn't help but gloat.
"That kid Yuan Zhao also went to compete?"
When the big cousin received Mo San's leave request, he helplessly shrugged, "Forget it, it's good to let him know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is. Don't be obsessed with his hairstyle every day … Is there anything else?"
"The people from Yingzhou's Luming Hall also arrived today. They're at Xuanwu Lake Hotel, do you want to see them?"
"See what, no!" The big cousin waved his hand, "Tell them to go register in Yangcheng or Yanjing. This is Jinling, they're not welcome here … Oh right, keep an eye on that little girl Hu Po. Don't let her get angry and kill the people from Luming Hall."
"Don't worry, I already sent her to Yanjing two days ago."
"Is the list of participants from Xuan Niao out yet?"
"He said it's free to register and we'll go take a look when we have time." Mo San flipped through the list in his hand, "Currently there are about twenty people. Jue Xun, Guan Hai, Luo Shen, Chen Qingyang, Shen Yue, Huang Shi …"
"Shen Yue is finally not depressed? That's good, it's a good thing. "
The big cousin nodded, "Is there a reply from Elder Luo?"
"Let's see what Luo Xian thinks." Mo San shrugged, "Luo Xian basically hasn't replied directly. I'm afraid it depends on her mood."
The big cousin nodded and didn't say anything else. He took the list of participants from Mo San and paused, "There's no Huai Shi?"
"He already registered as an individual participant … Originally he could've formed a team with the astronomy club, but he's been staying in Elder Luo's gym these past two days and we can't get in touch with him."
"He's still in there?" The big cousin sucked in a breath of cold air, "Looks like Elder Luo really pulled out something amazing this time."
After sighing a few times, he buried his head in the report again and continued to have a headache.
Time continued to pass.
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"Is he still in there?"
Elder Luo, who came back from a stroll at night, heard the sound of steel in the inner room and raised his eyebrows in surprise, "It's the rookie competition tomorrow and he hasn't given up yet."
"I feel like his fighting spirit is quite strong."
Luo Xian raised her head and listened, "Judging from the sound, he's almost there."
"It's hard to say." Elder Luo shook his head, "His footsteps are a bit weak, he's almost out of strength …"
"He almost succeeded a few times just now." Luo Xian said, "It shouldn't be far."
"When it comes to skills, it's boundless. It's not a matter of hard work, it's a matter of luck if you don't have enough talent."
Elder Luo sat down and sipped the protein powder made by his daughter, "He's almost at his limit. At most, he'll try one or two more times."
Luo Xian looked back at the door behind her, "I'm quite optimistic about him."
In the inner room, the sound of footsteps sounded again. The steel trembled and there was a hoarse gasp.
"Although his breathing rhythm is correct, his footwork is messed up. Unfortunately, he's weak."
The old man was startled and then shook his head, "When he faints later, I'll throw him out … …"
In that instant, he saw Luo Xian's eyebrows rise slightly.
Immediately afterwards, he was also stunned.
There was a loud explosion.
The loud sound tore through the thick soundproof cotton, transforming into a thunderous sound that spread in all directions. The windows of the entire gym began to violently shake.
What shocked them even more than the loud sound was that within the explosion, there was a clear sound that gradually rose up. It was gradually becoming louder and louder!
It was the sound of countless steel vibrations in the blink of an eye.
The three completely different voices overlapped in one place, shaking countless pieces of steel and causing them to resonate, forming a lingering sound that was like a torrent, spreading out in all directions.
Whether it was walls, windows, or buildings, nothing could stop it.
The moment it burst forth, it soared into the air and spread its wings. It rose with the wind of the night, freely soaring through the night sky. It was as if all of Jinling had been enveloped by this thin ripple of Origin Substance.
It was as if it had sensed something.
In that instant, the youth who was training hard with a gun in the Social Security Bureau, the man who was meditating in the astronomy club, and even the girl who was wandering on the streets … …
Dozens of Ascendants raised their heads in unison and stared at the source of the sound.
Then, the door that had been sealed for a week finally opened.
"Who said I can't do it?"
Huai Shi staggered out from behind the door. He held onto the door frame, almost unable to stand steadily.
But when he saw Elder Luo, he proudly raised his head and revealed a proud smile on his pale face, "It's just a chord. Can it stop me?"
The old man opened his mouth to speak.
But before he could say anything, he saw the youth fall straight to the ground and faint.
There was the sound of snoring.
In the silence, the father and daughter looked at each other in dismay.
"I told you, he can do it."
Luo Xian observed her father's rare loss of composure, "You guessed wrong."
After a long silence, Elder Luo withdrew his gaze and lowered his head to drink the protein powder in the pot. But his shoulders couldn't help but tremble.
In the end, he couldn't help but raise his head and laugh loudly.
"Ten thousand miles of Alchemy Mountain Road, the young phoenix is clearer than the old phoenix … …"
The old man slapped his thigh and laughed until he was convulsing. "I didn't expect that at the very end, he would give me such a pleasant surprise!"
And so, just like that, on the last day before the start of the rookie competition, at the very last moment before twelve o 'clock.
Huai Shi had finally graduated.
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