C11

The sea breeze, the waves, the people by the sea.

No one knew who Linke's lonely figure was.

"Sister Xue'er, what do you think the young master is looking at?" Ailee pulled at the scarf that covered the sand tightly, but the wind was still too strong for her to open her eyes. "I've never seen him like the sea. I'm afraid he would never even think about coming here."

Xue'er quietly looked at the distant Lin Ke, slowly shook her head and nodded, "Everyone has two faces, who knows if the current him is the real him or not? We always have to keep growing up to face more things that we originally didn't want to face. Sometimes, after we understand everything, we become unhappy, and the more we understand, the more we don't understand. "

Ellie shook her head, confused.

However, what she didn't notice was that Xue'er's clear eyes were filled with confusion.

At this moment, Link wasn't overly sentimental.

The sea was boundless, the sea breeze limitless.

The salty, cold wind tore at his clothes, and the water vapor carried fine sand as it assaulted his face. It was warm and stinging, just like how Rinkie had squinted his eyes to look at the feelings of the sea.

After coming to this world for four days and eight hours, Lin Ke estimated the time that had passed. He wondered if he would be able to spend his whole life counting the time like this.

The confusion he felt when he first arrived in this world gradually disappeared. As his understanding of this world deepened, the feeling of pushing away the clouds and seeing the moon made him feel at ease, but in the end he could not forget everything about that world. The children there, the businesses there, the real and fake cold and warm, the grudges and grudges there.

He wasn't someone who could be so free and easy to deal with.

Sometimes, the unreality of this world made him feel like he was in a play, and he was the clown who did his best to act out a role.

He needed a home and a road.

He took off his shoes and socks and began to walk along the land and sea boundary, the brackish water as shallow as his feet.

The waves gently caressed the beach, and in two or three strokes, the sand had filled up the pit. Lin Ke looked back at the pit, then moved on, walking on without knowing where it was, without leaving any trace of its existence.

At one point, he suddenly stopped and looked back. Even though he did not know what was in front of him, he still wanted to leave. With his pride, why would he want to go back? Moreover, there were some ways that he could not turn back.

He suddenly turned around and flung his sleeves. The two wind blades flew against the wind like lightning, and then slowly dissipated into the wind. Everything was the same as before, the wind still blew fiercely, but it couldn't blow into his heart.

Next time, when I come to this desert, I will make sure that the sky and earth can change color!

— —

In the days that followed, Lindke plunged into the library.

He was beginning to find the kind of crazed knowledge acquisition he'd had while he was still on Earth, and he had too much confusion and curiosity that Cohen's memory couldn't satisfy.

He knew from the geography of the continent that the Fishmen lived in the great Otto Islands in the oceans south of the continent, from the history of the Warlord Empire that the master of the empire today was named 'Caesar', from the poems of the wandering poets he had learned the different styles of the famous cities of the continent, from the divine scriptures of the gods he had experienced the vast might of the gods …

He began to be interested in everything on this continent.

He began to wonder about everything on this continent.

He wanted to know, so he asked everyone.

It was only when the entire family's yard was informed that the great spellcaster was hungry for knowledge, did Cohen's grandfather, Rhine, realize that Cohen needed a learned mentor, who was very famous even in the whole province and even in the Empire. After hearing that the two of them got along very well, Rhine's grandfather got very drunk for the first time.

Only the elders in the mansion would know how much that hardworking young master of a cultivating genius detested his scholarly teacher.

The new mentor was Fisher Fool, who was said to have changed the name for himself, a name that was somewhat incomprehensible even in Cohen's world, and he insisted on it.

It was said that he was not more than fifty years old, but the skin on his wrinkled face made him look like he was at least twenty years older. His life was filled with legends, he was once a noble disciple of the Jia Lan Empire, was once a servant of the Light Empire's God, and was one of the few human visitors to the Elven Forest.

All these experiences fascinated Rincewind.

He felt that he was the one who understood the world.

"I will stay in the Wind City for three months. During this time, I will only do two things: tell you a story and answer your questions." This was what Fisher had said to Link when they first met, and he didn't care what sort of man he was teaching in the Wind City, because he had at least a dozen students in the city, half of them from the nobility and the other half from the civilian population.

"In my opinion, the young masters of noble families are no different from the children of commoners. The only reason I teach them is because they want to seek justice, and so do you."

He answered Linke's questions in this way, which gave him a favorable impression of the old man who lived in a society of such high order and had such extraordinary ideas. He knew that the Moutes servants who had come with such a large sum of money had not been able to meet Fisher, and the only reason the old man had come to ask Linke was because he had heard that he desired knowledge, and that was all.

Fisher had only been with Link for half an hour before he left, and every two days he would give lessons to the children of the nobility, which he could listen to.

The old man didn't want to live in the Mutters' residence. He lived in the home of a commoner student, and he said that the happiness of the aristocrats in this world was always the same, while the misfortunes of the commoners were different. He was willing to painstakingly read through the suffering rather than having a simple and comfortable taste.

This made Link feel great respect.

He knew he could tell himself everything he had seen, no matter how small.

That was open-minded enough.

— —

It was a rare sunny day in the Wind City.

Early in the morning, five people squeezed into a small, shabby, bungalow in the west district of the Wind City.

The old man was Lindke's new mentor, Fisher.

"I heard that today is a big day in Wind City, so I'm very happy to see you," Fisher smiled and nodded at Lin Ke. Today was the day when he was teaching the common students, and the noble students would be taught at a different time and place.

Lin Ke bowed to the old man, then nodded to the three of them, who could be considered his classmates. This made the three of them extremely flattered, "Yes, Teacher, I want to know what power is."

"The dragon's power is great for the strong, and great power is great for the strong. You are great for me." The old man's face remained calm, never avoiding the other students, "Your heart is filled with confusion, but you don't know where it is weak. I know where it is strong."

The old man slowly shook his head, "The strong is the heart, the weak is the appearance. If you are confused, no matter how strong you are, you will still be weak."

Lin Ke nodded his head. In just a few short days of interaction, he had gained quite a bit of trust towards this old man, which seemed to be the unique charm of this ordinary old man. "Then, is this teacher, who is renowned throughout the world, strong in the outside world?

"There are many paths for the strong, but all of them go the same way. The obvious and the covert are only different ways, and can't affect the end of the story, but the choice is different, the enemies I have to face are different, maybe I have to overcome hunger, exhaustion and people's unacceptance, but what they have to face is loneliness, doubt and people's incomprehension, whoever can overcome the difficulties and go in the direction of their dreams, will then become stronger, it's true that the dark is hidden but it's not important, the result is the proof of everything."

"Moreover," the old man's eyes were brimming with a smile and he didn't bother to conceal his glee, "Everyone has light and darkness, so am I the only one you're looking at right now? Those people who are supposed to be hidden in the city are really satisfied with just hiding in the city? " However, no one noticed, "If this is a world with enough order, then becoming strong becomes simple. However, the order in this world is extremely chaotic, and if one must say that it is powerful, then becoming strong means having enough strength and choosing an opponent that they understand well. If one is alive, then one has the qualification to be strong."

Rincewind had thought he understood, but he didn't seem to understand.

He was obviously very successful, but he was also very confused.

The old man, Fisher, was in a bad mood. He waved his hand and quickly ended today's class. Lin Ke apologetically nodded to his three classmates and left.

He still did not know what was in front of him, but he knew what was beneath his feet.

Then, he would move forward and create a path.

— —

In the center of Wind City was a square with a circumference of over a hundred meters.

The plaza was circular, and twelve stone pillars were erected at the edges of the plaza. At the top of the stone pillars were the legendary twelve types of Wind Spirit Beasts.

On the north side of the square, there was a large stage, which was 12 meters high. The view from above was very good, and you could overlook the entire square, which was a forbidden zone for the commoners, and even when there were usually no gatherings, they were not allowed to go on stage. At this moment, the stage was filled with representatives of the various big families of the Wind City, and they were all invited to watch the ceremony.

There were no other buildings on the square and it was crowded.

"I've watched the trials and selections here for more than ten years, but I've never seen a commoner get a spot. I wonder if I'll be able to see a commoner get a ticket to the imperial capital in their remaining years," a middle-aged man sighed from the crowd.

"Forget it, Harry. The imperial city is not a place that commoners like us can hope for. Even this Wind City is already big enough. Just think about those commoners in the countryside. What they have to bear is something that we can't even imagine."

"Haha, Old Jack, if you weren't looking forward to it, you would still come here every year. Are you here to watch a show?"

"You're talking too much," the person who was being fiercely glared at by the old man called Old Jack nodded towards the stage, "Just because of that little bit of hope, I, Old Jack, have already gone home to sleep. Look over there, tsk tsk, three places for so many masters to snatch around. I get it every year just for this! "

"Heh, you're right. This scene is almost like a New Year's carnival. How many people are here for this show?"

— —

"Hey, Kohl, long time no see!"

On the high platform, two middle-aged men in gorgeous clothing met. If Lin Ke was here, he would recognize one of them as the middle-aged man from the Gaia Family who had given away the Sea King's Pearl.

"Hi, Roarke." The middle-aged man called Kohl had a calm expression. As one of the top seven families of the Wind City, he was an important member of the Gaia family and had the qualifications to maintain his posture.

"I wonder what kind of genius the Gaia Family sent out this year. Last year, the young geniuses of the Gaia Family shocked the entire field!" Locke's smile did not waver, and he did his best to compliment her.

"No, I've heard that a genius has appeared in your family this year and they have full confidence in obtaining this year's spots. I should congratulate him in advance," Ke Er's expression was still as cold as before.

"Hehe," Loke saw the impatience and laughed awkwardly. "I'm still far from being able to compare with the Gaia clan. I think it's time for me to take a look at those children. Farewell."

"Sure." Ke Er bowed slightly. Her eyes were filled with disdain.