V2.Chapter 74

Two goshawks fly over the white clouds. One day, they fly to the sun, hover around it, and become two black spots. One day, they spread their wings and glide down. Like swimming in the sea.

Suddenly, a whistle came from the ground, as if they had received some order. The two goshawks took a turn in the air and suddenly swooped down. Their bodies passed on the ground, and immediately splashed a piece of blood and the sad sound of pheasants.

Then, two colorful pheasants had been caught by them and flew directly to the huge open space outside the forest.

A long smile of relief suddenly rang out, and Yu ruipei, the Lord of Tianluo, laughed happily. As soon as he waved his hand, naturally someone went up to serve the two falcons that won him honor.

This is a Royal Garden 20 miles away from the capital of Tianluo. In the garden, there is also an entrance to the deep mountains. It is a place specially used by the royal family of Tianluo and some noble children for hunting.

Of course, after so many years of hunting, it is difficult to find any fierce prey in the garden. If you want to have a good harvest, you must enter the entrance of the deep mountain and search for prey in more far-reaching places.

The current season is not a good time for hunting, but Yu ruipei, the Lord of Tianluo, still ordered the warriors to accompany the prince and Princess of Kairong and the master of national protection to hunt.

This is also closely related to the prosperity of military style in the northwest countries.

Seeing that the two falcons opened the record for the first time, Yu ruipei naturally smiled and said, "ladies and gentlemen, today the honorable envoy of Kairong arrived, and our warriors of Tianluo should greet each other in the warmest way." His voice came from afar and could be heard for miles in this open place.

Although his internal strength cultivation did not reach the peak of ten levels, he also had about eight levels of strength. With the support of Shui Xuanjin, the position of Lord of Tianluo was as stable as Mount Tai.

Beside him, there was a loud bang, and more than a thousand people were excited with their eyes shining, as if they had been at the top of the hunt this time.

Yu ruipei turned around and said, "Your Highness, the third prince, won't your people participate?"

Zhan Zhichao, the third prince, smiled and said, "since your Majesty the Lord invited us, let our children show their hands." He was obviously prepared, and stepped out, closely followed by four attendants behind him.

Yu ruipei's face changed slightly and said, "Your Highness the third prince will hunt himself?"

Zhan Zhichao laughed and said, "yes, our Kairong country spreads the country by force. As the prince alone, we should set an example. How can we not participate in such a grand event?"

Yu ruipei's face was a little stiff. Suddenly, a figure rushed out not far behind him, bowed deeply to him, and said, "father, what the third highness said is that the child is not talented, and he also wants to join the Lin line."

Everyone looked up and nodded secretly in their hearts. At the moment, it was Yu Xiaoyi, crown prince of Tianluo, who stood up.

Yu ruipei's face eased, and he gave him a deep look, without concealing the relief and appreciation in his eyes.

"Well, in that case, the hunting begins. You go."

With his Majesty's order, countless figures immediately ran towards the forest not far away.

Outside this garden, there are exquisite tents everywhere. These tents were temporarily built by the Lord of Tianluo and others who came here to hunt.

The reason why we don't build permanent houses here is that we don't want to disturb the creatures in the garden too much.

At this time, in one of the tents, he Yiming took a sip of the fragrant milk tea handed over by Yuan Lixun. Looking at those people who rushed to leave, I couldn't help shaking my head slightly. It was more a farce than a hunt. Although people are afraid of beasts, beasts are also afraid of people, especially when human beings are powerful.

So many people swarmed in. I'm afraid the beast with a little brain would choose to avoid its front temporarily. Unless it entered the deep mountain pass, it would definitely not have a good harvest.

His eyes suddenly frozen, and he found two familiar figures among these people.

It turned out that uncle he Quanxin and elder brother he Yitian were also mixed in the crowd.

With their strength and uncle's familiarity with the forest, as long as they don't encounter spirit beasts in it, there will basically be no accidents. And in this crowded place, if there is still a spirit beast, it is incredible.

So he Yiming just glanced, and immediately withdrew his eyes. He Yiming was very relieved about their father and son.

He Yiming looked back at the hot air on the tea cup in his hand, and his heart was in a mess like clouds.

At this moment, seven days have passed since he eavesdropped on the conversations of Cheng Fu and others. During these seven days, he Yiming's heart has always been hesitant, but he did not tell Shui Xuanjin the contents of these conversations.

Until now, seven days have passed, and the hunting officially begins. At this time tomorrow, that is, the moment when the hunting ends. If not expected, it will also be the time for Cheng Fu to speak out and challenge.

Heyiming knows that he can't drag on any longer.

Yuan Lixun looked at he Yiming in surprise. At the moment, he Yiming seemed to be at a loss. Since he got along with he Yiming, he rarely found such eyes.

Inexplicably, her heart is filled with a strong desire to erase this wisp of blankness.

Although her reason tells herself that if there is something that even the young master can't solve, then she must be helpless. However, she asked softly, "young master, what's on your mind?"

He Yiming was surprised. He turned around and saw the worry contained in his bright big eyes. He couldn't help but feel warm in the heart of the earth. He sighed and said, "yes, there is one thing that I can't make the final decision, so I feel very upset."

Yuan Lixun hesitated and said, "can you say it? Maybe after you say it, you will feel better."

He Yiming's mouth pulled slightly. He originally wanted to say it, but somehow, the words came to his mouth but stopped abruptly. He asked himself, and suddenly realized that he didn't want to let her know the reason why he had overheard others' conversations in the Royal Manor.

If she knew that she had done such a thing, would her image in her mind be greatly reduced?

He Yiming smiled bitterly. When did he become so sensitive.

He shook his head, and Yuan Lixun's face couldn't help flashing a trace of disappointment. However, before she could continue to speak of relief, Just listen to he Yiming: "if someone did something unintentionally, and it's not a bad thing. However, this thing caused another person a misunderstanding. This misunderstanding is very big, and it may cause some extremely bad consequences. But this consequence will not have any impact on the first person. You say, should the first person ignore it, or should..."

When he said this, he raised his head and quietly looked at Yuan Lixun, as if he wanted to find the final answer from her pretty face.

Yuan Lixun was slightly stunned. Although he Yiming said vaguely, this person, another person's don't know, but she understood.

He Yiming's eyes touched, and her eyes immediately jumped away like a deer. Her heart was quite excited and a little elated, which was a feeling that even she could not completely understand.

The heart beat violently for several times, and then slowly recovered. She gently bit her lower lip and thought carefully. Her face was flushed, but the words from her mouth had a strange firmness.

"Young master, my mother taught me and my brother all the time. Everyone has his own responsibilities in the world. Some of these responsibilities are big and some are small. People with big ability bear big ones, while people with small ability bear small ones. As long as you do what you can, it's... Enough."

He Yiming sat quietly, chewing the words in his mouth.

Yuan Lixun didn't bother him either, but just looked at him silently. She looked at he Yiming's gradually bright eyes because of thinking, and suddenly had a feeling that she seemed to fall into it.

Although this man is a congenital strong man, his previous performance always gives people a feeling of being a big boy.

But think about it, no matter what level his martial arts cultivation has reached, he himself is only a 16-year-old boy. At this age, isn't he just a big boy.

However, at this moment, he Yiming seems to have a subtle change, like a big boy who has faded his green and astringent, and has a responsibility and charm belonging to an adult man.

Yuan Lixun's eyes softened, and this scene seemed to stay in her heart forever.

Finally, he Yiming put down the tea cup in his hand. He nodded heavily to Yuan Lixun and said sincerely, "thank you."

"Er..." Yuan Lixun was stunned, then woke up, and was at a loss for a while. It seemed that the deepest secret in my heart was peeped through, and the blush on my face became more colorful, and spread to the neck behind my ears, as if the breath of gentle and sweet meat was evaporating.

He Yiming's eyes lit up, but at the moment, he had made a decision in his heart. He immediately restrained his mind and looked away.

He said softly, "you're right. Anyway, I'm still from Tianluo country." Then he said in a loud voice, "brother water, please come and see me."

The voice of this sentence was not big, but it spread out endlessly, like whispering in everyone's ear, so that everyone could hear it clearly.

Yuan Lixun opened her mouth in surprise. She didn't expect that he Yiming would invite Shui Xuanjin so abruptly.

In the distance, in the tent area of Kairong country, Cheng Fu's eyebrows frowned slightly, and a bad premonition seemed to envelop him. But he immediately put aside this trace of miscellaneous thoughts. For him, the challenge of the next moment cannot be lost. At the moment, there was no room for other thoughts in his mind.

In front of him, the figure of Shui Xuanjin appeared outside the tent. He walked in with a smile and sat down in front of he Yiming.

Yuan Lixun immediately offered another cup of milk tea without waiting for instructions. Shui Xuanjin picked it up, drank it in one gulp, and praised, "it's very good."

Yuan Lixun smiled and said, "thank you for your praise."

Shui Xuanjin looked out and sighed, "more than a hundred years ago, I would personally participate in every hunting, but now my temper has faded, and I am not willing to work anymore."

He Yiming was stunned and said, "brother water, if you participate, then who else can compete with you, can't you win the first place every time?"

Shui Xuanjin laughed dumbly and said, "who said, although I participated every time, I never showed off, just for fun."

He Yiming was relieved that it would be cheating to allow the inborn strong to participate in such hunting activities.

"Well, you came to me. What's the matter?" Shui Xuanjin put down the cup and asked casually.

He Yiming also put down the cup. He raised his eyes and said positively, "I want to know whether Tianluo needs to pay tribute to Kairong every year."

With a slight sigh, Shui Xuanjin said, "yes, it's not just our Tianluo family. In fact, one third of the small countries in the northwest pay a huge amount of tribute to Kairong every year."

"One third?" He Yiming said in surprise, "the three powerful countries in the northwest?"

Shui Xuanjin frowned slightly and said, "brother he is devoted to cultivation, and may not know the truth. In fact, among the northwest countries, the three major powers are the real masters, and the rest are their subordinate small countries. In order to prevent these small countries from making great progress, the three major powers will set the terms of tribute, and let us escort the tax money and grain in accordance with a certain proportion."

He Yiming frowned and said, "can't we resist?"

Shui Xuanjin gave a wry smile and said, "it's a plate of scattered sand, hard..."

In these four words, his helplessness has been fully expressed.

Indeed, in the northwest environment, except for the three major powers, most of the other countries are four or five counties, and at least one county. Some countries even have only one county.

There seems to be a tacit understanding between the three major powers, with no intention of expansion, while the territory of many small countries is unpredictable. Often in decades, the country changes hands.

However, although countries sometimes change ownership, most of them are peaceful evolution. When a family loses control over the whole country, new families will naturally rise to replace the old royal family.

Later, the old royal family abdicated and became a powerful family in the country.

It is precisely because of this strange way of inheritance that there are so many millennial inheritance families in Northwest China.

Of course, this strange way only exists in the northwest. If it is in Dashen in the East, or the legendary country under the papacy in the Far West, it seems to be much more bloody and tragic.

He Yiming pondered for a moment. Now he is no longer a hairy child who knew nothing at the beginning.

After more than a year of experience, he learned about this situation. At the same time, it also made him vaguely feel that there is a more powerful force above the three major powers. It is the existence of this force that will overwhelm all uncoordinated voices, and there is this strange way of inheritance.

However, all this is too far away for he Yiming now.

Pick up the filled cup again, and he Yiming also drank it in one gulp. Then he seemed to decide something and said, "brother water, you should know my real age."

Shui Xuanjin nodded slightly and said, "yes, brother he, you are only 16 years old this year. At this age, you have been promoted to a congenital master. This is unparalleled, unprecedented."

He Yiming's face reddened a little and said, "brother water, don't talk about this, let's get back to business." He calmly looked into each other's eyes and said, "I know you want me to be the national protection master of Tianluo country."

Shui Xuanjin's eyes suddenly lit up and said, "yes, I know this requirement is really too difficult for a genius like you. But now my deadline is approaching, I really can't bear to see the rising Tianluo country decline again. So please brother he be reluctant."

The old man said, stood up from the cross sitting position, and bowed deeply to he Yiming. Although he was old, his waist was still straight and straight, so deep that he bent down without hesitation.

He Yiming hurriedly stretched out his hand and said, "brother water, if you can promise me one thing, then I will promise."

Shui Xuanjin suddenly looked up, and her eyes showed a mixture of surprise and joy.

In fact, after he learned the real age of he Yiming, he also didn't hold much hope. This is the same as the former tingshiguang. After seeing he Yiming, he immediately said nothing about it.

If it were not for Shui Xuanjin, who knew her life was not long and was too worried about the future of Tianluo country, she would be like the last straw seen by a drowning man after seeing he Yiming. Although he knew it was unlikely to be rescued, he still couldn't help holding on tightly.

At this moment, after receiving the reply of he Yiming, the old man's heart suddenly surged, and even the smell of death seemed to dissipate a lot at this moment.

He originally thought that this hope was as vague as fog, but when he grabbed it, he found that it was not a straw, but a wood, a huge log. This makes the drowning person who pays for himself and will undoubtedly die naturally ecstatic.

Taking a deep breath, Shui Xuanjin said, "as long as brother he's request is not to abdicate Yu Jia, then no matter what conditions, I promised on behalf of Yu Jia."

With his status in Tianluo country, he is naturally qualified to say this.

He Yiming nodded slightly and said, "brother Shui, I'm still young, so I still want to travel around the world and pursue a higher level of martial arts. So I can't live in Tianluo for a long time like you. So my requirement is that I can become a master protector of Tianluo, but I have the qualification to travel freely."

Shui Xuanjin was stunned at first, then nodded deeply and said, "brother he, you are right. With your age, you will naturally have greater achievements in the future. You really shouldn't stay in one place for a long time." He thought for a moment and said, "brother he, I have a compromise. What do you think?"

"Brother water, please."

"We Tianluo are Kairong and affiliated countries. As long as the masters of protecting the country can get their recognition, or fear, then Tianluo can continue to develop steadily." Shui Xuanjin said solemnly, "if brother he can go to Kairong country in person and defeat any master in their master hall on behalf of our Tianluo country, then our Tianluo country will be peaceful for ten years. From then on, as long as brother he can come forward once a decade and challenge and win in the master hall, no matter where you travel, no one in our Tianluo country will dare to provoke nothing."

He Yiming was slightly stunned, and his face immediately became extremely interesting.

"Brother Shui, do you mean that as long as you can defeat any master of Kairong country, you can keep Tianluo safe for ten years?"

"Exactly." Shui Xuanjin's eyes gleamed and said, "the enlightenment seven days ago should make brother he improve greatly. Even I can't hear your real strength. So as long as brother he is willing to fight, I believe he will win."

He Yiming's eyes moved to a certain direction. His face looked like a smile and said, "why bother so much? There is a national protection master of Kairong country here."

Shui Xuanjin's face changed, and she hurriedly said, "brother he, don't be rash. It is the power of our small countries to challenge in the master hall. It is in this way that we decide the amount of money and food to pay tribute everywhere. But if we challenge the masters of Kairong country in other places, it is deliberate provocation, which will bring danger to the country." He paused and said, "although Cheng Fu is young, he has a great reputation in Kairong state. He once went to the southern Xinjiang islands and had an epiphany in the crater. This man's strength is unpredictable. Brother he will go to the master hall in the future, so it's better to change an opponent."

Is this person young?

He Yiming burst out laughing, and then said, "if we didn't challenge, and they challenged in the opposite direction as a national protection master?"

Shui Xuanjin was stunned and said, "if so, it will naturally be the same as the result of the challenge of the master hall."

He Yiming nodded his head, and a mysterious smile crossed his face, and then he was silent.

Shui Xuanjin hesitated for a moment and glanced in a certain direction. It seemed that he had a enlightenment in his heart.

The day passed as if it were flying.

At noon the next day, the loud horn suddenly cut through the sky of the garden.

The sound is long and far-reaching, and hundreds of horns sounded at the same time. Even if you enter the deep mountains, you can still hear it clearly.

A huge hourglass was placed in front of everyone. After the horn disappeared, a strong man pulled out the plug below, and immediately grains of sand "Shua Shua" fell.

Moments later, people returned from the garden one after another.

When the horn rings, all those who enter the forest must return within an hour. If they still don't arrive here after all the sand in the hourglass is discharged, they will lose the qualification of evaluation.

Entering the deep mountains, although you can get better harvest, if you don't have enough strength, it's impossible to give people time to go back and forth smoothly.

Naturally, the first batch of people who came out were those childe brothers who had the worst strength and could only wander in the garden. They had no strength to enter the mountains at all. Although they hunted some small animals, no one took a fancy to them at all.

With the passage of time, more and more powerful people have come back, and the prey in their hands is more and more dazzling. Although it is impossible for spirit beasts to appear, there is no lack of ordinary beasts.

He Yiming sighed secretly in his heart that to hunt these beasts, it is not only necessary to be strong in force, but also to have a certain understanding of the jungle. Of course, the most important thing is luck. If you are unlucky, when so many people enter the mountain at the same time, let alone encounter a beast, even a rabbit may not be able to meet it.

Suddenly, the crowd stirred up, and the Third Prince of Kairong state and others returned smoothly. Their five people hunted three fierce leopards and two fox bears.

This achievement immediately impressed everyone. Being able to catch the beast in front of so many masters also showed the strong strength of this group.

A moment later, Yu Xiaoyi, he Quanxin and others also returned one after another.

Although they also gained a lot, they were slightly inferior to Zhan Zhichao, and all the subjects of Tianluo looked a little ugly.

Yu ruipei seemed to be unaware of it and said, "Your Highness the third prince is indeed a dragon and Phoenix among people. You are the first in this hunt."

Loud cheers suddenly came from the tents in Kairong country, and Yu Xiaoyi and others' faces became more and more ugly.

Suddenly, Zhan Zhichao reached out and waved down the cheers.

Then, a tall figure slowly walked out of a tent.

Once this person appeared, he immediately attracted everyone's attention. He was like a huge sun, emitting his own brilliance anytime, anywhere.

He Yiming's eyes closed slightly, and his heart instantly entered a wonderful realm of ancient well.

Cheng Fu walked forward step by step. With his steps, the atmosphere in the whole garden became solidified in an instant.

Yu ruipei could no longer keep calm on his face, and his heart faintly felt bad.

Cheng Fu finally came to the place 30 meters in front of Yu ruipei. He looked up and raised his head. His eyes as dazzling as the sun tightly locked the water Hyun Jin.

"At the request of his majesty Kairong, Mr. Cheng is willing to bet on the annual tribute of your country in ten years to invite the Grand Master of your country's protection. Please accept."

Outside the whole garden, it was suddenly silent, and the needles could be heard.

No one could have imagined that Cheng Fu would even ask for war at this time, and it was still such an irresistible challenge.

Everyone knows that if Shui Xuanjin is not present, the battle can naturally be postponed. But at this moment, facing such a challenge, even if he was killed on the spot, he must not shirk it.

Shui Xuanjin smiled dumbly. He was not surprised at all. It seemed that he had known it for a long time.

In the eyes of countless people, he slowly stood up. Although he did not have that strong sense of existence like sunlight, the moment he stood up, he immediately reassured all the subjects of Tianluo.

Water Xuanjin guarded Tianluo for a hundred years, and that kind of strong almost blind confidence spread in an instant.

However, only Yu ruipei, the Lord of Tianluo, and Xue lie, the eldest disciple of Shui Xuanjin, their faces were still extremely ugly. Their fists were clenched, and there was a faint fear in their eyes.

Just at this moment, a clear, as if the unrestrained clouds in the sky sounded.

"If you want to fight, I will fight..."