If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon.

"The store is bullying customers. Are you in a hurry to drive people away?" After Lin Nian drank a cup of tea, he unexpectedly found that the tea tasted much better than expected. He felt another milky aroma of popcorn inside and opened the lid of the teapot. Looking inside, you can vaguely see the brown rice at the bottom of the tea. It should be Japan's famous brown rice tea.

"I can't think of a reason for you to stay in Japan."

"Then wait, I'll make one up for you right away." Lin Nian poured himself another cup of tea. After pouring it, he looked up and found Yuan Zhisheng staring at him intently. He shook his head and changed his words, "Isn't it just a pure tour? Japan It can be considered a famous tourist country.”

"Japan is not suitable for tourism. For a pine tree to grow out of the soil, it needs to be moved out of the soil and used with wires and various corrections to grow in an orderly manner. If you stay in Japan for a long time, you will only feel depressed. Besides, this time You are not alone here." Yuan Zhisheng grabbed the wine plate with two fingers and took a sip. His eyes did not shy away from looking at Lin Xian behind Lin Nian who was a little drunk and staring at the blue fin tuna's big eyes. Probably trying to see some weird light from inside.

"You should not have forgotten that in addition to old friends, you have some other 'old friends' in this country. Shiraishi Takahiro fell into your hands. They may not have seen all this happening in secret, and may have already begun. A targeted arrangement plan will be made for you."

"It's not a possibility, it's a certainty." Lin Nian licked his dry and sweet lips moistened by the tea and put down the teacup. "I also want to settle old scores with them when I come to Japan this time. Shiraishi Takahiro is just the beginning."

"I know what changes have happened to you in the past six months or so. Anyone with eyes can see it, but if you think this will allow you to easily uproot them, you are totally wrong." Yuan Zhisheng said calmly. say.

"Don't get me wrong, I never thought that I could help you wipe out that organization. After all, the Centipede is dead but not dead. You, the Amaterasu of this family, have only been able to suppress them temporarily after fighting for so many years. I have no idea. How dare a nameless exchange student from our headquarters tell lies and wipe them out completely?" Lin Nian said, "But I'm still happy to cause trouble for them along the way. Who wouldn't want to give in to those bastards when they're enjoying their trip? What about Tian Tian Du? That’s double the happiness.”

Yuan Zhisheng took a sip of wine and said nothing. He knew the history of Lin Nian's grudge against the fierce ghosts. It was a real blood feud. No matter how outrageous things Lin Nian did for that one person in this country, It was expected, and what he was doing now was to contain these things that were beyond his control before they happened.

Now this boy is no longer what he used to be. Although Yuan Zhisheng doesn't know where he heard the word "Amaterasu", there is no awe in it at all, and the other party seems to have the qualifications and ability to do it. Look down on things that scare your enemies.

He was still thinking about how to persuade Lin Nian to draw his attention away from the fierce ghosts. The tone of Lin Nian's next sentence had subtly changed, "But then again, they said you are 'Amaterasu' I call you the 'emperor' of my family, what do you want to say?"

"'Emperor'?" Yuan Zhisheng glanced at him, "Maybe he is praising the status of the eight Sheqi families in the underworld. After all, my current identity is the stepson of the patriarch. I have some random comments, but when I look deeper, In fact, it is quite normal to have a title that does not match the title.”

"They are not shouting randomly." Lin Nian smiled lowly, "Anyone with a right mind who has dealt with you will know that some words are not screamed randomly. In a sense, you are called 'Emperor' It’s not a compliment, even though I don’t like the word ‘Emperor’, I still have to admit that there is no wrong nickname.”

"You think highly of me. I'm just an ordinary mixed race. I'm just lucky enough to stand on the shoulders of giants. With the resources of the Executive Directorate, anyone can do as well as me." Yuan Zhisheng said.

"Not necessarily." Lin Nian waved his hand, "You don't have to hide some things. Before I came to Japan for the second time, the principal actually told me about you in private. You were once his student, and he spoke very highly of you. Gao, no less than me, I probably know what kind of person you are."

"Principal Angers." Yuan Zhisheng paused, and the old Cambridge gentleman with silver hair and a meticulous smile on his face appeared in his mind. Maybe there was a fresh rose in his breast pocket, "He Did you say something?"

"You said you are very talented and have deep experience in the art of swordsmanship and fighting. You also gave me the opportunity to learn more from you after I come to Japan. This will be of great help to me in the future." Lin Nian poured the tea and watched the tea fly out of the spout and slide down the wall of the cup, spinning and rising in it. The light and shadow on the water were faint, "Maybe the blood gap between us is not too big, but there are still things I need to learn from you. There are many.”

"I'm surprised that 'the strongest' in this department actually said these words." Yuan Zhisheng chuckled for a long time, and his eyes quietly glanced at the table of delicacies that could not curb his appetite, "I thought you would only be in a hurry. He picked up the wooden sword and wanted to challenge me."

"I had this plan before, but now that I think about it, it's no longer necessary." Lin Nian twisted the tea cup with three fingers and took a sip. "Anyway, Disneyland has already shot you down once in front of the whole world. Although Some of the victories were unsuccessful, but at least it was considered a victory. In the future, it would be a victory for the entire headquarters, and no subsequent challenges would be as good as that one, right?"

"." It's okay not to mention this. When it comes to mentioning it, Yuan Zhisheng's blood pressure quietly rises, but his face remains calm, as if he doesn't take this matter to heart, but when he sees Lin Lin Xian, who was behind Nian, stared blankly at Eri Yi next to him. Suddenly he touched his lips with his fingers and laughed. He almost smashed the table on the boy in front of him.

Eriyi felt something about it, and glanced at her brother while eating quietly without interrupting or causing trouble. She didn't know much Chinese, so the whole exchange between Yuan Zhisheng and Lin Nian was considered to be listening to heavenly scriptures. But the pronunciation of Disney is similar in Chinese, Japanese and American. When she mentioned the word "Pirates of the Caribbean" again, she suddenly remembered what she had done in front of Yuan Zhisheng, and immediately buried her head in the bowl, saying nothing. Said, just attack the sashimi.

"It's just a joke." Lin Nian couldn't help but smile when he looked at the expressionless man in front of him. He also slightly leaned back in his sitting posture to relax, "But learning from each other is still quite important in my opinion. , it just so happens that I will stay in Japan for a while in the future before going to other places. During this time, young master, do you have time to accompany me to communicate in the gym?"

"Communicate?" Yuan Zhisheng looked up at him. "

"I am still very interested in some Japanese kendo schools and concepts, but it is still difficult to learn the orthodoxy in the Children's Palace. If we really want to say the authentic kendo, there is probably no one with more qualifications and foundation than the long-standing Sheqi Eight Family. Lin Nian said with a calm expression.

Yuan Zhisheng put down the wine plate and did not answer for a while, because this is a more important question. It is not that the headquarters and the family have never exchanged and studied. Strictly speaking, the Sheqi Eight Family is the Japanese branch of Kassel College. , this is the fact that the old man who landed with the warship used two wooden knives to forcefully reveal it.

Nowadays, the old man's students approach them with a learning attitude, rather than as a challenger. As a result, their attitude is much more questionable.

"But I'm still a little curious about where you learned some of your swordsmanship skills." Yuan Zhisheng did not agree immediately, but instead asked Lin Nian another question.

"What style of swordsmanship?" Lin Nian asked subconsciously.

"Your sword skills are very complicated. There are many shadows of other schools in it. Natural Rise-ryu, Shinin-ryu and Katori Shinto-ryu are all one and a half moves, but the postures and techniques are very authentic. You also have them in China. Did the teacher of ancient Japanese swordsmanship teach you?" Yuan Zhisheng has not forgotten the duel between Lin Nian and his fake sword in the Pirates of the Caribbean project at Disneyland. Although it only lasted a few minutes, the sword power and sword power were so powerful. The real fight between them left a deep impression on him, making him realize that this boy was stronger than just his bloodline.

The last time they fought, Lin Nian was still weak and fledgling, and had no chance to show many things. But in fact, Yuan Zhisheng had also vaguely noticed this matter at that time, but it had not been pointed out yet, and now they are standing at the same height. At this time, those skills that had been accumulated for a long time were brought out openly and openly, and were suddenly placed in a position that shocked everyone and praised them.

"What I learned from the Children's Palace is not an orthodox and elegant technique. Is it unusual for you, an inheritor of Japanese swordsmanship, to praise the Japanese swordsmanship I learned from the Children's Palace?" Lin Nian couldn't help but laugh.

"To paraphrase what you said, those sword skills are not something you can learn randomly. You can have some knowledge of all kinds of sword movements. This is no longer something that can be explained by learning. I am very curious about who your teacher is. Person, if you tell me his name, maybe I've heard of him."

Lin Nian paused and scratched his head. After thinking for a while, he felt that the name of the coach of the Children's Palace should not be hidden, so he casually reported the name of a typical old man. Yuan Zhisheng pondered for a while after hearing this. Finally, he slowly shook his head and said that he had never heard of this name.

"It's okay if you haven't heard of it. I didn't learn all those swordsmanship from him. It was mainly from those kickers who came to challenge me. At that time, I was quite famous in the Children's Palace and attracted people from all over the country. People who had too little time to do came to challenge me. Everyone's posture and approach were different. I just learned while fighting for a long time. In the end, I pieced together everything and ended up like what I am now. I know a little bit about everything. , Qi family swordsmanship, Xinyin flow, and the four-phase flow of mind you mentioned," Lin Nian explained.

"The gym you are in is famous throughout China?"

"Children's Palace, Children's Palace, young master, don't you know what Children's Palace is?" Lin Nian sighed.

“The government provides taxpayers with an important form and venue for youth public services.”

"Yes, there are dance classes and singing classes next door to our kendo gym. We also have social gatherings with the children there on weekends. The coach always flirts with the female teachers from those two training classes. If our Children's Palace is so famous, he will also There is no need to sit behind the counter counting money every day and complain that money is hard to make and shit tastes bad.”

Yuan Zhisheng was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Do you know what your experiences sound like to me?"

"Any advice?"

"Some are like a group of hidden masters who have mastered the art of swordsmanship and left behind their secluded lives. They fly to you from all over the world and teach you the art of swordsmanship on the pretext of sparring in the gym." Yuan Zhisheng lowered his head and said, "It's not necessary. The moves of the entire genre are taught to you, and you only need to learn the essence, concepts, and most representative sword skills of the genre in a short battle, which can be used throughout the entire genre, such as the flow of mind and the four-faced White Lotus. fetal."

"White Lotus seizes the fetus. This name is a bit cool. You Japanese can't pick it. Which trick are you talking about?" Lin Nian didn't react.

Yuan Zhisheng paused and said, "On the boat, you should deal with my sword that also comes from the Four-Fan-Ba-Xiang School."

"You mean this?" Lin Nian held the air with both hands and raised his thumb as if holding a sword that did not exist. He waved an arc gently in the air, as if he was using the night as a rice paper to draw a pen. Falling pale pink petals, or the incomplete slanting moon dyed with April spring, Yuan Zhisheng nodded immediately when he saw the full sword power.

"I remember that I learned this trick from an old man wearing a white gi, right? He is really a Japanese. I heard that he heard about the reputation of our kendo gym when he was traveling to China. He couldn't help but come here with itchy hands. I challenged him, but I hit him on the head with two sticks and silenced him. He also said that I didn't follow martial ethics, which made me depressed." Lin Nian put down his hands and said in thought.

"Shin-shin-ryu is a secret that has not been passed down in ancient Japanese Kendo. It has been lost in Japan now. I am the last generation of successors, and the leader of the previous generation of sects is an old man named Tokugawa Hidden."

"Tokugawa. Tokugawa?" Lin Nian was startled for a moment, then slapped his thigh and suddenly realized, "Are you some skinny, short, old pervert who likes to look at women's butts when he has nothing to do?"

"Mr. Tokugawa has some bad habits, but he's not like an old pervert." Yuan Zhisheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and at the end of the sentence, Lin Nian's expression changed a little, "Are you sure you said that?" Are you talking about the same person as me? Teacher Tokugawa has passed away a long time ago. No one knows where he went in the last few years of his life. Mr. Masamune couldn't find his person even if he wanted to build a memorial tablet for him, and it was difficult to find him during his lifetime. Kenyun, I always thought that Tokugawa sensei lived in seclusion in the mountains. It seems that in the last days of his life, he did not continue to pursue the ultimate goal of kendo, but chose to travel to a foreign country and spread the inheritance further. The place?"

"I don't know about this, but that old man is indeed ridiculously strong. His control of distance and decisiveness of attack are beyond the reach of ordinary people. He ranks among the top three kickers I have played against, but he was still defeated by me. I got the first blow, but because of my age and reflexes, my speed and strength were not as good as mine," Lin Nian said.

"Teacher Tokugawa is not a mixed race, so it is understandable that he lost to you. I am just curious why he appeared in the Children's Palace in China and met you by chance." Yuan Zhisheng said.

"It's quite a coincidence." Lin Nian seemed to be lost in thought after a pause, "Thinking about it, it seems that many people who have challenged the kendo gym before are famous, but we are the ones being challenged and we don't ask too many questions. , the other party casually reported his name and got started. Many challenges were still held behind closed doors, and no bystanders were even allowed. Now it seems like "

"It's almost like a graduate professor." Yuan Zhi said abruptly, "When the master of the school evaluates the disciples, there will be a closed-door master-disciple duel, with real swords as the battle, reputation as the stake, and victory is If a sect succeeds the authentic one, if it fails, the sect's inheritance will remain unchanged until the master dies and the entire sect dissipates and perishes."

"Then what you mean is that there are at least a dozen masters of ancient Japanese kendo and modern kendo who all suddenly came to the Children's Palace to teach me kendo? What is this, 'synchronicity'?" Lin Nian faintly said say.

"My words may be a bit unpleasant." Yuan Zhisheng looked at Lin Nian and said, "There are not many coincidences in the world. Behind every coincidence is a deliberate inevitability."

Lin Nian understood Yuan Zhisheng's words and was quiet for a long time. He tapped his fingers lightly on the table and raised his head to look at the bright moon hanging on the eaves of the temple. After the wind blew the black mist and the moonlight passed, he still She shook her head slightly, and waited for Yue Hui to wash his cheek again before saying, "It's useless to think about it now. Whether intentional or not, at least the result is not bad. I benefited a lot during those days. More, that’s enough.”

"That's fine." Yuan Zhisheng didn't say much.

He has pointed out that Lin Nian's growth process was deliberately arranged by someone or a force. This force may be the secret party that has been secretly paying attention to him since a long time ago, or it may be someone else. If it is the former, then the secret party's What he did was understandably investing in and cultivating future leaders in the dragon-slaying war.

But if it is the latter, Yuan Zhisheng, who is barely considered to be in the same camp, has to speak up and warn this boy. A person who has spent a lot of time training him since he was a child must have some agenda and long-term thinking, and often this is the case. This kind of enemy is the most terrifying and difficult to defend against.

Both of them were quiet for a while. After talking a lot about the delicacies, they didn't move much. Fortunately, Japanese delicacies are mostly served cold, so the flavor of the food was not lost when moving chopsticks. After eating for a while, Yuan Zhisheng and Lin Nian started talking again. They put down their chopsticks in unison and turned to look at each other.

"One month." Yuan Zhisheng said, "This is the limit I can accept."

"A month is a long time. I will also have other official business and need to go to Havana and Afghanistan later." Lin Nian nodded.

"This month will not be all normal instruction. All sword skills must be put into actual combat to become a real killing sword. You should understand that the sword in your hand is very different from the ordinary sword. , and this difference naturally requires the tempering of actual combat to forge iron in fire." Yuan Zhisheng said.

"I can accept it, and I look forward to the authentic teachings of my swordsmanship." Lin Nian nodded slightly, with a calm and solemn expression.

"It's not just about teaching, it's about helping each other." Yuan Zhisheng said calmly while looking away, "It just so happens that the Executive Directorate is also short of people."

"No matter what, I have to say thank you, even though we were 'enemies' yesterday." Lin Nian reached out and twisted the tea cup on the table.

"It's considered a success if we don't get into a fight at the end of the conversation. To be honest, I always thought that one of you would knock the table off tonight. No wonder I was trying so hard to eat just now. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to eat if I was late." Sit down. Lin Xian, who was behind Lin Nian, put his hands behind his hands on the tatami and looked at the two of them with a smile. He also took the wine plate and handed it over, and openly asked Yuan Zhisheng for another glass of soju.

Yuan Zhisheng glanced at the wine plate and quietly pushed the wine plate beside him without saying a word. The quiet and well-behaved Hui Liyi put down the soju bottle and poured a glass of juice into the wine plate, then picked up his own wine glass, "For temporary calm. "

"This toast is boring." Lin Xian shook his head, looked at Lin Nian and said with a smile, "Nian Bao, give the young master the whole job."

".Can you talk less after you drink too much?" Lin Nian looked at his sister who ruined the atmosphere and sighed. He twirled the teacup and looked at Yuan Zhisheng. He gently raised the bone china teacup in his hand, "It's nothing. What I want to say in particular is that after all, we didn’t know each other very well, so we sat together by chance because of other people and other things (Yuan Zhisheng nodded lightly), but a month later we were still going our separate ways."

"So I wish you farewell and friendship?" Yuan Zhisheng lowered his hand and put down the wine glass.

"No." Lin Nian thought for a while, shook his head, raised his glass and hung the shadow of the moon, "The future is still very long, so why not wish yourself the best."

He does not have a deep friendship with Yuan Zhisheng, and there is no need to talk about the past, ideals, and future. In a sense, the two of them are the same type of people. They both have their own pride, and their exchanges are simple and profound. It's not in line with their personalities, and they don't want to resonate or communicate with each other to deepen their relationship.

They can talk about swords and guns without talking about personal affairs and family affairs. There is no need to talk about those soft things. With the relationship between the headquarters and the family gradually becoming colder, both of them have a premonition that one day they will stand on opposite sides.

They are "S-class" and "Amaterasu". If they talk too much about their love as children and deepen their personal relationship just to delay the speed of drawing the sword when the two face each other in the future, that is a scene that none of them wants to see. ——Perhaps the two of them have thought about that scene a long time ago, and even vaguely looked forward to it. How could they destroy the fine wine that was still being brewed now?

If you feel tenderness, let's talk about it later. If you want to understand each other, why can't you read each other's knives? Alternative friendships can also exist between competitors.

"So we respect each other as the sun rises in the east and we have a bright future?" Yuan Zhisheng asked.

"No." Lin Nian shrugged and rejected the proposal. After thinking for a while, he suddenly smiled and said, "I hope you will still be a young man after going through thousands of sailings, right?"

Lin Xian, who was behind him, raised his head and glanced at Lin Nian's back. He smiled and drank all the wine in the wine plate. He picked up the chopsticks and continued to eat the sashimi. Eriyi was not. He drank his own juice too knowingly.

Only Yuan Zhisheng paused for a while before he slowly understood the poem. He was stunned. He seemed to have remembered something and couldn't help laughing. He raised his glass with one hand and said nothing. The bright moon inside swallowed it.

Then "I hope to go through thousands of sails and come back still young."

ps: The plot is here in five chapters, which is about as expected, about 1.8 million words.