Lord of Nine Stars

In Songbai Town, the streets are crowded with people, and the vendors are shouting loudly, making it a lively scene.

Rong Taotao and Gao Lingwei were walking side by side. Looking at the crowded pedestrian street, he seemed to suddenly remember something and turned to look at Gao Lingwei.

"What?" Gao Lingwei felt Rong Taotao's gaze, turned her head and asked curiously.

"Are you afraid?" Rong Taotao joked with a smile, "Which vendor will you talk to again and be suddenly dragged into the illusion again?"

"Haha." Gao Lingwei smiled nonchalantly, looking at the streets with people coming and going, letting people pass by her, she said softly, "If you are afraid, I will not be with you. Take to the streets.”

Rong Taotao nodded with approval, she is indeed my girl, she is so presentable!

If it were an ordinary person who was dragged into the illusion and experienced such painful mental torture, I'm afraid it would leave a very strong psychological shadow in their hearts.

Gao Lingwei stared at Rong Taotao's eyes and said seriously, word by word: "That was just a small episode in my life, wasn't it?"

Good guy, when you say "little episodes in life", why do you look at me?

Isn't this girl hinting at something?

Rong Taotao went crazy in his heart and held her cold and soft jade hand.

Gao Lingwei raised her eyebrows slightly, but did not refuse. Instead, she let him lead her. Her graceful and generous look made Rong Taotao a little ashamed.

Hmm. But I have a villainous heart.

What can I do? I am a student of Xia Fangran. Master Yin Yang can hear eight layers of meaning in a word. Rong Taotao is already used to over-interpretation.

"This way!" A familiar voice came from the crowd in the distance.

Rong Taotao and Gao Lingwei looked up and saw Lu Mang holding a few glasses of juice in one hand and waving at the two of them with the other hand in front of the shopping mall, next to the giant doll they had promised.

"Happy New Year! Big mango!" Rong Taotao was in a very good mood, pulling Gao Lingwei over and jokingly said with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Lu Mang ignored Rong Taotao at all, but nodded to Gao Lingwei: "Hello, classmate Gao Lingwei."

"Okay." Gao Lingwei nodded lightly and uttered a word, but she also noticed that Lu Mang's gaze was downward, fixed on the hands held by the two of them.

"I bought it for you two." Lu Mang withdrew his gaze. When he looked at Rong Taotao again, his face was really serious and he said, "I heard this morning that something happened at the Central Night Market on New Year's Eve?"

Rong Taotao didn't respond. He took two glasses of peach juice and curled his lips: "Good guy, isn't it because WeChat didn't reply to you in time? As for drinking my blood and eating my flesh?"

"Pah~" The straw pierced the thin plastic film. Gao Lingwei took the peach juice and the straw in her mouth, "Suck it."

Rong Taotao: "."

Lu Mang: "I heard from my neighbor that a few desperadoes were chasing a young man and woman, and the boy used Tang Dao and Fang Tian Hua Ji to resist."

"Daxia Longque, a sword from the Han Dynasty." Rong Taotao snorted and finally nodded and admitted, "Yes, we are the ones those gangsters are chasing. Hey. There is good news and there is bad news. You go first. Which one do you listen to?”

Lu Mang's expression changed, and he suppressed the turbulent emotions in his heart and said, "Bad news."

Rong Taotao shrugged his shoulders: "I smashed up a noodle shop. The bowls of soy sauce, vinegar and chili were broken all over the floor. There was also a big pot of noodles that was just about to be cooked.

As a result, I picked up the big iron pot and poured all the soup and water on those gangsters. Well, I lost a lot of money to the restaurant owner. "

Lu Mang:? ? ?

Is this what you call bad news?

I'm discussing life and death with you, and you tell me to throw out a big pot of hot noodle soup?

Lu Mang endured it again and again, and asked, "Where's the good news?"

Rong Taotao chuckled: "Soul Police Orange lost everything, and I was not asked to pay."

Lu Mang: "I"

"Haha~" Gao Lingwei couldn't help it, covered her mouth and chuckled, her aloof goddess style gone.

Seeing Lu Mang's face turning blue and purple, she couldn't help but glare at Rong Taotao and said, "Speak nicely, he cares about you very much."

Rong Taotao stopped joking, patted Lu Mang's shoulder with one hand, and comforted: "It's okay, don't worry, those desperadoes were able to sneak into Songbai Town because their strength was relatively low, at most they were in the soul warrior stage.

If they were in the Soul Warden stage, I guess they wouldn't be able to pass the trial. When they entered the customs, they would have found out all three generations of their ancestors. "

Lu Mang frowned slightly and said, "You mean, Soul Warrior is nothing to you anymore?"

"I still have to take the soul warriors promoted by the righteous path seriously. As for the wild warriors," Rong Taotao curled his lips disdainfully and said, "They are forty or fifty years old, and they have become a soul warrior at a much older age. What do you think of them?" How strong can it be? By the way, how is your cultivation?"

Lu Mang said slightly awkwardly: "The soul soldier is at the peak, and the soul method is at the one-star peak. If I hadn't come back a week earlier, if I were still in the martial arts gym, I should have been able to go one step further."

"I haven't asked yet, why are you back in such a hurry?" Rong Taotao asked curiously as he walked towards the mall.

"Meet the family. I will take you to meet my father later." Lu Mang smiled.

In fact, Lu Mang is not a talkative person, and when he gets along with Rong Taotao, it is not particularly boring.

But even so, Lu Mang still had something in his mind that he had not spoken out: "I was able to get into Songjiang Hunwu University thanks to meeting you."

The idea in Lu Mang's heart was very simple and pure. The Lu family could change the status quo and his father did not need to work so hard from dawn to dusk to support the family. It was all because Lu Mang was admitted to Songjiang Hunwu.

The existence of Rong Taotao is the key figure for Lu Mang to change his life path.

Rong Taotao didn't know at this time how important he was to Lu Mang.

Rong Taotao also always believed that Lu Mang could only talk to him because of the profound comradeship he forged in the snowfield, but in fact, it was much more than that.

"Okay, I'm going to buy a down jacket for Dawei. That store sells woolen sweaters. Pick one for my uncle." Rong Taotao said immediately. As for relationships, we have to interact with each other. Since we want to be brothers for life, this little thing is nothing.

Lu Mang: "No, he has clothes."

Rong Taotao: "Did I ask you?"

Lu Mang: "."

Gao Lingwei observed Lu Mang's reaction curiously, but found that this boy, who seemed a bit cold and proud, did not retort, but lowered his head silently and stopped saying anything.

Hmm. Kind of interesting.

He looks very well-behaved. Let's find a chance to ask Rong Taotao about the story between the two of them.

Returning to the familiar clothing store, Rong Taotao bought Gao Lingwei another white down jacket based on his own.

Rong Taotao asked Lu Mang about his father's size. He had just picked out a gray woolen sweater when he saw Yang Chunxi holding Rong Yang's arm and walking into the store.

"Jiao Yang."

"Hello, teacher." Gao Lingwei and Lu Mang greeted each other.

Yang Chunxi glanced at Gao Lingwei angrily: "Wrong call again."

Gao Lingwei pursed her lips and smiled, but before she could say anything, Rongyang on the side said, "Excuse me, my captain is here and wants to see you two."

As he said that, Rongyang looked at Lu Mang and said, "You are Lu Mang from the junior class. You formed a team with Taotao for the entrance examination. I know you."

"Hello." Lu Mang nodded.

Rongyang has indeed seen Lu Mang's information. To be precise, he has seen the information of all the youth class students.

Rong Yang looked at Rong Taotao with a vague look in his eyes. He thought about it again and again, but said to Lu Mang in a confused way: "I am a member of the Xue Ran Army. My captain asked them to talk. , if you want to go, you can go, if not, just wait for a while, they will be back soon."

Lu Mang was stunned for a moment, his thoughts changing rapidly.

The Snow Burning Army is a behemoth to anyone in the Snow Realm. This is an extremely orthodox army, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the backbone of the Snow Realm.

What Xue Ranjun said to Rong Taotao and Gao Lingwei.

Lu Mang hesitated for a moment and looked at Yang Chunxi with a searching expression.

Yang Chunxi smiled and said, "Voluntarily."

Hearing this, Lu Mang nodded immediately. As long as Yang Jiao didn't object, he had no reason to refuse!

You have to make your own way!

Opportunities don’t happen all the time!

No matter what the unknown invitation was, there was no doubt that he received the invitation through Rong Taotao's light and his past experience with Rong Taotao.

Rong Taotao and Gao Lingwei looked at each other, nodded, and followed their brother and sister-in-law out of the clothing store.

A group of people arrived on the fourth floor of the shopping mall, but they never expected that the place of conversation would be a hot pot restaurant?

Rong Taotao and the others curiously walked into a box, only to see a short-haired man sitting at the table and enjoying a meal.

The red oil soup base was bubbling, and the steaming mist came with a spicy smell.

"Gudu." Rong Taotao's Adam's apple squirmed and he was so greedy.

"Haha." The short-haired man laughed, holding chopsticks in his hand, and greeted the three little guys, "Sit down, Weiyang, this guy is okay, and you want to give me one as well?"

As he said that, the short-haired man looked at Lu Mang curiously and looked him up and down.

Lu Mang was also sizing up the other person. This short-haired man looked like he was in his mid-thirties, with piercing eyes. Although he was not very handsome, he had a tough-guy air in his every move, which even made people look at him. A bit enjoyable!

Enjoyable?

Well, this may be a boy's extremely high evaluation of a man.

Gao Lingwei frowned and stared intently at the short-haired man's eyes, which overlapped infinitely with the impression of the captain.

"It's me, Chenlong, don't think about it." The short-haired man smiled to himself, picked up the ice soda on the table, and drank it.

Gao Lingwei immediately said: "Hello, captain."

"Yes." The short-haired man said, "My name is Fu Tiance. You can just call me Fu Dui. Eat and talk while eating."

Lu Mang had no expression on his face, but he refused in his heart.

Growing up in Shanghai, he was not very fond of things like chili peppers. He couldn't even order a mandarin duck pot when inviting guests to dinner?

Fu Tiance said, "Yesterday, Weiyang asked for leave from me and told me what happened in the past two days. You two brats, that's great, that's great!"

Gao Lingwei nodded lightly, her attitude was quite upright, Rong Taotao on the side had already started eating, and took advantage of the opportunity to give a thumbs up to the captain.

"Haha." Seeing Rong Taotao's scene, Fu Tiance laughed heartily again. He seemed to have a good personality, and he ordered two more plates of beef generously. "This is decent. Men should eat big." Eat meat and drink from a big bowl."

Rong Taotao glanced at the ice soda in front of Fu Tiance's table and said vaguely: "Big white pear?"

Fu Tiance: "."

Gao Lingwei asked: "Fu Dui, are you looking for us?"

"Well." Fu Tiance picked up the big white pear and said, "Letting you join the army is not only because of your ability, but also to provide you with a safety guarantee. But since you want to study until you graduate from college, then I won’t delay your future either.”

Fu Tiance took a sip of soda and continued: "I know what happened two days ago, and the team has also made a decision. I heard that your Songjiang Hunwu University will only start in March?"

"Well, yes." Gao Lingwei nodded immediately.

Fu Tiance: "It's only the beginning of February. How do you spend a whole month? Go back to school?"

Gao Lingwei: "The original plan was to go back to school after cooperating with Songbai Zhenhun Police Orange."

"What's the point of school? It's not starting yet. Isn't it just meditating?" Fu Tiance snorted and said, "Let's go to the wall with our team. In a month, Songjiang Hunwu will start school. I I’ll send you back.”

Gao Lingwei had already prepared, and Rong Taotao stopped eating, and said thoughtfully: "That's a good thing! It's so safe to be with the Xue Ran Army. Maybe we can also inlay a few good soul beads to find rare souls." Beast or something.

By the way, Captain Fu, my Dawei is missing an elite-level soul bead on her forehead. Can you please help me? "

"Hmph, you brat, you are much thicker-skinned than your brother." Although Fu Tiance said this, there was no blame on his face. Instead, he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go back and take a look. It is also appropriate for the scouts to increase their strength."

On the side, Lu Mang said silently: "I'm sorry, Captain Fu. I'm afraid that with my current strength, I can't carry out the mission together with you, and it will be a hindrance. I'd better go back to the school's martial arts hall to practice."

After hearing Lu Mang's words, Rong Taotao immediately understood what he meant.

Especially when Lu Mang talked about the martial arts gym, he meant it from his heart. He had already returned home a week earlier than his classmates, and he had lost the training speed bonus of the martial arts gym, and he had fallen behind a lot.

"Well, don't force it, the young man is self-aware, not bad." Fu Tiance nodded and looked at Rong Taotao, "Since you two agreed, I will give you one day.

This afternoon, Songbai Zhenhun Police Ju will come to see you two. You finish the matter and we will set off tomorrow morning. "

"Okay." Gao Lingwei said, and stood up with Lu Mang, but found that Rong Taotao was still eating meat. She gently patted Rong Taotao's shoulder, held his arm, and helped him directly. stand up.

"Eat, eat, eat, don't be polite to me, eat." Fu Tiance greeted him repeatedly.

Gao Lingwei politely refused and left the private room with Rong Taotao.

"Tsk." Rong Taotao smacked his lips, as if he was still savoring the taste of beef.

After leaving the commercial street, the three of them rode in pairs and rushed all the way to the south of the city, next to a primary school campus.

Lu Mang controlled Xue Ye Jing and gradually slowed down. After passing the intersection, he gestured to a small shop in front of him and said: "That is opened by my dad. There are many primary school students nearby, and there are many people buying snacks. The business is very busy. good."

"Oh?" Rong Taotao sat on the horse, leaned out from behind Gao Lingwei, and looked curiously at the small shop across the street.

Different from the spacious supermarket, this small store has a bunch of lollipops hanging at the door. Looking from the outside in, the shelves and snacks are a bit cluttered, looking a bit crowded, and the variety is very rich.

The three of them slowly stopped across the street from the small shop, and Lu Mang suddenly said: "Rong Taotao."

Rong Taotao: "Huh?"

Lu Mang: "Do you still remember that when we first met, you asked me about my faith in the Snow Land?"

"Ah, I remember it." Rong Taotao said with a smile, "You were very boring at the time, and you didn't speak well. You said that a 15- or 6-year-old child had no faith and was just running for Songjiang Hunwu. It comes from resources.”

Lu Mang nodded, looked far away, looked at the store opposite, looked at the man sitting behind the checkout counter behind the glass, and said, "I lied to you, and I didn't lie to you either."

"Huh?" Rong Taotao was stunned. "What do you mean?"

Rong Taotao followed Lu Mang's eyes and looked at the shop glass across the street.

Coincidentally, the man who was sitting behind the glass window reading a newspaper reached for the thermos cup and saw two tall horses across the street.

The man grinned, put down the newspaper, stood up, wrapped himself in a cotton-padded jacket, walked out of the store, and waved to Lu Mang: "Back!"

Lu Mang looked at his father across the street, and he also waved.

He withdrew the horse from his crotch and murmured softly: "Taotao, in my growing up years, I have asked myself again and again.

If when I grow up, my father still works hard from dawn to dusk to earn a living, then what's the point of my growing up? "

Rong Taotao:! ! !

So, is this your story?

Gao Lingwei pursed her lips, her expression a bit complicated, but Lu Mang's light words sounded a bit heavy.

Lu Mang withdrew his snowy night terror and walked towards the other side of the street: "I will answer your question you asked half a year ago. Do you think this is my belief, for the sake of life?"

Lu Mang, who had always been a man of few words, rarely spoke his true feelings to one person.

Such a small store, in the eyes of others, is nothing at all, but for the Lu family who live in difficulty, for Lu Mang

This is the best he can do.

Gao Lingwei also withdrew her snowy night terror, and followed Lu Mang with Rong Taotao to the other side of the street.

"The only thing left is to become stronger, to be worthy of everything Songjiang Hunwu has provided me, and to live up to the school's expectations of me." Lu Mang walked forward, muttering softly to himself.

Rong Taotao suddenly said: "Lu Mang."

Lu Mang: "Huh?"

Rong Taotao: "Actually, you don't need to go back to school or the martial arts hall. You can report to the Snow-Ranging Army with us, and your training will be faster."

"What's the meaning?"

"Have I ever lied to you?"

"good!"

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