Mysterious journey

After leaving the martial arts hall, Garen stood on the street at the entrance waiting for the carriage.

"Sir, do you want a newspaper?" A little boy in a gray hat came over, holding a large bag of newspapers, took out one and handed it over.

"Newspaper?" Garen thought for a moment, took one, found a dollar change from his pocket and handed it over.

"Thank you." The boy left and continued selling to the next customer.

Garen shook the gray-white newspaper and unfolded it with a clatter. A huge line of black subtitles suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

‘The contradiction between the Wiseman Empire and the Tulip Republic is becoming increasingly prominent! ! The federal stance will become an important weight. ’

He frowned and continued scanning the other titles.

‘The President of the Federal Parliament will hold a military ordnance review at 9 a.m. on the 19th at the Capital Ocean Current. ’

‘A vicious murder occurred in the West Asian Alliance, and all 43 owners of the manor were killed. ’

‘Historical archeology in Shiyanzhou discovers shocking ruins’

After shaking the newspaper, Garen was about to turn it over and continue reading when a passer-by bumped his shoulder lightly. The newspaper tilted to reveal a clear black and white photo.

It was a dark wheat field, with a crooked scarecrow standing in the middle, all alone, surrounded by an ocean of black wheat.

There is a black caption below the photo.

‘Purple wheat fields suddenly appeared in the southwestern province’

Garen looked at the photo carefully, and faintly, he actually felt that his superpower was pulsing again.

Glancing down at the content, a place name suddenly came into view.

'Mason Farm'

A short sound of a carriage came from far and near. He rolled up the newspaper a few times, and Gallon stretched out his hand to wave.

The gray-black carriage slowly stopped in front of him.

"Go to Blue Tree Street."

"Yes sir."

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"After the Boundary War 15 years ago, the world has returned to calm. As one of the well-deserved hegemons among the three continents, we also have the historical responsibility of maintaining world peace."

The geography teacher talked non-stop on the podium about the history course with his own point of view. This cute bald old man waved his arms vigorously, holding the chalk and turning around from time to time to mark out some key slogans on the blackboard.

In the pure white classroom, Garen sat in the last row by the window, resting his chin on his hand and flipping through the geography textbook on the table in front of him in boredom.

The textbook is all white except for the cover in the center, which has a black bird pattern printed on it, which is the flag of the Federation of Asia. The four black letters above the pattern mean geography.

Garen flipped through the picture pages in the front of the book and finally stopped at the world map page.

The white rectangular paper represents the ocean, with three twisted and irregular gray pieces of land floating in the middle.

The three pieces of land formed a ring shape, except for a slight gap in the upper left corner.

The uppermost long strip of land is marked with Shiyanzhou, and the two lower ones are Lanzhou on the left and Wuxingzhou on the right. The three continents are surrounded by countless islands, large and small.

Garen's fingers slid on the rocky island above, slowly and steadily, and finally stopped at the middle left part of the long rocky island, where an irregular area was marked with the words Alu Federation.

This area is fully one-third the size of the entire Shiyan Continent.

"It's really weird that there are airplanes in this world, but they haven't been able to explore the entire world. The sea area around the land is completely vast, and you can't explore the edges at all. The entire human race lives around three continents, and just three continents The area is equivalent to the sum of all the land on the earth in the previous life, and it is even much larger."

Garen turned to the next page, glanced at it boredly, and then looked out the window on the left. Some people on the lawn in the distance are planting colorful flags, seeming to be preparing for some event.

The reddish sunlight in the afternoon shines on the lawn, faintly coating the dark green surface with a layer of golden red.

After returning from the martial arts gym, it has been three days since the weekend, and today is Tuesday. He has already participated in the review and registration at the martial arts gym, and now he is just waiting for the results to come out.

If he passes, he can directly become an official disciple of Baiyun Martial Arts School, learn secret techniques, and receive a monthly income.

drop.

The sweet school bell rang.

The geography teacher clapped her hands loudly.

"Okay, that's it for today's class. I hope everyone will do more previews after going down. I will do a spot check next time. Lan Ruo, thank you for your hard work."

"it's nothing."

A girl with black twintails stood up and nodded. Then he left the table and waited until the teacher left the classroom before picking up the blackboard eraser and quickly erasing the handwriting on the blackboard.

This girl has a cold and pure temperament, her bangs hang down from her forehead, her complexion is fair and delicate, and her eyes are big and black. She is completely oriental in appearance.

Garen knew him. There were a total of twenty-five people in the class, and everyone knew him.

Lan Ruo is a strong person who ranks among the top three in the class and among the top five in grade. She is beautiful and has a pure temperament. She is like a flawless white porcelain doll, and her skin is as tender as milk jelly.

It's just that she has a very cold personality and hardly talks to her classmates. Apart from polite words, she just looks at the person she's chatting with quietly. Her bright, watery eyes and face without any expression are enough to make anyone feel confused. There is no way to continue talking, and I can only walk away dejectedly.

"Have you seen Finn?" Caledo came over from the front. This guy had dyed yellow hair. He wore a yellow leather vest outside his white shirt and a sapphire necklace on his chest. He was originally quite thin. Dressed up, she doesn't look like an ordinary slut.

"Finn? He disappeared just after class. Why are you looking for him? That guy was having a passionate fight with some girl." Garen asked doubtfully.

"His cousin is here. Let's go out for dinner together in the afternoon. Me, you, Finn, his cousin and your female companion. They are all students of the same age. I heard that her cousins ​​went to a girls' school~~" Caledo raised his eyebrows Picked.

"What about the girls' school? I have to go to the martial arts gym in the afternoon, so I don't have time."

"You won't go for such a good opportunity?"

"Next time, really." Garen shrugged, "This time something really happened."

"You kid, such a great opportunity!" Caledo muttered, turning around and heading towards the classroom door.

Garen shook his head speechlessly. After arranging the books on the table, he also stood up and walked out of the classroom carrying his black cloth bag.

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more than twenty minutes later

Baiyun Martial Arts Headquarters

In a spacious and dark dark mahogany hall.

A bald old man sat cross-legged on the floor, with a blazing fireplace behind him. Red flames shot out, making crackling sounds.

There was no light in the room, only the red glow of the fireplace.

More than a dozen young men in white clothes sat cross-legged on the floor in front of the old man. Everyone looked solemnly and stared at the old man in front of them.

"Congratulations." The bald old man said slowly. "You are the new round of students who have become official disciples this year."

No one spoke, but the breathing of the boys and girls was slightly heavier. Among them, the oldest was eighteen years old, and the youngest was only fifteen, but without exception, they were excited.

The old man saw this and nodded slightly.

"Being a formal disciple, apart from not having to pay tuition, the biggest benefit is that you can be taught the secrets of martial arts."

"The secrets of martial arts are also the secrets of all major martial arts schools and various martial arts schools. So before I teach them to you, I hope you can abide by the oath you just signed."

The old man took out an old yellow roll of paper from the pocket of his black Taoist uniform, unfolded it gently and spread it on the ground.

"Start with the first person on the left, come up and look at it and then step back down."

Sitting cross-legged on the far left, a girl with wavy curly hair stood up, walked forward, picked up the rolling paper, took a look, and then immediately returned to her seat. Then the second, the third.

It takes no more than ten seconds to read each one, which is very fast.

The boy with purple hair and red eyes sitting in the middle and back is Garen who came directly from school to receive the teaching of the secret technique. He is wearing a white Taoist uniform, with his hands on his knees and his eyes fixed on the students who have read the scroll.

Soon it was his turn. Garen stood up and walked forward, knelt down in front of the old man, picked up the paper and flattened it, and then looked at it carefully.

There is only one human figure drawn on the light yellow scroll paper, which is posing in a weird posture, as if it is standing still. It also has a strong special flavor.

Garen easily remembered it after reading it once. At the same time, he also smelled a faint fragrance wafting from the paper. Very light, like honey aroma.

Returning to his position, he just sat down when he suddenly felt sleepy.

"Start now and assume the pose in the picture. Pay attention to the charm." The voice of the bald old man came clearly.

Everyone stood up, moved a certain distance away, and began to assume the postures on the drawing.

Garen followed suit, pressing forward with both hands, standing on tiptoe with one foot, and using the heel of the other to support the force.

As soon as he assumed this posture, the skill items below his vision suddenly jumped, and one more item slowly appeared: Baiyun's basic secret technique: elementary.

Garen only felt a warm blood slowly gathering in his chest and abdomen, and then spread to his limbs, and his whole body soon fell into a warm feeling.

In the attribute column in the field of vision, the strength attribute also began to beat slowly. It suddenly jumped from 0.44 to 0.45.

The old man's voice sounded again at this time.

"Do you feel warm all over your body? This means that you have successfully mastered the Baiyun Secret Technique of my Baiyun Martial Arts School. In the future, as long as you often use this posture to practice static skills, the secret technique will be based on different physical conditions and different talents. Slowly increase your strength. This secret method will naturally produce three stages in total: the entry heat state, the cold state, and the intersection of hot and cold. Each stage of improvement will produce a certain degree of strength improvement for the body. An ordinary person, if he can Once you reach the highest level, you can become twice as powerful as you were before. Of course, this will take a long time."

"In addition, the growth of the secret method is gradual. During the exercise, some taboos must be paid attention to. You cannot exercise the secret method when you are too tired, you cannot exercise the secret method when you are too hungry or full, and you cannot exercise the secret method when there is a lot of interference."

Garen sat in the back, listening to the old man explaining the key points of the secret method one by one. At the same time, he could feel the accelerated blood flow in his posture, causing a warm feeling all over his body.

While listening to the taboo, pay attention to the attributes and skill items below the field of vision.

After thinking for a moment, his eyes finally focused on the newly obtained Baiyun Secret Technique.

After his eyes stayed on it for a few seconds, a stream of air suddenly rushed into the skill.

The display status of Baiyun's secret technique slowly changed, from elementary level to intermediate level.