Song of Time – Dusk Awakening Verse

Seems like a world away (part 2)

In the quiet garden restaurant in the afternoon, these two long-lost friends finally met again.

The prince looked at the familiar face that was also excited and sighed in his heart: After the assassination, he had been busy tracking down clues, and he had not had time to tell the other party before leaving the country, just afraid of the other party’s temperament. , I must be so worried...

He felt a little apologetic when he thought of this, and the trip back this time was also very tight. Originally, there was no time to see him. Who would have thought that meeting him at the bookstore was really a surprise. It's just... isn't it just the school time? Why did you encounter it here?

This doubt turned back in his mind for a second, and was replaced by the joy of reunion. He raised his smiley face and stepped a few steps down the stairs, took a few affectionate pats on Jiehai’s shoulder, and laughed: "Long time No! How are you recently?"

"Okay!" Jie Hai also smiled and nodded vigorously, looking at the friend who suddenly appeared in front of him who seemed to be missing, he seemed to have a thousand words in his heart but he didn't know where to start.

He wanted to ask where he went these days and whether he was in danger, but when he saw the bright and warm smiling face, he felt that there was no need to ask again. The stone that had been dangling his nerves these days finally fell to the ground. In this moment of relaxation, he also faintly noticed that the other party seemed to have changed slightly. He couldn't say why, but he always felt that a trace of melancholy was hidden in the smile, but there was a lot of bright flame of passion.

The two were laughing happily for the reunion, but Yuming, who was left out in the cold, couldn't help it anymore. He lost his face in the monks circle because of the violent power of the Jiehai Sea, and his hatred for him has almost doubled. There is no good face at this time.

He squinted coldly at the young man who couldn't keep his mouth close together. He cursed secretly, then picked up his prince's posture, snorted contemptuously, and gritted his teeth and sneered: "I thought you were hiding where you dare not come out Well, I didn’t expect to work here...I really don’t think I’m a student!? It’s true, for you...studying, how important is it to make money?"

Jie Hai had always made things difficult for him. Ever since that bad-eyed gentleman had been spitting out for a whole week, he was even more disapproving of this level of ridicule. He didn't even react at all, except that he didn't exist.

But Shun would not turn a blind eye to the behavior of insulting friends. He frowned upon hearing these words, and turned to Yu Ming, who was still standing high on the stairs, and lightly scolded: "Speak more politely...you know him. It's my good friend, don't make me angry."

"Good friend? You are a good friend when you are someone, but I don't know that he has climbed to the top in one step now, and he may not love you!"

Pan Gaozhi? What do you mean? This thoughtless sentence made the prince wonder. He turned his head and looked at Jiehai. The young man looked embarrassed for a while and wanted to explain. Yuming sneered and jealously said: "Now, the high priest admits it himself. His disciple, maybe in a few days, you and I will have to respectfully salute him when you see him! Humph!"

In fact, Yuming had also heard the rumors about him being accepted as an apprentice from the public. How could he believe that it was true, but at this moment he still ridiculed him for this reason. But I don’t know that Jiehai didn’t even figure out his identity, how could he care about his harsh provocations, and immediately retorted: “Don’t talk nonsense, I have never seen the legendary High priest! I only practiced in the holy tower for a few days. What does it have to do with the high priest?"

Where did Yuming allow him to talk back, and he was about to sneer, but Shun choked back with a sharp warning look in his eyes, leaning on the railing next to the stairs and sulking.

The prince heard the word cultivating, and he was surprised and delighted. He didn't expect to see him for a few days. This friend from a foreign country would become a monk? This surprised him too much! In order to verify this, he turned his head and couldn't wait to stare straight at Jie Hai's eyes. Sure enough, he realized that there was a faint floating black light under those dazzling blue pupils. He immediately laughed and patted his shoulder again and again. Asked: "When did you awaken? What kind of divine power? What is the progress now? Is the practice still going well?"

Jie Hai didn't expect him to be so happy. He was even more confused by the continuous questioning. He scratched his head and smiled: "It was almost a week ago... I don't know what kind of supernatural power, my husband didn't tell me. ..." In fact, he knew very little about the truth of the events that happened before and after. He picked up some things he could be sure of and talked about, but he concealed Yun Xuan's process of deceiving him into possessing the evil god, which seemed to be somewhat shameful.

Shun nodded and smiled constantly. He was also very proud of his friend being a holy monk, and he was happy for him from the bottom of his heart. However, the Yuming on the other side of the wooden ladder could not laugh at all. Although he would never tell the black history of being stunned by Jiehai in the divine power runaway incident, it did not prevent him from his desire for revenge. heart.

He glanced at the two people downstairs with their eyebrows open and grinning. The more they looked, the more they became annoying. He rushed to the wooden fence and shouted: "Jiehai! You are a monk now, dare you to fight with me? Victory!"

duel? First, Jie Hai was stunned by these two words, then looked at the blushing opponent, and his heart beat: He just successfully completed a cycle of divine power and hasn't learned anything yet. How can he go to a duel? He was about to refuse, but Shun on the side couldn't see it, so he replied first: "You are a person who has been practicing for more than ten years to bully a newbie who just started, so shameless? If you want to find someone to practice, why don't you fight with me?" The prince turned his head and squinted his eyes, his face was cold, he was obviously very dissatisfied with this inappropriate invitation.

"Don't be nosy, this is a private grudge!" Yu Ming was even more annoyed when he saw that Shun was going to show up for that kid. When he thought of that shameful shame, his eyes were bleeding with hatred. He screamed and pointed again. Jihai provocatively said, "Do you dare to dare!? If you don't dare to be a bully, you have to kowtow to me!"

As soon as Jie Hai heard this, he couldn't help getting angry, and he whispered in his heart: It's nothing more than cynicism. I have been in the tower for so many days and haven't offended you, so why should I admit your mistakes! ? It's really unreasonable!

He's not afraid that this guy who has always been unscrupulous will be beaten up in a big deal, but never want to ask himself to confess his mistake! He squinted his neck and rounded his eyes, and agreed without fear: "Fight as long as you fight! Let's talk, how is a duel?"

"Tomorrow at 8 o'clock in the school playground! If you dare not come, don't blame me for being polite!" Yuming made up his mind to give a tooth for a tooth, so that he would lose face among the teachers and students of the school, and see who would dare to talk about himself !

He waited until Jiehai nodded and agreed, never wanting to look at his abominable face, and walked slowly down the stairs with his head held high. When passing by Shun, he leaned over and shouted in his ear, "Next time "Settling accounts with you", and looked at Jie Hai with contempt like watching an ant, and then disappeared into the porch with arrogance.

Jie Hai stuck his tongue out and made a grimace at his back. The prince looked at his boyish appearance, both funny and helpless, and couldn't help but blame: "You are too impulsive. How can he be considered a master? Monk, how can you, an apprentice who is just getting started, fight him? I'm afraid there is not even a chance of winning."

"I'm not afraid of him!" Jie Hai disapproved of his worry, "I'm angry when I see his superb appearance, and he will be beaten up if he is a big deal. What can he do?"

Seeing that he was already ready to be beaten right now, Shun could only shook his head with a wry smile. No matter what, he still had to be there for the duel tomorrow. Although the duel between the cultivators should not allow others to intervene, he still can't. Seeing friends are too bully.

It has been a long time since Jiehai was born, and the fire of hunger in his stomach was even more raging, causing him to frown, and the urging drums also made the prince laugh: "How come I haven't eaten at this point?" "

"Just about to eat, I heard your voice..." Jie Hai flushed with embarrassment, he stubbed his stomach in embarrassment, and glanced at the bar, only to see the heat coming out of the plate. It was all very small, and I rushed back a few steps quickly, planning to eat before I was full.

Shun also smiled and sat with him on the edge of the bar. Jie Hai took a few mouthfuls of food and watched him staring at himself while eating. He was even more nervous. He pointed to another plate of risotto and asked: "Your stomach Are you hungry... Do you want to eat too?"

"I'm not hungry, eat quickly." The prince waved his hand and declined his suggestion. Jie Hai could only chew a few more bites of rice. In order to break the silence, he picked up the conversation and asked: "Where have you been so many days? Now? No news at all, I'm really worried... By the way, Brother Jinyuan also came back with you?"

"Far far...I'm still looking for clues outside. I'm going back to find him soon. I can't stay in the capital for a long time." Shun didn't want his friend to be involved in this seemingly more and more weird incident. He simply said nothing more. mentioned.

"I'm leaving soon? When will I leave?" Jie Hai finally saw him. Hearing the news, he was full of dismay, and hurriedly asked.

"Originally I planned to leave today... but now, I can only wait until tomorrow." The prince smiled and pointed at him, obviously because he was worried that tomorrow's duel would stay for another day.

Hearing what he said, Jiehai was even more embarrassed. He gave a dry smile and stuffed his mouth with food, but when he thought of staying with his friends for one more day, he was secretly happy. As he ate, he suddenly thought of the word "advanced" that the prince said just now, and asked when he was puzzled.

"Did your teacher tell you about this?" Shun raised his eyebrows and was a little surprised. Since he has already entered, how could he not even teach these basic things to the apprentice?

Jie Hai smiled bitterly and sighed. He couldn't tell the other party that his unidentified hand-slapped teacher didn't care about him at all, and even the teaching is now under the responsibility of his disciples...

Although the prince was puzzled, he didn't take it too seriously. Most of the high-ranking monks in the holy tower had a weird temper. He had long been surprised, and now he slowly introduced him to the basic situation of the monks.

"The practitioners in this world can be divided into several levels: the first level is those who have just started to practice divine power like you, called apprentices; the second level is the practitioner, waiting for you to complete the basic divine power balance construction in your body , You can reach this stage; the third stage is a master who needs to achieve a state of communion with the entire body and divine power. This is also the peak that most monks can reach... Only the heavenly chosen and a small number of mentally tough practice Only those who can break through this stage."

"The next step is the master level. You need years of practice, comprehend your own unique skills, or have made great contributions in a certain field before you can get this title; the last is the lord level. There are very few monks at this level, and they are the most powerful figures in all fields."

"So, it sounds amazing..." Jie Hai nodded ignorantly, and asked curiously, "Then what level are you now?"

"Well...I am above the master, below the master..." The prince received the admiring glance from the opponent instantly, wiped the tip of his nose with a smile, and glanced at the wall clock next to the table. It was almost four in the afternoon. It's time.

He remembered the doubts about Mr. Ku Rong at the meeting. Now that he has time, he might as well investigate it first, so that he doesn't even know about a fire in his backyard. He smiled and talked to Jie Haidao alone, saying only that there was still something to do when it was too late, and without waiting for him to say something to stay, he got up and walked to the porch.

"Don't worry about the duel, I'll be there to help." Before leaving the house, Shun turned around to comfort him, leaving an encouraging look.

Jie Hai followed him all the way, and finally watched him disappear in front of the door reluctantly, sighed and sat back in his chair, absently eating his little bowl of risotto, ripples in his mind . After this reunion, he really felt that Shun had changed a lot. He had never seen him smile so happily before, as if he was no longer worried...I don’t know what happened that would make him so big. change.

But... this is also good, it feels more energetic and easier to get close... There is a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he is sincerely happy for his friend who seems to have an epiphany. He was sitting there thinking wildly, and inadvertently scanned the small storage cabinet by the table, and suddenly remembered the strange book that was missing, and his heart was full of lumps.

Since arriving at the Holy Tower, the book has never appeared again, and I don’t know if it’s really lost or was picked up... However, the book can return to me twice in a row, but now It's been more than a week, but I still haven't seen it come back, I'm afraid...

"Hey..." He sighed, thinking that after the little shopkeeper came back, he still had to explain to him the ins and outs of this book, and it was a headache.

Weird book, strange book, if nothing happens to you, I hope you will come back to me as soon as possible, goddess... He secretly prayed, only feeling that his future future is in a miserable fog, no matter what, he must be stalked. The job is saved!

He still didn't have the consciousness of being a powerful person at this moment, and was still thinking about the income of up to one gold coin a month. If Yun Xuan were to see it, he would have to endure another fierce criticism.

After ten o'clock in the middle of the night, Jie Hai returned to his dormitory as usual.

He yawned and took a shower. He was lying on the soft silk brocade bed and was about to rest when he heard three soft knocks from outside the door.

It's so late...who would it be? He suddenly felt in his heart and hurriedly put on his slippers and went forward to open the door, but was surprised to find that the housekeeper was Granny Ye outside the door. The old man seemed agitated, his silver hair shivering tremblingly under the faint fluorescent light, and his slightly flushed cheeks also showed uncontrollable eagerness.

Seeing this, Jie Hai hurriedly supported her, and asked smoothly, "Mother-in-law, it's so late, what can you do?"

Granny Ye gasped for a while, stroking her chest as she was about to say something, she suddenly paused, thinking for a long time, she still gave a wry smile: "Oh... the mother-in-law is really confused, she forgot what she wanted to say... "

She shook her head and walked out, leaving Jie Hai with an inexplicable look of incomprehension, but when he closed the door and lay down on the bed, just as he fell asleep in a daze, there was a more rapid knock at the door. When he was surprised, he didn't even care about putting on his shoes, and ran over to open the door a few steps, but it was still Granny Ye standing outside the door.

"I remembered, I remembered..." The old man seemed to be sprinting over, holding the door frame and panting for breath. There was fine sweat on his forehead, and his cheeks were flushed. This is for you..."

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and took out a palm-sized black note from the small bag on her waist, stuffed it into Jiehai's hand, and explained with a smile: "This booklet is a record of my husband’s previous practice, you Regardless of whether the mother-in-law has the power to bind the chicken, at home, it is also a person who has given strength!"

Looking at the thin booklet in his hand, Jie Hai was so startled that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, and his head was full of question marks: What did you say? Why did the mother-in-law give this to herself? He just wanted to ask a few more questions, but the old man seemed to be rushing back, and hurried downstairs, so that he didn't even have time to say hello.

Jie Haijing was so scared that she was completely sleepy. She lay back on the bed and looked at the booklet, then flipped through it. Unexpectedly, this look fascinated him, and she could no longer stop.

This note records the detailed experience and learnings of an intermediate monk from the beginning of his practice to becoming a master. The various spelling tips are easily understood, and it is equipped with hand-painted pictures. It is really a beginner. An excellent guide. It's a pity that several pages of the note were torn off at the end for some reason, which made people feel a little embarrassed...

The young man lacked the light of the path of practice. This time, he was really like a treasure, and he looked it over and over again and again, wishing to engrave all the words in his heart.

The night was deep, and in this labyrinthine brick castle, only the yellow light in the Boundary Sea room was still shining, as if it were a signal, it was clear proof that he had returned from the sacred place to this troubled world.