Jinyang

() With a tall and burly figure, coupled with a horse with black and white fur, a mighty military uniform, and calm and sophisticated movements, people can tell at a glance that he is a seasoned veteran.

Hurrying with all his strength, it took less than half a day for Luo Xiu to return to Hei Fang again.

After verifying his identity at the gate of the city, the guard soldiers saluted Luo Xiu before entering the city.

When approaching the fortress, Luo Xiu found that the fortress was busier than usual, with troop carriers shuttled back and forth, picking up and dropping off constantly.

The familiar scene let Luo Xiu know that another recruit is coming!This year, there will be new members of the elite battalion. Unknowingly, Luo Xiu and his group have been fighting on the battlefield for a year.

Leading the horse, Luo Xiu walked slowly into the city. When passing by the playground, he saw one after another training instructors, who were yelling at the recruits under him, and the recruits who were scolded were nervous and sweating profusely.Year after year of battles, recruits with signs of signs every year, only one in ten can come back from the battlefield. Even a team of swordsmen like Jianbingying has a survival rate of only five to five!

Luo Xiu has a deep understanding of the dangers on the battlefield, especially for the first time on the battlefield, without enough means, it is very dangerous to meet the enemy's veteran sword master!At the beginning, Luo Xiu almost fell under the hammer of the tauren swordsman in his first du li mission.

After passing through the outer military defense area, Luo Xiu arrived at the nearest living area after riding a horse for a short time.

According to the usual habit, Luo Xiu would buy some specialty wines unique to this area here. Howard, the mentor, had a soft spot for this kind of wine, so every time he returned from a mission, Luo Xiu would buy some.

I bought a bag of dried fruit from the side of the road and hung it next to Nai Tang's mouth, and let it eat it by itself. Luo Xiu went into the tavern and ordered some food, preparing to fill his stomach.

There were not many people in the tavern, and there were many disabled veterans. For these veterans who survived the battlefield, the empire gave them enough treatment to make them worry-free for a lifetime; most of them chose to return to their relatives in their hometown, and There are some bachelors, some left, and some stayed in the fortress, married wives and had children, and lived out their old age.

Luo Xiu was sitting by the window, staring at the milk candy he ate on the side of the road in a daze, the people in the fortress were very simple, although they couldn't say they didn't close their doors at night and pick up things, but they were pretty much the same;

People on the street will nod and smile at the nai candy with the logo of the sharp barracks to show their goodwill. This is respect for the strong and love for the soldiers who guard them.

"I'm sorry to bother you, are you Lord Luo Xiu?" a voice asked cautiously.

Does anyone here know themselves?Luo Xiu looked at the questioner in doubt, looked up and down, and saw that this person had an injury on one foot, walked with a limp, two fingers were broken, and one eye was also lost. Judging by his appearance and attire, he knew that he was discharged from the army due to injury. veterans.

"You know me?" Luo Xiu was puzzled.

"It's really my lord!! It's really you, my lord!" The veteran was excited, kept talking, and then gestured, "Have you forgotten, my lord, I'm the one who came here with you! Back then you He gave me bacon, and beat up the prisoner who came with me..."

Hearing what he said, Luo Xiu remembered that there was indeed such a person, but looking at it now, no matter what, Luo Xiu couldn't connect the two images.

"It's you! Back then you were a cunning, why are you so old now that you can't recognize him anymore? I remember you promised that you would follow me in the future..." Luo Xiu said with a smile.

"Hehehe, my lord, please stop joking with me. It was too embarrassing at the beginning, just call me Carter." The veteran smiled embarrassedly.

"Well, Carter, how are you doing now? You don't need to go to the battlefield anymore." Luo Xiu motioned Carter to sit down and asked.

"It's not bad, it's the best to be alive! You don't have to fight hard on the battlefield anymore." Carter is in good spirits, and his originally thin body has also been trained to be strong and powerful.

"My lord, you don't know. When I first came to the fortress, I didn't know anything about the army or the battlefield. The few people who came together, except for the prisoner with fighting spirit, we were all grouped together. "Speaking, Carter seemed to think of something, and couldn't help sighing:

"Ah! In a blink of an eye, I was the only one left among those who came together. They all died... all died..., even that tough prisoner died in another war...; The criminals took the lead, and we rushed behind. I knew that guy would fight, so I kept following him to survive, but when the real killing started... the crazy killing took less than half an hour. I also exhausted my fighting spirit and died among thousands of armies! Haha, it’s funny to say, I don’t even know how I survived..., I felt screams and blood everywhere..."

Carter recalled talking, talking a lot, and also talking about comrades in arms and companions. The food and drinks were also served, and the two drank and chatted.

Luo Xiu also talked about his own experience, but the identities of the two are different, and the level of contact is also very different. What Luo Xiu said was already a legend in Carter's ears, and Carter's experience allowed Luo Xiu to understand more. to the lives of ordinary soldiers.

Comparing the two, Luo Xiu knows how lucky he is to be a cultivator in the army!Every time an ordinary soldier rushes to the battlefield, he can't live or die by himself. It's really lucky to be able to survive!And cultivators can at least control their own destiny, and have more choices to choose from.

"Do you have any plans in the future? Do you want to marry a wife and have children in the fortress, and live your whole life; or go out and do something?" Luo Xiu asked Carter.

"Hey, it's not enough to retire in the fortress. Don't look at me as a person in my 50s, but I'm still very young! I'm not yet 30! So I plan to go out and have a look when I get a chance." Carter smiled Said, made two gestures to show that he was strong and powerful, but in a blink of an eye he said again: "But... this body is a trouble, no one wants to be a mercenary, and there is no talent in cultivation, so I can't find a way out..."

After thinking about it, it is indeed as Carter said, although Carter has this enthusiasm, but it is difficult to make up for physical disabilities. Sympathy is one thing, but when it is really needed, no one will find such a person as a companion.

Luo Xiu took a sip of wine and thought to himself, "Now I have just reached the level of Great Sword Master, and it will take a long time before I can improve enough strength, and the people who come out of the army are reliable! Let him be the master during this period of time." A butler, if there is an accident in the future, someone will take care of my younger brother..."

Thinking of this, Luo Xiu laughed aloud: "Hehehe, I see that you have changed a lot, but your nature has not changed! You are still that rogue guy! Don't pretend, if you have no objections, come and help me Be a housekeeper, I won't treat you badly!"

"I have no objection! Absolutely no objection! It is my honor to be your housekeeper!" Now Carter no longer has the self-pity just now, nodding and bowing, his face is full of smiles.

"Okay! Pack up your things, and follow me!" Luo Xiu didn't talk nonsense, and waved Carter back to pack up and salute.

Luo Xiu packed the wine he bought, and after a while, Carter limped over with a small bag in his hand. Although he had legs and hands, after training in the army, Carter is now not weaker than Ordinary swordsman!It runs fast too, but it doesn't look good.

Carter didn't have a horse, so Luo Xiu had to go to the military depot to borrow a horse. As Luo Xiu's top barracks, it was very easy to borrow an ordinary horse. It's better to say you want it than to borrow it, because if you don't return it, you won't be able to return it. Someone came to you!

Riding on horseback, Carter's war horse didn't dare to approach Nai Tang at all. As long as he got close, he was scared away by Nai Tang's threatening eyes. For?So Carter could only fall behind to catch up, and this was the case when Luo Xiu repeatedly slowed down.

Because of Carter, the distance that could have been reached in half an hour took three hours, and Carter's horse was exhausted at a speed that almost foamed at the mouth.

Luo Xiu didn't directly bring Carter into the camp, because he didn't have the right now, and he had to wait until he officially reported to the Great Swordsman; Luo Xiu's plan was to let Carter go to Qianyuan City and buy a building near Qianyuan College. I helped myself take care of the house, it was close to where my younger brother went to school and it was convenient, and Luo Xiu would have a place to stay when he went to visit his younger brother in the future.

Arranging for Carter to settle down in the living area near the camp, Luo Xiu led Nai Tang back to the camp.

Life in the camp was the same as before. The people inside came and went in a hurry. When they returned to the dormitory, only Ford was there, and it seemed that he was about to go out and continue his mission.

After saying hello to Carter, Luo Xiu put down his things and rested for a while, then left the camp with the wine and went straight to the inner city.

In the inner city, in Howard's residence.

"Mentor, this is your wine, and I have something to ask you for advice." Sitting in the living room, Luo Xiu said to Howard who was staring at the wine bottle.

"Well! Okay, tell me, I'll try this wine first, let's not delay!" Grabbing the bottle, Howard ran out to find his own wine glass, leaving Luo Xiu who was speechless to sit alone.

Fortunately, Howard remembered that there was still a disciple waiting in the living room, and soon returned with a wine bottle.

Pour yourself some wine, and Howard sips happily.

"Say, do you have any questions?"

"I would like to ask you, what kind of treatment do great sword masters have in the fortress? What else is better?" Luo Xiu waited earnestly for the instructor to answer.

"Well, what? Great Swordsman? You broke through?" Howard looked at Luo Xiu suspiciously.

"Yes, I just broke through!" Luo Xiu answered affirmatively.

Howard nodded, affirming his disciple's cultivation talent, and he was not surprised, after all, he is the pinnacle Dharma Saint!This kind of thing has been seen a lot.

"Well, very good!" After a compliment, Howard said after thinking, "There are many things you don't know when you reach the Great Swordsman. I will help you with the basic knowledge first, and then talk about those forces."