Douluo丨When the Stars Fall

Big Ice Empire, Tianhao Grassland.

"You two gentlemen, please take a seat. Please take a seat. I'll get some mutton to entertain you."

An old man over fifty years old, with slightly white temples on his forehead and a somewhat stiff body, slowly poured two cups of hot prairie milk tea from the bucket.

"Old sir, you don't have to be so polite, just rest." Dai Shenshi nodded in thanks.

"That's not possible. The two guest officers saved these little guys like me. If the guest officers didn't lend a helping hand, they would have been fed to the wolf den long ago!"

The old man was a little angry and poured out a trickle of milk tea, trembling slightly.

"Tiantian, as the oldest one, how can you secretly take your younger brothers and sisters to take the risk of digging into the wolf den without considering the consequences!"

"You! Go and stand outside! You are not allowed to come back until the sun rises!" the old man shouted angrily.

Tiantian dared not speak in anger, so he could only take heavy steps and slam the door away. Another young man with a cane and an empty right leg followed behind Tiantian and jumped out with the support of the cane.

"Old sir, he is still just a child after all, there is no need to..."

"Sir, if you make a mistake, you will be punished. Don't worry about him. The temperature outside is not enough to freeze him to death!"

"Old sir, are you a family?"

"Hey, they are all orphans left on the grassland. I am just their teacher. Seeing that they are homeless, I left them behind. I live alone anyway, hahaha."

"Is this the place where teaching is held?"

"Yes, there is a small wooden warehouse behind this yurt, which is enough for teaching children."

"Then there are still many children..."

"There are still many children sleeping in the wooden house. Most of their parents are herdsmen on the grassland. They leave early and come back late every day. They usually don't have time to discipline them. They have also reached the age of learning knowledge, so I vacated the wooden warehouse. Let them all stay overnight, so that they don't have to get up early in the cold wind every morning to rush to school, so that the children can sleep a little longer."

The yurt is not large inside, but you can still feel the warm heat. The old man is smiling and adding wood to the oven, and the wooden strips are arranged in an orderly manner on the ground.

"Are these the children who came back from cutting firewood?" Dai Shenshi looked at the mountains of wood.

"Yes, the children know that I work hard on weekdays, so they help me chop some firewood when they have time."

The old man's vicissitudes of life revealed a long-lost happy smile.

"Let me take the liberty of saying that the young man who just followed Tiantian out of the door seems to be..."

"Haha, he is also one of my students. His name is Dante. When he was originally, he had a pair of huge and extremely fast scuds. He could rely on those fast legs to cross the entire Tianhao grassland in one day, just one day. The accident a year ago caused him to lose his right leg..."

"And Tiantian, when I couldn't spare any time, took the initiative to take care of him, carried him to class every day, led him to eat, sleep, and repeated it every day...Tiantian is actually a good child, not too old or too young. , but he helped me shoulder a lot of burdens. I... am indeed a little ashamed of him..."

The talkative old man stopped talking at this moment and turned his back to cover up the moisture in the corners of his eyes.

"Cough...cough..."

The old man woke up immediately and ran away after hearing the sound. In a dark corner of the yurt, he was holding a towel coughing up blood.

"Xiaoyu, take a good rest after you finish coughing. This will help you get better quickly."

The old man smiled kindly and caressed the boy named Xiaoyu. He supported his weak and thin body and slowly lay down on the cushion-covered ground with the support of the old man.

The old man gently covered himself with several layers of thick ripped quilts, watched Xiao Yu gradually fall asleep, and then walked solemnly in front of Dai Shenshi and the other two.

"Old sir, this child..."

"This child has been frail and sick since he was a child. He has been suffering from the pain of diseases in his body. Each of us will take care of him more or less and let him do as little heavy work as possible. May Huji bless him."

The old man clasped his hands together devoutly and murmured something.

Tangmen.

"Sect Master, most of the soul guidance blueprints have arrived at the Tang Sect headquarters one after another. There are still a few soul guidance blueprints of the most important secrets of the major empires that are still on their way."

"Leyu, you have worked hard during this period. How is the meeting at Poseidon Pavilion going?"

"The Poseidon Pavilion has officially issued a punishment decision. Mr. Jiang has been transferred to the outer court to serve, while Mr. Zhang has been placed under temporary house arrest..."

Tang Leyu looked solemn. After all, Mr. Zhang and Mr. Jiang had taught him in the outer courtyard for a period of time, and he still had some feelings in his heart.

"Master, is the punishment too much..."

"Leyu, you have to know that the current mainland has probably been completely infiltrated by the mastermind behind the scenes. Everyone around you and me may be secretly planted spies. What's more, this soul guide blueprint operation has suffered heavy losses, which will inevitably make people I wonder if they, the leaders of this operation, leaked secrets to the masterminds behind it, and if they fail to explain it, try our best to protect them."

"But... the seven monsters have all withdrawn from the Poseidon Pavilion. Can the Poseidon Pavilion, which is so disintegrated, still be able to sustain it..."

"Remember, don't trust anyone."

Donald still smiled.

Big Ice Empire, Tianhao Grassland.

At night in the Tianhao Grassland, there is a huge contrast with the heat during the day. The temperature drops sharply, and the condensation on the top of the yurt begins to form white crystal frost.

The young man was still suffocating, resisting the sudden cold air around him, his body was trembling slightly, and he stood straight in front of the yurt door. He looked at the bright eyes in the distance of the grassland, and seemed to see something from those bright wolf eyes.

"Aww-oooooooooooooooo-"

The two pure gray wild wolves jumped together in both directions, attacking Tiantian who was in the middle. Tiantian immediately exploded eight soul rings, temporarily neutralizing the sudden wolf attack.

"day by day--"

A familiar voice reached Tiantian's ears from behind. Tiantian turned around and saw an old man covered in blood, fighting against the pack of wolves that surrounded the wooden house at the back and running towards him.

The old man withstood the fierce offensive of more than a dozen pure gray wolves and struggled to reach Tiantian's side. He stretched out his right arm to touch Tiantian's forehead. The scars that had been scratched by several sharp wolf claws were covered with blood.

"Teacher, you don't have to worry about me, just protect your brothers and sisters!" He supported the helpless old man every day.

"Haha, the teacher is still old and not as strong as you. Don't worry. My brothers and sisters in the wooden house are protected by two guest officers. But you are also my students and my children. I can't let you go. Being alone out there.”

Rich and bright red blood dripped continuously from the old man's palm.

"Teacher, I'm afraid I'm dying. Tiantian, the younger brothers and sisters behind you will be left to you. Teacher also wants to watch you grow up. Unfortunately, this body is not strong enough. Teacher, I'm sorry for you..."

The tears in his eyes and the wrinkles on the old man's face rolled down layer by layer, falling silently on Tiantian's hands.

boom!

Half of the god's ring slowly appeared, and the surrounding pure gray wolves picked up various parts of the dead sheep in the sheepfold, quickly fled in different directions, and dispersed in a rush.

"Tiantian, don't seek revenge. This is the price the grassland deserves for us, and it is also our destination. Huji protects us."

The old man closed his eyes, which had worked hard all his life, and passed away with a smile under the bright moonlight.

Dai Shenshi quietly came to Tiantian and reached out to comfort Tiantian who was hugging him and crying.

"Your teacher has devoted his whole life to letting you enter the soil of knowledge. You are everything to him. Teaching is a sacred profession. It is really great and great."

"I have decided that from now on, I will be your teacher."

A firm look appeared in the darkly shining red and blue eyes.

Unknown plane.

"Sir, although we have successfully destroyed many secrets of soul guidance blueprints that were transported halfway, this is far from achieving the goal of blocking soul guidance technology." Xue Tianli half-knelt in front of the adults.

"Brothers of Fire, we are just acting, for the sake of the fireworks blooming at the last moment."

Behind the adult's still faceless figure, one could vaguely feel the cold and sinister smile coming from behind.

Tianhao Grassland.

A glimmer of light in the early morning revealed a window of the wooden house, waking up the sleepy children on the bed.

"Kids, wake up."

With the gentle music in his mouth, he gently patted the many children with their eyes open and dim on the bed.

The classroom in a small wooden room, crowded with more than a dozen children, seemed a bit crowded.

Dai Shenshi held a box of somewhat worn chalk in his hand, and slowly walked towards the central podium under the gazes of the children in the audience.

"Children, from today on, I am your new teacher. My name is Dai Shenshi. Please take good care of me!"

Dai Shenshi stood up from the podium and bowed respectfully to everyone.

Violent applause spread throughout the wooden classroom. The children seemed to have temporarily forgotten their recent sadness and welcomed the arrival of the new teacher. Le Huanxuan also smiled and applauded secretly in a corner.

"Okay, teacher, I don't know you all very well. How about this, everyone introduces themselves one by one so that the teacher can get to know you. The teacher hopes that everyone can bravely show off their distinctive characteristics on the podium."

"Teacher, I come first!" Tiantian was the first to stand in front of everyone.

"My name is Tiantian, and I will shock the world with a bang!" Tiantian concentrated his heavy right fist upwards.

"Okay——" Violent applause burst out.

"My name is Qiao Yi, Yangliu Yiyi's Yi."

Qiao Yi's shy and delicate face, after introducing herself, blushed and hid in Huan Xuan's arms.

"My name is Dante. I am the former king of speed running." Dante held the crutches in both hands and smiled confidently.

"Children, Dante's calmness that defies fate is worth learning from. Let's give him another round of applause!" Dai Shenshi took the lead in applauding.

The roaring applause spread again.

"My name is Goethe, don't look for me if you have nothing to do." Goethe returned to his seat expressionlessly.

"My name is……"

As each student took the stage one by one, no one stood up in the end.

"Have you really finished the introduction? We are a group." Dai Shenshi reminded as he looked at a corner.

Everyone's eyes turned to look in one direction. The thin and short body was panicking at the looks from everyone.

"Teacher, he is not in good health..."

Dai Shenshi interrupted Tiantian's words.

He looked at Dai Shenshi on the podium, who cast an encouraging and gentle look. He slowly stood up, forcing himself to overcome the fear in his heart.

"My...name is Xiaoyu..."

"Very good, Xiaoyu did a great job. Everyone welcomes him with applause!"

The ocean of applause lasted for a long time, and Dai Shenshi slightly stretched out his hand to signal everyone to stop.

Dai Shenshi picked up a long, straight piece of white chalk and wrote two big characters on the blackboard.

Home, country.

"Today, our first class, the theme is home and country. What do students think about home and country?"

"Teacher, I know that Tianhao Grassland is our home, and the Great Ice Empire is our country." Tiantian answered quickly.

"Very good, but this is not the real answer yet."

Everyone was silent for a long time.

"In our peaceful life today, the border soldiers have always been carrying the burden for us. There are no quiet years, but they are behind us, silently guarding the country's tranquility for us." Dai Shenshi couldn't help but sigh when he recalled the past time.

"Is it like the Icefall King in the history textbook decades ago?" Qiao Yi replied softly.

"That Icefall King seems to have a poem that is chanted, the scenery of the Ice Country, the traceless step on the snow, Ping Sanyan, the Heaven-breaking Master..."

Dante scratched his head and thought about the next half of the sentence.

"The scenery of the Ice Kingdom, leaving no trace on the snow, Ping Sanyan, the Heaven-Breaking Master, a horse, a staff and a halberd, how many people in the world are like kings?"

Le Huanhuan looked at Dai Shenshi in his eyes, which contained the flowing morning light, and murmured unconsciously.

Dai Shenshi smiled, as if waiting for the final answer.

Everyone was looking at the word "home and country" on the blackboard below and meditating hard, but Goethe didn't care and looked out the window at the grassland.

"Home is country, and country is home."

Finally, a childish voice came from the crowd.

"Correct answer, get out of class is over."