Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Ever since Qingye returned to Qingshui Town, visitors have been coming one after another. With him as a living signboard, people with ulterior motives gathered at the foot of Buzhou Mountain again, but Wen Xiaoliu was still not among them.

However, Jiang Xinxin unexpectedly discovered that Xiangliu had passed the trial ladder and became the second person qualified to enter the academy.

Xiangliu's appearance was certainly not bad, especially his white hair was very eye-catching. Jiang Xinxin just looked at him twice more before Shi Ying blocked her way.

Shi Ying asked, "Tell me your name. Are you willing to enter the academy?"

Xiang Liu thought about it, and finally gave his real name: "My name is Xiang Liu. I am willing to join the academy, but I don't know how long it will take to study here."

Shi Ying could fully understand Xiang Liu's dilemma and comforted him, "If you pass the academy's test, you will naturally be qualified to study in the academy, but this is best done with mutual consent, so whether you come or not, and when it is convenient for you to come, is up to you to decide."

"As for what to study and how long to study, that is also up to you to decide."

Xiangliu looked at Shi Ying, who looked like he was only a few years older than him, and guessed that Shi Ying's actual age was probably not that old either. However, he could also feel that Shi Ying's cultivation was far beyond his reach, so after just one encounter, he had already placed himself in a position of lower status and became more respectful to Shi Ying.

Therefore, Xiang Liu did not want to hide his identity from Shi Ying, "Your Excellency, do you know that I am Chen Rong's military advisor?"

Shi Ying pointed outward casually, "You are talking about the remnants of Chen Rong hiding in the mountains over there. I also know that the poisonous miasma in the mountains is getting worse, and you always seem to be short of food and grass."

Xiang Liu's already anxious heart became even more nervous, and many thoughts flashed through his mind quickly, but in the end he knelt on his knees with his hem lifted up, and kowtowed to Shi Ying and Jiang Xinxin: "Disciple Xiang Liu, greetings to the two masters."

Jiang Xinxin hurriedly called out, and called Qingye to come over to meet his junior brother. After the two of them bowed to each other, Jiang Xinxin told Qingye, "Qingye, you are the senior brother, so take this junior brother around."

Qingye obeyed the order and excitedly took Xiangliu to tour the academy. The more Xiangliu looked, the more he felt that the academy was extraordinary, because the servants working here were all puppets, and although these puppets were made of wood, they were no different from living people. Not only did they have vivid expressions, they would even blush because of excessive praise.

As for Qingye, the so-called senior brother, he is really ordinary, no different from most humans in the wilderness. Perhaps his biggest difference is that he was lucky enough to enter the academy.

For Qingye, the first person to enter the academy, everything about him was investigated thoroughly by various forces. Even because he had a seven-day vacation every two months to return to Qingshui Town to visit his relatives, many forces secretly poured into Qingshui Town, trying to break through him and enter the academy.

Fortunately, although Qingye is a little honest, he is not stupid or foolish. Especially after learning to read and write and learning so many things, he at least understands which things in the academy can be talked about casually and which things cannot be mentioned outside.

After looking around, Qingye took Xiangliu to get a set of blue and white clothes like the one he was wearing, and emphasized the use of the identity card: "Don't be fooled by the fact that this identity card is made of wood. In fact, it is a piece of sea-sunken wood that weighs more than 100 kilograms per inch. The wooden swords we will use for sword training in the future are also made of the same material, but there are many formations engraved on it, which require you to drop a drop of blood and leave a trace of spiritual consciousness before it can be used."

Xiangliu took the ID card and dropped a drop of blood on it. The previously black wooden card immediately emitted a soft azure light. When the light disappeared, the ID card had turned light blue and its texture had changed from wood to lustrous jade.

Under Qingye's expectant gaze, he left his spiritual consciousness on it again, and saw a circle of white ripples appearing around the edges of the identity card.

Qingye explained, "This badge was originally used as a certificate for entering and exiting the academy's mountain gate and other places. Later, the second master added a space formation, so it can also be used as a storage bag. The most amazing thing is that it can transmit our location and situation back to the academy when we encounter any extreme situation, making it easier for the two masters to rescue us."

After saying that, Qingye considerately took Xiangliu to the residence assigned to him, and reminded Xiangliu that the three meals a day were at Chenshi, Wushi, and Youshi, and that he could also have a midnight snack at Sishi.

Xiangliu can read and count, is proficient in riding and shooting, and has a high level of cultivation. It seems that there is nothing he needs to learn in the academy, but he is the military advisor of the remnants of Chen Rong's army and needs to worry about the food and future of Chen Rong's army, so he came to the academy for this reason.

Jiang Xinxin still taught Qingye how to read, write and do arithmetic, while Shiying taught Xiangliu alone.

Shi Ying asked Xiang Liu, "What kind of future do you hope to give Chen Rongjun?"

Xiang Liu answered without thinking: "Just like all the ordinary people in the wilderness, I hope they can live an ordinary life, have enough food and warm clothes, marry and have children."

Shi Ying asked again: "Do they agree with your idea?"

Xiang Liu paused, remembering his adoptive father Hong Jiang's wish, and then replied: "At least my adoptive father Hong Jiang also thinks the same as me."

Shi Ying nodded to show that he understood, and then said to Xiang Liu: "Then you should understand that the reason why Chen Rongjun has so many Central Plains clans supporting it behind the scenes is essentially because the Central Plains clans want to obtain more preferential treatment and benefits from Xiyan Kingdom."

Xiang Liu had never thought about this before, and his face showed some surprise. Shi Ying couldn't help laughing when he saw this. "For many clans, the change of dynasties is not important. What is important is how much benefit they can get from it. You see, just because Chen Rong still has a remnant that has been resisting Xi Yan State, Xi Yan State has to favor Chen Rong's royal family, and has to favor Chen Rong's ministers and people."

"A person who has completely lost his power and hope, no matter how high his status is, would you be afraid of such a person?"

Xiangliu suddenly realized. He used to think that the reason why Hong Jiang insisted on not surrendering was only because of his integrity as an old minister of Chen Rong. Now it seems that he is clearly fighting for more living space for Chen Rong's old people!

Shi Ying saw that Xiang Liu understood, and said, "So unless the Great Wilderness is unified, or Xiyan Kingdom is destroyed by Haoling Kingdom, it will be difficult for your brothers and sisters to live an ordinary life."

"But you can use everything you learned from the academy to make your siblings' lives more comfortable."

In fact, Chen Rongjun also farmed their own crops, but they were soldiers after all, and their farming skills were just so-so, so it was better not to do it. So Xiangliu often went out to work as a killer to earn money to buy food and fodder.

Shi Ying directly taught Xiang Liu the method of farming and took out several improved grain seeds from his collection. The most important thing was the teaching of the formation. Chen Rong's army had long been troubled by miasma, and medicinal materials were more inconvenient to buy than food, so it was necessary to set up a formation to isolate the miasma for Chen Rong's army.

So during the two-month vacation, Xiangliu took a large number of seeds, farm tools and formation materials, and happily flew back to the camp on a small wooden sword made of sea sunken wood.

After just one encounter, the soldiers who were familiar with him discovered that their cold-faced military advisor actually had a rare smile on his face, which scared the people on duty. But in just one night, the rumor that military advisor Xiang Liu had fallen in love and had a lover spread throughout the camp.

Although Hong Jiang is a rough man, he is actually more careful than Xiang Liu in some aspects. Before Xiang Liu came to teach him farming techniques, he asked about Xiang Liu's emotional problems: "You are just here to save your life. Now you have wasted hundreds of years in Chen Rong's army. It's enough. If you really have a girl you like, don't hide it from me. I'm not the evil... father-in-law who can't bear to see you do well!"