Doutu Continent

Sweet days before the war.

In June, the weather gets hotter.

Mrs. Mo delivered the news that Mo Qin sent troops. Three days later, Emperor Long Zu will forcibly break the barrier between the two realms.

Before that, a small group of scouts had already sneaked in from the crack in the space to investigate the landforms and the movement of the Doutu masters for the Demon Qin army.

This news was also confirmed by others through their respective channels.After several months of intensive preparations, everyone is ready to go to war.The people who had started to be restless because of the unknown waiting, became completely settled after receiving the exact information.

In the auditorium of Qingyun Painting Academy, Dean Lin summoned all the painter-level disciples to the scene.

Standing on a high platform, facing more than a thousand disciples, he amplified his voice and clearly transmitted it to everyone's ears. "The trial at the end of this semester is no longer to form a team to clean up monsters and destroy evil painters, but to stay in Qingyun Academy of Painting and protect your brothers and sisters. Can you do it?"

"It can be done!" Everyone said in unison.

Dean Lin looked at the disciples who were standing in the dark. Their young and immature faces were full of imagination and innocence for the future.He clenched his hands into fists, and said with a dignified expression: "From now on, what you will face is a cruel war! The enemy you want to fight is the invader from the Devil Qin Realm who broke into our home. I want you to show no mercy To harvest their lives, can you do it?"

"It can be done!" The shouts of the crowd shook the sky.

Dean Lin was both relieved and distressed, and his expression was no longer dignified.Slowly said: "They are all young people, I don't need you to answer me on the spot. In the past, the trial tasks you took were not beyond your ability, and there were very few dangers. But this time, the enemy is not I will tell you their strength and how many of them there are. I don’t guarantee that each of you can survive this war between the two worlds.”

He looked around at the disciples in the audience and said, "I'll give you a day to think about it. By the time of Haishi tomorrow, carefully sign the life and death certificates according to the situation of your respective families. Your respective teachers will explain to you in detail about the specific situation."

This involves all aspects such as the distribution of materials and pensions.What is more important is to do a good job of psychological construction for the disciples.

Dean Lin didn't want these young students, especially the only son in the family, to join the war as soon as they got hotheaded.Or follow the trend and shout slogans, and insist on not quitting for the sake of face.

In this war, some people are willing to be heroes, while others choose to give in for their families.No shame in choosing either.As long as it is not for profit, stand on the side of the Moqin people and harm their compatriots.There is no right or wrong choice for them.

Dean Lin knew that after today, some people would leave.The teacher of the painting academy will handle the graduation procedures for them.

Those who remain will become the guardians of the painting academy and future warriors.

In the future when the Demon Qin army attacks, the Painting League and the five major painting academies must be the target of public criticism, the key targets to be attacked, and the most solid fortress to protect this continent.

"The meeting is over!" Dean Lin said to everyone, "Students, this may be the last time we meet, I wish you all survive!"

On those immature faces, some smiles disappeared, and some looked more determined.

Although Gu Qingzhou and Xie Chunfeng are the only sons in the family, they have already signed the life and death certificate.They wanted to go to the front line to charge with Dean Lin, but they were rejected.

"This war is up to us, and it's not up to you young people." Dean Lin laughed.

"But I'm a painting master..." Gu Qingzhou said.

All the people present knew his true identity and would not reveal it. Gu Qingzhou boldly expressed his thoughts with confidence.

He said: "Hua Zun is the strongest standing at the top of Doutu Continent. While enjoying the honor, he also bears the corresponding responsibility. I don't want to back down."

"It's not shrinking." Lin Huazun said with a smile.The young people are stubborn and disobedient, but he is very happy that the backbone of the younger generation is not bent.He has always regarded Gu Qingzhou as the future and hope of the painting world.

"Gu Qingzhou, Xie Chunfeng! I want you to stay here, protect the Qingyun Academy of Painting, and protect the disciples here. Protect the ordinary people under Qingyun Mountain! With you here, I can safely take your teachers outside to kill the enemy."

Gu Qingzhou's master, Mo Xuetao, also joined the ranks of persuasion. "Yes, Qingzhou disciples! Qingyun Academy of Painting is the cradle of cultivating Dou Tu masters, and the inheritance is unbroken. Therefore, there must be no mistakes. If young people of your generation also go to the front with us, and accidents happen, high-level Dou Tu The teacher is really going to have a fault."

Lin Huazun added: "You can fight anywhere. It's a battlefield."

"I understand." Gu Qingzhou no longer insisted.

Gong Yangyi patted the other party's shoulder and said, "Your master and I will go to the front line with the dean. We are not in the painting academy, and you are Qingyun's pillar."

"Ah?" Gu Qingzhou asked.

"Ah, what? Didn't you just say that you are a painting master, and you have to bear the corresponding responsibility? You don't admit it so soon?" Mo Xuetao asked back.

"I haven't." Gu Qingzhou shook his head.It was only then that they realized that Qing Yun Academy of Painting turned out to be in full force this time.

Taking advantage of the absence of Ye Mofan's nominal master, Mo Canghai, Dean Lin poached the wall and said, "If I can't come back, you can take over the post of dean of Qingyun Painting Academy as Ye Mofan. No rejection is allowed!"

The dean of the painting academy must be a painting master, which is a dead rule that has not changed for thousands of years.

Gu Qingzhou nodded heavily.

Since Dean Lin has already mentioned this level, prepare for the worst.He couldn't find a reason to refuse.

The atmosphere was too dignified, and Mo Xuetao broke the deadlock with a light smile. Jewelry and emerald accessories all over his body, accompanied by his trembling smile, made a pleasant clashing sound.

Mo Xuetao lightly shook his fan and said: "This is just the first contact battle. Our plan is to let Emperor Long Zu send troops in the first round, and then severely damage his troops, pull him off the altar, and attack them morale. With Dean Lin’s "Nuwa Repairing the Sky Map", as long as we succeed in sealing the passage between the two worlds, our goal will be achieved. There will be casualties, but I will work hard to come back."

Gong Yangyi interjected, "I will also protect Mr. Xuetao. It's not because of our friendship, but because he needs to continue making paints."

"It's up to you to protect yourself. I am a dignified peak painter, and I don't need your protection!"

Mo Xuetao looked disgusted.

The opponent's cultivation base is not as good as him!

Gongyangyi snorted coldly and said, "You are wearing so many valuable things. You must be a target on the battlefield. The magic soldier will get rich if you just touch it." He said and grabbed the pearl inlaid on Mo Xuetao's sleeve , Twist it with your hands, and rehearse it again.

"Let go of your ghost claws!" Mo Xuetao said angrily.

The two quarreled on the spot in front of everyone.

"Cough, cough!" Dean Lin coughed twice, and the two of them restrained themselves.

……

The next day, students left Qingyun Academy one after another.They have painters, painters and apprentices.Of course, the painter did not meet the graduation requirements, so he only took a leave of absence.No one laughed at them, only the reluctance to part.

Because it was too noisy, Gu Qingzhou rubbed his eyebrows.I am not in the mood to continue practicing painting, so I simply put aside my pen for the time being.

Compared with his restlessness, Xie Chunfeng seemed heartless, standing by the window sill, watering the plants he raised, even picking up a fallen flower, and sniffing it in front of his nose.

Gu Qingzhou saw that he was so leisurely, and his mood also improved with the other party.Smiling: "Fortunately, you are by my side. Unlike them, they have to experience parting. I am afraid of parting."

Xie Chunfeng knew that the other party was uneasy because the two masters and all the seniors they knew had gone to the battlefield.In the past, when Gu Qingzhou took risks and worked hard outside, these people behind him supported him and gave him convenience.Now they are all at risk.

"I also can't see parting." Xie Chunfeng smiled, showing a mouthful of neat teeth, "So I will, try my best to stay by your side. If one day I want to leave, the short parting must be for the future. together for a long time."

Gu Qingzhou nodded, feeling comforted.

"I see. You are like this, and so are the masters. Your choices are the same."

"...It's still a little different." Xie Chunfeng wanted to explain the difference between him and others.But when he turned his head, he found that Gu Qingzhou had already picked up his pen and continued to paint.

He kept his mouth shut and didn't disturb the other party.After lightly watering the last two pots of flowers, the kettle was put away.

Looking at Gu Qingzhou's side face, Xie Chunfeng held his chin and sat back at his desk, feeling a sense of happiness that time is stagnant and the years are quiet.

When Gu Qingzhou originally painted, he noticed the other party's movements, and after concentrating on it, he completely devoted himself to it.When he finished painting, he found that Xie Chunfeng was already around him, setting up a sound-proof barrier thoughtfully.Let him not be disturbed by the outside world.

"Xie Chunfeng, you..." he said.

No sound could be heard outside the barrier, Xie Chunfeng removed the sound barrier, and only had time to hear Gu Qingzhou say the last three words.

"……Different."

When Gu Qingzhou saw that the barrier disappeared, he shut up and stopped talking.

"Qingzhou, did you call me just now?" Xie Chunfeng asked.

"No!" Gu Qingzhou shook his head.

Xie Chunfeng asked: "It's different, what's different?" He smiled brightly and said, "Does Qingzhou mean that I am different from others, or is it in your heart that I am different?"

"You heard it wrong. I want to ask you, do you want to change the cuisine tonight, and order a few dishes that are different from the previous few days." Gu Qingzhou denied.

"Oh, so it's just like that." Xie Chunfeng said, "I thought, Gu Qingzhou, you were praising me."

"What do I praise you for?"

"Praise me for being thoughtful, kind, honest, caring, and handsome. Only people like me are worthy of being Gu Qingzhou's roommate."

"Shameless, how can you praise yourself like this?"

"Then I praise you, we praise each other, you should praise me too!" Xie Chunfeng begged for praise.

Gu Qingzhou looked at the other party, thought hard and said: "I praised you!"

"When?"

"Just now!" Gu Qingzhou nodded firmly and said, "Yes, I boasted."

Xie Chunfeng suddenly realized that Gu Qingzhou praised him for being shameless just now.

He wished he was more shameless.Some things can be said.

Suddenly, a question from his amnesiac old father appeared in his mind.

——Your brother relationship with Gu Qingzhou is Qi brother?

"What nonsense!" he said angrily at the time.

The old father looked at him with a hint of contempt, "You have to replace the useless things with me..."

To be replaced by the other party...

Xie Chunfeng smiled.At least there is no distance between life and death between him and Gu Qingzhou.

"Qing Zhou!" Xie Chunfeng said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "When the war between the two worlds is over and everything is settled, I want to ask you a question."

"what is the problem?"

"It can't be said yet." Xie Chunfeng said condescendingly.Let him keep this little secret for now.