Chapter 17 The Teenager Fighting the Tiger
"You also know that I am different from you. If you don't have the ability, you will not live long. I need to be re-entered in the darkness to temper myself. In the past three years, I have been in the northwest border of Jiang Kingdom and have encountered many people and many things. Fortunately, I survived and lived better than before."
Lin Shaoyun's expression was a little complicated. He couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable when he listened to Li Mengzhou's situation that seemed to be indifferent.
He thought of the scene when he met Li Mengzhou for the first time.
There is a fighting arena in Mangcheng in Xi'an County. It is a place where the rich gather to have fun, an underground place, and under the jurisdiction of the White Whale Gang.
At that time, the Qingfeng Gang and the White Whale Gang had not yet begun to deteriorate, at least on the surface. The young Lin Shaoyun once followed his father Lin Zhennan to a fighting arena.
The scenes I saw in the fighting arena caused a considerable shock to Lin Shaoyun's young mind, and for the first time I understood the cruelty of this world, what is the three religions and all kinds of things.
The fighting arena is not only a life-and-death battle between people, but also a fight with beasts like tigers and lions. Those who participate in the fight are either orphans without relatives or make sense, offend people or are abducted and trafficked, using their lives to gain a glimmer of hope.
But most of the people who fight are adults, and the youngest is also young people. It is rare to see teenagers in their teenagers fighting against beasts on the fighting arena, except for the requests of some wealthy people with bad taste.
The fighting match Lin Shaoyun watched back then was a showdown between the youngest man in history and the beautiful big tiger who once bitten to death by two figures of adults.
Looking at the weak and obviously malnourished boy and the colorful tiger opposite him who was as majestic as a mountain, this battle was not only cruel, but also heart-wrenching.
The gorgeous tiger was hungry for many geniuses before it was released. Not to mention the eleven or twelve-year-old boy, even an adult, he could not escape the fate of being buried in the tiger's mouth.
Lin Shaoyun could clearly feel the fear in the boy's heart. Even if he was just watching on the platform, the feeling of being in the scene and the beast roaring towards the sky still made his calves weak. He didn't know how the boy in the fighting are brave enough to stand.
He didn't want to see the scene of the boy being torn apart, but he also admired the boy in that scene.
This should have been an easy ending. No one thinks that the teenager can defeat the tiger. They just enjoy the fun of the teenager being chased by the tiger and screaming. They see the teenager struggling in despair and being thrown into pieces by the tiger.
Lin Shaoyun will never forget the scene from that year.
The boy who is not favored, in order to survive and to survive, even if he is afraid of tears, his face is still fierce and fearless.
He only had a broken dagger in his hand, and his small hands held the dagger tightly and fought with the tiger.
He could not have the strength to fight against the tiger by relying solely on his strength. He used his thin body to fight with the tiger and used various methods to inflict trauma on the tiger.
This fight was not exciting because the rich people didn't see what they wanted to see, and the scolding resounded throughout the fighting arena.
The boy seemed to be unable to hear any sound, and only the tiger that wanted to eat him in his eyes.
At the critical moment when he was exhausted and covered in blood, he stabbed the tiger hard in an incredible way with a dagger. The tiger that blinded him became even more violent, but gave the boy time to survive temporarily. The tiger that rushed around could not hurt the boy and was eventually killed by the boy.
It seems a bit unrealistic to recall, but Lin Shaoyun deeply understood that the overwhelming atmosphere of despair at that time, even if it was just a reflection, it made him feel chilled.
Looking at the plain and emotional face opposite, Lin Shaoyun felt even more that Li Mengzhou was a monster, how could there be such a person in the world?
"Actually, you can stay in the Qingfeng Gang, there is no need to ask for unrealistic things."
Lin Shaoyun sincerely hopes that Li Mengzhou will join the Qingfeng Gang, at least the two brothers can always be together and help each other.
Li Mengzhou shook his head and said, "Maybe it is unrealistic to you, but that is the only thing I have to do in my life. If I choose to give up, then what I have suffered in the past and what I insist on is useless work?
It is too late to give up, so I can only go all the way. After all, this is my belief in living hard. If I don’t have this belief, what can I do?”
Even though Lin Shaoyun thought he knew Li Mengzhou very well, it was difficult to understand the other party’s true thoughts.
He knew that Li Mengzhou wanted to become a practitioner, and even became a necessary condition for life, but he did not understand why Li Mengzhou wanted to become a practitioner so much.
The practitioners have extraordinary abilities, which is indeed what most people yearn for. Even the master of martial arts, they will struggle hard to demand the path of becoming immortals at the last moment of their lives.
But practicing requires qualifications. Without qualifications, everything is useless.
Lin Shaoyun didn't know whether Li Mengzhou had the qualifications to practice, but he knew that he did not have it. Because when he was a child, his father also hoped that he could become a practitioner. He didn't know where he had a relationship with a practice mountain gate. It took a lot of money to invite an immortal to explore Lin Shaoyun's qualifications.
The result naturally disappointed Lin Zhennan. Lin Shaoyun did not have the qualifications to practice and could not even sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
He felt that Li Mengzhou was different from him, but he didn't have much hope that Li Mengzhou could become a practitioner.
There is no way, and you can't even see the shadow of a practitioner. Even if a practitioner may pass by in the years of growing up, the probability of that is too slim, and even if you encounter it, you don't know that the other party is a practitioner.
In Lin Shaoyun's view, the practitioner who is invisible and intangible, is originally an unrealistic thing.
He was just afraid that Li Mengzhou's efforts would end and only left disappointment.
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Late at night, the breeze blows through the windows, swaying candlelight, illuminating the figure of the boy on the wall, as if occupying the entire room.
Li Mengzhou put down the "Silks of Silkworms" in his hand and rubbed his eyebrows with a headache. Even though every time he watched it, he felt heart-wrenching and heavy, he still insisted on watching it before going to bed every night.
If I can faint directly, maybe I can have a good night's sleep tonight and I don't have to think about anything anymore.
After drinking with Lin Shaoyun during the day, Li Mengzhou refused the invitation to stay at the Qingfeng Gang Hall. He was just about to pass by Xi'an County, so he came to Huacheng to visit his old friend. He didn't plan to stay here for more.
If he lived at the entrance of the Qingfeng Gang Hall, Lin Shaoyun would definitely pester him, which would delay his time on the road.
As he got closer to the capital of Jiangguo, his heart became more and more calm. Even when he left Shuning Town, he was still very excited.
Lying on the bed, Li Mengzhou suddenly felt a little sleepy. He was not a bed-recognizable person. He had no fixed residence. Shuning Town was the place where he stayed the longest.
Some problems suddenly popped up in his mind, which he didn't notice during the day.
Now that he thought about it carefully, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with Lin Shaoyun's condition.
It was a very subtle feeling. Although Lin Shaoyun was no different from the past, Li Mengzhou always felt like he was forcing him to smile.
Good brothers who have not seen each other for three years get together to drink again, and it is easy to ignore some things.
Afterwards, Li Mengzhou felt more and more that Lin Shaoyun had something to do.
Without thinking too much, he could probably guess what was going on, so he lost his sleepiness.
Chapter completed!