In the blink of an eye, another half a year passed. Linley spent a warm spring, a scorching summer, and stepped into a cool late autumn through hard training of his body and strength. A row of towering poplar trees next to the open space in the east of Wushan Town is now blowing with every gust of wind, and there will always be a lot of withered and yellow leaves fluttering and falling slowly. The whole open space was also covered with withered leaves.
It was getting dark.
Today, there are a lot of people in the open space in the east, almost three hundred people.
"This evening's training is over." Hillman said with a smile, "Before that, let's all wish our group of children from Wushan Town who are about to join the army."
After the busy farming season in autumn, it is time to join the army. In the era when the entire continent is still fighting, every teenager is proud to be a great warrior. Of course, there are many people who want to be magicians. It's just that it's too difficult to become a magician. There will only be one person in ten thousand people who have the qualifications to become a magician. Such a low probability, most people don't think about it.
Becoming a warrior is much easier, reaching adulthood at the age of sixteen, and at least a first-class warrior. As long as these two conditions are met, it is easy to enter the army.
"Uncle Hillman, thank you!"
One hundred and twenty-six boys aged seventeen or eighteen bowed and saluted respectfully. Usually these teenagers do not come to participate in training, they are all adults and have their own jobs. But they were nurtured by Hillman from an early age. Hillman is equivalent to their mentor.
Before joining the army, they had to say goodbye to Hillman.
Hillman looked at these seventeen or eighteen-year-old energetic teenagers, filled with emotion. Because he knows that these children are full of desire for a career in the military at this moment, but after ten years of military life, how many of these children will be able to come back
"I hope half of the one hundred and twenty-six will survive." Hillman hoped in his heart.
Hillman looked at the group of children and said loudly: "You guys have heard it clearly for me, you are men from Wushan Town, men from Wushan Town, you should stand up and face any challenge without fear. Did you hear me?"
The group of seventeen-year-old boys stood up straight with their chests raised, their fiery eyes filled with expectations for future military life, and they all shouted back at the same time: "I heard!"
"Very good." Hillman's straight body and cold eyes had the style of a soldier.
"Tomorrow you will set off, prepare well tonight. I know your strength very well, and you can easily enter the army! I, Hillman, wait for you in Wushan calmly and then return to Wushan Town with a beautiful scenery!" Mann said loudly.
The eyes of the one hundred and twenty-six boys couldn't help but gleam.
It is the dream of every teenager to return to his hometown.
"Now, I order you to go back and prepare immediately, and disband!" Hillman said coldly.
"Yes."
The one hundred and twenty-six teenagers responded respectfully, and then the one hundred and twenty-six teenagers left one by one under the expectation of worship from the nearly two hundred underage children beside them. And tomorrow, they will embark on a new journey.
"I have two years left, and I am an adult, and I will be able to join the army at that time."
"I really want to live the exciting life of the army. If you stay in Wushan Town all your life, it will be boring no matter how long you live."
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A group of thirteen- or fourteen-year-old teenagers were talking to each other, and the teenagers were all looking forward to a life full of enthusiasm and passion. They want to be successful, they want to be admired by the girls, they want to be admired by their hometown relatives.
This is their dream!
"Lin Lei, your father, Lord Hogg, has a very important matter today. Stop playing with other children here. Come back with us." Hillman walked to Linley and looked at Linley in front of him. Also very happy.
Linley is very smart. Under his father Hogg's childhood education, he has learned many words and can read ordinary books.
Reading is a very luxurious thing. Generally only nobles have the opportunity to study. The Baruch family is a very old family with a lot of books.
"Uncle Hillman, I know, my father has already entrusted me three times today. My father has never paid so much attention to one thing. I won't play here." Linley said with a grin, revealing a line of pure white Teeth, just one row of teeth missing in the center.
lei, he has already begun to change his teeth.
"Okay, one of the front teeth is missing, and the air leaks when laughing." Hillman said with a smile, "Go, go back."
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In the front yard of the Baruch family's ancient mansion, after the family had dinner, Linley was playing with his two-and-a-half-year-old brother.
"Brother, hug, hug."
Little Wharton looked at Linley with his pure eyes without a trace of impurities, and he took unsteady steps and stretched out a pair of fleshy little hands to run towards Linley happily. Linley was squatting not far away and waiting for Xiaowo. Run over.
"Wharton, come on, come on." Linley encouraged.
Little Wharton's running pace makes people always worry that he will fall. However, in the end, little Wharton suddenly rushed into Lin Lei's arms. Wharton's crystal skin as soft as water was red at the moment, his dark eyes looked at Lin Lei excitedly, and he shouted in a milky voice: " Brother, brother."
Looking at his own younger brother, Linley felt endless love in his heart.
No mother, no grandparents. Although there is a father and an old housekeeper to take care of him. But the precocious lei took great care of his own younger brother. From Linley's point of view, since he is an older brother, he should take care of his younger brother.
"Wharton, what did you learn today?" Linley said with a smile.
Wharton frowned, with a cute expression, he thought for a while, and then excitedly said, "I learned to use sackcloth today!"
"Sackcloth?" Linley couldn't help but smile, "What did you wipe?"
Wharton snapped his fingers and said, "I first wiped the floor with a sackcloth, then I wiped the chamber pot, and finally... the bowl, yes, the bowl for eating!" Wharton looked at Linley excitedly, expecting Linley's praise.
"You wiped the chamber pot and then the bowl?" Linley's eyes widened.
"What, isn't it? I wiped it very cleanly." Wharton raised his head and looked at his brother with puzzled eyes.
"Master Linley, your father is looking for you, Master Wharton, let me hug you." I saw a kind rosacea old man approaching. This rosacea old man is the housekeeper of the Baruch family, 'Ciri'. In addition to the housekeeper, the entire family does not even have a maid or servant.
Linley didn't care about talking to Wharton, and when he was about to hand Wharton to Grandpa Ciri, he got up and walked towards the living room.
"Father, why are you looking for me this time?" Even though he was still young, Linley felt that his father was looking for him this time.
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Walking into the living room, in one corner of the living room is a clock that is taller than Linley.
A desk clock is a relatively high-end item, usually only owned by wealthy or noble families. At this moment, Linley's father was sitting in front of the fireplace, facing the fireplace. The flames of the fireplace were constantly burning, and occasionally there was the sound of 'comparing, peeling' wood splintering.
"Huh? Why did my father change his clothes?" Linley was surprised when he saw his father in the living room. When his father was at home, he usually wore very simple clothes. When I had dinner just now, my father just wore ordinary clothes, but now, he put on a set of luxurious clothes.
Hogg, the whole person has the unique temperament of ancient aristocrats, and that kind of temperament is not something that only money can have. It was nurtured by an ancient family tradition. How can a family that has inherited five thousand years of history be comparable to ordinary families
Hogg stood up, turned around, and his eyes lit up when he saw Linley.
"Linley, come with me and go to the ancestral hall. Uncle Ciri, you also know about my family, so come with me." Hogg said with a smile.
"Go to the ancestral hall?" Linley was surprised.
In the entire Baruch family mansion, family members generally live in the front yard mansion, and as for some of the courtyards in the back, no one is usually maintained and cleaned. There is only one ancestral hall in the back, the ancestral hall that worships ancestors. There is still someone to clean every month.
"Now is not the time to worship our ancestors, so why go to the ancestral hall?" Linley was full of doubts.
After leaving the living room, Hogg, Linley, and Ciri, the housekeeper holding Wharton, walked towards the back courtyard along the stone road with a long history already covered with moss.
In late autumn, the night is as cool as water.
With the cool wind blowing, Linley couldn't help shivering. It's just that Linley didn't make a sound, because he felt the unusual atmosphere. Following their father, Linley and the others stepped into the ancestral hall.
"Squeak." The door of the ancestral hall was closed.
After lighting a row of candles in the ancestral hall, the whole ancestral hall suddenly brightened, and Linley saw the spiritual seats of the ancestors placed at the front of the ancestral hall at a glance. The dense number of spiritual positions also shows the ancient times of the Baruch family.
Hogg stood silently in front of many spiritual positions without making a sound.
Linley was also very nervous at the moment. In the entire hall, there was only the sound of burning candles in that row.
Suddenly, Hogg turned around, stared at Linley, and said solemnly, "Linley, I have a lot of things to do today. Before that, I'll tell you something about the Baruch family."
Linley felt his heart beating fast.
"Family business? What could it be?" Linley was also looking forward to it, but he didn't dare to say anything.
There was a hint of pride on Hogg's face, and he said loudly: "Linley, our Baruch family has been passed down for five thousand years. Looking at the entire Finlay Kingdom, it is estimated that there is no second family that can catch up with our ancient family. ' There was absolute pride in Hogg's tone.
Ancient, this is something that some nobles value very much.
"Lin Lei, did you know that there are four ultimate warriors in the legend of the entire Yulan Continent?" Hogg turned to look at Lin Lei.
Linley's eyes lit up and nodded, "I know, I heard Uncle Hillman say that the legendary four ultimate warriors are the dragon blood warrior, the purple flame warrior, the tiger stripe warrior, and the undead warrior."
Hogg smiled and nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, now I want to tell you! The four ultimate warriors actually represent four ancient families, and our Baruch family is the ancient family that contains the noble blood of dragon blood warriors. !"