天蒙蒙亮,杨开就醒了,稍微洗漱一番便拿着墙角边的扫帚走出了独居的小屋.
When the sky was bright, Yang Kai woke up, washed up a little, and walked out of the hut where he lived alone with a broom in the corner.
站在门口伸了个懒腰,看了一眼天际边浮现的一抹鱼肚白,闭目凝神享受了片刻的安宁,随即睁开眼帘舞动起手上的扫帚,埋头清理着地面的灰尘和落叶.
Standing at the door, he stretched his waist, glanced at the white of the fish belly that appeared on the edge of the sky, closed his eyes and enjoyed a moment of peace, then opened his eyes and danced the broom in his hand, and buried his head in cleaning the dust and fallen leaves on the ground.
一袭青衣,朴素干净,老成的衣色平白将少年衬托的虚长几岁.杨开的腰杆如标枪一般挺得笔直,即便是在做着最底层的活,脸庞上的神色也一丝不苟.动作很沉稳,捏着扫把的双手并未用多大力,身子甚至都没多大摆动,只凭着手腕的转动,那扫把便如臂使指,莜来乎去,随着他步伐的移动,地面上积攒的灰尘和杂物神奇地跟着动了起来,仿佛平白长了两条腿.
Dressed in green clothes, simple and clean, the old clothes are plain and white, and the young man is a few years old. Yang Kai's waist was as straight as a javelin, and even if he was doing the lowest work, the expression on his face was meticulous. The movement is very calm, the hands holding the broom do not use much force, the body does not even swing much, only with the rotation of the wrist, the broom is like an arm to make fingers, coming and going, with the movement of his steps, the dust and debris accumulated on the ground magically moved, as if he had grown two legs.
杨开是凌霄阁的试炼弟子,三年前进宗门开始修炼,可直到如今也只修炼到淬体三层境界.与他一同入门的师兄弟们早就远远超过这个阶段,各得机缘拜入门中高人座下飞黄腾达去了,他却只能望洋兴叹.
Yang Kai was a trial disciple of Ling Xiao Pavilion, and he began to cultivate in the sect three years ago, but until now, he had only cultivated to the third level of the body quenching realm. The senior brothers who entered with him had already far exceeded this stage, and they had the opportunity to worship the masters in the entrance and soared, but he could only sigh.
三年淬体三层,这等资质已经不是用普通二字可以形容的了,简直可以说是平庸至极.
Three years of quenching the body and three layers, this kind of qualification can no longer be described by ordinary words, it can be said to be extremely mediocre.
没奈何,杨开只能在宗门内接了个扫地的活,一边维持生计一边苦苦修炼.
Helpless, Yang Kai could only take a job of sweeping the floor in the sect, and cultivated hard while making a living.
凌霄阁是个比较特殊的门派,这个特殊体现在门下弟子竞争的残酷上,在这个门派内,有能力者上位,没能力者淘汰,弱肉强食这个铁律在凌霄阁内被演绎的淋漓尽致.
Lingxiao Pavilion is a relatively special sect, this special is reflected in the cruelty of the competition among the disciples, in this sect, those who have the ability are on top, those who are incapable are eliminated, and the iron law of the weak and the strong is vividly interpreted in the Lingxiao Pavilion.
其他的宗门或许还有些同门友情手足情谊,但是在凌霄阁内没有!想往上爬,唯有踩着那些所谓的师兄弟们的肩膀,踏过他们的鲜血,如此才有资格.
Other sects may still have some friendship and brotherhood, but there is no such thing in the Ling Xiao Pavilion! If you want to climb up, you can only be qualified by stepping on the shoulders of those so-called brothers and sisters and stepping on their blood.
凌霄阁门下制严,在整个大汉朝都是赫赫有名,虽算不得什么超级大派,可门下弟子的争斗之残酷却是首屈一指的!也正因如此,弟子们个个武风彪悍,外出行走江湖之时鲜有人敢招惹.
Lingxiao Pavilion's subordinates are strictly controlled, and they are famous in the entire Han Dynasty, although they are not a super faction, but the cruelty of the battles of the disciples is second to none! It is precisely because of this that the disciples are all fierce, and few people dare to provoke them when they go out to walk the rivers and lakes.
凌霄阁有个规矩,十四岁以下弟子,无论是谁,从入门起,三年内算是试炼期.这三年时间,吃住穿行皆由宗门负责,弟子只管修炼便可.三年时间内若能突破淬体期,便有资格拜入宗中高手门下为徒,让这些高手教导修炼,当然,也可以不拜师自己修炼,但是修炼一途,有良师教导和自己摸索那是截然不同的.在某种程度上来说,凌霄阁这个规矩倒有些自由.
There is a rule in Lingxiao Pavilion that a disciple under the age of fourteen, no matter who it is, from the beginning, three years is considered a trial period. In the past three years, the food, housing, and transportation have been all taken care of by the sect, and the disciples can only cultivate. If you can break through the quenching period within three years, you will be eligible to worship the masters in the sect as apprentices, and let these masters teach and cultivate, of course, you can also cultivate by yourself without apprentices, but on the way to cultivation, it is completely different from having a good teacher to teach and exploring by yourself. To some extent, the rules of Ling Xiao Pavilion are somewhat free.
而那些三年内没突破淬体期的人,要么离开宗门,要么被贬为试炼弟子.
And those who did not break through the quenching stage within three years either left the sect or were demoted to trial disciples.
试炼弟子,便是杨开现在的身份!也是凌霄阁内的耻辱!
Refining disciples is Yang Kai's current identity! It's also a shame in the Sky Pavilion!
和普通弟子不同,试炼弟子的生存环境更为苛刻,因为走到这一步,吃穿住行都要自己打理,宗门不会再往你身上浪费任何一份修炼资源.而一旦被贬为试炼弟子,基本上此生就永无出头之日了,除非在短时间内实力大幅度上涨,另宗门觉得你有可以投入的资本.
Unlike ordinary disciples, the living environment of trial disciples is even more harsh, because when you come to this point, you have to take care of your own food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and the sect will not waste any cultivation resources on you. And once you are demoted to a trial disciple, you will basically never have the day to come out in this life, unless your strength rises sharply in a short period of time, and another sect feels that you have capital that you can invest.
整个凌霄阁三千弟子,而试炼弟子有几人?不过十指之数!杨开有幸成为其中一人!
There are 3,000 disciples in the entire Lingxiao Pavilion, and how many trial disciples are there? It's just a few fingers! Yang Kai was fortunate enough to be one of them!
试炼弟子想在凌霄阁内活下去,简直难如登天,就比如说杨开现在居住的小屋,那是他自己一根木头一根木头搭建起来的,小屋顶上破了几个洞都没时间打理,一到下雨天屋内便积水难排.他的衣服是自己买的,他吃的东西是自己弄的,所有的一切都是自己负责.
If a trial disciple wants to survive in the Lingxiao Pavilion, it is as difficult as reaching the sky, for example, the hut where Yang Kai lives now, it was built by himself one by one, and there were a few holes in the small roof that he didn't have time to take care of, and when it rained, the house was flooded and difficult to drain. He buys his own clothes, makes what he eats, and is responsible for everything.
就连小屋的位置,也在凌霄阁最偏僻最无人问津的地方.
Even the location of the hut is in the most remote and unattended place in the Lingxiao Pavilion.
如此糟糕的待遇,一般人很难忍受的下去,这也是凌霄阁试炼弟子数量之少的缘故,基本上过了试炼期没有突破淬体境界的弟子,都会选择离开凌霄阁这一条路,可是杨开留下来了.
Such a bad treatment is very difficult for ordinary people to bear, this is also the reason for the small number of trial disciples in Ling Xiao Pavilion, basically the disciples who have not broken through the body quenching realm after the trial period will choose to leave Ling Xiao Pavilion, but Yang Kai stayed.
已经被人扫地出门过一次,这一次又怎能如此? I've been swept out of the house once, how can it be this time?
几个月前被贬为试炼弟子之后,杨开便在宗门内接了个扫地的活维持自己的生计.
After being demoted to a trial disciple a few months ago, Yang Kai took a job as a sweeper in the sect to make ends meet.
可以说杨开现在既是凌霄阁的试炼弟子,也是凌霄阁的扫地小厮.但这扫地的活,有时候也无法维持杨开的温饱,时不时地饥一顿饱一顿,风寒无人过问,日子过的凄苦伶仃.纵然如此,杨开也没有打过退堂鼓,人生在世,数十年华,自己选择了这条路,就要一直走下去,半途而废可不是男人所为.
It can be said that Yang Kai is now not only a trial disciple of Ling Xiao Pavilion, but also a sweeping little servant of Ling Xiao Pavilion. But this sweeping work sometimes can't maintain Yang Kai's food and clothing, and from time to time he is hungry and full, no one cares about the wind and cold, and his life is miserable. Even so, Yang Kai has never retreated, he has lived in the world, for decades, he has chosen this path, he has to go all the way, and giving up halfway is not a man's doing.
杨开有一股韧性,不撞南墙不回头的韧性! Yang Kai has a tenacity, the tenacity of not hitting the south wall and not looking back!
天渐渐亮了起来,杨开扫了一会地,所过之处干干净净,杂尘清扫一空.
The sky gradually brightened, Yang Kai swept the ground for a while, and the places he passed were clean, and the miscellaneous dust was swept away.
扫地虽然不废什么力气,可一大早没吃没喝就动了这么久,杨开也是浑身冒着虚汗,这跟实力无关,完全是因为体质太差了.
Although it didn't waste any effort to sweep the floor, but after moving for so long without eating or drinking early in the morning, Yang Kai was also sweating profusely, which had nothing to do with strength, it was completely because his physique was too poor.
三餐中有两餐饥,任谁处在杨开这个生活环境中,体质都不会好.
Two of the three meals are hungry, and whoever is in Yang Kai's living environment will not have a good physique.
身边渐渐围拢了一些凌霄阁的弟子,这些弟子个个都起了个大早,不去修炼却围在杨开的身边,很多人都饶有兴致地打量着杨开,更有人的目光甚是贪婪,就仿佛杨开现在是个一丝不挂的大美女,香气逼人的香饽饽.
Some disciples of Ling Xiao Pavilion gradually gathered around him, these disciples all got up early in the morning, and they did not go to cultivation but gathered around Yang Kai, many people looked at Yang Kai with interest, and some people's eyes were very greedy, as if Yang Kai was now a naked beauty, with a compelling fragrance.
而这些围聚在杨开身边的凌霄阁弟子之间,也有一股紧张竞争的气氛在蔓延,警惕地打量着身边的师兄弟们,一个个面色不善.
And among these Ling Xiao Pavilion disciples gathered around Yang Kai, there was also an atmosphere of tense competition spreading, vigilantly looking at the senior brothers around them, all with unkind faces.
人群中有人面露不忍,轻声道:"这么多人,有些过分了啊."
Someone in the crowd couldn't bear it and said softly: "There are so many people, it's a bit excessive." "
当下便有人回道:"你觉得人多也可以走啊,没人要你留下来."
Someone immediately replied: "You think you can leave if there are too many people, no one wants you to stay." "
一句话便让那人讪讪不言,大家都知道为什么聚集在这里,都知道为什么要盯着杨开,现在就是在等那一刻的到来.时限马上就要到了,现在离去岂不是太可惜?若能抢了头筹,今日就又是一笔收获呀.
One sentence made that person speechless, everyone knew why they were gathered here, they all knew why they were staring at Yang Kai, and now they were just waiting for that moment to come. The time limit is almost up, wouldn't it be a pity to leave now? If you can grab the first prize, it will be another harvest today.
周旁的动静杨开自然是知道的,只不过他的神色一直未曾变过.这样的阵仗自己每五天就要经历一次,一个月六次,实在没什么好大惊小怪的,而且看眼前这人数也略少了一些,应该是还没全到的缘故.
Yang Kai naturally knew about the movements around him, but his expression had never changed. I have to go through this kind of battle every five days, six times a month, there is really nothing to make a fuss about, and the number of people in front of me is a little less, it should be because it has not yet arrived.
所以他一直在扫地,对周旁之人不管不问,一路走一路扫.
So he has been sweeping the floor, ignoring the people around him, sweeping all the way.
随着时间的流逝,聚集在杨开身边的人越来越多,粗略估计至少也有三四十人之多.
As time passed, more and more people gathered around Yang Kai, and it was roughly estimated that there were at least thirty or forty people.
杨开突然停了下来,就这么坐在道路中央,缓缓地吸了一口气,恢复着自己大清早消耗的体力.
Yang Kai stopped suddenly, just sat in the middle of the road, took a slow breath, and recovered the physical strength he had consumed early in the morning.
一看这动静,围聚在杨开身边的所有人立马散开,团团将他包围在中间,紧张竞争的气氛陡然拔升到一个新的境界,仿佛连空气都不再流动了.
As soon as he saw this movement, everyone gathered around Yang Kai immediately dispersed, and the group surrounded him in the middle, and the atmosphere of tense competition suddenly rose to a new level, as if even the air no longer flowed.
谁也看谁不顺眼,却都期待无比的望着杨开. No one looked at anyone who was unpleasant, but they all looked at Yang Kai with great anticipation.
若叫不明真相的人看到此景,只怕会以为被包围在人群中的是个绝顶高手,要不然怎会出动如此多的人数来对付他?可实际上,杨开只是个淬体境三层的试炼弟子而已,在场的任何一个人都要比杨开厉害.
If people who don't know the truth see this scene, they are afraid that they will think that the person who is surrounded by the crowd is a supreme master, otherwise how could they send such a large number of people to deal with him? But in fact, Yang Kai was just a trial disciple of the third layer of the Quenching Body Realm, and anyone present was more powerful than Yang Kai.
"杨开,你就别费心思了,等会乖乖的叫我等揍趴下,大家也省时间不是?"有人看杨开这样子,顿时有些不屑了.
"Yang Kai, don't bother, you will obediently tell me to wait for the beating, everyone will save time, right?" When someone saw Yang Kai like this, they suddenly felt a little disdainful.
区区一个淬体三层还恢复做什么?反正都是要输,倒不如干脆一些,何必如此苟延残喘?
What else can be restored to a quenching body with three layers? It's all about losing anyway, so it's better to be more simply, why bother to linger so much?
"是啊是啊,杨开你好歹也体谅一下诸位师兄弟的心情啊,大家跟你可不一样,打完这一场我们还要去修炼呢."
"Yes, yes, Yang Kai, you should also understand the feelings of your senior brothers, everyone is different from you, we still have to cultivate after this battle."
这话说的,好似杨开就应该被他们快速击败,搞的杨开现在恢复体力也象是对他们的不敬了.
Saying this, it seemed that Yang Kai should be quickly defeated by them, and it seemed to be disrespectful to Yang Kai to recover his strength now.
杨开置若罔闻,犹如老僧入定. Yang Kai turned a deaf ear, like an old monk in a fixed position.
时间继续流逝,蓦然,一声悠扬空旷的钟声响起,那是凌霄阁的晨钟,钟声传入所有人的耳中,围聚在杨开身边的弟子们齐齐精神一震.
Time continued to pass, and suddenly, a melodious and empty bell rang, it was the morning bell of Lingxiao Pavilion, the bell reached everyone's ears, and the disciples gathered around Yang Kai were all shocked.
钟响九声,东方旭日升起,又是新的一天! The bell rings nine times, the sun rises in the east, and it's a new day!
众人的呼吸陡然平息下去,眼巴巴地瞅着被围在中间的杨开,杨开缓缓起身,提着手上的扫把,淡淡地扫了一眼身边的一圈人.
Everyone's breathing subsided abruptly, and they looked at Yang Kai who was surrounded in the middle, Yang Kai slowly got up, picked up the broom in his hand, and glanced lightly at the circle of people around him.
"选我啊杨师兄!"有人高声喊道,"我下手很轻的,保证打的你不痛!"
"Choose me, Senior Brother Yang!" Someone shouted, "I'm very light, I promise that you won't hurt when you hit you!" "
"放屁!选我,我会给你个痛快,一拳就结束,绝对不浪费大家时间."
"Fart! Choose me, I'll give you a good time, it's over with one punch, and definitely don't waste everyone's time. "
"选我..." "Pick Me ..."
"选我..." "Pick Me ..."
场中一片闹哄哄的,就如市场上的菜贩在推销自己田地里的蔬菜,还比拼着谁更新鲜.
There was a commotion in the field, just like the vegetable vendors in the market were selling the vegetables in their fields, and they were competing to see who was fresher.
"杨开,你可莫坏了自己定下的规矩!"有人提醒出声.
"Yang Kai, don't break the rules you have set!" Someone reminded to make a sound.
杨开轻笑,随手将拿着的扫把往天上一抛,几十双眼睛齐齐朝上看去,满是期待地等待扫把落地的瞬间,心中一个劲地祈祷着:"选我,选我!"
Yang Kai chuckled, casually threw the broom he was holding into the sky, dozens of pairs of eyes looked up in unison, waiting for the moment when the broom landed, and prayed vigorously in his heart: "Choose me, choose me!" "
时间仿佛变缓,扫把在半空中打了几个转,旋即落下,在地面上弹了弹,定格不动.
Time seemed to slow down, and the broom spun a few times in mid-air, and then fell, bounced on the ground, and froze.
扫把的前头,指向人群中一位身形魁梧的少年. The front of the broom pointed to a burly teenager in the crowd.
一片惋惜声响起,满是幽怨和不甘.反倒是那魁梧少年,哈哈一笑走出人群,抱拳冲众人笑道:"诸位师兄弟,今日这一战小弟拿下了,还望诸位师兄弟莫怪."
A voice of regret sounded, full of resentment and unwillingness. On the contrary, it was the burly young man who walked out of the crowd with a smile, hugged his fists and smiled at everyone: "Senior brothers, the junior brother has won this battle today, and I hope that you senior brothers will not be strange." "
"草,狗屎运!"有人嫉妒不已. "Grass, shit luck!" Someone is jealous.
"怎么就选不到我呢,老子每五天都来一次,来了足足一个月了,杨开你故意的吧?"
"Why can't you choose me, Lao Tzu comes every five days, and it's been a full month, Yang Kai, you did it on purpose, right?"
"别提了,我来了三个月了,一次都没被选到过!" "Don't mention it, I've been here for three months, and I haven't been selected once!"
"师兄,你比我惨啊." "Senior brother, you are worse than me."
"不惨不惨,看好戏便是."两师兄弟对视一眼,心领神会地笑了.
"It's not miserable, it's not miserable, it's just a good show." The two brothers glanced at each other and smiled understandingly.
场中,其他人已经散开,只留下杨开和魁梧少年互相对视.
In the field, the others had already dispersed, leaving only Yang Kai and the burly boy looking at each other.
"试炼弟子杨开,淬体三层!"杨开望着对方道. "Trial disciple Yang Kai, quench the body at the third layer!" Yang Kai looked at the other party and said.
"普通弟子周定军,淬体五层!"魁梧少年自报家门. "Ordinary disciple Zhou Dingjun, quenching the fifth layer!" The burly boy reported his home.
凌霄阁的弟子也是分等级层次的,从下往上便是试炼弟子,普通弟子,座下弟子,精英弟子,核心弟子五大等级.周定军说自己是普通弟子,那便是还未拜入宗中高手门下,未得良师指点.若是突破淬体期拜入宗中高手门下,便是更高一级的座下弟子了.再高一级的精英弟子,个个都是出类拔萃,是从座下弟子中选拔上来的.
The disciples of Lingxiao Pavilion are also divided into levels, from the bottom to the top are the five levels of trial disciples, ordinary disciples, subordinate disciples, elite disciples, and core disciples. Zhou Dingjun said that he was an ordinary disciple, that is, he had not yet entered the master of the sect and had not received the guidance of a good teacher. If you break through the quenching period and worship under the master of the sect, you will be a higher-level disciple. The elite disciples of the next level are all outstanding, and they are selected from among the disciples under the seat.
而核心弟子,则是凌霄阁下一代的希望,宗内可是将这些人当成未来的接班人来培养的.
And the core disciples are the hope of His Excellency Ling Xiao's generation, and the sect cultivates these people as future successors.
森然的弟子等级制度,看似不近人情,可却能很好地激发年轻人的血性和竞争意识,这也是凌霄阁残酷制度的根基.
Sen Ran's disciple hierarchy may seem unkind, but it can well stimulate the bloodiness and sense of competition among young people, which is also the foundation of Ling Xiao Pavilion's cruel system.
而让杨开被无数人争抢局面的根本原因,则是凌霄阁的另外一个规矩了,挑战的规矩.
And the fundamental reason why Yang Kai was being contested by countless people was another rule of Ling Xiao Pavilion, the rules of challenge.
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ps:本书主角杨开他要如何从一个扫地小厮逆袭,装b把妹样样精通的他究竟长什么模样?
ps: How does Yang Kai, the protagonist of this book, counterattack from a sweeping boy, what does he look like when he pretends to be proficient in everything?