Chapter 2: Blue Sword

  "My name is Ye Tianming, my parents passed away when I was very young. It was my grandfather who raised me, and when I was little, I followed him to practice martial arts. Until the year I turned 15, my grandfather passed away, due to lack of financial resources, I had to drop out of school and stay at home."

  One night, in an alley near my home, I saw a would-be rapist committing a crime. So, just like our teacher said, I went to learn from Lei Feng and do good deeds. In the heat of the moment, I killed that would-be rapist. Damn it, this really proved what a great man once said: "Impulsiveness is the devil!"

  I was sentenced to ten months in prison for excessive self-defense.

  "After I got out of prison, I met some hoodlums and followed them to cause trouble and stir up strife in society every day. Because I was loyal and had practiced martial arts since childhood, I was good at qigong and fighting, and soon I had my own brothers and territory. Living a narrow life like this also made me develop a carefree personality, unwilling to be restrained, and wanting to intervene in things that didn't go smoothly. Hehe... Don't think all hoodlums are troublemakers, I'm actually a righteous new-era hoodlum."

  Later, my uncle saw that I couldn't go on like this and took me in, raising me just like one of their own sons. Actually, they weren't a wealthy family either. I had two older male cousins and an older female cousin who was only two days younger than me.

  "My cousin has a very good friend named Blue Spirit, she is beautiful and kind. When she knew about my glorious history, she admired me very much, and every day she would ask me this and that, I always treated her like my own sister, but what I didn't know was that she had been liking me all along. Until one year later, my uncle saw that I still couldn't change my ways and was hanging out with those shady people, so he decided to send me to the army. Since I had a record, it wasn't easy for me to join the army either. So he used his connections to find someone, spent a lot of money to get me an enlistment quota."

  Actually, I don't want to be a burden on them anymore. This year, I've caused a lot of trouble for my uncle's family.

  "On the day I was about to leave, Lan Ling hugged me and sobbed uncontrollably."

  She told me she had always liked me and that I must come back, when we grew up she would marry me and be my bride.

  I'm so touched, this is my first love, I think I will never forget her. I held her soft body tightly, I was afraid that it was a dream, and when I woke up, she suddenly disappeared.

  I told her I would come back, and I would marry her, making her the most beautiful bride in the world. Besides my uncle's family, two brothers who grew up with me came to see me off, one named Zhao Jun, the other Hu Jian. I said to them: After I leave, you must take good care of Lan Ling for me until I come back.

  "They nodded heavily and said: Don't worry, Ming Ge, we will take good care of her. When you come back, we will return her to you in perfect condition."

  "When I heard them say that, I walked away resolutely without looking back. Because I was afraid, afraid that if I looked back, I would never want to leave the girl who made me understand what love is."

  "Located in the deepest part of the Taklamakan Desert, a secret military training base."

  The playground was packed with people wearing camouflage uniforms, with older ones around 30 years old and younger ones only 18-19 years old.

  Across from the crowd stood a general, dressed in military attire, over fifty years old, with a full head of white hair, exuding an aura that made people gasp for air.

  Behind him were three more soldiers, but they didn't have any military insignia. The man standing in the middle was about 40 years old, with only one arm, a resolute face shape, but his face was covered with scars, tall and strong, with a buzz cut, big eyes that shone brightly, and a cold light shot out from his eyes, making people dare not look straight at him. The killing aura emanating from his body made people feel chilled to the bone, this was an aura that only those who had experienced life and death, and truly been on the battlefield could possess.

  Looking at the two people beside him again, one was leaning on a crutch and the other was sitting in a wheelchair. It seemed that they were soldiers who had been wounded in battle and retired.

  At this time, the general said: Welcome to the Blue Sword Special Forces, I am the chief instructor here, called Qin Dahai. Since you can come here, it proves that you are all elites, and I hope not to disappoint me in the future.

  He shouted after finishing speaking: Zhao Weidong step forward.

  "Yes, and then I saw a soldier with only one arm come out."

  "Hello everyone, this is the Blue Sword Special Forces. My name is Zhao Weidong, and I am your instructor. You must remember that here there are no ranks, no human rights, and no dignity."

  "What I say here, whether right or wrong, you will unconditionally obey, got it?"

  "I understand, the loud voice echoed across the entire playground."

  "Since you've understood, then just repeat it on your side."

  "There is no rank here, no human rights, no dignity, what you say we only obey."

  "Zhao Weidong nodded in satisfaction and said: Alright, since you all know the rules here, you should also know that training is tough. If anyone can't handle it, they can step out now and I'll send them back. Don't be afraid of losing face, no one will laugh at you here, because just being able to come here has already proven your abilities."

  "Zhao Weidong looked at the soldiers standing opposite him, as straight as flagpoles, and slightly pursed his lips, giving a strange smile: Alright, since you haven't withdrawn, now go back and tidy up your beds. Assemble here in ten minutes."