Mingshi Village, located in the depths of the Cangmang Mountains, is surrounded by protruding ravines, and the vast mountains stand majestically.

The sunrise in the east, the morning glow is golden, like golden light and powder sprinkled in this mountain range, which makes people feel comfortable and warm.

The villagers are busy making fires, chopping wood, and doing laundry, and there are also leisurely old people who close their eyes and recuperate. There are more than 200 men, women and children in the village.

A group of children and men, ranging from seven or eight years old to teens, there were about twenty or so, and there were nearly a hundred adult men, all shirtless, basking in the early morning sun.

I saw them sitting cross-legged with their eyes closed, breathing heavily, this is a compulsory lesson in the village of Mingshi Village every day, and they gulp out the purest essence of heaven and earth in this early morning, so as to break through the cultivation as soon as possible.

Surrounded by these mountains, the wild beasts are rampant everywhere, and the ancient heirs and even the primeval heirs with impure blood are haunting wantonly, which one is not a terrifying existence that splits the mountains and splits the ground, and it is difficult to move an inch here without cultivation, and sooner or later it will starve to death.

A man in the prime of life was as strong as a tiger, his skin was like copper water, his long hair was scattered on his shoulders, and his eyes swept over some naughty children.

"Be serious, the cultivation speed should also be fast, you are the future of our Mingshi Village, and you must not slack off. ”

"Understood!" a group of children replied loudly and vigorously.

"I'm really jealous of Xiao Ji, but he doesn't have to cultivate at the same age. A voice sounded with obvious envy.

This is a small child, his name is Hammer, he is only seven years old, he is one of them just now, Hammer looked at another child not far away.

The kid who was being shouted by the hammer smiled at the hammer and made a gesture to the hammer that you cheer on.

"Hahaha...!" Hammer laughed brightly, and also made a cheering gesture.

"Hammer, how about you laugh at a hammer? The middle-aged man shouted.

A group of children and other middle-aged and elderly people laughed.

Hammer was very depressed, he shook his head and said, "Why did my father give me such a nickname? Hey! I am uneducated, it is really terrible, and I see how educated Uncle Niu is, and his son is called Gouzi, either a cow or a dog, how poetic and picturesque." ”

As soon as the hammer finished speaking, another loud laugh rang out, which brought a hint of relief to this stern cultivation.

"Alright, let's go home and eat. The middle-aged man exhaled a breath of turbidity, and instantly became several times more energetic.

Everyone got up from the stone ground, picked up their broadswords, and went home with their children, striding briskly along the way, and at the same time laughing and scolding their children.

Only that Xiao Ji was left, Xiao Ji was only seven years old, after everyone left, Xiao Ji sat on a boulder, his smile disappeared quickly, and he became unhappy and sad in a blink of an eye, he just looked at the distance at the entrance of the village without saying a word.

"Kid, are you still thinking about that?"

An old man came behind Xiao Ji, the old man had white hair and white beard, wearing a tattered white robe that could not be tattered, his eyes were cloudy with traces of time, and he looked like the wind was about to blow, he was the old patriarch of the world.

"Patriarch Grandpa, I'm already seven years old, will that old man really come?" Xiao Ji asked the old man pitifully.

The old man looked into the depths of the mountain, he sighed, and stroked the child's head with some distress.

"Child, grandpa doesn't want to lie to you, in fact, grandpa is not sure, he left when he sent you here seven years ago, and before leaving, he said that he would not let you cultivate, if he can't come back, you can also cultivate when you are eight years old. ”

"I'm hungry, go back. Xiao Ji nodded in frustration, and he slid down the boulder and walked away lost.

After returning to the house, Xiao Ji found that the patriarch's grandfather got his favorite bear meat today, the bear is extremely difficult to hunt and kill, just because this beast has great strength and a violent temper, it is indeed not easy to provoke, sometimes when encountering an adult violent bear, you have to take a detour, this violent bear meat is really rare.

Swallowing a large mouthful of bear meat, Xiao Ji suddenly felt comfortable in his body, and the taste was also extremely delicious, and the full bite made Xiao Ji like it a lot, so he devoured it in a big gulp, and forgot about anything unhappy.

"Xiao Ji, let's go, let's go dig out the birds' eggs. ”

Xiao Ji had just finished eating and was satisfied, and Hammer came here with a group of friends to look for him.

Hearing that Xiao Ji's eyes lit up when he was digging birds' eggs, he immediately ran out and ran away with a group of people, and disappeared without a shadow.

"Kids, don't run far. The patriarch grandfather shouted in a reminder, but the person had already run away, and where could he still hear it. The Ming Shi shook his head and smiled.

"Where are we going to dig the eggs today?" asked a child.

Hammer smiled sneeringly: "I found a good place last time, that nest is not small at first glance, not simple, but a little far." ”

"Then don't go, otherwise the patriarch grandfather will say it. The other kid looked a little scared.

"What are you afraid of, I went alone last time, Xiao Ji, dog, are you going or not?"

Xiao Ji hesitated, what to do in case of an accident, and the hammer said again: "That bird's nest is really big, it's enough for all of us to sleep." ”

"What? And such a big nest? How big is that egg?"

Xiao Ji's eyes widened in disbelief.

"If you don't go, forget it, a few of us go, coward. "Hammer looks like a coward won't play with you, and then pretends to go.

Xiao Ji was unhappy, his angry face swelled, and he shouted.

"Whoever is cowardly, go and go, I have never seen such a big bird's nest. ”

After breakfast in the early morning, several clan elders in the village came to the patriarch's courtyard, and their faces were heavy.

"Something has been wrong in the past few days, there has been no movement around, you know, on weekdays, those fierce beasts are rampant and make a lot of trouble, but there has been no movement in the past few days. ”

"Well, I also heard from Niu Zi that during this time I have not seen a terrible beast when I went out to hunt, not even a beast as many as a cow's hair, and they have not made any big gains in hunting these days, and it seems that the beast has gone to the deepest part of the mountain range when I listen to the movement of the past few days. ”

Several clan elders spoke one after another, and they frowned tightly and looked thoughtful.

"Is there some holy relic about to be born?or some treasure?" the clan elder suddenly widened his eyes in surprise.

Everyone's faces were strange, their eyes were shining, but then they were dim, it was the deepest part of the mountain range, and there were countless beasts in it, whether they could resist the terrible beasts first, I am afraid that they would die before they even reached the depths of the mountain.

Anyway, Xiao Ji and Hammer have an argument because they haven't found the bird's nest yet.

"Why haven't you arrived here after walking so far?" asked the dog, a little uneasy.

"Walking around, I remember that it looks like it's almost there, and it should be around here. ”

Hammer scratched his head and looked around uncertainly.

A few more hours passed, until in the afternoon, when they were going farther and farther, and the hammer knew that something was wrong, and that they might be lost.

"Hammer, we, where are we?"

One of the girls started to get scared, she pursed her lips and her eyes were full of tears, and it looked like she was a little scared and was about to cry.

"I said a long time ago that I wouldn't come, if I didn't come, now it's okay, the patriarch and grandfather will scold us to death. The dog also began to panic.

"I, I don't want to do that, but what now? We can't find our way back. ”

Hammer is really panicking at the moment, after all, he is still a child.

"We continued to look for our way home, and then left a mark along the way, and the patriarchs and grandfathers would definitely come to us if they found out that we did not go back, and they would find us then. ”

Xiao Ji took out the dagger he was carrying, and the eyes of the hammer lit up, and now there is only this way.

They decided to take a gamble, and by feeling they chose a direction where they could go home, and they ran as fast as they went, leaving a mark.

Until it was completely dark, everyone had no strength, and the wind and grass were blowing around, and there was movement from time to time, which frightened them so much that they didn't dare to breathe.

They lit a fire and sat together, their eyes staring at the darkness of the woods and grass, and the slightest movement of the wind and grass could startle their little bodies.

"Woooooooooo

Finally, a little girl couldn't hold on anymore and broke down and cried.