Volume 1 The Beacon Rises in a Troubled World Chapter 1 Falling Village

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The village is located at the junction of the northern and northeastern parts of Shenzhou, within the jurisdiction of the Martial God. There is a young man named Bai Shengpu in the village, because a few years ago, the martial domain and the demon domain fought a decisive battle, and his father was arrested to participate in the war, and there was no news in these years, and he was raised by his mother since he was a child.

The young man is also very filial, and he has become his mother's right-hand man since he was a child, but he has not caused much trouble with his mother. It's just that in recent years, the border war has been unfavorable, and many people have died on the Wuyu side, and a lot of territory has been lost, and it is said that they are about to fight in front of Luoluo Village.

The strong men in the village have all been arrested, and there are some old and young women and children left, and the harvest has not been good over the years, plus I heard that the demon clan is coming, many people in the village are leaving, scattered, and there are not many people left.

The boy and his mother have been staying here, supposedly to wait for the uncertain death of his father, who is probably missing. At this moment, the young man was chopping wood on the mountain, and he struggled to swing the iron axe in his hand, leaving chopping marks of different depths on the trees, as if he was not cutting down trees but cutting those demons.

Because he grew up in the village, he would do a lot of farm work, but after years of scuffle and natural disasters, the crop harvest was not good, and he was also relatively thin and had slightly yellow skin.

The boy had a dream since he was a child, that is, to learn martial arts, because he felt that as long as he learned martial arts, he could find his father back, and they would be able to settle down in their lives, and they would no longer have to go hungry and be full. But the cruel reality did not make him get his wish, and after years of natural disasters and wars, their lives were very difficult.

His mother always gave him what little food was left in the house, and she ate the wild vegetables and gruel. Over time, the boy pretended to be full and left half of the food for his mother. The mother sensed his intentions, and for this reason she hit his child for the first time in her life.

But the child refused to listen, and only ate it when his mother ate him, and since then his mother has begun to eat more, but still a lot of it is sandwiched to the teenager. I still remember that the boy smiled very happily when there were tears in the corners of his eyes.

The young man went down the mountain with firewood on his back, and met Aunt Xue, who usually cared about him very much, at the gate of the village, and saw her holding her son Liu An, carrying a burden as if she was about to leave the village. The young man put down the firewood, said hello to Aunt Xue, and grinned at Liu An, Liu An let go of his mother's hand and hugged him, faintly tears flashing.

Aunt Xue saw the young man, her eyes turned red, and she said, "Shengpu, Liu An, I have to leave, the demon clan is coming, why don't you mother and son go with us?" The young man shook his head. Aunt Xue sighed, of course she knew the reason why the young man was reluctant to leave, just like his mother, in order to wait for the father whose life and death were uncertain, but she had heard those who fled back from the battlefield some time ago say that the man was dead!

Liu An let go of the young man's neck and shouted, "Bai Shengpu, you must live, when you arrive at Taiping Mountain, my brother will cover you!" The young man nodded. Liu An's mother and son left and never looked back, but Liu An kept covering his face and snuggled in Aunt Xue's arms. The boy waved goodbye and watched their backs disappear into the twilight. He wiped his face and put up the firewood again. It's best to survive, even if he dies, he has to pull a few demons on his back.

Walking in the empty village, the nearby houses are empty, most of them have moved away, the farmland is overgrown with weeds, and the autumn wind in the village is blowing, blowing the thin figure of the young man. Back to their house, it was simple but spotless. The mother was knitting clothes for her son with fabrics, because she could not afford to buy colored fabrics, so she could only knit some plain colors, but this time she knitted a white shirt for her son.

In the evening, after the mother and son finished eating, the mother took the long gown for her son to try on. Mother said: "Shengpu has grown so big, fortunately, my mother has prepared more fabrics for you, otherwise you won't be able to wear it." The young man was puzzled: "Mother, why did you suddenly make clothes for me?"

The mother smiled and said: "My son is going to travel far away, but I can't dress well, my mother is still waiting for you to marry a daughter-in-law and come back to show my mother!" The young man shook his head: "I won't go, I want to be with my mother and wait for my father to come back, and Shengpu will not go anywhere." The mother stroked her son and said, "Silly boy, your father and I will just wait, you have your own life! ”

Bai Shengpu's hand holding the new clothes trembled, and he couldn't cry, and he didn't respond to his mother's words. The mother hugged the boy tightly and said, "Sheng Pu is the most sensible, and he won't make his mother angry, right?" The boy nodded.

In the early morning of the next day, Bai Shengpu carried the burden prepared by his mother and set off, but his mother waved goodbye but turned her head and covered her face and cried silently.

After Bai Shengpu said goodbye to his mother, he didn't dare to turn his head, afraid that he would be reluctant to leave. Finally, I looked back at the bend, and my mother was still there. The boy's back faded away, and the north wind whistled and blew on his mother.

The mother watched her child disappear into view, and seemed to be reluctant to stretch out her finger in the direction that Shengpu had left, but slowly retracted her hand. She wiped the tears on her face, walked slowly to the cliff, looked at the thick black fog not far away, showing a look of longing, she finally took off her strong mask, and cried bitterly: "Bai Tianming, you liar, you said that you would come back, why don't you run if you can't beat it, do you know how much I miss you with my child......" She jumped off the cliff, leaving a few tears in her original position.

Bai Shengpu suddenly appeared halfway up the mountain behind his mother, he hugged his head and cried, in fact, he quietly turned back as he walked. He didn't stop his mother because he knew that after his father left, his mother had been very tired. What's more, a few days ago, a strong man from the village who was arrested fled back, letting his mother know the fact that his father was dead. But she still pretended to be strong, wasn't it just to keep his son from worrying? What reason did he have to stop his mother? But he still couldn't spare himself, his mother lived so tired for him, and now his mother was looking for death, but he couldn't fulfill the filial piety of a son.

The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and the child wants to raise but does not wait......

His mother is gone, and now he is on his own, and he wants to live and see some scenery that his parents have not seen.

To fight to the death with the demons? No, that will only chill my father's mother. He had to leave here temporarily, but where could he go? For the first time in his life, he was so confused and helpless. In the past, with his mother here, he had the backbone to do everything, but now, his mother is gone, what should he do?

He stood in the position of his mother on the cliff, looking at the black mist not far away, and the prosperous sword domain behind him, which could be reached to the south. Liu An's Taiping Mountain is located in the western jurisdiction. There are roughly nine domains in Shenzhou, namely: Buddha Domain, Martial Domain, Demon Domain, Law Domain, Sword Domain, Demon Domain, Confucian Domain, Military Domain, and Dao Domain.

The Confucian realm was the place he wanted to go to the most, and it was ruled by the Most Holy and relatively stable. And he also heard that the Holy One likes to accept some common children as students, regardless of talent, regardless of life experience, very approachable, it can be seen that there is a rare pure land in the troubled times, he just wants to live a quiet and stable life, even if he is poor, it doesn't matter.

To go to the Confucian Domain, you have to go through the Sword Domain, where there are swords, and the weapon manufacturing is the best in the state, Bai Shengpu is thinking about creating a weapon for himself when he passes through the Sword Domain, otherwise, the journey is long, and any accident may happen, there must be something to save his life.

But with Bai Shengpu's poor and sour appearance, it's good that he didn't starve to death in the middle, let alone fight any weapons. However, his mother once taught him that what he wants must be fought for by his own efforts, not by sighing for a long time. Bai Shengpu is convinced of this.

Sorting out his thoughts, he knelt down and kowtowed three times for his mother. Standing up, he took a deep look at the bottom of the cliff, teary eyes, and then turned to leave. "The frost is soaked with tears, and the white head has no more leaning on the firewood. In the Huangmei rain in May last year, Zeng Dian's robe and rice returned to ......"

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