Prologue
Opening her eyelids in a gloomy, the woman took two deep breaths of cold air and forced herself out of bed under the warm bed. A layer of underwear, a layer of linen clothes, a circle of woven thick towel around the waist, wearing an old cotton coat, and a thick layer of cowhide wrapped outside. The woman put on her gloves and carefully tucked the cuffs into the mouth of the gloves to make sure that no cool air could penetrate, and then put on her hat and pushed the door out.
The chill on her face made her shiver, and she tightened her neckline and picked up the barrel at the door. Perhaps some of the water was left outside when the water was poured yesterday, and a thin layer of ice formed at the bottom of the barrel, and the woman struggled to do so, but the barrel did not freeze.
After some activity, the woman felt that her body was warmer, so she picked up the shovel next to her with a wooden bucket and walked quickly out of the city. Every morning, she would get up at this time and walk two miles to the river outside the city to fetch water.
This is the third year without the sun.
One day three years ago, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and the thick clouds were sometimes boiling and rolling, sometimes still as a virgin, but since that day, they have not dispersed. The temperature has been getting cooler every day since that day.
Exhale, and the woman's eyelashes were already frosty. Many people had gathered outside the city to fetch water, and the woman chose an empty spot, put the barrel at her feet, and took a shovel and struck it the ice.
Two years ago, the temperature had reached the point where the water was dripping into ice, and the city's wells were frozen. The inhabitants of the city had no choice but to fetch water from the river outside the city. Fortunately, although the county is not large, there is a wide river outside the city, and the water flow is very fast on weekdays, even the most seasoned fisherman cannot guarantee that the boat will not capsize, and it is very easy to burst the embankment during the rainy season, resulting in frequent flooding in this area. The river, which has always been hated by people, has become a lifesaver in such a sudden cold. Because of the rapid flow and wide surface of the river, the river is very difficult to freeze, so it has become the only source of water in the county.
The woman mustered all her strength, but the ice on the surface of the river only knocked a narrow crack. After several more beatings, the breach was finally widened, and the woman panted and lowered her shovel and filled the barrel with water as fast as she could, before the ice could freeze again. Wiping her eyes, which were somewhat hazy from the frost, the woman took her shovel and carried the barrel and walked towards the city. She still has to pick up three more buckets of water to meet her family's needs for the day.
The clouds overhead suddenly began to roll, and the woman did not pay attention to it as if it were a normal phenomenon. On weekdays, the clouds are moving and quiet, and at first people expected it to disperse, but after a long time, no one cared.
This time, however, something is different.
The woman stopped and looked overhead, a look of surprise on her face. The rest of the road stopped and looked at the sky.
This time the roll was more violent than any other. The large clouds seemed to be wrenched into a whirlpool and tumbled violently, and the clouds that had been unchanged for three years seemed to be brewing at this time, and bursts of hazy light came out of the tumbling gaps. Before the people had time to cheer for the light that had not returned for a long time, a thunderbolt struck down. Countless birds in the forest outside the city were startled, and the whimper of the beast was heard from the depths of the distant mountain forest, and at the same time, a low roar exploded.
Bang, the barrel fell to the ground, and the water inside spilled all over the ground. The woman folded her arms and trembled uncontrollably.
The voice came from nowhere. Pain, determination, anger, desperateness, surging power came to the face with the sound of the voice, as if to tear the heavens and the earth. Suddenly, the frightened birds seemed to have suddenly lost their souls and fell to the ground, and the wild beasts in the mountains seemed to be grabbed by the throat, and their low roars came to an abrupt end. People trembled and lay on the ground, and in this sudden and fierce trembling, they could only bow their heads and cling to the ground.
I don't know what kind of courage suddenly came, the woman fell to the ground and trembled her lips, and raised the corner of her eye to cast a glance at the sky. However, this glance froze her.
A huge shadow was reflected above the clouds that tumbled like boiling magma. A snake-like body, a huge head, and sharp claws. As if under great torture, the shadow writhed violently, and a hoarse roar slammed down like a Tarzan. It was not any external force, but a deep tremor that went straight into the soul. The woman could not bear it any longer, and her eyes rolled and she fainted.
On that day, all living beings fell into a painful fainting in the midst of that roar that resounded through the heavens and the earth, so that no one saw a shadow emerge from the boiling clouds and descend into the moor.
When the woman woke up again, the blinding light flickered for a moment and she couldn't open her eyes.
"The sun! It's the sun!
Immediately, excited voices reached her eardrums, and she squinted her eyes to find that she was surrounded by people who had just woken up. Suddenly raising her head, the blue color made her shake her mind for a while. Blue sky.
The return of the sun dispelled all the cold, and the river outside the city was once again raging, and people took off their thick fur coats to celebrate the dissipation of the dark clouds. No one noticed that beyond the high mountains surrounding the town, a thin layer of mist was slowly rising from the wasteland.
Fifty thousand years later.
The Bi family was particularly lively today, the cave was full of nobles and guests from all sides, and carts of gift storage rooms could not be stuffed, so they had to be piled up at the foot of the mountain, surrounding this small hill. Bi Chengtian greeted one after another people who came to congratulate him, the unfamiliar faces and exquisite costumes made him dizzy, he had never seen such a nobleman dressed in such luxury, let alone so many at once.
"I didn't expect the envoy to come in person, it's really a disappointment! Lord Deacon, you are actually here, please sit down! Madam, you are really radiant, the humble house is full of splendor! Xiao Gongzi, I have heard of the name for a long time, please come in!"
One after another are big people with heads and faces, and Bi Chengtian's heart jumped to his throat with nervousness and excitement, for fear of saying the wrong thing or calling the wrong person's name. As a side family among the down-and-out nobles, the Bi family is not popular among the nobles or the common people, and the reason why they have soared overnight and suddenly become hot is only because of one thing.
The Bi family gave birth to a genius.
Of course, although there are few geniuses, even if a down-and-out family gives birth to a genius, it will not become so popular overnight, just because on the day the child was born, a person who surprised everyone came.
The son of the purple family, the purple pine forest.
The Zi family is the biggest nobleman in the demon world, and this purple pine forest is the supreme leader of the demon world, the eldest grandson of the demon dragon king Zi Butian.
No one knows why Zi Pine Forest, who is a great nobleman, knows that a down-and-out family gave birth to a young son, let alone why he stooped down to an ordinary hill on Sun Island, and brought countless jaw-dropping and precious gifts, and the name of this genius has also resounded throughout the entire Demon Continent from that day.
When the purple pine forest swaggered into the stone cave deep in the cave, this newborn child actually opened his mouth and said two words.
"Raise it!"
The immature children's voice echoed, and the eyes of the three people in the stone cave except for the purple pine forest widened.
"He, did he speak?" Xu Ying, the grandmother of the little genius, looked at her son and daughter-in-law in disbelief, thinking that something was wrong with her ears.
"Yes, yes, he spoke......" Ye Zi looked at the newborn son in his arms, his beautiful eyes were full of surprise and joy, and Bi Chengtian stood aside and pinched himself hard, proving that this was not a dream.
The Bi family is a side family of the down-and-out nobleman of the demon world, the Black Qilin. The black unicorn will take fifty years to spit out human language and turn into a human form in fifty years. It is unheard of to be born in human infant form and be able to speak human language. This is also the reason why Bi Chengtian and his wife and Xu Ying are extremely surprised.
Not only is this kid born with shapeshifting, but he can also speak!
Compared with the surprise of several relatives, Zi Songlin did not show a shocked expression, but after hearing those two words, the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened a little. He walked over and lowered his head, looking at the little genius who was looking at him, his voice soft.
"It's me, young master. ”
The fact that the Bi family gave birth to a genius overnight became a household name in the entire demon world, but the most important thing was that the son of the Zi family not only went to visit him, but actually called him, young master?
You have to know who Zi Songlin is, that is even Zi Butian is called an old man, the most dissolute eldest son in the whole demon world! Even if it is a joke, when did he respect anyone so much?
For a while, people with a bit of a way felt that this little young master of the Bi family must have a good future, and the favor of the next leader and successor coupled with the name of a genius will definitely be difficult to limit in the future. So some discerning families took out the precious treasures of the family one after another, and came to congratulate this down-and-out aristocratic family as quickly as possible.
In the small stone room, Ye Zi was holding his newborn son on the bed made of green gemstones, and there were bursts of congratulatory voices from the reception in his ears. The little genius just lay in his mother's arm and stared at the dark stone wall, neither crying nor making trouble, but since the purple pine forest came yesterday, he has not said a word.
The three relatives were not distressed by this. Not only was the newborn black unicorn born in the form of a human baby, but it was already a miracle that he could speak a human language, and no one asked him to speak at length. However, what made Ye Zi uncomfortable was that this child had never looked at her squarely. But thinking that his son is a genius, there will always be something different from others, so I am also relieved.
There were many nobles from outside, but there was not enough space to dig in this small mountain, and most of them could only stand on the road outside the large and small caves, and many gathered at the top and foot of the mountain. How could these proud nobles have been treated so poorly, and some of them who can't bear it have begun to complain. However, the commotion had not really begun, and in the distant sky, a halo of colorful light interrupted everyone's emotions.
The huge colored dragon landed in the clearing in front of the mountain and turned into a human form in the blink of an eye. The bustling aristocrats immediately fell silent, looked at each other and tacitly agreed to get out of the way. They all know that the most famous thing about this son of the purple family is not only his bohemian and uninhibited eyes, but also his biased and elusive personality. There was once a certain nobleman who was turned into an idiot on the spot by him because he casually slandered a small person. After that, when they saw this eldest prince again, everyone would honestly keep their mouths shut, just in case something wrong would touch the scales of this phantom demon.
Zi Songlin walked into the stone cave unhindered all the way with a smile, ignoring Bi Chengtian, who was still stunned, and jumped directly onto the tunnel and entered inside, and then Ye Zi was driven out.
"Why did you get out?"
Bi Chengtian looked at his wife with a sluggish expression, but Ye Zi was not much better.
"That, Zi Gongzi said, I want to talk to my son......"