There are always some people in this world who are tricked by the will of heaven and struggle to survive. It's not easy to simply live.

The northern frontier of the Wuyang Empire. The 3,000-mile sea is boundless, and it is dry all year round. It was the harshest penal colony of the Empire, devastated and devastated to describe everything it was about.

Strange beasts and demons are rampant, sand bandits are rampant, corrupt officials are rampant, and the laws of the empire are worthless here. Because they are prisoners of sin! It's so hard to live here!

However, Huangsha Town is an exception. The most elite Zhenbei army of the empire is stationed here, and the 100,000 Zhenbei army is enough to deter all the small ones, and there are 3,000 iron-blooded battalions that all demons within a radius of thousands of miles dare not approach. In the entire Huangsha Town, everything is dependent on the Zhenbei Army. Xu Tianyi, the general of Zhenbei, is said to be the core disciple of the only immortal gate "Iron Spear Gate" in northern Xinjiang.

Iron Spear Gate, the practice is the art of battle array killing to enter the Tao. "Killing one is a crime, and Tu Wan can be a hero. Immortal karma is all in killing. "Only the battlefield is the best place to cultivate, and the establishment of the Wuyang Empire, the Zhenbei Army, has made great contributions. Coupled with the strong combat power of the Iron Spear Gate, although after the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was no shortage of shadows of the intrigue of the major immortal gates in the successive dynasties, but the status of the Zhenbei Army remained unchanged. After 800 years of operation, the entire northern frontier of the empire has become the sphere of influence of the Iron Spear Gate. Although the natural conditions here are harsh, it is not suitable for civilians to live. However, it is home to the largest veins of iron concentrate and metallic spirit stones in the Empire. It is also this spirit stone vein that can make the Iron Spear Gate talented in large numbers, and it has not been swallowed up by other forces in the internal competition of the empire surrounded by wolves.

To the north of Huangsha Town, here is the edge of the oasis. From time to time, there will be some small beasts unique to the desert, and even the occasional demon spirit. Mortals generally don't appear here, twelve-year-old Lin Xi, lying on his stomach behind a mess of rocks. Holding a small cavalry crossbow that looked very shabby, he stared cautiously at an argali, a herbivorous animal endemic to the desert, a hundred meters away. Adult argali, half a man tall, are not very aggressive, but are extremely fast. The sense of smell is sensitive and vigilant, and it is very difficult to hunt, but the meat is delicious and tender, and it is very popular with people.

A hundred paces, argali, leisurely eating half-dry grass on the oasis. It's already September, and the animals in the desert are starting to store fat for the winter. Ninety steps, Lin Xi's careful arrangement seemed to have worked, and the argali, and the argali, did not find danger. Lin Xi clenched the crossbow in his hand, this cavalry crossbow was the only item his father left him. The range was only fifty paces, but the crossbow arrows were coated with the juice of the wolf's poisonous weeds unique to the Gobi Desert, and as long as the body was shot, even the war horse would be numb to the ground for a quarter of an hour. Seventy paces, the argali, suddenly found a few fried soybeans in the grass with a strong fragrance. It seems to taste good in the mouth with the hay in it, especially the salt taste in it. Sniffed carefully in the air, and found no danger. The argali, which began to graze, looked for any scattered soybeans. Animals also need salt. In order to succeed, Lin Xi deliberately put the last bit of salt that he had stolen with great difficulty and fried it in the pot. The argali's luck seems to have been good, and its keen sense of smell has helped it find a few more soybeans. I chewed the beans with a good taste, and I didn't notice the danger coming. Sixty steps, everything seemed to be going according to Lin Xi's plan. Lin Xi behind the rocks, there was a faint sound of rustling in his ears, and Lin Xi quietly turned his head. Secretly complaining, a snake with a triangular head and a meter long spitting a letter was swimming towards him. He has lived here since he was a child, and this viper is extremely poisonous, if there is no snake medicine, if he does not cut off the bitten limb immediately after being bitten, he will die of poison in the blink of an eye.

In Lin Xi's heart, 10,000 grass and mud horses galloped by, and a argali-sheep was worth fifty taels of silver. With these fifty taels of silver, he can go to Burning Sun City to participate in the selection of this year's Iron Spear Gate Outer Sect disciples, and only by joining the Immortal Gate can he break free from this world of suffering. Fifty-five paces, the viper was already at his feet. He could even feel the cold texture of the snake's scales, and the argali, leisurely eating hay. Fifty-four steps, probably because he was so well disguised, that the viper actually took him as a part of the stone. Lazily coiled into a snake formation basking in the sun, Lin Xi could feel the hairs on his back stand up. He didn't dare to move, and in five days it was the day of selection. It would take three days to get from Huangsha Town to Lieyang City, and he had no time. Compared to the viper on his back, this miserable life scared him even more. At the age of five, his father was killed by sand bandits on the Gobi Desert, and he learned to be strong in the days of hunger and cold. In order to feed himself, he begged at the town's small liquor shop during the day and slept at night in a leaky temple outside the town. Fifty-three steps, the argali, as if he had discovered something, watched vigilantly around. Lin Xi's head was lowered, and Lin Xi's heart prayed. It may be that a passing immortal heard Lin Xi's prayer, and the argali, he finally couldn't help the fragrance of soybeans and took two more steps forward. Lowering his head and starting to look for the soybeans scattered in the hay, Lin Xi forced himself to calm down. The cavalry crossbow in his hand could only fire one bolt at a time, and then it needed to be rewound.

Take aim, buckle your teeth, then roll over and buckle the viper's seven inches. Lin Xi deduced the movements in his heart, he must not make a mistake! It will really kill people, Lin Xi slowly took a deep breath, his left arm supported his body and did not dare to move, and the crossbow in his right hand slowly aimed at the argali's eyes fifty steps away. Only by shooting from here is a perfect argali. For seven years, he insisted on practicing every day and endured countless hardships, relying on this crossbow to survive. In the days of hunger and cold, the occasional hunted small beast is a rare delicacy. It was his first attempt to hunt an argali, and it was his chance to escape his fate.

"Huh" Lin Xi didn't have time to see his results clearly, and turned over violently and flipped the viper off his back. The crossbow in the right hand pressed the snake's head to the ground before the viper could react. Firmly grasping the viper's seven inches with his left hand, Lin Xi made up his mind at this time, and his life was finally saved. Look back at your prey. The tall argali, still lying motionless on the ground, Lin Xi's heart was full of joy, and he had finally taken the first step.

Iron gun door, waiting for the master!

Looking at the viper in his hand, Lin Xi's heart became even more joyful. Although this snake is a scourge, it must be worth a lot of silver. I don't know if the turtles in the town will accept this thing, Lin Xi took out a tattered animal skin bag from the place where he was lying just now, and threw the viper into it. Then he walked happily towards his argali......

It's almost noon, at the gate of Huangsha Town. Lin Xi happily carried the argali, carrying his bag and walking towards the city.