This is a mysterious continent that has existed since ancient times, there are countless mountains on the continent, and there are countless peaks on the mountains.

The Great Shang Empire was located on one of these continents, and the vast land of nearly 10 million square kilometers of the Great Shang Empire had very different climates.

Among them, nearly a quarter of the territory of the Great Shang Empire is still surrounded, this sea area has different names in different eras, and now the Great Shang Empire is called Huihai in this era, which is located in the eastern part of the Shang Empire, and it is rumored that there is a divine beast Kun located in the eastern sea area of Shang.

There are countless islands in the sea or in the shape of chains or scattered sand, like pearls left in the sea by the heavens.

However, the reputation of these two countries is not very good, with Komeito Island not having a proper morality and morality, while Zephyr Island prides itself on being a human orthodox.

In the northern part of the Shang Empire, there is an extremely large empire, called the Luoyun Empire, and the whole empire is basically located on the cold weather tundra and frozen ridges, the people of this empire are extremely strong, but because of its small population, the territory cannot be expanded indefinitely.

There were numerous small vassal states to the west of the empire, but it is rumored that there were empires with strong roots in the distance, and to the south of the Shang empire there was also the Yundu Empire, which was not weaker than the Shang Empire in every way.

The topography and topography of the Shang Empire's vast territory were extremely complex, with the coastal areas being relatively flat and almost all plains, the central and western regions mostly mountainous areas or basins with rolling hills, and the northwest almost all plateaus or deserts.

The Great Shang Empire is a young empire that has just been founded for a hundred years, and in this world that advocates force, it is always accepting the eyes and challenges from all sides.

In a remote mountain village, in a simple thatched hut lived a father and son, only a black pot and a few old bowls, and there was a wooden board in the house that looked like a "bed", and the clothes on the wooden board made the bed messy like a dog kennel.

Lu Fan, who is just twelve years old this year, has just seen an old man die, and he also knows that people in this world will not only grow up but also die, and not everyone has magical skills.

Lu Fan's grandfather was a general of the previous dynasty, and died on the battlefield during the battle, and his ancestors only left a secret book to teach qi recipes.

Because Lu Yunhong has always loved to play since he was a child, he has only practiced the second layer of Qi cultivation in the Lu family, and he is an outlier when he leaves Kyoto, so he is far away from the dangerous fate caused by the decline of the family.

Lu Fan also doesn't know anything about his family, which is why Lu Fan's childhood is relatively happy although he is down.

For the safety of his children and himself, Lu Yunhong not only didn't tell his son Lu Fan about the family, but he didn't even teach the family cultivation exercises, but he was afraid that his son would attract too much attention, so he only told his son what he had seen and heard over the years in the form of stories

Now Lu Fan has already reached the age of going to school, but Lu's father didn't save money before, and now he is ready to take Lu Fan to the qualification certification office in the town to certify his bones and decide what level of college to study.

The root bone is not special, you can only go to an ordinary school to study, the root bone is better can choose a better school, the root bone is better to choose a wider choice, the root bone has nine and nine is the extreme.

The first, second, and third levels are all ordinary root bones, and the fourth, fifth and sixth levels are good root bones.

Seven, eight, and nine levels are the best.

But eighth-level root bones are extremely rare, let alone ninth-level root bones

The best bones can go to the State Academy to study, and the best ones can enter the Royal Academy.The Royal Academy generally only accepts the best children of the nobles, for the common people, it is best to enter the Royal Academy free of all tuition, and the State Academy is free of part of the tuition, entering the Royal Academy is not only the supreme honor but also a symbol of the future.

Lu Fan is a more introverted child, looking at the immature and a little delicate face but there is a silence that does not belong to this age, the emaciated face and thin body look so distressed.

The old people in the village often say: Boys and girls are like statues, it is difficult to achieve great things, although Lu Fan is not convinced, but because of his cowardly nature, he does not dare to speak, but he is silent.

After a half-day journey, Lu Yunhong and Lu Fan finally arrived in the town, the name of the town was Lishan Town, and the person who identified it was called Lu Yu.

Perhaps because of the same surname, Lu Fan passed the root bone identification, and the result of the root bone identification is still quite good, it is a seventh-grade root bone, which is also relatively good or even top in the town.

But Lu Yu said earnestly: "The root bone is very important, but I heard that when the cultivation reaches a certain level, comprehension is like the finishing touch. Extremely important, that is a qualitative change. Perception is unpredictable and unidentifiable, and more importantly, perception is uncertain because cultivation is different. Therefore, the comprehension is also different, and some people cannot reach a higher level in their lifetime, not because they have no understanding, but because they have no understanding on the way to cultivation. ”

Lu Yu put his hands behind his back and pretended to be profound: "Everything is fate, not cultivating." Fifty in Dayan, forty-nine in Dao, the one that escaped is the variable. No one will have smooth sailing in cultivation, boy, I'm optimistic about you. You will one day leap into the dragon gate and soar all over the world"

This remark made Lu Fan, who was introverted but had never seen the world, boil his blood, and he almost had a green light in his eyes, and Lu Fan blurted out excitedly: "I must make a big deal and let the people in the village take a good look." ”

Listening to these childish words, Lu Yu smiled slightly, and was noncommittal.

After Lu Yu gave the qualification certificate to Lu Fan, he watched Lu Fan leave with Lu Yunhong. Lu Yu said softly: "What a simple child" "Such an honest child really can't bear to lie to him, no, do I understand compassion?"

"No, I'm encouraging him, even though I don't see anything special about him. But it's not impossible to happen," just heard Lu Yu muttering to himself there

After half a salary, Lu Yu nodded fiercely: "I have cultivated talents for the country... After finishing speaking, you shook his head and hummed: "There is nothing in the Tao, virtue is virtue, and there is no holiness." With its lack of wisdom, it is for wisdom. With that, he went to get the next tester.

After returning home, Lu Yunhong asked Lu Fan what his plans were for the future, and Lu Fan said: "The old people in the village say that I can't make a big thing, but I just want to make a big thing that can surprise everyone and let them see, so that my friends will be impressed." ”

Lu Yunhong looked at his son, looked at his innocent eyes, and thought with some worry, "How can such a kid reassure me, it seems that I have to let him stand on his own in the future, and the world is too simple." ”

So he struck while the iron was hot and said: "Since this is the case, then you can take the qualification certificate to the State Academy in Yuncheng to report and study, that is, Yuncheng Academy." I'll take you there myself this time. From now on, you will be on your own, and you will learn to be self-reliant. ”

Lu Fan immediately agreed: "Well, it must be" My father generally doesn't care about himself, it belongs to free-range.

Lu Yunhong thought in his heart: Look at your kid's appearance is not resolute enough, in case you regret it again. No, I'll have to give it another push."

"But, to be honest, I'm a lot freer when he's gone, and I can't be too much of a father as a father, I still have to leave a good image..."

There are a few widows in the neighboring village who are very beautiful... Lu Yunhong immediately thought of these filthy things in his heart

After a month, it was time for Cloud City Academy to recruit students every year.

Lu Fan and the others left about three or four days in advance from Cloud City, so that they could arrive at the school when school started.

Today is Lu Yunhong going to take Lu Fan to Cloud City Academy, which is a rare event in the village for decades. So basically all the people from the village came to see them off.

A few middle-aged people said: "Nephew Lu Fan, you can learn your skills hard, and if you become an official in our Dashang Empire in the future, you will win glory for our village." ”

Some friends also said: "Yunhong will come back early, let's go hunting together"

There was also a group of mud babies who coaxed: "Sister Lu, we will miss you in the future"

Lu Fan's face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and he didn't say a word.

At this time, the mothers of those children said: "Look at how talented Lu Fan is, but you can study in the town, and you still have a face! You little cubs, you have to learn from Lu Fan even more!

This is the group of friends who coaxed and said: "Got it, learn from Sister Lu (sister)!"

The adults shook their heads helplessly

In this way, in the sound of blessings and ridicule, Lu Fan embarked on his first "long journey" with Lu Yunhong.

On the way, Lu Yunhong told Lu Fan the mantra of the family exercises, asked him to quickly write them down, and practiced them slowly in the future, telling him that the name of the second exercise is "Qi Cultivation Formula", also known as Yang Qi Formula!

I always felt that Lu Yunhong had forgotten about his son before, and now he suddenly found that he still had such a son.

Everything is in such a hurry, like a flood of water, chasing ducks to the shelves!