Chapter VIII

"Xiao Man, you will follow what we do later, and you will tell him what we say" Xiao Man's voice came from his brother's ear. After a while, all the blood of the people flowed to the volcano. The village chief raised his cane, "Pray for blessings, with my blood, for the blessing of my family, may it be smooth sailing, no illness and no disaster." Xiaoman also followed and prayed for blessing, and when everyone was silent, the village chief smashed his cane on the ground, "Blessing." As soon as the words fell, lightning composed of flames flew over everyone's heads, large and small, countless. Only the three of them are different, which three of them? Xiaoman, father and son, there is a dark cloud on their heads. Immediately afterwards, large and small flames and thunder drilled into everyone's body, and then looked at Xiao Man's side, a pillar of light from the dark clouds hit the sky, which was spectacular. The pillar of light lasted for a while before slowly disappearing, and after all the visions were gone, the village chief told all the adults to leave.

After the adults were finished, the village chief walked up to them, "There is one last link left in the children's fire festival, baptism. Of course, baptism is dangerous, some of you may die, you are the future of the village in the future, you are strong, the village can be stronger. Now I feel like I have the courage to take a step forward. Aman pulled Xiaoman to take a step forward, Xiaoman looked at it, and less than a third of the people walked out. Most of them hesitated, and a small number didn't mean that at all.

"Xiaoman, do you believe my brother?"

"Well, I believe it. ”

"You'll follow me later, don't be afraid that I'll do whatever I tell you to do, okay?"

"Good. ”

The village chief spoke again: "Okay, the time is up, and those who haven't taken a step forward can go back." The children left in a daze, and were persuaded to quit by the village chief without even knowing what the baptism was. The village chief led the remaining half of the people to the volcano, the more they walked, the higher the temperature, the children were sweating profusely, and finally arrived in front of the volcano, "Qi" After the village chief read, the volcano opened its mouth like a living person, "Go in." The village chief said. Where have these children ever seen such a thing, and many of them are so frightened that they cry. "Don't cry, there's no choice but to go in, I'll wait outside for you to come back. "Some children don't believe and want to turn around and walk back, but there is an invisible wall behind them that prevents them from leaving. The children who have experienced the Fire Festival are all going inside, and Xiaoman is also following his brother all the way inside. Strange to say, walking in front of them disappeared one by one, only to see a lake of magma in front of them. Aman pulled Xiaoman and looked at the magma from above, "Xiaoman, if the two of us are separated later, remember one thing, don't be afraid of anything." Xiao Man nodded, and then Ah Man shouted: "Xiao Man, jump!" Saying that, he jumped forward, Xiao Man was a little stunned, but he believed that his brother would not harm him. also jumped down with his eyes closed, there was magma down there, and there was no scum left that could not melt when people fell. How could baptism deliberately kill them? Xiao Man closed his eyes, only felt that he was hot all over his body, and he didn't feel anything, Xiao Man opened his eyes curiously, and as a result, endless red frantically poured into his eyes. He couldn't see anything except red, Xiaoman felt that he was constantly falling, as if there was no bottom, after a long time, only heard the sound of "ah", Xiaoman fell into the pool, the pool water was warm, but Xiaoman's heart was cold. Damn, I can't swim. "Is there anybody? Help! I'm going to drown. While struggling, he shouted, and after a while, Xiaoman was tired and resigned to his fate. I think that I am the dragon among the little barbarians, and I am going to be drowned at a young age, and the heavens are unfair, sad and lamentable. It's fate, admit it. As soon as Xiao Man relaxed, his legs kicked, and he immediately blushed, he was able to step on the end for so long, and he was fluttering blindly, but fortunately, no one saw it, so he hurriedly went ashore. When I went ashore, I found out why my body was so dirty, and I was buried dead with dirt all over my body, so I quickly returned to the water to wash it. After washing, it was refreshed, sat down and thought about what he should do, Brother Aman was not there, wait for him here. No, what if he goes forward? He told me not to be afraid, it's fine, so I'll go and look for him. Just go, around the waterhole, there is a path, both sides of the road are overgrown with grass, and there is an unknown fragrance wafting in it, because I am anxious to find my brother. He didn't care, just walked inside.

On the other road, Aman was also walking, and a sentence came to Aman's mind as he walked

"Young man, do you want to be stronger?"

"Who are you?"

"You don't care who I am, you can't see me, do you want to become stronger, are you willing to be beaten by a peer?" As soon as the words fell, a woman with black hair and black eyes and a long black dress stood in front of Aman. The woman carried a knife on her back, and her eyes were full of domineering. "You, shoot. After only one sentence was finished, a breath of air was pressed on Ah Man's body, the ground under his feet was concave, and the woman pulled out the knife, the knife was in her hand, giving people a sharp feeling, as if the knife and man were one and nothing could be cut. Aman also took out his spear, Aman felt that the pressure on his body was very heavy, and his movements were a little slow, but this gun still had to come out, if he didn't dare to shoot because of the strong opponent, then the road of this life would come to an end. The gun came out, a sweep, and the gun was like a dragon. In the face of this powerful shot, the woman in black seemed to have known it a long time ago, and stepped forward to resist it with a knife before the gun fell. The gun was withdrawn, and the woman's knife also arrived, and Ah Man could only be forced to defend with a knife, and the subsequent knife was faster than a knife, and the speed was as fast as thunder. The flying knives brought gusts of knife wind. Soon there were a few more cuts on Ah Man's body, and at this time, if anyone saw Ah Man, they would find that Ah Man suddenly stopped moving while walking, and then the ground was dented for a while, and a few knife cuts appeared on Ah Man's body, which was bleeding out. Aman is still fighting with people, as the saying goes, if you attack for a long time, you will lose, and if you defend for a long time, you will also lose. Ah Man made a few mistakes at the cost of the wounds on his body. He was waiting, waiting for her flaw, and finally waited for a flaw, and forced back with a shot to open the distance. Ah Man knew that today was a bad day, she became stronger again, it turned out that this woman was the one who left a scar on his face last time. Aman knew that she couldn't beat her, but she didn't seem to plan to let her go. In this case, you can only fight hard. Taking a deep breath, Aman became more focused, he was full of courage, the courage to see death as home. There were only two things in his eyes, his gun and his enemy. Immersed in his mind and shot again, this time the shot seemed to have become different, where was the difference, he couldn't say what was the difference, only to see a shot stabbed, the woman in front of him shattered like a mirror, Ah Man woke up, found that he was fine, and immediately sat down on the spot, to think about the shot he had just shot in the illusion.

Xiaoman was still walking and walking, and suddenly there was a wall in front of him, and his past was placed on the wall, and at the same time, demagogic language sounded in his ears: "You were abandoned by your parents when you were born, you were beaten by your brother when you were a child, beaten by the village chief, and said by other children that you are a wild child without a father and no mother." Every time he says a word, there is a corresponding picture, he was beaten in various ways, the eldest children in the same village, his brother, and his second grandfather were all beating him, and he even saw that he was beaten like a dog by Yan Bin and them in the martial arts arena in the future, he was about to believe it, but in the end he didn't believe it, he knew it was fake. Yan Bin couldn't beat him before he practiced martial arts, and after he learned it, it was even more impossible for him to beat himself. There are other questions, it's true that the second grandfather will beat him, when he was so young, how could his brother beat him when he hurt him so much?

"Don't you hate? Don't you want to get stronger and get revenge on them?"

"Don't hate. ”

"How is it possible, they treat you so much, you don't hate you, why?"

"Because what you say is false. ”

"Why do you say it's fake, you were indeed abandoned by your parents and .........."

"Okay, don't say it, it's true that I was abandoned by my parents, it's because they have to leave because they still love me very much, as for my brother beating me, that's even more impossible, even if he beats me, it's still me who should be beaten. I believe my brother the most, so what you say is false. ”

After speaking, the voice disappeared, but it seemed that someone was talking in his head again, "Good heart, do you want to find your brother, he is in front, do you dare to come?" After saying this, the voice was gone, and the road in front of Xiao Man's eyes turned red, like a road made of red-hot wood.

Ah Man's face opened his eyes with joy, and he realized. The reason why the shot was strong just now was because of his belief and focus. The bottleneck that bound him was loosened a little, maybe after a while, he would be able to step into the eighth level, and the next time he saw that little girl, he would definitely be able to beat her and slap her ass and humiliate her. Ah Man was even happier when he thought of this, and bowed towards the unknown place, "Thank you, senior." "You kid is quite good, you don't have to thank me, everything depends on yourself. If you just died in the illusion, then you are really dead. Alright, keep going. Ah Man listened and raised his feet and walked forward, walked for a long time, a door appeared, and the door opened automatically when he walked to the front door, Ah Man just walked in, a heat wave came to his face, and Ah Man saw a huge red lotus rooted in the magma, which if it was placed outside, it would not cover the sky and the sun. A voice came from above the lotus: "Come up." After saying that, a lotus flower was put down, and Ah Man walked up, and the lotus flower closed and sent Ah Man up. In the center of the lotus stood an old man, and the old man's crutches and beard were all red. "Hello senior. "Don't sit back. After speaking, the old man took the lead in sitting on the lotus seeds, and Ah Man also sat down. "Senior, what are we going to do now?" "Wait" After speaking, both of them were silent.

Let's take a look at Xiaoman, he's worried, why did he get over? Just now he stretched out his hand and tried it, if he hadn't stopped it and it would have been burned, my brother was still waiting for me in front, as long as I ran fast enough, it shouldn't have been burned. Fight, rush. "Ah...... Ah, it's hot, it's hot...... Scalded me. While shouting, he rushed forward in a hurry, and as he ran, he saw a red lotus. It looks like nothing from a distance, the more I run, the more I seem to be small, this has been running for a long time, the red lotus is getting bigger and bigger, but I am still far away from the red lotus. Obediently, how big is this lotus, no matter what, Xiao Man ran towards the red lotus with his head stunned, what is it called Wangshan running a dead horse, he is. When he ran to the point where he was sweaty, panting like a cow, and tired like a dead dog, he finally arrived. The red lotus petals fell automatically, and Xiao Man rushed up without thinking about it, but his feet were still hot on the ground! Finally arrived at the lotus seat, Xiao Man sat down, quickly raised his feet and blew on his feet, looked at it, but fortunately it was not burned before he looked up, and looked at Brother A Man staring at him with a smile.

"Brother Man, you're also here, an old man just told me that you were in front. It turned out that it wasn't a lie. "Xiaoman should be respected, and he should call his seniors. ”

"Oh, I see. ”

"Forgive me, seniors, my brother is still young and ignorant. Xiao Man saw an old man on crutches with a black line on his face.

"It's okay, how can I care about children. ”

"Thank you, seniors. As soon as Xiao Man heard the old man speak, he knew that this was the person who had just asked him to run forward. "I said old man, no, old man, what are you doing tricking me and my brother here?" "What do you say? What is a lie, you know how many people want to go crazy when they think about it. ”

"The seniors are angry, dare to ask the seniors their names?"

"It's been a long time since the old man has been asked his name, you let the old man think about it. After a moment of contemplation, the old man raised his head. "The old man seems to be called Yan Soul. When Ah Man heard this, he was immediately stunned. Quickly pulled Xiaoman to kneel.

"The three generations of the Yan family have seen Lord Yan Soul. ”

"Brother, why do we kneel down this old-timer?" the old man also spoke, "What are you doing so restrainedly, I don't know how long it has been since I came to this set." Get up. Only then did Aman pull Xiaoman to stand up.

"To be honest, I'm not a fire soul, or I'm not a complete fire soul, I wasn't complete when your ancestors left me behind. I've been recuperating until I woke up three years ago when I had a vision from above, and it was supposed to be your boy who was born. So logically speaking, I should have attached myself to you and asked you to take me out. ”

"I'll take you out. Xiao Man pointed to himself.

"Yes, but you kid is too jumpy, so small and so skinny, I'm afraid that when you grow up, you will play yourself to death, and it will not be good to burden my old man at that time, but fortunately, you still have a brother." So I decided to divide myself into two parts, one for each of you brothers, and leave a way back for myself. ”

"Senior, you said that if you divide yourself into two parts, won't you die if you divide them in half?"

"Who told you that I am a human being, and you are going to take me to find the rest of me, when I was beaten into eighteen parts by a very powerful man, what a miserable thing. When I am eighteen in one, I will truly awaken. Wait a minute, I'll divide myself into two parts, and then use magic to make the two parts two in one at any time. After saying that, the old man was divided into two, and each made a set of mudras, and then they were joined together and separated. "Alright, that's it! By the way, you can take three of these lotus seeds. Eating can improve understanding, and not eating can save life. After saying that, the two figures drilled into the foreheads of the two brothers, forming a fiery red flame tattoo. The lotus flower shrank, and the three lotus seeds flew in front of the brothers. "Xiaoman, take the three lotus seeds and let's go. Xiao Man put away the three lotus seeds and smiled. "Brother Man, you can carry me on your back! I ran all the way, I was so tired that I couldn't walk. Aman had no choice but to carry him.

"Brother. ”

"Ahh ”

A lotus seed was stuffed into his mouth, and he wanted to spit it out, but he slipped into it all of a sudden. "Xiaoman, you are fooling around, do you know how precious this is?" As soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't speak, in addition to increasing his understanding, lotus seeds have great power, and he is about to break through.