Chapter 2 Haunting dreams
Yiying Continent, since a great rebellion between heaven and earth five years ago, the originally orderly creatures on this planet suddenly underwent a great reversal overnight, and a large area of land originally inhabited by humans was gradually reduced by the impact of demons and giant beasts, so that most of the human society composed of thousands of huge empires has been disintegrated, and the momentum is still dying.
In the brutal battle between humans and demon beasts, the skills such as Taoism, immortal arts, and martial arts that humans were proud of in the past were completely vulnerable in front of those powerful monsters, and a large number of human powerhouses died. Just when people were desperate, they found that the concentration of source qi in this heaven and earth seemed to have increased a lot. So much so that many martial arts people have broken through to a higher level of cultivation with this.
Just as everything in the world has its own harm, it must have a good side. Although a large number of human beings died in the meat grinder-like war, the cultivation of those who could survive had made a huge breakthrough, and the exercises and secret techniques that had already existed in the past were also refined several times in this endless war, becoming stronger and easier to cultivate.
During this time, many relics of chaos were unveiled that had never been seen before. This is a kind of space that exists independently of the continent. From the outside, they look like a dead grass buried in a mound of earth, and sometimes like a boulder, thrown by the river and left unanswered. Sometimes it's weathery, and the whole peak is his entrance. As long as these chaotic ruins are discovered, and the immortal treasures are found inside, there will definitely be strange immortal arts, elixirs, immortal weapons, talisman diagrams, etc., that humans have never possessed before. Some of them make people cultivate and have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort, and some of them are so powerful that the heavens and the earth will tremble. Once used on the battlefield, it often makes it difficult for those demons and beasts with the deepest paths to shake their edge. The most rare thing is that someone has discovered the Mother of Source Crystals, as long as they bury it in the ground, the entire Source Crystal Mine will appear, thus making human cultivation like a tiger.
And there seem to be more talented people in the human race, and even more powerful magic weapons have been created according to the style and power of immortal weapons. And some people are even more obsessed with the spirit rune atlas obtained from the chaos ruins, understand the truth, and then mix it with the innate essence blood of the demon giant beast with a violent thirst for killing, and draw it into a talisman, its power is so powerful that it is even comparable to the power of the immortal weapon.
The war is in full swing, the blood is in full swing, and the entire continent is in dire straits. Although human beings have gained from the improvement of their own cultivation, they are still at a disadvantage compared to the natural ferocity of the demon giant beasts, and the ability of the demon giant beasts to reproduce is not comparable to that of human beings. After several ups and downs of life and death, just when people were about to lose faith in the war. Five earth-shattering powerhouses have emerged from the human race. Not only are they highly cultivated, but everyone has an artifact. With this, they attracted a large number of strong people to accompany them, and gradually gained great appeal in the confrontation with demons and monsters.
Just like a long drought, war has led to too many life and death separations, and everyone dreams of having a safe home. Therefore, under this kind of long-awaited and long-awaited prayers, these five human elites judged the situation and reorganized the country and united all the forces that could be united on the mainland. After more than 300 years of bloody battles, at the cost of billions of lives, the space for human existence has finally been maintained, and those arrogant, brutal, murderous demon beasts have gradually been compressed into a fixed range.
Only then did humanity have its last resting place. But it only occupies one-third of the land of the Yiying Continent. Five independent empires were formed: Fufeng, Thang Long, Wumu, Donghou and Maoliang. Although it is located in a corner of the mainland, it finally gives people a chance to recuperate. Now, more than 3,000 years have passed since mankind trembledγγγγγγ
Gut Castle is located in the south of the Thang Long Empire, and next to it is the endless Mount Xiya, because the mountain is infested with monsters. Even though Gut City is in a dangerous place on the frontier of the Empire, I don't know if this Xiya Mountain is too wide and tall to prevent many demonic beasts from coming to attack. Or is this mountain too mysterious, anyway, all the demon monsters seem to be guarding some kind of rules, so they won't easily appear on the periphery. It is precisely because of this characteristic that it has gradually evolved into a natural hunting ground for humans to hunt monsters and monsters.
After the baptism of war, human beings have gradually learned to use the inner pill on the body of these demon beasts, beast blood, beast bones, animal skin, animal flesh, etc. Let them be a natural tonic for human cultivation. And the Demon Behemoth also regards humans as natural treasures, and driven by the interests of both sides, a certain balance has been achieved between humans and demon Behemoths, and it has gradually been maintained on all the borders of the two sides. Of course, all this is fortunate that the demon monsters do not have a unified leadership, although they are strong individually, they are often stragglers fighting against humans, and humans are only able to keep their last home under the strong leadership of each country.
On the outskirts of Gut City is the town of Donggaku, the closest town to Mount Xia. It is said that the population of the town is not less than hundreds of thousands, because it is close to Mount Xiya, there are many strong human beings who come here to hunt demons and monsters, so Dongge Town has become their advance camp, in fact, the real local permanent population of Dongge Town is only one or two thousand. With so many people entering the mountains, it has also brought tangible benefits to Dongge Town, and most of the locals have served these people who have gone into the mountains to hunt, earning some remuneration from them, and these people who have gone into the mountains to hunt are living a life of blood on the knife edge, and they don't care about money at all, as long as they can hunt the prey they are satisfied with, they are often paid very well, which also brings a very rich life to the locals. Of course, this refers to those who have brains and are physically strong.
In a small corner of the most remote corner in the west of Dongge Town, there are several dilapidated wood-paneled houses, which are the poorest households in Dongge Town. The owner's name is Qin Pu, who grew up in Dongge Town since he was a child, and belongs to the local people. Ever since three years ago, when I went into the mountains to be a guide for hunters, I encountered a powerful monster. As a result, his legs were bitten off during the escape, and he became a disabled person.
Since then, the family's situation has become difficult. Originally, if he was injured in leading the way, the hunters would often pay a lot of compensation, so that they would have a better life, but he was the kind of person whose luck was so bad that he even stuffed his teeth with water. The hunters who went there that time were all devoured by the demon beasts and died, and he was lucky enough to survive by the rescue of several other hunters who happened to pass by here.
When he healed his injuries, not only did he spend all his family's savings, but even the real estate he lived in was sold out, so the couple had to take their son, who had just turned three, to the most remote part of the town to build these broken wooden houses, and do some work such as sorting animal skins for others, and living a very meager life. Now, three years have passedγγγγγγ
"Dad, mother, I went out to collect firewood. A childish child's voice rang out from the wooden room.
"Kid, be careful to come back early. The woman inside hurried out and straightened the child's tattered clothes.
"Mother, don't worry! I'll be fine with Brother Tie Niu and them. β
The woman looked at her six-year-old son, trembled in distress, turned around and secretly wiped the tears on her face, and said with a smile: "Jian'er, come back early, your father will go to clean the animal skins for the Xiao family today, and he will definitely be able to bring back some minced meat at night, and my mother will make you broth to drink." β
"Great!" the boy jumped excitedly.
A wooden wheelchair slid out of it, and the middle-aged man in the wheelchair touched his son's head with his hand. He said, "Go ahead, remember to go home early, so that your mother and I don't have to worry about it." β
The child nodded obediently. "Dad, Mom, I'm leaving"
"Hmm!
The child happily ran out with a woodcutter in hand, leaving only the two husbands and wives behind him with a long sighγγγγγγ
The boy jumped to the crossing of the trail to chop wood, and there were already four or five children of about the same age waiting for him. The boy saw the little girl standing next to several boys at first sight, he was the richest Xiao Dongjia in the town, Xiao Hao's youngest daughter Xiao Lingling, who was also his childhood sweetheart since childhood.
The little girl had already seen the oncoming little boy and said happily, "Brother Qin Jian, you are here!"
"Lingling, why are you coming!"
The little girl flashed her eyelashes and said smartly: "I asked my husband for a leave today and didn't go to study, and I heard Brother Tie Niu say that you are going to chop wood, so I begged him to take me to play."
Seeing Lingling coming, the young man was very excited, and hurriedly came up and took her little hand and said, "Lingling is leaving!"
The tallest iron bull next to him beckoned a few friends to follow closely.
"Let's go to the eastern slope to chop wood today!" Xiaojian, what do you say?" Tie Niu suggested to him.
Qin Jian was extremely happy when he held Xiao Lingling's hand, and he didn't care about what he said, just nodded casually.
It didn't take long for them to come to the said eastern slope, and the big guys scattered to cut wood. Qin Jian took the little girl to a place with abundant firewood and grass, pointed to a flat stone next to him, and said, "Lingling, you sit there and rest, can you watch me chop wood? I'll catch a grasshopper for you to play with later."
"Okay! good!" Xiao Lingling nodded happily.
"Okay, I'm going to chop wood!" Qin Jian rushed over with a machete in his small hand, and the action was extremely exaggerated, which made Xiao Lingling laugh.
It didn't take long for him to walk towards the little girl with a large bundle of firewood on his back, and said to her mysteriously: "Lingling! I'll give you something fun, do you want it?"
"Brother Qin Jian, what's so funny! Let me see. The little girl asked impatiently.
Seeing that Lingling was moved by what he said, Qin Jian hurriedly took out a little yellow squirrel from his arms and put it in front of the little girl. "Aren't you looking to have fun!hahaγγγγγγ β
"Ha! it's so beautiful!" Obviously, the attraction of small animals to girls is extremely irresistible, so he quickly took it from his hand and said with some pity: "Brother Qin Jian, why did you tie up its calf! Doesn't it hurt?" Xiao Lingling, who was stroking the little squirrel, was obviously overflowing with love at the moment.
"Uh!" Qin Jian scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Lingling, I'm afraid that it will run away, so I will tie up its calves, if you think it's not good, let it go!"
The little girl raised her eyes and looked at the young man in front of her and whispered, "Brother Qin Jian, thank you, I want to feed it and play with me."
"Xiao Jianγγγγγγ β
At this time, all the teenagers in the neighborhood gathered over with firewood on their backs. It's in the nature of teenagers to be playful. After a while, they started playing games that all children loved, such as eagles catching chickens, riding horses and fighting wars. It's so dark that it's dark. At this time, a young man looked at the little girl who was laughing and said, "I have a proposal, let's play and marry a bride!"
The proposal was immediately well received. Tie Niu patted his chest at everyone and said, "I am the eldest among you, and Lingling wants to be my daughter-in-law." As soon as the words fell, the young men immediately objected, especially Qin Jian's eyes were even more angry.
Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Tie Niu had no choice but to say: "Then who do you say will be the groom?"
"I!I!Iγγγγγγ β
Tie Niu saw that everyone refused to give in, his eyes rolled and he smiled: "I see that everyone fights and fights for no result, it is better to compare wrestling in this way, whoever has more strength will marry Lingling!"
Tie Niu looked at everyone and couldn't help but be secretly proud! Suddenly, Tai Jian walked up and said to Tie Niu, "I'm compared to you." β
"You compare with me!" Tie Niu looked at Qin Jian, who was obviously a head shorter than himself, and couldn't believe his eyes. Tie Niu has always been the best with him, taking care of him everywhere, since everyone is the poorest family in the town, those rich children do not associate with them. Of course, Xiao Lingling is an exception. At this time, seeing his thin body, Tie Niu was a little worried, swallowed his throat and said, "Xiaojian, you are really not afraid that I will break you!"
"I'm not afraid, I want to be Lingling's groom officer. Looking at the little girl beside him, she showed an iron-clad look.
"That's good, don't say I'm bullying you, come on!" Tie Niu beckoned to Qin Jian. The teenager on the side hurriedly got out of the way and cheered on the side.
"Oh, don't fight!" the little girl was visibly frightened by the fight between the boys.
"Lingling, don't worry, I will definitely let you be my daughter-in-law. Qin Jian nodded firmly at her.
"Xiaojian, don't say that I bully the small, I'll let you start attacking first. Iron Bull beckoned to him.
Qin Jian knew that it would definitely be useless for him to fight hard, looking at the iron bull standing there like a hill, his eyes rolled and he was ruthless, and rushed towards the iron bull.
Seeing Qin Jian rushing towards him, Tie Niu squatted slightly with his legs crossed, wanting to grab Qin Jian's hands and give him a side fall. Just as the two of them were about to touch their hands, Qin Jian suddenly jumped down and drilled under the iron bull like a snake, and before the iron bull could react, Qin Jian had already got up, raised his right leg and kicked it fiercely towards the iron bull's ******, only to throw the iron bull into the mud.
The Iron Bull was defeated, and in the blink of an eye, he was lying on the ground. Several teenagers who were cheering on the side stared at each other with an incredible look in their eyes.
The iron bull on the ground snorted and got up, hurriedly spit out the mud and weeds full of mouths, and accused indignantly: "You dumped the scoundrel, and even stepped down from me, you still have to be shameless, hum!"
"I don't care, I just want Lingling to be my daughter-in-law, now that I win, you can admit that you lose! β
Tie Niu hung his head, and he could only accept this reality. But children are children after all, and the failure just now will not leave any knots in their hearts at all, but they said loudly: "Okay! Lingling will let you be your daughter-in-law, then we will make trouble in the cave room! hahaγγγγγγ β
Several friends also echoed in unison, which made Qin Jian and Xiao Lingling blush. After a while, a few friends used wild flowers to make a wreath for Xiao Lingling, and also used rattan to weave a ribbon for Qin Jian to pull Xiao Lingling to hold a grand worship of heaven and earth, and finally let them enter the cave room in the room made with firewood.
"Lingling, will you still play with us tomorrow?" Qin Jian looked at Xiao Lingling, who had just become his daughter-in-law, with a begging look.
"Brother Qin Jian!" The little girl was still holding the little yellow squirrel in her arms at this time, shook her head and said: "Tomorrow I will go to school, and in a few days it will be the day when the Sighing Martial Arts Hall of Gute City will come to our town to recruit disciples, my father said that let our brothers and sisters join, and then we will go to the city, and we may not be able to see you again for a few years." The little girl lowered her head. But he quickly raised his face and said excitedly: "I heard my father say that there are still many martial arts halls that will come to the town. Brother Qin Jian, you should also take the exam, maybe they will recruit you!"
"Thank you Lingling! Don't persuade me, who doesn't know the benefits of being picked by those martial arts halls! It's just that our family is too poor, and even if we are selected, we can't afford to pay the apprenticeship fee. Don't worry, I'll visit you in the city in a few years. After saying that, Qin Jian was sad and wanted to cry, but in front of Lingling, he tried his best to endure it.
"Okay Brother Qin Jian, remember to come and see me!"
"Hmm!"
A few friends also said hello, and each carried Chai He home. The boy stared at the little girl's slowly disappearing shadow for a long time, and returned home with a feeling of loss. As soon as I entered the door, I remembered that my mother said that I wanted to stew the broth for myself, and the sense of loss in my heart disappeared immediately.