Chapter 6 Gathering Together
At noon, Taihua Village is very peaceful, several old people lie on the bamboo chairs in front of their homes to rest, very comfortable, some adults are busy working, they know that they have no chance with cultivators in this life, but they will not complain all day long, but are willing to be an ordinary person and take care of the elderly and children at home.
Although those rough work is very tiring, so that they often sweat, but they are always happy, occasionally look at the children who are practicing boxing, their eyes contain concern and hope, those children under the leadership of Yang Feng and Zhao Yunkong, boxing is also practiced very seriously, the actions of the older children have long been vigorous, the humming sound in the mouth is also full of energy, although the movements are still a little non-standard, but they are also studying carefully, the little face is covered with beads of sweat and do not wipe it, for fear of missing the details of the action.
Shen Hao stood on the hillside outside the village, taking in the peace and tranquility, and felt very kind, this is his home, the conditions are not very good, it can be said that there is some poverty and hardship, but this does not change his deep attachment to his homeland.
He clenched the fist sutra in his hand and secretly swore that he must practice hard and keep getting stronger, only in this way can he realize everyone's hope, revitalize his homeland, and truly defend these people who need his protection with his own hands.
"Child, although there will be many obstacles on the path of cultivation due to your lack of foundation methods, your ancestors did not have strong scripture exercises at the beginning, and still relied on themselves to reach the top, your qualifications are very good, I hope that one day you can go out of your own way, and then you may not need to look for the ancient inheritance, you yourself are the new legend"
Shang Zhan, who had been silent, suddenly said impassionedly to the two teenagers, this is an encouragement, he is very helpless to pass on his exercises to the two teenagers, and at the same time he doesn't want the two teenagers to be depressed at the beginning of their practice because they don't have exercises, so he has to plant faith for them at this moment.
"Understood!"
The two teenagers nodded firmly.
The day passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already evening, and the men, women and children of Taihua Village were carrying all kinds of ingredients, piling up grills and bonfires, and preparing for the celebration feast.
This celebration banquet is naturally to celebrate Shen Hao and Shen Yu's successful entry into the Dawn Realm, adding two more monks to Taihua Village, originally in addition to Shen Tengyun and Shang Zhan in the village, only Yang Feng and Zhao Yunkong became monks, and now with two teenagers, there are six cultivators in Taihua Village in an instant, and two are teenagers, and the future is very bright, which is a rare situation since ancient times.
Such a situation, in Taihua after ancient times, is already a grand occasion, and it is indeed worth celebrating.
As night fell, the surroundings became very quiet, but the village was very lively, and the whole village sat around the campfire, roasting meat, drinking wine, and chatting.
"This tiger bone soup is a big supplement, Xiao Hao Xiaoyu This is the fresh ingredients you hunted, drink more" An old man drank the wine in the bowl and looked at the two teenagers with a smile.
"Oh, it's delicious, grilled golden and crispy little dragon's beard, and bacon made of brute elephants, today's food is really good, this girl wants to feast" Yang Daxing held a skewer of grilled fish in his left hand and a large piece of bacon in his right hand, eating a mouth full of oil.
"Girl, you are gentle, there will be the wings of the roasted black feather eagle in a while, today's celebration banquet we have taken out all the inventory in the village for nearly a year, to ensure that you enjoy eating" Yang Feng scolded and pointed to the grill on the side, where the wings of a one-zhang long black feather eagle were being roasted with oil, sizzling.
"Today is the best meal I've ever eaten in my life" Xiaoqing looked at it and said with a smile, the girl is slim and slim on weekdays, very aura, and now she eats meat without ambiguity at all, and at the moment she is grabbing a large piece of saber-toothed tiger meat and tearing it, quite a bit of Yang Daxing's momentum.
The other children are also immersed in hard work, scrambling to be the first, and the practice is weekdays, but the conditions in the village are not so rich, and they rarely have the opportunity to eat meat so happily.
"You snacks, don't patronize and eat, today's protagonists are Xiao Hao and Xiao Yu, let's raise a glass together to celebrate their successful entry into the Dawn Realm" Yang Feng suggested while holding a wine glass.
"Yes, yes, toast to the genius boy of our Taihua Village!" everyone agreed.
"It's been years since I've drunk such a mellow wine," an old man squinted drunk, obviously slightly drunk.
"You little ones should drink a little less, this wine is brewed from the rhizomes of decades-old medicines, and it has a lot of stamina," Zhao Yunkong said as he looked at a few children who had staggered.
"Wine is not intoxicating, people are drunk" mud monkey posed as a poetic literati, but with his red little face, no matter how you look at it, it looks like he is drunk, and he is talking nonsense, which makes everyone laugh.
The whole village was happy and immersed in laughter.
The night is gradually deepening, the celebration banquet is still as lively as ever, it is rare to get together, everyone cherishes this happiness, and it will not be dispersed if you don't have fun to the end, after a few more drinks with the people, Shang Zhan left the table silently, and walked towards the entrance of the village alone.
"What's wrong," Shen Tengyun asked when he saw Shang Zhan leave and followed.
Shang Zhan looked into the distance and was silent, and after a while, he said slowly, "Tomorrow, if you are asked to find the location you went to during the day again, can you still find it?"
"Yes"
"I thought something was wrong, and I made a note of the location and the topography, and I would have found it if I hadn't been surprised. Shen Tengyun directly affirmed.
"Well, I'll go with you tomorrow"
"But this is too dangerous, you also said, it is very likely that it is a powerful beast that has participated in the ancient hegemony, it will be dangerous for us to rush forward, after all, it is an ancient beast, even the gods may become its food" Shen Tengyun stopped.
"But you've already been there, and you're back safely, aren't you, if it's really a strange beast born and a murderer, Taihua will definitely bear the brunt, and the whole village will not be able to survive at that time, but for thousands of years, I've never heard of any strange beast being born, which can't help but make me think of a certain possibility" Shang Zhan looked very solemn, not like an idea that came up just because of curiosity.
"What is possible"
"Do you know that there are very few people in this world who have a weak physique and are not very talented in cultivation, but they can deduce the past and the future, and fortune telling, such people are usually able to predict some things that are about to happen, calculate the fate of the world, and are called divine masters or divine calculations. When Shang Zhan said this kind of person, a little awe appeared on his face.
"I know something, there was such an existence in Taihua Village in ancient times, and legend had predicted that Taihua Village would encounter an unprecedented catastrophe, so that the clansmen could prepare early, but unfortunately I don't know for what reason, what should have happened or happened" Shen Tengyun recalled what he had seen in the remnants of his ancestral home.
"Yes, the way of divination is not buried in that divine war, there are still such people in the world, even if they are not as amazing as those in ancient times, enough to run through the past and the present, but they can still make some predictions about the future, one once said to me, Kyushu may come out of the decline in this life, and some of the disappeared races in ancient times or even more distant may come back, which is a prosperous era, or it may be an unprecedented disaster"
"Now, there is a suspicion that there is a strange beast here, which makes me more and more convinced that what he said is true," Shang Zhan said slowly.
After Shen Tengyun listened, his eyes were full of light, in his opinion, if the Kyushu world can really flourish, then Taihua Village will have more possibilities to regain its glory.
"Don't be too happy, the god also said that this could also be an unprecedented catastrophe, and it is because of this that I am desperate to find out what is going to happen in this world" Shang Zhan looked very persistent.
"It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, since this is the case, you and I will go together tomorrow morning" Shen Tengyun became eager to try, this is related to the future direction of Taihua Village, as the village head, he naturally puts it in the first place.
The celebration feast in the village was over, everyone's cheeks were red, and it was obvious that they were drinking to their heart's content, and the children were staggering towards their homes with their stomachs puffed up and burping contentedly.
The joyful atmosphere gradually dissipated, replaced by silence, and the villagers fell asleep peacefully, and the daily life gradually made them accustomed to comfort, although the inheritance is still the eternal wish of everyone's heart, but most of them are ordinary mortals, who knows what will happen tomorrow, who has the ability to really change something.
It's not that they don't work hard, it's true that the status quo is helpless, the environment in the village is too barren, and it didn't get better until the business war came, but many people have long missed the best age for cultivation, and can only leave limited resources to their children, and the ruthless environment has extinguished the blood of many people, and they can only choose to turn their dreams into fantasies, as a kind of spiritual comfort, and pin all their hopes on the next generation.
As for himself, when there was no one behind him, he was alone and silently sad, accepting the cruel reality.