Chapter 1 Sister, Name, and Ideal
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The appearance of the old man was always silent, but the boy was not frightened, because in his bones, he no longer had this emotion.
He shook his head, stubbornly saddling the swaddling clothes on his back.
It had been several days since he had taken the boy with him, and he had never said a word, but he had carried the dead baby on his back every day and followed the old man every day.
The old man looked at the expressionless boy and felt that he was pitiful: "Why don't you bury her, she is already dead......"
"She's not dead!"
This was the first thing the old man heard from the boy's mouth, and the look that burst out of the boy's eyes was like a wolf cub that had escaped from the wolves, but was injured and helpless.
The old man's eyes fluttered on the boy's back again, although I don't know what the reason is, this dead baby has not shown signs of decay for so long, but dead is dead, this is the truth that both he and Kusan know.
"She'......"
"She's not dead! she's not dead!"
The boy repeated the words viciously, not knowing whether to interrupt the old man's words, or to speak to himself, and the voice was so loud that it startled a group of birds in the forest where the two of them were.
The old man looked at the stubborn boy, suddenly smiled, and suddenly turned his head to look at a two-person high boulder in the forest, as if he waved it inadvertently, and his right hand swung twice in the direction of the boulder.
Burst!
The sound was silent, but it was like thunder in the boy's heart.
The boulder two people high turned into dust in an instant.
An inexplicable light shot out of the boy's eyes and pierced the old man's withdrawn right hand, staring intently.
The old man looked at the boy and smiled gently, "Do you want to learn?"
The dazzling light in the boy's eyes was instantly retracted, and he stared at the old man's kind face silently, as if he did not believe the old man's words.
Seeing that the boy didn't answer, the old man's smile was slightly bitter: "I'm serious, if you want to learn, I'll teach you, as long as you're willing to agree to a condition for me." β
It seems that it was the old man who said the two words, and the boy began to assess the credibility of this matter, and only after a while did he speak: "What conditions?"
"I can teach you to master great power. The old man walked up to the boy and bent down to look at the boy at a close distance with his eyes: "But from this day on, you must speak to me, and you must not be silent to me. β
The boy felt that he had been deceived by the old man again, but the clear pupils that were close at hand seemed to tell the opposite truth, and his heart was inexplicably filled with impulses.
"I want to learn, I promise you a condition, but you also have to promise me a condition. β
The old man raised his eyebrows, a little surprised at the boy: "What conditions?"
"From today onwards, I can't talk about burying my sister. β
There was a fresh breeze in the forest, and the time had just arrived in spring, with a faint warmth, and the powder of the boulder on the ground was rolled up and scattered among the trees.
"Okay, I promise you. β
......
"What's your name?"
The old man felt that he might really be a little confused, and after a few days had passed, he remembered that he did not know the boy's name, so he opened his mouth and asked the boy who was in a boxing posture with the swaddling clothes on his back.
The boy's movements froze: "My name ......"
The voice was very small, and the old man felt that his hearing must have been problematic too, and he didn't hear the answer, so he asked, "What?"
"Dog!"
The old man blinked, as if chewing on the meaning of the name, but the boy tilted his head and continued to practice, continuing to explain.
"The previous head of the family said that my father was very loyal, like a dog, so I called it a dog. β
This reason made the old man frown.
He could tell that the boy didn't like the name either.
"What about your sister? What is her name?"
The old man's question caused the boy to stop practicing again, and turned his head to look at the closed eyes on his back, and he thought for a moment before hesitating to say the words in his memory.
"Shangguan Qian, the grass prefix above, and the west of the southeast, northwest, and southeast below. β
Shangguan Qian, the difference between this name and the dog seems to be a bit big, and the surname Shangguan makes the old man frown.
As if knowing that the old man was suspicious, the boy shrank back and jumped slightly, blocking the baby girl behind.
"You tell me she's your sister. β
"Yes, she's my sister. The boy gritted his teeth, his expression still stubborn.
The old man looked at the boy, finally smiled and changed the subject: "Your father, what is his last name?"
Seeing that the topic did not linger on the relationship between the baby girl and him, the boy breathed a sigh of relief slightly, frowned and thought about it, his father's surname seemed to be unimpressed to him, and finally shook his head, indicating that he did not know.
"My name is Bennord Joseph. β
The boy repeated the old man's name in his mouth, feeling a little awkward, and silently recited it several times before nodding his head to indicate that he remembered.
Then the old man smiled: "Would you like to give you a new name?"
The boy's eyes flickered twice: "What's it called?"
"Qiao Ximing. β
......
"Ximing, why do you want to have power?"
The boy had been following the old man for almost two months, and the summer of the abandoned boat star came early, probably because there were three suns in the sky, and the day was already so sunburned that people would be covered in sweat just after standing outside for a long time.
But the boy didn't care about this, even though he was soaked, he still firmly practiced the boxing techniques taught to him by the old man, but a huge piece of bark was covered on his head, which covered a shadow behind his head, just shrouding the swaddling clothes on his back.
"Power," the boy explained, gasping, "I want power, to protect my sister." β
Looking at the swaddling clothes that were still not rotting, the old man sighed in his heart, why did this strange thing of the body not rotting happen to the boy? But even if it was Kongsan, he couldn't explain it.
But still, the baby is definitely a dead baby.
"Don't you want revenge?"
Punch a beating: "Revenge?"
The old man sat under a simple shed, with a yellow leaf the size of a human head in his hand, which was very hard, and when he held it in his hand, he shook it gently, and it fanned a cool breeze.
"Shangguan, this is not a simple surname, it must not have been attacked by brute beasts, but someone launched an attack on it, don't you want to take revenge?"
The boy was finally interrupted again, and while breathing slowly, he stared at the old man: "I didn't tell you, how do you know?"
The old man's smile was very kind: "I naturally know, what about you?"
The boy looked down and was silent for a moment, then looked up: "Who attacked?"
The yellow leaves stopped shaking and were placed on the chair beside them, and the smile on the old man's face disappeared, and he slowly spat out four words.
"The Emperor of the Abandoned Boat!"
These four words were like a magic spell, and the hatred that had finally bounced up in the boy's eyes was dissipated.
"Don't want revenge. After a pause, he found a reason: "I can't get revenge." β
The old man narrowed his eyes, and finally turned his gaze to the swaddling cloth covered by the great bark.
"What if he wants to catch your sister?"
The cold gaze resurfaced, and it was the gaze of a young wolf again, staring at the old man tightly: "I will kill him!"
The old man stared at the boy, the expression on his face relaxed again, and picked up the yellow leaf the size of a human head again, and fanned it gently.
"There is not only one way of strength, in addition to boxing, I also teach you military law, politics and law. The Shangguan family is dead, and your sister is Yu Sin, and there is only one way to die if she is discovered. β
"Kill the Emperor of the Abandoned Boat, and she will be safe. β
......
In the blink of an eye, another five months passed, and the winter of the abandoned boat star came very early as summer, and the three suns could not appear at the same time in the winter time, at most two could only be seen at noon, and the rest of the time only one sun emitted little heat in the sky.
The boy's tattered clothes have been changed, and his body is covered with the skin of a soldier-level brute beast in the forest, although the texture is hard, and it is a little uncomfortable on the body, but after all, it is still cold-resistant, and it is a hundred times stronger than the tattered single clothes before.
The baby's swaddling clothes have also been made of different materials, and there are several layers of slightly soft baby animal skins on the outside, but the inside is extremely soft fluff, which is extremely comfortable to the touch, and even the fist-sized head is tightly covered, impermeable to cold wind.
The old man's clothes had naturally thickened, and a gray fur robe was draped over the outside, which was set against the long beard, making the boy think that he looked like a hairy man.
"Ximing, you used to be a house slave. β
The old man's voice was very calm, looking at the black thorn mark on the boy's neck, as if to say something inconspicuous: "Do you like to be a house slave?"
The boy felt that when the old man asked a question, he would be interrupted in whatever he did, even if he was studying the sketches of the military formations drawn on the ground.
β...... I don't like it, but I like it. β
The boy told the truth, and the second half of the sentence was the sound of looking at the swaddling clothes behind him.
The old man probably understood what the boy meant, and muttered, "What do you think if there were a world where everyone is equal?"
The boy was silent, thinking that the old man was talking about the Arabian Nights.
The old man, who had come back to his senses for a long time, got up from his rocking chair and took out a long cloth, which looked like it was made of animal skin, but it was very thin, and it was tied around the boy's neck, which just covered the blackness.
"Your sister's mother should treat you well, right?"
The warmth of his memory began to spring up, and the boy did not say a word, but moved his neck and nodded.
The old man did not speak for a long time, and the boy felt that he should end the conversation, so he opened his mouth.
"It's a beautiful world. β
......
In the extremely cold season, even if the animal skin is thickened by two layers, it cannot stop the biting cold, and the baby girl is wrapped into a huge burden, tied to the boy's back, and lies quietly in the white snow.
Three zhang in front, there was a snow-white giant beast, one zhang long, looking like a wild boar, but there was a pair of giant wings on its back, which was not stretched out at this time, but the boy knew that once it was opened, the pair of wings could carry the huge body of the giant beast into the sky.
"The Winged Hogon is not fierce, but it is the most vindictive, and if you can't deal with it when it hits the ground, then it will use its air superiority to get revenge on you once it escapes. β
The old man was not nearby, but his voice reached the boy's ears with unmistakable accuracy.
The winged pig beast relied on its huge wings and snow-white camouflage color, leisurely shaving in the snow, snorting twice from time to time, not noticing that there was a prostrate boy approaching behind him.
"When you decide to make it your prey, you have to remember that it is your enemy. Deal with the enemy, be patient, take advantage of its blind spots, approach its weaknesses, and catch its flaws......"
The boy was moving slowly, barely making a sound, and from a distance, it looked like a snowy boulder. The distance between him and the winged pig beast was three zhang, and the boy crawled for nearly half an hour before he approached the giant beast.
A three-foot-long bone blade appeared in his hand, crawling quietly in place, not moving at all.
Snow-shaving is not a simple job, the fangs of the winged hogurine completely turned over the half-foot-thick snow, shook its head and sniffed left and right in the ground, and finally smelled a hint of meat.
"Powerful enemies can't be touched hard, and they need to be guided with bait to find flaws......"
It was a wind rabbit, its cyan fur had been cut open, revealing the flesh inside, which gave off a strong smell that attracted the foraging winged hog.
But the winged hogmons couldn't tell if the wind rabbit was really frozen to death in the snow, and when it saw the food, it snorted happily, and then hooked its fangs and hooked the body of the wind rabbit into its mouth, and relaxed its whole body to enjoy this good meal.
The boy squinted, and the bone blade in his hand was raised slightly.
"At the moment when the flaw appears, you have to attack without hesitation, use all your strength, and don't have distractions. β
Poof, the boy's figure bounced off the ground, and the bone blade pierced the belly of the winged pigbeast like a sharp light.
"One blow kills, cut the grass to the roots!"
Blood burst out, and the body of the giant beast fell to the ground with a bang.