Chapter 1: Ten Inch Stones
"Quick, get water!!" an anxious voice roared, like the angry roar of a wild beast, and erupted through the village.
"Here, too, quickly!" Hurried footsteps continued to sound one after another, and buckets of water were continuously poured into the fierce fire of the village, but it was a drop in the bucket for the village that was already almost on fire.
The fire in the houses on the east side of the village was even more ferocious and terrifying, and in the raging flames, fire snakes surged up, and they writhed their bodies in the air from time to time, as if they were about to burn everything. The heat wave hit people, and the terrifying heat that rushed to the face seemed to devour all life.
"No, my child!!, he's still in there!" a heart-rending cry followed, and the villagers fighting the fire in the east grabbed the woman who wanted to go to the fire. At this moment, the woman seemed to be crazy, desperately trying to break free from everyone's obstruction. But where is the strength of a woman, how many men are greater, especially these men are a few men who often go out of the village to hunt wild beasts.
"Don't go to death, do you want to take another life?!" a man roared.
The fire was scorching, and the frenzied waves of fire opened their teeth and claws, as if they wanted to swallow everything. The grief-stricken woman lay on the ground weakly, her fingers sinking deep into the dirt, blood flowing, and the image of a baby appeared in her blank gaze.
The fleshy little hands, the white and tender skin, the baby fragrance in the arms, people are reluctant to put down, the black jewel-like eyes shine with moving spirituality, and the moist eyes make people look at it, and they will never forget it in their lives. Lying in swaddling clothes, blinking star-like eyes, staring at you motionless, clear as a stream, as if to purify you......
However, all this will be swallowed up by the sea of fire!
A woman's fingernails have long been filled with dirt, tears, have long been gushing like springs, pain, there is no more pain than the loss of a child, sadness, there is no more sorrow than taking the life of her child. At this moment, the woman stared at the fire stupidly, stunned, she just felt that everything was not important.
Seeing that she had stabilized, everyone gradually relaxed their vigilance. However, just when everyone thought they could breathe a sigh of relief, a change broke out. The woman who had calmed down suddenly burst out with all her strength, her eyes were red, she broke free from all the men, and rushed into the sea of fire desperately.
The figure like a moth to a fire, in the incredible eyes of everyone, rushed into the sea of fire with a sad roar.
"My child!I'm here to accompany you!!"
Hysteria, grief and despair!
At this moment, the sound seemed to drown out the sound of the fire burning, and clearly penetrated into everyone's ears.
"Damn!!" the crowd tried to come to the rescue, but the desperate figure was swallowed up by the flames, and slowly fell to its knees, and then the house collapsed in front of them, leaving a raging flame crackling and screaming......
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The fire burned for three days and three nights, and most of the village was burned to black soil, and black smoke could be seen billowing everywhere in the village, slanting into the sky.
However, while the villagers were fighting the fire, three days ago, a mysterious figure stood in the stone forest not far from the village.
"Alas~" An old and long sigh was full of loneliness, and his shadow came from his own shadow. Even though the mysterious man is shrouded in a large robe, the white beard is still visible.
It is not difficult to guess that this is an old man.
"It's messy, it's messy, it's going to be unsafe here......" muttered to himself with the vicissitudes of life, revealing an endless worry.
On his shoulders, there stood a strange bird, with silver feathers all over his body, white as jade, slender legs, a red crown on his head, his eyes closed, his beak pointed and long, and three colored feathers dragging on his tail, all over his body exuded a strange feeling.
Its closed eyes, after hearing a mournful roar from a nearby village, slowly opened a little, and its gaze turned to the east of the village that had turned into a sea of fire.
A casual glance seems to see through all the vanity of heaven and earth.
As it looked at a collapsing cottage, it reflected the image of a baby in its eyes, and at the same time, a gleam flashed in its eyes......
Five years later.
A majestic and majestic mountain, standing magnificently among the mountains. A certain village in the Tianxuan Continent is located at the foot of this great mountain.
It was noon at this moment, and in a clearing in the village, there was a huge ding, which was gurgling and tumbling with animal meat, and the smell of meat was bursting, and it came to the nose, causing the bear children in the village to scream, and they couldn't wait to steal a piece to taste.
"Gluttonous children," the men sat next to them and looked at with a smile, as if they had seen their own gluttony when they were children.
"Go wash your hands! your hands are dirty!" the women unceremoniously slapped their dirty little hands and ordered them to wash their hands, while they skillfully divided the broth in the big ding.
Soon, the meat was also divided, the little hands were clean, and in the laughter and scolding of the parents, each pair of freshly washed little hands held a bowl of thick soup and ate it with relish.
"This is a broth of mountain beef and ancient elephant meat, eating more is good for the body. The adults taught earnestly.
"This is the village chief's prescription, Luan beef plus ancient elephant meat, combined with star grass, can not only strengthen the body, but also treat internal and external injuries. Remember it for Lao Tzu in the future!" A man pointed to his nose and "educated" his child.
"In the future, I should ask the village chief for advice, he has a great medical skill," another man told his son.
"What's there...... Medical skills cannot be eaten. It's still the village chief's cultivation method, and if you learn it, you can go hunting ancient beasts. Last Ancient Beast Meat ...... Think about it...... Hey, hey, hey" The bear child chewed in his mouth, and when he thought of the ancient beast meat, his saliva still flowed.
Boom!
"Daddy, why did you hit me?" asked the bear child, rubbing his head vigorously.
"I still want to learn the village chief's cultivation method, stinky boy, do you think you can learn it if you want to?"
"Daddy, we want to learn too. The bear child next to him also raised his head and said crisply.
"You are still young, you don't understand the difficulty and cruelty of cultivation, cultivation, only those who have awakened their physical strength are eligible. The father on the side comforted, with a little sadness in his tone.
Ordinary people like them can only exercise their physical bodies and hone their physical strength. Awakening is probably something they will never be able to reach in their lifetime.
"Then why can Xiao Xiaoqing cultivate?" the little guy asked eagerly.
"This daddy doesn't know, Xiao Xiaoqing's situation is special, but he cultivates the power of the flesh, and you can also cultivate. ”
Five years ago, their village was hit by a fire that consumed almost everything. However, it was also at that time that a strange old man appeared, and he took the rest of the villagers to move to the peaceful place now.
Later, the old man became their village chief.
Under the old man's teaching, the men in the village have improved their hunting skills a lot, and they no longer have to worry about food. Men, women and children have also learned a lot about herbal medicine, and the damage from hunting is much more optimistic. When a powerful ancient beast invades the village, the village chief will also fight back.
Xiao Xiaoqing is the grandson of the village chief, he is about the same age as the children in the village, but he has mastered many skills of the village chief. Medicine, cultivation, and many things that even adults don't know about.
At this moment, when everyone was sharing the meat of the beast, at the highest point of the village, at the residence of the village chief, a slightly thin figure was working tirelessly.
I saw that he was sitting cross-legged on a black stone, surrounded by wisps of Xuan Qi, and under the traction of some force, the milk swallow was absorbed into his body like a nest. After that, the Xuan Qi travels through the meridians in his body, absorbing little by little by the flesh and meridians. In this process, the meridians and flesh and blood are becoming stronger little by little, and the flesh is also stronger. But every trace of the mysterious power absorbed into it would disappear into his body strangely, as if it had never appeared.
Not far from his cultivation, a silver-white strange bird was standing on an ancient tree, as if it was recuperating, its eyes closed and its head down.
Soon after, the figure on the boulder stood up, the corners of his mouth curled, and then, like a lightning leopard, moved. I saw him stomp his legs suddenly, take advantage of the momentum to rise into the sky, and after a few afterimages in the air, he quickly reached the side of the strange bird. Huo's, five fingers clenched into a fist, without saying a word, a punch slammed into the strange bird.
"Hit!" said the childish voice with great excitement. But before he could rejoice, the strange bird that had been hit disappeared in front of his eyes, and suddenly appeared next to him again.
"Alas...... It's the afterimage again......" The words were extremely deflated, and he didn't have the confidence he had when he had just finished cultivating.
"Forget it, let's go and try the strength. Muttering to himself, he walked to the mountain wall. As for the strange bird, it never opened its eyes, as if nothing had happened.
The place where the little one is located is the highest platform in the village, which opens against the mountain. He heard from the village adults that it was cut by the village chief's bare hands. In the center of the platform is a black boulder, with a transplanted ancient tree on the edge, and a large black stone monument leaning against the mountain where the platform connects with the mountain. Strangely enough, however, there is no inscription on it.
"This time...... Hey, hey" The little guy smiled maliciously and clenched his fists as if he was about to succeed.
Drink!
Rumble!!
The whole mountain shook violently, and the villagers, who had just finished eating the beast's meat, couldn't help but look up at the highest flat land in the village.
"Daddy, Brother Qing is trying again," a bear kid with snot lifted his pants and wiped his snot and said.
"Look at the degree of shaking, it's much more violent than last time. A middle-aged man couldn't help but say.
"Did you break through this time?"
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On the platform at the highest point of the village, a young figure stood in front of the stone monument, his face full of joy.
In front of him, a small stone cave was recessed in the stele. Above it, billowing black gas converged, and a large "ten" condensed and formed, blooming with a dazzling light.
At this moment, he finally reached the coveted ten-inch stone!