―― A huge forest, across the mountains, birds singing and flowers, small beasts running, wide and dense branches obscuring part of the light, at this moment it is noon, dense light sprinkled on the bushes and meadows, full of life, everywhere showing the miraculous life scene of nature, the environment is very beautiful, but there are few people, except for the woodcutter, usually no one will come here.

A thin figure struggled to move its steps into the forest. The sun shone on him, and it was a teenage boy, only about 1.5 meters tall, looking thin like a kitten, but he was carrying a basket close to half his height on his back, and he was holding a wood axe with a little rust in his hand. He was dressed in shabby rags, the cloth on his body had long been worn out, his black hair was a little messy, but his eyes were as clear and bright as a pool, and although his skin was rough, it could not hide his slightly handsome appearance. He looked like a poor woodcutter no matter how he looked.

The child shuttled between the shadows of the trees, he did not have enough strength to cut down the big trees, he could only chop some small branches and put them into the basket behind him, his appearance did not seem to affect the tranquility and peace of the forest, with a crisp sound of splitting wood, after a while, the bamboo basket on his back was full of branches. With the weight increase on the burden on his back, the child also seemed to be a little powerless, and began to stagger, and the fine beads of sweat on his body dripped to the ground through the inferior cloth clothes, after all, it was just a thin child, and it was too difficult for him to provoke these dozens of pounds of baskets.

He put down the bamboo basket, wiped the sweat beads from his forehead with his sleeve, looked up at the blue sky, and felt a wave of dizziness. He has no father and mother since he was a child, and when he has a memory, he was alone in a small town at the foot of the mountain, and every time he tried to recall the previous events, he would feel that his mind was blank, and he only knew that his name was Tianxing.

In order to make a living, he went up to the mountains to chop firewood and sell it for a living when he was eight years old, although he worked extremely hard, but how much harvest could he have gained as a child of * years old? The long-term wandering made him very weak, and the task of chopping firewood increased day by day, and now he has not eaten a mouthful of food for two days, how can he support it?

Tianxing slowly put down the huge basket and stood against the trunk of a big tree, his breathing was very heavy, sweat was pouring down his forehead, the starlight flashed in his mind, and the feeling of weakness hit his whole body, Tianxing was finally unable to hold on, and the excessive fatigue burden made him tilt his head and faint by the tree.

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When he opened his eyes, it seemed to be a simple decoration all around, as if it was a wooden house, the sunlight shone through a small window next to him, and the sound of birds outside the window was clearly audible, Tianxing reluctantly sat up with his overdrawn arms, shook his head, Tianxing recalled that he was chopping wood in the forest before, and fainted due to weakness, where is this?

There was a creaking sound, and the old wooden door in the room, which was extremely old, was pushed open, and a slightly crumpled figure came into the sight of the celestial star. It was an old man of about fifty years of age, of medium height, for some reason, he had a hat on his head, and a black veil hanging down more than a foot, and it was difficult to see the old man's face from the outside.

Seeing his somewhat frightening mysterious dress, Tianxing couldn't help but subconsciously lean back and lean back, and his vigilance increased greatly.

The old man came to his bedside and said helplessly: "Don't be afraid, I have no malicious intent, you fainted while chopping firewood in the forest, I happened to pass by and brought you back, this is my hut, not too far from the small forest where you chopped firewood before, eat something and rest." Looking at your appearance, you're not very rich. ”

Tianxing recalled that he had indeed fainted in the woods, and the intense hunger prompted him to take the food that the old man held in his hand that he didn't know what it was, and devoured it, the taste of the food was not very good, it could be said to be like chewing wax, but Tianxing suddenly felt that the hunger didn't seem to be too strong, and the food he had just eaten seemed to have an immediate effect.

"Thank you, that ...... What about my axe and firewood basket?" asked Tianxing, for him, the axe and firewood basket could be said to be all the belongings on which he depended, and if he could not chop wood, his only source of income would be cut off.

The old man waved his hand and said very naturally: "I didn't bring those things, it doesn't matter, you don't have to chop wood, you can stay here with me and live with me in the future, I'm also old, and it's very lonely to live alone." It's just, don't you have parents?"

Tianxing involuntarily felt lonely for a while, bowed his head slightly and said, "I don't know, I have never had a memory of my parents, I have been wandering in the town since I was a child." ”

The old man patted Tianxing lightly on the shoulder and said, "What a poor child, you just live here, at least it's much better than your life of chopping wood, I haven't asked you yet, what is your name?"

"My name is Skystar. ”

"Well, Tianxing, you can rest first, I'll go out for a while, you can move around casually, don't leave too far. The veiled old man stood up, pushed open the wooden door, and went out.

Tianxing rested a little on the bed, feeling not so tired, and he didn't know what the lump of food he had eaten just now was, but in less than ten minutes, Tianxing felt that his body was not so weak, and his strength had recovered a little. He slowly stepped out of bed, moved his muscles, and pushed the door open.

It is a small courtyard, with green woods and the faint sound of the stream flowing, and there are four small wooden houses in total, and the wooden fence is very simple, and it seems that the old man lives here alone. I just don't know why, he wears gauze to hide his face. Tianxing thought to himself, he didn't think much about it, and suddenly saw a broom in the corner of the wall, so he walked over and picked it up, and began to clean the slightly dusty courtyard, how could he do something for his life-saving old man.

Of the four rooms, two were bedrooms, one of which was the house where Celestial Star had just stayed, and after cleaning the other bedroom, Celestial Star pushed open the door of the third room.

This room was the smallest and the most simple, with only a few futons for meditation, and some objects hanging on the walls, and Tianxing also cleaned it, and while cleaning, he wondered if the old man should be the top profession of the human race on the continent that he had heard about in the town-martial artist.

This continent is called the Nine Elements Continent, in this world, human beings have evolved a special power, and by practicing these exercises, they can obtain powerful abilities, which is also called cultivation, and people who cultivate energy are called martial artists. Only some people with extremely high talent can cultivate and improve their strength. There are ten levels of cultivation, from low to high, they are samurai, fighter, great fighter, heavenly fighter, fighter, great fighter, heaven fighter, demon soul warrior, great demon soul warrior and holy demon soul warrior. The breakthrough and promotion of each level can make a qualitative leap in strength, and after reaching the limit that human beings can touch, the strength is enough to move mountains and reclaim the sea, turn things around, and forcibly change everything around them with the power of one person, and the strength is unimaginably terrifying. And the martial artist is also the key to determining the outcome of a battle, and the wars between the major empires that now occupy the continent are all centered on the struggle between the martial artists, and the composition of the top armies is also inseparable from the martial artists.

After cleaning the wooden house, Tianxing looked around, but his eyes were attracted by a sword hanging on the wall. The sword was copper-red, the hilt was engraved with crimson lines, it looked as if a copper beast was roaring, although it was just hanging quietly by the wall, but Tianxing felt that the sword exuded a sonorous aura of gold and iron, and the bronze blade with a little crimson was even more chilly. This sword is about three feet three inches long, about four inches wide, and half an inch thick, and the hilt is nearly a foot long, which is a very regular size.

The red bronze sword seemed to be attractive, Tianxing looked at it, feeling that his thoughts seemed to be attracted to it, slowly raised his hands, looking at the red sword about one meter long, Tianxing's eyes were gradually attracted, as if there was something pulling his heart, slowly raised his right hand, Tianxing's index finger lightly scratched the back of the sword, lightly, the red copper blade seemed to make a soft sound.

At this time, a figure crashed into the door, and it was the old man who was hanging the veil, he just saw Tianxing pointing at the red sword, and immediately shouted: "Don't!"

But it was still too late, and at that moment, a dark red light erupted from the sword, so suddenly, without giving Tianxing a chance to react, in an instant, red enveloped Tianxing's body. The dark red light suddenly brightened, dazzling the entire wooden house.

The old man took a step, his figure was like a ghost, and he came to Tianxing's side in an instant, at this moment the red light had already enveloped Tianxing's whole body, the old man grabbed Tianxing's shoulder, and shook him back gently, and at the same time pressed his other hand on the back of the sword, and in an instant, the red light dissipated, and after the red sword made a buzz, it regained calm.

Tianxing only felt just now, when his fingers crossed the dark red long sword, a sudden heat came from the long sword, and a trace of light flashed on the red sword in an instant, it was too fast, Tianxing only felt that he was surrounded by a sudden heat, and for some reason he felt a warm comfort, but just for a moment, that comfort turned into a burning heat, and at this time, he vaguely heard the old man's shouting, and then his body was pushed out, and Tianxing fainted again, but this time, it was not because of excessive fatigue。