"Kids, I have one thing to tell you before you say your decision. Ling Feng looked around, and then said, "In two years, the major cultivation sects, hidden families, and even the Royal Academy in the Snowy Region will open their doors and openly accept disciples. This is both an opportunity and a challenge for you. Because if you have amazing talent and perseverance, then you have the possibility of reaching the top of this continent, and you will be proud of the world. But if you choose this path, it means that you will endure inhuman cruelty, challenge your own limits, and brave the catastrophe of destruction. Blood, carnage, beasts, human hearts...... The road is full of thorns, but it also contains life. As for how you choose, it depends on how you choose. There is one more thing, some time ago, swallowing the sky appeared in the world, but you don't have to worry, the human world has its own masters to protect it. Although many things may happen in the heavens and the earth in the future, I guarantee that as long as I live, I will definitely be safe and sound! I am telling you these two things now because you can only make your own decisions on this matter, and your elders are not cultivators, so they cannot give you any advice. Now I'll give you half a pillar of incense time, and think about it. ”

After Ling Feng finished speaking, he turned around and sat on an animal skin Taishi chair and stopped talking.

Everyone looked at Ling Feng, who was not smiling, and their hearts were awe-inspiring, whispering. On the slightly immature faces of the children, many emotions such as shock, excitement, fear, and yearning are mixed in.

The time of the half-burnt incense was fleeting, and Ling Feng turned around and took out a thick ancient book with "Ling's Zhuangzhi" written on it from the room, and gently placed it on the wooden table. "Lingjia Zhuang Zhi" is written in yellow, revealing a quaint atmosphere, and you can know that it has been some years at a glance.

Ling Feng turned to the blank page of the book, held the wolf in his hand, and said to the group of children, "Tell me about your choice." ”

Twelve children stepped forward and spoke.

"Grandpa Ling, I want to follow my father into the snowy region and be an excellent hunter!"

"Village Chief, I want to go to Cold Moon City to seek fame and glory for my ancestors. ”

"Grandpa, I'm going to go outside, be an excellent businessman, and let everyone in our village live a good life!"

“......”

"Village chief, I, I want to go to practice......" At this moment, a little girl with pigtails said timidly to Ling Feng.

Ling Feng raised his head and looked at the only child in this group other than Ling Yu who asked to cultivate.

Her name is Ling Yunuo, and her cotton clothes have many patches on them, although they are simple but very clean. His jet-black hair was tied into a pigtail and hung down at the back of his head, and his skin was fair, which could be broken by blowing. It can be seen that she is definitely a beauty in the city when she grows up. Yu Nuo's hands clutched the corners of his clothes tightly, and a pair of big watery eyes were mixed with a hint of determination in the tension.

Ling Yunuo's background is relatively pitiful, she originally had a happy family. His father was an excellent hunter, and his mother was a well-known skillful hand in Shili Eight Villages, and she did a good needlework. But when she was five years old, her parents went to the snowy region to collect medicine, and encountered two high-level fierce beasts fighting for territory, and her parents were unfortunately affected and both died. His mother's six-month-old baby was not spared, with two dead bodies and three lives in the snow. Since then, Ling Yunuo has been living with her grandparents. It is extremely cruel for a white-haired person to send a black-haired person, and Yunuo's grandmother can't bear this heavy blow, so she has been sick in bed ever since. Her grandfather was forced to make a living, and followed the hunters into the pine forest every day to hunt. The old man has a stubborn personality and refuses to be left behind. The hunters dissuaded them many times, promising to let their family have no worries about food and clothing, but he politely refused. Even so, the people in the village still helped silently, and cotton clothes, firewood, rice and noodles, and meat were quietly placed in front of his house. But even so, Ling Feng also knew that Yu Nuo, this girl, had suffered a lot.

"Yunuo, have you thought about it? This road is very difficult, and your life is in danger at every turn. Cultivation is a road of no return to compete with heaven and earth, and it is very arduous, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a lifetime of nine deaths. Moreover, as a girl, you will pay more. Ling Feng looked at Ling Yunuo with a firm face, sighed slightly, and reminded softly.

"Grandpa, I've figured it out. This world is respected by the strong, and when the parents were affected and suffered misfortune, this is a certainty. I've asked myself countless times why my fate is so bad, but no one has told me the answer. The immortals in the nine heavens will not, the heavens looking down on the world will not, and this complicated world will not! Although I have resentment in my heart, I have nothing to do. And now that I have this opportunity to practice, I think, this should be the path I want to take, only by constantly striving for self-improvement, can I not let the tragedy of the past repeat itself! Let the immortals, let the heavens, let the world know, my fate is up to me!" At the end, Xiao Yunuo clenched his fists and his beautiful eyes were full of tears. The lonely figure in the cold wind was extremely gloomy, but it was extremely strong.

In the crowd behind everyone, an old man with gray hair was already squatting on the ground, hiding his face with his hands, crying silently. His sad emotions infected everyone around him, and he was really moved by what he heard and cried when he saw it.

This old man's name is Ling Chuan, he is Ling Yunuo's grandfather, and the scenes he has experienced over the years keep flashing in his mind. He will never forget the hollow look in Yunuo's eyes when he heard that his son and daughter-in-law had suffered a tragic disaster, and his despair was suffocating. I can't forget the anxious look when she returned from her first hunting trip after the death of her parents, and at the door of the house where it was almost late at night, Yunuo was thinly dressed and waited barefoot. I can't forget the scene where Xiao Yunuo cooked for the first time while he was hunting in order not to work too hard. She was only five years old at the time, and she was not as tall as a stove. Xiao Yunuo stepped on the stool and was clumsy and busy, the hot oil splashed on her delicate little hands, scalding a piece of redness and swelling, but she didn't say a word, these were all seen by him who came back early.

A filial son from a poor family, Yunuo is a tranquil person, and he has been a sensible child since he was a child. They are obedient to their old words and are very filial. She was bitter in her heart, but she never said it to herself. And today, Yunuo's choice is like opening the floodgates of Ling Chuan's memory, and everything in the past rushes out. After so many years of suffering, it seems that for the first time it has found an outlet to pour out, and the surging tears cannot be stopped.

Ling Feng listened to Yu Nuo's hysterical cry and was silent for a while. The child in front of her is indeed not easy, how much pain she has endured to have such a sad and angry mood. Even if outsiders know what happened to her, they may sympathize with her, they may pity her, but no one can empathize.

"Good boy, since you have chosen this path, we will all help you unconditionally, I hope you will not regret it. Ling Feng exhaled deeply, adjusted his mood, and wrote on the yellowed page: Ling Yunuo, practice.

In this way, the path of the twelve children and their own choices are recorded. Most of the children's choices Ling Feng had expected in advance, but Ling Yunuo had surprised him a little. As for the practice of this path, I believe that the children's parents, especially the grandparents, should have a slight objection. People become old and refined, but all old hunters who are old know that in the Huaxia Continent, unless your family has an extraordinary background, or you yourself have a bloodline or talent against the sky, otherwise, it is too difficult to get ahead by relying on cultivation. Moreover, not everyone can stick to this path, cultivation means a big gamble, and for ordinary people like Lingjiazhuang, they are not even qualified to gamble.

After the record was completed, the twelve children returned to their parents. The family was smiling and happy, and it was clear that the parents were happy with their children's choices.

"Grandpa, don't cry, is my choice dissatisfying you?" Ling Yunuo picked up Ling Chuan, who was crying silently, his eyes were slightly red.

"No, Nuo'er don't think about it too much, no matter what choice you make today, grandpa supports you unconditionally, it's just that grandpa is worried about you, grandpa hasn't taken good care of you for so many years, I'm sorry for you. Cultivation path, fight with the sky, besides, you are a girl, grandpa feels sorry for you!" Ling Chuan said to Ling Yunuo in a trembling voice with a hint of guilt in his words.

"Don't worry, grandpa, I know what I'm doing, you wait for me for a few more years, and I'll take you around for nine days. Ling Yunuo took Ling Chuan's hand and said mischievously.

Ling Chuan nodded and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. He knew that Yunuo said this in order to ease his heart.

"Okay, Xiaochuan, Yunuo is so big, we all have to believe in her choice. Besides, our old guys will spare no effort to help him, so don't worry. Seeing that Ling Chuan was depressed, Ling Feng stepped forward to explain.

"Brother, this child has understood things since she was a child, and it was our old couple who delayed her!" Ling Chuan touched Yunuo's head and said lovingly.

"Okay, I have it, what are you worried about! Quickly wipe away your tears, in front of the juniors, you are not afraid of being embarrassed, how old you are. Ling Feng patted Ling Chuan on the shoulder and quipped.

"After that, it's troublesome for Brother and Yu'er to take care of her more!" Ling Chuan's old face flushed, wiped his tears embarrassedly, and said to Ling Feng with a fist.

"Don't worry, your granddaughter is my granddaughter, Yu'er's own sister, I don't take care of anyone!" Ling Feng glared, obviously a little annoyed by Ling Chuan's appearance.

"Hehe......" Ling Chuan scratched his head, he was really afraid that Ling Feng would be angry. Ling Feng has been the village chief for so many years, and his prestige is extremely high. Don't look at his usual smile, but everyone in the village knows that he has a hot temper and says nothing. If you annoy him, others really don't dare to say anything.

"Okay, don't be stunned here, hurry back and prepare, it's time to baptize them in the afternoon, after the baptism, you need a lot of energy to replenish your physical strength, the little girl's body is thin, I'm afraid I can't bear it." Seeing Ling Chuan's overwhelmed appearance, Ling Feng really couldn't bear to criticize him again.

"Good, good. I will definitely do what my brother tells me. Ling Chuan agreed, and walked towards the crowd with Yunuo.

Ling Feng looked at the backs of his grandfather and grandson, shook his head and smiled bitterly. How could he not see that Ling Chuan was making a bitter trick for him for Ling Yunuo, although he was a little clever, his love for his granddaughter was extremely real. Don't say it's him, it's not the same as Ling Yu.

Ling Feng walked over to the incense table and pressed his hands lightly in the air.

Seeing that Ling Feng had something to say, everyone stopped talking and looked at Ling Feng.

Ling Feng nodded lightly, obviously very satisfied with everyone's actions. He glanced around, and then said slowly: "Let's stop here in the morning for the coming-of-age ceremony, go back at noon to replenish your children's physical strength, and prepare to baptize them in the afternoon, this year I picked a lot of herbs outside, don't waste it." In addition, in the afternoon, let the children who have not been baptized in the past five years come and participate in the ......"