A.D. 9876, winter, heavy snowfall.

An old man in his fifties, leaning against the door of the house, sat on a section of wood, his cloudy eyes staring vigorously into the snow in the distance. The tattered cloth clothes on his body could not stop the biting gusts of cold wind, which made him cough lightly from time to time, and his neck shrank back unconsciously.

Next to the old man, there was a gray animal, its huge body crawling on the ground more than two meters long, this beast was also a little listless in this quiet day that could only hear the howling cold wind, and even its head was attached to the ground. The green eyes also looked at the snow in the distance, and from time to time there was a glimmer of cold light.

This man and beast wanted to be motionless like a sculpture, until the sun was about to set, the weather was getting colder and colder, the old man held on to the door, got up with some difficulty, sighed lightly, don't look at it, it should not come back, his eyes were full of loneliness.

As if to say to himself, as if to the beast, but could the beast understand him?

The old man's surname is Liu, what is his name seems to have forgotten even himself, he has lived on the edge of this continent for decades, and has never gone out, since his wife died and his son died in battle, he seems to have forgotten himself. The world here has little to do with the outside world, and every day is to eat and find food, just like the beasts that crawl on the ground.

When Liu Laohan was about to close the door with both hands, his eyes glanced at the woods in the distance again, and he found a vague shadow moving. He suspected that his eyes were spent, and rubbed his eyes vigorously to look again. Now I saw clearly, a figure in the snow in the woods quickly moved towards this side, saying that it was moving because the speed of this person was too fast, two or three times faster than the speed of a person. The old man couldn't help but be alert, and his eyes stared at the black shadow fiercely. I saw that at this time, the beast that was afraid to crawl on the ground suddenly raised its head and stood up, stared at the black shadow in the distance for a moment, and then rushed out with a bang and pounced towards the black shadow. Liu Laohan hurriedly shouted, but the beast did not look back.

The beast was in front of the black shadow in a blink of an eye, a man and a beast actually hugged each other, and after a while, they separated, and the man stepped on the beast and rushed towards Liu Laohan. Liu Laohan became excited, and sure enough, it was him.

When the man arrived at the front of the house, Liu Laohan called softly: Xiaotian, you are back. After that, he looked at Xiao Tian, who was already 1.8 meters, and his eyes were moist.

This person was Xiao Tian, and after coming up from the dark cave in the cliff outside Jinshan City, he didn't go anywhere else, but immediately got up, walked through the Lost Forest, and returned here a few days later. It's been a year since I left here in the blink of an eye.

He found that the old man seemed to be much older, but his own squirrel had also grown a little taller. Looking at the old man and nodded: It's me, I'm back to see you.

The old man hurriedly motioned for Xiao Tian to enter the house, and he hurriedly took out the dough from it and handed it to Xiao Tian: "Child, eat quickly!

Xiaotian was not polite when he caught the dough, and devoured it. In fact, after he trained the sixth chapter of the Tao Te Ching, he no longer felt hungry, and the technique of bigu was very magical, but how could he tell the old man.

Liu Laohan looked at Xiao Tian intently, and waited until he finished eating two dough cakes before asking: You have suffered a lot outside this year, haven't you? How long have you been here?

Xiao Tian saw that the old man was full of concern for himself, which reminded him of the grievances and loneliness he had been away this year, but he still said calmly: "Don't worry, I'm doing well outside, but I haven't earned gold." Xiao Tian thought to himself that he still couldn't tell this old man about his cultivation, who could not have a secret. Speaking of gold, Xiao Tian had a man's face surnamed Zhang in his mind, and secretly said that this account must be calculated.

Liu Laohan said: Yes, I heard that everything outside needs gold, and I don't know what the use of asking for that thing is. But as long as you're not hungry.

Speaking of gold, Xiao Tian was still a little gloomy in his heart, thinking that he had been digging for two months and had not even seen a trace of gold.

Seeing that Xiaotian was silent, the old man didn't say anything anymore, sat relatively wordless for a while, and then slept separately. This night, Xiaotian no longer cultivated, but lay on the bed with peace of mind, sleeping naturally, and in his dreams he felt that this was what it felt like to be at home.

The next day, when the sky was bright, Xiao Tian got up and walked with the hamster to the depths of the woods, and when he entered the woods, Xiao Tian was afraid of the hamster's head, and he and the hamster started a race in the woods, and they chased each other. Xiao Tian found himself running at full speed, and he was on par with the speed of a hamster. I couldn't help but whistle at the depths of the woods excitedly, knowing that hamsters are more than six times faster than ordinary people. After playing with the hamster for a while, Xiaotian began to "chop wood", only to see him walk to a dry tree with a thick arm, turn his palm into a knife, and wave it towards the trunk, without making any sound, the trunk broke together. After repeating it several times, the trunk turned into a one-meter stick, neatly stacked on the ground. Xiao Tian walked to the next tree

When the sun rose, the old man went out and found that the front and back of his house were piled up with more than one person of newly cut dry wood, and he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh: "This child, alas! But then I thought of something, and my eyes were blank again.

Sure enough, on the morning of the third day, Xiaotian said goodbye to him. Although he was reluctant, he didn't stop him, he just repeatedly told Xiao Tian to take care of himself, although he didn't know what Xiao Tian was going to do, but he knew in his heart that this was not the best choice for a young man like Xiao Tian. I don't want to give Xiaotian too many fetters, after all, Xiaotian can still come back and see himself, and he will be content.

Reluctantly bidding farewell to Liu Laohan and the hamster again, Xiaotian quickly passed through the Lost Forest and rushed towards Jinshan City again.

After entering Jinshan City, Xiao Tian wandered around the city for a long time, and finally blocked this man named Zhang Shan in an alley that afternoon, when the two took a look, Xiao Tian grabbed his shoulder, his five fingers were slightly forced, Zhang Shan called out in pain, what do you want to do?

"Don't you remember me?" Xiao Tian looked at this slightly fat man who was one meter eight tall, the pain made his face red, and his originally honest face became a little hideous.

"I don't know you, boy, take your hand away. Zhang Shan said ruthlessly

"You betrayed me to the gold mine last year, and now I'm coming to settle accounts with you!"

Zhang Shan changed several shadows in his mind, as if he was determined. A little smile appeared on his face: "Hehe! It's you, little brother." ”

When he said your word, he waved his left arm vigorously, and smashed his fist into the middle of Xiao Tianmian door, and Xiao Tian's right hand was slightly raised to catch his fist and hold it in the palm of his hand.

Zhang Shan was a little surprised, and struggled hard to withdraw his fist, but the palm of the follow-up hand was like an iron hoop around his fist, and he couldn't break free, and he reinforced. It made him almost cry in pain. With a roll of his eyes,

changed to a crying tone: "Little brother, you don't know, my wife and three-year-old child haven't eaten for many days at that time, and I have no way to beat your idea, I will die a day later, you go back with me now, and I will pay you back ten taels of gold immediately." ”

Xiao Tian looked at him with a handful of snot and tears, and had some doubts in his heart, but he still let go of his hand. "Don't play any tricks, give me back the gold and I'll let you go, or I won't let you go." ”

Some people may think that Xiao Tian's kindness is incredible, Xiao Tian is used to seeing blood on the battlefield and killing countless people. Doesn't that seem weak? But you have to know that Xiao Tian, who is simple and kind in nature, kills on the battlefield as a last resort, if you don't kill others, you will be killed in the next second, that is a form of ruthlessness than people. And in the face of other novel worlds, he still doesn't like violence in his heart, plus after cultivating the Tao Te Ching, his entire mentality and murderous aura on his body have changed, and in this holy country of the South Continent, Xiao Tian's identity is still a lurking surviving enemy, and he doesn't want to be chased and killed everywhere all day long. In this way, everyone must be able to understand.

In this way, Zhang Shan walked in front, Xiao Tian followed two steps behind, returned to the lively street, and walked Zhang Shan suddenly ran to the bun shop next to him, Xiao Tian's this is the place where Zhang Shan sold buns to him for the first time, and then five big men quickly rushed out of the bun shop, each holding a wooden stick in his hand. One of them pointed at Xiao Tian and shouted, "Come and see, everyone, the slaves in the gold mine have escaped." Everyone, get him back. Immediately, there was a circle of people around, all pointing and pointing, and Xiao Tian remembered that the crescent gold mark on his forehead should be the mark of a gold mine slave. But he didn't panic, and said in a deep voice: You scumbags, deceived me and sold me into a gold mine, I won't give up today!"

Several people on the opposite side laughed, and the first person to speak said sharply: "The gold mine fugitive is a capital crime, and no one will care if we beat you to death here today, boy, accept your fate!"

Xiaotian stood there without moving, and the people next to him thought that this child was scared silly, and he might be killed on the street today.

In front of the sticks, Xiao Tianluck was about to counterattack, and the crowd next to him stabbed out a long stick of more than two meters and flicked upwards to block the two short sticks that fell from above, shook down, and smashed the two short sticks that came from below to the ground. Then a man rushed out, and the long stick spun sharply and knocked the four to the ground, only to hear a crackling sound, and the four people broke their heads and wailed.

Xiao Tian found that it was a woman in her twenties who helped him break the siege. It's about 1.75 meters, and it should be a long-term practice to look at the stick method, and it's easy to hit these big men. The woman put away her long stick, leaned on her shoulder, and said sharply to these big men who fell on the street: "You group of liars, this girl has been paying attention to you for a long time, specializing in deceiving the poor people in the city to sell themselves in gold mines, and doing some things that hurt heaven and reason.

Only then did the people around know the truth, and they scolded a few people, and the four of them hurriedly hugged their heads and ran into the distance.

Then the woman turned around and looked at Xiao Tiandao: "This little brother, be careful when you go out, so as not to be deceived again." ”

Xiao Tian looked at this woman curiously, only to see her long hair tied up tightly, her two big eyes flickering as if she could speak, and secretly thought, there are women in this Nanzhou Continent who practice martial arts, but the women in the Dongzhou Continent don't seem to go out much, how strange is it.

In fact, I don't know that Xiaotian himself is a little rare and strange, after the peace and prosperity of the mainland, people are naturally looking for things to do for themselves when they are stable to eat and drink, some do some cheating, abduction, stealing and robbing, and some do some gangs and gangs to gather people to do the whole thing, you must know that people are always pursuing higher things. As for the Dongzhou Continent, there are only a handful of women Xiao Tian has seen, so how do he know that there are no martial arts practitioners?

The woman didn't answer when she looked at Xiaotian, but just looked at herself in a daze, her face turned red, and she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. Lang Sheng: You kid, you don't thank you for saving you, but you are so rude. After that, he waved a long stick and knocked it on the top of Xiaotian's head. In fact, she didn't really hit Xiaotian, but was a little annoyed like waking up Xiaotian who was stunned.

When Xiao Tian heard him shouting, he immediately stopped thinking nonsense, and saw the long stick knocking on the top of his head, and his mind moved silently, moving slightly sideways, and let go of the stick. The woman was shocked, there was something wrong with this child, and the stick to dodge the purple was too light, and the long stick that knocked out the air immediately swept out, thinking to see how you dodge now!

I saw Xiaotian tie up the horse, his upper body quickly fell backwards, his body folded together, and his head was almost touching the ground. This stick swept over Xiaotian's belly.

The woman saw that Xiaotian didn't move her hand again, so she dodged her stick, her heart was horizontal, she collected her luck, and shook forward, and the three stick shadows pierced Xiaotian's head and shoulders respectively.

Seeing that the stick was in front of him again, Xiao Xiaotian quickly stretched out his left hand, grabbed the head of the stick from the trembling stick flower, so that he couldn't move, and asked urgently: "This girl, why do you keep attacking me repeatedly?

The woman was stunned for a moment, yes, this kid didn't do anything, he just felt that he was unwilling to be knocked by the first stick. But who would stand still and let themselves knock on their heads? Thinking of this, he pursed his lips and smiled: Hehe, little brother, you have good kung fu, what is your name? Sister won't beat you!

Xiao Tian was stunned for a moment, this is a god horse? You can't beat me before you say that. But when I saw the woman smiling as bright as a flower on the other side, I couldn't help but answer: My name is Xiaotian, thank you sister for helping just now!"

The woman put away the long stick and quickly came to Xiao Tian: Little brother, are you from Jinshan City? Where did you learn kung fu?

Xiao Tian wondered if women liked to ask questions so much, but seeing that she didn't look malicious, she still replied: "I am a citizen outside the city, and I practiced kung fu when I was chopping wood." "Xiao Tian obviously still can't lie.

"Then what are you doing in Jinshan City? How did you get sold into a gold mine by these swindlers?"

Xiaotian then told him how he was deceived into it, but in the end, he said that the overseer sympathized with his young age and released himself privately

"These bad guys are so hateful, what are you going to do next, little brother?"

Xiao Tian fell into deep thought, yes, he had nothing to do in the city first, because he wouldn't feel hungry, and he didn't need gold, so he couldn't wander around every day and practice on the streets at night, but what could he do? When he first entered society, he didn't know what the people in the city were doing

Seeing that Xiaotian didn't speak again, the woman continued: "At your age, you should learn some skills, since you know how to do some kung fu, why don't you join the Holy Light Academy with me!"

"Holy Light Academy?"

"Oh, the Holy Light Academy is a newly established martial arts academy on the mainland, and it is said that it can train knights, and every big city in the Holy Australia has set up branch campuses. The branch of Jinshan City is hiring. This chivalrous girl wants to go in and cultivate, so that she can explore the continent in the future!"

Xiao Tian suddenly became interested, so that he would have a place to cultivate, and besides, could the knight be a night bat knight?

"What is this sister's name? I also want to go to the Holy Light Academy to learn martial arts, but I don't know where it is, so please take me there!"

"No problem, we'll sign up tomorrow, Xiaotian, right? My name is Quan Enqi, it looks like I'm older than you, you have to call me sister."

"Sister. Xiaotian called softly, blushing a little embarrassed, he hadn't dealt with a woman since he was so old.

"Haha, then let's meet here tomorrow morning, and I'll take you to the Holy Light Academy. Seeing Xiaotian's blushing face, this Quan Enqi was hearty and happy.