Chapter 1: The Mirror and the Boy
The ancient flood continent, in the chaos of 10,000 years ago, after 3,000 years of rising and setting, the mountains and seas migrate, so that it is divided into four continents, southeast, northwest and northwest, and the center of the earth suspended in the empty Tianzhou, and then, the creatures between the heaven and the earth multiply, and all races were born.
However, with the ignorance of the living beings, driven by the primitive **, the ten thousand races brought this large area into a long period of gunsmoke and war.
With the rise and fall of countless races, the war lasted for four thousand years, and finally the three races stood out and became the victors in writing history, which was the human race, the witch race and the demon race, at that time all beings were tired of fighting, and the emperor of the three races also had to draw an end to this war after several discussions, and under the resolution of the three emperors, the north continent of the continent was divided into the human race, the east continent was allocated to the demon race, the south state belonged to the Wu clan, and only the remaining Xizhou was controlled by all the clans that had not yet perished, and Tianzhou, since the beginning of the chaos has been wrapped in the crazy laws of heaven and earth。
After the war, in order to erase the hatred brought by the war to all the peoples, the emperor of the three tribes discussed and drafted a decree, called the Three Emperors' Law, which contained: "All tribes may have diplomatic relations, trade, and marriage, and the rules of the clan shall not interfere." shall not engage in ethnic warfare on a scale above the village level", etc., hundreds of decrees to maintain the peaceful coexistence of all ethnic groups, and strictly supervise this.
Under the run-in of the Three Emperors' decree and the pig-killing knife of the years, to this day, the Honghuang Continent is peaceful, although the wind of good martial arts is as always, and the immortals are eager to ask for it, but the war between the races is finally sealed in the hearts of all races.
At present, Nanzhou, the territory of the Wu people, in a vast jungle, there is a very abrupt valley, where there is no grass, strange rocks are numerous, and most of the ground and rocks are cracked like glass cracks, and against the background of the green jungle around it, this place seems to have descended out of thin air.
This place is called the Valley of Broken Mirrors, and it is about five miles in size. And in the middle of the Broken Mirror Valley, there is a strange plant, if it were not for its rattan shaking a few times from time to time, it can also be called a crystal carving. A number of rattan sticks stretch out around the body of this object, as if it is a tentacle, and the strange thing is that the rattan is like a crystal cast, and it is dazzling under the reflection of the sun. There is a circle of crystal thorns in the center of the rattan, like the fangs of a wild beast guarding a piece of crystal in its center, this crystal is the size of an adult skull, if you look closely, there seems to be a vertical pupil looming, very strange.
This thing is called the broken mirror crystal vine, it is born when the flood continent first opened with the law of the law, born with supernatural powers, it is a divine object in the world, but the world is unpredictable, the ancient wars are continuous, the people of all ethnic groups have come out in large numbers, the crystal vine is rare in the world, it is a flash in the pan and drowned in the torrent of history, this vine is the only incense left by its ancestors with the last magical power, and now it has lost the grace of the heavens, and there is no clan to ignite, not to mention the supernatural power, that is, the spiritual wisdom was also opened ten years ago, so it goes on, only by relying on the essence of the sun and the moon, it is the fastest transformation into a human after a thousand years, and the sentient beings now seem to be its inevitable result。
Ten years is nothing to Jingteng, and the wisdom of the first birth is worse than that of babbling children, even the most obvious emotions, joy, anger, sorrow and joy cannot be distinguished.
Looking around, there are some strange stones around, there is no trace of any life, ten years have not changed, only the four seasons change can be called fresh, but a look at ten years, it is no matter how beautiful the scenery is also ruthless, fortunately, the crystal vine has no concept of time, ten years is so dull to look at, to not feel bored.
At this time, its rattan suddenly trembled slightly, and the consciousness of the crystal vine rippled, but it didn't know what this feeling was, maybe it was joy, in short, it was not annoying. And this feeling is all due to a familiar figure in the distance slowly walking over.
The figure slowly became clear, looking from a distance it should be a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, still carrying a water bladder in his hand, very delicate, when the young man looked up at Jing Teng, his face naturally showed a warm smile.
The boy's name is Ye Shaobai, his parents are all Terrans, he is a trader mixed in Xizhou, running around for a livelihood all day long, after Shaobai was born, parents naturally want to give their children a good future, so the two plan to pour all their family property to Nanzhou to collect some special products back to Xizhou to sell, like such a long distance of business are monopolized by the big family, if this thing is done, even if it is less profitable, it is enough to find a good academy for the child to learn something, but unfortunately the sky does not follow people's wishes, his parents have gone through hardships to this point, but they have encountered robbers, and since then they have been buried in Nanzhou, Ye Shaobai was taken in by a local Wu village, and now the mainland is peaceful, although the village is not very friendly to him, but fortunately, he has adopted his grandfather to take care of him, so he can live to this day.
Ye Shaobai walked in front of Jing Teng as always, opened his water bag, slowly poured water on each rattan, and then wiped each rattan and crystal thorns with his sleeve, until the crystal vine was wiped clean and clean, and then slowly sat down opposite Jing Teng.
The young man looked at the crystal, and his figure was reflected on it, but he didn't know whether to say to himself or to Jing Teng: "Mirror, you are still so beautiful, but I don't know when you will be able to incarnate into an adult like that mythical flower fairy?" As if to explain to Jing Teng, he continued: "Although there is a brother in my family, I have always imagined that if I had an average-sized playmate, it would be nice to be able to talk to me, and I dreamed the day before yesterday that you turned into a human form and came to me." ”
Except for the smile of the young man when he saw Jing Teng, his immature face has been slightly melancholy since then, and now it seems that he has said that he is happy, and only then does he appear to be in line with his age, sunny and bright, and the conversation box is also opened.
"Since I was seven years old, my grandfather told me about you, it is said that one day the sky thundered, deafening, when the whole sky became like a mirror, can reflect the mountains and forests below, and then "snap" and then shattered, the mountains and forests in the mirror are also broken, that mountain forest is now this valley, after that you will grow here, after many years, no fierce beast has ever approached here, flowers and plants can not grow, grandpa said it is all because of you. The children in the village don't believe it, Brother Wuxin always deals with me, I believe it, I believe it from the first time I see you, and grandpa said that you are a god seed, and you will definitely be able to transform into a human. ”
When the boy told this, his eyes flashed with a light that belonged only to children. And the light was always short-lived, and as soon as the words paused, melancholy crept up on the boy's face again.
"I'm fourteen years old this year, and for seven years, I've come here every other day to talk to you, I always feel like you're looking at me, just speechless, when will you be able to become a human, every time I come to see you, the children in the village laugh at me for being stupid, even my grandfather and Brother Wuxin tell me not to take it too seriously. ”
Ye Shaobai's face seemed to be more melancholy, and he lowered his head and said: "It's been seven years, and even I don't believe it anymore, but I don't dare! I am not a clansman in this land, and they look down on me and I know." Although my grandfather and Brother Wuxin treated me very well, the people in the village didn't want to look at me, I just thought, if you want to, you will definitely not look down on me, if I don't believe it, you will also leave me. The boy's head lowered as he spoke, and his teeth bit his lower lip hard from time to time.
Jing Teng has been listening, and there is a sour feeling in his heart, but he doesn't understand why this is at all, and subconsciously wants to stretch out the vine to touch the boy, but in exchange for only a few slight shakings, it is because of this broken mirror Jing Teng family, the hardness of the branches and leaves is rare in the world, if it has not been blessed by heaven and earth when it is transformed, it is completely unable to control the body.
After being silent for a long time, the young man seemed to leave aside the unhappiness of Shicai, and said with a warm smile again: "I'm sorry, mirror, I always have to come here to nag endlessly, I don't want to blame me, don't count the previous words, you have to try to transform into a human form to accompany me as soon as possible, I'll go back first." After Ye Shaobai finished speaking, he turned around and left.
"I'll see you the day after tomorrow, mirror. The figure of the boy faded away.
There is a small village about ten miles away from the Broken Mirror Valley, the villagers call it Stone Village, the people in the village are surnamed Shi, there are quite a lot of such villages in Nanzhou, here is the place where the night Shaobai lives, the village is not big, it is estimated that it can only accommodate a hundred and ten people, the village is surrounded by a thick wall with a big stone, about one person is tall, the houses in the village are all made of stones, the Wu people are born with great strength, the house is solid and time-saving with a big stone, although it is not comfortable to live at all, but this is also right with the Wu people who are not good at enjoying it.
In the evening, many houses in the village were smoking, and in the open space in the middle of the village, several teenagers were piling firewood, and there were several wild beast corpses next to them, and the girl was skinning and cleaning, and a teenager was standing on a large stone pier and foaming at the mouth to tell the children around him.
"When it was too late, I only heard a strong wind in my ears, and I smelled a fishy smell at that time, so I quickly shrank my shoulders and turned my head, and waved the knife with my backhand, and the big wolf was disemboweled by me. The young man danced and preached hard. A few children on the side opened their ears and looked at him intently, and when they heard the thrilling place, the eyes of the boss with his mouth open were full of admiration, and the boy who watched was even more proud, and he worked harder to tell everyone about the thrill of killing wolves and his extraordinary heroism.
At this time, a child suddenly interjected: "Brother Shi Li, you are so powerful, I also pestered him to tell me about the reckless bear that my brother hunted back a few days ago, but he only said that when he bumped into the bear, he slashed it, and it was over." The child also learned to look impatient between his words. "I don't sound as heroic as Brother Shi Li, I guess that bear is stupid, definitely not as powerful as this big wolf, Brother Shi Li, are you more powerful than Brother Wuxin!!" After the child finished speaking, he looked at Shi Li expectantly.
"Hmm" Shi Li's face flushed a little, and then he whispered: "This... can't be said like that." Wuxin is a year older than me, and I'm still a little worse than him, and how can the reckless bear be stupid, our stone house can't eat its claws. Regardless of how much water there is, Mangxiong's comment is true, after all, that is his goal for the next few years.
Looking at the slightly disappointed eyes of the children, Shi Li clenched his fists and secretly encouraged himself: "I will definitely surpass that Shi Wuxin, soon, you can see." As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Li hurriedly looked around, until he didn't find Shi Wuxin's shadow left and right, Shi Li took a long breath, remembering the figure that was a year older than him, and the heart he had just mentioned was vented again.
"I heard Daddy say a while ago that even he may not be an unintentional opponent, alas. Thinking of this, the praise of the uncles in the village for their suitable talents made him proud.
At this moment, Ye Shaobai walked in from the gate of the village, and saw the situation on Shi Li's side from afar, Ye Shaobai immediately shrank his head and stepped up his pace to his house.
Coincidentally, Shi Li was raising his eyes to look around, and just saw Ye Shaobai's figure, his eyes immediately lit up, and he hurriedly shouted: "Little stone, little stone, come and see the blue wolf I killed, it's such a big one, come and eat wolf meat together."
"Little Stone" is the nickname given to him by the teenagers in the village, and no one has ever remembered the name of Ye Shaobai except for his grandfather and Brother Wuxin.
Ye Shaobai stopped helplessly, turned around with a sigh, and said to Shi Li: "Brother Li, it's not too early, I have to hurry home, grandpa and they must be waiting for me to start dinner at this time." Let's stop eating the meat for now, I'll invite you another day. ”
Shi Li's chin was slightly raised, his arms were folded in front of his chest, and he shook a few steps forward, until Ye Shaobai was in front of him, and then he said with a bitter look: "Alas, don't say that I will train you, you said that you have nothing to do all day long, you are so old and like a child, you go to play with the grass and trees when you have nothing to do, and you want me to eat meat, presumably it is to take Brother Wuxin's prey as a favor." ”
Ye Shaobai blushed, hung his head, and said nothing, Shi Li seemed to know that he would not be silent, and continued: "You are only a year younger than me, if you can also hunt some rations for your own family, even if it is not as good as me, you have half of my ability, and you are worthy of the patriarch grandfather to adopt you for many years." Shi Li turned around from time to time to peek at the children behind him, and saw that the little faces of the children were filled with admiration, and Shi Li was relentless.
I was going to say something more, but I realized that it was not too early, if I didn't want to come out to find this kid, it was not good to be seen by him, last year because of bullying this guy, I really took an old punch, but now I think about it, and I feel a little pain.
Thinking of this, Shi Li put down his arm, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, looking at your boneless appearance, no matter how much you say, it's not a big deal." Go ahead, go ahead, go back and ponder my suitable words, and it will not be in vain for my hard work. ”
Ye Shaobai didn't dare to reply when he heard this, and whispered: "I know, then I'll go." After saying that, he hurriedly turned around and walked away.
After walking a little distance, when he was far away from Shi Li, Ye Shaobai took a breath, like this situation, it will be staged every once in a while, Ye Shaobai has long been used to it, but every time he is inevitably blushing.
It is said that this night Shaobai is far from being as ignorant as Shi Li said, his parents are dead, and he is under the fence, this son is far more sensible than ordinary teenagers, when he was first taken in, he was not as diligent as his brother, no matter morning or evening, the villagers can see the scene of this son refining his body, but the ethnic groups are different, no matter how hard they practice, they are not as strong as the children who eat and sleep when ordinary people are full.
The Wu tribe is born with great strength, strong body, can withstand beating, and the human race is weak, the night is less white a child, and do not know the principle of step-by-step, the practice is too violent, but to hurt the body, and do not know how to converge, still gritting their teeth to hold on, its young body has already been injured five times and seven injuries, until a serious illness recovered, this son carried more than 30 pounds of heavy objects and both shoulders were in pain, only to know how to stop, but this year has passed, not only has not a trace of improvement, every cloudy day and rain but more painful and difficult, only to know that most of them are wasted, after that, the village teenager has an extra punching bag。
In the Wu clan, the waste has nothing to do with the word dignity, but fortunately, his grandfather and Shi Wuxin treat him like a family, plus the spiritual sustenance of the mirror, otherwise the young man may have committed suicide a long time ago. Wu clan is still martial, many teenagers in the village hate Ye Shaobai, regard it as a stranger, in the early years, there were often stubborn teenagers in the name of teaching to make him suffer, Shi Li is one of the worst, until a Shi Wuxin madness, only to change to such a humiliating routine.
Ye Shaobai is actually very strong, only because he is afraid of causing trouble to the old man and his brother Wuxin, so he tolerates it everywhere, thinking that Shi Li is afraid that Shi Wuxin will bump into him and bully Ye Shaobai, and he himself is even more afraid, just hoping that the teenagers will be angry and let him go, so as not to worry his family again.
That Shi Li is nothing more than a child's heart, more than Shi Wuxin, but narrow-minded, so he likes to find the night less white and obscure.
At this time, the sky was getting dark, and the night was thinking about it, but he had unconsciously arrived at the door of the house, looking at the fire reflected outside the window, thinking about the people in the house, and adding a trace of brilliance to his eyes.