Chapter 1: The Quiet Creek Village
The tranquil village of Creek ushered in a new day as usual. This ordinary village is as ordinary as its name suggests, the people of the village go from sunrise to sunset every day, not knowing how wonderful the outside world is, and they are not happy to know this, and the simple villagers here enjoy their peaceful life comfortably, just like their ancestors.
The sun has just come out, and the morning dew has not yet sparkled on the green leaves, as if it has finally come through a long dark night, and it is necessary to tell the world that you once existed in this world before the sun is hot.
The villagers at the foot of the mountain have all started their busy day early, the women are laughing and laughing by the stream, and the children are starting to play carefree in the yard naughtily. From time to time, the women traced the source of the stream to the canal in the mountains to see if the young man had begun the day's work of digging the mountain as usual, and sure enough, a vague figure walked through the mountains with a brisk pace and movement visible to the naked eye. The women couldn't stop laughing and said, "Look, this old man Xiao Ye got up late today, it must have been last night, and his daughter-in-law loved him well again." ”
"Hahaha", a laughter flowed in the whole stream, and it spread farther and farther??????
However, these are not heard by the old man Xiaoye in the mouths of the women, because the mountain is nearly two thousand meters high, which can be said to be the highest mountain within a radius of 100 miles.
In the mountains and forests, a young man of about forty years of grade walked quickly, the green leaves and grass on the side of the road were carried by his steps to drop the dew accumulated last night, the man seemed to care, with a smile on his face, the shovel and digging pickaxe on his shoulder rose slightly, and fell smoothly in a stable position in the shoulder, still walking quickly, and there was no dew wet the brand-new clothes on his body.
The end of the stone steps in the mountain is gradually revealed in front of him, and then down is the part that has not yet been excavated, that is, the work that the old man Xiaoye is going to do, and he is about to get to the place, he obviously walked forward faster, and the tools on his shoulders are beginning to be unloaded, which makes people can't help but praise, what a good man!
This man will definitely not hear the ridicule of these women, but he clearly knows in his heart how this old man's title came about, especially adding the word "small" in front, which makes people who don't know a little surprised, if he really lets him hear the words of these women, he will definitely laugh, because he has been used to it for so many years, although he is a little aggrieved, but when he thinks of his daughter-in-law, he can't help but be bold and responsible!
The work of digging mountains and stone steps is not an easy job, especially for a mortal, and he does not know how many years it will take to complete the excavation of such a peak. Old man Xiao Ye was not unaware of this, but in order for his daughter-in-law to go up and down the mountain smoothly, he did not hesitate at all to start this extremely huge project for him, and he had been digging like this for several years.
The man did this until noon, nibbled on some of the coarse grains he had brought from home, rested for a while, picked up the pickaxe and started working.
The sun was hot, and the eyes of people who looked up and the sun pierced couldn't open them, and suddenly a blue light more dazzling than the sun crossed the sky like a meteor, and the old man Xiao Ye was stunned for a moment, convinced that he was not mistaken! Something must have flown over the top of the mountain to the depths of the mountain, suddenly, a more conspicuous color came into view, and another blurred red light cluster in the sky slowly fell far away from the old grandson's head, as if he was exhausted, until he was blocked by the mountain and fell.
He knew in his heart that the location of the red light was actually thousands of miles away from him, but the blue light that crossed his head was on the opposite side of the mountain, and his curiosity prompted Old Man Xiao Ye to want to go to the opposite side to see what was going on.
He guessed in his heart that this might be those legendary immortals, and there was a legend in the village that someone had received the elixir given by the immortals, and then lived a long life. Thinking of his daughter-in-law, who had never been in good health, he didn't hesitate, put down his tools, and prepared to go over the mountain to find the blue light to fall to the ground.
Although the mountain forest is large, it is familiar to this man who lives on the mountain, but he still miscalculated the distance, and he has been walking for more than two hours, and he still has found nothing. Looking at the dense depths of the mountain forest, he hesitated a little, because this is already a place where fierce beasts are more frequent, and although fierce beasts are not as good as magical beasts, they are enough to threaten the life of such a strong man! He thought for a while and strengthened his determination: "Just look for another hour, and if you can't find it, go back."
With this in mind, the "old man" ignored the danger and went deeper into the forest.
The tall trees obscured out the sun's rays and shone through the gaps in the leaves. The sound of birds is endless, which adds a lot of mystery and horror to the dense forest, and the old man is also beating a drum in his heart, he knows that there are probably some low-level demonic beasts here, after all, although Xiaoxi Village is not in the vicinity of the demonic beast mountain range, it is only a few hundred miles away, and he has also seen one with his own eyes, which is much stronger than normal beasts, if he hadn't hidden it well that time, it is estimated that he would have become the snack of that demonic beast. The trees here are noticeably taller than those you've passed before, and it's off the beaten track and a paradise for wild beasts.
The old man climbed a small hill, stood on a boulder and looked down, a huge lake appeared in his eyes, a group of big birds were stretching their white feathers by the lake, and there were many other herbivores drinking water by the lake, the old man breathed a sigh in his heart: "Fortunately, there are no fierce beasts and demonic beasts." ”
Suddenly, his eyes widened, and in the middle of the lake, a blue curtain of light shone and rippled on the surface of the lake like water waves, yes, it must be the blue light he saw across the sky. What surprised the old man even more appeared in his eyes, a huge turtle slowly approached the blue light-wrapped thing, but this was not what surprised the old man, the strange thing was that the old man had an involuntary illusion, he could feel that the old turtle seemed to be extremely excited, yes!
The old man fixed his eyes and took a closer look, and something even more amazing made his mouth open wide for a long time, and a group of fish that swam quickly towards the blue light actually began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye on the way to the light! The big birds on the shore obviously also discovered this problem, and the flock flew to the top of the blue light to form a flock, and the white wings on their bodies actually began to change, becoming thicker, and the color also changed to black, and a birdsong completely different from the call just now came out of the mouth of this group of big birds, the old man had never heard this kind of birdsong, but this call was breathtaking!!
The old man looked at the old turtle again, and found that his movements had become a lot more flexible, and if he looked closely at the wrinkles on his neck, there were actually a lot less, and he had obviously become younger! The old man's shock was almost impossible to express in words, although he knew that there were so-called "immortals" on this continent, but he knew in his heart that this kind of miraculous situation was probably that the immortals in those big cities could not do such a magical thing!
The fish, the old turtle, and the big bird did not leave when they completed their respective changes, and they swam and flew on the sidelines, making people feel as if they were pleasing the blue light. Seeing this, the old man finally mustered up the courage and went down the mountain to go to the lake to see what was going on.