The next day, on the mountain stream path. Two middle-aged men in linen coats and long bows around their waists strode along.

They were followed by a young boy. The child is also dressed in gray linen, with a pair of straw sandals on his feet, and his body is thin and looks weak, but his eyes look resolute and powerful. He walked very hard, and beads of sweat the size of beans kept dripping down his forehead. But he also kept gritting his teeth and chasing after the man in front.

"Tian'er, hurry up, we still have to travel ten miles to get to Litang Town. Before it gets dark, you must get out of the mountain as soon as possible, or you may encounter a fierce beast at night. A man turned back and called out to the little boy.

"Knowing my father and uncle, I will catch up with you," the little boy gritted his teeth and trotted forward.

"Hehe, Tian'er, the road of cultivating martial arts is a thousand times more difficult than this mountain road, you have to think clearly." The old hunter laughed.

"Uncle, I'm not afraid! Even if I go up the knife mountain and go down to the oil pot, I will never frown." The little boy clenched his fists fiercely.

"Good! Ambition," the old hunter suddenly smiled.

As they spoke, several people walked farther and farther away. The sky gradually darkened, and the old trees in the mountains were rustled by the cold wind, and a strange atmosphere permeated the deep mountains and old forests.

The old hunter stopped. Looking at the dim sky, he paused, and muttered: It seems that I can't get to the town today.

Let's find a safe place to stay and stay in this hellish place for the night.

After speaking, several people hurried forward. It is necessary to find a safe place to shelter before the night falls completely, otherwise you may be attacked by the wild beasts around you at night.

As I walked, there was a ruined temple halfway up the mountain in the distance.

Father, uncle! You see! There's a house there, let's get there. The little boy shouted excitedly.

"Oh my God, we can't live there." The middle-aged man touched the little boy's head. And again,

Do you know the ancient saying: It is better to sleep in a deserted tomb than to live in a broken temple. Do you know why?

The little boy shook his head.

The man continued, it was because we were in a hurry to travel in the mountains, and if we stayed in the mountains at night, in order to avoid the attacks of wild beasts, if we saw a ruined temple, we would often go there for the night, and it seemed that it was really dangerous to be safe.

Why? The little boy asked, puzzled.

"Because in the eyes of us humans, wild animals are prey. As everyone knows, in the eyes of the robbers, we who are rushing are their prey. They often lie in ambush near the ruined temple, specifically ambushing those who are hurrying, which is the most dangerous. The man squinted.

So where do we go? The little boy asked again in confusion.

Go, follow me.

I had been here a few years ago while I was hunting, and I knew there was a waterfall in front of me. Let's stay behind the waterfall tonight and leave tomorrow. The old hunter said as he searched the way ahead.

After a long time, the three of them came to a small river. In the distance, a waterfall cascades down from a mountain stream, and there is a platform several feet wide behind the waterfall.

Let's go, and then a few people rolled up their trousers and waded across the creek to the platform.

The old hunter said, "Stay here, and I'll go and get some firewood and food," and he slipped into the darkness of the night.

Soon after, the old hunter returned, carrying the two hares and a bundle of firewood.

Nothing happened overnight.

In the early morning of the next day, the three of them rushed away again.

A few hours later, with an open view in the distance, several people walked out of the mountain.

Not far away, is a small town. It's a small town, but it's also bustling with people.

The three of them quickened their pace, and soon came to the town.

In front of a wooden house,

Knock knock! Knock knock!

Old butcher, I'm here to see you!

The old hunter put his hand on the door.

"Yo, it turned out to be Lao Lin Tou, come in quickly" A middle-aged man with a murderous face opened the door.

"It's been a few days, why haven't you sent some game recently," said the middle-aged man.

"Ahem! Isn't this going to be winter, the prey is beginning to hibernate, and it's not easy to catch," said the old hunter tactfully.

"Alright, alright, let's get down to business," the middle-aged man beckoned a few people to sit at the desk.

"You still know me, I really have something to ask my brother for this time," the old hunter took a sip of tea.

"That's right, this is my nephew Xiaotian next to me, he is not young now, and my father and I don't want him to inherit our chores in the rain and rain." The old hunter said with a serious face.

"Xiaotian, he wants to cultivate martial arts, so he came here this time to ask my brother to see if he can enter the martial arts academy in the city." After speaking, the old hunter bowed to the middle-aged man.

"So that's what happened," the middle-aged man frowned. But then he laughed: "However, I also have some friendship with the outer sect elders of the Ningcheng Martial Sect in this city. ”

I'll leave it all to me, he patted his chest.

Hearing this, several people relaxed their eyebrows.

In this way, it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, it just so happens that no one has sent prey recently, so we will go for a walk together when we have nothing to do.

With that, a few people got up. The old butcher picked up a dilapidated carriage from the backyard of his house and drove the group to the city.

Along the way, the old hunter and the old butcher talked about the interesting things that had happened in the town in the past few years.

Dusk, when the setting sun is reflected on an ancient city wall. Everyone looked up and saw a huge ancient city, located not far away.

"Father, is that the ancient city?" The little boy shouted excitedly, since he was born, he saw such a big city for the first time, and his heart was extremely shocked.

"Yes, that's our Central Plains Continent's Chengzhou Mansion - Ningcheng!" The middle-aged man smiled slightly.

The middle-aged man tightened his whip and unconsciously sped up.

"Phew! Sigh! Two soldiers stopped their horses at the gates.

"Where did it come from? What are you going to do in the city," a soldier looked at with a blank face.

"Hello official, we are from the town, and we are here this time to bring the younger generations of our family to Wuzong," the middle-aged man replied respectfully.

"Is it?" the soldier glanced at Xiaotian and pointed with his hand.

"How old is he, and only now is he thinking about cultivating martial arts?" After saying that, he waved his hand.

"Official, you also know that it is not easy for us poor families" After speaking, he stuffed a few pieces of broken silver from his pocket into the official's hand.

The soldier staggered and waved his hand.

"Come on! You still know each other."

The old butcher hurriedly turned on his horse, set up his cart and drove into the city.

"Father, why do you have to give money when you pass through that gate?" The little boy saw everything just now, but he was puzzled.

"This is the rule, if you don't give some benefits today! I'm afraid he has all kinds of reasons to stop us from entering the city" Before the middle-aged man could answer, the old butcher spoke first.

"I see, it's so unfair," the little boy was indignant.

Everyone shook their heads and smiled.

After a long time, the carriage came to an inn. The old butcher said to the three,

"You guys take a rest here for a while, and I'll go to the Martial Sect to visit the Great Elder." The old butcher said to the men.

"Wait a minute!" The old hunter brothers hurried to the old butcher, and each took some pieces of silver from his pocket, and was about to stuff it into the old butcher's hand.

"What is this for? With our friendship, we don't need to be like this" The old butcher shook his hand, and without waiting for the two to push, he jumped into the car and drove away.

The two shook their heads, smiled at each other, and stood in the doorway waiting.

For a long time, into the night. In the distance of the street, a dilapidated horse-drawn carriage slowly approached.

The two of them were nervous, and finally returned.

When the carriage came to him, the old butcher jumped out of the carriage. Glad to:

"The elder has promised to see Xiaotian tomorrow."

The two of them danced for a day.

However, he didn't say that he was sure that Xiaotian could join, and he would go over tomorrow to take a look. The old butcher added.

Hearing this, several people fell into melancholy again.

"Let's go, let's stay for a night, and we'll talk about it tomorrow," the old butcher pulled a few people and walked towards the inn.

In the early morning of the second day, the sky was slightly bright.

A few people washed up early and walked to Wuzong.

Soon, a majestic gate stood in front of everyone. On the plaque above the gate, it is impressively written: Ningcheng Wuzong has several fiery red characters.

In front of the gate, several young boys who looked like they were eight or nine years old were sweeping the leaves with brooms.

Everyone walked to the gate, only to see a middle-aged man with a small goatee and a black mortar on his head walking out and asking:

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm waiting to find Elder Zheng Fei, and I hope Your Excellency will report it, and I can't get enough of it!" After speaking, the old butcher bowed, extremely respectful.

"I see, you guys wait a moment, I'll go and make an announcement" The black man then walked towards the courtyard.

After a few breaths, he came out again and said:

Everyone, come with me.

Several people hurriedly followed, and the little boy looked around curiously. He was extremely surprised in his heart, is this the legendary martial arts academy? It's like a dream.

After passing through several courtyards, the group came to a small courtyard.

"Elder Zheng, the guest has brought" The black man then turned around and left.

"Come in!" A hearty voice came out.

The crowd hurried in.

I saw that in the compound, a man in a loose black robe was walking with horses.

"Elder Zheng, this is the Xiao Tian I mentioned to you last night," the old butcher led Xiao Tian to him.

Hearing this, the black-robed man opened his eyes slightly, retracted his breath and looked at Xiao Tian.

"Indeed, at this age, the general cultivation of martial arts needs to start building the foundation at the age of five, starting to cultivate the tuna at the age of eight, and starting to straighten the bones at the age of twelve, and he ......" He shook his head after saying that.

"Elder Zheng, it's true that Xiao Tian is only a pity that his martial arts cultivation is a little late, but he is very hard-working, and I believe that he will be able to catch up with those senior brothers and sisters soon," the old butcher said to himself.

"However, it's not completely impossible," he said, and he turned away with his hands behind his back.

Several people met and collared, and they all put the broken silver in their hands into the hands of the old butcher.

The old butcher walked behind the black-robed man with a smile on his face. Gui smiled:

"Elder Zheng, we all understand, you see this is a little bit of our heart." With that, he shoved the small bag of broken silver into the black-robed man's hand.

The man's hands tossed, pondering for a moment. Said

"That's it, tomorrow I'll talk to the five elders and give Xiao Tian a chance to get started, and whether it will be successful or not depends on Xiao Tian's own creation."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and their hearts were happy and sad.

This..... The old butcher was momentarily speechless.

"This is already my open side, according to common sense, it is impossible for our institute to accept a student like Xiaotian. After saying that, he waved his hand. ”

They were instructed to depart.