This is a small town on the edge of the Gobi, so small that there are only about 200 households in the whole town. With such a small population, it can only be regarded as a village, but it used to be prosperous, and now, the scale of the buildings here is no different from that of ordinary towns, so it has always been a small town.

This small town called Fengluo has simple folk customs, and although life is not rich, it is also peaceful.

The blacksmith shop in the town is a middle-aged man named Hemo, who came to the town eight years ago and opened it for eight years, and in the past eight years, the residents of the town have become familiar with him.

"Jingle ......" A series of crisp sounds of tapping iron embryos came from the blacksmith shop, it was the hottest summer time of the year, and it was still noon, but the middle-aged man in the blacksmith shop was striking iron, under the blazing stove, but there was no sweat on his face,

Just as he was quenching the iron embryo in cold water, there was a gentle knock on the door.

Hemo turned his head and saw an old man on crutches walking in, and hurriedly greeted him: "Mayor Town, why are you here at this time in such a hot weather?"

The old mayor sighed and sat down under the chair next to him: "Alas, I can't do it if I don't come, that kid from my family has broken my firewood knife again, I haven't learned much about the ability to chop wood, but the ability to destroy the firewood knife is quite powerful." You said, the iron tools you forged are very durable, but this kid won't stop if he doesn't break two or three a month, alas, what is he not good at learning? ”

Hemo handed him a cup of tea, and took out four or five hatchets from the house, and these knives had a faint cold glow, which was obviously quite sharp.

Hemo handed these knives to the old mayor: "Actually, there is nothing wrong with learning fighting spirit, on this continent, strength is respected, and learning a little fighting spirit can also defend yourself." "Hemo knew who the old mayor was talking about, it was the mayor's grandson, who had just turned fifteen.

The old mayor took a firewood knife handed over by Hemo, and the cane in his hand lightly slammed the floor: "But look at our sealed town, barren and barren, just to the south, there is a mountain forest, how can there be anything to attract those strong people? What is the use of learning this fighting spirit magic or something? Could it be that our ancestral sword skills will be inferior to those fighting spirits? How can I say that when I was young, I used this wood knife to kill two tigers at a time! Could it be that my sword skills are worse than those things of fighting spirit magic?"

Hemo smiled and said, "Yes, yes, Mayor Town, your chai knife is indeed very powerful. "Hemo didn't want to fight this old man in his heart, in fact, with his ancestral sword technique, it was already very powerful to be able to deal with ordinary tigers, but even if it was a strong tiger, it couldn't be compared to a demonic beast, right?

The old man picked up the cup, took a sip of tea, and sighed: "Actually, I don't object to this kid learning what to fight, but what this ancestor left behind, he always has to learn it, fortunately, your family Chi Lin is obedient, and he is willing to learn everything, and he is very talented, that is, your kid has too little time to let Chi Lin come out every day, otherwise, Chi Lin would have gotten my true inheritance a long time ago." ”

Hemo shook his head and said with a smile: "Mayor of the town, you have won the prize, Chi Lin, this kid, is too wild, running around all day long, but he often causes you trouble." ”

The old mayor smiled and gently stroked the beard on his face, which was not very long, and said with emotion: "Chi Lin, this child, has no mother since he was a child, it is a little pitiful, it is not easy for you, who are a father, to take care of this shop." ”

Hemo coughed lightly with embarrassment on his face: "Mayor Town, I've said it many times, Chi Lin is not my child, and he has a mother. ”

At the same time, there was a rush of running footsteps outside the house, and I saw a **-year-old boy with fiery red hair and red pupils running in.

"Huhu...... Uncle Hemmer, I'm, I'm back. The little boy gasped, but with excitement on his face, he said to Hemo, "I'm ...... today." Huh, the mayor's grandfather is there, too?"

The mayor's kind silence was close to the fiery red hair, and when he looked at Hemo's equally fiery red hair, the meaning of his eyes was quite obvious, as if to say, "Look, you all have the same characteristics, don't deny it." ”

Hemo shook his head helplessly, he couldn't say anything about it, anyway, no matter what he said, everyone would treat Chi Lin as their own child, and they didn't want to think about it, Chi Lin's name was completely different from his own style, just like the characteristics of two different places, could they be father and son?

But Hemo thought that he came to this town eight years ago with a baby in his arms, and it was difficult to bring up the child alone, so it was difficult not to be misunderstood.

Chi Lin looked at the old mayor glaring at Uncle Hemo suspiciously, his little head was confused, he didn't know what the two adults were doing, his eyes blinked, and from time to time a faint black fire flashed in his eyes.

The burst of fire in Chi Lin's eyes was only fleeting, and some old and dizzy mayors didn't notice it, but Hemo saw it, and a faint surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he said to the mayor: "Mayor, have you chosen which firewood knife you want?"

The old mayor picked up a handful at random: "Do you still want to choose this? What you forge will be bad?" said and waved the firewood knife in his hand, then nodded: "Just this one, it looks quite practical." ”

Hemo took the firewood knife from the old man's hand, wrapped it for the old man, and said, "Mayor Town, it's okay." ”

The old mayor took the firewood knife, and then smiled at Chi Lin: "Xiao Chi Lin wants to come to my old man's house often to play, and grandpa will teach you more powerful wood-chopping techniques when the time comes." ”

Seeing the old mayor leave, Chi Lin suddenly remembered something: "Uncle Hemo, you forgot to collect money again." ”

Hemo said indifferently: "Forget it, forget it, forget it, you kid, go to him every day to learn other people's knife skills, and you should give some tuition." Hemo reminded, "But you have to remember that I let you learn from the mayor of the town, just to let you lay down the basics of the sword technique." After all, he's just a chopping technique, and I don't want you to just be a woodcutter in the future. ”

Chi Lin nodded: "I understand Uncle Hemo, and recently I have also discovered that when I learn the sword technique of the mayor's grandfather now, many movements feel very awkward, I don't know why?"

"Oh, did you finally find something?" Hemo smiled slightly, "Then do you know what the reason is?"

Chi Lin's little head tilted, he thought for a moment in distress, and then hesitated: "Is it because of me, only a quarter of the human bloodline?"

Hemo sighed lightly: "That's right, you only have a quarter of human blood, although your appearance is no different from ordinary people, but many places such as the internal bones of your body are different from normal humans, which also creates things that are suitable for human beings may not be suitable for you, so your cultivation path is much more bumpy than that of ordinary people, are you sure you want to become a warrior?"

Chi Lin said firmly: "Yes, I must become a real warrior!"

"So, I think you're done with the Little Flame Book I taught you, right?" asked Hemmer.

Chi Lin nodded excitedly: "Yes, Uncle Hemo, can you teach me the cultivation method of Dou Qi now?" said and looked at Hemo with expectant eyes.

Hemo shook his head: "Chi Lin, you are different from ordinary humans, you have a super high fire talent, under this talent, if you can be willing to give up some time, then completely lay your foundation, then your future achievements will reach an amazing point." ”

"Huh?" Chi Lin suddenly asked with a bitter face, "Isn't the 'Lower Flame Book' the foundation?" You said that as long as I can finish cultivating this, I can be regarded as the introduction to the fire system. ”

Hemo patted Chi Lin's head and smiled: "Entry and foundation are two different things, although your foundation is good, but there is still a certain gap from my requirements, go and clean it up, tomorrow I will take you out of the door, will start basic training in a place that is most suitable for you, you may not be able to go back to Fengluo Town for a long time." ”

Go out? Chi Lin jumped up excitedly: "Great, I'm finally able to go out and play." ”

Hemo patted Chi Lin's head: "What are you going to play?" I'm going to take you to cultivate, this Fengluo Town is indeed too peaceful, it's not a suitable place for you to cultivate, I'll take you to see someone, and then you'll go through a hellish training." ”

"Hell?" Chi Lin was shocked: "Uncle Hemo, is this useless?" Thinking about the description of hell by the people in the town, Xiao Chi Lin felt a pang of fear in his heart.

Hemo suddenly grimaced: "How can this work?" If you want to become a strong person, you must be prepared to go through countless trainings, you are carefree in Fengluo Town for eight years, which is very good for ordinary people, but it is not good for your future growth, because the comfortable life here will only make you have no neck power, warrior, is a profession born for war, no combat profession will be more belligerent than a warrior, if you want to become a strong warrior, you must not be afraid of all challenges, including all kinds of hardships. ”

Chi Lin nodded firmly: "I know, Uncle Hemo, isn't it hellish training? I'll go with you, but where are you going to take me?"

Hemo smiled and said, "What do you say? and go to rest, I'll pack my luggage or something." ”

"But it's only noon. Chi Lin looked at the sky outside, the sun was shining, he didn't have the habit of taking a nap, as a person with fire talent, noon was the most comfortable and spirited time.

Hemo smiled weirdly and said, "yes, because ...... Tomorrow I want you to run with me, and that place is not far from here, only two thousand three hundred miles. ”

"What?" Chi Lin stammered and asked, "Only, only, only 2,300 miles, or only Uncle Hemo, if you let me run such a long way, my leg will break." ”

Hemo said unmoved: "Come less, I plan to go there in twenty days, so you only need to run a little more than a hundred miles a day, with your current physique, although you have no fighting spirit, but compared to ordinary adults, it is not inferior or even exceeded, these two thousand three hundred miles are at most a little tired." ”

Chi Lin only ran to rest with a sad face, and in the next twenty days, he was afraid that he would not have much time to rest, after all, even if his physique was not worse than that of an adult, he could not hide the fact that he was only eight years old, and one step for an adult was equivalent to two steps for him, which would consume more physical strength.

Seeing Chi Lin enter the house to rest, Hemo sighed, his face showed infinite remembrance, and he also had an interesting sense of guilt, and muttered in his mouth: "Big brother, sister-in-law, I don't know if you live well there? Have you been disturbed often? But don't worry, your children are growing up very well now, although the talent is not extreme, but the understanding is good, I am afraid that when you meet, you will be surprised." ”

Then, Hemo turned his gaze into the distance, and a soft and guilty expression appeared on his face: "Kanieath, I don't know, will you forgive me?"