Time flies, and just three years have passed. Over the course of three years, the children not only strengthened their physique, but also learned to read and write with the adults in the village.

Today's Bing Xuan has grown into a strong half-sized son, the intensity of training is increasing, and his body style and actual combat skills have also become slightly improved. Through continuous meditation and improvement, he is now able to use fourth-order spells, and he can be said to have truly become a mage.

Tomorrow is the last day of the awakening ceremony, and the children are excited by the exciting news. Instructor Lu also canceled today's lessons, allowing the children to go home to rest and adjust, and strive to participate in tomorrow's awakening in the best condition. The children's parents take awakening more seriously, and they also hope that their children can pass the test and become a reserve elite in the village. So they have to cook a table of food to reward the children, which is the only way for them to support.

Bing Xuan was still not lazy, looking at the sadness in the eyes of his sister and mother, who had become increasingly emaciated in the past three years, Bing Xuan was even more determined to grow strong as soon as possible. Strength is his greatest help, Bing Xuan deeply understands this truth. The most powerful hunting team in the village can only hunt fourth- and fifth-order demon beasts, and the corpse of the seventh-order demon beast ice bear that was brought back by luck last time still relies on the desperate fight between the two demon beasts, but despite this, his side still paid the tragic price of three deaths and two serious injuries.

Without strength, you can't go deep into the demon beast forest to explore, the rarer the treasure, the more hidden in the depths of the forest, and there will be powerful monsters nearby. And if you want to cure Xue'er's disease, you must not only find these rare treasures, but also have the strength to defeat those guardian demon beasts in order to obtain the treasures.

On the second day, before dawn, the children went to the open space outside the village where they had been training early, accompanied by their parents. With the first light of dawn, the village chief and Instructor Lu also came to the children. The hunting brigade has not set off recently, and they are all preparing for this awakening ceremony. Together with several instructors who are usually in charge of guarding training, they are ready to follow behind the village chief.

"Today, children, is the most important moment of your life for you. Awakening ceremonies are held every year, but this year is the most crowded. However, the number of people who can succeed is not directly proportional to the number of people. Children, your transformation or not will begin here. Now, all the parents go back, and the children who have undergone the awakening ritual come with me. The village chief said, turned his head and whispered something to Instructor Lu, and then went straight to the village.

The eight children who participated in the awakening ceremony followed, excited but without any panic. Instructor Lu arranged the hunting brigade and instructors behind him in an orderly manner. After receiving the order, these people scattered in groups of three and two, each heading to the warning area for which they were responsible. Every person in charge of guarding had a murderous aura overflowing from their bodies, as if they were facing an extremely powerful demon beast.

The children followed the old village chief towards the ancestral hall in the center of the village, which was a sacred and solemn place where ancestors and warriors sacrificed in the monster forest were enshrined. Each wooden plaque here is engraved with the name of an ancestor who died for the sake of the village and their life deeds, so that everyone in the village who is still alive can pay their respects to them and remember them in their hearts.

The village chief skillfully operated before the confession, and then pushed the confession, and the confession slowly moved to the side, and a hole appeared where the confession was originally located.

Instructor Lu took out the fire, entered first, and lit the lighting appliances in the cave one by one. The children walked down in an orderly manner one by one, and the village chief walked at the back. After the village chief entered the cave, the confession was moved back to its original position and the entrance to the cave was sealed.

The cave became dark in an instant, but fortunately, many of the lamps had been lit, and the children were able to get used to it and see the ground beneath their feet.

There is a cave in the cave, and there is a deep passage in front of it, and the children are curious to look left and right, and then follow in the call of Instructor Lu. The old village chief is still at the rear.

"This secret passage is the top secret place of our village, not only involves the secret of awakening, but also is the refuge passage of our village, after you go out of here, you must not talk about this place anymore, and in the future, even if you meet people outside the village, you will not be able to reveal the slightest news here, understand?" The old village chief's loud voice came from behind the children.

"Got it. We will keep this secret closely. The children replied in unison.

"This secret passage was completed five years ago, and as we continue to walk forward, we will reach the bottom of the sparkling lake outside the village, where your awakening room is also located, go quickly, don't waste time. The old village chief saw that the children were still full of curiosity, and hurriedly urged behind.

After about a quarter of an hour, the children finally walked in front of a heavy stone door, and Instructor Lu had already lit the lamps on both sides of the stone gate. On the left and right sides of the stone gate, there is a dark passage leading to both sides, and the children do not know exactly where it leads.

The village chief came to the wall on the right side of the stone gate and operated again, and the stone gate slowly opened to both sides. A large room appeared behind the stone door. Instructor Lu leaned in and lit the lamps on the walls of the room one by one.

There was light in the room, and the children could see the layout clearly. I saw that in the huge room, there were twenty ice beds sparsely placed, and a trace of cold air overflowed from the bed, which made the children outside the door unconsciously stir up.

In the center of the room is a spacious stone table, which is full of bottles and jars, and a smell of medicinal fragrance wafts from the stone table, fragrant, but has a slightly bitter taste.

"Alright, come here, I'll show you what to look out for next. The old village chief said to the children outside the door.

One by one, the children carefully walked around the ice bed in the room to the center of the house, around the stone table.

"After a while, each of you will find your own ice bed to lie down on, and drink the bowl of potion at the head of the bed. Then you will fall into a deep sleep. In your sleep, you will experience different scenes, and those scenes will be even more real than reality. But you must remember that everything is illusory, and you must keep to your hearts and not be deceived by the illusions within. Although there are very few awakened people who can really hold out to the end, you must not give up easily. Do you understand?" asked the old village chief.

"Understood. The children replied loudly.

"Okay, the awakening time is long and short, and Instructor Lu and I will take care of you here during this period. After you fall asleep, Instructor Lu and I will place a small object on you, and when you wake up, through this small object, you can confirm whether you have really returned to reality. The old village chief said.

"Got it. The children replied in unison.

"Alright, let's get started. The old village chief waved his right hand and signaled.

The children turned around, each looking for their own ice bed. When they first got on the ice bed, the children really realized what it means to be cold and biting, and the temperature on the surface of the ice bed is a hundred times lower than the cold air it releases in the air. The children each shivered and picked up the medicine bowl at the head of the bed, like an old man who was about to run out of oil.

Bing Xuan also gritted his teeth, trembled and picked up the medicine bowl at the head of the bed, glanced at the village chief and Instructor Lu, and couldn't help but think of his sister who was suffering from illness and his mother who was secretly crying. Then, with his hand raised and his head raised, he poured the pungent medicinal juice into his mouth without hesitation.

As the medicinal juice enters the abdomen, streams of warm qi disperse from the abdomen and swim throughout the body. One by one, the children closed their eyes and fell asleep, feeling that they were on a warm and soft bed at this time, and they didn't feel cold at all.