Chapter 1 The Paradise of a Small Village

Ten years later, a small remote village.

It was just dawn, and before the rooster crowed, there was already movement in the village.

"Xiaotian, you're the first one again!"

"Yes, you're the first every day. ”

"Brother Xiaotian, you are really diligent!"

The sound of chirping sounded, and it turned out to be a group of children who had come to the practice ground.

This is a remote mountain village in Qinglong Prefecture in the eastern part of the Chengtian Continent. The Chengtian Continent is vast and boundless, surrounded by the sea, and is divided into five states, southeast, northwest, and middle, which are named after the East Qinglong, the West White Tiger, the South Vermilion Bird, and the North Xuanwu, and the central state is called Chengtianzhou. The residents of Dongqinglongzhou don't know when their ancestors came here, there is no country here, there is no emperor to rule, they only know that there are immortals in this land, and the immortals have taught people how to cultivate, but not everyone can cultivate, only those with spiritual roots can cultivate. The immortals would regularly come to the mortal world to select children with spiritual roots and take them back to cultivate. Once chosen by the gods, you can cultivate and live forever. Therefore, the atmosphere of cultivation in this land is very strong, and basically, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, after they reach the age of three, every child can not study or practice. Therefore, the rich people are at home, and the poor people have practiced martial arts in front of and behind the houses in the village. Of course, mortals don't practice exercises, they practice fists and feet to strengthen the body, and some of the most basic meditation and breathing methods. This is also the basic skill taught by the gods to mortals, so that once a child with spiritual roots is discovered, there is no need to start with the most basic introductory exercises, which is equivalent to the popularization of cultivation in the early stage (it seems to be the same as the preschool we go to).

Xiaotian is a little boy who is not tall and has slightly dark skin, and his facial features are not very outstanding, but he is also good-looking. At this time, he was meditating on the martial arts training ground. Hearing the greetings of his companions, he nodded slightly, but did not speak.

"What kind of diligence, he's a stupid bird flying first. ”

"That's it, what's the use of coming early and leaving late every day? Cultivation is about chance, not diligence!"

A few strange voices suddenly came out of the crowd.

Hearing these words, Xiao Tian's face showed a hint of pain, and he also did not respond, still breathing.

"Hmph, you dare to say bad things about Brother Xiaotian, see if I don't tell Mr. Su!" The one who spoke was the little girl who called Xiaotian Brother Xiaotian just now, she was quite smart, with big eyes, her skin was not very white, revealing a little healthy wheat color, at this time, her hands were on her waist, and she said angrily.

"Mr. Su is a good person, so he won't bully us children. Besides, Xiaotian can't cultivate, everyone knows it, and Mr. Su won't blame us. ”

Hearing this, the pain on Xiao Tian's face intensified significantly, he stopped meditating, let out a long breath, and stood up silently.

When the little girl saw it, she hurriedly ran over to comfort him and said, "Brother Xiaotian, don't listen to their nonsense, whether you can cultivate or not, only the gods know, and when the time comes, the gods will choose people, maybe who will choose who will not choose." ”

"Xiaoni, thank you. Xiao Tian said softly.

"Xiaoni, you are so good to Xiaotian, do you want to be his daughter-in-law when you grow up!"

Suddenly, a child smiled and said.

"Big Tiger, you're so annoying, I'm going to tell your mother and let your mother clean you up well!"

The children all laughed, and Xiaotian left silently alone.

There was a small hill on the edge of the martial arts training ground, Xiao Tian climbed over the small hill, and he couldn't hear the voices of his partners, so he sat down silently, clenched his fists, and slammed down on the soil beside him: "Why, why can't I cultivate? I work hard every day, why don't I feel like my vitality enters my body?"

According to the method of the Immortal Sect, when a person is meditating and breathing, he can feel the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi entering the body, which means that this person has a spiritual root, and such a person can cultivate, but a person who cannot feel the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi entering the body is basically a person who cannot cultivate. However, there are exceptions, there are some people's physique, called the Hidden Spirit Root, who meditate with ordinary introductory exercises, and cannot feel the vitality of heaven and earth, and need the guidance of special exercises before they can practice. Of course, this kind of person cannot be discovered by mortals with the naked eye, only immortals can see it.

After venting for a while, Xiaotian stood up silently and went home around the small hill.

When he entered the house, his father had already prepared breakfast and was waiting for him to eat.

Xiaotian's father is a middle-aged man, wearing a long shirt and a green scarf on his head, dressed completely different from the people in the village, like a teacher.

"Xiaotian, after eating, rest for a while, go to practice the introductory eight styles, this is the basic skill, the more familiar you have to practice, the better. Father said lightly.

"Father, I'm ......" After thinking about it, Xiaotian still didn't say it, just lowered his head and ate silently.

After eating, Xiaotian came to the martial arts training ground again. At this time, there were already dozens of children on the martial arts training ground. The children of the village, both men and women, were on the martial arts training ground. Before the immortals come to choose, this is the only thing they have to do, once they become cultivators, not only can they cultivate immortality, but the immortals will also leave a lot of money for their families, after all, these children may become powerful immortals in the future? On the one hand, it is to let ordinary people do their best to cultivate future immortals, and on the other hand, it is also to have a good relationship with these future big people in advance.

The children on the martial arts training ground were obviously divided into two groups. One group was smaller, only 5 or 6 people, and the rest were in the other group.

The two groups of children practice differently, the group with a small number of people, one child is meditating in Tuna, one child is half lying and half sitting on the ground, and there are two children standing next to each child, one holding water and the other playing a fan.

A large group of children are all working hard to practice equipment such as stone locks and wooden stakes, while girls are practicing their fists and feet.

Xiao Tianjing walked to the martial arts training ground and kicked it, took a breath, and began to practice his fists and feet.

His fists and feet are completely different from the fists and kicks practiced by girls, I saw that his movements were not fast, but the amplitude was very large, each movement was like a cat pounce, or like a crane dance, the body limbs were stretched as far as possible, bent, and some movements could even see the joint reversal, such as the left hand reaching out from behind to pinch the right ear, which was breathtaking.

At this time, the child who was half-lying and half-sitting on the ground smiled: "Xiaotian, what's the use of practicing those fancy fists and embroidered legs of girls all day long? I can defeat you with just one hand!"

Before Xiaotian could speak, a little girl's voice sounded: "How dare you compare with Brother Xiaotian?

It was the little girl named Xiaoni who spoke.

The village they live in is called Zhenguan Village, which is named after a dilapidated Taoist temple in the village. This is an ordinary ordinary village that can no longer be ordinary, no one in the village has been selected by the gods for generations, suddenly, maybe it is the ancestral tomb that smokes, maybe the villagers go to the Taoist temple from time to time to burn incense and make wishes, three of the children of this generation feel the vitality of heaven and earth into the body. One is Zhang Xiaotong, the son of Zhang Dayuan, a hunter in the village, the other is Li Daniu, the son of Li Bin, who is a farmer, and the other is a girl who is Xiaotian's neighbor, Xiaoni, the daughter of the widow Aunt Ju in the village. Zhang Xiaotong and Li Daniu, since they felt the vitality of heaven and earth entering their bodies, although they can't use it, compared to other children, they jump high, run fast, have great strength, and they don't have to open bows and locks, so they don't practice basic skills, and they either meditate or have fun every day, just waiting for the gods to pick people. And some villagers in the village saw that these two families were bound to come out, and they were open-minded, and when they saw that their sons did not seem to have that fate, they instructed their sons to tie up more, so everyone had followers. And Aunt Ju is a widow first, and Xiaoni is a girl, although she can also feel the vitality of heaven and earth, but in the impression of the villagers, there are very few goddesses and immortals, so no one stammers. Xiaoni has a kind personality, and she doesn't feel that she is very different, she still hangs out with these children who can't feel the vitality of heaven and earth every day, and she can't see Zhang Xiaotong and Li Daniu bullying their friends.

As for Xiaotian, when hunter Zhang Dayuan was hunting in the mountains five years ago, he met Xiaotian's father holding Xiaotian, and somehow got lost into the mountains and forests, seeing that he was about to be eaten by a vicious wolf, and saved their father and son. At that time, Xiaotian was still a baby, and his father took him alone to live without a fixed place, Zhang Dayuan saw that he was a scholar, so he invited him to settle in the village, and taught the children to read and write by the way. The people in the mountains are simple, and they don't care if the children are illiterate, that is, they pity their father and son, and give them a place to live and a bite to eat. So Xiaotian's father came to Zhenguan Village and became a teacher, Xiaotian is also the same as the children in the village, practicing every day, the difference is that other children can not study, and his father still wants him to study every day.

After listening to Xiaoni's words, the half-lying and half-sitting child, Zhang Xiaotong, pursed his lips and said: "I don't compare with you, my father said, we are all going to be immortals, we must get along well, and we will take care of each other in the future." I said Xiaoni, don't play with them, we are destined to be different from them. ”

Xiao Ni smiled: "If I don't play with you, I'll play with Brother Xiaotian." After speaking, he jumped up and ran to Xiao Tian's side and said, "Brother Xiao Tian, I'll practice with you." After saying that, I also practiced the introductory eight styles, and I was actually quite proficient, and because I was a girl, my body was already soft, and some movements were better than Xiaotian's.

This is, another child also ran over, and said angrily: "Xiaotian, Xiaoni, I will also practice with you." After speaking, he also started to practice on the side. It's just that his movements are too far behind Xiao Tian and Xiao Ni, not to mention the ugly movements, and the flexibility of his body is even worse than 108,000 miles, which makes people laugh.

The days passed day by day, the villagers still work at sunrise and sunset, and the children still exercise every day, although there are some quarrels, but after all, they are children, no one cares too much, and the life in the village seems quiet and peaceful.