The next day, Huoshu did not return with the clansmen, but stayed here under the pretext of training, although Jiren was worried about his younger brother, but the twelve-year-old adult should also be out on the road.

Jiren didn't force anything, just left his best things to the fire tree, and then disappeared into the wilderness of Nangui with his clansmen.

Instead of immediately looking for the ancestors of the two clouds of mist, the fire tree found a small hill nearby and began to dig and build a hole in the shady slope to build a transit dwelling. Although the earth warmed up and the soil was loose, it took a lot of time to dig a semi-crypt that could live in people.

Five days later, in the early morning, the curtain of grass sprinkled with morning light was violently lifted, and the fire tree stretched its thin body out of it. Looking at the ever-expanding green on the ground and looking at the mountains in the distance, the eyes of the fire tree also bloomed with a determined light. He turned around and went into the house, took out his leather bag, and began to make his way towards the mountain.

I didn't meet any bears, I didn't see any birds, and I didn't even find a vole, so I came to the woods without any danger. The leaves on the tree have obviously changed, and in the eyes of the fire tree, this is the normal leaf. Although it was said that he wanted to leave a mark, but the fluorescence went too fast, and the fire tree didn't have a chance to ask, and now it's good that the forest is playing to find the difference, and just when the fire tree is about to get tired and lie down, he finally sees a mark on a big tree.

The first time I saw it, the fire tree knew that this must be a sign. About a man tall, a black mark in the shape of an arrow was clearly burning the trunk of the tree. After about fifty steps in the direction of the tip of the arrowhead, another black brand appeared in front of him. After about forty or fifty arrows one after the other, two clouds of mist finally appeared beside the fire tree.

Although it was daytime, the forest was still a little dark due to the combination of tall branches and slender young leaves, but it was much better than last time. The fire tree walked respectfully to the mist, still standing with his hands down and waiting for their command.

"Want to learn a skill?"

A slightly gloomy voice sounded, and the question was straightforward.

"Yes. ”

"I'll teach you, you come to apprenticeship. ”

It was still gloomy and direct, but the fire tree could hear a hint of joy in it.

Huoshu thought about it and understood what it meant, but he didn't know how to do it, so he asked awkwardly, "How?"

Li Deren felt a little annoyed at first, but then laughed when he thought about it. Of course, the ritual of apprenticeship is not the etiquette of this era, but he didn't care about these things in the first place, so he casually let the fire tree worship him three times. As for the rules of the master, he didn't say anything about these things, he knew that he didn't understand the fire tree, so he simply didn't mention anything. But the fire tree must remember that his name is Li Deren, and he is not allowed to say it.

Huoshu didn't ask why, just nodded in response. Of course, for the last request, it was not Li Deren who made it, but the one next to him, out of consideration for the rigor of history and the direction of the development of events, not mentioning the name may be a kind of respect for the history that has happened. After all, no one knows if the wheels of history will change the direction in which they are headed.

After figuring out the physical qualifications of the fire tree, Li Deren gave the first lecture in his life. Of course, chatting with the guy next to you is at best. Judging from Li Deren's attitude, he is worthy of being an outstanding representative of a generation of evil cultivators, and the slightest confusion of the fire tree will be burned by the fluorescent spurt that spews out. In this way, an accidentally qualified teacher began to teach a student who did not understand at all, and it took a year to end the basic part of the teaching.

I have to say that Huoshu is really a person with great perseverance, even if he was burned all over his body, he still insisted on learning.

Spring goes, learn breathing, summer solstice, learn control, autumn comes, learn skills, winter comes, learn hunting. During this period, Huoshu only returned to the clan to see during a few important sacrificial activities, and spent the rest of the time studying in the forest, and did not even go back to the temporary residence he built.

In a blink of an eye, it was the third day of the first month of March, although the fire tree had grown a lot taller, but its body was still thin, and it looked like sorghum in autumn, and the fruit was good, but the stem was too thin. Although Lao Li painstakingly exercised his body for a year, the effect was still the same, and it was finally concluded that he was malnourished. The thinness of the body does not mean that the body is not strong, and the current fire tree has the ability to escape even if it is alone in the face of wild boars, after all, since the summer, when the fire tree returns to the settlement, it has never rested halfway.

The results of a year's cultivation have made the fire tree more calm, and the breath is more condensed, and with the mastery of the skill, it can already condense a fly-sized firefly from the fingertips, although it is weak, but the heat is not much different from ordinary flames. Lao Li's attitude towards him was also more respectful, but in the past year, Huoshu never heard the sound of the mist next to him again. Once after Lao Li's lecture was over, Huoshu finally couldn't help but ask, Lao Li just laughed and said, "He doesn't talk much." ”

In this way, the fire tree finally followed the people into the mountains for the first time on the third day of the third month of the third month, and really began to hunt for the first time. And the first prey he chose was the deer in the valley, and a large part of the reason was to gather people. The Fire Tree did not act alone, but with several experienced hunters. When the encirclement was formed, the fire tree rushed towards the deer from one side of the valley, roaring and driving the deer in the other direction. The flying stone rope waved in his hand also threw the stone ball with all his strength when the deer jumped in panic.

When the stone ball spun at high speed and flew towards a doe, the fruits of the year were finally revealed. The weight of the stone balls thrown by the flying stone rope is different, the larger the volume of the prey, the heavier the weight of the stone balls thrown, and the stone balls of the deer hunting are as large as two fists, and the weight is not light. The fire tree still uses a double stone rope, and it is not easy to accurately hit the prey under such a weight. What's more, the fire tree still drove the deer first and then threw stones, and when it was more than a hundred meters away from the prey, the fire tree threw a stone ball.

The powerful stone ball streaked across the sky, through the gaps in the trees, and hit the doe's neck and shoulder armor with precision. After a grief, the doe fell to the ground, and after a few twitches of her limbs, she did not move. There were already clansmen in ambush at the valley mouth ahead, so the fire tree did not continue to chase the deer, and ran happily to his first prey.

When the fire tree was halfway run, a half-sized fawn ran out of nowhere. The fawn ran to the doe and kept arching with his head, then looked at the fire tree vigilantly, and bowed his head again to arch the doe. The fire tree stood about ten meters away, looking at the scene in front of him, and his heart was touched, but the doe was dead, and the fawn obviously tended to be independent in size, if he gave up the doe like this, he would be sorry for the clansmen, but he felt uneasy when he took the doe.

So the fire tree watched the fawn keep arching in a daze, and finally the fawn was tired, and lay down next to the doe's corpse and refused to leave. At this time, the team in front had successfully hunted a lot of prey, and was carrying the prey excitedly. Huoshu didn't hesitate any longer, walked directly to the doe, tied its limbs tightly with leather ropes, resisted hard behind its back, got up and kicked the fawn beside him hard, and then took his legs and left. Although the fawn was reluctant, after all, it was past the lactation period, so it just screamed for a while and ran away.

After that, it was time to go back to the makeshift camp, liquidate the prey, and report some other matters, while the fire tree said hello to his family and went straight back to the woods.

Huoshu sat silently under the tree in front of Lao Li, listening to Lao Li's lecture, and kept fiddling with the tail of the deer in his hand. This is also a custom, the short tail, sharp claws, and sharp teeth are all synonymous with trophies, that is, a manifestation of honor, of course, the status of the short tail is relatively low. In this year, Lao Li and they also learned a lot of tribal things from the fire tree figure, and by the way, they also learned their language, of course, this is also forced to be helpless, if they really get out of trouble in the future, they can't see someone and cast a spell.

In the past year, Huoshu has been listening to lectures in this position every day, but today he saw the apprentice absentmindedly fiddling with the tail of the deer, Lao Li was a little angry, and thought to himself, isn't it just a deer?

As is customary, a firefly suddenly flew towards the fire tree. The fire tree habitually dodged and blocked it with his hand. Because he was too used to it, he didn't expect to still hold the deer tail in his hand, so the fire flashed instantly, and in a blink of an eye, the palm-sized deer tail was burned to ashes.

Looking at the ashes in front of him, Huoshu suddenly remembered the deer's actions today, and tears couldn't stop flowing.

Although Lao Li is embarrassed, he really can't get used to seeing others crying, and he is impatient to make another fire. At this time, the fog shadow, who hadn't spoken much for a year, finally spoke up: "Fire Tree, what happened today?"

The sudden sound also stopped the fireflies in Lao Li's hand, and Huoshu looked up at the mist that had not made a sound for a year, sniffled, and told what happened today.

"Hmph, it's just a deer, just kill it, cry like something. Lao Li really disdains the performance of his apprentices, in his opinion, it is just a life, the weak obey the strong, and it is a matter of course. And since he became successful in his cultivation, he has never attached importance to life. The apprentice who is accepted now is too weak in this regard, and his heart is very uncomfortable.

Hearing Lao Li's unhappiness, Huoshu slowly lowered his head, not daring to say anything.

"Well, Lao Li is right, there is something wrong with your approach. As soon as this sentence came out, Lao Li was stunned, what's wrong today, how did he change his personality today?

Huoshu didn't know how to answer, but looked up at the mist, his eyes full of doubts.

"You hunt deer for the survival of your people, that's right. Sympathy for the fawn in your heart proves that you are not cold-blooded, and you are not wrong. After you kick away the fawn, whether it can survive depends on the laws of nature, and you are not wrong. But your biggest mistake is not to hunt doe. You must know that this is the gestation period of the deer, you can kill the deer for food, but what will you do in the future?"

At first, Huoshu didn't understand, but after thinking about it, it became clear. Venison is a precious food for the people, as well as for themselves. Soft-heartedness is not the problem, once the food is gone, it becomes a big problem.

After Huo Shu figured it out, he said slowly: "The bear has not been eliminated, and the clansmen have to survive like this. ”

The fog raged a little and asked, "Then why don't you hunt bears?"

"Bear hunting?"

"Yes, go bear hunting yourself. ”

"Huh?" Huo Shu was a little shocked, although he learned his skills and wanted to solve the bear problem, but he never thought of hunting the bear alone, that was looking for death, once something went wrong, he would attract the bear's revenge, and the entire tribe would be affected.

"Haha, how can you be ambitious if you don't have great ambitions? If you want your clan to live well, you must have great ambitions. Hone yourself first, and then annihilate your race when you are strong, why not?"

"Since you sympathize with that deer, you can advocate for reducing deer hunting, but before and now, people are soft-spoken, and it is estimated that no one will listen to you, and when you can prove that you are strong, these advocacy will not be a problem. And how to be strong? The fastest way is to destroy the bear!"

After saying this, Lao Li admired in his heart, he really could go around anything.

In fact, the inextinguishable bears are secondary, the main thing is that if Lao Li wants the fire tree to grow as soon as possible, he must strengthen his training in killing, otherwise when they really wait until the fog dissipates, the fire tree will still not be able to cultivate enough, and it will be really over.

Killing is to fight with life, and the biggest advantage here is that there are many bears, fighting with life can also make the fire tree willing, and it is also of great benefit to his cultivation. Who knows that the fire tree has too many concerns and is extremely reluctant to hunt bears, and it just so happens that there is this opportunity today, of course, it must be guided in the "right direction".

"But the bear's revenge?" said the fire tree worriedly.

"Who kills the bear, who the bear kills, has there been a change over the years?"

At this point, the fire tree finally came to his senses, and these words also successfully ignited the grand ambition in the heart of the fire tree, I saw him pat his cheek, and said to Lao Li very seriously: "Master teach me." ”

From this moment on, a completely different fire tree finally stood up.