July 14, 2009 It was the summer of the continent, and almost the entire continent was surrounded by hot air

Our story begins in a small town in Dongxu Kingdom, east of the Qilong Continent

The town is located in the southwest of the country, close to the Kingdom of Xuanqi.

The town is not prosperous, just at noon, it is the hottest time of the day, the sun is wantonly baking the town, so that there are not many pedestrians on the streets of the town, only a few men from the town are walking on the street, these adult men are about one meter eight meters tall, wearing a thin short cloth shirt on the upper body, without exception, the short cloth shirts on these men have black dust, and there is also black powdery dust on the face. Perhaps due to the heat of the weather, or perhaps due to the excessive amount of labor, the adult men walking on the street were more or less sweating, and the sweat made the short cloth shirt and the skin tightly together, and the muscles of the men's bodies were more prominent in the sunlight. The arms of these men exposed to the air can be seen with the naked eye, and the muscles on these men's arms are particularly strong, and the muscles on the arms are accompanied by the sunlight and the embellishment of sweat, which makes the first impression of these men strong.

As the men walked the way, there were tracks and minecarts underneath a wooden promenade with a mine cave at the end of one of the tracks. At the other end is a black hill of black ore piled up in a minecart. I think the adult men walking on the street are the miners of this mine, and they have just come out of the mine before they have time to tidy up.

I don't know how many such caves and black stone hills there are in this town, but if someone looks at it from the sky, they will find that although there are several hills made of black stones in this town, the scenery in this town is one after another continuous peaks, heavy rocks are stacked, one of the peaks is not too high, there are nine children in their teens who are practicing martial arts with their upper bodies naked, and the children are wearing coarse cloth shorts and a pair of blue cloth shoes。 The youngest of these children was eight years old, and the oldest was only twelve years old, and these children looked unusually energetic in the sun. Giving people a sense of vigor, these children exude a spirit that can't help but want adults to take a closer look

With the change of the man's movements one by one, the guidance, and gradually half an hour passed, and the teenagers in the entire martial arts training ground were all sweating.

The shortest of the nine children, who looks like he is about one meter and a half at the end, about ten years old, and his figure is not outstanding, this young man who looks weaker than other children is called Xu Feng, at this time, the sweat is running over his face and back, and he doesn't dare to wipe it, the sun is obliquely shining on his little face, which makes his face, which is usually not concentrated on practice, more ruddy, and the two thick eyebrows are also slightly closer to the center of the eyebrows, and the small mouth under the high nose bridge is gently pursed, feeling that he is trying very hard to adhere to this kind of martial arts.

After a while, the man in front of him should have explained all the actions of today, and he has been staring at the children, the man looks to be about thirty-five years old, and his name is Tan Jiang. It is said that because he was injured during the previous national war, he fell ill and could not continue to be in the barracks, so he was arranged by the imperial court to guard and manage this town, because the town is located in the southwest of the entire Dongxu Kingdom, and is not close to the capital, and there are occasionally some mountain bandits, so the imperial court has not arranged extra manpower to manage. Usually, the town is very peaceful, and Tan Jiang has nothing to do when he stays in the town, so he simply takes his own city guard to open such a martial arts training ground to teach the children in the town.

Looking at Tan Jiang, I saw that his black hair was coiled behind him with a rope, which looked very casual, and there were inevitably some scars left by the war on his face, the scar was a finger below his right eye, the scar was not deep, only some marks. The two eyes under the eyebrows were staring at the children, although they were facing the light, Tan Jiang's eyelids did not shrink in the slightest, which made people wonder if he could see the light, and under such a vicious sun, there was no sweat on his head and body.

Maybe it was a little tired from staring at the children, Tan Jiang turned around and walked a few steps, this time it finally made Xu Feng wait for this opportunity, the body that was straight a moment ago bent down in the next second, his hands drooped uncontrollably, and he hummed softly in his mouth: "Comfortable"

"Xu Feng, it's you again, others continue to fix the last posture of the first chapter of Manghu Gong, you give me the whole first article to take a look!" Tan Jiang suddenly turned to Xu Feng and said sternly, the corners of the other children's mouths rose slightly, it seemed that they wanted to laugh, but they didn't hold back their laughter

Xu Feng reluctantly waved his arms, moved the muscles of his whole body, and unfolded the first part of the Manghu Gong according to his memory, "The legs are slightly wider than the shoulders, the half-squat makes the center of gravity of the body move down, the body leans forward, and the hands are clawed·······"

Xu Feng slowly followed the movements explained by Tan Jiang in his mind, and thought, "It should be quite correct, the master shouldn't punish me anymore." ”

As soon as the thought fell, I heard Tan Jiang's voice: "Don't have distracting thoughts in your heart when practicing, otherwise the movements will not be in place, and you can only slightly strengthen your body if you hit a hundred times! Stop, let's stop here, let's go here today, everyone go back and practice more, and that's it for today."

It's all children's heartsMost of the children immediately took their actions and ran down the mountain to go home when they heard these words, not to mention Xu Feng, Xu Feng was about to run home with his little friends, but he was stopped by Tan Jiang: "Xu Feng, you stay, I have something to say to you." ”

When Xu Feng heard this, he inevitably beat the drum in his heart: "No, I'll just be lazy and leave me behind, it won't hurt me to not be able to eat dinner..." ”

Although Xu Feng thought so mentally, he still bowed to Tan Jiang and said, "Yes, master." Tan Jiang saw Xu Feng walking towards him, so he turned around and walked towards the south of the martial arts training ground, and at the same time whispered to Xu Feng: "Keep up." ”

Xu Feng was also quite tormented in his heart, thinking: "If you want to say it, just say no, and torture me all the way..." There was nothing to say all the way, Tan Jiang walked slowly with his hands in front, Xu Feng followed his master cautiously in the back, Xu Feng also complained about Tan Jiang along the way, and unconsciously followed Tan Jiang to his residence, there is only this courtyard in the south of the entire training ground, and this courtyard is the residence of Tan Jiang and the city guard, the gate of the courtyard is composed of two giant wooden planks, although the wooden plank is colored, but you can also vaguely see the lines on the wooden board, according to the size of the wooden plank, it will take about five or six adults to hold it

It was not the first time Xu Feng had come to Tan Jiang's residence, so he was not too surprised, walking in the corridor from the courtyard to the hall, looking at the military flags, bows and arrows hanging on the wall, although it was not the first time to come, but looking at the items in the army, his eyes were still shining, Tan Jiang may have noticed Xu Feng's strangeness, so he glanced back and continued to walk forward. In the corridor, I met two city guards, the city guards were wearing iron armor and holding a long knife in their hands, and when they saw Tan Jiang coming over, they immediately bowed respectfully and shouted: "Good commander!"

Tan Jiang bowed his head to the two guards in response, and then continued to walk forward with Xu Feng.

When he arrived at the hall, Tan Jiang sat on the main seat, beckoning Xu Feng to get closer, Xu Feng walked in, looked down at his shoes, and did not dare to look at Tan Jiang, because Tan Jiang's image was strict and demanding in the hearts of all the children.

Xu Feng was also a little surprised, although he called himself here last time, but he also scolded him, and he looked at Xu Feng seriously from the beginning, but this time Xu Feng saw Tan Jiang's slightly "gentle" side

"Apprentice, do you know why our town is called Blackstone Town?" Tan Jiang asked slowly with his eyes slightly closed

"Back to Master, Blackstone Town was not originally called Blackstone Town, it was called Jinsheng Town, it is said that the town had a Jindan period powerhouse a long, long time ago, and later changed its name because Dongxu Guo found an ore in our town that could solve the problem of civilians cooking and heating, the ore is black and the hardness is not high, so it is simply called Blackstone. Now many people in the town rely on this mine to survive," Xu Feng replied respectfully

"Yes, you're right, many people in the town rely on the mine to make a living, but you only know one and don't know the other, although the hardness of the black stone is not high, but in the depths of the mine, due to the lack of oxygen and the production of black stone, it will be accompanied by a kind of poisonous gas that can make people dizzy and kill people, so mining black stone is extremely dangerous!" Tan Jiang looked at Xu Feng with both eyes, and looked at Xu Feng with a little regret in his eyes

Xu Feng obviously didn't know about this, and when he heard Tan Jiang say this, he thought, "Why has my father never told me about this, which means that my father has been doing such a dangerous thing in order to make the family able to support it?" couldn't help frowning his thick eyebrows, but such a thought flashed in his heart, obviously he who had not experienced the cruelty of the world could not appreciate the danger of mining black stone

(This novel is mostly based on real life, some of the uses may be close to modernization, or for modern use, I hope you can tell me when you read it, I will study carefully, change carefully, and write each chapter carefully, thank you)