Prologue

The land of Kyushu is vast and boundless, with a long history of more than 100 million years.

Since the beginning of human memory in the land of Kyushu, it has been a boundless appearance, with complex and diverse landforms in all directions, and different shapes of people of all ethnic groups.

In ancient times, the land of Kyushu was rampant with fierce beasts, plagues were raging, and natural disasters were rampant, and the ancestors of human beings were trapped in all directions, living in groups, fighting with fierce beasts, fighting against plagues and natural disasters, fighting against heaven and earth, and tenaciously surviving. Fortunately, human beings are the primates of all things, and their wisdom is extraordinary, and in the endless struggle between life and death, they are constantly refining the method of hunting and studying the nature of heaven and earth. Tens of thousands of years later, the land of Kyushu has long been ruled by human beings, the demons have collapsed, the monsters have escaped, and the races of the eight directions have already traveled to all parts of the earth, communicating with each other.

To this day, the eight directions of Kyushu have long been everywhere to live and work in peace and contentment, peaceful and happy, the joy of life, the desire to live forever, is also the common feeling of people, and the ancient fighting skills, the study of the natural method, the survival and development to this day, it has already evolved into a strong body, the way of immortality, and the Tao is true, so there is the origin of the saying of cultivating the truth.

Nowadays in Kyushu, the wind of cultivating truth prevails, there are countless sects of cultivation of all kinds of sizes, and the cultivation methods are also varied, different, and among them, it is the most famous in Shudi Lingshan Emei, the desert black city of the Western Regions, the Longmen of Luoyang in the Central Plains, and the star picking tower in the Nanban rainforest, and is called the four famous doors of Kyushu.

And our story starts from Emei, Lingshan in Shudi......

Chapter 1 Jiazhou City

Jiazhou, an important town in the southwest of Shudi, coincides with the day of the market, the people who rush to the market are shoulder to shoulder, lively and extraordinary, all kinds of vendors shouting and selling, fresh bamboo shoots, mushrooms and other kinds of mountain goods are dazzling, rock sugar gourd, spicy tofu brain and other snacks are varied, and there are more squirrels, monkeys, parrots, crickets and other playthings chirping.

There is a bookseller on the street, laying a straw mat on the ground, all kinds of books are stacked on the straw mat, lying lazily on a wooden bench, with a straw hat covering his face, motionless, presumably he has already met Zhou Gong. The only waist-length girl, seven or eight years old, unkempt and shabby, with her back to the crowd, sitting barefoot in a corner of the straw mat, holding a worn-out scroll, reading carefully intently.

The little girl was reading a book, but she was suddenly blindfolded by a pair of older hands.

"Sister again, guess what delicious food my brother brought you?" a young boy's voice sounded in his ears.

The little girl broke the young man's hands, turned her head, put her index finger on her lips, and pointed to the bookseller on the stool: "Shh...... Brother Xiaotian, you are quiet...... Don't wake that guy up......"

The young man hurriedly covered his mouth with one hand, reached into his tattered shirt with the other hand, took out a palm-sized baye package and handed it to You'er, and took it open, and the sweet fragrance came to his face, "Wow! Sugar Fish Big Balls! Brother Xiaotian is so good!"

"I'm called Hanako! But I've got it! I'm running pretty fast if I steal something! See if I don't kill you rabbit cub today!" A middle-aged man shouting not far from the street chased after him, holding a noodle iron spoon, wearing a high hat, and wearing a chest around his waist, dressed like a food vendor. Hearing this, the young man picked up You'er, pulled his legs and ran, turned two street corners in a row, and disappeared in a ruined temple courtyard......

The two were originally born in the rich family in the Three Gorges Yiling City, where the teenager is located, and have been shipbuilding for a living for generations, and passed on at least the hands of his father Yi Yuntian, Yi's shipyard is already the largest shipyard in the ten cities along the Three Gorges, and almost the entire Three Gorges area has been annexed by large and small shipyards, forming a monopoly, and the girl's biological father Wen Qinghe is running the famous Qinghe Dart Bureau in Yiling City, and the Ten Cities of the Three Gorges have set up sub-bureaus, and there are thousands of dart masters under the door, and the power is very strong. Because Yi Yuntian and Wen Qinghe have a very good relationship with each other, they have a very close relationship, and the two children have also played together since childhood, and they have always been commensurate with each other, which is very good. Born in a wealthy family, the brother and sister were born because of a worry-free life, living a chic life, but not to prevent unforeseen circumstances, five years ago, the boy was eight years old, the girl was six years old, I don't know who the Yi family's business continued to expand and who could not get along with Liangzi? Or did the Wen family dart in the rivers and lakes and offended a certain master outside the world? I only remember that night, the fire was soaring, and more than 200 lives of the Yi and Wen families were turned into charcoal overnight. Fortunately, the two children were led by a wet nurse of the Wen family to play in the night market that night, and they escaped by luck, and then fled all the way to Jiazhou along the waterway after several tosses, but the wet nurse died of illness, leaving only the two children alone on the streets......

The young man surnamed Yi is called Xiaotian, and the girl surnamed Wen is called You'er. Over the past five years, mixed in the streets and alleys of Jiazhou City, has long been reduced to a beggar on the street, now Yi Xiaotian has just turned thirteen, and Wen is not yet ten years old, fortunately Jiazhou has always been rich, the people are kind, every leftovers, more to the beggar wild dogs, the two brothers and sisters are also strong and resolute, day and hungry dogs compete for food, stay overnight in broken walls, wander for five years, depend on each other, survive so far.

One day, the brother and sister stayed overnight in a broken temple in the east of the city as usual, sleeping in a daze, Yi Xiaotian seemed to be woken up by some sound, listening carefully, it seemed to be from a place outside the temple adjacent to someone's house came from the noisy sound of "hey", Yi Xiaotian was puzzled, couldn't hold back the young man's curious nature, got up lightly, spread a handful of thatch that was originally covered on his body to the sleeping Wen You'er, quietly got up, and looked for the sound of hehe. Not a few, easy to find the sound of a famous house at the end of the alley, Yi Xiaotian put up a few bricks, lying on the courtyard wall to look secretly, only to see the small courtyard, just like a boy of the same age, naked, holding a wooden stick, or thorn or split, tossing the straw man in front of him, the sound of hey in the mouth with body movements, a stab and a split, as if there are some regular rhythms, under the eaves, stand a dark and stout man, thirty-five or sixteen years old, the left hand picks up the lamp, the right hand holds a black oil bright ring ruler, from time to time "snap" With a thud, it slapped the boy and corrected the boy's movements. After a while, I don't know whether it was sleepiness or unbearable pain from being beaten by the ring ruler, the boy suddenly sat on the ground with his butt on his back, shouting and unwilling to practice again. "Smack!" was another crisp sound of flesh, and the boy was in pain and began to cry aggrievedly. Seeing the child's sadness crying, the man's tone also became a little softer: "Son, it's not that Daddy is cruel to whip you, another month, the first day of the seventh month, it will be the day of the Taoist selection of Emei Mountain, you listen to your father's words, and then suffer for another month, if you pass the selection to enter the Emei Mountain Gate, you will not have to follow your father and mother to live this cold and hard life." The boy cried more and more sadly: "Don't go to Mount Emei, woo woo, the child should be with his father and mother, woo woo woo ......"

Yi Xiaotian, who was lying on the wall, listened to the conversation between the father and son clearly, watched quietly for a while, then climbed off the wall, returned to the broken temple, and quietly lay back to the sleeping Wen You'er. Tossing and turning, sleepless all night, pondering the man's words repeatedly: "Daotong selection? have to enter the Emei Mountain Gate? Say goodbye to the cold and bitterness?", after pondering for a long time, Yi Xiaotian turned sideways, hugged the sleeping Wen You'er into his arms, and looked blankly at the sister in front of him who had been dependent on each other for more than five years, as if he was brewing some plan......

Early the next morning, Wen You'er's little girl jumped up from the thatched pile early in the morning, clamoring for Yi Xiaotian to take her to the market bookstall to read. Yi Xiaotian didn't sleep all night, and just fell asleep shallowly, he was woken up by the noisy You'er sister, but he was not irritable, he got up with a smile, yawned big, and reached out to touch his sister's round little head: "Okay, okay, don't make trouble yet, my brother will take You'er to the market and read a book in a while." The brother and sister have suffered drastic changes since childhood, and the gulls have relied on each other for five years, and the relationship has long exceeded the average biological brother and sister, if it is not for the only trace of family affection in this world, they do not abandon each other, support each other, and the two are afraid that they will not live so far, and the suffering also makes people grow and mature, and the older Yi Xiaotian has naturally always been extremely doted on this sister, caring and responsive. Today coincides with the first day of the first month of June, and the practice of Jiazhou City, on the first and fifteenth days of each month, there will be a large market, and traders from villages and towns within a radius of 100 miles will come to catch up with this lively trip.

Yi Xiaotian is slender and long, with an ordinary appearance, the only one with a big mouth, occupying half of his face, and laughing with a sense of joy. Although Wen Youer will also be ten years old, due to long-term malnutrition, she looks very petite, and she has to be an ordinary seven or eight-year-old girl with big eyes and round face, small mouth and nose, smart and cute. Yi Xiaotian got up, skillfully took out two flints from the haystack, squatted in the corner of the broken temple wall to make a fire, baked two dirty cold buns at the edge of the fire pit, and then quickly ran to the water tank by the slope courtyard wall to bring water to heat, wiped his face for Wen You'er simply, tied his hair, the two swallowed the steamed buns that were just baked, and Wen You'er followed Xiaotian's ass to the market.

At this time, the sky was completely bright, most of the shops on Jichang Street had not yet opened, and the bluestone-paved road was empty.

As soon as he arrived at the corner of the street, Wen Youer jumped from behind Yi Xiaotian's ass to the front, pulled up the corner of Yi Xiaotian's clothes and ran to a street corner in front. Turning the corner of the street, a straw mat, spread on the ground, a number of books, piled up on them, a bench, lying on a person, a straw hat covered the face, snoring. He raised his head and made a "shhh......h

If in the past, Xiaotian told his sister a few words to leave first, and do some petty theft to solve the day's rations, but today I feel puzzled: "It's so early this day, and the bookstall owner has been snoring and sleeping?" Besides, this sister is playful since she was a child, she has never learned to read and write, she can't read a word, how can she be so obsessed with reading?" "Cut, it turns out that this ghost girl is addicted to villain books, no wonder. Presumably, this lazy bookseller also knows that this boring book is destined to be rarely cared for, let alone pay for it, so he is just happy to be idle and sleep more. Now that the doubts were solved, Yi Xiaotian didn't think about it anymore, still gave a few more words, and went alone.

Because the sky is indeed too early, the snack vendors have not yet started, Yi Xiaotian is bored, wandering around aimlessly, unconsciously walking through the Xiao family compound, Xiaotian stopped and looked up at the high vermilion lacquer gate, the big copper nails on the door are shining, there is a gilded stone lion on the left and right, more than half a zhang high, so angry, the door plaque is written "Xiao family" two words, and the pen is also strong and powerful. Yi Xiaotian looked up at the magnificent gate blankly, and couldn't help but recall the past days and his late father and mother, gradually blurred his eyes, and stood still in a daze...... Suddenly, the whip of "pop!", Yi Xiaotian only felt that his vest was in pain, and he came back to his senses in an instant, and looked back, only to see seven or eight strong soldiers, each riding a tall horse, immediately carrying wild boars, pheasants, roe deer and other wild goods, neatly lined up in a team, and the head of the horse, but not big, all sea blue, a girl in uniform across the saddle, twelve or thirteen years old, holding a long whip in one hand, covering his mouth with one hand and laughing.

Yi Xiaotian's vest hurt hotly, jumped back two steps, pointed at the girl and scolded: "Xiao family's stinky mother-in-law!

The girl on that horse was Xiao Yun, the eldest lady of the Xiao family. The Xiao family has been operating the business of cultivating and renting mercenaries for generations, and to this day, not only the hundred-person mercenary team in Jiazhou City is from the Xiao family, but also half of the mercenary teams in the towns and cities within a radius of 100 miles are also hired from the Xiao family. And Xiao Qiang, the old man of the Xiao family, has no children under his knees, and has an only daughter Xiao Yun who is nearly seventy years old. And Yi Xiaotian has been wandering in this Jiazhou City for more than five years, so he naturally recognizes this arrogant girl.

Seeing that the sloppy young man in front of him dared to point his nose and scold himself as a "stinky woman", Xiao Yun was stunned for a moment, and then instantly turned red with anger, and glared angrily: "Where did the little flower come from?! Dare to stand in the way of Miss Ben, look for a fight!" Yi Xiaotian was already on guard, squatting on the ground, the long whip swept over his head, took a moment, and proudly stuck out his tongue at Xiao Yun and grimaced. Xiao Yun missed a blow, and was ridiculed and provoked by Yi Xiaotian, even more embarrassed, kicked the stirrup suddenly, jumped off the horse, and before he could land on the ground, he cast another body method, connecting his feet, and he had already risen to Yi Xiaotian's body between breaths, grabbed Yi Xiaotian's tattered clothes, dragged him for several feet, and pressed Yi Xiaotian's head on the vermilion lacquer gate with a "bang", unable to move.

"Say!Who is the stinky woman?!See that Miss Ben doesn't beat you today, this little flower is all over the ground looking for teeth!" This Xiao Yun is less than thirteen years old, slightly smaller than Yi Xiaotian, but her height is more than half a head higher than Yi Xiaotian, and her strength is also better than that of a thin boy. Seeing that Yi Xiaotian did not beg for mercy, but raised his eyes and glared at himself through gritted teeth, Xiao Yun became more and more annoyed, lifted Yi Xiaotian's head and hit the copper ring on the door, Yi Xiaotian was instantly knocked to the point that his eyebrow bone was broken, and his face was bleeding.

The entourage of the Xiao family, who had been smiling and watching the play, saw this situation, and their faces were all suddenly startled, and a young man in the lead shouted: "Miss, stop!", jumped up from the horse, jumped a few feet, and landed directly in front of the two children, squatted down, bent his fingers with his left palm, and flicked it lightly on Xiao Yun's shoulder, Xiao Yun was in pain, let go of Yi Xiaotian's head for a moment, and the man's right arm was reversed, and Yi Xiaotian was protected behind him. Xiao Yun came back to her senses and wanted to make a move again, but when she looked up, she saw that the man's face was serious, and he didn't dare to make any more trouble, but he still didn't give up, and stomped his feet angrily and shouted: "Why stop me! This little flower child humiliates me? Why can't you fight?!"

Yi Xiaotian was beaten by this girl of the same age and had no power to fight back, and he was extremely ashamed and angry in his heart, he lifted his sleeve and wiped the blood on his face, and scolded back without giving in: "Stinky mother-in-law! Ugly mother-in-law! You are called Hanako! Your whole family is called Hanako! Master, I was much wider than you before! I am not worthy of pouring a night pot for my master!"

was scolded by Yi Xiaotian for a series of scolding, Xiao Yun was already clenching her fists, trembling all over, no longer ignoring the man in front of her to stop her, she was about to go around behind the man, and shot at Yi Xiaotian again, her body was about to move, and she was lightly fingered by the man and poked on the kneecap of her left foot, it didn't hurt or itch, but she couldn't lift her leg anymore.

Xiao Yun was furious, furious, her hands fluttered like crazy, her right leg kicked violently, and all the slashes fell on the man's head and face, and she screamed: "Ah! let go of me! I want to kill him! I want to kill him!"

Seeing that the little shrew was so crazy, Yi Xiaotian was also really afraid, and involuntarily took two steps back, hiding behind the man. And the man sighed lightly, the serious expression on his face eased, stood up and Xiao Yun picked up, let a pair of small fists beat him on his back, put his mouth to Xiao Yun's ear, and muttered softly, Xiao Yun heard the man's whisper, and stopped his fists, his little face looked serious, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while, he poked his head out of the man's shoulder, and said to Yi Xiaotian: "Miss Ben will no longer worry about you today, I'm afraid that your sloppy head will break the door of my Xiao family, but I can't afford to accompany you if I sell you, get out." ”

Yi Xiaotian's head was in pain at this time, he was already thin, and he was injured and lost blood, he felt quite dizzy, and he couldn't fight with Xiao Yun anymore, so he just muttered to himself: "The door of Lao Tzu's hometown, the door nails and knockers, are all pure gold ......", barefoot, turned around and was about to leave, but he heard the "squeak" behind him With a sound, he turned his head to look, and saw that the closed door of the Xiao family was pushed by the two family members one left and one right, and slowly opened, and the two old men walked out one after the other, Yi Xiaotian hurriedly ran away a few steps and hid behind the big stone lion on the left side of the gate.

"Chen Yi greeted Uncle Xun Yu and met Master Xiao", the young man who was originally holding Xiao Yun saw the two old men walking out of the door, and quickly put Xiao Yun down, hugged his fists and bent down to salute, and the little girl Xiao Yun, who was majestic and making a lot of trouble, also learned Chen Yi to hug his fists and bend down and salute: "Yun'er to meet Uncle Xun Yu and meet Daddy." Hearing a few people talking, Yi Xiaotian quietly poked out half of his head from behind the stone lion and peeked over, only to see the thin old man walking in front, with white hair and eyebrows, crane sideburns and a childish face, wearing a dark blue cloud pattern robe, holding a three-foot gilt dust, his face was not angry or happy, his steps were unhurried, and the dust in his hand swept lightly on the shoulders of Chen Yi and Xiao Yun respectively, which was regarded as a return salute, and then walked out of the door by himself. And the fat old man walking behind, Yi Xiaotian recognized that it was Xiao Qiang, the old man of the Xiao family, who was tiptoeing and respectfully following behind the ass of the old man in front of him, nodding all the way, with a flattering smile on his face, completely missing his usual pride. Walking out of the gate, the old man who was looking for Yu stopped and turned around, facing the old man of the Xiao family and swept away the dust, and finally spoke: "There is labor to send off, Xiao Lao, please go back, on the first day of the next month, I will send a child election meeting, and I have to bother Xiao Lao to prepare early." ”

"Where is it, your faction has been friends with my Xiao family for generations, thanks to the promotion of the heads of the past dynasties, and has always arranged this children's election event to be held in my Xiao family in Jiazhou, the Xiao family is full of brilliance, what to bother, what to bother, but it is annoying that Elder Xun Yu personally went down the mountain, disturbed the elder Qingxiu, sorry, sorry. Xiao Qiang nodded and said. The Elder Xun Yu didn't say anything more, swept away the dust again, turned around and walked away, seemingly slowly and leisurely for a few steps, he had reached the end of the long street, and in the blink of an eye, he was gone. Xiao Qiang picked up Xiao Yun, followed by all the entourage, and entered the door, the door of Xiao's house "creaked" shut, and the long street was quiet again.

Yi Xiaotian, who was hiding behind the stone lion, could see and hear clearly, and muttered in his heart: "The selection conference, if it wasn't the Emei Daotong selection conference that was eavesdropped on the wall a few days ago?" Yi Xiaotian, who had a little plan in his heart, saw the old man looking for feather disappear in the blink of an eye under his nose, and his cultivation was so high that this ignorant young man was in awe, and he couldn't help but strengthen his inner plan......