Chapter 1: Hongzhu Village

The vast expanse of the land, the towering mountains, the dense forests, the verdant grasslands, the vast seas and the bustling cities are all outstanding and vibrant. In the mountains to the south of the land, there are many villages, far from the city, where the villagers have to hunt for their livelihood.

Therefore, the folk customs here are relatively strong, and they generally have to exercise their bodies from an early age, and if they do not have a strong physique, they will not be able to compete with those fierce beasts on the mountain, and they will not be able to survive.

"Xiaocheng, it's time to get up, the children of other families have now arrived at the exercise ground."

With the shout, an eleven or twelve-year-old boy lying on the bed slowly opened his hazy eyes, and he knew that it was his mother's voice. The young man's name is Si Cheng, he is twelve years old this year, maybe because he is young and sleepy, he doesn't want to get up every morning, and it's so early, so he can only be woken up by his mother every day.

"Got it", Si Cheng agreed casually, then closed his eyes, ready to sleep for a while. But when he thought of facing the stern second uncle, he suddenly jumped up from the bed, hurriedly put on his clothes and ran out.

It was only four o'clock in the morning, and the sky was still very dark, and the shining stars were still hanging high in the sky. The bright moonlight shrouded the earth, and a petite figure was running hard, of course, this was Xiao Sicheng who had just gotten up.

Villagers here believe that getting up early in the morning to exercise can absorb better air, strengthen people's will, and most importantly, exercise faster than usual. So over time it becomes a habit. As long as you are eight years old, you should get up at 4 a.m. to exercise.

When Si Cheng ran to the training ground, there were already more than fifty children standing there in two lines. The eldest was fifteen or sixteen years old, and the youngest was just eight years old.

"Si Cheng, why is it so late", a man in his thirties standing at the forefront asked with a frown.

"I ...... I'm late to get up", Si Cheng was also embarrassed, lowered his head, and said this sentence with only the roar of mosquitoes.

Although the voice of this sentence was very low and low, the big man, who was a master in the village, heard it clearly. Then he could only sigh and said earnestly: "Xiaocheng, getting up early to exercise is for your sake, second uncle, I have been like this since I was a child, including your grandfather." If you don't exercise your body and learn your skills, how can you fight against the fierce beasts on the mountain when you grow up, and how can you lead everyone to make the village stronger?"

This big man named Si Hongjun is Si Cheng's second uncle and a well-known master in the entire Hongzhu Village. He has practiced the "Forging Muscles and Casting Intestines" to the seventh level, and is usually known for being cold and strict, and because he is the head of the training of all the children in the village, he is also very prestigious.

Hongzhu Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only the east side connects to the road to the town, and this road is also hard to open from the mountains for generations, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is surrounded by mountains on all sides. To the north and west are endless mountains, and even the strongest village chief in the village doesn't know how big they are. And the fierce beasts on the mountain are rampant, the reason why they are called fierce beasts is because every one of them on the mountain has the strength of the third layer of the village's "Forging Muscle Casting Gong", and the fierce beasts are naturally strong in the flesh, and some of them are fast, and the villagers who generally practice to the third layer are not opponents.

Especially the beast kings in the deep mountains have the strength of the seventh or eighth layer of human beings, and even the old people said that there are powerful beasts that can speak in the deepest part of the mountains, even if the masters who have practiced to the ninth layer of the Dacheng realm can only flee for their lives. It's just that this kind of powerful storage zài has never come out, otherwise, all the nearby villages would probably have been wiped out long ago, and there would be no zài.

Near the south of the village there is a bamboo forest, and strangely enough, the leaves of the whole bamboo forest are red and do not change throughout the year. A long time ago, the ancestors of the village were attracted by this beautiful scenery and changed the name of the village to Hongzhu Village.

It's just that many people disappeared inexplicably after entering the bamboo forest, and later someone went in to check it many times, and the result was the same. After this strange thing happened many times, no one dared to go in again. The bamboo forest also became a no-go zone to the south of the village, and a natural barrier, as no beast was ever found coming from the west.

There are more than 300 households in the entire Hongzhu Village, which is also considered medium among all the surrounding villages, and the surname Si is the most surname in the village, and it is also the strongest. Si Cheng's grandfather, Si Changkong, is the patriarch and the village head of Hongzhu Village, and he practiced "Forging Muscles and Casting Intestines" to the strength of the Nine-Layer Dacheng Realm more than 20 years ago. Father Si Honglie is the eldest of the second generation, with the strength of the eighth layer of the Great Achievement Realm, and he is one step away from the ninth layer. The second uncle Si Hongjun and the third uncle Si Honglin are both in the seventh-layer middle realm, and they are relatively rare masters in Hongzhu Village.

In addition, there are a few surnames Wei in the village, surnamed Li and surnamed Liu, the heads of these three surnames have the strength of the ninth layer, the head of the family surnamed Wei is the strongest, the middle realm of the ninth layer, and the other two are all the first realm. Of course, even if the three join forces, it is impossible to be the opponent of the Ninth Layer Dacheng Realm, and even if the exercises are a small step behind, the strength is not too much to say. Therefore, the village is headed by the surname Si, but in private, the other three surnames often play Xiao Jiujiu, in fact, everyone knows it, but they don't account for it.