Chapter 22: The Heart
The iron in the blacksmith room in Shanhai Village is all very ordinary iron, and the quality of the weapons cast is average.
Chen Zong had learned to cast in his early years, although he had been abandoned for many years, but his superb realm and precise power control still allowed Chen Zong to constantly temper ordinary iron pieces, surpassing the ordinary, and the sword cast was naturally harder and sharper than the hunting knife carefully crafted by the old blacksmith.
The old blacksmith was very shocked, and Chen Zong also casually pointed out a few words, which made the old blacksmith feel like a treasure.
The sword is made of iron, even if Chen Zong does his best, it is only as hard and sharp as a fine iron sword, for ordinary people, it is a good weapon, but for Chen Zong, it is so-so.
As soon as the iron sword was started, the old blacksmith and the little blacksmith felt that Chen Zong's temperament seemed to have undergone some kind of terrible change.
"The sword wipes the dust. The old blacksmith watched Chen Zong leave and secretly marveled.
Holding a sword in his left hand, Chen Zong walked calmly, and seemed to follow the wind and clouds, permeating with a trace of indescribable sharpness.
The light in Chen Zong's eyes flickered slightly.
From the old blacksmith, Chen Zong learned some information, and on the other side of the mountain, there were indeed other people, villages and towns, which strengthened Chen Zong's idea of going over the mountain.
Leave, you have to leave as soon as possible, since you have been here for more than a month, and you can't find a way to explore the illusion after trying all kinds of methods, you can only leave.
However, you have to make a leather armor for yourself.
Making leather armor was not difficult for Chen Zong, but in just one day, Chen Zong made a beautiful and well-fitting leather armor, all brown, as well as arm and leg guards, and a pair of leather boots, which looked fully armed.
Without saying goodbye to the people in the village, wearing leather armor and carrying an iron sword, Chen Zong walked towards the outside of the village.
"Brother Zong'er, you are dressed like this, where are you going?" someone beckoned.
"Go to the mountains and have a look. Chen Zong said with a smile.
"In the mountains, be careful, don't go deep, there are extremely ferocious beasts there. ”
Chen Zong nodded.
It's just that the plan can't catch up with the change, Chen Zong saw a panicked figure in front of him approaching quickly, and behind the blood-stained figure was a group of extremely vicious wolves, there were more than a dozen horses, each of which was the size of a calf, and it looked very strong.
The person who fled in panic burst out of his extreme speed and ran wildly under the strong will to survive, keeping a certain distance from the wolf, but suddenly, he tripped over a stone under his feet, and the whole person staggered forward and fell down, and a vicious wolf suddenly pounced, and the staggered sharp wolf teeth bit down on the person's throat, biting off and killing instantly.
The other wolves pounced on them, biting them hard, splitting them up and devouring them all.
Immediately, the strongest head wolf sniffed, and his green eyes shone with a ferocious light, vaguely excited and bloodthirsty.
Immediately, the head wolf let out a long howl, spread its strong limbs, and rushed forward like a gust of wind, and more than a dozen vicious wolves behind him also let out a vicious howl, and rushed away one after another.
Chen Zong, who was thousands of meters away, had a slightly solemn face, and the direction in which more than a dozen evil wolves were running was the direction of Shanhai Village.
Fang Cai, the villager Chen Zong also knew, was one of the hunters in the village, not long ago with several other hunters teamed up to go into the mountains to hunt, now it seems that those hunters should be more than lucky.
Thousands of meters away, if it was in the past, it would have passed in an instant, but now, even if Chen Zong overdrew his own overload eruption, it would take some time to cross, and the far water could not save the near fire, and he could not save the other party at all.
What's more, with his current ability, encountering those dozen or so amazingly strong wolves will inevitably be a bitter battle.
Cultivation and strength were lost, but his intuition was still there, and Chen Zong could sense the full qi and blood that filled the strength of the dozen or so evil wolves, which was very amazing, several times that of ordinary big men.
The direction in which more than a dozen vicious wolves are running is the direction of Shanhai Village.
According to Chen Zong's understanding, with the strength of Shanhai Village, it is difficult to fight against these dozen or so evil wolves, even if they can kill all the dozen evil wolves in the end, at least more than half of them will be killed or injured.
But so what?
"Here...... It's just a fantasy. Chen Zong said to himself.
Since it is a fantasy, then everything is fake.
No matter how real it seems.
The day is false, the earth is false, the mountains are false, the trees are false, the water is false, everything is false, and man is naturally false.
It's all fake!
If it's fake, why care.
Even if Chen Zong got along well with them before, more of it was just to find an opportunity to explore the illusion.
Life and death, what does it have to do with yourself?
Unmoved, Chen Zong stepped forward, and after crossing thousands of meters, he saw the bones of the corpse whose flesh had been gnawed to the core, and the bones were covered with traces of sharp teeth.
The bitten off head fell to the side, and the eyes of death, despair and fear were staring at Chen Zong, and his mouth was slightly open, as if he wanted to say something to Chen Zong.
Chen Zong's heart moved unconsciously, and an indescribable feeling arose, as if he had been touched to some kind of softness.
An idea arose in his heart, so he turned around and returned to the village, killed the dozen evil wolves, and saved the people in the village.
Chen Zong shook his head suddenly.
How can it be!
Staying in Shanhai Village for more than a month, Chen Zong kept trying, looking for any possible way to explore the illusion, including living in harmony with everyone in the village, which was also a means for Chen Zong to explore the illusion.
But in the end, they all failed.
For more than a month, the feeling of integrating into the village became stronger and stronger, which made Chen Zongsheng feel a sense of crisis.
If you continue like this, you may be assimilated, and in a real sense, from body to soul, you will become a part of Shanhai Village.
If this is the case, then I will not have the idea of breaking through the illusion, and I will stay in this illusion forever.
Thinking of this result, Chen Zong couldn't help but feel creepy.
Absolutely not!
You must not immerse yourself in this illusion, it is not what you want.
Taking a deep breath, Chen Zong eliminated the thoughts that were surging in his heart, retracted his gaze and stared ahead, and walked out with great determination.
It's just that I don't know why, as he walks, Chen Zong's pace is slowing down, and he seems to be hesitating and hesitating.
The thoughts in my heart are getting stronger and stronger, almost obsession.
The right foot was raised and he stepped forward, but he could not land for a long time, as if an invisible force was blocking it, but there was nothing.
As long as Chen Zong is willing, he can be left behind.
His eyes flickered, but his expression was struggling, cloudy and uncertain.
The mind is violent, like a wild horse breaking the embankment.
"Fantasy ......"
"Heart......
The struggle in Chen Zong's eyes became more and more obvious.
In the past, Chen Zong had always acted according to his heart, but this time, he was struggling.
Because Chen Zong is sure that this is an illusion, since it is an illusion, he cannot be confused.
But...... Are you wrong?
The left hand holding the sword unconsciously exerted force, and the green tendons on the back of the hand protruded, as if it was about to break the iron sword.
Struggle, torment!
Immediately, Chen Zong's right foot that stepped out of the air fell violently, making a dull sound like a drum, as if he was about to smash the earth with one foot, and let out a long breath, the struggle under his eyes disappeared completely, replaced by an extremely sharp and incomparably firm essence like a sharp sword.
Conscience!
Since you have followed your heart from the beginning, this time, let's follow your heart as well.
Fantasy is good!
True!
As long as you are firm enough, you can get rid of all distractions.
So why shake?
It's just that my own will is not enough.
Suddenly, Chen Zong felt as if he had an epiphany, and a touch of dust on his soul was also wiped away, becoming transparent and crystalline.
I am who I am!
True me!
This self!
The heart is unchanged, immovable, unshaken, and not confused!
So what are you waiting for?
Turning around, Chen Zong stepped out of his right foot, his steps were firm and fast, and he stepped directly two meters away, and the moment his right foot just landed, the strong force rushed straight to the ground through the soles of his feet, and the force was shocked, so that his right foot bounced up, and his left foot also took a step.
The upper body leaned forward, the center of gravity moved forward, the iron sword was held in the left hand, the eyes became sharp, and the whole person was like a vigorous wild cheetah running in the field chasing its prey, the wind blew from the front, swept over his ears, and made a whining sound, Chen Zong felt as if he was about to fly.
Of course, this is just an illusion created by getting faster.
This ordinary person's body can burst out at such a speed, which is already very amazing.
Gradually, Chen Zong heard the fierce howl of the wolf, and also heard the bloody roar of the villagers of Shanhai Village, they were desperate.
I'm fighting with those dozen or so wolves.
From the voice, Chen Zong judged that someone was injured, and even someone died.
Since he insisted on saving people with his heart, he couldn't delay, Chen Zong's speed was getting faster and faster, and his legs were slightly numb.
Rush Rush!
See.
Chen Zong clearly saw that the villagers were fighting with more than a dozen vicious wolves with hunting knives, hoes, sickles and other dry tools.
More than a dozen vicious wolves attacked and killed in an orderly manner under the leadership of the head wolf, on the contrary, the villagers were not good at cooperating or fighting, and they could only hold on to it for a while by relying on the large number of people.
But five people have already died in pools of blood.
The villagers are like stragglers, and a dozen or so wolves are like well-trained soldiers, their teeth and claws are terrifying weapons, and they are inevitably injured when touched.
Under these circumstances, a dozen wolves might slaughter the entire village.
After all, in the whole village, those hunters with the strongest combat effectiveness have died in the mountains, and although there are also young adults left, they are good at farm work, but fighting with evil wolves is insufficient, and there are not many young adults.
Of the population of more than 100 people, there are more than 70 old and weak women and children, and their combat effectiveness is weak, and the remaining 20 or so are teenagers, and their combat effectiveness is average.
In such a comparison, how is it the opponent of these dozen or so evil wolves, not to mention that among these dozen or so evil wolves, there is one of the strongest and most vicious head wolves, whose combat effectiveness is so strong that it can be completely worthy of three ordinary evil wolves, and three of the five people who died were killed by the claws of the head wolf.
One hit!
With just one blow, the three men were disemboweled.