Chapter 2: A Dangerous World
In the two months since he was reborn and awakened, Yue Yu already had a general impression of the new environment around him.
There is no doubt that this world, at least this area, is a strange and extremely dangerous place!
You can always look up in the sky, and all kinds of birds of prey with demonic powers fly in the sky. In addition, there are thousands of strange man-eating beasts running wild in various places. So much so that ordinary human beings can hardly survive alone in this world.
In fact, in addition to this Dark Feather Thunder Eagle, seventeen days ago, Yue Yu had also seen with his own eyes that a tusked demon elephant that had broken into his manor to forage for food was besieged and killed by thirty clansmen and nearly a hundred of their domestic servants. And as far as he learned later, as soon as he stomped his feet, the surrounding air waves were rolling, and several stone spears stabbed out of the ground were in the Shenzhou Demon Beast List, but he was only ranked at the top of the second order and at the bottom of the middle stream.
Legend has it that the Divine Demon Beast has a fifteenth level, but above the sixth order, no one has seen it for thousands of years, so many people think that it does not exist at all. And in fact, even the sixth-order and fifth-order demon beasts are quite terrifying, and every time they appear, they will always make blood flow within a thousand miles. Only an innate martial artist can match it.
So here, it is natural for the weak to cling to the strong. In addition, in this world, it is not simply that the strong are respected, and the collective consciousness, especially the clan consciousness, is also very strong.
Taking the Yuejia City where he is now located, for example, within a radius of 500 miles, almost all people with their own property depend on their Yuejia to survive. These people provide a certain amount of taxes to the Yue family and enjoy their protection. The reason is only that in their clan, there are a total of three eighth-level martial artists, and the rest of the first-level martial artists are above four hundred and twenty-five, in addition, there are about eight hundred servants and guest kings who have reached this level and served in the family, which is the first strong force in this thousand miles.
- By the way, there are three levels of martial arts in this world, the ninth level of samurai, the ninth level of martial artist, and then the innate martial sect. I heard that above this, there are immortals who enter and exit the green underworld and soar through the clouds. But Yue Yu himself had never seen it, and the others were also skeptical, so they had to take it as a legend together with those demon beasts above level ten.
Yue Yu's current rank is a second-level warrior, which is what he feels most annoyed and powerless now. If it weren't for those martial artists of the Yue family who were on duty at night just now, if it weren't for Ran Li beside him, he would hardly have any self-protection power now.
The second-level warrior, to put it bluntly, is only a little stronger than those farmers in Yuejia City. And within the five hundred miles of Yuejia City, there are not 30,000 people of his level, but 20,000. The rest of the second level and above are as many as 30,000 or 40,000 people.
However, fortunately, it is obvious that the upper echelons of the Yue clan also know the truth that cultivating the strength of the younger generations of the family and constantly strengthening the foundation can make the power of themselves and the clan last forever. Therefore, although Yue Yu's strength is pitifully weak, the identity of a child of the Yue family is enough for him to be respected by countless people in the Yue family city, and enjoy the privileged life that only martial artists and above can have.
- Actually, when he was just sober that day, he had already guessed that his living environment should not be bad. The blue brick house he lived in was bright and spacious, with marble and brick floors. This was in ancient times, but only those landlords could enjoy the treatment. And in this world, it is even more rare. In addition, his 'mother' wore a skirt made of brocade, which was a rarity in ancient times, although the fabric looked dull. Everything shows that the 'body' he is in now should at least belong to the well-off class.
And the fact is that Yue Yu now has a two-entry courtyard house and more than 20 rooms. Outside the city there were about 500 acres of fertile land, three servants, and fifteen tenants who worked for him.
โโThese are all left behind by Yue Yu's legendary father who 'died' a few years ago when he surrounded and suppressed a fourth-order demon beast. The reason why it is said to be a legend is that no one had ever seen his body at that time. However, at that time, Yue Yu's father was indeed fighting on the front line, and at that time, the ground was full of corpses and broken meat, and he couldn't tell who was whose parts afterwards, and the clan only regarded him as dead in battle. Therefore, in addition to these inheritances, Yue Yu also enjoyed the enshrinement of 500 acres of clan property until he became an adult. And in other ways, there are some treatments that other peers do not have.
However, this does not mean that Yue Yu can rest easy, if this is a normal world, then these possessions are enough to make him extremely free in this life. But the problem is that although the Yue clan is very good to the children of their own clan, in this environment where monsters are rampant, it is impossible for them to use a large amount of field resources to raise an idler, and they cannot afford to raise an idler.
According to the clan rules, if Yue Yu fails to reach the seventh level of warrior before the age of twenty, then the inherited property will be halved, and if he fails to reach the fifth level, he will be deprived of the inheritance of all property, leaving only twenty acres of land for you to spend the rest of your life.
So now the first thing Yue Yu does when he gets up in the early hours of the morning is to take Ran Li, that is, the servant in front of him, who is very similar to the juvenile version of 'Zhang Fei', to the special martial arts training ground in the clan to train his martial arts. This is not only due to the family's requirements for each child in the clan, but also the practical needs.
In this world, the rank of a samurai martial artist, in addition to the internal breath needs to meet the requirements, the level of actual combat fighting ability is also one of the important indicators for judging the rank. If Yue Yu wants to inherit this family property, then no matter how much he wields his sword skills, he must always have one that can reach the level of a seventh-order warrior.
-- If it had been in a previous life, the output of these hundreds of acres of land would not have reached the standard of living of even a vagrant. But here, Yue Yu clearly knew that they were the foundation of his absolute survival.
On the west side of this small city, the martial arts training ground is about 500 square meters of a wide earthen lawn. The ground is soft and free of any stones, which is to prevent small children from falling and getting injured. As usual, when Yue Yu stepped on the time of four quarters of the hour and arrived here, there were already many teenagers of the same age or even younger than him who were already practicing their swordsmanship here. Many people are already sweating, and it seems that they have been practicing here for more than an hour.
Among these teenagers, a small half were members of the Yue clan, and the rest were the sons of some of the Yue family's servants, as well as some children of the Hakka clan. If the qualifications are good, they will also be allowed to practice here. In addition, there are about twenty rotating samurai from rank 7 to 9 who serve as instructors and guide these young children.
Not surprisingly, Yue Yu and Ran Li had just stepped into the tuping, and they attracted dozens of pairs of white eyes. Most of them came from those adult samurai, with both jealousy and a hint of contempt in their eyes. However, these people are all slaves with foreign surnames, and those warriors of their own clan are more helpless to hate them.
Yue Yu first smiled at these instructors flatteringly, and then very obediently took an ironwood sword from the weapon rack, walked to the corner of the martial arts training ground and began to practice on his own. As for Ran Li, there was another teacher who took him to the side for guidance. This little servant of his is extremely talented, not only has great strength, but also is extremely talented in internal force cultivation, and it is very likely that he will be promoted to a martial artist before the age of twenty. Therefore, in the clan, he is more treated than he is the master.
In fact, if it weren't for Ran Li's own unwillingness, he would have been transferred to the Blood Refining Hall at this time, which I heard was a place within the clan that was specially used to cultivate those outstanding family servants. Being able to enter it basically means that he will definitely be a promising martial artist in the future.