Chapter 2 Touching the Scene and Reminiscing the Past
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It was raining lightly that day, but those people still arrived at Leishi Village in Hongni District on time, when Gu Xuyao was nine years old. (Please search, or enter directly to see the latest chapter)
They are monks, immortals in the mouths of many children, but most people understand that monks are also human beings, but they have cultivated Yuan Li and have much more power than mortals.
There are about 15 villages of all sizes in the Hongni District, such as Leishi Village, which is considered large, with a population of nearly 1,000 people, while the total population of the Hongni District is only about 10,000.
This is the place where mortals live, or rather, a refuge given by Heaven to mortals. The outside world is full of Yuan Force, and at the same time, it is also full of danger.
Even ordinary beasts have become extremely powerful under the nourishment of Yuan Force, and the best hunters in the Red Clay Zone are just desserts for those beasts when they go outside, and here, in the Red Clay Zone, because the Yuan Force is very weak, although it prevents humans from cultivating here, it also makes the beasts here less fierce.
"Not everyone is qualified to be a monk. ”
Gu Xuyao doesn't know how many times he has heard such an exclamation, and nine-year-old Gu Xuyao is no exception.
"Little Guzi, do you want to try?" Standing beside him was the village blacksmith Zhang, who was the most powerful hunter in the village when he was young, and once hunted an adult red lion alone, and then when he was old and no longer in his body, he discarded the long knife and opened a blacksmith shop.
The young Gu Xuyao blinked his big eyes and his little face was flushed, obviously excited.
"Yes, Uncle Zhang, do you think I can become a monk? If I become a monk, can I wear beautiful and clean clothes like them?" Gu Xuyao looked at the children who had completed the test in front of him and went home depressed, pointing to the two brightly dressed monks in front of him, ignorant children always have immature dreams.
The condition for the test is to be at least nine years old, and of course, the younger you are, the more likely you are to take the test, so the people in the village let their child take the test when he is nine years old, not to know how the child will repay himself when he becomes a monk, just to get him out of the red mud area, which is not seen in the light of day.
Blacksmith Zhang touched Gu Xuyao's head and smiled kindly, but he didn't speak, just gently pushed Gu Xuyao and motioned him to come forward and give it a try.
Every year, the sect that rules the Red Clay District will send monks into it to select good seedlings, monks are also human beings, and they are all mortals before they cultivate, and the tools for testing are very simple, in Gu Xuyao's opinion, it is an ordinary stone.
"Uncle Immortal, can you use this thing to test whether I can be an immortal? There are a lot of such stones near the Hongshui River! You can't lie to me!"
It's just that the flowing immortal in white in front of him is not in such a good mood to joke with a child. "What's the nonsense, how can these magic weapons be something that you mortals can understand?"
The monk looked like he was only about eighteen years old, but his temper was not small, and he frowned at this time and didn't have a good voice, but it made Gu Xuyao's heart resist. Gu Xuyao has been stubborn since he was a child, and surrendering defeat is an unattainable word for Gu Xuyao, he has been like this since he was a child, so at this time, Gu Xuyao pouted and was reluctant to step forward.
The monk was furious when he saw this, and was about to do so, but a large hand slapped him on the shoulder. "Senior brother, how many times do you want me to say that mortals are not superior or inferior to us, and if you always have such thoughts, then you will never be able to improve your cultivation. "It was a young man who spoke, but he was much gentler than the arrogant monk.
"Little friend, my junior brother was presumptuous to speak just now, just because he has encountered some difficulties in cultivation recently, and his heart is upset, don't worry about him, okay?" The monk looked at Gu Xuyao and showed a gentle smile.
Seeing this, Gu Xuyao immediately relieved his temper, nodded heavily, and stood in front of the monk who was called his junior brother. "Brother Immortal, you are relatively young, I will call you brother, hehe, I don't blame you, I sometimes ignore people when I get angry, oops, don't talk about this, help me test, okay?"
The "junior brother" was still full of impatience written on his face, but this was something ordered by the master, and he couldn't help but do it.
The so-called test is actually very simple, that is, to use the triangular stone in the hand to test whether mortals can perceive the Yuan Force, if not, then it can only die to cultivate this heart.
The monk crushed a piece of Yuan Stone, pinched the Yuan Force contained in it in his hand, and hit it into the triangular stone, it emitted a slight light, and after seeing it, the monk gently put the triangular stone on Gu Xuyao's forehead.
The flickering light made Gu Xuyao a little dizzy, but he couldn't stop the tension in his heart, the good times didn't last long, the triangular stone quickly dimmed, and after that, it turned into an ordinary stone, like the one picked up at random next to the Hongshui River.
Obviously, the brightness shows that the monk's body has a smooth flow of Yuan power, and if the triangular stone can maintain the initial brightness without attenuation, then there is the potential to become a monk, if the triangular stone can make the triangular stone shine brighter, it proves that the person is extraordinarily talented.
However, Gu Xuyao was not able to keep the triangular stone shining.
"Alas, it's a waste of time, kid, you're not this piece of material, others can at least hold on to three breaths, you just let the Sanfang Stone go dark after two breaths, and you are still shouting to become an immortal? It's really laughing at me, you, don't dream all day to learn from others to cultivate and become enlightened, learn a craft well and grow old slowly here, next, is there still a Lei Shi Village, is there anyone who wants to participate in the test?" Without looking at Gu Xuyao, the monk put away the Sanfang Stone and began to shout.
Gu Xuyao was disappointed, very disappointed, the crowd around him had dispersed, the rain in the sky was getting colder and colder, and the monk's words made Gu Xuyao suffer an unprecedented blow.
"Senior brother, the task of Leishi Village is completed, let's leave, we've wasted a lot of time, I just want to return to the sect as soon as possible to concentrate on cultivation. When the monk saw that there was no answer around him, he spoke to the older monk.
"I really don't know why, our sect will have fresh blood to join every year, and it takes almost a few decades for one person in this red mud area to meet the standards of a monk, and the master is actually happy to let us do such a boring thing! According to me, it is better to teach us how to improve our cultivation directly......" As he walked, the young monk complained all the way, just complaining that seemed innocuous to him, but Gu Xuyao's heart was ravaged repeatedly.
Hearing this, the monk glanced at Gu Xuyao, who was still standing in place, and frowned slightly, but finally nodded, and together with his junior brother, he came to the entrance of Leishi Village in the blink of an eye.
They walked so fast that they disappeared in the blink of an eye, while Gu Xuyao was still standing in place.
It was getting dark, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier.
"Little Guzi ......" Blacksmith Zhang was very worried when he saw Gu Xuyao standing still, and he walked over slowly, for fear of stimulating him.
"I'm not a waste! I'm a human being! I'm just like them, I'm a human being! Why can't I cultivate!" At the age of nine, he suffered unfair treatment, where could Gu Xuyao afford it, he didn't understand that this God was unfair, at this time he was hysterical, shook off the hand stretched out by the blacksmith, and ran towards the house like crazy.
The day began to rain heavily, as thick as a cow's hair, wetting every corner of Leishi Village.
"Yo, Gu Xuyao, what are you looking at here!" The flirtatious voice interrupted Gu Xuyao's train of thought.
Gu Xuyao didn't have to look back to know who it was, it should be said that he knew who those three people were.
"Hahaha, I was looking at the test of the monks coming to the village every year, why, do you remember your disgraceful appearance back then?" another voice sounded, the same frivolity, full of disdain.
"Tsk, that's it, the funniest thing is ......" The third voice came, but before he could finish speaking, Gu Xuyao rudely interrupted him.
"Li Bo, Li Tang, Li Jiu, if the three of you think that I didn't teach you enough last time, I don't mind coming back to the village again, but this time it's not so easy. Gu Xuyao didn't look back, but his tone was extremely unkind, obviously the feud with the three Li brothers was not a matter of one day.
Sure enough, after seeing that Gu Xuyao's attitude was wrong, the three of them closed their mouths.
"Hmph, let's go, we don't know like this wild boy, but I tell you that one day, our three brothers will get back what you owe us. With that, the three men walked towards the village, each of them carrying a prey, and it was evident that all three were hunters as well.
Gu Xuyao squinted at their backs, his face cold. After the three of them had completely disappeared into the village, Gu Xuyao carried the red lion corpse on his shoulders again and walked slowly in the direction where the three Li brothers left.
In the Hongni District, under the jurisdiction of the monk sect, the life within it is naturally inseparable from the control of the monks, and every village in the Hongni District needs to pay yuan stones on a monthly basis, and similarly, the cultivated land in each village is controlled by the monks, and the villagers can choose to go to the farmland, and then the monks will give them yuan stones every month, and as for food, they naturally need yuan stones to buy.
Therefore, in such a special situation, hunters are the most popular profession, not to mention being able to hunt and eat meat by themselves, and can also take the carcasses of wild beasts to the market and sell them in exchange for yuanshi.
"Bang. The body of the red lion was thrown heavily on the ground by Gu Xuyao, splashing a large area of red muddy water.
"Xiao Guzi, today's harvest is not small, this red lion is estimated to have to sell ten yuan stones, right? Tsk, that's two months' income for others, so the people who can go hunting are all amazing people. "There are a lot of dragons and snakes in the market, and they sell everything, but they are all helping the monks to sell, and all the proceeds from the sale go to the monks, and they get the yuan stones every month according to the amount they sell.