Chapter 1: The vibrant youth
(There is also a prologue in front of ���, so don't miss it.)
Stone Village, located in the Mangan Mountains, surrounded by high peaks and large ravines, the vast mountains loomed large.
Early in the morning, the sunrise was brilliant, as if it was sprinkled with broken gold, bathing people warmly.
A group of children, ranging from four or five years old to teenagers, there could be dozens of them, in the open space in front of the village, facing the morning sun, were humming and hauntingly exercising their bodies. A tender little face is full of serious color, older children tiger wind, some of the smaller also compared to the style.
A middle-aged man with muscles as strong as a tiger and leopard, wearing an animal skin suit, with bronze-colored skin and black hair, his gleaming eyes swept over every child, and was seriously instructing them.
"The sun rises, the initial of everything, the gas of life is the most abundant, although it can't be like the legend of that meal Xia food gas, but this welcome Xia forging body since it also has great benefits, can enrich the human body vitality. The plan of the day lies in the morning, get up early every day to use more energy, strong muscles and bones, blood refining tendons, in the future to have the capital to live in the mangled mountain range." The middle-aged man standing in front and instructing a group of children had a serious face, admonishing earnestly, and then droned, "Do you understand?"
"Understood!" The group of children responded loudly with a strong voice.
The mountain is infested with prehistoric creatures, sometimes there are huge wings that cover the sky, casting large shadows on the ground, there are also beasts standing on the peaks, swallowing the moon and whistling, and there are all kinds of venomous insects, which are exceptionally horrible.
"I see." A little guy who was obviously distracted and half a beat slow called out in a milky voice.
This was a very small child, only one or two years old, having just learned to walk within a few months, and was following along to exercise his physique. Apparently, he had come along on his own, mixed in with the older children, clearly not supposed to be in this group yet.
"Hmph hmph hmph hmph hmph hmph hmph hmph hmph hmph hmph!" The little guy's mouth vocalized, and his tender little arms waved vigorously, imitating the movements of the older children, but he was too young, his movements were crooked, and his gait was staggering and wobbly, coupled with the white milk stains that remained between the corners of his mouth, causing people to laugh.
A group of older children looked at him and winked, lightening the mood of the otherwise serious morning exercise.
Little Dot is very white and beautiful, big eyes turning, the whole person is like a white porcelain doll, very cute, childish movements, mouth babbling, naive. This made some of the old men sitting on a boulder in the other field who were gulping heavenly essence also reveal smiles.
It is those adult men who are tall and lanky, with their upper **** bodies and tendons shining and bulging, who also looked over, with a smile. They were the strongest people in the village, the most important force for hunting and guarding this village, and all of them were also forging their bodies, some of them were holding white bone rods polished from the skeletons of unknown beasts, and some of them were holding broadswords forged from black metal, dancing with force, and the wind sounded like thunder.
Survival environment is extremely harsh, more flood beasts and poisonous insects, in order to food, in order to survive, a lot of men have not yet reached the age of premature death in the wilderness, want to live, the only way is to strengthen their own body. Early in the morning, whether it is an adult, or the elderly and children, this is a habit that everyone has developed since childhood.
"Collect your heart!" The middle-aged man who was responsible for supervising and guiding the children's practice shouted. The group of children hurriedly got serious and continued to exercise in the soft and brilliant sunrise.
"Phew ...... eeeeee, tired." Little Bit let out a long breath and sat down on the ground with a fart, watching the older children exercise their bodies. But only a moment's work he was distracted, stood up, wobbly, rushed to not far away a five-colored finch is jumping, the results of stumbling, even fell a few buttocks, but also do not cry, angry, grunting climb up and then chase.
"Okay, collect the power!"
With a loud shout, all the children burst into cheers, rubbed their sore hands and feet, and then dispersed in a flurry, rushing to their respective homes, ready to eat breakfast.
The old men all laughed and rose from their boulders. The adults, who were as fit as tigers, laughed and cursed, counted their children, and carried their bone sticks and broadswords to their homes with quick steps.
The stone village was not very big, men, women and children together could have more than three hundred people, the houses were all made of huge stones, simple and natural.
At the head of the village there is a huge lightning strike wood, more than ten meters in diameter, at this time the only willow on the main trunk has been in the morning sunshine to hide the glittering light, become ordinary.
"Oh, there's actually earth dragon meat, give me a piece!"
These children were all very lively & active, even when they were eating they weren't too honest, many of them came out from their houses holding pottery bowls and came together.
The grass and trees around Shi Village were abundant, and there were many fierce beasts, but guarding the big mountains, the village people's food was relatively not abundant, just some coarse wheat cakes, wild fruits, and a small amount of meat in the children's bowls.
As a matter of fact, insufficient food has always been a serious problem for Stone Village. The mountains were very dangerous, and the beasts and birds were so powerful and terrifying that people could lose their lives every time they went hunting.
If there was a choice, the village people were unwilling to go into the mountains. Because going into the mountains meant that there might be bloodshed and sacrifice.
Food is too precious for them to waste, and every child grows up knowing that hunger, food, hunting, life, and blood are all connected.
At the head of the village was the compound of the old patriarch, Shi Yunfeng, made of boulders piled up next to charred and massive willow trees. In front of the stove in the courtyard, white juice boiled in a clay pot with a milky aroma, he was boiling beast milk, in addition to putting some herbs and other herbs in from time to time, stirring them slowly with a wooden spoon.
Not long after, the old man shouted, "Little Bit, come and eat."
Little Dot lost his parents when he was half a year old, he grew up eating the milk of the beasts, and now he is already one year and a few months old, if it was an ordinary child should have been weaned long ago, but he still eats sweetly and refuses to be weaned, and he is often made fun of by the older children.
"Eeeeee, hoo ...... can't run anymore." He had been persistently chasing that five-colored finch, and had long been out of breath, when he sat on his butt on the ground.
"Little Dot is eating milk!" A group of older children coaxed.
"You little leather monkeys, you haven't all come from his age." The old patriarch laughed and scolded.
"We weren't still breastfeeding at one and a half years old, hehehe."
Facing the older children's teasing, Little Bit laughed nervously, his big black eyes narrowed into a crescent shape, not caring, sitting in front of the clay pot and scooping up the milk with a wooden spoon, eating it sweetly.
After breakfast, a few very old men in the village came together to Clan Chief Shi Yunfeng's courtyard, although their hair had long since turned gray, their essence was all still very much alive.
"Something's not quite right lately, there are always big guys passing by late at night, the commotion is just too great, something must have happened deep within this mountain range."
"Well, I was awakened several times last night, my skin and bones were chilled, there must be some kind of flooding ferocious beasts with big bugs passing by from here."
Several old men spoke up one after another, either frowning or deep in thought, discussing some recent signs of danger, feeling that something unusual had happened.
"I feel that something extraordinary may have come out of the depths of this great wilderness, attracting the attention of some of the ancient relics from the surrounding regions that have rushed over." Old Patriarch Shi Yunfeng said after pondering.
"It couldn't be that a mountain treasure has come out, right?" An old man instantly rounded his eyes, his whiskers flaring as he revealed a shocked expression.
The others also revealed strange colors, their eyes on fire, but they all quickly extinguished the flames in their eyes, that kind of thing was not something they could obtain, far away in the deepest part of the mountain range, no one could enter.
For so many years no one has ever been able to get in and out alive, the mountain is infested with all kinds of powerful species, even if everyone in the stone village intrudes together, not even a single wave will be created.
"Patriarch, we haven't entered the mountain for some days." Right at this moment, a majestic adult man walked into the courtyard, he was the leader of the hunting party and would also be the next patriarch of Stone Village.
"It's been a bit rough lately." Old Patriarch Shi Yunfeng frowned.
"But there really isn't much food left." Shi Linhu said, he was extremely tall, more than two meters, carrying a broadsword of more than three hundred pounds, his entire body was as strong as a human bear, his body was covered with bronze-colored muscles piece by piece, like a snake and python swimming.
"The waifs need to grow their bodies, they can't starve, we have to think of something." An old man spoke.
"Although the night is not calm, but there is nothing unusual during the day, I will take some people out, being careful should not be a problem." Shi Linhu said.
In the end, dozens of young and strong men gathered at the head of the village, led by clan head Shi Yunfeng to the nearby Thunder Strike Wood, and prayed earnestly to the old willow tree.
"Sacrificial Spirit, please bless the clan so that the children will hunt fat prey and return safely. We will sacrifice and feed you for generations with a devout heart."
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