In the 398th year of the Qing Dynasty, in late autumn, we were at the foot of Dali Mountain in the west.
A muddy river full of mud and sand flows with difficulty at the edge of the forest near the dry season. The weather at this time is colder than last year, and the scene that should have been lush and lush now looks bleak.
There is a mountain village three or five miles away from here called Zhaocun. People with the surname Zhao live there for several generations.
This year¡¯s late autumn is already comparable to last year¡¯s early winter. The dark green vegetation that was supposed to be visible has turned yellow, and even wild animals are rarely seen.
In order to stock up for the winter and make up for the lack of food rations, tenant farmer Zhao Erbao and his family went out together and walked for several miles carrying baskets on their backs before they saw some traces of wild vegetables. Yes, they are here to dig wild vegetables. Food rations were in short supply, so they could only use wild vegetables to fill their stomachs.
A middle-aged couple, a little girl who looks like 10 years old, and a thinner boy who is 4 or 5 years old.
Zhao Erbao and Mrs. Zhao were dressed in coarse linen clothes with many patches, but the two children were barefoot and dark and thin. All four of them, without exception, had sallow complexions, thin muscles, long-term malnutrition, and were shivering in the cold. After only walking a few miles, everyone except the middle-aged man was out of breath.
¡°Keep on holding on,¡± Zhao Erbao glanced at his wife and children distressedly and said through gritted teeth.
"Dad, Goudan is tired and hungry."
¡°Goudan, wait a little longer, my mother will cook for you when you get back!¡±
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More than two hours later, only half of the various wild vegetables in the basket were left, but the whole family was exhausted. The couple looked at their children and were worried.
"Dad, dad. There's someone, there's someone" by the river not far away. The timid cry of the little boy who had slipped there at some point broke the heavy atmosphere.
"Goudan. Come back quickly. Who told you to go to the river?" Mrs. Zhao became anxious when she saw her youngest son arriving at the river.
When the little boy Goudan heard his mother¡¯s harsh words, he backed away in panic. The little girl was closer and bolder, so she ran over first. When she saw it, she was stunned for a moment and stopped a few meters away.
The little girl shouted: "Dad. He is a dead man!"
"Lanlan, don't come close!"
Zhao Erbao and Mrs. Zhao rushed over immediately. Mrs. Zhao hugged the little boy Goudan, and Zhao Erbao held on to her daughter Zhao Lanlan. There was a man in coarse linen clothes crawling by the river, but his whole body was covered with mud. He was motionless and unaware of life and death, but judging from his body shape, he should be a man.
What to do?
Mrs. Zhao glanced at her husband and whispered uneasily: "Master, why don't you go back?"
There are too many dead people in the village. Even if the person who died was an outsider, it would still be a big deal, and he would cause a lot of trouble for nothing.
Zhao Erbao hesitated for a moment and decided to leave.
Now the Qing State and the Qi State are at war. The two countries were in chaos and the wars continued, which increased the excessive taxes and levies on the people. Many people find it difficult to survive and sell their children and daughters. Those who have fallen into disgrace are the ones who rise up. This is**. Even in this remote Zhao Village, someone still spread news from the outside world. Not only that, the climate has become colder year by year in recent years, and crop yields have decreased. This is another natural disaster.
When natural disasters occur, people¡¯s lives will become even more miserable.
Just when Zhao Erbao and his wife were about to leave, the little boy Goudan said: "Dad, mother, is uncle dead?".
Mrs. Zhao quickly said: "Goudan, if our family can't save it, just pretend that we haven't seen it before. You are not allowed to tell anyone!"
Goudan was puzzled: ¡°Mom, why?¡±
Zhao Erbao sighed: "That man is probably dead."
At this time, the little girl Zhao Lanlan looked at it and hesitated: "Dad, mother, what if I'm not dead?"
"this"
"Damn girl!"
Perhaps it was the words of the little girl and boy that moved Zhao Erbao. Zhao Erbao thought about it and asked his family to stand far away, holding the sickle in their hands, and approached step by step, full of vigilance. Mrs. Zhao was extremely anxious, but she couldn't make the decision, so she kept mumbling, 'What should we do, what should we do?'
This man was indeed not pretending. Zhao Erbao carefully inspected him. He was dressed in linen clothes and coarse cloth. He seemed to be from an ordinary family, but he had starry eyebrows and sharp eyes, and a fair complexion. He did not look like he came from a poor family. At this moment, the linen clothes on this man's body were soaked with blood, and there was a smell of blood. When he unbuttoned his shirt, he saw a foot-long wound diagonally on his chest, reaching up to his shoulders and neck, and reaching down to his dantian. The bones were deeply visible, and even the internal organs were visible. Saw it. However, when he put his fingers between his breaths, there was heat, but it was just a little weak.
"He's still alive!" Zhao Erbao was stunned and shouted.
By the time Zhang Weidong woke up, it was already three days later.
The dark thatched house, the hot earthen bed, the earthen wall with broken windows, thatched grass as a mattress under the body, and a thin and tattered cotton quilt covering the body.
The big wound on the chest disappeared, leaving only a long dark red line on the skin from the neck down to the Dantian area. However, this is only superficial healing. He was slashed by a Yuanji realm monk and almost cut in half. All the true energy of a Yuanji Realm great monk has been transformed into powerful true energy. The 'Yuanji True Yuan' destroys wounds all the time and prevents healing. And his powerful and strange body is also constantly consuming the opponent's true energy, which is slightly better.
This injury is just a minor problem.
Waves of pain that penetrated into the bone marrow came from his Dantian and Shenhun, making his face even paler.
This is a serious injury!
First, he was slashed by a Yuanji Realm monk, injuring his roots, and then he ran for his life and escaped, causing more injuries. In particular, his Dantian was almost cut in half, and his true energy was almost completely dissipated. Fortunately, in the Danhu Lake, which is about to dry up, a green bud with three leaves is intact. This is Zhang Weidong's 'golden elixir'. Because of its standing, a large area of ??true energy was forcibly left in the elixir lake. But this is only one of them.
His soul was also severely damaged and fell into a semi-deep dormancy to protect himself.
The true energy cannot be used, the spiritual consciousness cannot be revealed, the spiritual palace and the Qiankun Ring cannot communicate, even the physical body is severely injured, and 99% of the potential is used to repair the injuries. In a word, he is now like a mortal, and the strength he can use is dozens of times greater than that of ordinary people. As he further repairs himself without being replenished, he will become weaker and weaker!
?Perhaps in the end, he will be so weak that a child can knock him to the ground. Maybe, it's worse than this. Even death.
"The unprecedented 'weakness' made it difficult for Zhang Weidong to adapt for a while.
That sense of crisis. Zhang Weidong felt very anxious
"Chen Qi!"
"Wu Tianshou, a great monk in the Yuanji Realm!"
Zhang Weidong¡¯s injury was entirely due to Chen Qi and Wu Tianshou.
The next century is a period of one hundred years. The guiding envoy 'Zhao Muyi' used a special spiritual weapon to open a passage to the upper world at a relatively peaceful time in the Jiutian River, and led hundreds of Jindan monks upstream to a Void Palace.
There, everyone saw many huge interstellar teleportation arrays, which were very mysterious.
There, more monks from other lower realms appeared, more and more. There are tens of thousands of people, monsters, aliens, all kinds of strange things.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Many elders of powerful sects of first-class cultivation stars descended. They were all walking in the void, with strong auras. They were all great monks of the Yuanji Realm, and in the end there were even strong men from the three major Void Cities. A total of forty people!
In front of so many Yuanji realm monks, many 'Golden Core' level monks felt weak for the first time. Weak as ants, they can be wiped out with the snap of a finger.
There is a void all around, no light appears, and the darkness is terrifying. The ability to fly through the air. It seemed to be stripped away, knocked down from the sky to the ground. Zhang Weidong noticed the perfection of the laws of heaven and earth. It is unbelievable that it has surpassed the Demon Grave.
I am afraid that only great monks in the Yuanji Realm can become the masters of the sky. Even across the void.
"However, these great monks are here to recruit disciples.
A monk who ascended to the lower world. They are all people with excellent qualifications. Their immortality, understanding, and character are all unique among them. Nowadays, people in the lower world want to join various sects and forces, and many great monks cannot hold back and are eager to snatch disciples.
Before coming, Zhang Weidong made some calculations and realized that the road ahead was very dangerous, so he made some arrangements.
In addition to the Cloud-Stepping Beast and the Golden Thread Turtle of the Great Perfection of Demonic Beasts, Zhang Qingqing, the 'goddaughter' of Qingluan's bloodline, as well as Wu Xue, Zhao Lin, Wu Shuang, Ning Wang, and Chong Jianghe used the mysterious purple liquid carved on the stone to refine their bodies. Their combat prowess is comparable to that of the demon beast Dzogchen.
Then, in addition to King Xiaoyao, Hong Ye, Fairy Suyue, Fairy Baixia, Qin Liehuo, Lin Xiaotian, Li Wangyue, Formation Master Cheng Ping, Formation Master Lin Dongyu, Formation Master Zha Anli, Li Shisan, Ye's ancestors and grandsons, More than a dozen people, including Dragon Tea Master, Fuxiu Tea Master, and Mu Yetong, were also rewarded and trained, and their body refining realm was abruptly raised to a level comparable to the 'Middle Stage Golden Elixir'.
There is no one under the dojo whose strength is below the 'middle stage golden elixir'.
Zhang Weidong himself will not treat himself badly. His physical body has been promoted again and he has once again encountered a big bottleneck. This is also one of the important reasons why he can escape from the sword of the Yuanji Realm great monk.
Not only that.
Wuxue, Zhao Lin, Zhou Ruoran, Wushuang, Ning Wang, and Chongjiang He each have a low-level spiritual sword. These six people are the most valued by Zhang Weidong. Among them, Zhou Ruoran was accepted as a direct disciple by the ancient goddess 'Her Royal Highness' because of her pure yin body, so she received the spiritual weapon as a gift from Zhang Weidong.
Wuxue, Zhao Lin, SuFairy Yue, Fairy Baixia, Ye family's ancestors and grandsons, and Fuxiu tea master also worshiped the ancient goddess "Her Royal Highness" because of Zhang Weidong's favor, and became registered disciples. From then on, the relationship was cleared. He feels more at ease with the protection of this arrogant 'Her Royal Highness', whose strength has been restored to no less than the Yuanji realm. They finally went to the first-class cultivation star ¡®True King Star¡¯.
King Xiaoyao was taken away by his ancestors and went to the first-class cultivation star ¡®Three Gong Stars¡¯.
King Ning, Chongjiang He, Hong Ye, Qin Liehuo, Li Shisan, Dragon Tea Master, Mu Yetong, Lin Xiaotian, Li Wangyue, and Cheng Ping were robbed by several sects of the first-class cultivation star "Wu Yixing".
There are also some that are extremely dazzling.
Because Gongsun Wushuang has medium immortal roots and extremely high understanding, he was accepted as a direct disciple by a great monk from the "Human King City" of the three void cities on behalf of a deputy city lord.
?Medium celestial root plum blossom!
The secret of pure yang body and brilliance!
Xuanyuan Cangtian!
There are only twenty-nine people who have entered the three void cities.
However, the most eye-catching thing is that Tianlang was accepted as a direct disciple by the Lord of Demon Emperor City, one of the three major Void Cities.
It seems that being able to enter the three void cities is the supreme honor and future.
And the number of people who have worshiped the four first-class cultivation stars is only about two thousand. Most people entered the second-level cultivation stars, and there were a huge number of them.
In contrast, Zhang Weidong¡¯s arrangements for the people around him. It's a good way out
In fact, in the lower realm, in the few decades that followed. Zhang Weidong felt this and preached to the world. I traveled to several great immortal realms, understood many laws, and entered the 'middle stage of golden elixir' in one fell swoop. However, the disciples of the dojo who followed him to listen to the sermons were getting less and less, and none of them were promoted to the middle stage of Jindan.
At that time, Zhang Weidong and everyone really understood one thing: everyone's Tao is really different. Therefore, I want to go further on this road. To break through the golden elixir and achieve the supreme Yuanji realm, you must rely on yourself. We cannot blindly rely on Zhang Weidong because their own accumulation is completely insufficient.
But he didn¡¯t expect that people around him would join the upper-class sects one after another, and Zhang Weidong¡¯s own experience would be even more dangerous than expected.
He rejected the solicitations from some sects, and finally spent high-grade Yuan Crystal on his own, chose a path, and left on the interstellar teleportation array.
But Chen Qi¡¯s murderous intention will not die. He actually invited a Yuanji realm monk to hunt him down on the spot. He ran away after being defeated by the sword, and that sword was also a spiritual weapon, powered by the Yuanji Realm monk with all his strength, and its power was beyond Zhang Weidong's imagination.
Below. The Shili Mountain Range was split open!
Zhang Weidong¡¯s only spiritual armor was destroyed and he was seriously injured.
He escaped with serious injuries and changed his aura costume continuously. The reserve of hundreds of precious high-grade Yuan Crystals has almost been exhausted, spanning more than a dozen cultivation stars. From the first-class cultivation star to the fourth-class cultivation star, he fled to the nearest abandoned human planet. Destroy the interstellar teleportation array at this end. At least I saved my life.
Zhang Weidong speculated that this planet should have been a cultivation star, but later its energy was exhausted and it was abandoned.
Once the teleportation array at this end is destroyed, it is equivalent to being in a desperate situation.
"Monks from other planets can't come in, and people here can't get out. Unless someone crosses the void!
Can the opponent cross the void?
That¡¯s unknown.
In fact, Zhang Weidong did not know that it would be extremely dangerous for a Yuanji realm monk to physically cross the void. He went to great lengths to destroy the interstellar teleportation array, which actually saved his life.
At that time, while walking through a certain mountain forest, many people were fighting outside the forest, as if they were an army, and dead bodies were everywhere. Due to the serious injury, he finally gave up after traveling for hundreds of miles and collapsed at the edge of a forest. In the end, he only had time to change into coarse linen clothes and hid a yuanyi robe in the woods, and then passed out.
Until Zhang Weidong met Zhao Erbao¡¯s family and was rescued.
The room was stuffy, Zhang Weidong endured the discomfort, got off the kang and pushed open the wood door.
The sky was gloomy and dark. As soon as we arrived in the yard, we immediately felt the cold air blowing through us. Around us, the leaves were half-yellow, as if we were in late autumn and early winter.
A simple fenced yard, stone rollers, piles of wood, a few native chickens and chicken coops, a half-grown yellow dog, and a thatched house next to it. Not far away, in addition to fields, there seemed to be homes, but no one could be seen, and it was deserted.
In the thatched house next to it, there were four breathing sounds, and someone was talking. Listening again, the content of the conversation seems to be related to myself
In the low thatched house, except for a few large vats, a square low table, a few farm tools, a tattered quilt, and other cheap items, it looked like a hungry and cold home.The fire in the stove flickered.
On the kang, a pair of children got into bed, watching the adults talk quietly and obediently.
"My boss, it's almost winter, and we won't be able to pick wild vegetables for a few days. Even if we pickle them all, plus the rations, it's not enough. Now there's one more person. I don't know when I'll wake up. What will I do? Huh?" Mrs. Zhao sighed worriedly.
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"How about reporting this person to Li Zheng? Our family can save his life, but we really can't raise him." Ms. Zhao lowered her voice again.
¡°Mom, you can¡¯t report it to ¡®Zhao Papi¡¯, he is not a good person!¡± Another clear and childish female voice.
"Okay, don't say anything anymore. Let's wait until he wakes up. I saw that his wounds are recovering quickly and he will probably wake up soon." Zhao Erbao made the final decision.
The head of the family spoke, and although Mrs. Zhao grunted unhappily, she had to accept it.
"Dad, Mom, let me go see if uncle is awake!" This was the immature voice of a little boy.
As soon as the firewood door opened, two small figures ran out one after another, and then they were stunned. Zhang Weidong was looking at them with a smile on his face. The little girl was so shy that she lowered her head and felt embarrassed.
"Dad, mother, uncle is awake, uncle is awake!" The little boy wiped his nose and immediately turned around and ran back to the house.
When Zhang Weidong woke up, Zhao Erbao and his wife breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Weidong and Zhao Erbao had a long chat and thanked them in person. They were considered to have gotten to know the family.
Now the Qing State is at war with Qi State, which borders another country, and the world is unstable. Zhao Village is located in the corner of Wulin County, Ren County and Huangsha Town in the west of Qingguo, four hundred miles away from the border between the two countries.
Only then did Zhang Weidong realize that he was so dizzy that he actually ran hundreds of miles.
Zhaocun is a moderately wealthy village, at least no one has starved to death. At the same time, this place is located in a mountainous area and has temporarily avoided the scourge of war, but no one knows how long it will be peaceful.
??Besides Qing and Qi, there are other countries. This planet is a world of mortals.
There are government agencies, gangs, and martial arts sects, but there are no immortal sects and no monsters.
Zhang Weidong found out this from Zhao Erbao.
"Zhang Weidong's identity was fabricated as a refugee who fled from famine. When Zhang Weidong mentioned the national war scene, the Zhao family believed it without doubting it.
The conversation was brief and Zhang Weidong did not ask any more questions. Zhaocun is relatively peaceful and far away from the border, which is more suitable for him to recuperate. As for self-preservation and establishing oneself in the future, let¡¯s worry about it later.
At dinner, Zhang Weidong did not refuse the invitation of the Zhao family. The gruel made from rice bran and chestnuts mixed with wild vegetables was only a bowl, but everyone licked it clean. That night, Zhang Weidong still occupied the thatched house belonging to the siblings to rest.
"The conditions are so bad, we have to find ways to change them" (To be continued)
ps: I¡¯m sorry to say that the break was too long, which disappointed many people. I originally wanted to finish one volume before uploading it, but I thought I had to have a beginning to motivate myself, so I uploaded it after carefully writing five chapters. Sorry, thank you everyone!