The Shengwu Continent is vast and vast, with countless large and small sects, kingdoms and dynasties, as well as countless mountains, rivers, swamps, and barren ridges and sacred mountains. The Eastern Continent alone is divided into eighteen regions, and the Divine Wind Region is one of them, and also the distance between them. The farthest region from the center of the continent.
On the western edge of the Kamikaze Domain, in a valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, there is a small village.
The village was named Hongdou Village because a medicinal material called 'Yunxue Requiem Fruit', also known as red acacia bean, abounds around the village.
A cloud-blood requiem fruit takes ten years to mature and is only the size of a soybean. It shows a gradient color from cloud white to blood red. The whole body is round and clear, and the core inside can be seen like amber.
No matter how many Cloud-Blooded Requiem Flowers there are in an area, it will only take a hundred years to produce a Cloud-Blooded Requiem Fruit King the size of an adult's thumb, and that is only if no one has ever picked it.
When this King Cloud Blood Requiem Fruit, which bears one fruit for a century, takes on a blood-red color when ripe, it is fresh and magnificent. This is why Hongdou Village was named.
Yunxue Requiem Fruit has a special fragrance. Even if hundreds of spices are mixed together, it cannot cover up the elegant fragrance. It is like a lotus that emerges from the mud but remains unstained. It has its own kind of holiness and uniqueness. artistic conception.
In terms of medicinal properties, its fragrance itself has the effect of calming the soul and calming the mind. It has a great auxiliary effect for warriors to retreat and comprehend. If it is refined into Yunxue Requiem Pill, the effect will be even better, and it is very popular with the divine wind. Favored by domain warriors.
Coupled with the unique beauty of its appearance, Yunxue Requiem Fruit is also popular among many female practitioners, princesses of dynasties, and daughters of aristocratic families.
Perhaps because of its own unique aroma, it can be easily distinguished by people. Over time, under the praise of many people, "it is fragrant with thousands of fragrances, but the only fragrance left is to make people miss lovesickness", so Yunxue Requiem Fruit has another name of red acacia bean.
Whether it is for medicinal properties or as a decorative item, Yunxue Requiem Fruit is of great value. Unfortunately, Hongdou Village is too remote, thousands of kilometers away from the nearest border.
Fortunately, thousands of miles away in Luoshui City, Liuli Wanbao Tower will personally come to purchase the Cloud Blood Requiem Fruit King and the ordinary Cloud Blood Requiem Fruit saved in the village every hundred years for auction.
Every auction like this will attract countless female cultivators and many rich families to compete. It can be regarded as an alternative scene in the auction house, just like some male warriors who spend lavishly to auction their favorite merits. Laws, martial arts, magical weapons, etc.
However, it is precisely because of this that Liuli Wanbao Tower has taken risks along the way, and the actual price given to Hongdou Village is less than 1/3.
This also directly leads to the fact that despite having the Cloud Blood Requiem Fruit, the life in Hongdou Village cannot be considered wealthy, on the contrary, it is somewhat peaceful.
There are more than fifty houses made of wood, arranged neatly and orderly. Across a river that is neither wide nor narrow, there is a large field developed by the villagers bit by bit.
As the sun rises in the east, in the fields, small groups of villagers are working together to plant green seedlings. This seedling is a kind of spiritual rice that takes two years to mature and is valuable. Most of it belongs to some sects. And only dynasty families can afford it.
Hongdou Village also obtained it in exchange for the Cloud Blood Requiem Fruit King and the Glazed Wanbao Tower in the last hundred years.
Just because the spiritual power contained in this kind of spiritual rice is relatively sufficient, the village can lay a good foundation for the children in exchange for it.
There were many singers with loud voices in the fields, planting rice seedlings and singing simple folk songs at the same time, which caused bursts of cheers from time to time. The villagers listened and started humming along.
It’s not for anything else, just because the Cloud Blood Requiem Fruit King will be mature in two years, and by then Liuli Wanbaolou will come to buy it, and the village can buy some good weapons and armor, elixirs, and spiritual rice seeds. Children in the village can also practice better.
In the distance, fifteen-year-old boys, led by a middle-aged man, were sweating and fisting; girls, led by ladies, were learning to weave and take care of vegetable gardens; old people were in the air. Pickled meats were drying on the ground, and only a small amount of fresh meats were left for the children to eat.
Meat is too precious for this ordinary village. Although the value of Yunxue Requiem Fruit is great, the growth cycle is too long. If you are not a warrior, you may only encounter it once in a generation, and it is said that it is It is abundant, and there are less than a hundred Yunxue Requiem Flowers around the village, so the villagers are reluctant to exchange them for meat.
Moreover, Hongdou Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is on the edge. Although it is hidden enough to protect the village from many disturbances in the outside world, it also has little contact with the outside world. Villagers for generations will basically never leave the village. .
There are three hunting teams in Hongdou Village. Team Lei Ming is responsible for guarding the village, Team Liu Xin is responsible for hunting in the mountains, and Team Meng Ran is responsible for responding. The three teams usually rotate in, and the captains of each team are training in the fifth level of Qi. The rest Most of them are around the second to third level of Qi training.
They didn't practice any techniques, they just relied on the medicinal materials from the mountains to cultivate their skills.
Lei Ming, who was in the fifth level of Qi training, was rugged, dark, tall, and powerful. At this time, he quickly ran to the ladies who were making armor in the open space of the village, and asked in a loud voice: "Aunt Liu, let me get the Lihuo armor."
This time it was his team's turn to go hunting in the mountains. The weather was perfect today, so their hunting team needed to go into the mountains as early as possible. If they were lucky, they would be back in the evening. If they were not, they would spend the night in the mountains.
This is also a common thing. The beasts in the mountains have very high cultivation levels. It is actually difficult to find those with similar cultivation levels to them.
Lihuo armor is woven from a kind of dark brown Lihuo grass. It is soft, comfortable and extremely tough. It is difficult to cut off with the sharp claws of ordinary beasts. If it is made into armor, it can greatly improve the survival probability of the hunting team. , this is one of the great benefits of Lihuo grass.
The armor obtained from the transaction with Liuli Wanbao Tower in the past century has long been damaged. The three hunting teams are all counting on the transaction in two years to purchase some armor.
Furthermore, if you use Lihuo grass to make a fire, it will produce a foul smell. When spending the night in the mountains, the hunting team will set off a pile of Lihuo grass before falling asleep to prevent night attacks by wild beasts.
"It's all in the house, go get it yourself." Aunt Liu pointed to the house behind her, with a bright smile on her weather-beaten face.
"Okay!" In response, Lei Ming got into the house. After a while, he walked out with about ten sets of armor and shouted: "Auntie, let's go!"
"Be careful when you enter the mountains. People in the village are counting on you."
"Be careful."
"..."
Behind him, several aunts warned Lei Ming's back with concern. Although casualties were inevitable when the hunting team entered the mountain, everyone hoped that everyone who entered the mountain could return safely.
"To practice a martial art, you must first sense the spiritual veins in your body. Only by opening up the barrier between the spiritual veins and the Dantian and allowing the spiritual energy to gather in the Dantian can you become a true warrior."
"Reiki is a kind of energy floating in the air. You have to feel it with your heart and try to gather it."
"..."
When passing by the village entrance, under a huge banyan tree, an old man with gray beard and hair was energetically teaching five children about three years old to read and read, while explaining how to practice spiritual practice to six five-year-old children.
"Village Chief Luo, it seems that this time we need to exchange the Cloud Blood Requiem Fruit King for a copy of the practice technique."
Looking at the children whose faces were flushed from holding back, Lei Ming sighed in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it. In their opinion, what the village chief taught was just hearsay. How to sense spiritual energy, spiritual veins, and how to open the meridians were all the same. problem.
Not to mention these children, those who have been practicing vaguely with herbs from the mountains are still confused. Even if they introduce spiritual energy into these children's bodies, it will not help. Once the spiritual energy leaves the body, they still cannot sense the spiritual veins and spiritual energy.
"The hunting team's armors can't keep up. Now we can only use Lihuo armors... Let me think about this again." After looking at these children, and then at the armor in Lei Ming's hand, Luo Cun Chang Ye was in trouble for a while.
If we miss this time, it will be difficult to replace the hunting team's armor within a hundred years, which will make life more difficult for the village. But in the long run, it is most appropriate to change the training method for these children.
"Then you should think about it carefully... The worst we can do is to work harder. No matter how hard it is, the child will suffer." Shaking his head, Lei Ming also knew the village chief's difficulties, but there was no good way. The only way was to work hard. Really It's a matter of life and death.
"Listen up, you kids. Before we come back, if anyone can successfully sense the spiritual pulse and spiritual energy, Uncle Lei will reward him with a big piece of meat." After rubbing the heads of several children one by one, Lei Ming said He left with all his heart.
"Uncle Lei, we will definitely work hard!"
"I want to eat meat...eat meat!"
"come on! Come on……"
"..."
Hearing what Lei Ming said, the children suddenly became energetic and their faces turned red. The little ones who were learning to read also started shouting.
At the end of the village, under the attention of all the villagers, Lei Ming led a pair of hunting team members wearing Lihuo armor into the mountain. Looking at the eleven silhouettes that quickly disappeared into the mountains, Village Chief Luo looked up. Sky, heart palpitations for no reason.
"Roar……"
"Bah!"
"Ouch..."
"Woo..."
"Boom..."
"..."
At night, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, the wind blew strong, and the dark clouds rolled in the sky, covering a bright moon. The entire Hongdou Village and the mountains were plunged into darkness.
Suddenly there was lightning, thunder, and rumbling, and you could vaguely feel the roar and vibration coming from the mountain. Inside the mountain, there were even the roars and screams of countless ferocious beasts and birds of prey. The sound shook the sky, as if there was some kind of great danger. As if they were descending on the mountain, an uneasy and manic atmosphere filled the entire mountain.
"Crash..."
Not long after, there was a heavy downpour in the dark sky. Every household in Hongdou Village prayed silently in their houses, praying that the thundering hunting team could survive the night safely and return safely.
