The sun sets, like a huge ruby embedded in the mountains, dyeing the entire land golden red. The sun shines through the clouds, casting the last touch of warmth.

Gu Zhuo was dressed in plain cloth. The cloth looked a little old, but it was clean and exuded an air of simplicity.

His figure is tall and slender, and his posture is as straight as a pine tree, as if he contains endless power.

His steps were steady and powerful, with a kind of composure and determination in every step.

Although this cloth is simple, it cannot conceal the unique temperament of his body.

Gu Zhuo was carrying a hoe, beads of sweat on his forehead, as he walked home step by step.

In this remote and secluded mountain forest, there is a small village that exists quietly like a paradise.

People here live a simple and peaceful life, living in harmony with nature.

Gu Zhuo was born here. The village is very small, with a population of only a hundred people.

According to the elders in the village, their ancestors migrated to this place and settled down after going through untold hardships to escape famine and war.

Years have passed and times have changed, but the villagers still stick to this pastoral life and inherit the wisdom and diligence of their ancestors.

This world is dominated by strength, and the world is divided into four continents. I heard from the village chief that there are immortals practicing on the mainland, but most people in the village don't believe this mythical legend.

Gu Zhuo is an orphan. His parents are both rare doctors in the mountains. During a medicine collection process, his parents passed away forever. From then on, Gu Zhuo was raised by his father's friend Ning Tian, and his parents' inheritance was also lost. It is kept by Ningtian.

"Uncle and aunt, I'm back." Gu Zhuoxiao opened the door and entered with a creaking sound.

Aunt Cuiqing was cooking in the courtyard. Green smoke slowly floated out from the chimney. When her aunt saw Gu Zhuo, she quickly smiled and said, "Sit down quickly, little Zhuo. You have worked hard all day. You must have worked hard! Dinner will be served soon." "

Soon today's meal was placed on the table. It was just a small bowl of rice porridge and some pickles, but the family seemed to be enjoying themselves.

"These two old guys are really good at acting. If I hadn't heard your plan by chance, I would have been deceived by you." Gu Zhuo sneered in his heart.

Yes, everything in this harmony is just an illusion.

Gu Zhuo's parents were both rare intellectuals in the village, and the property left behind by their family should be considerable.

But the current living standard is not satisfactory, and that is just because they are trying hard to create the illusion that Gu Zhuo's parents did not leave a lot of property.

Then when Gu Zhuocheng's family came home, they only had to take out a small part of their property and do the work, so that they could get most of the wealth without being labeled as profiteering and unjust by the villagers.

At first, Gu Zhuo naively thought that all his parents' money was used to purchase medicinal herbs.

One day, Gu Zhuo came home early and heard their loud conspiracy outside the door.

Gu Zhuo has shown extraordinary maturity and intelligence since he was a child. Although he is still very young, his way of thinking and behavior are as stable and rational as an adult.

He has a keen insight into the world around him and can quickly understand and analyze various complex situations. He knows that no one can be trusted today and he can only rely on himself.

The boring meal time passed in a blink of an eye.

Gu Zhuo devoured the food. After finishing the meal, he said hello to his uncle and returned to his room.

When night comes, the tranquility of the night is like a deep lake, drowning the hustle and bustle of the day.

The starlight shines on the velvet night like broken silver, and complements the bright moonlight, creating a peaceful and mysterious picture.

Gu Zhuo's eyes suddenly opened. He quickly jumped up from the bed, then locked the door and windows of the room with calm movements. After confirming that no one was there, he pulled out a box from under the bed.

Gu Zhuo opened the box carefully. Inside the box lay a supernatural book that exuded a mysterious light.

Three years ago, Gu Zhuo accidentally discovered this book in the river. He saw that this book was extraordinary at a glance, so he secretly hid it under the bed. With this book, Gu Nan has a better understanding of the real situation of the world .

It is true that cultivation is possible in this world, and there are people who practice it. Practitioners absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth through the method of breathing in and out, thereby accumulating the Tao of heaven and earth in themselves, and then using the Tao to better integrate it with themselves, thereby gaining extraordinary power.

There are many kinds of ways in this world, too numerous to mention, such as the way of strength, the way of Shinto, the way of swordsmanship, etc.

This book records several breathing methods. The one Gu Zhuo chose to practice was the "Wanli Breathing Method". Obtain the seal of strength through breathing.

Since three years ago, Gu Zhuo has been breathing out spiritual energy to save strength at night, and then using physical labor in the morning to use strength seals to consolidate the foundation. After three years, Gu Zhuo has accumulated 5 strength seals in this place with thin spiritual energy.

Strength is currently the most suitable route for Gu Zhuo. He is now in a small village. People here even know very little about extraordinary power. What about Shinto and swordsmanship? It's even more unheard of.

Still saving? Also lay a solid foundation through application? The result will most likely be as written in the book: the mark will be illusory and the body will explode and die.

Strength is a good choice. Gu Zhuo cannot do without labor every day and must definitely use strength. It is also convenient to lay a solid foundation for the young village chief.

Although these 5 strength marks are not many, they have significantly improved Gu Zhuo's strength. Gu Zhuo has secretly experimented and found that he can lift a 300 kilogram boulder with all his strength, and his work efficiency is also twice the result with half the effort.

Although Gu Zhuo hid some of his strength from people, he was still considered to be born with supernatural powers.

With the improvement of his strength, Gu Zhuo's curiosity about Taoism gradually grew, and he gradually developed the idea of pursuing Taoism.

Influenced by this, Gu Zhuo made a plan to leave the village early.

The old village chief had left the village when he was young, and he had seen the outside world. Therefore, Gu Zhuo tried to build a good relationship with the village chief, often chopped wood for the village chief, and chatted with the childless village chief, so that he learned about the outside world through the village chief.

From the village chief, he learned that the place where they were located was the border of the Western Continent, governed by five super families and many large and small families under their jurisdiction. They were under the jurisdiction of the medium-sized family Yu family.

The nearest town is Xiaobian City, a medium- sized city under the rule of the Yu family. The Yu family governs three small cities, one medium- sized city and one large city.

Gu Zhuo wanted to leave this small village, however, this village was far away from Xiaobiancheng, and there were wild beasts in the mountains and forests. For safety reasons, Gu Zhuo planned to enter the mountains and forests and go to Xiaobiancheng when the power mark reached ten strands.

Although the plan to see the world is still accumulating for the time being, Gu Zhuo can do housework earlier.

Looking at Ning Tian's room, Gu Zhuo's eyes flashed with cold light...

Ning Tian is a member of the hunting team in the village. This village is very small, with a population of only a hundred people, and there are only about 20 to 30 young and strong people.

Because the natural environment around the village is not suitable for large-scale planting of crops, it is difficult to survive the winter if everyone only eats vegetarian food. Therefore, the village specially organized a hunting team, which goes up the mountain to hunt every month to provide meat storage for the entire village to survive the winter.

"Come on! Try to catch a big guy!" "Be sure to be careful and pay attention to safety!"

Before setting off, some children sent blessings and encouragement to the members of the hunting team.

These hunting team members shoulder the expectations of the whole village. They must do their best to bring back enough prey to ensure that everyone can get enough food.

"Where is Gu Zhuren? Why didn't he come to see off our hero?" someone suddenly asked.

"Who knows? Maybe he didn't come because of diarrhea."

This insignificant question was soon drowned out by the noisy voices of the crowd.

Amid the cheers of the people, the members of the hunting team set off. Under the leadership of the captain Huang Ming, they took bows and arrows, short knives and other tools. They went up the mountain road.

"Come on! Try to catch a big guy!" "Be sure to be careful and pay attention to safety!"

Before setting off, some children sent blessings and encouragement to the members of the hunting team.

These hunting team members shoulder the expectations of the whole village. They must do their best to bring back enough prey to ensure that everyone can get enough food.

"Where is Gu Zhuren? Why didn't he come to see off our hero?" someone suddenly asked.

"Who knows? Maybe he didn't come because of diarrhea."

This insignificant question was soon drowned out by the noisy voices of the crowd.

Amid the cheers of the people, the members of the hunting team set off. Under the leadership of the captain Huang Ming, they took bows and arrows, short knives and other tools. They went up the mountain road.

The sun had risen high. Ning Tian and his teammates kept looking for traces of prey.

They carefully observed the movements around them, not missing any details.

The claw marks on the trees and the footprints on the ground are clues to finding prey.

Suddenly, an adult roe deer came out of the grass.

It then looked around and did not see the hunters hiding around without daring to breathe, and then lowered its head and began to eat grass.

The hunters took out their bows and arrows and slowly drew their bows towards the roe deer.

Captain Huang Ming loosened his hand, and an arrow accurately shot the roe deer.

The roe deer struggled in pain and wanted to escape, but all the hunters received the captain's signal and shot their bows and arrows one after another.

Countless iron arrows shot the roe deer, and the roe deer instantly became a hedgehog, deader than dead.

Then the hunting team caught some rabbits and an old wolf abandoned by the tribe.

The sun was about to set, and when the hunting team began to prepare to return to the village, a fat wild boar appeared in their sight.

This is a rare opportunity! The hunting team immediately took action and quietly approached the wild boar.

This wild boar was very special. It seemed to sense the danger, but it did not run away. Instead, it stared at the hunting team vigilantly.

Huang Ming took a deep breath, raised his bow and arrow and aimed at the wild boar. At this moment, the wild boar sensed the danger and suddenly attacked, rushing towards the hunting team.

Faced with this sudden change, the hunters dodged quickly. They flexibly sidestepped to avoid the wild boar's charge and shot arrows at it.

Multiple arrows accurately hit the wild boar, and it lost its mobility instantly. Seeing this, the teammates quickly stepped forward and tied up the wild boar with a rope.

"What a great harvest!" The hunting team celebrated and cheered.

"How can we take such a big wild boar away?" Li San asked. "

"Why not cut it up now?" Liu Er replied.

"That would be too wasteful," someone else said.

Just as they were discussing, a loud pig roar made everyone's brain pause instantly. Everyone turned around and was on guard, but saw a wild boar as big

as an elephant standing behind them...

"How can a wild boar be so big? What kind of monster is this?" Li San retreated three steps in fear and murmured.

This wild boar is four meters tall, with a pair of eyes like lanterns, muscles bursting all over its body, and its momentum is so terrifying that it is unbelievable.

"Everyone be alert! Prepare to retreat!" Captain Huang Ming shouted hurriedly.

All the members immediately woke up from their daze and slowly retreated from the wild boar. They didn't even care about the prey.

The wild boar slowly approached the "piglet" they had just caught. It gently nudged the "piglet", and the piglet didn't move. Just now, it was shot by several arrows, and after struggling anc bleeding, it must be dead.

A somewhat sad pig cry came out of the wild boar's mouth.

"It's over," Huang Ming wailed in his heart when he saw this scene. It's really unlucky today. This "piglet" is most likely the child of this pig.

Sure enough, the next moment the pig angrily charged the hunting team.

It cried angrily, and every time it stepped, the ground would splash a cloud of dust, and for a moment, the dust was flying.

"Prepare for battle!" Huang Ming shouted hurriedly. The hunters had already prepared themselves. The next moment, countless arrows flew towards the wild boar.

The wild boar did not avoid it, but directly caught the arrows with its body. The arrows instantly pierced into the wild boar's body, and the wild boar howled in pain.

"Shoot you to death, beast!" Liu Er laughed.

But the next moment, there was only shock in their eyes. They clearly saw that the arrows only pierced into the wild boar's epidermis, and could not cause effective damage to it at all, but instead stimulated its ferocity.

"What the hell is this thing, the arrow can't penetrate it!" Li San was terrified.

"Keep calm, pay attention to avoid it!" Huang Ming shouted.

The wild boar rushed directly towards Liu Er, "Unlucky!" Liu Er complained in his heart, but his body was not slow. He hurriedly rolled sideways to barely avoid the wild boar's charge.

"Wild boar! Look here, your grandfather is here!" Huang Ming shouted to attract the wild boar's attention.

The wild boar really rushed towards Huang Ming the next moment. Huang Ming was not afraid. When the wild boar was less than three meters away from him, he tried his best to roll sideways and avoided the collision of the wild boar.

Behind him was a pine tree. The wild boar could not brake and directly hit the pine tree, making a dull loud noise. The next moment the giant tree collapsed directly, and the wild boar was hit and saw stars.

"I'll hit you to death, you brainless beast." Ning Tian laughed.

But the next moment he couldn't laugh. The wild boar shook its head and stood up again, as if it was fine.

"This defense is outrageous!" Huang Ming also said with a gloomy face.

After testing, they found that the wild boar's strength and defense were terrifying.

What's more terrifying is that its speed and endurance are not weak.

After a stalemate for a while, all members were panting, but the wild boar seemed to be fine.

The sun gradually set, and a wolf howl made the hunting team feel even more uneasy.

This forest is fine in the morning, but at night, all kinds of predators will appear in groups, and people's vision will also decrease due to the darkness. At that time, the hunting team will only be at a disadvantage. This is a dead end.

Huang Ming seemed to have made up his mind at the critical moment, and made a quick judgment, and then said:

"It's getting dark, I will lead this beast away, you guys flee back to the village, if we all die here, our family and children will be finished."

"Boss!" Liu Er shed tears. Liu Er grew up with Huang Ming since he was a child, and they can be said to be good brothers who have been through life and death together. The others were silent.

"Go! I really want to die!" Huang Ming roared.

The next moment he shouted at the wild boar: "Dead beast, here!" The wild boar rushed towards him when he heard it.

He dodged in a hurry and led the wild boar in another direction. The others had no time to grieve and hurriedly fled to the village.

When night fell, the forest was pitch black. Ning Tian desperately shuttled through the forest and ran towards the village. Even though the wild boar was led away by the captain, he did not dare to relax at all. This was a mountain forest at night, a forbidden area for humans.

Ning Tian heard the roar of a bear and the howl of a wolf in the surrounding jungle, which made him even more frightened. His breathing became difficult, and after a long-distance raid, he was exhausted and his speed gradually slowed down.

Suddenly, a gust of wind came, and the next moment Ning Tian felt a pain in his shoulder, and he staggered and fell to the ground uncontrollably. There was an arrow stuck in his shoulder, and blood flowed from his shoulder.

He wanted to howl loudly, but he was afraid that the wild beast could hear him, so he could only endure the pain and make a grunt.

His body was covered with mud, and his eyes were full of fear, which was in sharp contrast to his confidence when he set off.

"Who... who shot the arrow..." he said with a pause and a breath. But no one responded to him, and there was only the roar of wild beasts around.

Blood stained his clothes. He tried to stand up but it was difficult to get up.

Soon the smell of blood attracted a wild wolf. Normally, this wild wolf could not do anything to him, but now he was exhausted, and this wolf became a killer.

"Ah! Get out of here!" He could no longer bear the fear and tried to scare the wolf away by shouting, but it didn't work. The wolf cautiously wandered around Ning Tian at first, and slowly approached after finding that he had no power to resist.

Ning Tian looked at death approaching step by step in despair, and the wolf took advantage of his weakness to bite his arm directly. Ning Tian struggled hard, and the threat of death made him lose his mind. He kept hitting the wolf's head with his fists, but the wolf still bit it tightly.

The huge movement gradually attracted three wolves. Ning Tian was heartbroken. When the three wolves saw Ning Tian, they rushed up and bit him.

Gradually, Ning Tian's struggle gradually weakened, and he stopped moving.

He died with his eyes open.

On a tree not far away, Gu Zhuo looked at him coldly with a bow in his hand.

Although Ning Tian was dead, Gu Zhuo still waited until the wolves divided him up before leaving.

There was only one arrow and a faint trace of blood on the ground left at the scene.

Yes, the pig was led by Gu Zhuo at the beginning.

As a reserve member of the hunting team in the future, Gu Zhuo often learned some basic archery and fighting skills.

As for the bow, it was assigned to them by the village for archery practice. It was a 30-pound bow, which was barely usable.

Gu Zhuo himself was very interested in these things. After studying hard, he has basically mastered the archery and can fight some battles.

Because Gu Zhuo often hides his strength in front of people, he often secretly goes up the mountain alone to train himself.

Once he accidentally discovered this wild boar as strong as an elephant and his child.

Through observation, he found that this wild boar was very spiritual and paid more attention to children than ordinary animals, so he thought of this method.

Lure the piglet, and the big pig will also be attracted. This wild boar will definitely seek revenge when it finds that the child has been killed, so this situation has emerged. As long as people separate, it is Gu Zhuo's opportunity.

First use arrows to make Ning Tian, who has already been exhausted, lose his fighting power, and then use wild animals to destroy the body.

In fact, Gu Zhuo wanted to shoot directly at the vitals at first, but the darkness also affected Gu Zhuo's vision. In the end, he shot the wrong way and shot the shoulder, resulting in Ning Tian being bitten to death. (I feel sorry for Ning Tian for a second)

According to the rules of the village, a family must be started by a man. Ning Tian died, and they had no children, so Gu Zhuo would become the heir to the property.

For Gu Zhuo's plan, he must have some necessary supplies and excellent weapons when he leaves. The stingy uncle and aunt are his obstacles and must be dealt with, but now everything is perfect.

The starry sky under the night sky is quiet and deep, the moon shines brightly in the darkness, and the sound of insects and breeze at night interweaves into a beautiful melody.

Gu Zhuo walked home step by step without rushing or slowing down.

When Gu Zhuo arrived in the village, it was already in chaos.

"Why haven't they come back yet?"

Some villagers were waiting anxiously with their children.

Gu Zhuo saw his aunt in the crowd at a glance.

"Gu Zhuo, why are you here?" Auntie asked while anxiously waiting for her husband.

"I miss my parents. I'm going to my parents' grave to see them." Gu Zhuo looked innocent.

It's called a grave, but it's actually a stone tablet.

"It's too dangerous at night. It's better to go in the morning next time." Auntie didn't suspect anything. After all, Gu Zhuo often used this reason to trick them into going for training.

Auntie's attention was obviously not on Gu Zhuo. She said a few perfunctory words and asked Gu Zhuo to go back to his room to rest.