Time flies, another year passes, and the villagers of the deserted village still live in a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere, with only a few people aware of the crisis facing the village.
Shaotian is already four years old, and Guandong Liu, Zhou Cheng, and He Qing are also older.
As early as a month ago, the four of them were personally supervised by the clan leader Li Huancuan to practice.
For the four of them, cultivation was very novel, but the boring meditation and hard exercise quickly defeated their will.
The hot weather ignores the seal of the deserted village and scorches the villagers in the deserted village.
Shaotian sat on the hot stone slab, enduring the high temperature and practicing the desolate clan's skills.
"Uncle Chaos, can we go home?"
Li Huancuan was also practicing. When he heard Shaotian complaining, his eyes were still closed, "Wait until the sun goes down."
After saying that, he ignored the four children.
Shaotian had never felt that the sun set so slowly, as if it was longer than the days he had lived since he was a child.
Finally, the sun was blocked by the western mountains, but little Shaotian was so exhausted from the scorching heat that he fell to the ground with a thud.
The four children were all tortured to the point of passing out due to this cruel training.
Li Huanchuan sighed, how could he become strong without hardships? The important task of protecting the deserted village was a bit too heavy to put on a few children.
As the future leader of the Desolate tribe, he is more urgent than a few old guys.
After sending the four Shaotians home, Li Huancuan sneaked into the night and disappeared.
As night fell, the moonlight shone through the window into Shaotian's bedroom.
The little boy was so tired that his whole body ached, but his eyes were shining brightly. He had no interest in this boring practice. He missed the time when he used to play unscrupulously.
"Is this what growing up means?" Shaotian sighed, quietly walked to the door, looked around carefully, and found that no one was there. He quickly got out of the house and ran to another bedroom window.
"Ah Cheng, Ah Cheng!"
Shaotian shouted twice, but when Zhou Cheng didn't answer, he cursed a lazy pig, brought a flower pot, and climbed in through the window.
Zhou Cheng was drowsily asleep when he suddenly felt difficulty breathing, as if someone was pinching his neck. He woke up from his dream with a frightened sound.
"Uh-huh——"
Zhou Cheng didn't make a cry, his mouth was covered by Shaotian who was riding on him.
"Shaotian, what are you doing here?" Zhou Cheng asked in surprise, "Aren't you tired after practicing all day during the day? I'm almost exhausted. I want to sleep."
After Zhou Cheng said this, he lay down to sleep again.
Shaotian snorted coldly, "No matter how soundly you sleep, you still have to practice tomorrow. I have a way so that we don't have to suffer in the future."
Zhou Cheng's sleepiness immediately disappeared and he said excitedly: "What else do you have in mind?"
Shaotian gestured with his little hand, "I know that behind the deserted village, where the villagers farm, there is a valley. It is very quiet, but there are many strange flowers and plants, birds, animals, insects and fish, and it is very beautiful. I was sick when I was young, and the old patriarch took care of me
I took him there once. However, I don’t remember what happened at that time.”
"We can hide there and catch birds and fish, which is much happier than being forced to practice by Uncle Chaos."
Zhou Cheng was attracted by the beautiful life described by Shaotian, and his little eyes were filled with the light of happiness.
"Let's go find Guan Dongliu and He Qing."
Shaotian used the same method to convince Guandong Liu and He Qing to escape from the village with him, escape from the clutches of Li Huanchuan, escape from the torturous days of cultivation, and go to the beautiful valley in the back mountains to live a happy life.
"Shaotian, why did you secretly take away my father's wild wine?"
The four children, each carrying a jar of wine, staggered toward the back hill.
These wines were brewed by He Qing's father, He Shuya, and were used by Li Huanchuan to compensate the white-headed griffon for the lost wine.
"These wines are very powerful. One jar will make all the chirping birds drunk. When we get to the back mountain, we can use it to catch prey."
Shaotian already had an idea in his mind, "If you pour this wine into the stream, the fish in it will be drunk. Soak the millet in the wine and feed it to the birds, and the birds will be drunk. It can also be used
Soak the birds in wine to attract wild boars and wolves."
If the white-headed griffon knew that the wild wine that he cherished so much was being wasted by a few children, he would definitely come out of the ground and shout angrily, "Boys, give all the wine to me. These worthless beasts, you
Give as much as you want."
"Shaotian, you are so smart." Guandong Liuhan said with a smile.
"Humph, they are all just clever. My father said that only by making rapid progress in cultivation can one be truly smart or gifted." He Qing was obviously dissatisfied, pouting, still angry that Shaotian had stolen his wine.
The four of them walked for most of the day, and the houses in the deserted village were far out of sight, and the valleys planted in the village were gradually getting further and further away.
Soon, a mist-shrouded valley appeared in front of the four children.
"Wow, it's really beautiful." He Qing was attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of him and was the first to sigh.
"Shaotian, if you hadn't brought us here, I wouldn't have known there was such a beautiful place in the village." Zhou Cheng shuddered, and the wine jar in his arms almost fell to the ground.
"Come on, the more beautiful ones are still inside."
Xiao Shaotian raised his head proudly and walked at the front holding the wine jar.
There are exotic flowers and plants, birds, animals, insects, fish, and colorful butterflies flying around, just like a fairyland.
The four children walked deeper and deeper until they were hungry and found a place to rest under a big tree.
Shaotian found a small pool, poured some wild wine into it, and large tracts of fish floated to the surface with their bellies turned over.
The four little guys ate grilled fish and looked at the beautiful scenery, and soon night fell.
"Shaotian, it's so dark here, I'm so scared!"
The beautiful scenery disappeared from before his eyes, and the silence and gloominess of the forest made Xiao Heqing very scared.
Shaotian, Zhou Cheng, and Guan Dongliu followed the example of adults and used a few sheets to prop up a small tent. The small tent was crooked, but it could barely sleep four children.
Four people huddled in the tent, the fire was crackling outside, the woods were very quiet, and the chirping of various insects was unusually clear.
"Shaotian, do you think the adults will be anxious to death if we escape? I'm afraid they will get our butts beaten if they find us."
Kanto-ryu was most afraid. His father, Guan Shanyue, was the strongest man in the deserted village. It was said that he once raised a hill to dig out a piece of rare metal from the bottom of the mountain to refine weapons.
"Giggle, you will definitely get a swollen butt from Uncle Guan." He Qing laughed loudly, causing Shaotian to laugh too.
The four children whispered without any boundaries, and soon became sleepy and fell into dreams.
…………
While the four of them were having fun in the valley, several adults in the deserted village were being scolded by the old patriarch.
"It's been a whole day, how many children can run there?"
Patriarch Li pointed his rotten crutch at Zhou Zhi and spat, "Two dolls, not two mosquitoes. How could they be gone? How did you take care of them?"
"And you, not only have the children been lost, but several jars of the wine that you worked so hard to brew have also been taken away. That's not boiled water, that's old wine. Just one drop can make a tiger drunk! Four jars have been lost. This is
Serious safety incident!”
He Shuya didn't dare to talk back, he lowered his head and let Li Gui do his duty.
"Laughing? You still have the nerve to laugh? The wine cellar is tightly sealed. Among the several children, only your Kanto-ryu can open the door of the secret room of the wine cellar. Let me tell you, if these four jars of wine cannot be found, the weapon you have recently refined will
, confiscate all of them, and put them into the Desolate Clan’s treasury without compensation.”
Guan Shanyue's face suddenly fell, and he stood aside and stopped talking.
"The one who deserves to be scolded the most is you. How could these children have the guts to run away from home? If they weren't forced too hard, how could they do this? Rich God, there is something wrong with your education methods."
Li Huanchuan's mouth twitched, secretly thinking about forcing them to practice, but you personally allowed it, and now it's all my fault.
"Do you have anything to say?" Patriarch Li said coldly with a straight face.
"No, no, that's what you taught me."
Patriarch Li snorted coldly, "We have searched around the village, but there is no trace of the children. It is impossible for them to get out of the Desolate Clan's seal. Now, the only place they can go to is the Desolate Valley."
The faces of the four people changed, and some bad memories came back.
"Hmph, all the trouble-causing genes have been inherited. Go and bring them back quickly, otherwise they may cause big trouble."
"Yes!" The four of them did not dare to delay and rushed to Huanggu.