Volume 1: Reincarnation Cycle First...
Deep night, quiet people, insect chirping and frog croaking, from time to time there are one or two dull beast roars coming close to the ground, this is the night of Guo Yan Forest.
Gently rubbing the wound inflicted by the Silver Wolf two years ago, Ming Yan, the head of the Xihua household, was still awake. He couldn't sleep, not because the wound still itched a bit, but because his heart was surging with excitement.
Ming Yan is a native-born Guantou Ze Nuo, his mother was a childbearing woman from Xiyao Hu, his father... this kind of Ze Nuo cannot find out who their own father is.
To get to where he is today, he has spent half his life struggling and fighting, and it's been a real challenge. In Ming Yan's eyes, everything in the world serves the purpose of survival, and he doesn't use words like "benefit" to measure relationships between people. However, he also doesn't dare to easily touch on emotions, because he thinks they fundamentally don't exist in Zelan's world.
But Ming Yan didn't expect that his impulsive decision to give the Fish Intestine Sword to Lu Buqi would bring him the most precious feeling in his life, a feeling called friendship.
Two longer and thicker executioner's swords were held in his arms, which was given to him by the head of the northwest household, Xibeidou, along with fifty fine iron forked spears.
As gentle as stroking the smooth skin of a newborn, the executioner's blade sliced through the air. Ming Yan couldn't help but curl up his lips in a smile. Back then, he had given Lu Boyan the Fish Intestine Sword merely to express his gratitude and hope that Lu could truly become a great warrior, thereby fulfilling his own unspoken wish. He hadn't expected anything in return from Lu Boyan.
After all, in Ming Yan's view, a beast core was enough to offset everything he had done, and if Lu Buqi succeeded, then he would no longer be a person of this world, so how could he still remember such a small figure?
But the fact told him that Lu Buqi had always remembered him, and even treated him as a friend or brother. Not only did he personally deliver fifty fine iron spears, but also two beheading knives that he forged with his own hands.
Wang Yingfu also mentioned that the next year, a batch of sturdy Zelnu slaves would be sent to make up for the losses in his Xiyao Hut, because Lu Buqi had repeatedly mentioned that his Xiyao Hut had suffered more than 100 casualties when dealing with the Silver Wolves.
Not only that, but before parting ways, Lu Bu Jie also taught him a set of fist techniques that even the Four Great Heavenly Kings couldn't help but praise, the Five Animals Mimicry Fist. Wang Li Hong also privately told him to diligently practice this Five Animals Mimicry Fist, and the possibility of reaching the Bone Resonance realm in this lifetime would increase by 30%.
It's because of this that Ming Yan, a big old man, couldn't help but secretly shed tears, and at the same time made him believe that in this world, no matter how harsh the living environment is, there are still emotional existences.
"Less lust, more cultivation!" This was also what Lu Buqi told him, which made Ming Yan feel a bit embarrassed. After all, two years ago, Lu Buqi had already said similar words, but he didn't take them to heart, and as a result, his bravery had still been stuck in the Seventh Realm for these past two years.
Before becoming the head of a wealthy family, Ming Yan was also a young man with great aspirations, working hard to cultivate his physical strength and learning hunting and combat skills. However, after becoming the head of a wealthy family, he practiced martial arts for several years but felt it was difficult to make progress, so he became somewhat disheartened.
But today, seeing the 15-year-old Lu Buqi being entrusted with such important tasks and also receiving special recognition from the Four Great Heavenly Kings, his hazy future suddenly became clearer: "From now on, I'll suppress my desires and work hard to cultivate my skills. If I can break through to the Bone Resonance Realm within three years, perhaps the Great Manager will be able to make an exception for me, grant me a surname, and give me the opportunity to become a White Body!"
Apart from Xihua Village, Zhongcun Village and Nanmenkou Village were also two stops on Lu Bu's personal itinerary. When he and Wang Lishou crossed the dense forest of Guzhang, these two villages also received them warmly, and their beheading knives were also used by Lu Bu at that time.
It is true that a drop of water in need will be repaid with a gushing spring! Lu Buqi presented an even better quality executioner's sword and also sent out twenty-five fine iron pike guns as extra. Such magnanimity undoubtedly made the heads of the two big village households admire him endlessly.
Including Ming Yan, these several big households would proudly show off the durable beheading knife when they met the big households of nearby villages in the future, and then proudly say that Lu Buqi, the big household of Xibeihou, was their brother.
As for Lu Buqi's approach, Wang Yingfu and the Four Great Kings saw it with their own eyes, each having their own thoughts in mind. Without a doubt, they had one common thought: from then on, they knew that Lu Buqi was absolutely not an ungrateful person.
That day, it was another beautiful morning with a gentle breeze. Wang Shuangqiao changed into a light green skirt that reached her knees and replaced the two "cow horns" with two long braids, reappearing at the North Gate, standing elegantly as she gazed out at the town's outskirts where the ice and snow had begun to melt.
Under the illumination of Chaoyang, Wang Shuangqiao's beautiful figure was cast on the wooden pillar on the left side, with a clear outline and an obvious sense of expectation.
"Xiao'er... dead Xiao'er?" In the baozi shop, Widow Bao had already packed up and called out a couple of times to find that Wang Shuangxiao was not there. She curled up the corner of her mouth and her eyes sparkled with spring: "This stubborn girl has gone to pester that little brat again... she really has the same foolish enthusiasm as her father Er Xizi when he pursued me back then."
Yes, counting the days, Lu Buqi and his party should be back soon. So in recent days, Wang Shuangqiao has been coming over to wait for them from dawn till dusk, except for lunch and other things, they are basically here all the time, and have become a beautiful scenery line at the north gate of Guozhan Town.
However, such a beautiful landscape will always inadvertently attract unnecessary trouble, and even one's life may undergo tremendous changes as a result.
Along with the sound of horseshoes clattering, a somewhat strange and quacking voice like that of a male duck sounded from behind Wang Shuangqiao: "Sixth Master is really something, for a lowly Zé slave, he actually made me run to this poor and remote place, my crotch and legs are all blistered..."
"It's really...too much, I'm so fed up. To think we had to come to a place like this. And now that big shot is not even here, that stingy old thing just casually arranged for us to stay in an inn, without even the basic hospitality. Can't let us find our own women, can they? How humiliating! Another lewd voice chimed in: "And there's nowhere to play during the day either..."
Upon hearing this, Wang Shuangqiao slightly furrowed her brow and turned around to take a look. She saw four people leading four tall horses walking towards them. The two men in the front were both under 18 or 19 years old, wearing high-quality cotton-padded jackets. One had a broad face like a pancake with a collapsed nose bridge; the other had bushy eyebrows and beady eyes, and they kept looking around left and right, as if they had "second-rate scoundrels" written on their foreheads.
These people are Wang Bo's arranged to win over the abandoned Wang Duocai and others, the big pancake face is Wang Duocai, and the thief eyebrow mouse eye next to him is his cousin Wang Jinbao, and the two behind them are the bodyguards arranged by Wang Bo for them.
Wang Shuang's slightly furrowed brow turned into a deep frown, she hated this kind of person the most. At first glance, they gave people an unorthodox feeling, just like that rascal Wang Er Gou and his ilk. With a look of disdain, she curled her lip and turned back to continue sensing the pulse with her inner energy.
But Wang Shuangqiao didn't know that her glance had charmed the two men, Wang Duocai and Wang Jinbao, so much that they stared blankly, their feet rooted to the spot.
"Wow, this girl is really...!" Gululu, Wang Jinbao swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Too clever!"
Wang Duo Cai's eyes also shone with excitement, his saliva dripping three feet long: "Ah, it's really beautiful. I, Wang Duo Cai, have been to all six major flower streets of Yang Ze, but I've never seen such a stunning beauty..."
They exchanged a glance, the evil light in their eyes revealed, and they smiled slyly at each other. The two let go of the horse and walked over. Wang Duo Cai directly reached out to touch Wang Shuang Qiao's shoulder: "Little sister, what's this..."
Wang Shuangqiao did not expect that under the bright daylight, these outsiders would dare to use violence. However, just as Wang Duocai's hand was about to touch her shoulder, the martial arts skills she had practiced for a year and a half were put to good use.
Shoulders sank, Wang Shuangqiao's body rushed forward without looking back, his left leg in cotton pants stretched backward with a burst of strength, which was exactly the "heart-headed deer collision" in the Five Animals Mimicry Boxing Deer Fist.
Just then, Wang Duo felt a strange sensation in the kick that hit him, and as he let out a pained cry, Wang Shuangqiao took advantage of the momentum to charge forward, spinning around with her arm swinging back, and shouted: "What do you want to do?"