Stone Village, located in the reckless mountains, surrounded by peaks and ravines, a vast array of mountains lofty.
Early in the morning, the sunset is brilliant, as if broken gold, sprinkled, bathed in human body warm.
A group of children, ranging from four or five years old to a dozen, can be dozens of people, in front of the village in the open space to meet the sunset, is humming and sound exercise. A childish little face is full of seriousness, the older children tiger, the younger ones also paddle with a pattern.
A middle-aged man with strong muscles like a tiger and leopard, wearing animal skin clothing, bronze skin, black hair scattered, gleaming eyes swept over each child, is seriously instructing them.
"When the sun rises, all things begin, and the qi is the most prosperous. Although it is not possible to eat qi as it is said in the legend, it is also very beneficial to forge the body in this way, and it can fill the vitality of the human body. The plan of the day is in the morning. Work hard, strengthen your muscles and bones, activate your blood and refine your muscles, and you will have the means to survive in this vast mountain range in the future." The middle-aged man standing in front of a group of children gave a serious warning, and then shouted, "You understand. ?"
"Yes!" A group of children in the air, loudly respond.
The mountains are infested with prehistoric creatures, sometimes there are huge wings that cover the sky, casting a large shadow on the ground, there are also desolate beasts standing on the peaks, swallowing the moon and whistling, not to mention all kinds of poisonous insects ambling, unusually horrible.
"I see." A little guy who was obviously distracted and half a beat slower called out in a milky voice.
This is a very small child, only one or two years old, just learned to walk a few months, but also in the exercise along with the body. Obviously, he came over on his own, mixed in with the older children, clearly should not yet appear in this group.
"Hmphhhhhh!" The little one vocalized, tender little arms waving vigorously, imitating the movements of the older children, but he was too young, his movements were crooked, and his gait was staggering, wobbling, plus the white milk stains left between the corners of his mouth, causing people to laugh.
A group of older children looked at him, all eyebrows, so that the original serious morning exercise atmosphere lightened a lot.
The little one is very white and pretty, with big eyes turning, the whole person is like a white porcelain doll, very cute, childish movements, mouth babbling, naive. This makes another field sitting on a boulder is gulping heavenly essence of some old people are also smiling.
It is those tall and sturdy, the upper half of the body naked, the tendons shiny and bulging adult men, also looked over, with a smile. They are the strongest people in the village, the most important force in hunting and guarding this village, are also forging, someone holding a white bone rod polished from the bones of unknown beasts, and someone holding a broadsword made of black metal, dancing hard, the wind sounded like thunder.
Survival environment is extremely harsh, more flood beasts and poisonous insects, in order to food, in order to survive, many men died prematurely in the wilderness before they reach adulthood, want to live, the only way to strengthen their bodies. Early morning work, whether adults, or the elderly and children, this is a habit that everyone has developed since childhood.
"Retract your mind!" The middle-aged man in charge of supervising and guiding the children to practice shouted. The group of children hurriedly got serious and continued to exercise in the soft and brilliant sunset.
"Hoo ... eeee, tired." The little one let out a long breath and sat down on the ground with a fart, watching the older children exercise their physique. But only a short time he was distracted, stood up, swayed, rushed not far from a jumping five-colored finches, the result stumbled, even fell several fart pier, but not cry.
But also do not cry, huffing and puffing, grunting to get up and chase again.
"All right, close the work!"
With a shout, all the children are a cheer, rubbing the sore hands and feet, and then scattered, rushed to their respective homes, ready to eat breakfast.
The old people all laughed and got up from the boulder. The adults, who were as fit as tigers, laughed and cursed, counted their children, and walked quickly toward their homes, carrying bone rods and broadswords.
Stone village is not very big, men, women and children can add up to more than 300 people, the house is made of boulders, simple and natural.
At the head of the village there is a huge willow tree, more than ten meters in diameter, at this time the only willow on the main trunk has been in the morning sun to hide the glow, become ordinary.
"Oh, there is actually earth dragon meat, give me a piece!"
These children are very lively & active, even when eating are not too honest, many of them hold clay bowls from their own homes and come together.
The village is surrounded by rich grass and many beasts, but guarding the mountains, the village people's food is relatively not abundant, only some coarse wheat cakes, wild fruits and a small amount of meat in the children's bowls.
In fact, the lack of food has always been a serious problem for the stone village. The mountains are very dangerous, and the beasts and birds are so powerful and scary that every time they go hunting, people may lose their lives.
If there is a choice, the village people are reluctant to go into the mountains. Because into the mountains means that there may be bloodshed and sacrifice.
Food is very precious to them, can not afford to waste, every child from childhood to understand this, hunger, food, hunting, life, blood these are connected.
At the head of the village is the compound of the old patriarch Shi Yunfeng, made of huge stones, next to the charred and huge willow wood. In front of the stove in the courtyard, the white juice boiling in the clay pot, the smell of milk, he is boiling animal milk, in addition from time to time will be some herbs and so on into it, slowly stirring with a wooden spoon.
Not long after, the old man shouted, "Little one, come and eat."
Little one lost his parents when he was half a year old, grew up eating the milk of a hundred beasts, and now he is already a year and a few months old, if it is an ordinary child should have been weaned, but he still eats very sweetly, refuses to be weaned, often teased by older children.
"Eeee, hoo ... can't run anymore." He has been persistently chasing that five-colored finch, has long been panting, at this time a butt sitting on the ground.
"Little one, drink milk!" A group of older children coaxed.
"You little skinned monkeys, you all come from his age." The old patriarch laughed and scolded.
"We're not still breastfeeding at one and a half years old, hehehe."
Faced with the older children's teasing, the little one smiled nervously, his big black eyes narrowed into a crescent shape, not caring, sitting in front of the clay pot with a wooden spoon to scoop milk, eating very sweetly.
After breakfast, several old people in the village came together in the courtyard of the patriarch Shi Yunfeng, although the hair has long been white, but the energy is still very full.
"Something is not quite right lately, there are always big guys passing by late at night, the movement is really too big, something must have happened deep in this mountain range."
"Well, I was awakened several times last night, my skin and bones were chilled, there must be some kind of flood of fierce beasts with big bugs passing by here."
Several old men spoke one after another, either frowning or deep in thought, discussing some recent signs of danger and feeling that something unusual had happened.
"I think something extraordinary may have come out of the depths of this great wilderness, attracting the attention of some ancient relics in the surrounding regions and rushing over." Old Patriarch Shi Yunfeng said after thinking about it.
"It can't be that a mountain treasure has come out, right?" An old man's eyes suddenly widened, beard hair are open, revealing a shocked look.
The other people also showed a different color, eyes hot, but quickly extinguished the flame in the eyes, that kind of thing is not they can get, far in the deepest part of the mountain range, no one can get in.
In all these years no one has ever been able to get in or out alive, the mountain is infested with all kinds of powerful species, even if all the people in the stone village break through, not even a wave will rise.
"Patriarch, we have not been in the mountain for some days." Just then, a majestic adult man walked into the courtyard, he was the leader of the hunting party and would also be the next patriarch of the Stone Village.
"It's been a bit uneventful lately." The old patriarch Shi Yunfeng frowned.
"But there really isn't much food left." Shi Linhu said, he was extremely tall, more than two meters, carrying a broadsword of more than three hundred pounds, the whole man was as strong as a human bear, his body was covered with a block of bronze muscles, like a snake python swimming.
"The children need to grow up, can't starve, have to think of some way." An old man spoke up.
"Although the night is not calm, but during the day there is nothing unusual, I take some people out, be careful should not be a problem." Shi Linhu said.
Finally, dozens of young and strong men gathered at the head of the village, led by clan leader Shi Yunfeng to the nearby lightning striking wood, praying earnestly to the old willow tree.
"Sacrificial spirit, please bless the clan, so that the children can hunt fat prey and return safely. With devout hearts, we will worship and offer you for generations."