Xiao Fan ran in the mountains and forests like a cheetah shuttled through the forest. Along the way, he found people stepping on the treetops to reach the back mountain. With his IQ, it is not difficult to guess the purpose of those people.

"It seems that it should be attracted by the outbreak of the evil soul in my body and the aura of the birth of the Sacred Heart. Don't let them see the clues, otherwise there will be big trouble."

Xiao Fan talked to himself and quickly ran towards the direction where the village was. When he reached the entrance of the village, he saw Hong Dahai looking around there, and his heart felt warm.

"Xiaofan!"

Hong Dahai exclaimed, his originally worried eyes became excited and happy. He rushed to Xiao Fan in a few big strides, grabbed his shoulder and looked at him carefully.

"Are you okay? Where have you been this month?"

"I'm fine, Master Hong, I'm worried you."

Xiao Fan shook his head, feeling moved. In this village, except for his aunt and sister Shangguan Lanruo, only Hong Dahai cares about him the most. The others are relatively indifferent because Xiao Fan has never shown his talents and strength in front of others. In the eyes of the villagers, Xiao Fan is weak and has no power to tie a chicken. In such a village, if you rely on the mountains to eat and hunt for a living, the villagers naturally like strong people.

"Just be back." Hong Dahai said happily, then his face changed suddenly, his eyes were strange. He looked at Xiao Fan again, and said in surprise: "I haven't seen you for a month, your muscles have become fuller, and even your tendons have become much tougher. Have you broken through to the seventh level of the Body Refining Realm?"

"Yeah, yes."

Xiao Fan nodded, which made Hong Dahai's eyes shocked. After practicing for more than ten years, Xiao Fan had only been at the fourth level of the Body Refining Realm. Now he has made rapid progress in one month and has continuously broken through the third level of the world. This is simply incredible.

"Okay, okay! I saw that you have talent a long time ago. Although I don't know why you have been unable to break through in your realm, I believe you will become a great man in the future. Now it seems true. I, Hong Dahai, have not been fooled."

Hong Dahai nodded repeatedly, his eyes full of relief. However, his expression soon became heavier and said, "I haven't seen your aunt and sister this month. Has she left the Zusheng Village?"

"Yes, my aunt and sister are gone."

Xiao Fan nodded, and a glimmer flashed in his eyes.

"Don't think too much. You will eventually go to the outside world in the future. As long as you keep getting stronger, you will definitely meet your aunt and sister."

Hong Dahai said that in fact, he had thought that Xiao Fan's aunt and sister were a little mysterious in the past. Since he brought Xiao Fan to this village, he had never revealed his name. In the past ten years, except for his more mature temperament, his appearance has not changed at all.

An ordinary woman cannot keep her youthful face. Furthermore, Shangguan Lanruo's appearance, temperament, words and clothes she wears can tell at a glance that she is not an ordinary person.

"The world outside..." Xiao Fan was full of yearning and looked at the distant sky and said, "I heard that the Longteng Empire has been in war for ten years, and the world outside may not be as beautiful as I imagined."

"Yes, but these things are not what you are worried about." Hong Dahai patted Xiao Fan's shoulder and said, "Go back and rest, practice hard in the future, come and ask me if you don't understand."

"Thank you, Master Hong, I understand."

Xiao Fan nodded and watched Hong Dahai's back disappear from sight. He turned around and walked towards his wooden cabin.

When she entered the room, Xiao Fan vaguely saw the beautiful figure of his aunt and sister. The main hall, kitchen, bedroom, were once busy places where Shangguan Lanruo was, and the air seemed to be mixed with her breath.

Xiao Fan gently stroked the dilapidated furniture, then entered the bedroom, smelling the smell on the bedding, his eyes a little fascinated.

"I will come to the top of Yunxian."

Xiao Fan whispered to himself softly, his eyes extremely firm.

In the following days, Xiao Fan went to the mountains to practice in the early morning every day, and returned at sunset, day after day. His strength was also rapidly increasing, and he had reached the extreme of practicing muscles and meridians in the body refining realm, which means that he was about to enter the eighth level and start practicing bones.

In the past years, most of Xiao Fan's cultivation achievements were on the meridians, and now the meridians' toughness has temporarily reached a peak. He can finally practice normally like an ordinary person. With his talent, his cultivation progress is far beyond that of ordinary people.

These days, the disciples of major sects have been searching for them in the back mountain and have not left. However, they have not come to the village to stay in the village, and they all slept in the wild. There are rules in the sects, and they are generally not allowed to disturb ordinary families when going out. Of course, not all disciples of major sects stick to the rules.

"Tap, tap, tap!"

On this day, a dense sound of horse hooves and metal friction came from outside the village, which alarmed everyone in the village and ran out of the house as soon as possible.

"No, our Zusheng Village may be in big trouble!"

A strong sense of sorrow rose in the eyes of the village chief Hu Yang and martial arts master Hong Dahai. Everyone in the village looked out of the village, where a group of people came quickly, all wearing armor.

Leading the lead is a young woman in red clothes, with a beautiful face and arrogance between her eyebrows. Behind her are two generals, with swords hanging on the waist and long spears, looking very majestic.

"Heryl!"

The war horses neighed, and a team of soldiers entered the village. The woman in red glanced around coldly, and finally turned her eyes to Hu Yang and Hong Dahai. It was obvious that they were the main characters in the village.

The two generals behind the woman in red understood the idea. At that moment, one of them rode up and walked up to everyone in the village, glanced at everyone, and said lightly: "What kind of village are you?"

"Report to General, this village is called Zusheng Village. I wonder what the military man came here?"

Hong Dahai took a step forward and answered the general's question.

"Zusheng Village?" The general nodded and said, "Yes, there are many young people in the village. This time, I am here to recruit soldiers. The empire has been in war for ten years. You need to wait for these great men to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and work loyally to the empire!"

"God of the general!" Village chief Hu Yang was shocked and lowered his head slightly and said, "The village has a population of more than a hundred, and has lived by hunting for generations. Although there are thirty-two people in the prime of life, if they join the army, the rest will lose their ability to survive."

The general pondered a little when he heard this, and then turned to look at the other general. Both generals were unbearable in their eyes. They saw too many compatriots die after ten years of war. This time they were ordered to recruit soldiers everywhere, but they did not force unwilling people. The situation in this village is indeed like this, and they rely on the mountains to eat. If the middle-aged people were taken away, the remaining elderly, weak, women, and children would not be able to survive.

"I hope the general will be kind!"

Village chief Huyang said again.

"Well, since that's the case, you only need to produce ten strong men in your village. As for which ten people, you can decide for yourself."

"Deputy General Xiao, the Empire ordered you to wait for recruitment. Didn't you let you wait for pity for others? Isn't there have been enough people who have died in the past ten years?" The woman in red said in a deep voice, looking at the two deputy generals coldly. "Now, the Empire's military strength has dropped sharply and there are few soldiers to kill the enemy. Every time you go to recruit soldiers, you must ensure that the maximum number of people is collected!"

"Miss." Another deputy general spoke, and he said, "There are only 32 people in the middle age of this village. It is okay for us to recruit twenty less people. Let's give them a way out. After all, they are also people of my Longteng Empire."

"Deputy General Pang! Are you not afraid of being known to me by my father?"

The woman in red looked cold. When she mentioned his father, the faces of Deputy General Xiao and Deputy General Pang suddenly changed and she didn't dare to speak anymore. The woman in red, Zhao Zishan, and her father Zhao Tie was the Grand Tutor of the Empire, were in a high position. How dare she offend the deputy generals?

The villagers looked pale. If all the middle-aged people were arrested to join the army, how should the remaining women, children, elderly and weak survive? This simply means not giving them a way to live and forcing them to death.

"Why? We don't want to join the army, why do you force us!"

An angry voice was very abrupt, and it sounded among the villagers, from the mouth of a teenager.

"Yes, you just don't care about our lives or death!"

The others also agreed, and the boys such as Hu Fei glared at Zhao Zishan, the girl in red.

"Bang!"

A sound of air explosion sounded, and the woman in red reached out to twitch her waist. A soft whip sounded, squeezing the air. A whip of whip hit Hu Fei's face, and blood immediately splattered, and Hu Fei staggered to the ground.

He quickly climbed up, pointed at the woman in red and said, "You!"

"Ba, bha, bha!"

The woman in red trembled her wrists, and her soft whip was like a spirit snake, whipping on several young men such as Hu Fei. This time she had a stronger force and directly pulled them away for two or three meters, and her skin was blooming.

"stop!"

Hong Dahai's eyes were full of anger.

However, Zhao Zishan ignored it and sneered, and the soft whip in her hand was pulled out again, and a series of air explosions sounded.

"Bang!"

The soft whip twitched on one palm, but was grabbed by the palm. Zhao Zishan's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and her wrists trembled, but the soft whip didn't move at all.

"Low Shanye boy, you are looking for death!"

Zhao Zishan was filled with murderous aura and her eyes were very cold.

At this time, Hong Dahai gave Xiao Fan a look. Xiao Fan immediately let go and bounced back with a soft whip. Zhao Zishan reached out and grabbed it, wrapped the soft whip around her wrist, and looked at Xiao Fan coldly.

Xiao Fan said nothing and looked at Zhao Zishan indifferently. Zhao Zishan looked at the boy in front of him in a coarse cloth and beautiful eyebrows, and his eyes became vicious. Since childhood, no one dared to disobey her, and even the sons of the officials in the imperial capital did not dare to do this. Now a mountain boy dared to hold her soft whip, which made her unbearable.

Seeing Zhao Zishan's eyes, Hong Dahai knew it would be bad, but now it is probably even harder to be good.

"The boy from Shanye is rude. If he offended the young lady, I hope he will forgive him!"

Hong Dahai bowed and said, "He doesn't want Xiao Fan to cause trouble."

"Forgive me?" Zhao Zishan sneered. The deputy generals on both sides were already in a cold sweat. They offended the Grand Master's daughter. The young man was finished.

"I am going to get off the horse now, but the horse is too high." Zhao Zishan said, then raised her head slightly, looked down at Xiao Fan from a high position, and said, "Come here, bend down and lay on the ground to steer the footsteps for me. If I am in a good mood, I might be able to spare you a bad life."
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