Ruthless Seeker

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.

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...