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Chapter 7 Before Awakening

"Crack!"

A slight creaking sound came from the ice surface. On the deadly quiet ice field, such a sound was enough to make people's heart beat faster.

The vast ice field, looking around, the vast white area is full of ice and snow, boundless, like a illusion.

In an ice cave chiseled out of the ice crack, two big black eyes stared at the ice surface in front of him without blinking. He was like a little leopard hiding in the dark, ready to pounce on the alert prey at any time.

The arrow in his hand was already on the string. The silver alloy bow and silver alloy arrow melted into one with the surrounding ice and snow, and it was impossible to distinguish it at all.

The white fur hat and white fox fur cloak provided him with excellent disguise.

Hunting ice beasts is definitely a boring thing, but compared to boredom, danger is the most important thing.

The ice field is not calm, and there are often various ice beasts, including ferocious as ice bears, and even monsters. They are evolved beasts. Although there are few, they are absolutely terrifying.

If you are not lucky enough to encounter such a head, you may lose your life.

This requires hunters on the ice field to not only have enough patience, but also have wisdom, be sensitive to respond, and be able to make accurate judgments quickly and make the most accurate response when encountering emergencies.

Otherwise, any negligence can be disastrous.

To deal with cunning things, you must be more cunning than him, and to deal with vicious things, you must be more cruel than him. This is what Zuo Luyang teaches, and it is his experience summed up on the battlefield for many years.

"Crack!"

Another slight sound came from the ice surface in front of him. Zuo Chengfeng knew that the ice fox was about to come out to find food.

This ice fox was targeted by him a few days ago, but this thing is very cunning and harder than the cunning rabbit in the three caves. It was not until today that it found its nest, and then lie motionlessly in the ice cave for four hours, waiting for the ice fox to come out.

"Click!"

A fluffy little head broke through the ice surface and came out, looking around vigilantly, with two small eyes rolling straight. The white and smooth fur was the same as the ice and snow, and it was impossible to tell if you didn't look carefully.

This thing looks cute. If it hadn't been for its frequent and fierce attacks on humans, Zuo Chengfeng would really not have the heart to hurt it.

Somehow, the wild beasts on the ice field have a very strong reproductive ability, just like rats on the grassland, posing a huge threat to humans, which seems a bit unreasonable.

“Buzz…”

The bowstring made of python tendons, although the sound was extremely slight, was still caught by the alert ice fox. It realized the danger and hurriedly shrank its head.

But it was too late. With a puff, the sharp arrow shot into the ice fox's neck. The powerful impact force brought the ice fox out of the cave below and fell out from a distance. Blood splashed, and the ice fox kicked his legs and stopped moving.

"Oh, I've won, and finally got a hundred of them."

Zuo Chengfeng jumped out of the ice cave excitedly and ran quickly towards the corpse of the ice fox.

But the ice fox suddenly moved, then jumped up and rushed towards an ice mound, while the silver alloy arrow shaft lay quietly on the ground.

"What a cunning thing."

Zuo Chengfeng cursed.

However, he was prepared for it, and raised his hand and shot another arrow into the back of the ice fox, piercing it through, nailing it to the ice surface, and never able to escape again.

He put the corpse of the ice fox on his shoulder and dragged his long tail all the way away.

Zuo Chengfeng started his return journey. He seemed very excited and could finally participate in the awakening ceremony. If he was lucky enough to become a star warrior, there would be hope for him whether he saved his mother or returned to Earth.

He was thinking this way, but unexpectedly, the ice rock on one side quietly poked out his head, and his fierce eyes were filled with fierce light under the brim of his hat.

"kill!"

One of them shouted, and two great men jumped out from behind the ice rock at the same time, holding a short knife to slash Zuo Chengfeng.

Zuo Chengfeng was scattered in the ice beast group all day long, and he was extremely vigilant and had no choice but to react. Once he noticed the danger, he kicked his left foot on the ice surface, rotated his body for half a circle, and threw the ice fox's corpse towards the two people by inertia.

One of them waved his palm and slapped the Ice Fox's corpse away, but he looked for Zuo Chengfeng but disappeared.

Just as he was stunned, his legs were numb, and his body couldn't help but pounce forward. Zuo Chengfeng then rushed up and pressed him to the ground, aimed the dagger in his hand at the position of his back heart and stabbed him in.

"Damn it!"

Another big man shouted loudly, raised his short knife and pointed it at Zuo Chengfeng's back and inserted it.

Zuo Chengfeng rolled on the ground like a spirit cat, dodging the attack, and waved his backhand, and a sharp dagger passed through the man's ankle.

With a scream, the man staggered forward and took five or six steps, leaving several dazzling blood-red footprints. He found that his right foot was no longer in control.

He knew he was careless today and realized the price of carelessness. This little bastard was so fucking cruel. He never thought that a big-sized child would never blink his eyes.

As soon as he ran two steps, his vest hurt. He saw a tip of an arrow coming out of his heart, and the vitality in his body was rapidly losing. Then he turned black in front of him and his soul returned to the land of gentleness.

Zuo Chengfeng wiped the blood from the dagger, put away the bow and arrow, patted the clothes on his body, and then lifted the ice fox back and prepared to go home.

When hanging out on the ice field, you will encounter various dangers at any time. Some come from ice beasts and some come from humans. No matter who comes from, in order to survive, there is only one thing that can be done, kill.

This is not the first time he has been robbed, so it is not surprising at all.

But when I think about it, I feel something is wrong. This place is close to the ancient city, and ordinary beast hunting groups or herb collection teams dare not commit crimes here.

Besides, are these two people just taking action for the corpse of this ice fox?

He couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it, but he always felt a little unhappy. You rob me, why can't I rob you?

So he threw the corpse of the Ice Fox on the ground and searched the corpses of the two people.

The two of them have a pretty fortune, and they actually have thousands of gold coins, two golden tokens, and a few not-so-value jewelry.

The golden token feels familiar, but I can't remember where I have seen it.

What made him even more strange was that a portrait was found on the second corpse, with a child's avatar on it, which looked familiar.

After carefully identifying it, I couldn't help but feel shocked. Isn't this the same person? Did they come for themselves and someone deliberately targeted them? But I didn't offend anyone?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little scared, and he carried the corpse of the ice fox and ran home.

His residence was a house made of whole pieces of ice. There were two ice foals parked at the door, but no one was seen.

Zuo Luyang was not at home, so he put the Ice Fox's body on the ice beam, ate a few bites of cold rice, and prepared to practice archery.

"Chefeng, I finally waited for you, come with me."

Accompanied by a clear voice, a boy walked in, looking twelve or thirteen years old, tall.

The young man's name is Zuo Jiuzhou, and he is the child of his second uncle, Zuo Luyang's second brother's family.

"Second brother, why are you here?"

Zuo Chengfeng took two steps to meet him.

Zuo Jiuzhou is the second among their generation of Zuo family disciples. His second brother usually takes good care of him, and Zuo Chengfeng is very close to him.

"Of course I'm calling you home. The family holds a meeting to discuss the Yuanli awakening ceremony. Uncle San has also gone back and asked me to call you. I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Zuo Jiuzhou smiled on his face, and the third uncle he said was naturally Zuo Luyang.

"Okay, let's go now."

Hearing the words "Yuanli awakening", Zuo Chengfeng couldn't suppress his impulse. Is it finally time? He silently recited in his heart.

"Look, let's go quickly."

Zuo Jiuzhou pulled Zuo Chengfeng up, stepped onto the ice horse, galloped all the way, and said as he walked.

“The Yuanli Awakening Ceremony is available every three years and is allowed to attend for all children between the ages of five and eight.

Everyone's body is born with the power of one or several elements. The so-called awakening elemental power is to activate the power of these elements in the body to generate the vital energy that can be mobilized, and then condense these vital energy into the vital core.

This is the basis for practicing and the prerequisite for becoming a star warrior.

Star Warrior is the most respected profession in the entire Star Origin Realm, but not everyone can become a Star Warrior, because it is too difficult to become a Star Warrior.

First of all, there will be no more than one percent of the people who can awaken the Yuanli power, and less than 10% of them can directly condense the Yuan core. All of these people are the prides of heaven. Most of them will evolve into Yuandan in the future and become real star warriors."

"Oh, it turns out that only with such a small chance of becoming a star warrior."

The chance of one in a thousand is really too slim.

Zuo Luyang had never told him this before. Only then did he realize that it was so difficult to become a star warrior. Zuo Chengfeng couldn't help but feel a little nervous, subconsciously holding the reins tightly, and his little face was a little pale in the cold wind.

"Haha, you don't have to worry about whether you can awaken your Yuanli. Luck is certainly part of it, but the most important thing is to depend on genes. Some families with strong genes are almost everyone born as star warriors, thus becoming a big family on the continent. Of course, most families may not have a star warrior for dozens of generations, so they can only be civilians or slaves."

"What about our Zuo family? How much chance is there to become a star warrior?"

"Although we writers are not as good as those big families, they are not bad. Almost 30% of our disciples can awaken our Yuanli. This ratio is a bit scary. In the eyes of ordinary people, we can only become one of the three big families in the Ancient City of Ice Field."

Zuo Jiuzhou said with a bit proud.

"At such a high proportion, we can indeed become a big family."

Zuo Chengfeng's heart moved and couldn't help but say.

"Our family was originally a major force in the Xingyuan Realm, but that was a thousand years ago."

Zuo Jiuzhou shook his head, looking a little disappointed.

"It's a pity that the elements that our Zuo family awaken in recent hundreds of years have been relatively low-level, so few influential characters appear, and the family gradually declines. Uncle San is an exception. Everyone thought that he could lead the Zuo family out of the trough, but who knew something happened later."

After hearing what he said, Zuo Chengfeng felt a little depressed. He chewed his words carefully and suddenly asked again: "Is there any difference between elements?"

"Of course, the elements are divided into nine grades, of which the seventh, eighth and nineth grades are the lowest grades, the fourth, fifth and sixth grades are the middle grades, the second and third grades are the top grades, and the first grade is the top grades.

The heights that can be achieved through cultivation and the combat power that elements of different grades can be greatly different. If the awakened element is a top-level element or a top-level element, they are destined to become a strong man who surpasses the world. If the awakened element is a low-level element, they can only be an ordinary star warrior.

Of course, their superiority is still very prominent compared to ordinary people.”

"So that's how it is." Zuo Chengfeng nodded silently and asked again, "What element is the second brother awakening? Have you condensed the core directly?"
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