In troubled times in all directions, there is a martial saint in the world! - Chapter 1

The snow is falling heavily and the fog is as cold as ice.

Sui Dynasty – Qingzhou – Tianye Mansion

An eagle with golden wings and black eyes flapped its wings with a wooshing sound and crossed the earth, hovering down.

It passed through the thick tower and slowly landed on a dark red tower. While combing its feathers, it looked down at the city below with its black jewel-like eyes.

On the edge of the mottled city, smoke and clouds are lingering, and beside the ancient copper stove, the sound of people is booming.

The people in shabby clothes looked forward eagerly, as if waiting for something.

The brass bell rang loudly.

The Taoist priest in green shirt and white crown slowly walked toward the crowd, with a dust whisk in one hand and a copper basin in the other, chanting scriptures about saving the dead.

Every time you take more than a hundred steps, copper coins will be sprinkled.

Those who are destined will be given blessing porridge and white silk ribbons by the Taoist priest.

This is the Water and Land Dharma Assembly of Wusheng Sect, an annual event in Tianye Mansion.

It is also the only chance for poor people to have enough to eat.

Noon time.

Chen Xiunan put down his pen and ink, leaned on crutches, and carried a solid wood food box, and walked step by step towards the city.

The warm sunshine shines on the body, and the cold and biting feeling weakens slightly.

Along the way, he could faintly hear the sound of someone sobbing, and many people had white cloth hanging on their houses.

“Someone died again.” Chen Xiu’s eyes remained indifferent.

In troubled times, when people eat each other, there will be vultures circling the place where corpses are rotting.

Nowadays, life is difficult for oneself, who has time to pity others?

He stepped on the muddy road with coarse hemp shoes and stopped slowly at the end of the alley.

This is his home.

He is a child who was picked up. He has an older sister, Chen Yue, and an older brother who works as a government servant at home.

The gray bricks and black walls are mottled and old.

Chen Xiu gently moved the stool blocking the door and stepped into the dark room.

“Sister, I’m back.” Chen Xiu spoke softly, as he pulled the only bamboo chair in the house with some effort, and sat down gently, breathing slightly.

“Little Xiu, are you back so early today?”

The rag curtains on the partition wall were lifted up, and a little light fell through the screen window. The light fell on her body, revealing a rather pretty face.

Although her skin is rough and her skin quality is slightly poor, her figure is curvy and somewhat charming.

“There isn’t much to do today, so I came back early.” Chen Xiu took out two thick porcelain bowls from the old food box.

“So much lucky porridge?” A hint of surprise appeared on the girl’s face, and she couldn’t help but pursed her lips.

“Because there are more patrons this time, I cooked a little more. Sister, I have to help Old Mrs. Yang copy scriptures, so I’ll go and do that first.” Chen Xiu held the slightly curved crutch and pushed open the door of his room.

Because his home was small, his room only had a set of shabby tables and chairs and a wooden bed.

With two floors, three rooms, and a living room, this house is above average among the surrounding families.

Chen Xiu lay on the window sill, looking up at the sky with a dull expression.

He arrived here five years ago and was picked up by the Chen family siblings and became a member of their family.

From a college student about to graduate to now precarious and frail, he was initially dissatisfied and surprised.

Everything has been smoothed over time.

There was once a fortune teller who calculated his fate and said that his body was born the day after tomorrow, and his bones were full of yin and evil spirits.

If it was a girl, there is still some way to survive.

It’s a pity that he is a boy and can live to be seventeen years old at most.

The remaining years are numbered.

On July 15th this year, let’s see if he can resist it!

He also thought about using the wisdom of modern people to make a living and change the status quo!

But no matter what kind of method, there is one point that cannot be avoided in this city.

That’s the gang!

Whether you open a shop or do small business, you must pay money to the gang. There is no background, and if the business is a little better, you will be targeted immediately.

Fortunately, the Chinese characters in this world have a somewhat regular script style.

In this era of low literacy rates, he was able to earn a living by writing books and copying articles, and even gained some respect!

Even so, Chen Xiu still had expectations in his heart.

It was a fragment of a scroll, engraved on his left arm.

Unfortunately, it cannot be started so far.

Judging from his only memory, this half-volume of fragments is called the Martial God Codex.

The effect is very simple.

In the Martial God Codex, all the martial arts masters in Chen Xiu’s memory are engraved. After activation, he can randomly obtain martial arts collections or legendary items.

Pick one of two!

The premise is that you have enough energy.

Learning martial arts can strengthen your body and strengthen your qi and blood.

In that way, he might be able to get rid of the evil spirit in his body and survive!

“Erlang, is Erlang at home?” At this time, a rough voice sounded outside the door.

Chen Xiu walked down the stairs carefully with a cane, taking every step with care.

In the living room, a big man in black was sitting on a chair carelessly.

Chen Yue stood aside and said something gratefully.

“It’s fine if Erlang is at home. Are you feeling better recently?” The big man looked at Chen Xiu with a smile, and he seemed friendly.

“Brother Xu, thanks to you, it’s not bad.” Chen Xiu showed a faint smile.

The big man, whose surname is Xu, is a good friend of brother Chen Xiu and is now the nurse of the Yang family.

He laughed and said, “I knew you could talk, and you were different from those sour scholars who could only read. No, I got you a good job.”

As he said that, he patted his chest proudly: “The young master of the Yang family is preparing to take the imperial examination and needs a book boy to accompany him to study. I thought that you are well-informed and sensible, so I recommended you to him. Guess what, the old lady praised you for copying scriptures? She said you’re a good boy, you’re a good boy with good looks, and she’s taken a liking to you!!”

“Your good days are coming! You are the student companion of the Yang Mansion. You can get that month’s worth of money even if you copy scriptures for three months.”

……

After changing his clothes, Chen Xiu hobbled on crutches.

Carefully walked through the alleys and squares, and finally stopped.

Inner city, here we come.

A low but brand-new city wall separates the inner and outer cities.

Compared with the outer city, the inner city is a little tidier and the cleaning facilities are better.

The moment Chen Xiu approached Yang Mansion, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.

There was blood all over the ground, and dozens of corpses were lying staggered among the messy ruins.

From old to young, from male to female.

All of them are from the Yang family!

The Yang family was actually wiped out!!

Chen Xiu saw Brother Xu’s head.

A head with disheveled hair and blood.

Rolled down on the roadside.

A pair of protruding pupils stared blankly at him, and the torn corners of his mouth seemed to be telling something.

“You are Chen Xiu, right?”

A cold voice sounded, and the burly man like an iron tower slowly walked to his side with an indifferent expression: “I heard that at noon, the man named Xu seemed to have found a job for you at the Yang family.”

Chen Xiu woke up from the shock and bowed his head slightly: “Reporting to your lord, yes.”

He suppressed the discomfort in his heart and spoke with some difficulty: “Brother Xu is a good man, and he can be considered half of my brother. After this misfortune, I can only say that the sky has no eyes, and good people do not live long…”

“You were honest and didn’t lie to me.”

The strong man patted Chen Xiu on the shoulder and handed a bloody black broken knife to his hand: “If you are interested, make him a tomb. This is his only family property. Since you are familiar with him, you can accept it.”

The moment he took the broken knife, Chen Xiu trembled all over.

“There’s something fishy going on. Please bring the body to Peacekeeping Square, review it carefully.”

Before leaving, the strong man glanced at Chen Xiu and said calmly: “You don’t have to worry too much about what’s going on here, it won’t affect you.”

Chen Xiu didn’t pay attention to his attitude and looked in a daze.

The right hand holding the black broken knife was trembling violently, and the blood in his body seemed to be boiling in an instant!

Hot!!

Hot!!

Painful!!

That scroll of broken pictures seemed to swallow him completely!!