Chapter 001 Xiao Yang

  Divine Land

  Hebei Province, a remote mountain village.

  In the late afternoon, the setting sun cast its golden light on a very old and ugly brick house.

  At this time, an old man and a young boy were sitting in front of the house, working hard to weave bamboo baskets.

  Xiao Yang is one of them, a 20-year-old young man with no father or mother, no brothers or sisters. In short, he is actually an orphan.

  That's right, Xiao Yang is indeed an orphan!

  Because he is an old rascal picked up on the road!

  The old man who made bamboo baskets was over 60 years old and was Xiao Yang's adoptive father, mother and also his master.

  Talking about Lao Tzu's affairs would take three days and three nights, because his past is a legend!

  At 18 years old, the hot-blooded old fellow responded to the country's call and joined the army.

  Due to his superior physical condition, enhanced physical fitness and constant hard training, soon the old fellow was eyed by the Wolf Tooth Special Forces and transferred over.

  After several years, the old man became a sharp knife in the Wolf Tooth Special Forces through his own hard work and perseverance.

  Afterwards, Lao Tzu was absorbed by the most mysterious dragon group in Shen Zhou and completed many extremely arduous secret missions with the elite members of the dragon group.

  At that time, the middle-aged old man was sent to protect the No. 1 leader on a foreign inspection tour, but due to leakage of news, the evil terrorist organization launched a strong firepower attack on them.

  At that time, many brothers who went through life and death together sacrificed themselves. Although Laozi did not die, he was seriously injured in his right leg during the battle and still limps when walking to this day.

  The safety of the No. 1 leader has been secured!

  Afterwards, the organization awarded a certificate of merit to the surviving members. However, the old man also proposed to Long Zu to retire at the same time.

  On his way back home, Laozi picked up Xiao Yang, a child abandoned by his parents, and raised him to adulthood.

  At the age of 17 or 18, Xiao Yang began to follow Jiao Lao Tou to learn his skills. Whatever Jiao Lao Tou taught, Xiao Yang learned, such as horse stance, push-ups, pull-ups, sprinting, jogging and so on.

  As he grew older, Old Man Zhang taught Xiao Yang more advanced techniques such as grappling, wrestling and boxing.

  When Xiao Yang entered middle school, because he had to attend classes and study, the old man took advantage of his spare time to train Xiao Yang's senses, memory, intelligence, detective skills and other aspects.

  By now, Old Man Zhou has taught Xiao Yang all the skills he knows in his life, and Xiao Yang has learned them roughly.

  So, Xiao Yang is a bit better than his peers in every aspect.

  "You old rascal, what's the point of making so many bamboo baskets? Even if we go to the market tomorrow and sell them, the two of us can't carry all of them!" Xiao Yang stopped his work and looked at Lao Tou with a puzzled expression.

  When he was young, Xiao Yang would also call Lao Tou "Master", but as he grew older, he found it more affectionate to call him Lao Tou, and Lao Tou didn't mind Xiao Yang calling him that way either. So the habit became natural, and every time he opened his mouth, it was always "Lao Tou".

  "When did I say that you would go to the fair tomorrow?" Old Zhao didn't bother to respond to Xiao Yang, his hands were still weaving a bamboo basket.

  "Am I not going?" Xiao Yang frowned and asked, "Old man, what do you mean? You didn't take the wrong medicine, did you?"

  In the past, whenever Xiao Yang had a holiday and coincided with the market day, Xiao Yang would go to the market with Lao Touzi to sell bamboo baskets and earn some small money to support his family.

  But this time, why did Old Gou say he didn't go himself? Xiao Yang really couldn't figure out what kind of tricks Old Gou was playing!

  "You've also grown up and should have your own life, so from now on you don't need to accompany me to the market to sell bamboo baskets anymore." Old Man Zhang said firmly.

  "What will I do if I don't accompany you in the future?" Xiao Yang asked back.

  "Go make a name for yourself in the big city! A fine young man like you should be out in the world, our little mountain village is not where you're meant to soar." With that, Old Man Gou stopped what he was doing, pulled out a cigarette from his shirt pocket, lit it up and started smoking.

  "What? You mean to abandon me?" Xiao Yang's first reaction was that the old man didn't want him anymore.

  "You little rabbit, can't you speak? How could I abandon you? In these dozen years, which day was it that I didn't raise you?" By Xiao Yang's words, Old Man Gou's face turned red with anger.

  "You're telling me to go out and make a name for myself, isn't that just pushing me into the fire pit? The outside world is very beautiful, but it's also full of danger! If I go out, I don't know if I'll be able to come back alive to see you. I won't go!"

  In fact, Xiao Yang didn't want to leave because he couldn't bear to part with Old Zhou, after all they had lived together for over a decade and their feelings ran too deep.

  "No! You're saying you have to leave! Tomorrow! A big man like you should go out and make a name for yourself. Come back and see me after you've made something of yourself, then I'll be satisfied." The old man scolded sternly.

  "Alright! I'll leave then! I will definitely make a name for myself, you old rascal, just watch me!" Knowing he had no choice but to leave, Xiao Yang could only muster up some bravado and say.

  When Xiao Yang said this, Old Man Chou finally had a hint of a smile on his face.

  This smile was something Xiao Yang hadn't seen in over a decade.

  "However, Old Man Jiu, can I ask you a few questions?" Xiao Yang still had some doubts in his mind as he looked at Old Man Jiu.

  "Ask away!" The old man was delighted and wouldn't stop Xiao Yang from asking.

  "Why must I leave tomorrow, can't it be later?" This really made Xiao Yang puzzled, what's the hurry to leave? It's not like he's rushing to his death.

  "Of course not, think about it, if I let you stay a few more days, that's an extra mouth to feed, and that would be a waste of my food. I'm not that foolish!" Old man Jiān said with a smile.

  Wow, this abacus is really good at math! You old miser, when did you become so stingy? I didn't notice it before, but now I see that you're really capable!

  Xiao Yang was already scolding in his heart, but on his face, he still maintained a smile.

  "You want me to leave, at least give me a few days' notice, let me have some mental preparation. You suddenly tell me like this, my heart disease almost relapsed! You scared me!" Xiao Yang covered his chest and said hypocritically.

  "Cut the crap, kid! If you had any heart problems, they would have acted up years ago under my intense training. It's laughable that it would happen now!"

  The old man said with great disdain, did he still not know that Xiao Yang had a little trick up his sleeve? He saw through it early on.