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This was a small village that seemed like a paradise. A group of children were playing wildly on the yellow ground outside the village.

"Stop and don't even think about running, you bastard!" A six or seven year old child shouted to the child in front of him.

"Don't run if you dare! "Really no seed." Another child said.

The runaway child, dressed in rags, with patches on his clothes and trousers, looked as if he must have run a tailor's shop.

"Jian Zhi, you have the guts to run, you fatherless bastard!" The older children shouted in anger.

"Rick, you bastard! If it weren't for my mother and I living here, I would have beat you to the ground already!" Jianji cursed as he ran.

Suddenly! Jian Zhi's feet slipped and he tripped over a broken grass root. Immediately, he clutched his head and squatted on the ground in alarm. Following that, the children that were chasing closely behind him rushed forward and began to punch and kick Jian Zhi without mercy.

Although the child was weak, Jian Zhi still clenched his teeth tightly. He had no intention of resisting at all.

"You and your mother are unnecessary people. There is no need for you two to be in the Village. Hurry up and clean up the mess!" The only one with a short hair and a baby face was at the side, holding her waist as she spoke.

"Run!" Why didn't you run away? You are just a wild child with no one to raise, and your father is definitely not a good person. Your family is so poor, and your mother even said that she wouldn't marry the Village Chief! "You sure know how to act!" Lick cursed in disdain as he kicked Jian Zhi.

When he was just born, his father had left the Village of Sword Saints without his mother. The reason it was called the Sword Sage Village was because a long time ago, in this hidden village, there had once been a Sword Sage, hence the name "Sword Sage Village".

From birth until the age of eight, Jian Zhi was a mother who relied on menial chores and nursemaid work. In short, she had done all sorts of hard work, and as a widow, Jian Zhi's mother was surprisingly virtuous and beautiful. Furthermore, she was proficient in zither, chess, calligraphy, poetry and poetry, making her the greatest existence in Jian Zhi's heart.

Jian Zhi's mother gave him the best education. As the mother and son weren't from the village, Jian Zhi didn't want to cause trouble for his mother and could only endure it. However, without a father, the life of a bastard kept coming to Jian Zhi's mind. It erupted!

"Bastard Rick, you bastards, don't you dare speak ill of my mother! Bastard! Bastard!" As if he had gone mad, Jian Zhi pushed everyone aside and cursed angrily.

At this moment, the group of children stared at Jian Zhi as if he were a new program. The short-haired girl from before sneered and said, "Finally like a man, you can resist!"

He took out the foot long wooden sword his mother had given him from his waist, and hacked at the little girl in a crazed manner. The little girl's figure flashed, and her delicate body moved to the side, while sneering, "You useless fool, you will never be able to hit me, so just give up!"

One attacked, one dodged, time quickly passed and almost two minutes, Jian Zhi still hadn't touched a single corner of the little girl's clothes, and the other children seemed to be watching as if they were watching a joke, coldly laughing at everything in front of them, "This idiot, Little Si already has the strength of a beginner level swordsman, possessing true sword qi, what a fool."

Sword Qi! This was the standard for the strength of this world. The method to cultivate sword qi was something that even a small village would have, not to mention this village where the Sword Saint had once appeared! Only some special powers and clans would have a different cultivation method. This was a world called 'continent of sword qi', and it was indeed a world where martial artists used swords. Nearly a hundred countries sat here, and the total population of the village had reached a terrifying amount of fifty billion people, while the 'Sacred Sword Village' belonged to one of the four great empires of the continent of sword energy, the Bloodsword Empire.

The total population of the Bloodsword Empire had reached ten billion, and the number of people who trained in sword Qis had actually reached over a hundred million. What sort of concept was this?

"Whew ~ ~!" Swordsmanship was useless! Hehe! "He still hasn't given up!" Taking a light breath, the girl called Little Silk sneered.

"Whew ~ ~!" I'm sorry Mom, I can't endure anymore. My patience has reached its limit! " Jianji whispered while gritting his teeth.

As soon as Jian Zhi finished speaking, the wooden sword in his hand immediately began to glow with a cyan light as he ruthlessly chopped at the girl who was laughing at him.

Seeing this, the little girl's heart skipped a beat. Just as she was about to dodge, she realized that the other side's sword Qi had locked onto her. Unable to react quickly, she gritted her teeth and pulled out the bronze sword from her waist to block in front of her.

"Crack!"

As the two sides clashed, the bronze sword broke, but the wooden sword could not withstand such a collision. It slowly turned into dust from Jian Zhi's hand and scattered, scattering to every corner of the village.

At this time, the scene was completely silent. Just like that! The silence lasted for ten seconds.

"Impossible, this is impossible!" The little boys' faces were filled with fear and disbelief as they muttered to themselves.

"Whew, whew!"

The little girl's large eyes looked at the bronze sword in her hand in horror. The cracks caused her seven year old little heart to beat rapidly.

"Howl!" "Howl."

Because she was still young, Jian Zhi was unconsciously flustered. Because the wooden sword was gone, his mother would be angry, but now the little girl was still crying, so Jian Zhi didn't know what to do for a while.

No one came up to comfort the little girl. Other than the little boy called Riker, all the other little boys cried out in surprise as they ran towards the direction of the village with all their might, afraid that the next one of them would cut them down.

"Alice!"

He looked at the scattered children and ignored them. Then, he rubbed his swollen ribs with his right hand and whispered to the little girl. However, Alice didn't reply. She just continued crying.

"Alice, you can't blame me for this. You forced me to do this. I will accompany you with your sword in the future. Don't bother me with you and Lick in the future!" After saying that in a low voice, Jian Zhi turned around and walked back to the village slowly.

"Swordsmanship ?!" Alice shouted.

"Hmm?" Hearing Alice's call, Jian Zhi stood still and asked with his head slightly turned to the side.

"Why are you hiding your strength? You should have already reached the strength of a senior swordsman, right?" Alice wiped her tears and asked doubtfully.

"En, I'm almost there. Hiding is necessary because I don't want my mother to suffer because of me." Jian Zhi turned around and said with a cold voice.

Because of Jian Zhi's mature personality, his cultivation speed was many times faster than an ordinary person's, and his foundation was also much higher than others.

"You're very strong. I've let you down in the past, but one day, I'll surpass you and defeat you." The stubborn and adorable face of Jian Zhi pouted as he spoke with a determined gaze.

"Yes."

Jian Zhi did not say anything. He turned around and left the village.

After JianZhi left, Alice and Rick looked at each other with a wry smile before jumping towards the village as well.

"Sigh ~ ~" These guys are always bullying the weak and fear the strong. It seems like there are benefits in being strong. At the very least, they won't be bullied. "Hehe." Jian Zhi let out a sigh and laughed to himself.

"Ai!"

Jian Zhi, who was still quite a distance away from the village, suddenly heard a group of horse hooves. He immediately exclaimed in surprise, the village had never seen so many horses before.

Very quickly! Jian Zhi discovered that a group of black-clothed men riding thousands of saber-toothed horses were rapidly advancing towards the northwest direction. The one leading them was a middle-aged man with golden hair, who had a creepy, evil smile on his face, which made Jian Zhi's heart shiver.

He was going further and further away with his opponent! Xiao Jian Zhi's heart tensed up. He immediately ran towards the Village of Sword Saints without caring about the pain on his body.

With a fretful mood, Jian Zhi rushed for five minutes and soon arrived at the village entrance.

At this time, the interior of the Village was completely silent. Without the sound of blacksmiths forging, there was no sound of women chatting. Everything was so quiet that it caused the Jian Zhi Man's heart to tremble. He did not delay any longer and walked into the village with heavy steps. As soon as he entered the village, the eight-year-old child became completely stupefied.

The streets within the village were filled with corpses. They were just like a small mountain. The cruelty of their methods caused those who heard them to feel a chill in their hearts.

"Splash!"

After a few minutes, he sat down on the blood-red floor, resembling a small stream! Jian Zhi finally thought of something, his weak body rushing towards the pile of rocks, his small hands constantly fiddling with the corpses, and every time he saw an acquaintance, his tears would unconsciously flow down. When he did not discover anything, Jian Zhi would hopefully run towards the incredibly familiar route, and at this moment, he did not care about whether his physical strength was exhausted or not, he only had one thought.

"Where's your mother!"

As he ran, Jian Zhi saw the corpses of the four children. It was the four little boys who had been scared away by him. Jian Zhi thought to himself, they had also been killed. If he had come back earlier, perhaps ?!

"Zhi ~ Ya!"

Without much time to think, Jian Zhi pushed open the dilapidated wooden door in front of him, and what he saw was the messy front yard, as if it had been turned upside down by bandits. At this time, Jian Zhi already had a bad idea, and after rushing into the house, he saw a scene that he would never forget for the rest of his life.

If one looked carefully, she would see that she was really very beautiful. At this time, the woman's body was covered with bloodstains, and there was still a trace of warmth left in her body, but the hole in her chest had long since stopped bleeding. Seeing this, Jian Zhi let out a cry and rushed forward.

Jian Zhi stared at his mother blankly. After a moment, he giggled and said, "Dead. Mom is dead. I'm an orphan. Hehe, I'm an orphan. In the end, I'm a bastard. A bastard that no one wants!"

"Hehe!" "Mom, you're so heartless. You haven't told me who my father is ?" Smiling like a fool, Jian Zhi, who was only eight years old, finally could not bear the sudden turn of events. Adding on his physical exhaustion from before, his vision turned black and he fainted.

After a long time! It was already late in the night, and the cold autumn night was bone-piercing. After Jian Zhi woke up from the cold, his mind was also gradually calming down from the cold wind.

"The villagers are all dead. There are no more living people. What should I do?" Jian Zhi mumbled to himself with a dull expression.

"Is there anyone?" "Is there anyone else?" At that moment, the cries of the two children reached Jianji's ears. It was Alice and Rick.

"No need to shout, it seems like we're the only ones left. Everyone else is dead," Jian Zhi said sorrowfully as he staggered out of the room.

In the dead silence of the autumn night, three children were sitting around the front yard of Jianji's house. No one said a word, only Alice was sobbing softly.

"Us ~ ~!" Bury everyone's body! Rick said suddenly.

Ah!" "

Hearing such a shout from Lick, Alice and Jian Zhi both shouted loudly at the same time. Such an atmosphere was clearly caused to shiver from fear by this lecherous Lick.

"What are you shouting for? Two cowards." he muttered.

"Alright! Let's go to the blacksmith shop and see what tools we have to dig holes in! " Jian Zhi, who had calmed down, nodded and said.

"Good!" "Let's go!"

After the events of the day, it was obvious that he did not underestimate the sword intelligence anymore. He no longer looked down on them like before, and he only admired them from the bottom of his heart.