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At the bottom of the cliff, under a towering tree near the Crocodile Pond, a young man slowly opened his eyes while lying flat on his back.

"The weather is really good!"

The man looked at the clear sky and slowly sat up and stretched.

"Eh?"

When he raised his head slightly, he saw a man in black clothing lying motionless on the ground not far away. The man under the tree seemed to have thought of something.

"Last night, there was a fellow who called himself the Kato Hawk who was playing tricks on me. Oh right, that fellow seems to be reciting some kind of curse that made my head spin." The man said to himself.

"Hey, Kato Hawk, is that you? Daybreak! "Hey, wake up …"

The man under the tree called out a few times, but there was no response, so he went up to check. The face of the man in black lying on the ground was ashen, and his eyes, nose, mouth, and mouth were bleeding, but he was long dead.

"Why is he dead?"

The man was startled. He recalled the strange events that had happened yesterday and felt somewhat bewildered in his heart. He was called Shi Ziling by the dead man on the ground, but he could not remember why he was here, nor could he remember what he had done in the past. He could not remember how he had the power to kill a crocodile, and of course, he could not understand how the Kato Hawk had died.

As he thought about it, he suddenly felt an intense headache coming on. The man painfully squatted down and saw that the dead man in front of him had a small token in his hand.

Strangely, the pain in his head lessened a little when he saw the token. The man hesitated for a moment before he reached out to grab the token.

The token was not big, it was only half the size of a palm, but it was very heavy to the touch, black and without any luster. He turned it over and saw that there were two intersecting skulls engraved on it. Below it, three small words were carved: "Evilness of the Dead."

"Death Evil Night?"

"What a scary name!" The man shook his head.

At this moment, there seemed to be a glimmer of faint light flashing on the token. A hint of a gloomy and cold feeling suddenly flowed from the token into his palm. At the same time, the heat in his body immediately felt something. A fiery energy surged from his chest to his palm, fusing with the chilling cold that came from the token. A mysterious and wondrous feeling immediately filled his heart.

"So comfortable!"

The headache just now seemed to have lessened a little, as an extremely mysterious feeling rose in the man's heart. "Why does this command medallion seem like an old friend that I haven't seen in years? "Holding it in my hand feels so intimate, so familiar …"

The man fiddled with the token for a while, then gave up trying to find the lost memories. His head began to ache. While he was in a daze, he felt a wave of hunger. He put the token away and stood up to see if there was anything else he could eat. Only then did he realize that his clothes were tattered, leaving only a few rags hanging on his body.

The man frowned and took off all the rags on his body. He thought for a moment and then apologized. Then, he took off the dead man's black robe and put it on.

When he took off the black robe on the corpse, he discovered that there was a book in Kato Hawk's bosom. The man was in a hurry to go out and search for food, so he didn't care too much about it.

Then he hastily dug a hole and buried the body of the Kato Hawk. He washed his face by a small stream and strode out of the valley.

At noon, it was still quiet in the tiny Peace County. After all, this was just a small, unremarkable town in the eastern part of the Moon Continent. Pan An County wasn't far from the largest and most prosperous city in the east, Pine Lake, but it wasn't too close.

Outside of the county city was the mountain, Pan An, and the steep cliffs on the mountain had a bit of a reputation. Legend has it that a few hundred years ago, there was a fairy that roamed the lone cliff. At one time, it attracted quite a few young men to go up the mountain to visit her.

Most of the people in the small town were surnamed Yu, and Yu Hong's family was one of the biggest families in the town. It was rumored that a distant relative of the Yu Family with the surname Chen was a famous person in Pine Lake City. He was a true expert who ranked 77 on the "Top 100 Rankings".

The "Top 100 Rankings" was jointly written by Elder Dian and the Legend elder of the Beggar Gang. The Rankings were updated once a year, and it was officially announced to the world by the Military Department of the Imperial Court at the beginning of February.

Although the ranking wasn't 100% accurate, most of the people who made it were truly talented, especially the top twenty. All sorts of martial arts sects rarely had any objections.

His relationship with the distant relative of the great expert surnamed Chen had given Master Yu a lot of face in Pan An city. One must know that the current situation in the Bright Moon Continent was chaotic, and bandits and robbers were appearing everywhere. The true martial masters were definitely the targets of the big families trying to rope them in. Regardless of which aristocratic family or power family it was, they all respected and respected the true masters of martial arts. The number of experts was a direct reflection of the strengths and weaknesses of the various aristocratic families.

Master Yu was originally a rich person in Pan An County. With such a powerful relative, he naturally had a high prestige in the county.

Although it was already noon, the small town was still relatively quiet, while Master Yu's house was bustling with noise and excitement.

It turned out that Master Yu's family was recruiting guards. Reportedly, they were there to send a bunch of gifts to Songhu City to congratulate his master's relative.

Due to the current chaotic security situation, and the Yu Family was afraid of any mishaps happening on the road, they had openly recruited capable guards, hoping to ensure the safety of the wedding gift.

The pay offered by the Yu Family was not bad. Ordinary guards would receive 10 silver coins per month. If they were experts, they were said to receive 1 gold coin per month, which was equivalent to 100 silver coins.

Currently, the monthly income of a regular person on the Bright Moon Continent was only two or three silver coins. Thus, when the announcement of the Yu Family's recruitment was made, many young people in the county who felt that they had some skill all came to register.

The Martial Arts Competition on the Bright Moon Continent was flourishing, and almost all of the youths here knew how to fight. Many of the strangers who passed by were attracted by the high salary on the recruitment notice, and they all joined in the recruitment.

Yu Dafu was the housekeeper of the Yu Mansion. As his name implied, he was very lucky to have a fat head and large ears. Because he was too fat, his huge body filled a chair full of Eight Immortals. The skinny old man sitting next to him was the head of the Yu Family, Niu Zhengying.

All candidates had to register their names with Yu Dafu. Then, it was up to Niu Zhengying's two prized disciples, Yu Wei and Yu Wu, to assess their abilities before deciding whether or not they were to be hired.

Today was the last day of the recruitment. Although there were a lot of people, none of them caught the eye of the Head Protector of the Courtyard, Niu Zhengying. Up till now, no one under Yu Wei's control had been able to withstand three moves. Most of the people's skills were still inferior to the Yu Family's original guards.

Although the Yu Family wasn't a big family, it still had around fifty guards. Amongst them, the head of the guards, Niu Zhengying, was one of the top experts in Pan An County.

However, these candidates left the Yu Family members disappointed. After the commotion, there was only one remaining candidate today.

"Next," Chief Steward Yu Dafu said weakly as a young man stood in front of him.

"What's your name? Where are you from? "

Yu Dafu asked, but did not hear a reply. He could not help but become impatient. He put down the pen in his hand and raised his head to look at the young man in front of him.

The young man wore a strange black robe. He was tall and well-proportioned, with a square face, thick eyebrows, and starry eyes. It was just that his hair was a little messy and his eyes were filled with confusion. He looked a little foolish.

"I'm asking you!" What's his name? " Yu Dafu raised his voice and asked.

"My name is …" Stone... "Shi Ziling." The man finally opened his mouth hesitantly, but he seemed to stammer as he spoke his name.

"Where are you from?"

"Mm …" "East Fence."

"East Fence? Where is it? " Yu Dafu asked in surprise.

Shi Ziling opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything for a long time. On the other hand, the academy's instructor, Niu Zhengying, spoke up.

"It seems to be an island country outside the East China Sea, doesn't it? I had heard my friends talk about it when I was traveling. Isn't that so, young man? " Niu Zhengying asked kindly.

Shi Ziling thought about it and slightly nodded his head with a silly expression.

Butler Yu Da Fu recorded Shi Ziling's name and asked: "What kind of martial arts are you skilled in? Which faction do you come from? "

Shi Ziling scratched his head and said, "I... I don't practice kung fu, but... But I killed a big crocodile. "

"Crocodile?"

Yu Dafu was baffled. He turned around to look at Instructor Niu, who was standing beside him. Niu Zhengying was also baffled. Shi Ziling had a well-built body and an imposing manner, but he had the demeanor of a young expert. However, when he spoke, he also felt that Shi Ziling was a bit stupid.

"Since he said he killed a crocodile, even if he hasn't practiced any unique techniques, he would at least have some courage and brute force. This escort gift is a long way off, the Yu Family's guards might not be enough, this Shi Ziling can at least act as a show of support."

Niu Zhengying thought for a moment, "I wonder why you're here at Pan An County, and why you're here as a guard?"

"I only came here after seeing the recruitment notice that was posted at the city gate," Shi Ziling replied honestly.

"Mm …" I also don't know what to say. Yesterday, the moment I woke up, I found myself lying at the bottom of the cliff, "Shi Ziling pointed towards the distant mountain of peacefully." I don't know if I broke my head or not, but I don't think about the past anymore.

Shi Ziling's expression was extremely vexed and his heart was rather perturbed. His hand unconsciously touched the booklet in his bosom. There were some records of the "Death Evil Night Gate" school that the Kato Hawk belonged to, as well as other bizarre and unbelievable things.

He had said that he came from East Hedge Island, a place he had read about in the booklet. In fact, he could not tell him any other place.

However, Shi Ziling did not plan to tell him everything. Although he had lost his memories of the past, he was not a fool. From the strange things that had happened to him yesterday, and from the strange descriptions recorded in the Kato Hawk Notepad, he had a faint feeling that something very unusual had happened to him, and that something even more unexpected would happen in the future.

Right now, Shi Ziling only wanted to find a place to settle down and carefully study everything written in the Kato Hawk's pamphlet. There was also the mysterious heat flowing through his body from time to time, and of course, the condition of the world he was currently in. Then, he would carefully consider what to do next.

Along the way, he only found some wild fruits to satisfy his hunger. While eating, he sat down to take a look at the booklet in his arms. He felt an urgent need to find a safe place to settle down, so when he walked out of the mountain and arrived at Pan An County, the moment he saw the Yu Family's recruitment notice, he immediately rushed over to register.