Douluo's Gourd

In the evening, at the dinner table.

Wang Xiaofeng looked at his father who was clearing the dining table, his mother who was washing dishes in the kitchen, and then at his grandfather who was coaxing Beibei in the living room.

After hesitating for a while, he said: "Dad, Mom, I'm going on a long trip tomorrow, it may take a long time, probably..."

"You're leaving tomorrow? That's great." He Li put down the dishcloth and cheered excitedly.

"I'm going to help you pack your luggage now."

Wang Xiaofeng had a sullen face, watching his mother throw away the unwashed bowls and chopsticks, and bounced up the stairs, probably to help him clean up.

"Ahem, it's not that your mother dislikes you." Wang Daniu coughed lightly, "She just, uh, thinks that you sleep late every day. There's a big difference between you and the son in her mind."

Well, lying in the sun and practicing with your eyes closed, it does look like you are slacking off to sleep.

Wang Xiaofeng explained weakly: "Actually, I was cultivating."

Wang Daniu nodded: "I believe that if your son is not diligent enough, he will not be able to achieve level 17 cultivation at the age of 150. This cannot be summed up in a simple word "talent"."

"However, your practice method still challenges your mother's cognition. In our impression, practice is meditation, and lying down is rest."

In fact, Wang Daniu also felt that he challenged his three views, but as a father, he would never show timidity in front of his son.

Wang Xiaofeng sighed: "Understood, I will leave tomorrow morning."

He thought that there would be a scene of mother and child sending each other thousands of meters away, but it turned out that he was just thinking too much.

"By the way, there is one more thing." Wang Daniu took out a letter from the storage soul bracelet and handed it to his son.

"Yes, the letter from xx, apart from sharing the news of his wife's pregnancy, also complained that Wuhundian has a lot of tasks recently, so that he didn't even have time to go home.

You were mentioned in the last letter.

It is said that according to your plan, the academy and ancestral hall in the village have been renovated, a new library has been built, and the dirt roads in the village have been repaired...

But because all the employees are hired by ourselves, there are still some gold soul coins left after finishing the work. I would like to ask you when you have time to go back and take a look. "

"I'll go back when I'm done with the things at hand." Wang Xiaofeng nodded, and then saw his father handing over a thumb-sized gourd wood carving.

Wang Xiaofeng took it, and asked with some doubts: "Isn't this your most precious token of the village chief?"

"What kind of token is this? It's just a toy I carved when I was young. I said it was a token just to fool you." Wang Daniu said indifferently.

"Who made you so curious when you were a child, and things in your hands will not be broken within 5 minutes. This is the proof of my lost childhood. If it is broken, it will be gone."

Wang Xiaofeng stared at Wang Daniu with squinted eyes, "So, why are you suddenly giving me this thing now?"

Wang Daniu nodded seriously, "I just think that the change of the village chief still needs some sense of ceremony, but the verbal transfer is really too boring."

Wang Xiaofeng curled his lips, his father began to lose his tune again.

"Our Calabash Village is close to the Star Forest, so the village head has always been held by the strongest soul master in the village. The last village head was my father, which is your grandfather. Now, it's your turn."

"Maintaining the status quo of the village is already the limit of my ability, but you are different, son."

Wang Daniu patted Wang Xiaofeng's shoulder, as if passing some kind of inheritance.

"Your thinking and vision are far beyond mine. Under your leadership, Hulu Village will definitely be able to create a new future."

Wang Xiaofeng shook off Wang Daniu's dirty hands on his shoulders, picked up a rag and wiped the table.

"The more you talk, the more exaggerated it is. However, during the time you are not in the village, I will help you look after the village first."

From then on, on Wang Xiaofeng's waist, next to the extremely poor quality jade pendant, there was an ugly small wooden carving.

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In the north of the Heaven Dou Empire, there is a road to wealth.

It connects the Heaven Dou Empire and the outside world, and brings huge benefits to Tian Dou every year.

Every April, countless caravans gather in the Heaven Dou Empire, and then take advantage of the high temperature to embark on this road to wealth.

The caravan went north along this road, selling goods while buying local specialties, and finally reached the end of the road: the land of the extreme north.

Then stepping on the tail of the end of summer, before the cold wave came, he returned to Tiandou territory with a lot of wealth and special products from the extreme north.

The environment in the extreme north is harsh, and the temperature is extremely low. Only from April to October every year, the temperature is above zero. Only during this period of time is the road to wealth relatively safe.

When you encounter robbers, you can use money to eliminate disasters, but if you encounter natural disasters, it will not show any affection.

However, in this way, there was also a consequence. When the caravan brought more goods, people would inevitably shop around, and the profits were inevitably reduced due to the backstabbing of each other.

After all, things are rare.

Although it can still make a lot of profits, human beings are such unsatisfied creatures.

For example, in summer, a merchant may only be able to exchange a catty of salt for a catty of gold, or 10 pieces of iron for a catty of gold.

But in winter, this ratio can increase fivefold.

Of course, what they need at this time is not something like salt and iron.But this does not affect the transaction, as long as you can afford the money, you can get whatever you want.

Many greedy businessmen, driven by huge profits, deliberately staggered the April-October months when caravans are intensively coming and going.

At the time when the temperature began to drop sharply in November, I took the caravan to the extreme north.

The north wind howls.

A large group of people roared past the road, bringing up yellow dust all the way, laughing, shouting and cursing along the way.

After this group of people disappeared, a caravan slowly appeared.

The few riders in front were the guards of the caravan, and they held up the flag of the caravan to warn Xiaoxiao.

In the carriages in the middle were the big figures in the caravan, and several guards in different clothes followed the carriages.

These are members of the mercenary group, and their cultivation base is not low.

At the end of the caravan, and the largest number, are some servants in the caravan who are responsible for washing, cooking and setting up tents, the servants pushing the carriage full of goods, and a few people who have paid protection fees to rub the "car" Ordinary civilians.

In this line of dusty faces, a man with a tattered wool cap on his head suddenly raised his head slightly, following closely behind the carriages and horses.

The dust-covered face, except for a pair of black eyes that can be seen clearly, the rest is almost completely covered under the dust. At first glance, it is almost the same as the dull-faced civilians next to it.

"As expected, it is a frontier fortress bestowed by Emperor Tiandou with the reputation of "the highest city in the world". The scale is really astounding, and it is far beyond the comparison of those cities within the Tiandou Empire..." Looking at the Approaching the towering city wall, which was getting bigger and bigger, Wang Xiaofeng praised in a low voice.

The team was getting closer to the city wall in the fine snow. When they were about to approach the huge city gate a few hundred meters away, Wang Xiaofeng narrowed his eyes and glanced at the empty space on the city wall. There seemed to be faint energy fluctuations there.

"Sure enough, there are large-scale weapon installations. The information given by the intelligence point is indeed correct. Caravans are not allowed to pass through the northern border during this period of time. Fortunately, they listened to their advice and mixed into this "background" caravan. otherwise..."

Wang Xiaofeng saw that the previous caravan had been surrounded by the army, judging from the excited expressions of those soldiers, if they didn't get a huge fine from it, this group of caravan might not be able to leave the city gate.

When there were still about [-] meters away from the city wall, the caravan that Wang Xiaofeng was in finally stopped slowly, and two men got off the carriage in the middle, then waved and led the team towards the city gate.

The two men seemed to be quite familiar with the officers and soldiers in the city. Seeing how they were joking with the officers and soldiers, it must not be the first time they had come to the highest city in the world.

After the two talked with the guard for a long time, the indifferent guard moved his palm, as if something had been stuffed in it, then he nodded hesitantly and gestured to the back, the door was blocked. The stubborn Jumajiao and other things were moved away by several officers and soldiers.

"No wonder the car fare costs 100 gold soul coins, it's really worth the money." Wang Xiaofeng was very satisfied with the deal, and followed the caravan into the city leisurely.

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Note 1: In the first two chapters, Zhou Huaian said that the protagonist is 16 years old, which is correct, because the age information they can collect is only an approximate age.Only the closest people know the exact age.

Another note: The main character is currently 17 years and 6 months old.

Another note: The opportunity for the protagonist to break through to level 50 was broken through under the pressure of Zhou Huaian's aura, but he was too exhausted at the time to notice it.

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