Quickly wear the boss and don’t be cannon fodder

Su Yan secretly found Guo Niangzi and handed her a martial arts manual.

"I want you to get everyone in the village to train with you. You can come up with your own reasons."

Madam Guo took the martial arts manual and muttered, "Is this really a peerless martial arts manual?"

Su Yan smiled faintly and then asked in return, "Do you think I'm amazing?"

Madam Guo nodded. Amazing, absolutely amazing. In her mind, she was no different from a god.

Killing someone takes only a blink of an eye, and even the corpse can be turned into blood, making it impossible for anyone to find. If she wanted to kill someone, she could do so completely without anyone noticing.

"After cultivating this 'Peerless Divine Skill,' can we really become like you? Is that possible?"

“Yes, but your bone age is already too old, and you've missed the best time to practice martial arts. However, I will prepare a Chinese medicine that all of you can soak in, which will also have the effect of cleansing the marrow and clearing the meridians.”

"Marrow cleansing and meridian tempering?" She had never heard of such things before, and now it sounded like she was listening to gibberish. Even if she couldn't reach Su Yan's level, as long as she could no longer be bullied in this chaotic world, she would practice it no matter how difficult it was.

Hope for the future rekindled in Madam Guo's eyes. Her gaze became fervent, and she felt an urge to begin cultivating immediately.

"No matter what you say, just let the bandits train with me. Don't reveal my abilities; I don't want to expose my strength."

"Yes, I understand." Madam Guo thought that she wanted to live an ordinary life in anonymity. Perhaps she had many enemies in the past, or perhaps her martial arts manual was too powerful and would attract people in the martial arts world to fight over it.

In short, she must have her reasons for not wanting to reveal her identity to others.

She had saved her own life, and yet she was willing to share such a powerful secret manual with them. They were incredibly lucky. Why couldn't she grant them this small request?

So, the next day, Madam Guo gathered everyone together to announce two things.

The village had been busy planting new and improved varieties of crops and had never gathered everyone together so formally before.

Widow Zhang was well-acquainted with the women here and had long since blended in with them. So she chatted animatedly with Fangcao and Zhaodi beside her, saying, "Does Madam Guo have some good news to announce again? Our superior seed is growing well, should we start breeding ahead of schedule?"

Fangcao shook her head: "I don't know. Madam Guo didn't reveal anything. She just called everyone together. She was very mysterious."

Zhao Di also said, "Anyway, we're all family. We'll do whatever Madam Guo says."

Widow Zhang: "Yes, I have a feeling it's going to be good."

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Madam Guo cleared her throat before speaking: "Everyone here comes from all corners of the country and has become a member of Rebirth Mountain Stronghold."

Rebirth Mountain Village is the name they gave to this mountain village. The old mountain village was called Black Wind Mountain Village, which sounded unpleasant.

The word "rebirth" means that they have all been given a new lease on life, no longer clinging to the past, letting go of the past, and starting a new life.

"I have a secret manual called 'Peerless Divine Skill' here. Anyone, regardless of gender or age, can practice it. Our mountain stronghold is about to enter an era of universal martial arts training. The world is in turmoil these days, and we must be prepared. Only by having strong personal strength can we avoid being slaughtered by others."

"What 'Peerless Divine Skill'? You must be dreaming. All I know is farming," Old Man Song was the first to stand up and voice his doubts.

“My mother isn’t even mentally sound, and she wants to practice too? And my father is riddled with illnesses, how can this be allowed?” Zhao Fu was the second to step forward and ask.

"Do the three Su sisters also need to practice? Sanya is only four years old!" Widow Zhang asked on behalf of Su Yan.

Madam Guo had already spoken with Su Yan and said definitively, "Everyone must practice, and starting tomorrow, everyone must begin exercising. We'll get up at dawn to run and start practicing martial arts at 7 AM. As for those who are sick, after they've been soaked in the medicinal liquid, they're indeed not suitable for martial arts practice. Even if they don't practice martial arts, they still need to get up at dawn every day to exercise."

"What kind of medicine?" Zhao Fu asked curiously.

"This medicinal liquid can help everyone undergo a complete transformation; it's something that others would beg for but can't obtain," Madam Guo said emphatically.

Everyone was very interested in the "Peerless Divine Skill" that Guo Niangzi mentioned, and at the same time, they were also very curious about whether the medicine really had the effect of transforming one's body.

The group started discussing amongst themselves.

The next moment, Madam Guo said again, "Quiet, so the second thing we need to do now is to make bath tubs, one for each person. Starting tomorrow, everyone will have to prepare their own medicinal bath."

For convenience, Su Yan planned to boil a large pot of medicinal soup, and then those who wanted to soak in it would fetch the water themselves.

We had considered building a bathhouse, but for hygiene reasons, we decided to stick with a bath tub.

After all, she doesn't like going to public bathhouses; she always feels that she's still dirty even after soaking in one.

Zhao Fu used to go hunting every day, but now he doesn't hunt anymore and has started making bath tubs.

Zhang Gang, Old Man Song, and Zhang Tong all helped cut down trees, while the women polished the wood to make wooden buckets.

Although she was skeptical of both the "Peerless Divine Skill" and the medicine, Madam Guo said that it was left behind by the great hero who once wiped out all the bandits of Black Wind Mountain in one night, so that they could protect themselves and become self-reliant.

After much thought, she decided that she didn't want to practice alone and wanted everyone in the village to learn from her.

The women who were rescued back then, upon hearing that it was something left behind by that mysterious hero, naturally regarded it as a guiding principle, and even if they couldn't learn it, they still had to learn it.