Leisurely mountain village

The myriad realms fell into an eerie silence. The gods and demons who knew what was happening went into hiding. The blow from this secret realm was too great. The sixth and seventh level domain cultivators didn't even have a sense of participation, and a large number of them died. Even several gods and demons died. It was all caused by the collapse of the heavens.

In no time, the name of the Heaven-Shattering Demon spread throughout the myriad realms. Many unsuspecting gods, demons, and holy lands with ulterior motives suddenly became obedient, allowing Ye Hao and his companions to successfully find their way back to Earth, without any alien races coming out to search for them.

Ye Huan's clone also went to the God Realm, but following Ye Huan's advice, it did not kill any gods. Since the main body was not there, if the killing went too far, Ye Huan was afraid that the Founder would come out, which would cause trouble for the Ancestor and his son.

So the clone just kept an eye on things, and only felt relieved when the gods went back to shut down the main city and activated the defensive array.

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The old priest went back to rest, and Ye Huan took the oxen for a walk in the village. It was the first time he had seriously walked through the entire village.

The snow was a thin layer, there was nothing that could be done, it kept falling from the sky, but the people shoveling the snow were all old people. When Ye Huan saw the women and children, he knew why, because they were all chopping firewood, endlessly splitting firewood.

After the children who had practiced martial arts in the morning ate breakfast at ten o'clock, they helped the women split firewood. Why split firewood? Because they didn't have machetes, they used huge hammers, like stones, to pound the firewood, loosen it, and then break it apart by hand.

Looking at the rough hands of the women and children, Ye Huan was quite shocked. Everyone in the village was contributing their own strength to help the village get through this cold weather.

"Iron smelting~" Ye Huan told a child to put down his work and go call Zhu Han.

"Stack the firewood, start the fire!" Ye Huan and Zhu Han and the others came over and began to teach them how to smelt coke and iron ore in the open space at the entrance of the village. The roaring fire attracted many old people and children to sit nearby to keep warm.

Then, the clanging of blacksmithing echoed through the village. Ye Huan, along with Han Ge and other able-bodied men, worked tirelessly until late into the night before finally going to sleep.

Zhu Han fell asleep hugging a huge Mo Dao (a type of long sword) about two meters and one inch long. Yes, Ye Huan directly crafted the Mo Dao according to everyone's size, with a blade of ninety centimeters and a handle of one and two meters.

In the middle of the night, only three swords were forged.

Ye Huan couldn't use his supernatural powers, but the Heaven-Opening Axe technique relied on brute force, the law of strength, so he wanted to forge a giant axe for himself, modeled after the Heaven-Opening Axe.

I don't have time today, so I'll forge some Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword) for them first. We'll go into the mountains tomorrow, and at least they'll be of some use.

"It's a pity the ring can't be opened, otherwise there would be plenty of immortal artifacts inside, including the Haotian Bow. Sigh, if I had known the situation here, I wouldn't have been in such a hurry to put the Heaven-Opening Axe into my body," Ye Huan muttered as he lay on the bed.

"By the way, Niu'er, before I fainted, I saw the jade plate of Niu floating. Did you go with it?" Ye Huan asked Niu'er, who was lying at the foot of the bed.

Although he didn't recognize what it was, the fact that it could go head-to-head with his Heaven-Opening Axe and exchange blows three times without breaking was enough for Ye Huan, even if he was stupid, to know that it was definitely a good thing.

"Moo~" The ox shook its head, then spat out the jade plate it had caught before being sucked into the vortex.

"Huh~" Ye Huan sat up abruptly. "How did the jade plate end up with you?"

"Moo~"

"You're really something, haha. I wonder if you'll vomit blood and die when you wake up and find the jade plate gone." Ye Huan was overjoyed, extremely overjoyed. A jade plate that could withstand a collision with the Heaven-Opening Axe without breaking—even a fool could tell that this thing was definitely not simple.

He just didn't recognize it, but he did have an extra weapon. Since he couldn't use Shen Tong, he just imitated Ni and smashed it, smashing it at the ferocious beast.

Pat the cow's head, then go to sleep. The cow won't go hungry; there's no shortage of fodder here.

Ye Huan woke up early the next morning, washed up, and went to the martial arts training area to teach everyone martial arts. Breakfast was served earlier today because everyone was full. The third hunting team, consisting of about sixty people, was going into the mountains, twice the size of the first and second teams. This team was specifically targeting at least level four or five wild beasts.

Zhu Han was still leading the team. He was the next village chief and was now the captain of the hunting team, the strongest man in the village.

Ye Huan naturally wanted to go along, as he was now very interested in the village's body-refining methods.

"You can rest at home and recover from your injury. It'll be fine." Ye Huan patted Niu'er's head, picked up the little girl from Han Ge's family, and put her on Niu'er's back.

"You guys continue smelting iron using yesterday's method. Get the iron lumps out first. We'll work on the weapons when we get back tonight." Because these things need to be quenched, Ye Huan still needs to guide them a bit; there's no rush.

The three strongest men in the village each wielded a long-handled broadsword, and the other two, like Zhu Han, cherished it dearly.

Although the weapon was still somewhat crude, for them who usually used stone hammers and tree branches, this thing was simply an ultimate imperial weapon.

The others watched with envy, but the thought that they would also have such weapons in the future brightened everyone's mood. In this atmosphere, the sixty-two people went into the mountains.

The ox carried the little girl, following behind the village chief, as they went into the mountains.

The old priest watched them leave, muttering incantations as the villagers stood solemnly, offering their blessings to the hunting party.

Only when they could no longer see them did the crowd disperse and go about their work: the able-bodied men smelted iron, while the women and children continued to chop firewood.

"Full speed ahead, Brother Han. We won't fight those ahead, we can't escape anyway. Let's head straight into the deep mountains," Ye Huan said as they entered the forest.

"Alright~" Zhu Han drew a knife in his hand, exuding an aura of dominance, and took the lead in running deeper into the area.

"Crack!" An excited team member, holding a long-handled broadsword, swung it with all his might, and a tree as thick as his waist snapped in two. The team members excitedly gathered around to look at the cut.

The smoothness, neatness, and power of the product also fully demonstrate the sharpness of the Mo Dao.

Everyone's eyes turned to Ye Huan, who laughed and said, "Looking at me won't help. It's unlikely that it will take less than a month to equip everyone with a Mo Dao."

"Oh~" Everyone wasn't discouraged; at least there was something to look forward to.

"This is a place we rarely came into before. It's a place where the level-four wild beast, the Boa sheep, often appears. There are often many wild beasts coming to that small lake over there," Zhu Han explained to Ye Huan.

"Do you know where the level 5 and level 6 beasts are?" Ye Huan asked.

"Are you really going?" Zhu Han asked.

“Go, but not everyone will go. You guys hunt the boars as usual, I’ll go check on the level six ferocious beast. By the way, what is it?” Ye Huan asked.

"If you go this way, the closest animals are the giant crocodile and the porpoise," Zhu Han explained.

"Shh, bro, a wild animal is coming!" a vigilant team member said as he approached.

Ye Huan nodded, deciding to help everyone get some food first, since they could only hunt level four beasts at most, anything higher would be dangerous.

"Sheep flock, everyone get ready, spread out!" Zhu Han saw a group of animals approaching and immediately began to give instructions.