Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 124 0123: Set the rules, the distinction between inside and outside
Entering the inner room, I found Li Ze had fallen off the bed. It seemed that he was trying to get out of bed but he didn't have the strength.

"Li Ze, it's me. Do you still recognize me? Cheng Zongyang."

Holding an oil lamp, Cheng Zongyang and the man helped Li Ze sit on the edge of the bed.

“Cheng, Brother Cheng!” Li Ze raised his head with difficulty. He could not see clearly, but he still recognized Cheng Zongyang’s voice. He panted and said intermittently, “I, I didn’t expect that it would be you who saved me.”

"There's no need to say more about this. Tell me when you're better. Lie down first. I'll take you out of the city soon." Cheng Zongyang said hurriedly.

Li Ze suddenly became excited: "Where's my mom? Take me to see my mom! Please, please..."

"Okay!" Cheng Zongyang handed the oil lamp to the man, and he carried Li Ze to another room.

The woman's condition remained the same and the medicine didn't work, which meant that her disease had become so serious that it was difficult to cure.

But she can still hold on, proving that her willpower is still strong.

When Li Ze saw his mother's appearance through the dim light, he suddenly broke free from Cheng Zongyang's hand and knelt at the head of the bed, tears falling like pearls from a broken string.

He grabbed his mother's dry hand and said hoarsely and weakly, "Mom, it's me. What happened to you? It's all my fault that I infected you!"

Perhaps she felt her son's breath, or perhaps she heard her son's voice. The woman, who had been dazed and almost unconscious, moved her fingers slightly. Her eyelids also trembled.

Cheng Zongyang saw the woman move her head slightly, slowly, slowly turning towards the edge of the bed. But her eyes could not open, and her lips seemed to be glued together, trembling slightly, but also unable to open.

Li Ze felt a little strength coming from his mother's hand and said quickly:

"Mom, it's me! Wake up, I'm fine! It's Cheng Zongyang that I mentioned to you before. He was the one who gave me the snake soup that day. He saved me. He also saved you, wake up!!"

At this moment, Li Ze no longer felt weak as at the beginning, but only excited.

At this moment, they saw the woman nod her head almost imperceptibly. Then, her lips suddenly opened slightly, she exhaled slowly, her chest slowly flattened, and her head weakly tilted towards the edge of the bed, with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

It seemed that the nod just now conveyed the mother's confidence in her son.

"mother!!"

Li Ze opened his mouth, as if he had seen something impossible, and suddenly let out a shrill cry!

"puff!"

Cheng Zongyang knocked Li Ze unconscious with a knife. In this physical condition, it is not appropriate to be too excited.

However, Cheng Zongyang looked at his mother with complicated eyes.

He had never thought that the other party could persist to this extent, and it turned out that she was worried about her son! Just now, she obviously let go of her anger after hearing that her son was fine.

"Women are weak by nature, but they become strong as mothers! For the sake of their children, the strength a mother can unleash is unimaginable."

Cheng Zongyang had also seen this. He remembered that when the original owner was rescued after drowning, Cheng Guanghai carried him to the county town for fear that he would have another accident. Cheng Zhoushi followed him barefoot all the way and didn't even feel the sores on her soles.

Afterwards, when she realized that everything was fine, she fainted.

Next, Cheng Zongyang took the bodies of Li Ze and his mother and rushed to their residence.

It was only an hour before the city gates were opened. Li Ze's mother's body was taken into the wilderness world and prepared to be taken away.

Burying it in the inner mountain pass area would also give Li Ze something to think about.

After returning to his residence, Cheng Zongyang asked someone to keep an eye on Li Ze. While waiting, he also had to deal with his own affairs.

The door of the inner room was closed and he entered the wilderness.

Cheng Zongyang placed the six corpses in pairs at the door, but moved out the one he had left to replace the corpse of one of the ninth-grade warriors.

He wanted to give it a try. If it worked, he would have to pay attention to the corpses of strong men in the future.

After a moment, three soul crystals were placed in front of their heads.

Familiar changes, familiar scenes, familiar processes.

However, one of them did not respond. The one who did not respond was the one whose body was replaced.

Cheng Zongyang had no choice but to change it back.

As three balls of red mist appeared one after the other, three new characters were created.

Those who appeared in the early stage were there to open up new areas, so they were naturally stronger.

Finally, three new characters appeared, their names were changed, skills were added, points were added, and finally three new soul slave attributes were determined:

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Name: Li Xingyun
Constitution: 20
Power: 30
Stamina: 50
Agility: 20
Skills: Archery (Expertise)
Attribute talent: Intensive farming (20% increase in food yield)

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Name: Xu Yang

Constitution: 30
Power: 50
Stamina: 40
Agility: 30
Skills: Archery (Expertise)
Attribute Talent: Sword Skills Mastery (Sword weapon skills enhanced by 50%)
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Name: Luo Zheng

Constitution: 30
Power: 40
Stamina: 30
Agility: 20
Skills: Archery (Expertise)
Attribute Talent: Animal Affinity (natural affinity for animals, making it easier to tame animals)
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Cheng Zongyang smiled as he watched the three people take shape. Three more people with familiar faces. Although their souls were not.

Through understanding, Cheng Zongyang also knew the past of these three people.

An old farmer, a martial arts instructor, and a breeder.

It didn't matter what happened in the past, but now they were two ninth-grade and one eighth-grade. The latter was Xu Yang.

Next, he asked Ma San to take charge of these three people.

Farming, breeding, and fighting each have their own strengths, so Cheng Zongyang can feel more at ease.

In addition, Xu Yang used to be a martial arts instructor, so he can ask him more about martial arts in the future.

After understanding everything, Cheng Zongyang left the wilderness world.

It's almost time.

As everyone started to move, when it was dawn, Cheng Zongyang carried Li Ze on his back and led everyone to line up at the city gate, ready to go out.

Cheng Zongyang had already instructed everyone to leave the city according to their identities and gather at the official road entrance to avoid being checked by the soldiers.

But in fact, Cheng Zongyang was overthinking.

These soldiers are eager for all the refugees to leave, so why would they check so many things?

Seeing that nearly a hundred people were gone all of a sudden, the soldiers defending the city were also very happy. Perhaps they could even seek credit from their superiors.

Everyone had finished eating last night's meat porridge and brought some water.

Cheng Zongyang led them out of the county town, but he entered Xujia Village through the rural road and headed south.

Along the way, many people were worried, not knowing where they were going. But they didn't dare to ask. Fortunately, the speed was not fast. They could keep up. Cheng Zongyang carried Li Ze on his back, and took a break every two quarters of an hour for the sake of others. Along the way, Ping'an Village, Beidang Village, Linjia Village...

Along the way, Cheng Zongyang did not waste this opportunity. He would take the initiative to enter some villages and ask people to go to empty homes to look for things that they could use in the future.

After all, with so many people, there aren't that many things to distribute in Uchiyamakou.

After these people knew about this, they each started looking for clothes, pots, pans, etc.

It was not until they reached Hechi Village that Cheng Zongyang realized they were almost there.

So he asked everyone to rest again so that they would have enough energy to go into the mountain. Then, they went in from another mountain road.

When the people behind saw that they were actually going into the mountains, they were all stunned.

The people with suspicious looks stopped, but when they saw some people following in regardless, they could only grit their teeth and follow.

We have come all the way here, and there is no way we can retreat.

The road into the mountains was not as smooth as a flat road, and since everyone was holding what they had found, the pace was even slower.

Cheng Zongyang was not in a hurry. He held a rattan stick and pulled them one by one, turning left and right in the forest, making them lose their direction.

After walking and stopping for about an hour and a half, they finally arrived near the inner mountain pass.

At this time, everyone saw some smoke coming from cooking not far away.

They were exhausted and could hardly walk, but they saw a fire burning and heard Cheng Zongyang say:
"We've arrived. That's our territory. We have food, drinks and a place to live. Let's keep going!"

Having said that, he continued walking forward.

Seeing this, the people behind could only bear it and continue to follow. Their expectations in their hearts increased a little.

After all this time, they didn't know where they were, and leaving was impossible.

When they arrived at Neishankou, Cheng Guanghai and others saw Cheng Zongyang coming back and their faces were full of smiles.

But when they saw a large group of people behind them, they were stunned because the number was a bit too large, which was beyond their expectations.

I thought he was going to bring a dozen or so people, but he ended up bringing this large group of people?
After Cheng Zongyang quickly explained the situation to several elders, he handed Li Ze over to the care of his second uncle.

After Cheng Guanghai learned about the situation, he and his two brothers-in-law prepared to arrange personnel.

But Cheng Zongyang mentioned it to his father and two uncles, so Cheng Guanghai began to rectify this group of people.

Looking at everyone's curious, puzzled, and confused eyes, Cheng Guanghai said:
"Everyone, this is Neishankou, and it is also the residence of our Cheng family and Zhou family. You can see that everything here is newly built..."

Cheng Guanghai began to tell everyone about the situation. He didn't say much. After he told them the general situation, Zhou Hansong also came out and said:
"As the clan leader said, this is where you will settle down in the future."

As soon as Zhou Hansong opened his mouth, Cheng Guanghai was stunned. But seeing his brother-in-law's serious expression, he understood what he meant and said nothing more.

"So, if you don't want to leave your hometown anymore, want to live and work in peace, want your children to be literate, want to practice martial arts, want to earn farmland and food with your own hands, then listen carefully to the arrangements of the clan leader and the young clan leader. The young clan leader is the one who brought you back, and he is an eighth-rank warrior! Remember that!
I will explain the rules of the Cheng family's land to you later after you all settle down.

Now, the cold water over there has been prepared, and the rice porridge is already cooking. You should go wash up and change your dirty clothes. There will be a temporary place for you to stay. When everyone has the strength, we will build your own house together. "

"Great! Hahaha." The old cook was the first to cheer: "Thank you, Chief and Junior Chief!"

Immediately, the rest of the people responded one after another.

Cheng Guanghai and others didn't care either. It was impossible to have a sense of identity as soon as they arrived.

However, Cheng Zongyang came out at this time, looked at them seriously, and said:
"Before you all have your own house, I won't ask for too much, but everything will be arranged by my elders. They are also ninth-rank warriors. If you want to become a warrior in the future, you can, but it depends on whether you are qualified!"

"Yes!"

Everyone responded loudly. The power that Cheng Zongyang gave them was much stronger than that of Cheng Guanghai and others. As soon as Cheng Zongyang spoke, they responded immediately.

According to the original arrangement, the brothers Zhou Hansong and Zhou Hanchang arranged seven or eight built bamboo houses.

Men and women are separated, and they live together for a few days, and then they will build it slowly.

Half an hour later, a group of adult men gathered in the ancestral hall shared by the Cheng and Zhou families.

Cheng Zongyang explained to everyone why he brought so many people back this time.

“…wait until the list of all personnel is finalized, and then make new arrangements based on their situations.” Cheng Zongyang said the last thing.

"Okay, now it's time to distinguish between the inner and outer tribes." Zhou Hansong took over his nephew's words and said, "In our previous plan, the inner mountain pass area can be designated as the living area for the inner tribe, and the outer tribe can extend to the left or right or back. This requires us to discuss it. Otherwise, there will be no distinction between the inner and outer tribes in the future."

At this time, Cheng Guanghai brought up the matter of the patriarch.

In response, Zhou Hansong smiled and said, "This must be decided, and it should have been decided long ago. Since Zong Yang brought so many people back this time, we must give them a clear position and let them know who is the leader of the clan here!
All of this was started by the Cheng family, so naturally the Cheng family has the final say, to prevent outsiders from mistaking the main and the secondary. If that happens, it will be us who will be embarrassed, not outsiders!"

Hearing this, the old man also nodded his cane and agreed:
"Hansong is right, that's how it should be. There's no need to say more about this. The Cheng family is the main one, and the Zhou family is the auxiliary one. Guanghai, if there's anything you need in the future, just ask the two brothers to do it. The clan leader should have the dignity of a clan leader, not do everything personally. Now that there are more people, it's time to establish your prestige."

Seeing that the old man and his eldest brother-in-law had said so, Cheng Guanghai was silent for a while before nodding: "Thank you, Dad, thank you, big brother and second brother. I understand."

Everyone continued to discuss what to do next.

There are many things to do, the most important of which is the planning of the new area that everyone is discussing.

Finally, everyone looked at Cheng Zongyang. Cheng Guanghai looked at his son, smiled with satisfaction and said, "Yang'er, do you have any ideas?"

Cheng Zongyang said: "During this period of time, I have been exploring many places in the inner mountain.

If we divide the area into inner and outer areas, I suggest that we move our entire tribe to the opposite side and a little further in. This area can be allocated to outsiders to live in. We can also divide it into arable land and breeding areas.

In addition, I brought some craftsmen this time, including a bricklayer. As long as he leads a group of people, it will be possible to slowly build a new territory."

Everyone nodded when they heard this. Finally, Cheng Guanghai made the decision:

"Okay, this place will continue to be called Neishankou, but Neishankou will be divided again. The river course of Neishankou will be the boundary - inside the river and outside the river.

We call it Hewai here, which is used for farming and breeding, as well as for residence of outsiders. No matter how many people you bring back, you can arrange them in Hewai. When you have core trusted people, you can allow them to move to the Hanoi area.

The other side is Hanoi, where the inner tribe lives. There are only our two families and a few core members of the outer tribe living nearby. Yang'er, you should plan the new tribe land later."

Cheng Zongyang nodded: "That's not a problem. I'll find some time to draw it and show it to everyone. If there's no problem, I'll talk to the mason. After the places at the back are cleared, we can start the construction properly."

"it is good."

Everyone nodded.

The three eldest sons, Cheng Zongwen, Zhou Zhenyuan and Zhou Zhendong, were also listening and learning.

Except for Cheng Zongwen who is still taking the medicinal bath to build his foundation, the other two are now ninth-grade warriors. In addition to practicing martial arts, they can also read and write, and are now also involved in clan affairs.

This is something they must be exposed to and must learn.

As the third generation, the affairs will be handled by the four eldest sons of the family in the future.

The next discussion took more than an hour.

After discussing these things, they completed the follow-up arrangements for these people and also determined the overall tribal land planning for the future.

(End of this chapter)