Starting From The Equal Opportunity To Become A Saint

247. Chapter 247 Great Fortune!

Chapter 247: Fortune and Life are Great!

Liu Zimo lay weakly on the ground, not wanting to move at all.

Although he had just narrowly escaped being killed by Xu Yuanzong, due to not eating for a long time, he was now dizzy and weak, devoid of any strength.

He had heard the cries of those children just now, and for that, he even felt a glimmer of hope in his heart.

He secretly rejoiced that Xu Yuanzong still had some conscience and didn't just throw him into the wilderness to fend for himself, but brought him to this village where there were still people.

Where there were people, there was food.

But he didn't know if the villagers here would be willing to lend him a helping hand.

While he was pondering, Liu Zimo heard a series of hurried footsteps approaching him from afar, getting closer and closer.

"Shanzhang, look, right there, right over there!"

"You can tell he's an outsider at first glance. I saw it with my own eyes, he fell from the sky into our village!"

The voices of those children rang out again.

In a moment, Liu Zimo was surrounded by people.

Liu Zimo forced himself to open his eyes and saw that besides a few children and an old man with wrinkled face, there were more than ten young men with bare arms, holding bows and spears.

They surrounded him, and the weapons in the hands of the young men all unconsciously aimed at him, full of vigilance.

While they were observing Liu Zimo, Liu Zimo's gaze quietly swept over their heads.

Each person had a lock shadow floating above their heads.

But the surface of the lock shadows were all dim and lifeless, just like Kong Sheng, Liu Yuan, Qingyun Laozu, and others in the earthly realm.

Although they had spiritual roots, they lacked spiritual charm, and their aptitude was far inferior to Ouyang Xinxin, Ouyang Songnian, and Xu Yuanzong whom he had encountered before.

"Young man, young man?!"

"Can you hear me speaking?"

At this moment, the old man bent down, leaning in to ask Liu Zimo.

Seeing that Liu Zimo was so weak that even speaking seemed difficult for him, the old man felt slightly relieved.

He slowly squatted down, carefully felt Liu Zimo's pulse, and touched his arms and bones.

After a moment, the old man finally breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand to the young men behind him, saying,

"Alright, put away your weapons!"

"This is just an ordinary person without any cultivation. He must have gotten lost in the mountains and somehow ended up in our Liu family's village!"

"Looking at his appearance, he's probably starving. Liu Hui, Liu Jian, the two of you carry him to my house first, let him have a few sips of meat soup, and he should recover!"

Hearing the instructions from the village elder, everyone also breathed a sigh of relief, and the longbows and spears that had been aimed at Liu Zimo were put down at the same time.

"Sigh, what a false alarm!"

"Yeah, I thought it was someone from Cuijia Fort!"

"Uncle Chang, we still have a lot of troubles of our own right now. Why don't we mind our own business and just throw this person out of the village?"

"Yeah, Uncle Chang, what if this kid is a spy sent by Cuijia Fort? By taking him in like this, aren't we inviting trouble into our home?"

"That's right, Third Brother just said that he saw this kid fall from the sky with his own eyes. Maybe it's the people from Cuijia Fort causing trouble!"

"..."

Among the crowd, a few young people still weren't very reassured, and even suggested throwing Liu Zimo out to fend for himself.

Hearing this, Liu Zimo felt a chill in his heart.

However, having long been accustomed to the ups and downs of human relationships in the apocalypse, he wasn't too surprised by this.

A cautious heart is necessary.

It is only natural for these people to be wary and reject this stranger who suddenly appeared.

"Nonsense!"

Chang Shu, also known as Lao Shanzhang, furrowed his brows and sternly reprimanded the few people.

"At the very least, this is a life. If we hadn't encountered him, it would have been fine. But since he coincidentally entered our Liu family's village, it means we have a connection with him. How can we just watch him starve to death in the village?"

"If you're worried about him wasting the village's food, then deduct it from my rations!"

"Liu Hui, Liu Jian, what are you two still standing there for? Don't my words have any effect?!"

"No, Chang Shu, please don't be angry. We'll come right away!"

At this moment, two strong young men walked out of the crowd. One lifted his head, the other lifted his foot, and they easily lifted Liu Zimo from the ground.

Seeing how determined the village elder was, the others stopped saying anything.

With just a mouthful of food, they weren't that stingy. Since the elder wanted to save him, they would save him.

However, they absolutely couldn't let their guard down. What if this kid really had ulterior motives?

"Chang Shu, are you really going to keep him here? Won't there be any trouble?"

Walking behind the crowd, Liu Sheng, the captain of the hunting team in the village, pulled on the elder's arm and asked softly.

"Just now, Liu Zi and the others made some sense. The timing and manner of this person's appearance are indeed suspicious. What if this is a scheme by the Cui family stronghold? Wouldn't we be playing right into their hands?"

Chang Shu turned his head and glanced at Liu Sheng, shaking his head slightly.

"Don't worry, even though I'm old, my eyes are still sharp."

"This person is an ordinary mortal with no cultivation whatsoever. His physical body is weak and frail. To put it bluntly, even Third Brother could knock him down with one punch!"

"If you were from the Cui family stronghold, would you use such a 'waste' as a spy?"

"If you're really not at ease, you can have someone keep an eye on him later. When his strength recovers and he has the ability to act independently, just drive him out of the village."

"I'm just unwilling to let an innocent passerby starve to death right in front of me. Let's consider it as creating a good karma. I never thought of keeping him for a lifetime!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Sheng nodded lightly.

He knew that the elder couldn't be so confused.

It was just sheltering the person for one night, so there shouldn't be any major trouble.

Liu Sheng's judgment of Liu Zimo was the same as the elder's. He was just an ordinary person with no cultivation, posing no threat to their Liu family's village.

Since the elder had shown compassion and wanted to shelter him for one night, then let it be!

After a moment, the group arrived at the courtyard in the center of the village.

Liu Hui and Liu Jian, who were carrying Liu Zimo, rudely threw him onto the open space in the courtyard and clapped their hands to report to the elder.

"Grandpa!"

Hearing the commotion in the courtyard, a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl opened the door and came out from the inner room, calling out to the elder in a crisp voice.

Then her gaze fell on Liu Zimo, who was lying motionless on the ground, and she showed a look of surprise as she asked the elder softly,

"Grandpa, who is this? Is he injured?"

"He's a passerby who mistakenly entered our Liu family's village. He probably hasn't eaten anything for several days!"

The elder responded softly, then instructed his granddaughter,

"Yuner, go and bring him some minced meat porridge to fill his stomach first!"

"Ah, understood, Grandfather!"

The little girl responded and turned to the nearby kitchen. In no time, she came out with a large bowl of steaming meat porridge.

As Liu Zimo smelled the aroma of the meat, he couldn't help but feel refreshed and snapped out of his daze.

Opening his eyes, he saw a delicate-looking little girl placing a bowl of fragrant and warm porridge in front of him on the ground.

"Thank you...thank you very much!"

Liu Zimo took a deep breath, expressed his gratitude, and struggled to sit up. Trembling, he held the bowl of meat porridge and gulped it down.

In an instant, a warm current flowed into his stomach.

It was quickly devoured and transformed by his long-starved stomach and intestines, turning into a special energy that surged through his limbs and body.

Although he didn't know what kind of meat and porridge were in the bowl, the energy contained within was much stronger than the holy-grade spirit beast meat he had eaten in the earthly realm.

Refreshing!

After finishing the bowl of spiritual porridge, a long-lost sense of satisfaction filled his body.

Finally, Liu Zimo had regained some strength in his body. Although he still had no cultivation, at least most of his strength had been restored, allowing him to walk or even jog without any problems.

"Can I have another bowl?"

Liu Zimo held up the empty bowl in his hand, feeling a bit unsatisfied, and looked up at the old mountain elder and the little girl.

The little girl glanced at Liu Zimo and then turned to look at the old mountain elder.

The old mountain elder nodded. "Go and serve him another bowl, and also bring a leg of mountain hare!"

The little girl nodded in response, took the empty bowl from Liu Zimo's hand, and turned back to the kitchen.

"Young man, may I ask how I should address you and how you ended up here?"

Seeing Liu Zimo stand up from the ground, the old mountain elder gestured for him to sit on a nearby bamboo chair and gently inquired about Liu Zimo's background.

"I am Liu Zimo, and I am grateful for the life-saving grace of the old mountain elder!"

Liu Zimo once again formally thanked the old mountain elder.

That bowl of meat porridge completely resolved the extreme hunger in his stomach, pulling him back from the brink of death. It was not an exaggeration to say that.

Before ascending to the transcendent realm, Liu Zimo never expected that he would almost starve to death in this world because of a mouthful of food.

"I am a villager from the Earth Village on the other side of the mountain. I was gathering firewood on the mountain and somehow stumbled upon a valley called 'Ascension Land.' After being discovered by a celestial being inside, he brought me here."

Liu Zimo half-truthfully explained his background.

The old mountain elder and the group of young men behind him couldn't help but show surprise and astonishment upon hearing this.

"You said you came out from the Ascension Land in the east?"

"And you were personally brought out by the guardian of Ascension Land?"

The old mountain elder asked Liu Zimo incredulously.

Seeing Liu Zimo nod, the old mountain elder couldn't help but sigh softly.

"You, kid, are really lucky!"

"To enter the Ascension Land as a mortal and not be instantly killed by the guardian, and even be safely brought out, you've encountered a good person!"

Liu Zimo nodded slightly.

He also thought so. Xu Yuanzong was indeed not a cruel person.

Otherwise, if you encounter a cultivator with a bad temper, they wouldn't care about the life or death of a "mortal."

"Brother Liu, what is Ascension Realm like? Can you tell us about it?"

The young man next to him curiously asked Liu Zimo about the situation in Ascension Realm.

But as soon as he spoke, the old mountain elder stopped him.

"Shut up! Don't you know that Ascension Realm is forbidden? Why are you asking about it here?"

"I warn you, if you don't want to die, don't go to the valley to the east in the future. If you accidentally trespass into Ascension Realm, you may not have the same luck as Brother Liu!"

Upon hearing the reprimand from the old mountain elder, the group of young people took two steps back, shrinking their necks.

However, judging from the eager look in their eyes, it was clear that they didn't take the old mountain elder's warning too seriously.

Liu Zimo glanced at them lightly and said nothing.

In fact, even if these young people went to the valley to the east, it was unlikely that they would be able to enter Ascension Realm.

The illusion array surrounding Ascension Realm was not just for show. Ordinary people couldn't even find the entrance to the valley, let alone enter Ascension Realm.

While they were talking, the little girl who was serving Liu Zimo's meal came out of the kitchen again.

This time, she not only held a bowl full of minced meat porridge, but also a rabbit leg just taken out of the pot.

When Liu Zimo saw it, his stomach rumbled involuntarily.

The bowl of spiritual porridge he had just finished had already been completely digested, and he was hungry again.

Smelling the aroma of the meat, Liu Zimo couldn't help but look up at the little girl, and was instantly attracted by the aquamarine light above her head.

Belongs to the water element, shining within five feet!

What a little genius!

Liu Zimo sighed in his heart.

Just now, he was too focused on drinking the porridge, and all his attention was on the minced meat porridge in the bowl. He didn't pay much attention to the condition of the lock shadow above the little girl's head.

Unexpectedly, now that he came back to his senses, he found that the light of the lock shadow above the little girl's head was actually more than five feet away, far exceeding what he had seen before with Ouyang Xinxin and Ouyang Songnian, who also had excellent spiritual roots.

Without thinking too much, after the little girl approached, Liu Zimo's mind moved slightly, instantly binding the lock shadow above the little girl's head.

[Binding successful! Your good sister Liu Yun is online, current bindable targets (4/1000)]

Seeing the exclamation mark next to the lock shadow, Liu Zimo habitually clicked on it with his mind.

[Name] Liu Yun

[Age] 13

[Spirit Root] Top-grade water spirit root

[Cultivation Realm] Body Refining Fifth Realm

[Cultivation Technique] Golden Body Tempering Technique

"Top-grade water spirit root, and it's a single spirit root. Truly a little genius!"

Liu Zimo sighed again in his heart.

Even though he had just ascended to this world and didn't know much about the cultivation system here, he knew that the purer and flawless the cultivator's physique, the better.

In contrast, a single spirit root cultivation physique would definitely be superior to a dual spirit root or even a triple spirit root!

That's why the light of the lock shadow above Liu Yun's head appeared more pure and translucent, surpassing Ouyang Xinxin and Ouyang Songnian, who also had top-grade spirit roots, by a full two feet!

(End of this chapter)