No. 3 red copper mine cave in the mining area of kololin town in the south of the kingdom of Aiqi.

  "Damn... This piece should be enough..."

  Deep in the mine, Ailin, who was soaked with sweat, was holding on to the iron rod in his hand, supporting the body that was about to fall down and breathing.

  This is a thin young man, with a slightly green and tender face covered with dirt, but the eyes under the thick black eyebrows seem particularly bright. Even if he is staring at the ore in front of him, he still shines with sunshine and optimism.

  "Bastard, I can't do it anymore. That's the only way!"

  Suddenly, a resolute look flashed through his eyes.

  "Shout!" With a heavy roar, all his attention was focused on his hands. At the moment when it seemed that there were many invisible particles in the air gathering on his hands, he was exhausted to the extreme and suddenly waved the iron rod again and fell violently!

  "When!"

  A mass of sparks splashed up.

  Finally, the rocks on the mine wall fell down.

  "Look at my awakening power, I have finally dug enough ore, ha..."

  In the dark tunnel, Erin was full of cheers.

  Then he screamed, "ah! My feet! It hurts!"

  A loud laugh came out of the mine tunnel in the distance: "Ai Lin, this little guy, was accidentally hit by the ore he pried off."

  "Haha, this is the third time this month. If you have two more times, you can break the record of last month."

  "Can't you be more careful? You hit your foot again."

  ……

  When dusk came, a thin figure appeared at the exit of the mining area. He was so tired that he could not stand up. Ailing, whose two arms were hanging on the ground like soft noodles, limped out of the mining area, returned to the dilapidated town of kololin, and entered the only hospital in the town, aunt Emma's hospital.

  "Aunt Emma, I'm coming."

  "Little Erin, the old liar is still the same. Haven't he died yet?" Most people in the town begin to greet him with this sentence, and aunt Emma is no exception when she greets him today.

  "I want him to die too, but he is alive and well."

  "If you didn't buy him medicine and keep him, he would have died long ago."

  "But I can't watch him die, can I?"

  "So why do you want him to die... Eh, what's wrong with your foot? Didn't I remember that it was all right when you came yesterday? Did you hit your foot again today?"

  "Cough... Cough... That's not true. The old wound recurred... The old wound recurred..."

  Ailin, with a depressed and ashamed face, walked out of the hospital with a bag of medicine and returned to his home in the concern of "old liar or the same? Little Ailin, you accidentally hit your foot again. Remember to be careful next time".

  His home is under an earth slope in the south of the town. There is a small yard surrounded by bamboo fences.

  When Elin opened the creaking courtyard door, an old man with white hair was sitting at the simple stone table in the courtyard.

  The old man is tall, but he looks sick, and his skin is covered with traces of various years. He looks very old. His clothes and clothes, like Elin, are all made of mineral cloth bags that can no longer see the original color. The difference is that his clothes are still clean.

  "Ha ha..." the old man was stunned at the sight of AI Lin's limp. He immediately held his stomach and laughed so that his body was bent: "it is inevitable..."

  "Where did you come from? It's time to take medicine!"

  AI Lin threw the medicine bag into the arms of the gloating old man, and then sat down. Regardless of whether his hands were dirty or not, he picked up a piece of hard bread on the stone table and chewed it. At the same time, he grumbled sadly: "the ore in the mining area is getting less and less, and now it is more and more difficult to mine."

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  "However, I have awakened. In the future, even if it is more and more difficult to dig minerals, there should be no problem to feed the two of us." After eating two mouthfuls of bread, Elin's depressed expression was swept away again, and she was somewhat proud.

  "It's really a wonderful work. It's worthy that I spent so many years to find the guy. He can be so happy and optimistic in such an environment."

  The old man narrowed his eyes and smiled. He glanced at Elin's hands, which were so soft that he could hardly lift them. He said, "it seems that you can't help using your magic power today. However, I remember that I have told you many times that when your physical strength and spirit have reached the limit, if you use your magic power again, it will cause a heavy burden on your body. In serious cases, you may die."

  "It's not to feed yourself and you old liar..." Elin snorted disapprovingly, "and it's also used occasionally."

  "All right, crazy boy. Now that you have awakened, you have achieved this level." The old man smiled. "It's time to tell you the truth."

  Erin looked at the old man: "what is the truth? Are you going to die?"

  "Asshole... Do you just want me to die?"

  "That's not true. I'll worry that I can't afford a cemetery."

  "You guys, listen to me now. My test and trial for you are over. Tomorrow you can prepare to go to Saint dawn college."

  "Tests and trials? Cough..." Elin choked on the dry bread and coughed violently. "Old liar, what are you trying to say?"

  The old man glanced at Erin. "Well, let's start with the name 'old liar'. Why do you call me an old liar?"

  "That's because since I picked you up seven years ago, you have always said that you would teach me and teach me how to become a powerful craftsman. However, in the past seven years, you've been lazy and lazy and haven't taught me any training methods. That's why everyone is used to calling you an old liar." AI Lin also glanced at the old man and said gloomily: "it seems that you really have a problem in your mind today. You should ask me such a question."

  The old man smiled: "but since you say I'm a lazy old liar, why don't you throw me away?"

  "If you throw it away, no one will raise you. Even if you find a cat or a dog, you can't throw it away. Let it starve to death, right?"

  "You idiot even compared me to a cat and a dog." The old man shook his head helplessly, "Have you ever thought about the title of kololin town in the south? Forgotten abandoned town! Since the completion of iron ore mining in kololin, there are only barren red copper mines left here. This is a territory that even the worst lords are unwilling to choose. Only some old miners and old townspeople who can't make a living outside will choose to stay here. Even a homeless vagrant and beggar old man will not pass through the barren wasteland Abandoned mining area, come here? And on a cold and snowy night! "

  ……

  Night has fallen and the stars are shining.

  Half of the bread fell off Erin's mouth.

  "That makes sense." Elin stared at the old man who did look different when he was in peace. "Old king, are you serious?"

  "You can see that I'm serious. Otherwise, you won't call me old king, you'll only call me an old liar."

  "Are you really a magician?" Elin said to herself in disbelief, then shook her head again: "impossible! There is a conspiracy. There is definitely a conspiracy. If you really want to teach me how to become a powerful magician in dorast, as you said, why don't you teach me how to train my body and martial arts in the past seven years?"

  "Because there is another basic thing that determines the strength of a craftsman from the very beginning."

  "The most basic thing is the power of blood!"

  There was a look of pride on old king's face, The tone is becoming more and more intense and fanatical unconsciously: "The pure giant blood, born with amazing physical strength and infinite power. The pure Orc blood, born with crazy power, has incredible instant explosive power! The pure elf blood, extremely agile, moves like the wind, and naturally has a high degree of concentration. The use of magic power is far more than ordinary people. As for various dragon blood, the physical power and the available magic power are even stronger!"

  "In that case, you have told me more than 20 times in the past two months." Ailin's depressed voice sounded: "and what's the matter with me? I'm just an ordinary human blood. It seems that you are ill and should take medicine."

  "You idiot!"

  Although it is very clear that AI Lin is a wonderful young man who can not be inferred by common sense, his impassioned narration was interrupted by such a sentence as AI Lin, Old king could not resist the urge to vomit blood: "I have also told you many times that the strength of various blood vessels is equivalent to various additional talents. Although the pure human blood vessels have no unique blood vessels, they are best integrated with other blood vessels! After the war of the dragon, many powerful pure blood vessels have become fewer and fewer, and many blood vessels have been fused for many times. So far, the strength of blood vessels has not even been obvious. In the vast majority of martial arts masters, there are no particularly powerful blood vessels from the beginning In the case of strength, a craftsman who has strong blood support from the beginning will naturally stand out in such an age! "

  "But is this really related to me..." Erin's weak voice sounded again.

  Old king could not help it, Angrily: "Can't you use your mind to think about it! I still don't understand it now. In the past seven years, the hard life I have brought to you, including some stories I have told you, are all my training. Every tiny molecule in your body has been in a state of extreme hunger and thirst under the condition of long-term lack of adequate nutrition and extreme fatigue every day. So you are thinner than your peers and look good at it You have to be two years younger than them, and you didn't wake up until this age. But because of this, if your body absorbs the power of other blood vessels, it will be many times stronger than ordinary people! "

  Erin suddenly looked bright: "I understand."

  Old king let out a breath, thinking that Erin would finally say what he wanted to say.

  "I see!" But Elin's next sentence almost made him faint: "old king, you pervert! You not only deceive the children's feelings, but the only thing you have done in the past seven years is to destroy the children's bodies!"