"What does it have to do with me? What kind of lousy hammer is that?"
Li Mo rolled his eyes at Ah-Tu, as if it had nothing to do with him.
But seeing Ah-Tu's pained expression, Li Mo patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't worry. Tomorrow I will tell the elder that I broke it. You won't be punished."
"That won't do!
I'm the one who broke it! "
Ah-Tu, who had never lied, yelled at Li Mo, almost waking up the sleeping tribesmen in the cave.
Ah-Tu forgot about the elder's punishment.
"Then say we broke it together."
Li Mo smiled. His heart warmed at Ah-Tu's reaction.
The tribe was shabby, with nothing to speak of, but the people were simple and down-to-earth.
Li Mo couldn't help but feel relaxed when interacting with them.
Only now did Li Mo's heart unconsciously bind himself to the tribe.
"Alright."
Ah-Tu's eyes lit up as he responded. Then, he yawned and said, "That's right.
"I'm going to sleep."
After saying that, Ah-Tu found a comfortable spot with a lot of hay and laid down.
Li Mo chuckled. He took the egg from the fire and washed it with water before falling asleep with the egg in his arms.
Knowing the egg was a treasure, Li Mo wouldn't throw it in the fire.
He didn't want these people to toss it like a rock in the morning.
But the sleeping Li Mo didn't notice that the egg in his arms seemed to be breathing.
As the egg inhaled and exhaled, a wisp of a transparent white substance slowly approached the egg.
If those wizards who knew how to cultivate were to see this, their jaws would probably drop in shock.
Materialization of spiritual energy was something that only those profound breathing techniques could achieve!
Which one of them didn't belong to a top tribe?
How could such a pitiful tribe have such a breathing technique?
And the dark blue egg was in Li Mo's arms. That was why the solidified spiritual qi that approached the egg was also approaching Li Mo.
As Li Mo breathed, some of the spiritual qi entered his body …
"Hey!
Ha! "
Under the scorching sun, Li Mo began practicing under the elder's supervision.
After so many days, Li Mo's fist art improved a lot.
Moreover, Li Mo could feel that lifting a 100 kg rock was as easy as flipping his hand.
This meant Li Mo was in the second stage of the Body Tempering Stage.
And seeing how easily Li Mo lifted the two hundred jin boulder, Li Mo wasn't far from lifting a three hundred jin boulder.
When Li Mo could lift 300 kg, he would enter the third stage of the Body Tempering Stage.
"Haha, Grandpa has cultivated for almost his entire life and is only at Body Tempering Stage Level 4.
I'm about to enter Body Tempering Stage Level 3. Am I still far from Body Tempering Stage Level 4?
Li Mo, oh Li Mo, you are a genius! "
Li Mo laughed in his heart as he practiced.
The smug Li Mo had no idea that the reason his cultivation reached this stage was largely due to the pelt-wrapped egg in his arms.
"Get down!"
"Focus!
Don't get distracted! "
But Li Mo's happiness didn't last long as the elder whipped Li Mo with a branch.
Even though the elder didn't use his power at the fourth stage of the Body Tempering Stage, the small branch still left Li Mo's body red.
Usually, the elder was very kind to the younger generation of the tribe.
But every time Li Mo practiced, the elder seemed to have changed into a different person, stern to the point of being frightening.
Feeling the burning sensation on his body, Li Mo curled his lips. But Li Mo didn't dare contradict the elder supervising him.
"Time to eat!"
Along with Ah-Tu's shout, a fragrant smell wafted over.
Li Mo recently found a lot of spices on the mountain. He ground them into powder and sprinkled them on the roast meat.
It was also very popular among the tribesmen.
"It's finally time to eat."
After a day of training, Li Mo's stomach was rumbling. So when Ah-Tu said it was time to eat, Li Mo didn't wait for the elder's reminder and ran into the cave.
Watching Li Mo's back, the elder couldn't help but shake his head.
But the elder was satisfied with Li Mo entering the second stage of the Body Tempering Stage and didn't say anything.
The elder only shook his head and walked into the cave.
However, just as everyone was excitedly eating the fragrant roasted meat, they didn't know that there were more than 20 strong men dressed in animal skins surrounding the cave.
The group of burly men were all holding spears with sharp stones tied to them. These spears were made with some strong licorice to tie the stones to wooden sticks.
Therefore, their quality was very poor, but they were very popular among these low-level tribes.
"Come!
This is yours. "
Inside the cave, Ah-Tu tore a large piece of meat for Li Mo and handed it to him.
The other tribesmen smiled at Li Mo. Everyone's lives had changed for the better thanks to Li Mo's hard work. They were very grateful to him.
"He-he."
Li Mo wiped his hand on the hide on his chest and ate a piece of meat.
"Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh … "
But at this moment, the sound of something piercing the air came.
Li Mo's many years of experience made him sensitive to these kinds of dangers.
So when he heard the sound, Li Mo dropped the meat and pounced on Ah-Tu. Li Mo and the confused Ah-Tu rolled on the ground a few times.
"Enemy!"
The Body Tempering Stage Level 4 elder was also the first to sense the danger. The elder shouted and jumped in front of the crowd.
The elder's white bone staff kept blocking in front of him, blocking the spears one by one.
"Pff!
Pff!
Pff! "
But even so, two women and a seven or eight-year-old child died under the spear.
"Ah!"
"Child!"
"…"
Seeing the three dead in a pool of blood, Ah-Da and the other men howled in grief.
"Ji-jie …"
After the spear attack, the twenty strong men came from all sides, all grinning malevolently.
An old woman with wrinkles all over her face, clad in animal skin and holding a walking stick, slowly walked out from behind the group of burly men.
The elder's face tightened at the sight of this old woman and spoke with hatred.
"Shan Yun!
It's you! "
They were all small tribes that relied on this mountain to survive. The elder knew Shan Yun's tribe well.
But his tribe had more than twenty strong men. Even at its peak, Li Mo's tribe wasn't their match.
"Ji-jie, Duan Long.
I heard your tribe's power is almost gone?
Since it's gone, don't stay here. Be a good boy and leave. Maybe I will let you live. "
Duan Long was the elder's real name.
Everyone relied on the mountain to survive, but there were only so many things on the mountain. Thus, they were usually enemies.
Now that Duan Long's tribe's power was almost gone, Shan Yun came to kick them while they were down.
But if he didn't fight, Shan Yun was willing to do so.
It wasn't that Shan Yun was kind, but that he wanted to preserve his tribe's power. If they fought, their side would surely die.