Chapter 5

Dilong Tribe was not large, with a population of less than a thousand people. Everyone shared the surname Di, except for Lu Ling and Lu Li, who were the only ones with the surname Lu, making them outsiders.

However, the siblings were not newcomers; they were born in the tribe. Their maternal grandfather was the previous chief of Dilong Tribe.

Nineteen years ago, the only daughter of the previous chief, Lu Li's mother, rescued an injured young man from deep within the mountains. The young man was severely injured and, during his recovery in the tribe, fell in love with the chief's daughter. They eventually had two children, Lu Ling and Lu Li.

Unfortunately, after Lu Li was born, the young man and the chief's daughter both disappeared, leaving behind only a four-year-old Lu Ling and an infant Lu Li.

A few days later, Lu Li's maternal grandfather, along with over a dozen of the tribe's strongest warriors, died in battle in the mountains. Lu Ling and Lu Li were left completely orphaned.

With the death of their grandfather, the strongman of another lineage, Di Ba, became the new chief. Most of the strongmen from Lu Li's grandfather's lineage were dead, and Di Ba had always been at odds with Lu Li's grandfather...

Lu Li and Lu Ling lost their support, being outsiders, and the new chief had a history of conflict with their grandfather. One can imagine how they were treated in the tribe.

From as far back as they could remember, Lu Li was often bullied and called a bastard. If it weren't for the fact that one of the elders from their grandfather's lineage was still alive, the two siblings might have been expelled from the tribe long ago, left to wander the mountains and be eaten by wild beasts.

Seven years of hard training by the waterfall, pulling coffins through the icy snow!

All of this was to become strong, to take his sister away from Dilong Tribe, and to no longer suffer humiliation.

"Awaken the bloodline, I will definitely awaken it!"

Hearing Lu Ling's words, Lu Li clenched his fists tightly. He entered the room silently to eat, and after drinking a few bowls of rice porridge, Lu Ling had already prepared a set of clean clothes and a sack filled with dried meat and water for him.

"Sister, I'm going to pull the coffin."

Lu Li changed into the clothes, slung the sack over his shoulder, and ignored the cold expressions of the tribespeople as he quickly left the tribe.

After leaving the tribe for several miles, Lu Li began to run at full speed, heading for the Broken Blade Ridge, forty miles to the northwest, which was the former ice burial ground of the Liu family.

The weather was better today, with the wind and snow having stopped. However, the snow was still deep, and Lu Li, running at full speed, took more than an hour to reach the foot of Broken Blade Ridge.

Elders had already started pulling coffins. When they saw Lu Li, a few of them warned him, advising him not to do such a harmful job at his young age. Lu Li smiled but said nothing, and he went straight up Broken Blade Ridge, taking off his shirt and pulling an ancient coffin forward.

It was very difficult to go down the mountain. The path was slippery, and the ancient coffin was so heavy that the inertia was immense. Lu Li dared not pull it backward and could only hold onto the coffin and step backward down the mountain.

It took him an hour to safely bring the ancient coffin down the mountain. He shouldered a cold iron chain and ran as fast as he could.

"Huh?"

After running for a few miles, a group of Silver Wolf Guards galloped over. The leader, Liu Wu, saw that Lu Li was pulling the coffin more easily and moving faster than before, and asked in confusion, "Lu Li, did you refine the Body Tempering Pill last night?"

Lu Li stopped and smiled awkwardly, "Yes, sir!"

Liu Wu looked at him for a moment and asked even more curiously, "You... don't feel any discomfort? Your body isn't feeling unwell?"

Lu Li didn't understand the Body Tempering Pill of the Liu family, but Liu Wu and the guards had all taken it. They knew very well that after refining the Body Tempering Pill, the body would be weak for a few days. It would take three to four days for the body to fully absorb the medicinal power and become much stronger.

Lu Li's strength had clearly increased, indicating that he had refined the Body Tempering Pill, but why wasn't he in a weak period?

The other guards looked at Lu Li in shock. When they refined the Body Tempering Pill, it took them a full day and night, but Lu Li had refined it in just one night and could still sleep soundly?

"Let's go~"

Seeing that he couldn't get any more information, Liu Wu waved his hand and led the Silver Wolf Guards away. Although Lu Li's constitution was somewhat strange, he couldn't cultivate mystic energy, so he was of no use to the Liu family.

The Liu family was the dominant force in Wuling County, with many Mystic Beast Realm warriors. Ordinary people didn't even have the qualifications to guard the Liu family's gates.

Broken Blade Ridge was not far from Black Eagle Ridge, only about fifty miles away. If he didn't pull the coffin, it would take him only an hour and a half to run there, but with the three-thousand-pound golden ancient coffin, it was difficult to go fast.

With an increase of five hundred pounds in strength, Lu Li found pulling the coffin easier today. The journey went smoothly, and he successfully arrived at Black Eagle Ridge before nightfall.

"Huh?"

Miss Yi of the Liu family was still guarding the mountain peak. When she saw Lu Li pulling the coffin, she was also surprised, just like Liu Wu.

She had also taken the Body Tempering Pill before and had been weak for two full days. Could Lu Li have recovered in just one night? Perhaps his constitution was abnormal, and he absorbed the medicinal power particularly quickly?

Of course...

Miss Yi was merely curious and didn't even think to ask. She glanced at Lu Li and then looked at the array masters constructing the grand array on the mountain peak.

The ice burial ground was very important, as it housed the remains of the Liu family's ancestors. It had to be protected by a grand array to prevent it from being destroyed by mystic beasts.

After waiting for about half an hour, all the coffin pullers had gathered, and the rewards were distributed. Lu Li, under the gazes of many people who looked at him as if he were an idiot, asked for another Body Tempering Pill and hurriedly left.

Taking the Body Tempering Pill consecutively would greatly reduce its effectiveness and the increase in strength, but Lu Li insisted on it, and Liu Wu and the others didn't bother to remind him.

After running for an hour, Lu Li returned to the tribe at dusk. As expected, he saw a delicate figure leaning on a cane outside the tribe.

"Lame, lame!"

"Lame woman, you'll never get married..."

It was still early, and a few children were playing outside the tribe, occasionally throwing snowballs at Lu Ling and insulting her. Lu Ling, however, ignored them, standing quietly outside the fence, like a statue of ice.

Seeing this, Lu Li's eyes turned red, and he roared as he rushed over, shouting, "All of you, get lost, or I'll beat you until you're crawling on the ground!"

The children scattered, and a bigger child ran into the tribe, hiding behind the fence and taunting, "Lu Li, you only dare to bully us. Do you have the guts to challenge my Fire Brother and Tiger Brother? Tiger Brother could beat you to death without Fire Brother even lifting a finger, you're just a waste."

The child ran away, and Lu Li, furious, walked over. Lu Ling, however, smiled calmly and said, "When people slander, insult, belittle, mock, bully, and despise me, how should I deal with them? Just endure them, let them be, avoid them, tolerate them, let them be, and ignore them. In a few years, you'll see. Lu Li... it won't take years, just a month, and you'll see that they are just a bunch of clowns."

"Right, in a month!"

Lu Li nodded heavily and helped his sister back home. After eating, he immediately entered his room and began to refine the Body Tempering Pill again.

"Hmm?"

After two incense sticks, Lu Li found that although the heat from the pill was still uncomfortable, it wasn't as terrifying as the previous day, and he could endure it more easily.

Pulling the coffin for a day was exhausting, and once the high body temperature subsided, Lu Li fell into a deep sleep. After he fell asleep, the ancient beast tooth began to emit a faint white light, which was extremely strange.

"Click~"

After Lu Li fell asleep, Lu Ling quietly pushed the door open and was immediately drawn to the glowing beast tooth.

She walked over with a serious expression, examined it carefully, and, after confirming that Lu Li was sleeping soundly and unharmed, let out a long breath.

She stared at the beast tooth for a while and murmured in confusion, "Why is this beast tooth glowing? Could it be a rare treasure? Yes... this was left by Father. Father was so powerful; this beast tooth must have an extraordinary origin."

"Father!"

Mentioning her father, Lu Ling's beautiful eyes became misty. She looked toward the north, gazing through the window for a long time before softly murmuring, "Father, Mother, the younger brother is about to awaken his bloodline. When that happens, we can return to the family and seek help to rescue you. You must hold on, hold on!"

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