You said you would practice martial arts. Have you mastered the Tiangang Dharma?

Chapter 175 Lost Ice Ridge

In a blink of an eye, twelve years passed. Jiang Qiu followed the main hunting team of the tribe to hunt and strengthen his body. The battles he experienced promoted the purification of Linglong blood.

And his physical body was also approaching the Bronze Skin Realm through years of training.

It is not easy to refine the body in this world. The scratches and marks on the body have long been as dense as spider webs. New skin is replaced layer by layer, and sometimes even the arms can be broken.

But compared to what happened to [Bear] back then, it seems a lot easier.

crunch--

I pushed open the gate of the courtyard and stepped over the threshold, just in time to catch a glimpse of [Bear] with a black cloth hanging on his chest in his left hand, wiping the shaft of his iron spear with one hand.

"Uncle [Xiong], I'm back."

Jiang Qiu put down the large piece of venison in his hand, glanced at the other person's left arm, and a trace of sadness slid across his nose.

Usually, the tribe has remedies to deal with falls and sprains, and even if an arm is broken, it is possible to reattach it.

But when Uncle [Xiong] went out hunting that year, he met people from the Xibing tribe again. The two sides had a dispute over prey, and a Bronze Skin Realm warrior from the other tribe was seriously injured. Uncle [Xiong] also had his left arm twisted off and was poisoned.

When I returned to the tribe, the poison had attacked my heart, and it took a lot of time to regulate my heart and tendons, and I was unable to take care of my arm as well.

As a result, Uncle Xiong's left hand was disabled, and his hunting ability declined significantly. He even gave up the position of captain of the hunting team and could only occasionally participate in the hunting process to maintain his daily expenses.

"It looks like your hunting trip was very successful. You were able to get such a big deer leg."

[Bear] laughed a little, and the corners of his eyes wrinkled like rag marks.

"Captain [Tiger] took us to the Ice and Snow Ridge, where there are many blood-marked deer, and we just happened to catch one."

Jiang Qiu took a deep breath, put down the spear he was carrying, and stretched out his numb fingers.

Hunting in the Beixue tribe not only tests endurance and explosive power, but also the ability to resist cold. After all, it is icy and snowy, and in order not to disturb the prey, they need to remain still, so less heat is dissipated and they will naturally feel cold.

But it is still stronger than [Wood][Stake] and the others. The [Ice Armor] has excellent cold resistance and will not freeze and paralyze the legs.

"Ice and Snow Ridge" [Bear] murmured, a trace of red light flashed in his eyes, and he asked with concern: "Did you encounter anyone from the West Ice Tribe?"

Ever since his hunting team had a conflict with a hunting team from the Xibing tribe twelve years ago, the conflict between the two tribes was almost triggered.

Ice and Snow Ridge had always been the hunting ground of the Northern Snow Tribe. However, with the gradual prosperity of the Western Ice Tribe, they repeatedly violated the border and began to occupy most of the area in the west.

When the conflict occurred, it even crossed the border to the east side of the entire Ice and Snow Ridge.

At that time, each tribe was conducting its own bloodline test. [Xiong] had originally wanted to lead the team to hunt a few strong snow deer, and then congratulate [Qiu] after the bloodline test was completed.

He believed that [Qiu] was the chosen one and never doubted it.

After all, he had lived with Qiu for a whole year at that time, and he knew best whether Qiu had the spirituality of the Chosen One. He had never treated Qiu as a child, and the Chosen Ones were never children either. Their responsibilities were higher than the white snow in the sky.

I only hope that [Qiu] can grow up quickly, establish a strong belief for the Beixue tribe, and retake the territory of the Ice and Snow Ridge.

But on the day of the blood test, he returned empty-handed, and his left hand was disabled. Even when he heard the news that [Qiu] became the Chosen One and agreed to the Ice and Snow Covenant, he could not utter a few decent words of congratulations.

In the following days, he went to the old witch to treat his injuries, but his home was crowded with people from the tribe who came to celebrate [Qiu] becoming the chosen one, lining up for several streets and giving him dried snow-patterned venison, demon bird eggs, armored bear skin clothes and many other things.

Only I, who was closest to [Qiu], had no time to send a gift. The blood-marked deer that I was supposed to hunt was snatched away by the people of the Xibing tribe. The beautiful deer antlers were made into a crown and worn on the head of the chosen one of their tribe.

Why.
The scene of his experience many years ago was still vivid in his mind, and [Xiong] sighed secretly in his heart. He looked at the boy who was now taller than the spear, and silently put away the iron spear he was wiping.

“No.”

Jiang Qiu responded and clenched his fists involuntarily.

Just because they didn't encounter them this time doesn't mean they didn't encounter them before. In the past twelve years, the people of the West Ice Tribe have robbed prey more than once or twice. They seem to be declaring their sovereignty over the Ice and Snow Ridge.

Most of the tribes conducted bloodline tests at about the same time, but the Xibing Tribe was only one day earlier than the Beixue Tribe. They produced five people with excellent bloodlines, and a chosen one named [Gold]!
It was also from that time that the West Ice Tribe blatantly stole the hunting prey of the North Snow Tribe, and [Bear] unfortunately became one of their targets.

Sometimes when there are strong people leading the team in the tribe, they may not be able to plunder, but in most cases there are no Iron Flesh Realm warriors in the hunting team. In some teams, the Bronze Skin Realm warriors are still immature, and there are even teenagers who are not in the Bronze Skin Realm. The overall combat effectiveness is not strong enough and they are robbed repeatedly.

For this reason, many large-scale battles broke out between the two sides in Ice and Snow Ridge, but Beixue always ended in defeat. The Xibing tribe is currently much stronger than Beixue, and the overall quality of the new generation is not as good as the other side, so that the hunting range is getting smaller and smaller, and they are almost driven out of Ice and Snow Ridge.

A month ago, Jiang Qiu encountered people from the Xibing tribe while following the hunting team. They seemed to have premeditatedly gathered a large group of people, surrounded everyone, and forced the hunting team leader [Tiger] to hand over the prey.

Due to concerns, everyone returned empty-handed that time, and the hunting team leader [Tiger] could only comfort everyone that at least no one was injured.

Now many people in the upper echelons of the tribe believe that they should withdraw from the Ice and Snow Ridge to avoid unnecessary conflicts and thus lose the fresh blood of the tribe.

Captain [Tiger] took everyone on an adventure to hunt outside the Ice and Snow Ridge. However, they failed to find any snow deer for several days. No matter how hard they tried, they returned empty-handed.

"Uncle [Xiong], are we going to organize the annual coming-of-age ceremony again in a few days?"

Jiang Qiu lifted his furry collar, exhaled white air from his mouth, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"You still have three years to go before you become an adult. Do you want to participate in the ceremony?"

[Bear] was slightly surprised and looked at the boy in front of him carefully.

Perhaps because he was the Chosen One, his physique grew very fast, and he was even taller than some sixteen-year-old adult boys.

Moreover, [Qiu]'s muscles are very refined, and after more than ten years of training, his physical strength is far superior to that of his peers.

It is said that in a hunt a month ago, [Qiu] killed an adult male blood-marked deer alone, which is something that even warriors who have just entered the Bronze Skin Realm would not dare to attempt easily.

However, the first adult snow deer he killed was eventually snatched away by a hunting team from the West Ice Tribe.
(End of this chapter)