In the village, most of the houses were made of mud and wood. There were also some women, children, and old people moving about, but not a single strong man could be seen.
Seeing this, Liu Ming revealed a thoughtful expression, but he continued to stay on the tree and did not come down.
In the end, he stayed for half a day. It was only when the sky was about to turn dark that a group of strong young villagers came out of the forest on the other side of the village. Each of them held a crossbow on their back, and most of them had small prey like rabbits and birds hanging on their bodies. They chatted and laughed as they walked towards the village.
Seeing this, a large group of women, children, and children rushed out of the village to welcome their relatives. The laughter in the crowd became even louder.
Liu Ming's expression changed, and he stared at a beautiful girl wearing a patched dress who seemed to be only fourteen or fifteen years old.
The girl was pulling a thirty-seven or thirty-eight year old man and chattering away. From time to time, she would use her hands to pull a string of prey on the burly man's back. Her face was full of happiness and joy, and she looked no different from the other girls in the nearby villages.
But in Liu Ming's eyes, other than being younger and having slightly darker skin, the girl's facial features were at least eighty to ninety percent similar to Zhang Xiuniang's.
As a result, he almost immediately confirmed that this girl was Zhang Xiuniang, who was immersed in the illusory world.
Liu Ming didn't move an inch from the tree. He just watched the girl walk back to the village with the burly man and another middle-aged woman with a face full of smiles. They entered a larger mud house in the center, and he couldn't help but frown.
Looking at Zhang Xiuniang's current appearance, it was obvious that this was the worst situation everyone had expected. Her entire body had sunk into the illusory world.
To awaken Zhang Xiuniang in this state was an extremely difficult task.
According to Yuan Mo and Martial Uncle Yan, ordinary methods would not be able to wake Zhang Xiuniang in this state. Only a combination of various methods would have a chance.
Liu Ming thought like this, and after his eyes flashed a few times, he decided to interact with this girl for a period of time and see what method he could use to wake her up.
He immediately jumped down from the tree. After a few flashes, he disappeared into the nearby forest.
Early the next morning, a pale-faced young man wearing a worn-out leather robe suddenly appeared at the intersection outside the village.
When the youths in the village saw a stranger appear, they naturally stopped him and brought him to the village elders to interrogate him.
In the end, this young man, who appeared to be 17 or 18 years old, claimed that he had lost his memory. He did not remember his name or origin, nor did he know why he had appeared nearby.
Naturally, the villagers did not believe the young man's answer. They called the only doctor in the village to examine him.
In the end, this old doctor in his fifties easily found a large swollen blackish-purple bump on the back of the young man's head. He immediately concluded that the young man's head had been severely injured, and there was indeed a high possibility that he had lost his memory.
In this way, the elders in the village couldn't help but be slightly dumbfounded. After some discussion, they could only make the decision to set aside an abandoned mud house for the young man to temporarily stay in the village.
Fortunately, other than the serious injury on his head, the young man's limbs and body were still very healthy. He should be able to support himself and not bring too much of a burden to the village.
Just like this, the nameless young man temporarily stayed in the village. Like the other young villagers, he went out to hunt during the day.
After a few days, the villagers were surprised to find that the nameless young man was actually a good hunter. Not only was he extraordinarily strong, but the hunting bow in his hand was also extremely accurate. After a few days, he returned with a bountiful harvest almost every day. His harvest was so much that even the best hunter in the village could not compare to him.
After the nameless young man kept enough game for himself to eat, he distributed everything else to the villagers for free.
Under these circumstances, even though the young man still did not seem to have recovered his memory, the villagers couldn't help but be very kind to him.
After another month, the entire village completely accepted the young man.
… …
Zhang Ya was the only daughter of the original best hunter in the village, Zhang Xiong. It was said that her mother, Lady Zhang, was also the number one beauty in the village. It was her father who spent three days and three nights hunting a huge wild boar in the mountains as a betrothal gift before he could marry her mother.
Zhang Xiong and his wife were quite loving, and they doted on their only daughter even more.
However, as the woman grew older, her appearance became more and more astonishing. She was even more outstanding than Lady Zhang when she was young.
As a result, since two years ago, many people had come to the Zhang family to propose marriage, including a large family in a county hundreds of miles away.
However, Zhang Xiong and his wife were reluctant to let their beloved daughter marry so early, so they all rejected them.
Two years later, Zhang Ya was already fifteen years old. If she didn't get married soon, she would become an old girl. Zhang Xiong and his wife naturally didn't dare to delay their beloved daughter's marriage any longer. They immediately spread the news that they were going to marry off their daughter.
However, as the head of the family, Zhang Xiong proposed a betrothal gift that was not inferior to the giant wild boar he had hunted back then. Only then would he be willing to marry off his beloved daughter.
But this condition caused the hearts of most of the youths in the village who felt that they were brave and powerful to go cold.
How could the people in the village not know how powerful the giant wild boar was?
No matter how outstanding a hunter was, in the face of such a fierce beast, they would usually avoid it. Who would dare to take the initiative to provoke it?
One had to know that with Zhang Xiong's skills, he had only managed to kill the wild boar by a fluke when it was injured.
Moreover, there weren't many giant wild boars. They were usually found in the deepest parts of the forest, where there were countless fierce beasts. Ordinary people didn't dare to go deep into the forest.
Therefore, when a few young men in the village returned with serious injuries from hunting the giant wild boar, no one dared to try again.
As a result, Zhang Ya naturally stayed in her boudoir and was unable to find a suitable family immediately.
Zhang Ya didn't care about this situation at all. Every day, she would do some farm work at home and help Lady Zhang sew clothes at night.
One day, after Zhang Xiong left home to hunt in the forest with the others, Lady Zhang found that the water tank at home was short of water. She immediately called her daughter to the old well in the village center to get a bucket of water.
Zhang Ya agreed without hesitation and walked out of the house with a wooden bucket.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the woman slowly carried a bucket of well water and walked home along the small stone road in the village.
Such a heavy bucket was still a little too heavy for her. After walking for a short distance, her forehead was slightly sweaty and her footsteps became heavy.
Suddenly, his foot slipped, and he stepped on a round rock. He immediately cried out in alarm, and his entire body was about to fall to the ground along with the bucket.
However, at this moment, a light breeze flashed in front of her and a tall figure appeared. With a movement of his arm, he grabbed the handle of the bucket with one hand and hugged her delicate body with the other. After a thick male aura came, a somewhat familiar male voice sounded in the girl's ears:
"Miss Zhang, are you alright?"
"I … I'm fine! Ah, so it's Brother Liu! You didn't go hunting today? " Although Zhang Ya's face was flushed red, she immediately saw the appearance of the person in front of her. It was the young man who had lost his memory when he joined the village a year ago.
However, after living in the village for a few months and being unable to recover his memories, this nameless young man gave himself a new name, "Liu Ming". He said that even if he could not recover his memories in the future, he wanted to leave behind a name for himself.
This "Liu Ming" was naturally Liu Ming himself.
"Not today. I still have some prey left from the past few days, so there's no need to rush up the mountain, "Liu Ming said with a smile as he looked at the blushing girl in front of him and let go of his hands.
"That's true. With Brother Liu's skills, you don't need to go up the mountain every day. I heard that a few aunties in the village seem to be matchmaking for you these few days. "The girl put the bucket down at her feet and took two light breaths. She glanced at Liu Ming and said.
For Zhang Ya, as the only young man in the village who could meet the requirements of Zhang Xiong's betrothal gift and was quite pleasing to the eye, her parents had naturally mentioned the possibility of letting him marry into their family.
Through her interaction with the young man, she couldn't help but feel a little moved.
"Hehe, if I want to marry someone like you, I won't be interested in anyone else." Liu Ming looked at the familiar girl in front of him and said with a smile that was not a smile.
"Pfft, who said I'm going to marry you?" The girl's cheeks turned red. After spitting, she picked up the bucket and was about to leave again.
After Liu Ming slightly smiled, his figure swayed and made way for them.
The girl flashed past with the bucket in her hand.
"Miss Zhang, last time you said that you often dreamed of a snow-white sword. I wonder if you've dreamt of it in the past few days?" Liu Ming waited for the girl to walk a few steps before suddenly asking a question.
"A snow-white sword! Yes, I dreamed of it a few days ago, but not recently. Oh right, Brother Liu. The stories you've told me recently about the immortals are quite interesting. Can you tell me more when you have the chance next time? Oh right, didn't you lose your memory? How do you still remember these stories? "When the girl heard this, she turned around and replied, but she immediately said with some interest.
"I don't know why, but I still remember these stories in my mind. If Miss Zhang likes it, I can speak a little more. Naturally, there is no problem. "Hearing this, Liu Ming's eyes flashed slightly, but he replied with a smile.
When the girl heard this, she couldn't help but be overjoyed. After thanking him, she once again carried the bucket and left.
"It actually didn't work. This is going to be troublesome." Liu Ming looked at the girl's departing figure and muttered to himself.
During the year he stayed in the village, he had used seven or eight different methods to try to awaken the girl's hidden memories. However, the most effective method was to make her have some dreams related to cultivators.
It seemed that ordinary methods really wouldn't work. He might have to use some extreme methods.
Liu Ming's thoughts turned like this.
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