A woman laid on a pile of straw organized in a rectangle form with a cotton sheet on top. Her countenance was pale like what a dying person would look like. Sweat was continuously pouring from her temple as if she was working hard under the sun at midday. However, the most eye-catching was the big bulging stomach of the woman.
"Relax child, this is going to be painful but everything will be alright. Just breathe nicely, and pant... breathe and pant." An old woman in rough and ragged clothing standing beside the bed, holding one of the woman's hands while reassuring her nicely.
"Uuughhh, aaarggh... aaaahhh!!" The woman groaned and wailed in pain as she continued the process of delivering her baby. The process lasted for a while until the head of a human baby came out with their eyes closed.
"Good... very good, child. Now, the hard part is gone, from here on it is going to be a breeze." The midwife spoke with a smile plastered on her face as she reassured the woman.
They stopped for a minute until another contraction appeared for the midwife to tell the woman to keep pushing the baby outside. Fortunately, the delivery did not last for long. The baby came out with no mishaps, as the midwife received the baby.
The baby suddenly cried in the midwife's hands as she examined the baby closely, to make sure the baby was alright.
"Congratulations, it is a healthy and cute boy!" The midwife said with a smile after she finished her examination.
"Let... me, see... my baby." The woman spoke with ragged breathing, looking very tired after just finishing the labor. The midwife promptly handed her the baby cautiously as the woman was quick to embrace her baby in her arms.
The woman looked at her baby lovingly as she coaxed her baby until he stopped crying. The woman's gaze on her baby became dazed as her mouth mumbled. She was lost in thoughts for a while, and when she had recovered, she focused her gaze on her baby's face and whispered.
"Liu Guanyi... his name will be Liu Guanyi."
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Spring, summer, fall, and winter... the weather kept ever-changing as the river of time ceaselessly continued flowing downwards, irrelevant to anything that had happened and would happen in its waters.
In the field, a child, no more than 7 years old, could be seen moving his body in a particular form. The sun was stationed around 30 degrees from the east, or in layman's terms, early morning. The best time for people to start working.
The flowing sweat could be seen on his naked upper body as he practiced many Martial forms. From punching, kicking, changing stance, and moving forward and backward while keeping the stance up. He performed those moves properly and in a beautifully organized way, like an experienced person in the Martial Way.
He stood there alone, continuing to practice his moves, again and again, only stopping to drink water from time to time until the sun rose a few degrees as many children started to fill up the field. Most of the children were older than him, only a few children or so were around his age.
Noises and hubbub were all around as they loitered and chatted among themselves. However, uncaring of them, the shirtless child kept doing his thing until a tall man with a muscular body and rough features, could be seen walking to the field from afar.
His strides were wide and in no time, he arrived and shouted. "Shut up! Do you think you can become warriors talking all day, kids!? Line up quickly or just get out from here!"
The kids were instantly shaken up and stopped their mouths as they hurriedly moved to line up in front of the instructor.
"Now, run around this field ten times before three sticks incense of time ends!" The instructor shouted.
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Realistic Tower of God: The Martial Way
FanfictionA man had given his all to walk on the treacherous martial way. He was once great, however, just like everything else in the world, he had reached the end of the rope and disappeared without being able to reach further on the the path. However, fat...
