Jinling City, as one of the main cities in the east of the Ming Dynasty, took into account the responsibility of guarding the royal family and guarding the frontier. In the Xuanwu Continent, ordinary people can become martial artists by absorbing and refining the aura of heaven and earth, and martial artists can cultivate internal strength to reach a higher transformation realm.

In Jinling City, the voices of people are boiling, all kinds of quaint buildings are lined up, among which the mansion of the city lord is naturally the most conspicuous, in a room in the east courtyard of the city lord's mansion, a thin young man sits cross-legged, he is absorbing the aura of heaven and earth to refine it, and integrate it into the dantian.

I saw the young man's brows furrowed, and carefully guided the aura to enter the dantian along the meridians, when all the aura entered the dantian smoothly, the young man's face showed joy, but the next moment, after those aura entered the dantian, it suddenly disappeared, yes, it disappeared directly, as if it had never appeared!

"Alas, failed again......" the boy let out a long sigh.

This young man is Li Qinghe, the youngest son of Li Chong, the lord of Jinling City, yes, Li Qinghe also has an elder brother, all of whom were born to the same mother.

Li Qinghe was born different from ordinary people, he was weak and sickly since he was a child, and he looked weak and better than a woman, and his mother Xia Xiyue also loved this little son the most, knowing that he was weak and sickly, he had given Li Qinghe all kinds of natural treasures since he was a child, but it only made him slightly closer to the physique of ordinary people.

By the time Li Qinghe was about ten years old, he would be able to cultivate, and Li Qinghe thought that although his body was not good, he should not be weaker than ordinary people in terms of cultivation. But it didn't take long to find that the heaven and earth aura he absorbed would disappear after entering the dantian.

After Xia Xiyue found out, she took him to ask many doctors, and they all said that Li Qinghe was born with a defect in his dantian, which would cause the aura he absorbed to disappear, because his dantian could not hold the aura at all!

"Hoo ......"

Li Qinghe shook off the thoughts in his head, got up and left the room, and walked in the direction of the back mountain, whenever he was upset, he would go to the back mountain for a walk.

"Yo, isn't this Qinghe!" A slightly mocking voice came, and I saw a young man with a sneer on his face slowly walking towards Li Qinghe, followed by several Li family disciples.

Li Qinghe didn't want to ignore them, and went straight to the back mountain. This young man is Li Chu, the son of the second elder of the Li family, and there are two elders in the Li family, and they have always been at odds with Li Qinghe's father, Li Chong.

"Hey, don't be in a hurry. Li Izuku shouted.

"Call you, waste, what are you running!" Several Li family disciples after Li was born also chimed in.

Li Qinghe knew that he couldn't hide, so he had to turn around and say, "Li Chu, what do you want to do?"

Li Chu sneered: "Li Qinghe, you are an adult this year, and next month will be a big competition in the clan, if you don't become a martial artist, you will be assigned to the Li family side branch in the frontier, a waste like you, you haven't become a martial artist yet, is it possible that you still hope to stay in the Li family?"

"That's it, a waste like you is not qualified to stay in the Li family at all, let alone inherit the position of city lord!"

Li Qinghe calmly swept over these people, since the news that he couldn't cultivate, the people of the two veins of the Great Elder and the Second Elder were all sneering at him, although he couldn't do anything to him because of his status as the son of the patriarch, but the disdain on weekdays was still obvious.

"Are you done? I'm leaving. After Li Qinghe finished speaking, he set off towards the back mountain again, as if none of this had happened. Over the years, he has long been accustomed to the cynicism of these people, his heart has long been tempered and indestructible, and he can see things very clearly.

"You..." Li Chu was suddenly angry, even if he looked calm on weekdays, he should get out of the way next month, and he dared to be so arrogant.

"It seems that I can't teach you a good lesson, do you still think that you can always be the son of the high city lord!"

After saying that, Li Chu's internal strength ran through his body, waving his fist and rushing towards Li Qinghe, the Li family is a city lord family, and its clansmen are even more talented, and Li Chu, as the son of the second elder, is even closer to the internal strength Xiaocheng, this punch, Li Qinghe is afraid that it will be more auspicious.

Li Qinghe also felt the threat, his face was solemn, although he did not become a martial artist, but his perception was very strong, I saw him flash to the left, narrowly dodging the fatal blow.

Li Izumi was also a little surprised when he saw that he missed the first blow, he didn't expect this waste to be quite good at dodging, and he thought to himself that he was about to launch a second blow.

"Stop!" I saw an aura match struck Li Chu's second blow, forcibly knocking Li out back.

A woman with a beautiful face in a moon-white dress was looking at this side with a cold face, and it was she who stopped Li Chu just now.

"Li Chu, I think you are tired and crooked, and you dare to fight privately in this clan, are you treating the clan rules as nothing!"

Li Zhu looked at the appearance of this woman, and knew that there was no way to teach that waste a lesson today, so he had to leave with a few people around him, and did not forget to say before leaving: "Xia Zhuyue, you can protect him for a while, but you can't protect him for a lifetime!

"Sister, thank you. Li Qinghe said to the woman with a smile.

This woman is Li Qinghe's own sister - Xia Zhuyue, Li Chong's only daughter, but she has been surnamed Xia with her mother since she was a child. Xia Zhuyue looked at Li Qinghe's smile, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed, since his mother died, Li Qinghe locked up his heart, and there was no smile on his face, he was cultivating all day long, knowing that his dantian was damaged and he couldn't cultivate, but he still cultivated day by day, and only when he saw her sister, he would smile.

Li Qinghe patted the dust on his clothes, stood up, said goodbye to Xia Zhuyue, and then walked towards the back mountain.

"Qinghe, no matter what you do after the clan comparison, I will always be your sister, and I will still protect you. Xia Zhuyue said to Li Qinghe's back.

Li Qinghe waved his hand, didn't say anything, and went straight to the back mountain.

Xia Zhuyue looked at his back and sighed helplessly, the big competition in the clan is a grand event for the Li family to select outstanding talents every year, even Li Chong has no way to show favoritism to his son, and the children of the Li family who have not reached the martial arts will inevitably be sent to the frontier, even the son of the patriarch is no exception, which is also one of the reasons why the Li family can prosper.

Since the death of his mother, Li Qinghe has gone to Houshan every time he is upset, but in fact, he went to visit his mother, Xia Xiyue's tomb is in Houshan. But this time Li Qinghe didn't go to visit, but walked aimlessly, next month is the clan competition, and he has never been able to break through the martial arts, and the future is confused. Sometimes Li Qinghe hated why God treated him like this, and sometimes he hated his uselessness, but he knew that no matter how much he hated, it would be useless, so he cultivated day and night, hoping that God's mercy would allow him to break through the martial arts, but it had no effect.