Chapter Twenty-Five: A Born Waste and a Fallen Genius
Time flies, and fifteen years pass quietly in the blink of an eye. The tragedy that happened at the beginning of the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info was gradually forgotten by the people of the Xiao family.
There is a Luye village outside the city of Tanla, outside the village is a large area of farming, the grain and vegetables produced there have to be supplied to the city of Tanla, although the city of Tanla is not a big city in the province of Jiazhou, but after all, it is close to the border with another empire, and it is naturally one of the starting places of trade between the merchants of the two empires, so the city of Tanla prospered, and incidentally, the civilian life in these villages around the city is much better than in other places.
As soon as the sky was bright, a faint white of fish belly rose in the east, and a small figure was already on a hill that was only more than 500 meters high adjacent to Luye Village.
It was a boy of only fifteen or sixteen years old, and apparently he was constantly exposed to the warmth of the sun, his skin was a healthy wheat color, his short black hair looked neat, and his clothes were simple and clean.
It was not easy for a child of his age to climb the 500-meter-high hill, but strangely, when he came to the commanding height of the mountain, his face was not red, his breath was not panting, and he looked complacent.
The boy sat down on the top of the mountain, his eyes staring at the whiteness of the fish belly in the east, inhaling slowly between his noses, and then slowly exhaling from his mouth, inhaling softly and exhaling slightly, forming a wonderful cycle.
At this moment, his eyes suddenly widened, and a faint purple qi seemed to flash in the gradually brightening white of the fish belly in the distance, and if it wasn't for his amazing eyesight and enough concentration, he would never have been able to detect its existence.
The appearance of purple qi completely concentrated the boy's spirit, and he no longer even exhaled, but inhaled slightly and slowly, while his eyes were firmly fixed on the faint purple color.
The purple qi did not appear for long, and when the white of the fish belly in the east was gradually covered by the rising morning sun, the purple qi had completely disappeared.
The boy slowly closed his eyes and exhaled a long breath of turbidity in his body. A stream of white air spat out of his mouth like a horse, and then slowly dispersed.
After sitting quietly for a long time, the boy opened his eyes again, I don't know if it was because of the contamination of the purple qi on the horizon, there was a faint purple in his eyes, although this purple did not last too long and quietly converged, but when it existed, it was so clear.
With a dejected sigh, the boy made a helpless expression that should never appear at his age, shook his head, and said to himself: "It seems that it is not so easy to repair the meridians of the whole body with this Zixia gluttonous breathing method. It's been five whole years, why exactly? This method is top-notch! Could it be that there is too little purple qi in the morning glow? It shouldn't be! “
It has been more than ten years since he came to this world, and the child in front of him is Xiao Ling, who was slapped into meat sauce by the Heavenly Tamarin Disi in the Xiao Yuan Spirit Realm. When he woke up from his coma, he found that he could do nothing but feel warm. But the expected death did not come, and soon, he came to his current place through a process of squeezing.
It wasn't until a long time later that Xiao Ling understood what was going on. He is not dead, but he is no longer the Xiao Ling he used to be, although his soul and memory have not changed.
For some reason, he found that the language of this world had suddenly changed, and it had become a language that he didn't know, although it was still on the Tian Yuan Continent. After being born, it took Xiao Ling nearly a year to learn the language of this world. He still remembers that when he was born, although he could not open his eyes to see, he heard a deep male voice crying out like a heart. When he learned the language of this world, and recalled with his extraordinary memory, he could only remember that the man seemed to be shouting, Sister Liu, don't leave me, and that man was his father Xiao Chen. His mother in this world, Lan Yuliu, had already died of serious injuries and difficult childbirth at that time.
I don't know if it's the will of heaven in the dark, or it's a coincidence, Xiao Chen's name for him turned out to be magical or Xiao Ling.
Children of the same age in the clan often use this to make fun of him and call him a "villain", but Xiao Ling is very satisfied in his heart. After all, this is the name he has used in the other world for almost seventeen years. The familiarity alone had already made him like these two words.
Coming to this world, after the initial surprise and fear, to the later excitement and the current calm, Xiao Ling has fully accepted the reality, in his opinion, this is God giving him another chance. The greatest wish of the previous life may be able to be fulfilled in this life. With the strength to be able to protect everything he identifies with, he doesn't want to be like when he was in the Xiao Yuan Spirit Realm anymore, he wants to change everything.
"Less..... Few... Master! The patriarch passed down an order, saying that the whole clan should be summoned to watch the ceremony and watch the magic stone tablet test. A man dressed as a scholar suddenly appeared halfway up the mountain out of breath and shouted at Xiao Ling.
"Xiao Zhong! I said, I'm a person who has been born with all the meridians cut off and can't cultivate Dou Qi, what kind of ritual and what kind of test! Xiao Ling replied unhurriedly.
"That's not going to work! Young master, this is specially explained by the patriarch, and the patriarch specially asked me to call you, so you can't go if you don't go. “
"Oh! Got it, here it is. Xiao Ling got up and patted the dust on his body and said.
"What is this going to be? Is it taking care of my third room again? Doesn't it hurt us to show our attention? "Over the years, the Xiao family's room, that is, the patriarch Xiao Lin's lineage, to be precise, the patriarch Xiao Lin has taken great care of Xiao Ling, and any benefits or big or small matters will be heard by the ward. Maybe it's the guilt of what happened back then! Xiao Ling thought so, and quickly went down the mountain towards the city.
Because he suffered a heavy blow when he was in his mother's womb, he was born with all his meridians cut off and unable to cultivate. Despite this, it is still possible to refine the body, and now Xiao Ling's physical strength is not weak, and his qi and blood are also very strong, and he has reached the Ten Heavens of Body Refining, but it is a pity that his cultivation cannot continue to improve. He can't practice qi. It took four years from the first heaven to the ninth heaven of refining the body, which is not amazing, if you don't know that he is a person whose meridians are completely broken, you still think that he is a peerless genius? Everyone in the Xiao family called it a pity.
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"The power of the fight, three stages!"
Looking at the five big characters on the test magic stone tablet, which were shiny and even a little dazzling, the young man was expressionless, there was a touch of self-deprecation at the corner of his lips, and the clenched palms were stabbed deep into the palms because of the strength, causing the slightly sharp nails to pierce into the palms, bringing bursts of pain...
"Xiao Feng, the power of fighting, three stages! Level: Low! Next to the test magic stone tablet, a middle-aged man glanced at the information displayed on the tablet, and announced it in an indifferent tone...
As soon as the middle-aged man blurted out his words, it was no surprise that there was a commotion of ridicule in the crowded square.
"Three paragraphs? Hehe, as I expected, this "genius" is standing still again this year! ”
"Hey, this waste has really disgraced the family's face."
"Alas, how did the genius boy who was in Wentanla City in the past fall into such a state now?"
"Who knows, maybe you did something bad to provoke the wrath of the gods..."
The figures on the square are longing, and the black pressure is like being in an ant nest.
The disdainful ridicule and regretful sighs from around him fell on the ears of the young man who was staying in place like a wooden stake, like sharp thorns piercing the heart, making the young man's breathing slightly short.
The young man slowly raised his head, revealing a somewhat delicate and immature face, his dark eyes swept over the mocking peers around him, and the self-deprecation at the corner of the young man's mouth seemed to become more bitter.
"Are these people so mean? Maybe it's because they had shown the most humble smile in front of them three years ago, so now they want to ask for it back..."With a bitter smile, Xiao Feng turned around lonely, and quietly returned to the last row of the line, a lonely figure, a little out of place with the world around him.
"If it weren't for the patriarch being his father, this kind of waste would have been driven out of the family a long time ago and left to fend for itself, how could he have the opportunity to stay in the family and eat and drink for nothing."
"Next, Xiao Mei!"
Listening to the shouts of the testers, a girl ran out of the crowd quickly, the girl just appeared, and the nearby discussion was much quieter, a pair of slightly fiery eyes, firmly locked on the girl's cheeks...
The girl is only about fourteen years old, although it is not stunning, but the childish little face contains a touch of charm, innocence and charm, a collection of contradictions, so that she has successfully become the focus of attention of the audience...
The girl stepped forward quickly, touched the dark magic stone tablet with her little hand, and then slowly closed her eyes...
After the girl closed her eyes for a moment, the pitch-black magic stone tablet lit up again...
"Fighting Power: Seven Sections!"
"Xiao Mei, the power of fighting: seven sections! Level: Advanced! ”
"Yay!" Listening to the results shouted by the tester, the girl's cheeks raised a smug smile...
"Tsk, the seventh-stage fighting spirit is really amazing, at this rate, I'm afraid it will only take three years at most, and she can be called a real fighter..."
"It's worthy of being a seed-level figure in the family..."
Listening to the bursts of envy from the crowd, the smile on the girl's cheeks was even more than a little more, vanity, this is a temptation that many girls can't resist...
Laughing and talking with a few sisters on weekdays, Xiao Mei's gaze suddenly stopped at the lonely figure outside the crowd through the surrounding crowd...
Frowning and thinking for a moment, Xiao Mei still dispelled the idea of the past, the current two are no longer above the same class, with Xiao Feng's performance in recent years, when she becomes an adult, she can only be a lower-level member of the family at most, and she has excellent talent, she will become a strong person cultivated by the family, and her future can be said to be limitless.
"Alas..."Inexplicably sighed lightly, Xiao Mei's mind suddenly appeared that high-spirited young man three years ago, practicing qi at the age of four, having the qi of a nine-stage bucket at the age of ten, breaking through the qi of a ten-stage bucket at the age of eleven, successfully condensing the cyclone of the fight, and becoming the youngest fighter in the family within a hundred years!
The original teenager was confident and had immeasurable potential, and I don't know how many girls were excited about it, of course, this also included the previous Xiao Mei.
However, the road of genius always seems to be tortuous, three years ago, this genius boy whose reputation reached the peak suddenly received the most cruel blow in his life, not only did the Dou Qi that had been cultivated for more than ten years condense into nothing, overnight, and the Dou Qi in his body also became less and less weird with the passage of time.
The direct result of the disappearance of the fighting spirit is to cause its strength to continue to retreat.
From the altar of genius, he fell overnight to the point where even ordinary people were inferior, this blow made the young man lose his soul from then on, and the name of genius was gradually replaced by disdain and ridicule.
The higher you stand, the harder you fall, and this time you fall, you may never have a chance to get up again.
"Hello! How is Kaede, how is the test? Xiao Ling had just arrived, and he didn't know the result yet, so he stepped forward to greet Xiao Feng.
The second son of this long house has had the best relationship with him over the years, whether he is in the genius period or the current waste material period.
"Huh! It's still the same! Nothing has improved! Xiao Feng sighed and replied carelessly.
"Oh! Then the two of us are going to continue to fight together. Xiao Ling quipped, at such a time, he is the only one who dares to make such a joke.
"Huh! How harsh are you? “
"Well! I was born to be useful! You'll get through it, your brother and I'll support you. If it doesn't work anymore, it's okay for my brother to cover you! “
"Thank you in advance! I'll lend you good words! The two hooked shoulders and chatted. There is no concern for others at all.
"Huh! That's those two people! Two wastes of the family? “
"Hmmm! Sure enough, things gather like people, and people divide into groups! Waste and waste together, really there is nothing to say! “
When Xiao Feng heard this, he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists again, while Xiao Ling was comfortable for him and told him not to care.
"Next, Xiao Ling'er!"
In the noisy crowd, the tester's voice sounded again.
As the sound fell, the crowd suddenly quieted down, and all eyes suddenly shifted.
At the place where everyone's eyes converged, a girl in a moon-white dress was standing elegantly, with a calm and immature face, which did not change at all because of everyone's attention.
The girl's cold and indifferent temperament, like the first bloom of the lotus, at a young age, but has begun to have a refined temperament, it is hard to imagine that if she grows up in the future, how the girl will fall into the country and the city...
This girl in a moon-white dress, in terms of beauty and temperament, is undoubtedly a little better than the previous Xiao Mei, and it is no wonder that everyone present is acting like this.
In the lotus step, the girl named Xiao Ling'er walked to the magic stone tablet, her little hand stretched out, and the moon-white sleeves inlaid with black gold silk slipped down, revealing a snow-white and delicate wrist, and then lightly touched the stone tablet...
Slightly quiet, on the stone tablet, the dazzling light bloomed again.
"The power of fighting: nine dans! Level: Advanced! ”
Looking at the font on the stele, there was a silence in the field.
“… It's actually the ninth dan, it's terrifying! The first person of the younger generation in the family is probably none other than Miss Ling'er. After the silence, the surrounding teenagers all swallowed a mouthful of saliva involuntarily, and their eyes were full of awe...
Fighting qi, the only way for every fighter, the primary level of fighting qi is divided into one to ten sections, when the fighting qi in the body reaches ten sections, you can condense the fighting cyclone and become a respected fighter!
In the crowd, Xiao Mei stared at the girl in the purple dress in front of the stele with a frown, and a touch of jealousy flashed on her cheeks...
Looking at the information on the stone tablet, the middle-aged tester on the side showed a rare smile on his indifferent face, and said slightly respectfully to the girl: "Miss Ling'er, after half a year, you should be able to condense the whirlwind of fighting spirit, if you succeed, then become a real fighter at the age of fourteen, you are the third person in the Xiao family within a hundred years!" ”
Yes, the third person, the second person, is Xiao Feng, who has lost the aura of genius, and the first person is Xiao Ling, who is born with waste, he only took four years to complete the cultivation equivalent to the tenth stage of Dou Qi.
"Thank you." The girl nodded slightly, her plain little face did not show joy because of his praise, she turned around quietly, and then slowly walked to the decadent young man at the back of the crowd under the blazing gaze of everyone...
"Brother Xiao Feng." When passing by the young man, the girl paused, bent down respectfully at Xiao Feng, and her beautiful face actually showed an elegant smile that made the girls around her jealous.
"Hehe, am I still qualified to let you call it what I want?" Looking at the pearl in front of her, which had grown into the brightest pearl in the family, Xiao Feng said bitterly, she was one of the very few people who still maintained respect for herself after she was down.
"Brother Xiao Feng, you once told Ling'er before that a person must be able to put it down before he can pick it up, and he can lift and release it freely, so he is a comfortable person!" Xiao Ling'er smiled and said softly, her slightly immature voice was heartwarming.
"Hehe, comfortable people? I'll just say, do you look like a free person now? And... This world does not belong to me in the first place. Xiao Feng smiled self-deprecatingly, and said with a smile.
"Hi Hi! I said, who is this beautiful girl who came from the lotus step, it turned out to be Xiao Ling'er, the pearl of our Xiao family! Xiao Ling quipped.
"Cousin Xiao Ling, it turns out that you are here!" The girl's quiet and elegant voice sounded in Xiao Ling's ears, but Xiao Ling was like a lightning strike.
"So you're here! Come on, you're there! You're here! In Ah......."
"What do you mean I'm here! Is this the red fruit fruit ignoring me? Xiao Ling thought about it, and gradually showed a strange smile.
Looking at Xiao Ling's slightly playful smile, Xiao Ling'er seemed to realize something. However, she just opened her mouth and didn't say anything.
turned to Xiao Feng and said seriously: "Brother Xiao Feng, although I don't know what is going on with you, but Ling'er believes that you will stand up again and take back the glory and dignity that belongs to you..."
"Hehe..."In the face of the girl's undisguised frank words, the young man laughed awkwardly, but he didn't say anything, turned around lonely, and walked slowly outside the square...
"Xiao Feng, remember to go to my place when you have time! There may be unexpected gains! Xiao Ling shouted to Xiao Feng, who left him alone and walked away.
"Hmmm! I will, I'll go when I have time. A faint voice came, and the person had already walked away.
"Hmmm! Is it true that the whole clan is here? Although there are quite a few people. Xiao Ling watched for a while, and looked at the next test, which was nothing more than people below the seventh stage, and basically they were all unqualified.
"It's boring! Why don't you go back and exercise? Xiao Ling clenched his fists, feeling the continuous repair of the meridians in his body, the persistence of the past few years has not been in vain, although it is very slow, but it is indeed recovering. Eighty percent of the damaged meridians have already been restored, and it will take a year at most to continue cultivating, whether it is cultivating Dou Qi or cultivating mana.