Chapter 2: Eighteen Years Later
Eighteen years later!
On a sunny day, a lot of clansmen gathered in the martial arts training ground of the Nanming family, some came to prepare for the exam, some accompanied the exam, and some came to see the excitement. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThere are people from other families, they are coming to see which ones have potential, and if they have potential, they will pay more attention in the future, after all, the new generation of talents is the blood of the future of a family. There are also businessmen in various industries, who see it very important to grasp the future trend of a family, and the new generation is the judgment and recognition of a family by those businessmen. If the new generation of a family is not outstanding, then it is worth considering whether this family still needs to trade!
In front of the martial arts training ground is a seven-seat assessment group, the assessment team is composed of the six elders and patriarchs of the Nanming family, and the seats of the six elders are all there at the moment, only the patriarch's seat is still vacant.
Nan Mingdong stood alone on the edge of the martial arts training ground. Watching others talk and laugh. "Hey......" You sighed and shook her head.
"Today is the time to decide on the candidates of the Inner Clan, I can definitely stay in the Inner Clan, I don't know if you have confidence?!"
"I'm okay too!"
"I hope the exam grade isn't too high!"
"Yes, it would be nice to have lower requirements!"
"Isn't the minimum requirement to reach the sixth level of Qi Gathering before the age of eighteen?"
"What are you thinking? The exam level is the same every year, and those who can't reach the sixth level of Qi Gathering before the age of eighteen will be sent by the family, and can only be a peripheral clansman, even if the patriarch's children don't meet the requirements, they can't have special treatment, unless you can make rapid progress on the way to cultivation, or make a significant contribution to the family, otherwise this life will be like this! ”
"Yes, even the patriarch can't change it! Hahahaha! "Someone saw that Nan Mingdong was also there, so he raised his voice!
"Huh! Isn't that the South of the East? Look, everyone! Haha, even if you dare to come? Let's wait obediently to be assigned to the outer clansmen! Hahahaha! ”
"He's coming? I'm afraid there is no level 3 Qi Gathering! Just because his father is the patriarch, and that face can deceive a few little girls! ”
Listening to these harsh words, Nan Mingdong only frowned, and didn't say anything! He only turned to leave, and at this point he just wanted to get out of this place.
Nan Mingyan is the daughter of Nan Mingwu, and she is also the leader of the new generation of the Nan Ming family. Also one of the test takers! Looking at Nan Mingdong's lonely and departing figure, she was also worried in her heart, and after thinking for a while, she moved her jade legs to chase after her, and the beautiful arc made everyone's eyes dull!
"What a pity! So beautiful, with such a good talent, but to marry that waste in Nan Mingdong! It's a pity."
"yes, that's a shame! How can you marry a waste! ”
Nan Mingdong left the martial arts training ground, walked alone to the cemetery in the back mountain, walked to his mother's grave, sat down quietly, pulled up the straw stick on the ground, and put it in his mouth.
Nan Mingyan had already walked behind Nan Mingdong, "Brother Dong, what are you thinking?" I've been standing behind you for a long time! ”
"Oh, I didn't think about anything, I just missed my mother." Nan Mingdong came back to his senses and replied.
"I'm sorry Brother Dong, I mentioned your sadness! I didn't mean to......" After that, he walked to Nan Mingdong and sat down, looking at Nan Mingdong with both hands on his cheeks, and a trace of affection could be seen in his eyes.
"Actually, Brother Dong, even if you can only be a peripheral clansman in your life, but there is still me!" Nan Mingyan said silently in her heart.
"Xiaoyan, I know, I don't blame you, my mother's death is all because of me, if I don't work so hard, if my talent is a little better, maybe ...... Maybe it won't be like this, it's all my own fault......" Nan Mingdong held back tears. Nan Mingdong's mother died of overwork and eventually became ill.
Nan Mingyan hugged Nan Mingdong's neck with both hands, and said with red eyes, "Brother Dong, don't do this, you are like this, Xiaoyan will also be sad......"
Although Nan Mingyan is only fifteen years old, her development is very good, **** is against Nan Mingdong's arm at this time, Nan Mingdong is inevitably upset, Nan Mingdong said with difficulty, "Xiaoyan, you better let go!" They're right, I'm not worthy of you, and you don't have to care about the engagement, you can choose freely! ”
"No, Xiaoyan wants Brother Dong, Xiaoyan only loves you, and she doesn't love the others!" Nan Mingyan hurriedly returned.
Nan Mingdong was stunned, feeling warm in his heart, all the previous unhappiness disappeared at this time, Nan Mingdong stretched out his hand to hug Nan Mingyan, and the two hugged each other for a long time.
Just as Nan Mingdong and the two were about to return to the martial arts training ground for the exam, Nan Mingdong's father, Nan Mingde, came over, "Xiaoyan, I have something to do with your brother Dong, you go to the martial arts training ground first and wait for him!" ”
"Okay, uncle," Nan Mingyan replied obediently. After speaking, he walked towards the martial arts training ground, leaving time for the father and son.
"Xiaodong, I've been so cruel to you in the past few years, do you hate me? Whether you hate it or not, I have to tell you that no matter when, Dad, will always be your backing, as long as you are willing, I will always protect you, where there is a Dad, it is home! ”
"Dad, I don't hate you, I only hate myself, I don't fight for it, I'm embarrassed by my father."
"Silly boy, what are you talking about, you don't have to go to this exam, if those old guys are in a hurry in a few days, I will inform your second brother and let him take you to the Magic Mountain, now your eldest brother and your second brother are studying in the Demon Breaking Academy in the Magic Mountain, where you can also see the world."
Nan Mingdong's eldest brother, Nan Minghai, and the second brother Nan Mingcai, are all geniuses of the Nan Minghai family, and they are talented in cultivation, when they were eighteen years old, the eldest brother Nan Minghai had reached the eighth level of Qi Gathering, and the second brother was even more amazing, he was eight years old and had already gathered Qi at the ninth level and was about to break through to the Ning Dan Realm!
"I heard that the dean of the Demon Breaking Academy is not only a real person realm but also a fifth-level master of alchemy, if there is a chance, I will ask your eldest brother and second brother to think of a way, and let them ask the dean to show you. When Xiao Yan reaches the age of eighteen, Xiao Yan will also go to the Demon Breaking Academy, and when you stay there for a while, I will find a time to consummate your marriage! Nan Mingde looked at the ridicule his children had received over the years, and felt very sorry! He should have been sent to his brother earlier!
"Okay, if you still want to go to the exam, go ahead! I still have something to do, so I won't go with you! With that, Nan Mingde strode away.
"Thank you, Dad!" Nan Mingdong muttered, looked up at his father's back again, and felt that his father seemed to be old again, and Nan Mingdong was also worried in his heart, "I haven't paid attention to my father all these years, it turns out that my father has worked so hard for me." Nan Mingdong turned around and knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times in front of his mother's grave, got up and left, walked two steps and stopped, and said silently in his heart, "I will definitely be able to become a strong man!" Don't worry, mother! When I become a strong man, I will take care of my father! He continued to walk towards the exam venue. No matter how it ends today, be sure to take the test!
"Level 5 Qi Gathering, assessed as a peripheral clansman!"
"Damn, why did I work so hard and still only gather qi at the fifth level!" On the edge of the evaluator, a person who is not good enough is scolding. The so-called evaluator is a one-meter-high weapon built by another person, shaped like a cube, but there are two handprints directly above, and the tester only needs to put two handprints into the qi in Cui Dong's body with both hands to determine the level, but because this is only a low-level evaluator, it can only test people whose level is lower than the Ning Dan realm, and only high-level evaluators can be used if they exceed the Qi Gathering Realm, but there are few such evaluators in the entire Panxi City! Even low-level evaluators are only available in a handful of large families! And the Nanming family is undoubtedly one of these big families!
"Next, Nan Minghong"
"Brother Hong must be an inner clan!"
"Nonsense, Brother Hong is the one who has the hope of becoming a family seed and being sent to study at the Demon Breaking Academy! How can you not become an inner clan! ”
"Brother Hong, come on!" Those who did not take the test were even more excited than those who took the test.
"Gathering Qi Level 7, assessed as an inner clan!" The person in charge next to the evaluator reported this result, which made everyone stunned: "Sure enough, it's a seed-level person!" At the age of eighteen, he gathered qi at the seventh level! ”
"This person will definitely be able to become the pillar of the Nanming family in the future, and he must be treated well in the future!" Other families and merchants of all walks of life sighed!
"Next, Nan Mingyan!" After the person in charge shouted his name, all the young people on the spot cheered.
After hearing her name called, Nan Mingyan quickly ran towards the evaluator with her slender legs, and her running posture attracted the attention of the young people around her.
"This Nan Mingyan is really the best! Looking at that figure, I'm afraid I can't find a second one in Panxi City! "The young people around are all secretly praised!
"Gathering Qi at the seventh level, assessed as an inner clan, and designated as a family seed, and will be sent to the Demon Breaking Academy to study in three years!" When the person in charge said this, Nan Mingdong just walked into the martial arts training ground, and when he heard the family's evaluation of Nan Mingyan, he was even more determined to become a strong man! Otherwise, how can you match her!
"Wow" The audience was in an uproar, "This is too strong!" At the age of fifteen, he is already the seventh level of Qi Gathering! Three years later, it's worth it! You must have gotten the eighth level of Qi Gathering! ”
"It's a pity, I heard that she has been engaged to Nan Mingdong, such a stunner is still so talented in cultivation, she really wants to let the toad eat ......!" The person who spoke at this point saw that Nan Mingdong had already walked over, so he quickly shut up. The people around me don't discuss it anymore! After all, this is someone else's territory, although Nan Mingdong is a waste, but if people want him to get out, he still has to get out.
As soon as Nan Mingyan finished the evaluation, she saw Nan Mingdong coming, so she moved her legs and ran towards Nan Mingdong! "Brother Dong, why are you here now?" Ran to Nan Mingdong and asked! I took Nan Mingdong's hand and walked towards the assessment waiting area!
"Damn fellow! Can you take Xiaoyan away just because there is a patriarch father? Three years! Three years! I must go to the Demon Breaker Academy to study! When I leave you far behind, I'll go and propose to Uncle Nan Yingwu! Look what you're fighting with me then! Nan Minghong saw the two of them walking hand in hand, and said viciously in his heart.
"Next, Nan Mingdong!" The person in charge shouted. The originally noisy martial arts training ground was quiet for a while after hearing the name. Then there was a commotion, "What a piece of waste! ”
"Is there any level 3 Qi Gathering?"
"How dare you come?"
Hearing this, Nan Mingyan was also worried in her heart, afraid that Nan Mingdong would not be able to accept it. "Brother Dong, do you really want to test?"
Nan Mingdong turned a deaf ear to these, looked at Nan Mingyan's little face, patted her little hand on her wrist and stood up and walked towards the evaluator.
Walking to the evaluator, placing his hands in the two handprints, Cui Dong's qi scattered throughout his body converged into his palms, injected into the evaluator, and watched the third star on the evaluator light up, "Hey, is that really the case?" ”
"Xiaodong!" The Great Elder spoke at this time, "Don't blame me! Then he said to the person in charge, "Let's announce it as is customary!" ”
"Yes" the person in charge announced, "Gather Qi at the third level, and be assessed as a peripheral clansman!" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was in an uproar, "Sure enough!" ”
"It's a pity that stunner!"
“……”
Nan Mingdong didn't realize that he had finished the assessment at all, and when he came back to his senses, it was already night, and he returned to his room, lying on his bed, and in front of the bed was Nan Mingyan who was in a daze.
"Xiaoyan, Xiaoyan?"
"Hmm," Nan Mingyan woke up in shock, "Brother Dong, are you okay?"
"Well, I'm fine, you go back and rest first! I'm fine. Nan Mingdong rubbed Nan Mingyan's little head and said.
"But ......"
"Don't say it! Let's go back! I'm tired, you need rest too, go ahead! ”
"Alright! Brother Dong needs to recover quickly! Then he departed.
Nan Mingdong fell asleep thinking about the unbearable days of these years.