Chapter 2: Teenage Life
At the end of the two thousand and nineteenth year of the Divine Calendar, the Fengyu Divine Kingdom ruled the Heavenly Empire from the ancient town of Ninggu in the extreme north of the empire.
As the far north of the empire, as early as last month, goose feathers fell from the sky, and the raging storm roared, and the entire Ninggu town was like a flat boat in the blizzard, crumbling.
At this moment, in a relatively luxurious courtyard in the town, the red stove dispels the chill and brings a trace of warmth to the room.
Compared with the harsh environment outside, the house is quiet and you can smell your breath.
In the room, two pairs of eyes, one old and one young, stared nervously at an altar-shaped ancient bronze pool in the center.
On the bronze pool, a drop of blood dripped from the old man's dry palm into the bronze pool, and with this drop of blood dripping in, the entire bronze pool body emitted a faint light, and dense blood-colored lines appeared.
The blood-colored lines spread, and eventually slowly dimmed.
"Hey!" As the blood-colored lines dimmed, an old sigh came from the room: "Did you fail again?"
At this moment, the old man's rickety figure seemed to be a little older.
"Patriarch Grandpa, what are you doing here? Why are you dripping blood into the pool? What is the failure?" asked the old man beside him as he wrapped a gauze around the old man's wound with a gauze belt, his dark eyes full of curiosity.
For as long as he could remember, the patriarch's grandfather would drip blood into this strange-shaped pool on the last day of December every year, and after that, he would be extremely depressed and preoccupied.
More than ten years of accumulated doubts made the young Dongfang Undefeated more and more curious, although this is destined to be an unanswered question, but every year, he will insist on asking once.
Dongfang Yang shook his head, how could he not know the young man's thoughts, the little guy was worried about him.
"But even if you know, it won't help......" Dongfang Yang sighed, and slowly opened his mouth to say something, but he suddenly saw the firmness in the young man's eyes, and couldn't help but be stunned, I don't know what he thought, Dongfang Yang suddenly said: "Undefeated, after tomorrow, you will be fifteen years old."
"Exactly" Dongfang Undefeated nodded, and at the mention of this, his little face was full of excitement, on this day from the Empire, fifteen years old was given a special meaning.
The fifteen-year-old Heavenly Cong Empire not only represents adulthood, but also can perform elemental awakening rituals.
It may be that the Elemental Awakening is not so easy to understand from the literal point of view, but after the Elemental Awakening, there is one of the biggest characteristics, that is, it can make people become able to sense the elements of heaven and earth and thus cultivate to strengthen their own strength.
Of course, not all people who carry out elemental awakening can cultivate, there is some information about elemental awakening, and the young Dongfang Undefeated has heard some of it from the mouths of other older clansmen.
The Elemental Awakening Ritual is a ritual held with the help of the Holy See, through which the human body's affinity for the elements can be stimulated, so that people have the conditions for cultivation, however, the person with this kind of possession must have the corresponding talent, otherwise, even if they have participated in the Elemental Awakening Ritual, it will have no effect.
In the development of the empire from generation to generation, although the proportion of people who can successfully awaken the elements is increasing, it is undeniable that the failure elimination rate is still amazing.
Scarcity is precious, and the extreme elimination rate has also created the transcendent status of elemental cultivators, plus, once they successfully awaken and cultivate, that kind of reborn is powerful, even adults are extremely yearning, let alone a young man with a beautiful yearning like Dongfang Undefeated.
Every teenager has a dream of being strong in his heart.
"Time flies so fast, unconsciously our Dongfang family has been in this extreme north for fifteen years, and the little undefeated has grown up......" Looking at the desire on Dongfang Undefeated's little face, the old man stroked his head and said to himself, his expression was extremely complicated, as if he was reminiscing about something.
"Little undefeated, tell grandpa, do you want to know the news of your parents for so many years?"
"Parents?" the young Dongfang Undefeated trembled all over, muttering this word that was somewhat unfamiliar to him, when he was young, he had pursued the answer to these two words, and then looked at the secretive look of the uncle in the clan, he was sensible and never mentioned this matter again, and now listening to the patriarch grandfather mention this matter again, he still couldn't help but have a deep throbbing in his heart.
"Will Grandpa the Patriarch tell me?" Dongfang Undefeated raised his head, there was obvious longing in his bright eyes, no matter how sensible and mature he was, he was still only a fourteen-year-old boy.
The longing in the young man's eyes, how could Dongfang Yang not notice it, his heart twitched fiercely, in an instant, he really wanted to tell the young man everything.
"It's just ......" the old man sighed, calmed down and said, "If tomorrow, you can successfully awaken the element, grandpa will tell you everything you want to know."
"Tomorrow!" Hearing this, there was a little disappointment on Dongfang Undefeated's slightly immature face, but then he was happy again: "I've been waiting for more than ten years, is this day still missing?
"Let's go back and rest early tonight, a good rest can increase the probability of the element's successful awakening," Dongfang Yang said.
"Yes, patriarch grandpa, you should rest early" He had heard similar words from other uncles in the clan, and after saluting the old man respectfully, he walked out of the room.
When he was about to leave the room, Dongfang Undefeated slowly stopped and turned around: "Patriarch Grandpa, you will always be my dearest relative"
In the face of the sudden warmth, the old man was stunned for a moment, and after he woke up, the undefeated figure of the East had already disappeared.
"Hey" for a long time, the old man's deep sigh came from the room: "Little undefeated, don't blame the patriarch grandfather for hiding it from you, some things, if you don't have enough strength to know, you can only cause sadness in vain"
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For the sigh of the old man, Dongfang Undefeated naturally couldn't hear it.
It was very windy and snowy outside, and after leaving the house, he quickly walked to another room in the courtyard, which was his own room.
In the room, there was also a red stove, and after adding a few animal bones to the furnace, Dongfang Undefeated walked to an open place on the side, standing straight, as if something was brewing.
At a certain moment, he suddenly punched, and played a set of punches smoothly, which is a set of basic boxing methods in the clan, it is said that it can increase the probability of elemental awakening, although I don't know what the effect is, but since Dongfang Undefeated remembers, in his spare time, he will repeat this set of punches over and over again.
His boxing is strong and powerful, and after a set of punches, the momentum is like a rainbow, not seen with his own eyes, and it is difficult to associate the boxer with his thin body.
Outside, Dongfang Yang passed by outside the room, heard the movement inside, and his old face showed a look of relief, for so many years, what he was most satisfied with was the persistence and perseverance of Xiao Undefeated.