Ten years later, the Zhang family, the baby who lost his mother in the fire of the Wang family was more than ten years old, and a few rays of sunlight shot into the room in the early morning, illuminating the four-spirit chessboard placed in the center of Zhang Haotian's room, Zhang Haotian stared at the chessboard in front of him with a headache, and seemed to be at a loss for this dilemma. Zhang Haotian looked tired, and seemed to have stayed up all night thinking about the next move.

Zhang Hao was born in the house of the demon slayer, and the people around him practiced in order to destroy the demon spirit and become a demon slayer, not many people would spend time on chess, there was a huge Zhang family, and there were not many people who could play chess with Zhang Haotian, except for his sister's maid Xi'er, Zhang Haotian had never won a game against her.

The chess game that Xi'er left for Zhang Haotian was left by her last night before she went to bathe and change clothes for Zhang Lingmeng, Zhang Haotian felt that he should be able to go on, but after thinking about it all night, he couldn't find a trace of a turnaround, and he was afraid that this game of chess would be lost again.

Obviously just a little yellow-haired girl who is not as tall as him, the whole person is a little baby fat in terms of face and hands and feet, looking round, but she is very good at chess, Zhang Haotian can't see the possibility of winning her at all.

Zhang Haotian raised his head and looked at the mirror used when he was grooming, in the mirror, he was so thin that he couldn't support the Zhang family robe on his body, his slightly thin face, with thick dark circles, made him look thin and weak, and he didn't have any energy.

I had no idea after thinking about it all night, and I was already in an irritable mood, but at this time, the sound of the demon exterminator's morning exercise outside came into the house, which made Zhang Haotian even more dissatisfied.

Zhang Haotian stood up, the wooden bench was opened, he went straight to the window, and closed the window heavily. Before the window was closed, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the person at the front of the drill team, his sister Zhang Lingmeng, who was in the lead, looked high-spirited, with a sassy ponytail and a slightly heroic face, even Zhang Haotian would feel that his sister looked handsome, and his younger brother looked decadent in comparison.

After closing the window, Zhang Haotian leaned his back against the window, closed his eyes, and gradually climbed into his heart by relying on the unwillingness scattered by playing chess, he was born in the Zhang family, one of the five families of the Holy Dao Division, but he didn't even have the qualifications to cast spells, and his compatriot's sister was the only second genius in the family.

How long has it been since that day? Has it been five years? Zhang Haotian remembered that it should have been when he was six years old, and the family ceremony to check the child's qualifications.

The test was carried out in the family meeting hall where children can rarely enter, Zhang Haotian seemed to be very excited to come in that day, after all, he had been looking forward to becoming a handsome demon slayer, and many children of the same age gathered in the conference hall that day, they were all tested before Zhang Haotian and Zhang Lingmeng's sisters and brothers, and everyone spent a lot of time casting the first spell in their lives, and the last ones left were their two sisters and brothers.

The family has high hopes for the two of them, and the two of them are the grandchildren of the head of the family, and the head of the family has always been a talented person in the Zhang family. Zhang Haotian still can't forget the eager eyes of his grandfather when he looked at him, and even his father looked at him like that, which made him feel pressured, but he was eager to try, hoping to perform in front of them.

Under the gaze of the head of the family and the elders of the family, Zhang Haotian picked up the somewhat wrinkled yellow talisman with his small hands and sandwiched it between his index and middle fingers.

His lips moved slightly, and he recited the spell that had been recited all day.

"Open flame, up. ”

Nothing happened, the part of the yellow talisman that protruded from the finger fell, it was normal to be unsuccessful the first time, and there were many children today who tried hundreds of times to make a small pinch of fire, and the number of times and time it took to cast the first talisman basically represented the child's qualifications in the rune.

"Open flame, up. ”

Still nothing happened, Zhang Haotian, who had always had high hopes from the family, couldn't believe it, he always thought that he was a talented and useful talent as his elders thought. But now there seems to be a huge gap between the facts and the hopes.

"Open flame, up!"

Huang Fu didn't even move, as if he didn't want to respond to Zhang Haotian's call, Zhang Haotian was so anxious that he almost cried. Zhang Lingmeng, who was watching Zhang Haotian from the side, didn't say anything, and noticed Zhang Haotian's tears overflowing in a hurry as he kept shouting spells.

"Open flame, up. ”

This spell was not recited from Zhang Haotian's mouth, but from an immature female voice. It was Zhang Lingmeng next to Zhang Haotian, and everyone's eyes were originally focused on Zhang Haotian, but this short spell recited by Zhang Lingmeng took away everyone's attention.

A pinch of bright flames kept beating on Zhang Lingmeng's fingers, the flames were very stable and there was no sign of going out soon, generally speaking, it is difficult to succeed at one time, because casting a spell is not only to recite a spell, but more importantly, to use your own Dao spirit to feel the rune path embedded in the rune, different runes will have rune paths, and the flow of Dao spirits in it will be different.

Although it is difficult to succeed in the Feeling Rune at one time, as long as you try it many times, you will always find the feeling, and being able to cast it in five times can be said to be extremely good.

But a successful child is really rare, such a talented charmer Zhang family has only appeared, and the genius who was pinned on by the Zhang family has long been deprived of his family name and chased by the family as a traitor.

Zhang Haotian looked at the bright flame pointed by his sister blankly, and he didn't feel lost in his heart, but a little relaxed, and something that had been on his shoulders suddenly disappeared.

The elders on the seat also began to sit still, and stood up one after another, and their eyes began to turn to Zhang Lingmeng, who had created a miracle.

"Second ......"

"This kid must be able to walk through the blood refining path. ”

Now all eyes are focused on Zhang Lingmeng, Zhang Haotian was left out in the cold, Zhang Haotian retreated to the side very quietly, the current protagonist is his sister, so he only needs to watch her from the side, no matter how unwilling he is, there is no need to steal the limelight from his sister without interest.

Just when Zhang Haotian stepped aside silently, a big hand pressed on his shoulder, and Zhang Haotian looked sideways that it was his father.

Zhang Hai did not have any disappointment with Zhang Haotian's several failures, but said: "Let's try again." ”

Zhang Haotian tried several more times with his father's encouragement, but the talisman seemed to have lost its effectiveness and there was no response.

Zhang Haotian had forgotten how he returned to the room that day, he didn't know how many times he tried in the hall, but the Dao talisman had not reacted at all, all of this was seen by the family master and the elders, the hope in their eyes before had turned into disgust, indeed, a person who couldn't even use the talisman was a waste person in the Dao Realm. No matter how wasteful the people in the Dao Realm are, they can more or less use a few simple runes, but Zhang Haotian has not been able to cast even the simplest runes so far.

The inability to use the Dao Talisman made Zhang Haotian, who was originally living freely, cringe, because everyone's eyes looked at him changed, no longer as gentle as before, and that kind of eyes seemed to see something disgusting, and they couldn't wait to stay away from him. Obviously, my sister has satisfied you, why do you still look at me like this, that kind of look is like a collapsing thick wall pressing on him, he can't breathe, but he didn't confide in anyone about this discomfort, he endured it silently alone, the once flamboyant little boy gradually became silent and locked himself in the room, and Silingqi became Zhang Haotian's only support.

For the Zhang family, even if Zhang Haotian can use talismans in the end, he can only meet the needs of life, and he can't become a talisman at all. And Zhang Lingmeng is the talent that is really worth cultivating, the hope of the family's future, and a solid inheritance.

Zhang Lingmeng's talisman talent became more and more dazzling in his later cultivation, and the more brilliant she became, the more humble Zhang Haotian felt, and he hid in the chessboard and played chess with the few people in the family who could still communicate with him. At the beginning, it was his grandfather Zhang Yanyun, perhaps out of the dignity of the demon slayer, he never chose demon spirit chess, and when Zhang Haotian won Zhang Yanyun with demon spirit chess for the first time, Zhang Yanyun never played four spirit chess with him again.

His father would still play chess with him, but he was very busy and had no time, so he rarely had the opportunity to play chess. Since that test, no one in his age group has been willing to surround Zhang Haotian, and his popularity is not low as the grandchild of the head of the family. But now, Zhang Haotian doesn't want to play chess with them.

However, Zhang Zhaimiao and Zhang Xinhua, brother and sister, are different from those who tend to be inflammatory, they are the same as Zhang Haotian, Zhang Haotian used to dislike them, but now he has new ideas.

Zhang Zhaimiao occasionally comes over to play chess with him, but to be honest, Zhang Zhaimiao's chess skills are really not very good, and Zhang Xinhua doesn't like to play chess, and likes to pull Zhang Haotian around, even if Zhang Haotian doesn't like to go out and be seen by others, he really can't resist Zhang Xinhua's coquettishness.

Gradually, Zhang Haotian found that there seemed to be no one in the Zhang family who could play chess better than him, and once the chess game became boring, Zhang Haotian would easily remember the events of that day, and he would begin to be upset and irritable about it. It wasn't until Zhang Haotian and Xi'er played a game of four-spirit chess that Zhang Haotian understood what it meant to be someone outside the world.

She started playing chess with Ciel at the age of eight, but she never won a game, and she always had a way to win herself. Zhang Haotian can only be intoxicated with playing chess with Xi'er in order to settle down and not think about talismans.

But this morning doesn't seem to be so easy to feel at ease, after thinking about the chess game all night, Zhang Haotian is already exhausted, and the sound of morning exercise is disturbed, Zhang Haotian's mind is chaotic again.

The Dao talisman used in the test is still in Zhang Haotian's hand, lying under Zhang Haotian's pillow. It was a knot in his heart, which had been hidden, but could not be untied. Zhang Haotian sat down on the edge of the bed, reached under the pillow and took it out, put it in front of his eyes, and stared at the red lines on it.

"Open flame, up. He whispered the mantra

Sure enough, it was still the same as before, there was no change, Zhang Haotian was not surprised, it was even more surprising if he succeeded, for him, this yellow talisman was no different from an ordinary note.

It is enough for an excellent person to have a sister, and everyone can be satisfied. Zhang Haotian tried to comfort himself like this, but a trace of indescribable discomfort spread in his chest, even if he failed to let the family watch, he hoped that his father was relieved to look at him, and the people closest to him were only his sister and the father who didn't know how to express his feelings, in this Zhang family, the Zhang family full of hypocrites, only they were real relatives, by the way, there were also Zhai Miao Xinhua brothers and sisters.

Only when they are still alive will Zhang Haotian feel that there is still hope for life, even for the family, he may already be an abandoned chess.

Zhang Haotian sneered unconsciously, and the whole room became even quieter because of this sneer.

Then the sudden knock outside the door simply broke the silence, and the immature female voice came into Zhang Haotian's ears leisurely.

"Brother Haotian, are you there? I'm here to play with you. ”