Twenty-four, it was too late
Xiao Tianming and his wife stood under the big tree at the entrance of the alley, looking at the direction of the archway at the entrance of the town, waiting left and right, but they didn't see their son appear, and they were very anxious.
"Dad, time is running out, why hasn't Xiaohua come back, has he forgotten that today is the day of the coming-of-age ceremony?" Chang Yuexue's face was anxious, and a little bead of sweat oozed from her sideburns. For her, martial arts is still secondary, and her son's coming-of-age ceremony is the most important. Because of this, she changed into a new cyan dress today, and she was still holding a neatly folded light blue military uniform in her hand.
"You go to the martial arts hall with everyone first, and I'll go to the river beach to find Xiaohua, maybe he's still halfway there. Xiao Tianming looked up at the sky, a little worried in his heart, and before he stepped up, he instructed his wife: "You take the clothes first, after I find Xiaohua, I will take him directly to the martial arts hall - rest assured, with our foot strength, it will only be the time for a meal to go back and forth!"
After speaking, Xiao Tianming lifted his breath and leaped, and soon disappeared from Changyue Xue's field of vision.
On this side of the river beach, Xiao Hua's mental outlook after a night of cultivation was very good, because the sea of spiritual power had expanded to a true hundred zhang wide in last night's cultivation!
Vaguely, Xiao Hua felt that this might be a kind of minimum limit, the limit of his ability to release his spiritual power! It's just that through the interpretation and scrutiny of the "Five Positive Origin Gong", Xiao Hua didn't find any hints about the spiritual realm, and the content he learned about spiritual power from Chun Yutuo was too little and too little, so he was not sure.
"When will we be able to release our spiritual power?" The boundary of darkness and nothingness seems to be nothing, is there any other way?" Xiao Hua did not get up from his knees, and was still in a state of thinking about the problem for a while, completely unaware that a new day had arrived.
"The soul body is becoming more and more condensed, but the internal body cannot be condensed into meridians, can it be said that it is necessary to wait until the soul body and the physical body reach complete consistency before the spiritual power can be released?" Xiao Hua's thoughts diverged, starting from himself, and then thought: "Or, only if my physical strength surpasses the acquired nine-layer realm, can I withstand the impact of the release of spiritual power?"
As for the spiritual power in the sea of spiritual power, Xiao Hua didn't know what the effect of the release was. However, in the control of the sea of spiritual power, he found that the power it displayed was not weaker than the effect of the combined effect of the physical body and true qi! In Xiao Hua's own estimate, if he could release this spiritual power, not to mention flying against the wind, even if he attacked the opponent, he would definitely be able to achieve unimaginable results!
It's just that in the past two or three years, Xiao Hua has been constantly testing and searching, but he has not been able to release his mental power, which makes him feel very headache.
It wasn't until today that he inexplicably sensed that this spiritual power should be able to be released, but after continuing to test a few times, he found that he was always half a point away from success. And this elusive feeling made Xiao Hua think that there might be a lack of a certain condition or opportunity.
Unconsciously, just when Xiao Hua was immersed in his own thinking and completely forgot what day it was, Xiao Tianming finally arrived.
"Xiaohua, why are you still cultivating, today is the day when the martial arts hall will hold a coming-of-age ceremony for you. Xiaohua, did you hear that?" Xiao Tianming broke into the grass hut and saw that his son was closing his eyes and knees, his eyebrows almost condensed into a line, so he shouted softly.
Xiao Hua's thoughts were in the soul of the sea of spiritual power, and the perception of the outside world was all based on the instinct of the physical body. Whether it is the change of cold and heat, or the sound and light, it is only after the physical body senses it that it is fed back to the sea of spiritual power. However, this speed is extremely fast, and after Xiao Hua tried it a few times, he felt that his thoughts, whether they were in the physical body or in the spiritual power sea, would not affect his perception of the outside world.
"Dad, why are you here?" Xiao Hua's thoughts withdrew from the sea of spiritual power, and he opened his eyes, not realizing what was happening.
Xiao Tianming sat directly on the wooden floor more than a foot above the ground, sighed, waved his hand and shouted: "I knew you would forget, why don't you hurry up and prepare, today is the day to hold a coming-of-age ceremony for your children!"
"I almost forgot! Dad, let's go back to town, we don't need to prepare anything!" Xiao Hua suddenly realized and immediately got up.
"Go wash your face and hair first, don't make a mess. Your mother bought a fine blue cloth a few days ago and sewed a set of military clothes for you, you can be more energetic today!" Xiao Tianming estimated the time, and felt that he should be able to catch up, so he was not in a hurry.
When Xiao Hua heard this, he also felt that he should not be too sloppy today, so he happily walked outside the grass hut, washed his face and combed his hair by the trickling stream three feet away, and sorted out his appearance.
After a while, the father and son lifted their spirits and ran towards the town.
At the door of the town's martial arts hall, Chang Yuexue reluctantly smiled, responding to the relatives and acquaintances who greeted her before entering the martial arts hall. From time to time, Chang Yuexue looked back at the crowd in the martial arts hall, and when she saw that the ancestral rankings on the martial arts stage had been arranged, and the martial artist Han Jin, who was temporarily acting as the head of the hall, and the old martial artist wearing dark green longevity clothes had already appeared, she was even more anxious in her heart, and hurriedly walked towards the martial arts hall.
"Pavilion master, can you wait a little longer, my Xiaohua hasn't arrived yet. Sweating profusely through the crowd, Chang Yuexue walked up to Han Jin, who was sitting next to the martial arts stage, and pleaded with a nervous expression.
Han Jin, who cultivated for the ninth layer of the day after tomorrow, swept his eyes and found that Xiao Hua had indeed not arrived yet, so he couldn't help but be a little strange, and asked, "Sister-in-law, didn't you and Brother Tianming inform Xiao Hua in advance?"
Chang Yuexue hurriedly replied that she had been notified, and continued to plead in a worried tone: "Xiao Hua must be on his way here now, from the river beach to here, with his strength in the seventh-layer realm of the day after tomorrow, he will definitely be able to arrive soon." Pavilion owner, you must wait for Xiaohua to arrive before starting!"
"Xiao Hua actually stepped into the seventh-layer realm of the day after tomorrow?!How can you be so fast!" Han Jin, who was embarrassed, couldn't help but exclaim when he heard this. He knew very well that Xiao Hua had just stepped into the Fifth Layer Realm of the Day After Tomorrow three years ago, how could it be that it had only been three years, and he had even broken through two realms? The nine white-haired old martial artists next to him also looked sideways, and opened their mouths to ask Changyue Xue for verification. Some people in the neighborhood who were more familiar with Xiao Hua didn't believe that this kind of thing would happen.
Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Chang Yuexue knew that she had leaked her mouth, because her son had been telling her not to divulge his strength before the martial arts. At this time, in the face of everyone's questioning eyes, Chang Yuexue knew that if she wanted her son to catch up with the coming-of-age ceremony, she had to make everyone believe in it, so she nodded very affirmatively and replied: "Xiaohua broke through two months ago, and he also asked me and his father not to say it, and I was ready to surprise everyone." ”
"Impossible!" At this moment, Han Le, Wan Zhongliu, and Xiao Tianyu, who got the news, squeezed over together. Among them, Han Le even said frankly to everyone: "The Seventh Layer Realm of the Day After Tomorrow, that is the existence of the late stage, the three of us spent three years, and we only raised the cultivation to the limit of the Sixth Layer Realm of the Day After Tomorrow! If we want to break through to the Seventh Layer Realm of the Day After Tomorrow, it will take at least two years!"
As we all know, Han Le is the genius of this group of young people, if the genius can't do it, then the others can't do it. Therefore, after listening to Han Le's words, everyone nodded and echoed the meaning of Han Le's words.
"Sister-in-law, you also heard Le'er's words. I thought that Xiao Hua should have come to make you happy, so he lied to you and Brother Tianming. Han Jin and the nine old martial artists, who were sitting still, also thought so, and they didn't want to believe Chang Yuexue's words at all.
"No, my Xiaohua never lies. "Who is her son, Chang Yuexue knows it in her heart. Seeing that everyone didn't believe their words, Chang Yuexue thought of something in a panic, and hurriedly asked: "Middle-class little nephew, do you dare to admit that you competed with my son at the Zhenkou archway two or three years ago?"
How could Wan Zhongliu forget this matter, but he didn't expect Chang Yuexue to bring it up at this juncture, because he was originally going to completely defeat Xiao Hua in the later martial arts.
"Hmm...... Two or three years ago...... When I went back to town, I did have a discussion with Xiao Hua...... At that time, I just made a random move, and although I tied with Xiao Hua, it was nothing. Pretending to be a memory, Wan Zhongliu didn't dare to look at Chang Yuexue. He glanced at the sides a few times, spit out a few words intermittently, and the expression on his face that usually always looked like a trace of pride was completely gone.
Hearing Chang Yuexue's words, and seeing the appearance of thousands of streams, everyone began to shake their original thoughts.
Xiao Tianyu and Han Le were beside Wan Zhongliu, clearly capturing Wan Zhongliu's aura turmoil at that moment, and couldn't help but be extremely surprised. Thinking that the Han boy who had not seen him for a few years was able to draw with Wan Zhongliu two years ago, Xiao Tianyu was a little puzzled, and Han Le's heart was beating faster, and he had an ominous premonition about today's Huiwu.
When Han Jin and the nine old martial artists saw this scene, they didn't need to ask anything, they were sure that Chang Yuexue was not talking nonsense. When he was frightened, he immediately secretly transmitted a voice to discuss, and finally Han Jin made a decision: "The coming-of-age ceremony is only once in a lifetime, and the stakes are very high." Since Xiao Hua is rushing back, let's wait a little longer. ”
"Thank you, hall master!" Chang Yuexue was overjoyed when she heard this, so she raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her temples with confidence, and stood aside and waited uneasily.
Not long after, the three news that Xiao Hua had drawn with Wan Zhongliu and might step into the seventh-layer realm of the day after tomorrow quickly spread throughout the martial arts hall. Some were surprised, some were skeptical, and some simply didn't believe it.
And these three news didn't let everyone talk about it for too long, because everyone knew that it was true or false, and after Xiao Hua appeared, it would all be clear.
Patience, more than 1,000 people crowded in the martial arts hall chatted under the scorching sun, and their eyes were focused on the entrance of the martial arts hall, which made the two martial artists guarding the door feel uncomfortable.
"Dad, it's so quiet over there in the martial arts hall, will we be late!" About a cup of tea, just when everyone was in high spirits, a voice finally floated outside the door that lifted their spirits.
"Hurry up and get in!" a rough urging also came.
The two figures rushed into the gate one after another, and when the two stood still in the dust, everyone found that it was Xiao Tianming and a young man who was likely to be Xiao Hua.
Seeing that everyone looked over, and showed strange eyes, Xiao Hua was a little weak-hearted, and hurriedly asked in a panic: "Could it be that the coming-of-age ceremony has begun, am I actually late?"