British Empire, Woodyard Town.

This is a remote town in the British Empire, the town is not prosperous, with a population of only about 20,000 people. The overlord of this town is a family surnamed Ye and a family surnamed Wang, and these two families manage the entire town with their strong strength.

The Ye family is located in the east of the town, and the area of the Ye Mansion accounts for one-fifth of the entire town. At this time, in a small courtyard in the Ye Mansion, a young man with short black hair was playing Go with a middle-aged man with black stubble.

This is just a very ordinary courtyard in Yefu, the ground is very clean, the afternoon sun is thin, like a layer of dust-like particles, sprinkled in the courtyard, a grass on the wall shook gently, and then suddenly did not move, the invisible wind went away, wrapped in silence and warmth.

Looking closer, you can see the young man's face, it is a tight little face, thick eyebrows are raised slightly rebelly, under the long and slightly curled eyelashes, there are a pair of eyes as clear as morning dew, a straight nose, pink lips like rose petals, and slightly dark skin, at this moment, his eyes are fixed on the black and white chessboard, and there is a white chess piece between the middle and index fingers of his right hand.

On the other side, the middle-aged man supported his chin with one hand, gently stroked the not neat stubble, his two thick eyebrows were tightly squeezed together, and his dark and shiny eyes stared at the chessboard, and there seemed to be a little helplessness in his eyes.

After a while, the young man's hand was moved, and the finger holding the white chess piece was gently lowered, and the middle finger was against the chessboard to move the white chess piece to a certain position, and then, gently retracting his small hand, at this time, on the delicate face, finally showed a faint smile.

On the other side, the middle-aged man looked at the position where the young white chess was placed, his eyes suddenly widened, and after a moment, he shook his head helplessly, and took back the hand that was about to take the black chess.

"Alas, it seems that I lost again, Ye Ling, your chess skills are really getting better and better!"

The middle-aged man shook his head with a smile and said helplessly.

The smile on the face of the young man known as Ye Ling was a little bigger, but the middle-aged man in front of him was the patriarch of the Ye family and Ye Ling's uncle, in Muyuan Town, this middle-aged man was a very powerful existence. Being able to get his praise, Ye Ling felt very satisfied.

Ye Ling is the son of Ye Ba's cousin, Ye Ling's father died in a battle a few years ago, Ye Ling and his mother Cheng Ying continue to live in the Ye family, as the Ye family gradually becomes stronger, the life of Ye Ling's mother and son has gradually become better and better, of course, this is inseparable from Ye Ba's care for them.

At this time, a middle-aged woman walked out of the inner room, holding a plate of red wild fruits in her hand, looked at Ye Ling with a smile, and then put the wild fruits in front of Ye Ba, and said with a smile:

"Come, patriarch, eat some fruit to quench your thirst. ”

Ye Ba smiled and picked up a fruit and said:

"Sister-in-law, your Ye Ling is really a chess genius, I taught him Go, and in just one year, I can't beat him. It's really nice!"

Ye Ba stuffed a fruit into his mouth, and under the sweetness, the smile on his face became even richer.

"It's all Uncle Ba's teaching!"

Ye Ling also reached out and took a wild fruit, which was his favorite fruit, but now compared to the taste of the fruit, it seemed that the patriarch's exaggeration made him enjoy it more. He looked at his mother a little shyly, and then quickly shoved the fruit into his mouth.

Ye Ba stood up, stared at Ye Ling, and then said:

"But Ye Ling, you can't be proud because of this great chess skill, in our British Empire, only martial arts are king. Although your martial arts test results were not good when you were ten years old last year, as long as you are willing to work hard, you can still become a strong martial artist. ”

Ye Ba's words reminded Ye Ling of last year's martial arts test, the so-called martial arts test is the martial arts potential test that every child conducts when he is ten years old. In the Heavenly Wind Continent, the energy that every martial artist needs to cultivate is called spiritual power, and the martial arts potential is to test the concentration of spiritual power in a child's body. When you are ten years old, you will have a spiritual power awakening, which is the rule of the entire Tianfeng Continent, and the awakened spiritual power is divided into ten levels, the higher the level, the more talented the cultivation.

The second content of the martial arts test is the test of attributes, the so-called attributes are the attributes of their own spiritual power, generally speaking, everyone has two attributes, one is the main attribute, and the other is the auxiliary attribute. On the Heavenly Wind Continent, there are a total of twelve attributes, namely: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, thunder, wind, space, time, darkness, light, and life. Among these twelve attributes, the first seven are relatively common, while the last five are abnormally rare.

After his father's death, Ye Ling had always had a dream of becoming a powerful martial artist, but last year's martial arts test made him a little disappointed. The three stages of spiritual power, the main attribute wood, and the secondary attribute fire. This is the result of Ye Ling's test last year. In addition to the attributes are not bad, the spiritual power is very low. This is indeed a big blow to the strong Ye Ling, but he has never given up his dream of martial arts, and he has never given up cultivation in the past year.

"Uncle Ba, I know this, I won't give up my dream. Even if I don't have talent, I'll try my best to become a martial artist. ”

Ye Ling's delicate little face had an expression of unyielding, in fact, his heart's desire was to become a powerful existence like Ye Ba, but he didn't dare to say this dream easily, he knew that among all the teenage children in the entire Ye family, his talent was poor. All he could say was that he wanted to work hard to become a martial artist.

Martial artist is the name of a rank, and it is also a sign of the official introduction to martial arts. After completing the spiritual power awakening in the martial test, you will know how to cultivate and improve your spiritual power level, and after the spiritual power reaches the 9th stage, you will be the so-called martial artist. And the martial artist is also divided into ten levels, after breaking through the ninth level of the martial artist, he will become a martial artist, and the same martial artist is also divided into ten levels, and then there is the spirit martial artist. Ye Ba is a powerful spirit warrior.

In Muyuan Town, this was already the most powerful existence, but Ye Ling knew that in the entire British Empire, in the entire Tianfeng Continent, there was an even more powerful existence, but that level was too far away for him now. Because his talent is not very good, after a year of cultivation, he has only reached the level of the fifth stage of spiritual power.

"Well, it's good, this is the person of my Ye family, who has backbone. ”

Ye Ba looked at him with satisfaction, but there was really no expectation in his eyes, after all, the third stage of awakening spiritual power was really not good, and the best in the family had reached the seventh stage of spiritual power. He has now become a martial artist, but now looking at Ye Ling's appearance, he only has five stages of spiritual power at most, and this situation is indeed bad. But for his cousin's child, Ye Ba will not fight, he knows that Ye Ling is very strong, and it is enough for Ye Ba to hope that he can grow up healthy and healthy.

"I'll go first, I'll come to you to play chess next time, sister-in-law, you have to pay attention to your body, I think you seem to have lost weight recently!"

After Ye Ba waved his hand at Cheng Ying, he left this clean courtyard.

Watching Ye Ba leave, Ye Ling put away the chessboard and chess pieces on the table, then grabbed three more fruits in his hand, and said to Cheng Ying while running towards the courtyard:

"Mom, I'll go out and come back before dinner. ”

After speaking, before Cheng Ying could say anything, she disappeared from her field of vision.

"This kid must be exercising again, alas, this hard work is very similar to his father, but I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse. ”

Cheng Ying looked at the back of his son leaving, shook his head helplessly, and whispered to himself.