Chapter 2, The Storm Rises
Subsequently, the Xiao family reported that Xiao Luoyi passed away after giving birth to one of his sons. The people in Wave City sighed, and they all expressed that they were jealous of the talent, and the untimely death of the proud daughter of the sky was regrettable.
Of course, there are also discordant voices, saying that the Xiao family has suffered retribution for doing many evils, but the vast majority of people in Wave City are angry at this statement.
A few days later, a luxurious giant flying ship flew in the sky in a secret chamber. The interior looks a little inexplicably weird, and there is a crystal coffin in the middle of the hall.
An elegant man sat by the window and looked at the mountains flying by, the elegant folding fan swayed slightly, this person was the 'Ten Holy Hands' Hua Xuan who was in Xiaofu at the beginning.
After tasting the tea on the table, he said as if to himself, "Miss Xiao is really admirable this time, but she does not hesitate to waste her skills and leave her children behind, this kind of courage really makes me have to be impressed!"
If others are afraid of a cold back, they can only hear a pleasant and beautiful sound slowly coming from the coffin.
"Is Prince Hua Xuan saying that the concubine is ruthless?" said that the coffin lid slowly opened, and a stunning beauty with beautiful and delicate skin, dressed in a purple splendid dress, walked out with gentle movements and sat next to Hua Xuan. The face is sad and more beautiful. His eyes kept staring out the window and didn't look at Hua Xuan.
Hua Xuan turned his head and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, looking at the man in front of him, "When I first saw Miss Xiao, I knew that Miss Xiao was the phoenix among people, so I intended to win over Miss Xiao to make a big plan, and I didn't know what to tell Miss Xiao, whether Miss Xiao believed it, but I just felt that if there was Miss Xiao, it would be a charcoal in the snow, and I had to tell the truth, but I didn't think that Miss Xiao didn't suspect it." β
Xiao Luoyi smiled back, raised her lips lightly and said, "The concubine didn't believe what the princess said, but after listening to the princess, the concubine also did some investigations, flipped through a lot of ancient scrolls, and felt that what the princess said was not far from ten." β
As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the mountains and rivers below, and said a little lonely, "It's just that my father, mother, and my newborn child are suffering." He choked up a little as he spoke. Seeing this, Hua Xuan got up and said goodbye.
"Miss Xiao is for the people of the world, for the hundreds of millions of living beings, but also for the Xiao family and your children, Miss Xiao doesn't have to feel too guilty. Say goodbye in advance, Miss Xiao will give birth to a baby and need to rest early, this bottle of elixir will help you recover. β
As he spoke, he put down a jade vial and went out with his hands in fists, leaving Xiao Luoyi alone in the room, and the already cold room seemed even quieter.
"My little Luochuan, I have no choice but to be a mother, you have to forgive my mother, and my mother is also to open up the closed road for you. As he spoke, he looked at the sky, as if there was a beast in his eyes that had chosen to devour people.
I vaguely remember the pleading of my parents and relatives to Hua Xuan, the resolute and tender eyes of my father, and the heartbroken look of my sister Tianyi, Xiao Luoyi didn't feel good in her heart.
At that time, my father was excited when he heard Hua Xuan say that there was a way to keep his body from rotting and that he would have the opportunity to resurrect himself in the future, and then Hua Xuan said that he was going to take himself away, how he struggled in his heart, but he also reluctantly agreed for himself. I discussed the child's name with myself and walked out of the room without looking back.
"Let's call it Luochuan, because my father heard that after the death of a person, the soul will return to the netherworld, and he will pass through the Luochuan River, and the child will be named Luochuan, and he will protect you from crossing Luochuan, etc., and you will return to the Xiao family. Father's loving voice seemed to echo in his ears.
My father's life is just and usually more majestic, and he rarely says such words, maybe this is what people call father's love like a mountain, and the tenderness of an iron man.
Wave City, Xiaofu. Xiao Xing is located in the conference hall, and the long-term leadership of the Xiao family makes Xiao Xing majestic and upright, and always exudes the atmosphere of a superior person.
There were seven or eight elders sitting in the lower seat, with different expressions on their faces. The first middle-aged man who looked shrewd, tall and thin on Xiao Xing's right hand was Xiao Zheng, the elder of the Xiao family.
"Patriarch, is Miss Luoyi's story true?" Xiao asked with concern.
"It's true" Xiao Xing's face was expressionless
"Since it is true, although you are the patriarch, Miss Luo Yi is also my niece. I grew up watching Luo Yi, what can't I discuss with me??Luo Yi is important in the clan, the patriarch also understands, if it weren't for Luo Yi all these years, our Xiao family would not be able to reach its current status, how do you say that if you hand over Luo Yi to someone else, you will hand it over?" Xiao Zheng rebuked with pain.
Speaking of this, a lean old man sitting on Xiao Xing's left hand smiled and said, "What Elder Xiao Zheng said is reasonable, although you are the patriarch, but Miss Luo Yi is not an ordinary family member, but the 'pillar' of the Xiao family!"
said and pointed to the people in the hall, "Look at how many people here are missing Miss Luoyi, ah~ A huge Xiao family, who is missing, can also gain a foothold in Wave City." Speaking of the back, he looked at everyone with a hatred of iron and steel.
The elders sitting on the side of Xiao Zheng glared angrily, looking at the thin old man, but no one dared to reprimand him in public, but several elders on the side of the thin old man looked at him with sneer and disdain. Because on the one hand, the Xiao family's family rules are very strict, and they can't speak casually in the meeting hall, and secondly, this thin old man is Xiao Qin, the second elder of the clan, and he is quite powerful.
Xiao Xing looked at the two and said, "Okay, Luo Yi is my daughter, I care about her more than anyone else, there is no need to discuss this matter." The Great Elder Xiao Zheng clasped his fists and said that he would no longer speak, and the Second Elder Xiao Qin sneered
"The patriarch of the clan has the final say, and I'll just listen. β
"Oh~ Elder Xiao Qin is saying that I am a good word, or do you think that you are too old to participate in the discussion?" Xiao Xing squinted at Xiao Qin and said slowly.
Xiao Qin snorted and the corners of his mouth curled slightly, looking like an old student, and turned his head away without saying a word.
Time is surviving, it has been six years, too many big things have happened in these six years, after Xiao Luoyi left the Xiao family, the Xiao family's power was gradually eroded by the Han family, and with the growth of the Han family's power, the waves of Wave City became more and more turbulent.
At the quadrennial Enlightenment Ceremony, various small and medium-sized families brought their children from four to eight years old to Wave City to hold the Enlightenment Ceremony. Each family has been preparing for this ceremony for four years.
On the avenue a few miles away from Wave City, all kinds of cars began to increase, and in an inconspicuous car, an old man with four children of several years old was marching towards Wave City.
A little boy looked at the tall city wall a few miles away from the window, and exclaimed in a milky voice, "Grandpa, grandpa, there is a mountain in front of you!"
The old man raised his eyebrows and looked at the little guy in front of him lovingly, and said with a smile, "That's not a mountain, that's the wall of Wave City, Yueyue, don't lie on the window string, it's not safe." β
"Grandpa, that's ......"
Such scenes are not uncommon along the way, the elders who usually hold authority in various clans are now with children, these little guys are very expensive, and it is very likely that they will be candidates to inherit the throne in the future, maybe one of them will lead the clan to glory in the future.
Coming to the city, the main road is also bustling with a width of 100 zhang, and the attics on both sides of the road are taller and more majestic than the other, and the shouting on the road is endless.
"Come and see Luo, the best silk in Wave City is only five stripes of silver..."
"Is the guest officer staying in the hotel or playing top?"
"Yo~ Isn't this Boss Chen..."
After a while, a lark-like voice came from a distance, chasing a few years old boy in front of him and shouting, "Luo Chuan, don't run too fast, don't get lost when there are too many people, wait for Auntie." Hurry up, don't lose it. β
The latter sentence was naturally said to the two maids next to the voice, and the maids also squeezed through the crowd and followed.
"My aunt lied, hum~ I said that I would take Luo Chuan to play in Tianjing Sea, but it turned out that the summer was almost over, and my aunt still didn't take Luo Chuan to play, and I was busy ignoring Luo Chuan all day long... Wow~" cried aggrievedly as he spoke.
It was the beautiful Xiao Tianyi, Luo Chuan's aunt who came after her. Xiao Tianyi squeezed through the crowd with difficulty, came to Luo Chuan's side, squatted down and gently wiped away his tears for Luo Chuan, and was very distressed in his heart.
"Our little Luochuan is obedient~, my aunt originally planned to take you there after the opening ceremony, isn't there still two days~"
Luo Chuan wiped away the tears on his face with his cuffs, and his grandmother's voice said, "That aunt is what she says, let's pull the hook, and my aunt can't break her word anymore" said and stretched out a small hand like a tender lotus, stretched out her little finger and looked at Xiao Tianyi.
Xiao Tianyi looked at Luo Chuan with a doting face, nodded with a smile and stretched out his hand to hook Luo Chuan.
Two days later, the opening ceremony of all ethnic groups opened, the city center square was full of people of all ethnic groups, there were 3 glazed stone towers of high zhang on the ceremonial platform, the tower was 9 floors high and looked gorgeous and abnormal.
There were 4 people sitting on the high platform behind the ceremonial platform, and the one sitting in the middle with an official face was the Lord of the Wave City, Long Haotian.
The short and fat man with a treacherous face sitting on the left is Han Kun, the head of the Han family, and it is difficult to hide the fat around him in a gorgeous dress.
Sitting on the right is the majestic Xiao Xing, and on the right side of Xiao Xing is Liu Neng, the most mysterious head of the Liu family in Wave City.
I saw Liu Neng, who had a bearded face, looking down with a smile, although he was dressed in a gorgeous costume, his strong muscles were difficult to hide.
Seeing that the hour was almost up, the city lord Long Haotian stood up and said to the left and right people, "This city lord is presiding over the opening ceremony today, do you have any opinions?" It's a different story.
"Where, where, as it should be..."
"Where is the Dragon City Lord..."
"That's nature.."
Seeing this, Long Haotian was not hypocritical, standing on the high platform and saying to the people under the platform, "Thank you for your affordability, and recommend the lord of this city to be the host of the Spiritual Opening Ceremony...... Long Haotian's voice was loud and abnormal, and tens of thousands of people in the square could hear it, and his cultivation was high.
It's a clichΓ©, but after all, the ceremony of the various clans was opened, and after the announcement of the start, the children brought by the various clans stood together and lined up to open the spirit.
Xiao Luochuan was also among them, looking at the three children in front of him, under the guidance of the elders, they put their hands on the glazed stone tower, only to see that the stone tower in front of one of the 5.6-year-old boys suddenly lit up with a white light, and the brightness was not extinguished until the seventh layer of the tower.
The old man next to him nodded his head and touched his beard and said, "It's not bad, all the seventh-order spiritual roots, after speaking, looking at the two children next to him, the tower body has not changed, the old man shook his head in disappointment and said, "You all go down, you can also take the way of martial arts and business without spiritual roots." β
A middle-aged man at the bottom of the ceremonial platform was very excited and said to the people around him, "See, that mortal seventh-order is my son, my son, God has opened his eyes, and my family is going to have a big future." β
Everyone around congratulated, a few families were happy and a few were sad, and the two children who had no spiritual roots were taken away from the altar and taken down by the adults of the family, and their backs were lonely.
In the Grace Continent, strength is everything, and those who can have spiritual roots among mortals are one in a million, of which the mortal spiritual root accounts for about seventy percent, the earth spiritual root accounts for about two percent, and the heavenly spiritual root is even rarer, only less than one percent, as for the legendary fairy spirit root, it is rare to see it for ten thousand years.
Not long after, a little fat man and the two of them went to the stage, and the little fat man looked at Han Kun on the high platform.
Long Haotian on the high platform smiled and said, "Isn't this Han Kun's grandson?"
Han Kun smiled at Long Haotian and said, "It's the grandson of Xia, and his parents are both geniuses of the Earth Spirit Root. This little grandson will not disappoint Zaixia. β
Sure enough, the glazed pagoda in front of the little fat man was full of white light, and he directly rushed through the ninth floor, the light flashed and changed to yellow, and slowly rushed to the fourth floor, and then broke through to the fifth layer with difficulty.
Long Haotian, who was on the high platform, arched his hand back, "Sure enough, it's a genius, it's rare, congratulations." β
Han Kun looked at Xiao Xing proudly, his face was very arrogant, but Xiao Xing looked indifferent, thinking in his heart, "Isn't it the fifth grade of the ground level, I have a son who is also the third grade of the earth spirit root, not to mention the two daughters are also the ground level, not to mention Xiao Luoyi who amazed Wave City." β
With the passage of time, it was gradually Luo Chuan's turn, and the first few people only had a mortal seventh-order spiritual root and the little fat man of the Han family, and the rest of the people were actually people without spiritual roots, which put a lot of pressure on Luo Chuan.
Although my aunt said that most of the children of the Xiao family have spiritual roots, this is also the secret of the continuation of the big family. Naturally, the big family will also come stronger and stronger.
Luo Chuan knew that the person whose own mother possessed the eighth-order spiritual root of the earth grade could only reach the heavenly rank, which was already a rare genius in Wave City. It's a pity that this point is as vast as the sea of mirrors.
Just thinking about it, Luo Chuan stretched out his hand to the glazed tower-like spirit exploration stone under the guidance of the old man.
On the high platform, Xiao Xing nervously waited for the result, and the ritual that usually only took a few breaths to complete was extremely slow in Xiao Xing's eyes.
Han Kun, who was obese on the side, squinted his eyes and asked with a smile: "Isn't this the son of the daughter of the Xiao patriarch's family?" It's a pity to hear that his mother died early, but I don't know what her child's qualifications are. As he spoke, he licked his lips and a flash of lewdness flashed in his eyes.
Xiao Xing looked at Luo Chuan intently, turned his head to look at Han Kun when he was asked like this, and said arrogantly: "My daughter is Tianjiao, and her son will naturally not be bad." β
"That's not necessarily, maybe the tiger father and the dog, not to mention that his father is also unknown..."Han Kun said with a wicked smile.
Where did Xiao Xing hear others talking about his daughter, and Long Aotian next to him was about to get angry, and said, "Look, it's started, it's a dragon or a worm, you can see for yourself."
Xiao Xing turned his head to look dissatisfied, and suddenly his eyes widened, and he saw the most unforgettable scene in his life.
I saw that Luo Chuan followed the instructions of the old man, stretched out his hand and sensed the spiritual power in the tower wholeheartedly, only to see that the light of the tower was instantly bright, and the white light flashed and rushed towards the spire.
The moment it fell, it rose and rushed straight up, the seventh layer, the eighth layer, as the light rose, the breathing of the people watching the ceremony gradually became heavy, and the most excited was Xiao Xing and Xiao Tianyi, who looked at Luo Chuan outside the ceremony, Xiao Tianyi had already burst into tears, covering his mouth and looking at Luo Chuan who was standing on the platform.
As if in response to the enthusiasm of the audience, Huang Guang sang all the way to the ninth floor. At this time, Xiao Xing laughed out loud without image on the high platform.
"Hahaha, my Xiao family has another Tianjiao, the ninth order of the earth, but it is one order higher than his mother. After speaking, he looked proudly at Han Kun with a black face, as if to say, look at you, look at what a genius is.
The city lord Long Haotian was about to clench his fists and congratulate Xiao Xing, who was getting carried away, when he changed and bulged, he saw that the light that had reached the spire of the tower was dimmed, and the tower body emitted a dazzling blue light, making it difficult for everyone to look directly, Long Haotian stood up and looked at the ceremonial platform with a little solemnity.
Han Kun next to him was already staring at him, as if he had seen something incredible, and Xiao Xing's jaw was about to fall to the ground, staring blankly.
No one noticed that Liu Neng, the head of the Liu family, was holding a pearl the size of a dragon's eye in his hand. Murmuring in his mouth.
"Is it really as Hua Xuan said? It seems that I have to use this thing. β
The blue light was dazzling, but it couldn't hide everyone's excited and envious eyes, "What? Is it really the Heavenly Spirit Root?" It seems that the rise of the Xiao family is unstoppable, I really don't know how blessed the Xiao family is, there is a 'little heavenly calculation' Xiao Luoyi, which made the Xiao family become the overlord of Wave City, and now it's good, giving birth to a son actually has a heavenly spirit root, what a creation this is..."
The blue light rose very quickly, and just as everyone was talking, it had reached the third layer, and just when the light was about to rush to the fourth layer, Liu Neng, who had been holding the bead, shook his hand, and a transparent and unwavering bead passed through the bead and rushed straight to the glazed tower.
Seeing that the rising blue light was touched by this gangqi, it actually stopped, and Xiao Luochuan was surprised to find that his induction with the glazed tower had disappeared, and he seemed at a loss.
The old man on the side saw that the light of the glazed tower had converged, and he was so excited and trembling that he knelt on the ground and looked up at the sky and shouted, "The old body is fortunate to see the heavenly spirit root, this life is enough..."
The square suddenly started to talk, and then Luo Chuan couldn't remember it clearly, it was nothing more than the elders of the various clans saying some compliments to him, and the city lord gave a lot of gifts. Afterwards, he was taken back to Xiaofu by his aunt, and Xiaofu became very vigilant from that night.
Xiao Luochuan, who was lying on the bed, closed his eyes tiredly, not knowing what kind of challenge he would face next.