The hard stones hit his body, causing some pain. Five-year-old Rong Jian protected his head with his arms, curled up into a ball, with traces of tears on his little face.
Three days ago, the family conducted a test on cultivation talent, and then everything changed.
The friends who used to play together have changed their attitudes and become... scary.
They shouted and threw rocks and branches at him, saying he was useless, that he had no spiritual roots, and that he would only be a mortal in the future...
He didn't quite understand why he had no spiritual roots, why he had to be treated like this because he had no spiritual roots, and why... they beat him because he had no spiritual roots.
A little kid in front trotted over, took a closer look, and then seemed to have discovered something interesting.
"He's crying!" The child turned around excitedly and said to others.
"The waste is crying!"
"Hoho, crying, crying!"
"You're really a waste, hehe!"
The children were excitedly cheering, each with a red face. Their behavior was ignorant, but it was the most hurtful.
Xiao Rongjian sniffed, as if trying to hold back the uncontrollable snot and tears, but he was totally unable to do it.
Everything was fine three days ago, how could it become like this?
The choked sobs continued to be heard by the surrounding children, but it only increased their arrogance.
Maybe in their perception, this is just a fun game.
But in the eyes of those who endured it, there was an endless terrifying darkness.
"What are you doing?" came the adult's scolding voice.
The children were all frightened and ran away in all directions, leaving only Rong Jian, who was crying and curled up, looking pitiful.
A man who looked like a housekeeper came over and squatted down, "Second Young Master, let me take you back."
Little Rong Jian timidly raised her head, tears welling up in her eyes, "...Uncle Rong, am I really a loser?"
The housekeeper sighed, did not answer, bent down, picked up the child, and walked in one direction.
The adults did not give a clear answer, but at that moment, the child understood. Yes, they were right, he was a waste.
…
On the bridge, the young man lowered his head, frowned, and his standing body unconsciously curled up, a habitual action to protect himself.
The big guys in the stands fell silent for a moment, glancing at Yu Bie Liu to observe her reaction.
Then he discovered that someone was looking at the illusion happily, and casually took out the spiritual fruit and bit into it with a "crunch".
“…”Okay, I really can’t have any expectations of her.
"Well... he has no spiritual roots?" Bo Gu asked after a moment of hesitation.
According to what was shown in this illusion, in the family's talent test, Rong Jian got the result of having no spiritual roots.
Judging from his performance in the second test, he is clearly a talented young player.
Bo Gu's question, if delved deeper, turned out to be... How was Rong Jian able to cultivate? Or, in other words, could people without spiritual roots also cultivate?
Yu Bie Liu casually took a bite of the spiritual fruit and said, "Yes, of course I don't. It's just that I'm a little more special than others, so the spirit stone can't measure it."
Everyone suddenly realized and breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously.
That’s good. If people without spiritual roots can also practice cultivation, then the entire world of cultivation will surely be in turmoil.
The people here were chatting casually, and in the illusion, little Rong Jian had been brought back to his own courtyard.
After settling him down, the housekeeper left, and he was the only one left in the empty courtyard.
A man sat upright on the edge of the bed, staring blankly at everything in the room.
A familiar place, familiar layout, but missing were the familiar people who used to follow him around.
The changes are very fast and unexpected.
The child looked at his hands and tears suddenly fell.
Panic, confusion, and helplessness, all kinds of emotions surround one and make one collapse.
"Wow..." The child wiped the tears from his face, turned around and fell on the bed, sobbing.
Then... he touched a doll, a delicate and beautiful girl doll.
Red clothes, long black hair made of black silk thread, eyes and nose made of copper coins, and a mouth sewn with bright red silk thread... Because it is a puppet, everything looks extremely stiff.
The child sobbed and turned around, only to be met with the puppet's weird smiling face.
He sat up, lifted up the doll, and stared at it with his red eyes for a long time.
"...Well, you're right, I'm not a waste!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "bang" and the illusion shattered.
This also proves that Rong Jian has seen through this layer of terror and can continue to move forward!
The big guys: "..." Forgive them. After living for so many years, I really don’t understand why they can see through the horror just by looking at the puppet for a while?
The Bridge of Integrity evokes the truest emotions in people's hearts, some of which even they themselves cannot see clearly.
They saw clearly everything that happened before. Rong Jian was ostracized by many people because his spiritual roots could not be detected when he was five years old.
However, in this situation, isn't the normal way to deal with it, the way to break the fear, to stand up, muster up the courage, and defeat the person who bullies you?
How can you make such a fuss just by looking at a puppet?
"That's not right!" Zhuang Xin touched his chin and thought for a while, then turned his gaze to Yubieliu.
Then Yu Bie Liu was seen holding the spiritual fruit in his mouth in a daze, forgetting even to bite it.
If they remembered correctly, when Yu Bie Liu used his spiritual consciousness to transform his body, his favorite image was that of a stunning woman with red hair and black hair...
"Hahahahaha!" Zhuang Xin couldn't help but burst out laughing, and the others couldn't help laughing as well.
Think about the stunning beauty she once transformed into, and then think about the distorted puppet image in the illusion just now.
Sorry, I couldn't help it!
Yubieliu: "..."
At this moment, she really wanted to rush in, grab someone by the collar and ask, is Fu so unlucky in his eyes?
Asshole, she's not that twisted or ugly!
Of course, after realizing that the prototype of this puppet was Yu Bie Liu, everyone also roughly understood why Rong Jian was able to overcome this fear.
Before Yu Bie Liu awakened his memory and returned home, Rong Jian's situation should not have changed at all.
He has no spiritual roots, but was born into a family of cultivators. One can imagine how his life is.
Yu Bie Liu went back and helped him change all this in the image of Fu, and also made him understand that he was not without spiritual roots and was not a waste.
This is the redemption engraved on his soul, so keeping it in mind became the key for him to see through this illusion.
"But to be honest, if you look closely, it's quite cute, so ugly-cute, hahaha!" Zhuang Xin was so happy.
Yu Bie Liu looked over expressionlessly: "Stinky little brother, do you know the consequences of me being unhappy?"
Zhuang Xin's smile suddenly froze. Oh, no, my "Broken Star"!
At this moment, Rong Jian on the bridge took a step forward and entered the second act of horror.
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