Memories flooded back like a tide, taking Xia Xiao back to two years ago. That was the most difficult time in his life, and he felt like he was in the abyss every day.
He has been unable to practice despite the two years of resources invested by the dynasty. The dynasty has become suspicious, and the imperial capital is full of doubts and opposition. Resources are precious and cannot be wasted on a useless person. Faced with these, the ancient prophecy no longer has any prestige.
On a cold rainy night, Xia Xiao tested his vitality again according to the original plan, but the colorless test crystal did not react at all, and laughed at him before others did.
The dynasty ordered that Xia Xiao be beaten with a stick 200 times, and his skin was torn and his flesh was torn apart in the rain. But he knew that he had to resist and fight for the last year, otherwise the resources he had wasted would be enough to cause his father to be demoted. The rise of the Xia family would also become a flash in the pan that people talked about after dinner.
He climbed up with difficulty. The rain could not eliminate the heat on his skin, but instead added to the pain.
At some point, an umbrella was held above his head. A few strands of Xia Xiao's wet hair blocked his eyes, but he could still see the girl's face clearly.
She was older than him, with delicate features, fair skin, and neat short hair. She looked like a quiet beauty who was not in touch with the mundane world. Later, Xia Xiao learned that her name was Su Huan, and she was also the daughter of a minister. That night, she endured the punishment of the dynasty and the filth of the people, and inadvertently healed Xia Xiao's scarred heart.
Compared to that time, Su Huan in front of Xia Xiao looked a little more mature, and there was a colder look on her pretty face.
After a brief eye contact, Xia Xiao pushed aside the refugees on both sides of the street and stood in front of the car window.
"You really have energy fluctuations, it seems that it is not a rumor."
Su Huan felt the injuries on Xia Xiao's body and asked in surprise:
"Have you met anyone from the Zhu family?"
Xia Xiao nodded.
"They are all dead."
This casual remark shocked Su Huan. Xia Xiao had changed. He became even colder than when he was in the imperial capital, and his eyes had vertical pupils like those of a wolf.
"You're going to the battlefield?"
"Well! I have entered the realm of nobility."
After perceiving, walking, and solidifying the seed, you will reach the realm of nobility!
"Is the Zhu family making any moves in the imperial capital?"
After arriving in Longgang City, the Su family often helped them secretly, and they were even more aware of the Xia family's plan to return to the imperial capital. And Su Huan was one of the most favored daughters of the Su family!
"It's the same as before, but you keep working hard, they can't interrupt the plan! But you have to be careful, the Zhu family is nasty, they might take advantage of the chaos and do something again!"
Xia Xiao nodded seriously. After a brief exchange, Su Huan left in a carriage, and she had fallen far behind.
“You must survive!”
Seeing Su Huan going away, many refugees became more wary of Xia Xiao. Although Xia Xiao and Su Huan deliberately lowered their voices, they did not hear the content of the conversation. Perhaps the fact that they could talk to such a strong man proved that they were extraordinary.
Get medicine and go home.
Xia Xiao told his mother and second sister the news of meeting Su Huan, and they reacted in unison, surprised and happy.
The Great Xia Army ordered that men and women who were over 18 years old could enter the battlefield. However, there was no age limit for practitioners above the Condensation level. Su Huan was 17 years old this year and had already entered the Venerable Realm. This speed of practice made Xia Xiao speed up his practice!
Under the dark clouds, Xia Xiao sat cross-legged in the backyard. When he made a hand seal for cultivation, the darkness in front of his eyes was replaced by bright sunlight, and what appeared in his field of vision was an extremely dense forest.
Walking into the forest, there was mystery all around, as if hiding a shocking secret. Xia Xiao could not peek, nor could he comprehend it, but no matter how long he walked, the forest would never end.
This world called Great Wilderness is full of vitality. After sensing the vitality, you can use it and absorb it into your body in a small amount to strengthen your tibia. Condensing a seed of vitality is to condense a vitality seed in your body, from then on you can mobilize the vitality of heaven and earth in a large amount.
Watering the vital energy seeds with the vital energy of heaven and earth and waiting for them to sprout means entering the noble realm.
There are five levels in the Venerable Realm, namely, Young, lush, Fruitful, Curved, and Towering. Few people know about the realms above the Venerable Realm, and they are not within Xia Xiao's current consideration.
Every practitioner who has entered the realm of nobility has a growing tree of vitality in his body, and the five realms of nobility are named after their growth characteristics. However, Xia Xiao clearly has not entered that realm, but there is a dense forest in his body.
Note, not one tree, but one patch!
This is Xia Xiao's own unsolved mystery, and he has never told anyone. In addition to these, there are still some things he still doesn't know, such as his own master.
A year ago, the Xia family came to Longgang City. Xia Xiao worked hard for half a year but still had no vitality fluctuations, which made him heartbroken. But at this time, an old man with a white beard appeared and said that Xia Xiao could not practice not because of his own reasons, but because there was a seal in his body.
Although he didn't know the old man's identity, Xia Xiao could only try his luck. In the end, the old man really did break the seal, and that day a black dragon turned into smoke and flowed out of Xia Xiao's seven orifices. From then on, Xia Xiao's meridians were all unblocked, and the vitality of heaven and earth appeared around him.
Xia Xiao took the old man as his master, but the old man left quietly, leaving behind only a machete.
He once said that we would see each other again in half a year. Now the time is almost up, but he is nowhere to be seen.
Xia Xiao had many doubts. He wanted to ask his master about the forest in his body and his mother's illness. Although his master had never shown his strength, he had removed the seal that even the powerful men of the dynasty had not discovered, which was enough to show how strong he was.
I hope Master will come back soon.
Sitting in the forest, Xia Xiao breathed in and out in a measured way. The forest around him gradually became ethereal and ethereal, and finally turned into the appearance of a backyard. The vitality of heaven and earth accumulated and was absorbed into Xia Xiao's body, repairing his injuries, strengthening his body, and finally stored in his body.
As long as he gets rid of the perception, his cultivation speed will gradually increase until he solidifies his seed and then slows down again. Xia Xiao is now in the middle stage of walking, and his speed of absorbing vital energy is extremely fast.
Soon, the vital energy in Dantian was filled. But Xia Xiao did not end it, but had to expand it so that he could enter the later stage.
Soon, Xia Xiao had reached the edge of the late stage of walking, but he did not rush for success. After consolidating his vitality, he exited the state of cultivation.
If you want to build a tall house, the foundation must be solid!
Longgang City Lord's Mansion
There are so many refugees these days that even if the dynasty issues food relief, it will not be enough. What bothers City Lord Yang the most is the Xia family. He thought Xia Xiao was doomed, but he miraculously survived. He doesn't know how to report to the Zhu family, nor does he know what to do in the future.
A black shadow flashed before his eyes. After the fat and big-eared City Lord Yang finished explaining the task, he hurried back to his room.
"grown ups!"
City Lord Yang was timid, but the skinny man opposite him did not appreciate it and just said in a cold voice:
"You received a hundred taels of gold, and this is how you do things?"
"Sir, I will send someone else immediately, but Xia Xiao..."
"Xia Xiao, I'll handle it myself."
City Lord Yang knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word.
“How many other people know about this?”
"It's just me, the others are all dead!"
The skinny man repeatedly repeated the word "good", then smiled sinisterly, formed a seal with his hands, turned around and slapped City Lord Yang on the forehead.
"Once you disappear, no one will know!"
After the man disappeared, only City Lord Yang's fat body was left in the room.