Mu Chengxue saw him shaking his head and said in a low voice, "Just give up. Those ancient cultivation methods have already gone with the end of that era." She thought that Xiao Chen was only looking for those ancient cultivation methods.
Xiao Chen said nothing. Ancient cultivation methods? Wasn't his Mystic Cyan Cultivation Method the most abstruse ancient cultivation method? But he had tried countless times to cultivate and nothing worked. He could not feel any Spiritual Qi at all.
"Why can you cultivate to Core Forming Realm, while I can't feel any Spiritual Qi?" He asked the question he wanted to ask the most.
Mu Chengxue was dumbstruck while looking at him. She then said, "I thought you were a man who knows a lot about cultivating. But how can you ask such a simple and even funny question?"
Xiao Chen frowned and said, "Funny? I really don't know."
Mu Chengxue shook her head and said nothing.
"Tell me. What exactly is going on? I really don't know." Xiao Chen lost his patience.
"All right, give me your hand."
Xiao Chen pulled up his sleeves and stretched out his hand as she said.
Mu Chengxue placed two fingers together as a slight amount of white radiance glowed on the fingertips. She then pressed two fingertips on his wrist. A moment later, her eyebrows furrowed tighter and tighter. Finally, she said, "You don't even have a single Spiritual Meridian. How can you feel the Spiritual Qi from heaven and earth?"
"Spiritual Meridian? What is it?" Xiao Chen was confused. When he cultivated in the Mystic Cyan Sect, he had never heard of something called Spiritual Meridian.
Mu Chengxue shook her head and realized he knew nothing. "The Spiritual Meridian is the basics of a Cultivator. One must have at least one Spiritual Meridian to feel the Spiritual Qi from heaven and earth. One who has three Spiritual Meridians enjoys an excellent talent. One who has six are peerless. One who has nine are saints. One can have 12 Spiritual Meridians at most, and nobody completely had 12 Spiritual Meridians in thousands of years."
After having listened to her for a while, Xiao Chen asked a question he hated to ask. "Do you mean that I can't cultivate only because I don't have even a single Spiritual Meridian?"
Mu Chengxue nodded and said, "You can say so."
Xiao Chen seemed to been struck by a thunderbolt out of the blue. Back then, he had never heard of this Spiritual Meridian, and everybody could cultivate. Even one with the worst talent could cultivate to Qi Refining Realm in eight to ten years, and then work harder to reach Foundation Building Realm. Those with better talent could reach Core Forming Realm or even Nascent Soul Realm. His talent was peerless in that era, but now...
He felt a bit helpless. Was there really a heavenly law that ruled the common people? He shouldn't have been alive now. Was the god punishing and torturing him now only because he survived that calamity?
He stood on his feet and then staggered out of the cave. He finally got the answer he always wanted to know, but the truth was so cruel.
"You helped me to break through that formation. I can give you a layer of Mystic Skill. Within a month, I'll make you able to beat any cultivator lower than Foundation Building Realm," said Mu Chengxue behind him.
"No, thanks..." Xiao Chen said in a weak voice.
Mu Chengxue sighed and then murmured while thinking, "How can he have not a single Spiritual Meridian? Something's not right! I just feel his... Is he... Hey! Wait! Come back!"
She suddenly raised her head in shock. But Xiao Chen had already vanished without a trace.
Returning to Purple Bine Pavilion where he lived, Xiao Chen punched at a big banyan tree, making the leaves rustling.
"Why!"
He yelled at the sky and then punched at the tree again and again until he smashed the tree bark and left his hands covered with blood.
"Why! Master, where are you?" "Why did you save me? Why did you make me suffer like this? Tell me..."
After waking up from the long sleeping, thousands of years had passed. This was actually the most painful thing to him, yet he had no one to talk to.
"Why did you leave me alone in this world? Why can't I die even if I wanted to? Master, kill me, please..."
He howled desperately and clenched the tree trunk with both hands. His fingers wedged into the tree bark as blood was flowing down the trunk. But this didn't matter, because the wounds on his fingers would surely be healed in three days without a visible scar.
"Young... Young Master! Bad news!"
At this moment, an urgent voice came from outside. Xiao Chen turned around and saw a red-shirted girl running to him hurriedly. This girl was named Lil Ruo, and his mother bought her from a villain down the mountain many years ago. This girl was his maid, but Xiao Chen had treated her as his sister since he was a kid.
"Take your time, Lil Ruo. What's the matter?"
"Uncle Yifan... Uncle Yifan..." Lil Ruo could not catch her breath and say the words.
Xiao Chen grasped her shoulders. "Calm down. What happened to my father?"
"Uncle Yifan is having words with some elders in the main hall. They are about to pick up a fight! Young master, go stop him quickly. Uncle Yifan can't defeat those elders!"
"What!?"
Xiao Chen immediately rushed outside his residence. The Conference Hall of the Xiao Family, Fly Cloud Hall, was located in the Fly Cloud Court. Before he reached the hall, he already heard a violent quarrel from inside. Countless Xiao Family disciples had already thronged outside the hall, pointing at the hall and chattering.
In the hall, Xiao Yifan and some elders already looked flushed. Xiao Yifan thundered, "What's the matter with three more years? Huh? Your coffins will be ready in three years or something?"
"Everybody knows that your son is a loser! He can't do anything even if given 10 more years!" A red-robed elder refuted angrily.
Another elder continued, "Xiao Yifan! Don't act on your wish only because you're the son of the chieftain! Even though you've grown up and had a say in family issues, we are your seniors! Mind your manner while speaking to us!"
Xiao Yifan snarled, "I am talking to you in a manner! My Chen'er is about to reach Onefold. What's so wrong about three more years?"
"It's not that we don't give him time! The Clan Rules have been set! We have made exceptions time and time again! Are you even taking the rules seriously?" snarled the red-robed elder.
"Enough!"
Just at this point, a cold thunder came to the hall as Xiao Chen stepped in. The red-robed elder pointed at him and said to Xiao Yifan, "Look! Your son is here now! Did you just said that he is about to reach Onefold?"
He then used his hand as a knife to cut off the corner of a fine sandalwood table, and then handed it over to Xiao Yifan, saying, "Let him break this piece of sandalwood and I'll give him three more years!"
Xiao Chen walked forth, snatched the sandalwood, and smashed it to the ground. He snarled, "Enough! I, Xiao Chen, will no longer make things difficult for you elders! After grandpa's birthday this month, I'll leave!"
Xiao Yifan looked at him and said, "Chen'er..."
Xiao Chen swung his sleeves coldly and said, "Father, you don't have to beg them! Don't you know about their secret, filthy plans?" After saying so, he looked at each elder with cold eyes that could even freeze people.
Of course, they wanted Xiao Chen gone so that Xiao Yifan would have no successor, and then they could naturally split Xiao Yifan's businesses.
The red-robed elder said in a deep voice, "Xiao Chen, you don't practice martial arts and all you can do is playing instruments, painting, or writing. How can you blame the other people? And you've always been thinking of becoming a Cultivator. How can you become a Cultivator when you can't even reach Onefold?!" He then swung his sleeve too.
Many disciples were watching at the door of the hall. A youth from afar walked through the throng. It was Xiao Yuan. He crossed his arms and smiled coldly, saying, "Since you are expert at the instrument, chess, calligraphy, and painting, what are you doing in our Xiao Family? If words get out, the others may think that Xiao Family starts to sell paintings and calligraphy works."
His words aroused laughter among the crowd, while Xiao Yifan looked more terrible. But because Xiao Yuan was first brother's son and also a genius in Xiao Family, he could not talk back.
At this point, a cold voice of a woman rose from outside, "Since you've got what you want, there's no need to hurt the others by saying those things."
The air suddenly became frozen.
The crowd turned their heads and suddenly became quiet, not daring to make a sound. Even those elders in the hall suddenly became humble, saying, "Fairy, your esteemed arrival to the Xiao Family. What can we do for you..." It was Mu Chengxue. She ignored everyone and only looked at Xiao Chen, saying, "I'm leaving." Xiao Chen knew that she must come here to say something to him, and walked to her, whispering, "Let's talk outside." The two people left the hall under the crowd's surprising eyes. In the square, Xiao Chen said, "Miss Mu, thank you very much." Mu Chengxue shook her head and said, "Do you need me to warn them to not make things difficult for you in the future?" Xiao Chen shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "No, thanks." Warning them would not help. After she left, those people would still do what they wanted to do. "Do you need me to give you a layer of Mysti
Xiao Yifan was the first to rush into the courtyard. He then pressed Xiao Chen's shoulders, looked around alertly and said, "Chen'er! What happened? Was it that Miss... That person has come back?" Xiao Chen was so excited just now, and he did not expect that he would make such a big noise. He knew that he could not explain this. If he claimed that he had made such damage, nobody would believe him and his father would be laughed at again. He then pretended to be surprised, saying, "I just came back from the Rainbow Pavilion. I don't know what happened neither." Xiao Yifan was still vigilant about the surroundings. He said, "Come live in the Water Immortal Pavilion for some days. You can't live here anymore." "There's no need, father. From now on, you don't need to worry about me." At this moment, several elders came in and started to check around the damages in the courtyard. When that red-robed elder, who let Xiao C
There was a bang. Qin Xiu had barely finished when Xiao Yifan had crushed the teacup that he held in his grasp. Tea spattered everywhere. The muffled voices of curious whispers began to fill their surroundings by onlookers outside the hall who were taken aback by the scene. In the hall, Xiao Changfeng lifted his hand as he cast a look at Huangfu Zhe and spoke dryly, "This was decided many years ago by the chieftains of both families. Is the chieftain of your family informed of this decision?" Huang Fuzhe replied, "Naturally. Even my father himself had deemed this decision inappropriate. Yet, as mentioned by young master Qin here, young Xin'er has, despite our many reprimands, been accepted as a Cultivator in the mystic arts. But we were informed that young Xin'er possesses six Spiritual Meridians—an extraordinary rarity which is the testament to her potential... hence..." The people outside the hall erupted into an uproar. Not even Xiao Yifan
Then again, despite his failure to defeat his opponent, Xiao Chen had withstood more than three blows from Qin Xiu. The onlookers of their brief duel were still in a dazed stupor when a deep and chilly voice rose from the hall, "Hold it..." The voice roused everyone back to their senses as they looked towards the source of the voice: the Master of the Xiao Family, Xiao Changfeng. Qin Xiu turned to him and asked, "Master Xiao, is there anything I can be of service? Are you also interested in a duel with me? I would be pleased to be able to spar with you." "Take your things and leave." Xiao Changfeng's voice boomed as he flailed the sleeve of his robes. The force channeled from him whisked the brocade box from the table and threw the box towards Qin Xiu. Sensing that something was wrong, Huangfu Zhe had tried to warn Qin Xiu, but he was too late. Qiu Xiu stretched his arm forward to receive the box gliding towards him only to f
In just the blink of an eye, Xiao Chen could vaguely feel the distinct changes in the environment of this world. Knowing that the Violet Manor was his best option to enhance his powers, he asked, "Do you have any way of leading me to this Violet Manor?" Evernight glanced at him and said, "The Mu girl you met not long ago has powers of the Core Forming Realm. Even she could hardly withstand the might of her enemies from the Violet Manor who have pursued her here in the Human World. What do you, a Cultivator of the Qi Refining Realm, can do? Remember, you possess twelve Spiritual Meridians. That alone makes you a widely-coveted nourishment." "What can I do then? Am I to remain a useless fool for the rest of my life, now that Miss Gu had removed the seals from my Spiritual Meridians? One way or another, I must make it there!" Evernight gave a light snort and he said, "There are Cultivators' sects and covens here in the Human World
"What!" Xiao Chen leaped to his feet instantly, "Why did you not tell me about this earlier!" With that, he immediately rushed out the courtyard and went straight to his father. "Yes. I think it is Perfected Immortal Zixu, the leader of the Three Pure Sect. It appears that even our family has someone who is blessed with the fortune of becoming an Immortal. We will not have to fear the Huangfu Family anymore," said Xiao Yifan with a smile. "Is the leader still here?" Xiao Chen asked anxiously. "He left two days ago. There was news of a strange and evil flower that consumes the souls of humans. He and your grandfather had left with Master Lingjue of the Sanctum of the Arcane Spring to investigate this matter." Xiao Chen frowned with dismay. He was hardly interested in evil flowers. He then asked again nervously, "Who are the three persons that Perfect Immortal Zixu had chosen?" Xiao Y
Xiao Yifan noticed his son's bad look and asked carefully, "What's wrong?" Xiao Chen recovered his sense and forced a smile. "Nothing." At this moment, he didn't know why he felt like he had lost his soul. This was not a coincidence but someone's arrangement. "Master, let's go. Don't let the Immortal wait for too long." Lil Ruo had packed their stuff. She would follow Xiao Chen as a maid. She would neither join the Three Pure Sect nor take the test. Xiao Chen nodded and walked to her when Su Qing called him to stop. She sighed and took out something like a badge. "I know I can't talk you out of this now. Be careful out there. If some senior made things difficult for you, just show him this thing." Xiao Chen took over the badge and did not know what it was made of. Also, it was carved with a super complex pattern that he did not know of. He nodded and said, "Okay. Mother, trust me, I'll be fine.&qu
Xiao Wan'er saw him stop walking and asked, "Cousin Xiao Chen, what's wrong?" Xiao Chen suddenly turned his head and looked into the distance, but he saw nothing special. It seemed that he had mistaken something. He smiled and said, "Nothing. Maybe I'm thinking too much. That Ghoulish Woman can't be here." Upon hearing "Ghoulish Woman", Xiao Wan'er's back turned cold and instantly had goosebumps as if she had been in a nightmare. Cheng Ying looked at a nearby inn and said, "Alright, I'm going back now. You can spend the night in that inn and there will be a senior brother here to pick you up in the morning." Xiao Wan'er looked at him and said pitifully, "Senior Brother Cheng Ying, do you have to go now?" Cheng Ying smiled slightly and said, "Yes. I have to go back to make reports. Don't wander in the night. There will be someone to pick you up tomorrow morning." "Uhh... Will it