Chapter 1: When the father suffers humiliation, the son will surely avenge it

  "Ah!" He lightly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, and Xiao Chen slowly opened his eyes. He felt that the true yuan within him, which was about as thick as a strand of hair, was slowly circulating along his meridians. A hint of a smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of his mouth. Although he hadn't slept all night, his spirit was extremely good, and the numbness in his legs had already recovered under the circulation of that mysterious true yuan.

  Everything starts with difficulty, after feeling the spiritual energy, Xiao Chen spent several days in a row, except for eating, he was crazy about meditation and sitting cross-legged. Although the progress was slow, the thread of spiritual power in his body was also growing stronger.

  On this day, Xiao Chen Yun turned over and played for a week. As soon as he opened his eyes, a transmission talisman suddenly appeared in his room and automatically ignited. The voice of Yao Daozi came from within, "Xiao Chen, come to my room for a visit."

  Xiao Chen's eyes flashed with a hint of envy, using the Transmission Token, that was something that could only be done after reaching the Foundation Building stage. He nodded and greeted a few acquaintances on the way, before rushing straight to Yao Daozi's room.

  "Master, disciple Xiao Chen requests an audience." Xiao Chen called out respectfully outside the door of Yao Daozi.

  "Come in." A flat voice came from inside the door, belonging to Yao Daozi.

  Xiao Chen pushed the door open and entered, only to see Yao Daozi sitting cross-legged on a straw mat, his eyes slightly closed. However, for some reason, he felt a faint sense of pressure slowly emanating from his body, causing Xiao Chen to stand at attention with some unease.

  Yao Daozi opened his eyes, looked at Xiao Chen, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He then asked, "During these days, you have been cultivating the 'Grass Wood Transformation Manual'. Have you made any progress?"

  Xiao Chen heard this and a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face, he said in a low voice: "The disciple is dull-witted, and there is no spiritual root within him. After cultivating for over ten days, he can only simply sense the external spiritual energy and absorb a little into his body."

  Yao Daozi nodded slightly, looking at Xiao Chen, but in his heart, he couldn't help but sigh again. This child's temperament was firm and tenacious, able to comprehend the "Grass Wood Transformation Secret" within a dozen days and cultivate a thread of true yuan, enough to show that his comprehension ability was extremely high. However, he was born without a spiritual root, wasting such a good seedling. Thinking of this, he felt somewhat annoyed in his heart, waved his hand and said: "This is your identity token, go register at the outer gate later, receive two Wind Movement Symbols, and then follow the senior brothers back home. Remember, you must return within five days, otherwise, it will be handled according to the sect's rules, you can go."

  Xiao Chen heard this and was overjoyed in his heart, carefully taking the identity jade card and turning around to leave.

  "I wonder how Father is doing in Xiao City, has he been bullied by the Xiao family?" With a hint of worry in his heart, Xiao Chen slightly lowered his head and quickened his pace. As he turned the corner, when he saw a flash of white appear before his eyes, he was startled and hastily dodged to one side. However, that figure's movements were clearly much more agile than his, retreating several steps while staring at him with a thin veil of anger on his face.

  "Miss Ji." Xiao Chen's face showed a few shades of embarrassment as he clearly saw the person in front of him. Earlier, he had acted too hastily and slightly lowered his head. As they passed each other, he seemed to feel that his head had bumped into something soft. Now, seeing Ji Yuewu's face turn red with a hint of anger, her eyes involuntarily shifted downward by three parts.

  "Hmph!" Seeing this good-for-nothing's eyes darting about wildly, Ji Yuwu couldn't help but feel both angry and indignant, so she let out a cold snort.

  "Ah! Eldest sister, I'm sorry. Just now our master instructed me to follow the senior brothers who are sending people back and record their journey home, because I miss my family and was a bit reckless in my actions. If there's anywhere I've offended you, please forgive me." Xiao Chen understood he had been impolite and took a step back with an apologetic expression.

  "It doesn't matter." Upon hearing this, Kagutsuchi's expression improved slightly, but she still had a cold and icy demeanor.

  "Uh... Well, in that case, I'll take my leave." Xiao Chen smiled somewhat awkwardly and then hastily made a quick exit.

  Taking a deep breath, Xiao Chen finally felt relieved as he thought about his earlier mistake and couldn't help but smile wryly to himself. Ji Yuwu was a cultivator with an excellent spiritual root, if he had offended her because of this, wouldn't it be difficult for him to show his face in the future? However, judging from her expression, things shouldn't be that severe. Xiao Chen comforted himself as he headed towards the outer gate where the person in charge was located.

  On the road, I met many outer sect disciples of various schools. They were all in a hurry to get back to their own work so that they could have more time to cultivate diligently and hopefully become true disciples of their school one day.

  "Excuse me, is Brother Liu in? I am Xiao Chen, and I have come to see him." The gatekeeper was a outer sect disciple named Liu Tao, whose cultivation had already reached the sixth layer of Qi Refining. He was one of the top three among all the outer sect disciples in Luoyun Valley, which was why he was given the position of gatekeeper.

  Although being a nominal disciple is much higher than an outer door disciple, Xiao Chen didn't put on airs. After all, his cultivation was far inferior to theirs. Even ten of him wouldn't be a match for one of their fingers.

  "Xiao Chen, Shidi? Oh, could it be that you are the disciple of Lingyao Valley's Fifth Master Uncle, please come in quickly!" As he spoke, a middle-aged man with a warm face and an age of around thirty came out to greet him.

  "Senior brother." Xiao Chen bowed first.

  "It's nothing, it's nothing. I'm honored to be under the tutelage of Master Wushi. From now on, my cultivation will naturally soar to great heights. How dare I be called 'Shixiong' by you? If you don't mind, from now on, just call me Liu Tao in private, and let's not stand on ceremony." Liu Tao's expression was warm and friendly as he hastily invited Xiao Chen inside.

  "I don't know what brought Xiao Chen's brother to my place today, if you need any help just speak up, I'll definitely lend a hand." Liu Tao patted his chest, and with just a few words, the relationship between the two of them became much closer. People who didn't know would have thought they were old friends who had known each other for many years.

  "Liu Shixiong is being polite, I came here today to ask you to record something for me, and then send someone back with you. After all, if I miss this opportunity, I won't be able to go home until next year." Xiao Chen naturally understood that Liu Tao was being so enthusiastic because of Yao Duzi, and wouldn't put on airs, still maintaining a humble demeanor.

  Liu Tao secretly nodded in his heart. If Xiao Chen was indeed a young man who didn't know the height of the sky or the thickness of the earth, he would be respectful on the surface but look down on him in his heart, and naturally wouldn't become close friends with him. But since Xiao Chen was so well-behaved, Liu Tao wanted to curry favor with him even more. After all, Yao Daozi was the supplier of elixirs for the entire Luoyun Valley, and if he could get along well with him, who knows what benefits might come his way in the future.

  "Haha, so that's how it is. No problem, I don't know how many days you want to go back for, but with my maximum authority, I can give you a 10-day leave."

  "It won't take that long, Master has ordered me to return within five days. However, before I leave, please give me two Wind Chasing Symbols, so I can use them on my way back to the mountain." Xiao Chen said with a smile, waving his hand.

  "No problem, little brother please wait a moment." Liu Tao readily agreed and turned back into the bedroom, coming out again with five yellow talismans in his hand, presumably the Wind Talisman.

  "I don't know how far your home is from the mountain gate, so I'll give you a few more. These Wind Chasing Symbols can be stuck on your legs and allow you to travel thousands of miles in a day. Each symbol can support two thousand miles, which should be enough for you to use on your way back." Liu Tao stuffed five Wind Chasing Symbols into Xiao Chen's hands without hesitation, then reached into his pocket and pulled out another symbol scroll. "This is a first-grade Fireball Technique symbol scroll, which can launch ten attacks. As long as you input a bit of spiritual energy, it will be triggered, and each fireball is equivalent to a strike from a fifth-layer Qi Refining stage cultivator. You might encounter some dangers on the road, so take this as a small gift from your big brother to defend yourself." Although his words were light-hearted, his eyes revealed a hint of pain, clearly indicating that this Fireball Technique symbol scroll was also extremely useful to him.

  "It's impossible, how can I accept such a valuable gift from my senior brother?" Xiao Chen's face changed and he immediately declined.

  "Junior brother, don't be too modest. In the future, when junior brother becomes successful and famous, if you can just slightly help me out, Liu Tao will be eternally grateful! Junior brother insists on not accepting, could it be that you look down on me?" Liu Tao said with feigned displeasure.

  Xiao Chen heard the words and smiled bitterly, it seems that his master's status in Luoyun Valley is very high, even this sixth-layer Qi-refining stage senior brother has to be careful and fawn on him. Looking at the obviously exquisite and intricate fireball technique talisman in his hand, he could clearly feel a few strands of shocking and mysterious energy fluctuations emanating from it.

  He put away a few talismans into his storage bag with the back of his hand, and Xiao Chen cupped his hands in gratitude: "In that case, thank you, senior brother."

  Coming out from Liu Tao, Xiao Chen didn't dare to delay and hastily headed outside. He quickly arrived at the mountain valley where he had previously tested his spiritual root. More than a dozen disciples of Luoyun Valley were already waiting there.

  "Sorry for being late, everyone. Please don't mind." Xiao Chen walked up to the group of people and bowed his head in apology.

  "Hehe, don't be polite, Junior Brother Xiao Chen. We just arrived a moment ago and haven't waited for too long. Now that you're here, let's set off!" The first to speak was Yun Guang Valley disciple who heard this and smiled as he waved his hand, "I entered the sect four years before Junior Brother, if Junior Brother doesn't mind, then just call me Wang Senior Brother from now on. Later, I'll personally send Junior Brother and the others back home. What do you think, Junior Brother?"

  "In that case, I'll have to trouble you, Master Wang." Xiao Chen smiled and agreed, having grown accustomed to his master's golden nameplate.

  At this moment, many of the young people from various families who had not passed the assessment were looking at Xiao Chen with envy. Initially, they had all been treated equally, but now he was already on an equal footing with the immortal master. Especially the dozen or so young people from the Xiao family, who were now looking at Xiao Chen with complex expressions as he chatted happily with Liu Shixiong.

  Xiao Lin clenched his fists tightly, although he and Xiao Chen were both nominal disciples, but the masters between them were not on the same level at all! He never thought that he, the young master of the Xiao family, would be inferior to him! However, although he was secretly furious in his heart, he didn't dare to show it. He had a premonition that with Xiao Chen's rise, their Xiao family might undergo drastic changes.

  PS: The second update is done, tragic! Please collect it!