In a daze, Xiao Ling slowly opened his eyes, feeling as if he had slept for a very, very long time.
Looking at the unfamiliar roof beams and the primitive room furnishings, feeling the greatly changed body, and recalling the familiar yet strange memories in his mind, Xiao Ling finally confirmed one thing: he had been reborn.
In his previous life, Xiao Ling was an ordinary college student from Blue Star.
While passing a bridge, he saw a young man attempt suicide by jumping into the river over a heartbreak.
As a helpful and enthusiastic youth of the modern era, Xiao Ling jumped in without a second thought to save him.
He managed to get the person to the shore, but due to physical exhaustion after pushing the man up, he had no strength left.
After struggling several times to climb up himself but failing, he eventually sank into the water and drowned.
His identity in this life was an ordinary disciple of the Xiao family in Wu Tan City.
Not long after he was born, his father passed away during a mission.
His mother fell ill from grief and passed away shortly after.
Fortunately, there was a pension from the Xiao family; otherwise, Xiao Ling might not have lived until the day his memories were restored.
Just then, a young boy pushed open the door and walked in.
Seeing that Xiao Ling was awake, he hurried over and said, “Xiao Ling, you’re finally awake!
You suddenly fainted the day before yesterday, and today is already the third day.”
Recalling the memories in his head, Xiao Ling knew that the boy in front of him was named Xiao Bai.
He was also an orphan of the Xiao family and shared a dormitory with his former self.
Xiao Ling stopped thinking and replied with a calm face, “Thank you for your concern.
I’m fine now, just a little hungry.”
Walking out of the room and looking at the architecture of the Xiao family, he felt both familiar and strange.
“In my memory, Xiao Yan is the same age as me, and Xiao Xun’er hasn’t arrived at the Xiao family yet.
The plot shouldn’t have started yet,” Xiao Ling muttered to himself.
Today should be the day for the family’s younger generation to test their Battle Qi cultivation.
Xiao Ling planned to join the excitement.
If Xiao Yan had already cultivated Battle Qi by now, he should also be participating in the test.
It was a good chance to see the childhood version of the future Flame Emperor.
Before long, he reached the testing site.
The surrounding area was already crowded.
Xiao Ling found an inconspicuous spot to stand and turned his gaze toward the center of the plaza.
He saw a young child walking out from the crowd.
Although there was a bit of nervousness on his face, there was more excitement.
Under the watchful eyes of the Xiao family members, the child raised his hand and placed it on the Magic Testing Stone Tablet, slowly injecting Battle Qi.
“Battle Qi: 1st Stage!”
Looking at the five bright characters on the testing stone, the young child on the platform breathed a sigh of relief.
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and a light of confidence appeared in his eyes.
He raised his head and held a fist to his chest, as if seeing a bright future.
“Xiao Yan, Battle Qi 1st Stage, Level: Low!” The middle-aged elder next to the testing stone gasped and loudly announced the rank.
He thought to himself, “This child is so terrifying!”
As soon as the elder finished speaking, it caused a commotion among the Xiao family members below.
People whispered to each other.
“Young Master Xiao Yan is indeed extraordinarily gifted.
I could tell at a glance that this child is no ordinary person!”
“Battle Qi 1st Stage at the age of four?
I’ve never even heard of such a thing in the Xiao family!”
“That’s right.
Young Master Xiao Yan has only been practicing for a short while.
Truly an extraordinary talent.
Our Xiao family has produced a genius!”
On the high platform at the edge of the plaza sat the family’s high-level members.
In the middle, Xiao Zhan laughed happily at the sight.
“Haha!
My son Xiao Yan has peerless talent; he has the potential of a Battle Emperor!”
The other elders echoed him with smiles on their faces, while secretly wishing their own descendants could show such promise.
Xiao Yan stepped down from the platform and walked toward Xiao Zhan.
Hearing the praise of the people along the way, he was overjoyed.
Looking at the high-spirited Xiao Yan and the ancient ring on his finger, Xiao Ling rubbed his chin and fell into thought.
“Xiao Yan is still young now.
Can I trick the Bone Chilling Flame ring away from him?”
After thinking seriously for a while, Xiao Ling gave up on this plan.
He felt that even if Yao Lao was very weak, he could still sense the outside world to some extent.
Firstly, as a peak Battle Venerable, it was very unreasonable for Yao Lao to absorb the Battle Qi of a mere low-level practitioner.
Moreover, he didn’t absorb the Battle Qi of Xiao Zhan’s wife but insisted on absorbing Xiao Yan’s, keeping him at the 3rd Stage of Battle Qi.
If he were just absorbing Qi to recover, he would have finished long ago.
The more Xiao Ling thought about it, the more he felt Yao Lao was testing Xiao Yan.
If he took the ring and was deemed morally corrupt by Yao Lao, preventing him from becoming a disciple, then his efforts would be in vain, and there might even be a risk to his life.
“This body is also over four years old.
I can also start practicing.” Xiao Ling stopped thinking about other things, turned away from the plaza, and walked toward his small wooden cabin, preparing to start practicing Battle Qi.
Xiao Ling held his breath and concentrated.
He took out the meridian cultivation map given by the clansmen and began practicing Battle Qi according to the recorded method.
Keeping his mind steady, he sensed the Battle Qi energy in the air.
Strands of milky-white gas appeared faintly.
Xiao Ling concentrated and used the recorded steps to guide them into his body.
Feeling the Battle Qi enter his body, Xiao Ling was surprised.
“How did I sense Battle Qi on my first try?
I heard that it took Xiao Yan a whole day to sense it for the first time.
Is it because the level of the world I transmigrated from is much higher, so my soul power is much stronger than his, making cultivation more effective?”
Although a person’s talent can be seen from many aspects.
The first manifestation of talent is the time it takes to sense Battle Qi.
The shorter the time, the stronger the talent.
This saying might not be absolutely accurate, but it has some reference value.
No wonder he only regained his memories at age four; otherwise, this body would not have been able to withstand such massive soul power.
In the original story, when the Cao family’s witch, Cao Ying, was born, her soul power was so strong that even her mother was seriously injured and almost died.
At this moment, a mechanical voice suddenly rang in his mind: “Ding!
Congratulations to the host for stepping onto the path of cultivation.
The Myriad World Extraction System has been activated!”
“Myriad World Extraction System?
Is this my transmigration cheat?”
Xiao Ling was pleasantly surprised.
He was very familiar with systems, having often read system-genre novels in his previous life.
He quickly shouted in his mind, “System, what functions do you have?”
“Ding!
This system is called the Myriad World Extraction System.
In short, it extracts from myriad worlds.
The host can obtain one extraction chance for every level of breakthrough.
Items are randomly extracted from all the heavens and myriad worlds.
Luck determines what is drawn, regardless of whether it is living or dead.
All extracted items are automatically stored in the system warehouse.
Extraction chances can be stacked.”
“This is amazing!
If I’m lucky, I might even pull items from high-power worlds!” Xiao Ling thought.
Seeing that other novels’ systems had starter gift packs, he quickly asked.
“System, is there a beginner’s gift pack?
I see other systems have them.”
“Ding!
Currently, there is no beginner’s gift pack function.
You have one extraction chance available.
Do you wish to use it?”
Xiao Ling felt a bit regretful about not having a gift pack, but the function was so powerful.
Although he couldn’t become a Battle Venerable in one year or a Battle Emperor in two and insta-kill everyone, this was still good enough.
He planned to use the one extraction chance immediately.
“System, start the extraction!”
“Ding!
System extracting…
Congratulations to the host for extracting Yu Xiaogang’s storage soul tool from the Douluo Continent world: Twenty-Four Bridge Moonlit Night.”
Sensing a new item in the system space, Xiao Ling thought of it, and the Twenty-Four Bridge Moonlit Night appeared in his hand.
Xiao Ling couldn’t help but complain, “Isn’t this the storage soul tool that scumbag Yu Xiaogang gave to Tang San?
Has that little brat not gone to find a master yet?
I wonder if Yu Xiaogang will still give Tang San a storage soul tool now that he’s lost the Twenty-Four Bridge Moonlit Night.”
The belt was entirely black with dark patterns that were hard to distinguish without looking closely.
Twenty-four milky-white jade stones were evenly embedded across the entire belt.
Each stone was only about the size of an adult’s thumbnail and was circular.
Probing with his soul power, he found that each jade stone had a space of one cubic meter.
The size was quite appropriate.
Since he didn’t have a storage ring yet, this was very good for storing common items and concealing his storage space.
In the Douluo Continent, Notting City, Yu Xiaogang, who had just finished collecting his spirit master subsidy from the Spirit Hall, was walking toward the Notting Junior Spirit Master Academy.
He was still thinking about finding a talented young spirit master to take as a disciple to inherit his invincible theories.
Suddenly, he felt his waist go empty.
The Twenty-Four Bridge Moonlit Night originally placed at his waist had suddenly vanished.
His mind raced, thinking a high-level spirit master had made a move.
He spoke out.
“Sir, your strength is supreme.
Do you really covet the storage soul tool of a mere Great Spirit Grandmaster like me?”
Yu Xiaogang looked around but found no suspicious person.
He could only sigh at his bad luck.
Heaven was jealous of heroic talent; though he possessed matchless wisdom, he lacked peak talent and was targeted everywhere.
“Damn it!
Once I find a disciple with extraordinary talent, I will make everyone who looked down on me regret it.” A flash of gloom crossed Yu Xiaogang’s eyes, and then he walked into Notting Academy.
Calming his mind, Xiao Ling began to organize the various items inside the Twenty-Four Bridge Moonlit Night, dividing them into two categories.
The first category consisted of some gold coins and the like.
Although the gold coins of the Douluo Continent and the Battle Qi Continent looked a bit different, their shapes were similar and there was basically no difference; they could be used.
There were over twenty thousand gold coins in total.
Even if his strength was poor, Yu Xiaogang still had quite a bit of money.
The second category consisted of some clothes and some theoretical knowledge of the Douluo Continent, which was worth almost nothing.
Tucking away the gold coins and miscellaneous items, Xiao Ling pondered.
“Since Xiao Yan has already cultivated Battle Qi, then Xiao Xun’er should be coming to the Xiao family soon.
Xiao Yan, oh Xiao Yan, I won’t steal your ring, but I can try for Xun’er, the number one rich woman of the Battle Qi Continent.
Although everyone says Xiao Xun’er is the number one female ‘simp’ of the continent, it would be very comfortable if she ‘simped’ for me, Xiao Ling.
Besides, what boy wouldn’t hope for a girl who always cares for him on his life’s path?”
Stopping his thoughts, Xiao Ling formed a cultivation hand seal and began practicing Battle Qi.
In the Battle Qi Continent, strength is respected.
Only by becoming stronger can one have a foundation to stand on.
(END CHAPTER)