Walking to the door of Xiao Xun’er’s room, Xiao Ling gently pushed it open and entered.
Finding that no one noticed him, he quietly approached the bedside.
Looking by the moonlight, he saw Xiao Xun’er’s cute face, but compared to the rosy color of the morning, she was now somewhat pale.
Her brows were furrowed together, as if she were enduring some kind of torture.
Xiao Ling had roughly guessed it.
It was likely because the Gold Emperor Sky Flickering Flame had been directly sealed into a child’s body, and she wasn’t quite used to it yet.
They hadn’t checked her properly in the Gu clan before bringing her to the Xiao family.
It was indeed hard for her.
Once she grew up and her body fully developed, this situation would ease.
He slowly walked to the bedside.
Seeing that Xiao Xun’er had some fine sweat on her forehead, he didn’t have time to think about anything else.
He placed his hand on Xiao Xun’er’s wrist and began to help her nurture her meridians.
Injecting a strand of Battle Qi, he felt some warm currents pass through his fingers into Xiao Xun’er’s body.
Xiao Xun’er, whose body had been a bit tense at first, relaxed slightly now, and her brows smoothed out.
Taking in Xiao Xun’er’s current state, her breathing was steady, looking like a sleeping beauty.
Her slightly immature face already showed the blueprint of a great beauty.
Several minutes later, Xiao Ling was pale and drenched in sweat.
The Battle Qi in his body was so thin it could barely be felt.
He thought, “1st Stage of Battle Qi is still not enough; it gets used up all at once.” Withdrawing his hand from Xiao Xun’er’s wrist, he wiped his sweat and let out a breath.
Seeing that Xiao Xun’er was sound asleep, he rose and left.
Tiptoeing, he opened and closed the door, performed a swallow flip over the wall, and scurried back to his wooden cabin.
However, what Xiao Ling didn’t know was that the moment he walked out the door, Xiao Xun’er opened her eyes.
Staring in the direction of Xiao Ling’s departure, a complex look flashed in her eyes.
In the wooden cabin, Xiao Ling lay on the bed with lingering fear.
Because when he came out of Xun’er’s room, he felt a gaze staring at him the whole time, which gave him a cold sweat.
Because Xiao Ling’s innate soul power was very strong, he was very sensitive to being watched.
“Could it be that Ling Ying returned to the courtyard, or did he never leave?”
“After all, Xiao Xun’er’s safety should be more important than the fragment of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
He might have stayed by her side the whole time.”
Rubbing his chin, Xiao Ling pondered.
“But things went quite smoothly today.
I hope everything can be completed successfully tomorrow.”
“Sigh, I really don’t get it.”
Feeling exhaustion hit his body, Xiao Ling stopped thinking.
He closed his eyes and drifted into dreamland.
The next morning, after Xiao Ling woke up, he tidied the room for a while, washed his face, and walked out the door, ready to eat breakfast.
While walking to the canteen, he noticed someone was staring at him from behind.
Turning around, he found it was Xiao Xun’er, staring at him with a complex gaze.
Xiao Ling felt a bit unsure and hurried into the canteen.
After eating breakfast, Xiao Ling left the canteen and headed toward his cabin, planning to start a new day of cultivation.
Returning to the cabin, he sat on the bed, formed the cultivation hand seal, and began meditating on Battle Qi.
The moon was bright and stars were few as night descended.
After the daytime bustle, the Xiao family fell into a state of tranquility.
In the Xiao family courtyard, a black figure moved nimbly, reaching the outside of Xiao Yan’s courtyard in a moment.
Xiao Ling looked into the room; Xiao Yan was already sound asleep on the bed.
Xiao Ling breathed a sigh of relief.
“It seems after last night’s incident, Xiao Yan has given up on his plan to experiment with Battle Qi.” So, he turned and headed toward Xiao Xun’er’s courtyard.
Familiarity makes things easier; this time Xiao Ling reached Xun’er’s room very easily.
After confirming that Xiao Xun’er was asleep inside, he entered, channeled the Battle Qi in his body, and nurtured Xiao Xun’er’s meridians.
Only after his Battle Qi was exhausted did Xiao Ling turn and leave, returning to his cabin and falling asleep immediately.
Time passed like a white horse galloping across a gap.
Four years passed in a flash during his cultivation.
In a courtyard in the back of the Xiao family, Xiao Ling formed the ending hand seal, woke from his cultivation, and let out a long breath.
With a thought, he called up the system panel.
“System, open my personal panel.”
“Ding!
Host’s personal panel is opening automatically.”
Host: Xiao Ling Gender: Male Cultivation: Battle Qi 9th Stage Age: 8 Technique: None Battle Skill: Fissure Claw Strike (Yellow Middle), Mountain Splitting Palm (Yellow Middle), Rock Crushing Palm (Yellow Middle) Items: Twenty-Four Bridge Moonlit Night, Qi Gathering Powder Extraction Chances: 8
Rising from the meditation mat and dusting off his clothes, Xiao Ling pushed open the door and sat in the gazebo in the courtyard to rest, recalling his experiences over these four years.
Since he never intended to hide his cultivation talent, Xiao Ling went up to test during the annual Battle Qi test every year since he started practicing.
He still remembered the scene when the family younger generation tested at age five.
On the Magic Testing Stone Tablet, other family kids were at 1st Stage Qi, and some hadn’t even cultivated Qi yet.
Even the Xiao family’s number one genius, Xiao Yan, was only at 2nd Stage Qi.
When it was his turn to walk to the stone, the test result was directly 3rd Stage Qi, which left the just-departed Xiao Yan stunned on the spot.
Even the middle-aged elder testing next to him was so surprised he couldn’t speak.
At first, they thought the stone was broken, but after three consecutive tests resulting in 3rd Stage Qi, it was proven the stone was normal.
The surrounding family kids all questioned their existence with jaws dropped.
The family elders gasped in unison, exclaiming, “This child is so terrifying!”
Xiao Ling actually felt a bit of secret pleasure and could understand their surprise.
3rd Stage Qi at age five was unheard of even in the Jia Ma Empire, let alone the tiny Wu Tan City.
At this cultivation speed, he would surely become a Battle Practitioner before age 10.
Imagine a Battle Practitioner not yet ten years old; his future achievements would surely be limitless, and the family might rise again.
Naturally, the throne of the Xiao family’s number one genius, which Xiao Yan had just settled into, changed hands after only a year.
Xiao Ling was increasingly valued in the family, and his treatment improved.
Even his housing was changed from a wooden cabin to an independent courtyard, with two maids assigned to care for his daily life.
After Xiao Ling’s extraordinary talent was recognized by the family, although the benefits were obvious and flatterers increased, Xiao Ling did not become arrogant or overbearing because of it.
He remained very gentle and often guided peers who came to ask for advice.
Although this talent could be said to be very strong in the tiny Wu Tan City, it was absolutely nothing in front of those ancient clans, special physiques, and Divine Grade bloodlines.
He could barely compare with those geniuses in the Central Plains.
Even in the Jia Ma Empire, there were several with stronger talent than him.
Because the throne of the number one genius was taken by Xiao Ling, and Xiao Xun’er’s relationship with Xiao Ling grew better and better, Xiao Yan was very dissatisfied and often came to challenge Xiao Ling.
Although Xiao Yan basically lost every time he sparred with Xiao Ling, it instead caused Xiao Yan to vent his frustration on spars with other family kids, especially that one named Xiao Ning, who got beaten up often.
Xiao Yan’s personality became increasingly overbearing, but due to his extraordinary talent, Xiao Ling wouldn’t take the initiative to challenge him, and since he had the Clan Leader for a father, no one dared to speak against him.
Xiao Ling saw all of this.
He could only say that it was inevitable for Xiao Yan to be mocked during his future low period.
If Xiao Yan hadn’t been so high-profile, perhaps the family members wouldn’t have thought only of mocking him but would have felt more pity for him.