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The moon was like a silver plate, and the stars filled the sky.
Xiao Yan lay diagonally on the ground, gazing at the cosmos. The distant stars appeared deep and mysterious.
He held a blade of green grass in his mouth, allowing its faint bitterness to spread.
He stretched out his palm, reaching towards the huge silver moon in the sky, his fingers slightly curved, as if trying to grasp something.
He grasped nothing…
He lazily retracted his hand, placed both hands behind his head, and his eyes became dazed.
"Sigh…" he let out a long sigh.
The higher one stands, the harder one falls.
Recalling his ever-worsening test scores, even Xiao Yan's will couldn't help but sink. In time, he feared he would resign himself to fate, managing odd jobs in the Xiao family's external businesses.
But… he was unwilling…
He didn't want to sink into mediocrity, didn't want to fade into the crowd, and live an ordinary life.
This world was so wonderful, and this vast continent had so many things to yearn for…
He wanted to fly freely in the sky like a Dou King or Dou Emperor, he wanted to travel to distant lands and see even more magnificent scenery, and he wanted to leave his own legend in this strange, foreign world!
In addition, he also wanted to be qualified to gently embrace the girl he admired… at night.
"Ah…" Xiao Yan suddenly shouted at the sky, as if to vent all the bitterness in his heart.
After shouting, the pent-up frustration in his heart lessened, and he gradually regained his usual calm.
After calming down for a while, he suddenly turned around, faced the dark forest, and revealed a warm smile, "Father, you've come?"
His powerful soul made his perception extremely sharp, and he noticed a trace of movement in the forest at the first moment.
Although he still carried the annoyance of being unsuccessful in his heart, he would not show it in front of his father. He would not burden his family with these unnecessary negative emotions.
He knew that the pressure his father endured and the bitterness in his heart were no less than his own.
"Yan'er, it's so late, why haven't you gone to rest yet?"
A man's laughter came from the forest. A middle-aged man walked out from behind a tree. He was wearing luxurious gray clothes, and looked quite dignified. A pair of thick eyebrows added a bit of heroism to him.
"Aren't you resting either?" The smile on Xiao Yan's face deepened.
Although he had memories from his previous life, he also sincerely recognized this father of his.
Since losing his talent and his cultivation level dropping, Xiao Yan had seen the true faces of many people.
Most of those who were usually respectful to him had completely changed their attitude, as if their ridicule and sarcasm could bring them pleasure.
Those who didn't kick him when he was down were already considered good, and those who sincerely treated him and encouraged him were only a few: his father, Xun'er, Xiao Meng…
Especially his father, whose love for him had increased rather than decreased. How could such behavior not make him willingly call him "Father?"
"Are you still thinking about the test this afternoon?" Xiao Zhan asked.
Xiao Yan smiled somewhat reluctantly, "What's there to think about? It was all expected…"
After a moment of silence, Xiao Zhan sighed. He looked at his son with some apology and some heartache, and said softly:
"Yan'er, you're fifteen years old, right?"
"Yeah."
Xiao Zhan revealed a bitter smile, "In another year, it will be time for your coming-of-age ceremony… By then, I won't be able to bend the rules… I'll have to assign you to the industries below."
The Xiao family's rules stipulated that after the coming-of-age ceremony, those without cultivation talent would be disqualified from entering the Dou Qi Pavilion to search for cultivation methods, and would have to manage ordinary affairs for the family in various family industries.
Of course, there was a lot of room for maneuvering regarding which industry to be assigned to, whether it was good or bad. Moreover, with Xiao Zhan's status as the clan leader, it was possible for him to prepare a cultivation method for Xiao Yan, but the level would definitely not be high.
"If it still doesn't work out by then, I will try my best to choose a better industry for you… I'm sorry, even I can't change this, after all, this family isn't ruled by me alone."
Xiao Yan clenched his fists. Although under his father's protection, he could live a carefree life as a good-for-nothing, he absolutely could not accept such a life.
"Father, I will work hard… In a year, I will definitely reach Dou Disciple level seven!" he said with a smile.
Xiao Zhan looked at him, wanted to say something, his Adam's apple bobbed, but in the end, he didn't say it.
The father and son looked at each other in silence.
On a tree trunk nearby, a semi-transparent worm with twelve segments, concealing starlight, slowly wriggled.
Using the worms as base stations to transmit soul information, Xiao Meng, who was watching this scene, revealed a determined look in her eyes. She murmured:
"Young Master Xiao Yan, you will definitely be able to recover to Dou Disciple level seven within a year! Absolutely!"
The Worm of Spirit beside her glanced at Xiao Meng and sent its signal through spiritual connection in a rather strange tone:
"You wouldn't… have really fallen for him, have you?"
Xiao Meng glanced at it and said with righteous confidence, "Isn't it the main body's task for me to like him?
"This is the personality created by the complete Meng's will. So, isn't it normal for me to like Young Master Xiao Yan?
"Enough nonsense, quickly get Nalan Yanran to break off the engagement, and then let Yao Lao appear!
"By the way, is Nalan Yanran really Nalan Yanran, or Nalan Yan Meng?
"Although I know this is a script, the thought of her humiliating Young Master Xiao Yan still makes me want to beat her to death!"
The Worm of Spirit arched its body, "Do you think I would know? I'm just a reserve Amon with the lowest authority… You have to ask Amon, the person in charge of Wutan City, or Amon, the person in charge of the Yunlan Sect…
"But I don't think you can believe them even if they answer you, after all, Amon even deceives Amon."
"Xiao Xun'er will become a one-star Dou Practitioner in the next family test, I can't let her catch up." Xiao Meng rested her chin in her hand and pondered for a moment, then she shouted in her heart:
"With my amazing wisdom, with my invincible talent, give me an upgrade!
"Quick, bring me a blank Amon."
Blank Amons refer to those pure Worms of Spirit that do not contain will, only soul, body, and Dou Qi. Only pure Amons can be split off.
The Worm of Spirit communicating with Xiao Meng began to swell and become thick. Its body split from the middle, like an earthworm split vertically.
Then, both halves of the incomplete body showed the phantom of the other half. The phantoms gradually solidified, and the two half-Worms of Spirit completed the missing parts, turning into two Worms of Spirit!
One of them had a Dou Qi level of two-star Dou Practitioner, and its body strength and soul strength were matched. It was an unspecialized "standard Amon".
After the Worm of Spirit completely parasitizes, neither the Worm of Spirit itself nor the host can improve their cultivation level through normal cultivation.
However, Amon can gain improvement by replacing it with a stronger Worm of Spirit or by allowing the parasitized Worm of Spirit to assimilate other Worms of Spirit.
"Xiao Meng's" body was just an ordinary girl before being parasitized by the Worm of Spirit. After being parasitized, her body was strengthened due to the integration of the Worm of Spirit, and her Dou Qi cultivation and soul strength were also strengthened.
She constantly became stronger step by step in front of the Xiao family, from the original first stage of Dou Qi to the current level, which was actually a process of continuously aggregating "blank Worms of Spirit" and updating the Worms of Spirit in her body.
The blank, standard, two-star Dou Practitioner Worm of Spirit slowly crawled onto Xiao Meng's snow-white arm, burrowed into her wrist, and then merged with the Worm of Spirit that already existed in her body.
Xiao Meng's body emitted a stronger Dou Qi fluctuation. She became a two-star Dou Practitioner!
...
Far away from Wutan City, a carriage pulled by magical beasts was slowly moving.
Inside the carriage, there were three people.
An old man wearing a moon-white robe, with a curved silver moon painted on his chest, and seven glittering golden stars dotted around the moon.
This was a seven-star Dou Grandmaster!
Next to the old man sat a young couple, also wearing the same moon-white robes. The man had handsome features, with five gold stars painted on his chest, representing his identity as a five-star Dou Practitioner.
The woman was slightly younger, looking fifteen or sixteen years old, with a very beautiful appearance, and green earrings hanging from her earlobes, adding a bit of nobility.
Her cultivation was also remarkable, with three gold stars painted on her chest, making her a three-star Dou Practitioner!
"Uncle Ge, thank you for this time, thank you for being willing to accompany Yanran on this trip." The beautiful girl spoke.
Her voice was pleasant and melodious, like a lark, able to stir the heart.
"Alas… This is the meaning of the Sect Master, so I can only obey. It's just that after I go back, Brother Nalan will probably blame me severely." Ge Ye shook his head and smiled bitterly.
He pinched his right eye socket and continued, "But Yanran, you can't be too impulsive at that time, try to be as nice as possible."
"Yanran naturally knows this." Nalan Yanran nodded, "If not, I wouldn't have specially prepared an apology gift."
The young man next to her unconsciously wanted to put his hand on his eye socket, but stopped halfway. He snorted coldly:
"I think you don't have to be so polite, a small family in a remote place… A waste also wants to marry you, Yanran, it's simply a toad wanting to eat swan meat."
Nalan Yanran frowned and said in a somewhat displeased tone, "Don't talk at that time, don't let others think that our Yunlan Sect is bullying others… This matter was originally Yanran's fault."
The young man wanted to say something, but when he saw Nalan Yanran glaring at him, he stopped.
When Nalan Yanran didn't notice, the young man and Ge Ye exchanged glances, and the corners of their mouths curled back, revealing a strange smile.
How can there be no conflict?
If there is no conflict, we have to create conflict, to make Xiao Zhan feel humiliated, to make Xiao Yan feel humiliated…
…Otherwise, where would the 'Don't bully the young and poor' come from?
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