NOVEL NEXT Chapter 2.1: Yun Lan (Misty Cloud) Sect
“Hey! Have you heard about the recent news? There was a big commotion at the Ning Chun Tower yesterday!”
“What happened?”
“I heard that it was Xiao Ning, the grandson of the Xiao Clan first elder was beaten at the Ning Chun Tower! Both of his legs were even crippled!”
“What? Who would dare to do such a thing? That’s the Xiao Clan!”
“Who did it?”
“I heard… it was two little girls from the Xiao Clan?”
In the bustling city of Wutan, several residents gathered together to drink tea and chat about yesterday’s interesting events.
Meanwhile, in the Xiao Clan’s training ground, Xiao Yan was leading the young members of the family in physical training as usual.
During this process, Xiao Yan frequently looked over at his cousin, Xiao Ning, who was lying on a wooden chair next to him.
The young man has a brace on his neck, one of his arms was wrapped in bandages hanging in front of his chest, one of his legs is in a cast suspended on a support, and numerous bruises of all sizes on his face, there was no doubt that he was in a miserable state.
“Um… cousin,” Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Ning’s miserable appearance and weakly asked with concern, “Are you really okay?”
After all, Xiao Ning ended up in such a miserable state because of him. Xiao Yan couldn’t help but feel guilty.
“It’s nothing, it’s nothing~ It’s just a few small injuries- Ouch!” Xiao Ning waved his hand with a carefree attitude, but the way he waved his hand caused a spurt of pain from his wound, causing the corners of his mouth to twitch and making Xiao Yan feel apprehensive.
At this moment, Xiao Yan heard Xiao Ning’s murmuring to himself.
“These two little girls are really watching me like a hawk lately, looks like i need to be more careful when trying to bring Xiao Yan along next time.”
Well, he had worried about this cousin of his condition for nothing.
Xiao Yan’s guilt towards Xiao Ning vanished instantly.
Despite being beaten by the two lioness this hard, he still hasn’t learned his lesson yet, he clearly deserved the beating.
Ignoring his murmuring cousin, Xiao Yan turned around and went back to the group of Xiao Clan member around them who are still engorsed in their daily physical training, and clapped his hands heavily.
“Alright, all of you, this much is enough for now. It’s time for some real combat training.”
Watching Xiao Yan’s back as he helped the younger generation of the Xiao Clan in their combat training, Xiao Ning sighed deeply in his heart while leaning on the recliner.
The heavens are truly unfair…
When Xiao Yan cultivation progress and talent was not yet in decline, he actively requested his father to give him the permission to help the Xiao Clan juniors in their training to improve their strength.
Every time, he led each one of them person by person, striving to find and improve the strengths and fix the weaknesses of each clan member, never giving up on anyone no matter how weak their talent and how bad their fighting aptitude are.
At the same time, he also taught them what it means to be a family, and what it means to have human virtue and emotions.
As a result, the overall strength of the Xiao Clan juniors was incomparable to the other two major families combined, and their family cohesion was several times stronger than the other two families combined.
After Xiao Yan encountered his setback, he realized that his abilities and strength were no longer sufficient to be the teacher of the younger generation and was ready to resign from his position as coach to his father, but stayed on after being requested by the Xiao Clan juniors.
In their hearts, Xiao Yan was the backbone of their younger generation! No one else, not even the clan patriarch, could replace him!
Since then, Xiao Yan’s supervised training became even more serious, and he worked harder than anyone else in his physical training.
If he couldn’t use Dou Qi, then he would train his body instead!
With this determination, although Xiao Yan was only at the level of 3 star Dou Zhi (Battle Practitioner), amongst the younger generation of the Xiao Clan, even Xiao Ning could barely turn their fight into a draw despite having a higher cultivation level, among the younger generation. Only Xiao Xun’er, the most outstanding figure among the younger generation, could beat him, and that’s barely.
If Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi recovered, not even Xiao Xun’er would be able to match him.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ning felt a little sad.
Although Xiao Yan really worked hard to train his body, the body itself still had limits. Without the boost of Dou Qi, Xiao Yan would always be inferior to others, and this was an undeniable fact.
As everyone’s strength gradually improved, this gap would become even more apparent.
Now, Xiao Yan could still rely on his strong body to compete against those whose Dou Qi wasn’t too powerful. But what about in the future?
When his peers’ Dou Qi grew to a level that Xiao Yan could no longer compensate for with physical training, he would really be nothing.
Although the Xiao Clan wouldn’t look down on him because of this, they would gradually distance themselves from him until Xiao Yan became a complete outsider.
Xiao Ning’s sister, Xiao Yu, worked hard to gain admission to the Jia Nan Academy, hoping to find clues about Xiao Yan’s loss of Dou Qi in the academy.
However, there has been no news so far.
Perhaps…this was fate.
The heavens gave Xiao Yan fleeting talent, but took it away when he was most expected to deliver. If it were someone else facing this gap, they might have been unable to bear it and committed suicide long ago.
‘Now that I think about it, where did those two girls go?’