Chapter 6

Evening.

Inside the thatched cottage.

Li Xiang is now looking forward to the kitchen with some expectation. A rich meaty fragrance drifts over, making his index finger move, and even his mother's reprimands are forgotten behind his head.

All that stuff about not being allowed to run around alone in the future.

All that stuff about hitting his butt if he doesn't listen in the future, all forgotten completely.

Three years!

Three years since crossing over!

This is the first time he has smelled meat!

This was when he saw two mountain rabbits on the side of the road when he came back from the mountain behind today, and he brought them back after knocking them out with a wooden stick.

Having learned the Green Lotus Sword Song, although he has not entered the Martial Dao grade, hitting two rabbits is still not a problem at all!

"The child has grown up and can hit rabbits, haha!"

Beside the stove, the fiery red brilliance shines on a man's face.

Honest, sturdy, this is his biological father in this life.

No big name, only knowing that he is ranked third in the family, everyone in the village calls him Li Laosan.

"Child's mother, stop nagging, let the child come to eat meat!"

Li Laosan takes a broken bowl and greets Li Xiang.

Rabbit meat stewed in clear water, added with a little salt and wild vegetables, has no taste, but it is so fragrant that Li Xiang's hands are shaking.

Three years, finally ate meat once.

【Ding! Host's food improved, Root Bone +1!】

Listening to the system's voice, Li Xiang suddenly feels that the three attribute points he just got can be used later.

It seems I still have a lot of room for improvement.

Saying that, he grabs another rabbit head from the bowl and bites it hard.

"Look at your eating style, leave some for your father!"

The woman reprimands softly, looking up and preparing to knock on his head.

But the man reveals an honest smile, reaching out to stop her, looking at his son, the more he looks, the more pleasing he is.

"Hey, you just indulge him!"

The firelight shines on people, adding a bit of warmth to the autumn day, and the family of three enjoys this long-lost meat soup comfortably.

This is a very ordinary rural family, men farming and women weaving, struggling to maintain their livelihood.

In troubled times, they cannot give Li Xiang much help, and even just not letting the child starve to death has already exhausted all their strength.

Not long after eating, Li Xiang falls asleep in a daze.

After all, he is still a three-year-old child, and his physical fitness is not that strong.

Practicing sword technique during the day, he was already exhausted, and if it weren't for that bowl of meat soup, he would have fallen asleep long ago.

In the darkness, Li Xiang vaguely seems to hear his parents arguing about something.

"Mr. Su from the school came by and wanted the child to go to study."

"Study, what's the use of studying?"

"Can stand out!"

"Husband, shall we let the child study?"

"Study!"

"But the money……"

Silence, only the sound of firewood burning cracklingly remains.

For a long time.

"I'll think of a way for the money."

The firelight shines on the man's face, and the original honesty illuminates a bit of fierceness.

…………

The next day, just before dawn, Li Xiang feels a warm heat wipe across his face.

Opening his eyes, he sees a wet, hot rag wiping back and forth on his face.

"Get up, child."

"Today you are going out with your father."

"Mr. Su from the school has taken a fancy to you and wants you to go study with him."

"Mr. Su?"

"The Mr. Su who looks like a goat?"

"Don't say that about the teacher! When you get to school, remember to follow the rules; what have I taught you usually!"

"Got it! Got it!"

A quarter of an hour later, Li Xiang goes out with his father.

Yun Xiu wipes the shuttle machine at home, looking at the child's stumbling back as he leaves, suddenly laughing.

This little guy is really smart and will definitely be able to win a title in the future.

…………

Morning.

Hengqu School.

The scholar with a goat-like beard holds a broom and gently sweeps the fallen leaves in front of the door.

It is called a school, but it is actually still a thatched cottage, just with a few more tables and benches in the room.

There are not many students in the school, only the Village Chief and the children of several medicinal farmers in the village studying here.

Oh right, there are also children from several wealthy families in several villages next door.

In the poor countryside, in the era of war, how many families can afford to let their children study?

Following behind his father, Li Xiang looks at the scholar in front of him with a peculiar gaze.

In his eyes.

This old scholar is very special.

A faint blue light lingers around Su Yunqin, circling around him, sometimes turning into a white deer, sometimes turning into a flying bird, clouds and cranes circling, emanating a faint elegant aura.

This old scholar is a person who has entered the grade!

Confucianism cultivates the heart, reads the teachings of the saints, and understands the great Dao of the world.

Read ten thousand books, understand the laws of the world, have heaven's response, and have Haoran Qi added to the body.

This old scholar has the cultivation of Confucianism, and it is not low!

Li Xiang has no cultivation now, cannot see Su Yunqin's depth, can only see that the scholar has entered the grade, but does not know what grade of Confucian scholar he is.

It seems that the rumors are not false; this old scholar still has some things on him.

"Go in, pick him up in the evening at Shen time (4 PM)."

Li Laosan carries farm tools in one hand and holds Li Xiang in the other, asking honestly: "The tuition……"

"We'll talk about it tomorrow."

The old scholar says with a fake smile, his eyes as shrewd as a mouse, not knowing what he is planning.

Handing Li Xiang to him, Li Laosan carries the farm tools and goes to farm.

Farmers, after all, rely on the land to eat.

A moment later.

Li Xiang sits in the school, looking at the empty tables and stools around him, somewhat confused.

"Don't look, there is only you today."

Su Yunqin stands in front of the hall wearing a black-green garment, and his two small mustaches seem to have been trimmed, looking very energetic.

He is actually not old, just a bit thin, his voice is dry, always giving people a feeling of being terrifyingly old, but he is actually in his prime, in his thirties.

"Little guy, from today on, I am your teacher."

"It's just that my school is very picky about talent; I want to test you."

"If you are the person I am looking for, I will teach you all my knowledge without taking a penny."

"If you are not the person I am looking for, for my school, one lesson, you have to pay ten large coins, and I can teach you some teachings of the saints."

Li Xiang sits on the stool, blinking his eyes and looking at Su Yunqin curiously.

This old scholar's class is a bit strange.

"Looking at talent……"

"emmm……"

He doesn't speak, sitting on the stool quietly waiting, his eyes moving around on the Haoran Righteous Qi dancing on Su Yunqin.

Cough cough!

"Little baby, I am now going to test your talent."

"In a while, I will take out a treasure to test you. This treasure is very wonderful; people without enough talent cannot see it."

"If you can see it, you are a truly smart person."

"If you can see it clearly, then you are amazing; you are an extremely smart person."

"Then…… then which kind of person are you looking for, teacher? Is it the extremely smart one?"

Li Xiang asks in a milky voice.

Su Yunqin shakes his two mustaches.

"No, neither of these two kinds of people is what I am looking for."

"What I am looking for is someone like me, rare in a thousand years."

Someone like you?

Rare in a thousand years?

Looking at his Comprehension of 99970, Li Xiang gently frowns.

Maybe, perhaps, probably, I should be a little bit smarter than you……

"Alright, don't talk, the test is about to begin."

Su Yunqin waves his hand, signaling Li Xiang to be quiet.

He turns and walks onto the podium, shakes his clothes somewhat solemnly, and looks at Li Xiang very seriously.

The look is so serious that it makes people feel cold on their backs.

"Ghost Valley Sect, thirty-second generation successor Su Yunqin, please invite the first sage!"

As the words fall, Su Yunqin's eyes instantly become sharp, and the old, rotten aura from before disappears completely.

A terrifying sense of oppression emerges from him.

"This is……"

Li Xiang sees Su Yunqin's Haoran Righteous Qi erupting like a fountain; gray, blue, purple, light gold, just in the blink of an eye, streaks of purple-gold Haoran Qi wrap around Su Yunqin.

This old scholar!

Has big problems!

Before Li Xiang can think carefully, he sees a piece of broken brocade appearing behind Su Yunqin, hanging in the air, very mysterious.

The next moment, the Haoran Righteous Qi finds its backbone and quickly attaches to it. Just in the blink of an eye, he sees a huge, somewhat blurry map spanning above the school, emanating a sparkling treasure light.

Hmm?

Li Xiang frowns and looks over seriously.

The map is vast, with mountains and rivers, and all things growing on it.

Looking carefully, it seems that one can really see all living beings, all kinds of postures.

On the huge map, seven countries are lined up, attacking each other; from the vast stars to the tiny dust, it seems that everything is drawn in the picture.

Nothing is not revealed, nothing is not detailed, it seems to reflect the entire heaven and earth mountains and rivers!

In an instant, Li Xiang is actually obsessed.

Seeing his expression, Su Yunqin takes a step forward.

His eyes stare fixedly at Li Xiang.

"You, what did you see!"

(End of chapter)