Chapter 3 (1/2)

”What a hot day”

Midday, the heat peaked as the sun settled high up in the sky His legs crossed, Fang Xing sat relaxed on a ba and the rest of the daotong were doing their best to catch as many pests as possible This could only be done under the scorching midday sun as these floould only blossom to their fullest at this hour of the day Once the blossoed to sneak inside their petals during the night would be released and pest control could be carried out more effectively

Of course, none of this hard labor required any work fro on that one fateful night, he had become the boss of this herb field, and someone even washed and dried his dirty socks for him now

It wasn't that wang never tried to get even; the day after he had been stabbed in the chest, he was stabbed again in the leg for staring at Fang Xing with ill-intent That had been the end of it all for him

wang may have been the former boss of this C-ranked field, but he had never really touched a weapon nor would he ever think about actually hurting anyone The rest of the daotong -- particularly the freckled boy that now shi+vered upon seeing Fang Xing -- had been nothing but obedient froht on

Still bored, Fang Xing flipped his [Qing-Yun's Qi Foret out of thein exactly the way thecould be felt After several atte more than a hoax It simply didn't work

It wasn't just hi over all of these years Even wang later ad when he said he'd already felt the flow of Qi

Despite this, Fang Xing still couldn't let it go so easily Ru who had successfully h the booklet and became outer court disciples

It was very rare, but there were always a few days each year when such rumors filled everyone's ears

”Maybe I was just born without a talent for this,” sighed Fang Xing, hopelessly shaking his head

This talent was called ”zi'zhi”, and it was one of thefactors bethether someone would work his life for pennies as an ordinary oing prosperity Although it was said that zi'zhi could be changed by those with great power, most people continued their lives hat they were born with, unable to break free froood zi'zhi were siht after by all of the sects and were usually -- if not always -- given priority over those with poor zi'zhi when resources were distributed

Finally giving up, Fang Xing put [Qing-Yun's Qi Formation] back into his cloth-bundle only to notice the book that had been sitting inside of it for quite soiven to him by his ninth uncle Joshu[1] before his death The book didn't seees, but it was this very book that had resulted in the death of the three hundred or so men in Guiyan Valley and the loss of his nine uncles

Fang Xing was the sole survivor from Guiyan Valley

Even Fang Xing knew that the reason he was able to escape unharht the tenth bandit would be a grown man, just like the other nine that had died under his sword

Never would he ever have guessed that it was a ten-year-old child

This was also the exact reason why Joshu had given Fang Xing the mysterious book and told him to run as fast as he could, away from Guiyan Valley once they'd found out hoerful their enemy was

The title ritten in an ancient Chinese writing called Seal Script that Joshu had once taught to Fang Xing, the i [The Book of Revelation]

With the book catching his interest, Fang Xing opened the book, only to find nothing Emptiness He even went so far as to place the book under sunlight to see if anything ritten using some of the invisible ink that his second uncle had been inclined to using in his scaainst rich traders

Still nothing

'Wait, but it can't be invisible ink because that doesn't last long… This book clearly looks as though it's been through a lot…' Fang Xing thought to hi the book back onto his cloth-bundle and on top of his [Qing-Yun's Qi Forraph appeared

'[Qing-Yun's Qi Forinner cultivation…'

”What the…” Fang Xing widened his eyes, cursing as he saw the words appearing fro, but in only a few short paragraphs it explained what [Qing-Yun's Qi Formation] was, the principles behind it, and even went so far as to point out some of its mistakes and what should be done to improve upon it

Du lifted the book up for a closer look The words disappeared as he -Yun's Qi Formation], only to reappear when placed on top of the booklet once more

Excited, Fang Xing placed the book on top of his half-eaten watermelon

Nothing

”Perhaps that was too ordinary for the book?”