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Yuan Mansion!
The boy's frail figure was waving his fists in the courtyard of Yuan Mansion. His lower body was steady and every swing of his fists were accompanied by the whistling sound of the wind.
The sweat had long since soaked his clothes, but the boy's brows never wrinkled. After ten years of training, the boy's personality had become even more tenacious.
The elder smiled nostalgically as he nodded to the boy, ”Let's end it here for today. Your father has something to discuss with you later.”
Inside the Great Hall of Yuan Mansion. Yuan Hua was currently sitting in the center, and a beautiful woman was seated at the side. At this time, an old man and a young woman slowly walked in from outside the great hall, entering the hall. Mother! ”
Yuan Hua's face showed kindness, ”Ying'er, you are here. Sit!”
Long Jing held the boy's hand and allowed him to sit by his side.
Yuan Hua immediately became serious, ”Elder Fang, please come in and take a seat!”
Housekeeper Fang nodded and sat down at the side.
Not long after, the main members of the Yuan Family arrived at the great hall. Among them, seven Great Clan Elders, led by the Great Clan Elder, and the most talented youth of the Yuan Family, Yuan Xiaotian, were also present.
Being of the same generation as Yuan Chiying, they would compete every year, and were ranked based on their fighting strength. The three people leading by Yuan Xiaotian were also considered the strongest amongst their generation.
Seeing that everyone had already taken their seats, Yuan Hua took the lead and spoke: ”The reason for convening this family meeting today, is to inform everyone that our Yuan Family will be participating in the family competition conference in half a year's time. Over the years, the Empire has gradually started to attach importance to the cultivation of the young warriors of the younger generation.
After saying that, Yuan Hua turned his gaze towards Yuan Xiaotian, Yuan Gang and Yuan Lou, and said seriously: ”According to the past situation with the clan's selection, the three of you will be the main force of the Yuan Family to participate in the Large Competition this time around.”
Yuan Xiaotian and the other two revealed expressions of joy, and said at the same time: ”Yes! ”Master!” It was no wonder that the three of them were so excited. In recent years, no one among the Yuan Family's younger generation could be a match for them.
Yuan Hua looked at the three eager people and continued, ”This time's Large Competition has a limited reputation, Scarlet Shadow will also be going with you guys.”
Hearing this, other than Yuan Lou who remained expressionless, Yuan Xiaotian and Yuan Gang all frowned. At the same time, their eyes unconsciously revealed looks of contempt, as they looked towards Yuan Chiying who was beside Long Jing.
People like the Third Elder who were calm and composed interrupted, ”Patriarch, please forgive this old man for speaking bluntly. We all know that Chi Ying is your child, but the Imperial Competition this time is related to our family's prestige. Although Chi Ying has worked hard, his talent is mediocre.
Furthermore, this child cultivates a Form and Will Boxing, so not to mention the fact that the scarlet shadow has no spirit root, even Xiao Tian himself cannot completely master this fist technique. If we were to fight on stage, with no eyes and no fists, the red shadow will not be able to fully display the strength of the Form and Will Boxing, making it easy for us to be forced into a passive state. What's even worse is that if the red shadow has any mishaps, it will not be something that the Patriarch and Madam wants to see! ”
As a mother, she only wished for her child to live a peaceful life and be satisfied with it. She never wanted her child to fight for the victory, and the only reason why she agreed to let him cultivate in the Form and Will Boxing s was to let him learn how to strengthen his body and strengthen his health.
Everyone knew that Yuan Chiying's talent was mediocre and he did not have any talent for cultivation. In the Sky Martial Continent, spirit cultivators all have spirit roots, but in other cases, they were called martial artists, and even if they did not have spirit roots, they could still cultivate the body. Yuan Chiying was an expert in that field, but even after training for dozens of years, he was still unable to produce much success.
Long Jing who was fully aware of Yuan Chiying's situation looked at Yuan Hua and advised: ”We only have this one son, are you so anxious to send him to his death?”
Hearing that, Yuan Hua's sharp gaze bypassed Long Jing, and directly met him. The boy also looked at Yuan Hua, and after a moment, his gaze was firm: ”Daddy, I want to compete, no matter what happens in front of me, I'll do my best!”
Yuan Hua clapped his hands: ”Alright! ”That's the spirit, as expected of my, Yuan Hua's, son.”
”No!” I don't agree. ” Long Jing interrupted him.
Yuan Chiying understood his own mother very well. All this while, Long Jing had always been a person who seemed gentle on the outside but was extremely resolute in his heart.
Although Yuan Chiying was only thirteen years old and his talent was mediocre, his intelligence far surpassed his peers. Yuan Chi had long thought of a plan to deal with his mother's opposition.
He then said, ”Mother, this is a form of training for me. Besides, can you not protect me for the rest of my life?”
”I said no means no. Unless I die, there's no harm in protecting you for the rest of your life!” Long Jing did not retreat at all.
”Mother, how about this! ”Your son promises you that he won't show off his strength when we go to the Large Competition, but if he finds out that I can't beat him, I'll give up. You can't just let your son be laughed at by others as a trash, he doesn't even have the courage to fight right!”
Long Jing was silent for a moment, then said gently: ”This is what you promised Mother ah, you crafty little prick, at that time you are not allowed to be impulsive!”
”Got it Mom, thank you Mom!” Yuan Chiying was only thirteen years old after all, so there was no need to mention how happy he was after hearing this.
It was just that Yuan Chiying had never been discouraged by this matter and had still insisted on training the Form and Will Boxing every day. The people of the same generation had mocked him, scolded him, and even insulted him, saying that he overestimated his strength.
The main reason was that this set of Form and Will Boxing s was passed down to him by the Grandpa Fang, although all of the clan members could learn it, no one had ever succeeded. Compared to other martial arts, this set of Form and Will Boxing s was harder to learn.
To some extent, even if most people had cultivated for many years, they would still not be able to truly become Form and Will Boxing s. In comparison, most of the martial arts in the clan had a low threshold, but they could quickly grasp it.
Therefore, after a long period of time, no one chose to cultivate in the Form and Will Boxing s anymore, and only Yuan Chiying was able to persevere. Furthermore, during these past ten years, he had only learned this martial art, and after his eyes were blinded by lightning, Housekeeper Fang no longer cared about family matters.
Regarding the matter of Grandpa Fang being blind, Yuan Chiying already knew the sequence of events of the matter. It could be said that the reason for this was entirely because of him, and that during these past ten years, Yuan Chiying had constantly warned himself to not slack off in his cultivation, to become stronger, to become stronger, and to strive to find a way to cure Grandpa Fang's eyes as soon as possible.
The Sky Martial Continent was vast, even if there was no way to find it, but there must be a method to cure the eyes in the territories outside the empire.
After getting along with him for these past few years, Yuan Chiying had become fully aware that Grandpa Fang must have been an unstoppable expert back then. The reason why he was able to recover his original strength to its peak was also because of Yuan Chiying. Therefore, if he wanted to achieve all these prerequisites, he had to make himself stronger. As he trained in the Form and Will Boxing s for longer periods of time, Yuan Chiying's own perception of form and meaning grew deeper and deeper.
The Grandpa Fang had said before, the most important thing for cultivation of Form and Will Boxing was not their aptitude, but the need to persevere and persevere. The Form and Will Boxing paid particular attention to preparation and without a deep understanding of their form and intent, it was impossible for them to unleash the true might of their fist art.
Yuan Hua looked at Long Jing and his son who had quickly reached an agreement on this matter, and heaved a sigh of relief.