Time flowed, like an arrow shooting rapidly through eternity, like a white horse flying through a crack. Even though Yao Yingjie had grown taller, he still looked delicate and skinny. His only grace was his pair of beautiful golden eyes that seemed to have grown even more charming over time. For Yao Yingjie, the passage of time was not very advantageous in any way. He was still unable to cultivate any martial art!
- Yao Yingjie! Yao Yingjie! - a young man with a robust configuration comparable to a tree trunk ran without stopping, shouting towards Yao Yingjie.
Whenever he had free time, Yao Yingjie usually chose to run in the nearby hills and mountains. He loves the peaceful solitude of the open hills, being outside with nature calms him and helps him to temporarily release the burden on his heart, making him less irritable. As he got older, the frequency of his runs gradually increased over time.
Yao Yingjie turned his head and saw that the person who called him was really his best friend, Wae Yun!
Wae Yun was younger than Yao Yingjie by about six months. He had already managed to partially master the hereditary martial ability of the Blue Lotus Family [Art of the Nine Lotus] for the 2nd of the 9th Stages, being only in the 2nd Stage of Blood Refining.
Cultivation in this world could be divided into two great kingdoms. These two great kingdoms are; Realm of Body Temperament, which is divided into three smaller realms, Physical Construction, Blood Refining and Spiritual Ascension, all of them have only 3 stages of cultivation and are the easiest to practice, as they are limited to only body strength, the absorption of Spiritual Energy and almost irrelevant until Spiritual Ascension, as it involves the ability to absorb the Spiritual Energy that is between heaven and earth to temper the spirit. After the Realm of Body Temperament comes the Realm of Celestial Ascension which is divided into five kingdoms, which are known as; Spiritual Domain, Rising Spirit Domain, Terrestrial Domain, Imperial Domain and Celestial Domain. Each of these kingdoms consisted of 9 degrees, 1st Stage to 9th Stage. According to legends, there was a higher realm, but to this day, no one has ever achieved it in the entire history of the Frozen Lotus Empire.
Wae Yun was the son of the current patriarch of the Blue Lotus family, there were 7 other children his age. It can be said that during the year he was born, the Wae Family had been blessed with a total of 8 new children.
There were many members of the same generation like Yao Yingjie in the Yao family who despise him, this was a world where cultivation was everything. For someone who was destined to be unable to cultivate, that person could only be considered rubbish and held in contempt by everyone. The only true friend he had ironically was someone outside Wae Yun!
By the time he entered this world, because of his lack of cultivation talent, it was already determined that Yao Yingjie would be lonely and abandoned by others.
Yao Yingjie had lived for a total of 33 years. 25 years in your previous world and 8 years in this world. Thus, his mentality was much stronger than that of a normal child, he did not scream or feel abandoned, despite his loneliness. He was already used to loneliness anyway, in his old life he didn't have the affection of a mother or father figure, he was abandoned by both his parents, he had been abandoned in a forest when he was a baby and a squirrel demon had taken care of him until the day of his death, at that time Yao Yingjie was old enough to be able to make ends meet on his own, which is why he was considered a stranger among humans, while many would be afraid and hated towards to demons why should he have it? Just because his parents and grandparents had disputes against demons, should he follow suit? If they were all created by one being then why should there be so much hatred towards demons? In the eyes of Yao Yingjie, so many demons and angels were just humans who spent money in the beginning to become stronger in the beginning just that and nothing else.
Despite all the bullying in the family, there was basically no one who had seen him cry or make some kind of prank!
Yao Yingjie was also reluctant to fight with the stinky brats over such insignificant matters. He had no patience for them. Despite the increasing amount of cold looks and sarcastic comments floating in his way, he didn't care. However, he did appreciate his friendship with Wae Yun. Despite the fact that Wae Yun was a small child in relation to him, he was still really happy to have made a true friend.
The great master of the Yao Family, the cultivation of Yao Juan was at the peak of the 6th Stage of the Earth Domain. Of their 3 children, 2 had already reached the 9th Stage of the Domain of the Rising Spirit. Currently only the Elders of the Neptune's Blade Family were in the Earth Domain. The only exception was his 3rd descendant, his only daughter Yao Feng. Yao Feng had already reached the 9th Stage of the Spiritual Domain at an age of just fifteen! However, no matter how hard she tried, she was still unable to move into the Rising Spirit Realm
Now, Yao Feng needed to concentrate completely on his cultivation, hoping to make a discovery and enter the 1st Stage of the Rising Spirit Realm, achieving the status of a Spiritual Combatant. Only when you have an Imperial-level Spiritual Combatant within the Blade of Neptune Family could your status be elevated to that of a Noble Family!
Within the young generation, there are also some geniuses. Because of the duty that Yao Juan possessed as the current patriarch, he gave some tips and special training to those who showed surprising talent, Yao Zi was one of those geniuses, he had already broken into the 5th Stage Rising Spirit Domain with the age of 22!
Another exceptional genius, one named Yao Yan, really broke into the 1st Stage of Spiritual Ascension at just 14 years old. This cultivation speed was even 2 years faster than Yao Zi. If it weren't for the existence of Yao Feng, Yao Zi and Yao Yan would be the two most favorable options for becoming the next patriarch. This made Yao Juan extremely elated, to the point where he was even smiling in his sleep. The meaning behind reaching the same stage within 2 years was extremely clear. Yao Feng can be compared to those geniuses who defy the skies of big families, a genius among geniuses! Yao Juan had huge expectations and huge expectations for the three brightest pearls of the young generation of his family, Yao Feng, Yao Yan and Yao Zi would definitely shine in the near future.
In this world, where cultivation was everything, the topics of discussion among people naturally revolved around cultivation. This word "cultivation" was the downfall of Yao Yingjie. He hated everything that had to do with it. And so, whenever he was not sleeping, studying or eating, he would run alone in the mountains and hills, resting in the great solitude of nature.
Over time, his personality became colder and colder, Yao Yi was the only one who had the ability to persuade him to smile. Even Yao Feng was unable to thaw his icy countenance.
Yao Yingjie doesn't know that every time Yao Yi saw his lonely figure, she would feel stabs of pain in her heart. During the past three years, Yao Yi had accumulated countless precious medicinal herbs for Yao Yingjie, to try to help him improve his constitution, but it was all for nothing. The icy expression on his face would thaw during the moments when he was sleeping, only when he was having a good dream would he be able to really smile at his heart.
- Hey Wae Yun, why are you running away to play instead of farming? Aren't you afraid Uncle Wen will punish you by hitting your ass? - Yao Yingjie's intense face loosened and he broke into a slight smile as he played with Wae Yun.
- No problem, it is not painful after you get used to it, there is nothing to be scared of! - Wae Yun answered lightly. Yao Yingjie felt that the way Wae Yun responded was very adorable, as if he was pretending to be an adult.
- Okay, let's go back now! If not, Aunt Yi will come and pick you up again. - Wae Yun said in a commanding tone while widening his eyes.
Yao Yingjie sighed softly as he looked at Wae Yun's strong and robust body, comparing it to his own fragile and delicate one. - Do I have to live like this, being unable to cultivate for the rest of my life? Why are there so many stories of legendary characters transcending dimensions, becoming experts that rock the world, but I am the only exception? - Yao Yingjie lamented in exasperation.
Yao Yingjie and Wae Yao Yingjie wandered back to the mansion only when Yao Yi was about to go out and look for them. Upon seeing them, Yao Yi hurriedly led them to the cafeteria for the meeting lunch. Today was the last day of the month. During the last day of each month, the Blade of Neptune Family would hold a meeting meal where the whole family would eat together. That way, there would be a place for family members to exchange news, as well as be a time for family calls.
Sitting at the main table, next to Yao Juan was Yao Feng, Yao Zi and Yao Yan. The other remaining members of the second and third generations were not privileged enough to be seated at the main table, along with the family geniuses.
Although Yao Zi and Yao Yan are in the third generation, they were able to have dinner at the main table because of their strength and talent. This seating arrangement was organized by none other than Yao Juan. He wanted to nurture the rest of the clan members, creating an atmosphere of friendly competitiveness. Sitting at the main table was a position of honor. It was something that everyone considered an emblem of glory. Not only that, the allowance of those sitting at the main table was also much higher compared to the rest of the Family members!
Yao Yingjie silently finished eating on Yao Yi's side, the other members of the clan of similar forces generally gathered together, with the exception of Yao Yingjie. Since he was young, Yao Yingjie has always been alone and lonely. As a mother, seeing her son devoid of friends and companionship, Yao Yi felt really helpless.
Yao Yi had always suppressed his emotions deep in his heart for 3 years ... In these 3 years, it seemed that his behavior had completely changed. In the past, there would still be times when Yao Yingjie occasionally displayed his childish and silly side. Now, Yao Yingjie seemed to have aged prematurely in his personality and mentality, losing his childhood in the process. As Yao Yi looks at the lonely and obscured figure of his beloved son, tears begin to involuntarily flow down his face.
She hadn't been able to stand it and cried helpless tears countless times in the past 3 years!
Yao Yingjie discouraged left the Main Mansion. In addition to going to the nearby hills and mountains, he had nowhere else to go. Coming to this place, a place where he had visited countless times before, he looked at the horizons, over the endless mountain peaks and deep valleys, thoughts of suicide running through his mind. However, whenever he thought about suicide, he remembered two things, the first was the memories of a woman full of kindness and hope would appear in his thoughts. He told himself that no matter what happened, he must persevere and live. Because of that hopeful look that belonged to your mother!
And the second was a certain woman with white hair and white eyes who was still sleeping in the White Flame Ghost Lamp since three years ago, she hadn't moved an inch and since last year, the aura around her body it began to crystallize in the form of a translucent white drop. Yao Yingjie did not know what to do and decided to wait and see what would happen when she woke up, the bite mark on her neck had already healed but every time the cold night wind passed over the scar he felt terrible pain, as if something was burning his skin on purpose, luckily he never let his mother find out about that scar on his neck. In those three years of terrible pain every night, Yao Yingjie had finally gotten used to her and now after three years she was just a slight tingling in her neck.