Battle Qi Continental

　　The moon hangs in the stary sky like a silver dish, and the world is silent.

　　On the top of a hill, Xiao Yan lies on the grass, with a piece of grass in his mouth, chewing and feeling the bitterness flowing in his mouth.

　　Raising his palm before his eyes, Xiao Yan peeps through his fingers at the bright moon in the sky.

　　"Ugh ...", thinking about the test this afternoon , Xiao Yan sighs slightly and then draws back his palm , pillowing his head on his hands, with a distant look in his eyes…

　　"It has been 15 years since then…", suddenly the young man mutters to himself.

　　There is a secret known only to Xiao Yan himself, that he doesn't belong to this world, or rather, Xiao Yan's soul does not belong to this world. He comes actually from a world called the Earth. As for the question of how he came here, he has been hunting for years, but has found no answer yet. It was not until living under this identity for a few months that he realizes this fact: he couldn't go back!

　　With the growing of age, though sometimes this continent remaining mysterious, Xiao Yan has learnt more about this continent...

　　On this continent, commonly called the Battle Qi Continent, exists no magic but only battle Qi, which is the most important thing in this world!

　　On this continent, the cultivation of battle Qi has developed to a high level thanks to the efforts of generation after generation, and finally battle Qi was introduced to the folk community, making battle Qi increasingly related to daily life. At last battle Qi becomes not only important on the continent, but even indispensable!

　　Because of the wide use of battle Qi, various methods to cultivate battle Qi have been developed, but just like men can be divided into rich and poor, the methods of battle Qi cultivation can also be divided into good and bad.

　　According to a rough classification, battle Qi methods can be classified into 4 ranks from high to low: Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Yellow, and each rank can be divided into three levels: low, middle and high!

　　The level of cultivation methods is also key to one's achievements in the future, for example, people who owns Xuan-ranked mid-level methods will more powerful than those who cultivate Huang-ranked high-level method, even if their battle Qi are at an equal level.

　　In this world, there are 3 conditions affecting a battler's power.

　　First, a battler's own power is, of course, the most important. If one is only a one-star battler, then even if he owns a heaven-ranked high-level method, it's still impossible for him to beat a battle master who cultivates a huang-ranked method.

　　Second factor is the method. A battler will own an edge over his opponent of the same rank if his method is higher ranked than the other side's, and the gap between them will be obvious as soon as they begin to battle.

　　The last factor is battle skill. Just as its name implies, this is a kind of special skill that manipulates battle Qi. Battle skills can also be ranked on the continent. Generally speaking, they can also be divided into four levels: heaven, earth, Xuan and Huang.

　　There are countless battle skills on this continent, but the common battle skills available to average battlers are yellow-ranked at most. If one wants to obtain more powerful battle skills, then he has to join a sect, or a battle Qi Academy.

　　Of course, someone may find high-ranked methods in adventures, or obtain battle skills that match up with their methods. Such battle skills, which are developed from methods, are more powerful when used in conjunction.

　　With these three conditions, people can judge whether a battler is strong or not, In one word, if one owns a high-ranked battle Qi method, he owns more chances to become a strong battler.

　　However, high-ranked battle Qi cultivation method are unavailable to average people. What they can obtain are mainly Huang-ranked methods. Some powerful clans or small and medium sized sects own Xuan-ranked methods, for example in the clan of Xiao the top ranked methods is exclusive to the head, which, named battle method: wind of angry lion, is a Xuan-ranked mid-level wind method.

　　Above Xuan-ranked methods, there are Earth-ranked ones , but this kind of profound methods belong perhaps only to those superpowers and great Empires.

　　As for the heaven ranked methods, they have not been seen for hundreds of years.

　　Theoretically speaking, it is almost impossible for average people to obtain a high-level method. However, there are exceptions, because the battle Qi continent is rather vast, and there are thousands of races. It's said that there are barbarians in the north of the continent, who are extremely mighty and can combine themselves with monster souls. In south of the continent, there are also clans of highly intellectual monsters as well as many dark creatures who are known for their strangeness and cruelty...

　　The continent is vast so there are also many powerful hermits who are born to be solitary, and they may hide the methods created by themselves somewhere when their lives come to end, leaving these methods to some lucky dogs. There is a famous saying on battle Qi continent: If one day you fall off a cliff and find a cave, do not panic. Steps inside and perhaps you will be the next lucky dog!

　　This is not all nonsense because there have been enough examples in the continent's history, which dates back to thousands of years ago.

　　The unexpected consequence of this saying is that it induces some people to be ready to jump off a cliff every day to find a powerful method, but, as you can expect, most of them return with nothing in hand, but only broken limbs.

　　In short, it's a continent of miracles and creating miracles!

　　However, if Xiao Yan wants to learn battle Qi methods or skills, he has to reach at least the battler rank. But now it seems that that's unreachable for Xiao Yan.

　　"Bah!" Spitting out the grass root in his mouth, Xiao Yan suddenly jumped up, with a hideous face, he roars at the night sky: "fuck it, why leave me in this world only to let me be a waste? Fuck!"

　　In his previous life, Xiao Yan was just an average man. Luxuries, money and beauty, all these things never have anything to do with him. However, coming to this world, Xiao Yan was surprised to find that because this is his second chance to live, his soul was surprisingly much stronger than common people!

　　As is known to all, for people on the battle Qi continent, their souls are born to be so, but though souls can become slightly stronger with the growing of age, there is no specific way not even heaven-ranked methods, to strengthen them. This is a common knowledge on this continent.

　　The strength of the soul means talent for cultivation, and that's why Xiao Yan can be seen as a genius in a big clan.

　　It's hard for a mediocre man to maintain a calm attitude when he suddenly gets a chance to dazzle and have all eyes upon him, especially when he doesn't have enough discipline. Xiao Yan is no exception. As an average man in his previous life, Xiao Yan lacks such willpower, so when knowing that he has the talent to become an envy to people, he accepted it and started to cultivate battle Qi. He chose to be a genius who is envied by people, instead of living in obscurity!

　　If there had been no accident, Xiao Yan may successfully grow up as genius, but unfortunately, at the age of eleven an accident happened and Xiao Yan lost the title of genius overnight, and now he is reduced to be called as a trash and bullied by his peers!

...

　　Growling for a while, Xiao Yan gradually calmed down, and his face return to normal though still looks a bit upset. Since things have happened, no matter how furious he is, the battle Qi cyclone inside his body is forever gone, which cost him years of efforts.

　　Shaking his head, Xiao Yan feels bitter in his heart. After all, he has no idea about what has happened to his body, even usual examinations find nothing wrong with his body, and his soul also gets more and more powerful as he grows. The speed he absorbs battle Qi is also faster than when he was best condition a few years ago. All these indicate that he never loses his talent, but the battle Qi he absorbs in his body just go to nowhere. Such a weird situation makes Xiao Yan both puzzled and gloomy.

　　He sighs gloomily and raises his palm, looking at the black ring on his finger. The ring features elegant simplicity, and Xiao Yan does not know what material it's made of. Some fuzzy patterns can be found on the ring. This ring is the only relic from his mother. Since he was four years old, he has been wearing it for ten years. Xiao Yan is fond of it because it reminds him of his mother. With his fingers gently stroking the ring, Xiao Yan smiled bitterly: "I have failed to live up to the expectations of mother these years…"

　　Sighing heavily, Xiao Yan suddenly turned his head back and smiled warmly at the dark woods, "Father, are you there?"

　　Although his battle Qi remains at the third rank now, Xiao Yan's sense is much more acute than even a five-star battler. In fact, he has detected a hint of movement in the woods when he was missing his mother just now.

　　"Oh, my boy ,why are you still up here? it's late." After a moment of silence, a man's laughter of caring came from the woods.

　　With the branches swaying, a mid-aged man leaps out, with a smile on his face, gazing at his son who was standing in the moonlight.

　　The mid-aged man is dressed in a luxurious gray coat, with commanding presence The thick eyebrows on his face shows his boldness. He is the current head of Xiao Clan, and meanwhile he is Xiao Yan's father. He is Xiao Zhan, a five-star battle grandmaster!

　　"Father, haven't you gone rested?" Looking at the middle-aged man, Xiao Yan smile warmly, although he keeps the memories of his previous life, but Xiao Zhan couldn't fuss over him enough since he was born, and even after his downfall, Xiao Zhan never abandons him, so Xiao Yan is willing to admit him as father.

　　″Yan , still thinking about the quiz this afternoon?" Taking a big step forward, Xiao Zhan laughed.

　　"Oh, I don't need to think about it. Thinking changes nothing" Xiao Yan shakes his head with maturity beyond his years, but his smile was obviously forced.

　　"Alas ..." Looking at Xiao Yan 's tender face, Xiao Zhan sighed, and after a moment of silence, suddenly he said, "Yan , you're fifteen years old, right? "

　　"Well, yes, Father."

　　"It seems that the coming year will be the time for your adult ritual ...," Xiao Zhan said with bitterness.

　　"Yes, father, the next year!" Slightly tightening his palm, Xiao Yan calmly answered. He clearly knows what adult ritual means, as long as he passes the coming-of-age ceremony without showing talent for cultivation, his right of entering the Pavilion of Battle to looking for battle Qi method will be canceled, instead he will be assigned to a branch of Xiao clan, which may be engaged in commerce or other industry, to run business instead of cultivating battle Qi. This is the rule of clan , and even if his father is the clan head ,he can be no exception!

　　After all, if a man does not become a battler by the age of twenty-five, the clan will consider him as of no talent in cultivation!

　　"Sorry, Yan , if one year later your battle Qi does not reach the seventh rank, then father will have to bear the pain of assigning you to the branch clan, after all, this clan is not completely under my control, and those elders are waiting for me to make mistakes... ..."Looking at the calm young boy, Xiao Zhan sighed apologetically.

　　"Father, I will work hard, and in one year's time, I will definitely reach the seventh-ranked battle Qi !" Xiao Yan smiled and said comfortingly.

"Uplifting four ranks within one year? Oh, if you were still a genius, perhaps you have chance to make it, but now ... alas, literally no chance…", comforting his father, Xiao Yan smiles bitterly in his heart.

　　Conscious about Xiao Yan's current situation, Xiao Zhan sighs in response. He knows what it means to uplift four ranks of battle Qi in 1 year, but he just slightly patted his head and smiles: "It's late, go back to rest. Tomorrow some distinguished guests will come, and you have to mind your manners."

　　"Your guest? Who is it?" Xiao Yan asked curiously.

　　"You'll know it by then." Squeezing his eyes at Xiao Yan , Xiao Zhan laughs and goes away, leaving a Xiao Yan behind, curious and puzzled.

　　"Don't worry, Father, I'll do my best!" Stroking the ring on his finger, Xiao Yan looks up and murmurs.

　　The moment Xiao Yan raises his head, a gleam of light flashes through the black ring on his finger, and then it fleets, without causing Xiao Yan's notice ...