Murong Mansion.
Quiet Room.
This is usually a training ground used by the Murong family for generations.
Murong Xiao, having received permission, stepped into the quiet room.
“Grandpa, why did you call for me?”
As soon as he entered, he saw his grandfather, Murong Hai, sitting on a mat, next to a wooden box.
“Naturally, it’s to check on your progress and see if you’ve been slacking since joining the Qingyuan Sect.”
Murong Hai lifted his gaze.
Sure enough, the Murong family still sought his opinion in everything.
But one day, he would grow old.
His son, Murong Xiao’s father, had long since vanished without a trace.
Others had their eyes on the family position.
Fortunately, Murong Xiao had always displayed exceptional talent, which made them only dare to think but not act.
“Rest assured, Grandpa, I’ve always kept your words in mind,” Murong Xiao said earnestly.
“How many meridians have you reached?” Murong Hai asked.
Murong Xiao replied honestly, “Seven meridians, just a tad bit away from eight.”
“Hmm, not bad. Much stronger than I was at your age.”
“Just don’t know how your combat power is.”
Murong Hai nodded, standing up.
He suppressed his aura to the seventh meridian as well.
“Come on, let’s have a little spar, just us grandpa and grandson.”
“Grandpa?”
“Don’t worry, I won’t use any skills beyond the Qi bl**d Realm.”
In the quiet room, sounds of fists and feet clashing echoed.
After a while,
“Okay, okay, no more! Grandpa, you’re just too amazing!”
Murong Xiao sat slouched on the ground, drenched in sweat.
“You are certainly much stronger than an average Qi bl**d Realm practitioner.”
Murong Hai looked at his grandson with satisfaction. “If you can reach the eighth meridian and practice the Golden Bell Shield to the initial mastery stage, ordinary Qi bl**d Realm practitioners, without magical weaponry, probably won’t be able to break your defense.”
“Am I that impressive?”
Receiving his grandfather’s praise, Murong Hai tiredly smiled.
“Of course! At the Nine Peaks Martial Arts Gathering, it won’t be hard for you to make it into the top five.”
“Difficult to say, Grandpa; there are many strong contenders in my generation.”
Murong Xiao shook his head.
Brother Ke, Ying Bing, Lin Jiang, Xiao Qian—these were the talents he knew about.
There were also formidable names among the true disciples of the other peaks.
“You’re just too humble.”
Murong Hai shook his head.
“There are indeed a lot of exceptional talents in your generation, but you’re certainly not lacking.”
“Last month, I met the most renowned talent of this generation from Fen Yu Lin, and he was still a bit behind you.”
His grandson’s personality was a bit too timid.
Clearly gifted, he was exceptional in Ziyang Mansion, capable of taking the Murong family to greater heights in the future.
Yet he always viewed himself so lowly.
“Take this.”
Murong Hai handed the box on the table to his grandson.
When opened, it revealed two green pills, each with four pill patterns.
“Two four-pattern bl**d Breaking Pills, enough for you to open another meridian in a few days.”
“Grandpa, the grandpas and uncles from the other branches won’t mind, will they?”
Murong Hai quietly inquired.
This undoubtedly involved using family funds, and not a small amount.
It was one thing to not worry about scarcity, but inequity was another. He had been accustomed to resource allocation since childhood, and the other branches had long voiced their opinions.
“You are the talent of our Murong family, the pillar for the future.”
“If the money isn’t spent on you, shouldn’t it be used to allow them to squander it?”
“Just take it right now.”
Murong Hai huffed, his tone decisive.
Only when he saw his grandson swallow one of the pills did he sit back down.
Ka—
Not long after.
A light sound came from Murong Xiao.
He had just been on the verge of a breakthrough, and with a calm mindset, he soon broke through.
“Hahaha, good!”
“No wonder you’re the unicorn of our Murong family.”
Murong Hai relaxed his brows.
He had thought his grandson needed to use both bl**d Breaking Pills, only to find that one was enough.
Then he saw Murong Xiao carefully place the remaining pill back in the box.
“Grandpa, I want to give this one to Brother Ke; he gave me pills in the past.”
“What pills?”
Murong Hai smiled, not opposing this idea, and casually asked.
But that question left the old man silent.
“A vial of fine pattern Heart Calming Pills.”
“…Wait a minute.”
Murong Hai’s corner of the mouth twitched as he looked at his grandson’s serious expression, realizing he wasn’t joking.
Alright, Xiao Er never lies.
A vial of Heart Calming Pills, one bottle…
Seeing his grandfather’s expression change, Murong Xiao walked into a small room within the quiet room, the sound of rummaging coming from inside, leaving him puzzled.
What’s Grandpa up to?
Before long, Murong Xiao returned, holding a box.
“I picked a few treasures; let’s go.”
“Oh.”
The grandpa and grandson walked out of the quiet room, heading towards Li Mo’s residence.
On the way, Murong Hai’s mood was complicated.
He meant to give a favor, yet unexpectedly might have to return one.
A top-tier martial arts classic, a vial of Heart Calming Pills, was nearly equivalent to changing Xiao Er’s life.
As he thought about this,
A peculiar wave of energy caught his attention.
“Mm?”
“What is this…”
Murong Hai’s expression suddenly changed.
The closer they got to the residence, the stronger that inexplicable feeling became.
“Grandpa?”
Murong Xiao did not understand and hurriedly followed.
Before long, they reached the entrance.
Inside the residence, countless animals had appeared, all harmoniously and quietly coexisting in the courtyard.
Spring had clearly passed.
Yet the peach tree in the courtyard had remarkably sprouted new buds.
Murong Hai’s beard fluttered in the wind as his eyes widened in disbelief.
Having journeyed through the world in his youth, he had the fortune of witnessing a powerful outsider break through once.
The scene at that time was so eerily similar to this moment!
“Is Li Xiao-young hiding a high-level expert?”
This question arose in his heart.
However,
Boom——
The sound of a tiger’s roar and a dragon’s howl resonated like a gong, shaking the soul.
Intense waves of Qi bl**d energy erupted from the room.
Without a doubt, this was a sign of a breakthrough in the Qi bl**d Realm.
Li Mo was indeed in the Qi bl**d Realm.
But this breakthrough was, in one way, utterly extraordinary…
“Brother Li is breaking through?”
Murong Xiao scratched his head.
Seeing the scene unfold before him, he even doubted whether he might break through too.
Just then,
Boom——
Crack——
Another sound of breaking through echoed.
This time, it sounded like something had shattered.
“In just a few breaths… breaking through twice…”
Murong Hai, the esteemed expert of the Observation Realm, suddenly felt short of breath.
Just a moment ago, he still considered his grandson to be a genius.
But now, he suddenly felt like he was looking up from a well.
“Grandpa, what’s wrong?”
“Isn’t this the way Brother Li is? You’re just overreacting.”
Murong Xiao casually remarked.
Murong Hai: “…”
Now I finally understand why you consider yourself not a genius.
It’s indeed hard to maintain self-confidence when frequently surrounded by someone like Li Mo.
Just as the grandpa and grandson exchanged glances in silence.
The door swung open.
Li Mo walked out in fresh clothing, looking apologetic.
“Sorry, I seem to have broken the bathtub.”
It wasn’t that the top-quality gold silk wood tub was at fault.
It was mainly that he never expected the Earth-embedded Spirit Milk to be so powerful, causing such a significant breakthrough when he hit the seventeenth meridian.
That’s right.
Little Li had reached the seventeenth meridian!
