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Chapter 1603 - 1596: A Natural Prodigy

Chapter 1603: Chapter 1596: A Natural Prodigy

"The tragedy of the Huayu Family?" The crowd was both surprised and puzzled upon hearing this.

"How did she know about the affairs of the Huayu Family?" Tangmo raised the question.

"When I encountered them in the forest and at Huayu Ting," Cheng Ziang suddenly remembered the incident and told the others, "Liseya once passed through the body of Huayu Ting, inflicting heavy damage on him. If Liseya had not shown mercy, it is likely that Huayu Ting would have died on the spot."

"So, she also took the opportunity to steal Huayu Ting’s memories?" Baiyue couldn’t help but let out an astonished cry.

"Let’s go, there is a story to be heard," Hu Daoke said, visibly excited, urging everyone on.

"Come to Luo’er’s room, I need a moment to gather my thoughts." Fulajie’er spoke and closed her eyes, her figure gradually fading away. Along with her, the figure of Liseya also disappeared.

"I am quite curious, what kind of secret is Huayu Ting hiding after all?" Cheng Ziang nodded and said so.

"I just want to know, if the rumors are true, for what reason did he actually kill his father and brothers." Baiyue mused with her head lowered.

"Let’s go, once we enter the room, Xiao Fula will tell us the answer," Tangmo said, pulling her hand.

"Mhmm." Baiyue nodded her head, not at all resistant to his intimate gesture.

"Feng, let’s go," Tangmo said, turning his head to continue speaking.

"Oh!" Feng nodded blankly and took the initiative to link her arm.

The group arrived in Luo’er’s room, where Luo’er was sitting on the bed, tilting his head watching Fulajie’er fly around him, seemingly listening to her description.

Seeing the people enter, Luo’er did not pay much attention, but instead gestured with his hand to say: "Now that you’re here, sit down and listen to Fula’s story."

"That said, why doesn’t Liseya tell us herself, instead of having Xiao Fula relay the message?" Just as Hu Daoke had settled down, he asked this question.

"What makes you think you’re worthy of Liseya’s attention?" Cheng Ziang rolled his eyes and said unceremoniously.

"What do you mean by that?" Hu Daoke immediately felt displeased.

"He means, Liseya is only used to communicating with her own people, not strangers, so don’t expect her to communicate with us," Baiyue intervened to smooth things over.

Hearing her words, Hu Daoke looked at Cheng Ziang with a frown and said, "Then you could’ve just said that nicely."

"Why should I be polite to you?" Cheng Ziang retorted.

"You little brat." Hu Daoke said annoyedly, giving him a bit of a shove.

"Alright, now that everyone’s here, I’ll start telling the story," Fulajie’er flew in front of everyone, touching their realms so they could hear her voice.

"Where should I begin the story..." Accompanied by Fulajie’er’s voice, everyone’s thoughts drifted to over thirty years ago.

Over thirty years ago, Huayu Ting was born into the largest and most powerful family in Hua State. His father was the then Patriarch Huayu Tong, and his mother was Huayu Tong’s first wife. The lady gave Huayu Tong two sons, the elder being Huayu Xuan, and the younger Huayu Ting.

According to the customs of Kyushu, a newly born child must be immediately tested to determine whether the child is worth cultivating into a Cultivator.

However, Huayu Ting seemed to be an exception. Even before his birth, the master responsible for testing pointed at the lady’s belly and confidently declared: "This child is like an uncut jade; if carved properly, he will become great in the future!"

Hearing this news, Huayu Tong was overjoyed and took even greater care of his wife and the child in her womb. During that time, he nearly put aside all of the family’s affairs, dedicating himself entirely to prenatal education for the child.

Of course, Huayu Ting was not Nezha; after ten months of pregnancy, with the first cry of the newborn, a Cultivation prodigy was thus born to this world.

Elated to have the child, Huayu Tong didn’t even bother to comfort his wife and rushed the newly born son to the masters for testing.

The masters’ tests confirmed the initial speculation: Huayu Ting was indeed a cultivation prodigy with an exceptionally high receptivity to Qi. To put it in terms Earth people can understand, it meant that Huayu Ting had a high aptitude for magic.

The test results from the gentleman left Huayu Tong exhilarated beyond measure. You should know that although he was the Patriarch of the Huayu Family, his cultivation had barely reached the Jiedan Realm. If nothing unexpected occurred, it was estimated that he would only ever reach as far as the Jiedan Realm in his entire life.

In Kyushu, there is a saying that as long as one can enter the Golden Core Realm around the age of thirty, there is a chance to transform and ascend. By this standard, Huayu Tong was certainly deemed to have little prospect.

Because to enter the Golden Core Realm around the age of thirty, it meant that one must at least have reached the Jiedan Realm before the age of fifteen. Yet Huayu Tong, with his unexceptional aptitude, had only just managed to step into the Jiedan Realm at the age of twenty-five.

Aware of his own limits, the only way for him to maintain his position as Patriarch was to have an unceasing line of offspring, to give birth to a brood of exceptional descendants, so that he could achieve status through his children.

His eldest son, Huayu Xuan, was doomed to be unable to cultivate. Left with no choice, he arranged for Huayu Xuan to study the literary arts, hoping he could participate in imperial examinations and enter the predominantly Civil Official-led Cabinet.

Now, he could only place all his hopes on his second child. And Huayu Ting did truly live up to expectations; his innate talents gave him the opportunity to fulfill ascension within his lifetime and become the sturdy pillar of the Huayu Family.

However, amid the excitement, one gentleman expressed his unease. He believed that Huayu Ting, being a fine piece of uncarved jade, should not be casually handled by the common crowd, should not be suppressed by anything less than a mountain, should not be imprisoned by any cage but the most secure. Therefore, he suggested that Huayu Tong should let go, not to keep him within the household, for Huayu Tong, with his mediocre aptitude, was insufficient to restrain Huayu Ting.

At first, Huayu Tong paid no attention to this warning. But very quickly, calamity struck. Since the birth of Huayu Ting, one disaster after another befell the household, if it wasn’t the storeroom catching fire, it was someone falling into a well.

And the greatest blow to Huayu Tong was the demise of his wife, who was also Huayu Ting’s mother. She passed away not long after giving birth to the child, not even having the chance to nurse Huayu Ting a few times, possibly due to puerperal fever as per modern scientific theories.

But Huayu Tong, living in a feudal era, knew not of such, and instinctively recalled the gentleman’s warning, believing that all these disasters originated from Huayu Ting, the star of calamity.

Convinced he could not contain Huayu Ting, he decided to follow the gentleman’s arrangements, sending Huayu Ting away from the household to be nurtured elsewhere.

Of course, not raising him in the household did not mean abandoning the child. As the largest clan in Hua State, the Huayu Family owned vast estates. Even officials from the Imperial Court paid their first visit to the Huayu Family upon assignment, which was necessary to get by in Hua State.

So wherever Huayu Ting went, as long as it wasn’t outside Hua State, it was as if he had never left home.

Under the arrangements of Huayu Tong, Huayu Ting was sent to the No Immortal Sect, whose Sect Master was Huayu Tong’s clan brother.

The relationship between the No Immortal Sect and the Huayu Family was extremely close, almost akin to a Sect founded by the Huayu Family. Disciples cultivated by the Sect were likely to join the Huayu Family’s Nine Thousand Battalion, and the most outstanding among them could even become a Shadow Guard for the Patriarch of the Huayu Family.

Therefore, sending his child to such a place, Huayu Tong felt quite at ease. He would visit to check on the child every so often, looking forward to Huayu Ting’s remarkable achievements.

With the Sect’s meticulous cultivation and guidance, Huayu Ting began Foundation Building as soon as he was able to walk. He completed Foundation Building at just six years old, officially breaking through the Qi Cultivation Stage and becoming the youngest Cultivator at this stage within the Sect.

By the age of twelve, he officially broke through the Qi Cultivation Stage and entered the Jiedan Realm. The Jiedan Realm is divided into upper, middle, and lower grades, with each grade consisting of dozens or even hundreds of shackles.

Thus, even within the Jiedan Realm, the strength of each Cultivator varied. Feng might defeat others by brute force but could never beat Huayu Ting within the Jiedan Realm who had reached the final phase, just one step away from breaking into the Golden Core Realm.

The continual breakthroughs of Huayu Ting repeatedly stimulated Huayu Tong’s threshold of excitement; reaching the Jiedan Realm at the age of twelve essentially meant that Huayu Ting had the opportunity to assault the Nascent Soul Realm and even achieve the great success most Cultivators dream of—direct ascension.

In his heart, he had already deemed Huayu Ting as the next Patriarch. And this thinking wasn’t just confined to his own heart; most of the elders of the Huayu Family thought the same.

However, contrasting sharply with his extraordinary accomplishments, was Huayu Ting’s tragic experiences. At the No Immortal Sect, he barely had a single friend; even the Sect Master and his own mentor treated him with courteous distance, after all, he was the heir to the Huayu Family, destined to inherit the Patriarch’s mantle.

The only one who treated him equitably and kindly was his senior martial brother. His senior was more than a decade older, born to commoners, yet never saw him as the Young Master of the Huayu Family, but rather as a junior brother in need of his care.

Most personalities are nurtured over time, but some are innate and cannot be erased no matter what. Huayu Ting was such an example, essentially a sensitive person, longing for emotional contact from others.

Yet time and again, the respect and indifference he faced gradually cooled his sensitive heart. Externally, he became more detached and silent, only reverting to his sensitive side when interacting with his senior brother.

His senior brother was bright and advanced rapidly, already being groomed by the Sect Master as a future Shadow Guard. If nothing unexpected happened, Huayu Ting would assume the role of the new Patriarch of the Huayu Family with a stern face, and his senior brother would likely become his Shadow Guard.

Yet sensitivity, like nectar, always attracts creatures with a keen interest. If you don’t walk towards the butterfly, the butterfly flies towards you.

At the age of ten, he met the person who would change his life forever, setting off a series of later tragedies. The earlier warning by the gentleman had seemingly turned into a prophecy.