Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

Time flies. It is said that awakening will take a few days, but the day comes in the blink of an eye.

The Qin family is a large family, and there are more than a dozen six-year-old children this year. On the day of awakening, according to the rules of the family, the clan leader and several elders must watch together to avoid accidents. Parents and friends of those children can also watch from the sidelines.

The awakening platform was built on an open space, and there was a tall vermilion building a hundred meters in front of the platform. The clan leader and the elders sat on the platform and watched, from this angle they could overlook the entire venue.

The awakening platform was paved with stone bricks, and the children waited on one side for the call from above. Usually the children were accompanied by their elders at home - of course there were also some brothers and sisters who were watching the fun.

A man stood on the stage, wrapped tightly in a black robe, and in front of him was a square table with a crystal ball on it. The ball was white and translucent, emitting a gentle light.

Qin Xiao stood in the bustling crowd, looking at the platform in front of him.

There were no relatives around him. Qin's father was sitting in the tall building behind him. Qin Jinyi accompanied Qin Jiuyuan there, and no one knew where Qin Jichen had gone.

But Qin Xiao didn't care. He just looked at the person awakening on the stage and found it quite interesting.

The awakening process is very simple. Place your hand on the crystal ball and do as the man in black robe says, and the attributes will appear in the ball.

The attributes are very rich and colorful, including various elements, animals, plants, utensils, and even some that have both, such as wind dogs, turkeys, etc.

One child's attribute was a snake, which scared him so much that he almost dropped the ball; another child somehow summoned his attribute directly, which was a dog.

But unfortunately, the child seemed to have been bitten by a dog, so a picture appeared on the field of the child barking and chasing his owner, causing people nearby to laugh.

Especially the child’s parents, they almost fell to the ground laughing.

What was Qin Jichen's?

The child ran past Qin Xiao crying, and Qin Xiao didn't even blink.

It seems to be the wind.

A black dog that was only as tall as his calf whistled past. Qin Xiao blinked.

but……

Qin Xiao looked back at the dog dragging its tongue, his face cold. Can the animal attributes themselves still have their own consciousness?

Qin Xiao thought of the question he had asked his father Qin before.

"As for this attribute, the strongest one should be pure element, without any form as a carrier. Just like your eldest brother's wind, it has a higher attribute level than the wind dog, and is more talented." Qin's father once told him how to judge talent by attributes.

Qin Xiao initially thought it was the other way around, that the elemental one was stronger than the pure one.

"Because those are not pure." Father Qin explained to him, "No matter what it is, even the attributes of the Fire Phoenix, which is known as the pride of heaven. Although the form presented by the phoenix is ​​powerful, it is a kind of confinement of the flame in a certain aspect, so that the flame cannot change its form as it pleases."

"At lower levels, the Fire Phoenix is ​​indeed stronger, but if it comes to a contest between top-level Qi cultivators, this attribute will be a little weak. Unless the Qi cultivator himself is strong enough."

Qin Xiao's eyes were somewhat empty. In his gaze, the child's elders slowly grasped the running attributes, hugged the crying child and smiled particularly brightly.

Qin Xiao came back to his senses and focused his attention back on the stage.

"Clan leader, have you not made a decision yet?" On the balcony, an elder turned his head and looked at Qin's father.

Father Qin didn't reply, his brows were furrowed.

"Are you still planning to let the fourth girl go?" The old man opened his cloudy eyes and stared at Qin's father.

"My decision has nothing to do with you, right?" Qin's father said coldly.

The old man sighed, said no more, and turned his gaze to the children in the audience.

Qin Xiao turned around as if he had sensed something, and his eyes met the old man's, but they looked away after a moment.

There was a chill on his back. Qin Xiao touched the jade drop.

What exactly is the Qi here? Qin Xiao has been thinking about this question. He once asked Qin Jichen to demonstrate it to him, but after all, he didn't use it himself, so he couldn't feel it in detail.

Qin Xiao has been practicing using the methods from his previous life in the past few years. That is a method of utilizing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth. Generally speaking, it is a method that can only be practiced by animals and plants that already have spiritual energy between heaven and earth. It is used to strengthen vitality and strengthen the body.

Yuan Qi is stored in Dantian, which is a changeable energy. Since he came to this world, he found that there is also Yuan Qi here, but Qin Xiao really doesn't know what Qi is, because as far as he knows, no one has used Yuan Qi, which means that Qi and Yuan Qi are two different energies.

Qin Xiao was thinking about it, and suddenly found that his surroundings had become much quieter.

"Qin Xiao, you're next."

A childish girl's voice was heard, Qin Xiao turned his head and saw a girl in a bright dress running towards him.

Because of her jogging, the gold hairpins on the girl's head collided, making a crisp sound.

Qin Xiao looked around silently, and intuitively felt that this girl was the reason for the quietness around him.

But... who is she?

Qin Xiao had a blank expression on his face, not even raising his eyebrows.

The girl ran up to Qin Xiao, staring at him with her big, watery eyes, twinkling: "Don't you remember me? I'm Qin Yingying."

Qin Xiao looked at her dress and searched his memory, but still couldn't remember.

"Did you recognize the wrong person?" Qin Xiao asked.

Qin Yingying: "...I don't think there is another person named Qin Xiao here."

Qin Xiao then remembered that she had just run towards him calling his name.

The atmosphere around him was a bit weird. Qin Xiao looked around and inadvertently met the eyes of a boy of the same age and was stunned.

What is he envious of?

Qin Xiao was puzzled.

Qin Yingying smiled, the curve of her mouth was almost perfect, and her lovely smile could touch the hearts of almost everyone present.

But Qin Xiao is different, he is blind.

"What's the matter with you?"

Qin Yingying paused, as if she didn't expect him to be so cold: "No, nothing. I just wanted to tell you."

Qin Xiao nodded, thanked him, and walked forward.

The atmosphere around was indeed very strange. Qin Xiao calmly observed the eyes of the people around him. The eyes of those children were vaguely looking at Qin Yingying. The little girl seemed to be very popular.

"Yingying, didn't you awaken last year? Why did you want to come here?" A boy spoke to her.

Qin Yingying smiled and said, "I'm curious. I want to see what attributes are available this year."

"What's there to see? There aren't usually just a few things..."

Qin Yingying smiled and turned to look for Qin Xiao, only to discover that he had squeezed to the front without her noticing and was standing in the audience waiting.

Here it is again...

Qin Yingying smiled and gritted her teeth secretly.

She has been loved since she was born, not only because of her cute appearance, but also because she is well-behaved and sensible. She never causes adults to worry about anything. She respects the elderly and loves the young. No matter whether they are her elders or children of her age, she can make them satisfied with her.

Therefore, both the elders and brothers cared for her very much. Moreover, even though she was the granddaughter of an elder, she did not show any arrogance, so she was very popular among her peers.

Qin Yingying likes this feeling very much. Although it is not easy to be a good girl, she enjoys the feeling of being cared for and loved. In order to maintain this feeling, appropriate efforts should be made.

Even if there are kids she doesn't like coming to cause trouble, she will face them with a perfect smile and a gentle attitude, and in the end, those young and innocent kids will feel embarrassed.

But there is one exception.

The other two sons of the clan leader also showed their affection for her. They would greet her happily every time they saw her. The youngest sister would even act coquettishly towards her and play with her.

Only that person.

Qin Yingying closed her eyes. She didn't know why, even though she had greeted that man countless times inadvertently, he would always ask her who she was with a confused look on his face the next time.

In fact, she didn't care at first, until they met each other in the morning for five consecutive days. She remembered that the man was called Qin Xiao, but he still asked her who she was with a confused look on his face.

If this was his way of attracting her, she admitted that he had succeeded.

To be honest, Qin Yingying was stunned at the time, and she almost couldn't maintain the smile on her face.

Even though she was just greeting him out of courtesy, it had been five days, so she should at least have some impression of him, right?!

When Qin Xiao asked her if she had recognized the wrong person just now, Qin Yingying wanted to punch him.

Qin Xiao stood in the audience, thinking about the girl just now. After thinking for a moment, he realized that he really had no impression of her, so he simply put her out of his mind.

In fact, it’s no wonder that Qin Xiao couldn’t remember it.

Qin Xiao always recognized people by their clothes. Qin Yingying changed her clothes every time she saw her, and never wore the same clothes twice. Qin Xiao didn't have a deep impression of her, so he naturally forgot about it in a blink of an eye.

Qin Xiao heard his name and walked up.

The man in black robe stretched out his hand and motioned Qin Xiao to put his hand on it.

Qin Xiao lowered his head and found that the man in black robe was wearing black gloves even on his hands, which looked very mysterious.

However, Qin Xiao was not interested in this, and he placed his hand on the crystal ball. As soon as he touched it, a black mist appeared in the originally transparent crystal ball, and in the blink of an eye it spread throughout the entire sphere, and the entire ball was black, completely devoid of the previous brightness.

Qin Xiao looked at the pitch-black ball, then looked up at the man in black robe. He remembered that the children before had not experienced this situation.

The emergence of this situation caused the crowd to explode suddenly. The noisy sound of the crowd reminded Qin Xiao of the scene when he died before, but that time was much more lively than now.

On the balcony, an elder suddenly stood up and looked down in disbelief: "How is this possible? An evil cultivator would appear in my Qin family?"

"Second Elder, calm down." Father Qin looked grim, but he tried to keep himself calm.

"How can I remain calm?! Patriarch, you are a natural born evil cultivator! The last time my Qin family appeared was three hundred years ago." The second elder stared, and a hint of fear appeared on his resolute face.

"Hey, didn't the clan leader tell you to calm down?" said a beautiful woman sitting next to Qin's father. "It's over, and we'll teach you a lesson in the future."

"Qin Yansheng, stop pretending! You have been an elder for decades. Didn't you also participate in the crusade thirteen years ago? Don't you know who the evil cultivators are? Don't you know what Wu Su's situation means?" The second elder was very emotional.

"So I asked you to calm down." Qin Yansheng threw away the fan and said, "I know that your son died in that crusade, but——"

"You know shit!" The second elder shouted angrily, "It's not your son who died, so of course you can make sarcastic remarks here. One of the main reasons why Wu Su was awakened was that he could detect people's character. Even if a villain who killed countless people touched it, it would never be as black as it is now!"

"If he is really a kind person, there should be only a small black ball in Wusu. In this situation, can you pat your chest and guarantee that there is really no problem with this child?"

"I dare." Father Qin said suddenly, his face solemn, "I believe he will be fine."

The second elder said disdainfully: "I almost forgot, the one in the audience is your son... Ha, anyway, it's your son, the clan leader's son, I am just a nobody and my words are not strong enough-"

"Qin Ao, don't force me to slap you in front of all these kids!" Qin Yansheng yelled, "Listen to what you are saying! Don't you know what kind of person the clan leader is?!"

Second Elder Qin Ao was speechless for a moment, but still gritted his teeth and said, "I can't accept it. Even if he is a born evil cultivator, I will accept it, but how can I accept such a serious situation in Wu Suzhong?"

"Clan leader, that's true. We can accept that a born evil cultivator cannot be controlled by his own will. But I have never heard of a situation where Wu Su is completely black. I think we should carefully examine the character of this child." Qin Yansheng said seriously.

Father Qin didn't say anything, but tapped his fingers as if he was thinking about something.

Qin Ao snorted coldly and looked directly at Qin's father: "I don't have to be hard on this kid. So, we elders will create a test in a few days to test his character. If he passes, that's good. We will discipline him properly in the future."

"If not - I'm not going to kill them all. If I remember correctly, no one in this generation has gone. Let him do it. With the power of an evil cultivator, his chances of survival are higher than those of an ordinary child. What do you think?"

Father Qin secretly observed the expressions of the other two elders. They all had gloomy faces, but for some reason they did not say anything.

"Okay." Qin's father knew the seriousness of the matter and could only agree, "But I will participate in any test."

Qin Ao retorted: "Impossible! He is your son after all. If you let him off, then -"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Haven't you calmed down yet?" Qin Yansheng said unhappily, "Don't you know what Qin Xiuyun is like?"

"Yan Sheng, you can't say that." The old man who had been silent all this time suddenly spoke up. It was the old man who had talked to Qin's father before. "People are all made of flesh and blood. Of course, I'm not questioning the clan leader. But it's really inappropriate for you to participate in the formulation of the test."

"How about this, we both make concessions. You will inspect with us on the day of the test, but the specific levels will be determined by us before the day of the test, and they will be kept strictly confidential. Is this okay?"

Qin Xiuyun looked at the old man with cold eyes, but after thinking for a moment, he nodded.

"Since that's settled, let the child continue to wake up." The old man smiled, his wrinkled face looking like a shrunken orange peel. "Look how scared the children below are."

Qin Xiuyun looked up at the people watching here below and waved to signal them to continue.

Qin Xiao met Qin Xiuyun's complicated eyes and paused.

It’s too far to see clearly.

Qin Xiao retracted his gaze and looked at the man in black robe.

The man in black robe received the instruction and continued to guide him: "Close your eyes and feel your surroundings."

Qin Xiao closed his eyes as he was told and tried to feel other auras. This time, perhaps because he was touching the crystal ball, he soon felt a completely different aura.

If the vital energy is warm, then it is cold.

The cold Qi quickly surrounded him. The man in black robe placed his hand on Qin Xiao's head and helped him complete the first fusion in his life.