
The six pairs of eyes looked at one figure of the busy-looking girl herself with great curiosity. No one revealed a word, they just silently watched a certain girl coolly eat a bowl of noodles without caring around.
Among the three girls, only one liked to eat the most. Who else if not Xie Ruo? Ever since the 'blur' of Qu Xuanzi, the girl had instantly joined up with her friends who were having breakfast and took the most food out of hunger not eating all day.
Yesterday, he was busy unsealing and fainted until morning. There was no time for him to eat so the worms in his stomach were completely raging. No one is surprised by that. To their astonishment, was there anything so important that the girl missed lunch and dinner? Usually in the very beginning take food.
Forget about food, they are even more serious when considering today is his birthday. What can they give this strange foodie? The food?
Zhong Xiaorong was right next to Xie Ruo, looking at the beautiful ring in the girl's hand. He remembered that his friend was too busy to wear a ring. Not even one piece of jewelry. Does having a lover make someone care about their appearance? He doesn't feel that.
"Ranran, your ring is so pretty, did you make it?" Mei Liena was also just like Zhong Xiaorong who was feeling interested. If anyone sells, they will buy at whatever price.
Xie Ruo looked at the two of them who were on both sides. Then looking at the only ring tucked away in his finger, he gave a small smile. "I'm afraid I can't make this."
"You can even make that unique spiritual weapon and weapon, let alone just a ring." Liu Chang said calmly. He had seen all of Xie Ruo's weapons, as well as his cooperation with Zhou Kui. It was all so incredible.
"Seeing from the texture, it doesn't seem to be made of ordinary stone." Yan Yao had always comprehended different types of treasures, but had never seen anything like it. It looks very special and has a strong spiritual aura.
"Right, I've never seen a spiritual stone of such a high level. Even I'm not sure if it's made of stone or metal." Zhou Kui who best understood the problem of rocks and metals was also unable to identify.
"He gave you that?" Pei Xi had guessed. Only the Celestial Emperor possessed items that the people of Zhongbu Continent had never seen.
Xie Ruo instantly understood Pei Xi's intent and nodded lightly as he continued eating. He cannot escape from food.
"Him? Why are so many so-called mysteriously?" Liu Chang sighed in annoyance. Why did he always not understand the telepathy between Xie Ruo and Pei Xi?
Mei Liena suddenly smiled. "It doesn't need to be explained that you already know. Ranran, is that a birthday present? Very romantic, I want to be like that too!" Mei Liena felt very anxious to have a lover.
Ever since seeing Xie Ruo and Qu Xuanzi this morning, he immediately felt extremely envious and hurriedly looked for anyone of interest. But other than her friends, none of them were interesting. He also does not want to date his friends because .. they have strange personalities.
In contrast to Zhong Xiaorong, he did not care at all how Mei Liena thought that she missed affection. He himself was engaged to Yan Yao, but their relationship was not good and oppressive to each other. So he is not at all interested in the relationship of men and women, for him it is better to be alone and enjoy free life in the palace.
While Liu Chang still did not know who they were referring to until Mei Liena carried the feelings of a young girl. Why do they always play puzzles?
"In short, I'm getting married, after a few years."
"Married?" Mei Liena acted excited again as she looked at Xie Ruo full of surprise.
Zhong Xiaorong shook off Mei Liena's head with a scowl. "A few more years, not now! As a human being, that should be for sure."
Mei Liena was not willing to lose. "Rongrong, if Ranran says it just seems strange. Do you think that someone who only knows how to eat and fight has an understanding of relationships? Suddenly saying about getting married, I think Ranran has been possessed by something."
"Are you actually praising me or insulting me?" Xie Ruo looked at him with a flat look.
"Did I say something wrong?" Mei Liena did not know where her mistake lay and challenged her friends as if all her words were normal.
"Then, did Ranran ever play around with his words?" Yan Yao felt very anxious to pinch the girl's face.
"You mean, Ranran didn't mess around when he said that he was going to kill himself out of boredom?"
Suddenly, they were all silent, then looked at the perpetrator with horror. Suicide by boredom? Actually Xie Ruo was joking or seriously saying it?
Feeling noticed due to Mei Liena's ever-leaking remark, Xie Ruo cleared his throat breaking the silence. "The story is long."
"You ever?" Zhong Xiaorong looked at Xie Ruo in surprise. What problem would make the ever-irremitting girl attempt suicide?
"If it says that the story is long, it means Ranran has no intention of telling the story," Yan Yao said, while looking at Zhong Xiaorong who was still very curious.
"What's the matter with you?" reply Zhong Xiaorong sharply. Yan Yao simply twisted her eyeballs.
"Actually, not to want a story. The story is really long." Xie Ruo straightened.
Hurriedly they all sat sweetly to listen to Xie Ruo's story. So quickly changing attitudes to loyal listening made Xie Ruo really feel they were all strange—like the one called Mei Liena.
In the end, Xie Ruo told her everything. The six of them were trustworthy, no matter if they told him about it. Starting from a deviant birth, until discovering the truth of his identity as Xie Ruo. He told it in detail, except for matters relating to Qu Xuanzi and the Demon Emperor.
After listening to Xie Ruo's story, they fell silent for the next few seconds. Xie Ruo's story gave them a big surprise, as well as the answers to many questions including the question of why his soul and body had different appearances. Their view of the world had completely distorted.
"Ranran, uh, I mean ...." Mei Liena started to wave too much information into her head.
"So, which one's the—identity that you use?" ask Pei Xi.
Xie Ruo replied calmly. "Xie Ruo."
"What about 'Xie Ran'?" asked Yan Yao.
"Because I'm going to part with this body, my grandfather and grandmother intend to bury it. After that happened, Xie Ran was completely dead. I'll be myself."
"So, are you really going to the Holy Tower? When?"
Xie Ruo was silent for a while, then shook his head slowly. Qu Xuanzi did not tell him when, only said 'in the near future'.
Suddenly the atmosphere became dim. If it was like Xie Ruo said, it would take a long time for him to get out. They would never see Xie Ruo in a few years, not knowing how long it would take.
In the middle of silence, a disciple came to tell me something.
"Clan Chief, Young Master, Miss, the old Chairman asked you to come to the hall."
"Is something?" Zhou Kui asked.
"The old chief wanted to discuss one thing." That disciple was like hiding something made Xie Ruo suspicious. But he didn't say anything.
"I'll come." Xie Ruo let the disciple leave after sending out a message. It wasn't unusual for Xie Wang to ask her to come to the hall, but why be with her friends? Is there a serious problem?
"We better get going soon," Pei Xi said, getting a nod from Xie Ruo.
They rushed to the hall. The distance from his place and the hall was quite far. Yet despite being like that, the clan territory always had disciples passing by at all times except night. Why is it so quiet now like a cemetery?
A few minutes later, they arrived at the door. Still no one around made Xie Ruo's forehead wrinkle very deeply. Did all the disciples attend the festival in the city until it was quiet like this?
Not wanting to think of anything unnecessary, he directly barged into the hall as if the place was his own room. It made his friends behind a bit cooed, it seemed like their friend was being annoyed.
But as soon as Xie Ruo walked inside, an explosive sound suddenly shot out with paper flying. In addition, smoke begins to escape from the blast, affecting the indoor air.
Xie Ruo instead of being surprised, his expression grew even flatter as if looking at the brat playing with his day. He's very upset.
"Old chief, you're misguided, it's almost as if the Clan Chief was hit by an explosion." One of the elders almost cried over Xie Wang's childish behavior.
"You blame me? Blame that cheap firecracker that's hard to manage." Xie Wang did not want to lose. Though clearly the firecrackers he released had a skyrocketing price made up of other firecrackers.
Xie Wang snorted and directly walked over to the sculpting Xie Ruo. "Poor Ruoruo, are you okay? That cheap firecracker had poor quality, it almost blew you up, I intended to use it on the ceiling, it missed somewhere else. You take it easy, this old man will buy you a new firecracker."
Xie Ruo looked at his grandfather helplessly. "Grandfather, I'm not a child. After all, why did grandfather have to buy so many firecrackers and waste the clan money?"
"Of course because of the Chinese festival, have you never followed him?"
"No." Xie Ruo felt that his grandfather had a mental retardation so he acted like a child.
"Never?" Xie Wang was somewhat surprised. How boring this grandson is.
For 18 years of never celebrating any festival, his life seemed to be very difficult. That meant this was the first time they celebrated together, especially after his Ruoruo returned.
"Aiya, my poor granddaughter .... But it's okay, this time this old man will accompany you. Also ... reason for calling you here—"
"Why did I go to the festival?" guess Xie Ruo. He swore he wouldn't go to such a boring place.
The firecrackers were then released and exploded on the high ceiling of the hall, creating a spark from the ceiling. It was just ... The sound of the explosion made Xie Ruo feel better deaf as well. Not only Xie Ruo, the six youngsters behind were already preparing to turn a deaf ear from the very beginning of entering.
"I have long disagreed, but grandfather is very enthusiastic," murmured Mei Liena feeling a sense of excitement. Basically, he and his friends had already coordinated making birthday gifts and cooperated with Xie Wang, yet Xie Wang was very stubbornly making firecrackers within the hall which caused everyone to feel depressed.
While Xie Ruo only put on a flat face. Why is her birthday so weird? Is he dreaming?
After that strangest 'surprise', Xie Wang was most actively making birthday banquets. He regretted not being able to celebrate Xie Ruo's birthday grandly and festively for the first time, let alone Xie Ruo having to leave in a long time. But because of their condition, inevitably can only be done between families.
Right now, everyone still did not know about Xie Ruo, as it was still hidden according to Xie Ruo's plan. He did not want them all to be too surprised and asked more and more questions, because his birth must be kept secret. This concerned his bloodline and Wen Xi's identity.
After the banquet during the day, the clan held an imlek festival which was delayed due to yesterday's events. The selected disciples held a race according to their group which was held in each pavilion. All of this was like a festival in the city, where a clan filled with lanterns filled the place.
Mei Liena and the others took Xie Ruo to the horse race venue. They placed a bet on who would win, but Xie Ruo did not come along. Not that he did not want to get money, but if he chose, his friends would have followed and he was most lazy to share the results. That earned him the nickname 'the stingy'.
But suddenly something flashed through Xie Ruo's mind. He decided to become a horse racing participant, with his dark horse that made other participants hold their breath. Although it was only a horse that Xie Ruo picked up randomly due to the bad mood in the forest, the horse was not an ordinary wild horse.
"I will fight, the victor will get 50 spiritual stones."
"Ranran, don't you think who won?" Yan Yao wanted to pray and bid farewell to the other participants who were already so limp.
"In that case, why aren't the six of you coming?" Xie Ruo challenged. Look, whose horse is the fastest.
The six of them exchanged glances, then nodded. "Good! Don't regret it, yeah." Yan Yao nodded.
The six of them directly advanced together into the race area. Since the race this time was horse racing, their horses should be as special as Xie Ruo's horses.
Once at the venue, Zhong Xiaorong was more excited and immediately took out his horse. Actually open the horse, but it was a phoenix that came from the form of its power, changing its large phoenix shape into an ice-blue and extremely cold horse. His eyes were white like spirits, having hair feathers on his head that were stiff like pointy ice.
Besides Zhong Xiaorong, Yan Yao followed. His strength was a white tiger, but now the white tiger was forced to turn into a horse that he used to eat. Its snow-white fur was so beautiful with striking golden eyes.
Seeing the mismatched couple use their own strength to create a horse, Mei Liena immediately went along. He took out a green jade phyton, and asked it to turn into a horse made the new phyton forming its monstrous form depressed. In an instant, the dangerous green jade phyton, transformed into a beautiful crystal-green horse like an exhibition.
"You ...." Liu Chang was depressed. What's he gonna have to get out?
Forget how Liu Chang created the horse, even Zhou Kui was even more confused than the others!
Xie Ruo seemed to disagree even more. "Wasn't he cheating?"
"Ruoruo, for the sake of 50 spiritual stones." Mei Liena nodded.
"Come on everyone, use your magic to create horses! Defeat the Clan Chief's horse and obtain 50 spiritual stones!" Zhong Xiaorong exclaimed in a shrill voice until everyone heard him.
However, those who could create something with magic could only be counted fingers, even impossible despite having already reached the advanced professional level. The three of them were heavenly magic users with advanced professional cultivation levels, certainly not a big deal.
In the end, Zhong Xiaorong's intention of announcing it was only to show off.
"I can too." Pei Xi sighed, considering that he only had an ordinary horse, unlike those strange horses. He ended up making a very dark and mysterious shadow horse. The horse was at a glance almost similar to Xie Ruo's, yet darker and resembling a shadow.
Liu Chang is also going to follow. He tried his best to change his power to form a passive spirit like his friends. Many times he failed and almost went berserk.
Zhou Kui was just observing. His power was sword technique, his magic was magic weapon, could not form living beings. But he could strengthen living beings with his weapons.
In the end, Zhou Kui dragged his own horse and gave the horse the attributes he formed from his magic in order to advance no less than his friends' horses. This way only he can do it.
After Zhou Kui was done with his affairs, only then did Liu Chang manage to form an extremely fast wind horse. The horse was transparent like fog, yet had a dense form, just like Pei Xi's.
Xie Ruo simply looked at them with twitching eyes. Other than Zhou Kui, he objected to the way his friends were cheating!
"cheat!" yell Xie Ruo.
"Ruoruo, there are no rules." Zhong Xiaorong.
"Okay, then. I'll do the same." Xie Ruo prepared to create his own horse, but his friends immediately made a fuss.
"Don't!"
"You want to kill us?"
"No! Ruoruo, you want to become a dragon and finish the match in less than a minute?"
"What's different about you?" Xie Ruo was not willing to lose. He wears a normal horse, why do friends cheat on abnormal horses?
"Ruoruo, where did we get a horse like you? Even if you say taking a horse randomly when returning to the clan, it is still not an ordinary horse. It's monsters!"
It was true, Xie Ruo's horse was arguably a monster. In fact, that charcoal-black horse was extremely difficult to tame if not for fear of Xie Ruo. Moreover, the strange horse belonged to an omnivore, not a herbivore like an ordinary horse. When it came to the clan, the horse twined Xie Ruo and entered into the spatial ring, 'hanging out' with the 'head' who was staying. Moreover, the horse was not identified at all. How can it be called normal?
Thinking of this, Xie Ruo could only regret why he did not take an ordinary horse in the city, rather than just abducting a passing horse.
He wanted to use the same other horse as the other horses, but the charcoal would sulk and mess up the 'head' until Xie Ruo got dizzy. He himself was distressed to realize that he could suddenly understand the language of horses ....
"Alright, but the rules are tightened. Must not attack other participants, must not use magic to accelerate the speed. If caught, my grandfather will disqualify. Then, grandfather will also pay the winner."
In the distance where the chairman and the elders were sitting watching the festival from above, Xie Wang who was busy drinking tea immediately spouted his tea. Hearing Xie Ruo's voice being transmitted to his ears, his eyes immediately twitched. Should he interfere too?
"Grandfather, don't mind, do you?" Xie Ruo smiled, trying to be sweet so that his stubborn grandfather would comply.
Xie Wang laughed realizing the excitement that was about to be present. "Of course, this old man will be the judge! Ruo ... Ranran, you have to win!" Xie Wang was barely making mention of Xie Ruo's name. Talking too much is too dangerous.
"Well, let's get started!" Xie Ruo confidently asked the 'roost' to line up with another horse.
When the race started, they all shot up at high speed. Participants who were clan disciples could only resignedly face seven horses that were much faster, in an instant dozens of participants were left far behind.
When the participants of the race are doing an exciting match, while the audience is focused on cheering for a fierce race, especially between their clan head and his very famous friends.
In the middle of the show, the originally cool look of Su Liu'er watching while laughing at her young child-like husband's behavior watching the show excitedly, suddenly her face turned more serious.
Xie Wang realized that. He glanced at his wife who was acting strangely, then began to wonder.
Su Liu'er looked at Xie Wang with a soft look. "Do you feel it? Someone just came."
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Manteman, I plan to make a sequel with a different main character. In fact, the main characters remain Xie Ruo and Qu Xuanzi, but there are additional special main characters in the sequel.
So the main character is not entirely new, there will be a kok in this novel despite the clash. If you read the novel Soul Land, the concept is like that as an example.
If anyone does not understand, I give you an example of kayaking in Soul Land, yes ....
The main cast of Soul Land is Tang San and Xiao Wu, well in the sequel to the two main characters Huo Yuhao (Tang San's son-in-law) and Tang Wutong (Tang San's son), but the overall main character from the main novel to its sequels remains Tang San. So you know, the ribet is clear wkwk.
Later from the sequel, for those who want to understand the whole novel must be read all until it is completely finished. Because every sequel has something to do with the past, including the present novel.
So back and forth is the plot, because the mystery is more and more, including enemies who are sluggish. Like it so make villains that are difficult to face + as big as a tank, already so it's chebelin, berdamage if forward, crazy and like have a mental illness, and of course sangad gudluking.
Suddenly so prefer the same villain 😌
Don't know anymore, don't tantrum me if siding with villain 🤣
For further information, I will tell you at the end of the novel because I do not want to promise a new novel before the novel ends. I'm busy with college, so I can't stay like now on vacation.
See You Tomorrow~