The Legend of Li Yuan
The Strange Energy Center

The next morning

"Tokay! Geck! Geck!

At this moment, suddenly there was a knock on the door. His mother Li Yuan stepped in with a smile, there was a sense of happiness that he felt seeing his son resting comfortably.

In the Yellow Bamboo Village, they live in simplicity, away from the luxury facilities of urban living.

Looking at Li Yuan's face, he stroked her affectionately, "Mother's son has grown into a beautiful teenager, one day you should be like your father son" he said slowly.

Li Yuan immediately regained his senses from his sleep then got up and immediately sat down beside his mother. "Mom, what's this early?" Asked Li Yuan politely. "Your father and I will see the Herbal Shop opening soon, we will arrange some preparations. Today we might be home late, for breakfast I've prepared for you and your sister. For lunch will be prepared by a waiter" his loving mother said. "Good ma'am, my sister and I will be home. Mother and father to be careful huh" Li Yuan said as he stood up and walked out to accompany his mother.

In the front yard, his father was already preparing with the items to be brought. Li Yuan saw the new rush of his parents, "Dad, can I help you?" Li Yuan asked before his father left, "Later in the afternoon you take your sister for a look" Li Dan replied as he hurried to leave.

Li Yuan just closed his lips, watching his parents leave. In his heart he wanted to be a filial son to lighten the burden of his parents. Li Yuan went back inside the house to clean himself up and change clothes. It was still early in the morning, the sunlight had not evenly illuminated his residence.

Li Yuan walked towards a gazebo in the backyard, his gaze falling on the sight of the mighty Thunder Mountain standing challenging the sky. For a moment it dissolved in his memories in the past. While still living in the Yellow Bamboo Village, without many people knowing, Li Yuan and Li Tong would often go in and out of Thunder Mountain and make it a place to hone skills.

The two of them took turns to look after each other, certain moments they did cultivate absorbing the natural energy of Thunder Mountain. Li Tong's cultivation base was already at the Five Level Qi Refining realm, his talent was incredible. Without the help of Pills and herbs Li Tong was able to cultivate well.

While Li Yuan, instead of being untalented, every time he practiced cultivation absorbing spiritual energy, he only sensed that within his body was a very deep hole, absorbing natural energy was never enough.

It was only when he entered the 15th year of age that he began to successfully enter the first Qi Refining Level stage. Since the age of 6 years, he began to introduce his father to hunt game animals, he began to get used to go in and out of Thunder Mountain with his father and several other members of the Li Clan.

Within 10 years his prowess in hunting wild animals was quite reliable in the Li family. Together with Li Tong his little friend, Li Yuan often get the nickname as a pair. This is because their cooperation in hunting is very good, the combination of the two always managed to trap the hunted animals.

His mother was very strict in educating Li Yuan, no wonder if at rest or waiting for prey, Li Yuan often memorized several chapters about history and other general knowledge. At first he was afraid of being punished by his mother, but as time went on Li Yuan felt opium towards learning.

"Sister!"

Shouting Li Peiyu from inside the house made Li Yuan flinch from his daydream. He rushed inside, looking at his well-groomed sister. "What's wrong?" Ask Li Yuan. "I guess big brother went along with father and mother, I'm worried about being alone" replied Li Peiyu who was 3 years younger than Li Yuan.

"Ah, what do I think is it?" Said Li Yuan calmly after seeing his spoiled sister was fine. "Sister, in this new place are we going to have friends? It was very boring if at home continued" Li Peiyu's words made Li Yuan a little stunned, considering his younger brother was a sociable person.

"Hm.. I guess in the City there will be more friends, plus some relatives of the Li Clan are also located not far from where we live" Li Yuan said casually. Li Yuan himself did not think too much about it, his nature was somewhat closed to getting along in contrast to his younger brother's nature.

From the time Li Yuan was a child until he was a teenager, he only had Li Tong as his best friend. With others he just friends just say hello, occasionally meet at family events or when training together. In the Yellow Bamboo Village his father had an important role, although he was not the head of the family but many people respected his thought and wise attitude.

Meanwhile, in a store that had just opened, a husband and wife were busy tidying up storage shelves while arranging things. Among them was a servant who helped him, "Master, for the availability of raw materials will we contact the old provider or will we open cooperation with others?" Asked the waiter while putting down a herbal storage box.

"To keep costs down, I think we should look for a new provider. Before I came here, I had talked about the agreement on supplying the herbal raw materials from Li Ching who lived in the Yellow Bamboo Village. It just so happens that his son is also Li Yuan's playmate, so they can occasionally meet during the delivery of goods" Li Dan said calmly.

Indeed, before heading to Huanxie City he had established communication with Li Ching, Li Tong's father. The two of them can also be said to be quite close, considering that almost 17 years of living in Yellow Bamboo Village both have often helped.

Time had already indicated noon, Li Yuan and Li Peiyu arrived at the Shop building where her father and mother would open a business.

After lunch, the two were accompanied by a family servant named Aunt Xia. Xia Rou was a middle-aged woman who used to help with the Li family's domestic affairs. Similar to Li Hang, Xia's aunt was a loyal servant who had lived in the Li family and took care of household needs.