Free Web NovelChapter 1482: Chapter 761: Five Years
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After comforting Qing Yi, she visibly calmed down, but a raging fire ignited in her heart. Five years, Qing Shui asked for five years, could they really visit the Yan Family with heads held high in five years?
When Qing Shui was born, Qing Yi began to fantasize that once he grew up and mastered cultivation, Qing Shui would be able to return to the Yan Clan to claim his inheritance and lineage. But who would have known that Qing Shui was born ill and could not make any progress in cultivation?
Soon, all these thoughts were nothing but wishful thinking. She realized, how could the Yan Family care for a bastard without cultivation talent? After all, the Yan Family had many other geniuses. It was quite common for descendants of the Yan Family to flee with other women, leaving mixed-blood children. Moreover, the relationships within such a large clan were obviously weak and strained, everything was based on pragmatism and interests.
At that time, Qing Yi decided she just wanted Qing Shui to live a peaceful life in Qing Village. Once he grew up and started his own family, she would go to the Yan Clan alone to find news about her daughter and meet the person she had always loved.
Indeed, Qing Shui was right in some respects. From this, he concluded that it was fortunate he had not chosen to give in to depression at that time.
Whenever he saw the expression of despair in Qing Yi’s eyes, Qing Shui felt a stabbing pain in his heart like needles pricking it. Heaven was fair, they deemed it fit for him to form a bond with the Yin Yang Pendant; in return, he would sacrifice his life to cultivate, hoping to clash with the Yan Clan one day.
Actually, this goal had been set by Qing Shui long ago. It wasn’t until he heard the complete story now that he confirmed his decision and continued to look forward to it. Qing Shui understood that he must not let hatred cloud his mind or heart. He knew that these two destructive emotions would only prevent him from achieving his goals.
"Mother, everything will be alright, don’t worry. In the future, please leave these matters to me. One day, I swear, I will let everyone in this world know my name, and you will be my mother." Qing Shui had always hoped that Qing Yi would release all her repressed sorrow and frustration by voicing her inner thoughts. Only by doing so could Qing Yi relax her body and mind. Over the years, Qing Yi had been bearing this pain alone. Whenever her thoughts turned to this point, she would sigh helplessly. A burden shared is a burden halved. Now, she no longer needed to bear this burden alone. Qing Shui was determined to be involved and promised Qing Yi that he would go with her to the Yan Family five years later.
After the conversation, Qing Shui wrote down the essence of "Lonely Fist" on a paper, including a chart of all the meridians and acupoints on the human body. After all, "Lonely Fist" has only one stance. As for the extent to which other members of the Qing Clan mastered the fist technique, it depended on their understanding level.
During this time, after Lan Yan’er recovered, she immediately challenged Qing Bei, hoping to wash away the shame and humiliation she suffered in the match. However, out of pride, she didn’t challenge him personally but sent a servant in her place.
To Qing Shui, Qing Bei was a little devil, filled with mischievous ideas under that lively exterior. In the end, Lan Yan’er had no choice but to come personally because no matter how much she provoked or challenged Qing Bei, she would not respond. She would only leave a reply: "No matter what, everyone clearly saw your defeat, so as long as people can believe it, you can say whatever you want." Lan Yan’er was so furious she almost bled. Hearing there was no other solution, she could only retort, "Fine, very fine... make sure to pay attention next time."
"Next time? What about next time? Every time we fight, I will still make you lie flat on the ground." Qing Bei mercilessly retaliated, not caring about humiliating Lan Yan’er in public. Qing Shui could almost see the devil horns sprouting from Qing Bei’s mind as he silently smiled to himself.
The "Lonely Fist" technique passed down by Qing Shui left the third generation of clan members particularly delighted. They often used the fist technique to stay in touch with each other, competing to see who could exert the greatest stance. Everyone knew that although the "Single Quick Fist" technique only contained one pose, the higher your understanding, the more poses you could derive from the original. Therefore, everyone was busy training, honing the agility and flexibility of their arms, and remembering the positions of critical acupoints on the human body.
The atmosphere amongst the third-generation members was very intense. Ever since Lan Yan’er discovered that the combat technique Qing Bei used to defeat her originated from Qing Shui, she also began to actively resent Qing Shui. Every time they met, she would look at Qing Shui with hatred.
A matured Qing Shui refused to stoop to Lan Yan’er’s level. He only felt that Lan Yan’er was very childish, almost reminding him of Situ Bu Fan.
Qing Shui still cultivated diligently every day. Apart from practicing during the day, he would enter the Purple Jade Fairyland every night. Despite this, there was still no sign that he had broken through the 49th cycle of Qi. Recent failures had left Qing Shui feeling unprecedentedly defeated.
Looking at the branches of the clean Energy Enhancement Tree that Qing Shui had previously taken, he had already discovered remnants of fruit-like objects. But Qing Shui knew they would take a year to fully mature outside the realm of the "Purple Jade Immortal."
