"Li Yundong, you loser! You still dare to come here to get the elixir. You are fourteen years old, you don't even have a sea of qi, and you can't at least communicate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. You are such an iron waste!"
"That's right, this kind of talent is a waste of resources. It's just picked up garbage. How do you deserve to be named Li? Why don't you die?"
A group of people pointed at a young man in a green shirt. One of them had disgust in his eyes. They were even more disgusted by the thought that an orphan who was picked up from a young age was still a waste after eating and drinking for free every day. They cursed and spat, as if the young man being scolded was their enemy.
The young man who was scolded was thin and thin. Although he was extremely haggard at the moment, his original face could be vaguely discerned, and he should be extremely delicate.
Li Yundong has long been accustomed to this situation. Every month he comes to receive training resources, he will be paraded through the streets and humiliated. He has been living like this for four years. Four years ago, his peers could basically gather their energy when they were about ten years old. Hai has become a Qi Refining Realm monk, but he has never made any progress. He knows clearly that it is not that he cannot communicate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but that he has been able to communicate with it at the age of six! However, all the condensed spiritual energy has been absorbed by Dantian. A black seed is absorbed!
That seed was like a bottomless pit. From the time it was absorbed at the age of six until now, there has been no movement. It has made him waste time, from a monster genius who became a Qi Refining Realm at the age of six to what is now called a waste that cannot communicate with spiritual energy!
Li Yundong clenched his fists and hurriedly took away his small bag of resources, which had obviously been withheld, and ran towards the distance. What surprised him was that when he picked up his small bag, At this time, more than a dozen stones and some rotten medicinal materials fell down.
The bag had been cut, and the elixir inside had been replaced with stones, and the medicinal materials were still rotten.
The ground was in a mess, and Li Yundong looked at the "resources" exposed in front of everyone. At that moment, his last dignity was completely torn and pierced! He looked back at the middle-aged man in the family who was responsible for distributing resources. Steward.
The middle-aged manager is named Li Zheng, and he is a well-known figure in the Li family. As a resource manager, this kind of fat job is not something that ordinary people can take. The reason why he can take the job is because he has a good son who was born at the age of ten. Perfectly condensing the sea of qi! This kind of talent is very advanced among the Li family, and it is very possible to build a foundation in the future!
The latter was cracking melon seeds in front of the counter and looking at him jokingly.
"Why?"
Li Yundong was puzzled. He originally wanted to leave in a hurry, stay away from the crowd, and get rid of this embarrassing place. But at this time, I couldn't take a step forward.
He looked at the middle-aged manager and spoke calmly, without any obvious emotion, as if he was having a normal conversation.
No one knows what it means for this fourteen-year-old boy to show such a calm state? No one can understand the unparalleled bitterness and despair under this calmness, except for a girl behind the crowd.
The girl was about twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a green skirt that swayed in the wind, with long hair shawl, bright eyes, and a charming youth. Although she is only the age of Dou Kou Shaotou in early February, it can still be seen that she will be a stunning beauty in the future.
She quietly looked at the young man who was being teased in the center of the crowd, pursed her lips, and didn't know what she was thinking.
Li Yundong naturally didn't know that the girl was watching everything here.
He just looked at the steward.
"I have always had a question... I want to ask, Mr. Steward."
Li Yundong was not angry, he didn't blame the manager, he just talked about it in a straightforward manner.
"You ask."
Li Zheng was eating melon seeds while looking at the thin young man in front of him leisurely, trying to see what he was going to do.
"I am indeed incompetent and unable to practice Qi, but I have not done anything to disgrace anyone, I have not bullied anyone, I have not backstabbed anyone, I have not blamed others, I have not disobeyed my elders, I have not offended you..."
"But, why do you all spare no effort to seize every opportunity to humiliate me? Human life is short, why bother to spend your energy on me, a useless person? Isn't it good to use your good years to cherish your proud talents? If I have this kind of talent Talent, I will be really happy, and I will use my time and money to become stronger and practice, isn't that great?"
Li Yundong spoke calmly, and no emotion could be heard. Only in the last sentence, he was obviously a little excited.
When the girl at the back of the crowd heard this sentence, her little hands in her sleeves couldn't help but clenched them until her finger bones turned white. What a sour sentence this was?
Who understands?
Li Zheng was stunned when he heard what he said. Li Yundong looked at his expression and wanted to see the reason. The crowd also fell silent, seeming a little surprised that this loser actually asked such a question.
After Li Zheng was stunned for a moment, he seemed to recover and continued to crack the melon seeds.
"Sorry, I'm a foundation-building monk. I can live longer. I don't hate you, and you haven't offended me. You have a good character and are very sensible. However, I just want to bully you for fun."
Li Zheng said playfully, crossing his legs and looking at the expressionless young man in the distance.
Li Yundong was silent after hearing this.
There was laughter all around again.
"Haha, it's so funny. I found it quite interesting to play with this fool."
"Why don't you have any points? Why are you being bullied? You look like you were born to be bullied!"
Li Yundong didn't hear anything, his mind was filled with Li Zheng's words.
He knew the answer, he was right, he was very good, he looked up to heaven and earth, and had a clear conscience. The only fault was that he was a waste of cultivation, which was disgusting.
But that’s not wrong, is it?
Li Yun left quietly. The girl behind the crowd looked at the back figure from a distance, looking desolate, thin and lonely.
She knew where he had gone. The young man had been expelled from the Li family's mansion long ago. Out of an old feeling, the family bought him a dilapidated thatched hut in the suburbs.
He had lived there alone for nearly four years.
The girl knew that her brother Yun Dong was there again to lick his wounds alone.
The girl moved, and she followed quietly.
Li Yundong came to the suburbs and quietly walked into the thatched house he had lived in for four years. He lived alone. Although it was shabby, he had been practicing life seriously. He kept the small courtyard clean and tidy. There is even a small flowerbed with a few budding flower buds.
Li Yundong squatted in front of Hua Guduo, his eyes empty. Normally he would practice actively, no matter how hard and tiring it was, but today he was really tired and tired. He didn't even have the strength to lick his wounds. There is nothing more sad than heartbreak. And death is the next best thing.
For more than four years, he did not cry when he was expelled from the mansion, he did not cry when he was stepped on and humiliated by his clan brothers who came from behind, he did not cry when he was embarrassed countless times, and he did not cry when he had no choice but to break up with his childhood sweetheart. .
His heart has always been hot, and he has never given up hope. However, today, the bag of "resources" scattered around and Li Zheng's words made him tired and confused.
He took out a simple jade plaque from his heart, with two lines of words written on it
"The clouds move like dragons, criss-crossing the celestial beings"
These eight characters are vigorous and powerful, like a swimming dragon, and the clouds rise straight up! There is a word "Li" written in the lower right corner of the jade plaque. It is not difficult to see that this is the inscription of a man.
Li Yun turned to the other side, and there were eight words on it.
"Peace, joy and no worries"
The writing style of these eight characters is beautiful and delicate, and the content is full of tenderness. It seems to contain endless tenderness and prayers. It was obviously written by a woman.
Also in the lower right corner is the word "Shangguan".
Li Yundong didn't know the origin of the jade plaque, he only knew that he had been carrying it since he was a child. He strongly suspected that the people who carved the words were his parents who had never appeared. They clearly loved him when they carved such words, but why did they keep it for so many years? never appeared...
"The clouds move like dragons, crossing the celestial beings; peace and joy, no worries and no harm..."
Li Yundong smiled bitterly, and shed a few tears, "How can there be peace and joy, how can there be no worries...Father, mother...what should I do..."
Li Yundong has never given up on himself despite his years of frustration. In addition to his firm belief, he also has this jade plaque. He firmly believes that it was left to him by his parents. Those sixteen words contain all the expectations related to him in the world. and gentleness. After all, he is only a fourteen-year-old child, and now he is even more miserable when he sees things and misses people.
There was a sound of slight footsteps, accompanied by a quiet girl's body fragrance.
"Brother Yun Dong..."
Li Qiuying saw the young man squatting in front of the flowers in a daze, saw his two lines of clear tears, and saw his empty eyes.
The girl's heart felt an inexplicable sting and she trembled slightly. She had never seen the boy look like this before. He has always been a sunny and positive person, just like this neat little flower garden, it is an attitude towards life.
This boy was just like she remembered. No matter what happened, he was always quiet, never making noises, never crying. Even now, he was still so quiet even if he felt like he was dead.
It hurts.
In Li Qiuying's memory, there was only one time when he was loud to her.
"Li Qiuying, you are the proud daughter of the clan, destined to build a foundation in the future, and I am an expelled waste. If you follow me all day long, it will only make everyone hate me even more! Make me a thorn in others' eyes. Make me more dazzling! So, I don’t need you! Please leave me, and I will have nothing to do with you from now on!”
That was the only time she saw his hysterical side, red-faced and scary.
Li Yundong didn't look at Li Qiuying. He put away the jade token and caressed the flower. Suddenly, he pinched off the flower with a force of his hand.
There was only unwillingness and anger in his eyes!
Li Qiuying keenly caught Li Yundong's changes. She felt inexplicably panicked, as if something important was missing. She was even more scared than when the boy cut her off in two.
"cloud......"
She wanted to reach out and grab something, but found that the person was gone, leaving only the broken flower lying on the ground.
Li Qiuying bit her lip, and a trace of cold bitterness flowed into the corner of her mouth.
She leaned over and picked up the broken flower, like a vow and farewell.
It was as if that familiar figure could never come back. Her heart was empty, and the memories of her youth were swirling in the slight wind. The girl followed the boy like a follower. The sun was shining brightly at that time, and everyone had a bright future. Like brocade.
That year he pointed at the sun and said to her with a smile
"Qiu Ying, do you know? No matter what happens, you must embrace the warm sun and never forget it, there will be an echo."
