Chapter 54: Xiao Shan

Chapter 54: Xiao Shan

Xiao Ming, who had left Elder Huo's residence, went to the office building.

He found Instructor Ge Hu who was in his office.

He told him the news of his return.

When he saw that Xiao Ming had returned unharmed, Ge Hu was overjoyed and told him to rest well and prepare for tomorrow's Inner Academy Qualifying Competition.

Xiao Ming nodded repeatedly.

After chatting for a while, Xiao Ming spent the morning cultivating.

...

The next day.

Xiao Ming washed up and walked from his residence to the Inner Academy Qualifying Competition venue.

On the way, Xiao Ming saw many young men and women in Jia Nan Academy uniforms on the same road as him, each of them with a look of excitement and joy on their faces.

It was obvious that they were very interested in the Inner Academy Qualifying Competition.

Especially those freshmen who had just entered Jia Nan Academy.

It was their first time to see the Inner Academy Qualifying Competition, and although they could not participate, they could meet and see the geniuses from all over the continent, so the look of anticipation on their faces was about to overflow from the tournament that was about to take place.

"Cousin Xiao Ming!"

Xiao Ming, who was walking, suddenly heard an honest sounding shout and slightly tilted his head, he saw a guy with thick shoulders and a round waist, smiling and waving not far away from him.

This man was none other than Xiao Shan, a member of the Xiao family who had come to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Ming.

Not only did Xiao Ming hear the shout, but the other students also heard it and looked around.

"Xiao Ming, is this Jia Nan Academy's first genius Xiao Ming?"

"Other than this Xiao Ming, is there another Xiao Ming, I heard that senior Xiao Ming had entered the academy for two years and his cultivation had already surpassed many of the older seniors, and his alchemy skills have also reached the third tier!"

"Senior Xiao Ming is also the big favorite to win the Inner Academy Qualifying Competition this year!"

"Where is he, I haven't seen him yet, quick let me see what he looks like?"

"That's him, the one with the hat!"

...

Turning a blind eye to the reaction of the students around him, Xiao Ming stopped and waited for Xiao Shan to catch up, and the two walked side by side.

"Cousin Xiao Shan, didn't I tell you not to call me so loudly in the academy?"

Xiao Ming said with a helpless smile.

To Xiao Shan, his cousin, Xiao Ming didn't know much about him at first, but after more contact, Xiao Ming found that Xiao Shan was quite naive at times.

Xiao Ming himself did not like to stand out, so he often wore a hat when he went out, but to people who knew him, the hat was no different from not wearing one.

Xiao Shan often recognized him at a glance and called him by name from a distance.

When Xiao Shan called him by name, he had to endure the attention of others for a while.

Xiao Ming once advised Xiao Shan not to call him loudly in public, it couldn't be said that it didn't work, Xiao Shan called him from a shorter distance, but it was still loud.

Xiao Ming could only feel helpless about it.

In fact, this character of Xiao Shan was reflected in their first encounter, that time Xiao Shan also shouted his name very loudly.

As if reflecting this character of his, from the initial admission, his originally rather proportionate body turned into a muscular man with a tiger back in less than two years.

Could it be that Xiao Shan hadn't told the Xiao family that he was already a third tier alchemist?

It was impossible to think about it.

It wasn't like there was any benefit in hiding such a thing.

Shaking his head, he took out a small jade bottle from his storage ring and tossed it to Xiao Shan.

"Inside this is the Three Veins Green Spirit Pill, you can take it when you break to Dou Master, after taking it, your realm can increase by three stars, with this pill I believe you will be able to enter the Inner Academy next year."

His hands were busy taking the pill bottle that Xiao Ming threw at him, upon hearing that this pill was so powerful, Xiao Shan's hand trembled for a moment before handing it back to Xiao Ming, his voice trembled slightly as he said, "Although I don't know what tier this pill is it, it must be very valuable, I have already received a lot of help from you cousin, I can't accept this pill."

Xiao Ming did not expect Xiao Shan to return it to him, a pill that could directly increase cultivation was very tempting to cultivators.

If he had given this medicine to the elders and clan head of the Xiao family, it would probably have been accepted immediately, with a polite word or two at most.

'Xiao Shan, you are still too young.' Looking at Xiao Shan's look of reluctance as he returned it, Xiao Ming laughed inwardly.

"You can take it, a person can only take one of the Three Veins Green Spirit Pill, I've already taken one, it's no good to me anymore, it's a waste to keep it."

Xiao Shan held the pill bottle in his hand, he was silent.

How could it be a waste? Although Xiao Shan used to be a bit naive, he was not really stupid. This kind of stuff is worth a lot of money when sold.

He knew that Xiao Ming was just saying that to make him feel better and accept the pill.

Thinking about this, Xiao Shan's eyes were a little moist and his voice was a little hoarse.

"As it is the case, then I will accept it."

Xiao Shan's strangeness, Xiao Ming noticed, and could only laugh bitterly, how could he still be unable to control his emotions?

However, the reason he trained Xiao Shan so much was because of this point.

If Xiao Shan did not hesitate to accept the pills at all, and did not have a bit of gratitude, then he would have to consider whether training him was worth it or not.

After all, the purpose of training Xiao Shan was only to give the Xiao family an expert and a little more ability to protect themselves, after all, the time he would spend with the Xiao family in the future would definitely be very little.

Those elders were not as valuable to train as the young ones, and Xiao Shan was a young clan member with some talent, so that was why he had trained him.

If he were to train a white-eyed wolf, he could also feed the dogs with those resources and then tie the dogs to the Xiao family to guard the gate.

All that is estimated to be more useful than cultivating a white-eyed wolf.

After receiving the pills, Xiao Shan became a little quiet.

After all, they were still from the same clan, and the two of them had also built a deep relationship in the two years at Jia Nan Academy, so thanks to Xiao Shan's personality, he had returned to normal after a while.

The two talked as they walked.

At the end of the conversation, Xiao Ming suddenly remembered something and handed Xiao Shan a storage ring.

He also told Xiao Shan that after entering the inner academy, he would not return to the clan so soon for the time being, and asked Xiao Shan to convey the news to the clan, and that the things inside the storage ring were for the clan, so that Xiao Shan could take them to the clan head and elders when he left next time.

Since it was something for the clan, Xiao Shan did not refuse it, but accepted it and patted his chest and promised to give it to the clan without fail.

...

The Jia Nan Academy was very large, and after walking for quite a while, the two finally entered the middle of the crowd in the arena where the Inner Academy Qualifying Competition was being held this time.

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A/N:

Guys, I've been looking for alternatives to Zi Yan's design since I'm not really a fan of the design she has in the manhua, the character I liked the most that looks quite similar is Euryale from Fate/Grand Order, tell me what you think to start editing her design a bit, since I don't want new readers to think that there is some kind of crossover in this story.

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