After a year of development, the Tang family has finally recovered some of its vitality. Although it is much worse than before, its foundation is not comparable to that of ordinary small forces in the county.
"Tang Fei! Tang Fei!"
On the high platform of the Tang family's playground, the broad-shouldered Tang Shaode held a roster in his hand and was calling the names loudly.
After shouting several times, there was still no response.
There were more than a dozen straight-looking teenagers standing on the playground. When they heard Tang Fei's name, they immediately started whispering.
"Tang Fei is going to be late again. He's so broken..."
"Hehe, four years ago this boy was a rising star in the family, but in the blink of an eye he has fallen into such decline..."
"Tch, a person without parents is ill-educated. Now he doesn't even listen to his third uncle..."
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Tang Shaode on the high platform frowned: "Stand quietly for me. If anyone speaks again, I will punish him by doing five hundred squats!"
Tang Shaode was obviously very dignified among this group of teenagers. After giving the order, the teenagers immediately fell into silence and did not say a word.
Just when he was about to speak again, Tang Shaode suddenly caught a glimpse of the sloppy young man walking in the distance, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Oh, this is the genius of my Tang family who amazed the entire county back then. I didn't expect the impact of being stuck in the realm."
It is a pity that such a big and good seedling failed to recover like this..."
In the eyes of all the teenagers who were snickering, this young man in slovenly clothes and with his head pulled up walked to the front of the formation, bowed respectfully and saluted, and said: "Hello, third uncle!"
Tang Shaode originally wanted to scold him, but when he saw the deep numbness and loss in Tang Fei's eyes, his heart softened and he nodded and said: "Tang Fei, you have been late for almost a month in a row. Third uncle really can't find anything to say.
Here you go, the old rules are, 500 squats. After completion, join the team for training."
Tang Fei nodded feebly, walked aside and started doing squats.
Looking at the thin Tang Fei, the third uncle shook his head: "This kid seems to have changed since he was rescued from the fire last time. He doesn't look like a twelve or thirteen year old boy at all.
They are all like a dying old man, with no signs of life."
The early morning sun shines into the martial arts training ground, and the clear shouts of young people can be heard from the playground, as well as the crackling sounds of moves.
When Tang Fei completed 500 squats, the teenagers' morning exercises were also over.
Tang Shaode, who was called the third uncle, waved to dismiss, and the teenagers dispersed in a hurry. When they passed by Tang Fei, they couldn't help but point, and there was a bit of disdain in their eyes and words.
Tang Fei had no expression on his face, stood up, cupped his hands to his third uncle, and then walked back.
"Tang Fei!" The third uncle called Tang Fei, and little Tang Fei turned around and looked at his uncle with a slightly doubtful look.
The third uncle strode over, patted his shoulder and said, "Tang Fei, come and visit your ancestral house at home when you have time. Maybe you will have a chance to practice Qi. Your grandfather and the others all care about you."
Tang Fei's eyes flashed with apology, and he nodded: "I understand, Third Uncle."
The third uncle waved his hand: "Okay, you can go back..."
Tang Fei walked towards his residence unhurriedly as before. He squinted at the rows of willow trees in front of him and murmured: "Tang Fei, Tang Fei, are you destined to live a mediocre life?"
Four years ago, Tang Fei was so high-spirited that he broke through to the third level of body tempering in one breath. He reached the third level at the age of nine, which had never happened in the entire history of the Tang family. At that time, Tang Fei won the praise of the family elders.
It even has quite a reputation throughout Dahuang County.
However, God's will has tricked people. It took Tang Fei three years to break through to the realm above the third level of body tempering. It was not until a year ago that there was some improvement. But after that ruthless fire, Tang Fei sadly discovered that he no longer had the slightest improvement.
His progress has been stuck in the body tempering stage, and during this period, five or six of his peers have caught up with him, or even surpassed him. For a time, Tang Fei became the laughing stock of the teenagers, and few of his peers
Want to make friends with him.
"Brother!" A crisp voice interrupted Tang Fei's memories and brought him back to real life. Tang Fei paused, turned around, and happened to see a bright and charming girl.
The girl was wearing light green clothes, with long black hair hanging down to her waist. On her oval face, a pair of big smiling eyes were staring at Tang Fei.
This is Tang Fei's sister Tang Ziyan, the girl that Tang Fei swore to protect to the death a year ago. Tang Ziyan had the same fate as him, they were both poor children without parents since the day they were born.
Twelve-year-old Tang Ziyan is as youthful as a hibiscus, with two shallow dimples on her stunning face.
Tang Fei's heart trembled, and he withdrew his eyes and said, "Zi Yan, didn't you follow my sister-in-law to the county town? Why did you come back so soon?"
Tang Ziyan chuckled, walked side by side with Tang Fei, tilted her head and said with a smile: "Something happened at home, so I called my sister-in-law back, and I came back with her."
After Tang Fei said "Oh", he fell into silence again.
Tang Ziyan hesitated to speak. After a long time, she said softly: "Brother, are those bad boys making fun of you again?"
Tang Fei smiled bitterly. He had long been used to hearing this kind of ridicule and teasing, and he didn't feel anything was wrong. Years of oppression had already closed his heart.
"Zi Yan, you think too much, they don't dare to make fun of me." Tang Fei smiled helplessly and walked to his room, leaving Tang Ziyan with a suspicious look on his face.
In the Tang family, after the younger generation breaks through to the third level, they no longer need to follow everyone for morning exercises. These time belong to them and they can arrange their own training time. After all, the real strong people always rely on their own hard work.
He succeeded only through practice and exploration, and some elders of the Tang family only gave some pointers at appropriate times.
The way of cultivation is divided into ten levels, the most basic of which are the first three levels. These three levels mainly exercise physical strength, which are called the body tempering realm. After reaching the third level, the strength of the warrior's body will be three times that of ordinary people. Of course,
The strength will also be three times that of ordinary people. This shows how powerful the third-level warrior is.
The fourth level above the body tempering is Qi training. As the name suggests, the Qi training realm cultivates the true energy in the human body. No matter how strong an external master is, he will have to suffer a lot when facing an internal master who possesses true energy.
deficit.
Qi training is also divided into three levels, which are immediately following the first three levels. Therefore, the fourth, fifth, and sixth levels are called the Qi training realm. Above the Qi training realm, there is the Yin and Yang realm. Anyone who has reached the Yin and Yang realm will be in Huaiyang.
The county is full of powerful people who are famous.
The Yin and Yang realm is slightly different from the previous two. It is divided into four levels, namely the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth levels. Among them, the masters of the tenth level are already the most peak existences in Huaiyang County.
Tang Fei's grandfather, Tang Zhen, was a tenth-level master and had few rivals in Huaiyang County. This was also the reason why the Tang family had not declined rapidly after such a huge change.
The most prosperous and declining periods of the Tang family both occurred during the Tang Zhen period.
Born in the Tang family, Tang Fei did not have an easy life. He had never seen his parents since he was sensible. All his parents left him was a jade pendant. He was brought up by his grandfather Tang Zhen, and he had never enjoyed it since he was a child.
Too much care. As the head of the family, Grandpa Tang Zhen is naturally very busy on weekdays. Tang Fei's withdrawn character has been developed since he was a child.
There are only a few peers in the Tang family who can talk to Tang Fei, and one of them is Tang Ziyan.
When his friends bullied Tang Ziyan, Tang Fei would always step forward and protect Tang Ziyan from behind. He also had no father or mother, but Tang Fei took good care of his sister and even contradicted Lin Xiaotian regardless of everyone's opinions.
As she grew older, Tang Ziyan became more and more beautiful, and her amazing talent was out of control. People her age no longer dared to mess with her. At only twelve years old, Tang Ziyan had reached the fourth level of Qi training.
This made Mr. Tang Zhen feel very happy.
Tang Fei was also famous throughout Dahuang County for reaching the third level of body tempering in one year, but he was like a flash in the pan and quickly faded from people's sight.
The door creaked open, and Tang Fei returned to the room with a lonely look on his face. He casually threw his coat on the stool. He lay down on his bed and looked at the ceiling blankly.
"I'm not willing to give in, I'm not willing to give in!" Tang Fei yelled to himself in his heart. In the past four years, he had not wasted any day. Every day, he was frantically trying to practice absorbing Qi and persisting in exercising. Every time
After exhausting himself, he fell asleep. His efforts were harder and harder than any of his peers in the family, but the results made him feel sad.
Scenes of being laughed at by his friends flashed through his mind, and his already numb heart suddenly felt a pain, as if he was being pricked by a needle. Tang Fei sat up all of a sudden, his face turned red and he covered his heart, and took a few deep breaths.
Finally, I realized that my forehead was already covered with cold sweat.
After walking to the basin and scrubbing, he straightened his body. Different from the previous confusion, his eyes were replaced by determination.
Tang Fei thought of his third uncle's words when he came back: "Tang Fei, come and visit your rented house at home when you have time. Maybe you will have a chance to practice Qi. Your grandfather and the others all care about you..."
You can't give up! If you give up, no one in this world will look up to you anymore.
Tang Fei gritted his teeth, put on a set of clean clothes, left the room and walked to his ancestral home.