C2 Contradictory beginning
Although Song Sisi knew her grandmother was feeling very sad right now, she didn't plan to go over and comfort her. She knew that no matter who faced such a situation, they would feel great pain and also need to be alone! Therefore, she did not follow her grandmother to the kitchen. Instead, she gripped Qin Zhu's hand tightly and sat beside him!
Not long after, Qin Zhu woke up. When he woke up, he found that his meridians were in pain like needles. All the bones in his body seemed to be on the verge of breaking apart. He felt extremely uncomfortable. When he thought of the miserable scene of his grandfather's death, his eyes quickly became bloodshot. Clenching his fists tightly, blue veins suddenly appeared on his arm and forehead!
"Ah Zhu, it's time to eat …" Grandmother's gentle voice came from the kitchen, followed by a fragrant smell that wafted over from the kitchen!
Qin Zhu's entire body shuddered the moment he heard his grandmother's voice. It was as if he had thought of something. The berserk state he was in immediately vanished. The blood veins in his eyes slowly faded and his gaze became firmer and deeper!
"Sisi, let's go eat. Don't make grandma wait too long!" After a while, Qin Zhu stood up with great difficulty and smiled at Sisi. Then, he took the lead and walked over.
As soon as Qin Zhu entered the kitchen, he took over Grandma's work and helped her clean up the dishes.
"Grandmother, eat more …"
Even if Qin Zhu wanted to make himself happy, he really couldn't. The atmosphere of the meal was heavy. Everyone was in pain!
The next few days were the same. The atmosphere was very depressing. Qin Zhu and the others were all living in sadness! In the blink of an eye, five days had passed. Perhaps the rest of the Qin Clan had long since forgotten about the death of Qin Zhu and his grandfather.
In these past few days, he had been cultivating diligently, and his daily cultivation time was almost twice as fast as in the past. However, he had not made any substantial progress, and both his true essence and martial arts had remained the same. He slowly moved forwards, not advancing by a thousand miles because of his diligent cultivation.
Although he didn't make any substantial progress, he wasn't that depressed. This was the effect he wanted!
Just as Qin Zhu finished his cultivation, a seven or eight year old girl stumbled over. Qin Zhu knew that the little girl in front of him was called Qin Xiao Wu, and she had a good time with Sisi.
Before Little Wu could even reach Qin Zhu, she gasped for breath and shouted, "Big brother Qin Zhu, it's bad, it's bad! Someone's bullying big sister Sisi!"
"Where is it? Take me there!" Qin Zhu's face was frosty. He was worried that something might have happened to Sisi, so he picked up Little Wu and asked her to show him the way! After figuring out the direction, Qin Zhu dashed all the way to the place that Little Wu had pointed out with his fastest speed!
"Sisi, quickly hand over the Three Crow Ginseng in your hand. It's mine!" A little fatty was clamoring for Song Sisi to give him the three black ginseng, and he even had a look of righteousness on his face! This little fatty's name was Qin Tao. He was the son of the Qin family's manager, and he was quite domineering and unreasonable! As long as it was something that Qin Tao had set his eyes on, the juniors could only hold their noses and accept it, with the exception of a few favoured grandsons!
"Nonsense, this ginseng was obviously found by me!" Get out of the way, I still want to go home! " Song Sisi argued loudly, her little fists clenched tightly!
"Hmph, if I say it's mine, then it's mine! I've discovered this ginseng for a long time, but I feel that it has not matured yet. I'll just leave it here to raise for a little longer! "If you don't believe me, ask them …" Qin Tao pointed at a few of his followers and asked, "You, you, you, and you. Tell her, did we find this ginseng a long time ago?!"
The rest of them looked at each other. After hesitating for a while, they said weakly, "Yes …"
"Have you guys eaten yet? Shout louder, I didn't hear you!" Qin Tao's face darkened as he roared!
"Yes!" The few of them shouted helplessly.
"Hahaha …" The response of Qin Tao's underlings made the surrounding guys burst into laughter. This caused Qin Tao to lose a lot of face.
Qin Tao didn't waste his breath and directly walked in front of Song Sisi, leisurely saying, "It's fine if you don't give it to me. I'll call Father to get a good job for that big brother Qin Zhu later!" "Hee hee …" After saying that, he smiled craftily as he sized up Song Sisi's graceful figure from head to toe. He seemed to be thinking of something!
When Song Sisi heard that Qin Zhu was planning to blackmail her, her expression immediately darkened. Gritting her teeth, she threw the spirit medicine in her hand over and shouted through gritted teeth, "Take it!"
Seeing the three black ginseng flying towards him, Qin Tao was instantly overjoyed. He beamed with joy and wanted to catch the ginseng. However, just as the Three Crow Ginseng was about to land in Qin Tao's hands, a large hand suddenly appeared in front of Qin Tao and snatched the ginseng away!
"Who, who dares …" Qin Tao abruptly raised his head and saw a not very tall figure. He didn't know when it had appeared before him!
The person who stole the Three Crow Ginseng was naturally Qin Zhu, who had just arrived. He had already heard the general situation of this matter from Little Wu on the way here, so he naturally wouldn't watch as Sisi gave the elixir to Qin Tao, the little fatty, for nothing!
At this moment, Qin Tao also saw Qin Zhu in front of him. Qin Tao instantly became furious and retreated two steps back. He pointed at Qin Zhu and bellowed, "Quickly hand over the Three Crow Ginseng. It's mine!"
"Why didn't you say the shit on the ground was yours!" Qin Zhu icily stared back at Qin Tao as he spoke. Although his status was low, he would not let Sisi suffer even the slightest bit!
"You … "You …" Qin Tao rarely interacted with people like Qin Zhu, and he rarely kicked copper coins. What's more, he didn't expect an adopted orphan to actually dare to challenge him. He was instantly so angry that he couldn't speak!
Qin Zhu ignored Qin Tao and walked over to Sisi's side. He placed the Three Crow Ginseng into Sisi's hands and said, "It's my own item. "Keep it!"
Song Sisi did not say anything. She only lowered her head and tightly held the Three Crow Ginseng in her hand.
At this moment, Qin Tao also reacted. After his expression changed several times, he gritted his teeth and pointed at Qin Zhu, growling, "Do you know who I am? How dare you treat me like this? If you know what's good for you, hand over that ginseng and I'll treat you like nothing happened. After all, Sisi is going to be my sister-in-law soon!"
"What did you say? Sisi is about to become your sister-in-law?" Qin Zhu frowned and asked coldly.
"That's right, big brother Qin Xiong told me that after the Qin Family Martial Arts Competition ends, I'll beg grandfather to agree to the marriage between him and Sisi!"
"What?" Qin Zhu's expression turned cold, and he dashed forward like an arrow, arriving in front of Qin Tao. Without saying anything else, he grabbed Qin Tao's collar and shouted, "Go back and tell him that you're daydreaming!"
After which, Qin Zhu threw Qin Tao onto the ground.
Qin Tao struggled up from the ground as he shouted, "No one has ever dared to do this to me. Ah! I will kill you!" After he finished roaring, Qin Tao's hands constantly formed seals. Very quickly, a blurry lion head appeared in his right hand!
Qin Zhu coldly stared at this scene. He did not place the other party's martial arts in his eyes at all. The blurry figure of the lion head did not have any power.
Qin Tao felt even more frenzied when he saw the disdainful look in Qin Zhu's eyes. He roared, "Iron Lion Fist!" Subsequently, the lion head flew out of his hand and headed straight for Qin Zhu.
Qin Zhu had no intention to make a move. Instead, he allowed the Iron-Lion Fist to strike his body.
Boom!" The lion head swallowed Qin Zhu up. However, even after the silver light dissipated, he still stood there with a disdainful expression on his face!
"Is that all you can do?" Qin Zhu said coldly, "Then I'll let you have a taste of my Berserk Dragon Palm!" With that, he began to form a seal with his hands, and a dragon head slowly appeared between Qin Zhu's hands. Song Sisi was worried that Qin Tao would take this opportunity to take revenge on Qin Zhu, so she tugged at Qin Zhu's clothes in an attempt to stop him. However, Qin Zhu only turned his head to smile at her before striking out with the Berserk Dragon Palm.
Qin Tao was helpless. It was too late to run, so he could only let out a low shout. He flipped his hands, and a small palm-sized shield suddenly appeared in his hands.
Without a second word, Qin Tao threw the small shield in front of him. The small shield expanded with the wind and became a huge shield as tall as a person. After doing all this, he finally felt a bit more at ease! However, before Qin Tao could be happy, the silver dragon head had already appeared in front of him!
Boom!" The dragon head ruthlessly smashed into the gigantic shield. The gigantic shield only lasted for a moment before Qin Tao was sent flying with the shield in his hand!
Just as Qin Tao flew out a meter or two, he was caught by a man! As the white light faded away, the man appeared before Qin Zhu with a smile! The person who came was none other than the young master of the Qin Clan, Qin Xiong!
"5th level of Qi Refinement, not bad, not bad!" Qin Xiong clapped his hands as he walked towards Qin Zhu.
Qin Zhu didn't reply to Qin Xiong, but secretly went on guard against him. To be honest, when facing the unfathomable Qin Xiong, he didn't even have the slightest bit of confidence!
Qin Xiong sized up Qin Zhu. In reality, he was looking at Qin Zhu rather than Song Sisi.
"Even if I have to go all out, I won't let Sisi marry you!" When Qin Zhu saw Qin Xiong unabashedly staring at Sisi, he was instantly enraged. He clenched his fists, and blue veins began to bulge out of his not-so-thick arms!
"Fight? "Do you have the qualifications!?" Qin Xiong withdrew his gaze from Song Sisi and glanced at Qin Zhu with disdain.
After Qin Zhu heard this, he did not do anything unwise. After all, he knew his own limits. With his current strength, he was not Qin Xiong's match! He only gritted his teeth, his expression not too good!
"I don't mind telling you. Not long ago, I reached the ninth level of Qi Refining. Very soon, I will be the second Core Formation cultivator!" Qin Xiong said something that shocked Qin Zhu. Qin Xiong was able to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining before reaching the age of thirty. His talent was indeed a bit demonic! It has to be said that the path of cultivation became more and more difficult the higher it was. Countless cultivators were trapped in the Qi Condensation stage and couldn't advance at all! In the entire Qin Clan, only Qin Tianli was at the Core Formation stage. As for the others, they were all in the Qi Refining stage for over twenty years without hope of reaching the Aurous Core stage!
"Hmph, so what if you're on the ninth floor!" "I won't let Sisi marry you!" Qin Zhu said with a resolute expression! To him, there weren't many family members in this world. Even though he knew he was no match for his opponent, he, Qin Zhu, would never let his family suffer. Never! Qin Zhu swore silently in his heart that he would protect his family!