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Returning home, Mu Xi was just coming out with a small basin of braised beef. Seeing her son's small figure, a bright smile immediately appeared on her face.
"You're back? Hurry and wash your hands for dinner."
Three years ago, Chu Shanhe and others went out to hunt for Spirits and succeeded greatly, bringing back a lot of whale glue, which expanded the Body Sect's treasury considerably. To not miss any hunting opportunities, two and a half years ago, Chen Zhen and other skilled members of the Sect, along with the Second Elder, began to permanently reside in Hanhai City.
It was also because the Body Sect had been rampant at sea these past few years that, in addition to whale glue, they were able to bring back many good things every time they went out. Over time, Chen Yi also ate a lot of seafood.
To ensure Chen Yi was in good condition for tomorrow morning, Mu Xi spared no expense for tonight's dinner. Normally limited items were all placed on the dining table, to be eaten to his heart's content.
Grabbing a dark red steamed bun, Chen Yi took a big bite, then used his chopsticks to pick up a piece of fish and put it into his mouth.
When the powerhouses of the Body Sect were bored in the ocean, they would dive into the deep sea and discover that the immense pressure had the effect of Body Refining. So, if a group of people didn't find a whale pod that day, they would dive in the deep sea.
They found a peculiar type of fish in the extreme depths, brought it up to taste, and later discovered that the fish's flesh was comparable to some Heaven And Earth Treasure. So, they hunted them extensively and brought them back to the Sect members to nourish their bodies.
Chen Yi suspected that this item was not unrelated to what the Shrek Elders ate twenty thousand years later; one could only say it was exactly the same.
Watching her son eat heartily, Mu Xi's eyes were full of maternal love. Although she always complained that Chen Yi didn't treat home as home, her son had always been her pride and had never caused her a day of worry.
Thinking that he would Awaken his Spirit tomorrow, a hint of worry flashed in Mu Xi's eyes. After all, in the Douluo Continent, whether one could Awaken a powerful Spirit was the biggest watershed in life. Although Chen Yi was intelligent and clever, no one could say for sure about a Spirit.
More than forty years ago, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had a similar joke—Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen's highly anticipated youngest son not only failed to Awaken the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit but instead Awakened a pig, becoming a laughingstock in the entire Spirit Master's world for a time.
Moreover, children's Spirits usually inherit from their parents. Her Spirit was Frost Thorns, which belongs to the Advanced Spirit category. But in terms of both cultivation and Spirit grade, she couldn't compare to Chen Zhen's torso Spirit. However, the stability of Body Martial Soul Legacy is not high, so all of this remains unknown.
If it were before, she would definitely have hoped her son Awakened Frost Thorns, as the cost of a second Awakening was too great; but with the influx of whale glue and many other Heaven And Earth Treasure into the Body Sect, she now hoped Chen Yi could Awaken a Body Martial Soul, because his talent could only go further when paired with a powerful Spirit.
"Hmm? Mom, why are you just looking at me and not eating?" Chen Yi tilted his head and smiled, seeing Mu Xi staring at him blankly.
"Eat, why wouldn't I eat? I'm just watching you eat so deliciously, worried you'd be possessive of your food!" Mu Xi picked up her chopsticks and playfully scolded him, having come back to her senses.
Hearing this, Chen Yi felt very wronged and weakly retorted, "I'm not possessive of my food."
Chen Yi thought for a moment and guessed the reason for Mu Xi's momentary distraction. After all, in the Douluo I era, whether one could Awaken a powerful Spirit was equivalent to being born into a good family in his previous life.
However, Chen Yi believed that the Spirit he would Awaken would not be too bad. These past few years, he had never lacked whale glue, and rare and exotic beasts from the ocean were a small piece every three days, a large piece every five days. Under such nutritional conditioning, his Physical Body was already strong enough to rival ordinary top-tier Beast Spirit Spirit Masters.
Although a Spirit can affect a Spirit Master's future cultivation limit, a powerful Spirit can also be limited by the Spirit holder's own physical strength. (Gangzi, stop looking, I'm talking about you!) So, the Spirit Chen Yi Awakens should theoretically not be too bad.
Moreover, even if Chen Yi were to Awaken an undesirable Spirit, with the unity of the Body Sect, it wouldn't be difficult for Chen Yi to ask the Sect's powerhouses to help him acquire an Immortal Herb.
Therefore, whether the Spirit Chen Yi Awakened was powerful or not, it would not affect his subsequent plans; it would just be a little more troublesome.
But Chen Yi couldn't say these things! Seeing the worry in Mu Xi's eyes, Chen Yi could only comfort her:
"Don't worry! It's just a small Spirit Awakening. When has your son ever disappointed you since he was little? I'm going to become a peerless powerhouse who can single-handedly suppress 'Two Peaks' and level the Douluo with both palms."
Hearing Chen Yi's comfort, Mu Xi merely smiled slightly, but upon hearing the increasingly outrageous words that followed, her forehead immediately became covered in black lines, and then she laughed and scolded him, annoyed:
"You really dare to think! What kind of existences are the 'Two Peaks'? Countless people in the entire Spirit Master's world have worked tirelessly for two hundred years and can only despairingly chase their shadows. You actually want to suppress them with one hand, truly absurd."
"Tch, if a person doesn't dare to think, what's the difference between him and a salted fish?" Hearing this, Chen Yi pouted disdainfully, quoting Cao Boss's famous saying from his previous life:
"How do you know that today's unknown person won't become famous throughout the world tomorrow?"
Hearing Chen Yi's words, Mu Xi's face froze for a moment, then a relieved smile appeared. Yes! Today's unknown person might very well become famous throughout the world tomorrow. When the Clear Sky Sect had not yet risen with Tang Chen, wasn't it just an obscure small Sect?
Since Tang Chen could do it, my son might not be worse than him.
"Well said! Then I'll wait to be the mother of the world's strongest person."
Chen Yi nodded heavily. In his previous life, he was lost among the crowd. Since heaven gave him another chance, in this life, he was determined to leave behind an unparalleled Legacy.
"Well, since our world's strongest person has finished eating, let's go to sleep!"
"Ah? Oh." He checked the time and indeed, it was almost bedtime. Then he looked at Mu Xi: "Then I'll go to sleep first, good night, Mom!"
"Good night!"
... The next day, Body Sect training ground.
Mu Xi and Chen Yi arrived at the training ground before dawn to wait.
"Xiaoxi, you're here! Hmm, little Chen Yi, have you missed your second aunt?"
Not long after, a charming young girl also arrived at the square. She looked noticeably young but spoke with an old-fashioned tone. She was also leading a boy about the same age as Chen Yi. It was Jiang Wu's wife—Hua Zixiu, and the child was their son, Jiang Hongfei.
"Yes, last night I was still thinking about the Dragon Bone Eight Delicacies Soup my second aunt made!"
"Then second aunt will go and make it for you in a bit."
The beautiful young girl dotingly pinched Chen Yi's face, which was full of collagen.
Chen Yi was also quite helpless; being young had this one disadvantage: it was easy to suffer losses.
"Brother Yi!"
Jiang Hongfei, who was beside him, came to Chen Yi's side and greeted him.
As the only 'other family's child' in the Body Sect, Chen Yi was naturally often mentioned by elders when scolding their own children. Coupled with the fact that Chen Yi was either in the library or the Body Sect Secret Grounds reading, he basically had no interaction with his peers.
Under normal circumstances, with Chen Yi's start, he would almost certainly be isolated.
But who was Chen Yi? How could he allow himself to become an "outsider" among his peers?
The method was simple: since I can't get along with you, I'll be your boss. And a boss doesn't have to spend all day with you.
As for how Chen Yi, who was not sociable, became the boss, that was even simpler. The most prominent characteristics of children are two points: curiosity about everything and getting into trouble.
Chen Yi only needed to share some strange stories from books with them, and share the toys and food his father brought back from outside; at the same time, when they got into trouble, as long as it wasn't a matter of principle, Chen Yi would step forward and take the blame.
Of course, he did step forward, but whether it was effective or not was another matter.
Faced with such an "honest person" who wouldn't enjoy benefits alone and would bear the consequences himself, which child wouldn't be wholeheartedly convinced?
By this point, even if Chen Yi didn't want to be the boss, someone would push the position onto him.