Several days passed since the incident.Xiao Tian tried to live as normally as he could. Outwardly, he appeared calm—But within him, countless questions stirred.
"What was that power…?""Why does it feel… like it once belonged to me?"
Each night, he began to meditate.He tried to sense and control the strange energy coursing through his body—and with time, it became increasingly clear.
Then, one day…
An old man wandered past the front courtyard.He carried a pole slung across his back, weighed down with various old trinkets—a peddler, perhaps.But his eyes… were sharp, like an eagle's.
"Oh ho~ Little one, what's your name?"the old man asked with a faint smile.
"My name… is Xiao Tian,"the boy replied cautiously.
The old man stared into his eyes for a long moment, then muttered quietly,
"Those eyes… they're unusual…It's as if a light lies hidden behind them."
He knelt down and held out a rough black jade stone.
"This is just a common qi-testing jade. Try holding it."
Xiao Tian hesitated—but reached out to take it.
Suddenly!
The jade began to glow—a soft, radiant blue light shone from within.
The old man's eyes widened slightly,though he quickly laughed to cover his surprise.
"Ha ha ha… how interesting.This child is anything but ordinary…"
And then—just like the wind—he vanished, leaving no trace behind.
But inside the old man's heart,a fire had been lit.
"That power…It isn't from this martial world…Could he be… the one the Tianlong Sect has been searching for?!"