Fighting Against the Odds: I Am the Right Path

When aren't we training?

Xiao Yan did not explain much, just clapped his hands and greeted him.

"Well, first of all, a few people will come with me to go shopping on the street and buy three days' worth of food."

Then Xiao Yan, Xiao Ning and several other male disciples left the training ground, and the two little girls Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei also followed.

It turns out that on this continent, anything that is not related to fighting spirit is not that expensive.

With less than 600 gold coins, Xiao Yan bought a pig, a cow, and a sheep, as well as rice, flour, oil, vegetables, seasonings, and various cooking utensils, which made Xiao Yan sigh with emotion.

When I bought medicinal herbs before, I felt that I didn’t have enough money, but now it seems that the money is quite sustainable.

The group carried these things back to the Xiao family training ground in a mighty manner, leaving passers-by confused.

Is the Xiao family planning to have a wedding?

Chapter 18 There is a first time for everything

After carrying these things back to the Xiao family, Xiao Yan called on other disciples to walk towards the back mountain.

"Cousin, how long are we going to stay in the mountains?"

On the way, Xiao Ning, who was carrying a wild boar, asked Xiao Yan, who was carrying a cow. Xiao Yan raised his chin slightly and answered while thinking.

"It depends on the situation. For now, I'll stay for three days. If everything goes well, I should stay until this year's Coming of Age Ceremony."

"Huh? Staying that long?!"

Xiao Ning was surprised. You know, this year's coming-of-age ceremony is still three months away.

"What's wrong, cousin Xiao Ning? What happened to you recently?"

Xiao Yan looked at him in confusion. Xiao Ning first glanced at Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun'er who were farther away behind him, and then said helplessly.

"I have an appointment at Ningchunlou the day after tomorrow. I wanted to ask you to go with me. I have already paid the deposit."

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Xiao Yan was speechless.

萧宁别的什么都好，就是爱玩，而且还贼心不死的想拉上自己，之前都被萧媚和萧薰儿揍成那副德行了还不长记性。

(I think you should take the initiative to go to such places to have fun, so as to avoid being deceived by some malicious women in the future.)

Yao Chen teased Xiao Yan in his heart, but Xiao Yan didn't know how to respond and simply pretended not to hear.

The Xiao family members followed Xiao Yan deep into the back mountain and soon arrived at the hot spring.

All the members of the Xiao family are familiar with this place. After all, it was dug out by everyone when they were young.

"Okay, we will train here for the next few days~" Xiao Yan threw the cow on his shoulder to the ground and looked at everyone sideways, "Put down everything and do some physical exercise first."

The Xiao family members responded one after another. They usually do physical exercises every day. The only difference today is the place is different.

But it feels pretty good to change the training environment occasionally.

So next, with Xiao Yan setting an example, everyone began their daily training in the open space next to the hot spring. From Yao Chen's perspective, it was a life-threatening exercise, which made Yao Chen in the ring sigh.

If the factor of fighting spirit is not taken into consideration, the young men and women of the Xiao family, headed by Xiao Yan, may not even be able to compare with the young talents of their own original family.

Yao Chen never expected that this small Jia Ma Empire would have such a strange family.

No. Wrong.

Yao Chen turned his attention to Xiao Yan, who was training with everyone.

What's strange is that there should be only Xiao Yan, and the others are just led by Xiao Yan.

Everyone's physical exercise continued until noon. Xiao Yan looked at the sun that had risen directly overhead, clapped his hands and asked everyone to stop.

"That's all for the morning training. Let's pack up the ingredients and get ready to cook~"

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After hearing Xiao Yan's words, everyone fell silent. Xiao Mei raised her hand and asked calmly.

"Um. Cousin Xiao Yan, can you cook? In this wild place?"

“Not at all~”

Xiao Yan answered very honestly. Xiao Ning came forward and pointed at the pile of ingredients.

"Then why did you buy all these things and carry them to the back mountain? Can't we just go home for lunch and then come back up? By the way, why do we have to go to the back mountain to train?"

Xiao Ning asked three questions in a row, expressing the common doubts in the hearts of the Xiao family members, but Xiao Yan just waved his hand and smiled.

"There's always a first time for everything. I learned how to cook outdoors as I went along."

"This"

"Besides, it's almost time for the coming-of-age ceremony. This training camp is just to help everyone make a final sprint. If we change the environment occasionally to practice, maybe everyone's practice speed will be much faster~"

Looking at Xiao Yan's sunny smile, Xiao Ning lost his temper and scratched his hair helplessly.

Xiao Ning then reacted. In fact, Xiao Yan was a reckless person, but his overly calm personality made it easy for people to overlook him. Otherwise, he would not have mobilized everyone to go to the back mountain to dig for treasures when he was young.

"Well, since you said it, we naturally have no objection."

Xiao Ning said this, and the others nodded, indicating that they had no problem with it either.

"Then let's assign the work now. Everyone, speed up and don't delay the afternoon training."

Xiao Yan then assigned the tasks of lighting the fire, collecting firewood, fetching water, and processing food ingredients to everyone, while he and Xiao Ning squatted beside the cow with a kitchen knife in their hands.

"Cousin, what should I do with this thing?"

Xiao Ning held the kitchen knife and moved it back and forth on the cow, but he couldn't cut it for a long time.

I had never even touched a kitchen knife before, let alone dissecting a whole cow.

In response to Xiao Ning's question, Xiao Yan frowned slightly.

Although there is an old saying that success depends on human effort, when faced with something you have never done before, you will still have a headache about how to do it.

At this time, Yao Chen's voice sounded in Xiao Yan's heart.

(Yan boy, put your hands on the cow, and let the fighting spirit flow along the cow's body. You can feel the gaps between the bones, and insert the knife into them. Once you have cut all the gaps between the cow's bones, the dissection is complete.)

Hearing Yao Chen's instructions, Xiao Yan nodded slightly, reached out and gently stroked the cow's body, extending his fighting spirit within his body. As Yao Chen said, he could clearly feel the gaps in the bones. He put the tip of the knife against it and cut it without much effort.

(Senior Yao, you can even do anatomy.)

(When I traveled alone before, I had to go and get whatever materials I wanted, and I learned it over time.)

(I see.)

Xiao Yan understood and then looked at Xiao Ning.

"Brother Xiao Ning, put your fighting spirit into the cow's body, and when you feel a gap, just use a kitchen knife to cut along it."

Xiao Ning did as he was told and soon found the trick.

"Hehe~ It's pretty fun huh?"

Xiao Ning found the novel experience very interesting, and he gradually began to enjoy it, concentrating on the dissection with Xiao Yan.

While the others were doing their own work in an orderly manner after Xiao Yan assigned them tasks. Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun'er also sat aside with a few girls picking vegetables.

Girls are always better at doing this than boys, and even the hot-tempered Xiao Mei is no exception.

"Cousin Xiao Yan always comes up with some weird things."

Xiao Mei complained while picking vegetables, and Xiao Xun'er beside her smiled slightly.

"Isn't this good? Just like what Brother Xiao Yan said, changing the environment occasionally may really improve the speed of cultivation."

As Xiao Xun'er spoke, she glanced towards the hot spring intentionally or unintentionally. Looking at the slightly green pool, she thought of the fact that Xiao Yan had dragged everyone here to train today, and she had some guesses in her mind.

But this is not important~

Xiao Xun'er turned her eyes to Xiao Yan, who was squatting there butchering the beef, with a gentle smile on her lips.

This experience is just like when Xiao Yan mobilized everyone to dig hot springs when they were young. It is an experience that would never be possible in his family, and it will definitely become an unforgettable memory in the future.

You must, enjoy it~

Chapter 19: Trust

After everyone's hard work, we finally made a decent lunch.

Although the rice was a little mushy, the beef was a little burnt, the vegetables were a little raw, and the seasoning was a little off.

But for the Xiao family members who were cooking for the first time in the wild, this was already quite good, and everyone enjoyed the meal very much.

Of course, the most important thing is that the cooking process makes everyone feel like they are celebrating together, allowing everyone to get involved without feeling tired at all.

“It feels like Chinese New Year.”

Xiao Xun'er made a comment quietly, and the others nodded in agreement.

When Yao Chen in the ring heard the unfamiliar word "New Year", he thought about it for a long time but still couldn't understand what it meant, so he asked his disciple.

(Yan Xiaozi, what does Chinese New Year mean?)

In response to Yao Chen's question, Xiao Yan immediately explained in his heart.

(This was a suggestion I made to my father when I was a child. At the beginning of each year, all businesses in the clan should be stopped, and all clan members should gather together to prepare New Year supplies and prepare banquets. Only at this time do people not need to worry about work or other things, and can concentrate on spending time with their families.)

Xiao Yan said this and smiled slightly.

(Originally it was just to make the family more cohesive, but everyone liked it so much that this habit has continued since then and we do it every year.)

After listening to Xiao Yan's narration, Yao Chen felt envious again.

Without considering anything else, I just want to reunite with my family and spend time together on this day of the year.

In this life, how much time can we spend with our family throughout the year?

The date set by Xiao Yan undoubtedly let the Xiao family members know clearly that they still have a home and a place to live, at least on this day. No matter how miserable their lives were in the past year, there would always be people looking forward to their return home and reunion on this day.

Yao Chen fully believed that even though the Xiao family's power was a hundred or even a thousand times smaller than other families on the mainland, the Xiao family was definitely much happier than those big families.

The fact that Xiao Yan was born in the Xiao family - no, it should be said that the fact that Xiao Yan appeared in the Xiao family - is definitely the greatest luck for the Xiao family over the years.

Looking at the Xiao family members holding bowls and laughing noisily in the ring, Yao Chen gradually felt a little touched in his heart.

(Flame Boy)

(Um?)

(You must cherish this scene in front of you.)

Yao Chen gave such a sincere warning.

Memories are precious and can't be bought back no matter how much money you spend.

This is Yao Chen's personal experience.

Xiao Yan also heard the emotions behind Yao Chen's words, smiled slightly, and responded.

(The disciple understands.)

After lunch, everyone cleaned up the kitchen utensils, took a short rest, and then started the afternoon practical training.

During the actual combat training, Yao Chen in the ring was sighing over the terrifying combat power of the Xiao family members that was totally inconsistent with their fighting spirit level.

With this level of actual combat skills, even if you were a fighter, you wouldn't be able to guarantee 100% that you could beat these little girls and boys who aren't even fighters.

It's really, really scary.

Perhaps it was because of the new environment, everyone trained more enthusiastically than before, and before they knew it, it was evening.

"It's time."

Xiao Yan stretched his sore arms. The others also looked exhausted.

Xiao Yan waved his hand and encouraged everyone.

"Everyone hold on for a while longer, let's cook dinner together, and then we'll take a hot spring bath after dinner~"

"Oh!!!"

When they heard about taking a hot spring bath, the tired crowd became excited again and started preparing dinner enthusiastically.