Fighting Against the Odds: I Am the Right Path

"They, they are all in the back mountain."

Xiao Zhan's answer made Xiao Yu even more confused.

"The back mountain? What are they doing in the back mountain?"

"Yan'er took all the younger generations of the Xiao family to the back mountain for training three months ago, and said they would come down before the coming-of-age ceremony. Calculating the date, it's almost time."

Why do we have to go to the back mountain for training?

Xiao Yu scratched his brows speechlessly, but since it was Xiao Yan who initiated it, it was normal. Since he was a child, Xiao Yan always took the lead in doing things that went against common sense, and Xiao Yu was used to it.

However, speaking of the back mountain, Xiao Yu suddenly recalled something, his face slightly flushed, and then he spoke seriously to the great elder.

"Grandpa, I'm going to the back mountain first."

"Ah~ Go ahead."

Although she really wanted to sit for a while longer with her granddaughter whom she hadn't seen for a year, the Great Elder waved his hand lightly, and Xiao Yu turned around and prepared to leave.

"Oh, right." When he reached the door, Xiao Yu suddenly turned around and looked at Xiao Zhan and asked, "Patriarch, when I passed by the Xiao Family Market just now, I found it a little too deserted. Many shops were empty. What happened?"

"Ah, I was just talking about this with three elders." Hearing Xiao Yu's inquiry, Xiao Zhan tilted his face with a headache, "The Jialie family found an alchemist from somewhere and refined a The healing medicine called Huichun Powder attracts all the people, and once the customers run over there, the shop will naturally not be able to retain them."

"That's it"

Xiao Yu frowned, and thought of the frivolous man named Liu Xi whom he had just met in the market. He should be the alchemist hired by the Jialie family. He should have been beaten half to death and thrown out by the Xiao family guards.

But let’s talk about this when we get back.

Xiao Yu took a long step and left the meeting hall, heading towards the back mountain of the Xiao family.

On the way up the mountain, Xiao Yu's heart was not filled with much excitement for the long-awaited reunion, but instead was filled with deep sadness.

I don't know how Xiao Yan has been doing this year.

Thinking back to the young man who was once full of vigor and vitality, and the strong and encouraging smile on his face after he lost his fighting spirit, Xiao Yu felt extremely heartbroken.

He went to Canaan College in order to find out the reason why Xiao Yan lost his fighting spirit and the solution. However, after two years, his strength has improved a lot, but he can't find any clue about Xiao Yan's affairs.

This gave Xiao Yu a strong feeling in his heart that he had really wasted the past two years at Canaan College.

damn it.

Xiao Yu gritted his teeth and gradually walked into the depths of the back mountain.

Suddenly, a figure jumped out from the bushes in front. Xiao Yu was about to fight back instinctively, but after feeling the familiar breath coming from the other party, he forced himself to hold back and was immediately knocked to the ground.

"It's really terrible. I didn't expect that I would fall down just picking up firewood."

The young man who was pressing on Xiao Yu murmured helplessly. When he saw Xiao Yu being pressed under him, he was stunned at first, and then a look of joy appeared on his face.

"Sister Xiao Yu? You're back!"

Looking at the familiar resolute face in front of him, Xiao Yu smiled with a hint of tenderness in his eyes.

"Ah, I'm back, little pervert~"

Chapter 23 All Fighters

"That, that! It was just an accident."

Hearing Xiao Yu's address to him, Xiao Yan immediately remembered what happened that year. He quickly climbed up from Xiao Yu's body, waving his hands frantically with a red face to defend himself.

"But you did see it, didn't you?"

Xiao Yu smiled and sat up. Xiao Yan instantly lost his temper and lowered his head, looking depressed.

"Yeah, sorry"

"Hahaha~"

Seeing Xiao Yan's expression like a child who had done something wrong, Xiao Yu's previous melancholy was swept away and he laughed out loud.

"Um?!"

Suddenly, Xiao Yu's face changed abruptly. She grabbed Xiao Yan's shoulders with both hands, frowned and stared at him, making Xiao Yan feel a little scared when he felt the burning gaze.

"Xiao, Sister Xiao Yu? What's wrong?"

"Xiao Yan, your fighting spirit has recovered? And you even reached the level of a fighter?!"

"Well, I just broke through these few days."

Xiao Yan nodded in acknowledgement. Xiao Yu was surprised at first, then a look of deep joy appeared on her face.

Before coming here, Xiao Yu was still worried about Xiao Yan's fighting spirit, but she didn't expect that she didn't need to worry about this worry at all!

Although he didn't know what was going on, this result undoubtedly made Xiao Yu extremely happy.

"Great!"

Excited Xiao Yu hugged Xiao Yan tightly in her arms. Feeling Xiao Yu's almost mature and plump body, Xiao Yan's face, which had just subsided, turned red again, and even some white steam was faintly coming out of his head.

"That, that! Sister Xiao Yu!"

When his brain was on the verge of blacking out, Xiao Yan tried his best to push Xiao Yu away and pointed to the mountain as if to change the subject.

"Everyone is making lunch right now, so Sister Xiao Yu, come up and eat with us."

"Huh?" Xiao Yu was stunned and tilted his head slightly, "Why do we have to make lunch on the mountain?"

"This is a training camp, so we can't just let everyone go down the mountain. Except for me taking a few people down the mountain to buy food every few days, we have stayed in the mountain for the past three months."

After saying that, Xiao Yan picked up the scattered firewood on the ground, led Xiao Yu through the bushes, and walked slowly in one direction.

When seeing this direction, Xiao Yu was slightly stunned.

This is not what we were like when we were kids.

Sure enough, just as Xiao Yu guessed, Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yu to the hot spring that they and a group of Xiao family members had dug together when they were young. This was also the place where Xiao Yu called Xiao Yan a little pervert.

Next to the hot spring, the Xiao family members were busy with their own things, cutting vegetables or boiling water. They were so busy that no one even noticed Xiao Yu's arrival.

At this time, Xiao Yu discovered that although the clothes of the Xiao family members were relatively clean, they were already mostly torn. Xiao Yu then noticed that Xiao Yan's clothes were in a similar state.

This... Is it true that no one has returned home once in these three months?

Xiao Yu's brows were trembling wildly. At this time, Xiao Yan came forward with firewood and greeted everyone.

"Everybody! Look who's here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the members of the Xiao family who were busy with their work turned their heads and saw Xiao Yu following behind Xiao Yan, and they all showed joy on their faces.

"Big sister! Are you back?!"

Yes, Big Sister, this is the unanimous name given to Xiao Yu by many descendants of the Xiao family, because Xiao Yu is the oldest of this generation of descendants of the Xiao family.

"Sis! Long time no see!"

Xiao Ning walked forward and raised a fist, and Xiao Yu also raised his fist to meet his.

"Ah~ Long time no see, bro."

Then Xiao Yu was slightly stunned, and his eyes glanced at the others, his face became a little surprised.

"You all have been promoted to fighters?!"

"Ah~ Thanks to Xiao Yan, we were not allowed to go home for the past three months, and the training speed has also increased a lot."

Xiao Ning scratched his face awkwardly, a trace of sadness showing on his face, and the others had the same expression.

It is true that the speed of improving Dou Qi is fast, but this training is really not something that ordinary people can endure. There were several times when Xiao Ning and others felt on the verge of collapse, but were pulled back by Xiao Yan in a very ruthless manner.

Everyone deeply admired themselves for being able to survive under Xiao Yan until today.

"Sister Xiao Yu, long time no see."

Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun'er also came up to greet Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu looked at the two of them. Although their faces were much more resolute than last year, their skin, which should have been smooth, now looked a little rough. The same was true for the other girls in the Xiao family. One could imagine how much suffering they had suffered during this period.

"Thank you for your hard work." Xiao Yu touched the heads of the two little girls with a heartache, then turned around and glared at Xiao Yan, "I say, forget about boys, but I'm a girl, can't you relax a little?"

"Of course we have to treat everyone equally in training. How can we treat them differently?"

Xiao Yan spread out one hand and replied with a chuckle.

Xiao Yu was helpless about this.

She was just complaining verbally and was not really blaming Xiao Yan.

Because Xiao Yu understood that everything Xiao Yan did was done sincerely for the future of his brothers and sisters.

"But what you do always surprises me. You took everyone to the mountains to train for three months and they all became fighters. Grandpa and the clan leader will definitely be very excited when they know about this."

Xiao Yu said this, and Xiao Yan shrugged lightly without answering.

How could it be possible to improve fighting spirit so quickly with just three months of training?

The fact that all the Xiao family members can now be promoted to the level of Fighters is at least half due to the Foundation Building Spirit Liquid. Whenever the Foundation Building Spirit Liquid in the hot spring is almost exhausted, Xiao Yan secretly goes down the mountain in the middle of the night to get medicinal herbs from the Miter Auction House. Fortunately, Ya Fei provides the medicinal herbs in a timely manner and can always keep up with the consumption rate.

In addition, the cost far exceeded the sixty portions that Xiao Yan had originally predicted. According to Xiao Yan's calculations, about one hundred portions of the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid had been consumed in the past three months.

Thanks to this, Xiao Yan's black gold card with a value of 230,000 yuan had been deducted by 200,000 yuan. He had just felt the joy brought by the huge profits, but before he could enjoy it, it was gone.

However, Xiao Yan did not regret it. As long as he could help these brothers and sisters, it would be worth spending any amount of money.

Inside the ring, Yao Chen, who had watched the entire three-month training process, was speechless.

To be honest, Xiao Yan's training was indeed very useful. Even though these Xiao family disciples were only promoted to fighters, their actual combat power would make even great fighters feel nervous!

but! Yes!

Can anyone survive such training? ! It was thanks to these Xiao family juniors that none of them died in the past three months. Yao Chen admired their resilience from the bottom of his heart. If he were at the same level, he probably wouldn't be able to survive.

However, Yao Chen knew in his heart that the premise of Xiao Yan's training in the past three months was the already outrageous training intensity that the Xiao family's children had been undergoing before. Without that training foundation, these three months would definitely not be something that could be sustained simply by perseverance.

"Then everyone! Speed ​​up and cook!" Xiao Yan raised his hand and called out loudly: "After lunch, our training will officially be over! It's time to go home and welcome the New Year!"

"Oh oh oh!!!"

Chapter 24 There’s No Next Time

Wu Tan City, Xiao Family.

Xiao Zhan and the three elders had dull faces at this time. They stared blankly at the twenty or so Xiao family members in ragged clothes who had just returned from the back mountain. Their aging brains were no longer able to think.

What's going on? What happened?

Xiao Yan took this group of youngsters to the back mountain to train for three months, and they all became fighters???

Am I dreaming? Or am I still asleep?

"Father, the three-month deadline has arrived, and I have brought all the Xiao family members back safely."

Xiao Yan clasped his hands together and reported to Xiao Zhan in a solemn voice.

"Ah? Ah!"

Xiao Zhan finally came to his senses and realized his gaffe. He clenched his broad palm into a fist and placed it to his mouth.

"Ahem. You've worked hard for three months of training. Everyone go back and rest first."

"Yes!"

Zheng Sheng, a member of the Xiao family, responded and then everyone went back to their homes. Even the two little girls, Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun'er, did not stay to bother Xiao Yan.

Three months of training in the mountains has caused these girls to lose a lot of things that are extremely important to them, so they decided to do nothing else for the next few days and concentrate on taking care of their skin, determined to restore their former dazzling looks!

"Yan'er, go back and change your clothes first. Come to the meeting hall later. I have something to tell you."

"Ah."

Xiao Yan nodded, turned and walked towards his room.

Looking at Xiao Yan's back, Xiao Zhan and the three elders looked at each other. No one spoke, but there was a tacit understanding in their eyes.

That is about how Xiao Yan made all the children of the Xiao family promoted to fighters within three months, and he never asked any more questions.

They believe in Xiao Yan.

On this side, Xiao Yan returned to the room and took off his torn clothes, rummaging in the closet. At this time, Yao Chen appeared and looked at his disciple helplessly.

If it was just Xiao Yan alone, he would be able to come down from the mountain in a month.

However, for the sake of these Xiao family members, he stayed with them for three months.