amaotonovel Chapter 200 Dream of a Past Life (6)
Chapter 200 Dream of a Past Life (6)
Zixu was silent for a moment, then said, "My benefactor, my name is Zixu, and my younger brother Wuyou is not a blood brother..."
They were both servants bought by the Kong family of Tianyuan City. After entering the Kong family, the servants huddled together for warmth, and the two of them were no exception.
Zixu and Wuyou were both orphans. They were the same age, but their exact birth times were unknown. Zixu was more cautious in his actions, so he became the older brother.
When they first entered the Kong family, they only needed to do some simple tasks, such as sweeping the courtyard, chopping firewood, and so on. Later, when they got older, they were assigned to serve in the courtyards of various masters.
Because they didn't want to be separated, Zixu used the spirit stones he had saved to bribe the steward, and the two brothers were assigned to the same place—the courtyard of the eldest son of the Kong family.
The Kong family is a well-known philanthropic family with a great reputation in Tianyuan City, and the eldest son, Kong Chi, is a man of high moral character.
Although his talent for cultivation is not very good.
However, as the eldest son of the Kong family, he was kind and polite to the servants and was still highly respected in the household.
Zixu and Wuyou naturally knew this young master. They were very hopeful about their future life and hoped that by serving him for a few years, they could obtain enough spirit stones to redeem themselves.
At first, things were fine. Kong Chi focused on his cultivation and didn't care much about the people in the academy. As long as they did their jobs well, occasionally slacked off, or cultivated on their own, Kong Chi didn't care.
This is much better than where Zixu and Wuyou stayed before; at least they have time to cultivate.
Both of them were quite talented, and without any instruction, they figured out how to guide Qi into their bodies.
I heard that if a servant of the Kong family has strong cultivation, he will be promoted to a guard. Zixu put all his effort into cultivation and only slept for one hour each day.
Wu You didn't go all out. Knowing he wasn't as hardworking as his brother, he took over his brother's tasks so his brother could focus on cultivation.
Because their cultivation speed was indeed quite fast, the steward in the courtyard also flattered them, assigning them simple, easy, and time-saving tasks.
They thought life would continue like this, but Kong Chi's emergence from seclusion shattered the brothers' peace.
Kong Chi secluded himself for a month and even took some pills, but he still didn't advance even one level.
In his distress, he saw nothing but emptiness and fabrication.
"Who are they?"
The steward followed Kong Chi's gaze and replied, "Young Master, those are the servants who were assigned to serve in the courtyard a few days ago. Since you were in seclusion, I did not inform you."
Kong Chi stared at them. "Is someone teaching them cultivation?"
The steward shook his head. "No, he probably heard the incantation for guiding qi into the body somewhere and is figuring it out on his own."
"They seem quite perceptive, but we don't know what their spiritual roots and grades are. The spirit testing orb broke when they entered the manor, so the patriarch didn't let them test it."
Kong Chi nodded thoughtfully.
A few days later, Kong Chi had the steward call the two of them into the room.
Zixu and Wuyou were very uneasy, fearing that they had done something wrong and would be punished by the young master.
Seeing this, the steward smiled and said, "Good thing, very good thing. The young master thinks you two have good comprehension, so he borrowed the spirit testing ball to test your spiritual roots and grades."
The two relaxed a bit, and they also wanted to know what kind of spiritual root they had.
As rumored, Kong Chi was gentle. He spoke a few words to the two of them, then took out a spirit-testing ball and asked them to test it.
Zixu stopped the eager Wuyou and stepped forward first.
He placed his hand on the spirit-testing ball and, as Kong Chi had instructed, slowly infused it with spiritual power.
A red light appeared on the spirit-testing sphere, followed by a green light. Then, two beams of light quickly shone. Zixu paused for a moment and stopped releasing his spiritual power.
"Fire and wood dual spiritual roots, the makings of an alchemist, and both are Earth-rank..."
A glint of fervor flashed in Kong Chi's eyes. He suppressed his inner elation and smiled at Zi Xu, "Your spiritual root and aptitude are both quite good. Come on, let your younger brother have a test too."
"If you two brothers have good talent, I will personally guide you in your cultivation."
Zixu exclaimed with delight, "Thank you, young master! Brother, hurry up and get tested!"
As the two passed each other, Zixu squeezed his hand.
Wu You paused for a moment, then placed his hand on the spirit-testing ball, after which a golden light appeared on the ball.
"A top-grade golden spiritual root, although not as good as Zixu's, is still quite good."
Kong Chi praised them highly and then had the steward take them back to rest.
"You two can stay in the original house for now. Tomorrow, I will have someone prepare two guest rooms for you two brothers."
Zixu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Young Master, could we live together? My younger brother is used to living with me, and he's timid. I'm worried about him."
Kong Chi glanced at them; the two were about eleven or twelve years old, still children, so it was normal that they didn't want to be separated. Therefore, he readily agreed.
After returning to the room, Wu You was about to speak when Zi Xu gestured for him to be quiet.
He wrote on Wu You's hand because they had learned some simple words while serving their master.
Zixu told Wuyou that he subconsciously felt something was wrong, so he didn't release his full spiritual power.
He did have a spiritual root, but in terms of grade, he felt he should be higher than the Earth Rank.
Wu You also wrote that he felt he should have another spiritual root, and a higher rank, which he also hid.
Even so, seeing Kong Chi's delighted expression, they still didn't hide anything.
"Maybe the young master doesn't have bad intentions, brother. Maybe we're overthinking it."
Zixu also hoped that he was overthinking things. "I hope so. I'll be more alert in the future and tell me immediately if anything seems wrong."
Unfortunately, before they could realize something was wrong, after drinking a bowl of ordinary mung bean soup, they woke up to find themselves tied up.
The sweet soup was given to the servants daily to cool them off in the heat, and they were unprepared for it.
Zixu woke up first, with Wuyou tied up beside him. The place looked like a prison cell, with guards on duty. When they saw that he was awake, the guards at the door turned and left.
Soon, Kong Chi appeared in the cell.
"Young Master, why are you tying us brothers up?"
Zixu pretended not to understand and said, "Is this for cultivation? Wuyou and I were so happy to receive your guidance last night that we almost couldn't sleep."
He asked impatiently, "How do I cultivate? I'm not afraid of hardship or fatigue. Once I've achieved something, I will definitely follow you, Young Master!"
Kong Chi just stared at him, and after he finished speaking, he slowly took a whip down from the wall.
The whip had a strong smell of blood. Because it had been soaked in too much blood, the bloodstains had dried, making the whip look black.
Kong Chi lashed Zi Xu with his whip, and only then did Zi Xu notice the barbs on it.
It hurt so much that he couldn't help but scream.
"Keep pretending, keep pretending."
Kong Chi laughed and said, "You've clearly started to be wary of me, yet you're pretending to know nothing. Have you been fooling me before?"
"Unfortunately, I've investigated you. Although you're young, you're quite intelligent."
"I suppose you suspected me of having ulterior motives from the very beginning?"