27: Chapter 27: Learning incomplete martial arts techniques can lead to qi deviation and demonic possession.
Just as the two were making a racket, Su Yuntao cleared his throat, his gaze landing on the last six-year-old child, and announced loudly: "Next, Young Master Alternative, it is your turn!"
Everyone's gaze instantly fell upon Alternative.
Bibi Dong nodded gently towards him and said softly: "Don't be afraid, go ahead."
Alternative held back the hand Bibi Dong reached out, his fingertips touching the warmth of her palm, and his heart settled instantly.
Gui Mengguan, Qiangu Jue, and Oupai stepped forward and said in unison: "Third Brother, believe in yourself, you will definitely awaken a good Spirit. Even if you awaken a trash Spirit, we will always protect you..."
"I know, Mother. I know, brothers."
He nodded slightly, walked slowly into the center of the magic circle, extended his right hand, closed his eyes, and focused his mind to sense and anticipate his Spirit.
Since he could remember, he had heard many strange things.
Students in classes outside the introductory class would hide and whisper, calling him nasty nicknames; some Elders in Spirit Hall always looked at him with an indescribable wariness and distance. He had also read the "Human Race Joint Declaration" in the library, which had spread across the entire continent. Every word and sentence denounced heretic Spirit Beasts that had taken human form and the children they had with humans, calling them traitors to the Human Race, and their offspring as bastards who tainted the Human Race Bloodline, like the disgusting creatures known as the Wolftaken...
He had also asked his adoptive mother, Bibi Dong, who his biological parents were, but Bibi Dong only stroked his head and said she would tell him when he grew up.
He only knew that he was an orphan Bibi Dong had picked up in a desolate mountain range. It was Bibi Dong who gave him a name and a home. This cold yet gentle woman was his only mother.
He had forgotten those rumors as soon as he heard them, never taking them to heart, nor had he ever delved into his own background, until this moment—
As soon as he focused his mind, a tender stalk of Blue Silver Grass appeared in his palm. But the moment it appeared, it instantly erupted with a warm, blue-gold light.
The originally slender grass leaves became tough and long, covered in golden imperial patterns. A majestic aura, belonging to an emperor of the plant type, instantly spread out.
The smile on Su Yuntao's face froze instantly. He leaned in, widened his eyes to stare for a long time, and exclaimed: "This is not ordinary Blue Silver Grass! This is... Blue Silver Emperor! A top-tier plant type Spirit!"
Once these words were spoken, the great hall fell silent, and immediately after, an overwhelming wave of discussion erupted.
"Blue Silver Emperor! It really is the Blue Silver Emperor!"
"As expected! It really is the offspring of a human and a beast! Otherwise, how could he have awakened the Blue Silver Emperor Spirit?!"
"It was only a rumor before, but now it's confirmed! He is that child born from a Spirit Beast!"
Those discussions pricked him like needles. Alternative opened his eyes abruptly, looking at the Blue Silver Emperor glowing with blue-gold light in his palm. His mind went blank, and he understood everything in an instant.
So those whispers were true, those wary gazes were true, and those nasty nicknames were also true.
He was the child born to the traitor Tang Hao, whom everyone in the Douluo Continent wanted to kill, and the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin. He was a human-beast hybrid born with original sin in the eyes of the world.
He finally understood why, even though he was well-behaved, sensible, and had outstanding talent, so many people were always hostile towards him; why he could grow up safely in Spirit Hall, but there were always people pointing fingers at him behind his back.
With such an identity, in the Douluo Continent, he was an outcast that everyone wanted to beat up, the "bastard" explicitly denounced in the "Human Race Joint Declaration".
Not to mention giving him the best education and the highest resources; that he could live until now without being killed on the spot was already a huge stroke of luck.
And all of this was entirely thanks to his mother, Bibi Dong.
It was this woman, who had no blood relation to him, who withstood the pressure from within Spirit Hall to forcibly protect him under her wings, giving him a stable home and all her warmth and love.
An indescribable bitterness and gratitude welled up in his heart, followed by a bone-deep disappointment and resentment towards that biological father he had never met.
Since he dared to fall in love with a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, and since he dared to have a child, he should have tried his best to protect his lover and family.
But what about him? Instead of taking his wife into hiding, he made it known to the whole world.
Faced with the persuasion of the old Elder to turn back, not only did he refuse to listen, but he also fell into Qi Deviation and killed the old Elder. In the end, he couldn't protect his wife, forcing her to sacrifice herself, and he abandoned his newborn child, letting him carry the infamy of being a "bastard" the moment he was born, living in the malice of the world.
What he found even stranger was, why did she have to sacrifice herself at that exact moment?
It looked problematic no matter how you looked at it. If you were plotting for the spirit ring and Spirit Bone of a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, and you succeeded, why haven't you come forward to explain the situation until now? At least your reputation wouldn't be so rotten, and I would have accepted it.
The teacher in the introductory class had taught him the complete Three Fundamental Bonds and Five Constant Virtues, saying "The father guides the son; if the father is not kind, the son goes elsewhere," and also taught him "If the ruler is not benevolent, the subject is not loyal; if the father is not kind, the son is not filial."
It wasn't just the "father guides the son" that he had always believed in.
The teacher had also specifically said that one must not study incomplete versions of classics, otherwise it would be easy to go down the wrong path; the principles of being a person were the same.
For example, "struggling with the heavens" and "fighting with the heavens" are only one character apart, but the meanings are worlds apart.
In his words, learning an incomplete version of a Cultivation Technique makes it very easy to suffer from Qi Deviation.
He agreed with this very much.
The grace of birth certainly exists, but the grace of raising is equally important.
Now, it was Bibi Dong who gave him a new life and gave him dignity.
So in this life, he only had Bibi Dong as his mother.
Even if she was only an adoptive mother.
As for that irresponsible biological father, it was better not to acknowledge him.
Thinking of this, the panic in Alternative's eyes instantly dissipated, leaving only firmness.
He did not panic and hide his second Spirit as he did in his previous life.
This was his home, and by his side was the mother he would protect with all his might.
He could not let those who looked down on him make a mockery of him, and he certainly could not let his mother be pointed at behind her back because of him.
He saw a blinding black light erupt from his left palm again. A pitch-black, immensely heavy phantom of a hammer slowly emerged. The moment the hammer body appeared, it carried an incomparably domineering pressure, shaking the entire Awakening Hall slightly. It was the top-tier attack system Spirit inherited by the Clear Sky Sect for ten thousand years—the Clear Sky Hammer!
"twin spirits! twin spirits again!"
Su Yuntao jumped up directly, his voice cracking: "Tool Spirit! Clear Sky Hammer! A top-tier attack system Tool Spirit! Blue Silver Emperor plus Clear Sky Hammer! Top-tier twin spirits!"
The entire venue fell into instant silence, and immediately after, it exploded with noise!
"twin spirits! Another twin spirits!"
"Blue Silver Emperor! Clear Sky Hammer! Inheriting the top-tier Spirits of both parents at the same time! How is this possible?!"
"Innate Soul Power! Quickly measure the Innate Soul Power!"
Su Yuntao hurriedly handed the crystal ball to Alternative, his hands trembling.
Alternative stretched out his small hand and placed it gently on the crystal ball.
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PS: How should I put this...