Rising Darkness

Chapter 1 Xiao Ding
As expected, Utan City is one of the large cities of the Jia Ma Empire, and its popularity is extremely hot. Although it is scorching hot now, the streets are still crowded with people, and even some strange races can be seen occasionally.

"Why does Xiao Yueyue want to come with mother all of a sudden?" Zhao Yi suddenly lowered her head and asked Xiao Yue who was holding her hand while walking on the crowded street, her pretty face was full of curiosity.

"It's very boring in the family, and no one plays with me! Also, I want to see where my mother works!" As he said, there was a cheerful look on his little face, and he pretended to look around!

"Oh...!" Nodding his head, Zhao Qi was suddenly silent, the palm holding Xiao Yue's little hand tightened slightly, and there was a hint of guilt in his eyes.

She also knew that because she often came out to work, she naturally ignored Xiao Yue. It would feel lonely to keep him such a small person in the family!And she seems to have never seen Xiao Yue have any friends among her peers!
Feeling the strangeness of the other party, Xiao Yue felt a little strange, and thought that she had exposed some flaws, but after thinking carefully about her performance today, there should be no abnormalities!

He couldn't help but feel a little suspicious...

It has been more than a month since I was reborn, because of the sense of urgency for the future at the beginning, I have been burying myself in the family to practice hard, and I have not yet taken a step out of the family!
Today, he had an inexplicable whim, and felt that he wanted to experience the customs of this world. After all, in his last life, he was unable to live like a normal person due to illness, which made him feel quite envious and regretful!

In this life, he felt that he should experience the hustle and bustle of this world while cultivating. Even if he could not escape the fate of dying in the end, it would not be in vain to come to this world for a while!
So, taking advantage of today's class break, he endured his nausea, and came out with Zhao Yi, who was coquettish and flirtatious and pestering her to work. Although Zhao Yi was a little surprised by this, she didn't refuse!
The mother and son took a few turns in the spacious street, and finally walked into the Fangshi controlled by the Xiao family.The Xiao family not only manages the territory here, but also manages many shops by the family itself, and Xiao Yue's mother manages a medicine shop in it.

Although Zhao Yi is only 23 or [-] years old, he is already a respected nine-star fighter. This kind of strength may not be called a strong one in Wutan City, but it is no problem to stand alone!

Ordinary warriors generally would not provoke her, let alone make trouble in the pharmacy she manages. After all, Zhao Yi already has such extraordinary strength at such a young age, and such a talent can be regarded as extremely outstanding in the entire empire. !Others may not be afraid of her who is just a Nine Star Fighter now, but what about in the future?With her talent, she will definitely become stronger in the future. If she still remembers her hatred and runs back to take revenge, it will be a tragedy!
What makes Xiao Yue sad is that his biological mother obviously has such an excellent talent, but she didn't pass it on to him at all!And as far as he knew, even though his dead father was only in his 20s when he died, he was also a genuine Dou Shi, and his cultivation talent was obviously more outstanding, but he also didn't pass on this talent to him!So since her rebirth, Xiao Yue wondered more than once whether her body was their own?
"Hey... Little Leaf!"

Just as Xiao Yue tilted her head and looked at this novel world curiously, a carefree and hearty cry suddenly sounded behind her.

Xiao Yue froze for a moment, then turned her head to look behind her.But it turned out to be that guy Xiao Li, with five or six little ghosts, big and small, by his side.In addition to the two little kids who were also in the school, the other three were obviously much older, and one of them, a boy about ten years old, especially caught Xiao Yue's attention.

With a small face with a slight smile, it gives people a warm and friendly feeling!Even though he is young, he possesses an inexplicable sense of composure and demeanor that his peers don't have. This young man is the protagonist's elder brother...Xiao Ding!
"Yeah! It's them?" Zhao Qi also noticed the teenagers behind him, tilted his head and smiled lightly.

"Huh?" Xiao Yue nodded.

"Aunt Yi!"

Xiao Li brought a few people to Xiao Wen's mother and son, greeted Zhao Yi first, then turned to look at Xiao Yue and teased: "Yo! Little Ye Zi! Don't you like to stay at home and not go out! Why... the sun today Come out from the west, don't you stay at home!"

"Hmm! Where are you going here?" Xiao Yue didn't bother to answer his words, she responded casually, and then changed the subject.

"Isn't there no class today? My brother took us out for a stroll! He said it was an eye opener!" Xiao Li replied with a smile, not seeing anything.

In his opinion, the two are of the same family after all, although Xiao Yue usually seems withdrawn and out of gregarious, and the two of them seldom communicate with each other, but since they met, it is still necessary to say hello.

Zhao Yi's bright and charming eyes looked at Xiao Yue thoughtfully, and suddenly said: "Xiao Yueyue also go to play with everyone! Mom also has to work, so I don't have time to take care of you!"

"Ah!" Xiao Yue was taken aback.

As if not noticing Xiao Yue's reaction, Zhao Yi continued to Xiao Ding, "Can I trouble you? Xiao Ding!"

"No problem! Please don't be so polite!" Xiao Ding hurriedly said humbly, seeing that the other party made a request to a junior of his own, how could Xiao Ding dare to refuse, besides, it was nothing more than a trivial matter to him.

"Thank you so much!" Zhao Yi covered her mouth and smiled lightly.

"Hey! What's the matter with you guys? You didn't even ask for my opinion, so you just agreed to it! What's so fun about following this group of brats, really!" Seeing that the two ignored them directly, Xiao Yue slandered helplessly. with.

But since Zhao Yi proposed this on his own initiative and Xiao Ding also agreed, then he is too embarrassed to show their face!
So, Xiao Yue walked towards Xiao Ding and the others in a desperate manner, while waving at Zhao Yi.

Seeing this, Zhao Yi couldn't help smiling. Immediately, it was as bright as a spring flower and as bright as an autumn moon, making the faces of Xiao Ding and the others flush slightly when they saw this scene.

"Hello Brother Xiao Ding! Hello everyone!" Xiao Yue greeted everyone with a timid face.

Xiao Ding came back to his senses, nodded, and smiled at him!Several other older teenagers couldn't help touching Xiao Yue's cute little head, and they couldn't help feeling a little bit of goodwill towards this well-behaved and polite child.

The reason why Xiao Yue called them clan brothers instead of cousins ​​was because his mother was not a member of the Xiao family at all, but married into the Xiao family from outside!The dead cheap father didn't have any brothers and sisters in the family, but there were quite a few distant relatives like the seventh aunt and eighth aunt!
Strange to say, the Xiao family is always cousins ​​in the same generation, there are a lot of cousins, uncles, aunts, aunts and so on, the relationship is messy.

The upper echelon of the family seems to encourage inter-clan marriage very much, but it is not forced.Although the clansmen were very puzzled by this, but in Xiao Yue's mind, it was probably a measure implemented by the upper echelons of the clan in order to keep the blood of the family pure!

Maybe they are still clinging to the innocent fantasy that there is still the blood of Emperor Dou in their bodies!It's a pity that in the eyes of Xiao Yue who knew all the reasons long ago, it was just a joke!
But Xiao Yue can understand to some extent, after all, even Dou Sheng can't help but yearn for such a thing as Dou Di's blood!

Along the way, Xiao Yue just quietly followed behind these brats, watching them making noise and not interrupting, she seemed a little shy!At first, Xiao Li would turn his head and say a few words to him, but he responded casually, which made Xiao Li feel bored, and gradually he was too lazy to talk to him, but Xiao Yue was so happy , at least the ears are much quieter.

After leaving the Xiao family’s Fangshi, they walked into a bustling avenue in the center of the city. As the main road of Wutan City, it is also the busiest commercial area of ​​Wutan City. This piece of land is no longer something that the three major families can interfere with. It is completely under the direct control of the imperial government, and its prosperity is even better than the Fangshi managed by the three masters. This is why Xiao Ding did not take them to stay in Xiao's Fangshi, but came here directly. The prosperity of Xiao Yue and the others really caught their eyes.

Here, the city's most high-end restaurants, workshops, all kinds of shops are concentrated, and even the largest auction place in Wutan City, the Temir Auction House is also located here!

But for these, Xiao Ding and the others took a look and didn't pay any more attention. After all, even if they wanted to go in with their current wealth, I'm afraid they could only look around and sigh.

So the bear children turned their attention to the big and small beaches on the roadside. For some warriors or businessmen who don't have the strength to rent shops, setting up the beaches only needs to pay some commissions to the city lord's mansion to carry out security in an open and aboveboard manner. Trading, this is undoubtedly the cheapest and most practical way. Compared with serious shops, this kind of beach not only looks low-grade, but the quality of the goods traded is generally difficult to guarantee. There are countless, but the price required for the transaction is also much lower than that of a serious store.

This group of brats walked towards some stalls that seemed to sell strange things, stopped and stopped, looked at them, and touched them, which made several beach owners almost curse, and then turned to the next one indifferently. Continue to harm others.

After following the little ghosts through several stalls, Xiao Yue stopped suddenly, bent down and looked at a slightly off-white bead the size of a longan on the stall, a strange color flashed in her pure and innocent eyes, and her heart suddenly rose. A strange longing.

Stretching out his fingers to pick up the gray-white bead, rubbing his fingers against the rough surface of the bead, he asked timidly at the middle-aged man behind the vendor, "Uncle! How do you sell this thing?"

Looking at the pink and jade-carved child in front of him, a trace of surprise flashed in the eyes of the wretched man, and then he introduced earnestly: "Hehe, my little brother has good eyesight. Don't look at this bead as inconspicuous, but it is from a third-order monster. What a terrifying third-tier beast dug out of the corpse! Can the things dug out of it be ordinary! How rare is this!"

"If the little brother likes it, I only need one hundred gold coins. Hehe, I paid a full ninety gold coins for this bead. Even so, I got it after pestering the other party for a long time. Yep! Uncle won’t even make any money selling it to you at such a price! Alas, who made you look so cute, little brother, uncle really likes it so much!”

The corners of her mouth twitched non-stop, Xiao Yue stared straight at the wretched man with her pure eyes, and cursed in her heart: "Grandma's bear! Don't you think I'm easy to cheat because of my young age? And because I'm cute and like me! Are you a fucking pervert?"

"Ah! Little Yezi, I don't know what this gray bead is, and it's so expensive, what's so good about it?" Xiao Li noticed Xiao Yue's movement, turned his head and glanced at the bead in his hand, She pursed her lips and said with a look of disdain.

"Hey! I just think it looks pretty, but I don't know it's so expensive!" Xiao Yue blinked and said innocently.Reluctantly put the beads back in place.

"nice?"

After hearing Xiao Yue's words, Xiao Li glanced at the bead again, then turned his head to stare at him, and said to Xiao Yue with complicated eyes full of sympathy for a while.

"...Your taste is really special!"

"..."

"Little Yezi, do you really want this thing?" Xiao Ding who did not know when he came behind the two suddenly said.

"Yes, Brother Xiao Ding! I really like this thing!" Xiao Yue raised her head and said regretfully to Xiao Ding.

Nodding his head, Xiao Ding looked at the wretched man calmly and said: "Let's tell the real price, don't talk about a hundred gold coins, you can earn ten gold coins for this crap! If you think we are young and easy to cheat !Then you go ahead and try, but you have to understand the consequences of daring to lie to members of the Xiao family!"

Although Xiao Ding's tone was flat, the content was actually threatening.

"Uh...!" The wretched man's face froze suddenly, and the eyeballs in his pair of triangular eyes kept rolling.

After a while, the wretched man sneered at Xiao Ding and said, "Well... so you guys are all from the Xiao family! That's really my fault. If you said it earlier, I wouldn't dare to open my mouth! Then According to the ten gold coins that this little brother said! Hehe...!"

Xiao Ding nodded in satisfaction, then turned to look at Xiao Yue, as if asking for his opinion!

Feeling the pocket in the shirt without any trace, Xiao Yue couldn't help showing a look of embarrassment on her cute little face. It turned out that he forgot to ask Zhao Yi for pocket money when he left, and now the whole body is less than two gold coins , it's just too embarrassing...

"That...brother Xiao Ding clan! Can I borrow some money?" Xiao Yue blushed slightly and asked a little coyly, but this time he didn't pretend.

"..."

"Ha ha……!"

The weird expression on Xiao Li's face and the laughter of the other brats made Xiao Yue even more ashamed at this moment!

Xiao Ding also couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and nodded to him in agreement, this little money is really not worth mentioning to him, the son of the patriarch!
He reached out and took out ten gold coins from his pocket and threw them to the wretched man, then picked up the beads and handed them to Xiao Yue.

Xiao Yue hastily smiled gratefully at him, and was about to take the beads, when suddenly a male duck voice with a nasal sound sounded behind them.

"Wait! I want this thing, let me put it down!"

Xiao Yue stretched out her hand a little stiffly, and then took the beads handed over by Xiao Ding without hesitation, and followed Xiao Ding and they all turned their heads to look at the source of the sound.

But I saw a little boy about the same age as Xiao Yue, six or seven years old, sucking snot, with a slug hanging from the corner of his mouth, looking proudly at the two brothers Xiao Ding and sneering, with seven or eight behind him a boy.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Xiao Yue's mouth twitched, and she cursed in her heart: "Banana, you bastard! I didn't read the almanac when I went out today, and it looks like I'm going to be caught by the fish!"

(End of this chapter)