Chapter 56: Being Despised!

  The Tianxuan Continent is vast, and the place where Shangguan Yu is now is Dongzhou. Dongzhou also has four distinct seasons, and they are very pronounced. Spring, summer, autumn, and winter each have their own characteristics, and now it's already winter. After this year, Shangguan Yu will be thirteen years old.

  It's snowing, and the snowflakes are dancing in the air. Xiang Yu stretches out his hand to catch a few of them. Nowadays, he doesn't need to wear thick clothes; just adding a little more is enough to keep him warm. Feeling the chill on his hands, he lets out a sigh of emotion.

  "Xiao Yu, what's wrong?" Qin Shou still held a big handful of snow and looked at Shangguan Yu with confusion. Just as Shangguan Yu turned his head back, he happened to throw the snowball in his hand towards Shangguan Yu. "Haha... nothing? You're hit now!"

  The two were originally close together, and since Shangguan Yu was not mentally prepared, he was naturally hit by the snowball. "Well, you dare to sneak up on me? Are you looking for death?"

  Shangguan Yu and Qin Shou started a snowball fight in the snow, both of whom were martial artists with quick reflexes. However, when it came to accuracy, Qin Shou was much more formidable. Soon, Li Ruolan and Li Wei also joined in, while only Xiang Tianlang watched from afar.

  "Ah, being young is great! Old men don't have that much energy anymore." The old wine shop owner smiled and watched all this, naturally not stopping them.

  Since the fall of Shangguan's city, their relationship has actually improved a lot. Shangguan Yu is also going with the flow, originally he and Li Wei as well as Xiang Tianlang didn't have any deep-seated grudges. Moreover, after arriving at Zhenwu Gate, they would definitely need to support each other. After all, for them, the others in Zhenwu Gate are outsiders.

  "Little ones, we're almost at Zhenwu City. This year is also about to pass, you've all grown a year older, but poor old me has aged another year."

  Several people were already tired and walked quietly on the road. Listening to Laojiu telling some interesting stories, time passed quickly.

  "Look, what a magnificent city!" Li Ruolan exclaimed excitedly. They were walking on a mountain path, and she hadn't seen a city for a very long time. It was no wonder that Li Ruolan was so excited, after all, they had been living like savages for so long.

  "I don't know why. I feel that the flow of qi in my body has accelerated." Qin Shou furrowed his brow, he had never had this kind of feeling before.

  "Look! The plaque on the city gate has two words, 'Zhen Wu'. Do you see it?" Shangguan Yu stared at the plaque excitedly and said, "It seems we've arrived. That city is undoubtedly Zhenwu City."

  "Hmm, good. The one in front is indeed the Zhenwu City. Let's go, follow me into the city." Jiu Lao took a look at Zhenwu City and led the crowd towards it.

  "You six, hand over ten Red Yuan Stones and you can enter." The guard at the entrance looked towards Wine Old Man. He glanced at these six people, an old man and five children, he knew they definitely didn't have enough.

  Shangguan Yu looked at the guard in surprise, he had been cultivating until now and hadn't used a yuan stone yet. He only knew that yuan stones stored the primordial energy of heaven and earth, as for what a red yuan stone was, he didn't understand. After all, absorbing primordial energy from the outside world was still very tiring, if one were to use a yuan stone to cultivate, it would naturally be much faster.

  That's the resource, ***?*** Shangguan Yu comes from a small place in Feiyu Dynasty, so naturally he doesn't know what Chi Yuan Stone is. But it's just Shangguan Yu who is completely unaware of this, while Li Ruolan and others have cultivated with Yuan Stone before. And since Shangguan Yu was determined to be unable to cultivate yuan energy from a young age, he naturally hasn't used Yuan Stone either.

  "What's this Red Origin Stone? I don't have such a low-level thing," said Wine Old Dao.

  The guard, however, became thoughtful. The old man's appearance was quite intimidating, but there were also some swindlers who often used this tactic to deceive and sneak into the city.

  "Look, we're not easy to deal with either. Old fellow, show us some ID or something, let's take a look." This guard was quite tactful and didn't directly offend the wine elder. He himself knew that among those who came in and out of True Martial City, there might be some rather extraordinary figures.

  "Alright, you young fellow have a good attitude, I won't make it difficult for you." The wine old man took out a token-like object and flashed it in front of the guard.

  The guardian's expression suddenly became respectful, "Senior, you're giving it to me? I wouldn't dare accept your yuan stone."

  Jiu Lao waved his hand and walked directly into the city. Shangguan Yu looked up at the city gate, feeling a wave of ancient aura wash over him, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was. The city gate itself was over 100 meters high, and he had no idea why anyone would build something so tall.

  "We also want to go in, why should we pay the toll while those people in front don't have to?" Someone at the city gate was making a fuss.

  "If you have the same level as that old predecessor, I will naturally let you in. But do you? If not, then hand over the yuan stone obediently." The guardian's voice rang out again.

  Shangguan Yu and others didn't continue to care about the city gate affairs, anyway those things had nothing to do with them. But Shangguan Yu became even more curious, who exactly was Wine Old? How did he arrive at Zhenwu City, why were those people so respectful to him?

  Qin Shou stared blankly at everything inside Zhenwu City, "Wow, I've been traveling the world for so many years, but I've never seen a place as lively as this."

  The people around looked at Qin Shou with disdain, and even those who had never been to Zhenwu City could tell that he was from a small place. Of course, their gaze also fell on Shangguan Yu and the others, who in their opinion were all inexperienced children.

  Those people, upon seeing Shangguan Yu and the others, all looked up with their noses in the air, with an air of superiority. Perhaps they had been oppressed by others before, so they directly pointed at Shangguan Yu and the others.

  Shangguan Yu looked around and was surprised to find that there were so many people who had come to mock them. Hadn't they just never been to Zhenwu City before? Did these people have to come one by one to ridicule them, as if they had done something wrong, while these people represented justice?

  Don't mention Qin Shou, even Li Ruolan's eyes are spitting fire. As the princess of the Fei Yu dynasty, when has she ever been despised like this? And Li Wei is also not having a good time, as the son of the king, he naturally hasn't encountered such a situation either. Xiang Tianlang, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have any reaction, as if everything in front of him has nothing to do with him.

  "That's enough! What does it matter whether we've been here before or not? We're just country bumpkins, so what?" Qin Shou shouted at the crowd scolding him, his voice full of indignation.

  "You've got guts, kid! If it weren't for the fact that True Martial City doesn't allow fighting, I'd kill you right now. Believe it or not?" A young man in his twenties stood up and said with a sarcastic tone.

  "I suppose you're not doing very well, are you? Apart from causing trouble for us few kids, what else can you do? You have time to waste here, but we don't." Shangguan Yu looked at the young man coldly.

  "Alright, alright, you guys are something! I hope next time you won't run into me, or else you'll be in trouble!" The young man angrily swung his sleeves and walked away with big strides. After all, he didn't dare to fight within the True Martial City, otherwise he wouldn't be able to bear the consequences. However, before leaving, he took a deep look at Shangguan Yu and the others.

  Shangguan Yu patted Qin Shou and Li Ruolan's shoulders, adding a lot of force to press down, "It's okay, now we are not as good as them, but in the future, we will definitely trample them under our feet!"

  Qin Shou nodded, he also made up his mind to work hard on his cultivation from now on. The feeling of being looked down upon was really unbearable, had he ever experienced this in Tongling Academy before? Li Ruolan also gradually stabilized her emotions, making a scene with these people here was really meaningless.

  Shangguan Yu was also angry, after all, he was being despised. These passersby were definitely some ordinary warriors, if they were really big shots, who would be strolling around here for no reason? Even if there was occasionally someone strolling around, who would go out of their way to despise some children?

  It was precisely because of the contempt from people like Lu Jian that Yu's heart grew even more indignant. When did it come to this, where any random passerby could look down on him? However, he could only motivate himself, being looked down upon by others wasn't something he could blame others for, but rather his own lack of strength.

  In the Tianxuan Continent, to have a high status, one must have a high level of martial arts cultivation. This is a world where strength is revered, this is a world where the strong prey on the weak. Looking at the passersby around him, the anger in Shangguan Yu's heart also dissipated. Getting angry was useless, only becoming stronger himself was the right path.

  Shangguan Yu and the others' reactions were all seen by Jiu Lao, who nodded his head in satisfaction. Only with humiliation can one have motivation, and only with motivation can one cultivate even more diligently. In the Flying Feather Dynasty, these children are all geniuses, but they don't know how high the sky is. Later, when they arrive at Zhenwu Gate, they will change from being geniuses to ordinary people. Hopefully, by then, these children will be able to withstand that blow.

  "Come on, I'll take you to eat something delicious. There are many things that you may not have even seen before, let alone eaten." Wine Old grabbed the wine gourd and took another sip of wine, "This time we should also buy some wine to bring back, it's been a long time since I've been here."

  Shangguan Yu rolled his eyes, wasn't Old Wine intentionally provoking them? However, he also knew that Old Wine definitely didn't mean to look down on them. Along the way, he discovered that although Old Wine had a weird temper, he was actually a good person.

  People around me look at me, I look at them, but there isn't a single person who goes up to stop it. For them, despising someone is okay, but making an effort to find trouble for that person is something they don't want to do.

  In this way, the five members of the Shangguan family followed behind Jiu Lao and left. However, each person's heart felt as if it had been pressed down by a huge stone, and they never wanted to be looked down upon like that again. Shangguan Yu secretly clenched his fists.