A Gifted Prodigy

A martial arts prodigy had appeared in the Chen Family of Suishuo City.

By the fifth year after Madam Chen gave birth to Chen Yan, the news had spread throughout Suishuo City.

The Chen Family dealt in textiles in Suishuo City. Though they were not fabulously wealthy, they were comfortably well-off, and their cloth shops were fairly well known around town.

Not long after Chen Yan was born, the Chen Family soon noticed that there was something different about the child.

Aside from the day he was born, he rarely cried.

Most days, he quietly stayed by himself, silently observing everything around him.

Especially whenever he saw the well-behaved, adorable maid in the estate whom Madam Chen always called "Cui'er," the child's gaze would remain fixed on her face.

Then, when his gaze drifted lower, he would always shake his head with a look of regret.

Madam Chen was naturally somewhat worried. After all, her son's behavior was truly peculiar.

When she told her husband of her concerns, Chen Zhengye merely said to her offhandedly:

"Everyone has a heart that loves beauty."

Those words stirred Madam Chen's jealousy. Before long, she gave the maid called Cui'er some money and sent her away.

Chen Yan's childhood instantly became much less interesting.

It was not until Chen Yan turned five, on the day Zhao Zheng, head of the Zhao Family—the greatest Martial Arts Family in Suishuo City—celebrated his eightieth birthday, that Chen Zhengye, who had many business dealings with the Zhao Family, received an invitation from Grandmaster Zhao and took his son to the Zhao Residence to offer birthday congratulations.

Only then did Chen Yan's life take another turn.

Though Grandmaster Zhao was eighty years old, he was, after all, a martial artist who had accomplished much in the martial arts. His