The Tide Rider

Smoke curled from the incense burner before Aunt Qin in the attic.

Her gaze was calm, her expression unreadable.

"How do you feel?"

"Quite strong, but very ordinary," Miss Jia sighed. "Heize alone could beat them all."

"They are ordinary people, after all, just with some differences in their bloodline," Aunt Qin sighed.

"The Three Extremes Sect and the Eight Trigrams Gate, which fought this time, originated from Great Cang over a thousand years ago.

At that time, these two factions were the top powers.

The disciples within both possessed strength beyond mortals.

They were called Specialists, and even Heize would not have been a match for them.

Aunt Qin spoke slowly.

Miss Jia felt a little unhappy.

In her eyes, Heize's image was majestic and its power immense.

Even later, when she met many martial arts masters, she felt none could compare to Heize.

Heize was a peerless powerhouse.

Aunt Qin smiled, "Specialists could no longer be called human.

Heize is just an ordinary person, naturally unable to compare to them."

"Could Heize... also not be a mortal?" Miss Jia still held onto hope.

Not seeing Heize one last time was a thorn in her heart.

"Absolutely impossible," Aunt Qin's voice was firm. "With the fall of Great Cang, there are no more Specialists in this world."

Over these thousand years, she had seen many extraordinary people.

But those who could truly be called transcendent had only appeared during the time of Great Cang.

Unfortunately, at that time, she had gone overseas and did not experience that era.

When she returned, the world was already under the rule of the Huang surname, and the Specialists had long since disappeared.

Even when mentioned, they were treated as myths and legends, and the world had returned to normal.

Aunt Qin couldn't help but picture the figure of that young man in her mind.

Unfortunately, too much time had passed, and she couldn't remember his appearance at all.

However, that person was definitely the most special person she had ever met.

Not inferior to Qin Kuan.

"Why did the Specialists disappear?" Miss Jia asked.

"I don't know," Aunt Qin shook her head.

She was also unclear about that period of history.

The Specialists were like a fleeting glimpse, leaving a mark on history.

Unfortunately, people today would only see them as tales of chivalry or myths and legends; no one would take them seriously.

"However, there are still some special people in this world.

For example, Xueyan's tribesmen have always had a unique physique, extremely light.

If I'm not mistaken, she carries the bloodline of the Light Feather Gate, one of the former Specialist factions."

After returning to the Great Xia tribe, she had been searching for traces of the Specialists.

Especially that one person, but unfortunately, she found no clues at all.

Eventually, she found the Qi lineage.

For these thousand years, she had often looked after the Qi family.

"Speaking of special, aren't we the two most special people in this world?" Miss Jia's expression was complex, her gaze deep.

"Perhaps, not for much longer," Aunt Qin sniffed the mist from the incense burner, a hint of obsession on her face.

Miss Jia didn't speak further.

Indeed, the Immortality Elixir was not truly everlasting.

Before long, she and Aunt Qin would truly vanish with the passage of time.

This world might then return to normal.

It was just a pity she never got to see Heize one last time.

"Do you think that Lin Chao might also have the bloodline of a Specialist?" Aunt Qin suddenly asked.

Miss Jia was stunned. "Why do you say that?"

"Xueyan has extraordinary roots, but she did fall from the third floor. Besides, Lin Chao was five or six meters away from Xueyan at the time.

Yet, he still caught her, and she was completely unharmed.

An ordinary person couldn't possibly do that.

Even these martial arts masters would find it difficult to achieve such a feat."

Aunt Qin had naturally investigated the scene thoroughly at the time.

She had also sensed something unusual about Lin Chao.

"If it were just this, it wouldn't be much," Miss Jia said.

After thousands of years, what haven't they seen?

"Also... I can't see through him," Aunt Qin suddenly said leisurely.

Miss Jia's body stiffened, then relaxed: "It seems he is very extraordinary."

Aunt Qin had taken the Immortality Elixir, and her body had mutated with numerous abilities.

These abilities were strange and ethereal.

For example, Aunt Qin could occasionally see people's life trajectories.

That was why she had told Qi Xueyan that she could meet someone who would change her life's trajectory.

"Indeed, people whose life trajectories I cannot see are highly likely to be wealthy and noble in the future, trendsetters of the era."

Aunt Qin was merely speaking casually.

There wasn't just one trendsetter of the era.

Although he was extraordinary, it meant nothing to her.

"Lin Chao!" Qi Xueyan's face was filled with excitement.

She hadn't expected to run into Lin Chao here.

"Qi Xueyan, what are you doing here?" Lin Chao was slightly taken aback. He looked at Qi Xueyan in front of him, then inadvertently glanced up and saw a woman in a black veil on the second floor.

Qi Xueyan must have come down from the second floor.

This woman in the black veil seemed to be the one from the Great Wilderness Mountain Range.

According to Zhao Xiaoyi, she was from the Jia family.

Did Qi Xueyan know her?

Of course, these weren't the main points.

Who Qi Xueyan was had nothing to do with him.

As long as she wasn't his daughter.

"I came to watch the martial arts competition," Qi Xueyan said, her voice filled with excitement.

"The matches at those martial halls?" Lin Chao hadn't expected the martial hall competitions to attract so many people.

"Mm," Qi Xueyan nodded. "They are from the martial arts circle, competing for the title of Fist King. The level is very high."

"Indeed," Lin Chao nodded.

Relatively speaking, Xiao Rou's strength was already quite good.

For an ordinary person to have such strength was difficult to say the least.

It required not only diligent training but also talent.

"Why aren't you watching anymore and came here instead?" Lin Chao asked casually.

"It's over," Qi Xueyan said, her face beaming with excitement. "The senior disciple of the Three Extremes Martial Hall is truly formidable.

Unfortunately, her junior disciples weren't strong enough and were eliminated too quickly. She was defending the arena alone, but she was defeated by consecutive challengers from the Eight Trigrams Gate."

"I see," Lin Chao understood.

On the high-speed train, Xiao Rou had mentioned the rules.

Each martial hall sent seven people, and they fought one-on-one.

The loser was eliminated, and the winner defended the arena.

Then, the losing side would continue to send people to challenge.

Therefore, even if Xiao Rou was the strongest, if she didn't have the strength to sweep through everyone, she might still exhaust her stamina and be defeated.

At this moment, Qi Xueyan's phone screen lit up.

Qi Xueyan looked at the message, her face showing an apologetic expression: "Lin Chao, I'm sorry, my aunt is urging me, and I have to catch a flight to Cangxi City. I'll treat you to a meal next time."

"Okay," Lin Chao replied calmly. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked, "Are you going to the Great Wilderness Mountain Range?"

Nowadays, Cangxi City had become completely popular in Great Cang, and many people were already going there for tourism.

Even before Heize's remains were discovered, there were already people with the Hei surname who fabricated family trees, claiming to be descendants of Heize.