"Come, Na'er, put the candles on your cake!"
As she took out six short candles and handed them to Na'er, Lin Ximeng said with a smile.
There seemed to be something special about Na'er's temperament. After living together for half a year, Lin Ximeng had completely accepted Na'er in her heart and grown fond of her, treating her as if she were her own daughter.
"Okay, Mom."
Hearing Lin Ximeng's words, Na'er softly agreed. She took the candles from Lin Ximeng and placed them one by one in the empty spaces on the cake.
"Come, Na'er, I'll light the candles for you."
Seeing that Na'er had finished placing the candles, Yao Xuan took a lighter from nearby and lit them for her. Then Lin Ximeng switched off the Soul Guiding Lamps in the living room, leaving only the faint candlelight swaying before the three of them.
"Come, Na'er, make a wish, then blow out the candles!"
After they finished singing the birthday song, Yao Xuan came to Na'er's side and said with a cheerful smile.
"Mm, Brother Yao Xuan!"
As she spoke, Na'er stepped in front of the cake and closed her eyes.
I want... to be with Brother Yao Xuan forever!
Silently making her wish, Na'er took a deep breath and then blew forward with all her might.
Although Na'er's mouth was very small and delicate, her breath was surprisingly strong. With just one blow, she extinguished every candle.
"Wow, Na'er, you're amazing! You blew out so many candles all at once! Na'er, do you know? If you blow out all the candles on the cake in one go, your wish has a good chance of coming true!"
Looking at Na'er beside him, Yao Xuan said with a chuckle.
"Really? That's wonderful!"
Hearing Yao Xuan's words, Na'er smiled brilliantly, two adorable dimples appearing on her face.
"All right, everyone, let's eat."
Seeing how close Yao Xuan and Na'er were, Lin Ximeng wore a faint smile as she turned the Soul Guiding Lamps back on.
"That's great!"
At the mention of delicious food, Na'er's smile grew even brighter, and the family began enjoying their lavish dinner.
Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, nearly a year had passed since Na'er's birthday, and Yao Xuan had unknowingly reached seven and a half years old.
During Yao Xuan's second year at school, Na'er also completed her Martial Soul Awakening. To everyone's surprise, Na'er had no Martial Soul at all. Even across the entire Douluo Continent, this was an extremely rare situation.
In truth, Yao Xuan knew that Na'er did not lack a Martial Soul. As the transformed form of the Silver Dragon King, Na'er's Martial Soul was her original body—the Silver Dragon King. It was only because Na'er's memories had yet to awaken that her Martial Soul remained hidden and could not be detected.
Of course, Yao Xuan could only keep this reason to himself and could not explain it to anyone else. Since Na'er had no Soul Power, she could only attend ordinary classes and was unable to enter the Soul Master Class.
Because Na'er was so beautiful, she always attracted the curiosity of the other boys and the jealousy of the girls. Some bratty children even tried to bully her. Yao Xuan naturally showed those people no mercy, decisively stepping in and teaching them a profound lesson.
Even when he was six and a half, Yao Xuan's strength had already exceeded two hundred kilograms, greater than the combined strength of two ordinary adults. Dealing with those little brats was naturally effortless.
However, Yao Xuan was very measured in his actions. Although he beat those bratty children until they wailed in pain every time, he never left a single scar on them, much less drew blood. Moreover, Yao Xuan had indeed acted with cause, and he was the top student in the Soul Master Class. Thus, he did not receive much punishment, only having to write a few short self-criticisms.
Because Yao Xuan was there, no one at Red Mountain Academy dared bully Na'er again. The students all knew that Na'er had an older brother named Yao Xuan, who was incredibly strong and vicious in a fight. Anyone who provoked Na'er should prepare to be beaten up!
As for why he helped Na'er, Yao Xuan's reason was simple. Most importantly, he truly liked Na'er and regarded her as his own little sister. If his little sister was being bullied, how could Yao Xuan possibly swallow his anger?
Besides that, there was the extra Golden Evolution Points he received. During the half year Na'er had been attending school, Yao Xuan gained nearly twenty Golden Evolution Points by driving away those bratty children. It was quite a substantial reward.
Today was another special day. Yao Xuan felt that his Soul Power had reached its bottleneck, and he would soon be able to break through the level 9 barrier and advance to level 10.
That was right. After an entire year of cultivation, Yao Xuan was finally about to step through the threshold of becoming a Soul Master. At the same time, his Spiritual Power had successfully broken through to the Late Spirit Origin Realm, reaching 83 points. Although he was still some distance from the Spirit Origin Realm's peak of 90 points, he was not far off.
Besides the progress in his Soul Power and Spiritual Power, Yao Xuan had also advanced in forging, Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, and physical fitness.
First was forging. Not long after Yao Xuan's seventh birthday, he had successfully completed Hundred Forging on ten different metals, reaching the level of a second-rank Forging Master. Although he was still quite far from Thousand Forging, such astonishing results had left Mang Tian clicking his tongue in amazement.
Having successfully broken through to a second-rank Forging Master, Yao Xuan also smoothly completed the second stage of the Side Quest and received a reward of thirty Golden Evolution Points. At the same time, his task was upgraded from forging metals to crafting some simple components in order to hone his forging skills.
In addition to the Golden Evolution Points gained from the Side Quest and from helping Na'er, Yao Xuan also obtained quite a few Golden Evolution Points through cultivation and other means, bringing his total to eighty.
Yao Xuan continued investing all of these Golden Evolution Points into his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, raising it to 4.8%. As his bloodline strengthened, Yao Xuan's strength increased even further.
On Yao Xuan's seventh birthday, Mang Tian had tested his strength once. Although Yao Xuan had deliberately held back, the result of three hundred kilograms had still left Mang Tian dumbfounded. Even Brother Long, without using Soul Power enhancement, could no longer match Yao Xuan in pure strength—and Yao Xuan was only seven years old.
After his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline improved once more, Yao Xuan's strength rose further. Although the remaining Ancestral Dragon Power from the Basic Ancestral Dragon Body had basically been absorbed, the physical enhancement brought by his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline alone had raised his bodily strength to five hundred kilograms, nearly two and a half times Tang Wulin's.
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