Hao Shen saw on a tree some tens of meters ahead of him, two people standing there, they were a boy and a girl and they seemed to be quite young, they were standing there speaking joyfully together.
Hao Shen stopped in his track and looked at them. As if sensing something the duo turned around and saw Hao Shen looking at them, they were quite surprised since they were actually in the Xiao Clan Estate, and the person before them was obviously not from the Xiao Clan.
Hao Shen looked at them and saw their appearances more clearly since they were looking toward him, the boy was a handsome young man with black hair and pitch black eyes, he was dressed pretty simply wearing a dark blue martial outfit, as for the young lady, her clothes were elegant and her exquisite small face was devoid of any cosmetics, displaying an image of natural beauty and innocence. Her sleek black hair, which was randomly restricted by a short green cloth, gathered at her waist, the two of them were Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er.
The three of them looked at each other for some time, Hao Shen looked quite normal, his face didn't have any change since the moment he saw them, Xiao Yan was looking at him curiously while Xiao Xun'er was looking coldly at him.
After some time Hao Shen finally decided to speak since none of the other two seemed to start the conversation.
"Hmm, are you Uncle Xiao's son Xiao Yan?" Hao Shen decided to be direct.
"Yeah, I'am, what about you?"
"Hehe, I'm Hao Shen from the Hao Clan, I'm curently a guest of your clan, I heard of you during my youth so I wanted to see how the man they compared to me was actually doing."
Xiao Yan was slightly shocked, he had heard the story's of Hao Shen when he was at the peak of his talent, peoples around Wu Tan City said that there was another monster talent like him in the Jia Ma Empire and that he was also younger, he knew that the name of this guy was Hao Shen and the fact that Hao Shen called him "the man they compared to me" proved this fact once more.
Xiao Xun'er was more composed than Xiao Yan, the talent displayed by Hao Shen and Xiao Yan was shocking but since they didn't have the support of powerful clan like her's the couldn't display it fully, so she had already seen people of their age with higher cultivation.
What slightly shocked her was the fact that Hao Shen didn't glance at her at all after the first time he saw her, it was quite rare since most of the men looked at her for some time before being able to move their eyes away.
"Hehe, pleased to meet you then." Xiao Yan didn't detect any hostility in the eyes of Hao Shen so he answered him.
"I heard that you lost your talent is that true?" Hao Shen asked directly.
Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er face darkened when they heard him talk about Xiao Yan's talent.
"Hehe, don't misunderstand what I want to say, I didn't come here to make fun of you, a person talent come from his body and his soul, and it seems that your body is alright, you don't look like someone retarded either so it's impossible that you lost your talent, something must have happened, and after it ends you will be able to cultivate once more, so we'll have our fight when that time comes."
Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er were slightly shocked but for different reason, Xiao Yan was shocked to see the most talented genius of the Jia Ma Empire not mock him even after learning about his current state, but Xiao Xun'er was shocked about the fact that a youth of a backwater country was able to theorize how the talent of a person was determined, it was a well-known thing in the Big Clan from the Dou Qi Continent but in a little place like the Jia Ma Empire were there wasn't even a Rank 7 Alchemist it was pretty shocking to heard theories about how the soul and the body of a person related to his talent.
"Hehe, Hao Shen, you're right, we should fight when I make my comeback, since people compared us since we were young let's see who his the strongest in the Jia Ma Empire."
"Alright, for the time being let's get to know each other since we're at it." In the original story, Hao Shen liked the dedication that Xiao Yan had towards training since he was actually quite the same when it came to his desire for strength, then his eyes suddenly landed on Xiao Xun'er in realisation.
"I ignored you quite a bit, sorry about it." While Hao Shen was apologizing to Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er didn't see any changes in his eyes and that surprised them quite a bit but they quickly regained their composure.
"Right, she is Xiao Xun'er, she'is like a little sister to me." Xiao Yan decided to introduce her since she was quite cold towards the people she met for the first time.
"Alright, my pleasure."
After that Xiao Yan and Hao Shen started to discuss about some things while Xiao Xun'er looked at them without speaking.
"Hehe, and then that Jia Lie Ao kneeled on the ground, it was pretty funny to see someone who bullied other kneel before someone younger than him, but after that his father arrived and wanted tried to kill me, that's when I met Uncle Xiao, he stopped Jia Lie Bi attack and brought me here to thanks me for helping the people from the Xiao Clan who were bullied." Hao Shen finished to tell the story about how he was made a guest of the Xiao Clan to Xiao Yan.
"Haha, I knew that Jia Lie Ao was nothing but a trash, when my First and Secon Brother were around he didn't even dare to come to the Xiao Clan Market, but he became quite arrogant since they left." Xiao Yan also disliked Jia Lie Ao so he laughed when Hao Shen told him about how he had humiliated him in front of everyone.
"But his guards should at least be peak 9-star Dou Zhe realm practitioner so what stage did you reach for you to trash them like that?" Xiao Yan was pretty interested.
"Hmm, Hehe, let's say that I'm above the 5-star Dou Zhe realm." Hao Shen laughed.
1/1 chapter today.
Sorry for the wait guys, As I said in the comment section I moved to a new city so I wasn't able to write before now, I'll try to post more chapters in the next few days to compensate for today.
The chapter is pretty rushed since I don't have much time, maybe I'll rewrite it tomorrow, I'll see in the comment section.
As Always, Thanks for reading this chapter.