Canon

"So you were sealed in cultivation?"

A beautiful young woman asked the young man sitting across her.

The young man was Qin Tianlong. After he woke up from his cultivation, he had become much stronger than before, but his clothes ripped after his body grew up. It couldn't be helped after all. He was 4 years old when he started and finished 10 years later. Therefore, there was no way a his young self's clothes could fit the current him.

Naturally, he didn't have anything to wear at all, and traveled forest. But who knew he would stumble upon the young woman's group of five? He was very embarrassed at being seen naked as they branded him as a pervert while the men tried to attack him.

Luckily, none of his private areas was seen and the problem soon resided as they provided him with some clothes. They even fed him and asked a some questions. Some, he had answered truthfully and some with lies.

"That's correct, that was also the reason why I was naked since my clothing was no longer usable.", he answered the lady's question.

"Oh. Well, my name is Nalan Yanran, the man who gave you clothes is a fellow disciple of our sect along with the others with us. What is your name?"

Hearing her words, Qin Tianlong froze and looked at her with indifferent eyes. She was Nalan Yanran? He didn't even recognize her one bit. In the manhua, she had pink hair while in the novel, she had black. But clearly she had smooth and purple hair.

Qin Tianlong's mouth twitched. He had only come out of seclusion and yet he had already encountered his fianceé. However, her attitude wasn't as bad as he thought. Another butterfly effect perhaps? Luckily, she didn't recognize him. They don't even know what the opposite's appearance was, until now.

The indifference in Qin Tianlong's attitude didn't escape Nalan Yanran's eyes. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Qin Tianlong shook his head and answered, " No, I might have heard your name from somewhere. About my name, you can just call me Tian[1]."

Hearing what his answer, one of the disciples behind Nalan Yanran snorted in disdain.

"Daring to call yourself Tian? You don't hold enough qualifications boy!"

"Heh! You might as well be canon fodder with that muddy face of yours and skinny looking body."

Qin Tianlong didn't feel provoked and merely smiled at the boy mockingly. He dares say that he doesn't hold enough qualifications to have such a name? Merely Dou Zhe yet arrogant in front of him. And if his face wasn't covered by mud which hid his handsome face, then he might have been ashamed to say such things.

Over the years, Qin Tianlong's power had increased a lot. It was the fastest he had seen in this world that even Xiao Yan wouldn't be able to do.

Host: Qin Tianlong

Age: 14

Experience Points: 530/4200

Cultivation Stage: Second stage Dou Ling

[Listed Skills]

Nine Mysterious Sword Art (High Di Rank)

Skill Mastery: 38%

[Sealed State]

The results of his cultivation progress was completely above what he thought it would be. He had become a Dou Ling in 10 years while his Sword Art didn't increase very much. The reason was simply because he didn't train a single time during the years. It wasn't like he could anyways. But thanks to the constant strengthening of the qi, then it raised more than half.

Speaking of which, the official start of the canon had come.

While Qin Tianlong was deep in his thoughts, the boy was naturally provoked by the mocking smile and gnashed his teeth in anger. If Nalan Yanran wasn't here, then he would have beaten him to death! However, he wasn't going to let the young man humiliate him and immediately dashed at Qin Tianlong with his fists raised.

Due to having such sharp senses, Qin Tianlong immediately held out his hand and catched the man's hand easily which shocked everyone, especially Nalan Yanran. The man wasn't weak at all. He was a senior from the sect and one of the strongest disciples. His cultivation rank reached Ninth stage Dou Zhe and was even stronger than Nalan Yanran. Not only that, from the looks of it, Qin Tianlong was below her age! She had become the most talented person in the Jia Ma Empire after Xiao Yan lost his talent and her fianceé Qin Tianlong had gone missing, or died.

But out of nowhere, this young man had appeared out of nowhere and easily caught the punch of her senior!

Qin Tianlong ignored their shocked stared and lightly hit the man in the chest which sent him flying. Now, Nalan Yanran didn't have any doubts. Qin Tianlong was really more powerful than the senior. Seeing him lightly hit the man, meant that his strength was at least a high stage Dou Shi! Unfortunately, she was wrong as he was evrn more powerful than that.

He only used a light punch as he didn't want to kill the man as he might possibly offend the Misty Cloud Sect. After all, that sect still had their trump cards. Dou Lings, Dou Wangs, Dou Huang, and even a Dou Zong.

However, he couldn't help himself but show off. He had gotten this attitude in his past life. He had a rich and influential family, he was born with great talent in many things, was smart and handsome. Therefore with such things, who could help themselves but show off?

Beaides those, he didn't want to be thought as a wolf in a sheep's clothing. Pretending to be weak to bully them. Hmph! Shameless protagonists.

Everyone stared at him with shock in their eyes. Luckily, Nalan Yanran was able to break from it, "W-We apologize if our senior has offended you, senior.", She stuttered in fear of him attacking them next. Though she was quite fearless, she didn't want to put her fellow disciples in danger. If not, then she would have been speaking as if nothing happened.

As for Qin Tianlong, he merely laughed and shrugged.

"You don't have to call me senior. You guys are older than me so their is no need to pay respect."

"Ah?"

Now, Nalan Yanran was even sure. This young man in front of her was a monstrous genius.

So young, and yet was as strong as a Dou Shi!

She planned on telling about this to her master. If they could pull such a person to her side, then the Misty Cloud Sect would have another genius.

As if Qin Tianlong read her mind, he smiled. He didn't think that joining the Misty Cloud Sect was truly bad. Though Xiao Yan was probably going to destroy it someday, he might just be able to change it from the inside, to out.

And it could also be an opportunity to get closer to his fianceé. After 10 years in seclusion, it didn't mean that his mind was also in a state of hibernation. In fact, it was like he was inside of his mind. He was sitting in a white area inside of his mind. All he could do was think of everything he had done lately.

Did being the Successor of such power really mean that he couldn't have a normal life? Of course he could! It just makes his life harder than everyone. Therefore, would having a family be a nuisance? Not if he had the strength that is. Therefore, he decided that if the women he meets someday would he willing to accept him, then he would have no problem himself.

Snapping back into reality, Nalan Yanran looked at the body of their senior and told the other disciples to help the unconscious senior up and bring him with them. She asked Qin Tianlong if he had a place to stay, which he did not. Therefore Nalan Yanran invited him as a guest to the Nalan Family. Naturally he didn't decline and just accepted casually.

...

As they were near the exit of the forest, Qin Tianlong asked a question which had bugged hin for sometime now.

"Nalan Yanran, can I ask what are you doing in the forest the first place?"

Nalan Yanran didn't feel anything wrong with his question and just answered without any hesitation, "That's because we just came from the Xiao Family in the nearby Wu Tan City. I had a fianceé there which had disappeared without any trace and so I asked to cancel our engagement. However, Xiao Yan, the ex-genius of the Jia Ma Empire wanted a challenge. If Qin Tianlong was out there somewhere, then in three years, he would fight me and if he defeated me, I would not cancel the engagement and marry him. However if he was not to come, then Xiao Yan would fight for him and whoever loses, would become the slave of the winner."

Now it was Qin Tianlong's turn to be shocked. His arrival really caused such a big butterfly effect! However, he only smiled mischievously. At least, the motivation of Xiao Yan to get stronger wasn't broken! He could already see the expression of Nalan Yanran once she knew that her missing fianceé was the man she was currently talking to!

[1] Tian means Heaven. In chinese culture, Heaven was regarded as the most respected and divine. Immortals in chinese legends are regarded to thread the path of heavens.