Chapter 1: The Genius of the Jing Family

Time flows like water, gradually passing by, as the night slowly dissipates and the dawn's light pours down.

After just completing a week of meditation, Jing Yan slowly opened his eyes, a bitter smile appearing at the corner of his mouth

This ring, known as the Qiankun Ring, was left to Jingyan by his grandfather over a year ago. Jingyan's grandfather, Jing Tian, was the head of the Jing family during his lifetime and passed away just a year ago. When Jing Tian passed away, Jingyan was by his side, and Jing Tian personally handed the Qiankun Ring to Jingyan, insisting that he must keep it safe and absolutely not lose it. Although Jing Tian did not specify the significance of this ring, Jingyan understood that the Qiankun Ring was of utmost importance.

After this Qiankun Ring fell into Jing Yan's hands, there has never been any unusual change.

At that time, Jing Yan's brilliance illuminated the entire Donglin City; he was the pride of the Jing family, spoken of by every member of the Jing family daily. Although he was only a mere sixteen years old, Jing Yan had already become a role model for countless young martial artists in Donglin City.

Jing Yan is also quite helpless

"Sigh, it is still the same." Feeling the vital energy he had just cultivated dissipate at an astonishing speed, Jing Yan shook his head once more. In fact, he knew that the possibility of the vital energy not dispersing was very low, but every time he practiced his technique, Jing Yan would give himself a glimmer of hope.

The emergence of a fourteen-year-old innate powerhouse is bound to shake the entire Donglin City

Jing Yan's gaze quickly fell upon a ring worn on his finger

Jing Yan himself does not know what the reason is.

Now, whenever the Jing family mentions Jing Yan, the most common response is a heavy, resigned sigh

Call!

Therefore, after obtaining the Qiankun Ring, Jing Yan never took it off his finger; whether eating or sleeping, he always wore it.

Upon his return to the family, the senior members of the Jing family held multiple meetings specifically to investigate the reasons behind Jing Yan's decline in martial arts realm, but ultimately they were unsuccessful. The Jing family expended a significant amount of resources yet could not prevent Jing Yan's descent in martial arts realm, thus they had no choice but to give up.

East Lin City, the residence of the Jing family, the Jing family's reputation resounds across the four corners!

In martial arts cultivation, the normal situation is to generate vital energy and then store it within the body. As the vital energy increases, the martial arts realm will gradually elevate. However, Jing Yan's body is like a bottle with a hole at the bottom, unable to retain any vital energy. No matter how much vital energy is cultivated, it will flow out through this hole.

Throughout the entire night, Jing Yan operated the cultivation method for a full six cycles, successfully cultivating a significant amount of vital energy

Entering the Kamikaze Academy for training, yet being forcibly expelled, is a rather rare occurrence. As soon as the news spread, not only did Jing Yan himself become the subject of ridicule among the warriors of Donglin City, but the Jing family also became a target of mockery in the conversations of others.

At this moment, on the Qiankun Ring, a faint layer of milky yellow halo is shimmering

Jing Jiaqiang, Jing Jiawang, and Jing Jiatian are renowned talents!

This situation occurred in the third month after he entered the Kamikaze Academy. Initially, Jing Yan did not pay much attention to it, but after a few months, as his realm fell from innate to the ninth level of martial arts, Jing Yan realized that there was a problem with his body

At first, the warm sensation lingered only near the palm, but after a few breaths, the warmth spread throughout Jingyan's entire body. The milky yellow halo emanating from the surface of the ring showed no signs of fading; on the contrary, it grew increasingly intense.

Indeed, in less than half a year since entering the Kamikaze Academy, Jing Yan's martial arts realm not only failed to advance but instead fell, dropping directly from the innate realm to the ninth level of martial arts.

Once the most dazzling star, now reduced to a state of being ignored by all

What is going on

Hmm?

The reason for Jing Yan's expulsion, however, was the decline in his martial arts realm

If an ordinary person were to experience such great ups and downs, they would likely have long since given up on themselves. However, Jing Yan did not; he never even entertained the thought of abandoning martial arts. Even as his realm continuously declined, Jing Yan persisted in his training every day, and even if the vital energy he painstakingly cultivated could only last for a few breaths each day, he never slacked off for a single day

Because the ring had never undergone such a change, Jing Yan furrowed his brows slightly and stared intently at the Qiankun Ring. He could sense a faint warmth emanating from the Qiankun Ring.

Continue the cultivation!" Jing Yan stood up, moved around a bit, and immediately sat down again to continue his practice.

It is important to note that throughout the entire Donglin City, the number of innate realm experts is not very high. Even within the several prominent families of Donglin City, there are only about ten innate realm experts.

A year ago, these two sentences were known throughout the entire Donglin City, even by three-year-old children

In a separate courtyard of the Jing family residence, Jing Yan resides here

This is merely the beginning. In the following period, almost every month, Jing Yan's martial arts realm would drop by one level. By now, Jing Yan is left with only the cultivation of the third level of martial arts.

At the age of five, Jing Yan entered the martial arts realm; at six, he became a martial artist at the third level of the martial arts; at eight, he reached the sixth level; at twelve, he attained the ninth level; and by fourteen, he broke through the ninth level, becoming a strong practitioner of the innate realm

It is still the same!" Jing Yan gently shook his head, "The vital energy that was just cultivated will soon vanish without a trace. What exactly is the problem?

"Could it be that I will really become an ordinary person?" Jing Yan looked at the sky as dusk fell, "No! I do not believe it! I will definitely be able to regroup and return to the peak."

In my current state, every time I practice my exercises, I generate vital energy; however, the vital energy produced each time vanishes without a trace within a few breaths after the practice concludes, as if it had never existed at all

Do not disappear, do not disappear!

Just as Jing Yan was about to rise and stretch his limbs in the courtyard, a subtle shift in his consciousness alerted him to an unusual sensation. This time, the dispersal of his vital energy seemed to differ from previous occurrences.

The origin of these two sentences is due to the emergence of a martial arts genius from the Jing family, Jing Yan

At the age of sixteen, Jing Yan successfully entered the Shenkong Academy, one of the three major academies in Lanqu County, and he is also the only martial artist in Donglin City to have entered one of the three major academies in the past decade

I hope to be shattered time and again, and then to be born anew time and again, thus continuing in this cycle.

When Jing Yan was at the height of his glory, warriors from the Jing family would visit this small courtyard every day. Now, the entire villa is enveloped in silence, as if not even the trace of a bird can be seen.

Donglin City is located in the westernmost part of Lanqu County

In the room, Jing Yan was sitting cross-legged on the bed.

However, just one year ago, Jing Yan was expelled from the Shenkong Academy and had no choice but to return to his family.

While gathering his energy, Jing Yan silently recited in his heart