Super Soldier

Xiao Bing hugged Ye Xiaoxi as they stood at the riverside. The cool wind on the riverside caressed them gently and Ye Xiaoxi’s hair fluttered with the breeze.

“Brother Bing, do you have any dreams?”

“Dream?” Xiao Bing thought for a moment. Suddenly, he saw a wooden board. It was so small that could only allow one person to step on it. He ran over and picked it up. He noticed that Ye Xiaoxi was stunned. Xiao Bing smiled. He suddenly threw the wooden board into the river.

The wooden board floated on the river surface. Xiao Bing jumped high. He jumped five or six meters. His feet landed on the wooden board. With a bang, the board sank slightly. Xiao Bing used this force to jump back to Ye Xiaoxi’s side. He embraced Ye Xiaoxi.

Ye Xiaoxi clapped excitedly and asked, “Is this qinggong?”

Xiao Bing smiled and shook his head. He said, “No. Did you see that? I could barely use its force when I had my two feet on the wooden board. The wooden board sank slightly and floated up again. If I kept standing on the wooden board all the time, both the board and I would sink into the river together.”

“Hmm?” Ye Xiaoxi looked at Xiao Bing and asked, “What does this have to do with your dreams?”

Xiao Bing pointed at the vast river and smiled. He said, “My dream is to cross the river with a small wooden board while hugging you!”

Ye Xiaoxi was surprised.

“Isn’t it incredible? The legendary Dharma master didn’t take the boat when he was preparing to cross the Yangtze River. Instead, he took a reed on the shore and stepped on the reed to cross the Yangtze River. This is the famous story of crossing the river with a reed. Ordinary people couldn’t do this. He could be considered as a God.”

“The so-called god need not exist in another world. They might not soar through the skies with their colorful clouds, as described by those mythological stories. Those are just mythological stories. It’s impossible to command the wind and rain in a split second. Literatus from the past made it up. However, it is possible to use surrounding objects to create such a phenomenon. Aren’t you the same as God when you can do the impossible even though you are just a mere human?”

Ye Xiaoxi asked, “So, your dream is to become a legendary figure?”

Xiao Bing said smilingly, “I want to reach the highest realm of martial arts all my life. After Peiya’s death, this thought has become even stronger. Now that I have you, I can’t let the tragedy repeat itself again. I want to protect the people around me. How? To become the strongest.”

Xiao Bing tightened his fist. He could break the seal in less than four months. After which, Xiao Bing could regain his former strength. As he had gained new insights, he would be stronger than before after the seal broke.

“Brother Bing, carry me and fly.”

“OK. Let’s fly.”

Xiao Bing smiled. He hugged Ye Xiaoxi as they entered the woods. His legs stepped against the trees continuously. He used the force to move forward. As most of his strength was sealed, Xiao Bing made some breakthroughs in his thoughts and strategies even though his current strength was a tenth of his strength during his peak.

It was as though a powerful warrior possessing a five- or six-year-old child. Even if he had extraordinary martial arts skills, his strength was less than a tenth of an adult’s strength. If the child encountered these adults, the child would be beaten up. Xiao Bing currently was in such a state.

Although he could still use his power and skill to move by stepping on the trees in the forest now, he wasn’t as relaxed as before. His breathing became heavy.

After Xiao Bing carried Ye Xiaoxi and flew away in the night, a skinny old man who was almost bald was sitting in a black car. A young man in black, who was sitting next to him asked, “Mr. Zhuge, they are gone. Are we heading back?”

The old man seemed to be in his eighties. He was holding onto a walking stick. His body was trembling. His gaze seemed somewhat strange. He said, “Is he Xiao Bing? Don’t underestimate…”

The young man looked in the direction of Xiao Bing. He seemed somewhat dissatisfied. However, when he looked at the old man, he seemed respectful as he knew that even his foster father, Lord Long respected this feeble old man a lot. Lord Long even said that his other three brothers were his weapons and Zhuge Jiangnan was his brain. One represented the greatest force and the other represented the best knowledge. Both were indispensable.

This young man was adopted by Lord Long many years ago. He was named Long Xiaofei by Lord Long. He shared the same middle name as Second Master Long’s son, Long Xiaoyun. It could be seen that Lord Long had high hopes for him.

Long Xiaoyun’s death was beneficial to Long Xiaofei. In terms of ability, Long Xiaofei was better than Long Xiaoyun. However, he wasn’t the descendant of Long Family. So, he had a lower status than Long Xiaoyun. Long Xiaoyun didn’t even look him in the eye. To Long Xiaoyun, Long Xiaofei was just a servant in Long Family.

However, Long Xiaoyun was now dead. Lord Long had no children and Long Yan had no other children. Hence, Long Xiaofei held a special status in Long Family now. When Lord Long got old one day and couldn’t manage the entire Long Family, the next generation would have to inherit Long Family’s legacy. Furthermore, Long Yan and Lord Long were of similar age. Hence, Long Xiaofei, who wasn’t the descendant of Long Family became the most reasonable heir to Long Family’s legacy.

Even so, Long Xiaofei was not arrogant. He treated his work very seriously and completed every task his foster father gave him diligently. Furthermore, he had reached the transforming strength stage at such a young age. He was a rare martial arts talent. After Long Xiaoyun’s death, the others in Long Family had regarded him as the successor to Lord Long.

Long Xiaofei looked at the old man respectfully and asked, “Mr. Zhuge only observes him for a short while. How do you know that he shouldn’t be underestimated?”

Zhuge Jiangnan laughed and said, “I was observing him secretly just now. You are also observing him. What did you discover?”

Long Xiaofei was stunned. He knew that the old man was testing him. He thought about it carefully and checked that he hadn’t missed anything. He said, “Firstly, Xiao Bing had a close relationship with Ye Xiaoxi. It seemed that the rumours were true. Although the real stumbling block in H province is Jiang Zihou, this Xiao Bing cannot be underestimated as Ye Family is backing him financially.”

“Secondly, Xiao Bing should be very strong. Although I hadn’t seen him fight, according to my observation, he was in the transforming strength stage as he used the force at his legs to move through the forest.”

“That’s all I know.”

Zhuge Jiangnan smiled slightly and said, “Not bad. You could observe these two points in a short amount of time. It’s not easy. However, you hadn’t discovered the most important thing.”

“The most important thing?” Long Xiaofei said, “What is it?”

Zhuge Jiangnan grabbed his cane and retracted his gaze. His body leaned against his seat and closed his eyes. He said slowly, “When most people are observing a person, they first look at the person’s appearance. They then observed the way the person spoke and his attire. We could observe if the person is cultured and well-educated. We can roughly guess his identity. This is the first kind.”

“When a minority of people are observing a person, they pay attention to the eyes of the person. The eyes are the windows of the soul. Through a person’s eyes, you can see a lot of things that you can’t see from the outside. Is this person sincere? Is this person wise? We can see all these from the person’s eyes.”

“I don’t use these two methods to observe a person.”

Long Xiaofei was listening patiently next to him.

“Everyone has a very special thing on them. That is the aura.”

“Aura?”

“Yes. The aura of a dominant person, coward, citizen, hero, capable man, killer, master and murderer… All kinds of aura. You can observe a person through the person’s aura.”

Long Xiaofei frowned and shook his head. He asked, “How does Mr. Zhuge observe all these?”

“Even if I tell you, you won’t understand as you are too young. As time passes, you will gain a deeper understanding. For Xiao Bing, I said that he was different as I saw two auras in him. He possessed the two strongest auras, the aura of a hero and the aura of a capable man!”

Long Xiaofei was surprised. He said, “A hero is a hero and a capable man is a capable man. How can a person be both a hero and a capable man? I don’t understand.”

Zhuge Jiangnan said, “In the past, Liu Bei was both a hero and a capable man. Why is he a hero? He is smart and courageous, so he is a hero. Heroes are ambitious, powerful, magnanimous and open-minded. A hero is full of justice. A hero helps those in distress and those who are poor. I saw the aura of a hero in Xiao Bing.”

“A capable person will treat those who follow him or her well and kill those who are against him or her. A capable person will spread his or her ambitions and ideology everywhere. It’s unstoppable.”

“A hero is full of justice, but he or she may not be ambitious. A capable person is so ambitious that he or she can dominate everyone. If Xiao Bing is the former, although it is terrible, it is not that terrible. Although a hero is powerful, there are loopholes. They will fight for justice and the masses, but they are somewhat compassionate. If Xiao Bing is a capable man, it is equally terrible, but he has some weaknesses. A capable man would act unscrupulously due to his ambitions. His ambition might sometimes cause him to be arrogant, but that would become his Achilles heel.”

Zhuge Jiangnan said emotionally, “However, he has both auras. This is my first time encountering such a person. This is a little scary. Let’s go. Let’s head back. We will visit his noodle house tomorrow.”

After listening to Zhuge Jiangnan’s words, Long Xiaofei felt rather strange. He would rebut Zhuge Jiangnan if his foster father didn’t respect Zhuge Jiangnan that much. Furthermore, after observing Xiao Bing for a while just now, he felt that Xiao Bing might not be stronger than him as he was also in the transforming strength stage. Therefore, he was quite dissatisfied. However, he obeyed Zhuge Jiangnan’s words and drove back to their residence.