001, a promising guy

"Hey, look over there, that little girl with a mushroom head."

"This year is also coming, tut, I really don't give up, and I don't know where the stubbornness comes from."

"Yes, yes, someone advised her to give up, but she just didn't listen."

"I don't understand what children are thinking now."

In a corner of the banquet hall, Tang Xiaotang sat quietly and tried not to talk to others to reduce his sense of existence, but the comments about himself were still endless.

She knows that her appearance will become a laughing stock of others every year, but year after year, she still comes tirelessly.

The Tang family, an ancient family with a history of more than 1,000 years, can use the mysterious power that has been lost. There have been many great Taoists, yin and yang masters, and demon hunters. Although fewer and fewer people have believed in these supernatural phenomena for more than half a century, the Tang family still maintains a certain degree of prosperity every year. On the Zhongyuan Festival, a banquet will be held in the old house for the younger generation to show their achievements in practice over the past year, and then the head of the family will choose the elites and decide to stay in the family or recommend them to other famous families to study.

Tang Xiaotang comes every year and is turned away every year. The attitude of those distant relatives of 3,000 miles to her has gradually changed from sympathy and encouragement to contempt.

Compared with others of her peers, her spiritual foundation is simply weak, which is largely due to the idleness of her parents. Although Xiaotang's father is a descendant of the Tang family, he is not interested in cultivation. Marry Xiaotang's mother is also a person who has nothing to do with the world of immortality, so Xiaotang's natural qualifications are poor. He has not received a systematic education, and has made little progress for six years since he was seven years old.

The Tang family does not need waste. The owner rejected her again and again, and still can't shake Tang Xiaotang's determination.

"Protect my people, follow my call, and come here!"

In the middle of the hall, a cousin of his peers, dressed in Taoist uniforms, sat cross-legged in the middle of the summoning array and recited the summoning god's spells.

With her words, a bald banshee with a tambourine appeared and knelt down to worship him, attracting the unanimous exclamation of relatives around her: "It's a female demon!"

The female demon, an ancient monster, has dried up everywhere and everything has dried up. After tens of millions of years of cultivation, it has initially possessed its divine characteristics.

"How dare you control the maid!"

"It's amazing, and the future is terrible."

Tang Xiaotang looked at the young man in the battle, turned around and saluted the head of the family. He couldn't help asking an aunt-level figure next to him, "Who is that?"

The aunt looked at her with an expression that you had never seen before, and said, "You don't even know him? His name is Tang Qiuzhe, which is very powerful. He is only 20 years old this year and is already a unique summoner. I heard that he had been living abroad with his parents, and the owner finally invited him back. They all said that he would be the next head of the family.

"Is it true? Can you be the head of the family at such a young age? Another aunt next to him immediately came over for gossip with interest. The two women discussed happily and threw Tang Xiaotang aside.

Tang Qiuzhe returned to his position and sat down, and then it was his turn for several brothers and sisters to perform. Although he could not summon such a powerful god, he also performed well. Among them, the youngest was only nine years old, summoning a lion with only a big head, which shocked many people around him.

Wait, wait, until the owner announced that this year's display was over. Three days later, the results were announced, and Tang Xiaotang's name was not called. She was stunned by the owner's announcement of the end and thought she had heard it wrong, but she saw that the old man really turned around and left, regardless of politeness. , shouting, "Please wait a minute!" He pushed away the crowd and rushed out.

All the guests who were about to leave turned their heads when they heard the sound. The owner of the Tang family also stopped and squinted and asked, "What's the matter?"

Tang Xiaotang stood in the disappearing array of ink. She couldn't believe it and asked with a little anger, "Why didn't you read my name? It doesn't matter if you let me show it. Please listen to me a few words!"

A guard around the owner, who is Tang Xiaotang's uncle in age, replied rudely: "Anyway, you can't summon anything every year. It must be the same this year. What else is there to say?"

Tang Xiaotang's eyes turned red and still didn't give up: "But..."

What else did the guard say? He was stopped by the head of the family. Mr. Tang turned his hands behind his back to face Tang Xiaotang, and his tone was unbearable and resolute: "Tang Xiaotang, I don't want waste. It's the same no matter how many times you come. Spend your energy on other aspects as soon as possible and don't waste your time and everyone."

Tang Xiaotang lowered her head and tears rolled in her eyes. When everyone saw that she had nothing to say, they left one after another. She was the only one left in the huge banquet hall, and dozens of oil lamps that had not been extinguished.

"You want to come to your home to practice so much, can you tell me why?" After quieting around, a kind male voice asked questions, and the Chinese pronunciation was slightly green.

Tang Xiaotang wiped her tears and saw Tang Qiuzhe still standing by the door.

"I..." Tang Xiaotang suppressed his sadness and whispered, "I want to make money to treat my mother."

The mother suffers from a rare chronic disease, but her father is just an ordinary company employee and can't afford high treatment fees. He can only drag it for a year. Tang Xiaotang was invited by his family to show it when he was seven years old. From then on, he knew that although there was no need for demon hunters and yin and yang masters in this era, if he could learn alchemy, he could still be popular in the circle. The price of a solid face and spring elixir could be sold for millions of yuan. Tang Xiao Tang just happened to listen to the gossip of people around him, but he remembered it in his heart.

If an alchemist doesn't need super spiritual power or Shishen, she can also do it, so she comes tirelessly every year.

After listening to her words, Tang Qiuzhe said "ah" and seemed to be a little distressed: "But I heard that your foundation is very poor and you have missed the best learning age. Do you know that even an alchemist needs a high level of cultivation to do it, go in and out of the deep mountains and forests, and sometimes you even need to enter the mountains and seas through scrolls. Only in the fantasy world can you collect the necessary medicinal materials. With your ability, I'm afraid that your mother will not reach that height at the end of her life.

Tang Xiaotang buried her head lower: "So I'm still a useless person."

Tang Qiuzhe smiled and said, "You can't say that, um... How about this? I'll ask the owner if I can help your mother. Do you think it?"

Tang Xiaotang's eyes suddenly lit up: "Really?" But on second thought, it takes hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars to cure my mother's illness, and I don't have an alchemist who can solidify her face and return spring elixir - even if there is, it will not benefit her in vain.

"Well, I'll ask, but..." Tang Qiuzhe shrugged his shoulders helplessly, "Don't hope too much. I don't know the owner well. If he refuses, I can't plead for you."

Desp> Despite his words, Tang Xiaotang still nodded gratefully: "Thank you!"

Tang Qiuzhe waved his hand with a smile and left the banquet hall.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Tang Qiuzhe knocked on the door of Tang Xiaotang's guest room, with an expression that he wanted to speak and stopped, and Tang Xiaotang understood.

"Sorry, the owner doesn't seem to be planning to help you."

In the face of Tang Qiuzhe's apology, Tang Xiaotang could only shake his head and say that it doesn't matter. Then say thank you and send people away.

How can anyone be willing to save his mother for nothing? How can there be such a kind person? Even if the Tang family... is a relative, no one is willing to do this kind of thing that can't be recovered.

After closing the door, Tang Xiaotang leaned her back against the door and slowly sat down with her knees in her arms.

-Oh, what did she summon? Why didn't I see anything?

- Sorry, according to your family's situation, we can't provide a loan. To put it a bad word, what will you pay back in the future?

- Xiaotang, don't force yourself if you can't do it. Mom just wants you to be healthy and happy.

- Do you want to apply for a scholarship? This... It's not that the teacher doesn't help you. Your grades are a little too ugly, right?

-How many bowls have you broken me this month, huh? I think you're so stupid. Why don't you come out to work? Take a rest as soon as possible!

"I'm really a useless waste..." She covered her face and whispered to herself, and tears flowed down her fingers and dripping on the floor.

With a slight sound, it rippled in another world. Something quietly woke up in the darkness and opened a pair of golden eyes.

"Hey, girl, did you wake me up?"

A slightly old man's voice suddenly sounded in his ear. At first, Tang Xiaotang thought it was a sound from the next room or corridor, but he didn't take it seriously. As a result, the voice said impatiently, "I'm talking to you, girl, don't cry, it's so noisy!" Only then did he suddenly realize that the other party was talking to him and quickly raised his head.

It's dark in front of me.

Tang Xiaotang asked blankly, "Who are you?"

She reached back to hold the door and stood up, but she touched the air and pestleped to the ground, but it was the texture of dirt.

Didn't you just be in the room? Why did you cry and run to somewhere?

"Human beings have no right to ask my name, girl, what's your name?"

You are not allowed to ask your name, but you have to ask someone's name. How can there be such a reason, but Tang Xiaotang still answered honestly, "My name is Tang Xiaotang. Are you a monster? Where are you? Why can't I see you? Why did I come here?"

The other party's tone was harsh: "You ask so many questions at a time, which one should I answer first?" You can stand up and walk two steps forward to see me.

Tang Xiaotang stood up doubtfully and took another step forward. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. A large cluster of sparkling crystals appeared in front of him, as high as two floors. The small area in front of the crystal cluster was bright, but it was surrounded by thick as ink. Darkness, she was in the dark just now, and now she has taken two steps into the field of light.

"Where are you?" There are no half-person figures around.

"I'm right in front of you."