Three years later,
Early morning,
"So my name in this dimension is Xiao Yi, and my younger sister is Xiao Mi." (Eero) Xiao Yi muttered, sitting cross-legged in the room, looking at his three-year-old little sister sleeping beside him in the bed, unaware of worldly affairs.
Xiao Yi then walked down from the bed silently and walked outside the room, as always, looking at the single rice bowl on the table, which was leftover food from his father's night meal; it was left for him; nothing else was there for his younger sister.
Xiao Yi picked up the bowl and then walked toward the room calmly and said, "Mi Mi, wake up."
Xiao Mi opened her eyes, and then she sat up on the bed looking at him with her big eyes for a while and then smiled.
"Brother Yi Yi, he he he." She called his name and started laughing.
Xiao Yi smiled and then walked toward her and started feeding her the rice. After eating one third, she was full.
Xiao Yi then ate the rest and walked toward the window, looking in the outside direction of the hall.
'How long will he treat his children like this? His wife died because of nature; it wasn't anyone's fault,' Xiao Yi thought to himself, recalling the routine from the previous three years.
First his father would bring milk for him only and then feed his little sister with the remaining small amount after he was full, leaving her hungry and crying.
When Xiao Yi found out about that, he purposefully drank a small amount of milk so his little sister's stomach was full.
Three years passed like that, and his father would bring resources for only one person; even the clothes his little sister is wearing are the discarded ones given by the neighbors.
Xiao Yi shook his head, sighed, and then glanced at the door, which is locked from the other side.
His father always locked the door so they couldn't go out of the house.
"I am three years old; I should find out about the soul power and martial spirits; maybe practicing the force art and technique may help me gain a higher level of innate soul power during awakening."
Xiao Yi muttered thoughtfully and then walked toward the open area in the hall in front of the room.
He clenched his fist and then started punching and kicking, tightening his body and then relaxing, trying to feel and controlling the force inside his body.
After a while, sweat beads condensed on Xiao Yi's forehead, although he didn't feel any soul power in his body as explained in the novel.
Instead, his stomach started gurgling, and even pain spread through his joints and bones because of weakness in his body.
'My body is weak because of three years of malnutrition; anyway, I will take it slowly for the next three years.'
Xiao Yi thought to himself and then muttered curiously, "I wonder what will be my martial spirit. I don't know about my mother's spirit, but my father's martial spirit is a simple iron rod."
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Another year passed,
Above the hill at the corner of Nuoding City, above the flat area on the top of the hill, a four-year-old little girl with big eyes and a pretty doll-like feather was looking at the boy far away, the same age as her; his appearance is also extremely cute and fair; he will be a handsome boy after growing up.
"When will Brother Yi play with me?" Instantly the little girl muttered, looking at her brother boringly.
She didn't care about any exercise her brother is practicing; she just wanted to play with her brother like other four-year-old children, but if someone else sees the Xiao Yi movement, their eyes will pop out in disbelief that a child can exercise in such a way.
Xiao Yi was immersed in his world. moved with firm steps, each step leaving a deep mark on the ground, then punched and moved his body in stages that looked like frame by frame but were steady and flawless.
After a year of exercise, he finally discovered the soul power. He also sensed the heaven and earth energy in the surroundings, but he couldn't absorb it in his body.
After finding out he can't absorb the heaven and earth energy because of not awakening the martial spirit,
Xiao Yi then started gaining the soul power through the food intake and then used it to strengthen his body with force art and technique, but he didn't store even a little bit of the soul power he gained in his body.
'I can gain soul power quickly after I awaken my martial spirit; that's why I will use all soul power I gain to exercise my physique, so that during awakening no one calls me a genius,' Xiao Yi thought, his both fists halted in the air.
Ta! Ta!! Ta!!!
His joints and bones in his whole body shook, and his body vibrated like a rattlesnake. The ground below his both feet cracked a little after the force ejected out through his feet.
Xiao Yi glanced at his feet and cracked ground. 'I can only control force two times, then the basic for now; all my attributes double while using this technique.'
He thought and then glanced at the Xiao Mi sitting far away under the tree. He walked toward her.
"Brother, come, let's play." Xiao Mi eyes lit up, she asked, standing up cheerfully looking at Xiao Yi walking toward her.
Xiao Yi nodded and then rubbed her head. Xiao Mi closed her eyes and enjoyed his head pat.
"Go hide; I will look for you." Xiao Yi then said, looking at her playfully,
"Yes," Xiao Mi nodded and then excitedly ran away, hid behind the tree she was just sitting below.
Xiao Yi, despite knowing, started looking around in other places.
After a while, both Xiao's brother and sister's laughter spread through the surroundings.
Soon the sun rose high up,
Xiao Yi walked down the mountain with Xiao Mi sleeping on his back and drooling on his shoulder.
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