...THE SILLY ALCHEMIST...

Chapter 1 – Will

My name is Ye Lang, a very ordinary member of society, who also has a very ordinary family and has lived a very ordinary life. If no accident had happened, I would have probably been able to marry a very ordinary woman, who it would have been very easy to provide for. In fact, there is also a very important point, which is that my woman must be easy to satisfy and does not demand many luxuries. Of course, sometimes I would still provide a bit of luxury, to give her a little surprise.

Following that, I would have continued to live my life as an ordinary person, my wife would have given birth to a child, and then I would start to groom my child into someone who would make something great out of himself. While I, like every other ordinary parent would have hoped their child would succeed in life.

In such a life, maybe there would be one or two extraordinary events, but to sum it all up, I would precisely have been an ordinary person, who would have lived a very ordinary life.

However, I myself feel that this type of life isn’t that bad and maybe, it could be because I am just an ordinary person. Nonetheless, an unexpected accident had descended upon an ordinary person like myself, and my heart which was originally ordinary, was not able to withstand it at all.

On that day, I was suddenly prompted by a sudden impulse to go and donate blood. Of which the end result was that someone found that there was a problem with my blood, so I went to the hospital to get a detailed check-up. At that time when I was looking at the laboratory test results, I was not sure how to describe my feelings, perhaps it was because my brain was simply drawing a blank.

What was the disease called? I can’t remember. All I knew was that the name of the disease was very long,, and it was a very rarely seen disease, that resided in the blood of only around one thousand people in the world. This type of disease should have absolutely not been something that an ordinary person like me should have gotten. An ordinary person like me should instead have caught some ordinary small diseases like a cold or a fever.

God, you have truly thought too highly of me.

Catching this kind of disease did not mean that one would immediately die. When the disease does not get triggered, one would simply be the same as an ordinary person. It’s just that, once the disease is triggered, one’s life would be in immediate danger and due to the fact that this disease is very rare, there was very little in the way of treating it, furthermore, the medical fees alone were not something an ordinary person, like me, would ever be able to bear.

Leaving all that aside, would my parents be able to bear this kind of news?

Thus, I made a decision to change myself and let others feel that I had a mind that wanted to roam around the world.

At that time, I started thinking, if I am able to travel all around the world during the few years I have left to live, it might actually be a wonderful thing.

...

Three years later, I think? It should be three years I presume, even I don’t know exactly how many years had passed between finding out and now. During this time, I was prompted by a sudden impulse again and this time I bought tools that were needed to survive in the wild alone. I traveled deep into a nearby mountain region, which had no sign of human habitation at all.

Though, both unfortunate and fortunate, I slipped and fell from a cliff.

It was naturally unfortunate that I slipped and fell down the cliff, what was fortunate was that there was a deep pond below the cliff from which I fell. But what was still unfortunate was that, below this cliff there was also a valley and it was a valley with no exit at all.

Luckily, there was still a fortunate event that followed and it was that, within this valley, there was actually a martial arts treasury. That’s right, you didn’t hear me wrong and I also didn’t say it wrong, it was indeed a martial arts treasury.

This martial arts treasury could be said to be all-inclusive. Not only were there secret martial arts books, there were also many other types of books and items, such as: traditional Chinese medicinal teachings, mechanic studies, weapon makings and so on. Any technique or skill which you ever thought of or that was ever mentioned in a wuxia novel, everything could be found here.

Another thing, I felt that the person who left behind this martial arts treasury was definitely an outstanding educationalist, because there was an introduction book which had a very detailed knowledge base for each and every martial arts techniques and skills here.

Thus, even if I was an ordinary person who did not understand a single thing about martial arts or traditional Chinese medicine, I could slowly learn the basics from which I would be able to gain a greater understanding of such martial arts and traditional Chinese medicine, I would slowly be able to become more proficient in it, learning with no obstacles at all.

Of course, at first I also didn’t believe that all these things were real and felt rather that it was a prank that someone made up. But being someone who was suffering from a terminal illness, I of course tried curing myself with the same idea of curing a dead horse while treating it as a living horse and maybe perhaps this way I would be able to find a true cure. Thus, I started cultivating qi gong and learning things like acupuncture and moxibustion (Ed. burning of moxa on or near a person’s skin as a counterirritant. What he means with the metaphor is: He’s doomed anyway, he might as well try).

After all of this happened, I was completely engrossed with cultivating. Not knowing how much time had passed or how many years had gone by, I finally finished learning half of the content in the martial arts treasury.

Yep, I am just an ordinary person, so of course I did not learn the things which I lacked an interest in and only learned the techniques and skills which would be able to let me act cool and flashy. So that after I leave this valley, I would be able to show off in society.

Sigh, if only the meteor didn’t suddenly appear in the sky, and accurately and precisely smashed on me, I believe that I, myself who is now unequalled under the heavens, would have had a very wonderful future. Want money, get money; want women, get women. In any case, no matter what I want, I could easily get it.

You all want to know if I am actually cured from my disease? About this, I am not really sure, since I would need to go to the hospital to get examined to confirm. But in any case, during these few years I didn’t drop dead and according to my pulse, I am definitely a strong and healthy male.

Up to here, my last words are also more or less finished.

Lastly, I would just like to say, big brother, take good care of our parents and also of seventh uncle and grandfather. Your little brother is about to go to another world.

My last and final words that I would still like to say, is that, if heaven would let me live one more time, I would definitely not learn Wang Chong Yang shouting phrases like, ‘I am unequalled under the heavens!’. This is seriously just too fucking unlucky. Just after finishing closed-door cultivation, Wang Chong Yang was pounded to death by a shoe, but at least he was able to leave an intact corpse. Instead, just after leaving closed-door cultivation and finally being able to be unequalled under the heavens, I was smashed into the ground to a meat pulp by a meteor, which had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Alright, the words above were said by me, Ye Lang, someone who was actually able to not be ordinary and become extremely powerful, but in the end was still a very ordinary person who leaves behind his last words.

The most most most last and final words I would just like to say, are about my wish. Yep, my wish for my next life. I am used to being ordinary in this life, in my next life, I want to find myself in a family which has authority, power and money.

I want to squander money; I want to be a prodigal son!

......

Within this continent, the Soaring Sky Empire, which was located at the east, occupied the continent’s most fertile land. In the south there is Vermilion Bird Empire, and in the west there is Ai La Empire. These three empires stood like the three legs of a tripod within this continent, and the majority of the kingdoms had no other choice but to exists within the cracks of the three empires. These kingdoms’ only option was to depend on the three empires, the only say they had was in which empire they depended on.

Within the imperial capital of Soaring Sky Empire, a very strange thing happened today, or perhaps it could be said to have been a very strange phenomenon. To say it more accurately, it was a weather phenomenon and furthermore, it was an incredibly beautiful weather phenomenon, beautiful to the point that it would make one forget about everything else.

In the sky, the clouds were a golden color. The multi-colored sunlight, which was both beautiful and peculiar, gave people a very strange feeling, because the matter was, the timing where the multicolored sunlight appeared, the place where it appeared and the conditions that were required for it to appear, all made no sense.

Some specialists, which were also the scholars of this world, all fiddled with their glasses and solemnly said that it was a type of god’s sign.

Within this world, anything that mortals could not explain, was assumed to be a miracle or god’s sign. Also, the people of this world all believed in the existence of god, which was actually a great thing, as this prevented the people from wasting time on an unsolvable problem. As for whether if god really exists, who knows?

This multicolored sunlight, which was assumed to be god’s sign, not only turned the clouds into a golden color, it also turned the Soaring Sky Empire into a golden colored world, making it look like a solemn golden empire.

According to the common sense in the empire, the incident would surely be crowned as a mysterious event and would surely have its cause coupled together with god. If there were people who were to go and exaggerate it, they would surely say three words – god has descended.

Also, on this day, a little life descended upon this world, descended upon this empire which therefore was destined to be the focus of everyone’s attention.

He would be called the godchild! (Ed. MC has arrived)

Also known as the child of god, short form, godchild.

......

Within the imperial capital, within the district where influential officials lived, a family’s extremely grand and huge residence was located. Within the entire imperial capital, nay, the empire, even so much as to say within the entire continent, this ‘huge residence’ occupied the biggest space.

Majority of the kingdoms’ imperial palaces weren’t even as big or as luxurious as this ‘huge residence’. If this ‘huge residence’ was not situated within the imperial capital, in the influential official’s district, people would surely suspect that this ‘huge residence’ was an imperial palace, even though this ‘huge residence’ did not have the style a palace should have.

Because of the fact that the imperial palace of Soaring Sky Empire was similarly larger than the more general imperial palaces, more glorious and splendorous than the usual imperial palaces, this ‘huge residence’ was considered like a beginner magician meeting a great magician. Adding on to the fact that most of the influential officials’ residences in the empire were also very big, it thus made the ‘huge residence’ seem slightly less eye-catching. But of course, it was just slightly less eye-catching.

After saying this much, it should be time to introduce everyone to the name of this ‘huge residence’. This ‘huge residence’ has a very ordinary name which is not matched with it’s grand image — Ye Residence.

Because of this, in this district, no one named their grand residence with a very luxurious name. Even such a huge residence was only named Ye Residence, if someone were to name their residence with a very luxurious name, wouldn’t it be the same as courting shame on oneself?

Ye Residence, as the name implied, it is a residence which belongs to a family with the surname Ye. To be able to have a residence which was considered as huge as an imperial palace, needless to say, the Ye Family is a huge family. If not, how would they be able to have such a huge residence as their home?

Within this continent, as long as someone said that their surname is Ye, everyone would first think of the Ye Family from the Soaring Sky Empire which had been called the world’s number one legendary family for thousands of years.

Today, the Ye Family was once again welcoming a new member into the family. Why say once again? This is very simple, because within the Ye Family, practically every month, a new baby would be born within the family.

The Ye Family was truly the world’s number one family, not just in name but also in reality. Not only was the Ye Family the top in authority, power and wealth, the number of family members within the Ye Family was already in several tens of thousands. Of course, it goes without saying, this is only counting the members who are currently alive in this world, not including those members who had already passed away.

Perhaps, this could be the very reason why Ye Residence was so huge. More so, those living in the Ye Residence were only members of the main family. If one were to count in all the members of the branch families, once could reckon that even the imperial palace of Soaring Sky Empire would also not be big enough.

However, this new member had a very special aspect, which was also the very reason he had so many people’s attention. He is the grandson of the present Patriarch of the Ye Family and also the son of one of the candidates for the next generation Patriarch. Also very likely, this new member himself would be one of the candidate as the next, next generation Patriarch.

As for why although he was still not born yet, but was already a son and not a daughter? This question will shortly be answered by someone.

“Father, say, isn’t your grandson’s ostentation a bit too big? Not even born yet and a multicolored sunlight has already appeared in the whole sky, just like a god descending into the world.”

...THE SILLY ALCHEMIST...

Chapter 2 – Reincarnation & Rebirth

Within one of the courtyards of Ye Residence, a group of people was currently standing there, and the person who spoke just now was one of the people in the group. With an handsome and confident appearance. This person was a youth whose age was slightly bigger than the usual youth or as others would say, a young man.

“This is natural. After all, my grandson would for sure not be like any other ordinary person. In the future, he would for sure be a major character who would be able to shake the world with just the flip of his hand!” Beside the young man, a very imposing looking middle-aged man spoke. As he was speaking, he was looking at the multi-colored sunlight in the sky, with a kind of puzzled expression filled within his eyes.

“Both you father and son just only know how to wrangle here. My daughter-in-law is currently inside suffering and both of you are still making useless remarks. Also, who says that my grandchild will surely be a boy? Who knows, it may even be an adorable granddaughter. Lastly, what does this multi-colored sunlight have to do with my grandchild? This multi-colored sunlight is probably just an unusual occurrence only.” At the side, a beautiful and noble madam spoke unhappily towards both this father and son.

“I said that it will be a grandson, so it will surely be a grandson! Even if I say that the heaven is made by your grandsons, it means that the heaven is indeed made by your grandsons! What does a woman like you even know?” The middle-aged man said dignifiedly.

“That’s right, that’s right...Ah! No, I mean wrong...” The young man just nodded his head in agreement, but quickly realized that there was a little problem here...and that was—

“You little brat, I your mother have truly regretted giving birth to you. How great would it have been if I had birthed you as a girl instead of a boy. Just look at how considerate your older and younger sisters are, where are they even similar to you, all day long joining together with this old fart to try and anger me.” The noble madam said loudly as she pinched the young man’s ear while giving a harsh glare at the middle-aged man.

“What are you even saying? What giving birth to a granddaughter is better? Just give me this old man a grandchild with a handle. If my grandchild has no handle on him, I will break off with you and marry another one!” The middle-aged man quickly said.

“You dare!! Humph, you said that you will only have me for your entire lifetime. Are you disliking me now that I am old, and thus want to find a new lover for yourself?!” The noble madam glared at the middle-aged man and said angrily.

“My respected wife, my feeling towards you is just like the sun and moon in the sky, not changing eternally and loving only you. I will only love you alone forever.” The middle-aged man immediately held onto the noble madam’s hand and said with deep emotions.

“Husband...”

“Wife...”

Under the multi-colored sunlight, the two of them began showing their affections for one another, saying sweet talks and honeyed words to one another at the side.

“Lian’er, my love for you is just like the multi-colored sunlight which fills the entire sky, forever unending...” When the middle-aged man was looking at the multi-colored sunlight and using the multi-colored sunlight as a pretext to show off his love towards the noble madam, an exceptional situation suddenly appeared.

The multi-colored sunlight in the sky became brighter and brighter and became more and more beautiful, making people unable to forget this kind of beautiful scenery for the rest of their life. But there was a point that was slightly strange about the multi-colored sunlight, which was that a lot of people felt that the multi-colored sunlight was seemingly appearing to be rushing towards a certain place in the imperial capital and what was even more strange was that after this, the multi-colored sunlight suddenly vanished, just like how it suddenly appeared out of nowhere at the start.

At this moment, the whole sky returned to normal and this made everyone wonder whether what had happened just now was all just a dream.

Just at this moment, the people who were in the courtyard had no time to care about this sudden change because at this moment, they heard the crying sound of an infant.

“Congratulations Ye patriarch, congratulations Ye patriarch...” At this moment, a sentence that they have heard a lot was spoken out by a granny who had a smile plastered all over her face.

“How is it, is young madam in good health?” Asked the young man.

“Both mother and son are safe and sound...” Just after the granny finished saying these few words, she had already discovered that the young man had already disappeared from in front of her and had swept past her just like a gust.

“Look, both mother and son are safe and sound, I said it right, it is indeed a grandson.” The middle-aged man who was still outside said complacently, and the noble madam who was still in the middle-aged man’s embrace unhappily pinched him.

“Then what about past several times when you said it was a grandson? What was the result?” The noble madam questioned.

“Little brother, it’s a little brother! Sister, we have a younger brother!” At the side, a girl who was holding hands with a girl which was somewhat bigger than her, shouted and quickly ran into the house. Behind, there was also an older boy following along with them.

The existence of the two sisters was a very good proof to discredit the boast of the middle-aged man.

“About this...the previous several times, I did say it correct once... Weird, how did the multi-colored sunlight disappeared?” The middle-aged man changed the subject and said while looking at the sky.

“That’s right, it seems like just when our little grandson was born, the multi-colored sunlight had just disappeared. It is indeed somewhat strange.” The noble madam slightly knit her brow and said while feeling somewhat puzzled.

But not waiting for the middle-aged man to start boasting again about guessing it correct that it was a grandson, the noble madam suddenly thought of a matter.

“Didn’t you just say that your love towards me was forever unending like the multi-colored sunlight? Now that the multi-colored sunlight is gone...”

“Cough, cough...About this...”

“Humph!”

Outside the house, while the old husband and wife were playing out their love drama, inside the house, there was a pair of people who were currently looking at each other with deep love, and one of the person was the young man while the other person was a woman who had just finished giving birth to a child and was currently resting on the bed.

Although the woman seemed to be quite weak currently, it was still not able to cover up her moving temperament.

“My respected wife, it has been hard on you.” The young man said towards the slightly weak woman who was lying on the bed, and held onto the woman’s hands as he gazed steadily into her eyes, as if he did not see that there was an infant beside the woman’s pillow.

This scene was as if saying that he is different from other men, and at this time the person he still cared most about was still his own wife and not his son.

“Stop pretending, I know that the thing you most want to do right now is to hold your son.” The woman slightly laughed and said very tenderly. She of course knew about her husband’s current mood. It didn’t mean that the young man was faking, but just that he cared about both,and being the wife, she must naturally know how to be considerate.

Also, she was already very satisfied, satisfied about her husband’s concern and consideration for her.

“He he, I will first carry my precious son then...” The young man was also very straightforward and after laughing a few times, he was already holding the swaddled infant into his embrace.

“Black eyes and only a few strands of hair, can’t differentiate out the color at all...” The young man carried the infant while examining up the infant.

“Father, father, I want to carry little brother too.” At the side, the active young girl called out, but with her little body, who would even let her hug the baby.

“Don’t make a scene. You can forget about carrying, but I can let you take a look at him.” The young man refused immediately.

“Humph, let me look at him then.” The little girl snorted and subsequently happily stretched forward to look at her little brother. As for the two little children at the side, they too went to look at their little brother.

“Wah, little brother is so cute...”

“Yea...”

“That’s right...”

The three little children all in turn spoke out while the two adults at the side looked at them. Immediately, the whole house was filled with an atmosphere of comfort and happiness, the atmosphere of family.

As for the infant who was just born, seemingly not understanding this atmosphere, was loudly crying within the swaddling clothes.

After a night passed, a rumor had started spreading around the city. Concerning the miracle that happened yesterday, it was all due to a person, and that person was an infant which was just born and this this freshly arrived infant was the Ye Family’s thirteenth son.

Thirteenth son did not indicate that his father had so many children, but it was instead according to the seniority of his generation of the Ye Family, which meant that within his cousins, he was ranked as number thirteen.

Of course, this was only the the ranking in the main family and not the whole Ye Family. If it was the whole Ye Family, to estimate, he would probably be the thousand and first son, perhaps even higher.

A miracle, and adding on that it involved a prominent family, in an instant, the thirteenth son was already the focus point of everyone’s attention in the whole city, and also at the same time deemed by others as a godchild. No one doubted or opposed this, at least currently, there was no one who doubted or opposed this.

Therefore, this kid who was just born and currently wrapped within swaddling clothes became world-famous just like this.

Also, many people had already started to make conclusions, saying that this child will surely not be ordinary in the future, there were even people who wrote out what this child’s future experiences will be.

To be able to run and jump at one year old, first sign of his budding talent;

At the age of two, able to read and write, reading every type of book extensively, once again showing his potential;

After the test at the age of three, he starts to practice douqi or magic, showing his true genius;

Able to enter the imperial capital’s Royal Institute of Education at the age of five, strength surpassing all his peers;

At the age of ten he goes out to experience the world, expanding his influence and becoming a legend;

At twenty years old he becomes an area’s lord and develops his power, becoming many regions’ overlord.

In this lifetime, it would be hard for him to be ordinary even if he wanted to be, as he would become the focus point of everyone’s attention. Also, within his life, he would get to know some capable people and start businesses and stuffs with them, direct countries, meet different types and styles of woman and have some romance.

...THE SILLY ALCHEMIST...

Chapter 3 – God-abandoned child

Three days later, the Soaring Sky Empire’s emperor summoned the Ye Family’s patriarch and his son for a meeting, and also specially told them to bring the Ye Family’s thirteenth son along as well.

After the emperor’s summon, there was additional news regarding the Ye Family’s thirteenth son, and the contents of the news was that the thirteenth son was to have a fiancée. This fiancée was precisely the empire’s little princess, who had just recently been born on the same day as the thirteenth son. It’s just that the little princess was born slightly earlier than the thirteenth son.

What was interesting was that this little princess was also born under the multicolored sunlight, and therefore their relationship was pulled together with the miracle. Because of this, the emperor felt even more that the thirteenth son and little princess was a couple, match made in heaven.

Originally, the matter regarding the Soaring Sky Empire’s princess marrying into the Ye Family also occurred from time to time. Things like a marriage engagement that got decided for them from a young age, even if it wasn’t 10 times, it was discussed at least 8 times already. Therefore, regarding this matter, there was of course no one who opposed it or felt anything unpleasant about it.

A month later, the thirteenth son was one month old and naturally, the Ye Family would arrange a feast to celebrate this occasion. At this time, practically all the civilian and military officials were invited to the feast, and the emperor showed up as well, bringing along the little princess who was already a month old.

At the time, the emperor’s opinion was to let the two little ones celebrate their birthdays together, this way, it would help both sides avoid inviting guests and splitting up everyone. As for why the emperor didn’t choose the imperial palace and instead came to the Ye Residence, he of course had his own reason.

No matter what was said, everyone was able to see that the emperor had given the Ye Family ample face and this matter let the thirteenth son’s limelight ascend to a higher level.

One year later, the little prince was now one year old.... (See editor’s note)

Apparently, some matters where occurring in ways that people never predicted. The thirteenth son’s growth was pretty good,, but it was only that, it wasn’t the same as what everyone thought was going to happen. According to certain people’s’ guesses, the thirteenth son should already be able to run, jump and speak. But—

“Cheng Tian, why is our child like this?” A noble and tender woman of the Ye Family looked at their one-year-old child and said while feeling somewhat worried.

This woman is precisely the thirteenth son’s mother – Long An Qi, and the ‘Cheng Tian’ who she was speaking to, was precisely her husband, Ye Cheng Tian, who was currently frowning.

Why frowning? Is it because the thirteenth son who was called as god’s child was already too outstanding, in a way that they couldn’t endure?

Wrong, it wasn’t that he was too outstanding but it was the contrary, and currently it seemed like the thirteenth son was even a little inferior to other children who were normal.

Generally, a one-year-old child would normally be able to at least start walking, and should also be able to speak some simple words. But this thirteenth son, not only did he not know how to walk, he was also not able to speak.

“It’s nothing, some children walk and speak relatively late but when they grow up, they are equally very outstanding. This matter doesn’t mean anything.” Cheng Tian wrinkled his brows and comforted his wife. At the same time, seemingly comforted himself as well.

“En......” Long An Qi carried the thirteenth son and slightly smiled, seemingly accepting the explanation.

That’s right, some children were indeed like this, and this didn’t mean anything. In the end, whether the thirteenth son would continue to be like this, the only way to know was to continue to look at how things went.

One year later, the little prince was now two years old....

The thirteenth son finally learned how to walk and was also now able to open his mouth to call others. However, the thirteenth son’s standard was still only at a beginner level and this caused many people to feel a slight disappointment and thought of a grim possibility, but it was just that no one was willing to think too much about it.

At that time, there were people who were happy and those who were worried in the Ye Family. Those who were worried were of course those who cared about the thirteenth son, and those who were happy were naturally the people in the family who were not on good terms with Ye Cheng Tian.

However, within those who cared about the thirteenth son, there was actually an exception. Or, it could be said that she was still currently too young and regarded the thirteenth son’s situation as a happy one. She was absolutely happy about it, she was the thirteenth son’s big sister. The sister who was hyperactive and wanted to hug him at that time when he was just born.

All day long, she would happily carry the thirteenth son, as if wanting to accomplish a previous regret. Although she had already grown up quite a bit, she was still very small and as a result, the scene of her carrying her little brother was somewhat strange.

Just think for a bit. A little girl who was just five years old carrying a little boy who was two years old. Just what kind of scene is this? To be able to carry him and walk was already an event that felt like it was a miracle.

However, this scene also gave everyone a comfortable feeling, letting them feel that the relationship between older sister and younger brother was quite interesting.

One year later, the little prince was now three years old....

By now, basically everyone knows one thing, which was that the thirteenth son wasn’t really a genius and was instead a fool. Wrong, it should actually be said that he was very stupid.

Up until now, he was only able to speak a few simple words. His intellectual growth caused everyone to feel disappointment, from god’s child he changed into a little stupid fellow, just like this. This contrast made everyone feel somewhat bewildered.

But, today’s results would cause everyone to completely give up on the thirteenth son, and no one would think that he had any hope at all. Of course, this was only mentioning the opinions of outsiders and not his own family.

Within the Holy Continent, there was a tradition that when a child turns three, he or she would need to be tested for his or her innate skill attribute.

The innate skill attribute is something which everyone in this world possesses. The average person only possesses one type of attribute, and only an extremely small amount of the population would have two or more attributes.

The most seen innate skill attributes are the four main types; wind, fire, earth and water. As for the innate skill attributes which are rarely seen, there is light, dark, spatial and so on. There are also some variation attributes, but those attributes are extremely rarely seen, if at all, to the point that only one or two would appear every hundred thousand years.

The type of innate skill attribute a person possesses, determines the type of magic or douqi that they can use. This is most commonly referred to as having a supplement and this supplement was definitely not a small amount as it could definitely affect one’s strength.

Putting it simply, a water attribute user using a water attribute technique means that he would be able to display his maximum strength. But if the water attribute user was to use any other attribute type’s technique, it would be very hard for him to reach even half the might of if he was using a water attribute technique.

As for why the children are tested for their innate skill attribute when they becomes three years old, but not older or younger? There was apparently a saying which went something like...three years old determine one’s lifetime...cough cough, more or less something like that. Anyway, it has that kind of reasoning. (Ed. ...sure)

It is said that, when one is three years old, one’s lifetimes innate skill attribute has basically already been determined and would never change, regardless of age.

The thirteenth son’s test result caused everyone to be shocked. His innate skill attribute was actually a no-attribute. This was an attribute that had not been seen in ten thousand years. No matter how bad or how weird one’s attribute was, the person would still at the least have some kind of attribute.

The thirteenth son was indeed god’s child. Just that now, there was a slight change to the previous saying of god’s child. Previously, he was a child which was cared for by god and now, he was a child abandoned by god, which also means –

God-abandoned child!

A waste individual who was even inferior to ordinary people. In this world where the strong are honored, for a highly intelligent person who doesn’t have strength, to get the highest respect of others was nearly impossible.

What’s more, his intelligence was also falling behind when compared to others, therefore he was a hundred percent stupid child and also the ultimate waste individual of all waste individuals.

Of course, everyone were of this opinion in their mind, but no one dared to say it out loud. Even if this thirteenth son was an idiot, no one would dare to say anything. At least, they would not dare to say it out openly.

After all, with the power and authority which the Ye Family possessed, they would easily be able to take care of the thirteenth son for his entire life, letting him live a carefree life, without worries. If anyone wanted to humiliate him, it would the equivalent as humiliating the Ye Family and this was not something that anyone could undertake.

Perhaps, this may be a type of fortune. Being born into the Ye Family allowed the thirteenth son to live his life with no worries, and as he is a foolish child, and a waste individual, this also allowed him to step away from the struggles for power and authority.

This also could be counted as a type of blessing and good fortune from god, right?