Time passed quickly, and five months later, Qin Changkong sent him a letter. The letter stated that he had cultivated a Profound Level Cultivation Technique, and was now at the 5th layer of Body Tempering Realm. He was about to head to the Mystic Spirit Sect to participate in the disciple assessment.
Qin Nan was envious. That was the Xuanling Clan, the holy land of martial arts that he had yearned for since he was a child. He made up his mind that even if he didn't have the chance to become a disciple of the Xuanling Clan, he must find a chance to go and take a look.
Unknowingly, two years had passed. The heavens had closed a door for him, but at the same time opened another one for him. Although he did not have much talent in martial arts, he was quite talented in the path of politics. He was valued by the Palace Master of the Wen Palace. Everyone in the family was very gratified and had high expectations for him.
Just like that, he studied during the day and continued to study the Martial Technique at night. Although it wasn't the life he wanted, he could still get by.
However, good things didn't last long. One night, the Palace Master of the Wen Palace had an urgent matter to discuss with him, but he happened to find him concentrating on studying the Martial Technique.
This matter immediately caused an uproar. All the scholars in the Palace of Literature were whispering, pointing and gossiping about him. When the Qin family heard about it, the Qin family's patriarch and the others immediately rushed to the Wen Palace.
The elders took turns to reprimand Qin Nan. Qin Tian's face showed a trace of exhaustion. He said, "Nan 'er, I know that in your heart, you want to practice martial arts more, but you have to face reality. Father is already old, and all my hopes are on you … "
Qin Nan was ashamed. He took out the Martial Technique and burned it with fire.
Everyone was satisfied, but Qin Nan's heart was empty.
Year after year, Qin Nan quickly participated in the imperial examination. His results were not bad, and he directly became a county magistrate. After that, Qin Nan's official career was prosperous. In less than fifteen years, he had become a prefecture magistrate and was in charge of a prefecture. He had a high position and power.
Later, a natural disaster happened to the world. Qin Nan was far-sighted and issued various measures, causing the prefecture to have good weather and almost no losses. This made the emperor of the Great Xia Empire very happy, and he privately expressed that he wanted to marry the thirteenth princess to him.
As soon as the Qin family heard this, they immediately took turns doing Qin Nan's work. Furthermore, they could not disobey the Emperor's order, so they married the Thirteenth Princess.
As the years passed, Qin Nan rose in rank step by step. The thirteenth princess also gave birth to children for him. Qin Nan quickly became a rising star in the Great Xia Empire. Everyone believed that in less than ten years, Qin Nan would be able to become a first-rank official, second only to one person and above all others.
However, no one noticed that Qin Nan had not smiled for a long time.
Countless people envied Qin Nan, including Qin Changkong, who occasionally sent a letter to express his envy.
Status, reputation, power, money, and so on, Qin Nan had it all. In everyone's eyes, Qin Nan was undoubtedly happy.
However, Qin Tian did not know, the thirteenth princess did not know, and even his children did not know. Every time midnight came, Qin Nan looked at the night sky and only felt empty in his heart.
What was the difference between the current him and a walking corpse?
Not long after, Qin Nan ushered in his fiftieth birthday. In order to celebrate his birthday, the Emperor personally ordered the Ministry of Rites to organize a banquet. On this day, countless officials and nobles, including many experts, all rushed to Qin Nan's residence.
However, when all the guests arrived, someone opened the door to Qin Nan's room, only to find that there was only a letter left in the room.
This was a farewell letter left by Qin Nan.
In the letter, he wrote, "Father, my passion has always been martial arts. Heaven and earth did not give me a chance, but I still love it. You raised me, and the Qin family has treated me well. I have no way to repay you. I can only study hard and help the Qin family bit by bit. Until today, I feel that I've done enough … "
"Thirteenth Princess, you are my wife, and you have given birth to my children. I've let you down this time. I beg you to forgive me this time. If I don't go to the other world myself, I will regret it for the rest of my life, and I won't be able to rest in peace. Everything in the family will be left to you. I won't take a single cent, nor take a single cent … "
No one had expected the future minister of the Great Xia Empire, who only had a first-grade Huang ranked Martial Talent, would choose to pursue martial arts.
In an instant, the Emperor was enraged, the ministers sighed, and the Qin family felt a great pain in their hearts.
Everyone thought that Qin Nan had gone mad.
He had actually abandoned such a good career to pursue that impossible martial path!
However, they did not know that when Qin Nan carried his luggage and walked into the distance, his face was filled with a sincere smile.
Despite the fact that his hair was already turning white.
After a few months of wandering, Qin Nan arrived at a city of cultivators in the lower district. He had no cultivation, thus he was at the bottom of the city. He had no choice but to start a small business to support himself.
Bitter.
Everything was bitter.
As a mortal, he was greatly ostracized and bullied in such a city. However, his heart was filled with satisfaction, and he was satisfied every day.
As the days passed, his hair had completely turned white, and his body was hunched over. In the past few years, he had received quite a number of Martial Arts, both low-ranked and middle-ranked. He could memorize every single one of them.
However, he still could not comprehend them, nor was he able to cultivate them.
He was still an ordinary person.
Not only that, he had heard that the Martial Serendipity Pavilion had been opened recently, and that there was a rare artifact that could alter one's destiny.
He immediately went there.
However, how could an ordinary person acquire the rare artifact?
Not only did he fail to acquire the rare artifact, he was severely injured and almost killed by someone. However, the person did not pursue the matter further as he was an old man, and only gave him a slash.
After returning, he tried his best to treat the slash, but Qin Nan was infected with other diseases, which were quite serious.
Qin Nan knew that he did not have much time left.
On this particular day, as usual, he went to the same street. However, as he was about to set up his stall, a voice could be heard, "Sir, are you … Mm? Qin … Nan? "
Qin Nan raised his head and discovered that the person before him was none other than Qin Changkong. So many years had passed, but Qin Changkong was still a middle-aged man, unlike him who was approaching old age.
If he was still the new genius of the Great Xia Empire, he would most likely look the same now.
The two returned to a dilapidated residence and brewed a pot of tea. Qin Changkong glanced at his childhood friend with a complicated expression, "Oh you, why were you so stubborn in the past? Why did you insist on pursuing the Martial World? "
Qin Nan was about to explain when he felt a sharp pain in his chest, causing him to cough violently.
"Sigh, look at yourself, what kind of life are you living now? What's so good about the Martial World, why are you so stubborn? " Qin Changkong patted his shoulder and said, "You've been through so many years, are you regretting it now?"
Qin Nan shook his head and said with a hoarse voice, "I don't regret it."
"Huh? No regrets? You're living such a lowly life with not much time left, and you still don't regret it? "Qin Changkong was startled.
"Yeah, I don't regret it at all." Qin Nan glanced at the sky with a complicated expression, before a smile appeared on his face, "It's a pity that I haven't learned a single Martial Art after so many years."
"Changkong, I hope you can take my share and continue to cultivate …" Qin Nan's aura gradually weakened as he spoke, before returning to normal in the end.
Qin Changkong stared at him with a blank expression. He discovered that the smile on Qin Nan's face was still as brilliant as before.
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