Xiao Yi took a deep breath and appeared beside the bed, slowly looking at the beautiful female with black hair and black pupils lying on the bed peacefully with widened eyes. He touched her forehead, feeling his heart blocked.
'It seems I am a doomsday star in this dimension; first it was Father, then Mother upon birth, and now I am six, and I lost the last family member,'
Xiao Yi thought to himself and sighed, looking at the peaceful face of his aunt. Then he recalled the torture his aunt endured, the excruciating pain from the past few years that was eating away at her brain. No medicine or healing could cure such a disease; even those famous spirit masters with healing martial spirits became helpless against it.
"I am sorry, Aunt, If you had waited for a while, I could have saved you. I would have awakened the exclusive talent in this reincarnation. I would have healed you somehow. Now it seems it's already late."
Xiao Yi muttered with a sad expression on his face, looking at her, and then waved his hand above her forehead, closing her eyes, and then sat down silently beside her on the bed.
'I think it was because of her martial spirit; the brain is indeed a sensitive part of the body; it probably evolved in a negative direction,'
Xiao Yi thought to himself, recalling the memory of the sudden, horrible cries of his aunt while grabbing her head at night. Such pains occurred when he was three and then persisted for three years; each passing day, the pain became more severe.
After a while, he stood up and walked outside the servant room and informed the other female servants that worked in the mansion about his aunt's death.
Instantly the news spread through the whole mansion and even the surrounding villages; those who knew his aunt started sympathizing with him, but Xiao Yi didn't care.
After dealing with the funeral process, Xiao Yi stayed in his aunt's room for a few days, then he received an order of eviction from the mansion that the room is allotted to other servants.
'I was just waiting for the martial spirit awakening ceremony; now it seems I have to find another place to live before that. The martial spirit awakening is really a huge trouble in this timeline. This parallel universe follows the original plotline. When the Spirit Hall is destroyed by the Tang San, the world follows the hierarchical law, and commoners have no rights. Those eligible can awaken martial spirit; the remaining would stay ordinary for life.'
Xiao Yi thought to himself, standing outside the room, then his expression became thoughtful, then he shook his head, turned around, and walked toward the outside direction with a small bag in his hand.
After looking around, he walked toward the village on the back side of the mansion. There are few dilapidated houses there; even Huo Yun'er and Huo Yuhao are living there.
'Maybe I can find a place to stay there,' Xiao Yi thought to himself, and then he walked toward the dilapidated houses.
After reaching near the houses, his footsteps slowed down as he looked at a female with brown hair and a pale expression picking up a water bucket on her head.
'Huo Yun'er,' Xiao Yi thought to himself, recognizing her as the mother of Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yun'er noticed his gaze and turned around, glancing in his direction; a surprise flashed through her eyes.
'Such a spiritual child,' A thought flashed through her mind looking at his calm and bright eyes.
"Ahh,"
Suddenly her footsteps stumbled and her expression turned sickly pale; the bucket above her head tilted and fell toward the ground in front of her.
Swish!
The next moment, an afterimage flashed, and a figure appeared beside her and grabbed the bucket with his small yet stable arm.
Huo Yun'er hurriedly stabilized herself and then glanced at Xiao Yi in shock; then she glanced at the place a few meters away where he was standing before.
"Aunt Yun'er, be careful," Xiao Yi spoke calmly, looking at her, and passed the bucket back.
Huo Yun'er was startled and then nodded in a daze, grabbing the bucket.
"Thank you. Who are you? Also, how do you know my name?" She asked confusingly,
'I am tired of these reflexes. Anyway, it's good the diversion worked.
Xiao Yi nodded in his heart, looking at the curious expression of Huo Yun'er; she forgot the shock of his force step display just now.
After seeing the bucket falling, he used it reflexively and crossed the few meters distance instantly in order to grab it.
"My aunt's name is Xiao Lan. She died recently, a few days ago. I have been evicted from the servant quarters, and now I am finding a place to stay."
Xiao Yi replied calmly, looking at her. Huo Yun'er was startled and then recalled the recent news of a female servant's death she received. Then she glanced at him with a little pity and sympathy.
After looking at his calm face for a while, similar to her son, her maternal instinct overflowed, and she spoke kindly.
"You can stay with us. I have a son the same age as you; you may know him."
Xiao Yi raised his brow, looking at her kind expression, and then he nodded and grabbed the bucket from her hand.
"I won't live for free; my physique is a little strong. I will do all the physical work for you in return."
After speaking, he turned around and walked toward the dilapidated house behind.
Although his joints are aching because of the weight of the filled heavy leather bucket, he didn't care; he is distributing the weight of the bucket on his whole body skeleton using force technique in order to minimize the damage, and it serves as an exercising effect on his bones, making them strong.
'This child is really special and stubborn, just like Yu'er,'
Huo Yun'er thought to herself in surprise and wanted to take back the bucket, then she thought of something and sighed, shaking her head to stop herself.
Although she wanted to prevent him from working and raise him like her son, she stopped her further impulses as reality struck her.
It is already harder for her to raise one child; if Xiao Yi helps, then it will lower her work burden. Also, he looks more healthy and spiritual than her listless and malnourished son.
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