When Xingyan and Mu Xue returned to the village, it was already bright and wisps of smoke from cooking were floating out of the village.

"Grandpa, we are back. It smells so good. What delicious food are you making today?" Mu Xue smelled a strong smell of rice as soon as she entered the yard. Her eyes were filled with golden light and she ran towards the kitchen like a flying light.

Xingyan looked at Mu Xue's appearance and couldn't help but smile bitterly and walked slowly towards the kitchen. As soon as he entered the room, he saw an old man in his sixties standing in front of the stove. He brought the freshly prepared food to the table. Mu Xue was like a wolf cub who had been hungry for a long time. She swept away everything on the table, regardless of the image of a lady.

"Grandpa Muyun, I'll help you." Xing Yan came to the stove, picked up the freshly served food and walked to the table in front of Mu Xue and put it down. He smiled and said, "Eat slowly and no one will compete with you."

"Xingyan is still sensible. Look at this girl Mu Xue, you know how to eat. Be careful that she will grow into a fat pig and no one wants you." Mu Yun touched Mu Xue's head in a doting way, pulled a chair and sat down.

"Grandpa, you're talking nonsense. I'm born with beauty, and the beauty of lotus is like a lotus in the water. There are few little beauties in the sky and the ground." Mu Xue shook Mu Yun's hand angrily, and after saying that, she lowered her head again to fight the food.

Xingyan brought the remaining food to the table and sat down. He watched Mu Xue take a while and after a while, most of the food entered her stomach. Mu Xue stopped her hand, got up and went back to the house to sleep.

"My granddaughter knows how to sleep except eating, and I really can't do anything to her." Mu Yun looked at Mu Xue's departure back, and a hint of doting appeared in his eyes.

After eating, Xingyan packed up the bowls and began to wash them.

"Xingyan, you are nine years old this year. It's time for you to truly learn magic." Mu Yun said, looking at Xingyan who was cleaning up.

"Aren't I learning now? And I can already use fireball flexibly." Xing Yan said as he stretched out his right hand and condensed a ball of fire in the palm of his hand.

Mu Yun looked at the flames in Xingyan's hand, nodded with satisfaction, and said seriously: "Fireball Technique is just an introductory magic. Now that you have grown up, it's time to send you to the academy to learn advanced magic."

"If you don't go to the so-called academy, can't you practice magic?" Xing Yan said curiously. After all, he has been practicing alone since he was four years old, so he has no particular interest in places like academy.

"Of course you can study by yourself, but if there is no guidance, it is very difficult to become a strong man. Only studying in the academy is the best choice." Mu Yun stood up and said to Xingyan.

"So when will we set off?" Xing Yan thought for a moment, and felt that Grandpa Mu Yun would not harm him, so he agreed.

"We'll set off tomorrow morning. The journey this time is a bit long. You can prepare for it a little." Mu Yun said seriously.

Xing Yan returned to his house and closed the door, looking at the two exquisite wooden sculptures on the table, one man and one woman. The man was wearing a loose magic robe, holding a staff of about the same height as his in his right hand, and holding a woman in his left hand. The woman was wearing a plain black silk dress, looking like a fairy, standing next to the man. The only strange thing was that she had no appearance.

Xing Yan walked to the table and sat down, his eyes slightly red and said to the wooden man: "Mom and Dad, Yan'er has grown up, and I will go to the academy tomorrow. Grandpa Mu Yun said before that as long as I become a powerful magician, I will see you. You have to wait for Yan'er, Yan'er misses you very much."

"This silly boy, it will be very pleased if your father hears it. I believe that one day you will become a more powerful magician than your parents and reunite with them." Mu Yun stood outside the door and said to himself in a low voice.

The next morning, when Xingyan arrived at the top of the mountain, the sun had slowly risen. Xingyan took a deep breath, closed his eyes and entered a state of meditation. The magic elements around him were like fog, spreading across the entire mountain. In a short while, it became extremely rich. Xingyan quickly absorbed the magic elements around him.

Xingyan knew that he might have been away from here for a while, so he did not end the meditation immediately. Instead, he continued to absorb the magic elements around him and improve his strength. After a while, the temperature around Xingyan's body rose rapidly, and his left eye gradually changed from black to red. When his eyes were about to turn completely red, he felt like a stove inside his body, and the blood in his body circulated rapidly. The originally calm magic elements around him also rolled violently, and the body trembled violently. The magic elements entered Xingyan's body uncontrollably, as if they wanted to burst his body. Just when he was about to bear it, a cool breath slowly appeared in his body, constantly suppressing the violent magic power.

Xingyan subconsciously closed his eyes and stabilized his mind, and began to use the chill in his body to suppress the violent magic power. When he opened his eyes, his eyes returned to black again. He felt an unprecedented magic power filling his body, and a light red magic bead slowly appeared in front of him.

"What's going on? Is it because of a mistake in meditation? It seems that I really need someone to provide guidance." Xing Yan said with some confusion and walked slowly down the mountain.

When Xingyan returned to the village, he saw Mu Yun walking out of the yard wearing a neat coarse cloth.

"Grandpa Muyun, I'm back. Are we going to go to the academy now?" Xing Yan asked.

"You go and change your clothes first, I'll call Mu Xue over. Mu Xue is not young anymore, so let's go with you this time." Mu Yun said with his hands covering his uneven beard, looking like he had just been pulled.

Xing Yan didn't think much about it, so he quickly walked into the room and picked up the wooden man on the table, put it in the package, and said in his heart: "Mom and Dad, I'll go to the college today. When I become stronger, I will definitely go to find you." After Xing Yan said that, he took out a new set of cloth clothes from the cabinet and changed the clothes on his body.

"Brother Xingyan, you are so slow. Grandpa said that if you don't come out, you won't wait for you." Mu Xue stood outside the door and shouted happily.

Xingyan smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "I think you can't wait." Xingyan opened the door and saw Mu Xue standing at the door wearing a light purple dress, smiling at Xingyan.

"Let's go quickly. If you don't leave, Mu Xue will break up my old bones." Mu Yun looked at Mu Xue carefully, and stroked his hand with his few beards with heartache. It seemed that there were a lot less.

Xingyan realized when he saw Mu Yun's beard. No wonder Mu Yun was willing to let Mu Xue go to school with him. So that's how it was.
Chapter completed!