I want to go back to my original world and live an ordinary life.

After hearing Qiuyan's words, Xiaonan's fear was relieved a lot. She nodded without saying much. Although Xiaonan and Qiuyan had not known each other for a long time, Xiaonan trusted Qiuyan very much. This was mainly because the village chief of their village trusted Qiuyan very much. Secondly, she herself had an inexplicable sense of closeness to Qiuyan, just like some people look close to others, while some people look like they are distant from others. Qiuyan just happened to be the first type of person.

Seeing that the fear on Xiaonan's face had faded a lot, Qiu Yan continued, "By the way, Xiaonan, while you have nothing to do, can you tell me about your West Hammer Town? For example, which city or kingdom governs your West Hammer Town, and the overall situation of this kingdom?"

Hearing Qiu Yan say this, Xiao Nan thought about it carefully, and then said to Qiu Yan, "Our Xichui Town belongs to the Holy Sword Kingdom and is under the jurisdiction of Xishan City of the Holy Sword Kingdom. As for the overall situation of the Holy Sword Kingdom, I don't know because I grew up in Xifeng Village and haven't even been to Xichui Town a few times. I don't know what the entire kingdom is like."

"Oh!" Qiu Yan nodded after hearing what Xiao Nan said. He didn't ask Xiao Nan about the specific situation of this kingdom, but it was enough to know which kingdom this place belonged to. Anyway, he would know the specific situation later. Thinking of this, Qiu Yan thought about the future course of action in his mind. Although it was called a course of action, Qiu Yan knew nothing about the Holy Sword Kingdom, and didn't know where to go for training. So after thinking about it, Qiu Yan asked Xiao Nan, "By the way, Xiao Nan, do you know where most people go for training?"

"Yes! I know. The village chief has gone out for training before, so he told me some things about it." After saying that, Xiaonan sorted out what he was going to say next, and then said to Qiuyan, "Generally speaking, training means traveling around the country. There will be a place called a training ground in every city in the kingdom. It is a competition field prepared for all trainees. You can compete with trainees from different parts of the country there to enhance your own strength. Generally speaking, in each city's training ground, if you can get the first place in the city's training ground, you will be eligible to train in the prefecture-level training ground. And if you can get the certification of the ten prefectures in the training ground of the ten prefectures, then you will be eligible to participate in the annual genius challenge, and the top three in the genius challenge will be eligible to challenge the people on the imperial city genius list, and they will be eligible to advance to become imperial city geniuses. After being promoted to the imperial city genius, the royal family will focus on training the geniuses regardless of their identity and background. It is possible for them to become a city lord or a prefecture lord in the future!" Xiaonan's tone seemed a little excited when she said this, as if she also longed to become a genius in the imperial city.

Qiu Yan didn't think much of what Xiao Nan said, because he didn't want to be a city lord or a mansion lord, he just wanted to become stronger and find a way to go home. However, although Qiu Yan had no interest in being a city lord or a mansion lord, he was still quite curious about the so-called Imperial City Genius List, so he asked Xiao Nan again, "Xiao Nan, tell me in detail what the Imperial City Tianchang List is about, I'm quite interested in this genius list."

After listening to Qiu Yan, Xiao Nan seemed to be very happy to talk to Qiu Yan, so he nodded and explained to Qiu Yan, "The Imperial City Genius List is simply a ranking list of the strongest people under the age of fifty in a kingdom. Because there are only ten people on this list, the ten people on the Imperial City Genius List are the ten strongest people of the younger generation in the kingdom! Not only that, the ten people on the Imperial City Genius List also represent the strength level of the young strong in a kingdom, and the strength level of the young strong is related to the future strength level of the kingdom. Therefore, once they enter the Imperial City Genius List, they will be trained by the royal family. At that time, these people will have priority in obtaining training resources and opportunities to enter secret realms."

After Xiaonan finished speaking, Qiuyan's eyes lit up. He didn't care that the people on the genius list would be trained by the royal family. He cared about the opportunity to enter the secret realm, because the main purpose of his training was to enter the secret realm. Only in this way could he become stronger as soon as possible. So when he heard Xiaonan talking about the secret realm, Qiuyan suddenly became excited. After thinking about it, he asked Xiaonan again, "Xiaonan, what kind of strength do you need to enter the genius list?"

"Brother, do you want to be on the list of the Imperial City?" Hearing Qiu Yan ask this, Xiao Nan looked at Qiu Yan with some curiosity.

"What? Is it wrong for me, such a genius, to want to enter the City King Genius List?" Qiu Yan said to Xiao Nan in a bad mood. Xiao Nan didn't say much after hearing what Qiu Yan said. He just said "oh" and then said to Qiu Yan with some regret, "Brother, although your current strength is considered very strong among your peers, most of the people who can enter the Genius List are over 40 years old, and their strength is at least 180 levels. I even heard from the village chief that the number one on the Genius List of the Holy Sword Kingdom has reached 230 levels. So brother, I think you should forget about entering the Genius List now." At this point, Xiao Nan raised her eyes and glanced at Qiu Yan. Seeing Qiu Yan's thoughtful look, she thought Qiu Yan was hit by her just now, so she smiled and comforted Qiu Yan, "But brother, although you can't enter the Genius List now, you still have plenty of time. After you practice for another 20 years or so, it should be no problem to enter the Genius List!"

Xiaonan's previous words didn't hit Qiuyan, but Xiaonan's recent words of comfort did hit Qiuyan hard. He looked at Xiaonan with a smile and thought, what? Do you look down on me so much? There are still twenty years, and I can catch up with the gap of a hundred or so levels in three years at most! However, although he thought so in his heart, Qiuyan didn't say so to Xiaonan. He just smiled bitterly and said to Xiaonan, "You are right. I don't want to enter the genius list now. I am just asking." After speaking, Qiuyan looked at the road in the distance, and then asked softly, "By the way, besides having your name on the training grounds of all cities, are there any other ways to challenge the geniuses on the Imperial City List?"

"Yes! There are!" Xiaonan nodded affirmatively, and then continued, "Every year, the academies in the kingdom will hold an academy competition. At that time, all the academies in the kingdom will participate in the competition, and the top three in the competition can also challenge those on the Imperial City List. But I heard from the village chief that because the students in the academies have not been tempered, their strength and experience are far inferior to the geniuses on the Imperial City List, so generally speaking, they will not challenge the Imperial City List, because that would only humiliate themselves."

After listening to Xiaonan's words, Qiuyan roughly understood. He nodded and said, "Yeah! I understand." At this time, after hearing what Xiaonan said, Qiuyan already had a general idea in his mind and made a simple plan for his and Xiaonan's future course of action.

After Qiuyan finished speaking, Xiaonan smiled and shook her head, then said, "Brother, why are you being polite to your sister? Although I don't know much, if you have anything you want to know in the future, you can ask me. Even if I don't know, I will help you find out." After speaking, Xiaonan smiled and wiped the sweat from her forehead. Seeing Xiaonan wiping her sweat, Qiuyan glanced at Xiaonan's lips again and found that Xiaonan's lips were already a little chapped. Seeing this, Qiuyan looked up at the sun in the sky again, and estimated the time they had walked, and then said to Xiaonan, "Xiaonan, let's stop and rest and drink some water!" After speaking, Qiuyan stopped first. Seeing Qiuyan stop, Xiaonan naturally stopped as well. Seeing Xiaonan stop and stand still, Qiuyan said again, "What? Don't you want to drink some water?" Qiuyan reminded Xiaonan tentatively.

Xiaonan was actually thirsty at this time, but she didn't bring any water because she was in such a hurry when she came out. So after hearing Qiuyan's question, Xiaonan said to Qiuyan a little embarrassedly, "Brother, I came out in such a hurry today, so I forgot to bring any water."

Qiu Yan is a hundred-level spiritual master. He can maintain his body by breathing in the spiritual power of heaven and earth, so he doesn’t need to eat or drink, so he didn’t bring food and water when he came out. But Xiaonan is different. Although Xiaonan is also a cultivator, she has just started practicing and is no different from ordinary people, so she still needs to rely on food and water to maintain her body. And now Xiaonan should be very short of water. Although she is not short of water to the point of life and death, as Xiaonan’s brother, how could Qiu Yan allow his sister to be thirsty! So after thinking about it, Qiu Yan suddenly remembered that his water-attributed spiritual power could condense water! Thinking of this, Qiu Yan directly stretched out a hand, condensed a water ball in the palm of his hand, and said to Xiaonan, "Come on, Xiaonan, brother has water here, drink it quickly!"

When Xiaonan saw Qiuyan condensing a water ball with a happy face, she did not show her desire for water, but was surprised, because she clearly remembered that her brother's spiritual power that bound the Qingtianshi group this morning was of light attribute! How come it has become water attribute now? So Xiaonan, who was a little puzzled, asked Qiuyan, "Brother, isn't your spiritual power of light attribute? How can you condense a water ball?"

When Qiu Yan heard Xiao Nan ask this, he realized that he had revealed the fact that he had two kinds of spiritual powers. So he scratched his head awkwardly and said, "Well, brother actually cultivates two attributes of spiritual powers, one of light attribute and the other of water attribute." Since Qiu Yan had already been exposed, there was naturally nothing to hide, so he could only answer honestly.