Mythical Three Kingdoms

”What secret? I’m very interested too.” Chen Xi grinned as he turned his head to look at Xu Kun, saying, ”By the way, if you tell me a secret that I already know, I promise I’ll beat you so bad that even Sun Bofu wouldn’t recognize you.”

Xu Kun broke out in a cold sweat instantly and ditched his plan to tease Lul Xun. After hesitating for a moment, he said, ”I also got this from Xuu Zijiang. If you don’t believe it, you can catch Xuu Zijiang and ask him.”

”Go ahead, speak up. If there’s really an issue, you can’t run, and neither can Xuu Zijiang.” Chen Xi boldly stated, then a bunch of interested people all rode their horses closer.

”Cough, cough, cough.” Xu Kun felt tremendous pressure, but with everyone crowding around, he had no choice but to spill the beans, [Xuu Zijiang, if you’re tricking me, don’t return to the Xuu Family later.]

”It’s like this, Xuu Zijiang said he didn’t want to compile the List of Extraordinary Women at first, but that day he dreamt as if in Taixu and saw many women awakening their Spirit Talents. So he matched the women he saw in his dream one by one and compiled them into the List of Extraordinary Women.” Xu Kun dropped a bombshell.

The crowd exploded instantly, but soon after Chen Xi reacted, ”You’re messing with me, aren’t you? Don’t think I don’t know. That certain somebody definitely isn’t included, oh, Lord Cao’s concubine certainly doesn’t have a Spirit Talent.”

Just as Chen Xi began to speak, Xun Yu displeasedly glanced at him, ”As if Grand Commandant Liu’s wife and concubine don’t have them either.”

Then the two of them reflexively looked at Zhou Yu, who coughed twice, ”My wife and Bofu’s wife have abilities like Spirit Talents.”

”Miss Cai has a Spirit Talent, an ability like a Spirit Talent,” Chen Xi retorted discontentedly, unleashing a formidable presence against any dissent. When it comes to brains, even Cai Yan doesn’t flinch!

Standing by, Weii Ji, the new head of the Hedong Wei Family and a strategist under Cao Cao, sighed in depression, as others discreetly averted their eyes from him. Cai Yan had almost become an inescapable pain for the Wei Family.

”But this isn’t right either, the Second Miss of the Cai Family has a Spirit Talent too. At most, she’s just delaying her awakening,” Zhuge Liang said, frowning. Gossip like this is something neither men nor women can completely suppress.

”It’s probably due to some other reason,” Xun Youi said quietly. Back when Cai Zhenji was sneaking away, Xun Youi was serving as Yellow Gate Attendant.

”But that’s still not right. Logically, my little disciple would surely awaken a Spirit Talent, so why isn’t she on the list?” Chen Xi asked Xu Kun, full of dissatisfaction.

However, before Chen Xi could speak, Guo Jia asked, ”Since when do you have another disciple? I thought you only had Boyan as a disciple? And besides, when I last visited your house, I didn’t see anyone else there!”

”Xin Xianying, the one your son took candy from and then got beaten by,” Jia Xu said with a blank expression, causing Guo Jia’s face to turn sour.

”That little lass?” Guo Jia was instantly disgruntled. Last New Year, his son was beaten by a girl, and he didn’t bother to find out who she was, only to discover now that she was Chen Xi’s disciple?

”Yes, my disciple, very smart. By the way, Fengxiao, your son is too fragile, getting beaten by my disciple.” Chen Xi smirked and commented.

”That’s because I taught my son that only women and petty people are hard to raise,” Guo Jia defended, ”Otherwise, with that little lass, hmph hmph hmph!”

”Your son was taught to take candy from little girls, how embarrassing!” Chen Xi mocked with a chuckle.

”He was just joking with her,” Guo Jia stubbornly refused to admit it.

”And then he got beaten and ended up lying down.” Chen Xi smirked and said.

”Can the two of you stop embarrassing yourselves?” Jia Xu said helplessly, ”Isn’t it just a small matter? Besides, Fengxiao’s son is younger than your disciple, so losing isn’t unusual. And considering Fengxiao’s constitution, being able to win is the real anomaly.”

Guo Jia glared at Jia Xu with dissatisfaction, but Jia Xu ignored him, ”Anyway, if someone says Xin Xianying can awaken Spirit Talent, it sounds a bit far-fetched, but it’s not out of the question.”

”Don’t worry, she will definitely awaken,” Chen Xi said, smirking, ”But still, it seems unreliable. I think Wang Yi could awaken too. Logically speaking, why isn’t Wang Yi on the list? Are you possibly tricking me?”

”I’m really not lying. Xuu Zijiang indeed said so, and he also mentioned that five of the people on the list were just fillers,” Xu Kun said with a bitter smile, ”I really am not lying.”

”Then why isn’t the Second Miss on the list? The Second Miss has a Spirit Talent. It’s not like it will just go away, right? I’ve never heard of a Spirit Talent disappearing...” Chen Xi laughed heartily, then suddenly stopped as if he realized something.

”Er, Zichuan, why did you suddenly stop laughing?” Jia Xu asked in confusion, directing his query at Chen Xi, ”Is there something wrong?”

”It’s probably ranked based on abilities like Spirit Talents,” Chen Xi thought for a moment and said. In fact, he recalled during his journey south, Li Youu sending news about the state of his governance, along with an update on the Second Miss’s experiment.

”Actually, there are two possibilities. One is that the list is ranked based on abilities like Gongjin’s Talent of the Zither, and the other is that if the list truly ranks those with a Spirit Talent, then if the Second Miss and my disciple no longer have their Spirit Talents, there’s only one possible outcome,” Chen Xi spread his hands, looking helpless.

”What outcome?” Xun Yu asked curiously.

”If a mother is about to awaken a Spirit Talent, in the awakening process, if there are two brains, who will possess it?” Chen Xi smiled slyly and asked. Cheng Yu, who was drinking on the spot, spat out a mouthful, as everyone else stared blankly. This kind of thing, two brains, you can really think of anything.

”This is impossible, and besides being impossible, this is also very unreasonable. Spirit Talent is wisdom, experience, knowledge, and life experience all elevated, and Spirit Talent requires the support of Spiritual Capacity; it’s impossible to be born with a large capacity,” Xun Yu, dazed for a moment, immediately refuted.

”Let me tell you about a study you all know, ’pregnant women become stupider for three years,’” Chen Xi looked at the group and asked. Everyone nodded in agreement.

”During pregnancy, a mother’s brain shrinks to some extent, decreasing in size. So where does this go?” Chen Xi smiled cunningly as he looked at everyone, asking.

Xun Yu was dumbfounded, Zhou Yu was stupefied, Chen Qun was taken aback, Zhuge was bewildered, Jia Xu was dumbstruck, and Guo Jia was stunned; for a moment, everyone was floored by Chen Xi’s statement. Chen Xi shrugged, ”That’s the truth, so you understand. Besides, a normal person might not inherit anything special, but if Spirit Talent can be inherited, you better not have any wild ideas.”

”I don’t think any of you can turn a child with Spirit Talent against us,” Chen Xi swept his gaze across the group, and those who previously harbored sinister thoughts felt a chill in their hearts, suddenly realizing their plans couldn’t work.

”But I think it’s impossible,” seeing everyone reining in their thoughts, realizing they shouldn’t try to create a Spirit Talent holder hostile to them, Chen Xi’s expression turned, and he spoke with a smile.

”Because Wen Ruo is right, the issue of Spiritual Capacity prevents anyone under fourteen from normally possessing a Spirit Talent, and even awakening it comes with considerable disadvantages, so you should just forget about Spirit Talents,” Chen Xi smirked and said.

[But logically speaking, if a mother has a Spirit Talent, the likelihood of offspring having it greatly increases, considering the mother’s brain is divided with the offspring. However, if each loss is the same size, only the firstborn would gain significant benefits. Additionally, the damage to the mother would probably be immense.]

Chen Xi thought to himself, combining modern-day scientific understanding, and suddenly, he found that the Second Miss Cai’s research might not be nonsense and could very well be factual.