Little Lin

"Holy Shi*!", still drowsy Ye Lin rolled out of bed and firmly hit his head against the dresser. A group of golden stars began to circle around his head.

Another start to the day and he again banged his head! As he began to knead his swollen temples, Ye Lin felt helpless.

The window, being old, issued a creaking sound as it opened – the early spring sunshine fell into the narrow room, dispelling the humidity.

"Good morning, world!"

Ye Lin put his hands together as he looked out his window, only to see that the morning market was already bustling.

"Happy birthday to Me."

Today, Ye Lin turned 16. It was truly a day worth celebrating.

In the Parijata Sword Domain, the age 16 represented the beginning of youthhood while age 18 represented adulthood.

Though he could not drink, he has already been accepted by the community and could work as an employee. He could also have an independent identity and choose his career.

Of course, those of the nobility had chosen the route for their future career ages ago. However, only at the age of 12 would they display their talent.

They received the best education and the best teachers. Starting from the basics, they would have surpassed others and this gap would only grow larger over time.

Ordinary children, unless they had a peerless talent, would not be able to compete against those of the nobility. This was the harsh truth of society.

The Sword Palace in the Parijata Sword Domain was composed of 90% nobility, while the ordinary children took up the remaining 10%.

One could not blame the sword palace's partiality, as the gap was just too big.

Although all the sword palaces began to recruit disciples at the age of 16, the exam was fair. Only the most outstanding from the many ordinary geniuses would have a chance to be chosen by a sword palace.

Of course, that sort of thing and Ye Ling didn't have any relationship.

Because he did not want to follow the way of the sword, it would be highly unlikely for him to attend the sword palace exam. His career also had nothing to do with the sword.

"Well, let's prepare for today's practice."

He was not a swordsman, so there was no need to concern himself with the sword palace exams. Ye Lin's life was a simple and happy life, filled with many common expectations.

His practice was not that of swordsmanship, but rather, the practice of making bread.

Yes, he was just an ordinary young child of an ordinary couple. He wasn't going to become a talented hero.

He was born to an ordinary family, brought up with ordinary parenting. He inherited his family's bakery and was preparing to become his family store's next owner. This was Ye Lin's main life goal for the future.

His parents were in their forties when they had him. As far as Ye Lin was concerned, they were the world's most adorable couple.

Now, the couple was touring far places, relieved that the store would operate smoothly under his hands.

Making bread was a talent, and Ye Lin's handmade bread had quite a reputation. The store had always been lacking in supply with such huge demands, as he had long ago surpassed his parents.

Looking at how amazing Ye Lin was, his parents passed down the family bread store to him and gave him full control over it, as they went off to enjoy a golden wedding honeymoon. (XD!)

Today was when Ye Lin turned 16 and was the only one with a 3rd-ranked Bread Evaluation.

(Which is not true at all! Ye Lin had way suppressed the mere 3rd rank baker and his true rank a secret but he likes being ordinary and anonymous... No spotlight please !)

People from major cities would also come to try to buy his family's bread store for 10 times the price.

Ye Lin refused because he was fond of this simple village along with its roads and stream, and of this ordinary bread store and most importantly his ORDINARY LIFE!.

The world was huge; the god's domains in the universe numbered in the tens of millions but this was the home for him.

Here was Ye Lin's family store, His most beloved home.

Unsurprisingly, he wants to spend his whole life here and perhaps, as a newlywed, he would travel over the star bridge to go to the other side of the Sword Domain. However, he would ultimately return with his other half and live out the rest of their days here.

With the temperature of his hands, he began to knead the dough well. Calculating the correct ratio of flour and sugar, coupled with a good egg, then he finally put it in the oven. The fresh bread that was taken out from the oven in the early morning and was then arranged on top of the shop's counter.

"3 Croissants coming up!"

"5 Pineapple Bread."

"10 Carrot Meals."

Ye Lin's bread shop had only been open for a quarter of an hour but his handmade bread sold out nice and clean. The only thing remaining was the cheap white bread.

Sitting behind the nearly empty counter, Ye Lin had a smug on his face.

For a baker, there is nothing that could make him more pleased than having his customers love his bread.

As a namely 3rd-ranked Baker here, although his position was not as great as the lowest sword palace's swordsman, in a small village like this, his talent could be said to have been the rarest talent of the century.

"Little Lin, bread!" A crisp bell-sounding voice along with cheerful feet charged into the quiet bread shop.

Running in was someone close to Ye lin's age. The beautiful young girl with the ponytail exuded an air of youthfulness.

She had a long ponytail while near her waist was a long and simple cyan sword. She had black moonlike eyelashes with a pair of warm black eyes.

Because of the strenuous exercises, her naturally small lips pursed up as if she was endlessly gasping for air; the outline of her bent body was truly beautiful. When she laughed, her smile was like a sparkling crescent moon.

"Mu Yan, you want butter bread?"

Ye Li skillfully took out the buttered bread he had made casually (the bread had a secret it was actually rank 5 bread!). Like feeding a puppy, he threw it to his childhood sweetheart.

(* Rank 5 bread was something that was an unimaginable thing even in an Upper Sword realms. Mu Yan Isn't aware of this fact)

Mu Yan tiptoed to bite at the bread Ye Li threw; the two had over a decade of mutual understanding.

"I love you, Little Lin! " Enjoying the tribute Ye Lin gave her, Mu Yan ran out of the small bread store like the wind.

(Yeah I love you too thought he, Ye Lin had a smile on his face which would have branded him as a pervert.)

To come and go in such a hurry is just like her general temper, always loud.

A summer storm would roughly describe this girl. Like Ye Lin, she was also a child genius that everyone was proud of.

Ye Lin knew Mu Yan had a great secret on her which would make even the Universe tremble but he acted dumb and ordinary.

As for who Ye Lin himself was and his power .... only Ye Lin himself knows the answer!

Ye Lin feed Mu Yan his special bread to slowly awaken her talent unknowingly to her and also maybe he had other motives? (No No No I Ye Ling is a righteous person )

Mu Yan moved to this village ten years ago from a Knight God's Domain. She was also the first genius to ever become a 3rd-ranked swordsman before the age of 16 since the beginning of history.

Being a swordsman of the 3rd rank was worlds away from Ye Lin's 3rd rank because this was the Parijata sword Domain, a Sword Domain belonging to the countless god's domains.

It doesn't matter which sword domain of the countless god's domains you came from or the sword skill you practiced, only those who left behind a united sword path or formed their sword spirit, could receive utmost respect in a sword domain.

For a senior swordsman, becoming the Divine Sword God that transcended all under the heavens was everything. The godly swordsman was called a "Sky Sword" and they dominated in supremacy, being an unparalleled swordsman.

From trainees with no name to becoming official soldiers of the 1st Rank, to elite soldiers, and even officers of the 2nd Rank. They represented the standards on the Parijata Sword Domain.

The 3rd-ranked Mu Yan was already walking forward on an extraordinary road, truly worthy of being named the village's first expert.

At the same time, she was also our Mc's first love.