True Martial World - Chapter 45: Purple Clouds' Birth

 Few people resided in the Cloud Wilderness, while desolate and wild beasts were everywhere. This resulted in many small tribes.

Under such situations, to gather all the small tribes together for an examination needed lots of manpower and resources.

Although the kingdom had a long history, the number of warrior selections held in the vast wilderness could be counted with one hand.

It was needless to say that being born in the vast wilderness was a tragedy. Not only was there a lack of resources, even a prodigy would not be noticed by others. So it was impossible to get ahead in life.

The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom knew that, but nothing could help the situation. Besides the Cloud Wilderness, even some prodigies from the 108 states might be missed!

Over the years, an unknown number of prodigies born in the wilderness had died in vain. They either died from starvation, illness, falling to their deaths while picking herbs or being eaten by beasts.

Those who could become great men ended up dying as beggars. Even after their deaths, they were not given a proper burial and were simply buried underground. Sometimes there might be a wooden stick erected as a tombstone–just like Yi Yun's. However, these tombstones would decay and collapse after a few years. Once those who remembered the dead died too, their presence in the world was erased. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Born poor and dying without a trace; that was the fate of the people in the wilderness. Lian Chengyu understood it deeply, resulting in his distorted view of life.

The fat elder said, "Our trip here has both something and nothing to do with the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's selection. To put it more concretely, the reason why we are here and the reason for the sudden warrior selection by the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom are likely caused by the same incident."

"Oh?" This had evoked the young girl's interest. A pair of slender long eyes gently stirred as her long eyelashes caught the faint sunlight.

"Five months ago, some strange phenomenon had happened in the Cloud Wilderness. It was a day with clear skies, but in a couple of seconds, the entire sky in the Cloud Wilderness, a region of a few hundred thousand kilometers was covered by thick clouds!"

"And the strange thing about it was, the clouds were purple in color!"

"The purple cloud covered the entire Cloud Wilderness. This sort of phenomenon was simply amazing. Even the astronomers of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom declared that night an astronomical phenomenon, and named it: ’Purple Clouds' Birth’!"

"This phenomenon had happened again two months ago. It was even more spectacular, covering the celestial bodies and masking the world!"

"This Purple Clouds' Birth had alarmed the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom; but for the commoners in the Cloud Wilderness, they did not know anything. As the phenomenon happened at night, with their normal eyesight, it would be hard for them to distinguish the colors at night. They also didn't know that the purple clouds had covered the entire Cloud Wilderness, nor did they know that the Purple Clouds' Birth had caused a Yuan Qi disorder in the confines of the Cloud Wilderness."

"At that time, even in the deepest parts of the Cloud Wilderness, desolate beasts that lay dormant for hundreds of thousands of years were startled!"

"There are only a few possibilities for such a phenomenon to happen."

"First, it could be the birth of some treasure. However, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom had used treasure compasses five months ago to search the Cloud Wilderness. Although the treasure compasses would have been unable to find the exact location of the treasure, they would have been able to confirm the existence of a treasure within a large vicinity."

"But the treasure compasses did not ready at all. That meant that there was either no treasure, or that the treasure was so mysterious that the detector could not detect it. If it was the latter, it would be hard to imagine! Such a treasure would be capable of stirring a storm of bloodshed on the lands!"

"The second possibility is a reclusive lord among the human race had made a huge breakthrough. Or it could have been an ancient desolate beast causing chaos. However, such a possibility is extremely unlikely. Although the Cloud Wilderness is extensive, it would be a speck when considered under the backdrop of the entire world. There's nothing special about it, so a reclusive lord or an ancient desolate beast would not likely choose this place."

"As for the third possibility, the odds are slimmer. They are legends purely from hearsay, it's pointless speaking of those. I've brought you here to the Cloud Wilderness, one was for that phenomenon, for who knows if there will be a treasure that will join up your Yin Meridians!"

"Master…" the girl sighed faintly. Although she was touched, she could not bear seeing this fat elder rushing everywhere over even the tiniest possibility of curing her of her terminal illness.

But she knew that her terminal illness was a curse. Although rumors mentioned of an ancient Great Empress having managed to join up her meridians through her own powers, it was after all a rumor. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Such rumors proved the difficulty of joining up the meridians of this terminal illness!

The fat elder knew Lin Xintong's thoughts and smiled, "Alright, coming here for such a phenomenon to enrich your experience is a must, even if there are no results from it. This phenomenon that happened within the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom has alarmed the Tai Ah royal family. Besides the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, even neighboring kingdoms has sneaked into the Cloud Wilderness to investigate!"

"In the past few months, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom has sent out the Jing Long Wei, looking for the cause of the phenomenon. They were hoping that it was the revelation of some treasure. Since the Jing Long Wei were in the Cloud Wilderness, they might as well hold a warrior selection."

After the fat elder's monologue, the girl understood immediately. It was no surprise that the Jing Long Wei had drawn up a detailed map, that included even the thousand-household small tribes for the Cloud Wilderness.

"Alright, let's get going. After passing that mountain, we will pass through the Lian tribal clan, then we will stop by at the Tao tribal clan. That is a big tribe of over a hundred thousand households. We can rest there."

Just as the fat elder finished saying that, his heart skipped a beat and let out of soft exclamation.

"Master, what's the matter?"

"In the waterfall ahead, there's someone there. It seems like a case of drowning. Let's go take a look!" he said as he started moving forward through the dense forest. Although his steps looked slow, each step yielded a large distance, as if the ground under his feet had contracted in length.

Lin Xintong followed as well. They were people who lived at the pinnacle of existence, and they would not interfere with the sufferings of the millions of people in this world. But if they were to actually encounter a situation, they would interfere by saving lives.

…

Yi Yun did not know how long he had been under the plunge basin. From the previous night, after absorbing all of the desolate bone’s energy in one go, Yi Yun had jumped into the plunge basin, entering a trance-like state. Till now, Yi Yun was still not fully awake; it was as if he was still in a dream.

The desolate bone's energy had already been digested completely by Yi Yun's body, with not a drop left!

His body had entered starvation mode once again.

In a daze, Yi Yun felt a soft hand grabbing him by the collar, lifting him up…

Yi Yun's body felt light, like he was on a soft grass patch, and the soft hands were pressing on his chest.

"Puah!"

Yi Yun spat out a mouthful of water. The water wasn't clear, but cloudy. It was mixed with Yi Yun's impurities that had resulted from his physical cultivation.

"Eh?"

The girl who had saved Yi Yun did not reveal any expression of aversion, but instead, it was one of surprise. As a Desolate Heaven Master, she knew immediately what it meant by spitting out such water.

After Yi Yun woke up and recovered his vision, he had trouble opening his eyes from the bright sunlight.

True Martial World - Chapter 44: Female Desolate Heaven Master

"Master, didn't you say we were going to the northwestern divine wilderness to kill the desolate beasts there? Why did we end up coming to the Cloud Wilderness? The Cloud Wilderness is a barren heathland, probably void of strong desolate beasts!" The young girl said with a sweet and gentle voice.

"Northwestern divine wilderness…Sigh. You were born with Yin Meridians and lack physical strength. Among the desolate beasts that roam the northwestern divine wilderness, there are some high level desolate beasts. It will be tough for you to handle them," said the fat elder as he shook his head.

"Alright, Xingtong, I'll give you fifteen minutes to refine this level six fierce beast into a desolate bone relic. As mentioned before, this is to give you experience. Unless your life is in danger, I will not interfere." After the fat elder finished his words, he chose a big rock to rest his buttocks, and began to look at the scenery.

The girl nodded her head. She rolled up her sleeves with a finger, then she took out a bronze disk which was inscribed with dense runes. The moment the disk appeared, it flew up into the sky and grew larger. Very soon, the disk was about the size of a house. Following that, the level six fierce beast was absorbed by the disk, turning into a blinding white light.

In the white light, the fierce beast's carcass seemed to burn up. Its flesh melted and together with the essence from the blood, it seeped into the bones. In a few seconds, the fierce beast had turned into a skeleton. After a few more seconds, the skeleton also began to melt and started to fuse…

As this was going on, the girl's fingers began to link up to form a seal. Her fingers were long, and due to the fast movements of the sealing process, finger shadows were formed. A series of sealing charms were sent out by her, flying into the disk as they combined with the beast's bones.

In less than fifteen minutes, the entire beast's bones had completely melted, eventually reducing to a bone relic the size of a green bean. If Lian Chengyu saw this scene, he would have yelped out in shock. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Desolate Heaven Master! This young girl was a Desolate Heaven Master! It was hard to believe that the girl had this fearsome ability of easily refining a level six fierce beast in less than fifteen minutes. If this girl wanted, refining the Lian tribal clan's Frost Python desolate bone would have been a breeze!

The bone relic fell into the palm of the girl who began frowning upon seeing the bone relic. She was clearly not satisfied. "It's still not small enough." The girl shook her head. Her goal was to reduce a six grade fierce beast to the size of a rice grain in fifteen minutes. Judging from the outcome, it seemed like she was still a distance away from the goal.

"Xintong, don't be too eager. You are the most talented Desolate Heaven Master I've seen in all my years of traveling the world, unfortunately…" The fat elder said with a sigh. To be able to reduce a six grade fierce beast to a relic the size of a rice grain within fifteen minutes was not something he could have done at seventeen.

It was a pity that the girl named Xintong had Yin Meridians. Her skin was so pale because of the extremely rare condition of having Yin Meridians. It was a terminal illness that would only appear in females.

A girl with Yin Meridians was weak to the cold. Even during the summer, she would have to wear a coat. A normal person with Yin Meridians would at most live to eighteen before falling into a slumber for two to three days. As time went on, she would sleep longer and more frequently, to the point of each slumber lasting nearly a year. Over time, her body's vitality would slowly wilt away, eventually leading to death.

But Xintong was born in the ancient Lin family clan, which enjoyed an old heritage. With the support of the Lin family, she could consume fire elemental desolate beast relics. With the fire elemental relics' fiery force, she was able to combat the chilling cold within her body.

Although living a long life wasn't a problem, for cultivation it was a different story. A person born with Yin Meridians could never completely open up her meridians during the Meridian realm. A latent danger would result from this realm. It would also be harder to cultivate to a higher realm, and the higher it was, the more difficult it was. Eventually, a bottleneck was reached!

Although having Yin Meridians was a curse, there were always exceptions. Legends told of a human Great Empress who had Yin Meridians during ancient times. She had used her own strength to connect her meridians. When the Yin Meridians were connected again, an unknown transformation would happen. However, this was poorly documented in the history books.

Lin Xintong's master was the fat elder. He had tried to connect up Lin Xintong’s broken meridians using ancient methods left by Desolate Heaven Masters, but none of them were successful. Those ancient methods were arcane and obscure. Be it the ingredients or the refinement techniques, they were too confusing for the old fat man, resulting in abysmal results. The fat elder cared for his disciple and he had tried all sorts of methods while wandering the vast wilderness, but to no avail.

"Master, don't sigh. Although I have Yin Meridians, with fire elemental bone relics, I can live for at least three hundred years. I'm much more blessed than other commoners." Being born from a clan with a long heritage, the young girl never needed to worry about her meals and she had seen all sorts of treasures. But over the years of wandering the wilderness, her experience taught her the hardships of the world. She knew how commoners struggled in this world. This made her empathetic. Indeed, although she had Yin Meridians, she was much more blessed than the commoners by thousands of times.

The girl swallowed the bone relic that she had just completed refining. A bone relic refined from fierce beasts was poorer in quality to a desolate bone relic. However, few warriors actually ate desolate bone relics. It was sufficient to eat fierce beast relics, as it took a long time to refine a desolate bone relic.

"Up ahead, we will enter the territory of the Lian tribal clan. Hmm, this Lian tribal clan is a small tribe of less than a thousand households. We don't really have to enter," said the fat elder as he took out a map made of rubber. He unfurled it and while looking at it, he said happily, "This map is all thanks to the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's Jin Long Wei. They created a new map. Originally the map of the Cloud Wilderness had not been updated in eight hundred years. Many small tribes have changed positions and an old map would not have all this indications." noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Lin Xintong looked at her master's map, provoking a sense of doubt within her. To make a map of the Cloud Wilderness was a thankless and pointless job. Those small tribes were as many as the sand grains of the five Ganges Rivers. It was unknown which tribe would collapse, giving birth to a new one. Such a detailed map required a great deal of effort to draw, but it would be useless in about a hundred years.

Connecting it to the recent ongoings of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom in the Cloud Wilderness, Lin Xintong asked, "Master, why did we deliberately travel from afar to the Cloud Wilderness? Also, I heard that the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom has sent the Jin Long Wei here, in preparation for the warrior selection in the Cloud Wilderness that will be held soon. It requires a lot of effort to hold a warrior selection in the vast wilderness, so why did the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom do it?"

"Is the reason why we are here in the Cloud Wilderness related to the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's selection?"

True Martial World - Chapter 43: No Law, No Shape, No Void, No Me

The water flow slowly turned into a mighty flow of stormy waters. Yi Yun knew that he was approaching the waterfall.

He kept adjusting his breathing rhythm in order to keep his body in its optimum state.

On Earth, people had dived from sixty meters without dying, but the East River’s waterfall boasted a drop of a hundred meters.

Although Yi Yun's fitness level was superior, he had never undergone professional diving lessons. Besides, he was not in his best condition, so it was a huge challenge.

"Boom!"

Yi Yun could hear the sound of the waterfall crashing into the plunge basin. The rapids had already sucked Yi Yun forward.

After churning in the water, Yi Yun suddenly felt an emptiness under his feet. The instant feeling of weightlessness overwhelmed Yi Yun. All he saw from above was the whiteness of the torrential waters.

With that, he plummeted a hundred meters down the waterfall.

From afar, the majestic cliffs looked like a giant standing at attention. The waterfall that flowed from the cliffs looked like the sword of the giant. With the giant leaning on the sword, the scene was extremely breathtaking.

As for Yi Yun, he was just a tiny black dot rolling down the giant sword at an impressive speed!

"Splash!"

The large splash resembled a lotus in full bloom.

The water assault Yi Yun experienced after resurfacing was tremendous. The powerful force attacked his organs and body. It made Yi Yun feel like his body was being forged by a hammer while resting on an anvil.

This heavy blow loosened Yi Yun's muscles. Although it caused immense pain throughout his body, he still felt an incredible sense of comfort. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Yi Yun held his breath and dived straight down!

His body was on fire. The deeper he went into the icy cold water, the more comfortable he felt.

By doing so, he had quietly dived to a depth he had never previously reached.

Till he…

Reached the bottom!

This was the first time Yi Yun had managed to reach the bottom of the plunge basin!

At the bottom of the plunge basin was clean and untainted sand that resembled polished jade. Yi Yun curled up his body into a fetal position, and he seemed to fall into deep sleep at the bottom of the plunge basin.

He had seemed to lose the concept of time. After an unknown period of time, Yi Yun felt a cool feeling in his heart. It prevented him from suffocating even though he wasn't able to breathe.

The heat in his meridians began to cool down from the cold water. The water carried on exerting its pressure on Yi Yun's organs…

Yi Yun felt as if he had returned to his mother's body. He felt like a baby in his mother's womb, cut off from the outside world…

It was as if a fire was burning in his body. Yi Yun's only thought was to digest that energy as fast as possible. If not, it could burst his channels, and result in a devastating outcome.

In the nearly zero degree celsius plunge basin, Yi Yun's body temperature rapidly decreased. A person in zero degrees air would not die as long as they stayed awake. But when surrounded by zero-degrees water, it would not take ten minutes for the person to be frozen completely.

The low temperature, high pressure and lack of oxygen was a harsh environment. It allowed Yi Yun to quickly consume the desolate bone’s energy within his body. As his body consumed the energy, his physical condition was improved as he went through another round of marrow cleansing.

Time passed but there was still silence underwater. There was not the slightest movement in the plunge basin. It was as if Yi Yun had entered a completely independent space-time dimension. In this dimension, he could hear his slow but lingering heart beat.

"Dum! Dum! Dum!"

Again and again, the rhythm spaced out in intervals like a pendulum.

Slowly, it seemed like Yi Yun's soul had left his body. His last thought in his mind had disappeared. It was as if Yi Yun had frozen.

A person who loses his consciousness during a deep dive was doomed to die.

Although Yi Yun had lost consciousness, the Purple Crystal in his chest was slowly pulsating, sending energy to every part of Yi Yun's body.

Yi Yun had entered an ethereal state. Every cell of his body was absorbing the desolate bone energy to fight the cold and fighting the alarming pressure!

In fact, even a top skill like "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist" was unable to temper every inch of flesh and blood. No matter if it was "Fierce Tiger Descends the Mountain" or "Dragon Rising to Nine Skies", there would be parts of the body it would miss.

Wherever it missed, it would become a weakness of the warrior.

Only the stance "Dragon Dancing in Vast Water" could use the enormous water pressure to, in theory, uniformly train every inch of a warrior's body.

Nonetheless, there was a physical limit. Not many could practice "Dragon Dancing in Vast Water" to the extreme.

To be able to temper every inch of flesh and blood, one had to enter an ethereal state of mind, or a person's body will be subjected to the regulations of the mind. The mind will consciously use the strong organs that was most often used. For instance, when a person pushes a boulder, they will inadvertently use their familiar hands, and exert pressure.

Only by emptying one's consciousness could every cell resist the pressure and cold naturally. Only then can the body be tempered completely. Under such a state, a person's body will follow its instincts. This was also the concept of "No Law, No Shape, No Void, No Me"!

To be able to enter this state was extremely difficult. It was even harder to achieve that in the deep waters as losing consciousness was equivalent to suicide!

Although Yi Yun had lost his consciousness, the Purple Crystal Origins was distributing energy through Yi Yun's blood, nourishing Yi Yun's brain, meridians and organs with energy. A person's body needed to breathe because the body needed to release energy through respiration. But with the Purple Crystal Origins providing energy, oxygen was no longer needed.

In this state, Yi Yun unwittingly spent a whole day and night underwater!

All his bones, organs, and cells were suddenly alive. It seemed like they had developed their independent consciousness.

It was until late in the morning of the second day that Yi Yun slowly floated up. It was just like a drowned body floating…

…

The Cloud Wilderness was one of the twenty-four wild lands of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. Besides the wonderlands that were protected by the large tribes, few people trod through the wilderness.

In the Cloud Wilderness, there was another place known as "Desolate Lands" other than the wonderlands where people gathered around!

The Desolate Lands had rich Power of Desolates. And the really strong desolate beasts were all found in the middle of the "Desolate Lands"!

A lacking warrior would definitely die if he entered the Desolate Lands!!

But…at that moment, along the boundaries of the "Desolate Lands" of the Cloud Wilderness appeared an elder and a young girl.

The elder was dressed in a yellow robe. He was overweight and he had a ruddy complexion. His eyes were small, making him look ugly. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

As for the young girl beside him, she had a slim figure. She looked seventeen. Her eyebrows were curved above a pair of slender eyes. A pair of pupils as clear as spring water resided within those eyes. They were extremely clear.

The young lady wore a set of linen clothes. Under the rough sleeves, an arm as white as a lotus root could be seen.

This girl had delicate fair skin, with thin blood vessels running through.

Generally speaking, such white skin with redness was very beautiful. This was also a symbol of health. However, this girl's skin though white gave off a feeling of frailty.

But one wouldn't think so just by looking at the situation.

The young girl's jade-like hands were dyed red from blood. And in front of the young girl lay a dead fierce beast the size of a cow. This girl had slain it single-handedly!

True Martial World - Chapter 42: Jumping down the Chasm

 The symptoms of being invaded by the Frost Python's frost energy and the overdrafting of a person's life force from a Blood Thinning Pill was the same as what Yi Yun was experiencing.

Most of the time people would vomit black blood and exhibit an ashen look of death. Although it wasn't so spectacular like bleeding from the seven orifices, minor deviations were not abnormal. After all, everyone had different physical conditions.

And Lian Chengyu had the impression that Yi Yun’s body was too weak despite him having martial arts talent. His life force was not enough for the Blood Thinning Pill's overdraft, so among the men refining the desolate bones, Yi Yun would be the first to succumb.

"That little slave succumbed so quickly. I was planning on playing with him for another two days. Too bad, he couldn't live up to it." Lian Chengyu did not believe that Yi Yun had any chance of escaping his fate.

The Frost Python's frost toxin was without cure. For a commoner, it was fatal. Even Lian Chengyu would not be able to withstand the Frost Python's frost energy, let alone Yi Yun. If not, he would not have needed to sacrifice so many people from the tribe to absorb the frost toxin.

This sort of frost toxin could only be gotten rid off by a Desolate Heaven Master. If not, even a Purple Blood Warrior would not dare to take in the Frost Python's desolate bone essence!

Lian Chengyu was actually worried about Yi Yun’s impending death. With Yi Yun dying the moment Zhang Yuxian left, would such a coincidence lead to Zhang Yuxian's suspicion?

But Lian Chengyu’s worry gave him pause for a second; in the next second, he carried on with his training.

His motions were smooth as per normal; no one could pick out the slightest fault.

After he finished his set of moves, Lian Chengyu slowly cooled down. Each movement was done with precise attention to detail.

After finishing, Lian Chengyu suddenly thought of something. The corners of his mouth curved up. Yi Yun had given him an inspiration!

"It's no big deal. So what if he dies? Don't let it affect the refinement of the desolate bone," Lian Chengyu said coldly.

"Of course, the refinement of the desolate bone is guaranteed! I have already ordered the rest to keep working, but…what should we do with the little bastard's body? Should I find a few brothers, hang the little bastard up, and after mutilating him, feed him to the dogs?" Zhao Tiezhu said with a smile. Yi Yun's death would be the punishment he deserved.

Zhao Tiezhu’s ass was still hurting and he had irrationally blamed his anal pains on Yi Yun.

Lian Chengyu coldly snorted saying, "You want the entire village to see Yi Yun's corpse hung up to be mutilated? When that happens, people will think that it was us who harmed Yi Yun. When Lord Zhang questions us, who is going to bear the responsibility!"

"Yes, Young Master Lian is right," said Zhao Tiezhu immediately. "I think too simply. Young Master Lian is wise after all."

"Well, drag Yi Yun's body to Jiang Xiaorou's house. It would be bad luck for him to die beside the refinement cauldron!" Remember, when you bring the little bastard over, make sure that he is really dead. Forget it, I'll verify it myself.

Lian Chengyu found it odd that Yi Yun was able to revive time after time again. Although he was doomed to die from the desolate bone’s frost toxin, Lian Chengyu still wanted to be assured.

"Jiang Xiaorou? Haha, I wonder what that little girl will be like when she sees her brother!" Zhao Tiezhu said with an excited look. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Lian Chengyu knew that with Jiang Xiaorou and Yi Yun's relationship, she would faint the moment she saw Yi Yun.

But Lian Chengyu did not have any tenderness toward women. This was the vast wilderness, rife with killings, both cruel and tragic. Lian Chengyu wanted to let Jiang Xiaorou know what it was like in the vast wilderness.

He would not spoil any women, even if he liked her.

He was a future elite; he wanted to make women understand that it was him, Lian Chengyu, who rescued them from suffering. He was the one who gave them food to eat, a place to stay.

The women needed to learn how to appreciate him, learn how to be grateful, and learn how to serve him in reverence. Any woman he treated well was receiving a great gift, while any woman he treated badly was just receiving her lot in life. Without him, all those women would have died in the vast wilderness!

This was because of Lian Chengyu's inferiority complex. He hated the world, and he slowly evolved into a bigoted dictator. He wanted to become an overlord that dictated the lives of everyone around him.

…

With Yi Yun in trouble, the men who were refining the desolate bones were convinced that he had been possessed. None of them dared to touch Yi Yun.

It was not a joke. If Yi Yun died, it was possible for the spirit to switch hosts. What if it possessed one of them?

If not for the cauldron they had to man, they would have all been long gone.

Yi Yun was pale in the face and bleeding from his nostrils.

Today was really a big one, to actually suck dry the desolate bone in one go!

Yi Yun had to thank his lucky stars that his tiny meridians were not torn apart by such a large amount of energy,

Noticing that the informant had returned, Yi Yun knew that he could no longer wait here since he was in no condition to return to the village. He did not wish to leave his life in the hands of others. In his present state, he had no way of resisting Lian Chengyu.

"I need to find a quiet spot, and quickly digest all these oppressive energy." Yi Yun thought before lifting his body. He walked towards the chasm nearby.

At the bottom of this chasm was the Lian tribal clan's East River.

The East River's water flow was extremely turbulent. The waterfall where Yi Yun had previously practiced at was a part of the East River.

"Kid…Wh…What are you doing?" Seeing Yi Yun walk towards the chasm, it seemed like he was about to jump off. The men's faces were white with fear.

"He's been possessed by evil spirits! Evil spirits!" Da Tou's father lost his calm. He felt that Yi Yun's eyes were glazed, and he guessed that Yi Yun did not know that he was just above the chasm.

Jumping down would spell a guaranteed death!

And following the East River's flow, it would reach a waterfall. If he fell down the waterfall, death was no longer a surprise.

"Sh…Should we stop him?" A man swallowed his saliva and stammered.

But no one responded. Under the sky, only their lives mattered.

It was possible for them to be possessed if they made contact with Yi Yun.

"This little brother is already so seriously injured so I doubt he will survive. It's best to cut short prolonged suffering, so jumping down isn't a bad idea. Then…little brother Yi, we will not send you off. Have a good trip through the netherworld and don't blame us for your death." Da Tou's father comforted himself and at the same time advised Yi Yun, hoping that he would not seek revenge after his death.

At this point, Yi Yun had already reached the edge of the chasm. He had already recovered a tiny amount of his Yuan Qi, but the energy in his body was still extremely turbulent. The heat was surging throughout his body, causing extreme discomfort.

The current Yi Yun wasn't weak. On the contrary, he had an inexhaustible supply of energy. Jumping down the chasm into the waves would actually allow him to use up the energy.

It was also his best route of escape.

Yi Yun did not hesitate. With one step, he dropped down from the cliff.

The men drew a gasp. Even someone with nine lives would not survive the drop with their seven orifices bleeding

"Splash!" Yi Yun crashed into the river. The chasm was about fifty meters high. Even as a Mortal Blood level four, Yi Yun felt the pain from the fall. After all, he was not in the best of conditions.

It was already deep in winter, so the river water was icy cold. It was only because of the fast-flowing water that prevented the water from freezing.

Yi Yun followed the drift. He felt the raging energies in his meridians flare up in his entire body.

Yi Yun held his breath and swam against the water flow!

Yi Yun knew that he was in such a state because he had absorbed too much energy. The energy within him needed to be consumed, or his meridians would tear from the energy surge!

Swimming was a good way to consume the energy. He had to endure the pain no matter how excruciating it was. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

If he could bring the amount of energy down to within the limits of his body, he would be able to recover slowly.

Yi Yun calculated that in about an hour, he would be brought to the waterfall that he had previously trained at!

True Martial World - Chapter 41: Wounded

Yi Yun had mustered up his strength to absorb the energy from the desolate bones today, but he did not expect that the energy would be so overwhelmingly violent.

He had originally estimated that he would need at least five to six days to finish absorbing the desolate bone's energy.

But currently, Yi Yun had absorbed more energy in those few seconds than the cumulative amount he had absorbed a few days ago!

Could this be a result from opening up the meridians?

Yi Yun felt the warmth within his body's meridians. He suddenly came to an understanding.

This was the first time he was absorbing the desolate bone after breaking through into the fourth level of Mortal Blood, the Meridians realm!

Previously, Yi Yun's meridians were blocked, so he could only absorb the desolate bone’s energy using his flesh. As there was a limit to his flesh's capacity, Yi Yun would normally be satiated quickly.

But with his meridians opened up, it was different. The meridians were the body's channels to transfer Yuan Qi, so their capacity were much higher than flesh.

Meridians were like an energy highway, and with Yi Yun reaching the Meridians realm, it was equivalent to him opening up that energy highway within his body.

Originally, the desolate bone's energy would seep into Yi Yun's body, but now, the energy would enter his body directly using the meridian highway. It was completely incomparable.

Yi Yun had no formal education with regards to martial arts, so he did not know the difference. Due to this, he had hurt himself, and the injury was quite serious. Yi Yun had only opened up his meridians a few days ago, so he was not able to withstand the energy surge.

He had basically absorbed all the desolate bone essence from the Frost Python in an instant!

"There's such a thing…absorbing too much energy will result in this. That's some bad luck." Yi Yun felt extremely unlucky. He felt his meridians all around his body about to break. It was as if he needed hospitalization from indigestion after eating at an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet.

In fact, if the energy was beyond a certain amount, it could break a person's meridians.

It was not something new in the martial arts world. Commoners could die from being unable to digest aged herbs. Some warriors would explode to their deaths when they weren't able to digest the desolate bone relic they had consumed.

This manner of death was truly pathetic. Yi Yun felt it was no different from death by overeating.

Yi Yun felt his body burn up. He felt something in his throat before a mouthful of blood surged upwards.

"Hey, little monkey, why are you lying on the ground? Are you playing dead so that you don't have to work?" A black-faced man grumpily scolded. This man had a son, "Da Tou". He had even compared "Da Tou" with Yi Yun a few days ago.

"Damn it, did you hear me?" Da Tou's father flared up when he saw Yi Yun still sprawled on the ground. He threw down his axe, ready to kick Yi Yun a few times. But he noticed the paleness on Yi Yun's face and how his body was trembling. Yi Yun's nostrils and ears were bleeding fresh blood. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Seeing that, Da Tou's father was dumbfounded!

Something had happened!

Although Da Tou's father wasn't a good man; he had a sharp tongue and loved to hoard the belongings of others; however, he would fluster when encountering a dying person.

"Hurry, report to the superiors. Tell them someone is dying." Da Tou's father told his companions.

This wasn't Da Tou's father cursing Yi Yun, but having seen Yi Yun bleeding from seven orifices, how could he not die?

In the Lian tribal clan, there was practically no medical procedures. Due to the lack of resources, the tribespeople had weak immunities. Even a common cold would cause death, let alone bleeding from all seven orifices.

To Da Tou's father, Yi Yun was doomed!

"I say little monkey, please don't die here. If you want to die, please go somewhere else…" Da Tou's father was about to grab Yi Yun, but when he touched Yi Yun's hand, he felt a burning sensation. Da Tou's dad cried in pain. He fell over, and crashed into a pile of firewood. He had almost hit his head on the red hot cauldron. If he did, his life would be practically over.

Even so, Da Tou's father burned a handful of his hair. It scared him ashen. It was as if something had entered his body when he touched Yi Yun.

"What the?" Da Tou's father was shocked. This matter was too strange. It was as if he had been bitten by a snake. The hand he had used to touch Yi Yun was still shaking.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Many men rushed over.

Da Tou's father had hardly recovered from his shock, but he said, "I'm not sure if this kid is possessed. Quick! Inform Young Master Lian."

A man rushed to make a report after Da Tou's father finished his sentence.

Da Tou's father began thinking, and said to Yi Yun in fear, "I say little monkey…Ah no, I say little brother. What's wrong with you? You must hang on. I've already called people over. The tribe's doctor will be here soon."

Although Da Tou's father had said that, he knew that it was unlikely that the only doctor in the tribe would step up to save Yi Yun.

That doctor was exclusive to the upper echelon of the tribe. If not, with a thousand people in the tribe, he would never be able to handle it if everyone consulted him when they were sick. Even if he could, there was insufficient medicine. The Lian tribal clan's medicine was extremely precious.

So when a poor person fell sick, they had to rely on themselves. If they couldn't hang on, then they would just die. After all, life was cheap.

"I say little brother, I was greedy before. I stole your porridge. Please don't blame me." Da Tou's father did not know that Yi Yun had been appreciated by Zhang Yuxian, but seeing Yi Yun on his deathbed, he decided to reconcile with Yi Yun "before his death". He was worried Yi Yun would turn into a ghost and haunt him for revenge.

The people in the vast wilderness were superstitious. It was probably because they needed a crutch in life because of their tough life. They believed that the evil would go to Hell, and the good would go to Heaven. The poor had the opportunity to reincarnate into a good family.

Yi Yun heard all of this and was at a loss whether to cry or to laugh. I'm not dead yet, and I'm already being cursed.

However, this was a painful lesson. If he absorbed too much desolate bone essence, he could really die.

To be in this state today was some ill luck. The phrase too great a pleasure will bring about sadness was the exact way to describe his current state.

…

As Yi Yun was suffering from his damaged meridians while bleeding from his seven orifices, Lian Chengyu had already received the news from Zhao Tiezhu.

"Young Master Lian, hehe. That Yi Yun is not going to make it. I heard he was possessed. His nostrils and mouth are pouring blood!"

Zhao Tiezhu was delighted when he heard that Yi Yun was in trouble. This kid who was appreciated by Lord Lian is doomed for sure. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Oh?" Lian Chengyu was originally training, but after hearing Zhao Tiezhu's words, his movements slowed down, but an elated look flashed in his eyes.

Possession? Lian Chengyu felt it was just the poor perception of stupid commoners. Lian Chengyu was sure that Yi Yun's situation was a result of the desolate bone's frost energy and the Blood Thinning Pill.

It’s time for the kid to die!

Dual Sword God - Chapter 31: Insights into the Extremity Path, Dawnwing!

The courtyard was lively, as disciples and members of the Feng Clan were going about their daily routines. Some individuals started to lift gravity enhanced weighted stones that were augmented with simple runes, while others gathered at the martial platform to begin their regular matches.

Examining further along the courtyard a youth could now be noticed seated in the cross-legged posture, within a field of bamboo poles, he sat with his eyes closed and his hands firmly holding the sheathed sword Black-lighting that rested in horizontal positioned on top of his legs. Feng Yu currently felt as if he was in a different world, as his concentration was pushed to the utmost extreme, trying to comprehend the meaning of the sword from the floating sword manual withing his sea of consciousness.

Soon, an ancient and profound stream of words reverberated within his mind, following which a collection of individual memories appeared showing the details of how to practice and further grasp swordsmanship's true essence:

"To grasping initial success of the sword, one must first master the foundations of stances of basic swordsmanship: Attack Stance, Defense Stance, and Control Stance. It is only through mastering these basic stances could one truly have been said to have become a beginner practitioner who walks the path of the sword. To go further, one must think beyond the lines of thoughts of the basic swordsman."

"The Sword should be as Swift as the Wind, as Flexible as the Clouds, as Fierce as the Waves at Sea and as Firm as a Mountain the shoulders the Weight of the World."

"Only through mastering all four paths, could one truly be said to have attainted initial success of true swordsmanship. The way of the sword does not ly solely on one path; Its essence ly's at the core of attaining everlasting balance, eruption, and speed. 'Balance' is capable of controlling any situation regardless of attack or defense, as 'Eruption' is capable of inspiring overwhelming prestige, demonstrating domineering and oppressive power while 'Speed' challenges the limits of time itself, seeking to be free from its fetters. This principle is known as the Extremity Path and is the path that is walked by only the most powerful of swordsmen."

Swoosh!!!! Rustle! Rustle!

With the gust of the morning wind, the calmness of the region filled with bamboo poles instantly faded, as the poles swiftly began to rustle about due to the wind threatening to sweep them about the area. However, before they could wreak havoc, time seemed to have stopped, as a flash of white lightning fluidly swiped across the region. With precise sword movements that sliced apart the entirety of each bamboo poles and exquisite body control that demonstrated the zenith level of flexibility. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

All of this took time to describe, but in fact, it occurred in but a fleeting moment, as time once again sped up with the winds urging the bamboo poles that had been cut to small pieces to scatter about the courtyard like dust.

Clank!

As Feng Yu sheathed Black-lighting once more, he looked towards the crumbling bamboo poles with slight disappointment. "Sigh, I'm still not capable of doing it. Trying to comprehend the principles of 'One with Sword' is not as simple as I'd thought it would be, It seems that I'll need to find a turning point. "

After placing the sheathed Black-lighting on his back, Feng Yu soon quickly recovered from his disappointment state of mind. As now his expression showed one of confidence, he smiled while muttering to himself "However, where there are losses, there are gains. My insights into the sword have allowed me to truly fuse my <Lightning Flash Steps> movement technique into my sword arts, creating an entirely new sword skill, the <Thunder Flash Sword>."

Gripping his fist together excitedly, he began to ponder the next direction the path of in which his sword should take. "Now my comprehension of the way of the sword has already attained all minor forms of the extremity path. The <Blurry Mantis Swords> skill embodies the Path of Balance, as it is elusive in nature capable of attacking or defending, while my <Blazing Sword Wave> skill embodies the Path of Eruption, as a destructive technique by nature, and finally my now created <Thunder Flash Sword> which embodies the Path of Speed."

As he said this, he then placed his hand on his chin and relieved a slightly pondering look as though to himself once more. "If I am to advance further, it would be to truly understand the depths of these techniques and evolving them into something of a higher grade, but right now my cultivation and sword realm is still too low. The best method for improving my strength now would be to assimilate a second life weapon and seek insights into the dual extremity path."

Thinking here now Feng Yu crossed his arms together while scratching chin "Where... Where can I get another sword that's not too far off Black-lightings quality. " as he racked his brains puzzledly the sound of a person's steps approaching him from behind quickly pulled him away from his thoughts.

Smiling Feng Yu turned around looked at the form that was now standing behind with his head held down.

"Young... Young master Yu, this servant offers his greetings." said the figure as he politely bowed his head and cupped his hands.

"Dai Lin, Do you know why the family has removed your position as guardsman of the gate and send you to see me?" asked Feng Yu as he scrutinized Dai Lins expression.

"This... This servant has his speculations, as Young master Yu seems not to be the type of person to hold grudges over simple matters," said Dai Lin as looked towards Feng Yu curiously.

"Hmm, Then tell me, what has the family sent you to me for?" asked for Feng Yu once more as strange gleam shone in his eyes.

"Replying to the Young master, If my speculations are correct I believe it is because Young master Yu has found a need for my services," said Dai Lin as looked towards Feng Yu curiously still pondering his fate.

Clap! Clap!

Clapping his hands two times Feng Yu exclaimed as looked at Dai Lin with praise "Interesting! Dai Lin, this is the reason I have asked them to send you to me. It is because you have a knack for gathering information and a keen eye for detail. I value your hidden skillset very much, as I believe with a bit of training you would be capable of serving as the core of my future forces. What do you say, Dai Lin, will you join me as we journey the continent and rise to the peak of this world?"

Hearing Feng Yu's statement a feeling that he had once lost slowly began to rise within him Dai Lin only felt that the world was getting brighter as stared at Feng Yu excitedly with his blood boiling to the brim. Promptly, kneeling on the floor, he made a humble gesture as he gave his reply.

"Dai Lin thanks Younger master for his gracious care and opportunity, with the heavens as my witness, I at this moment solemnly swear to become Young master's greatest aid, if I fail to do so then let my body vanish, and my soul be extinguished forever unable to be reincarnated!!"

Hearing Dai Lin's words a look surprise came across Feng Yu's face, but soon it was replaced by a look filled with pure admiration. He could not believe that Dai Lin's determination would be to such a degree that he would even be willing to swear an oath to the heavens itself, one must know 'An Oath Broken is no Different from Yama's Token' as judgment is sure to be followed out by heavens will itself.

Promptly, he reached his hand out and firmly patted Dai Lin on his shoulders for a short while before replying: "Dai Lin, from now on we are not only master and subordinate. We are brothers who will travel through hell and ride the tides of the dark currents from now on to the future. As the very first member of my guard squad, I would like to welcome you officially." said Feng Yu as help Dai Lin to once more stand on his feet, he then stretched his hands out and finished his statement.

"Welcome to the Dawnwing!"

Hearing the words of his young master and seeing he stretched out hand Dai Lin felt a feeling of approval without hesitating in the slightest he gripped Feng Yu's hand firmly as the golden sunlight of dawn escaping from the gloomy cold weather illuminated their figures along with the entirety of the family courtyard creating a grand scene.

...

Dawn faded away quickly, as the day flowed onwards to its peak.

Inside of a vast room stood two young men, one of them had his hands placed behind his back, as the other was currently seated crossed-legged on the neatly tiled floor. The room was quiet, however, that mood was soon quickly disturbed by the figure seated in crossed-legged posture.

Bang! ZiZiZIZiiii!!!!

Along with the sound of a boom a large current of essence-energies shot from within the body of the seated form. Vaguely, a few small sprouts of electricity could be seen gathering within the essence power generated from the youth sitting down. These small traces of electrical energy released an unusual aura as if they came from a distant time or another world. After a long, while the youth seated on the floor finally managed to collect back all of the rampant energies quickly stabilizing his power.

The figure who stood to watch this scene became filled with shock.

"Such... such a peerless genius in the Way of Electricity. To think he would be so capable to my old master's <Heavens Shocking Circuit Scripture > that he was so proud of, I wonder, would be pleased." thinking up to here Feng Yu unknowingly made a distant smile as slightly remote look appeared on his face.

"Whew! Young master Yu, I have broken-through successfully to the 9 Tier of Body Training. However, I've found that in circulating this new cultivation technique my current cultivation speed compared with my previous efforts is in an entirely different league of its own. I feel as if I can gather essence at a rate of 20 times greater." Dai Lin said a look of excitement soon came over his face while feeling appreciative of Feng Yu's cultivation technique.

Hearing this Feng Yu smiled while replying inwardly "Of course it would, after all, its one of the highest tier techniques of that man and would not be anything short of amazing. Who would have thought that this technique would truly find its successor here in this new life, master search for ages to find the right one but no one was capable of bearing its burden even my previous self. Sigh, destiny is truly a mysterious path amongst the divine principles."

Soon, however, he cleared his thoughts and replied "Dai Lin, now that you've successfully broken through your bottleneck and have already consolidated your cultivation with the effects of the small foundation pill. You will have no troubles in any of your further cultivation progress as such the first task at hand that I will leave for you is to break through into the realm of Aura Disciple quickly. "

As Feng Yu said this, he quickly realized something he forgot, quickly he willed for two pieces of jade slips from his storage ring. After imbuing his thoughts into the slips he then tossed them towards Dai Lin.

Swish! Tap!

"Eh? Young master wha---" catching the two jade slips tossed towards him Dai Lin felt confused, as he was about to inquire about them he was cut off by Feng Yu.

"These two jade slips are storing top-level mortal tier skills, the <Lighting Flash Steps> movement skill and the <Shocking Circuit Finger> electric path technique. You may practice them while you're in your cultivation seclusion." as he said this, he promptly turned around and headed towards the outside of the room.

Seeing Feng Yu leaving Dai Lin offered a bow of gratitude as he responded: "By Young master's commands!"

Dual Sword God - Chapter 30: Incoming Trouble, A Talk With Father

Within a Mysterious City, Inside of a Strange World.

A youthful man seated on top of a golden throne frowned deeply, as he looked at a strange man before him. His veins were now clearly visible on his forehead, as his hair grew chaotic with snakelike streaks of bright lightning that flickered about randomly due to his extreme anger. In an instant, his entire body began to make cracking noises as an endless array of electricity gathered around his complete form. He then reached for the odd-looking bolt of lighting floating by his side and gripped it firmly.

CRACKLE!!!!! ZZZAPPZzzii!!!!!!!!!

Very soon, an oppressive might was revealed to the world, as dark clouds enveloped the entirety of small world quickly making its way towards the world outside. As if sensing something the previously domineering divine thunder striking the city soon came to an abrupt halt, following which, a new cloud slowly began to grow from the municipality outwards blanketing sky for a region spanning no less than 10 million kilometers.

KA-BANGG!!!!!!!!!!!

Along with the sound of a thunderous boom, a massive thunderbolt set forth from the vast cloud as if trying to display the 'Destroying Heavens Extinguishing Earth Prestige.' With its appearance, a shocking aura soon erupted that blanketed the entirety of this worlds region as the citizens of the mystical city and nearby experts could only look upon its prestige filled with nothing but pure fear.

******

At a distant location, deep within an infinite, endless gorge that seemed to have reached the depths of the earth, masses of devilish aura gathered about around a strange looking sacrificial altar. At its center stood a towering figure who emitted an overbearing amount of devilish qi, he had long black hair, and his face was what one could only describe as 'Devilishly Handsome.' As he sat upon a throne of made purely of strange looking bones, he would occasionally glance towards his subordinates that currently were congregated around the altar, performing a kind of devilish ritual.

Soon, however, he felt something strange. Promptly spreading out his devilsense he instantly scanned an area of more than 1 million kilometers, where vaguely in the distance, he could see a mass of dark clouds brimming with an immensely domineering an absolute thunderbolt demonstrating its prestige. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Fu Fu Fu Fu Fu! I wonder, who could have the gall to provoke the 'Thunder Monarch,' Hmmm, this should be quite interesting..." said the devilishly handsome man as he tapped this bones on his thrones excitedly with his fingers while pondering the various possible circumstances.

******

In an unknown land, a land filled with a myriad of beasts stood a gigantic tower, stretching to very limits of the heavens itself. Around this tower was a city built from a very ancient kind of stone, as its walls and buildings glowed with strange and unusual patterns. The people or in different terms human form's who resided in this city acted ruthlessly, as bloody battles could be seen occurring at many of the separated battle platforms scattered about the city filling its atmosphere with an untamed sense of wildness.

At the very limits of this tower was a small creature with a very adorable appearance, it frolicked around the tower occasionally falling over itself as it sought different forms of entertainment. It was a little white tiger with small black wings and an unusual marking on its forehead. Suddenly it stopped playing and looked towards the distance as if it sensed something, quickly the tiny tiger vanished leaving a remnant shade in its previous location.

Swish!

After a few moments, it soon arrived in front of a massive room at the top of the tower. At the center of this room was a large cushion, seated on it was a man with brilliantly shining silvery white hair, and a divine looking appearance similar to that of a being with noble lineage. Across his skin were tiger stripes and markings giving his divine figure a wild edge, seated around him was a myriad of beautiful women each with their very own unique bearings and traits, there were some with foxtails as well as others with cat-like charms emphasizing their flirtatious nature.

Noticing the small tiger that entered his abode the figure on the mat showed a gentle expression.

Puii!!! Puff!!

After a flash of white light and a cloud of hazy smoke, the small white tiger soon transformed into a small female child no older than six years old, after which she immediately ran towards the man in the center resting her head on the figure's chest.

"Papa! I sense danger!" said the small girl while trembling slightly.

As he gently patted her back the man with tiger stripes then consoled his daughter"Hmm, that's my good Wan'er! There, there, everything is alright now. It's only a meager attempt to show off one's prowess." after hearing her father's words the female child then soon felt content very quickly she surrendered herself into deep sleep enjoying the peace of childhood. Handing his daughter over to one of his concubines and giving each of them kisses on their cheeks, he quickly donned a white robe as he walked outside of the room coming to a stop at the edge of the tower. He then looked at the distant sky while lost in his thoughts.

"The 'Thunder Monarch's' fury, I wonder what kind of circumstances could cause such an outburst. Gya Gya!!!! Just slightly thinking of it makes my blood boil. It seems that the time has come for me to leave the tower once more." he said as a shade of bloody red shone deep with his eyes completely revealing the wild and ferocious nature he was previously suppressing.

******

Inside the mysterious world, seated on top of thunder throne.

The Thunder Monarch's body glowed with endless might as he looked towards the strange man before with anger, but soon, he recalled his prestige and closed his eyes in an attempt to try and calm his state of mind. After a short while, the towering energies vanished, and oppressive aura faded away into nothingness. He once again opened his eyes and looked towards the strange man.

"Did you find out its exact position in the outer continent?" he asked in a calm and unperturbed tone.

Seeing the individual before finally regained his state of mind the strange smiled slightly with a look of vague disdain in his eyes. Tossing a piece of parchment towards him with a flick of his wrist then promptly turning around and starting to leave. Upon reaching the doors entrance, he stopped for a moment and without turning his head back spoke in an indifferent manner.

"The Sleeping Dragon will Weep, as the Tiger Rises with the Devil Guises. All shall Fall to Phoenix's Devises."

As he finished his statement walked away with a smile on his face while lost in his thoughts "A foolish dragon trying to tamper with its destiny, only to be devoured by its vagary."

Hearing his statement, the light in the Thunder Monarch's eyes flickered for a brief moment before shortly fading, quickly scanning over the information on the piece of parchment he then waved his hand towards void and spoke to the air.

"Attend Me!"

Sou! Sou! Sou! Sou!

Instantly, as if they just came into existence a few forms materialized out of nothingness and immediately knelt towards the monarch on his throne.

"We Greet His Majesty!" they said in unison.

Seeing his most trusted subordinates gather before him the 'Thunder Monarch' felt more at ease, he flipped his wrist, and the parchment in his hands flew towards the figure at the foremost of the group. She was a beautiful woman with kingdom conquering charms, but the look on her face showed a strict and stern discipline. Lighting flowed across her eyes as she glanced at the content on the parchment with a look of surprise on her face.

"This... this is..." before she could finish her statement the thunder monarch spoke once more.

"You are to head out immediately and bring them back alive if you can, if not, spare no one. You have my permission to use that 'Artifact' if necessary." said Thunder Monarch as the lighting around his body began to churn slightly.

A look of shock appeared on the face of woman including the subordinates as they glanced towards each other. Soon, however, they recovered to there the previous indifference and promptly responded.

"By your majesty's will!"

Sou! Sou! Sou! Sou!

As quickly as they came, they vanished once more fading into nothingness. The 'Thunder Monarch' looked on in silence as once more closed his eyes appearing indifferent to the world.

"If they act fast enough they should be able to reach the outer continent in roughly 3 to 4 years. Humph! Nothing will stand in the way of my Thunder Dragon Clan, not even you..." as he said this the figure of the strange man briefly flickered in his mind soon vanishing into his sea of thoughts.

******

The weather was snowy today, and clouds blanketed the view of the sky. The morning wind mixed in with the coldness of snow creating an extremely frigid atmosphere. Within an empty courtyard surrounded by thick chunks of snow was a figure of youth who stood quietly gazing towards the sky with a profound and pondering expression. It seemed as though the young man was considering the most profound truths of the world as his eyebrows furrowed and knitted every once and while, soon, however, he reclaimed his vision from the gloomy sky and spoke muttered to himself.

"What could it truly be referring to? even if it were to be true, I wonder what will truly become of this selection." Feng Yu pondered as started to recall the affairs of the meeting that just ended.

Quickly, however, he cleared his mind of all distracting thoughts as he looked towards his father who was now standing before him. Not bothering to try and figure out how his father suddenly appeared out of nowhere he made a respectful bow as he spoke to him.

"What matter does father wishes to speak with me about?" he asked politely.

Upon noticing his son's thoughtful expression a curious desire rose in Feng Yunlong's thoughts, But soon he ignored it and asked Feng Yu the matter he planned to talk about beforehand.

"Yu'er how is it? Do you have any trouble stimulating your bloodline's prestige," he asked interestedly.

Hearing fathers words Feng Yu decided to ask about something that was bothering him recently "No father, so far I'm not experiencing any issues with inspiring my bloodline. It's only..."

"Only what?" said Feng Yunlong.

"I'm not sure how to further advance its potential, as the <Nirvana Flame Cultivation Technique> only elaborates on the intricacies of advancing through the later levels of cultivation. The only aspect it has concerning my bloodline prestige is the activation of my battleform," said Feng Yu with a slightly troubled expression.

Hearing Feng Yus question Feng Yunlong smiled as he replied: "Haha, So it's this, you're wondering why the <Nirvana Flame Cultivation Technique> doesn't explain the usage of your bloodline powers any further? It's simple really, its because once a 'True Bloodline Successor' appears he would essentially become the new generation of the entire Feng Family Clan. Therefore, the techniques used to further the increasing might of the Clan's Bloodline Prestige can only come from his comprehensive abilities and self-reflection being able to find ways to draw upon the power that lies deep within himself. While the first aspect is something that requires talent, the latter can only be sought from chance through various forms of tampering, as one would be forced to stimulate their bloodline further and further to experience its second awakening."

Pausing for a bit, he looked at Feng Yu before taking out a simple and unadorned scroll as he spoke to him once more.

"Some techniques have been passed down from generation to generation each being a symbol representing the glory and might of our previous clan's true bloodline successors. These are known as Nirvana Battle Skills, but sadly, most of them have been lost and destroyed due to the events of the past with only a few of the weaker ones remaining. " as he said this he couldn't help but sigh at the clan's circumstances.

"Hmm, then am I able to practice them currently father?" Feng Yu asked while looking at the scroll within his father's hands.

A sophisticated look soon came over Feng Yulong's face as he replied while flipping the scroll in his hands and placing it back inside of his storage ring. "While these remaining techniques are and lower tier compared to the previous top-tier bloodline battle skills. They are still skills created by your predecessors at their primes before they reached their peak's. You would have to at least reach the cultivation level at the True Foundation Realm to begin practicing the one with the lowest requirements."

Hearing this Feng Yu could only temporarily give up the idea of trying to increase the might of his bloodline. He looked towards his father and asked a question which he felt puzzled about from his talk with the guard Dai Lin the previous day.

"Father, What was the unusual phenomena that took place here about a month ago? How could cause the awakening of so many clan members?"

Feng Yunlong smiled as he looked towards Feng Yu with a proud look he then looked towards pointed towards the sky as he said in a very mysterious voice "The phenomena you speak of is known as a 'Heavenly Recognition.' It is a sign of approval of the heavens when one who is born with a unique bloodline or trait initially awakens its prestige momentarily inspiring its full might. As an individual of a supreme bloodline clan, your awakening was considered to be of the highest grade, which is why it created a world phenomenon of that standard. "

He then waved his hand, and a shocking aura erupted which recreated the scene of the fiery sky before Feng Yu as he continued to speak:"The stronger the phenomenon, the higher the grade of talent that, that generations True Bloodline Successor is said to have. As when you awakened there was an extensive zone of sacred fire that blanketed the sky forming a fiery curtain that spread for hundreds of thousands of kilometers throughout the True Yuan Continent. Because of this abnormally strong bloodline awakening, we were able to achieve a kind of resonance with our bloodlines which ended up saving us much need time to truly awaken and break the seal caused by the bloodlines ban."

"I... I didn't even notice, how could such a thing occur and not be prominent within any of the rumors?" Feng Yu said while feeling shocked.

"Haha, its simple very much like what happened with the Mount Tydol's scenario, the bloodline phenomena was similarly treated by certain parties," said Feng Yunlong.

Hearing this Feng Yu started to feel, that the information handling capabilities of the upper class in this world is on an entirely different scale compared to his previous world, placing his hands together he bowed and replied: " I see, thank you for clarifying my troubles father."

"Good! Now that that's over with, there is another important matter needs to be addressed, " said Feng Yunlong with a severe expression on his face.

"Em, what matter?" said Feng Yu.

"While it is a straightforward one, it should not be taken lightly, as it will affect your further path as the successor of the family. As we have now particularly healed from most of our injuries suffered from the past incident, we are currently no longer going to be as stagnant as we were before. Our Feng Clan needs resources to quickly aid in the cultivation of our forces and hidden cards as such cultivation pills, spiritual artifacts and treasures alike are key to the overall improvement of the clan's forces. The only way for us to gather these items is through exploration and operating various forms of businesses. It is for this reason that we have involved ourselves in the matter of the Ancient Dragon Clan's Mystic Realm. " said Feng Yunlong.

He then looked towards Feng Yu once more with an expectant look in his eyes as he continued his speech. "As such, our clan members won't be capable of providing you with any extra means of protection; you will have to create a team or rather force that belongs solely to yourself of people whom you can trust. If possible, it would be better if your able to gather a large amount of workforce that you can control solely for your uses. For this reason, upon the completion of the talents selection and matter regarding the mystic realm. I, Your Uncle Junling and remaining Core Elders have decided to allow for you to go out and journey amongst the land of the outer continent. Growth can only start from self-dependence and various life experiences, and a true expert cannot grow sheltered by a greenhouse."

"Hmm, I understand father. " Hearing his fathers and elders consideration for him a wave of warmness flowed around Feng Yu's heart he promptly replied as he bowed his head once more.

Seeing this Feng Yunlong nodded appreciatively he then thought for a moment with his hands on his chin then said "Very Good! Hmmm, Now Yu'er do you have any ideas on who in the clan you would like to add to your forces?"

Thinking for a bit a strange smile soon appeared on Feng Yu's face he looked towards his father and said: "Since this is the case, I would like to officially make a request to the clan for one of its members to be my subordinate." noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Oh? and who would this person be to have caught your eyesight?" said Feng Yunlong as he gazed curiously towards Feng Yu.

"It's no one that holds any key major rules only an average member," said Feng Yu while remaining mysterious.

"Eh? What's this person's name?" asked Feng Yunlong.

"He is known as, Dai Lin," said Feng Yu as a flicker of lighting shone deep within his eyes for a short moment before fading away into the depths of his mind.