《Three Destiny》 Prologe - Escaped Soul ---Escaped Soul--- "At last, I found the cave", said a young woman. A young woman can be seen in a forest. The young woman wore a white beautiful dress. On her face, you can spot many dust and dirt. Despite that, her face still looks beautiful, and any man can be charmed by her beauty. In front of the young woman, there is a big black cave. The grass near the cave is black, even the soil also black. The cave released an aura that the cave is actually really dangerous. "I never think that "The Cave of Truth " is located in the Forbidden land of Death Continent. Sigh, if only I had thought this before, I won''t have to search for this cave for a million years." The young woman entered the cave, but strangely the interior of the cave actually not big, but small. She already met dead-end when she only walk for 1 minute. "Illusion? But there is no magical essence ripple and also Qi ripple in this cave? Could it be this Cave is guarded by Illusion? Well, maybe this Illusion is for preventing someone to get the treasure by luck. But this Illusion can''t prevent, I, Fen Yi to get the orb. " "Secret Mind Art, Illusion annihilation", the surrounding Qi suddenly condense many small tornadoes. The small tornado clashes with each other and creates explosions. After a few minutes, the situation becomes normal. Fen Yi watched the surroundings, as it becomes different after the Illusion is cleared, the interior of cave become big. Northeast of her there is a big statue. Fen Yi walked to the statue. In the statue, there is a text. Before the Geometrical Treasure is formed, Truth and Illusion were same Then a wall created between them From only truth, you will learn knowledge From only Illusion, you will learn ignorance From both of them, you will learn science with only a tiny amount of truth From both of them, you will learn cultivation with only small amount of truth From both of them, you will learn Dao with knowing a medium amount of truth From both of them, you will learn Grand Dao with knowing a big amount of truth From a big Truth, you will learn Heaven Dao From a big Illusion, you will learn Reality Dao Fen Yi soul suddenly shocked when she reading the text. "What a powerful magic, even if billion years already passed, yet this text remain powerful. After reading this text, it seems I almost reaching a breakthrough." Fen Yi mood becomes happy Fen Yi inspected the statue carefully. In it, forehead a strange image can be seen. [Eh, a symbol? No, it''s a circle? Don''t tell me this is the Mystical orb?] Thought Fen Yi. Fen Yi poured a small amount of Qi to the circle, the strange circle absorbed it. Fen Yi decided to pour more Qi. Soon 3/4 of her Qi is depleted. "WTF, this circle, how much Qi did it want. And this fucking symbol absorbs my Origin Qi. Shit, I need a year to recover it or....... Maybe I have to consume my life treasures pill. . . . . Oh fuck this pill is too precious. Origin Qi . . . My Origin Qi." Soon all her Qi is depleted, Fen Yi then retrieved a ring. Then suddenly, a red pill emerges from the ring. Fen Yi ate the pill, close her eye and sit in lotus position in front of the statue. Three hours has passed, Fen Yi opened her eye then continue to pour her qi. The symbol absorbed it and Fen Yi Qi gone again. The process is repeated until 1 month. "Fuck, this already 1 month, I already wasted 129 of my pill, Shit I only have 2 left." Although that Fen Yi is a beautiful young maiden, she loves to trash talk. Actually, she patient enough to wait even 1 year, but the pill is precious, that''s why she''s mad and Origin Qi must be recovered quickly or else it will harm future cultivation. Fen Yi ate the pill, after recovering her Qi, she poured more Qi to the circle. After Fen Yi Qi is depleted suddenly the cave shook, the colorless circle began to glow. Then in front of Fen Yi, an orb suddenly emerged. The circle symbol is now gone. Fen Yi holds the orb and said "At last, I found this orb, millions year I searched for it, and now I finally found it. Hahhahahahahaa, now I can fulfill my master wish and my master can win the Heaven Rain Competition Suddenly, a small thread emerges from the orb and goes to Fen Yi head. "Aaaahhhhhhhhh" Fen Yi Screams, and many kinds of information rush to Fen Yi head. After a few minutes she successfully digested the information, suddenly a black ripple is formed in the cave and suddenly "Booom" "So this is the truth of Darkness Dao, thanks to this orb, I managed to break through into the peak of World Qi realm. It seems that I managed to touch a grand dao. It''s really difficult to understand the grand dao of Dark ". Thought Fen Yi Fen Yi exited the cave, near the cave, the surrounding forest became withered. After Fen Yi exited the cave, she saw five persons. "Fen Yi ! " shouted a middle-aged woman The five-person party consists of a young man, 3 middle-aged men, and 1 middle-aged woman. "Fuck, I forgot to create a protective formation " Sadly Fen Yi Qi is only half left and has only 1 life-saving pill left. "Ahahahah it seems you managed to obtain Orb of Dao Information, now if you still want to come out this forest alive, you must hand over the Orb." Said the middle-aged men. "You think I weak enough to let this Orb slip from my hand? And you think I idiot enough to not realize your plan ?" Said Fen Yi with an arrogant tone. "Ahahaha even if you already breakthrough to peak World Qi Realm, you think you can fight with 2 Mid World Qi and 3 High World Qi Realm alone? And of course, no matter what, we can''t let you alive". Said the same middle-aged man. "If you think you guys can kill me, you guys sure really naive, Dark World Domain !" Fen Yi screamed. The world suddenly shook, and all of the nearby qi and magical essence fly to the sky. The sky turned to black. A terrifying sound can be heard. The scene can make many brave people become powerless. "Be careful, I sense a danger from her domain." Said the young man "Ahhahahha, Shu Zan, it seems your eye of truth can sense my power. Behold, this is my new domain after I obtain all kind of darkness dao, Dark World Domain". All light suddenly vanished, and a big sphere with a diameter of 1000 li ( 2 li = 1 km ) is formed and the middle of the sphere is Fen Yi. "What, her domain already reached Grand Dao Domain Stage, how did she learn a grand dao ?" shout the middle-aged woman "It seems she only recently learned a Grand Dao, she still not understand the grand dao so the qi fluctuation of her domain is still not stabilized. But be careful though" Shu Zan said. "Roger, master! " Said another four in almost the same time. Fen Yi mouth twitched. Right now, Fen Yi is Chanting The World Shall Be Dark. If you walk, you shall be blinded until death. If you think, you shall asleep forever. If you move, your energy will be gone. The Dark Wil Always Consume You. Your body, Your energy, Your conscious, Your Soul. Forever Gone. The Qi rush into Shu Zan and other, it actually doesn''t harm them, but a black cage is formed from the Qi. A chain also created and chaining Shu Zan and his comrade. "This ..... a binding domain! This situation is really bad" Said the middle-aged woman. Fen Yi retrieved a stone from her ring and crushed it. The stone was a soul stone. A soul stone can be linked to another soul stone. If one of the two soul stone was destroyed, the other will be destroyed after a few seconds. With it characteristic, soul stone can be used for asking help or giving a message to the owner of the linked soul stone. "Even if I can unleash a grand dao domain, I still can''t control it. It''s better if I ask help from master to wipe their ass", think Fen Yi In another place, stood a big castle. Its color is black and white, like a chess. Surrounding it, there are many decorations with a shape of a weird monster, oddly the decorations seem alive, and it also moving! In the castle, there is a big room with many chairs and tables. There are many lanterns and it also colorful like a rainbow. In one of the table, someone sitting on its chair. It''s an old man. You can see that right now he still writing something, when suddenly a stone in the release a white mist, then a sound can be heard. "Craaaack ... ". The stone crumbled. The old man stopped writing, then he suddenly vanished. "Anyone who dare to hurt my Fen Yi, will face my wrath". The Sky suddenly shook, all world experience the sky is shaking. It only lasts for 5 seconds. A roar can also be heard in the castle. The moving decoration suddenly stops their activity. They shivering and fear about the old man roar. Back to the forest where Fen Yi currently trapping 5 people using her domain, when suddenly they experience shaking sky. "Hahahaha it seems that my master will personally come to aid me, when master came, I will personally ask to end you guys life slowly" Then a barrier is formed by the opposing party, it''s a sound barrier. Like its name, its function to communicate with someone without anyone to overhear the conversation, but if your cultivation realm is higher, you still can overhear them. "Hahaha Bitches, continue to do a desperate thing ". "We need to use the cube." Shu Zan said. "Lord will mad, let''s think other solution" middle-aged woman suggested. "If the Lord Of Darkness personally come, how can we survive, let alone run. The only option is to use the cube, then run before that "old man" comes". Shu Zan said. The other four can''t refute, then they slowly nodded. "Let''s do it, Master." Said the middle-aged man firmly The sound barrier vanished. Fen Yi jaw dropped when she saw what Shu Zan hold. " Ho .. how can you got that cube. No, how can you even hold it ? " Asked Fen Yi with panicked voice. "Hahahhaa, this Cube is just a quarter of the real cube, the other quarter belong to my master and the other half still hadn''t been found, so it only can exhibit the tenth of its true strength. But with only tenth of its true strength, the cube already strong enough to kill you." Shu Zan said. Shu Zhan poured qi to the cube and many symbols began to glow. "Shit, if I die here, then I will drag you all with me! " Yell Fen Yi. The surrounding Qi suddenly trembled and exploded, forming many violent qi waves. The waves were created from qi and dark magical essence. The wave moves at frightening speed into the opposing party. When the waves have almost arrived at Shu Zan, the qi suddenly stopped, and head into the cube. The Cube absorbed the Qi. Sadly, it seems the cube can only protect the owner, or maybe decided to only protect the owner, the other qi waves still moving and head into the four people. They can''t do anything since they bound by Fen Yi Domain. Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. When the waves almost touch their skin, their skin already burns and shock created when the waves hit them. Smoke covered their bodies after the smoke is gone, you can see that their meat already rot, their eyes and ear bleed, their hair popped out, all of their teeth were destroyed and luckily they already fainted. The scene is really terrifying. Meanwhile, a thread suddenly emerges from the cube and fly into Fen Yi. The thread was fast enough that even Fen Yi can''t see it, let alone evade it. The thread touch Fen Yi forehead and penetrate it. Fen Yi domain was gone, the sky turned back to normal Shu Zan seeing his comrade condition, he retrieved a bottle with a green water on it and poured the water into them. After the water touches their skin, their skin stops rotting. Their pain stops rising, well they still felt pain if they woke up from their faint. Shu Zan exclaim " What? Even Tears of Queen Treant can only stop the after effect? So this is the might of grand dao domain? After an enough time to burn an incense stick, the thread arrived at Fen Yi soul then touch her soul. "AAaaaaah ", Fen Yi screamed and she vomits blood. A ripple is formed in the sky, it become bigger into the size of a hole, then someone come out from it. The hole slowly closed "Fen Yi .......! " Scream the old man, tears can be seen in his eye. "Lor .. Lord .. of ... da .. dark . one .ness ? exclaim Shu Zan in a low voice. Shu Zan felt a fear that he never meet before. His body can''t move, either it because afraid Lord of Darkness or it because Lord of Darkness doing. "Mas .. master, I glad that I still can be on your side in my last moment of life. Look, I found the orb master. You ca . . can win the competition. Fen Yi handed the orb into her master. "No ... I don''t need that orb, I only just want you alive" Said the old man with tears, he felt guilt because he arrived here too late He then couch Fen Yi body into the ground and began to inspect her. After inspecting her, the Lord of Darkness grinds his teeth. Her soul is sealed, and her body can''t get soul energy. She will die in a moment. Since the cube only a quarter, it can''t cancel the seal. Lord of Darkness eye sweep into Shu Zan Cube, Shu Zan eyed by Lord Of Darkness, can only hope that he will not die, but he known that it impossible. Then his eye back into Fen Yi. A resolution can be seen in his eye. The lord of Darkness retrieves a pill from his ring. The pill color is black and white and a Yin Yang symbol can be seen in its center. "Master . .. this pill, can''t it be the Legendary Yin Yang Severing Pill ?" "Fen Yi, listen. You must eat this pill." Said the old man. "But master, aren''t Yin Yang Severing Pill is Pill that can kill anything under the heaven? Fen Yi, with a face of confused asked. "Just eat this pill, hurry! It can save your life." Since Fen Yi has an absolute trust in her master, she just followed his command. Holding the pill, she can felt a weird energy from the pill. She can hear a voice " Eat me, Eat me, I will free you from your destiny ". After a moment of hesitating, she ate the pill. When the pill entered her throat, she felt like she want to vomit, but she hold it and swallowed the pill. Baaaaaam !!!! Suddenly a thunder hit Fen Yi, but her master already anticipated it, he already created a barrier surrounding her. When the thunder hit the barrier, the barrier instantly destroyed. Baaaam !!! A second thunder hit the barrier. Leaving only a quarter of the thunder. Without a hesitating, he went into in front of Fen Yi and raise his hand. Using his body, he protected Fen Yi from the thunder. Baaam !! After the thunder hit the old man, he vomited blood. "Master !!!!!!" Shout Fen Yi Then suddenly Fen Yi felt a strange energy pull her. Then a thread leave from Fen Yi body, the thread was the Sealing Link from the Cage. "Fen Yi, that pill is capable of severing all link under the Heaven, but its real purpose is to reconnect all link into a fresh soul after the severing. So basically, the pill can be called Pill of Reincarnation." Hearing this, Fen Yi mind turn into shock. Pill of Reincarnation? Aren''t it basically rarer than a legend pill? A mystical pill? So Yin Yang Severing Pill is actually Pill of Reincarnation? Thought Fen Yi. "And after you ate that pill, all of your links will be severed, the moment the last link severed, you will be transferred into soul world. And that place, you will randomly get chosen to a soul. I can''t help you select the soul, you can only rely on fate, and .... forget it, you will know later." Fen Yi master can''t say the last part, the pill actually will erase Fen Yi memory for 4 - 5 years. And what happened after that? Maybe she will steal the soul body but if one consume Yin Yang Severing Pill, he/she can''t steal the soul owner body. If one attempt to do it, it will face a fate worse than death. [Even if I warn her, her memory will be gone after severing process so it useless.] Though the old man. [Maybe, I need to seal her memory ?] After a moment of thinking, he created a complicated formation in Fen Yi head using the Qi. After 10 seconds, the formation disappeared into nothingness. "Ah this just only a safety seal, you don''t have to ponder it. Now, what you must do is prepare to leave your master" Said the old man in a sad voice. "Master, I will back". Said Fen Yi with tears in her eye. "Silly girl, you will" The old man gaze still strong, he doesn''t want to show Fenyi his sad face, because she will only cry more. Fen Yi body began to glow then her body became transparent. Fen Yi body link is severed. A white light suddenly emerged from Fen Yi soul and head into the air. Fen Yi memory link is severed. Fen Yi looking into her master, as if looking into a stranger. Seeing Fen Yi eye, the old man can only let a wry smile, he knew that Fen Yi memory link is already severed. A colorful light again shot out from Fen Yi soul and head into the air. Her karma link is severed. Her connection with anyone is severed. Since the old man is too strong, he not affected by the severed karma, the same goes into Shu Zan. He still looking into Fen Yi. After hearing about the truth of Yin Yang Severing Pill, he too felt shocked. Boom, an earthquake erupts, the sky also becomes dark, the sky as if crying. A sound of thunder can be heard. A gray link shot out from Fen Yi, it is Fen Yi Fate Link. Now her Fate is severed, the heaven can''t control her fate anymore. The surrounding turned back to normal after the fate link is severed. Fen Yi body began to glow and emit a white light. The light is as bright as the sun then her body gone into nothingness. No trace can''t be seen. Fen Yi soul link is severed. Since all her link already severed, she automatedly transferred into Soul World. "Fen Yi ..... be careful" Mumble the old man In the Soul World A colorful world can be seen, there are many "object" that glow different color and light in the world. The object actually a soul, every creature have a different soul. Suddenly a hole is created and a new object appeared. It''s Fen Yi Soul, and the shape actually round. All human soul have round shape. Fen Yi soul head into a nearby soul, it just a small soul. Links emerged from Fen Yi soul and head into the nearby soul. Fen Yi Links connected into the host links. After connecting to each other, the host''s soul become bigger. When the Fate link is connecting to each other, a shake can be felt, making part of host fate link is burned. After the connection completed, the fire is gone, but a change can be seen in the fate link. Before: - Zhen Zhi, Born 5092 Planet time, Died 5097 Planet time - Now: - Zhen Zhi, Born 5092 Planet time - The death information, can''t be seen, only a cultivator that doesn''t have the death information, the only reason is Zhen Zhi fate is changed, from children that die early, into a great Cultivator. Back into Shu Zan, 1 hour ago. After witnessing Fen Yi severing, his gaze changed into Shu Zan. Shu Zan sensing the old man gaze, he can only restrain from fainting. "His aura is too strong", thought Shu Zan. Then the old man walked into Shu Zan, 10 meters in front of him, he stopped his walk and said: " Do you want to be free from that slave link "? Hearing this, Shu Zan mind turned into chaos "Free from the slave link"? Shu Zan mood turned into happy, then he realized what is his position now, so he concluded maybe it will come will a big price. "What this servant must do, honorable Sovereign"? Asked Shu Zan. "Simple, you just only ate this pill." A pill suddenly emerged and can be seen from his eye. It''s the same pill that Fen Yi ate, Yin Yang Severing Pill. Seeing this, Shu Zan felt taken back, [He still has another pill ?] Thought Shu Zan "Your job is only to protect Fen Yi and the Host. I already seal her memory so she will never remember me except if the soul owner ascends into Divine Realm. And ... ah, just don''t let the host die also don''t take over his/her body. I already imprint Fen Yi Qi into this pill. When you successfully severed, you can just have to follow Fen Yi scent, and combine your soul into the host." Shu Zan listened what old man explain carefully, he doesn''t want to miss his chance to be freed from Slave link. "And as you know, this pill can sever any links, even your slave link. So your ''Master'' will never found out your location and the host." Shu Zan mind felt ease after hearing the last explanation. Booom !!! An explosion can be heard. Shu Zan rolled his eye, he can see that his comrade already died. The old man killed them! "Ah, I need to revenge you know, hurry ate the pill before I changed my mind." Said the old man with a mad voice and a grim face. Without hesitation, Shu Zan ate the pill. A formation suddenly appeared in front of Shu Zan, the old man release a big amount of qi on the formation, creating a word from the massive amount of qi in the formation. He imprinted the formation into Shu Zan soul. The word is, " Protect the girl and soul owner, and you will recover your memory after 4-6 years." The same thing happens on Fen Yi, now can be seen in Shu Zan body but strangely there is no thunder that hit him. After Shu Zan body gone, the old man turned back into Fen Yi former location. "Sigh, it been long time that ''Heaven Punishment'' happened, why this kid doesn''t get the punishment ?" mumbled the old man "Eh, where is the orb? No, even there is no spatial ring lay in this place, can''t it be the orb bringing them? Impossible" Despite doesn''t believe it, he still felt shocked. And also, there is no cube or ring in Shu Zan place where he gone. "So this is the might of Geometrical Treasure." Sighed the old man. Suddenly the sky shook, an angry roar can hear in the sky. "Zett, How dare you to sever my most beloved servant, I will remember this." Said the voice. Zett, is the name of Fen Yi Master, the name of the Lord of Darkness. The sky shook for 1 minute, it happens in all places, all countries, all continents, all planets, all galaxies, all planes, all worlds. This event is recorded and called "The Heaven Shaking Day". First the sky shook for 5 seconds, then the sky shook again for 1 minutes. In this day, many new fates are created, in this day, a boy is born. Chapter 1 - Zhen Zhi Childhood (1) Zhen Zhi Childhood ( 1 - 5 ) "Fuck, where am I? Eh, what the heck is that thing !? Wait, . . . . Where am I? Fen Yi seeing a white mist surrounding her, couldn''t help but curse. Since Fen Yi thought that she alone, even if her memory is erased, her habit of cursing still exist. "Relax lady, ..... " Said a young main voice Fen Yi was taken aback when she heard that voice. She forgot to check in her back direction, so she doesn''t know that behind her, sit a young man in a lotus position. The young man has a blue eye and smooth long black hair. His skin is white, so white that even girl will felt envy for his skin. No doubt, any girl can love him at the first sight when meeting him. When Fen Yi gaze met with Shu Zan, she felt blush inside. But she suddenly alarmed since she doesn''t know the identity of the young man. "Who are you ?" Asked Fen Yi in low voice "Who am I? Hahaha, my name is . . . . . Wait, what is my name again ?" After Fen Yi asked, Shu Zan since his memory is erased, he can''t answer her. He felt ashamed because after wanting to answer his name with a pride, he forgot his name. "Sorry my lady, I don''t know my name. How about your name?" "My name is none of your business" Fen Yi snorted Shu Zan felt surprised because first, she curse even if she beautiful lady, then when her gaze met him, she enchanted with his dashing look, but when he asked her name yet she said, "That''s none of your business". Shu Zan felt confused about this girl personality. "Can I ask you something my lady, It seems that I can''t remember anything. Did your memory also gone, my lady ?" Asked Shu Zan asked, he wanted to verify what if the girl also lost her memory. After a moment of hesitating, Fen Yi answered: "Sadly, my memory also erased" Answered Fen Yi with a low and sad voice. Shu Zan hearing the answer just felt silent, he tried to remember his lost memory. After a minute he tried to remember, he finally remembered something. "Hey, it seems I recover some of my memory!" Exclaimed Shu Zan. "Really? what is it? " Fen Yi felt happy, because if he can recover his memory, maybe she can also recover her memory too. "Umm, the memory is: Protect the girl and soul owner, and you will recover your memory after 4-6 years, wait, what? Soul owner? " Shu Zan said. "Protect me? What ? Could it be before, we already knew each other? And .... Soul owner. Wait, Soul Owner? Can''t it be, we in someone soul ?" Asked Fen Yi. She felt surprised because how can they in someone soul? " "It useless to ponder it, since we in someone soul, what we can only do is to protect this soul for 4 - 6 years, but how? Or ....... well, unless we recover our my memory, maybe? But it seems impossible, at least for now." Said Shu Zan. "It seems our "host" still not born, look, it tried to get out from her mother womb. Right now he almost comes into this world and it is a boy !!! " Said Shu Zan. From inside Zhen Zhi soul, Fen Yi and Shu Zan can see outside, even outside the woman body. They can see an old man right now tried to help the woman to give birth the boy. "Wait, how can we understand about the soul thing, and that ''birth'' thing? Aren''t our memory was gone? " Fen Yi asked in surprise. "Nah, it seems we can recover our previous knowledge. Hahahahaha now I remember about Qi, with this thing, we can protect our soul owner. Oh yeah, right now we are located in the Host''s Private Soul World." "Qi ........." Fen Yi tried to remember, she felt like she ever felt familiar with that word. Then finally she remembered "Oh... I remember it! " Shout Fen Yi Booom !!!!!!! Suddenly, a shake is erupted, shaking the woman body as well the baby.The shake last for 1 minute. "Shit, that boy is injured." Curse Fen Yi. "Oh this bad, the message told me to protect the host, please don''t die." "Let me." Said Fen Yi in confident tone. Strand of Qi suddenly streamed from Fen Yi soul body, directed into the baby body. After the qi infiltrated the baby body, the injury is healed. But a problem is created, since Fen Yi Qi is too strong also chaotic, right now the baby body is on a verge of bursting out. Sadly, Fen Yi not realized that her Qi is too chaotic. Suddenly from Shu Zan soul body, emerge a Qi, different from Fen Yi that has Chaotic Qi, Shu Zan Qi is like refreshing water. The difference is like between Heaven and Earth. The Qi move into the body of the baby, after the Qi is fusing with Fen Yi Qi that inside the baby, it Qi become balanced and will not explode anymore, for now at least. "You almost destroy everything, our only ''hope''. Your Qi is too chaotic." Sighed Shu Zan "I''m sorry." Fen Yi realized her mistake, without her knowing, in the first day, she already almost killed the host. Shu Zan doesn''t answer Fen Yi sorry, and just watching the baby. Right now he continued his struggle to be born into the world. After 2 hours, the baby is born. ---------------- "Waaaa Waaaaa " A sound of a baby crying can be heard in the room. The room is a small room with a bed on the left side of the room and a chair near it. There is a few picture and decoration in the room The sound of crying is not really low, unless you near the baby, you can''t hear the cry. A young woman lies down in the bed and an old woman is sitting in the chair. The young woman has long brown hairs and beautiful green eyes. She looks really beautiful, even if she already married. Her body is not too short but also not too highA towel is covering the bottom part of the young woman. The old woman right now tried to help a woman to see her baby. In her arm, a small cute baby can be seen. "Congratulations my dear, it''s a boy " "Really mother? Now you can just let Hellen enter this room. I bet he felt worried after that earthquake 2 hours ago and will be happy if he knew that our first child is a boy." "Yes, you right. Your husband must be worried about you. Oh ... my dear, don''t forget that this boy needs your milk " Said the old woman, she lay the baby near the woman breast and the baby began to suckle The old woman exited the room through a small door near the cupboard. When she finally exited, a man suddenly appear in front of her, and ask: " How is it, mother ?" "Relax, she is safe, oh and your child is safely born even after that quake. At last, she fulfilled my last wish, to have a grandson" "What !!!!! Really ??? This .... how ?" Because of the quake ( or the shaking sky, they still not realized since they in the room ), he already doubted that his child will be born alive, logically since the quake last for 1 minute, that baby will surely have died. What he worried is his wife safety. He worried if she got an internal injury because the quake or she got a mental blow if her baby died. And he doesn''t hear the baby cries since it sound is too low Not only her wife is safe, his child also born alive, he really felt happy and joy. The man hastily entered the room, seeing his wife right now breastfeeding his son, he felt happy " It seems my son is healthy ". The father of the baby name is Zhen Hellen, meanwhile, his mother name is Zhen Shi. "Hehehhe don''t touch him yet, with your arm, you can crush the buy." giggled Zhen Shi "That''s not funny Shi Shi. " Hellen said with a smile "Hellen, what is this boy name? I hope you already prepared it before, right dear?" "Eh .... Of course. Of course " Hellen suddenly realized that he must name his child after he born into this world. "How can I forgot this, oh god if she knew that I forgot to prepare a name for my child, she will be really angry. Come on brain, think! A good name ....... " Thought Hellen. "Of course my lovely wife, I already prepared a name for my child, in both gender, since he is a boy, his name shall be .... " While Hellen said actually he also thinks a name at the same time After five seconds he said the last part, he, at last, found a good name. "Zhen Zhi." "Na ..... Ta ........ Eng .. Na " A weird sound of a baby can be heard in the room. The baby, Zhen Zhi right now playing with a toy. It''s almost same to drum, but it''s too small, the toy is a common toy that even almost anyone on this continent can buy it. It''s a toy that infused with Qi. When the toy is hit, it will create a playful sound. In the room, right now 2 persons are standing, they look the boy worriedly. Of course, they are Zhen Zhi parent, Zhen Shi and Zhen Hellen. "Honey, why our boy still not capable to walk ?" "I don''t know dear, I already brought him into the city near this village, but the doctor only said that his body is weak. I never imagine that even after 2 years, he still can''t walk." In this world with Qi, it''s normal if someone already can walk at 1-year-old, but Zhen Zhi, even if he already 2-years-old, he still can only barely to stand. They worried about the boy future, since the world is dog eating dog world, becoming weak meant no matter how many wealth did you have, you can''t protect your wealth, even protecting your life is hard. And, what they worried more is . . . "AAAAAhhh" An ant can be spotted nearby the baby, the baby hurriedly lifted the toy and smash the toy into the ant. After the ant is crushed, the baby lifted again the toy, and once again smash the toy. He does it for five times more, after that he bored and stop torturing the poor ant. The ant is tortured by the baby but still not died because first, the baby is still weak and second in a world filled with Qi, even a simple ant is stronger than most ants. Sadly, maybe the ant will die since it can''t move They worried about the vicious nature of the baby. He still only 2 years old, but he loves to kill a small animal. It''s normal for a baby to curious with a small animal, but immediately to kill it ... no, torture it, is too strange. "Oh boy, why he hate small animal like an ant ?" Said Zhen Hellen with a worried tone. "I also don''t know, when I look after Zhen Zhi, I never see him bitten by ant or something, it''s really weird ..... " Answered Zhen Shi with an apologetic face. ----- 4 Years ----- "Zhen Zhi, come here." Shout Zhen Hellen "Yes father !" replied Zhen Zhi Zhen Zhi is already 4 years old. He already can walk 1 year ago. He has brown hair and blue eyes. His look is only average but since he still young, he looks so cute. "Zhen Zhi, change your cloth. We will go to pond now" Said Zhen Hellen with a serious face. "Eng? Yes, father." Said Zhen Zhi. Zhen Zhi confused, why his father demand him to go to the pond? The pond is near the village, strangely no magic beast lurked in it. The village is surrounded by forest, only the village, the road, and the pond is safe from the magical beast. Based on legend, their ancestor used their power to prevent their people to attacked by the magical beast. The strange part is the pond, the place who really very rare for villagers to visit also protected. The pond only has some fish and also some plant. But the fish is not edible, it contain poison when it eaten, the same goes to the plant. If you step on it, you will felt an ache for only 3 days if you lucky.If you ate it . . . . most villagers died 3 days after ate it because the stomach was .... exploded. Zhen Zhi hurriedly changed his cloth and went into the dining room. In the dining room, his father right now writing something. "Chief, where is the document, the esteemed guest is asking for it ?" A shout can be heard from outside the house. Zhen Hellen frowned, then stand up and said to Zhen Zhi " Wait here for couple minutes." "Yes, father." Zhen Zhi answered shortly. Hearing Zhen Zhi answer, his father can only sigh. "This boy really shy, he has no friend since he is too weak, but he always torture animal who weaker than him." thought Zhen Hellen He went outside to meet his guest. Seeing his father leave, Zhen Zhi hurriedly take a fruit and eat it. He loves eating fruit after his father told him that eating fruit can improve the body. While Zhen Zhi eating the food, an angry shout can be heard. "YOU WILL REGRET THIS !!!!!" Zhen Zhi shocked. What did his father do to anger someone? Zhen Zhi always thinking that his father is kind to other expect for him since his father really strict to his son, so it really weird he made someone mad. After few minutes, Zhen Hellen entered the dining room. Seeing Zhen Zhi shock, Zhen Hellen said " What you daydream for, hurry we go into the pond now " After a moment, Zhen Zhi awakened from his shook and answer his father "Yes, father." Actually, Zhen Zhi wanted to ask his father about the angry voice, but he already forgot that. The father and son walking into the pond slowly. The distance between the gate of the village and the pond is not far, only 1 li ( 500 m). But after walking for 300 m, Zhen Zhi felt tired and asked his father " Father, please let me rest ok ?" "We almost arrived, keep walking." Answered his father as he kept walking. Hearing this Zhen Zhi can keep walking, he doesn''t want to punish by his father. At last Zhen Zhi and his father arrived in the pond. After they arrived Zhen Zhi immediately sat since he felt tired. "Father, can I eat food? I''m hungry ." Asked Zhen Zhi "You know that I do not bring food right ?" Answer Zhen Hellen with a smile. "Ah!" Shout Zhen Zhi. Since Zhen Zhi still young, he never ever thinking to bring food when he goes outside since his father or mother always do it when they go outside their home. Zhen Hellen touched his wooden ring on his finger and suddenly a fishing rod appeared. "What !!!" Seeing a fishing rod suddenly appeared nowhere, Zhen Zhi felt surprised. "Boy this thing called spatial ring, it can store an item inside if you pour Qi. Space is only limited to 2 m x 2m in my ring sadly. If you want to ask what is Qi, you will know it 1 year later." "Spatial ring? An item that can store item? If I get it, will I get a friend if I show off it to them ?" Though Zhen Zhi. Zhen Zhi even if doesn''t have a friend, he still wants it. Sadly, the weak boy always ridiculed by the villagers. Since he is the son of the chief of this village, no villagers dare ridiculed him, expect children of course. "Look around you, I will show you dangerous plant that you must not step on it, if you accidently do it, you will felt pain for few days." Zhen Hellen points few plants and said the names. Zhen Zhi hears it carefully. "And here fishing rod and here a jar of bait, now your job every day is to fishing, when you caught it, you must immediately release it. I will give you food after you caught one fish" Zhen Hellen let his son learn himself to fishing, then he sat behind his son. "With this, he will learn patience, learn to be responsible to himself, and stop to torture animals." Thought Zhen Hellen. After 30 minutes, Zhen Zhi finally caught a fish "Hmm, he already caught it? Well its normal since almost no one tried to fish in the pond, maybe the fish felt safe. But it seems that he has a good amount of patience." Thought Zhen Hellen. Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. After Zhen Zhi caught it, he not immediately to release it. But with a small branch, he stabbed the right eye of the poor fish. After he stabbed its eye, a green liquid leaking out from its eye and hit Zhen Zhi skin in the hand. "Aaaaah ..., father help me " Scream Zhen Zhi. Zhen Zhi felt an extreme pain and heat enter his body from his hand. Tears streamed from his eye. "With this, he will never torture weak animal, again" Assured Zhen Hellen at the same time he also arrived in front of his son. He felt really sad to use this method. Actually, his wife is against his idea, but for Zhen Zhi future, he must do it, even if it create trauma for Zhen Zhi. Because what if Zhen Zhi torture a young animal, but then suddenly its parent arrived? Zhen Zhi will surely die. Zhen Hellen retrieves a bottle of an antidote from his ring and forcefully his son to drink the antidote. After Zhen Zhi drink the antidote, his pain is lessened, but the pain still there. "This what only I can do . . . . " Though Zhen Hellen as he couched his son into the ground. After few minutes, the pain is gone. Sweat and cry are stopped streamed from Zhen Zhi eyes. "After this, will you still torture the weakling ?" Asked Zhen Hellen. After few seconds, Zhen Zhi replied in a low voice: " I won''t, father". "Good." Said Zhen Hellen happily. Seeing Zhen Hellen face, Zhen Zhi already know that he actually schemed by his father, but fear already imprinted in his heart, and he promised that he will never hurt an animal again unless to protect himself. "So this is the feeling of being tortured? My body is weak, so I don''t have a friend, but I always torture poor animals. With this, unless I''m threatened I will never again hurt someone weaker than me, either it human or beast. It''s for my own sake " Promised Zhen Zhi into himself. "Don''t forget tomorrow you must go fishing again, for 3 months I will oversee you. You must bring your own food in your backpack. After 3 months, you must bring the fishing rod yourself. You must do this fishing for 5 times a week, and every time is 3 hours." Said Zhen Hellen father in serious tone "Yes, father." Zhen Zhi answered. Zhen Zhi retrieved a bun from his ring and give to his son. "Here eat this, after this we will go back into the house." Zhen Zhi hurriedly grabbed the bun and ate it. After Zhen Zhi ate the bun, the father and son pair went back into their house. "Mommy, there are ants in my room" Shout Zhen Zhi in his room. After few seconds, a loud step can be heard on the outside of Zhen Zhi room then BANG !!! the door violently opened. A woman entered into the room. The woman was none other than Zhen Zhi mother, Zhen Shi. "What happened my dear Zhi, did a snake sneak into your bed." Asked Zhen Shi worriedly. "No mother, a horde of ants. Could you throw them ?" Asked Zhen Zhi while his hand is pointing the ants. "Eh, just only that ?" Asked Zhen Shi suspiciously. "You know, you can just throw them using broom like what you always did ?" Asked Zhen Shi into her son. [Well you usually smash the broom into the ants before throwing them, though.] Thought Zhen Shi in her mind. "Mother, can you please throw them? I can''t do that" "Eh, why ?" Asked Zhen Shi with a startled face. "I don''t want to hurt them." Said Zhen Zhi with a sad smile. [Eh? Why this boy suddenly change? Can''t it be, no it''s impossible, I already disagree with his plan . . . . Let ask Little Zhi first] Thought Zhen Shi. "My Dear, can mother ask something." Asked Zhen Shi with a smile, but if someone look carefully, the smile is creepy enough to make people cower in fear. "Of course mother, this son will answer any question easily " Answered Zhen Zhi with a cheerful smile. Every time Zhen Shi talked with her son, she always startled. How can 4 years old have enough intelligent to do proper conversation? Thought Zhen Zhi Zhen Zhi absolutely not aware what his mother thinking since he still only around 4 years old. "Did your father asked you to go to the lake with him ?" "Ugg, yes, wait, we forgot to ask mother for join us. I''m sorry mother, please don''t mad" Said Zhen Zhi with an innocent face Hearing this Zhen Shi became mad, but she hide her feeling. Looking her son, Zhen Shi take a deep breath. "Zhen Zhi this mother is not mad are you, did you hurt anywhere ?" Asked Zhen Shi worriedly after a moment. Zhen Shi sat in front of her son so she can meet with Zhen Zhi gaze. After seeing her son gaze, Zhen Zhi held Zhen Shi hands to inspect her son condition. "No mother, I''m okay. Father medicine really strong." Answered Zhen Zhi "Well, that''s a good thing." Said Zhen Shi while she stand and turn back. Zhen Shi then went out Zhen Zhi room without say anything to his son. Zhen Zhi dumbfounded when her mother just exited his room without throwing the ants. [Mother, why you left me? You forgot to throw the ants.] shout Zhen Zhi in his room. ----- Zhen Zhi Private Soul World -------- "Come on, please tell me my master name," Asked Fen Yi with a pleading eye into Shu Zan. "NO !!!!!" Shout Shu Zan. Shu Zan mood instantly became bad. Fen Yi and Shu Zan memories already almost recovered. "Why? I will forgive you for ''that'' incident. If you, told me about my master of course." Said Fen Yi with a shy face. "Let me tell you, I already have enough. You already asked me that same question for 36 times. And every time I told you, you suddenly faint. And every time you awake, you always shouting me. " Said Shu Zan with anger voice. "I shout you because you always tried to do a bad thing." Answered Fen Yi, she also loses control of her patient. "About your fucking memory when I tried to rape you or killed you, all of them is fake. It''s your master''s fucking seal that created that fake memory and it created if you tried to breaking it" Shout Shu Zan. "Don''t insult my master. Even if I don''t have a single memory of him, at least, I believe he is really kind" Said Fen Yi in an anger and he kicked Shu Zan''s ''thing'' between his leg. "You ....., are you still a little girl?" Asked Shu Zan, while his hand is covering his ''thing''. Shu Zan rage continually increasing. Suddenly Shu Zan Qi became a bit Chaotic. Realizing this, Shu Zan tried to calm his mind while he bearing the pain of his ''thing'' being kicked. "Not good." Shu Zan dumbfounded when he realized that he lose his control of his Qi for 1 second. In that 1 second, a strand of Qi is leaked into Zhen Zhi body. Seeing a strand of Qi is leaking from Shu Zan body, Fen Yi is taken back, and shout " Hurry, retract it !" "I can''t." Said Shu Zan helplessly. The Qi strand flew into Zhen Zhi heart, suddenly a strange thing happened. The chaotic Qi is absorbed by his heart. In astonishment, both Shu Zan and Fen Yi said, "He actually absorbed it ?" "Can''t it be, the reason why this kid mind grow up fast because that incident? Thought Shu Zan. Recalling at when the kid was born, he realized one strange thing, how can a baby that still not born able to wistand 2 different Qi? Shu Zan can''t answer his own question, he tried to remember what information did he miss, because maybe it will affect the boy growth! He can''t let that happened. Zhen Zhi suddenly felt rage in his mind. In his rage, he tried to step the ants. But when his feet almost reached the ants, it suddenly halted. Zhen Zhi said to himself, " Must not .... step ... ants." Zhen Zhi mind became cleared again, then Zhen Zhi jumped into his back direction to avoid the ants. "Maybe I need to go into the pond to refresh my mind? And at that time, I believe the ants will have left already." Thought Zhen Zhi while reassuring his mind. He went out from his house and went into the pond near the village. Of course, he not forgot to bring his b Meanwhile, right now Zhen Zhi father is receiving his wife scolding. Zhen Shi is really mad at his husband because his husband created a trauma into his own son. "Relax, even if Zhen Zhi got a trauma, at least, he still can overcome it. Or maybe he will forget it since he still too young, while he will be still careful to not do bad thing to a small animal." Assured Zhen Hellen into his wife. "Hmmph." Said Zhen Shi with a dejected voice. After arrived at the pond, Zhen Zhi put down his backpack. Then he realized that actually, he is not alone, a cat can be seen near him. When Zhen Zhi gaze fell into the cat eye, he realized that the cat actually obverse him. "What is this animal ?" Thought Zhen Zhi. Zhen Zhi never met a cat, he doesn''t even have a pet. Since he is still 4 years old, of course, he doesn''t know about most animal beside creature that ever he tortured. Absurdly, when Zhen Zhi eye is blinked, the cat suddenly vanished. "Eh, where is that animal?" Wonder Zhen Zhi, he turned his head to search the cat, but he doesn''t found it. "Maybe it searches for a food?" Thought Zhen Zhi. Zhen Zhi doesn''t realize that the cat is strange because it have 5 colors, the first is dark red, the second is light green and the third is light azure ( blue ) and the last is black and white. Both red and white cover it bottom part, black and azure color cover it head and it stomach''s color is green and white. "Ah, I must not forget to fish this time." Reminded Zhen Zhi. "If not, Father can mad at me, and I don''t want to be punished again." Thought Zhen Zhi. Zhen Zhi retracted the fishing rod from his backpack, and place the bait into the edge of the fishing rod line and began to fishing. - Zhen Zhi Private Soul World - "Eh, that cat? Why I can''t see it Qi? Said Shu Zan with a surprised tone. "That meant that your sense became weaker in this place. Also for what you ponder such weak animal, maybe that animal is crippled." Fen Yi said with a hint of sarcasm. "Hmmph, even if I sealed in this soul or can''t use divine sense, at least still can use Qi Sense better than anyone on this planet and that cat is energic, how can it be crippled? And did you see that the cat suddenly vanished." Said Shu Zan arrogantly. "It just only an Illusion, why bother to think useless thing?" Said Fen Yi confidently Ignoring Fen Yi, Shu Zan tried to remembering all about anything similar from the cat in his memory. After a moment, he frowned. [What is that cat? I can''t sense it power, did it only normal cat? Impossible, there are no cat with 5 colors, even 3 colored cat is a rare genetic problem and either it female or it will be infertile ( if male ). I heard from my ex-master that there is a divine cat with 4 colors, but neither cat nor lion beast have 5 different colors.] Thought Shu Zan. [Then what is that cat? Why there are something weird in this low plane?] Thought Shu Zan. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A cat is running in the forest near the village. A happy sound can be heard from the cat. "At last, I found my master. I can''t believe me who just sleeping on this lowly plane, managed to accidently find my master. I can''t believe it. Master .... " Then the cat suddenly stop. "Must I stole that scroll from the boy? I also sense that cube and orb from that boy .... How can a mortal boy manage to acquire 2 geometrical treasures ? But, with master ability, of course..,, it easy to be freed from that boy ?" Thought the cat. "Must I help master? No, master will be mad if he wanted to do something alone." Worried the cat. Then suddenly the surrounding air stop, the cat can feel the air is not moving. After few moment, the air moved and head into the cat ear. The cat shocked, he can hear a voice. "Just let the boy . . . . ." Hearing the voice, the cat bumped into happiness. "It''s really master, I can''t believe I really found you." The cat closed his eye, it shadow suddenly gone and absurdly it figures suddenly vanished. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Eh, I can sense in some part of this forest, the flow of the Qi suddenly halted. What happened ?" AskedFen Yi into Shu Zan "The same of what you just said, for what ponder useless thing ?" Replied Shu Zan with a smile. "Hmmph." Grumped Fen Yi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In Zhen Zhi house, 3 men can be seen arguing something in the Zhen Hellen''s work room. The first obviously Zhen Zhi father, the second is a young man, his body is covered with armor, you can''t see his face and the third man is a middle-aged man "I believe, I already said that I will never hand over either the scroll or the document." Said Hellen Angrily. "We only need one of them, can''t you just hand over it? We will give you anything for that." Shout the middle-aged man "YOU JUST LOWLY COMMONER. HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT ME." Said the young man. "Sir, if you want my respect, then lets me say you something. Both the scroll and the document is our inheritance treasure, our ancestors already said to protect them." Said Hellen firmly. "So, I will never let them go into their possession, even if you are one of that high noble from the kingdom." Added Hellen. "You ... not even other high noble dare to disrespect me, yet you a lowly village chief dare to disrespect me . . . ." Said the young man angrily. "You will regret this." Said the middle-aged man with a threating word. The young man kicked the door and went out from the house. After glaring Hellen with a venomous gaze, the middle-aged man followed the young man. A woman entered the room from another door. The woman none other than his wife, Zhen Shi "Why you do not hand over the treasures? Our life and the villagers life are more precious than those useless treasures." Said Zhen Shi with a sad voice. "You know, we can''t do that, right? And relax, we have a strong cultivator protect us, that''s why those people don''t dare to use evil way to acquire the treasures." Said Hellen confidently. Hearing this, Zhen Shi can only sigh. [It''s a blessing or a curse ?] Thought Zhen Shi. ----------------- "Aaah, I already wait for 2 hours, yet I still don''t catch a single fish." Said Zhen Zhi, he felt irritated. "Wait.... my father only told me to do fishing, but he never told me to caught a fish. He just told me to return them to the lake if I caught them, right? So maybe I can use this time to sleep." Thought Zhen Zhi with a smile. After realizing a loop in his father command, he retract his fishing rood and readily to slept. [Wait, what if there is a poisonous insect head into me when I slept?] Thought Zhen Zhi. [Even If I have the antidote, but if I can''t use it due sleeping ... What will happen ?] [Maybe I will get that same pain again.] Zhen Zhi immediately scared and cancel his idea. Chapter 2 - Zhen Zhi Childhood ( 2 ) --- Zhen Zhi Childhood (2 - 5) --- "Eh, I just realized, how can we still retrain our cloth, and ring even after severed ?" Said Shu Zan. "Duh, you just realized ? Aren''t both of us have geometrical treasure ? Maybe because them we are not naked when we meet each other." Sneer Fen Yi. Shu Zan astonished because he never knew that a treasure capable of bringing ''thing'' into someone soul. "Fen Yi, let''s think serious, this boy is far too weak, since you want to meet your master, this boy must ascend into divine realm. With his weak body, even if he has trillion years, it''s impossible." Said Shu Zan. "You right, why I never thought this before ? I almost forgot that we reside in the soul of a weak boy." "What if we give this boy legendary pill, I never saw what happened when a mere mortal ate a legendary pill. Legend says that it will give more benefit to the mortal than the benefit that given when a mystic pill eaten by Divine Creature. So, what Pill did you have ? " Asked Shu Zan. "I only have 1 red pill that can forcefully recover Origin Qi, its rank, of course, is a Legendary Pill. The other is normal healing pill that can''t be used in this boy." " What pill. ?" " I don''t know its name, since anything that makes me remember master is forgotten, so this pill is probably from my master." "Fen Yi, for our sake, you must give that pill to this boy when the time come. As for me, I also have a legendary pill. Its name is Ocean Soul Pill, it capable of recovering any damage into the soul, if the soul damage is not severe, it can even grow the soul. I believe, if this boy eats this pill, it can increase the soul quality of this boy. Actually, I also have Tears of Queen Treant, well I don''t know if this boy can drink it." "That''s good, but sadly, our problem is the weak body of this boy." Said Fen Yi with a frown. "We can give this boy a body refining technique." "Eh, you right, but are this boy is strong enough to withstand the refining process ?" "Well, I don''t know. But since this boy is weak, sooner he will experience many things in his life. I believe, in that time, he can withstand the refining process, we only need time." "Time ..... , how long I need to wait to meet my master ?" "Just be patient, also what body refining technique that you have ?" "I have Secret Dragon Body Art and Phoenix Body Transformation Technique. It will be hard for the boy to use my technique." "Well, I have Pure Body Transformation, I also have incomplete Art, but I believe the art is useless for this boy." "Sigh, did you have a weaker body refining technique ?" Asked Fen YI "Sadly, not." Fen Yi and Shu Zan don''t know this thing are a good thing or bad thing. Good thing since they have a strong body refining technique and the boy will benefit more. Bad thing since they don''t know whatever the boy is strong to enough to withstand the pain. If the boy can''t withstand the pain, he can turn into a crazy person or become crippled. Both outcomes are really bad for both Fen Yi and Shu Zan. "So, by the way, what about this boy ''talent'' status?" Asked Fen Yi "It''s bad, I even felt sorry for this boy. Eh, this boy name is Zhen Zhi, right ? Zhen Zhi body talent is poor, mind talent is above normal and soul talent is very high. We both know why his soul is strong, but honestly, I don''t know why his mind talent is above his peers." "Sigh, don''t overthink about that, maybe because his father gave him stupid trauma. Well, I fell happy for that since this boy will never provoke a strong beast by accident." Said Fen Yi. "Wait . . . ., What the Fuck, Poor body talent ? " Exclaimed Fen YI. She felt surprised about Zhen Zhi''s body talent." "Yes, you hear it right, poor body talent." Sighed Shu Zan. "Even if he cultivate to become a magician, with his frail body, he will be the frailest magician ever in the history." Added Shu Zan. "Aaaaaaah." Fen Yi became mad because it seems her hope about meeting her master is almost none. "Don''t mad, you will leak your chaotic Qi." Said Shu Zan helplessly. "I can mad whatever I want, you already see that he can absorb your Qi, right ? Maybe my Qi also can be absorbed." Exclaimed Fen Yi. "Sigh, but Your Qi is Chaotic, if this boy mood changed and he does a stupid thing, well it will be bad. Just be patient." "Ok, Ok. Sorry, I always mad." "I already accustomed with your temperament, hehehehe. " "You . . .. " "Fen Yi, don''t forget that this boy can meet some fortuitous event, maybe it can fix this boy body problem. Well, let''s be grateful that this boy doesn''t have broken meridian so he still can cultivate." "Why you always think in a positive way ?" Fen Yi asked. "And why you always think in a negative way ?" Shu Zan Responded. Fen YI felt taken back when she heard this, she just realized, why she always think in a negative way ?. After some digging, she realized, she doesn''t remember her childhood. Did her master purpously erase her childhood memory, or she actually the one who forgot it ? Tears began to build in her eye. Seeing Fen Yi crying, Shu Zan panicked. He didn''t know why Fen Yi crying. [Did I make her remember a painful memory ? ] Shu Zan thought. "What happened ?" Asked Shu Zan in a panicked tone. "Nothing ...." Replied Fen Yi, She wept away her tear. - - - - - - - - - - - "Aaaah, eh what time is it ?" Yawn Zhen Zhi. Zhen Zhi just awoke from his slept. Even If Zhen Zhi knew that sleeping near the pond is dangerous, because he felt heavy fatigue since his body is weak and he also still just only a 4 years old child, he choose to ignore the danger and sleep. Luckily, nothing happened when he felt asleep. [The sun almost set, it seem that the night almost came. He heheheh, I bet mother felt worried about me] Thought Zhen Zhi. If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Zhen Zhi searched his fishing road. After found it, he put it in his backpack. After confirming that he doesn''t forget anything, he decided to go back into his home. [Sigh, why the village and the pond are located far away.] Complained Zhen Zhi. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rising Sky City is a capital city of Blue Sky Country. The rank of the city, since its the capital city, is a rank 1 M city. Many people resided the city, most of them is a noble, some is rich people, little of them are commoners, either they run a shop or working in an army. Blue Sky Country is a country that located in the east part of the Sky Continent. There are five other countries in Sky Continent. In the term of power, Blue Sky Country is the third among the six countries. The strongest country in the Sky Continent is Divine Sky Monarch, located in the south of Blue Sky Country. In the rising sky city, stood a magnificent castle. The castle belongs to the Royal Family of Blue Sky Country. In the castle, there is a big room with a fresh air. Many formations are placed in the wall of the room. There are few table and chairs, in the room. Above the table, there are many jars that contain pill or medicine. On the center of the room, there is a beautiful warm mattress that sat by a young man. The young man is sitting motionlessly, he actually meditating! Then suddenly the door in the room has knocked. Hearing the knocked, the young man eye twitched, and then suddenly he shouted. "Who dare to disturb my training." Yell the young man. "This humble servant bring important new about the Ancient Lake." Said the voice in outside of the room. "Good news or Bad news ?" Asked the young man in a high voice. "This lowly servant asks for forgiveness, this lowly servant bring a bad news." "You may enter this room." Said the young man with a worried tone. - - - - - - - - - Zhen Zhi finally arrived at the gate of the village. Since it''s already night, no one currently is in the gate. Usually, the watchman guarding the village gate when the midnight came, before it, usually they just chatting with each other in the village bar. Entering the gate, Zhen Zhi step suddenly halted. [ Must I went to my house through the usual way or take a detour ? ] Thought Zhen Zhi. "Using detour is better, I don''t want to meet with other." Zhen Zhi always bullied, so normally, he hates to meet with his peer. Assuring himself that using detour is better, Zhen Zhi entered the farm field of the village and went through it. Sadly, It seems Zhen Zhi prediction is a bit off. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Currently, in Zhen Zhi house, Zhen Shi and her husband are arguing something in the dining room. "Hellen, Zhi Zhi still not arrived at home. If something happened to him . . . . " Said Zhen Shi with a mad voice. Realizing that his wife really mad, Hellen tried to calm her. "Shi, our child is still only 4 years old. Even if he bit genius in term of the brain no matter what he still a child. It''s normal children in his age to play something. Maybe right now, he finally playing a game with his peer. He can finally get a friend." Said Hellen confidence. "But Zhi Zhi never has a friend yet suddenly you said that he play with his peer ? He must be bullied. Why you never protect him at least once ?" "Shi Shi, since I love my son, with his weak body, I want him to mature early. No matter what the sacrifices, as long my son if life, I''m happy. That''s why I let them bully my son so my son will have an encouragement to become strong." Explained Hellen. "Hmmph, he still only a child yet you want him to mature early ?" Asked Zhen Shi with a higher voice. "Shi Shi, you never known the outside world, this world is dog eating dog world. You are too naive. Eventually, Zhen Zhi will finally go to outside world." "I will not let him enter that world, I will protect him, forever." "Sighed, you pampered him too much. And he is a boy, he won''t need your protection forever." "But . . . . " "Enough, if you tried to spoil him more, he will be too weak to protect himself when both of us already died. And you must try to believe your own son, he is not someone who can easily die in the pond. My judgment never wrong. " - - - - - - - - When Zhen Zhi is walking through the rice field, he noticed a group of boys. The group of boys are playing football near the rice field. [Crap, how can they play in here. And it already night ! Did their parent never teach them to not play at night time ? ] Thought Zhen Zhi. Zhen Zhi never knew that he is the only boy in the village who banned to play when night came, the reason, of course, his mother is worried about him since Zhen Zhi body is too weak. As for the other child, their parent let them play at night because first, it''s safe. They really believe in the protection of their ancestor. The second is to let the children experience cold, fear and many things early. Zhen Zhi tried to hide in the rice filled by prone his body into the mud. He tried to move slowly. Sadly, Zhen Zhi luck is worn out. The ball suddenly kicked into his direction, heading into his head. Since he prone himself, he doesn''t see the ball, so he doesn''t protect his head. By the time ball hit the ball, Zhen Zhi screamed in pain. With his weak body, he can''t endure the pain. "AAAaaaaaaaaaah." Screamed Zhen Zhi. The group of boys hearing the cries suddenly felt fear overwhelm them. "Ghost !!!!!!!!!" Yell all of them in the same time. They desperately tried to run, some of them even already peed themselves. Chapter 3 - Zhen Zhi Childhood ( 3 ) Zhen Zhi Childhood ( 3 - 5 ) Back into Rising Sky City. "What !!!? He, only a mere village chief, not only dare to refuse my offer, but also disrespect me !!? " Asked the young man with a mad tone. "Yes, this lowly servant ask for forgiveness, but the report from young master Geyler said that." Said the old man. [Geyler. . . He is someone who not stupid enough to create a trouble, So the only logical reason for the refusal is they really don''t want to part with their treasure.] Thought the young man. "Any other message from Geyler? " Asked the young man to confirming his thought. "There is no further message from young Geyler." replied the old man. "Good, now go call the chief commander into this room, now !" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "I''m bored." Said Fen Yi "Ngg? Aren''t now this is the time with the most fun. The boy will face some trouble, hehe hehe. " grin Shu Zan. "We both already knew the outcome." "Well, you right." "How can you not bored in this 4 years ?" "Hmph, you never knew the pain of slave link. To me, this 4 years is my most relaxing time in my life." "Ah, at least, you already recover all of your memory." said Fen Yi with a sad smile. "Eh, so you can think in a positive way ? Were you somehow possessed ? Said Shu Zan with a surprised face. "You . . . . That''s not funny." "Just kidding okay. Since you really bored, how about if you listen to my story? Before Fen Yi answered Shu Zan already spoke his tale. "Once I went into the world with almost no Qi." Told Shu Zan shortly. "No Qi? How can that possible, can''t it be, it is the world of science? "Yeah, my master order me to retrieve something from that world. Yes, the place I visit is a place where science reigns over the law." "In that place, most mankind born weak, since there are no Qi that accelerates their growth, they can only walk properly when they reach 5 years old and talk properly when they reach 6 - 7 years old. But in that world, many terrifying things resided. Like a Metal that can move and talking without using any Qi." "What ??????" Fen Yi was shocked. It''s hard to believe if a metal can move and talking, but it does not contain even a single of Qi used. "Yes, the metal is using Electricity energy, it does not contain any Qi or magical Essence. Until now, I still confused how can they operated." "I never thought that there is that kind of world." Sighed Fen Yi. "Yeah, it''s really a vast world. Too many unpredictable things." "How about if you tell me about your other adventure ? " Asked Fen Yi "Adventure ? Did what you meant is an order from my master ?" - - - - - - The door in Zhen Zhi''s house is banged. A loud sound can be heard from the banged door. Someone is banging the chief of the village house, and a loud shout can also be heard "Chief ! This is an emergency." After a few moments, a sound of a loud step can be heard then the door open. "What happened? Did a bandit attack our village? Impossible." "No chief, it''s even worse. A spirit is attacking our village !" "A Spirit ? " Asked Hellen surprised. "Yeah, the children who play this night saw a monster. Based on what the children saw, it''s a child of the earth spirit ! Also from the children injury, it actually attacked our children." Actually, the injury is not because they attacked by Zhen Zhi but it because some children fell and hit a rock near them. Since they ran desperately, of course, some incident bound to happen. "A spirit is actually attacking our children ? But, in this forest there are no any kind of Spirit Den from our information, how can suddenly an Earth Spirit Den emerged ?" "Chief, we actually don''t know the element, but the children said that a monster that covered with mud and earth is screaming near the place they played. " "So . . . How does it attack ?" Asked Hellen with a doubt. "We . . . . don''t know, we still not asked the children how they got the injury. But, nevermind that. We must hunt this spirit. The other village already prepared their weapon" [Zhen Zhi still not arrived at the home, if we hunt this spirit now, what if something happened to him ?] Thought Hellen. "Tell the other to go inside their house and closed their house properly, we will begin our search tomorrow." "But, Chief !? What if the spirit attacks someone ?" "That''s why all of you must go home and close your house properly. Relax, it just a low Earth Spirit, it even still only a child. It can''t kill any of us and maybe the children are actually the one who provoked first." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A different room in the castle of Rising Sky City. "Young Prince, what must this servant do to you. " The young prince is a popular term that refers to the Crown Prince of the Blue Sky country. The young prince still only 20 years old, but his talent is immeasurable. A man is bowing into a young man in a luxury room. The man was the Chief Commander of Blue Sky country. He has black hair and his posture is high. He still only 40 years, but his accomplishment already too high that even it''s normal if he become the general, but he refused to become general because of some reason. No one knows the reason beside the King and the Chief Commander "Our plan is failed. We don''t get either the scroll or the document." This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. The man shows a face of surprise. After a few moment thinking, the man asked. "Young Prince, what if I personally go to that village ?" "No, it will alert someone in the Divine Sky Kingdom. It has a high possibility of our plan will be leaked if you personally go into that village. With our plan still not leaked into them, we must hastily act. We must think another way to get that ''treausure''." Said the young man "I have an idea young prince, since that treasure is useless, how about we offer it to the Crazy Old Man that guarding the village. Since that crazy old man is in the Solid Qi Realm, maybe he knew this cube function. How about if we stole back the cube after asking that old man the function ? " "That useless treasure ? Did You mean that cube ? " "Yes, that cube ! " "Asking that crazy person the cube function and stole it back? The first thing already impossible thing and the second thing . . . . Make an enemy with a Cultivator of Solid Qi realm ? That''s a crazy idea. And most importantly, what if he doesn''t decide to betray the village ? " "For that, relax, young master. I believe, he will betray the village in 6 months. "How can you say a stupid thing, he already protects the village for almost 500 years ! How the hell he suddenly betrayed the village" "Actually, he forced to protect the village for 500 years ! He cursed by the village''s ancestor to protect the village, it''s actually a secret that only known by the Divine Sky Royal family." "How did you know that ? " Asked the young man surprised. "It''s from the information that I got from the Divine Sky Royal Family, as for how i get that information young prince, please forget about that. What we need most now is the plan to steal that document. I don''t know how their ancestor gets that document but no matter what, we must get it. We can''t even create the fake version of it. As for the scroll, it just a bonus. Based on the report, it actually about ancient Alchemy, it may be precious, but our kingdom still not strong enough to use ( protect ) it. And we can just let the cube go, since it useless for us." The young man irritated because the chief commander doesn''t decide to tell how he got the information. But his irritation vanishes after careful thought. "You said that the Royal Family knew the reason, did they knew about the treasure ?" "No, what they only knew that the village''s ancestor love their people, She curse a genius who dare to attack their village to protect the village for 500 years, if not because she doesn''t know the reality of his cultivation realm, he already died because of the curse duration. " explained the chief. "Okay, but the only problem is how we stole back the cube ? Don''t say just let the cube go into that old man pocket, even if it useless, it still our Royal treasure. Also, we will alert the Divine Sky Kingdom if we move our army since the village is located on the border of our country and the Divine Sky Kingdom, but it''s still in their territory. And what if that crazy old man stole the document ?" "You right, we must not start the war early, if the war start too early, our plan will be failed. But, what if we use that ''guild'' ? we can relax, he doesn''t dare to betray us if we use them." Suggest the chief. - - - - - - - - - - "The pain was really hurt." Zhen Zhi, after screaming for 10 minutes, finally his suffering is stopped. "It''s already late, I must hurry into father house." Ignoring the dirt and mud in Zhen Zhi body, he went into his house. Arriving into the village resident, Zhen Zhi realized something wrong. [Why all the door is closed ?It''s still not the time to sleep, right ? And where the children and the villagers ? ] Thought Zhen Zhi. A man was closing the door in his house when suddenly he saw Zhen Zhi. Currently, Zhen Zhi body still covered with small mud and dirt and he doesn''t bother even to clean his body. He believes he can clean his body after taking a bath in his house. "Ghost !!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Screamed the man. "What, a ghost ! ?" Shout other voice in a nearby house. . Gradually, all houses that closed because chief order near the man''s house is opened. Zhen Zhi, realizing the danger, began to run into his house. [I must go home, fast !] Thought Zhen Zhi. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In the village forest, an old man can be seen. He slept on a trunk of the tree. Then suddenly, he opened his eye. With his keen ear, he can hear a commotion in this village, it''s a good thing but also a bad thing. "Eh, what the hell happened in the village ! I just fell sleep few minutes ago. Fuck this curse, 6 months later, I WILL DESTROY YOUR VILLAGE AND TORTURE YOUR PEOPLE ! I have enough with this." Shout the old man rage. "This 500 years Cycle Curse, finally it almost ended. My wasted talent . . . I, a millennium genius forced to guard this village ? If that woman doesn''t know about my real cultivation realm, in this 500 years, I will already died before the cursed ended. Fuck that girl !! " "No, before I kill the villager, first I kill their children in front of their eye . . . . no, cutting their feet and hand and let them die slowly is better . . . . . Yeah, that''s a good idea. I will force the children have sex with each other and then cutting their limbs quickly in their eye!" "Ahahahahahaha, my revenge chance will arrive. I must be patient, so the villager will not suspicious of me. " Chapter 4 - Zhen Zhi Childhood ( 4 ) Zhen Zhi Childhood ( 4 - 5 ) [ Run, run. I must run fast] Thought Zhen Zhi. Zhen Zhi running desperately into his house direction. By the time he almost halfway, more villagers aware about him. Sadly, they thought that Zhen Zhi is an Earth Spirit. The villagers already prepare their weapon to fight the spirit. The villagers already crowded in the Village Square, they discussed how to fight the spirit. "Aren''t chief already order us to hunt this spirit tomorrow ? What if something happened ?" Asked a young woman. "It''s just a spirit, we don''t need the protection of him. Let''s just finish the spirit fastly before his parent searched about him." Said one of the villager. "But . . . . .. what about the chief order ?" Asked the other villager. "Why you bother about chief order if the spirit is in front us. Hurry, we must chase him fast !" More villagers chase Zhen Zhi. Because Zhen Zhi running speed really slowly, after few moments, he already almost overtaken. To prevent an unexpected thing, Zhen Zhi scremed. "All of you, it''s me, Zhen Zhi. ! I''m not a ghost !" Hearing this, some villagers became hesitated and slow down their running speed "What ? The Spirit actually possessing that unlucky boy ? You evil, did you know that the boy below an unlucky star ? He is born weak yet you possessed a weak boy ? Did your parent not teach about pity ?" Shout one of the villagers. [Pity ? If you guys really pity me, why all of you ridiculed me about my weak body ? ] Thought Zhen Zhi, but he immediately clears his mind. "No, it''s really me, Zhen Zhi. Please don''t chase me !" "Hurry, restrain him. We must purify this boy from the spirit. If we too late, he will die. All of you don''t want to see the Chief sad face, right ? " Shout the villager Hearing the shout, the villagers who hesitant to chase Zhen Zhi, immediately increased their running speed. After an enough time to burn incense stick, one of the villager managed to grab Zhen Zhi eye. Because his hand is grabbed, Zhen Zhi body slipped and he fall down. "Aaaaah." Screamed Zhen Zhi. "Hurry, restrain him. Look, he screamed. Zhen Zhi spirit tried to ressist the spirit conscious. We must help him." Said the same villagers. Hearing this, Zhen Zhi hand is chained with a rope in his back. One of the villagers tried to get a water to ''purify'' him. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Using the Black Hand Mercenary ? " Asked the young prince to ensure his thought. "Yes, to do ''dirty'' job, they always the best. And that Crazy Old Man doesn''t dare to offend the master of the mercenary guild unless he wants to be dead." "What rank we issued ?" "S+ Rank." "What ??? Aren''t A+ already good enough ? We need really massive amount money to do our plan, right ?" "I understand young prince, but to prevent our plan fail, we must do it. Our ancestor already created this plan for 200 years, now what we need to do is ripe the fruit." "Yes, you right. But, uncle, are you sure about issuing S+ Rank mission ?" "Ahahhaaha, uncle . . . .Even if my nephew already chosen as crown prince, he still doesn''t forget his uncle, does he ?" "Uncle, we can make you General Commander, why you almost refuse it ?" proposed the young prince. "Ask brother, he knew my reason." Answered the chief without bothering his nephew feeling "Sigh, let''s back into the main topic. If we successfully to grab the document, based on uncle calculation, what is the percentage of our plan is failed ?" "Only 1 % relax, even if our plan is leaked, it only increased to 10 %. So, the plan is guaranteed 90% successful." Hearing this, the young prince relaxed. He always in stress about what if the plan is failed, but after hearing his uncle confident answer, at least, he assured by his uncle. "6 months later, we will use the Black Hand Mercenary to deliver our offer to that Crazy Old Man. I believe, it will arrive 3 days after we issued the mission. Since our offer is our royal treasure, of course, that Crazy **** will accept it. Since the offer deadline only a few day, he will only have small time think about our offer. This is the only way so he will 100 % agree to offer, the more the time, the less our chance " ". . . . . . . . " The young prince thought a while. "Before the 6 month arrived, we must prepared our plan." Added the chief. "6 months . . . . . It will be Black Raining season right ?" "Right, luckily it''s a good season to do it." "Heaven must be helping us." Said the young prince with an arrogant tone. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Day Later. In Zhen Zhi room, a sound of cry can be heard. Zhen Zhi is sleeping in the bed, while he also weeping in the bed --Zhen Zhi POV-- Really, I hate this. Why this always happened to me. Why ? How the hell they thought me as spirit, not only they throw me a bucket of water multiple times, they also force me to eat a disgusting thing. They said that ''thing'' can purify my mind. This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. Purify what ? My mind ? My mind is already good enough. What about a way to purifying my body ? If there is something like that, something that can make my body strong, I will take it. No matter what the price, the pain, the suffering, the taste. I will accept it I hate this. I have enough about my weakness. I hate them. All of the villagers, unlike me, a weakling, they can do anything. My peer can play everyday while I only can fish. It''s not fair. NOT FAIR I hope all of them die. Zhen Zhi POV END. "Hellen, what happened into Zhen Zhi ?" Asked Zhen Zhi grandmother. "Mother . . . . an incident happened. Many villagers thought that Zhen Zhi was possessed, that''s why his body . . . . . . . " "They force my grandson to eat Cow Dung ?" Asked Zhen Zhi''s grandmother surprised. Zhen Hellen doesn''t answer his mother question. "Sorry mother, this is my fault. If I watch Zhen Zhi properly, this matter shouldn''t happen. Right now Shi Shi is crying in her room. She can''t see her son because I forbid her." "Sigh, what already happened, be it happen. Don''t let the past consume you. It is not your fault, you already tried really hard to become a good chief in this village. Right now Zhen Zhi needs time to be alone, your choice is right. I hope that kid is realized about the truth about the world we lived. " "Why Zhen Zhi always suffer ?" Asked Zhen Hellen "Fate never show any kindness to our people." "Tomorrow I will teach Zhen Zhi about how to read and write. Even if he weak, he must understand our world. A world where the strong eat the weak A world where power meant everything A world where absolute power trample over strategy Is a fact that the world is only for strong people - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In Zhen Hellen work room, Zhen Zhi is sitting in his father chair. Zhen Shi is sitting beside her son, currently teaching about writing and reading to Zhen Zhi. "Mother, what is the meaning of this word ?" "This word meaning is Fire." "And this word ?" "Sky." "No, you wrong little Zhi. To write Sky, you must write this part backward." After Zhen Zhi write ''Sky'' word correctly, Zhen Shi said, "After this, I will tell you about time in this word." Said Zhen Shi. "Stop Writing, listen to your mother. There are 15 months in a year. Every month is 30 days. " Explained Zhen Shi. "So a year is 450 days ?" Asked Zhen Zhi. "Smart, you right little Zhi. A year is 450 years." Praised Zhen Shi Hearing his mother praise, Zhen Zhi became happy. "Remember Zhen Zhi, in a year, there are 5 seasons. The First is Spring Season. The Season of Plant Element. the Second is Hot Season. The Season of Fire Element The Third is Warm Season. The Season of Earth Element. The Fourth is Black Raining Season. The Season of Metal Element. Last is Snowy Season. The Season of Water Element. The seasons change every 3 months, right now this season is the early month of Hot Season." "So, that''s why when I went outside into the pond, it is hotter than before." "You right." "And what is Element, mother ?" "You still too early to learn that. Read and Write more" Said Zhen Zhi. "Yes, mom." Zhen Zhi grabbed his wooden pencil and yellow paper and tried to write some word. ----- Zhen Zhi Pov ------ I Will Learn Many Thing So I Will Overcome My Weakness I Hate The Villagers Not only They Isolated Me They Always Ridiculed Me I STILL REMEMBER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED 2 DAYS AGO I BELIEVE, RIGHT NOW THEY TALKING ABOUT ME AND RIDICULED ME I HOPE THEY DIED But, This wish will be my regret. Forever In my Life. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Zhen Zhi private soul world. "This kid mental condition is unstable." Sighed Shu Zan "It''s normal, he still only a child." Said Fen Yi. "You right, Eh, did you sense Solid Qi Realm Cultivator in the forest ?" Asked Shu Zan. "Yes, I wonder why a Solit Qi Realm Cultivator protected this village. But, I can sense a curse from him." Answerred Fen Yi. "So, you also thought that he cursed ? " Said Shu Zan. "Hmmph, you''re not only the one who smart one. But the curse . . . . " "Yeah, so you also realized." Said Shu Zan with a grim voice. 6 Months later NO ! NO ! THIS . . . YEAH, IT''S JUST ONLY A DREAM I WILL WAKE, AND CAN HEAR MY MOTHER SOUND YEAH IT''S JUST A DREAM NO . . . PLEASE NO, IT''S NOT REAL RIGHT ? THIS JUST A DREAM RIGHT ? FATHER . . . . MOTHER . . . . . GRANDMOTHER . . . . WHY ALL OF YOU DIED ? AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Zhen Zhi while hugging his headless father corpse he also can see his mother corpse. While she dying, she hugging her husband until she died. In his left hand, Zhen Zhi is holding his grandmother body that already become ash. WHY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chapter 5 - Zhen Zhi Childhood ( 5 ) Zhen Zhi Childhood ( 5 - 5) Tragedy 4 Hours ago. "Dad, I want to go to the pond, now!" Shout Zhen Zhi. Before Zhen Zhi hear the answer, he already exited from his home and ran into the village road. "This brat, he even doesn''t wait for the answer." Sighed Hellen in his office. In the road, he met with some boys, but he ignored them. He already received too much insult, making he not even bother what other child talk about him. "Look, the trash want to play in the pond ! " Shout a child. Zhen Zhi ignored them. A sound of laughter can be heard from the group of the boys. [Ignore them, it''s useless to debate with them ] Thought Zhen Zhi. After running at slow speed for 20 minutes., he reached the lake. Because Zhen Zhi always practiced his weak body, even if his body is weak, his endurance is higher than even someone with 9 years age. He can even constantly run for 20 minutes, albeit his speed is slow. "This weather now really good, yesterday there is black rain, so I can''t go outside since but now finally I can relax. In Black Raining Season, when the sun rises or set, if the sky is covered by black cloud, it will rain a black water.The black water can harm the body even adult can be harmed because of the black water, that''s why most parent forbids it children to play outside in the Black Raining Season while morning or night. The pond is the most familiar place for Zhen Zhi beside his house. Unlike in his house when his father and mother watched him, in the pond, he free to do anything. The Taste Of Freedom Every day Zhen Zhi is forced to study about writing and reading, and his mother also teaches him about the world. Because that he knew that his village is located in the Divine Sky Kingdom. His village name actually Nature Pond Village, the name originated from the pond near the village. The village was built by the village ancestor 800 years ago, consist of many people that rescued by the Ancestor. The ancestor actually was a woman, but until her disappearance 500 years ago, never married. The ancestor name was Xiu Yu, no one in the village surnamed Xiu to respect her. Many villagers said that she actually still alive in somewhere. At the same time of her disappearance, an expert suddenly appeared and vowed that he will protect the village until his death. Zhen Zhi retracted his fishing rod and a jar of bait from his backpack. After placing the bait on the edge of the fishing rod, he began to fish. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "2 Hours 2 Hours." Mourned an old man. In the depth of the Green Nature Forest, 5 men and an old man are currently meditating. At the bottom of the man, an inscription can be seen. The old man wore black cloth, the same goes for the other 5 men, but a mask is covering their face. They wore a mask with a different color, the colors are white, blue, green, red, and black.The old man always mourning, waiting for his curse is lifted. "2 hours ..... Freedom..... At last, this day finally come." Yearn Hong Hang [Only 2 hours, I must patient, the curse duration is only 2 hours left. Nothing will stop me from my revenge] Thought Hong Gang. The old man name is Hong Gang. He was the one who cursed by the village ancestor 500 years ago. "Anyway you guys, thanks for delivering the cube." Said the old man while holding a small blue cube in his hand. "We just deliver it from our client. He said that it will be your if you managed to obtain this village treasure." Said the man with the white mask. "Relax, I will fulfill the agreement. No way I offend your Mercenary Leader, anyway did this cube was from the Royal Family of Blue Sky Kingdom ?" Asked the old man. "We don''t know who our client was, even if we know we won''t tell." Said the man with the red mask. "As expected from Dark Hand Mercenary, really trustable mercenary guild." Praised the old man. No one responded his praise, despite that the old man mood isn''t affected even a bit. [2 Hours, and I will create Hell into this village.] Thought the old man. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Near the pond, Zhen Zhi is meditating. Zhen Zhi let the fishing rod on the ground, this already his habit since 6 months ago. Because he felt bored waiting to catch a fish, he tried several things like sleeping, counting, watching the scenery and many other things. One day he tried meditating, when he meditated, he felt like his became calm, and he forgot all his rage and hatred that buried in his heart. After experiencing this, every day, Zhen Zi meditates near the pond. If a fish ate the bait, he will exit the meditative condition, and tried to get the fish. If he managed to get the fish, he will remove the edge of the fishing rod from the fish and let the fish back into the pond. This step must do carefully because if a liquid is bursting from the fish and hit his body, well, Zhen Zhi already aware what will happen. Zhen Zhi doesn''t realize that someone who can easily enter and exit the meditative state is really rare, and people who still aware of their surroundings while meditating are people who have a strong mind or people who already experienced many things while cultivating. Unlike other days, Zhen Zhi after 2 hours doesn''t manage to even catch a single fish, but he doesn''t disheartened since sometimes you will get an unlucky day. Catching fish for Zhen Zhi is to find a joy, he doesn''t have a friend, because that he never play with others. Fishing, to Zhen Zhi, is the only way to play, the only way to experience what other experienced from playing. - - - - - - - - - - - - A beam of Qi emerged from Hong Gang and enveloped him, many symbols appeared in his body. After a while, the symbol glowing brighter. A white fire suddenly ignited on Hong Gang body. The symbol keeps glowing brighter "Aaaaaah !!!!!" Scream Hong Gang. Seeing Hong Gang screamed, the five of them frightened. [Aren''t he someone with Solid Qi Realm ? How can he scream, can''t it be the curse is harming his soul ? ] Thought the man with the black mask. "What happened ? Aren''t we only waiting for his curse to be lifted ?" Asked the man with the red mask. "Fool, how can curse easily disappear, as expected the curse can self-donating." Said the man with the black mask. "What we must do, captain ? " Asked the man with the white mask. "Do the Five Turtle Earth Protection Formation, we can''t let him die !" Shouted the man with the black mask. Immediately, all five of them move into Hong Gang and encircle him. From 5 of them, they create a pentagram based on their location. Qi rushed from five of them and head into Hong Gang. The Qi condense into the shape of turtle above Hong Gang and a green inscription of Qi envelope Hong Gang. From the turtle''s mouth, a white mist is created and rush into Hong Gang mouth. When the white mist entered into Hong Gang, Hong Gang scream volume decreased. This signifies that the pain that received by Hong Gang is decreased, but the pain still in there. [If not because them, I have already lost my mind. Xiu Yu, I never thought that you have already prepared this for me.] The more pain he received, the more hatred for Xiu Yu grew in Hong Gang hearth. After 30 minutes passed, the white fire extinguished. Hong Gang also stopped screaming. "Fucking curse, my soul . . . my soul" Grief Hong Gang. "Now I can''t advance into the next cultivation realm. Xiu Yu !!!!!!!!!!!!!" Yell Hong Gang in rage. Seeing Hong Gang become crazy, the black hand mercenary group became scared. All five of them scared. They afraid if he killed them to relieve his rage. "Master Hong Gang, let''s kill the villager, now." Said the man with the black mask. He used ''Master'' to act polite because the difference in the cultivation realm between him and Hong Gang is too large and he also afraid if Hong Gang acted crazy. Hearing this, Hong Gang exclaimed "Yes, you right, but . . . . . " Suddenly the body of the man with the black mask exploded. Following this, the other four also exploded. Limbs are flying from the place of the explosion. Smoke is covering them. After the smoke disappeared, a man can be seen. He is their captain, the black masked man.His gaze with Hong Gang eye. He actually still alive. "You . . . ." After a few seconds, his body fell, finally he is dead. This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. "Thanks to all of you, I managed to overcome the curse alive, but . . . . my secret can''t be told to anyone. But I am not someone who forgot a kindness, so I give all of you ''fast death'', be grateful ! " Said Hong Gang into the corpse of the black masked man. Suddenly, Hong Gang body disappeared, leaving an afterimage. - - - - - Village Square - - - - - Some children are playing in the village hall. . Some merchant who in this village also their goods toward the villagers. The atmosphere in Village Square is lively. When suddenly, a loud voice can be heard. "This is me, all villagers and merchant immediately come into the village square. I will only wait for 5 minutes !" The voice can be heard in anyone in the village. Since the season now is Black Raining Season, no one went outside of the village, except Zhen Zhi, of course. "After 5 minutes, all merchant and villagers are crowding in Village Square. In the Village Square, a man is floating in the air. "Village Protector." Exclaim one of the villagers. With Hong Gang cultivation realm, of course, he can hear that. Hearing this, a fury burn in the Hong Gang heart, but he suppress it. "Anyone here ?" Yell Hong Gang. "Yes. " A loud shout can be heard from the crowd. A man and woman come out from the crowd. The man and two women none other than Zhen Zhi''s parents and his grandmother. "Honorable Village Protector, I''m the chief of this village. All of us already here." Said Hellen while bowing. The other villager also bowing when they see their chief is bowing. Of course, Hellen doesn''t forget about his son, but since he still a child, the village protector won''t care about the absence of a child. This was what Hellen thought. "Good." Said Hong Gang with a smile. A fire suddenly erupted from Hong Gang body, and the fire growing larger. Hong Gang moved all of his fingers, and suddenly a small portion from the fire of his body moved in the direction of where all his finger pointed. Soon 10 small fires are surrounding the village. Gradually the fire became bigger and split itself. After an enough time to burn an incense stick, the fire number already become 160 and they covering the village square. Seeing this, the villager reveal a face of astonishment. They never saw this kind of thing. Also, they absolutely believe in their protector, because that almost no one felt fear, only some children crying because they felt scared. Hellen became worried, he doesn''t understand what the village protector want to do. "All children, line in front ! " Shout Hong Gang. Hellen worry grew more, because Zhen Zhi isn''t here, if something good happening to the children, then only his son that doesn''t get a benefit. But if something bad happened . . . . After Hellen pondering for a while, he decided to not tell the village protector about he absence of his son. Zhen Shi asked his husband, " What about Zhi Zhi ? " "Let see the situation first." Answered Hellen. After all the children lined int he front, suddenly the fire moved into the children. Seeing this, the parent of the children become worried. When the fire touched the children, all of them screamed and crying. "Mother !!!!" "Papa !!!" "It''s hurt !!!!!" The fire even still only touch, after a while all the children body burned. Some parent already rushed into their children. Seeing this Hong Gang laugh maniacally. "Aahahahhahahaha, look your burned children." Some parents, when arrived into their children body, fainted, some crying on their child body, some also screaming. "Honorable Protector, why you did this ? Did we ever offend you ? " Asked Hellen with a mad tone. "Offend ? Ahahahahaha ! In this 500 years, all of you torturing me, and I fucking hate your ancestor. All of you deserve to death, in after life, blame your own ancestor for cursing me ! " Shout Hong Gang. A fire suddenly emitted into Hellen''s head. Before he even can scream, he already dead. "Hellen !" Screamed Zhen Shi. "Aahahahhaha, scream more ! Cry More ! " shout Hong Gang. Seeing their chief dead body, some villager decided to throw a stone into Hong Gang. The stone, even before reaching Hong Gang already burned. Even if the stone reached Hong Gang, he won''t felt anything. "Ahahahaa, desperate more ! " Gradually, more villager burned in the fire. They can''t run since they surrounded by the fire, and the fire still multiplied. When there is no space beside the fire, they will multiply in front of it. Some villagers bravely advanced into the fire, but when the fire even still doesn''t touch their body, their body already burned to death. Some become scared seeing this. Smoke rose from the village square. The temperature also increased, some villagers also died because difficulty of breathing [Even If I torture them, they won''t tell me the location since only some of this lowly human knew the location and they loyal to that woman. ] Thought Hong Gang. Hong Gang knew that the village treasures can''t be burned, how can he know ? 500 years ago, he wanted to snatch the treasure but the ancestor came and curse him. In the last struggle, he shot his strongest fire into the treasure, so even if he died, at least, no one will have the treasure. This is the shameful arrogance of Hong Gang. As for attacking Xiu Yu, it''s impossible. He already knew the disparity of the cultivation realm between him and her. No matter what, he can''t injure him, so he decided to destroy the treasure. But, when the fire almost went into the treasure, Xiu Yu even doesn''t attempt to protect it. She only snorted. Strangely, the fire extinguished before even touch the treasures, and Hong Gang knew that Xiu Yu actually do nothing since there is no Qi fluctuation from her. But, there is Qi fluctuation from the treasures. The treasures can protect itself. The treasures can''t be burned. Those were the last thought of Hong Gang before the cursed began to seal his body, his mind, and his soul. Aren''t it''s only a mere Alchemy Technique Scroll and a document ? Thought Hong Gang "Those treasures must be a legendary treasure !" Exclaimed Hong Gang. Remembering about the past, Hong Gang heart is consumed be greed. Hong Gang shot fire into the houses in the village. Soon the fire became bigger and consuming the village, and smoke is covering the village. - - - - - - - - - - Suddenly Zhen Zhi awoke from his meditation. [Why I fell uneasy ?] Thought Zhen Zhi. After awoke from his meditation, Zhen Zhi lifted his head to see the sky. This is his habit. But suddenly he saw a smoke. "Smoke ?? Why there is a smoke on the village direction ? Can''t it be !? " Realizing something is wrong, Zhen Zhi panicky run. He even forgot to retract the fishing rod and bring his backpack. The more he run, the more his uneasy in heart grew. He can see that the smoke became bigger. He ran really fast, but strangely he doesn''t felt tired. [Please, Please. Please, nothing happened on mom, dad and grandmother. ] Prayed Zhen Zhi. - - - - - - Zhen Zhi Private Soul World - - - - - - - "Because of this boy endurance, his body can unleash it potential for a temporary time and withstand the burden." Exclaimed Shu Zan. "This boy will experience a tragedy and what can we do ?" Sighed Fen Yi "I will transfer my Qi to help this boy. If he met an enemy, using my cube, this boy can stay alive. But if the boy is too late to arrive at the village . . . . . Our presence can''t be secret anymore, we must help this boy." Said Shu Zan. "You right . . . ." - - - - - - - - While running, Zhen Zhi felt an unknown energy and surging into his body. He felt like his body become light. Immediately, Zhen Zhi running speed is increased. With only 10 minutes, he finally managed to arrive at the gate of the village. - - - - - - - This is the last of Zhen Zhi childhood arc, the next arc name will be " Cultivation World Truth." Chapter 6 - Truth Of Cultivation World ( 1 ) Truth Of Cultivation World "Death" Arriving at the village gate, Zhen Zhi felt scared. In Zhen Zhi eye, he saw something that could be described as ''terror''. Houses are burning, fire is everywhere and there are many animal corpses. Those corpses are the village livestock. Those fires burn the animal until only bone left. "What happened ? Where the cow and chicken ? Why there are only bones ?" Asked Zhen Zhi into himself. With a mind of 4,4 years old ( remember, 1 year is = 15 months ) , how can he understand what''s happening ? Zhen Zhi realized that it useless about thinking the livestock, he wanted to go to his house when suddenly he heard a voice. "What we have here, a small mouse actually still alive." Zhen Zhi, hearing the sound, lifted his head to his right. He can see a muscular man is floating. Because he''s too far, he doesn''t know that the man already old, but he can see that he wore a black cloth. Seeing Hong Gang, Zhen Zhi is shaking, he is really afraid of him. The Qi suddenly moved into Hong Gang. A blue fire condensed on his palm. "Little mice, how about if we play a game ?" Asked Hong Gang with a crazy smile. "Who are you ? Where is my dad ? Mom ? Grandma ?" Asked Zhen Zhi with a shaken voice. "Little mice, I don''t know where is your parent, but who are they?" Asked Hong Gang, he felt interested in the kid. "My dad is the chief, if you dare to bully me, he will punish you." Shout Zhen Zhi. Zhen Zhi while shouting that, he forgot about the situation for a moment. Since he still a child and always protected by his parent, his first instinct when he threatened is to use his parent name, but alas it will bring trouble for now. "Oh, so you''re the son of this chief. Where is your house ?" Hong Gang lifted his finger, suddenly the fire extinguished. Hong Gang never knew where the chief house because he never interested about the village matter, that''s why first, he burn the biggest house, because usually the chief house is the biggest one, but after burning those house, he realized that almost all house have the same size. He frowned how to searched the treasure. Because Hong Gang killed the Black Hand mercenary group, he only has a little time until they arrived in the village. Using that little time, he must find the village treasures before something happened. "My house ?" Asked Zhen Zhi with a shaken voice. "Yeah child, where ?" Zhen Zhi mind is in chaos, that''s why he can''t think carefully. No matter how smart you are, if you can''t think clearly, your action will be the worst one. Zhen Zhi is still only a child yet he facing a big trouble, how can he think calmly ? "In that direction, the 4th house from the east of the village square." Said Zhen Zhi while pointing his house direction. "If you want to meet your parent, go to the village''s square." In the air, Hong Gang suddenly vanished, leaving a small fire in the air. Zhen Zhi can only blankly stare about what just happened. [How can he suddenly vanish ?] "Wait, where mother and father are? Village square ? " Zhen Zhi without any choice, heading into the village square. But when he almost arrived, his step is stopped. His face revealed fear, anger, confusion and tear. "What happen ?" Zhen Zhi seeing the absurd scenery almost vomited. He can see many human corpses. Some corpse already headless even some only leave their bone, indicate that the fire burned their skin, their flesh, organ and anything except their bone. "Mother ! Father ! Grandma ! Wher are you" Scream Zhen Zhi. Tears began to drop from his eye. He felt scared about the scenery. He also scared that if something happened to his parent. He also scared since he alone. "Why all of you not moving !???????????????" "Wake Up Please !!!!!!" "Please, explain to me what happen" "Shut up !" A harsh voice stopping Zhen Zhi scream. Zhen Zhi moved his body backward, he can saw the same old man. Now he can clearly see about him. Hong Gang is holding a scroll and a paper in his hand. Suddenly the scroll and paper vanished. "You !!! Just a little mouse, yet you dared to scream like a cat !" "Where is my parent ? !!!" Asked Zhen Zhi bravely. "Your parent ? I have already killed them (the villagers) all." "Kill ?" Asked Zhen Zhi Zhen Zhi still didn''t understand about the concept of death. So naturally, he doesn''t understand words like "kill" or "death". But his human instinct that makes him scared after seeing the corpse. The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. "Brat, that''s meant that all of these villagers, including your parent, are sleeping." Said Hong Gang with an amused face. "Oh, so it''s only sleeping. But when will they wake up ?" Said Zhen Zhi with a glad tone, but still he felt scared. "Never. Ahahahahhaha !" Answered Hong Gang while laughing maniacally "Ung ?" "Ahahaha, brat, your parent will sleep forever. They will never awake." "No !!!! My mother said she would always protect me ! You are lying!!!" "Lie ? You''re really a naive child. People will never awake when they died, so except you, all the villagers can''t live anymore." "You are lying!!!" Screamed Zhen Zhi. "I don''t have a time to arguing a brat !" A small fire suddenly appeared in Hong Gang palm, then he simply threw the fire into Zhen Zhi. [A simple fire enough to kill this brat] Thought Hong Gang. Not caring about the child, Hong Gang prepared to leave the village square when suddenly he felt a strong aura. Hong Gang sensing the aura, his face is changed. [What realm is this ? Why I''m scared ? Can''t it be, it''s the legendary Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator ? Why someone with a high cultivation is here, in this lowly Sky Continent ?] Hong Gang searched his surrounding, but he doesn''t see anything. But then he realized that the boy still alive. The fire that he shot into the boy was gone. "What happen ? Where the fire ?" Exclaimed Hong Gang. On Zhen Zhi hand, his small hand is holding a small white cube. Seeing the cube, Hong Gang realized that the cube size is same with the blue cube from the Royal Family. [He also has the same cube ? I must seize it, maybe I can uncover it secret] Thought Hong Gang. When suddenly a small thread emerged from the white cube, the thread moving with an extreme speed that even Hong Gang still not realized that his head already pierced by the thread. Suddenly Hong Gang lost control of his body. No matter what he can''t move it. "What happened !!!!?" Screamed Hong Gang in his heart. But it still not over yet, the thread reached Hong Gang soul. When Hong Gang soul touched, he felt like he lost control of his body sense, then gradually, his conscious is gone. [NO !!! ? What just happened ? Answer me kid ] Thought Hong Gang before he died. Even after death, he still doesn''t understand what just happened. The cube is powerful enough to seal Fen Yi soul that can endanger her life, maybe can cripple her forever, so what happen if a mere Cultivator with a Solid Qi Realm is sealed with the cube ? Instant death is the obvious answer, his soul is not strong enough to withstand the sealing. Hong Gang body fell from the air, his body is smashed on the ground, leaving a crater. Zhen Zhi, seeing this still not awaken from his shock. What just happened ? A few moments ago, a cube suddenly appeared in his hand. A small light that only Zhen Zhi can see emerging from the cube and head into Hong Gang. Then suddenly Hong Gang fell. - - - - Zhen Zhi Private Soul World - - - "It''s working !" Exclaimed Shu Zan. "Don''t happy yet, now is the hardest part !" Said Fen Yi. - - - - - - - - - - - "Kid, you want to know where is your parent ?" Asked a voice in Zhen Zhi head. Zhen Zhi still not awaken from his shock about just happened when suddenly in his head, he can hear a sound. Actually, It''s Shu Zan voice. "Who are you ?" Exclaimed Zhen Zhi. Zhen Zhi scanned his surrounding, but he can only saw some corpse and Hong Gang. "I''m in your head kid, as for why don''t ask. Your parent is 50 meter in front of you. Your father is the headless corpse, your mother is the one hugging him. " Said the voice. "Who are you ?" Asked Zhen Zhi once again, but he didn''t hearing any answered. After a while, Zhen Zhi immediately goes into the place that the voice told. He can see a headless corpse that hugged by a woman. Thankfully, her face hadn''t burned so he still can see her face. Ash are scattered near the woman. "Mother ? Father ? Grandma ? All you will wake up right?" "Mother, Father .. ..Grandma ? Please wake up" "Don''t let me alone" "Aaaaaaaaaaah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "WHY ? WHY ?" "WHY DID THIS HAPPEN ?" "Little boy . . . . " Said a sweet and gentle voice. A woman''s voice suddenly entered Zhen Zhi mind. Chapter 7 - Truth Of Cultiavation World ( 2 ) Truth Of Cultivation World "Do you want to be strong ?" ¡°Little boy.¡± As if Zhen Zhi doesn''t hear the voice, he still crying. Actually, he really doesn¡¯t hear the voice, since his mind is occupied by grieving and sadness. The voice, of course, is Fen Yi. She doesn¡¯t give up when she realized that Zhen Zhi ignored her calling. ¡°Little boy.¡± Said Fen Yi once again with a higher sound but the voice still pleasing to hear. ¡°Eh? ¡° Zhen Zhi surprised and stop his crying. He tried to search his surrounding, but no one with life around him. Hesitantly, Zhen Zhi asked. ¡°In my mind ? ¡° ¡°Almost. We are in your soul. ¡± After Fen Yi answering his question, Zhen Zhi started crying again. ¡°Little boy ? " Asked Fen Yi again, she surprised why Zhen Zhi started crying again. Zhen Zhi doesn¡¯t bother about the voice in his soul, he keeps crying. An hour has passed, and he still crying. ¡°Little boy, crying won¡¯t solve anything.¡± ¡°So What !!!?!???¡± Shouted Zhen Zhi. "Little boy, You have already visited the Village Cemetary, right ? " "Cemetary ? What is that ?" "Little boy, did you forget that 1 month ago you and your parent pray to your ancestor and visit your grandpa''s grave ?" Memory began to emerge from Zhen Zhi mind. Seeing the memory, Zhen Zhi started to cry again. "Mother !!! Father !!!!" Shout Zhen Zhi. A flash of light suddenly emerged in the sky. The sky became bright for a moment, then a rumbling voice erupted. *boom* The sound of thunder echoing the sky, and black cloud covering the sky. The sky became dark, the wind moved really fast creating a storm. Weirdly, rain doesn''t fall. But Zhen Zhi ignoring this, he already sank deep in his mind, what he want to do is recalling his memory. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On that day, 1 month ago. The temperature was really warm since it was on Warm Season. Zhen Zhi parent decided to visit the village cemetery. Not only they visit Zhen Zhi Grandpa''s grave, they also pray to their ancestor. "Mother ? " Asked Zhen Zhi suddenly. "What dear ? " Replied Zhen Shi with a smile "Where is Grandpa ? Mother said I will meet my grandpa ?" "Grandpa has already died a few years ago before you even born. This is your grandpa''s grave. " "What is death ? " "You will know " After Zhen Zhi doesn''t get a proper answer, he asked again. "Mother, why grandpa is in a grave ?" "When people died, they must buried in the earth. That''s why we must create a grave for dead people" "Why ? " "People born on earth, and will die beneath it " "Can grandpa comeback mother ? " "He can''t." "Why ? " "When people died, their soul will exit their body, goes into another place, waiting to be reincernated. " "What place ? " "I don''t know, dear." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Little boy, you must bury them. As for your grandmother, her body already burned. You don''t need to bury her. " "Why ? " Asked Zhen Zhi into the voice. "You forgot ?" Replied Fen Yi. Hearing what Fen YI said, Zhen Zhi tried to recall his memory again. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Mother, is there any other way besides burying them ?" "There is another way, dear. When people died, their body can be burned, you only need to throw the ash into the sea. The sea will carry them into the earth. " "Will it hurt when the body burned ?" "Zhen Zhi, when people died, they can''t feel what happened to their body anymore." "But mother there is no sea in this village." "Yes Little Zhi, but we can use lake or pond. Sometimes some villager decided to burn the dead body, then throw the ash into the pond. The villager believes that the pond will protect the dead, like how ancestor protected the pond." - - - - - - - - - - - - "How can I carry them ?" Asked Zhen Zhi. Suddenly a ring emerged in the air, in front of Zhen Zhi. Zhen Zhi startled when he saw a ring floating in front of him. "Boy, dip a blood into the ring." Said a male voice, that, of course, is Shu Zan''s voice. Zhen Zhi followed what Shu Zan said by biting his thumb finger, making his finger bleed. Hurriedly, he moved the ring into his finger. After a while, the blood touched the ring. The ring suddenly shining. "Eh ?" Exclaimed Zhen Zhi. Suddenly Zhen Zhi felt a connection between his soul and the ring. After a while, the ring stop shining. "Boy, now take a deep breath, move the ring into your parent body." This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.Zhen Zhi taking a deep breath, because this his mind become less chaotic, gradually become calm. When the ring touch Zhen Zhi parent''s corpse, suddenly the corpse vanished. Zhen Zhi shocked why they suddenly vanished. "Relax boy, I already said right ? Your parent is in the ring. Now do the same thing to your grandmother." "Then what about the other ?" Asked Zhen Zhi "The villagers? Boy, the one who responsible to a dead body is three people, the first is their family, the second is their friend and the third is a doctor. If you want to ask what is a doctor, they are people who can cure your physical wound." Said Shu Zan in Zhen Zhi''s mind "Can''t doctor bring back my parent ?" "Sadly, not." Replied Shu Zan. Hearing this Zhen Zhi become dejected, but quickly he recovered. He remembered what her mother said that dead people can''t come back. Zhen Zhi moved the ring into his grandmother ash, after the ash vanished, he quickly ran into the village pond. He wanted to exit the village fast, to escape the possibility of seeing the tragedy again. "Why ? Why did this happen ? " Asked Zhen Zhi in his own mind. But no voice answered it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Plash* After throwing her grandmother ash into the pond, Zhen Zhi asked. "Now what ?" "Little boy, first let us introduce ourself. My name is Fen Yi." Said Fen Yi "Shu Zan." Replied Shu Zan shortly. "Boy, since you still a kid, of course, you still can''t dig a hole, and you also forgot to bring a hoe. So I will use my power to dig a hole." Suddenly the wind moved really fast near Zhen Zhi, creating a small hurricane. Zhen Zhi felt like his skin is burned.The hurricane heading into the ground, when the hurricane impacted the ground, an earth shake suddenly erupted near Zhen Zhi. Then in front of Zhen Zhi, a crater suddenly created. After a while, a second crater also created with a sound of a small explosion at the same time. "Now done." "If you have this power, why you didn''t save my parent and other villagers ? " Shouted Zhen Zhi with a trace of anger that can be seen on his face. "Boy, me and that woman are sealed in your soul. So, what we can do is limited." Replied Shu Zan calmly. "But .. But !?" Said Zhen Zhi with a panic tone, he wanted to blame other about the tragedy. "Little boy, now it''s not the time to argue with him. Hurry bury them." Suggested Fen Yi Zhen Zhi hearing what Fen Yi said, can only nod and follow what she said. "Little boy, hear what I said. Will the ring to bring out your parent. After that, you put them into the hole. "Okay. " Replied Zhen Zhi, he has a good impression to Fen Yi. Because she always calls him little boy, he remembered about her mother every time she speaks - - - - - "How to close the hole ?" Asked Zhen Zhi after put his parent corpses into the holes. "What you must do is " Said Fen Yi before she suddenly interrupted by Shu Zan. "Wait !!!" Shouted Shu Zan. Zhen Zhi surprised when he hear Shu Zan voice. "Boy, you must close yourself without relying on us. You can use the rocks or sand to close the hole." Ordered Shu Zan. "Shu Zan ! Why you make this hard for this boy !" Said Fen Yi after creating a sound barrier, because of this Zhen Zhi can''t hear what they said. "This boy will live without his parent, we must make him do things for himself before it too late." "But, he still a kid !" Yelled Fen YI. "Okay." Said Zhen Zhi. Fen Yi shocked hearing Zhen Zhi answer. Unknowing to her, Zhen Zhi already realized Shu Zan intention. Zhen Zhi searched nearby rocks. After collecting them, he put it into the holes. Then he used sand to close the holes after realizing that the rock is not sufficient to close the holes. "Boy, did you want to be strong ?" Asked Shu Zan suddenly. "Strong ? I always want to be strong. But I always asked to myself, if I become strong, then what ?" Replied Zhen Zhi innocently. "Boy, this will hurt, but if you become strong, when you have friend or family, you can protect them. Unlike now where you powerless to even protect yourself." "Protect ? Will I get a new family ?" "Little boy, you can call me Aunt Yi, you can also call him Uncle Zan." "Wait, what ?" Asked Shu Zan surprised. "Okay." "NO, don''t call me uncle !" Shouted Shu Zan. "hihihihi." laughed Zhen Zhi. He laughed because two people argued stupid thing in his mind, and he can''t do anything. "Forget it, boy, you still haven''t answered my question, do you want to be strong ?" "Yes !!!!!" Said Zhen Zhi firmly. "Then ..." Said Shu Zan while thinking at the same time.