《The Legend of The Demon Prince》 chapter 1 : innate talent The world is a vast entity! It is too vast for a single person to traverse in a single lifetime. The world contains uncountable number of galaxies and each galaxies contains millions of stars and hundreds of planets. Most people die without even being able to roam their own planets, but the same can''t be said to be true for cultivators! Cultivators cultivate and store heavenly energy of nature in their dantians and hence break through boundaries of mortal realm to step on the path of immortality. The path of cultivation is very difficult to proceed and there are many obstacles but the person who can cultivate can obtain power beyond limits of natural body. The story begins at the capital of the Kong demon dynasty of the Kong demon planet. The dynasty has been established a few billion years ago. Ever since then it has been flourishing and at present controls 1000s of planets in the GU demon galaxy. The most powerful person of the Kong demon dynasty lives in the capital of the planet black tiger city. It is indeed the emperor of Kong demon dynasty Kong Meng. The emperor has 72 wives and 1 or 2 children from each of them but his most beloved is only the demon empress Kong ling. emperor had a son with her named Kong Yue 6 years ago. Today it is the time when a child is checked for his innate talent in the dynasty. Currently all the children of the emperor were being brought to the royal palace for purpose of checking their talents in path of cultivation. The talents of young generation were being checked at the palace courtyard. As Kong Yue was brought in courtyard he is too happy to contain his happiness. Many a times he had wished to go to royal palace and play with his father but his mother always restricted him and promised if he had gained the approval of elders after his talent was checked he will be able to spend time with his father. After all emperor had 96 children, how could he devote time to each child? Most children will only be able to see their royal father only once or twice in their lifetime. As Kong Yue approached the courtyard he was greeted by many servants and maids. He saw a queue of children standing in front of a large tent. The tent was finely made and was large enough to fit 50 men. Time passed as finely it was Kong Yue''s turn to finally enter the tent. After entering he saw 2 elders of Kong dynasty sitting on chairs. One of the elders had a long black beard and a long black face. He looked to be around 30 or 40 yrs. old while the other appeared to be somewhat younger with a small goatee. As Kong Yue entered he saluted the elders, "Good evening elders" and elders replied with a nod. One of the elder with a goatee asked Kong Yue to place his hand on a black pearl place on a table. Kong Yue as instructed went and picked up the pearl. The elder then came near him and also placed his hands on the pearl. Soon a bright light came from the pearl shocking everyone in the room. Kong Yue asked with curiosity, ¡°esteemed elders what is this light?". The elder only had a shock on his face. He hurriedly went out and asked another elder to come while the elder with black beard wrote down some details on a paper. The 3 elders looked at Kong Yue and the newcomer elder said ¡°young master you have a high affinity with natural energy and hence will be able to cultivate to a very high realm with your talents, congratulations!". Hearing this Kong Yue couldn''t express his joy and after bowing to the elders went to his mother¡¯s courtyard. His mother courtyard was placed in the water haven lane where usually all the nobles lived. Inside a courtyard, Kong Yue happily jumped at a woman and cried out, "Mother see here I have a high talent, I have the elder¡¯s approval. Now when will we go see royal father?¡± The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. His mother smiled with brimming joy at his son''s result and said "3 days later we will go to the royal palace and meet your father. Are you happy now?¡± Listening to his mother¡¯s consent Kong Yue could only laugh as he went running to the dining room of the house. Behind him a voice could be heard, " be careful don''t run!¡± 3 days passed quickly and the day arrived when finally Kong Yue would be able to meet his father for the first time. With his mother by his side Kong Yue went inside a horse cart to go to the royal palace. After a few hours they reached their destination, the royal palace. as Kong Yue stepped off the cart he saw a lavish palace with gardens so wide as if they had no ends.as he was surveying the surroundings suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulders and nodded to his mother as they went inside the gardens guided by a servant. Inside the palace Kong Yue saw his father for first time standing in front of him. His father was a big man 1.9 m in height and with large muscles. When he saw the mother son duo emperor Kong Meng couldn''t help but smile. There were 20 children in the palace including him with their mothers. Some were older than him by a year and some were of his age. emperor addressed everyone and standing from center of the palace court room said "today I have gathered all of my children who have reached the age of cultivation and one of them has the highest talent recorded in past 1000 years , Kong Yue come up here." Hearing his name Kong Yue¡¯s cheek got red as embarrassed he went up to his father and faced everyone in the palace room. "Ha-ha finally I have a son who has made me proud before even starting cultivating. Kong Yue come here to your father''s side". Hearing his father¡¯s words emotions went into a turmoil inside the little Kong Yue as he went and hugged his father for first time. "Ha-ha, good good I will make sure you receive finest education and techniques in the future as well as oversee your progress myself". "Thank you royal father" Kong Yue was so happy that he wanted to dance in joy but couldn¡¯t do something like this in here in front of everyone. He smiled with joy at his father''s praise. His father placed his hands on Kong Yue¡¯s shoulders and then his face went blank. Kong Yue couldn''t help but ask "royal father what happened are you alright?" His father only said "nothing" and sent him back to his mother. After few hours Kong Yue was back at home and as soon as his mother entered the house she started crying. Seeing his mother cry Kong Yue asked with worry on his face, "mother are you alright?¡± His mother said hugged him and cried even loudly. At this he asked again "mother tell me what happened? Was it father did he bully you? What happened?¡± his mother said with a trembling voice "your father didn''t do anything , it''s just he told me that he found that even though you have very high talent you will not be able to cultivate ever! Your dantian is not empty like normal people but filled. There have been a few people in our dynasty that had the same condition and couldn''t cultivate their whole life.¡± then she started crying again while Kong Yue only started with a shocked expression. He knew how important cultivations was and how powerful a cultivator was. He knew that now that he had a filled dantian he won''t be able to cultivate, but he can''t give up like this. But even he couldn''t do anything but cry and started crying loudly. Chapter 2 : An earth shaking announcement The next day, Kong Yue woke up with swollen eyes. He cried a lot the previous night and was still feeling melancholic inside his heart. He was sure that he will found some way to cultivate natural energy. He doesn''t have any other option after all. How could he give up? Even the servants were all cultivators with at least cultivation of spirit qi realm. The cultivators in the mortal universe all followed either the devil path or the immortal path with each path having 7 steps after which they will ascend to divine realm. The 7 realms of qi refining are 1. Elementary qi realm 2. Profound qi realm 3. Spirit qi realm 4. Sky qi realm 5. King Qi realm 6. Emperor Qi realm 7. Overlord qi realm And after that was the realm out of everybody''s reach, the divine god realm of qi cultivation where the mortal body breaks the boundary of cosmos to reach out to a new universe. It was a realm only a handful of cultivators were able to reach since the founding of the universe itself. As Kong Yue got up from his bed, he finally made up his mind that whatever the circumstances he won''t give up. That he will try every cultivation in the world, even if he still failed he won''t give up. He will never back down. 6 years is an age child is still immature, but the resoluteness inside Kong Yue''s eyes could even leave behind mature adults. Kong Yue cleaned himself and got down to the ground floor of his house where his mother was already waiting with breakfast prepared. Kong Yue as if ignoring the sumptuous breakfast just took some fruits ate it fast and told his mother calmly , " mother I have decided , I will study from the imperial palace''s instructors and I will definitely study seriously and will cultivate and will become as powerful as father. Please help me convince father." His mother Kong ling couldn''t see her son becoming too broken hearted and thought of dissuading him but decided in the end to help him get tutelage regarding cultivation practices. Nearly a month had passed. Kong Yue asked the guards at the door of the royal gardens to let him enter and then began to go towards the back of royal palace where his royal father Kong men had prepared elders from the dynasty to teach the younger generation in the ways of cultivation. Kong Yue was a diligent learner exceeding everyone and learnt all the various techniques and practices at least in theory but since he had a peculiar dantian he could never actually participate. Every day he would learn different things from the elders and remember them exactly as told. He was seen not as a practitioner but a scholar in many elders¡¯ eyes. Time passed and without even knowing Kong Yue had spent 8 years learning various techniques. He also learnt various other matters related with economy and management. But he was always met with disdain as a mortal was nothing but an ant to be squished in front of all the cultivators. In a secret room inside the palace emperor Kong Meng was talking with an elder named Kong Xian who looked after various businesses for the dynasty and was a well-respected person. Emperor asked elder Xian, " what is the status of little Yue, is he doing well?¡± "Yes, he is an excellent learner but alas he can''t cultivate otherwise he would have already left behind all his cousins by now. He is able to use a little bit of natural energy and circulate it in body but the dantian of that boy always repel the energy outside". Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. ¡°is there really no way to help him, with his talent and personality and will power if he could cultivate he would have become a fine emperor". ¡°Your majesty how shall I deal with the issue of your retirement. There are many youngster in your bloodline who have already stepped into sky qi realm, with a few decades worth of cultivation few will reach emperor qi realm soon". ¡°I know I can''t ignore this issue any longer. Let me think about it for a while". "As you wish your majesty". Elder Xian left the realm as quietly as possible while the emperor sat down pondering about some issues. Few more days passed and emperor summoned every family member and elders to a banquet in the palace. The palace was beautifully decorated like a newlywed bride. Every part of the palace was magnificently lit up. Kong Yue was really astonished at the beautiful site. He had come today with his mother. As they walked hand in hand towards the palace gate Kong Yue and his mother both couldn''t help but sigh at how beautiful a sight it was! Even Kong Yue who went to palace every day for training couldn''t possibly think it could be decorated so beautifully. But all that joy remained till the doorstep after which under the disdainful stares of everyone his mood couldn''t help but be spoilt. They quietly went to a corner in the hall and sat with a few snacks and drinks in hands. Kong Yue was looking at his surrounding attentively when he noticed the emperor coming towards his mother. "Ling come with me I need to chat with you privately". His mother only nodded and went away. Kong Yue sat all alone for whole time surrounded by stares. Finally after 2 hours his mother came back to his side and apologized, ¡°eh, sorry you had to spend time here all alone. Mother is here now so don''t be too unhappy. We will soon go back.¡± Suddenly a loud voice rang out, "Attention everyone royal emperor Kong Meng is going to make an announcement so please pay attention". After which the emperor walked up to the front of hall with a majestic aura. Finally the long awaited announcement was announced. ¡°I emperor Kong Meng has decide to retire in the next 100 years and to choose the next heir to the throne all my children will compete. Each of them will be randomly sent to different planets and after 100 years the child with most achievement shall become the next ruler. The teleportation process will begin in a month so prepare well in these few days." The announcement came as a shock to everyone. To some it was an opportunity while to some it was a grievous incident. Kong Yue was also dumbstruck, would he have to leave his mother¡¯s side for a 100 years? his mother was a cultivator at later stages of king qi realm so there wasn''t much problem but wouldn''t he die in the next 100 years after all a mortal could only live 100 at most. So will he die before seeing his mother again? This announcement shook his mind and made his resolution even tougher. He will find a way to cultivate his qi strength and live to see his mother again. Chapter 3 : teleported away The next day¡­ Kong yue is sitting in the courtyard of his home, just thinking about his future. Suddenly a hand came on his shoulders. Still in a daze he didn¡¯t even notice when his mother had come to him and almost fell off from his chair. ¡°Little yue, are you alright?¡± ¡°I am alright mother.¡± He himself is unaware that due to his sorrowful thoughts his usually soft voice had become hoarse and dry. He had been there in the courtyard since morning and it is almost night time now. His mother offered him some tea and sit beside him to comfort him. ¡°Yue, you shouldn¡¯t worry. After all we couldn¡¯t stay with each other for whole your life. Sigh it is an opportunity for you to mature yourself. So be brave and embrace it. I will be waiting for you inside.¡± ¡°Yes, mother. I will be back soon.¡± After talking with her son, yue¡¯s mother started walking towards the entrance of the house. Sobbing could be heard from both the mother and son duo. It was the first time her son is going to leave and same can be said for yue. In this period of time, yue spent most of his time on reading various ancient texts, practicing his swordplay and exercising like usual. As if nothing was going to happen soon. A month passed in a blink of an eye, it is the day that the young generation of the Kong demon dynasty are to be send off to different planets randomly. There is a huge crowd of people in the royal palace today. The crowd consisted of the 96 children and his 72 wives, elders, guards and various other important officials of the palace. A banquet was set up for all the people. It is 8 pm now and the time for sending off the young people. As the time arrived emperor got on the stage and announced his desires and expectations of the young generation before asking everybody to move to the palace garden where teleportation formation is placed. 10 elders can be seen distributing number cards to the 96 children in order from youngest to eldest and hence the teleportation process started. After 3 hours, finally came yue¡¯s turn to be teleported off. He couldn¡¯t do anything now. The rims of his eyes had long became moist. Hearing his name being called out yue started walking towards the formation. However he then stopped in his tracks and looked back and saw his mother calling out to him. He walked to his mother and asked, ¡°Yes mother?¡± ¡°Yue, this is the last thing I can give to you so that you can remember me¡± She handed him a pendant two wear on his neck. Seeing the simple but elegant pendant yue smiled lightly. ¡°Thank you mother, for bring up such a useless child and treating him properly. I will remember your kindness and love and will by any means cultivate to see you once again before my death. I have all the necessities for my survival in my interspatial ring and will be sure to live well. I will see you soon. Good bye¡± He left without looking back again and stepped into the formation. A jolt came to his mind and he felt his consciousness fading. Then he found himself in a green forest. He seemed to be the only one there and looked around to see if there was anyone else there. He didn¡¯t have any map or way to guide him, so after wearing the pendent he started to walk in a random direction, wishing to leave the forest and go to some town. Then maybe he will start a business there. Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences. He had only walked for about 7 hours before stopping. He could hear loud roaring voice, after hearing which his face ashamed. ¡°Shit, why did it has to be dragon¡¯s territory? So that¡¯s why it was so empty! Have to run now!¡± He started to run in the opposite direction from the roar but it was too late now. After all how can a mere human be faster than a dragon? As he was running, he made the mistake of looking behind. He saw a dragon at least 90 m long and with a wing span of 150 m flying in the sky. It was red in color and looked like a majestic king looking down on all life forms from the above. ¡°Shit¡± This was all he could say before Kong yue felt a huge wind force on his backside and then a force which was so strong as if a mountain was sent flying on his back. Apparently he had been hit by the dragon¡¯s tail and knocked flying. His body kept flying in the air for dozens of kilometers before loudly falling to the ground, beside a lake. A huge crater was formed where he fell. A bright glow started dimming and his face could be finally seen. Meanwhile on the Kong demon planet. Inside yue¡¯s home a man and a woman were sitting on opposite sides from each other on sofas in the living room. The man was elegantly dressed and woman was also a beauty. They were the father and mother of Kong yue. ¡°Ling, did you give yue that necklace?¡± ¡°I did¡± ¡°Sigh, that was all I could do for that child to protect him. He has food and weapons. Although he can¡¯t cultivate but where I sent him there won¡¯t be much need of it anyways¡± ¡°What? Where did you send him meng?¡± ¡°Ha-ha, I really love it when you call me that way¡± ¡°Stop joking and just tell me!¡± ¡°I sent him to blue jade planet. It is not a very big planet and has very small amount of cultivators. Only about a million!¡± ¡°Just a million? Then maybe yue can live well there. His physique is powerful enough to rival a level 2 elementary qi realm expert¡± ¡°In that million cultivators most of them are in elementary qi, while very few, only a handful are in sky qi realm. With the protection of the pendant he will be safe. Don¡¯t worry about him so much.¡± ¡°How can I not worry, I am his mother! Humph!¡± A day had passed since yue had been hit by the dragon and became unconscious. He had finally waken up. He started groaning and then sat up. ¡°How am I even alive? Ah I feel like my whole body is broken¡± And stood up to check his surroundings. He saw that there was lake nearby and decided to get a drink. Before he could get near the lake he heard a loud shout and turned around. He heard a loud voice calling to him. ¡°Stop you pervert!¡± Author¡¯s note [Alright I listened to readers above and decide to edit chapters properly before posting them. But I can¡¯t keep writing without being motivated so if you are reading this and want me to keep writing, you should comment below and write what you feel. It will motivate me and I will keep writing. I will write chapters 3 times a week on TTS (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays). So if you like what I write follow my story for more updates. Thanks for reading] Chapter 4 : hermit village Kong yue heard a shrill, feminine voice shouting out to him. ¡°Stop!!!! Don¡¯t dome near anymore!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t you have any shame peeking on a little girl who is just 12 years old you mother fucka!¡± These words made him think, ¡°eh mother fucka ? What¡¯s that?¡± ¡°You don¡¯t even know what mother fucka is? You biatch!¡± ¡°Who the hell are you to peek on this young maiden?¡± ¡°Ah, it was all a misunderstanding! I was just here to drink some water! I am ¡­¡­. Ah eh I am ¡­¡­¡± As if pondering something Kong yue sat down near the lake, taking rest on a boulder nearby. He was deep in his thoughts when more shouts could be heard. ¡°Asshole, just who are you? Even if you are a prince you don¡¯t have the permission to view my celestial beauty, bitch!¡± ¡°Nah it¡¯s just misunderstanding, it¡¯s just that I can¡¯t seem to remember who I am!¡± He thought to himself, ¡°I remember that I was hit pretty badly, but what was it that hit me? w=how did I get here? Who am I?¡± ¡°Mother Fucka wait for me, I am coming out!¡± ¡°Ah wait no, I am not a pervert!¡± ¡°Pedophile, I am coming there dressed now. I have taken the bath asshole. Now tell me who are you?¡± ¡°Ah you got a bloody mother fucka spot from where blood is dropping!¡± ¡°Cool!¡± ¡°You are like a victim who got attacked by those gangsta bandits and was left to die!!¡± ¡°This sister here will help you! So follow me now!¡± Kong yue was left in daze by the attitude of this little girl who appeared to be only 12 years old. She was short, about 1.4 m and had a supple waist, a pert butt, and a smiling face like an angel. But she had a cold attitude which made others to try to get even close to her. Her attitude possessed an attraction of its own, mesmerizing everyone. She came in front of Kong yue, looking at him from his head to toe, as if checking the worth of the prey. She finally spoke. ¡°You are a little good looking, have a few muscles, hmm, ok you can be my follower. Now say aloud Miss Emily is the cutest! And I will let you follow me. Now go on¡± ¡°Eh, hmm miss ¡­ Emily¡­. Is the ¡­¡± ¡°Okay okay, just tell me what your name is?¡± ¡°Kong yue¡± ¡°Eh?¡± (Emily) ¡°Eh?¡± (Yue) ¡°What are you ehing for? Such an awkward name. Lol¡± Emily started laughing after hearing such a name. Even yue was left dazed. He didn¡¯t remember much but had unconsciously told her his name. Even he was thinking to himself, was it really his name. She started to take a look at the various stuff he had. She looked for a moment and ignored the ordinary looking ring before staring at the pendant on his neck. ¡°Wow, such a cute pendant. Let me look at that!¡± As if coming to a realization he also noticed the strange and beautiful pendant and took it off. As he was passing it to the girl she dropped it to the ground by mistake and pendant got opened. Inside was an image of a young woman, of course she was yue¡¯s mother. Yue looked at the image with warmth in his heart. An unexplainable feeling welling up in inside of him and tears started to form in his eyes. Ignoring the boy, girl took up that pendant. ¡°Ah such a beautiful woman. Is she your sister?¡± Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± Looking at the almost about to cry boy, Emily gave the pendant back to yue. She said, ¡°Let¡¯s get back to village and treat your injury. Do you have any money on you? ¡° ¡°What is that?¡± ¡°Fucker you don¡¯t even know what money is? Damn.¡± ¡°Also what does fucker mean?¡± ¡°Eh? It mean gentleman and money is the thing you use to exchange stuff or get help from others. You don¡¯t have money, no problem. But you will have to help me later, ok.¡± ¡°Ah, ok¡± It was his first time interacting with someone after losing his memories and he didn¡¯t know various thing and how to behave. So he decided to follow her for the mean time. ¡°Now follow me to the village. The village has a name called hermit village. It is very big! There are 1000s of people there. We even have proper roads to the town of Cecilia for trade. So cool. You will love it when you get there!¡± ¡°How much far is the village from here?¡± ¡°Just about 4 hour from here. Hehehe¡± They were going leisurely in the forest as if it was empty and only 2 of them existed. The girl leading and the boy following her. Time passed as they talked while walking. Only an hour had passed since they started to head to the village but suddenly heard a little growl. The growl made the little girl pale faced. ¡°What was that Emily?¡± Yue was still unknown to the dangers of forest as he had lost his memories. ¡°Just run with me, wolves are coming.¡± Seeing the expression on the girls face made him serious and he started running behind her. Few minutes later the growls started getting louder and the girls face also got more and more ashened. Suddenly she fell down on the ground and then didn¡¯t try to get up. She laid there as if she had lost all hope. ¡°We are doomed. Damn mother fucka¡± She started crying. But yue didn¡¯t give up, instead put some mud on her and himself, then took her in his arms and climbed up a tree and hid himself and her behind the leaves on one of the thickest tree branches. 2 minutes later wolves came running and sniffing near the tree they climbed. Seeing the wolves, pale faced girl held yue even tighter. After few minutes of sniffing around the wolves finally left the place. After waiting an hour they left the tree to continue their journey. ¡°You saved me this time, so I will let you be my friend from now on.¡± They travelled cautiously this time and after 4 hours they could see the smoke from chimneys from afar. ¡°Ah we reached the village!¡± The little girl, Emily cried out with tears of joy on the rims of her eye. Authors note [Hi people, indiboy khalsa here! if you read this story, I thank you and if you don¡¯t, you may try in future. For those who like it, you should comment below. Positive and negative comments, I will accept both. I will strive to improve my grammar and story. The story is still in development and first arc will continue till chapter 15 after will the mc will start getting op so you may have to be a little patient with me, I released early instead of Tuesday because i will be busy tomorrow. Keep reading! ] Chapter 5 : hermit village (2) Emily sighed after looking in the direction of Hermit village. She had thought that her death was certain after that encounter with wolves, but Kong yue had saved her. She finally felt secure. She turned towards yue with a look of gratification, but then cried out. ¡°Ah! Shit I forgot to take care of that wound on your head!¡± ¡°It is not hurting so no problem.¡± ¡°Bullshit! There is so much blood! I will treat right away.¡± Her face had become red with embarrassment. Earlier she had forgot to treat yue¡¯s injury due to the fear of the wolves and had just now remembered it. There was copious amount of blood still oozing out from the back of his head. Emily took out her towel and tore a piece of cloth from it and after cleaning the wound she gave him a piece of cloth to cover it. There was still a mile or 2 before they reach the village. Instantly her expression changed once again. She had remembered her mother¡¯s warning and started to search excludes for going to forest. Earlier her mother had warned her about wild beasts in deeper parts of forest, which could sometimes be found even in the outer regions of forest. She had completely ignored it and was sure that she would be grounded. An idea came in her mind and she started searching for beautiful flowers nearby. After a few minutes of searching and collecting, she had a bag full of it. She then turned to yue. ¡°You pervert, listen well! Once we reach the village you are to stay quiet and if my mother asks anything you just tell her that we were searching for flowers in outer regions.¡± Yue was curious and thus asked her, ¡°Why do I have to say that?¡± ¡°You! If you want to be my friend and want me to help you out do as I tell you. Idiot!¡± She was a bit anxious. She didn¡¯t have faith in yue. What if he blurted out the truth? But she had no choice. ¡°Let¡¯s go. Everyone must be anxious as I am late.¡± It was evening. The time wild beasts were most active so it was natural that she would want to leave forest as soon as possible. After a few minutes of walking they reached the outskirts of village. The village was quite big in size. Yue could estimate it to be 10 km wide and 7 or 8 km long. It had a few hundred houses. The houses were all built with stones and looked to be sturdy. The roads were also in good shape. They quickly approached the village gate where an elder from the village opened that gate.as the entered they were greeted by a crowd of youngsters same age as their own. All bout 12 to 15 years old. A kid with a huge built came forward in front of Emily and told her, ¡°Why did you take so much time to return. Did you know all of us have been inquired by your mother about your whereabouts? You know we can¡¯t lie to aunt. Just go back a.s.a.p.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t have to tell me that asshole!¡± She quickly went towards a certain house in the village with yue following her silently. She opened that dear as lightly as possible, so that almost no noise was produced. ¡°You scoundrel, you dare to ignore my warning and went off to the forest again. I told you if you went there you will be grounded for a month. ¡± Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. ¡°But I! I was collecting flowers in the outer regions only!¡± ¡°Yes aunty we were collecting flowers in the outer regions only.¡± ¡°Who the hell are you now? I haven¡¯t ever seen you here.¡± ¡°He is Kong Yue. He is my new friend and helped me in forest. He was injured so I brought him back. He is strong!¡± ¡°You little brat! Don¡¯t change the topic. Give me you explanation now! If you tell the truth I will not ground you for a month. Ok¡± ¡°Ok then, I did go to the forest lake. When I was retuning I met with yue¡­.¡± ¡°You are GROUNDED for 3 months!¡± ¡°But you¡­.?¡± ¡°I said I won¡¯t for a month. Ha-ha!¡± ¡°You brat. Your name is yue? Loll it is so strange. ¡± ¡°My name is Kong Yue.¡± ¡°Hmm you have a last name? It is a rare site¡± Emily told her mother about yue¡¯s circumstances and then asked her for her permission to let him stay in their house for a period of time. ¡°Hmm. alright yue, you can stay here, but you have to help me out in selling my wares at the shop! I will let you stay in living room and provide you with food. Is it ok?¡± ¡°Thank you for helping me.¡± With a roof over his shoulders and food to eat, yue¡¯s worries had been removed for now. At night, yue was sitting on the roof of Emily¡¯s house gazing at the moon thinking about someone. He was thinking about the image of the young woman in the pendant. He said in his heart, ¡°Are you rally my mother? Are you well? Where are you?¡± A new chapter was about to begin in yue¡¯s life. The next morning yue woke up from his bed early. He ate the breakfast provided to him and looked around the house. The house had 3 bed rooms, 1 living room, and a small kitchen cum dining hall. He sat in the living room and was staring at the wall. The wall was light pink in color but what was eye catching was the pair of swords hung there. Emily¡¯s mother looked at yue staring at swords for a few minutes and asked, ¡°Do you like swords? Do you want to check them out?¡± ¡°Ah! Yes, please. ¡± He went towards the lady and grabbed the sword she presented to him. As he grabbed it with both hands he used his left hand to feel the blade. The blade was smooth and sharp, glittering with brilliance as he swung it down. Suddenly yue¡¯s expression changed noticeably. He abruptly said, ¡°I remember something!¡± Author¡¯s note: [ Ok, I have to make a new announcement! I will be doing bonus chapters from now on. When will I do bonus chapters? 1. When 10 new followers join 2. When I get 10 comments on a single chapter 3. When I feel motivated enough Bonus chapters! Follow the story, comment below, and add it to favorites! Thanks for reading ] Chapter 6 : the mercenary guild Kong Yue abruptly blurted out, ¡°I remember something!¡± He turned to look at Emily¡¯s mother and asked her if he could use the sword once. The lady also being curious about yue, allowed him. Yue became cheerful hearing her permission and went outside in the courtyard of the house. The courtyard was not big, only a few sq. meters in area but was enough for him to swing the sword as he wished. The sword was 1.6 m in length. It had a grey luster of metal. Yue grabbed the hilt with both hands and swung it down vertically to feel its motion. Feeling the sword and moving it horizontally he stopped the sword in midair. Then he said in a low voice, ¡°9 immortals execution technique, wind slash!¡± He swung the sword while rotating it at an angle of about 80 degrees from vertical and a howling wind sound could be heard. The howl was not loud. He then changed his stance and swung it down again. He changed stances 9 times and then drew the sword back in its sheath. He moved back a little then drew it at an inconceivable speed. ¡°Immortal execution!¡± He sheathed the sword and presented it back to the lady staring at him. She was filled with awe at the youth before her. The youth was only about 14 yrs. old but could actually wield a sword so skillfully. ¡°You can keep the sword if you want to, I mean.¡± ¡°Really?¡± ¡°But, it¡¯s not free gift, okay. That sword is worth 150 gold! You will have to eventually pay for it later. Ah! Why don¡¯t you join mercenary guild? With your skills and strength you will be able to earn quite a lot!¡± ¡°What is a mercenary guild?¡± Yue asked curiously. He hadn¡¯t heard of it before. ¡°They are a group of people who are very strong! They do various jobs like hunting, catching bandits, collecting herbs, and various other jobs. You should try the mercenary guild test yourself. Go get yourself cleaned up and take Emily with you. That brat must¡¯ve been bored been grounded. ¡± ¡°Thank you!¡± Yue was quite joyful thinking about joining the mercenary guild. When he had touched the sword he had seen various images of a sword moving. He followed those movements as if it was natural. He went back in the living room with the sword on his back. He quickly went to bath and after getting all refreshed shouted out, ¡°Emily lets go out. Aunty has allowed us! We have to go to mercenary guild for my registration.¡± ¡°Really? You pervert is going to become a mercenary? Ha-ha. ¡± ¡°Stop joking we will leave after an hour¡± ¡°Let me get ready!¡± After an hour Emily took Yue by the hand and guided him to the mercenary guild. The guild was the biggest structure in the village. It was quite lavish inside. Once they got inside both of them were filled with awe. There were a large crowd of people going to counter, lining up to sell materials and buying stuff. Some were taking missions while some were just drinking booze in a corner. Yue went to the counter for registration followed by Emily. Stolen story; please report. ¡°I want to register here!¡± The female receptionist looked at Yue. Yue was quite tall and had a healthy body which could compare with an adult. She quickly replied, ¡°Ok, here fill this form. Then you have to pick a mission. Once you complete it you will be ranked and become part of guild officially.¡± ¡°Ok.¡± After filling it, Yue with etiquettes of a gentleman returned the form. Turned to look at Emily and asked her. ¡°Which mission should I pick now?¡± ¡°Dumbo! Just take one which you like and has a huge reward!¡± ¡°Hmm. Here is a mission like that. It says collecting soul fire flowers, reward 200 gold. Wow! With this one mission I can pay all the money for that sword.¡± ¡°Soul fire flowers? I know where you can find them! But it requires you to go to the central part of the forest.¡± ¡°Ok then I will be taking this mission.¡± Yue tore the leaflet of the mission from the board and stuffed it in his bag and left. Someone asked in the hall. ¡°Did you see which mission those kids took? The one no one dares to take. They have a death wish!¡± Yue returned to Emily¡¯s house and decide to go to forest the next day. He decided to keep the mission a surprise from her mother. He went to his bed and took out the sword. He started at the sword and murmured. ¡°Such a profound sword technique! Who I am? ¡± Soon he was slumbering in his bed like a baby. The next day he woke up early and asked the directions for the place from Emily. But instead she refused and told him that she will come with him. The duo silently slipped in the morning fog so as to prevent being stopped by the aunty. Soon they were at the outskirts of the dense forest. Growls, roars and growls of bests could be heard. ¡°Are you sure you want to come?¡± ¡°Yes definitely! Without me you would be lost in the forest. Here¡± ¡°Huh. Ok then follow behind me and be cautious. Give me the directions now.¡± ¡°First of all, we have to go straight for 4 KMs from here, then there will be river. Then after turning to the right we have to run for 3 KMs and then. Ah it too complicated just follow me after that. Ok¡± ¡°What do you mean by run?¡± ¡°Ah. You only have strength weed brain! Lake is the only water source in the 10 KM radius inside forest so it has animals coming occasionally so we have to be careful.¡± ¡°Humph. Let¡¯s go now and finish this quickly.¡± ¡°Yeah, let the adventure begin!¡± Author¡¯s¡¯ note [ Hi readers! Regular chapter comes tomorrow! Then maybe if we have 20 followers then I will do a bonus chapter on Sunday and if we have 10 or more favorites then it shall be a double release day! Now then, do any of you readers in love with android like me? If yes, then try searching Remix OS for pc! It looks so osm! See ya tomorrow! ] chapter 7 : the fire dragon Emily and Yue were going through the dense forest carefully. This time they were extremely cautious of running into wild beasts. After the last experience with the wolves they had already learnt their lesson that no matter what always be cautious! They had been walking for an hour. Kong Yue had his hands on the hilt, ready to draw at any moment and use the momentum of the draw for instant kill. Emily couldn¡¯t bear the suffocating silence and finally spoke, ¡°what will you do with reward?¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°Yes, what will you do with it? I want a share too as I am also risking my life!¡± ¡°Ok then we will split it. 90 ¨C 10 happy.¡± ¡°wtf?¡± ¡°Now be quiet! Do you want to be ambushed?¡± After this bout, they quietly moved forward. After walking for an hour they had already reached the lake and fastened their pace. It was surprising that even though Yue had taken his first mission he still ran without making any notice in the forest whereas Emily¡¯s feet produced negligible sound. Both moved in a practiced manner for another hour or so after which they had already reached the inner parts. There was still a large distance from central part but roars of bests was growing older. ¡°Emily, it¡¯s your turn to guide now. Where?¡± ¡°Just follow me.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t run too much ahead of me or you may get hurt.¡± ¡°En.¡± Moving steadily, another hour passed. Finally they had reached the central part. There had been 2 instances where they had seen that beasts were coming their way and had climbed trees and hid themselves. Due to which there journey of a dozen kilometers took them 4 hours. Emily still kept leading and after few minutes they reached a garden in the middle of the forest. The garden was as large as a football field with different flowers growing around. It was a bizarre site. ¡°Emily, is this the place?¡± ¡°Yes! Isn¡¯t this place beautiful?¡± ¡°Yes it is. Now on with the mission. Let¡¯s leave quickly.¡± ¡°You are such a coward.¡± ¡°Where is the soul fire flower? We have to get 15 of them.¡± ¡°Look there¡± Emily pointed at a flower which was growing abundance in this garden. The flower was growing in 100s in this place. There were beautiful flowers surrounding it, looking at these enormous numbers greed surfaced in his eyes. ¡°Emily, what are those flowers?¡± ¡°They are fire breath flower, golden flame flower, sunny grass and fire orchid! They are all so beautiful. I had come here once before. It¡¯s been 6 months since my last visit!¡± ¡°Amazing!¡± Yue couldn¡¯t help feeling elated at this heavenly site. But something was bothering him. He also thought, why were all these flowers related with fire? Is it just a coincidence? He couldn¡¯t bear this curiously and turned to Emily. ¡°Why are all these flowers, have fire affinity?¡± ¡°Well, I only came here once before in my whole life so how should I know?¡± ¡°This is suspicious. Let¡¯s just get enough of these and leave. There is a risk of beasts coming here soon.¡± This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Yue thought inwardly that though this place was the central most part, why weren¡¯t there any beast here? Also the roars of beats sounded very low indicating that they were too far from here. He was left guessing about the secret of this place. While he was busy, checking the surrounding, Emily had already filled their bags with dozens of soul fire flowers. ¡°Yup we have enough now, let¡¯s go.¡± ¡°Can¡¯t we go later? It is so beautiful here!¡± Suddenly a deafening roar came from nearby. ¡°Holy shit! This must be the legendary dragons¡± Emily cried out and urged Yue to run. Without any further delay both of them ran at top speed. Even though Emily didn¡¯t run fast, she was pulled by Yue so she was going at a much faster rate. Both of them were running when they noticed a gigantic shadow hovering over them. It was the legendary dragon! A magnificent being at the sky qi realm. Maybe the most powerful being on a planet lacking in qi cultivators. It was an unparalleled existence here. A fire breathing, 50 m long entity, so strong that it could annihilate very thing in its path. Its aura was suffocating to the extreme. The dragon was flying in air. It was a km away from them. They ran as fast as possible. But the dragon was catching up to them. 900m, 600m, 300m, and then it was directly above them. They were now in a rocky region. There were huge rocks as large as 40 m high everywhere. Yue without any thought pushed Emily into a crater before the dragon could catch them. Yue had a smile on his face. A smile of satisfaction. Emily soundlessly cried. The dragon pounced on the now stopped Yue. It carried the little human into midair. The dragon had a lustrous skin deep red in color. It was radiating scorching heat all around it. The dragon said with a majestic voice, ¡°Stupid humans, you dared to enter my territory and even dared to plunder my food! You are courting DATH! ¡± It threw Yue in the air with a velocity such that it was difficult to even follow with the eye. The dragon opened its mouth and gulped down the human in the air at once. Then it looked down and said again, ¡°I am sparing your pitiful life for now. Never gain appear here. SCRAM!¡± ¡°Yue!¡± Emily cried out loudly from that crater. She was now filled with fear and worry. Is yue dead? She couldn¡¯t believe that he died just like that. Emily was girl who had a badmouth but was actually very sensitive. These past days with yue had changed her impression of yue. She now viewed him as her best friend and was unwilling to leave like that. She also thought about her mother. What would she do? She just lied there on her back in that cramped space. Even though she completed the mission the duo had taken what was the benefit? She regretted coming here. She regretted telling him that she will guide him. She regretted meeting yue. She believed that she was the one who killed yue, her best friend! Author¡¯s note [ Well there are 20 followers so I guess we will have a release tomorrow as well. ] read my new series I had been thinking about writing a short sci fi story and today i finally did so. It will be about 40 chapters and may be end in a month or 2. Here is the link. http://royalroadl.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=48194 The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. We will have a bonus chapter tomorrow and then mwf (Monday , Wednesday, Friday) i will do the new series. Chapter 8 : cultivating the fire element The dragon flew away from the rocky region in the forest. As it was flying the torrents of wind blew away some trees. The region where it was just a moment away now had become clear of any trees. Emily was sitting in the rock crater, sobbing while her head was hidden under her hands and knees. The dragon continued to fly for few minutes when it reached a mountain. The mountain had a big cave, enough to accommodate the dragon easily. It quietly went and lay there on its stomach. In another few minutes, snoring noise could be heard outside. More than an hour had passed since that incident. Inside the dragon¡¯s stomach lay a human body. The body was obviously of Kong Yue. But the most interesting fact was that it was totally unhurt. There wasn¡¯t even a wound or blood. The body was surrounded by a golden light. It was then that the human opened his eyes. ¡°Where am I?¡± Yue cried out and stood up. He found himself in a dark region illuminated by a gold light which was surrounding him. He was stupefied. What was this light? How did he survive? All kinds of question were going through his mind. When the dragon started shaking. The dragon muttered to himself,¡±Ah, why does it feel like my something is moving in my stomach?¡± But it didn¡¯t pay any more attention and went back to slumber. But this shaking shocked Yue. He realized that he was alive and inside the dragon itself. At first he thought that he is doomed, but he didn¡¯t lose his will to live. He took a look at the weapons and other stuff with himself. The insides of stomach was a few meters large and was compressing and inflating periodically. Yue decided that he couldn¡¯t stay here long otherwise he would die surely. He couldn¡¯t make sure that the light protecting him will be there forever so he had to make a move soon. He made a plan and took out his sword from his back. Using the sword he tried to cut apart the stomach wall but how could the inside of a sky qi realm beast be weak. Even after using all his force he couldn¡¯t do anything. He then tried to use the strongest slash he could attempt. The immortal execution slash. The slash left behind a small wound on the stomach wall. Seeing that wound from which blood was gushing out yue cheered up. Also this made the dragon awoke. The dragon roared in fury. It roared, ¡°Little shrimp, you are not dead?¡± Then it violently slammed its paw on its stomach. But the gold light protected Yue¡¯s body. Yue once again slashed using the same techniques. After 3 slashes there was a big enough wound for yue to escape from its stomach. Coincidently the wound was made in the direction of the dragons head. Yue crawled into the wound and constantly slashed using all his might bringing huge suffering to the mighty dragon. Even though the dragon was a sky qi realm beast how could it do anything now that yue was already inside his body? He couldn¡¯t even spit or vomit him out. Otherwise he would have long ago killed yue ferociously. Dragon roared in pain once again. All this while yue cheerfully slashed, made some way and crawled forward inside the dragons body and was soon near the dragon¡¯s head. At this time dragon had gone crazy. This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work. It roared as if it was about to die. It roared in agony that it might get killed by a mere human, it could kill with a mere glance. Yue was like a virus in its body. Even though he couldn¡¯t do anything to dragon outside and could easily be killed but dragon could do nothing now and just wait for a chance for yue to move away from his vital organs. Once yue moved away it would produce a self-inflicted wound and kill yue immediately. But yue as if by destiny, moved towards it brain. He was moving closer and closer and finally reached the skull bone. At that moment he slashed with all his might for hundreds of times and could create a small hole enough to barely let him enter. Once he was inside the skull yue slashed apart the gray matter and finally the dragon was dead. A majestic being in the sky qi realm was dead just like that. Furthermore it was killed by a mere commoner brat! The dragon feel with a thump and lay down. Even yue couldn¡¯t believe at his success. He was overjoyed. But a small ball caught his attention. It was a red ball. Heat was radiating out of it and the sight was mesmerizing to the current yue. Yue crawled in the direction of the ball. He stared at it for a few seconds before picking it up. The red ball was the core of the dragon. Where his soul resided and his memories and qi was stored. It could be said to be the dragon¡¯s life itself. Currently a small dragon was soaring inside the core. It looked extremely weak and when yue picked it up the dragon looked frightened as if scared of something. The small dragon was the dragon soul. It was quite awkward to see the soul being scared. But the instant yue touched the ball he had not noticed it anymore. He had closed his eyes and had a serious look on his face. Thousands of images were going through his mind. A small dragon was born. It was weak to the extreme. It grew up and become a sky qi realm beast. The memories stored all its insights regarding fire element. When yue saw these memories of dragons a change was happening inside his dantian. The previously dormant thing filling his dantian showed signs of moving. Soon the surface of it started to move and became red from grey. It was then that yue opened his eyes and said, ¡°I remember everything. How could I forget everything? I have to hurry!¡± But once he crawled out from the dragon¡¯s body and checked his body¡¯s condition he was surprised to find that he was much stronger now. His dantian had something filling it previously which was grey in color but now its surface was glowing red and yue could feel enormous amount of energy from it. He felt the might of his dantian for first time. He felt the energy waves coming from inside and was shocked to the extreme. He almost unconsciously blurted out, ¡°profound qi realm, 1st level!¡± Authors note [ He he seems like yue has started to cultivate now. Time to get op! Now I saw that there are 25 followers now. So 5 more followers and a bonus tomorrow! Otherwise I will do regular cyber world alpha on Monday. ] no new chapter today Damn! College is so tiring. After that i have to attend coaching classes so i am dead tired now. I have no energy or motivation to write today. So i will write tomorrow or day after tomorrow. The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. Meanwhile you can read this, http://royalroadl.com/fiction/4838