《Road to the heavens》 Chapter 1: a baby In a world of cultivation and martial arts countless experts saw their days of glory begin and come to end, no one knows how old this world is nor how big it is, there is mysteries that has never been solved their numbers are infinite like the stars in the night but this is why this world is marvellous and beautiful, because it makes one¡¯s blood boil, because it makes one¡¯s life exciting but one must never forget that it is also filled with innumerable dangers and unimaginable places. The Zen continent, a continent where humanity saw its birth and also a place filled with struggles, in this era it is divided between three major powers, the Qing, Zhao and Wei kingdoms each of them has its customs and history and each is also large and powerful, the Qing kingdom is the oldest and the Wei kingdom was established in the recent hundred years, it can be said that it rose suddenly , it exploited the fact that the Zhao and Qing kingdoms were in a state of war , due to the Wei kingdom sudden rise the other two didn¡¯t have a choice but acknowledge its existence and thanks to it the Zen continent saw a time of peace and prosperity, because the three kingdoms equalled each other in power a balance was created , it is quite logical, due to the fact that if two kingdoms engaged in a war the third will have the benefit of reigning on the continent. The Qing kingdom is situated in the north of the Zen Continent, the north is cold and it constantly snows, because of its special climate it is also called the cold Kingdom, The Zhao kingdom in the contrary is in the south, it is situated in the middle of a desert and the rain is rarely seen, the Wei kingdom chose the east, over there the climate is temperate, there is countless forests and valleys, the scenery is filled with greenery and the most advantageous is that the kingdom is near the sea. Like their names each kingdom is governed by a family, the Qing, Zhao and Wei families , The Qing family is well known their history is deep and their origin comes back a thousand years ago , they were a famous tribe of warriors reputed for their swordplay and agility. The Zhao is also a well known family, but contrary to the Qing they were not a tribe but a clan of mages that rebelled against the late kingdom that was before them. The Wei family is the most mysterious, they rose recently and no one knows their origin or from where they came, they only know the king, Du Li Wei a sage and also a powerful mage reputed for his rich knowledge, apart from that nothing. In the Zen continent cultivation is the most important factor, a person with a strong cultivation can rise to the top and change his life, nevertheless common folk are not persecuted but not favoured either , a cultivator can become a mage or a warrior , by cultivating one spirit one¡¯s becomes a mage and by cultivating one¡¯s body one becomes a warrior , this two methods of cultivation are each labelled ( Internal cultivation and External cultivation ) , external cultivation is easier than Internal cultivation ,the proof is that a mage and a warrior at the same level are not equal , the mage is slightly stronger. Cultivation is divided by stages, each method has their respective stages, for example the first stage of internal cultivation is (Spirit realm) and for external cultivation (tempered layer) and each stage of cultivation is divided by nine ranks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our destination now is a small town situated near the borders of the Wei Kingdom, this town is named Xiu town, it is not a highly populated place but nonetheless it is fairly animated, this place is known for commerce because it is also located near the Zhao Kingdom borders, so it is one of the towns that is used for commerce with the other kingdoms, you can notice that because of the numerous shops on the streets. The streets were like always buzzing with people walking here and there, the buildings were coloured, each building was painted in a colour so it made the scenery more enjoyable and more joyous. Down the streets, the people were from different origins, it¡¯s normal because people came from different places to do shopping, so you can see different kinds of persons, there was a certain shop it was blue coloured and on its wall was a plate engraved on it the word Tailor indicating that it was a tailor shop, inside the shop was two middle aged men and one middle aged woman, they were talking. ¡°Mister please, we do not have that product we ran out of that kind of dye ¡°said a middle aged man that was behind a counter, his hair was black and he had a particular kind of eyes, they were sharp and full of life. ¡°Sight .., what do I do? Today is the anniversary of my daughter and she always loved that colour¡± exclaimed the other middle aged man he was tall with long white hair, he was handsome for his age, this situation indicated that it was obviously a transaction, the white haired middle aged man is the client and the Black haired sharp eyed Middle aged man was the shopkeeper while the woman who was seated behind the shopkeeper is obviously his wife or another worker. The black haired middle aged man wore a complicated expression and then said. ¡°Mister, what if we do like this, I will go and collect the ingredients for the specific dye and if it¡¯s not too late I will fabricate the product that you will gift to your daughter, but when is your daughter anniversary ? ¡° The white haired middle aged man expression lit up and he smiled. ¡°My daughter will celebrate her anniversary tomorrow at night ¡° ¡°Then we still have time, the ingredient is in the forest near this town it is not too far so i will give you the product by tomorrow what do you say mister? ¡°proposed the shopkeeper. ¡°Of course! I agree, how can I not ¡°happily exclaimed the white haired middle aged man. ¡°Then it¡¯s settled ¡° After the white haired man left, the woman talked for the first time. ¡°Honey how can you do that didn¡¯t you hear that the forest became dangerous?¡± said the woman with an anxious expression. The woman was his wife. ¡°But dear he is an important client we can¡¯t risk of losing him ¡°said the black haired middle aged man with a serious expression then left , the woman expression indicated that she loved her husband and was worried . The middle aged woman was not that pretty but she had a certain charm to her, her face was gentle , the name of the shopkeeper was Lu Feng and his wife Xiao Yuan , they are a couple of tailors that live in this town . This narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. Lu Feng left the shop and was prepared to head to his house, but then someone yelled. ¡°Lu Feng my friend, where are you going at this hour? ¡°The voice was extremely loud. ¡°Oh Luo Xin it¡¯s you, your loud voice never cease to startle me ¡°said Lu Feng . The voice belong to the neighbour blacksmith shop shopkeeper, he is a friend of Lu Feng , he also live in this town , he was tall with short black hair , he is quite muscular due to his profession . ¡°haha my friend you are wrong my voice is gentle, anyway where are you headed ?you seem to be in a hurry ¡° Joked Luo Xin . ¡°An important client of mine came but I don¡¯t have a certain dye to make his request so I¡¯m headed to the forest to collect the necessary flower ¡°explained Lu Feng. ¡°What? Are you insane? ¡°Yelled Luo Xin. Lu Feng was stunned by the reaction of Luo Xin. ¡°Luo Xin what do you mean it¡¯s that forest i always go there to collect some ingredients¡± Luo Xin didn¡¯t understand why Luo Xin is so worked up. ¡°Didn¡¯t you hear? Yesterday four men entered the forest to cut wood but only one came alive, according to him a ferocious beast attacked them ¡°explained Luo Xin. ¡°Impossible, there are not even animals in that forest why a beast appeared I can¡¯t believe it¡± Said Lu Feng. ¡°I advise you to not go because we are friends I don¡¯t want you to die ¡°said Luo Xin with a worried look. Lu Feng expression became complicated, he hesitated but he also promised his client and the ingredient is only in that forest, a conflict surged in his mind. ¡°Thank you Luo Xin I will keep your words in mind ¡°said Lu Feng and left. After Lu Feng silhouette disappeared, Luo Xin sighted. ¡°My friend you are too stubborn but i pray that nothing happen to you ¡° After going to his house and picked some materials, in the end Lu Feng decided to go inside the forest. The forest was not far, only twenty minutes and Lu Feng arrived in front of the entrance, the trees were tall but the forest was not dense so the visibility was not bad, but the soil of this forest was special so some rare flowers sprouted here and there, Lu Feng with small sac on his back, breathed in some air and quickly entered the forest. Meanwhile inside the shop, Luo Xin and Xiao Yuan were talking. ¡°Your husband is too stubborn I warned him to not go ¡°said Luo Xin. ¡°he is always like that , if something is related to work he becomes too serious and no one can stop him , but Luo Xin I¡¯m worried, if something happens to him I don¡¯t know what to do ¡° ¡°Nothing will happen to him your husband is not weak he has some cultivation he can at least flee unscathed ¡°said Luo Xin to comfort Xiao Yuan. Baaaaaaang !!!!!!!!!! Suddenly the earth trembled, and a loud crash was heard, immediately Luo Xin and Xiao Yuan hurried to see what happened. ¡°My god!! What is that?¡±Xiao Yuan was stunned. ¡°th...that ¡° stuttered Luo Xin . Black clouds covered the sky, it was like the world became dark, and loud crashing sounds echoed everywhere, it was because thunder was raging like a monster , some people in the streets believed that the world was coming to an end or a god became furious , some even fainted . ¡°He ..Hey something is strange the thunder is only crashing in that direction ¡°said Xiao Yuan fearfully. Suddenly Luo Xin froze. ¡°My god that place is the forest that Lu Feng went in ¡° Xiao Yuan was stunned then she began to cry . ¡°No!! No Lu Feng !!!¡± she became panicked and wanted to go there but Luo Xin stopped her . ¡°Xiao Yuan what are you doing, if ...if you go you would die¡± ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A few minutes before the black clouds appeared, Lu Feng successfully found the flowers he searched for and began to collect them. Roarrrr!!! A Loud roar echoed in the forest, and the floor began to tremble incessantly, Lu Feng was startled by the sudden roar. ¡°What? There is really a beast in this forest ho...How come? ¡°Lu Feng became terrified because he thought what sort of beast can shake the floor like this so he wanted to flee immediately but when he turned to leave he froze like a statue, in front of him appeared a two meters tall beast, it resembled a tiger but its fur was thick and was black and its fangs were sharp like a razor , the most terrifying thing was its eyed they were blood red , it fixed Lu feng with its murderous eyes ready to pounce on him , Lu Feng was paralyzed by fear , he has never seen this sort of beast . Lu feng didn¡¯t know but this beast is called (red eyed panther) it¡¯s a magical beast of the fourth rank. Suddenly the Panther jumped and wanted to attack Lu Feng , the Panther and Lu Feng were so concentrated on each other that they didn¡¯t realize that the world became darker and darker , when The panther claws reached Lu Feng a Loud noise boomed and the forest was illuminated for the span of a few seconds then the panther instantly turned into specks of dust . Lu Feng was stunned he clearly saw the thunder strike the panther but it was abnormally brutal that it turned the panther to ash, it took a while for him to regain his senses. ¡°What actually happened that thunder, that monster, I¡¯ can¡¯t believe it I was actually saved by thunder, my God i can¡¯t believe it ¡°Exclaimed Lu Feng. Lu Feng suddenly noticed that it was abnormally dark when he raised his head he saw the dark clouds he was stunned again then thunder began to form in the clouds , this time it was several times bigger that the last time , Lu Feng began to feel fear . It was too late to escape so he closed his eyes and abandoned himself to his fate. A loud boom several times more powerful echoed and thunder came again from the sky toward Lu Feng. After some time Lu Feng opened his eyes, he didn¡¯t believe what he saw, nothing happened the forest was calm and even the dark clouds disappeared like there was nothing in the first place. A noise broke the calm state of the forest, it was like the cries of a baby. Wahhh!!! Wahhh!! Lu Feng looked toward the source of the sounds and saw that at his feet there is a small wooden basket and inside it there was a baby crying. At that Time Lu Feng didn¡¯t know that in the near future this baby will change his life . End. Chapter2: Lu Xun Dark clouds and thunder disappeared abruptly taking down the curtain of the apocalyptic situation, the streets of Xiu town regained their calm, all the people awoke from their frozen states with a dumfounded looks, they didn¡¯t understand what happened, and all of that seemed to be only a dream. Luo Xin baffled by what happened let go of Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yuan exploited the opportunity to run down the path of the forest. ¡°Xiao Yuan!! It¡¯s dangerous!¡± shouted Luo Xin hurrying behind her. Running for several minutes they finally reached the entrance of the forest but what they saw stunned them. ¡°Honey? It¡¯s you?¡± ¡°Lu Feng? ¡° A shadow was slowly appearing from the dark entrance, slowly the shadow was coming near then it became a human, it was Lu Feng. ¡°Honey!!It¡¯s really you, I was so worried ¡°Xiao Yuan began to cry. ¡°Lu Feng my friend it¡¯s good to see you alive ¡°loudly exclaimed Luo Xin Lu Feng seeing his wife and his friend standing not too far his eyes lit up he now was certain that the nightmare ended. ¡°You two, I¡¯m safe no need to worry ¡°said Lu Feng to appease them. But the two of them noticed that Lu feng was holding something, it was the wooden basket where the baby was, but now he was not crying he was sleeping. ¡°Lu Feng what is that? ¡°Pointed Luo Xin. Lu Feng was perplexed his expression became complicated, the loud voice of Luo Xin caused the baby inside the basket to wake up crying. ¡°It...It¡¯s a baby?!!!¡± ¡°What a beautiful baby! ¡°Said Xiao Yuan Seeing the baby, the duo was surprised for a moment and seeing their expression Lu Feng began to explain what happened. ¡°It was like that ¡­¡± After hearing what happened, they were stupefied, what happened to Lu Feng was unreal, hearing that he encountered a dangerous beast Xiao Yuan expression tensed up for a second , but what further amazed them was the appearance of the baby , he appeared from nowhere according to Lu Feng explanation. ¡°Hey you two we can further discuss after we go home ¡°said Lu feng And like that the three of them left to their homes, now Xiao Yuan, Luo Xin and Lu Feng were inside the shop seated in a room behind the counter, the baby now was in the hands of Xiao Yuan doting on him. ¡°Lu Feng its good that you helped the baby and all but what are you going to do now?¡± asked Luo Xin. Being asked that question, Lu Feng expression turned serious then he turned to look at Xiao Yuan, seeing her doting tenderly on the baby he thought deeply. Lu Feng and Xiao Yuan despite being a couple for so long didn¡¯t have the chance to have a baby , so seeing Xiao Yuan actions made Lu Feng think of the past and the sadness that endured his wife for not having a son or a daughter , suddenly his expression turned gentle and he began to talk . ¡°Xiao Yuan, I think that this baby and I meeting was no coincidence and thanks to him I was saved, sometimes fate can play a big role, and looking at him I can¡¯t help but like him more and more so seeing you holding him I have made my mind¡­ we will keep this baby and raise him as our son ¡° Xiao Yuan immediately burst from joy and Luo Xin was surprised he never thought that Lu Feng will make this decision but then he recalled that they didn¡¯t have any baby for so long and he understood immediately but anyway he asked Lu Feng. ¡°Lu Feng my friend, are you sure? ¡° ¡°Yes I¡¯m completely sure ¡°immediately affirmed Lu Feng. ¡°Then its settled by I have a final question ¡° ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°What name are you going to give him? ¡° Instantly Xiao Yuan and Lu Feng looked at each other, then Lu Feng thought of all of the events in the forest and how the baby appeared out of nowhere. ¡°I will name him Lu Xun , that moment the that thunder speed was frightening and the beast agility was terrifying so I will name him Lu Xun ¡° ¡°Ha ha ha ha! What a great name, then I will go home and congratulations for having a son ¡°jokingly said Luo Xin. Luo Xin then left the shop and went home, that night the couple were so happy that they celebrated what a great blessing Lu Xun was. The next day, inside the shop, the white haired middle aged man was talking to Lu Feng. ¡°Mister I successfully obtained the ingredient so I fabricated the product for your daughter ¡° The white haired middle aged man mouth formed a curve obviously happy. ¡°Thank you I will compensate you generously ¡° Immediately the white haired man withdrawn from his bag pack a brown pouch inside it was a couple of golden coins. In this world money is divided like this (copper coins, silver coins, gold coins, black gold coins, diamond coins) 100 copper coins = 1 silver coins 100 silver coins = 1 gold coins 1000 gold coins = 1 black gold coins 1000 black gold coins =1 diamond coins Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. The pouch contained , five golden coins so the white haired old man gave Lu Feng five hundred silver coins , for a shop in Xiu town it was a huge fortune . ¡°mister it¡¯s too much I can¡¯t accept it ¡° hurriedly said Lu Feng . ¡°Don¡¯t fret on it I know that that day was dangerous for you I heard what happened so it is the least I can do to thank you ¡°said the old man humbly ¡°Then thank you mister you can always find me for new products ¡° ¡°Ha ha ha ha! No worry I will come but you can also find for help if you want ¡° ¡°Thank you! Mister thank you! ¡° Then the white haired old man left the shop , at that time Lu Feng didn¡¯t know who is this seemingly mysterious white haired old man but he was not a simple person and he will find in the future who is this man . This days Lu Feng was always alone in the shop because Xiao Yuan was staying in the house raising Lu Xun , so he felt lonely . Suddenly, the shop door was opened and a loud familiar voice was heard. ¡°Ha ha ha my friend, how are you ¡° ¡°Luo Xin can you not shout so loudly in the morning? ¡° say Lu Feng seemingly annoyed. ¡°What can I do my voice is my treasure! ¡° ¡°Then hide it, a treasure is made to be hidden ¡° ¡°Alright alright, tell me is the baby alright? ¡° ¡°Yes he is always with Xiao Yuan, I¡¯m relieved that she looks so happy ¡° ¡°Well a son was sent from the heavens ¡°joked Luo Xin The duo chatted for a while before Luo Xin left, Lu Feng arriving home saw that his wife was sleeping tightly beside the baby his expression softened, then he looked attentively to the baby , but he was stunned , a bright golden light was enveloping Lu Xun , he rubbed his eyes several times , but the gold light disappeared. ¡°I must be tired from working ¡° Lu Feng then got to also sleep, but that golden light resurfaced around Lu Xun, no one would have noticed that Lu Xun is in fact absorbing energy and refining it, if an expert inspected Lu Xu closely his jaw would have dropped to the floor. A new born is absorbing energy what did it mean? it means it is an inconceivable phenomenon , normally someone can refine energy only when he reached a certain degree of training and even if it was a genius it would only at the age of nine or ten but Lu Xun was not even one year¡¯s old and he unconsciously absorbed energy , this is truly abnormal . There is three types of energy, (Yin energy, yang energy and Yuan energy) Yin energy is a cold source of energy it can be absorbed in a cold environment, Yang energy is a hot type of energy, it usually can be absorbed from hot sources of energy and finally Yuan energy, Yuan energy is the raw energy that exists around us, it is abundant and is inside all of living a non living things, it is usually used for external cultivation contrary to the two other types. Lu Xun is unconsciously absorbing Yuan energy, that golden light proves it, the three types of energies are materialized by three colors, (Yin is blue, Yang is red and Yuan is gold), so Lu Xun is strengthening his body in a baby state , if he continued then when he grow up he will have a big advantage on others . His bones muscles and skin will be continuously strengthened by Yuan energy, he will have a solid base in the future but all of this Lu Feng didn¡¯t know. Nevertheless, he can¡¯t absorb for a long time, in the end he is only a baby, his body can¡¯t contain much energy, but if all the babies in the world are like him then it will become disastrous , fortunately he can¡¯t absorb Yin and Yang energy , if it became the case then he will without a doubt die , a small baby can¡¯t refine hot or cold energy , his meridians are not developed enough for him to circulate it , hot energy will burn his meridians damaging them , same for cold energy , if one wants to refine yang or Yin energy he must strengthen his meridians with Yuan energy , and he can¡¯t even sense the space in his dantian , the space In the dantian is for stoking energy , every mage must have a space in his dantian or he can¡¯t refine nor absorb Yang and Yin energy . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ten years later ¡­ ¡°Father I¡¯m strong for my age I can help you lift the products ¡° A bright and lively young boy was standing in front of a carriage, the young boy was beautiful and had long black hair, and for a boy his beauty rivaled even girls, he wore simple clothes but on him they became elegant. ¡°Silly child, how can you lift them go play with your friends don¡¯t concern yourself with me ¡° The middle aged man, I think you guessed correctly is Lu Feng and the child was also Lu Xun, he now is ten years old, he has grown to be a young lively boy. ¡°Lu Xun, listen to your father, ha ha ha! Go play with Luo Sheng ¡°that familiar voice belongs to Luo Xin his loud voice never changes nor his burly appearance. ¡°Yeah Xun lets play ¡°a burly and tall boy appeared beside Luo Xin , it is his son , Luo Sheng even if Lu Xun was older than him , Luo Sheng appearance resembled that of a teenager , he inherited those traits obviously from his father . Lu Xun seeing Luo Sheng hesitated. ¡°hahaha you brat don¡¯t hesitate go play ¡° said Lu Feng . ¡°Yeah xun¡¯er listen to your father ¡°a middle aged woman appeared from the shop, it was Xiao Yuan, she became older but her gentle face remained the same, she looked tenderly at Lu Xun. ¡°Mother! Then I will go play ¡°exclaimed Lu Xun. ¡°Don¡¯t go too far, okay ¡°warned Lu Feng. ¡°Yes father! ¡° ¡°Hey lets go ¡°said Luo Sheng urging Lu Xun. The baby that appeared in that forest on that apocalyptic day now has grown up to be a handsome boy, from now on the wheel of fate will begin to turn. End . Ps : Thank you for reading ^^