It was broad daylight, the sun was high in the sky. There was grassland and a wooden house could be seen in the grassland. And a palace could be seen on the horizon. This grassland and the palace were in the territory of the Zhang Clan.
"Mom, do you know what happened today," a young girl, who was covered in dust, around 8 to 9 years old was running towards a woman.
The woman was sitting outside a wooden house, the surroundings were plain grasslands. She had straight long black hair extending to her waist, black eyes, she had a slim waist, and was wearing the white Shenyi with beautiful lapis blue color flower patterns on it, looking extremely beautiful. Her appearance was similar to Cho Byeol. When she saw the girl running towards her, she smiled. She stood up and picked the girl up.
"What happened?" The woman looked lovingly at the girl and asked.
"No, I'm not gonna, first put me on the ground, I'm covered with dust right now, and I don't want mommy to get dirty as well," the girl said.
"Oh, my daughter has grown up, I probably need to tell your dad, that you won't let us pick you up anymore, maybe you won't take care of us anymore. What will your dad and I do now, maybe we should leave," the woman smiled and said teasingly to the girl.
"No, that's not what I'm saying, I just don't want you to get dirty as well," the girl said. She was almost going to cry.
"I'm just kidding, don't worry" When the woman saw that the girl was going to cry, she put her down and said.
"You won't leave me, right," the girl said and looked at the woman worriedly.
"Why would I leave my beautiful Cho Byeol," the woman looked at the girl adoringly.
The girl's name was Cho Byeol and the woman standing in front of her was her mother. Her name was Eun Kyung. She looked similar to the adult Cho Byeol.
" Promise, you're not lying, right?" Cho Byeol asked.
"Ok, Promise, and have I ever lied to you?" Eun Kyung asked confidently.
"You lie to me every day," Cho Byeol muttered to herself. Because Cho Byeol was cute, Eun Kyung teased her whenever she had the chance. She couldn't help but tease Cho Byeol whenever she saw her.
"Huh, when have I ever done that," When Eun Kyung heard her, she was embarrassed and turned her head to the left and said.
"Well, forget about that, didn't you want to tell me about something?" Eun Kyung hurriedly changed the topic.
"Huh.., I almost forgot about it, mom do you know, I met a boy today, who should be around 15 years old," Cho Byeol said excitedly while looking at her mom.
"Oh, and what about it? Can you tell me his name and where does he live?" Eun Kyung smiled and asked Cho Byeol.
"Well, I forgot to ask about his name but he was going to fall into the river and I saved him and after that, he thanked me and left," Cho Byeol said while thinking.
"Oh, and how did that happen? Nothing happened to you right?" Eun Kyung asked with narrow eyes while looking at Cho Byeol worriedly.
"Well, he was practicing, and his method failed, causing him to face backlash. Because of this, he almost fell into the river and it so happened that I was playing with my friends near the river, when I saw that he was going to fall into the river I saved him. But after thanking me he didn't stay and left." Cho Byeol said to Eun Kyung.
"You're a good girl you know, you saved someone without any reason and didn't even mind when he left without introducing himself," Eun Kyung smiled and said to Cho Byeol.
"Yeah, I'm a good girl," Cho Byeol became even more excited when she heard her mom praising her.
"And anyway, it's not like you have the brain to think of any reason?" Eun Kyung chuckled and said teasingly.
"What, I'm not going to talk to you any more mom. You're bad, father says that I'm a smart girl," Cho Byeol said angrily.
"Oh, are you sure," when Eun Kyung saw how cute Cho Byeol looked when she became angry, Eun Kyung laughed inwardly and couldn't help but tease her even more.
"Huh, I am not going to talk to you any more mom," Cho Byeol became even angrier and said. After saying that she ran inside the house.
"My foolish little girl," when Eun Kyung saw Cho Byeol run inside the house, she smiled with her hand on her mouth and muttered.
…..
On the next day,
Cho Byeol went to Riverside to play with her friends again. While she was playing, she saw the boy again, practicing near the river. She was confused, why would the boy come and practice near the river again after what happened yesterday? Wasn't he afraid that he might face the backlash again and fall into the river? While she was thinking, she heard a voice,
"Cho Byeol, what are you doing, it's your turn," Huh…, I'm coming" Cho Byeol didn't care about the boy anymore and started playing with her friends again. After all, what could she do, if the boy himself wanted to practice near the river?
…..
After one hour or so everyone left, when Cho Byeol was going to leave as well, she saw that the boy was still practicing near the river, so she went to talk to him.
"Hi, I'm Cho Byeol, what's your name?" Cho Byeol went to him and said,
The boy had dark purple color irises, and narrow eyes, his hair extended to his waist and had purple color. He wore a blue robe. His eyes were cold. When he heard Cho Byeol's voice, he turned his eyes to look at her and then returned to his practice.
When Cho Byeol saw this, her eyes twitched, she was getting annoyed by the boy's attitude. How could there be someone like this, not even answering the one who helped him?
"Forget it," after not getting any answer, she turned around and left.
After going home, she told her mom about the boy again.
The next day, she saw him again, this went on for many weeks, and the boy also started speaking with Cho Byeol. This was because Cho Byeol would always go to him and start speaking to him, even if he didn't answer or say anything. She had already considered the boy her silent friend.
After many years, Cho Byeol as always went to the boy and said,
"Hey, Dong-Min, why do you always keep on practicing, you don't even travel with me"
The boy's name was Dong-Min, he had already grown up and was looking more mature and handsome.
"Because I want to get stronger," Dong-Min said to Cho Byeol while practicing.
He didn't even turn around to look at Cho Byeol.
While Cho Byeol and Dong Min were talking to each other, they suddenly heard a voice coming from behind,
"Dong Min, today is the day you'll die"
When Dong Min and Cho Byeol turned to look, they saw that two men wearing black clothes and their faces covered with veils were coming closer to them.
"Stay behind, and keep a distance from us," Dong-Min said to Cho Byeol and started fighting with the two men.
The fight was fierce and went on for two hours, all three of them were tired. It showed just how strong Dong Min was, to face two men at the same time was impossible for an ordinary cultivator.
"What do you guys want?" Dong-Min asked, his clothes were already tattered and was injured.
"Simple, we want your life, because of you, we were humiliated by the sect master in front of the whole crowd," One of the men said, while his eyes were bloodshot.
"Simply because of this, you want to take my life, you fools," Dong Min was extremely angry at the two men for attacking for such a trivial matter. After he said this, he directly attacked.
Cho Byeol was watching the fight from the side. Because this fight was out of her ability, she had to stay at the side.
In the middle of the fight, she saw that while Dong-Min was busy fighting one of them, the other man was about to attack Dong-Min from behind. Without thinking about anything, she jumped in front of the man's attack and was severely injured. She didn't die because the man was already tired while fighting Dong-Min. She fell to the ground and started bleeding from her nose and mouth.
When Dong-Min saw this, he became extremely angry and attacked the two men furiously, killing them. Then Dong-Min started healing Cho-Byeol, but it was useless because she didn't wake up. When Dong-Min saw this, he became extremely nervous and took Dong-Min to her parents because they were stronger and had a strong background. So, he was confident that they would be able to heal Cho Byeol.
When he reached their territory, because of the restrictions, he couldn't enter and had to shout out loudly.
…..
After one hour,
"How did this happen?" Dong-Min clenched his fists and said.
"That's exactly what I want to know, how did this happen?" Eun Kyung looked at Dong-Min coldly with narrowed eyes and asked.
"I know this happened to her because of me, if she hadn't tried to save me, this wouldn't have happened and I might've also died," Dong-Min said, blaming himself.
"You know as well, to a cultivator, cultivation is the most important thing and because of you, more than half of her cultivation has dropped," Eun Kyung said and emitted terrifying pressure. Dong-Min felt as if a mountain was pressing on him.
Cho Byeol's cultivation aperture was damaged and her cultivation dropped by more than half. To a cultivator, cultivation was the most important thing, and Dong-Min also understood this.
Right at this moment, Eun Kyung heard a voice from inside the house and went in. When Eun Kyung went in, she saw that Cho Byeol was struggling to sit on the bed, while she was lying on the bed.
Eun Kyung went and helped Cho Byeol.
"Mom, what happened, why can't I sense my cultivation level," Cho Byeol was confused and asked Eun Kyung.
Eun Kyung hesitated before telling her what happened.
"And because of that, I had to seal your aperture, to prevent it from destroying your body and losing more cultivation," after telling her everything, Eun Kyung said.
When Cho Byeol heard this, she was in a daze and after a while, two lines of tears fell from her eyes. She couldn't believe what Eun Kyung said.
"You're lying, you're trying to fool me like always, right mom? Don't lie about these things, I don't like it or I'll tell father that you're teasing me again" Cho Byeol said while trying to force a smile on her face but tears were still falling from her eyes.
When Eun Kyung heard Cho Byeol, she turned her head around, she couldn't look at Cho Byeol in this situation.
When Cho Byeol saw Eun Kyung turning her head around and not saying anything, she understood that her mom wasn't lying and everything she said was true. She didn't say anything else and lay down on the bed, turning her body to the left side, completely silent. When Eun Kyung saw this, she wanted to say something to comfort Cho Byeol but couldn't say anything. After all, it was a fact that Cho Byeol had lost her cultivation level and her aperture was also damaged. No matter what Eun Kyung said, it wasn't going to change.
But she had already determined that no matter what happened, she would do her best to find a cure for Cho Byeol. But, before that, she wanted to destroy the one who was the reason for this, her eyes turned cold and were ready to devour the one who did this to her daughter. She didn't believe that it was simply the conflict between Dong-Min and the men who had already died. After all, no matter what, that river was in the middle of major sects, and no one would dare to kill anyone there, or why would Eun Kyung let her daughter go play there with her friends when Cho Byeol was still young?
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Time passes like a sword, which can't be stopped in the middle, The world changes like seasons and weather, old goes and young come. Destruction follows the creation, everything finds its end for development. Evolution is the result of destruction. Plants grow from decaying matter. The more we know, the more we understand that we know nothing. The hypothesis is formed after many results, but even then, there are exceptions. This is what we call a changing world. Many years had already passed after Cho Byeol lost her cultivation. She was already a Rank three peak stage. She already adapted to the fact that her talent was now ordinary or even lower. Because of this, it took her many years to reach Rank three peak stage. She had already forgiven Dong-Min. In fact, she didn't even blame Dong-Min. She considered Dong-Min to be her best friend. On a fine day, Cho Byeol and Dong-Min were sitting near the same river, an
"Elder, can I ask you something? Who're they?" Eun Kyung asked, she felt that something was wrong with the other two."These two are the elders of our sect, because of the recent turmoil, I had to ask them to come with me. And after our meeting, I have a mission I need to complete. I brought them with me, So we could directly leave for the mission after this, and I also won't have any fear while in the territory of the Zhang Clan""Even though I know you won't pull any tricks on me or try to harm me, still being cautious isn't a bad thing. So, I hope you won't mind this." Dong-Min's uncle said calmly, not worried at all about if Eun Kyung would allow them in or not.When Eun Kyung heard this she looked hesitant, she understood what Dong-Min's uncle was trying to say, but she was hesitant whether she should let them in or not, after all this was an important decision she had to make. After all, if she doesn't let them in, they might get upset and decide not to gi
"Why would you do that? I had thought that you were my friend," Cho Byeol shouted at the man, who was standing in front of her. She felt extremely aggrieved. She was lying on the ground, injured. Furthermore, she was this much injured because of the aftermath of the battle earlier. Even though Cho Byeol hadn't participated in the battle, she still got injured. The battle, which had happened earlier, was out of her league, especially after her cultivation level dropped to the early stages. If she had her previous cultivation level, she wouldn't have gotten this injured just because of a battle's aftermath. "Why would I? Simple, because we need your mother's physique. Yes, that is right that I had considered you my friend before, even though I had befriended you for a purpose. But then my uncle reminded me of our purpose and that this is a cultivation world. We need to be prepared to do anything, in order to achieve our ambitions and goals. Even if that means to kill our own kin, let a
Su Zhao was not worried at all that Cho Byeol got away, instead, he was smiling, as if he wanted Cho Byeol to get away from here.Eun Kyung didn't see Su Zhao smiling, because her face was still under Su Zhao's foot.After a while, Dong-Min came to Su Zhao's side, he had already regained consciousness."Uncle Su, where is Cho Byeol? I can't see her anywhere." Dong-Min asked his uncle after seeing that Cho Byeol was not around."She got away," Su Zhao said expressionlessly, with a calm tone.When Eun Kyung heard Su Zhao's calm tone she understood that something was amiss."What! Why did you let her go, uncle, what if she brings her father and clan members back here?" Dong-Min became nervous when he heard Su Zhao and asked anxiously."You fool, of course, she would bring others here with her. As for his father, he has already left the clan for some mission, or do you think that we would have succeeded in our scheme if he was here?
"And how's that?" Yang Zhai asked while frowning, he didn't understand what Bae Ah was trying to say. According to Yang Zhai, Cho Byeol didn't change at all.And how did he make the comparison? Simple, after hearing what Bae Ah said, and he also knew about Cho Byeol's personality, it could only be of someone who didn't get much experience."Tell me, if you know about something, won't you think about that thing or try to adjust things in a way, which comforts or benefits you? Unconsciously,""For example, if you are lost in a jungle and find a correct way. But you discover that there are two paths to get out of that jungle. One path is easy and without any hurdles, but is long, dirty, and muddy. The second path is clean, but risky and filled with beasts. Which path would you choose?""You would choose the one which is easy and which also benefits you the best, right.""But for some reason, if you choose the path which is filled with beasts eve
Yang Zhai was still searching when he heard some noises coming from the cave on his left side. Yang Zhai used his methods to make himself invisible and entered the cave.He could sense that it was dangerous to enter the cave. And from the noises he could hear, he understood that there were many beasts in the cave, as for what Rank they possessed was unknown.After a while, Yang Zhai could see some beasts. These beasts looked like monkeys, but their ears extended to the size of one meter, and their height was around 1.5 meters.Yang Zhai didn't know about these beasts, and he also couldn't sense their Rank. It looked like they had the ability to hide their aura or something.Yang Zhai carefully moved deeper into the cave. The passageway for going deep in the cave was three to four meters narrow. He saw many beasts along the way. They were in groups of two to three, and he could see many groups from time to time.Yang Zhai kept on w
While thinking, Yang Zhai saw that the monkey king was struggling to stand up. Yang Zhai knew that this was his chance. So without waiting further, he pushed his hand forward and white light shot out, which turned into a black blade. When the monkey king saw the blade appearing out of nowhere and that the blade was moving towards it, the monkey king tried to dodge but was unable to. The blade hit the monkey king's chest and a deep wound was inflicted. It couldn't dodge because the monkey king was wounded on one leg and the blade's speed itself was extremely high. Yang Zhai continued to attack and only stopped when the monkey king was barely alive. He didn't kill it because he was afraid that the other monkeys might sense it, or some other problems might occur, like what if the monkey king had a connection with the sand or this cave. He was afraid of any problems occurring. When he made sure that the monkey king's eyes had lost their light and that it could barely hear anything, he
The Stars were shining beautifully in the sky. The stars in the sky shone with different colors of dots, it was crystal clear without any clouds or fog obstructing it. The Crescent Moon hung in the sky. There was a beautiful waterfall flowing near a beautiful garden with blue and pink flowers. There was not much distance between the garden and the lake. In fact, it could even be said that the flowers were growing at the side of the lake. The lake was extending into the horizon, reflecting the crescent moon in it. There were yellow lights, the size of a dot in the air, and were rising from the lake. But they were only perceivable in the night and were not lighting the scene, as if they wanted to avoid giving their light to the world around them. They didn't light anything around them. In fact, if these yellow lights were brought close to a person's hand, there would be no reflection of light on the hands. Yang Zhai was standing near the garden, watching the beautiful scene unfold in
"One thousand mid-grade essence stones is no small amount for a common disciple for sure." Zing Ghe thought and was impressed that the Ma clan was serious about bribing Yang Zhai. These many essence stones were nothing in front of Zing Ghe, but what surprised him was that they were being given to an ordinary disciple, who would be happy even with just 100 low-grade essence stones.Not only that, but the Kroy city's emblem was no joke, even Zing Ghe was surprised. It was like: the Ma and the Bai clans were ready to lose a huge amount of benefits with just this emblem that even 1000 mid-grade essence stones could not compare to. And at that, they were willing to even give up their nomination spot. Kroy City was no ordinary city. Even the Ma clan and Bai clan joining together were like ants in front of Kroy City."Let's do it like this, Yang Zhai, if you accept their offer, we will do everything in our power to assassinate you, even if it costs us the annihilation of the whole clan, reme
"Next, the final battle will be between Yang Zhai and Jun Haru, please come up to the stage."Yang Zhai and Jun Haru walked up the stage after hearing their names. Both stood on opposite sides of the stage, and in the middle stood Zing Ghe."Are you two ready? If you are, then begin" Zing Ghe asked the two and was about to begin the fight when he heard Jun Haru's voice."Wait,""What is it?" Zing Ghe stopped and asked."Yang Zhai, tell me, have you been happy in the Bai clan?" Said Jun Haru."Why suddenly ask that?" Yang Zhai asked with a calm face."Well, I have an offer for you, what do you s
"I don't think I need to explain the rules of the competition. So, without further ado, let us begin the final round of this competition." Zing Ghe announced the start of the final round and continued, "The first battle will be between Ke Xin and Ai Hao." Even though Zing Ghe knew that Ai Hao had died, he still called her name. The reason was that he was an over-watcher and had to follow the rules so that nobody could blame their loss on him. After all, the Bai clan could say that they lost because Zing Ghe did not call for Ai Hao and gave one victory to the Ma clan for no reason. Ke Xin walked up the stage and stood proudly as if he had conquered the competition by himself. "Look at his proud face. He should be thankful that there is no one facing him; otherwise, he would have already been thrown out off the stage.""Right, he lost his first two battles in only two fists. Two fists were all it took to defeat him in two rounds. And look at him, standing as if he has won because of
A month and two days passed, and the day of the final round of the competition had finally arrived. A huge crowd was gathered around the empty stage. On the two sides of the competition venue were two camps: one side belonged to the Ma clan and the other one to the Bai clan. Today was very important for both clans, so both clan leaders of the two clans were here. Even the second and third elders of the two clans were here. Besides them were also a few other elders.Zing Ghe came onto the stage and began his usual speech, "Today, as everyone knows, is the final round of the competition. Betting on anyone is also on. You can bet anything, even your life. As everyone knows, I am an over-watcher. I know many secrets that you don't. I not only looked over the competition, but also over what happened during the breaks that happened between the competition rounds. Allow me to introduce to you the real situation of the competition. The real Death Game!!!"When Zing Ghe spoke these words, t
Yang Zhai's arms started to change colors constantly and returned to their original color after a while. After a while, a colorless aura began to enter his arms. Si Kim sat in his place and the aura did not affect him. However, "I am unable to detect this aura's true origins, I cannot even sense to which path it belongs. But what is even more strange is that my detection method started to change itself when it touched the aura. Just what exactly is this aura?" Zihao De muttered with confusion. He did not look away from Yang Zhai and kept his focus on him. After a while, Yang Zhai's arms completely absorbed the aura that they had released a while ago. Yang Zhai's eyes opened, and he looked at the floor around him. The area of the floor around him had small cracks in it. The small particles which were moving in Yang Zhai's bones had been absorbed by his bones. Only a little while had passed when Yang Zhai's mind went blank. "Change, everything changes. A sapling becomes a tree. A
Yang Zhai took his Kas and left the room. He returned to the room that was given to him by the Clan leader. "His body cultivation talent is not ordinary, I thought he would not even be able to put a single dent in the Brown Dacite, especially after knowing that is still a kid and had not experienced the world." Zihao De said to Tai Qi after Yang Zhai left. Tai Qi, however, was pondering something about something. After a while, he said, "I am more surprised about his will. It is obvious from his performance today that he has a lot of talent for body cultivation, but being able to endure so much is beyond unbelievable. His will is too strong. Zihao De, Yang Zhai owns a strong will. Forget about others, even I don't have this much of a strong will. His determination and endurance are beyond normal. Did you notice that a few strands of his hair even turned white from the pain? And his endurance is strong even without experiencing the world yet. If he becomes evil, he will unleash a gr
"Yang Zhai, stop, that's enough." Tai Qi stood up and stopped Yang Zhai from going any further. The sun had set and It was already night. Around five percent of Yang Zhai's hair had turned white from different spots. The dents had increased from nineteen to twenty-two. His arms were swelling and so did his hands. His face had red lines below his face as if he was crying: however, this was the result of his training. Because he had punched the Brown Dacite so much that his eyes and ears had started bleeding, even his nose and mouth were bleeding. But, Yang Zhai did not care and continued his training because he knew that the Clan leader would heal him after he stopped his training, the reason was that he was needed for the final round. And this was an opportunity that he could not waste. Yang Zhai stopped after the Clan asked him to. Yang Zhai stabilized himself first and stood straight with great difficulty. Because of standing in the same stance for more than eight hours, his legs
Yang Zhai walked forward and came in front of the rock. This rock was around a normal man's size. The color of the rock was brown, filled with red lines all over it. Yang Zhai touched and moved his hand lightly on the surface of the rock and felt its smoothness. "Brown Dacite…," Yang Zhai thought. This rock was not an ordinary rock, but was used by the cultivators to check the determination of the cultivators. This rock could endure the hit of even rank 5 cultivators. There was no way Yang Zhai could break it even with his full strength. However, if he wanted to put a dent in this rock, he would have to hit the same spot again and again until his blood spilled out of his fist and touched the rock. However, the rock would continuously send shocks into his hand, preventing it from getting injured, but his bones would continuously be affected by this rock, modifying his bones slowly. The pain he feels would keep on increasing with every fist. Nevertheless, it was an opportunity for Ya
"So, how's your cultivation going?" Elder Zihao De asked Si Kim and Yang Zhai. "Elder, my cultivation is going smoothly, and I am not facing any issues in my cultivation, but brother Yang Zhai…" Si Kim replied and stopped while speaking, "Yang Zhai what?" "Brother Yang Zhai is not advancing in his cultivation, in fact, his cultivation has dropped to rank 2 early-stage." "Hmm," When Zihao De heard this, his eyes narrowed, he was surprised, at least, that was what his expression looked like. He looked at Yang Zhai with a questioning expression. However, Yang Zhai looked at Zihao De and said with a slight hesitation on his face, "No, Elder, brother Si is lying, my cultivation is going fine. There… is no problem, you don't need to worry." "Hmm, are you sure?" Zihao De looked at Yang Zhai as if he did not believe Yang Zhai. "Brother Yang, what are you saying? You clearly told me that you were having issues with your cultivation, and it was decreasing. Why are you lying now?!