“Felt it right?” Old Shen asked. “That lad was lying to us about something.” He stood beside the chieftain who sat down on a cliff. The sun was at its peak and the sky as clear as it could be. “Whether he lied or not, we have to be careful. If that ancient beasts really resides in his body, then using him as a sacrifice for our curse will be hard,” the chieftain said. “Hard not impossible?” Old Shen asked. “Hard,” the chieftain replied. “That ancient beast may be powerful, but it can be restricted after all its just a soul residue.” “What should be our next move then?” “We’ll allow him cultivate in there for three months. With his talent and the resources there, he should reach the low-tier core formation realm.” “Is it really alright to leave him in there?” Old Shen asked. “What if he finds that thing?”“He won’t. Only Nascent soul masters can sense it,” the chieftain replied. “Tell the people to start preparing, we leave this realm in three months.”“Alright.”****Two Weeks L
*Unknown Location* The dark sky roared as it cried. Its tears washed everything beneath it. Today, it plan on cleanse everything, from the grasses to the trees, to the insects that crawls, to the creatures of the land and the creatures of the sky. In a valley between two hills, the clanking of metals rang out. The sky’s roar couldn’t fully overshadow it. Yells and screams of agony could be heard as two groups fought an intensive battle. Members of each drew blood while putting their life on the line. Behind one of the groups, a black flag stood tall. On it a red moon stood above an howling wolf. The characters, ‘SCARLET MOON’ was written boldly on the flag. Five people stood beside it, three old men, one woman and a young man. The down pour did not bother their focus. They watched the battle ready to act at any moment. Stalemate was the best word to describe the current flow of the battle. Neither sides were winning nor losing. “Who knew bandits could put up a fight like
*Unknown Location* “How the hell did you guys know?” yelled a man, grabbing Mitsubishi’s collar with both hands. “Yang Xiao’s gut,” Mitsubishi replied. “He has a very good gut when it comes to danger.” “Do you expect us to believe that?” yelled the man again. “Tell us are you a spy?” “You are a dumbass. We saved your live, all your lives and you question if we are a spy?” Mitsubishi asked with a frown. Dozens of people around kept quiet as he continued. “Tell me, do you even understand what happened there? Do any of you?” No one responded. They couldn’t comprehend what happened. Was it a trap? If so why did their enemies get caught in it? It just didn’t add up. Mitsubishi forcefully freed himself from the man’s grip. With a sigh he faced Yang Xiao who laid unconscious on the floor. ‘Don’t worry, I’ll protect you,’ he said in his head. “In any case we are alive,” a feminine voice said. Everyone turned to the owner of the voice, a red hair lady sitting on a large rock. “L
‘What’s on your mind?’ Taeyang asked. ‘Your mood is affecting mine.’ He brushed Yinyue’s hair while staring at the vortex before him. His ticket out of here stared at him in the face, yet he had no way of getting to it. ‘Ah,’ Hiroshi sighed. ‘I’m wondering how powerful is the one who turned the Lost world into a prison.’ Taeyang brushed Yinyue’s hair in silence as Hiroshi continued. ‘He/she must be powerful and well versed in the law of space.’ ‘Law of space?’ Taeyang asked. ‘Don’t worry about it for now. You are far too early for laws,’ replied Hiroshi. ‘Okay.’ ‘By the way can you feel that pulling force around you?’ Hiroshi asked. ‘Pulling force?’ ‘Yeah, the one that’s been pulling energy towards you.’ ‘I don’t sense it,’ Taeyang said as he closed his eyes. For a few minutes he sensed his surroundings. ‘I don’t sense anything.’ ‘I see. That space is pulling energy towards you. It’s a good thing but it could be dangerous,’ Hiroshi said. ‘We’ll let it be until m
*Three Weeks Later*“Yes! Yes!” Mitsubishi yelled as he got on his feet. “Yang Xiao, I’ve reached the peak like you. Huh?” To his surprised Yang Xiao stood at a far end of the cave studying the array. Too focused, he had not heard a word Mitsubishi had said. He muttered some words to himself as he jolts than on a book with an ink brush. Mitsubishi walked up to him. “What are you doing?”“My goodness!” Yang Xiao yelled. “You scared me.”“What are you doing?” Mitsubishi asked again while glancing at the book.“Huh? Oh, I’m studying the array,” Yang Xiao replied.“Why not cultivate and get to…”“With the amount of Qi here I can break through to the Core formation, but it’s not safe here. If I end up attracting others that won’t be good,” Yang Xiao said. “That’s true.”“Besides, with a good material like this my attainment in the dao of arrays will increase by leaps and bounds,” said Yang Xiao with a big smile and great joy in his heart. “I just need to understand it, that’s the hard p
??? - Taeyang, what are you doing?A voice broke the silence that had occupied the little room. Usually, Taeyang would have been glad to hear this voice, if only it wasn’t just his imagination creating a scene.??? - Come on, tell me, what are you doing?His mind rejected reality; therefore, it created a scene that made reality false. By all means necessary, he wanted to live in this falsehood. His back was against the wall, tears rolled down both his cheeks, and weak sobs escaped the gaps in his lips.Taeyang - Su Yan, I’m crying because you are gone.While he stared at the blurry figure in front of him, he whispered and rejected the false scene he had created. He bit hard his lower lip, wrapped his arms around his legs and sobbed. Should there be a chance to take time back, Taeyang will take it, no matter the cost.Su Yan - Do you believe in reincarnation?The voice from before sounded again, this time beside him. He turned his head to find a figure beside him. Unlike his blue eyes
Taeyang felt the tremors the battle made, though he could see nothing. The dust and the aftermath of the battle blocked his sight, normally he should have been affected by the aftermath but deacon Liu managed to protect him.Taeyang - Is this the strength of a Core formation realm master? In awe of what he felt, Taeyang could only gulp and hoped deacon Liu came out victorious. He knew what ending he would have if it happened otherwise, after all he was just at Qi refinement stage. Only a bit better than a mortal man, he was nothing to cultivator masters. Deacon Liu - Do you intend to remain there forever? Taeyang heard deacon Liu voice from amidst the dust. The voice had anger mixed in it, Taeyang didn’t need a second to get up. He struggled to his feet and faced the direction with the least amount of dust. The vibrations made him stumble but he managed to remain on his feet.Deacon Liu - Ragna take the boy and leave. Protect him no matter what. A ferocious roar deafened Taeyang’s
??? - Oh the new guy is awake. Taeyang opened his eyes to a silhouette in front of him. From its tone he could decipher that it belonged to a man. It took a while for Taeyang’s blurry vision to clear up, he finally saw the person before him. A young man with thick black hair, he looked athletic but not muscular. He had a handsome face that possessed brown colored eyes, a small nose and a mark that ran from below his lower lip to the tip of his chin. ??? - How are you feeling? Taeyang frowned but responded anyway. “Fine, sorry who are you? And where am I?” The young man smiled, yet frowned at him. Taeyang could only wonder what made him frown. However, the young man muttered. “No it can’t be, he is only at the eight stage of the Qi formation realm.” Taeyang - Pardon? ??? - Don’t mind me. My name is Yang Li and you are in the Scarlet Wolf base of the Lost world, otherwise known as the land of the forgotten. Taeyang - Lost world? Yang Li - The outside world calls it the foggy so