The Grand Elder's Cultivation Chamber
After leaving the bedroom in the small house, he started to look around the house, after feeling cold after entering the library, he started trying to figure out why it was cold only in the library. After looking around for more than 10 minutes he noticed a small latch
"Ding!"
( A latch has been hidden behind one of the sculptures on the bookshelf. )
( I wonder where this goes! )
( I bet it leads to a place inside the house. )
( Oh, really! )
( Yes, Master Qing! )
( Can you stop that, I'm already on edge, I'm in a place I don't know anything about. So could you please be a little quiet please! )
A long spiral Staircase leading downstairs was found in front of him as he opened the door.
When he got to the bottom of the stairs, he saw a large archway leading to a massive training room, there were creatures and beasts around the edges of the square ring. At the other end of the massive training room, there was another archway with two large doors.
( Wow this place had a hidden training room under that cave house. )
After opening the large doors, which seemed to take him 10 mins, there was a large pool on the right side of the room, that looked identical to the one above on the floor above, except much bigger and on the left side he found 4 bookshelves in front of him.
"What are these ...
( These are books, are for Cultivating and practicing Martial Art Techniques in the way of ...
(Sorry Master Qing! )
There's a lot here I don't think I can read all of them, maybe I should just...
"Can you help me, system?"
( I can, Young Master Qing! )
[ Clutivation Techniques ]
4 Mortal Rank
55 Spirit Rank
150 Yellow Rank
490 Black Rank
1345 Jade Rank
23 Quasi-Earth Rank
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[ Movement Techniques ]
7 Mortal Rank
100 Spirit Rank
234 Yellow Rank
125 Black Rank
45 Jade Rank
11 Quasi-Earth Rank
3 Earth Rank
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[ Martial Arts Techniques ]
50 Spirit Rank
145 Yellow Rank
300 Black Rank
212 Jade Rank
25 Quasi-Earth Rank
10 Earth Rank
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.....({ Books }).....
[ Encyclopedia of The Guang Continent ]
[ Stories about The Royal Qing Clan ]
[ Legends of The Mountain Spirit Sky Sect ]
[ Stories on The Big Blue Planet ]
[ History of The 7 Continents ]
[ History of the 4 Factions ]
[ Encyclopedia of Bloodlines ]
[ Encyclopedia of Spirit & Mythical Spirit Beasts ]
[ Mythical Spirit Pills & Rare Plants and Resources ]
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"Wow!"
"Ding!"
( I'll be combining all of the books in the Hidden Libary )
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( Well, while you do that I'm gonna go for a walk and see where exactly where we are! )
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[ Combining Books ... ... 25% ]
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- Xue Clan's Mountain Vally, Tai Lang City
"We need to get ready for the Sky Sect's recruitment, Brother!"
"Uncle Tai, what's wrong why does it matter if people in our clan get recruited into that Sect?"
"Little one, can you go hang out with your older sisters or one of your brothers? Your father and I are discussing important stuff right now!"
"Brother, my wife is not here she went to the Magic Monastery Main Branch in the Wang Imperial City. So I have to watch her, don't worry she won't say anything right now!"
"If you think that, then it's fine, Sweetheart ... ... ... Our clan is under pressure from the Great Yu Clan and the Burning Blood Sect.
"Yeah, but why Uncle Tai?"
"They want our land and the resources we have."
" Now back to what I was saying Big Brother Hong, We need to get at least 10 or so into the sect, that way we have around the minimum amount of connections to the sect."
"Yeah So? What are you getting at, I already know that!"
"Brother Hong, I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation as well as I do, they only do recruiting every 10 years so if we don't, I don't believe will be able to survive until the next recruitment!"
"I honestly don't believe that they wouldn't start a battle with us right next to one of the sky sects subsidiary Sect's front door!"
"Come on brother, I mean even those lesser family heads of the Branch families of the Great Yu Clan won't go after us if we have more backing."
"Yea I know that Little brother, what do you want me to do? Snap my fingers and, were safe like that!"
"Really Brother!"
"I'm kidding, Little Brother Tai I'm kidding!
"Brother come on, like don't even get me started on those idiots within that fricking Burning Blood Sect, just even listening to them spew that bullcrap about their Blood God and how he'll save us all. If we join their stupid sect, even they would back off, for the moment if we had connections to that Sky Sect I mean come on were talking about one of the 10 hegemon sects that resided and control our continent with the Wang Dynasty!"
" Let's contact one of the Elders, Brother!"
"No, you know the rules!"
"Come on, brother they will understand. We're stuck between a rock and a hard place."
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"Come on Big Brother Hong!"
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"Fine, but if the one we pick gets angry! You'll be taking the beating instead!"
"Yes Brother Hong, Yes Hong!"
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- Xue Mountain Vally, Azure Snow Peak
"Haha, there he is!"
Hmmm...
"Hey... Hey Kid ... wake up or you'll catch a cold!"
"Ho Ho, your alive kid, good! I found you, you've been missing for over a week now we can go home, back we go!"
"Go back where?"
"Back down the mountain and return to my Dojo!"
"Dojo, you have a Dojo Mister!"
"HaHa! Let's go!"
Swoosh!
Qing She was grabbed then he felt the icy wind hit his face and started to feel cold just after 5 mins of them traveling down the mountain.
"How are you doing kid?"
"Huh?"
"How are you feeling kid?"
"Better I guess, but I don't remember what happened to me?"
"It's probably better that you don't remember what happened to you kid."
"Why, I want to know what happened to me?"
"You're a lot more chatty, from the last time I saw you!"
"Well, that's ...
"Yea I get it, a near-death experience ...
"Um ... Are you hungry kid?"
"Yea I'm starving!"
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- Back of Tai Lang City, Xue Clan Manor
"You knock!"
"No, You Knock!"
"I don't want to knock, why don't you knock on the door!"
Xue Lei walked up to the 20-foot circle door and knocked. While the Xue brothers Hong and Tai argued, they didn't notice the little one walk into the darkroom after knocking and opening the door.
"Grand Elder, are you doing fine, it's Xue Lei, I don't know if you have time to talk. But the family is fighting and I heard the Xue Clan is being pressured by the Branch families of the Great Yu Clan and the Burning Blood Sect, can you help Grand Elder?"
"Hey, where did, little Lei go?"
"I don't know, I thought you were supposed to watch her brother Hong?"
"What, are you telling me? What I'm supposed to do, I was talking to you, so how am I gonna look at you while we're talking and watch her, at the same time!"
"Wait, was that door always open?"
"What!"
"That door!"
"What door, Tia?"
"That door!
Xue Tai pointed at one of the five large circle doors in the middle of the medium doors next to the small doors. When Xue Hong saw that one of those doors was open, his face started to sweat and his face was visibly shaken and he showed a trace of panic!
"Oh, no that's one of the five Grand Elder's doors!"
"Sweetheart are you in there, get out of there quickly!"
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- Inside the Grand Elder's Cultivation Chamber
"Grand Elder, are you in here? My father and uncle are fighting, and I'm scared for the other clansmen!"
Tap! Tap! Tap!
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"What's going on?
"Why do I feel, other life forces within my Cultivation chamber?"
( Aura Eyes )
" ! "
The Grand Elder's eye's changed, and the color of his iris changed to a pale green. Then his vision went black then he started looking around, then through the walls of his inner chamber, then through the next set of walls into the front plaza of his cultivation chamber.
There he saw the outline of three people, two near the entrance of the cultivation chamber and then a really small one only 10 meters from his inner chamber walls.
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Author's Note -
When Aura Eyes were activated, the user's vision would go completely black even if they used it, out in the open on an open field on a bright and sunny day. Only when living organisms and other types of stuff, in this case, humans.
They would be a thin white outline of their body and then in the center of their body would be a small ball of flame that would be their life Flame. Depending on their bloodline, age, talent, or the techniques they were using. There Life Fire would look different from another person.
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Hmmm...
"Interesting?"
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"This place feels empty, Grand Elder are you there I need your help please!"
"Oh, and what could I help you with little one?"
"Auh!!!"
"Sweetheart is that you? Where are you please, don't disturb the Grand Elder!"
"Brother Hong were in trouble now! We were only going to talk to an Elder, not a fricking Grand Elder!"
"Will you be quiet, I can't hear my daughter with your mouth yapping now stop!"
"Well, boys are you looking for this little one?"
"Auh!!!"
"Auh!!!"
"We apologize and ask for your forgiveness Grand Elder!" - x2
"Haha, calm down you two, this little one is a little interesting, she was telling me, how you two have been bad. So what are we going to do now you two?"
"We, understand and accept any punishment, Grand Elder!"
Smack!
"Owe, you hit me, brother Hong!"
"You deserved it!
"What? I dare you to say that again!"
"If you didn't beg me to come here. We wouldn't be in this mess!"
"Haha, let's leave you two, we can talk about what you two did later. Now, what do you want to do little one?"
"I'm hungry, I want to eat Honey Bread Buns!"
"Ho Ho, those sound good!"
"They are Grandpa!"
Auh!
"Sweetheart, don't say that it's disrespectful to call an ancestor Grandpa, if you are not part of his direct lineage!!"
"Hmmm... by the way what is your name little one?"
"My name is Xue Lei."
"Sounds like a nice name, who gave you, your name?"
Little Lei, looked back at her father to hear the story, then her father as if he was standing in front of a dragon, was all red in the face and was sweating.
"She was named by her Grandfather!"
" Who's that?"
"He's the 35th Elder."
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"Sorry I meant to say his name, it's Xue Yongliang!"
"Okay we can cut the tension with a knife right now, you two can be at ease."
"Anyway, you two are gonna fill me in on what has happened since I've been away in my Cultivation retreat."
"So little Lei, you ready to go eat!"
"Yeah, Yeah!"
"Okay, hold tight we're gonna go for a ride, hey you two, try to keep up!"
"What, oh yeah yes Grand Elder!"
As if they could tell trouble was on the horizon, they both looked at each other then looked back at the Grand Elder as they watched him jump high then go forward through the air towards the main part of the city, outside the Xue Clan's estate.
"Brother Tai, hurry up we need to keep up!"
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- Tai Lang City, Dragon Dojo
"So how are you feeling?"
"Better, those Honey Bread Buns and Spicy Chicken hit the spot!"
"Haha, well then if you liked it rest up if you want, but you need to move out of the middle of the floor. My Expert class will be coming for a training session today in 10 mins so go sit in the corner near that armor set, don't touch the Shiki swords those aren't for playing with they can hurt people."
After adjusting to his stomach being full Qing She, slowly got up and went to sit down in the corner and wait for the old man's class to start.
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"So I said if you can take it back from me I'll give it back!"
"Then what happened!"
"He tried to take it and failed, he tripped on a bag of potatoes right in front of him as he tried to charge right at me. I find it funny every time I see one of those street bums try to steal from the street vendors and merchants."
"Haha, wow I can't believe they still try to do that right in front of you!"
"What do you respect from a bunch of thieves and burglars, living off of the money they stole from working-class citizens and nobles.
"Haha, I know right!"
As soon as the two of them reach the front archway into the main building on the old man's estate, they saw the old man cleaning the nice and old bamboo floor with a hot cloth mop.
"Hey, Master Long, why are you doing that and not making the recruits and the newbies clean the floor?"
"It has to be done by an expert, at the beginning of the month!"
Hmmm...
"The old man is a stickler for rules and traditions what did I tell you, Gu Tang!"
"You were right Young Master Da Rong!"
"Haha, let us go to the changing room to get ready for the training!"
After Gu Tang said that, Da Rong noticed over Tang's shoulder that a kid was sitting in the corner and taking a nap with a hood over his face.
( What, since when did the old man have a kid? )
"The first one to the hot baths has to pay for today's training Gi's wash!"
"Wait, what?"
"Haha, slowpoke!"
"Wait, for me!"
After another 10 mins, another group of people started making their way towards the old man's Dragon Dojo. There were 3 girls and 5 guys, ranging from 12 to 20 years old. Just like before, a couple of them within the group noticed Qing She sitting and sleeping in the corner but they ignored him and went directly into the changing rooms.
Another couple of minutes went by at this time, the old man went to change into his training gear as well, but this time a large group of 22 people came all at once, most of them were between 18 to 25 years old except 3 men who were in their mid 30's.
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