Wolf's Son

For a moment he was left speechless. In his previous life he was an orphan after getting reincarnated, for this powerful wolf to be his father... It was definitely beyond his expectations.

The pieces were slowly coming together. Both of his parents where formidable wolves within the cave. It was likely no coincidence that they had a powerful cultivator as a child.

His mother looked at him and simply said "speak". For a moment he did not know how to react, but he quickly recovered. "I am doing well, father"

A look of surprise passed over the black wolf's face.

"He can already speak, and so clearly"!

His mother's face betrayed a tinge of pride at his words. His father continued on "If he can understand us, then it is time to begin his training"

"Azuma spoke of training our son when he is ready" his mother replied. His father's eyes widened "Oh? Then Azuma will be the one to train Rikura". His nose twitched in response to hearing his name for the first time. 'They named me Rikura?, it's not a bad name'.

At this his father signaled for someone to come. Another back wolf that bore yellow markings appeared from the darkest shadows in the cave. "Daizo, take my son to see Azuma for training"

The wolf called Daizo approached him and said "follow me". 'Who is Azuma?, it seems that my father holds him in high regard' "Ok, Daizo" He felt a nudge from his mother "It's ok Razsai" Dazai looked down at him.

"Call me uncle Daizo from now on". He looked at Daizo and his father, 'Daizo has yellow markings as opposed to my father's blue, well, it's not that strange considering that my mother and I have different markings as well.

"Ok uncle Daizo" came his response. "That's better, now let's go give Azuma a surprise". 'This wolf... uncle Daizo is very laid back, very different than my father'. "We're off, I will return once Rikura is with Azuma"

As they retraced his mother's steps he tried to read the strength of his uncle, to no avail. ' Interesting, it isn't easy to hide your aura from me, although I am basically a puppy'

Once they reached the exit, they made their way to the pool of mysterious liquid. "We're here Rikura" He was surprised to see the large grey wolf from before. ' so this was Azuma. He is guarding a powerful treasure '

"Azuma here will teach you to use the power you gained from the flow-spring."

Azuma looked at him in surprise, "Little one, you can speak? Why did you not say hello before?" He thought for a second and said, "Im sorry Azuma, I should have greeted you".

"It's ok little one, I was looking forward to this" "I'll leave it to you Azuma, I've head back to Zukoji and Razsai and tell them we made in one piece."

Azuma looked at him once more. "You have potential, but you lack to knowledge to use it. I can show you, but how fast you learn depends on your mindset."

"I understand, thank you Azuma". ' 'Interesting, from what I understand the mysterious pool of liquid is called the "flow-spring" around here, It seems it does more than act as a multiplier for my strength'

"Watch carefully, I will only do this once"

"You must learn to use the marks of the flow-spring to their full potential if you wish to leave this cave". As he spoke Azuma positioned himself low to the ground.

'Hes using the marks to build up qi' he realized. The marks on Azuma's body started to glow more brightly until a brilliant fash of light obscured his vision. He quickly recovered his vision and looked on in surprise.

Amuma was gone, and all that remained was deep scratch marks on the ground where he stood. "This is the true power of the markings imparted to us from the flow-spring".

'I truly underestimated the value of the gift I've been given'. He wasted no time, the display from azuma gave him the clues he needed to do what he's been trying to do since the moment he was born, manipulate qi in his new body.

'The core of a beast is more attuned twords the physical, activating my qi sould be like learning how to move a new muscle' He felt his heart race as a tried and tried again to us the marks on his body.

His experience as a cultivator was long, it didn't take long for him to grab ahold of that familiar feeling. It felt like he had met an old friend, he had learned to manipulate a strand of qi.

Having achieved the first step a confident smile spread across his face. If you could compare using qi to moving a muscle, then like a muscle, a person would train using again and again and slowly gain control.

An experienced cultivator like him was akin to putting a body builder in a five year olds body. Once they could control the muscle even a little, they could use their knowledge and mental intensity to use it to it's full potential.

The qi inside him suddenly exploded and to life, he felt it surge from depths of his spirit and flow through his body. 'This feeling, the feeling of a power that is connected to the essence of who I am. The stronger the love, the stronger the power to protect.

I remember the first time I felt qi, It was like finding a piece of myself I never knew I was missing'. He guided the qi's flow into the markings on his body, the buildup of energy caused them to shine.

He felt a tugging feeling in his chest, he knew it was a sign that it was time and released the power of the markings. It was a power that gathered energy for a single explosive movement.

Rikura's qi, that now reflected explosive power from his lifetimes knowledge and mental discipline was used in such a technique.

Rikura was met with absolute silence and followed by a deafening shockwave as his tiny body burst forward. Azuma's mind nearly went blank, watching such a young person show such strength was a sight that was hard to even imagine.

However he quickly realized the problem at hand. Rikura was heading twords certain death, he had power but his body was still frail. If his body hit the wall it would be the end of him.

Azuma could only see one course of action, he charged his qi and used all his strength to rush forward. He knew he had succeed when he felt his body slammed from the side into the cavern wall.

Azuma stood up, "that little one has unheard of potential" He said as he looked at Rikura, unconscious from the impact. "Little one, I will rest too" Azuma said as he collapsed.