One Year Later.. I Became A Badass!

And so the days of harsh training commenced. With every month that passed, Maya would stop by and constantly give me new exercises that pushed my body to it's absolute limits. Before long she ran out of training exercises for me, and simply resorted to hardcore spars with me. These fights would always end in a draw and Maya looking like she was on ecstasy. Each time, she said I was one step closer to becoming her personal disciple and today became that day. After one year of following Maya's absolutely insane training regimen, and after a long 6 hour bout with her, which left both of us gasping for air, Maya declared that she was at last taking me in as her personal disciple and that I would be moving into the Grand Hall to live with her. Smiling at her in excitement, I realized that it truly was about time that I learned the secret arts of the dojo from Maya and hopefully some day soon I will surpass her and become a legend. Maya in joy as I accepted and hurriedly led me to my old room to say my good byes to my roommates. They had tears streaming down their faces, as they told me that I had to drop by the room at least once a week to see them. I promised and we all hugged before I followed the impatient Maya to the Grand Hall. Once we arrived at the hall, she led me over to a bedroom which surprisingly had a tv and kitchen area in it. Maya then began to explain. "As my personal disciple, you are allowed to watch television 2 hours a day after you have finished the training regimen that I have set up for you. This kitchen area is for your use and the cupboards and fridge and freezer have been stocked with food for your use. Should you ever run out of food before it is restocked, simply let me know and I will order a delivery promptly. Do you have any questions for me? If not, let us begin your training! The true training starts today!" Telling Maya that I had no questions, I followed her out to the most badass looking training area that I have ever seen. It looked like something out of a wuxia novel. Every time of training area that you can think of from those books and novels could be found here and more. I am so excited right now, that I swear I squealed a little in excitement. Maya laughed, and I realized that I had actually in fact squealed. Maya looked at me and said, "Your first task is to master the use of all of these training areas before this year is over. Also I will be teaching you my clans legendary secret technique, it is called Dragon Might Cultivation Technique. You were probably wondering why I am so young and a Grandmaster weren't you? The truth is that I am in fact 120 years old this year. Ha ha ha! You should see the look on your face, it's priceless. However, what I spoke of is true. I and my clan are immortal cultivators, this is our secret. My grandfather didn't truly pass away, in fact he is alive and well. However he has gone into closed doors training the past 30 years and has left the dojo in my care. This dojo has existed here in the US for over 175 years. My grandpa.. let's just say that he is ancient and yet he could past for his 20's today. The other secret about our cultivation technique, is that the practitioners gain the ability to transform into a dragon. You must keep this secret at all costs. No one outside of my clan other then a personal disciple is allowed to know this, because as a personal disciple you have become an official member of the clan. My clan is known as the Long Clan. Yes as in the Chinese for dragon Long. I am half Chinese and half European. My grandfather is Chinese. Now enough of story time, let's begin your training. Before cultivating each day, you will practice each of the training areas techniques until you reach exhaustion understood?" I nodded my head that I understood, and then Maya began to show me how to perform the Dragon Might Cultivation Technique by pointing at certain points on my body and explaining how to control the flow of energy to these points. Once her explanation was over, after one cycle I completely mastered the technique and Maya had to snap me out of it after an hour. She was shocked needless to say, because no one had ever been able to stay in that state for over an hour their first time and something told her had she not stopped me I could have gone for hours or even days. A monster! This girl is a monster! This is what Maya thought to herself. And so another year of intense training and now cultivation began!

Before long it was the end of the year assessment, and Maya was preparing to test me in my realm of cultivation, as well as how well I had mastered each of the training areas techniques. And so first she checked my realm of cultivation and gasped in pure awe. "This.. this is impossible! To reach Nascent Soul in a year! Impossible! Body Tempering, Qi Refining, Core Establishment, and Nascent Soul! You jumped through those realms and reached Nascent Soul in a single year! You aren't a monster, you are a martial god reincarnated!" Shaking like a leaf, Maya was in denial and was currently drawing circles on the ground in shock. Gently shaking her out of it, I heard her whisper, "I am only at the peak of Nascent Soul at 121 years old and am considered a once in 10,000 years genius, then what are you Raven?" Feeling embarrassed at Maya's behavior, I finally managed to help her snap out of it and brought her back on track. She got up from the ground and clapped her hands together. With a wicked gleam in her eyes, I felt a cold sweat begin to trickle down my neck, she began to laugh wickedly and had me demonstrate my skills on the training areas. Satisfied beyond belief by my results, she then got into a combat stance on the sparring stage, and with a sigh I joined her up there. It's time to get into a draw again. Or so I thought, but Maya seemed to really be taking this spar very seriously this time. I prepared my stance and dove straight in.

To put it simply, our fight was something out of legends. Shockwaves blasted throughout the area as we exchanged blows. The very ground of the platform had cracks appear as we stomped our feet and rocketed around on the area. Darting around so fast that we became invisible to non-cultivators, we rapidly switched between offense and defense almost like we decided this from the onset. Finally the fight ended when Maya launched me to the edge of the platform and one of my feet dangled in the air outside of the platform. It was my loss. Shaking her head in disbelief, Maya rapidly approached me and said, "To think that a 15 year old girl would reach Nascent Soul in one years times and nearly bring a peak Nascent Soul of 121 years old to their knees in defeat. Although I won this time, something tells me that at the end of the third year assessment, I will be the one suffering a defeat. Keep up the good work Raven, I am immensely proud of you!" The fight was a loss, and yet I still feel proud somehow. To be acknowledged so highly by Maya makes my chest feel full of warmth. The last two years have not been for nothing after all! I am not quite sure what my future holds, but I do know this: It will be legendary!