Cultivation

After hearing that he still had a mother the young YanTian lost the composure that he gained through these years of hardships, he couldn't help but cry from flooding happiness.

Seeing his son reaction, YuTian couldn't help but feel bad about his son growing without motherly love, and the hardships he made him go through.

He then got up, and gently stroke his son's head, something he never done before.

After YanTian calmed down, he sat with his father as the latter explained to him what's going on.

"Yan'er, you should have already understood that the man from these last years was nothing but an act, and you must wonder why I would do such a thing"After looking at his son's impatient gaze he continued to explain.

"First, I will talk about your mother, since it seems it's what interests you the most".

"Her name is Lin LanYing, I met her when I was working as mercenary. I was almost killed by magic beasts, when she suddenly appeared and saved my life".

"She was the manifestation of beauty in this world. Like a fairy, she saved me and disappeared".

"I did my best to follow after her, but she had unfathomable cultivation"

"Later after looking for information, I found out that she was the princess of one of the four scions in our Huang continent, the Lin clan, but that didn't stop me from looking for her, and I was finally able to meet her again".

"She was exactly as I expected, kind and gorgeous nothing short of a real fairy"

"Even with her background and cultivation, she never despised me, rather we quickly became close friends, and then eventually became lovers".

"Until the day, when her family began to notice our intimate interactions. First, they only warned me not to meet her again. Then they threatened me".

"At that time, no one expected that she was already pregnant with you, as she had used a certain spirit art to hide her pregnancy until she gave birth to you".

"To protect you and so we can be free, she decided to take you and escape with me. However, the Lin clan somehow found out".

"We were pursued as we escaped for our life, but no matter how we tried we couldn't lose our pursuers. As a renowned clan the Lin's cultivation was more advanced, and caught up with us almost instantly ".

"To protect us Lan decided to surrender herself ".

YuTian looked at his son with a reminiscing expression, he then suddenly got up.

YanTian still lost in his father story, was startled by his sudden movements.

"Yan'er follow me"

As he headed toward the small courtyard YuTian called out for his son to follow him out.

Still, in daze from what he heard YanTian slowly got up as he followed his father.

Standing in the small courtyard the man began to explain.

"Yan'er you should already know that in this world, there is people that call themselves cultivators, as their name suggest, they cultivate their body and spirit so that they can become stronger and able to display unbelievable feats.

"As I explained, I, your mother, and most of her family are cultivators"

He then closed his hand and opened it again, above his palm a ball of azure thunder could be seen floating, he then flicked it toward a nearby small isolated hill. The hill then exploded, and all that was left of it was a large crater and clouds of dirt.

YanTian stood there feeling shocked, he looked with large eyes and open mouth at what just occurred in front of him, the poor boy never expected that such feat was possible. He then looked at his father with reverent eyes.

The man smiled at his son's reaction, then he continued his explication.

"What you just witnessed is the ability to control natural elements which can be displayed by cultivators at the golden core realm".

"Cultivation is divided into nine realms, the first three are the foundation, and so they are called Foundation Building, the next three represent the road toward the Dao and are called Dao seeking, finally the last three are legendary and profound realms also called Profound Ascension ".

"Then, foundation building are divided into : Human realm, Spirit realm and Xiantian realm".

"I just showed you about a third of the power from someone at the peak of the golden core realm, the one that comes after Xiantian".

After talking for a long moment he then got silent so to give the young boy time to digest what he just explained.

The young YanTian did his best to remember what he just heard and understand it, after a long moment he looked at his father with a confident expression.

After seeing that his son seemed to have finished his reflection, YuTian suddenly gave him a serious look.

"Yan'er, you have to understand that cultivation is not just about power, the hardships and sufferings that practitioners have to go through are beyond what you can ever imagine. And that's the only reason I left you to rely on yourself for these last six years, so that when you face these difficulties you won't give up and lose your life".After collecting himself, YanTian looked at his father with a determined gaze.

"Father you don't have to worry, I am ready".