Leaving the Garden

At some point Ren just used to this live, he couldnt leave. No matter how many times he screamed his Master never came and while he could try to harm his precious treasures to lure him out, it was not worth dying!!

He was supposed to spend 5 years in this place, but in the end it was his 7th! He was already over 14 years old, while his cultivation half a year finally reached 4th stage - Yin Form.

Yin form allowed cultivators to make shape of their QI which in turn unlocked possibility of using powerful QI Arts thanks to their QI reserves in dantians. On how far one progressed on this stage decided how stable and powerful his QI form would be. This was a stage that males found incredibly hard to practice as it needed pure Yin QI, while they were of Yang attribute. On the other hand it was very easy for Female Virgings as their primal Yin was perfect source of energy needed for this stage! Even though it was already over half a year, Ren didnt make much progress. At this rate it would propably take him 20 or even 30 years to pass this stage!

It was another typical day, there was no Sun and no Moon since it was underground Garden, but it was easy to tell the amout of days passed thanks to formation that lit the chamber with the Stars. Each night they would dim, while shine a lot during the day. Ren Li already turned teen from his young childish form. While saying that he became a proper male would be too much, he was a proper teen. A lot of cultivators liked to have long hairs, while it was beauty trait on females, many males liked it as well. However Ren thanks to all the control he had over his body managed to cut his hairs every few months or so, because they made him uncomfortable. His dark hairs looked very plain and shabby, if someone saw him outside they would laugh at how bad and uneven they were cut.

Nothing out of his face stood out, saying that he looked plain and average would be like hitting a perfect 10 mark. In the crowd out of 1000 he would be one of the few no one would see as he was that average. His body was slim and didnt have any muscles, just like his young self which in turn didnt make him look manly. Only those who practicted could have powerful muscular and fit bodies, even if cultivators were incredibily strong the diffrence between someone who train and someone who doesnt was high as well. Ren never really bothered about it and even if he did, his schedule was full!

His robe was the one he got from his Master - Inner disciple robe which was in truth low grade spiritual artifact. It didnt offer much other than a few spells allowing it to always be in prime condition and clean. It was more a symbole of status, if someone wanted robe that suited combat they had to pay!

At this point as if hearing something Ren Li eyes opened and he stared in shock on the person that appared before him out of thin air. While alarmed he calmed down a bit, it was his Master. In the beginning he thought that he will come to teach him and correct on the way of cultivation, but he didnt!! All he left was the sect Sky Fall fundation establishment techinque some notes which described what kind of punishment he will suffer once he is found slacking off! While the most severe - death was for damaging his beloved trees, most of others werent light either. Punishment for skipping on reading books in the jade slips was the most cruel. He would be crippled and kicked out of the Sect!

No matter what said and done he never wanted to become a cripple!! That was also his drive, while he kind of didnt believe that his Master would do that, he still didnt dare to test it either.

"Master" Ren slowly stood up and bowed to the young man ( his master ) that looked as dispirited as he did.

"Come with me, You are leaving" When confused about 'You are leaving' he still followed after him.