Chapter 3: Origin Flame

Outskirt of the Dead Forest

There's a group of men squatting with a solemn look. This group is no other than the group of Young Master who entered the cave.

Ever since they came out, they started to run until they reached the outskirts of the forest. Big drops of sweat slid down their foreheads and the energy of their body almost dried out.

Five days has passed, and for these last few days, all they did was to run and rest, noticing the faces of their leaders, no one dared to disobey.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, the group entered the Cloud Town. This town is packed with people that you can even hear the bustling noise outside the walls.

This town is part of the Wind City which operates by one of the five great families: the Hua Family.

The Hua Family is the tyrant of Wind City, they governed five mines, trading shops, brothels, restaurants, and four towns this includes the Cloud Town.

The Cloud Town is situated near the Dead Forest and also known as one of the most prosperous towns in the country because of it's abundant resources that came from the forbidden land.

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Cloud Town - Cloud Manor

A magnificent green jade building stood up at the center of the town. It was big as the three-story building, it was also wide as half of the soccer field.

The Hua Family cultivates wind element which is why the manor was built using a fine green jade which contains a small amount of wind power. The backyard is full of different kinds of plants, there are also different kinds of spiritual herbs that fulls of energy.

Guards wearing green robes line up every corner of the manor, these guards' cultivation are mostly 3 to the 4 stars of the bone-strengthening realm.

Inside the Hall

Inside the spacious hall that big like a basketball court, one can notice a glittering crystalline at the ceiling.

At the center of the hall. An old man with white hair sitting with a face full of wrinkles. The old man's aura is so strong that even the knees of the people inside the hall can't stop trembling.

The old man restrained his aura, taking a deep breath, he began to ask the two-man kneeling in front of him about their discovery.

"Commander Gu, are you sure that of what you saw?" the old man asked in a low voice.

"Yes Patriarch, we certainly saw a black lake in that cave, and we also saw our men being dragged at the bottom," said Commander Gu feeling loss with his dead men.

"I understand, don't worry Commander Gu, I will certainly compensate their families," the old man said in a sorrowful voice. "You can go now"

"Yes Patriarch, thank you" Commander Gu kneeled once again and left.

"Little Tian, you're really lucky that you can get out alive in that place, if not, it will be a misfortune to our family" the old man sighed a relief.

The name of this Young Master is called Hua Tianjin, he has a handsome face that makes all the girls in the country go crazy. He possesses a well-built body and you can also feel his air of arrogance.

He is rank Top 2 of the younger generation geniuses of Five Elements Country. Hua Tianjin is also the most genius of all the younger generation in their family with the cultivation of 3 stars Meridian Tempering realm. He is also rumored to be the next patriarch of the Hua Family.

"It's because of you grandpa, I just follow what you said to me when I was a kid that if I ever saw a black lake with unusual behavior, I must run as fast as I can," said Hua Tianjin with a smile.

"By the way grandpa, I'm just curious, why do you always say that to me? is that lake holds more mysteries that I don't aware of?"

The old man is the Patriarch of the Hua Family, Hua Guosheng, he is the second most powerful man in the Five Elements Country with the cultivation of 4 stars Golden Core Realm beside the Patriarch of the Shen family who also the grandfather of Yuzhou.

Guosheng said with a low voice "Yes there is, and only the Five Great Families are aware of this," he took a breath before continuing, "The rumor that spreads for the past many years throughout the whole country comes from the five great families.

The rumor stated that there is an Evil Supreme who died at the Dead Forest but we didn't say what is the cause of that powerful person dies. We deliberately spread the rumor about the dead supreme so that the warriors from the other neighboring countries can visit our country so that our economy will rise.

We also know that when the warriors who heard the rumors will interested because of the treasure of that supreme. But we didn't spread the other half of the rumor. The Five Families just keep it, until one day the warriors who went to explored the dead forest did not come back.

Until one day, some brave warriors volunteered to investigate the strange thing that happens in the forest. After they entered the forest, they saw some dead bodies of the warriors, some of them are mostly skeletons.

When they got deeper and deeper into the forest, they witness that some corpse of the dead warriors come to life when the night approaches."

Hua Tianjin listened without blinking and asked, "What happen after that grandpa?"

Gousheng contemplated for a while, "The warriors went back home and they began to spread the news about their discovery, after that, the warriors from neighboring country stop visiting the area. Well some of them are brave enough to visit but so many. After that day, the forest become one of the Forbidden Lands and named Dead Forest by the people."

"But grandpa, what about the other half of the rumor?" Hua Tianjin asked hastily

Guosheng slightly shivered, he stood up, walked to the window with a serious face "The other half of the rumor, the reason why the supreme died, it is because of one of the most mysterious and powerful entities in the world: The Origin Flame"

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Inside the lake

At the bottom of the lake, there's a figure surrounded by black tentacles. This figure is no other than Yuzhou. He's been here since the day he was dragged to the bottom, if he runs out of breath, he goes to the surface and then goes back to fight the black liquid.

Every time the black tentacles curled into his body, he didn't hesitate to eat and consume it because he thinks that he can gain some power from it.

Yuzhou also believes that his situation is similar to the main character in the novel who encounters misfortune to fortune. That's why all he needs to do is be patient and calmly wait for the miracle to happen.

While he was fighting the black tentacles, it's started to talk with a gloomy voice similar to a demon from hell.

Yuzhou was shocked and he stops eating the tentacles. He stared at the tentacles, slightly confused, and asked "You can talk?"

The black tentacles snorted "Hmp, you human brat, you dared to eat my tentacles, are you not afraid that it contains a poison?"

Yuzhou started to laugh and said "Poison? Haha if there is a poison why did you mention that, Hmpp do you see me as a 3-year-old child? So what if I eat your tentacles, even if it tastes awful but I can also convert it to a pure energy so it's a win-win situation, Hahaha"

"You-!" the black tentacles shivered in anger "Good, very good, you successfully angered me you human brat"

Then the body of the tentacles open and the black crystal with big as a coin shoot up to Yuzhou's direction.

whoshh-

Catch!

Yuzhou raise his arm and catched the black crystal.

The black tentacles tensed up and shouted "You-, released that crystal with your filthy hands now or else, I will kill you!"

Yuzhou laughed with ridicule in his face, "Did you think I'll do that Hmp, you Squidward fool Hahaha. Don't worry I will digest it in my stomach Hahaha"

Then he swallowed the crystal with a satisfied smile.

Suddenly he noticed something strange, his vision began to blur, he feels his soul being suck out of his body. His body shivered and his face began to pale.

"Hahaha Good, how impulsive of you human brat. You dared to eat the wisp of my soul consciousness, how fool. But don't worry, if I can occupy your body, I'll make sure that you will become strong, also don't worry about your family, they will soon to be my nutrients Hahaha" the black tentacles laughed so hard, "We'll let me occupy your body from now on"

whossshhh-

The soul of the black tentacles flew up to his glabella. Yuzhou gritted his teeth and endured the pain in his soul, his vision started to black until he passed out.

Meanwhile, inside of his soul area, the black soul-like flame started to consume his soul area, the other half of Yuzhou's soul area soon dark like a darkness in the sky. Until the burning flame of the black soul covers all his soul area.

The black soul flame started to laughed and then. 'flash' the black soul flame noticed that above the soul area of Yuzhou, there's a big chunk of stone floating.

It started to emit a rainbow light and shines till it covers the whole soul area of Yuzhou. The black soul flame dumbstruck by what he discovered.

"T-this! No this can't be real" the black soul flame started to panicked" No I must get out of this place!"

It started to fly faster to get out of the soul area of Yuzhou.

'Bang'

The black soul flame blocked with a powerful barrier and it stumbled back to the center. The stone seems to notice the trespasser then it released a powerful rainbow light and aims at black soul flame.

Ahhhh-

The black soul flame cried out while begging, "No please don't kill me, I'm sorry I shouldn't have attempted to occupy the body of this boy"

The stone snorted "Hmp, you dared to harm this God's Descendant, if not for me, this boy's body will become yours to occupy, and you even dared to beg this God"

"Please let me live, I don't want to die, I'm begging you Venerable God" the black soul flame begged him and repeatedly kowtowed.

"An evil like you doesn't deserve to live" then It released a light beam and said, "Becoming a part of my descendant's power is the justice that I can give to all the supreme that you've killed"

'absorb'

The Rainbow light covered the black soul flame. The black soul flame wailed and it slowly being absorbed by the light till it vanished and became part of Yuzhou's soul area.

The soul area started to change, the stone slowly dim.

The voice of the stone sighed in relief "This brat, if not for me, he'll be dead now. It's good that I have a sufficient energy remaining to kill and absorb that origin flame, if not, I don't know what will happen to him"

It paused for a while and said, "I'm already out of energy, 'Sigh' hey you brat, if you woke up make sure that you will be careful from now on.

And also be diligent and focused on your cultivation, got it? I'm will take a rest for a while, it's up to you from now on you brat" ,then the voice of the stone goes back to slumber.

Meanwhile, at the bottom of the lake, Yuzhou slowly opens his eyes, he survey his surroundings, and began to swim through the surface of the lake.

He crawl to the side and sit, he stared at the lake without a single ripple, he was confused and scratch his head and thought 'Where the heck is that Squidward? Why can't I find it' he looked left and right and he finds nothing.

He gives up and said "Well nevermind that, even if that Squidward flee, it doesn't matter to me because I gained a lot in that fight, Hehehe" ,he closed his eyes and began to meditate. He absorbs the energy through his dantian and slowly distribute it to his whole body.

Suddenly, he cried out in surprise, "What the f*CK!"

Author Notes: Hi guys, I'm back. Right if you are confused about what Yuzhou eats these whole 8 days. I'll tell you, usually cultivators don't need to eat because they can directly absorb the energy of their surroundings. And also if you confused why Yuzhou didn't encounter some skeletons in the forest, do you remember the beast from chapter 2, usually beast is a kind of territorial being, so you know what I mean and also if you are confused why the mc reached the cave, HAHAHA well the body of the mc that occupies is a lazy and his memory doesn't have the information about the forbidden lands especially the dead forest. The Mc walked aimlessly and he doesn't know the direction till he reaches the center of the forest where the cave is stationed.