Cultivating the heart

A man dressed in white is sitting on a wooden chair with a book in his hand, the title of the book is Iron Heart.

Ivor was drinking tea that was made by Ai families tea farm, interestingly Ivor could feel the tea calming his nerves when he drank it and clearing his mind. Ivor's first thought was that it had Qi however it was just high-quality tea leaves.

"The heart can change, a heart can be molded, a heart can be manipulated, a heart can be broken, a heart can be fragile, a heart can be strong, a heart can be a will, a heart can be a foundation and a heart can be anything."

Ivor received the Iron heart text as a reward for teaching others, it had been 5 months since he came to the Ai family. There has been improvement in the younger generations foundation, Ivor stops teaching for the next year since he just wants peace from others.

Nellie also keeps following Ivor everywhere as he used to when he was younger. The days are peaceful and Ivor's heart cultivation has loosened a chain on his qi, Ivor has managed to retrieve two-star qi strands.

A star realm cultivator gathers star qi to improve their cultivation. The first stage gathers two hundred star qi strands to reach the second stage, then it will be four hundred for the third stage, eight hundred for the fourth stage, sixteen hundred for the fifth stage, three thousand two hundred for the sixth stage, six thousand four hundred for the seventh stage, twelve thousand eight hundred for the eight-stage, twenty-five thousand six hundred for the ninth stage and fifty-one thousand two hundred for the tenth stage.

The two-star qi strand does not seem much however one-star qi-strand attack is equal to a void realm cultivator full attack, once the star qi is lost it must be gathered again, however, if a star realm cultivator is at the second stage, the two hundred star-qi will be gathered back very quickly since it truly never leaves.

Ivor was happy, he had found a method that may help him gain his cultivation back however it would not be easy. It had taken him four months to get two-star qi strands, the progress is slow but he has time.

Ivor closed his book and looked at the door, there stood five men. There were four men with swords on their waist and a man in the middle bare-handed, they all wore blue and white robes and except the middle man with a golden blue robe.

"It is rude to not knock before entering." Ivor said with a calm voice and took a sip of his tea.

The man in golden blue robes cupped his hands and responded with a sinister voice.

"I show my respect to the elder."

"Since you call me elder, and come here with ill intent, I will give you a chance to leave." said Ivor with a calm voice.

"Elder, are you not a bit overconfident we five have the same cultivation as you. Now tell me, do you know where the ancestor buried her blood orb!" said the man in golden blue robes while emitting an above-average killing aura.

Ivor looked at the five men while holding his white and red cup and taking sips out of it, Ivor placed the teacup on the plate and swung his arm which quickly condensed into a five spear, these spears at first rotated in a circle heading towards the men then they separated to attack each individual.

Three of the men quickly reacted and managed to block the attack with some damage while the other two had their legs pierced which cut their legs off completly.

"AHHH" two men shouted at the same time.

"Impossible, the ancestor said this should be impossible in this realm, quickly kill him." shouted the golden blue-robed man.

The two men quickly unsheathed their swords and dashed forward ready to his Ivor with their moves.

To the average eye, the strike would look like they are going to cut horizontally however Ivor could see from the muscle fluctuations that it is going to pierce attack.

Just before they are going to pierce Ivor's heart, Ivor twisted his body and dodged the swords then tapped two parts on each sword making the swords shatter on the spot.

"Wow, such poor swords." Ivor said in disdain.

The next second the golden blue-robed man appeared behind and used a palm strike except Ivor killed the golden blue-robed man in an instant using his qi to pierce his head and explode his brain to pieces inside his head.

"You were a good fighter boy, just were too unlucky to fight a man with qi." Ivor knew that man was a strong physical fighter however they never fought someone with qi.

Suddenly two men attacked Ivor from behind, they were the men whose swords shattered. They used their hands as knives to cut Ivor, except Ivor had lifted a man whose leg was cut and the men stabbed him instead.

"Ahhh! Why!" shouted the now dead man. Ivor quickly rotated the man's body with the two martial artist hands stuck inside breaking their arms.

"AHHH!" shouted the two men in pain, then Ivor quickly chopped their heads off.

"Hmm, they were a bit inexperienced. The levels between him and the golden-robed man were too big." Ivor was surprised by the difference of strength.

Next, Ivor turned around and looked at a fainted boy, he was alive but had lost too much blood.

"Time to ask some questions." Ivor said with a smile and grabbed the man.

...

Inside the fortress up north sat the golden demon while looking at a man kneeling dressed in blue.

"Worm Guard, you are telling me that... that old man killed four of the five men we sent including the palm king?" said the golden demon with an angry voice.

"Yes.s.s sir, the blood worms died. We have to still confirm wheater the fourth guard is alive." said the worm guard.

"Go and call the nine kings and three emperors for me, I will handle this." said the golden demon.

"Yes, sir." and the worm guard left the hall.

A few minutes went by and the golden demon kept looking at the hall door.

"It seems like the plan must be started early, shadow five." said the golden demon.

"Yes, my liege?" said the man dressed in black.

"Go to the Demon Empire and tell Demon Scholar, these words: Blood Mountain."

"Yes, sir." and the shadow also left the hall.

A smile appeared on the golden demon's face, he walked to the room holding his daughter.

"Guess what." said the golden demon with a large smile on his face.

The old woman did not look or answer, she just ignored him.

"Always the same, except it ends today Lila... it has began." Just as these words were said.

Lila lifted her head up and said, "No! You can't... " just before Lila could finish her words, her head rolled onto the floor.

The golden demon picked up Lila's angry/shocked head.

"Oh, Lila. How weak you were." said the golden demon and threw the head away like throwing garbage onto the floor and then left the room.