That emptiness

The second elder of the Li Sect entered the elder's hall.

His fat and big body made the third elder and Sect leader look like small things. And his, always shaved head, looked more shining than some people destiny. Anyway, he bowed his head in front of someone as pale and skinny as the sect leader.

" Sect leader, sect elder!" bowed his head, second elder.

" Second elder" gave the two others respect.

" I don't want to go hard about it so I'm keeping it lowkey. I've found a disciple. And to keep it more simple I don't want any of your disciples to intervene with it. Anything else and I will lose my politeness. Oh, and also my student looks like has a friend named Li Tian. And I guess I need to protect it."

" What is all this stuff? Why do you have to come here to tell us to protect your disciple? We don't need you to tell us to protect a disciple this is firstly our sect disciple."

" Sect leader, I give respect to you but things are different for the disciples. Bulling happen and no one does anything about that in our sect. I fear other disciples may find it unconvincing and bull my student and his friend. And if that happens I will not stop myself from hurting those students."

" You come here and to tell us that you will kill some disciples if they play our have some matches with each other?"

" If that's how you comprehend all I said, then that's it. It's not my problem if you can't comprehend something. Farewell!"

"This...!!! Have I done something to you?", asked the third elder and same time the Li family patriarch?

" I'm a bit jealous of you. That's all! You have a genius son."

" Why you are saying that the son of my brother is your disciple's friend. I know for a fact that he doesn't have any other friends except my son."

" Well the fact that I consider someone as a friend, it doesn't mean he considers me a friend too. Isn't that obvious? I'm leaving. I said what I had to say. Farewell!"

*****

( Meanwhile, Li Tian house"

( It's impossible! I can't even feel my sword martial spirit. What is going on? This is total darkness. Is this my spirit sea? How is that possible? what are those little lights up there? It looks like those are an eternity far way.)

" Li Tian, Li Tian" was the vague voice of his cousin, heard.

( Li Feng! Li Feng! I can't get out of this dark place. Help me!)

Li Tian was stuck in a dark world, he thought was his spirit sea. A vast amount of qi energy usually gathers there in a way that allows the martial spirit to live there. But that place was dark. And never before in his past lives, he had seen something like that. If that was a spirit sea, then it was too dark to be something good.

It was stuck there until those lights who felt one-eternity far fell. Those lights were nothing more than little stars who had not enough light in them to shine brighter. Anyway, those stars helped Li Tian gain a bit of confidence and gave him the power to gain control over his spiritual sea. Those little stars were dancing around him, except one or two who stood still.

Li Tian felt like he had seen them before, somewhere. And just that moment he understood those stars were the same ones who he had seen while he was dying the last time. He was smiling at them and now those stars were at his spirit sea. He wanted to dance with them but he didn't know-how. At that moment he felt like he wanted to be there forever. Those stars felt warming. But he couldn't stay there forever.

His cousin's voice was heard again.

" Li Tian?! Li Tian?! Are you ok? Li Tian?! Brother?!"

Li Tian opened his eyes and felt a bit down. The world was going around his head like he had drunk the best wine there was.

" Li Tian! Are you ok?!"

" I'm well, brother! Why you are in a hurry?!"

" The awakening of martial spirit ceremony is about to commence. I saw you were not there and so I thought I could find you here. So why you are not there yet?"

" I'm trying to touch the bottleneck of the human stage so I can awaken my martial spirit. But I feel like I'm failing miserably in comprehending. I feel like I'm empty. Full of emptiness. But let's go. Maybe the circle can help me realise and awaken my martial spirit."

" Hm!"