He who was always in the shadows but had always been a good-hearted

Li Tian was fighting different memories. The memories of the sword and the memories of the Lasson, meanwhile his mind was facing the punishment of these worlds. And even though all this trouble, he was worried about his friends that were facing their battles.

" Master, there is an aura who is looking for you but I don't feel any hostility towards you. Just appreciation, and he seems worried. I think I know that aura but im not certain about it."

" I...know...he is Qin Dong. He has been following us everywhere. Let him in. He has taken some gifts for us."

Qing Dong was fighting in one of the arrays that the stars had placed around the cave.

" How dare you put my teacher in an array of prison? I will destroy you."

Those were the words of Qing Dong although he was being beaten to the pulp by some beasts of the array.

At one moment the beasts disappeared.

" Come one all of you together! You fear me. I have never been beaten in my life because I've never died in my life."

The second star who had realized the beasts was smiling from the shadows.

" Shut up child, go towards the cave. Master is waiting there for you!"

" Who are you? How dare you order me around?"

" Go inside the cave or fight the other beasts?"

" Ok, im going but not because im afraid. ( Shit, there are more beasts. I better hurry into the cave.)"

Qing Dong entered the cave with five rings in his hand. They were all spatial rings. He saw Li Tian, but he looked old, around 300 years old. His white hair was going down on his shoulders. His skin was almost dried, cold, and white. He was meditating.

" Master, what happened to you?"

" When did you become my disciple?"

" I'm sorry, Li Tian! What happened to you?"

" "Wars" is all I can say. Show me the beast cores you have in those rings."

"Yeah sure, the academy and the Mei family of Beijing city gave me a lot of beasts cores. I've been following you all around. And they all are fond of you."

" For how long it profits me, let them be fond of me. Now, please, leave those beast cores here and leave me alone. One of them will send you out."

" Yes, master. I will pray for your wellness."

Qing Doing was being sent out of the formations. He was worried about what he saw. He couldn't keep it inside him.

" Hey, old man. Will my master survive?"

" You appreciate him a lot. I can't evaluate the chances of him surviving. They are slime. But you do have not to worry. Keep practicing this cultivation method. Master is one of a kind. He gets better if his friends are getting better. So if you want him to survive just be better and you going to increase his chances."

"Those words truly make me happy. I will be better."

Qing Doing disappeared into the forest, meanwhile, the second star turned back into the cave.

" Old man, what do you think about him? Will he betray me?"

" I don't calculate any betrayal soon, but the chances are never zero. Although I may need to ask you, so I can be able to understand, why him? There are practically tons of better and more talented people out there that would give everything to be your disciple. Why him?"

" There has always been big bad reasoning toward power. It is decided by fate. That's what I'm trying him. I want to challenge this so-called " Fate".

" Isn't that fate?! It was fated to be trained by you!"

" Nah, that's the dilemma with fate. You can't truly tell whether it exists or not. But even if it doesn't you can't put up a great argument that it doesn't because they will say it was fated for you to talk like that. The only fated thing for every being is that we are part of something bigger and early or later we will find our way back at it. And all that process is called death."

" It's the first time for me being able to fully comprehend something master. And I still strongly recommend you to go for that disciple."

" I will need more time to consider that thing. I somehow see myself dying in the future from his hands."

Li Tian went again in his full meditation. And he saw them, those gods. Those gods Masson hated so much. And for an incredible number of motives he hated gods too. But it was the time for his 800th punishment of the one thousand worlds. He knew that his skin would get tormented and regenerate over and over again.

(Next time: You will become my disciple)