Chapter 44:Aperture-Awakening

"Actually…, I found an inheritance outside the village. I found a method to awaken the aperture from the inheritance. I couldn't control myself and awakened my aperture, out of excitement." Chin Mae revealed everything truthfully. 

Yang Zhai smiled when he heard this. He had thought so. He had his guesses about this, so he saved Chin Mae from being imprisoned. But he was not so sure about this; however, he still took a chance and his guess proved to be right.

"Tell me," Yang Zhai said.

"About what?" Chin Mae was confused.

"Of course, about the inheritance. Where is it now?" 

"Uh..," Chin Mae was taken aback. He couldn't believe Yang Zhai. Yang Zhai wanted to know about the inheritance he had discovered.

"Are you telling me or not." Yang Zhai looked at Chin Mae with a serious look. Yang Zhai knew that Chin Mae was still a kid and could not endure much pressure.

"Well…, because I was too scared to bring it to the village, I hid it outside the village in a tree." Chin Mae clenched his hands and said with a lowered head.

"We are going there tomorrow, and you are not allowed to do anything to the inheritance. If anything happens to the inheritance, then don't blame me for what happens to you. And I am sure that you are not brave enough to leave the village and run away. After all, you are only a Rank one early-stage cultivator. You will die even before leaving this mountain." Yang Zhai said slowly and stood up to leave and said, 

"And huh, we will be meeting here tomorrow early in the morning, therefore don't be late." Yang Zhai left after saying this.

…..

He arrived at his house and had just entered the gate when he heard a voice, 

"Huh, Yang Zhai, you are back so early. And where are your cousins? Weren't they suppose to be with you?"

"So, it's you, Aunt Wei. They were not with me. I was alone when I formed the black vortex. They might have gone to the second exam site."Yang Zhai looked and saw that it was her aunt. So, he explained everything.

'Oh, and what about you? Were there any problems?" Aunt Wei asked.

"No, aunt, there were no problems, everything went well. If there is nothing more to ask, then I will be going to my room. And don't let anyone disturb me." 

Yang Zhai went into his room and closed the door. This house was two storeys. With three rooms on the group floor and two rooms on the second floor. His Uncle and Aunt Wei lived on the ground floor. His two cousins lived in the two upper rooms. He himself was in the first room on the first floor.

He entered his room and sat on the bed in a meditating position. He didn't go with Chin Mae today because he wanted to awaken his aperture today. He had a lot of experience, so he should not have any difficulties awakening his aperture today.

Usually, it takes around five days at maximum for a person to awaken their aperture because of being inexperienced. If someone is not able to awaken their aperture even after a week then it would probably take around a month or so. 

But they were given extra two days for being prepared, a total of seven days.

A talented person needed around three to four days. Like his two cousins, one of them awakened her aperture in two and a half days, while the other one took three days.

Yang Zhai began to manipulate the vortex to extract more of the spiritual qi from the essence stone. It was dimming at a visible speed and was getting smaller. A transparent white wall— like a mirror— began to appear from the bottom of the vortex. Even though it was transparent, nothing could be seen across the mirror-like wall. 

After six hours, the wall had almost covered the entire vortex, and it finally appeared completely. A circular mirror-like transparent wall had been formed, like a dome. Completely closed from all directions. 

After that, the Essence Water began to appear at the bottom of the aperture. Exactly after two hours, the aperture was half-filled with essence water. When Yang Zhai saw this, he was amazed and exclaimed,

"Impressive, in my previous life, my aperture was filled 51 percent with Essence water, but this time, it has increased to fifty-nine percent."

Yang Zhai was just examining his aperture when he saw an Aurora with different colors at the bottom of the aperture. Its size was only around one foot. It contained all kinds of colors. And just by looking at it, Yang Zhai could feel the power it contained, but it was completely sealed. However, if Yang Zhai wanted to, he could unleash a little bit of the aura of this Aurora to the outside world. And he could feel that the more his rank increased, the more aura he could unleash.

As it was a material, it would not disperse if it was completely unsealed. But Yang Zhai didn't have the power to unseal it now. Nor did he want to, if it did somehow get unsealed right now, he would probably explode and die. 

"Could it be that my Essence Water increased from 51 to 59 percent because of this Aurora?" Yang Zhai muttered to himself.

And Yang Zhai was not surprised by this Aurora. He had already suspected that this Aurora would only appear when his aperture was formed. After all, this was the sword that had been refined into this Aurora after a lot of hard work and even his death was a material for this. 

After Yang Zhai did this, he slept. He needed to sleep to maintain his body healthy. Even though he was a cultivator, he also needed to sleep, or he would be at a disadvantage if he got in a fight.

…..

In the morning,

Yang Zhai was sitting on a chair in the same inn as yesterday. He also chose a corner table today as well. He was waiting for Chin Mae. Yang Zhai was sure that Chin Mae would come. After all, Yang Zhai had already trapped him in his plan. Chin Mae knew that it was more beneficial to accept Yang Zhai's condition than to be imprisoned for ten Years. It would only slow down his cultivation.

After ten minutes, Yang Zhai saw Chin Mae enter the inn. He came and sat on the opposite chair to Yang Zhai.

"Brother Yang, have you thought about it? Do you really want my inheritance?" Chin Mae asked Yang Zhai.

Yang Zhai did not say anything and simply smiled. There was no need to speak, this matter was already decided.

After a while, he stood up and said, 

"Let's leave,"

Just when Yang Zhai was about to leave, he looked behind at Chin Mae, who was still sitting on his chair. He said, 

"Are you not coming?" Yang Zhai said with a calm expression.

"I am coming." Chin Mae looked at Yang Zhai and stood up. As he was nervous, his clumsy movements made the chair fall backward to the ground.

"Sorry," He hurriedly picked up the chair and went to Yang Zhai's side after placing it straight on the ground.

Chin Mae led the way and excited the village, leading Yang Zhai with him.

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