5: Treasury

Shen placed his hand where a series of lines connected and the door flashed a bright blue.

The next thing Shen saw was a vast room filled with coins, weapons, fruits, rings, necklaces, shelves of books, almost anything you could imagine.

Shen ignored all the shining treasure and walked over to the dusty books. Although they looked worthless, Shen knew better than to "judge a book by its cover." The books looked centuries years old, their cover and sides were shaded a dark black with parts of the covers torn.

However, there was one book that was vastly different from the rest.

It was a normal-sized book. Unlike the rest, it looked good as new. Nothing seemed to be torn out, dirtied, let alone touched. On the cover, the title was written in gold lettering.

[ Sword of Light ]

Almost immediately Shen grabbed the book, childishly excited to see the contents. He carefully opened the book, reading its contents.

"The Sword of Light, created by... Using a light weighted thin sword is recommended because this sword skill uses on speed."

[SKILL 1: Strike/Arc of light]

"This sword skill needs a medium amount of qi output because some of its energy comes from the speed of the thrust or strike of the sword. When doing a strike or a thrust, if the attack does not reach, when exporting qi, the strike's speed along with the qi added will create a "strike of light" which carries itself to where the sword was aiming. The speed of the qi light attack will be the same as the speed of the first, normal strike."

"Ah, I see why Wen used a rapier, it fits this sword skill because of its weight."

[SKILL 2: Light layer]

"The next sword skill needs a medium amount of qi output. This sword skill will cast a layer of light on your sword. How long it'll last and how strong it'll be will depend on how much the user outputs qi. The more qi used, the stronger and longer it'll last.

[SKILL 3: Sword of light]

"This next sword skill needs a high output of qi. Creates a sword of light that can be held mentally and physically.

"Huh? Is this all? It doesn't even tell how to use it..." Shen sighed, "I'll bring this to my room after telling the emperor. I'll also ask for the old cultivation manual from him too,"

"The guard said all I had to do to go back from the treasury was think of the palace, right?"

Shen closed his eyes and thought of the door that he had touched to activate the treasury.

As Shen opened his eyes, the same familiar door appeared in front of him, with the guard standing to his side.

"Welcome back, your imperial majesty," Noticing the book in his hands, the guard asked, "Do you wish to see your father about the book his highness is holding?"

"Yes please, please take me to my father,"

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"His Imperial Majesty, emperor of the Li empire, your son is here from the treasury,"

"Aight, let him in,"

....

The door in the throne room opened efficiently without making a sound.

As the door opened, two individuals entered, one bowed while the other kneeled.

"Morning, Wen, what brings you here after coming from the treasury?"

"Good morning emperor - I mean, father. From the treasury, I found the sword skill I used often before losing my memories,"

The emperor smiled, "Hoho, you found the Sword of Light word skill again? You may have it, it was gifted to you on your 10th birthday anyways, we kept it in the treasury just in case,"

"Oh, thank you. Er, I have a question though,"

"Ask,"

"I can see the lists of sword skills the Sword of Light sword skill has but it doesn't instruct how to do them,"

The emperor mused for a moment before nodded, "Have you not started cultivating again?"

Shen shook his head.

"That must be the problem, although you have a cultivation base, you don't know how to use qi yet, although you can feel the qi around you, correct?"

"I see,"

"When you input qi inside the book, words will appear, most likely the instructions."

Shen smiled, "Thank you father, I have one last question though,"

"No need to wait, just ask,"

"How did I fall in a coma?"

All trace of a smile on the emperor's face vanished replaced by a stoic expression. "You were attacked right in the palace. You tried to defend yourself but because you were outnumbered and overpowered, you quickly ran out of qi. The royal guards arrived but the assassins left using a talisman, however, we did manage to retrieve the body of one assassin."

The emperor paused for a bit, "We aren't completely sure why you fell in a coma but the physicians assume it was because of qi deviation,"

Shen nodded in understanding, "That makes sense, thank you,"

The emperor lightly smiled, "Have you found your old cultivation manual yet?"

Shen shook his head once again, "I know its title but I don't know its whereabouts."

"Immortal Spirit Cultivation Technique, correct?"

"Yeah, that's the one,"

The emperor nodded, "After we retrieved your sleeping body, we couldn't find that technique,"

"Oh, that's a shame..."

"If you need a cultivation technique, you can just pick one out from the treasury,"

Shen gave a smile, "Thank you,"