Qi Core

Splash…

Venkat slowly entered the hot spring, he lowered his head and saw a big scar on his chest. It was a scar which was given to him by one of the Divine Men wind blades…

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"This…"

"No one should talk about this…" Clan Head, Miyamoto Kojiro said to the people who saw Venkat in the Darken Hole and when he arrived here.

No matter what they thought they didn't understand how… how could a 5 year old kid with no training and power be able to kill 2 Divine Men and their men who were stronger than 2-star swordsmen.

However some people had already guessed what happened, one of them was Miyamoto Kojiro, he already knew what happened there.

Miyamoto Sasaki had awoken the Aura…

After some time they took the body of Venkat's mother and buried it.

Venkat looked at that with void emotions. He was feeling sad, but couldn't cry. He felt he had already taken revenge, but there was no joy.

"Sasaki"

Venkat looked around, he liked his name in this life-- Miyamoto Sasaki.

"Yes, father?" he said to the man who called him.

"I know how you are feeling, however, you need to be proud of what you did. You took revenge for your mother. You might not know, but your mother had an illness, she would die anytime soon, so she has chosen to die there... maybe because of you" Miyamoto Kojiro said with a sigh.

"Because of me?" Venkat was a little confused.

"Hm, yes, she must have noticed the aura inside you… so she decided to die and awaken it by force" Miyamoto Kojiro said with a sigh.

Venkat looked at his hand "so this is Aura? And mother gave her life to wake it up by using my anger?"

"Yes, normally, it would take another 10 years for you to wake it up…

Your mother did a great job, she made the history of something no one had ever seen before, a 5-year-old kid killed 698 members of Impel Army and 2 Divine Men! Do you think that is normal? I don't think it is… the world will know about you, you need to be prepared for the battles you are going to face in the future…" Miyamoto Kojiro said to him and patted his shoulder.

Venkat was silent, indeed, he was not living on The Earth, this world was filled with fantasy, even if he didn't want to become the main focus. If he was not strong he would not only lose his loved one once, he would lose his life too!

'Yoma… Jake… where are you two, how are you doing… no matter what happens, I will meet you two before I die… I have killed a human for the first time… but I don't feel anything. Maybe because of the blood that flows in me… I just hope you two become strong too and reach the top with me, I just decided to become strong, stronger than anything, looks like I hit my head too hard to think like that, but yeah, I decided, from now on… I will be the one who saves this world!!' Venkat looked at the sky and thought, no matter what he was not someone who would forget about his friends, he decided to become strong, stronger than anything, and save this world. If he did that he could meet his friends and leave this world.

"Father, teach me the way of sword," Venkat asked him while looking at his mother's grave.

Miyamoto Kojiro smiled "Of course, my son, you will become the strongest swordsman in the whole world, the one who would slay Doro and Joseph!!" Miyamoto Kojiro said with a smile as his other sons and daughters looked at them.

Everyone was present now, they got to know that the youngest son had killed 2 Divine Men! He was not even 5 years old yet. Before he thought about hiding it, but now… no he would not hide, he would let the whole world know his name, the name which would shake the whole heaven!

Venkat nodded and closed his eyes. He could feel pain from the wounds he got, he wanted to feel that pain, the pain which would drive him forward. And he was the one who refused to take medicine…

Miyamoto Kojiro also looked at the sky.

"There is a saying that those who die in war or a battle will be in the Hall of Heaven, looking down on their children and giving them their blessing," he said.

Venkat remained silent.

"Let's go, I will take you to a place where you would learn how to cultivate…"

"What is cultivation?" Venkat asked as he was lifted by his father.

Miyamoto Kojiro smiled

"It is the way to become strong… it is all about taking the energy of this world and making it yours," Miyamoto Kojiro said with a smile. He said that in a short way so that his son could understand.

"Take the power of this world and make it mine? That sounds like… stealing?" Venkat asked. He didn't know about this.

"It is indeed stealing son…. I will show you why" Miyamoto Kojiro said and brought him to the Divine Men's dead bodies.

"These 2 are the people you killed."

"Yes," Venkat nodded.

Miyamoto Kojiro dropped him in front of the 2 dead bodies which were almost 15 feet tall and grabbed one of the bodies.

"Take a look son," he said as Venkat looked at him taking his sword out and cutting the man half from his abdomen.

Ding

Venkat heard the sound of metal dropping from the body.

"These guys are really blessed by the gods, that is true, but they are also cursed by them, they can't cultivate, no matter what they do, they need to do it with their own power, but us? Who are not blessed or anything by gods, can surpass them… in somethings" Miyamoto Kojiro said with a smile and picked the silver ball-like thing that dropped from the dead body.

"Eat this" he gave it to Venkat.

"Eh?" Venkat was shocked, but nodded and took it.

"This…" he could feel the warm energy inside the silver ball.

"I don't know who named it, but it was not Founder… it is called Qi Core, it is the place where these guys store their power," Miyamoto Kojiro said and took another body and cut it in half, and took another silver ball.

"These guys are one of the weakest Divine Men, it was a good thing it was these guys…" he said and kept it in his pocket.

Venkat looked at the Qi core in his hands. "Will I get a Qi core when I eat this?" he asked him

"Haha, no"

"Then…"

"The World's energy is very hard to sense, and the cultivation is almost hard as fighting a Divine Men without any power. Only talented people could sense it and cultivate it. This is a shortcut, you are not at the age to sense the Qi, and even if you did, your body is still not developed. But… with this, you can sense the Qi without a problem and your martial way would be easier, your body would also not be affected"

Venkat understood what he meant and nodded. "Okay, I will eat it"

"Good, do it now, we are going to start the training tomorrow"

Venkat closed his eyes.

'Yoma, Jake… here I go' he thought and threw the silver ball into his mouth.