Gui Shan's Origin

*CRIMSON LION WING*

Students in the crimson lion wing seems to be very principled that morning they all did their chores and headed for the training field.

Each individual had an aspect they would love to improve on. So they started training that morning and seem to be making progress.

Meanwhile master Huang Ju was in his chambers meditating although he still heard the voice of the students as they trained.

He was quite happy his students woke up that morning with a good vision in mind. The students continued training till it was noon and one by one they returned to their rooms.

That fateful afternoon, someone came into the manor, Tan Ning was the first to spot the person, so he quickly ran to master Huang Ju to report.

"Master, one of the messengers who went on a trip had just returned from his quest", Tan Ning said.

Master Huang Ju on hearing this instructed Tan Ning to direct the messenger to him.

"Perhaps one of them had discovered a useful information about Gui Shan", he said within himself.

Just then the messenger and Tan Ning arrived at his chambers. He welcomed the messenger and instructed Tan Ning to excuse them considering the fact that it must be a very sensitive information.

Immediately Tan Ning left his chambers, master Huang Ju locked the doors.

"You're welcome back", he told the messenger.

"How was your quest? I believe you have positive reports that's why you returned", master Huang Ju Said.

"Yes master! The quest was really a tasking one, but I was able to get some resourceful information about Gui Shan's origin", the messenger said.

"Then let the cat out if the bag. Let's see what you've got", master Huang Ju said.

"Master you can recall that you instructed me to make a proper investigation about Ciafa village, the hunter and his wife", he said.

"As the most effective and efficient way, I sourced information from the folks in the village. Thinking I was just asking for knowledge sake, they gave me all the information I needed", he said.

"During the conversation one of the folks revealed that the hunter and his wife had been childless since their marriage union",

"They had lived a lonely life, until this fateful day. Many people were surprised at the development",

"On that fateful day, the hunter announced that a child has been added to his family",

"People being curious having known that they had been childless all these years were curious", the messenger said.

"It was then he disclosed that he found the poor little boy abandoned in a forest and couldn't let him die or get eaten by animals, do he took him in",

"Everyone celebrated with the hunter seeing how kind he was. That was how Gui Shan grew into a young lad", the messenger said.

"I asked the villagers around if they knew anything about Gui Shan's origin but they claimed they know nothing aside from what they told me", he said as he continued.

"Seeing that it was going this way, I asked if there was any pronounced incidence in the village or capital the day Gui Shan was found", he said.

"That was when the villagers made it known that it was the same fateful day the hunter announced Gui Shan's arrival, that was when news came from the capital that the family of the wolf warrior had been slaughtered", the messenger narrated.

"That was the same day that the same day, the son of the wolf warrior was declared missing, but is nowhere to be found", he said.

"So my intuition tells me that Gui Shan nay play out to be the son of the wolf warrior", he said.

Master Huang Ju couldn't believe his ears, it was as though he got a confirmation to his skepticism about Gui Shan been the lost son of the wolf warrior.

"Hmmm...I want you to keep this as a secret between the both of us. Do not divulge any of this information to someone else", master Huang Ju said to the messenger as he sent him out of his chamber.

After the messenger left, master Huang Ju was lost in thoughts.

"So this is the reality", he said within himself.

"No wonder he has the token of the wolf warrior. So it's my duty now to protect the secret of Gui Shan", he said.

Master Huang Ju decided to keep his discovery a secret from the masters and others.

But that singular moment, he pledged to train Gui Shan personally, considering that the fate of Wushu kingdom rests in his shoulder.

"Considering the turn out of things and how Gui Shan was found, I think the annihilation of the wolf warrior's family was a plot", he said.

"But who could be so bold and powerful to do this?"

"Nevertheless, I must observe the hands of time carefully and see how Gui Shan's destiny would play out to be", master Huang Ju said within himself.

After that, master Huang Ju decided to go out of his chambers and pay a visit to Gui Shan.

So he headed straight for Gui Shan's room. Of course it was an unusual moment. Gui Shan at this moment lay on his bed as he was trying to catch his breath.

On getting there, he knocked at Gui Shan's door and Gui Shan jumped up from his bed to see it was. Master Huang Ju was the last person he ever thought would knock at his door.

But to his surprise, master Huang Ju was standing in his front.

"Good day master", Gui Shan bowed as he greeted.

"You can rise Gui Shan", he said.

"I love the atmosphere in your room, so calm and quiet", he said.

Master Huang Ju then entered the room and took a wooden chair in Gui Shan's room and sat down.

Gui Shan still on his feet hasn't recovered from the surprise visit.

"Master! To what do I owe this special visit?" Gui Shan asked.

"Nothing much, just decided to check on my mysterious student", he said.

"Mysterious..." Gui Shan said in a surprise tone.

"Or has master Huang Ju discovered my secret meeting with Grandmaster Hun Feng? No...no... it's impossible", he said.

"I just want you to know that you're special and have a great destiny ahead of you", master Huang Ju said as he stood up to leave.

"See you in tomorrow's training", he said as he walked away.

Just then master Huang Ju left Gui Shan's room and returned to his chamber. Gui Shan at this point was lost in thought.

He jumped on his bed as he ruminated over everything...

* * *

The next day came. Students in the various wings were in high spirits and trained rigorously.

Students in the Crimson lion wing were really at it that morning. All the students were already training and pushing themselves.

Just then, master Huang Ju arrived at the training ground. The students noticing his presence bowed down to greet him.

"Good morning master", they said in unison.

"Good morning my students", he said.

"I want you all to know that the main aim of training is to push yourself beyond your natural limit", master Huang Ju said.

"You can all continue with your training, I'm here to supervise", he said.

Immediately, they all went back to their training position as they continued training. Master Huang watched from a distance and observed them.

After a while, as master Huang Ju had planned. He called the attention of everyone and decided to grade them.

"Tan Ning... you seem to push yourself very hard, keep it going. Han Xui, Ru Yuo, Wan Fei and Lu Han also seem to be doing excellently well", he said.

"But I noticed that Gui Shan had been lax and relaxed during the training", he said.

Everyone one were surprised because Gui Shan trained hard as everyone of them. But still, they closely watched how it will turn out.

"In order to enforce discipline and ensure this laxity is dealt with, I will train Gui Shan personally from today", he said.

"Know that this is to serve as a lesson to everyone and sound the need to buckle up or else they'll join Gui Shan in his hard training", he said.

All the students were thrown into confusion, including Gui Shan. After this, master Huang Ju left the training ground.

"Gui Shan...did you offend master Huang Ju?" Ru Yuo asked.

"No, I think he's up to something else", Gui Shan said.

The rest students comforted Gui Shan since they thought Gui Shan must have offended master Huang Ju.

But Gui Shan continued Training as he leaves everything in the hands of fate and awaits tomorrow.

...

*PURPLE CLOUD WING*

Students of the purple cloud wing were still pushing further in training. Their last encounter was what kept them going.

They didn't want to experience something similar. They blamed the turnout of things on themselves. They now had a level of humility knowing that they haven't reached the peak of power.

...continue from next chapter...