10. Awaken

Time passed inconspicuously...

A year passed in a flash.

Lu Shang's mom had been with him all this time, looking after him. During all this time, she hadn't been herself all this time, she barely left Lu Shang's room, scared that something worse would happen to him.

Some days she skips food and refuses to eat even when instructed by her husband, the clan leader. This made her loyal maids worried for her, if anything happens to her, they knew that they were in for the punishment of the clan because the clan leader was the one who put them in charge of taking care of her.

The two maids tried to do their best to make sure she was healthy and sometimes would convince her to eat a little.

Zhang Xiao was no longer herself, the once jovial-looking young woman that was one of the most beautiful women in the clan, was now a sorrowful woman who had aged gradually, losing her beauty.

Several elders in the clan have brought up ideas of taking the body of Lu Shang away from the clan and dumping it somewhere else, in fear that the other young cultivators in the clan will be affected by the situation of Lu Shang.

The clan leader didn't bother much about Lu Shang, all he did was invite different powerful experts to the clan to examine the body of Lu Shang but none of the powerful experts were able to detect anything wrong with his body.

The clan leader stopped inviting experts to check on the body of Lu Shang because the clan had to pay a lot of money to invite such experts. The clan can't afford to waste some much coin on anyone not useful to the clan, especially a none cultivator.

Most of the people in the Lu clan had long forgotten about Lu Shang, thinking that he wasn't better off than dead.

Seeing the chance presented in front of them, many of the young cultivators in the clan, tried to draw the attention of the clan leader unto themselves with their amazing skills which some succeeded in doing.

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On this particular morning, Zhang Xiao wasn't in the room with Lu Shang making the room empty, Lu Shang's body which was on the bed was the only thing in the room.

Lu Shang had been wandering around the strange place after he had successfully defeated the heart demon, he couldn't exit out of place which was stopping him from coming back to occupy his body.

Suddenly, a strange phenomenon started to happen to the body of Lu Shang. The temperature of his body, which was extremely cold, started to heat up making his body gradually become hot. If anybody was in the room, they would be shocked by the phenomenon that was happening to the body.

After some minutes, the body of Lu Shang became so hot that the cold room became warm, a light flashed out of the body which lit up the entire room for a few seconds before the light died down.

Somehow, Lu Shang, who had been unconscious, was pulled out of his unconscious state. He had a strange and vague feeling something major was going to happen to his body. 

And at this moment, his greatest nightmare gripped his mind. His mind reverted to that frail and feeble person he was back on Earth. He had no strength, no power, and no life... 

"NO! I'm no longer that useless trash. I'm the reborn Lu Shang. Even if I have no power left, I wouldn't let go. Never again. NEVER!"

Shouted Lu Shang in his head as he struggles to exit out of the strange place.

After an undetermined length of time, Lu Shang who had sunk into a bizarre state for a year, suddenly woke up. He immediately felt gaudy rays bathing his body. However, these rays were like the energy he had experienced in his body when he was fighting against the heart demon, but were warm and reinvigorating compared to the one he felt then.

With difficulty, he opened his eyes which felt heavy.

Lu Shang's mind suddenly became calm and he was inexplicably enlightened. He felt as though his eyes could see beyond the flow of space and time. In the timeless transit state, he seemed to see himself the day he was given birth...

He was privileged to be given birth to in a powerful family but his disability not being able to cultivate was what made him seen as trash by the clan and was what spoiled everything.

He looked around the room strangely and was able to tell that he was still in his room. His room was neatly arranged and taken off.

"How many was I gone?"

He tried standing up but any time he was half done standing on his feet, he would fall to the bed. He doesn't know why such a thing was happening to him, he could feel within himself that his body was surging with energy.

He remembered his martial core and quickly checked his body. He sighed in relief when he saw that his martial core was intact.

'Thankfully, my martial core is still intact, I will be able to cultivate with it' he said in his thoughts.

Just as he was occupied with his thoughts, the door to the room opened.

He turned his head to take a look at the person that opened the door, he was expecting to see his mother but he was wrong.

Su Yan and Su Qing pushed open the door and entered the room, they were instructed by Zhang Xiao to always make sure that Lu Shang's room was always kept clean.

They looked at the Lu Shang's body and shook their heads in pity for the young boy and also for their mistress. They noticed that the position of Lu Shang's body had changed which roused their suspicions but they shifted any thought concerning it to the back of their mind.

Lu Shang had already closed his eyes and pretended that he was still unconscious which made the maids not aware that he had woken up from his unconsciousness.

The two maids started to arrange the room though there was no dirt in the room, they still carried on with their cleaning. When it is time to arrange the bed, Su Qing and Su Yan will have to carefully carry the body of Lu Shang and then place him on the chair in the room then arrange the bed before transferring him back to bed.

Immediately the two touched the body of Lu Shang, when they do carry him, his body was always extremely cold but now his body was warm which caused their eyebrows to rise in confusion.

Witnessing the strangeness of the body of Lu Shang, the two quickly removed their hand from the body and jump back I'm family.

They stood in one spot with fear, looking at each with questioning expressions on their face, not understanding what was going on there.

Lu Shang slowly opened his eyes and then chuckled to himself when he saw the expression on the faces of the two.

Su Qing who was about to stretch forth her hand to feel the temperature of Lu Shang's body, suddenly jumped back in fright when she saw that the eyes of Lu Shang were opened.

Su Yan noticed the behavior of her sister, she asked worriedly. "What is it, Qing? What is happening?

Su Qing didn't reply but only scarily pointed at the body of Lu Shang.

Su Yan then looked at the face of Lu Shang and too jumped back to the side of Su Qing.

They looked at each other, they suddenly had cold surges through their body out of fear.

Without any hesitation, the two ran towards the door "Awwnnn... " They began to shout for the aid of others.

"Help! Help! Help! Ghost"

They quickly flee out of the room, running away.

Some of the guards that heard their voices began to run fast to the scene, preparing to fight any enemy that intruded into the place. The kids there all ran away at the terror caused by the two maids.