Red Doughnut Continent: Lu Family

Doughnut continent, Heavenly Dipped Empire.

In a blue villa on the coast of the Red Cream Sea, a man dressed in blue robes stood straight and looked down at three twelve year old children.

This man's name was Lu Xiaofeng.

Lu Xiaofeng was a well known Grand Tutor at the Royal Dipped academy, and the three children in front of him were his biological children. He had two girls and one boy. The youngest daughter took after him, having golden shark eyes and blue hair. The other two took after their mother, the eldest daughter looking very similar to her mother while the boy looked a little like her with his blue eyes.

The three stared at their father, and they also made hand singles to one another.

Suddenly, the three of them darted towards their father and the boy raised his fist and punched at his father.

"The form isn't bad, Lu Fin, but running straight at your opponent when you have allies isn't the smartest decision" Saying that, Lu Xiaofeng raised a finger and a ball of water shot at Lu Fin.

Lu Fin punched the water ball, but because of the force, his stance staggered. The two girls took this chance to attack their father from the left and right.

"Hmm, tunnel vision tactics? I don't recall teaching you this." Lu Xiaofeng said, and gently raised both of his hands and two blue circles filled with Qi appeared.

"Water barrier, Shark Formation."

The two girls hit the barriers and their fists were clamped by the jaws of a shark. Seeing that they couldn't move, Lu Xiaofeng simply jumped and kicked one leg at each of his daughter's stomach.

"You must be able to disengage an attack just as quickly as you can engage it, otherwise you will lose the fight." Lu Xiaofeng lectured the two of them with a smile in his eyes.

Lu Renshu, Lu Feng'er, and Lu Fin regrouped and looked at their father. The youngest daughter, Lu Feng'er snorted and wiped her mouth.

"Dad, you're too shameless! You're a rank five spiritual master! A Spirit Empowerment master! And you're also a rank Six Spirit Formation master. So must you use your Qi?"

Lu Renshu sighed softly, but her head still nodded. Lu Fin clenched his fist. He could never even make his father take a step after six years of his training.

"Hmm? You three will awaken your martial spirits tomorrow, and you all seem very happy about this right?" Lu Xiaofeng asked, a smile still appearing on his face.

"Huh!" Lu Feng'er said, her hands on her hips with a proud smile on her face.

"I want to awaken the Golden Shark Trident like father!"

Lu Renshu nodded her head at her father's words, but shook her head at her sister's words.

"I wish to be like mother. A simple soul like the Immortal Jellyfish and cultivate it down the path of a healer."

Lu Fin nodded his head in agreement, but he also had his own opinion.

"I think a martial spirit like father would be the best. Then we can have him teach us personally."

"I see, I see. That's a great mindset, but have you forgotten why I've been training you."

The three looked at each other and blinked their eyes. They all shared the same thought: Training to make us stronger!

While the three children agreed to each other's thoughts in the dark, Lu Xiaofeng suddenly held a Golden Trident in his hand with the butt end having a shark with its both wide open.

Gripping the trident tightly, a white hale appeared below him and started to change colors each time he took a step towards his children.

First step, white. Second step, yellow. Third step, blue. Fourth step, purple. The final step, Black!

Each step the pressure in the air seemed to solidify around the three, making them fall to the ground and breathe heavily.

"You probably thinking, 'Father, aren't you training us to make us stronger?'"

When his voice fell, his eyes changed from the gentleness that they're used to, and his golden eyes seemed to glow with an indifferent light. His face showed no trace of a smile.

The three gulped, because the Lu Xiaofeng they saw now was a different person from the gentle tutor Lu Xiaofeng. He was like an emperor that was about to make judgment. The sky above them shook, as the heavens seemed to get pulled down towards Lu Xiaofeng, his entire presence pressing upon his family with the might of a divine shark.

"A simple soul 'Like the Immortal Jellyfish?'" Lu Xiaofeng said, and continued without any emotion in his voice, "A simple soul that could get you hunted down for the rest of your lives. You can't even handle my strength, what gives you the courage to say something like 'simple martial spirit?'"

Lu Renshu shuddered under her father's gaze, and her eyes started to fill with tears.

"But it's because of your strength that I feel safe. I won't get hunted, I can live freely, and I'll be happy, because I have a father like you!" Lu Renshu shouted back, her words sounding sincere.

"Then tell me, will you live freely and will you be happy if one day I pass away?"

Lu Renshu's expression froze and her teary face looked at Lu Xiaofeng in disbelief.

The other two were equally as shocked as Lu Renshu and looked at their father in horror.

"What? You think I'm some sort of invincible god that could go against the empire? If I could, you'd get to see your mother every next day." Lu Xiaofeng said, and his tone became a lot more gentle and he walked closer and crouched down and put his hand on her head.

"Your situation is a blessing and a curse. As a father I can't guarantee your safety for the rest of your life. Even if I die, it wouldn't solve your problem, as many people would still pursue you. So I'll give you a choice."

Lu Renshu stared at her father with a determined look in her eyes and her hands clenched.

"If you can't handle it, then you won't awaken your martial spirits and will be trained like an ordinary person. In a few years, you'll leave the family and start a new life."

Lu Renshu's hands trembled and she looked at her father with her purple eyes filled with tears.

Lu Fin and Lu Feng'er both felt like there was a vortex surrounding their chest, and they both were breathing heavily.

"Before you make your decision. If you want to awaken your martial souls and all three of you awaken my martial spirit instead of your mother, none of you have to worry about the empire. Therefore, you don't have to train at all."

"But if one of you awakens the Immortal Jellyfish..."

Lu Xiaofeng paused, and suddenly the pressure around them increased.

"You all will join the royal academy and will be strictly trained by me personally. Trust me, the training you've been going through now is nothing compared to the academy."

"So, talk amongst yourselves." Lu Xiaofeng smiled at his children, and the pressure vanished and the trident in his hand vanished alongside the black spirit halo.

"You three have until the day of awakening to decide."

"I'm going to have a date with your mother, wish me luck." Saying that, Lu Xiaofeng disappeared leaving his three children looking at each other with a complex expression.