Sparring with Mom & A New Spiritual Stove!

Whoosh...

When Hong Meili jumped down from the tree, Jingsheng couldn't help but step back in surprise then say: "M-Mom?... When did you get back?!"

Instead of replying, Hong Meili simply pointed at the corpses of the dead lizards and said: "That was Pure White Edge right?... Seems like you managed to enter the inheritance room inside my ring all on your own."

With a smile on her face, Hong Meili suddenly waved her hand and a wooden sword instantly appeared within it. 

Whoosh...

Brandishing the wooden sword in her right hand, the red-haired female knight's smile became wider as she said: "Now then... show mommy what you've learned."

As Jingsheng was contemplating a reason to refuse, light particles invisible to all except himself gathered before him and formed into words.

- [Mission of Fate: Spar with Hong Meili and impress her as best you can.]

Seeing the mission of fate's notification in front of him, Jingsheng couldn't help but be wide-eyed as he became lost in thought for a moment.

"Haa..." Upon taking a deep breath, the red eyed boy then took a stance with his two wooden swords and replied to his mother's words: "Alright... I'll do my best to show you Mom."

Surprised at Jingsheng's action, Hong Meili couldn't help but say: "Oh?... And here I'd thought you'd find some excuse and run away."

Shiiing!

By this point Jingsheng didn't even hesitate to activate both his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul as well as his Purple Demon Eyes technique.

Seeing this Hong Meili's smile couldn't help but grow wider once more as she thought: "Well would you look at that... those are definitely not normal eyes."

In fact, Hong Meili herself had long known that her son held very many secrets... However she chose to respect the secrets he held until he was ready to tell her. Which is why despite showing off his ocular abilities, Hong Meili didn't even to bother to comment about it.

"Hm!" Suddenly without warning, Hong Meili released a bit of spiritual pressure from her own cultivation... although it was but a small amount...

"Guh!" It was enough to force Feng Jingsheng to kneel down on a single knee from just the pressure alone.

"Ugh!... This Spiritual Pressure... is much stronger than last time!" Thought the brown-haired boy.

"Oh... Is that all you've got brat?.. I didn't even get to swing my sword." Said Hong Meili as she leisurely placed her wooden sword above her shoulder looking bored.

"Ugh... Looks like it won't be easy to impress my old lady... seriously though just how high is her cultivation?" Thought the red eyed boy as he took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

Quickly activating his Mysterious Heaven Skill Cultivation Technique, Feng Jingsheng was able to resist Hong Meili's Spiritual Pressure to a certain extent and stand up once more to take up his earlier stance.

"Hoh..." By this point even Hong Meili couldn't help but be a little surprised as she thought: "He had just awakened his Internal Spiritual Power and yet... he can actually already circulate it to resist spiritual pressure like this."

"Alright then..." Said Hong Meili as she deactivated her Spiritual Pressure.

Hong Meili: "Let's see how good your..."

Whoosh...

"...reactions are." Said the red-haired female knight as she instantly appeared in front of Jingsheng about to swing her wooden sword.

Must know that with the speed Meili had just used, even if Jingsheng's Spirit Eyes and Purple Demon Eyes could somewhat keep up with her movement thanks to their improved time perceptions, his body unfortunately was not fast enough to dodge.

Or at least... that would've been the case under normal circumstances.

Whoosh...

At the very last moment... Jingsheng's body suddenly moved at high speed just barely dodging Meili's wooden sword by mere inches. 

What was mysterious though was that the moment he started to move... faint ghostly afterimages of himself were left behind from where he stood.

Indeed this was the movement technique of the Tang Sect... Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track!

"A movement technique?!!" Thought Hong Meili in absolute surprise as she realized how Jingsheng had dodged her swing just now.

"A chance!" Thought the red eyed boy upon dodging Meili's sword swing.

With his own wooden sword now covered in white spiritual energy, Jingsheng swung it towards Hong Meili believing he could land a counterattack.

Whoosh...

"Pure White Edge!" Muttered Jingsheng as he unleashed a pure white colored energy slash from his wooden sword.

At this moment Hong Meili couldn't help but show a slight smirk as she instantly vanished in a blur.

Realizing that his target had successfully dodged his Pure White Edge energy slash, Jingsheng immediately maximized the ability of his ocular technique.

Whoosh...

"There!" Thought the brown-haired boy as he was able to catch a faint blur around his upper left with his eyes.

Hurriedly raising his pair of wooden swords to his upper left...

Thunk!!

Hong Meili instantly appeared with her wooden swords clashing with Jingsheng's own pair.

"He could actually even anticipate this attack?!" Thought Hong Meili in surprise once more as she had firmly believed that her six-year-old son would not be able to see this blow coming.

Thunk!... Whoosh...

"Ugh!" With a clash of their wooden swords, despite his outstanding External Spiritual Power, Jingsheng was instantly forced back by over a dozen steps.

"Well now... can't deny... that was more than I expected from you brat..." Said the red-haired female knight as she stared at her son with a smile on her face.

In truth what was on her mind was: "So besides his abnormal External Spiritual Power, his Innate Inner Spiritual Power that has reached the level of Scion... he actually also had such keen perception... I wonder what other secrets this brat is still hiding from me."

"Haa..." Upon taking a deep breath, Jingsheng simply stared at Meili with sharp eyes as he said: "My turn."

"Oh?" Said Hong Meili with a smile as she stared at her son's determined eyes.

Then suddenly... Jingsheng began running around Hong Meili at high speed, leaving behind afterimages surrounding her.

Once again, he was using... Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track!

"So, this movement technique again huh." Muttered Hong Meili as she observed Jingsheng's somewhat unpredictable movements.

Whoosh...

At that moment, the brown-haired boy immediately threw one of his wooden swords towards the back of Hong Meili's neck.

As if having predicted his move, the red-haired female knight simply tilted her head and neck sideways in order to avoid the oncoming wooden sword.

Seeing this Jingsheng couldn't help but show a slight smile... this was exactly what he was waiting for.

It was here that Jingsheng suddenly moved his hand clad in spiritual power.

Whoosh...

Mysteriously the wooden sword thrown by Jingsheng earlier suddenly changed trajectory and was now targeting the left side of Hong Meili's waist.

Hidden Weapon Hundred Separation - Swallows Parting Flight!

At that moment Hong Meili felt a change in the oncoming attack as such she immediately dodged casually to avoid it.

Having seen through where she would dodge thanks to the combination of his Spirit Eyes and Purple Demon Eyes, Feng Jingsheng immediately dashed at great speed aiming at Hong Meili's back with his wooden sword accumulating spiritual power for a sword thrust.

This sudden charge forward was actually the combination of two techniques...

Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track + Thorny Charge

As the brown-haired boy was about to thrust his wooden sword clad in spiritual energy towards his mother's back, he suddenly heard Hong Meili utter a faint whisper.

"Not bad.. but not enough." Muttered Hong Meili as she swiftly turned around and swung her wooden sword towards Jingsheng's own.

Shatter!

The blade part of Jingsheng's wooden sword was instantly broken off.

Seeing this the brown-haired boy didn't panic and instead stabbed his broken wooden sword towards the ground.

Shiiing!

In that moment the ground below Jingsheng and his mother lit up as a formation of light formed under them.

"This is... Ascension Array!... He's learned this already?!" Thought Hong Meili in shock.

Indeed, this was the Third Step Knight Skill... Ascension Array!

Pure White Edge, Thorny Charge and Ascension Array... These are the three knight skills pointed out by Fay for Jingsheng to learn when they were inside Hong Meili's Inheritance Ring.

Bam!

Hong Meili was blasted away by the Ascension Array however she was completely unharmed.

"Phew..." As for Jingsheng he was now half-kneeling on the ground looking exhausted. He had used up pretty much most of his Internal Spiritual Energy from executing the Ascension Array technique. After all this was meant to be a Third Step Knight skill which drew upon one's Internal Spiritual Power.

"Ascension Array is a technique that usually draws from the knight's light attribute... and yet I was pretty sure he didn't have any attributes during his sacred awakening... Heh, it seems the brat's hiding more from me than I thought." Thought Hong Meili as she stared at her exhausted son with a calm smile.

What Hong Meili didn't know was that Jingsheng's Spirit Eyes Martial Soul was primarily of mental attribute and possessed a secondary minor attribute of light. Which was why he could now infuse some of his techniques with the attribute of light thanks to Fay's guidance.

When the light from the Ascension Array vanished, Hong Meili simply sighed and said: "Alright... I guess that's enough... you've clearly used all of your Internal Spiritual Power with that last move."

"Haa..." Hearing her words, Jingsheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as he sat down cross-legged and began meditating the Mysterious Heaven Skill in order to recover his Internal Spiritual Power.

Perceiving the aura around Jingsheng, Hong Meili couldn't help but approach as she thought: "What an interesting meditation technique... in just a single glance I can already tell it's much better compared to the general ones given out by the alliance... really makes me wonder where my brat is getting all of these good things."

....

"Hoo..." After a while Jingsheng had recovered most of his Internal Spiritual Power and stood up from the ground looking somewhat refreshed.

"Looks like you've recovered... alright, guess it's time we talked about some stuff brat." Said Hong Meili who was sitting on a nearby stump as she then drank from the bottle of alcohol in her hand.

"Uh.. yes?" Replied Jingsheng as he thought: "Is she gonna ask about some of the other techniques I used earlier?"

Placing the bottle of alcohol on the ground, the red-haired female knight asked in a soft but serious tone that Jingsheng had never heard before: "Jingsheng tell me... what are your plans?"

Feng Jingsheng: "Huh?"

Hong Meili: "Last time you told me you wanted strength to keep yourself and everyone around you safe... How exactly do you plan to achieve that?"

Feng Jingsheng: "Uhh..."

Hong Meili: "I'm talking about your future goals here son... Are you planning to join the Temple Alliance... or do you have a different path in mind?"

In truth discussions like these are usually held when one's child is around eight to eleven years old when they can start attending schools affiliated with the Temple Alliance. However after seeing her six-year-old son's capabilities as well as considering her son's mature mentality for his age, Hong Meili decided that perhaps it was best to plan out his future early.

Thinking about it for a moment Jingsheng couldn't help but ask: "Um... aren't you gonna teach me to become a Knight like you Mom?"

"HA!" Hong Meili Couldn't help but laugh at the question as she thought: "Yeah those old ones at the Knight Temple would definitely start jumping for joy if this little monster decided to become a knight."

Taking a deep breath, Jingsheng began to speak his mind: "Honestly Mom... I think it's too early for me to be thinking about this... but since the Temple Alliance is the strongest force of humanity in the continent, I might really join it someday... so for now how about I just do my best to get as strong as possible before the day I make my decision."

Hong Meili: "Hmm... Well fine... I'll be staying here for the next two years or so to train you... You can make your decision just before I leave."

Hearing her words, Jingsheng's eyes grew wide with panic as he quickly asked: "B-B-But... What about your duties as a knight?!"

"I asked for a few years leave... which means so long as it's not an emergency, I won't be going back to the frontlines anytime soon." Said Hong Meili with an amused and somewhat eager eyes as she stared at her son.

"Uhh..." Feng Jingsheng(cold sweat)

Hong Meili: "Aren't you happy?... Mommy will be spending much more time with you from now on."

It was here that the Wisdom Spiritual Stove named Fay spoke from within Jingsheng: "This is quite ideal for your growth... With her guidance and training your progress will definitely be much faster than intended."

"Oh!... I almost forgot." Said the red-haired female knight as golden light flashed from her hand.

When Jingsheng saw the item floating above his mother's hand, his pupils shrank as he thought: "This... isn't this the Saint Spiritual Stove?!"

"This time... Mommy brought home a gift for you." Said Hong Meili with a smile on her face as she patted Jingsheng's head.