Master urged me to go ahead and say everything that happened, I seeing him misunderstanding the thing that I was apologizing for said :
" Master, I hadn't done something evil or anything like that, it's just just I can judge what I did to be right also .
Stop going around in circles and tell me already .
" Master, I suddenly sensed as if something was summoning me before to the woods, once I got there, there was an old man with a hunched back and leaning on a staff waiting for me there, once I got close, he said that he have been waiting for me and that he was thankful that I had finally came .
" At first, I thought that this might be a trick, so I tried to escape, but just as I took a step backwards, I found that I was no longer able to move, it felt as if there was some weird energy locking me in place, I even found that this invisible energy seemed to seal my throat, as I wasn't able to even make the slightest bit of noise or call for help .
After saying this, Master suddenly held my two shoulders and due to his nervousness, he almost broke them both and crippled me, he said :
What did that man wanted with you, did he said what his name was, did he mentioned where he came from, tell me .
" Master, I'm trying to tell you, but you holding my shoulders tightly like that won't help me in the slightest, so please .
Finally after I said this, he seemed to have snapped out of his nervous state and returned back to reality, then he nodded at me apologetically and asked me to continue, I then continued to say :
" Master, he didn't identify himself to me, all that he said was that he searched Mountains And Seas in this barren lands for a chance to meet someone like me .
" The bad premonition in my heart become more intense, but I was still locked on by him, so I wasn't able to move a muscle or escape .
" I then was giving the chance to move again, but I already understood that a forceful approach with that guy, might end up with me getting killed, so instead I tried to reason with him .
" I greeted him as a senior and asked if he had anything he wanted my help with, thinking that I would be able to understand his true intentions with that .
" But then he surprised me with his request, he asked if I want to be his disciple, I refused directly which seemed to have angered him somehow, I tried to calm him down saying that I had already acquired a Master of Martial Arts to be my teacher .
" Does Master know what this guy did, I saw that he released more of that energy and blasted the whole area around us with it, in less than a few seconds, the area in the woods which was bustling with trees just then, became a barren land with the trees and even the grass here got uprooted .
" I was amazed by this, but also terrified, thinking what would happen if a guy like this came to our Dojo's gate, so I tried to calm him down, after a while, he spat on the floor and began cursing me for being stupid and began even cursing me for pursuing Martial Arts path so foolishly when he is trying to guide me towards achieving great things in the Spiritualist Path .
As I finished saying this, Master's eyes widened in shock and the hands that left my shoulders were, once again held them, but this time I reckoned that I did feel as if my two shoulders were dislocated .
After he heard the sounds of my shoulder getting dislocated, with me groaning in pain, he snapped out of it again and I began feeling a warm and full of vitality Blood Qi seeping into my shoulders and healing me, but the shocked expression on his face hadn't dissipated in the slightest .
He told you he wanted you to do what ?.
He said this in a complete disbelief, seeing him like this I was already rejoicing the success of the plan in my mind, but not wanting to leave him hanging like this, I repeated :
" He said that he wanted me to be a Spiritualist and wanted me to take him as my Master, I might have thought wrongly, but he even seemed to resent the Martial Arts path we follow, I still replied to him that I don't want to give up on following Master or practicing Martial Arts .
" Even though he seemed to be quite perplexed by my choice and he even began to criticize the martial arts and say that it's a waste for both my time and talent, ridiculing that with me following him, I might have a chance in seeing a bigger world, a greater world, I didn't know what to say anymore so I just stood by my original decision and said nothing more .
I saw that the hands holding me began to shake slightly and I saw a mix of emotions in Master's eyes, he seemed happy to hear what I said, but also seemed troubled and there was even a hint of disappointment and loss in his tone as he said :
What a waste of a good opportunity, what a waste of a good opportunity, ..... .
He kept repeating this for 3 times over and over, I understood clearly now that this Spiritualist title seem to carry quite the weight in the whole dynasty and maybe even the World, seeing master sighing and keep saying that it was a pity .
Almost seemed to be heartbroken due to me losing a good opportunity like this because I valued our relationship as a Master-disciple, seeing him like this, I shifted my thoughts from one angle to another, instead of denying that I accepted that guy as a Master, but still got some gifts of him as I originally planned .
I actually decided to go with another reckless direction, a line of thought that had only appeared after remembering the predicament that our Dojo was in and the perils that surrounded us .
" Master, I hope you can forgive me for what I'm about to say next, but it was either this or this old man threatening to kidnap me and train me by force, I might even lose my life as a result, he even threatened to turn the whole city upside down, so I hope you can understand .
My Master seemed to be awakened by my words once again, as he focused on me and nodded his head, giving me his permission to continue saying what I have in mind .
" Master that guy after falling in thought for a bit of time, he finally suggested something that I didn't know was possible before, he wanted me to accept him as my Master in the Spiritual Path, while Master will remain in the Master I follow in the Martial Path .
My Master's eyes cleared up instantly and he seemed to be in even more a joyful mode than before, but I couldn't sense that he was still troubled by something else, he said :
This is indeed uncommon in the Martial Path around here, but if we looked at the whole Martial Path around the world, most of the experts who had made a name for themselves had not so few Masters during their journey to the summit, so it isn't that rare to be seen, don't tell me was that the thing you wanted to ask my forgiveness for ? .
Hearing him, I nodded my head sheepishly and I got slapped in the back of my head directly after, then heard the laughter from Master while he was saying :
You really are a stubborn guy, you getting able to study under a Spiritualist will bring nothing but honor and praises to this old man's name, when are you leaving ? .
I couldn't help but be shocked at his last words, leaving, where to leave, he saw my reaction and his expression became a bit strange as he asked :
Didn't that Spiritual Master accepted you as a disciple to take you out of these lands and train you, didn't he tell you anything about this, what did he told you after you accepted him as a Master ? .
I didn't expect such a question at all, so for a few seconds, I didn't know what to say, fabricating something sound quite difficult to, the plan in my mind had gone through many tempering and changes, I no longer can recognize it, so wanting to find a lead to follow and fill most of it with the fabricated parts was quite difficult .
Luckily, it seem that Master had misunderstood my lacking of response as something bad happening, he suddenly patted me on the shoulder and said :
You don't need to concern yourself with what he have said, for a person to be a Spiritualist required quite heavy requirements, affinity and a strong fate with this kind of power, if he said that you lacked something just let it go, your Martial Arts Path achievements are already eye-opening .
" Master seemed to have misunderstood my silence, I was accepted by this guy due to him sensing that I have Innate Mental Energy, that was why he was accepting me as a disciple at all costs .
" It's just that he didn't tell me anything at all regarding us leaving this place, he helped me refine my mental energy and unlock it, with it getting unlocked, I was able to reach the 5th Layer of Flesh Tempering .
" He then taught me a few techniques and told me to try and meditate and showed me a shard of some kind of a paint to engrave in my mind and visualize when I have time, then he gave me a few pouches that he seemed to acquire from people who he crossed paths with, after that he left .
After I finished my talking, I saw that Master was opening his mouth wide open and his eyes seemed to be about to come out of their sockets, seeing him looking at me as if I was some kind of a ghost or something like that, he was looking at me as if he wanted to eat me .
He, he...he told you that you have what ? .
I thought that it was weird for him to be having a hearing problem at his level of strength, but not wanting to delay further, I answered him and repeated that this made up Master of mine told me that I have Innate Mental Energy, wanting to convince him thoroughly, I saw a low chair in the floor and with my will, it began hovering in the air and both me and my Master were shocked to the core .
Master's shock was because of the supernatural scene in front of him, my shock because I was failing to stay conscious and I directly collapsed on the floor .
After 4 to 10 minutes, the incense stick was still burning before and after I woke up, so even with feeling that my concept of time getting more and more diluted, I was still able to tell the duration where I was in a coma like state, I woke up after 4 minutes, but stayed in bed for a bit more as to show Master the toll this use of mental energy had on me .
You woke up ? .
I stood up and was about to greet Master out of custom but he stopped me from doing so and said :
You getting such a big opportunity is indeed a happy occasion, I now understand what might be the intentions of that Master of yours, he most likely wanted you to temper yourself through different kind of experience before you can go and search for him, or he searching for you .
You really brought me your Master quite the happy news, I would have wanted to throw a party for this happy occasion, but these days I find that there are less and less reasons to be feeling happy about anything .
He said this and I couldn't help but slap myself in my mind for letting Master make such conclusions, even though this was all made up by me, I then told Master seeing him sighing and looking quite dispirited as if he was being reminded of something gnawing on his mind, I said :
" Master, you came here for ? .
I was trying to start a conversation, but just as I opened my mouth, I saw him throwing a vial at me with a shaky hands, then after I carried it in hand, he proceed to say :
This is an Organ Quenching Pill called Dragon Organ Transformation Pill, this pill can allow a person on the Peak of Flesh Tempering stage to breakthrough the bottleneck and advance successfully to the next stage, it will even boost the person that take it foundation and help him have a smooth sailing in the Organ Quenching stage .
Due to the fact that this pill had huge medicinal energy in it, that energy will store itself in the body for later uses, the one you are holding are a High-grade pill that came from the treasury of the dynasty, the way of concocting such a pill had long been lost .
The numbers of pills distributed every year hadn't been cut off, but the number of people that had get a chance to get their hands on it, had became quite scarce, I your Master had emptied my log of contribution and even used the pill I got from you before to barely have enough to exchange for one, after Fu'er told me about what happened before .
The pill in your hands should allow you to make for some of the loss in your vitality, the pill is a miracle pill after all, it's graded as a 9th Grade Pill that can be taken by anyone in any of the 4 building foundation stages, if not for the fact that we don't know much about what make a pill rech the Spirit-grade, this Pill could have ranked even higher .
After Master handed me the pill and finished saying all this, I understood clearly why he had a shaky hands before, I now understood the value of this Pill, no the value of this Pill can't even be described as just extremely expensive, but it was unmeasurable .
Thinking like this I couldn't help but swallow my saliva, I then saw that the weird expression on Master's face become even more intense as he handed me the pill, then without any warning, I saw that Master suddenly began to kneel down, but luckily I took action immediately and stopped him .
After some time, I was finally able to understand what was going on here, Master was asking me for help, more like pleading for me to help Senior Brother Bai Ming .
And how, that was what Master felt embarrassed about, senior brother might still have a chance to recover, but the solution to his recovery lies in the pill in the bottle Master had given me, the Dragon Organ Transformation Pill was the pill that could help Senior Brother in his recovery .
Master first exchanged this Pill for me, but then when he came back he was met with the devastating news, but he still waited for me to give him my permission to use this Pill for senior brother Bai, he was even ready to beg me for it .
Luckily I stopped him in time, it seemed that my story made him feel even more guilty to take the pill from me, after all potential wise, I currently ranked in the top in Master's mind, so he was reluctant to make a choice on his own, so to solve his guilt and doubts he decided in trying to persuade me on being kind enough to give it away out of my own accordance .
As I was contemplating like this, I suddenly become aware of the meaning behind Senior Brother's message from before, Be kind, so that was what he meant by that message, I understand now .
Of course, I won't take it for nothing, I'm willing to..... .
" Master, there is no need, I'm willing to give it to senior brother Bai, I really hope it can help him recover, if I'm not being arrogant, I wanted to say that the Spiritual Master of mine had transfered a few medical methods that might help Senior Brother recover, I just hope that Master can support me with Blood Qi Recovery Pills, I believe I might be able to help him .
My words seemed to make Master stunned and then he got quite emotional, I saw his eyes turning red and he was about to bow down in gratitude, but I stopped him and said :
" I'm not able to bear such a show of gratitude from Master, please Master don't keep on doing this .
Old Man San really wasn't wrong about you, I your Master have accepted a great disciple, if I were to die now, I would have no regrets .
" How about we help Senior Brother Bai first, then we disciples can discuss later on how to distributed the inheritance of you Master .
You brat, fine, let's make haste .
I was about to get up, but then I saw him holding one of my shoulders and just as I was about to say that I can walk, I saw Master move directly, I was engulfed in Blood Qi that wasn't my own and in less than a minute, I saw that we were already standing in front of the Grand Hall, without wasting time we directly went inside .