Huh, wait a second, you comprehended the Sword Energy ? .
I don't know when exactly did Master finally seem to have realized this from what Senior Brother had said, but he couldn't help but exclaim like this .
Senior Brother Bai in response bowed his head and saluted the master, then he gripped his sword and directly began focusing on the blade in his hands and nothing else .
I wasn't able to understand what was clearly going on here, all I know that Master was almost as shocked as when I told him about my made up mysterious Spiritual Path Master, but after a few more seconds passed, I too couldn't help but be as much shocked as him .
It wasn't only me, Senior Brother Fu had his mouth wide opened as we all witness a phenomenal scene, the blade in senior brother hands began having a green light flicker on it, the green light appearing was enough to send chills down my spine and my Senior Brother's as well .
Then it seemed that the light kept accumulating more and more until the whole blade seem to be glittering with what I believe to be sword energy, just because I sensed quite the sharp aura contained in that blade .
It really is sword energy, it seem that it was even comprehended to almost the Small Success realm, what a blessing this day was, you really didn't let me down, I Chen Fan is blessed with so many talented disciples, this time I won't disgrace my Master .
Master seemed to be suddenly caught in his own thoughts, he was loudly broadcasting his thoughts out absentmindedly, both Senior Brother Fu and Bai seemed to have this weird look of understanding on their faces, but I who had no clue about what was happening, didn't know what to say or do .
Bai Ming, I'm looking forward for your future achievements, I believe that your swordsmanship talent is unparalleled across the region, but you need to focus on the road ahead and always aspire to achieve more .
After Master seemed to have regained his senses and first gave this words of both praise and advice to Senior Brother Bai, he then turned to me and Senior Brother Fu and said :
Why are you standing stunned there like statues, hurry and congratulate your senior brother .
Complying to Master's words, we who still had no clue about what did that Sword Energy even meant still complied and saluted senior brother and gave him our congratulations .
Senior Brother Bai helped us up and politely thanked us, then luckily Senior Brother Fu being the outspoken person he is, asked Master about what exactly is the Sword Energy that Senior Brother comprehended .
Master hearing the question, he directly took the lead to explain that, Sword Energy was the second step for a proud swordsman to take after achieving Man And Sword Unity on the path of the sword .
Sword Energy as shown just now can be achieved when the Sword Practitioner reach the Mastery of his sword to Perfection and his Sword technique and skills, then like a butterfly breaking from a cocoon, the Sword Practitioner will give birth to the Sword Energy and enter a new stage on his sword path.
Achieving Sword Energy mean that the Practitioner have high affinity with the Sword Path and got potential, Sword Energy would allow the Practitioner to enhance his or her practice speed, dismantle bottlenecks and reach higher realms in comprehension of Martial Arts .
As your senior brother have said in his story just now, achieving Sword Energy allowed him to kill one of his enemies and injure the other, that was because Sword Energy will enhance the combat prowess of the Practitioner and allow him to even clash with those higher than him in terms of Practice Realm .
The Sword Energy of your senior brother currently approaching the Small Success realm of mastery, once a Sword Practitioner able to reach the Big Success realm of his Sword Energy, he will be able to unleash attacks from a far using just his Sword Energy .
The Martial Path is wide and broad and filled with magical and weird phenomenals, only after one reaching a high level in Martial Arts, can he comprehend its profundity .
After Master finished saying this, he once again sighed heavily, I didn't know what exactly was wrong with him, but I can guess that Master was most likely had other troubles of his own .
After understanding what Master told us, at least some of it, I couldn't help but suck a deep breath of air, it seem that Martial Arts was indeed as Master described it, broad and had many obscured things in it .
I couldn't help but wonder if I would be able to take the Sword Path as well, but I was doubtful about whether will I be able to achieve success in it, this Path required a strong comprehension ability and I had at most normal people level of comprehension, no I'm looking at it from a wrong angle .
What if I didn't have a strong comprehension ability, can't I use my own hard work to make up for it, with these thoughts currently clashing in my mind, I took a deep breath and find myself staring at the sword in Senior Brother's hand .
Fu Liu :
Able to attack from afar, Master, isn't this..., isn't this..., the ability that only those at the Marrow Cleansing Realm can have ? .
Senior Brother had kept quiet for some time now, I was beginning to think that something was wrong with him, but I found him still in shock of what he heard, he finally was able to muster saying these words, still in quite apparent shock .
Hearing his comment, I too was dumbstruck and couldn't help but stare at Master, the latter seeing us so interested, he smiled and slowly nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case, he then continued to explain with caring about the three of us who were still shocked .
He said that comprehending these Concepts like Sword Energy are all clear indication of how capable and talented a person was, but these Concepts, States, Stages, were quite difficult to comprehend at the lower stages of Martial Arts .
So for a person to be able to comprehend such a profound concept at a lower stage, it will give him enough boost to dominate his peers and help him in laying a more Solid Foundation than others, forcing his strength to skyrocket, also allowing him some unique powers as a recognition of his talent that is one of those powers and there might be even more .
Hearing Master's explanation, I felt as if my head was being hit by hammers, maybe I was just too tired for this kind of profound Concepts and truths regarding Martial Arts, but even though, I still forced myself to engrave every words Master said into my mind, when I need this kind of knowledge it would be much easier for me to recall .
Senior Brother Bai then asked about what exactly happened after he passed out before, Master briefed him about what happened with Fa Shi offering to go look for somone who might be able to help after he was unable to .
Hearing Master mentioning this, I couldn't help but feel my body shook slightly, my reaction was noticed by Master of course, he stopped explaining to senior brother, or more accurate to say, he had already finished what he had to say, as I saw Senior Brother Bai fall down on his knees and was going to kowtow to me .
I hurriedly went to stop him, but I at the 5th layer of Flesh Tempering wasn't able to even budge him a little, he was bowing down like this expressing his gratitude to me for saving him, after he did that, I still asked him to get up, telling him that we were all Brothers in Martial Arts, there is no need for this between us .
I looked at Fu Liu, the latter seemed to have misunderstood my asking for help in persuading Senior Bai and instead helped me by confessing that my actions have always been righteous and selfless, even blurting out what he did before, disturbing my chance of Enlightenment to the people in the room .
His intentions was to help, he was indeed able to stun the people in the room, but made himself a target for Master's and Senior Brother Bai's relentless berating, I was forced to meditate in this as well for him, as my sense of guilt about that encounter awakened once again .
So I could say that he succeeded in helping me this time out, but also throw himself in the fry unintentionally, after they both gave him an earful, I saw that the two of them were now looking at me in a complete new light, seeing them like this, I couldn't help but curse that misunderstanding from before in mind .
But just as I was about to forget what I had barely managed to remember with my current tired mind, I directly told Master about Fa Shi leaving the Dojo and him being unable to find that doctor he was looking for at the Two Moons restaurant .
After I finished saying this and handed the items he left, including that diary he mentioned before, I saw all my senior brother look at me with weird looks in their eyes, I recall these looks and was about to explain something, but found that I was completely at loss of what to say .
I can't tell them that I was being followed, or that I had been fighting all night for the sake of saving some girls from being sacrificed in a demon ritual to make an Elixir, not to mention that I fought an Evil Tigers member at least in 5th layer of the Organ Quenching Realm, there was just too much at stake, so it really wasn't an issue of trust .
Before I thought that maybe only Lu Chiang was dealing with Evil Tigers, but this last encounter made me certain that the issue was much more problematic than I anticipated, the whole Dojo might have already being breached .
No, I still need a chance to tell Master about this, but will he even believe me, thinking like this, I couldn't help but remember what Doctor Fa Shi said about someone breaking in the Rejuvenating Hall previously, I mentioned this to Master, but I told him that Fa Shi was the one who believed that the Evil Tigers were behind this break-in .
Not only that, but I told him that there might even have left some spies in the Dojo, I gave out the information about the smell that Fa Shi caught in the room, the atmosphere in the room become quite tense, but Master still released a sigh and said :
I will need to go and report this first, as for what you need to do, all that I currently need you to do is to focus on improving your strength, especially you Tian'er, you wouldn't want to disappoint me or that guy right, don't be conceited about reaching the 5th Layer of Flesh Tempering, if you practiced diligently, you might be able to join the competition at the end of the year .
Also, the clues we had on this guy could allow us to trace him, but don't strike until you are certain that this was the wanted guy, not to alarm him or others, it pain me to say this, but the Dojo will need to be thoroughly cleaned up of rats .
We all nodded our head, even though I had no clue about what this competition was, since we bound to find enemies there, then it was indeed suitable to take every chance there is to improve oneself .
Senior Brother Fu's intense gaze on me hadn't receded, in fact it grow more intense by the second, his eyes was filled with untamed curiosity, I understood exactly what he was thinking, he wasn't the only one troubled by this revelation, even Master was now more sober and less troubled found it quite difficult to believe, but as if putting an end to this situation, he said :
In return of him willingly handing the Pill willingly, I helped him with his cultivation and gave him something that helped him breakthrough quickly, but he will need your help to stabilize his realm .
Fu Liu :
Master doesn't need to say anything more, we understand that Junior Brother got a great opportunity, congratulations brother Tian .
They both were quite perceptive and understood what Master was trying to do, so they congratulated me without even the slightest bit of malice or unwillingness in their actions, Master praised the three of us again and handed me that diary, then directly disappeared from the Hall .
Senior Brother Bai being a crazy person about training, bid us farewell decisively and promised to pay me back, that man was as decisive as the sword he carry indeed .
That was what Senior Brother Fu Liu said after bidding Senior Brother Bai farewell, I can see it clearly now, he didn't ask questions, didn't even stayed here more than he needed, even though he was on the verge of dying not a few minutes ago .
After he left the Hall, I found Senior Brother Fu looking at me with quite the ambiguous smile on his face, I understood instantly that he was interested to know the details about this chance of mine, thinking that since it was all a lie in the end, I briefed him about what had occurred to me .
After hearing what I had to say, he punched me in the arm slightly and said :
You really are quite lucky to have caught the eyes of such an expert, but I hope you won't forget your senior brother when you soar into Heavens later .
" How could I, Senior Brother had my full permission to do as he wants in this land by then .
Then I won't stand on ceremony, I will use your name without any reservation .
We ended this exchange with laughter and he still warned me about crossing the Secret Doors regularly, he mentioned that a lot of thieves keep eyes on those who come in and out of that place, at least I will need to disguise myself every time I go there .
I once again nodded at his advice and took it to the heart, I couldn't help but wonder if those guys who followed me back then, may be nothing but thieves, but anyway whether there were or not, there no longer need to care about them, I was now craving some sleep and Senior Brother bid me farewell and allowed me to be on my way as well .
Getting back to my room, I was stooped by the Old Man again, but this time I was given two things by him, he said they were left by a disciple named Fi Lu, a letter and quite a thick book, it was more accurate to say, a great amount of papers stored in what seem to be a broken book cover .
I accepted the two items, then went back to my room and hanged the sign that said ' No disturbance ', then I finally put myself to bed, not caring in the slightest about the fact that the letter on the desk next to me was glowing, then it began actually disintegrate into light particles and directly sunk in my head .
( Unreliable Narrator POV ) : ( In Tian Long's Sea Of Consciousness ) :
The moment I closed my eyes, I felt a soft whisper behind my ears, it was a bit tickly, but even if someone were to come and shake this whole world, I decided that I won't care nor mind as long as I get my share of sleep .
Wake up, this sister is here personally to bid you farewell, yet you dare to be this insolent, look how I will teach you a lesson .
I suddenly began to feel a head splitting headache, then instantly wake up frightened, but in my eyes I saw the most beautiful woman that my eyes had ever got a chance to see, even if I was told to imagine the perfect woman in the world, the women I would be imagining will still be much inferior to the woman in front of me .
A beauty that can replace the moon and shame the flower, she had skin as smooth and as white polished jade, domineering and cold purple eyes that seemed to despise all living beings and see them as inferior, her eyebrows was so delicate and distanced in a way that made me think that she have never suffered a loss in her life .
Here body was something that can only be described as scientifically impossible, every part of her body seemed to have been carved in a way that made her charm divine and irresistible, every part of her body was molded in a way that gave every part of it a charm of his own .
She wore a purple dress that enhanced her looks even more and complimented her wavy purple hair that went all the way to her waist, and her petite, alluring mouth was currently curved slightly in a smile that was enough to demonstrate a two dimples that at the sight of them one would directly melt away and accept death willingly .
What kind of a dream I'm currently having, was the soft voice I heard before, hers, did heaven finally gave up on torturing me and even was rewarding me, thinking that this as nothing but a dream, I couldn't help but want to reach for that goddess in front of me .
I found that this being a dream was more and more true, I was able to appear in front of her directly, that startled her at first, but then seeing the look in my eyes, the beautiful divine woman in purple, directly said in a voice and a tone that was like melody in my ears :
You better not be thinking about anything to shame this empress, I came her to bid you farewell, but I would kill you if you harbored any bad intentions towards me, I'm warning you .
" Why are you so serious when this is nothing but a dream .
I paid her words no mind, I wasn't in the right mind to do so anyway, all my focus was on finding happiness in the embrace of the woman in front of me, my lust was out of control, my mind was completely overtaken by the need to listen to what my recently founded urges were telling me, so I directly throw myself at her .
She didn't expect this to happen and was directly taken down, the dream of mine seemed to be very realistic, so much that I was able to feel how smooth her milky white skin was, her purple eyes that was now carrying a cold glint that made the even me in the dream shudder seemed to pierce my whole being .
But what surprised me the most was that this cold glint in her eyes made my own desire skyrocketing even more, I saw that her hands were shining with purple lights, then heard the notifications of the Panel sounding, but my mind and body were currently engrossed in one thought, this is really a happy dream .
You..... .
The divine like woman tried to said something but her mouth was sealed with my own and like an animal in heat, I felt my conscious drift away as I began sinking more and more in an intense pleasure .
Then after who knows how long, the woman gave me a strange and hatful look, before she disperse into purple light particles, then I felt my own mind shut down directly after, finally sleeping without any more worries about my urges or desire and maybe a bit hopeful for a chance to meet my dream girl once again .
(Scene Change) (Deep in the woods) :
Li Fu was currently sitting leaning his back on a tree and seem to be sleeping, then suddenly his body flashed with purple light, then he coughed a mouthful of Blood, seemed to be injured, but just as he was trying to understand what was wrong with him, he heard a loud yelling voice from inside his mind, that voice was saying :
Li Fu, I will kill you ? .
Huh, what did I do ?!!! .