Chapter 3

Chapter 3 – Ancient DeityTranslated by Sunyancai

“Ha-ha, why do you want to join the Immortal Daoist Sect, Xiao Chen?”

“Because I want to become the most powerful man between heaven and earth, Master.”

“Ha-ha, good! As your Master, I believe that you will achieve that. Let’s hope that the great heavens won’t let your efforts go in vain.”

“Master! Master!” Xiao Chen suddenly woke up from his coma and screamed out loud. Only then did he realize that he was in a dream. Recalling master’s gracious smile, Xiao Chen could not help but burst into tears, with his heart filled with sorrow and sourness.

“Am I dreaming now?” Xiao Chen suddenly woke up and hastily stood up, and wished that the slaughter of the Immortal Daoist Sect was merely a dream. He refused to believe that it really happened.

However, when he looked at those corpses, he was finally certain that it did actually happen, and he was not dreaming at all. Unable to bear the heavy blow, he was once again plunged into grief and fear, as if the whole world had sunk into darkness.

“How could this be? Why is it like this? I can live with the discrimination from the Xiao family, the humiliation from the Yang Family, but why did the Immortal Daoist Sect get destroyed? Is it just because I’m a waste?” Xiao Chen murmured bitterly, feeling down and lost.

“Kid, are you suffering from being discriminated by theXiao family, since you are just a waste without Vital Spirit? Are you angry at the Yang family’s nasty insult? Are you feeling afraid because the Immortal Daoist Sect got ma.s.sacred?

Unexpectedly, out of nowhere, an old low voice sounded in Xiao Chen’s ears. Xiao Chen got stunned; he quickly turned his head to find the voice’s source. However, there was no one around, he was only surrounded by dead bodies.

“Who’s there? Who’s talking?” Immediately Xiao Chen became alert. Since n.o.body was seen, he asked himself at heart, “Unless I misheard? There’s obviously no one nearby!”

“Your name is Xiao Chen, right? Kid, you may see me if you close your eyes.

The voice rang again, this time Xiao Chen was completely sure that there was indeed someone out there talking to him. He did not imagine it; he just lost sight of the person’s existence.

Xiao Chen did as the voice commanded, he slowly closed his eyes. He stepped into somewhere dark.

“Where…Where am I?” Xiao Chen wandered. Oddly, he found himself in a dark gloomy s.p.a.ce where nothing was visible.

Suddenly, a flash of golden light appeared in the dark s.p.a.ce, an unreal figure emitting golden s.h.i.+ne stood in front of Xiao Chen. He was an old grey-haired man.

Xiao Chen was astonished at the miraculous existence of that old man, his mouth wide open as he asked quaveringly, “Old man, who…who are you? Why are you here? And what is this place?”

“This is the frame of your mind.” Smiled the old man.

“The frame of my mind? Why is it full of darkness? Are you fooling me?” Xiao Chen said. From his perspective, darkness represented bad people. He a.s.sumed that he was not a bad person, that’s why he asked.

“You can’t cultivate Vital Spirit and you feel miserable about it, even though you believe that you could change, get Vital Spirit someday. Through all these years, acc.u.mulating dark elements began to pile up inside your mindframe. The insult from the Yang family, the ma.s.sacre of the Immortal Daoist Sect brought you fear and despair, which also made your frame of mind so dark.” The old man explained peacefully.

Again, Xiao Chen was astonished by the old man’s words, he asked in shock, “Who are you? And how did you know about all this?”

“I am the Ancient times’ strongest Deity Ba Hun! I have scanned your memories when you were in a coma, so I learnt about all your past.” The old man smiled faintly.

“Ancient times’ Deity Ba Hun!? Then why are you inside my mindframe?” Xiao Chen raised yet another question.

“I’m being hunted and happened to see you howling towards the sky, so I entered your body. Now, with limited time and a severe injury, my spiritual body won’t last long. After a while, my spirit and soul will be shattered. I’ve planted all my divine blood in you. In fact, planting divine blood in the body of a waste would be better than seeing it be robbed away by others.” The old man said and his spiritual body began to get weaker and weaker as time went by.

“You planted the divine blood in me? What’s that?” Xiao Chen asked curiously. He had no idea what divine blood was… Perhaps he would understand better if it were some kind of animal’s blood.

“Do you want to get your meridians cleansed?” The old man laughed.

Xiao Chen nodded repeatedly, “I surely do! I can cultivate if my meridians are cleansed!”

“While you were in your coma, the divine blood had washed throughout your whole body, so now the divine blood is running in your veins. You now have a completely different physique from before, the physique you possess now is hundreds of times stronger! So all your meridians are already opened up.” Ba Hun smiled.

“Really? My meridians have been opened up now? So in other words, I am now able to cultivate?” Xiao Chen was very stunned, a deep wave of exultation rolled through his heart! opening up his meridians meant that Xiao Chen could cultivate! He was no longer a waste!

“Yes, indeed! There’s not much time for me, so I’ll plant the divine blood in you. I would hate it if all my power, skills and cultivation arts had gone lost. We were predestined to meet each other; therefore, I’ll pa.s.s them all on to you”

“Pa.s.s on to me?” Xiao Chen felt even more ecstatic at his words. Even though he was not sure what he was about to inherit, but it must be really amazing since it was Ba Hun’s lifetime’s acc.u.mulation.

“Bang!”

Just as Ba Hun finished his sentence, he placed his right hand on Xiao Chen’s forehead. Golden lights sparkled and burst into the darkness. Suddenly, the s.p.a.ce got lit up, pieces of information continuously poured into Xiao Chen’s mind. Powerful abilities and cultivating arts began to appear in Xiao Chen’s brain.

Soon, Ba Hun stopped, his spiritual body becoming even more transparent. He smiled, “I pa.s.sed on the cultivating arts only to you, Xiao Chen. With the help of the divine blood, I believe that you will keep making a lot of progress!”

“Great! I can’t thank you enough, senior! I, Xiao Chen, will never forget your great kindness!” Xiao Chen was very grateful and infinite hope raised up in his heart.

“You may also find other powerful magic weapons and skills inside this storage ring, take it. Your divine blood will help speed up your cultivation, I have to go, just keep this in mind, Xiao Chen! Forget the past, and aim to the future! You are not what you used to be! Could you address me as your master before I go?” Ba Hun smiled faintly; his spiritual body faded and disappeared at last.

“Master!” Xiao Chen called out in a strangled voice; tears somehow welled up in his eyes.

“Ha ha ha! My good apprentice!”

“Forget the past, and aim for the future! Forget the past, and aim for the future!” Xiao Chen murmured and repeated, the more he repeated, the more relaxed his mind became. Xiao Chen slowly opened his eyes and he felt all the darkness in his mindframe disappearing gradually. For the very first time he laughed genuinely, “Thank you, old senior! You are right, I’m no longer what I used to be! I can cultivate now so I will let everyone in Xiao family and everyone in Romantic City acknowledge the fact that I’m not a waste! I’ll make the Yang family regret! And I’ll avenge the Immortal Daoist Sect!”