26th day of Ling Ai"s one-month training with Zhuanxu YeBai.Morning came and Ling Ai finally woke up beside Zhuanxu YeBai reclining at a big rock. She slowly stands up and looks around...
"What happened in here..." She looked back to Zhuanxu YeBai sleeping and noticed a scar on his face. "Master! Master! What happened in here?" Ling Ai tapped Zhuanxu YeBai continuously to wake him up.
Zhuanxu YeBai woke up and yawned. He just casually stand up and told Ling Ai to follow him.
"Hey, you"re not answering me yet. What happened in here? Did someone attack us? Did your father find out that you"re alive and sent someone to kill you? I have no idea, all I remember is that I was exhausted... and then, I went to go to sleep..."
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"Then?" Zhuanxu YeBai turned his eyes to look at Ling Ai by her side and smirked.
"I can"t remember anything after that. Just tell me what happened, can you? I"m starting to get anxious about it."
"You"ll know later on. Just follow me for now."
Zhuanxu YeBai jumped above the rubbles and stepped on the ground that wasn"t cracked. He grabbed the Xenohorn sword that was covered by rubble and dust because of the impact from the blast.
"Here, Ling Ai. This is an exchange, a reward..." Zhuanxu YeBai dabbed to remove the rubble and specks of dust from the Xenohorn sword before he handed it to Ling Ai.
It was an elegant sword that has strong chi presence. The pearl white color of the sheath and handle was what made it dazzling to the eyes.
"Woah... What is this elegant sword? And what are you saying about exchange or rewards? I don"t get it at all."
"We"ll talk about everything after you pa.s.s your archer talent quest, okay? Our time is running, I need to make you as strong as you can be."
Ling Ai placed the Xenohorn sword at her back wearing the strap on it.
"Yeah, I get that, now that I think about it... I remember hearing that the Martial arts compet.i.tion in Black Crow City will happen in two months from the day you gave me the eyes of divinity. So why are such in a hurry Master? Is it that you don"t want to train me any further than one-month anymore?"
"You idiot, if I can train you for three months that will be more advantageous to our part. But you need to be qualified in order for you to enter the Martial arts compet.i.tion of the Black Crow City.
Did you really think you can just enter that easily and get qualified if you register? No, it doesn"t work that way. You need to be at least the one of the top 10 or the winner of any of the ten Family sects of the Black Crow City."
"Yes, that"s it! Our no-name village even though we are the poorest, we still belong to the Luban sect family."
"They won"t acknowledge nor recognize you Ling Ai. They will look down on you and won"t even bother giving you any importance because they know that the place where you came from is considered non-existent, so is your people. All they will see is a bug or worm trying to climb the tree to attempt tasting the fruit."
"It"s not really new to me, and those things don"t really bother me as long as they don"t say it directly or personally to my father or grandfather. I will leave them be, but once I"ll hear even just one insult to my family coming from any them, no matter who it is-..." Ling Ai"s eyes turned fierce and her hands formed into a fist and while she was talking, Zhuanxu YeBai interrupted her.
"You"ll fight them head-on? Just like what you"ve done to me from our first encounter. You stood up your ground in front of the renowned Most Evil Emperor. You were scared but you acted tough and fearless. That"s why you caught my attention that very day..."
Ling Ai calmed down from almost reaching her anger boiling point and just closely listen to Zhuanxu YeBai talking to her seriously.
"It"s day 26 now, so there are only 5 days for us to train... to be together. I just want to say with utmost sincerity from my heart. Ling Ai, that I apologize for my rude behavior and for insulting your father calling him names he was undeserved for when he was just a hardworking and responsible man in making her granddaughter happy as she grows with pure and innocent soul. An existence that indeed has acquired a kind heart." As Zhuanxu YeBai was apologizing he knelt down in front of Ling Ai to show how sincere he was in his apology. An Emperor kneeling down to someone who"s very normal and poor.
"No! No, why are you doing that?" Ling Ai was stunned for a short moment but she immediately grabbed Zhuanxu YeBai pulling him to stand up as he was apologizing while he knelt down. "I know you were different! Since the time you saved me from the beast, I know you"re not you and the real you is inside your heart. Sometimes, I wanted to ask you why are you hiding your real self? But you always read my mind and share stories that answered my questions I was meaning to ask. So before we even began training, I already forgave you."
They both stared each other in the eyes as they felt their hearts jumped. It was warming up and spreading all over both of their bodies and because of the embarra.s.sing moment they subconsciously turned their looks away from each other, then they simultaneously said...
"Thank you."
"Thank you..."
Zhuanxu YeBai smiled and looked back briefly to Ling Ai as he continued to walk somewhere else.
"You haughty bear... Hahaha" Ling Ai blushed and couldn"t contain herself teasing Zhuanxu YeBai.
"Where are we going now? What are we gonna do." Ling Ai turned solemn and asked normally.
"Just follow me Peanut. This is your last training session, your last quest, the archer"s talent. If you pa.s.s this, then you are indeed born to be a Celestial pract.i.tioner, of course far stronger because of the power of the eyes of divinity.
Now, I need you to use any leaf you see to pierce five adjacent trees, but the leaf must stay the same. And no scratch at all must be found."
"What is it now?! How? How can you even throw a leaf that is so light and the worst is that it must be without a scratch? Howoah..Ugh!... This is getting harder than ever, I thought I"m done with difficult things already." Ling Ai slumped with a pitying look and shining teary eyes.
"Just wake me up again on 29th, okay Ling Ling?"
Zhuanxu YeBai finds himself again a gra.s.s-covered ground with trees served as a shelter and went to sleep.
"No way! This is unbelievable! What a Master you are. Are you gonna hibernate for days again? Aarrrrrgh! Being a bear really suits you."
Ling Ai entered the deep forest to find 5 adjacent trees for her to attempt her first try in archery talent"s quest.
"There it is!" Ling Ai picks a long clean green leaf and tried throwing it but flew back her way because of its lightness.
Woah, cool. That"s just the normal thing to see. Hmm... So much for piercing a leaf, I need to train my accuracy in hitting the target too." Ling Ai looked around to get a pebble.
Ling Ai"s a.n.a.lysis in battle is getting sharper as she quickly discovers the best ways in training herself and the best way for a solution towards any circ.u.mstances or challenges no matter how hard it is.
Not only that she is a natural fighter but the Warrior talent quest really did improve her a lot. Also, by her own very efforts.
Ling Ai is getting more and more of a true Martial arts Master herself in character, vision, and power.
Ling Ai saw a ripe mango fruit from a tree and locked on it to be her temporary practice target. She aims at the small branch that was connecting the ripe Mango fruit and when she threw the pebble, it was way too off.
Her current accuracy rate was 0.10%. Ling Ai may be adapting fast with every Martial arts talent"s quests but it won"t affect or improve her accuracy, so much as for her agility. All she had mastered and was familiar with was about strength, strong chi, and brute force.
How will Ling Ai be able to cope up with her current situation? Her accuracy was way off but she continued throwing anyway.
"Hmph! As if I"ll wake you up to eat after you have left me all alone again with this very difficult archer talent quest."
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She decided to go eat a broiled fish she caught at the ocean for lunch and just let Zhuanxu YeBai sleep all day. After Ling Ai ate, she continued throwing hundreds of rubble at the branch connecting the ripe Mango fruit. But it just also consistently hit the tree itself.