Chapter 172
Wood Element
Master Lang started to speak. “The wood element is very rare and not many can awaken it. For every element, there are unique fighting styles. Each one is different and adapted to the specific element.”
“Fire’s fighting style is oriented towards explosiveness, suddenly lashing out at full force. Wind is excellent for speed and quick attacks. Earth is meant for defense or overwhelming might. However, elements are not just useful for fighting.”
“Take the water element. It can be used to end droughts or heal. The earth element can be used to stop volcanoes or revitalize farming land. The fire element can purify objects and be used to forge. Every element has many uses, but wood is one that surpa.s.ses all of them in terms of importance.”
“What is required for pills? Rare herbs that have grown with Qi are necessary ingredients. Many sects have herb gardens where they grow these herbs for the pills. However, they need time to grow. Often a hundred years will pa.s.s before a herb reaches maturity and the rarest herbs can require a thousand years.”
“However, there is one instance in which herbs that should take hundreds of years can mature in months. Rare herbs can be cultivated when they shouldn’t grow and dead herbs can be revitalized. That is the mysteriousness of the wood element.”
“If your mom has the wood element, then they most likely kidnapped her to help cultivate their herb gardens. In order to support their geniuses and raise the prowess of their sect, they would do anything to capture a wood element.”
Chu Shen was stunned at this revelation. Just how strong was the wood element? A Natural realm cultivator was the powerhouse of a sect. However, a wood element cultivator at the Natural realm could allow dozens of disciples to reach the Natural realm. How terrifying was that?!
It is said that what one fears the most is not one sharp spear, but a storm of dull blades. Raising disciples levels through pills would make them weaker than genuine Natural realm geniuses. With the wood element though, they would be able to create many dozens of Natural realm experts. They would be able to overwhelm the cultivating world with numbers alone!
Of course, this was based upon there being an alchemist to create the pills. Without such an alchemist, the herbs would be next to useless. As Chu Shen was lost in thought, Master Ti Wu appeared in front of him.
“What your master spoke is the truth. The wood element is a very rare element indeed. Even in my dimension, it would appear every thousand years. Any sect that could gain such a genius would be destined for greatness.”
“There was a time when one of the major sects was able to gain a wood element genius. This sect later became the hegemony of my cultivation world for over a millennia because of the wood element genius. They had over a hundred times the amount of people at all power levels any other sect had at the time and was able to rule because of this. If your mom truly is a wood element genius, then I can only say that she is both fortunate and unfortunate.”
Master Lang had been studying Chu Shen and saw how his face had changed as he realized all of the implications this had. “Chu Shen. I am sure you are aware now just how desperate all of the sects will be because of your mom. The Huore Laohu sect will never stop until you’re mom is imprisoned and all who have heard of her ability are dead.”
Chu Shen sighed. “I know Master Lang. I am aware of how impossible this task will be. However, she is my mom. I cannot stop just because of how important she is.”
Master Lang nodded. “Good. In that case, this old man will support you no matter what.” He turned towards Luo Yungpeng. “So, what should we do with this person.”
Chu Shen shrugged. “I don’t know.”
Master Lang shook his head. “I expected a little more from my disciple.” As he said that, he got closer to Luo Yungpeng. His gravity domain suddenly activated.
“Ugh.” Luo Yungpeng grunted. “Wha-what are you doing?! I’m a disciple of the Huore Luohu sect!”
“Oh I know very well what sect you belong to.” Master Lang swung his hand downwards at Luo Yungpeng. His mace appeared in his hand, smashing into Luo Yungpeng’s skull. It crushed his skull, blood splattering everywhere.
Chu Shen was flabbergasted at this. “Why did you do that? He surrendered!”
Master Lang sighed. “Because, I had no choice. If we let him go, then they would’ve known how strong you are. We can’t have that and we also can’t imprison him. He’s too strong and his element is the shadow element, he would have been able to escape anywhere we tried to imprison him.”
Chu Shen stared at the corpse of Luo Yungpeng. “It still seems wrong though.”
Master Lang shrugged. “Right and wrong, good and evil. I wish everything was as black and white as those terms but nothing is truly simple. Those terms can only be used in storybooks. What I did was not right, but it wasn’t evil either. It was necessary however.”
After this lesson, Chu Shen helped Master Lang and Chu Gui clean up the corpse and their fight. He found a different room so that the workers could fix his room’s roof. They rested before departing back to the Majestic Sword Academy.
Upon arriving, Chu Shen received a letter. This time it had the blood seal on it. Dripping his blood on the black square, he waited as the words started to appear on the sheet.
‘Chu Shen. It has been a while, I hope you have been well my son. Remember our promise that you would reach the World Stage. I hope you have done so because it is now time. I will be on the path to Majestic Sword Academy. Come meet me and I will take you to see your mother.’
Chu Shen grinned. The letter had the blood seal which meant someone related to him by blood wrote the message. It also mentioned the five-year promise between him and his dad. No one besides them had been informed of that promise, not even Master Lang.
“I don’t believe anyone could copy this. It has to be my dad, it has to be!”