The four where standing on the side of the table in front them the old man was observing the kids thinking about who will be next.

He look at the four before pointing at Nina:

“You will be the next to come with me.”

And before the young can understand what happening the old man teleport them inside the garden the machine and the two cushion where still here. The old man make a sign to her to sit and once where instal he start to explain the situation :

“You just need to insert your qi inside the machine, it will display your deepest desire that will help me to train you after.”

Nina nod before placing her hand on the machine this time no cat to stop her. She slowly insert her qi after the old man explain to her how it’s working. The machine enter his working state after a few minutes the light start to take form. The start to take the form of Nina flying on a world turtle the old man was a bit surprised.

The old man smile amused by the view before he start to speak:

“You have some big dream my girl a world turtle et seem that your way has not to be forge it’s already there that will make my job easier. ”

The young girl was not really listening to him she was staring at the image mesmerised, her grandpa tales about world turtle always fascinated her but when she was five her grandpa try to teach her how cultivate she keep failing again and again.

One day he take to the doctor , someone really talented at the capital after he examine her he tell them that she has rare body condition and without a fitting cultivation technique she will never be able to cultivate but now she has another chance, another ways to reach her dreams.

She look at the old man :

“Thank you.”

He look at her a bit surprise by the sudden gratitude of the girl he look at her she was displaying a face full of determination.

He smile before saying :

“Good determination is one of the most important things in life …”

She look at him waiting to see what he have to say :

“Do you want to see one ?”

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The young girl look at him confused not understanding what he was asking, he look at the confused girl amused before he precise what he mean :

“A world turtle, the clan of one of my old friend is build on one.”

The young girl look at him like some crazy man, she can’t believe him what he say really a bit suspicious. World turtle are say to be mystical creatures who disappear in old time. If what he say is true the implication are huge it mean that most of the mystical things believe to have disappear are still out there.

Not really she try to ask the old man :

“That true ? Because what you are saying it’s hard believe .”

The old man was bit amused by the disproportionate reaction of the girl, he give her a affirmative nod .

Nina was still a hard time believing the old man and after some time speaking and a promise from the old man to take the four of them to visit the clan siting on top of the world turtle he was now time for another to take her place.

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The same day at the beginning of the night .

Nina was sitting on her bed still a bit unsure what to think about the events of the day. What the old man was saying was completely crazy, she don’t if the old man was not just not right in his head or he much more powerful that she believe before.

She quickly start to tell herself to stop thinking about the questions that overwhelm her mind.

She reach for the ring attach around the chain on her neck she quickly remove the ring from the chain. She take it inside her palm before reaching inside her dantian to grab a filament of qi before injecting it inside the ring.

Her consciousness is suddenly absorb inside the ring, she wake up inside a space of 10m3 the filled with shelf stack to brim with books, pills and other device. Nina was floating in the middle of the room looking at all the thing filling the ring she was not surprised her grandpa always worry to much about her. He probably has fear that she lack something and has put everything he can inside.

She quickly scan the inside before she found what she wanted, the book was place on a small table sitting on a side of her old bed. She reach for it but before she grab it she notice a letter on it was written ‘For Nina’.

When she take it she notice two more letters under the first each label ‘For Lily’ and ‘For Gold’ she was a bit surprised she was a bit curious to know what her grandpa has to say to this two. She repose the two letters on the table before opening her own inside a small card with few words on it :

To my little turtle

I hope you have adapted well to your to you new life

Grandpa is sorry to have explained you so little about the situation

but we promise to you and the others to explain everything when you

come back

I love you

Grandpa

The girl was smiling, he has always have taken care of her for so long, she put back the card inside the letter before putting it back on the small table. She turn back toward the book, it was a massive book taking most of the space on the table.

She take it, it’s was bit heavy she look at it. The front page there was not a word on it not even a title instead the book was decorated with a very detailed drawing of phoenix and dragon in the yin-yang pose. The two creatures so well detailed that the drawing could be mistaken for a picture.

She leave the ring the book in her arms, when she come to the reality the book was at the same place the ring was now on her finger, she quickly put the ring back on the chain.

She sit on her bed before reading the book until she fall the book laying on her chest, until a new day come...