Chapter 2 - Enter the silver haired beauty!
A small amount of blood sprayed from the corners of Moons mouth, as the red haired Rudan stood over him like he was nothing more than a rat. “Now you understand the difference between us right, garbage boy Moon? With my fire element you're nothing! You only landed that punch last time due to the mere luck of the heavens!”.
The light red glowing on Rudans hand contained a burning flaming Qi, the fire element. Children that are born with elements are extremely rare, happening in 1 in a thousand children, and those that are born with an element can easily trample over those without one!
There are said to be many different types, some haven't even been described properly yet in books, but Moons founder Gin happened to have an element description book in his room therefore he understood the most basic of elements. There's said to be fire, ice, wind, light, darkness, thunder, water and many other different types.
One of the strongest figures from Beilo City, the second prince Ven, has the thunder and fire elements. Multiple elements can be said to be very rare, occurring only in 1 in 10,000 children! The power of two elements fusing together and attacking as one is said to be devastating and allows one to compete with experts who are several stages higher than them.
Stories from thousands of years ago also describe how there are mysterious types such as Death, Life, Divine and Time elements. These have only been described in books and myths, and are ever rarely seen in this current age.
It was told in ancient stories that the old cultivators with these elements were like Gods, who were able to wipe out entire continents and form mountains with a flick of their wrist.
The group of youths charged towards the fallen Moon, whose face was filled with anger as he wished he had the strength to fight back. The boys barraged young Moon with kicks and punches, when all of a sudden a loud shout echoed from a gathering of trees.
A beautiful silver haired girl with hair down to her knees bursted from the trees, a thick body of Qi vibrated around her vigorously as the group of youths looked over in fright.
“All of you, go”.
The frighteningly gorgeous girl who looked to be around 14 years old emitted an aura of grace as she dashed to the side of Moon, “In trouble again, you never change do you?”. The girl had silver hair covering half of her face, yet one could tell she had looks that would make countries fight for her and empires fall for her.
The baleful Qi she was producing showed that she was at the 3rd stage of the Nursery layer, with the strength to lift a boulder weighing over 200 pounds.
The leader of the youths, Rudan, looked in anger at the girl protecting Moon. “Moon! You're nothing without your fairy princess bodyguard, you can only sit down on the floor like a bug whilst she saves you time and time again!”.
Moon looked over in anger, if only I could have the power to beat this bastard he thought. The fairy next to him looked down at him, feeling a trace of sadness that he couldn't stand up for himself.
“You and your bunch can leave now Rudan, don't make me force you”. The fairy contracted the Qi and revolved it around her fist, clenching it tightly as it vibrated with a loud crack.
Rudan and his bunch of underlings looked over with contempt and walked away muttering slurs and insults, “Wait til I get my big bro, Beriel, then we'll see who can protect that fool again!”.
Looking into the distance as the group departed, Moon sighed and stared at the floor. “With my talent, unless I suddenly discover some kind of miraculous spiritual medicine I'm doomed to stay at the 1st stage of the Nursery layer for good!”.
Clearly he already understood that only the rich and the talented had a hope for cultivation in this world, those without would be doomed to suffer on the floor like bugs for the rest of their lives! Obviously the ancient heroes of the past must have been extremely talented and came from large noble families, not from the simple town of Wudao..
The silver haired beauty stood next to him let out a hmph. “Boy, you shouldn't fight back against Rudan and his underlings. You know that his brother has the cultivation of the 4th stage of the Nursery layer right? Not even I can help you if he comes”.
This beauty was called Uriel, the best friend of Moon since he was very young, she was often nicknamed the ‘Fairy Princess’ due to her peerless looks. Uriel was always protecting Moon from the first day he got into a fight, seemingly she felt like he was a younger brother to her due to the way she took care of him all the time.
Uriel was also a child that was left on the front door of one of the villagers houses, she was picked up a year before Moon by an old woman named Merry. This was why they shared such a thick bond, they were both left by their parents at such a young age!
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“Fairy Princess, you can't always be taking care of me all the time.. I'm a man too, you know? I should be the one looking after you and not me! Also, I've some shitty news to tell you, that mad old fool Gin tried to kill me last night! He's truly gone insane.”
Moon had a look of hopelessness on his face, now with nowhere to go and no food, plus the fact he had no cultivation talent, he truly had no idea what to do next. The only solution he could think of was to be taken in by one of the farmhands and do labour in the fields for the rest of his days.. Truly such a fate was worse than death for him who wished to be like his martial heroes from the legendary tales of old.
“Is that true? If he had hurt you..”, Uriels beauty suddenly changed to that of an ice cold maiden as her face tensed up in anger. “There's no choice, you'll have to stay with me until we can figure something out.. Ah, truly, you're such a useless boy.” Uriel blushed as she couldn't help but notice Moon thinking deeply about rude thoughts, “You can sleep outside with the dogs!”. Moon let out a whine as the cool headed maiden lead the hot headed youth back to her house.
Just like Gins run down house, Uriels founder Merry also lived in a deeply flea ridden and dusty house. Cobwebs covered the corners of the ceiling and there were numerous old antiques and memorabilia laid around the rooms, clearly old objects from Merrys past which she held onto to remember her younger years.
An old woman with greying old hair and a wart on the right side of her nose slowly crept to the front door as Uriel knocked. The door opened with a creak as a smell of old age wafted out the door into the faces of the two youths. “Grandma Merry, this little one Moon got into trouble again, but this time that mad fool Gin tried to take his life. He’ll have to sleep here for now until he can figure something out.”
“So be it, you youths always getting into trouble. I still can't believe Gin would try to kill you Moon, he truly must have gone insane in his old age.. Too bad, he truly was a good hearted man when he was younger.” This old lady has a good relationship with Moon, she was used to him and his usual antics like fighting with the other children. Many times when Gin and Moon argued he would stay at Merrys house for a night or two until Gin calmed down, you could say he was like her grandson!
Uriel led Moon up to her room. Compared to the rest of the house her room was completely spotless and seemed like a room that could possibly belong to a princess. Her bed was king sized and the cover had beautiful foreign markings, making it seem like something from a completely different world.
The rest of her room contained many different books, most of them seemed to be about Martial arts and Cultivation, the rest were about the many places recorded in the Reiqi continent and the various types of magical beasts it contained.
“Moon, you'll be sleeping here like usual, don't even dare to approach my bed as you know what will happen.” Uriel pointed to a rug on the floor and gave him a solid stare for a second before slightly smirking as she looked at his blushing cheeks and puppy dog eyes.
“Fairy Princess Uriel, you're too cruel! Making me sleep on a rug when there's plenty of space in your own bed! Can't you let your younger brother sleep at one end?”. A whacking sound erupted as a hand shot out and hit Moon on the side of his head. “You should be grateful I'm even letting you stay here! Now get to sleep you dumb boy”.
Night fell, and the sound of cicadas could be heard echoing throughout this small town called Wudao. Only, a heavy snoring could be heard coming from a particular house situated on the edge of town. This was Merrys house, and this particular culprit was.. Right, you guessed correctly, Moon!
Moons snoring was irritating Uriel who couldn't sleep, she'd been awake for almost an hour now trying to fall asleep but the demonic like snoring would do nothing but keep her awake.
A book suddenly landed on Moons nose with a bang as he unconsciously shot up and shouted, “Shit, that old fucker Gins come back to finish the job!”. Uriel laughed and sighed, “No you idiot, it's only me.. Your snoring sounded like the seven immortals raising from their graves, you really had no intention of letting me sleep tonight huh?!”.
Uriel got up from her bed, she was wearing a beautifully crafted silk night gown which made Moons nose slightly bleed. She reached under her bed and pulled out a small box made from a fine Boon wood.
Uriel opened the box and a warm smell wafted out, it was a fresh aroma that smelt so euphoric it could make you feel like you were in a dream. This kind of smell could clearly only be released by a certain type of medicine, a spiritual medicine!
“Moon, do you want to get strong?”.