Chapter 9 - Incident.
It's been a month since I have admit into the academy. My progress of my training is indeed abnormal. In amonth, I achive physical body of 3rd-Rank warrior. As for magus rank, I'm still 1st-rank. Although I may absorb the elemental energy everytimes but I had yet to harness the energy to get pure essence of the energy because of my lack understanding regarding elemental essence and the so called elemental energy.
In this month, the only lesson I take so far only water-magic lesson and Thunder-magic lesson. I'm focusing on this two classes, In water magic lesson, I learn that most low level magic for water category limited to support and healing. Depend on users understanding, one can even create their own style.
In my previous world, there is this skill called "Ice-lance", the requirement to use must at least intermediate-rank magic. I want to tried to applied the knowledge of my previous world magic in this world. Since the theory all the same, only different use energy.
Mana was convertable to any elemental nature. However in this world, we are practically using nature instead of converting.
I've succeeded to applied "Ice-Lance" magic in this world with the same theory, only it take a week for it to show the effect result. I've tried to mixed Mana with the elemental essence. However, both energy was cancelling each other. While the YinYang Dou Qi continues to interfere and made both energy collapse. How mysterious, I need more time to practice on. I'm still after all still a child. I got all the time I needed.
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In Baruch empire, at Liu Clan mansion.
"It seem, the other party has start to moved. Thank goodness I've passed our clan secret to Xiao Yu." said old man in his reading room which is the man is Xiao Yu father, Liu Xiang Yan. A moment later, 5 black figures comes intrude the reading room.
"Just 5 people 9th Rank just to deal with me? Hahahaha... It's been a long time since I've gotten into action. Your 'groups' really underistimating my power." Laugh Liu Xiang while said it with arrogant voice. He knew very well about his ancestor. He is magician but can't be register as a saint even though he was able to use Saint-Level magic.
But for him to be deal with 5 people of the ninth-rank, how ridiculous is this group. Are they really dare to offend such person. But just soon after the battle start, inside the room has become a battlefield. What more surprising this 2 9th-rank magus and 3 9th-rank warrior, continuosly hacking their sword and their magic.
Liu Xiang only cast curse magic "Slow" which is made all the other 5 movement slow. And he cast another magic, this time it was "Buff" magic, enchance his physical strength and his speed that can rival Saint-Level warrior. Even though it's only for a moment, the strength was able to let him (Liu Xiang Yan) live another few days perhaps.
However, just after the attack that kill 5 9th-rank practitioner, enter 3 saint-level expert with a bizzare looking necklace that has property of cover their pressence. Seeing this necklace, Liu Xiang was certain about the lost secret in ancestor record. Xiang Yan was prepared to use all his energy, 1 saint-rank warrior charge at him in full confidence yet slash with "Forbidden spell of Wind - Dimensional Edge". The body of saint-rank warrior was split into 2.
Seeing this scene, the other 4 saint-rank magus quickly speed up their chanting and release a different light of element. 1 was thunfer, while the other was fire, one was earth and the last one was water. The attack was fused where water and thunder element has blending together nicely and form "Thunder-Road", while Earth has become a magma and plus with infusion of external fires, the magma becoming far more blazing and hotter, even the castor himself felt the blazeness of this earth shattering spell.
The combining spell of the two forbidden spell made this spell becoming more powerful than before. The success rate of fusion was below 20%, because of facing the man who have the ability to use any forbidden spell, they too have taken a great risk to killed the man called Liu Xiang Yan.
Truth to be told, they fight actually would be able to break the mansion itself, however, Xiang Yan already made his reading
room a dimensional space the moment those five saint enter. No one know how he does it. Liu clan mansion still intact with ni change. The moment Xiang Yan use dimensional edge was to cut the link of the room to the material world (Yulan Continent).
Xiang Yan already have deep understanding of manipulating energy called mana, from the ancestor book, he able to harness this energy called mana and convert it to the correspondent element whenever he used this energy. The ancestor of liu family is basically from the world where anyone can easily become magician if they have the ability and the will to train. Talent however, is secondary.
In this world, Talent was required first-handedly to achieve something great in the future. and secondly, the speed of harnessing the elemental essence. The faster one absorb the energy by understanding the "Profound truth of the element" to a certain degree will be able to reach greater height than a Saint-Level.
In the morning of the Liu mansion, when the maidservant bringing a breakfast food toward their master reading room, they
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found the room was empty without leaving any trace. Like that the reading room was never exist to begin with. However, the
maidservant was receive a single letter and written in front of it "To Head Butler".
Reading the written word in front of the letter, made the maidservant goes quickly to Head Butler room. After receiving the
letter, Head butler face was keep changing between rage and confuse. After reading the whole letter, he finally burn the letter after understanding it meaning. at the end of the letter was written "One day, young master will return."
Xiang Yan wife, Lin Feng (Xiao Yu Mother) prepared to made a mourning ceremonial of her dead husband. She was heart broken for second time. The first when she was told by his own husband that her own son, Liu Xiao Yu has been murdered. Xiang Yan also kill an innocent boy who have similar figure to Xiao Yu and burn it flest to make it unrecognizeable. Now the news of her own husband death. From now on, she is the madam of the Liu clans.
Regarding of clan secret, Lin Feng does not know anything besides that the Liu family have the ability to use magic even without the affinity for it. But since all direct descendant of Liu family has long gone, Lin Feng one way of another trying to master her own magic.
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Liu Xiao Yu does not receive any news regarding of his father death, since his mother Lin Feng also does not know that her own son, Xiao Yu still alive because of Liu Xiang Yan had told his wife of 'False' news regarding Xiao Yu death. The corpse that was using to 'prove' Xiao Yu remain to his wife was also a 'victim' of the tragedy that happen on 'some-place'. The shape of 'corpse' 100% match with Xiao Yu build, yet his wife Lin Feng still does not want to believe that the corpse was 'Xiao Yu'.
But after seeing the burn accessory that was place on corpse neck, it is similar to her present that given to Xiao Yu when he was 2. Seeing that accessory, by that Lin Feng believe that it was her son. Grieving over her 'dead' son, while she still had not over the death of her son, now receive the news of her husband death truly make her change 180 degree. She becoming more fierce than she ever be.
Kindness nothing more than a courtesy to facae her fierceness. By overcoming the death of her beloved, Lin Feng seclusion herself to self-training. Xiao Yu on the other hand, still training in the academy, to make a breakthrough of 3rd-Rank Warrior. If he succeeded in breaking through this hurdle, he can become a 4th Rank warrior in term of Physical Body condition. And the burden of him using 'Mana' will be less a little bit.
After struggling his way for 3 Month of constant training, his physical body finally reach a 4th-Rank Warrior. After reaching an Earlier stage of Warrior 4th-Rank, Xiao Yu change his training method to train his Mageforce by meditating and become one with the nature.
Sitting alone in the court yard, Xiao Yu sitting in the corner of the field, shadow by flower tree 'wall', People will have a hard
time to catch a glimpse sight of his if it not looking on him carefully and throughly. Earlier stage of warrior 4th-Rank also
enchance his mageforce. Xiao Yu mage force by now, already hitting the peak stage of first rank. Meditating and become one with nature, Xiao Yu focusing on the Blue colored essence and Purple Color essence.
By absorbing this two different essence, Xiao Yu felt an enormous surge of strength amplify his senses. In the surface of his
expression is calm, yet under those 'calm' expression was a turmoil between the Blue Essence and Purple Essence. The turmoil not because it was 'fight' each other, the turmoil happen because of Xiao Yu try to use his past theory by combining the 'calm-water' and the 'savage-thunder' together.
This insight supposedly, one will be able to learn it when the practitioner of the [Laws of Thunder - Savage Thunder] achieve a Ninth-Rank Magus. However, for the [Laws of Water - Calm] can be learn when the practitioner of Laws of Water reach a seventh-Rank of Magus. Xiao Yu attempt to combine this two laws and essence, the turmoil happen because of the lack mageforce as the pillar to support it was insufficient.
Yet, Xiao Yu stubbornly to tried to do something impossible with his current reach. When the turmoil energy was slipped out
from the grasp of Xiao Yu mageforce, the energy was create an enormouse wave of attack. The essence from the Thunder
element made Xiao Yu felt stung by the energy, The energy was amplify by essence from Water element. This two combining element was made Xiao Yu body injured all over and paralyze his body.
If it not because of his Natural ability to heal with the Water elemental essence, Xiao Yu probably is near death doorstep by now.
Since Xiao Yu know this happen because of his stubborness, Xiao Yu will continue his training normally by absorbing the
elemental essence. No more attempt to combining anything and continue to absorb the elemental essence around him. But this time, Xiao Yu tried to enchance his healing capability because of how critical it would be for his survival.
Either in training or fight, this ability will be able to keep him alive far longer than normal expert. But one thing he rejoice about his 'failed' attempt was because of the turmoil energy slipped out from his body, it is also the moment he breaking through to the 2nd rank and almost to break through to the 3rd Rank magus.
The risk of trying the same method like before to breaking through just now will be costing his life. So the method was buried
deep down in his heart. Xiao Yu continue to training in seclusion by becoming one with nature.