"Aura is found in everything, all things living and non living possess Aura. It is believed to have been released into existence by the power of The One who is also called Ichyksius after he created The Fate. He bestowed the thirteen realms with the tree called Yksdrasil, the tree that produces aura which permeates all nooks and crannies of the Faterealm.
During the event known The Great War, where Ichyksius fought the Dark Races, he appointed The the guardians, The Guardians of Balance, Continuity and of Death, three of the most powerful mortal warriors from the Age Of Heroes and gave them Pure Aura. They fought alongside him and helped him defeat The Dark Races in a battle spanning Four hundred and thirty years.
After the defeat of the Dark Races, he established a council of 13 other power mortals from the Age Of Heroes and granted them immortality. They were later dubbed The Council of Vexes, just located below Yksdrasil, they were to handle threats in the Faterealm while the guardians were to handle matters among other realms. After that Ichyksius vanished from the books of history never to be seen again while the guardians and the Council were hidden"
" Woah" the class echoed"
"Master is there more?"
"That is just a brief explanation of the history of the Faterealm, the rest you couldn't understand"
"We want more"
"Now is not the time for folk tales, rather it is time to teach you how aura works"
This was Youqin's school of mystics, it was for the children of noblemen only, the man speaking was none other than Shaodian Tong, Ching's younger brother, who came as a guest lecturer to educate the kids on what Ching deemed most sensitive, Aura techniques.
''We know that Aura flows from Yksdrasil, but we don't know where it is" Lotus said
"My dear nephew, you couldn't make it to Vexes"
"Why not?''
"Because you are a mortal"
"So only immortals can reach Vexes?"
"Yes, can I proceed now?"
"Yes master Tong''
"Aura solidifies as a celestial orb located in the in the chest, the other is called an Essence, Aura is not sure in this Essence, rather it is life force that is, when your life force is depleted, you die. Aura however cannot be exhausted lest Yksdrasil fails, which is well, impossible. Aura is stored in vessels known as Haiqi. Haiqi can be either internal or external. Internal Haiqi can be located anywhere in the body but is at rush of getting destroyed. External Haiqi however can be located anywhere in the Faterealm. Questions? "
"Do you get to choose your Haiqi's location?"
"No, your Aura chooses it's container, it can become external only if you are strong enough"
"Is Aura alive?"
"Why yes it is"
"Can you change it's location later on"
"Yes if you are strong enough"
"Alright that's enough questions, let me continue. Your Aura becomes usable when you unlock your Essence. This typically happens around age five, you guys are no less than 12 now are you?"
"That's the minimum age" the class chorused
"Alright, Aura can be used to accomplish superhuman tasks, like flying, high speed and running on water, but more importantly it is manifested fit combat in the firm of an 'Aura Technique' also known as Jishu you also have a ''Shadow Aura Technique' known as Dao Jishu these are also predetermined and are not liable to change unless you have reached a certain plateau of power. Your Jishu and Dao Jishu are tied to your personal characteristics and thus vary from one individual to another. Your aura is also continuously multiplied in your body in a location in the essence called a Soul Farm and the amount of your Jishu is called a fruit it cannot decrease, it only increases. This is why we are called Harvesters.In six years, your Soul Farm will be evaluated"
"The Power Rankings" Lotus said
"Yes, the Power Rankings. In all nations, based on the number of fruits in your Soul Farm you are given ranks: Special, S+, S, S-, A+, A, A-,B+, B, B-, C, D and F. During the Age Of Heroes however, the elite mortals were graded with ranks from 1-5 - the special ranks. I wish you all good luck on your evaluation.
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Lotus was born in 130 PC - 130 years after the death of Chi The Conqueror
Present Day: 149 PC
Chi is composed of Four empires: Shaodian, Zhi, Fu and Long listed in order of greatest influence
The Shaodian empire is not on good terms with any of the other three empires except The Zhi empire. Fu empire declared way on Shaodian empire after Shaodian Tong killed Fu Ming, second in line to the throne of Fu in a bar confrontation in The Northern Shi province of Zhi empire.
"We shall go in in four squads, and attack from all four corners. Each squad will be composed of thirty elite soldiers. Avoid needless confrontations, this should be a classic sabotage, Shaodian had been passive enough sitting this war!" Shaodian Tong screamed at the Youqin Armed Forces "Where are our spies?"
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"Two are dead sir"
"Dammit!, who sold them out"
" They let their guard down sir"
Great silence followed
" The remaining four are on their way sir"
"This invasion plan is the most effective way, get in there, kill all their nobles and generals, strike at night if we are sold out, Shaodian may fall" Tong did we he left the preparatory room.
" My fellow soldiers" Shaodian Sun started, "Don't look so down, Shaodian shall emerge out of this prosperous like any other war that we have fought! Look alive people!! "
" Shaodian Forever!" the army chorused three times.
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"Thank you for addressing them Sun, unlike that useless brother of yours who's always in one be damned bar or the other"
Sun chuckled
"You know him better than us uncle. You know he loves Shaodian more than he loves himself."
"And I also know he loves a bottle of mijiu more than his own life. He's probably dead drunk now"
"Haha, you are right uncle."
Suddenly a red smoke signal was fired into the air. They exchanged glances.
"The time has come" said Sun
"Yes indeed" Tong replied
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Southern Fu province of Yin
Ten soldiers of Shaodian carefully and silently sneaked into the castle, all the guards were dead. This was the first division of squad A headed by Shaodian Ti. Where were the other twenty? Keeping watch they were. This was the format in the other three Cardinal points of Fu. But then something seemed off in the South. Apart from the slain guards all other rooms were empty
"We've been compromised" said Ti
"Get the hell out of here" it was too late, arrows were rained down on them. Four men fell
"Shit" Ti said
"It appears something is interfering with our Aura" said one soldier
"This mission will fail" Ti shook his head. "The capital of Fu is in its South, the emperor is here"
Whoosh whoosh. Four others fell leaving only Ti and a random soldier. The soldier shot a signal into the air.
Smack! He was killed.
"Shit we've been compromised" said Sun who was in the central province with his uncle
"Send backup" Tong screamed.
Soon arrows began flying in all regions of Fu. The elite squads were almost completely annihilated.
"Why isn't my Jishu working" Sun thought as he and his uncle fended of some Fu soldiers.
"Screw Aura now Sun, your Jishu won't work. They're using a device that blocks your Haiqi"
"Hell ! Someone betrayed us''
"Leave all that Sun, fight!"
In the southern province, Ti had been bruised from head to toe. He was Tong's first son
"Your father sent you to die"
"Screw you Fu Li"
"He shouldn't have killed Ming"
''Well he did"
"And now his son will have to pay for it"
"Soldiers are always ready to die, well as for Ming he was no soldier, he was a wimp"
"Curse you Shaodian!! Die!!!" Li screamed activating his Jishu
(His Jishu was called Air injection. It allowed him to concentrate air and adjust it's properties to favor his needs. He was a B- rank warrior)
Suddenly a dagger spun out of nowhere and kissed the center of his head
"Aaaaaaah" he screamed as he fell, dead
"A spinning dagger" the soldiers of Fu thought. " It can't be" they screamed
"Well it goddamn is" a young man said, stretching his right arm out, pulling the dagger towards him in the process with nothing other than aura!
"Lotus of the twin daggers huh" Ti thought
"I mean, I can't have you killing cousin Ti"
"You may be the Lotus of the twin daggers, but you are outnumbered"
"Solid point" lotus said "But... Even if there were a thousand more, you're all just small fry"
"Why you little! Charge!!"
"Hah !!" They screamed as they rushed towards him.
"Wait wait wait" Lotus said
"What now?" Fu Li asked
"I need to free him first" he said loosening the ropes that bound Ti.
"Lotus, there's something interfering with the Aura here" Ti whispered
"Never mind brother, my Jishu is working fine."
"Really?"
"No" Lotus said winking
Ti shook his head in disappointment
"Alright dirtbags, come and get it" Lotus said
They charged once again. Lotus spun his two daggers and said "Rosé" then his pupils started glowing and spinning then in the blink of an eye, a pink light pierced all parts of the battlefield and returned to stand at the back of Ti. Then heads went up, all the soldiers dead in a second. Ti swallowed a huge lump of spit.
"How the hell did you do that"
"Save that for later, is your Jishu working now"?"
"Yes, guess the interference is caused by a device the boss is holding"
"Ive heard that Lotus is fast" Ti thought " but this is just inhuman"
"Let's hurry, we need to help the others"
"They're so far" Ti thought. A province was no less than 90 km from the next one.
"Stay safe bro, make it to the port, wear a good disguise" Lotus said, adjusting his straw-woven conical hat. Then came the glow in his eyes again
Whoosh
He was gone without a trace like the wind. Faster than sound! No, faster than light!
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Across all four Cardinal points of Fu, a pink light tore through each and every battlefield beheading the leader and restoring the soldiers' Jishu before reaching the Central province and banging into the hideout keeping the emperor safe. Lotus eradicated every last guard and made sure they screamed in agony.
"Emperor Yan" Lotus called out
"Who goes there"
"Twin daggers"
"Lotus Shaodian"
Lotus bowed courteously
" Shouldn't you be defiling yourself in some bar now?"
" I choose to defy you instead"
" Do you want to fight?"
" Rightly so"
" Alright, but you must not use that monstrous speed of yours, it's cheating"
" All is fair in love and war, but since that's what you want, I shall grant your wish"
Lotus stretched out his daggers as Fu Yan activated his Jishu - Smash
"The Smash technique huh, let me see it"
"As you wish"
Fu Yan charged at Lotus, thrusting his fist at his face, lotus dodged quickly and countered with a palm aimed for his chest, Fu Yan blocked it but was sent flying back by the impact. He wiped the blood off his mouth and this time banged the ground with his left foot, the ground moaned and split up sending rocks flying, Fu Yan jumped from one rock to the other in a zigzag motion before rushing at Lotus with full strength. They exchanged blows rapidly, but Lotus was the faster of the two, Rosé or not Lotus could move at supersonic speeds, it was the result of his strange birth. Each and every move Fu Yan managed to dunk out was nullified by Shaodian fist for fist, foot for foot, he had actually also kept his dagger aside to prevent a one sided massacre but yet in his own words Fu Yan could not meet his expectations
Pah
Fu Yan was sent flying once again, all bones in his body broken
"You are definitely no ordinary human Shaodian, but I will still kill you"
" Can you really do that if you can't touch me in base speed? "
"Let's find out"
Lotus didn't like that response
Fu Yan controlled his breathing and tapped into his Haiqi, pulling out his last ounce of aura to release his devastating technique, Final Smash! The technique that turned the Five great empires into Four, a nation level attack that could clear everything in an empire!
Lotus was rather unimpressed. Fu Yan hated his face and sent a punch straight to the ground, he would lose his empire just to kill Lotus. Lotus wasn't bothered by that attack no, but he remembered that if that attack hit, his soldiers in Fu would die.
"Final smash" Fu Yan screamed as his fist approached the ground
Whoosh
Shaodian rushed toward him and as his eyes glowed pink, he met the fist with a rising kick
Bang
There was a flash of light, as the empire rumbled. Only one man was left standing! It was he, the wind of Shaodian empire, Lotus Shaodian. Fu Yan wasn't dead no. He was just somewhere very very far from the borders of Chi, and as for Fu empire, the backup soldiers of Shaodian laid it to waste as their flag was hoisted on the top of the Fu castle and all their nobles were slain.
Shaodian empire had extended it's reach yet again.