Lin Ming awoke to the sound of people talking. He listened carefully"What should we do?" The sound of a girl's voice rang out.  "We do not know whether he is a bandit, or maybe a vile villain, but if he is either or something more, I will protect you!" the another voice, clearly male declared, and he said,"Stop hiding it, we know you are awake, your breathing patterns have changed." Lin Ming was shocked when he opened his eyes. The boy had his back to him, meaning that through senses alone, he deduced that he was awake. As Lin Ming took a step forward, he moved the distance covered by twice his former steps, leaving him even more shocked. The boy and girl took a few steps back after turning around, obviously shocked by his speed since he was only at mid body strengthening realm. Lin Ming himself was also very confused, until he remembered the voice that had spoken to him. It was as lightning had struck him. The village was destroyed! He stood still for a very long time, until he was brought back to his senses by a voice.

 "Hey! We have been trying to get you to wake up from your trance like state for over an hour!" Startled, Lin Ming looked up to the sky and froze. It was already midday. He was about to run to the village until he realized that he didnt know where the village was. He turned around and asked,"Where is Wantun village?" The two teenagers replied confused,"Wantun? We dont know where that place is." Lin Ming got angry,"What do you mean you dont know where it is, it should be right around here!" 

"Nope" The boy replied shaking his head, "this is the Qin province of the Chu empire." Lin Ming was shocked. He himself lived in the Chu empire, but the Qin province was over 100 miles from his village! "You are lying." he said almost as if a plea, a question. "Nope."

Lin Ming fell onto his knees. The boy sighed. "Come with me. I will take you to my Profound sect, so that you may be judged." he stared coldly at Lin Ming,"Do not think that I will give you favor just because of this instance. If you pass the entrance exam, congratulations, if not, then you must train much much harder." Lin Ming laughed, he couldnt help but think the boy sounded like an elder. The boy and the girl began walking together, and Lin Ming ran to catch up. He asked them, "What are your names anyways?" 

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"Chu Tianjian." the boy proudly replied. The girl softly said,"Gu Xue." " And I am Lin Ming." he smiled and ran around, testing the limits of his physical ability. It seemed that his body was 2x stronger than it was before the Incident occured. Soon, they stopped at a clearing. Chu Tianjian said,"This is where we will camp for the night. Do not go outside the clearing, as there are beasts in the night, that even I am afraid of. Heeding his warnings, Lin Ming stayed well away from the edges of the clearing, and helped the group set up the tent. Luckily it was a spacious tent, otherwise, he might have had to sleep outside. He didnt immediately begin to sleep, but crossed his legs and began to cultivate. He suddenly straigtened his back in shock. His energy absorbtion was two times faster, and he was at the peak of middle muscle strengthening realm. Also, his meridians had been cleared and widened, so they could hold four times the previous amount of qi. He happily began absorbing and rotating his cultivation base, so to as strenghthen it. With a boom, Lin Ming broke through to high Muscle strengthening realm.

Chu Tianjian tossed and turned and muttered, "be more quiet with your breakthroughs, try pushing your qi inside your body.  Lin Ming followed his instruction, and to his surprise, his cultivation was almost entirely hidden. He glanced at the sleeping teenager and thought, He truly isnt simple. Just a few words allowed me to mask my cultivation. He sighed and kept rotating his cultivation base. To his utter surpirse, no bottlenecks, like most people said, had occurred and he was able to smoothly break through into mid-level high muscle strengthening realm. He rubbed his eyes and yawned, and decided he needed some sleep, so Lin Ming lay down, and fell asleep.