In the early morning, Ye Tian and Ma Qian prepared themselves to go towards the hill to finish Ma Qian’s map. Ye Tian had to accompany him, otherwise, he would’ve explored the city and try to gather more information. Ma Qian was certainly happy, because this time he knew he wouldn’t get lost. However he never showed a thankful expression towards Ye Tian.

At the hill, there were a few people that were training or hunting weaker wild beasts. Ma Qian got busy right away trying to complete his map and include the information that he has gathered the past few days in the city. Ye Tian, meanwhile cultivated silently within a short distance from him.

Noontime arrived. Ma Qian just finished completing this city’s map. On their way back to the city, they met a bunch of lowlife bandits. They could’ve beaten the gang to a pulp, but decided to run away to avoid further trouble. Unfortunately, they ran for a while trying to get rid of the bandits, they ended up inside a jungle, which they have never seen before. They decided to explore while trying to get out of the jungle.

After an hour or so, they came out of the jungle, but they saw a massive waterfall……and a floating temple! This was the first temple they saw within the proximity of the city. But the problem was they couldn’t reach the temple unless they could fly. They looked down below and realized there was a person meditating on top of a rock. Ye Tian and Ma Qian looked at each other and agreed to go down below and meet that person.

Ye Tian dove and was about to glide from side to side, but Ma Qian followed and flew towards Ye Tian’s back.

“What the hell are you doing?” Ye Tian said in a panic. They were descending rapidly.

“Can’t you fly?” Ma Qian asked naively.

“Fukkkkk nrrrgghhhh,” Ye Tian yelled. Before he was able to finish what he was saying, they fell into the water. Luckily, the water pond was deep and wide.

“Idioootttt! You could’ve got us killed!” Ye Tian yelled at Ma Qian. This was the first time he was really pissed at Ma Qian, but he couldn’t see where Ma Qian was. Ye Tian thought he might’ve drowned, so he dove back inside the water to search for him. A few seconds later, Ma Qian came up and jumped into the air while inhaling as much air as he could. He was lacking oxygen, but what’s worse he was lacking any clothes on! He was almost naked and only had his small underwear left. It was thin, silky pink, and looked more like a g-string!

Ye Tian finally came up and the first thing he saw was Ma Qian’s butt cheeks. Such a horrible sight. Things have been going awful lately for Ye Tian. He ignored Ma Qian and saw the person meditating on top of the rock. This was the same person they saw from above the waterfall cliff.  He looked slightly older than Ye Tian, but younger than Ma Qian. He wore a monk robe, bright skin, plenty of hair with sideburns, and a huge braided ponytail that almost touched the floor. The braided ponytail was so thick, it could literally hit someone and severely injure them. White circle dots were tattooed on his forehead that resembled a smiling arch. Despite the noises Ye Tian and Ma Qian made, this man was still in a serene state without opening his eyes.

Ma Qian walked up to the man, and said, “Hey buddy, what’s up?”

No response.

“I’m Ma Qian and this is Ye Tian, can we ask you some questions?”

Still no response. Ma Qian felt irritated and went closer to him to the point where his crouch was at the same eye level as the man sitting on the rock.

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“Hey buddy, we’re not here looking for trouble. We just need your help to find a way to get out.”

No response again. The man wasn’t disturb with Ma Qian’s behavior.

Ye Tian used his turn, and said, “Sir, we apologize if we have disturb you in any way. We will be on our way then.”

Ye Tian pushes Ma Qian along and were about to leave until they heard a powerful an ancient voice. The voice seems like it was coming from the floating temple.

“Jiao Er,” the voice calmly said.

“Fuck you!” the man on top of the rock said.

“Jiao Er!” the voice said again.

“Suck my…..” the man responded.

Baammmmm!

The man that was on top of the rock got smacked into oblivion by a gigantic transparent hand. He crashed and slided on the surface of the water until he slammed into another huge rock.

Ye Tian and Ma Qian were shocked, confused, and scared. Such a filthy mouth from the man who seemed so pure and monk-like. They felt the gigantic hand could crush them into a pulp easily. They kept quiet and stood there motionlessly.

“Jiao Er, you are fated with these two young men. Your destiny intertwines with theirs. It’s time for you to leave this place and go on a journey with them,” the voice continued to say calmly.

Meanwhile, the man struggled to stand up and was wiping his mouth from the blood. He then stared at Ye Tian and Ma Qian for several breaths. Ma Qian kind of struggled but Ye Tian didn’t feel enough pressure coming from the man. The man figured Ma Qian was at the same cultivation as him, and as for Ye Tian, he still had his doubts. He then looked up at the floating temple and said, “Master, is what you say true?”

Then a gigantic bracelet bead flew towards the man. “Jiao Er, this artifact belonged to you ever since I found you as a baby. Only you could use this to its maximum potential. I believe whoever left you also purposely left this artifact to help you escape from any dangers you might face. It is also something that you can use to save people from the outside world. Go and explore the world. You are bound to do great things in this world,” the voice replied like a fortune teller.

“Master. I want to stay here. I don’t like greatness. I like being mediocre,” the man tried to say convincingly.

“NO!!!” the voice immediately yelled. Meanwhile the transparent hand transformed into a fist that was waiting to crush the man, but it stayed floating above.

“Why?” the man asked again.

No response. Everything was quiet. This kept going on for a couple of  hours, until the man gave up. He bowed towards the source of the voice and walked towards Ye Tian and Ma Qian, then said, “I’m Xiang Jiao. Let’s go.” Ye Tian didn’t mind another company even if he was a bit of a weirdo. Ma Qian, on the other hand, could only think of Xiang Jiao’s name. Does his name literally means banana?

The transparent hand lifted them to the the top of the waterfall cliff. As they left, Xiang Jiao was following behind them quietly with his hands palmed together like he was praying. The bracelet bead that was also floating suddenly flew to Xiang Jiao’s back. The bracelet bead was actually half the size of him and never touched him. It continued floating 6 inches away from his back rotating slowly. Ye Tian and Ma Qian looked back and did not know what to think of this bead. Such a gigantic bead floating on his back….it felt like an ultimate weapon.

As their figure disappeared, a bunch of monks of all ages appeared from the floating temple.

“The devil has left. We’re finally able to live at peace!” one monk exclaimed.

“Yeah, that kid is crazy. He’s like a time bomb waiting to explode,” one elder said.

“Everyone go back to your area and continue cultivating,” the familiar voice said. Everyone kept quiet and went back to their original places.

The ancient voice whispered, “Jiao Er……please forgive me. I had to kick you out. Everyone was scared of you. Sometimes….you have the urge to be violent that you’ve beaten half of the disciples and most of the elders. I don’t know how your destiny will be….I’m no fortune teller….”

“but I hope you will find out where you came from…..”

After being exiled by his master, will Xiang Jiao share the same fate as Ye Tian and Ma Qian?