Author Said : this is my very first story, and I'm not native so please bear with it. Of course every critics and suggestion were needed for my improvement. So, dont hold back okay~
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Cultivator. In the world where the strong dancing and the weak crying made cultivator become figure everyone look up to. Everyone wants to become one but not all of them qualified to become strong cultivator. And even less became legend. There is many ways to learn cultivation technique. First, you can learn from the book but of course you need to pay not little money to learn worthy technique. If it’s just some crappy technique, you can get it everywhere except only it’s not worth it. Second, you can join institution like sect or academy that will provide technique, weapon, and cultivation resources.
At least on gregweiss continent, there are four great cultivation institutions. Void shadow sect, Sword Glint sect, Hidden Lake Sect, and Qureian Academy. The Four Institutions are Lord of Southern Domain, Northern Domain, Eastern Domain and Western Domain respectively. There isn’t any institution in central of continent.
But there is a city named Imperial Tree City. The reason it’s called that because majestic oak tree rooted on the very center of continent so when city was built there, it’s a must to keep a word “Tree”. With height of 3700 m, and a lot of cultivation resource in and on the oak tree, make the oak tree and its surrounding flourish with living things like forest and magical beasts and become target for some greedy people. Because of that, powerful cultivator from another continent decide to made a city and make Oak Tree as cultivation base that will be opened every year.
Greigwess Continent was but small continent surrounding larger continent called Bologos continent whose cultivation resources more plentiful compared with gregweiss so the people on that continent had plentiful strong cultivator. Of course it is not for magnanimity, but they are doing that merely because they don’t want to let young cultivator dragged by old one who’s had nothing on their head but greediness. So the four great institutions can’t do a thing except just quietly agree.
Go back to the four great institutions. These four had their own technique and foundation, so it rather hard to tell who is the strongest. But from popularities, Qureian Academy was the most popular because out of the four, Qureian Academy was the grandeurs.
Well, even though my grandson know how to learn cultivation technique, He wouldn’t have money to go there (LOL).
Vein started to pop up on the youngster forehead. But he knew that his grandpa were like that, so he ignores it and started to continue reading his grandpa note.
Based on what I know, cultivation ranks consist of: Elementary < Absorbing < Condensation< Linking < Towering < Fusion < Immortal
From Elementary rank until linking rank consists of Ten Level. Towering Consist four phase: Initial phase, middle phase late phase, Final phase. Fusion Consist of Three phase: Fusion with Body, Fusion With the soul, Fusion With the world. The Last Rank, Immortal. It is too far off for that brat so I didn’t write it here.
The youngster felt shock run through his body after reading that.
‘So to become Immortal is really hard. I’m too naïve. I still dreaming of myself flying while carrying a lot of money while shouting “I’M IMMORTAL” on my dream’
Every single cultivator goal was to be immortal being. Of course it was hard thing to do so only couple of people manages to reach that realm. For the past 500 years, no one ever reach that realm anymore.
The youngster started to read again but there is nothing He doesn’t know or worth mentioning, so he skipped some of explanations and closed the book while letting out light sigh.
‘What the heck am I thinking? It’s already hard for me to keep living, let alone to become strong cultivator. I’m just wasting my time reading that note. Well, it is not a rare sight to see 100 hundred years old man still alive and kicking so I still have a lot of time’
Putting the carefully as if it’s great treasure he had ever onto the black box on the table and close the lid, the youngster start to drag himself to the bed. Within his line of sight, wooden roof that miraculously not collapsed protect him from bright on the day and rain on rainy day. His room were rather dark because it already almost midnight. Look away from roof to his room, there is wooden wall, wooden table, wooden chair and a small stone lamp. From this alone, everyone will know that the youngster not that rich of person. Actually, calling him poor would be appropriate.
The youngster, 13 years old Yuwan Reizem who’s his family name even Yuwan not know live in fruit village on the corner of gregweiss continent, western domain.
In Fruit Village, his Grandpa, Syubi Reizem, was infamous for his medical and his technique. Even though his cultivation base was not that great, his technique for repelling curse, charm, and laid protective barrier was first class at least in the village. No one knew what kind of technique that can be laid by such low cultivator. Yuwan sometimes ask his grandpa the reason for that, but his grandpa always reply with ‘ It is okay for you to learn ‘cause there is no harmful feedback will happen to you so you don’t need to worry’ while smiling. Even someone from connecting cultivation base whose city lord at doesn’t know how.
‘But grandpa always remind me to help those in need without grumping and said that its vocal point that shouldn’t neglected’
Even though he never said it, Yuwan always felt grateful toward his grandpa. Raising him by himself, teaching him how to life proper life without grumping. Teaching him his technique, said that curse came from the soul, charm came from the mind, barrier came from chant and cultivation base. His grandpa even teaches him cultivation technique, even though it didn’t increase Yuwan cultivation that much.
While reminisce Grandpa Syubi, his eyelids that had been close until now slowly opened. If there is another person in this room, that person won’t see anything. Even insect won’t come to his house. Don’t know why though.
“You over there, what are looking at? Why are standing there for? Do you need something?”
He said that while still looking at the roof. He felt there is someone behind the wall, standing without doing anything. He did not feel worry because he doesn’t fell malicious intent came from that person. Of course with his somewhat worrying cultivation base, there is no way he would felt someone without seeing. It came from his technique regarding soul given by his grandpa.
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Strong cultivator won’t his/her soul discerned that easily, but it is different matter if it is a wandering soul.
Wandering soul is a soul from deceased person. When someone dies, his soul will come out from his body. On religion, the deceased soul would be judged and then thrown to hell or sent to heaven. Regarding this matter, Yuwan already asked his grandpa whether its truth or not, he said that it’s the truth. Except for special case when someone still has something to do in the world, or cultivator who can preserve his/her soul after dead.
After Yuwan asking and there is no respond, he got up while eyeing the wall. To his surprise, the one who kept looking at him were a child. 6 years old girl. She is floating while kept looking at him without blinking. Her golden twintail hair and white one-piece dress keep fluttering without wind. After confirming that Yuwan looking at her properly, she nodded her head satisfied.
Yuwan don’t know why she is looking satisfied when he look at her properly. But he kept silent because maybe the girl want him to say something.
‘Big brother, you can see me right? Can you hear me too?’
“Yeah, I can hear you. Do you need something kid?”
He didn’t realize that actually, he is still considered as a kid considering he is still 13 year old.
‘Yes, a-a-actually. I want to tell you… something…’
She said that while keeps fidgeting. Her cute little sound trembling a little because of nervous. From her face, she seemed to be struggled whether to tell him or not. But suddenly she sake her tiny head and replace her hesitant expression with determined face.
At this time, unease starting to creep on his heart while cold sweat start to appear on his forehead but because she is still hasn’t finish speaking, he keep his uneasiness while waiting.
‘Actually, I want tell big brother. I … I … ‘
‘I saw really strong cultivator came to the village. When I followed them out of curiosity, I … I heard them saying
something about ordered by their boss to come here. But… they didn’t say anything further and kept smiling evilly. Big brother! Please do something! I don’t want villager to be hurt because of evil people! Big brother, please!’
Complete silent.
After a brief of moment, sigh of relief come out from his mouth. Because it is not something he expects to be.
Whatever it is, he don’t want to say it even if force to. Because he already throw his pride away to keep scraping money doing little job over here and there even though his grandpa never ask for money while helping their neighbor.
But of course their neighbor won’t mind it, but he is.
‘Why am I relief for, there is no way I ever think that such a little girl will…’
With his little pride left, it would crumble right away if he admit that he did ever think of such a thing so he didn’t finish his sentence and then control his thought while processing what the little girl said.
“Wait, what do you mean by that? Evils People?”
‘Yes! Evil people, please help big brother! I’m grown up in this village so I don’t want the villagers to hurt!’
“Do you know what things that these people brought are?”
‘There are a lot of weapons, and something I didn’t know. Oh, they brought a lot of money too! One of these people said that to use the money to bribe maids and patrol guards. I don’t know whose maids and patrol guards he referring to.’
Hearing the word weapons, Yuwan doesn’t fell much interest toward it so his lazy demeanors change into almost fall asleep demeanor. But when hearing the word ‘money’, his back straight up suddenly while serious expression has shown on his face.
“Tell me in detail”
It’s not like Yuwan didn’t care about villager safety, but it just that you don’t need to be so serious as long as you understand the content and remember it. So he didn’t show it even though he’s taking it seriously from the beginning.
But after hearing the word money, that seriousness change into tragedy matter. He cannot help it. Money was sacred word among poor people so when he heard ‘money’ and ‘bribe’ he becomes rather furious.
‘They dare to use a lot of money to do evil things while I’m here struggling just to keep living! Unforgivable! ’
After asking for the little girl about the matter in detail, they kept talking until midnight before the little girl went to the
“evil people” in case something important happened.
The little girl went off and the room becomes silent once more. Moonlight shone onto the room from the window and fall onto the silent youngster that sitting on his bed. After a while, he laid his body to the bed. But his eye not closed. At that time, serious expression can be seen by the moonlight. He kept his eye open while thinking of something.
No one’s know what he is thinking at that time but faint smile start to creep up on his face and it grew wider and wider until it become wicked grin before he close his eye and start to sleep.
In fruit village on the very corner of greigweiss continent, on western domain, something started to change. Every villager, except Yuwan Reizem, no one expect something major will happen.