Truth Of Cultivation World

"Do you want to be strong  ?"

“Little boy.”

As if Zhen Zhi doesn't hear the voice, he still crying. Actually, he really doesn’t hear the voice, since his mind is occupied by grieving and sadness. The voice, of course, is Fen Yi. She doesn’t give up when she realized that Zhen Zhi ignored her calling.

“Little boy.” Said Fen Yi once again with a higher sound but the voice still pleasing to hear.

“Eh? “ Zhen Zhi surprised and stop his crying. He tried to search his surrounding, but no one with life around him. Hesitantly, Zhen Zhi asked.

“In my mind ? “

“Almost. We are in your soul. ”

After Fen Yi answering his question, Zhen Zhi started crying again.

“Little boy ? " Asked Fen Yi again, she surprised why Zhen Zhi started crying again.

Zhen Zhi doesn’t bother about the voice in his soul, he keeps crying. An hour has passed, and he still crying.

“Little boy, crying won’t solve anything.”

“So What !!!?!???” Shouted Zhen Zhi.

"Little boy, You have already visited the Village Cemetary, right ? "

"Cemetary ? What is that ?"

"Little boy,  did you forget that 1 month ago you and your parent pray to your ancestor and visit your grandpa's grave ?"

Memory began to emerge from Zhen Zhi mind. Seeing the memory, Zhen Zhi started to cry again.

"Mother !!! Father !!!!" Shout Zhen Zhi.

A flash of light suddenly emerged in the sky. The sky became bright for a moment, then a rumbling voice erupted.

*boom*

The sound of thunder echoing the sky, and black cloud covering the sky. The sky became dark, the wind moved really fast creating a storm. Weirdly, rain doesn't fall.

But Zhen Zhi ignoring this, he already sank deep in his mind, what he want to do is recalling his memory.

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On that day, 1 month ago. The temperature was really warm since it was on Warm Season. Zhen Zhi parent decided to visit the village cemetery. Not only they visit Zhen Zhi Grandpa's grave, they also pray to their ancestor.

"Mother ? " Asked Zhen Zhi suddenly.

"What dear ? " Replied Zhen Shi with a smile

"Where is Grandpa ? Mother said I will meet my grandpa ?"

"Grandpa has already died a few years ago before you even born. This is your grandpa's grave. "

"What is death ? "

"You will know "

After Zhen Zhi doesn't get a proper answer, he asked again.

"Mother, why grandpa  is in a grave ?"

"When people died, they must buried in the earth. That's why we must create a grave for dead people"

"Why ? "

"People born on earth, and will die beneath it "

"Can grandpa comeback mother ? "

"He can't."

"Why ? "

"When people died, their soul will exit their body, goes into another place, waiting to be reincernated. "

"What place ? "

"I don't know, dear."

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"Little boy, you must bury them. As for your grandmother, her body already burned. You don't need to bury her. "

"Why ? " Asked Zhen Zhi into the voice.

"You forgot ?" Replied Fen Yi.

Hearing what Fen YI said, Zhen Zhi tried to recall his memory again.

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"Mother, is there any other way besides burying them ?"

"There is another way, dear. When people died, their body can be burned, you only need to throw the ash into the sea. The sea will carry them into the earth. "

"Will it hurt when the body burned ?"

"Zhen Zhi, when people died, they can't feel what happened to their body anymore."

"But mother there is no sea in this village."

"Yes Little Zhi, but we can use lake or pond. Sometimes some villager decided to burn the dead body, then throw the ash into the pond. The villager believes that the pond will protect the dead, like how ancestor protected the pond."

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"How can I carry them ?" Asked Zhen Zhi.

Suddenly a ring emerged in the air, in front of Zhen Zhi. Zhen Zhi startled when he saw a ring floating in front of him.

"Boy, dip a blood into the ring." Said a male voice, that, of course, is Shu Zan's voice.

Zhen Zhi followed what Shu Zan said  by biting his thumb finger, making his finger bleed. Hurriedly, he moved the ring into his finger. After a while, the blood touched the ring. The ring suddenly shining.

"Eh ?" Exclaimed Zhen Zhi.

Suddenly Zhen Zhi felt a connection between his soul and the ring. After a while, the ring stop shining.

"Boy, now take a deep breath, move the ring into your parent body."

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Zhen Zhi taking a deep breath, because this his mind become less chaotic, gradually become calm. When the ring touch Zhen Zhi parent's corpse, suddenly the corpse vanished. Zhen Zhi shocked why they suddenly vanished.

"Relax boy, I already said right ? Your parent is in the ring. Now do the same thing to your grandmother."

"Then what about the other ?" Asked Zhen Zhi

"The villagers? Boy, the one who responsible to a dead body is three people, the first is their family, the second is their friend and the third is a doctor. If you want to ask what is a doctor, they are people who can cure your physical wound." Said Shu Zan in Zhen Zhi's mind

"Can't doctor bring back my parent ?"

"Sadly, not." Replied Shu Zan.

Hearing this Zhen Zhi become dejected, but quickly he recovered. He remembered what her mother said that dead people can't come back.

Zhen Zhi moved the ring into his grandmother ash, after the ash vanished, he quickly ran into the village pond. He wanted to exit the village fast, to escape the possibility of seeing the tragedy again.

"Why ? Why did this happen ? " Asked Zhen Zhi in his own mind. But no voice answered it.

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*Plash*

After throwing her grandmother ash into the pond, Zhen Zhi asked.

"Now what ?"

"Little boy, first let us introduce ourself. My name is Fen Yi." Said Fen Yi

"Shu Zan." Replied Shu Zan shortly.

"Boy, since you still a kid, of course, you still can't dig a hole, and you also forgot to bring a hoe. So I will use my power to dig a hole."

Suddenly the wind moved really fast near Zhen Zhi, creating a small hurricane. Zhen Zhi felt like his skin is burned.The hurricane heading into the ground, when the hurricane impacted the ground, an earth shake suddenly erupted near Zhen Zhi. Then in front of Zhen Zhi, a crater suddenly created. After a while, a second crater also created with a sound of a small explosion at the same time.

"Now done."

"If you have this power, why you didn't save my parent and other villagers ? " Shouted Zhen Zhi with a trace of anger that can be seen on his face.

"Boy, me and that woman are sealed in your soul. So, what we can do is limited." Replied Shu Zan calmly.

"But .. But !?" Said Zhen Zhi with a panic tone, he wanted to blame other about the tragedy.

"Little boy, now it's not the time to argue with him. Hurry bury them." Suggested Fen Yi

Zhen Zhi hearing what Fen Yi said, can only nod and follow what she said.

"Little boy, hear what I said. Will the ring to bring out your parent. After that, you put them into the hole.

"Okay. " Replied Zhen Zhi, he has a good impression to Fen Yi. Because she always calls him little boy, he remembered about her mother every time she speaks

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"How to close the hole ?" Asked Zhen Zhi after put his parent corpses into the holes.

"What you must do is " Said Fen Yi before she suddenly interrupted by Shu Zan.

"Wait !!!" Shouted Shu Zan.

Zhen Zhi surprised when he hear Shu Zan voice.

"Boy, you must close yourself without relying on us. You can use the rocks or sand to close the hole." Ordered Shu Zan.

"Shu Zan ! Why you make this hard for this boy !" Said Fen Yi after creating a sound barrier, because of this Zhen Zhi can't hear what they said.

"This boy will live without his parent, we must make him do things for himself before it too late."

"But, he still a kid !" Yelled Fen YI.

"Okay." Said Zhen Zhi. Fen Yi shocked hearing Zhen Zhi answer. Unknowing to her, Zhen Zhi already realized Shu Zan intention.

Zhen Zhi searched nearby rocks. After collecting them, he put it into the holes. Then he used sand to close the holes after realizing that the rock is not sufficient to close the holes.

"Boy, did you want to be strong ?" Asked Shu Zan suddenly.

"Strong ? I always want to be strong. But I always asked to myself, if I become strong, then what ?" Replied Zhen Zhi innocently.

"Boy, this will hurt, but if you become strong, when you have friend or family, you can protect them. Unlike now where you powerless to even protect yourself."

"Protect ? Will I get a new family ?"

"Little boy, you can call me Aunt Yi, you can also call him Uncle Zan." 

"Wait, what ?" Asked Shu Zan surprised.

"Okay."

"NO, don't call me uncle !" Shouted Shu Zan.

"hihihihi." laughed Zhen Zhi. He laughed because two people argued stupid thing in his mind, and he can't do anything. 

"Forget it, boy, you still haven't answered my question, do you want to be strong ?"

"Yes !!!!!" Said Zhen Zhi firmly.

"Then ..." Said Shu Zan while thinking at the same time.