"Ha! I witnessed the immortal fairy using her powers with my own eyes! She sliced that dirty demon into pieces with a single swing of her sword."
"No way! Ahhh, why did it have to be my turn to go berry picking in the forest?"
"Look, look! Don't be disheartened," he patted the boy on the back, "You can still see the immortal and witness the scar left by her on the ground. What do you think those guys are doing there?" He then pointed to the large crowd of people around the center of the village.
"Really?! Then what are we waiting for? Let's go already!"
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"We thank the heroic immortal for getting rid of that filthy demon!" The village chief trembled with excitement and bowed towards the red-robed girl. He glanced at the standing corpse of the demonic cultivator with a tingle of fear in his heart.
The villagers behind him also bowed to the immortal.
"Hm." She waved her hand and put the corpse of the demonic cultivator in the bag tied to her waist. She turned her eyes to look at a girl and boy standing next to the chief.
"You have good talent," she nodded at the girl, "Come with me."
"Wha...?!" The girl was surprised, she had the talent to become a immortal?
"Bu-but i don't-"
"Quick, quick Ai'er, listen to the Immortal Fairy and go along with her. I'll explain it to your mother." Zheng Nan urged his daughter, afraid that the immortal would change her mind.
"Bu- but this is too sudden! I don't want to leave!"
"Don't worry kid, with your talent, you'll reach the 4th level of Qi Manipulation in no time. Then you can come back to the village." She reassured the girl.
Zheng Ai looked at her father, who was gessuring her to accept quickly.
"Alright then..." The thirteen year old girl said hesitatenly. Suddenly, she grabbed the boy's arm and asked worriedly, "Brother Shen, did you get injured anywhere?"
"I'm fine Ai'er, no need to worry." The boy responded.
"Thank the Heavens!" Zheng Ai was relieved, brother Shen wasn't injured.
"Congratulations on having the talent for cultivation, Ai'er!" The boy congratulated Zheng Ai.
"Hm.... I'll come back flying like a immortal, and then, we'll go see the stars up close like we've always wanted to!" Zheng Ai made exaggerated gestures with her hands.
"Hahaha, I'll count on it then"
The silence lasted for a minute.
"Well, it seems like you're done. Let's go."
There was no snap of the fingers or flying off. Both the Immortal Fairy and the girl disappeared in front of everyone. Like they had never been there before.
"Congratulations Brother Huan! You have an immortal in your family." The crowd gathered around the man and started to flatter him.
"From today onwards, you will have a lot of glory. So don't forget us!"
"Yes yes! After all, didn't i use to clean Ai'er as a chlid?"
A heavy set lady chimmed in.
The village chief coughed loudly to interrupt the villagers, "Everyone, I think that's enough excitement for today, tomorrow we will hold a celebration ceremony for Ai'er. So please, go home right now to conserve your energy."
At his words, the villagers looked dispersed, leaving only Qin Shen standing.
Qin Shen was an orphan, his mother passed away when he was born and his father, who was a traveler, never came back home one day. One day, when he was begging on the streets, he was kidnapped by some bandits and brought deep into forest.
However, one bandit still had a heart. So when no one was looking, he loosened the rope tied around Qin Shen. After which he choose to escape in a random direction, when the sun in the sky had set, he stumbled upon the Village. Relieved, he ran through the enterance and finally passed out.
After he woke up, he found himself on a bed, surrounded by a couple of villagers. He tearily told his story, due to which the villagers took pity on the boy and took him in.
Shaking himself out of the old memory, Qin Shen looked at the destroyed house in front of him and felt terrified! Had that immortal not shown up, he would have become food for that cultivator.
Two months ago, a heavily injured man suddenly appeared at the entrance of the village. The villagers were shocked by his appearance and immediately rescued him.
When the man woke up, he thanked the people profusely. He said that both he and his son got attacked by bandits while traveling. While crying, he told them that his son had sacrificed himself to give him a chance to run away. He had no where to go.
He pulled out a box of gold coins from his box and presented it to the chief, asking for help.
The village chief, blinded by the sight of the coins, allocated an abandoned house for the man to live in. He then pointed at him and told the man that he could ask Qin Shen for anything during the stay. Qin Shen was the most robust and capable boy in the village.
Today, the man asked Qin Shen to help fix the ceiling of his house. Due to the heavy rain, a portion of it had collapsed. Qin Shen agreed to his request.
Upon entering the house, he saw a weird pattern on the ground. At this moment, Qin Shen lost all control of his body and got dragged into the center of the formation.
Qin Shen trembled remembering the pain. It was horrifying.
Pain! He felt indescribable pain spreading throughout his body.
It felt like something was drilling holes all over his body while simultaneously smashing his head with a metal pipe. It was awful and nauseating. He wanted to vomit.
As if his soul was being sucked like a empty juice box.
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts so much! I don't wanna, I don't want to die here! I have even yet to enter the path of cultivation! I didn't even marry Ai'er yet!" Qin Shen fell into despair.
"Save me, save me, save me! Anyone help me!"
A ray of blue sword Qi suddenly appeared and hit the house.
Boom
The house collapsed and the sword Qi disappeared, leaving a large scar on the ground ten meters deep and dozens of meters long.
From a outsiders perspective, the moment the ray of light hit the house, Qin Shen also disappeared.
"Ufff!" Qin Shen bent over and vomited out his insides. He felt the weakness slowly disappearing as he stood up.
"Cough, cough!" He wiped his mouth, eyes widened with surprise as he looked at the surroundings. Somehow, Qin Shen had been moved out of the house!
Qin Shen looked ahead and was frightened! He saw the old man's house in ruins, and the man's body was split vertically in half from the center. But the thing that frightened him was that the body didn't fall to the ground!
'Is he still alive?' Sweat dripped down Qin Shen's face.
Suddenly, a voice sounded, "He's dead, don't be afraid." A pale white hand landed on Qin Shen's shoulder. He felt a calm energy flow through his body, instantly making all the pain and discomfort disappear.
He wanted to move to see the person behind him but felt that he couldn't control a single muscle in his body and even speaking wasn't possible.
"Hm? Oh," the red-robed figure removed their hands from Qin Shen, "I healed all the injuries in your body as thanks for luring him out and making him act."
As he turned around, Qin Shen was shocked! What a peerless beauty!
A face that could put all the women to shame, 1.8 and a half meters tall, well rounded in all the 'desired' areas as revealed by the red robe on her. He immediately felt a 'hot' desire for her light up in his body. Don't blame him! He was just a fifteen-year old boy.
However, when he looked at the elegant sword in her hands that gave him chills and the feeling of otherworldy aura from her, he pushed these thoughts out of his mind.
'Hiss! It's an immortal,' thought Qin Shen, she should've been the one that killed the demon, "I thank the great immortal fairy for saving me!" He bowed to express his thanks.
"What the hell is going on over there?!" The villagers who heard the explosive sound came running over with shovels and pitchforks in their hands.
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The heavy rain hammered down on Quging village, the thunder roaring fiercely in the sky.
Qin Shen sat upright on his bed, lost in thought.
"Ai'er must have high talent to be recruited by the immortal..." Qin Shen clenched his fists in jealousy, the veins on his head popping out, "I probably have no spiritual roots, yet Ai'er has them?!"
He closed his eyes in frustration, this was a hard pill for any man to swallow. He had always dreamed of being accepted by a immortal as a disciple. And then, he would show-off in front of Ai'er, make her fall for him, and then wed her.
'My head hurts for some reason, let's get something to eat first.'
Pushing these thoughts out of his mind, he opened his eyes and got ready to eat the leftover rice from last night.
However, he was left in shock! He wasn't in his room anymore! He wasn't even laying down on the bed, he was standing!
Startled, he looked around.
Everywhere his eyes went, all he saw was water.
"Hm?" He seemed to see something glowing in the distance. He felt compelled to go near the light so he started to slowly walk towards the light. As he got closer and closer, he saw a floating ball of white light, which had a black Cube in it.
'What the hell is going on? Am i hallucinating?'
Standing in front of the light, Qin Shen observed the Cube.
"What a weird thing...."
He reached his hand inside to grab the Cube.
Suddenly, a hole opened up on the side of the Cube, a thin book, was spat out. The golden embroidery gave him a sense of oppression and dread.
"Ahhh! My head!" Qin Shen suddenly fell to the ground, it hurts!
Blue Star? What's that?
A flood of unknown memories rushed into Qin Shen's mind as he rolled around in pain on the ground.
After a few minutes of painful screams and groans, Qin Shen went silent.
He stood up from the ground, and straightened his lenin shirt.
"Sure enough, I made the right bet"
Qin Shen then walked over to the fallen book and picked it up.
"Hm? So I got this type of golden finger"