[Land of Immortals]
The land that birthed immortals like normal. It was a land that was rich in divine essence and were maintaining the longevity of all the inhabitants thereof. The land where Xulin had ascended.
He was a mortal from the mortal realm and he just ascended to become an immortal. But to his surprise, he was not the only one there, all of the people there were exuding immortal auras. Just like him!
The land of immortals where no one would die of old age. Such a dream for him to be born here. He was only a year old where he could see flying swords and also some were having mysterious auras. They were all called cultivators. To his surprise, they have martial arts that were familiar to his past mortal world. These martial arts were also here!
Luckily, he has mastered them before leaving the mortal realm. And here, his peers were all just beginners. And so, he has planned for a future brighter than the day. He has his edge compared to others.
He entered four years old of age that he could walk. He immediately made his research to read and write. Making him read the scrolls of martial arts techniques.
It was only the beginning and he was excited to meet a master to spar with. Based on his knowledge, he only need to adjust from his young body to the martial arts he needed to master. For example was a martial arts that needed flexibility and precision. This needs a body trained for that.
And so, his training began at a young age. To his surprise, he could even train masters at his young age. Whether they would be any martial arts styles to techniques. Name it!
He was confident that he could even rival Grandmasters. But to his surprise, he noticed that they have a stronger output to his knowledge. They called it Qi output. The sole reason why they were stronger was because of essence called Qi.
He observed that he could do martial arts, whether any forms or styles but it was subpar due to having no Qi strength in it.
He asked his elders to what was the problem but he was just told that he has to awaken his Qi Core. Xulin was more confused but his elder Xu told him that he has to undergo Awakening Ceremony.
They told him that he would be ready for the awakening, in the meantime, he has to prepare and go play first with other children.
But Xulin, was more matured compared to his age. He was practicing martial arts and reading scrolls all the time when he was vacant. He would only play when his younger sister Yulin would ask him to.
Xulin then asked his parents to do the awakening ceremony. And so, his parents prepared for his awakening. His father Xin and mother Rian went with him to the Awakening ritual and Yulin was with them.
They left early from their Lee Clan and traveled to the grand testing halls where they would test Xulin as well as Yulin. They saw the extravagant halls and were excited to sight seeing inside. They saw the pulsating white lights emanating from the crystals that hoovered above. The halls were white and the staffs inside were all having white robes and some were radiating with white auras.
His parents went to ask one of them and they instructed that, "The Grand Awakener would arrive in several minutes. Please wait," they were asked to take seats while waiting.
Xulin on the contrary was excited. He could not wait anymore. He wanted to become a cultivator fast!
His discovery made him jolt in excitement. Maybe he could even train his peers in the clan to become masters of martial arts!
Then after that, the Grand Awakener arrived. He was greeted by him and his parents immediately stood up.
"Sir, my children wanted to awaken. Please awaken these two and may they serve the Empire with great potential." Said his mother Rian.
"Calm down, I am only an Awakener, their potential and future is in their hands. Now now, let's head to the Awakening Halls to proceed with the awakening ritual." Said the Grand Awakener.
They proceed to the halls and could see an aura that came from the awakening crystal of the halls. They stood right outside from the said aura and Xulin was told to enter the barrier near them.
Xulin entered and he immediately felt the aura entered his body. It felt like he was being scanned from the inside-out and it felt like his soul was being read.
Constitution - C
Strength - D
Speed - D
Potential - B
Talent - Ultra Mastery
Qi Core - Broken
"Hmm, good constitution. Potential is good, but there's a problem. You have a broken Core." He said with worries.
"What!?" His parents both screamed. They immediately felt down and their happiness turned to sadness.
He immediately went down and he was hugged by his parents. Their tears were overwhelming at the moment and Xulin was confused. They must be sad. He has great potential but was blundered by his Qi Core. It meant a great deal to his dreams. As he could not become a Spirit Cultivator but only a Body Cultivator.
This meant a lot of problem, and to get it fixed was to have a huge money and resources.
Then after him was his sister. She entered the aura and was scanned by it. Then the Awakener was greatly overjoyed after a great deal of sadness.
"A great potential, a miracle from heaven! A genius!" He shouted.
Constitution - S
Strength - S
Speed - S
Potential - S
Talent - Fast Learner
Qi Core - S
With that, his parents cheered for her, she was being hugged and Xulin was happy for her too. Even the Grand Awakener recommend here to the academy. Xulin too if he wanted to but it was for the meantime. Meanwhile, he could train his sister and his martial arts while he could. He would have to prepare later for the Academy. His primary concern was his sister. There would be more problems later on as she would be a great target of enemies. As well as she would soar high if she would meet a great master.