Chapter : 38 : Morning Sun Dew Healing Technique :
Location : Xiao Clan Library :
" Good morning Elder Wong ! "
At this moment Xiao Ming was standing in front of an elder with short white beard and wrinkled face looking at a scroll in his hand .
Upon hearing Xiao Ming's greeting the elder look at him with a gentle smile .
He was the 12th elder of the Xiao clan , Xiao Wong and was responsible for managing the clan library .
The Xiao clan had in total recognised 12 elders in its circle who adviced and worked alongside the clan head .
How each elder's are ranked varies on various factors including strength , knowledge , seniority and contribution to the clan .
The strength of the cultivation levels was the greatest factor in all of them .
After all in this cultivation world strength was of the highest value .
After the 12 elders there are other important and experience members within the clan but they are not given the title of elders .
Instead they are called advisory elders who mostly work under this 12 elder as their advisors and helpers .
Xiao Wong was the 12th
Elder of the Clan and was responsible for managing the clan library .
His strength was weakest among all the 12 elders being only at the stage of 4 star Dou Grandmaster .
And while this was a strong cultivation level by the standards of the cultivation world .
It still lacked behind the other 10 elders before him who were all at Dou King realm .
Only he and the 11th elder's were at Dou Grandmaster realm .
But recently the 11th elder had made some progress and had reached the level of 6 star Dou Grandmaster .
And he might just break into the Dou King realm soon enough .
And as for Xiao Wong it seems that he doesn't have much intentions to continue to rise his cultivation strength .
According to what Xiao Ming learned from the second elder about this polite and friendly elder is that in his youth Xiao Wong led multiple missions outside the clan .
And it was during those missions that he collected a lot of hidden injuries that were not discovered and treated in time.
Coupled with the losses of his close friends and his wife , overtime his will to continue in his cultivation path had declined a lot .
Soon he gave up taking outside missions related to combat and preferred a slow and peaceful retirement .
But at that time the clan desperately needed a person to fill the position of the 12th elder .
And Xiao Wong was the best candidate at the time .
He also had made much contribution to the clan and was well liked by every other elders and the previous clan head .
And since he had a personal love for reading books , so he was given the control of the clan library .
And during his visits to the clan library for so long Xiao Ming had became quite familiar with this old but cheerful elder who was very supportive of his dedication to study .
" Oh ! It's you young Xiao Ming . " - Xiao Wong put his scroll down and stood up from his chair .
" How are you elder Wong. " - Xiao Ming asked politely .
" Hahaha... ! I am fine for my age . " - Xiao Wong replied while laughing heartily as he looked at Xiao Ming .
" Is there any book you need from me young Xiao Ming because you can ask me about it . "
Xiao Wong also had a good impression of this young clan member .
Not only was Xiao Ming talented in cultivation and alchemy but he also showed a good amount of interest and dedication in learning and reading books .
Not many in his age would come in regular manner to the library to learn from books .
It was because most of them would rather spend their time training on field swinging their fist and sword .
And even for those who did came many of them were just either trying to impress some girls or wanted to learn more about some strong and powerful techniques .
And ask for other books of knowledge.. well they were simply ignored .
But this boy Xiao Ming was different .
He always asked for various kinds of books from the various topics and acted more like a scholar .
This created a good impression in Xiao Wong's heart because he too had a love for books and interest that he once shared with his late wife .
To be honest he did not have any children but if he had a grandson he certainly would have liked someone like Xiao Ming .
So he always tried to help the Young genius of the clan whenever he could with guidance and any other help possible .
" Yes elder ! I was thinking could you point some techniques to me related to healing that can be done with light affinity . " - Xiao Ming unaware of the 12th elders thoughts right now asked his question .
This was the second most important reason why he came to the library today .
After he learned about the purification and healing abilities of the light affinity he decided that he would focus on the healing abilities for now .
This was because in order to learn the purification ability he must at first have a proper grasp over the healing ability .
The healing ability was easier to learn and right now he severely lacked any such techniques .
During his battle with Xiao Zhan and then all his life simulation troubles he noticed that due to his lakh of healing techniques his battle performance had suffered a lot .
So he decided that along with the rest of his arsenal of techniques he needed to add a new healing technique .
Well he could have just looked for the technique himself but since he had no idea what kind of heeling technique would be suitable for him to learn at first he decided that he should take the 12th elder's advice .
After all he had more experience than him in such matters .
" Oh ! Healing techniques ! So you want to learn it for your light affinity . Good choice . " - hearing Xiao Ming's words Xiao Wong was a little surprised at first but then give a smile of approval .
Xiao Wong himself wanted to give some recommendations for healing techniques to Xiao Ming regarding the light affinity after learning that he had the light affinity .
But now that the other side had asked him for it himself he felt glad that this young boy had a good mind .
" Well just wait here for sometime I will go and bring something suitable for you in a moment . " - with that the elder went inside deeper in the library as Xiao Ming quietly sat down waiting for him to come back .
And he didn't have to wait for too long as the elder returned within 2 minutes .
" Here take this with you carefully . " - Xiao Wong then handed a scroll to Xiao Ming.
When Xiao Ming looked at the scroll he read name of the technique written on it .
" Mid Grey Grade : Morning Sun Dew Healing Technique " .
Seeing the name Xiao Ming felt that the name had quite a good ring to it .
But his attention quickly shifted to the grade of the technique.
' A mid Grey Grade technique . "
He was surprised that the elder Wong would actually give him a technique of this level to learn .
After all he had just started learning basic about healing techniques .
So isn't it too advanced for him .
Seeing the confusion in his eyes the elder understood what he was thinking and quickly cleared the misunderstanding .
" Every healing technique in our clan starts at least on the level of low Grey Grade including the light affinity one's . "
" And this one is a special mid Grey Grade technique I choose for you because this is an effective technique you can learn with minimal requirements . "
Xiao Wong explained in details as to how to use the technique and why he choose that for him .
After listening to the explanation Xiao Ming understood that this technique might indeed be more suitable for him then he had previously imagined .
Then he quickly started to read the scroll and front of the elder and was mesmerized by it .
In this Morning Sun Dew Healing Technique , one had to gather his light affinity in his hand and concentrate it to make it into a substance like a morning dew .
Once done it's used to lightly massage over the wounded area which would start to heal on it's own .
The effect of the technique depends on the proficiency of the user.
Usually it can heal most small and medium external wounds but if the user has enough proficiency then he can even heal small internal wounds and bones .
To be honest it was a perfect technique for him at this moment because right now he wasn't ready to learn anything more advanced .
Grateful that he had chosen to believe in the 12th elder's decison to choose a technique for him .
" Thank you very much elder Wong . " - Xiao Ming said as he bowed his head in gratitude .
" No need young Xiao Ming for now you should go and practice this technique with all your heart and soul . " - Xiao Wong said to which Xiao Ming nodded in agreement .
" And Xiao Ming before you leave I have a word of advice for you . " - suddenly the tone in the voice of the 12th elder changed suddenly as he became more focused .
Hearing the change Xiao Ming also became curious as to what advice this wise elder had to give to him .
" I understand that you have a great taste for knowledge and a deep curiosity that is an advantage you must use to it's fullest . " - seeing that he had Xiao Ming's attention the elder started to speak .
" Knowledge is the basis of all power in this world , so you must never let your curiosity for knowledge go down . " - Xiao Ming nodded in agreement .
" But you must always remember that in this pursuit of knowledge you must never lose your true self in the process . " - Xiao Wong said his eyes serious and held no sign of his earlier smile .
Hearing this and looking at the serious eyes of the elder , Xiao Ming wash taken a back .
Was it really that dangerous ?
Understanding the doubts in the young mind the elder continue to explain .
" Throughout my life as a cultivator I have seen many young talented people like you . " - Xiao Wong said however this time his eyes held a for shoft and somewhat sad expression .
" Some of them also had a deep interest for knowledge but that Interest soon turned into obsession and that obsession lead to their corruption by the dark cultivators . " - Xiao Wong's word made the temperature of the room go down by a few degrees.
" It is not because that they were not aware of the consequences of accepting the dark powers . "
" It was because that they had given up there souls willingly for knowledge despite knowing everything . "
Hearing this Xiao Ming was stunned .
He knew that the quest of knowledge and power especially in this cultivation world can lead a person to do various things .
But still handing over your soul to corruption of the dark cultivators just for some knowledge .
That's not stupidness ! that's madness !
Now he started to understand why the 12th elder was suddenly giving him this advice .
" Xiao Ming ! You have a great mind and dedication that many lacks . "
" And that's why I want you to remember that knowledge and power is important . "
" But what is just as important as that is to remeber ' why ' you want that power and knowledge and to protect ' whom ' do you want that power and knowledge . "
" This question of ' why ' and for ' Whom ' is exactly that will make you different from those who have given up there wills and souls to the corruption . " - with that the 12th elder finally finished speaking as he looked at the boy Infront of him .
As his words fell the room fell in a pin drop silence as Xiao Ming didn't speak for sometime .
Then he kept the scroll aside and looked at the 12th elder with determination and spoke with sincerity in his voice .
" Thank you for your reminder elder Wong . " - Xiao Ming said .
" I will always remember to take your advice to heart and whenever I feel myself going to the dark side I will always ask the questions of ' Why ' and ' Whom ' to myself . "
Xiao Ming understood the meaning of the elders advice and had no intention of allowing himself to become like one of those people who gave up there will to the dark side of corruption for some knowledge .
" Good ! Now you can go and rest afterall you had a eventful day . " - finally seeing that Xiao Ming had sincerely taken his advice Xiao Wong mentally gave himself a sigh of relief .
With that they continued talked for some time before Xiao Ming finally left library for his home .
After Xiao Ming left the 12th elder once again set down in his chair but this time he didn't continue to read any further .
After a while he quietly looked at the ring in his right hand .
" I hope you won't make the same mistake as I did . "
To Be Continued .