The hut seemed not far away but it took Xiao long a few hours to walk there .He could have Sprinted there but he preferred to walk as he enjoyed the sight of this herbs they looked sacred no matter how he looked at them .And he felt his mind absorbing a certain aura making strengthening his mental fortitude and clearing his worries and gaining clarity .He entered a state of enlightenment that his mastery of his techniques began to improve some even nearing the Complete mastery this was the Fleeting moment.
So he wasn't in a hurry to reach there ,but as always all journey comes to their ends he arrived at the hut.
The hut was a simple one made of wood ,it brought this feeling of simplicity.
When he looked at it he felt as it he was looking at the source of origin .
His cultivation realm was to low to comprehend what he saw or felt but he still tried to capture this feeling.It may come in handy in his cultivation journey.
He didn't even notice the aura he got after enter the Qi realm that was around his body had withdrawn .He looked like an old scholar.Not like the one Xiao Wei had of a learned scholar but of an enlightened one.
Walking into the hut he was expecting to find a table, a bed ,a lamp and some books but all he saw was a painting of a daoist on the wall and pool of water a few meters long .
" Disappointed" a voice asked .
This time Xiao long was not freaked out as he was begining to get used to some old geezers trying to mystify themselves.
" Nope, I have already gotten more than I ever asked for " Xiao long replied.
" So you are satisfied " the voice asked .
"Not exactly but I don't have the strength to protect myself let alone anything precious " he replied honestly.If he had the strength he could have uprooted those herbs and left with them not forgetting this hut but his strength wouldn't allow.
" Good that's the spirit,knowing your own weakness and embracing them but not allowing them to but off you burning desires" he voice praised in appreciation.
" So if you had the strength you won't be satisfied with what you have " it asked .
" Men die for wealth,birdd die for food " Xiao long muttered.
" Exactly and as a cultivator we should never give up on your dreams and goals because of huddles they are there to motivate us " he voice added softly.
" I am Xiao long my Father named me that to be his little dragon but my mother named me Hao long as a hoping me the fortune of a boundless dragon "he introduced himself he didn't know why he did that but he did.
" I am Yi Tian my Master named me hoping I will be as Grand as the skies and proud as the heavens " the voice muttered.
"And did you ? " Xiao long asked .
" I sure did " Y iTian answered with a slight aggitation in his voice " but master had already left"he added with a disappointed tone.
" I bet he is proud of you wherever he is " Xiao long consoled,he didn't know why but he felt he had to say those words.
" You bet " Yi Tian asked with aggitation in his voice
" If it was me I would sure be proud ,but sky isnt the limit " he added .
" Thanks take care of that orb and the scroll,you must return them to me when you reach the Ancestral domain" Yi Tian muttered " as for the things in the ring you can use them ,also take care of those fellas for me " he added
" Can't you take them away now ? " Xiao long asked .
" This is just a strand of thought I left here, take care fellow Daoist we will meet again" he said as the painting on the wall bursts into flames.
Xiao long didn't know that the words he told the Daoist about sky being not the limit sparked a war in the Ancestral Domain elevating pressure on the Xiao clan There.
Taking a sip of water in the pool his body fell apart if not for a flame left by the painting holding his existence together as he reformed time and time again Xiao long would have met his end here .His consciousness was still there so he witnessed what was going on here he cursed his damned luck .' It was just a pool of water who knew it contained that enormous amount of energy ' .
His body reformed and disaggregated 49 times before it was able to hold its self together.
And it seemed the energy in that sip wasn't even a thousandth refined it was sealed into his bones by an unknown force if he had to guess it was Yi Tian final gift to him.
Feeling his body he felt more free than usual it felt as if a large boulder has been lifted upon his shoulders.
Looking at the pool he wanted to take away a few litres with him but he didn't have a place to put it in .
He has been forgetting to ask his old man for an interspatial ring for a while now.But according to the power the water contained he doubted that if there is any ring in the clan that could withstand it's might.
He was depressed as he knew that he may need this water to form his avatar now that he was already at the peak of the Qi realm.
He just had to break through the Soul Transformation realm and refine two avatars together.But it seemed he wants destined with this water .
He looked at it and turned to walk away when he remembered the ring in his dantian .
' Foolish me ' he cursed himself how could he forget that ring .He almost missed this opportunity.
He sent his spiritual sense inside the dantian toward the ring . He expected it to be swallowed or obliterated but nothing happened except a part of his Spiritual sense merged with the ring forming a seal.
He then felt a connection with the ring with a thought he could control it.
Taking it out he sent his spiritual sense inside they were many objects and even with his knowledge he couldn't name anything.
Many objects were sealed formations requiring knowledge of formation to open them .And as luck would have it one of the objects was a gourd and it was sealed.
Xiao long wasn't surprised he threw the ring inside the pool and opened it ,he then controlled it to swallow the water inside .The pool looked small but it was definitely could hold an entire ocean of water.It was built by a master of space .The ring flooded full after draining an inch of the pool but that didn't take long that inch refilled itself as if mocking Xiao long.Taking his ring Xiao long checked it and found the gourd was Swallowing the Water he wanted to take more but he felt his surroundings shift and he was back outside the mountain barrier .
The beings were there waiting for him he told them everything that happened except the Daoist part he didn'tlnow why he left that part out but he did.
" Kid it seems you had an interesting experience but it's time to leave ,it has been almost six months in the outside " Xuanji explained.
It seems the time it took to reform his body was longer than expected.
" We will summon with you when we are bored" Wei Hu added shamelessly.
With a thought Xiao long found himself on his courtyard Cultivation room It was full of dust meaning no one came to look for him .It was a taboo to interrupt a cultivator in seclusion.And that rule saved his ass as he wouldn't know how to explain where he was during those six months.
Dusting his robes he opened the door A ray of sunlight shone on his eyes almost blinding him .
" How I have missed you " he muttered sly as he looked into the kitchen direction having naughty thoughts.