"Ny-ny , yu-yu breakfast is ready" Fang ming shouted. hmm five more minutes I should back with a tired voice, as i pull the covers over my head to block out the light of sun.
"if Nyx doesn't get down here can I eat her portions of food? Hehe" yu said to his mother innocently.
I heard that, I shouted back st yu. climbing out of bed while draped in my covers. my hair is a mess but I don't care, i make my way down the cold wording floors and into the kitchen wear I see yu reaching his small grubby hands to my plate. "i see you must scaled mt.tie and defeated lord rank demons Beast to date and touch my food" I gave him a devilish smile and glare. his father who I didn't see at the time had a deep laugh, while his mother gave a small giggle.
"yu, you know better than to touch Nyx' s food, haha ha, food, sleep and reading. dare to interrupt any and feel her cute wrath" his father said with a smile.
"nyx how many times do I have to tell you to stop coming downstairs wrapped in your covers, you will get them dirty, and I wash them just the other day." Fang ming said with a sigh.
" I'm sorry aunty it's just it's so cold in the morning I need this to keep me warm:" giving her the cutest smile and big puppy dog eyes. my beautiful ice blue eyes can give. I soon then hop into my chair and started to eat.
" injustice", yu shouted, I gave him a quick death stare, he quickly went back to eating finishing the food on his plate.
once breakfast was finished, no one got out of their seat; which was weird since yu usually bolts outside to do some of the morning practices his father showed him a year ago. while deep in though thinking about my plans to get stronger I hear aunty said we all need to talk, it draws me back from my deep though.
Nyx, yu we need to talk about something important, your father and I are not from this place, in fact we are apart of the Fang clan millions of miles from here.." ming said, her voice carried a carried a sad tone to it. "we were waiting to tell this to you on your 9th birthday. it's because for one to start to cultivate mana/qi they needed to be 10 years old.. I know you have questions and are confused but It would be simpler if I showed you." ming unfolded her hands and raised out her palm holding it above the middle of the table. " burn" she said with a tone of regret. an instant later an orange/red fire spring upon her hand it was the size 20cm ball; giving off as much heat as a bonfire. yu and I stare dumbfounded at it. a few seconds later the ball of fire disappears. this is mana, she says, it's in the air, the water, the earth. it's everywhere. I am a mage. well to be more precise I'm a 4 stage fire/earth grand mage". confusion lingered off nyx' s and yu face.
"honey I think that's enough for one day, you may fry their brain if you let them know everything" Fang lee said
I guess you're right dear" ming said she then waved her hand and 2 books appeared out of thin air. here you two go, you need to read this book, it should explain what we are talking about.. I hoped that this day wouldn't come and you two could live a normal mortal life... but we would regret not giving you a choice." ming said with a depressing tone. the air around the table was still as tense as when she started talking, silence filled the air. the cicadas were the only thing making a sound near the house.
I think I should start making lunch, Nyx, yu go to your rooms and start reading I'll call you down once lunch is finshed. and if you behave I'll answer one of your questions."ming said before getting up and grabbing her husband's arm. they walked out the front door to get down fresh vegetables from the garden.
my brain couldn't have been more confused about what just happened. what is the truth, can I be stronger and make fire out of nothing?? I said questioning what my reality is. I give a panic look over to yu who seem deep in though, I slowly pushed my chair away as to not make noise and disrupt yu. I slowly make my way to the stairs and walk step by step, each step landing on the smooth wooden step. it felt like the longest walk up a flight of stares in my life. I make my way into my room with the book in hand. so curious about the reality and power of the outside world. I make my self comfy by throwing all my pillows into a pile before jumping into a middle of it, it looked like a nest made of pillows. I open the thick leather book to see the pristine white paper, the title had no name. I flip to the next stage and saw a huge landmass, and as I was in awe I looked closer and found out there were lines on different places.it looked like borders, each section had a name the ming empire, ling empire, song empire, cao republic, Wang kingdom and the last one has no name. is this the map of the world? it seems small. if uncle heard what she just said he would cough up blood and faint on the spot. she looked over the map one more time and realised the sea around it had 4 different name. north sea, south sea, restless sea and the calm sea. it seem contradictory to each other how odd. looking at it one last time I saw what looked like forest everywhere and they all had the same name demonic forest. I wonder why. flipping the page I came to what lists of ranking.
apprentice is working on the body taking in qi or mana. In some cases both to strengthen the body. it has 6 ranks. skin, blood, bones, organs
squire: taking in mana/qi from the and guide it into the dantien from the meridians. 4 stages entry, mid, peak, full circle
hmm, I looked at the next one but it wasn't as deep just giving the names of the stages. knight, grand knight, earth knight, sky knight and heavenly knight.
it then switches over and talks about the mage stages apprentices, novice mage, mage, grand mage, mage lord, magic king, heavenly magi/mage emperor.
each level after squire for knights has 9 ranks, and after notice mage has 9 ranks as well. I flip to the next page and it started to talk about demonic Beasts and their ranking 0-7 each rank core responds to the mage and knight rank. demonic beats can increase their rank by cultivation but rely on inherit memories on their ancestors, which makes it easier for them to grasped certain moves but it hinders them from advancing due to bloodline purity. each sonic beast has only entry, mid, peak and completion per rank. taken a deep breath in and exhaling slowly I look down. in bold red writing CAUTION, DEMONIC BEAST ARE KNOWN TO FIGHT ABOVE THEIR RANK BY A SMALL BOUNDARY. inhaling the breath I just exhaled. I need to make note of this thinking to myself. I flip to the next page which talked about mana and known kinds.
at the top there was time, space, chaos, life and death magic. below that were ice, lava/magma, lightning, gravity, darkness, and light. and finally there were the four elements. fire, earth, wind and water.
caution. having a higher elemental doesn't mean you are stronger, a lower element can beat even the highest element if not careful.
so I can't even slack off even if I have a higher element. that sucks. I was just about to flip over to the next page but when I heard ming shout" Nyx, yu, come and eat lunch". in a daze I look up and saw the sun a past its highest point. It clued in how long was readying for, it's been a few hours. wait what took lunch so long I stare crazy at the door. I place the book on the pillows and jump out of my comfortable nest making my way down stairs and to the table. when I got to the table I see a garden of vegetables. when did I turn into a rabbit? where is the meat?? I looked up to see aunty smiling at me and said, we need to finish all the food in the garden so meat is on hold till dinner"
nearly fainting front the shock of not having meat, I pulled up my body on to the chair, showed a sad but glad smile and started mugging away.. I don't care what they say veggies will never taste as good as perfectly cooked meat nyx said in her heart. after the garden lunch finished ming asked then to ask one question each. yu was the first one to ask and said " why are you telling us this now?"
his mother looked at her husband and before she could say anything yu father said " because we are moving into a city so that you two can take part into the talent choice" with a firm voice.
we are moving? I think to myself. I may spend most of the day by myself but I happen to like where we live. it's a good 10min walk toward the town, there is no hustle and bustle of the town. we get quietness of the night and the smell of the fresh dew outdoors which is perfectly soothing if you ask me.. I then started to think of what I should ask.. so many questions how can I possible ask just one.. it takes me a minute to recollect my thoughts. okay, when/where are we moving and how long will it take? I said with a firm but curious voice."
we live in the Ming empire well closer to the border between ming and ling empire , we are heading to the song empire, to be more exact we are heading to the capital city, song city. it would take about 3yrs to reach there if we take a normal carriage. but lucky for you we aren't, we are going to take a rank 3 peak demonic flying beast I'll rent from city. so it should only take 7-9 months. we will leave in 2 days, so start packing up" says ming with an uplifting voice
we clear the table, and I head back into my room to finish the book. the second last page of the book is about the top 10 schools/sects of the empires. 1st is immortal sect which focuses on both mage and knight training. 2nd is the mage association, 3rd battle hard school, 4th trade school( alchemy, blacksmith, and medicine) 5th, frozen glacier( all girl school), 6th crimson peek sect, 7th sword god sect, 8th devil peak sect, 9th void sect, 10th holy-light sect. these are the best schools/sect in the world hopefully I would be accepted into immortal sect or frozen glacier school, I started day dreaming about being the super strong calling the winds and summoning the lightning. I'm to excited I said.