"Crack!"
A glass broke from a maiden's hand and woke Zhang Min. He was in a deep sleep , but as he woke up , he realised he was someone else. He wasn't Wen Ming , but rather Zhang Min , son of the Jianghua commandery Prince. Lost in his thoughts , he didn't realise his mother came in.
"Min , are you alright? How are you?" her mother asked with concern.
"Yes mom. I am alright. I was wondering , where is father ?" he asked doubtfully.
"He has gone to Liu commandery for signing some contracts. Be ready because you have to go to Ceremony of Lord Jing in the evening." Saying these words apprehensively , her mother left.
He did not know what was Ceremony of Lord Jing was. But still , he had to freshen himself up. So he went into the bathroom for a fresh bath. After all this , he needed some time by himself. God had given him this golden privilege of a second life and he did not want to waste it.
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The city was in pure bliss for the Ceremony of Lord Jing. Everywhere flowers were placed and the Imperial Temple was beautifully decorated with green stems and the idol was placed on an elevated position inside the temple.
Zhang Min stood before the gate , his eyes determined and confident. Displaying a strong aura , he walked inside the Imperial temple. What he saw there was purely shocking!
Hundreds and thousands of people were present there and the place was purely crowded. Magical Peacocks were strutting here and there , creating sparkles and ripples of Yuen Qi. A magical peacock was a godly creature which was very powerful. It could kill a man in the Advanced stage of Wind realm when provoked.
The ancestral bell rang after all people were assembled. It was so loud that some weak warriors fainted on the spot.
Then , the Jianghua commandery Prince arrived. He wore an elegant white robe , laced with black and held a Blue Flower Sword , a heaven class weapon.
He poured Yuen Qi into his voice and shouted ,
"The ceremony shall begin."
At his command , the royal priest got up from his seat and moved towards the idol with a large Candle. The idol there was of Lord Jing.
After , there came the turn of sacrifice event. Hundreds of godly creatures like Snow Elephants , Magical Peacocks , Freast Lions etc were sacrificed for Lord Jing. The Butler cut their heads and put them in the fire.
After about three hours of this sacrifice event , a white light emerged from the top of the temple. It soon spread out in all directions and covered the whole hall.
When the light scattered in different directions , Zhang Min felt intense pain at his temple. It was as if someone was scratching his temple with a sharp knife and creating a mark.
The light lasted for some time only and when it ended , wisps of Yuen Qi poured out.
Everyone was happy as they considered it a type of a good omen for the Jianghua commandery. The ceremony ended and all people went towards the town.
Zhang Min stood there only , his eyes full of curiosity. Just as he turned back , he felt someone's intense gaze on him. He felt something fishy and turned to see who was it.
And the gazer was none other than the royal priest. He smiled faintly at Zhang's curiosity.
Zhang Min thought that the priest was the best person to answer his questions. He walked towards the priest and looking at him straight in the eye , he asked,
"Senior priest , please clear my doubts."
Before Zhang could proceed , the priest scoffed,
"Haha , I know what you are gonna ask to me. The pain you felt on your temple was destined. Actually , you have activated the Yuen mark. For now I can tell you only this."
As the priest uttered the last word , he became invisible. Yes , a warrior could become invisible if he successfully practiced "Concealed Mind Wei Skill."
Zhang could not figure out what was this Yuen mark. Otherwise also , he didn't know much about martial arts.
After the ceremony , he marched straight towards the Imperial Palace to break through into a fresh new realm. He still had doubts about the Yuen Mark but still , he considered it a new start.
As he reached the palace , he scurried to the royal library to find some books for studying Martial arts. In his previous life , he was a martial arts legend as his cultivation was at the Advanced stage of the sky realm.
Picking up a dusty old book , he went towards his room and ordered all the servants to move out of his room for seclusion. He wanted to become successful in the field of Martial arts.
The book was titled , "Myths And Secrets Of Realms And Martial Arts History." Zhang Min took the book in his hand and started reading it.
He firstly read about simple class movements like Wind breaking fist , Thunder Arm , Erge Eye etc. His eyes landed on "Divine breaking Sword Practice."
Divine breaking Sword Practice skill was a collection of 7 sword movements which could enhance a warrior's sword skills and could increase the amount of Yuen Qi in his body.
Zhang Min took out his blue flower sword from its scabbard. The sword emitted a blue sword breath.
The first movement was Earth Sword Skill. Zhang Min took a Nature Pill and started practicing.
Zhang Min stretched out his right arm holding the blue flower sword , condensed his Yuen Qi into it and swished the sword from the back to the forth , creating an illusionary shape of Earth.
This activated his Yuen mark and his temple started experiencing tender pain. After he ended the sword skill , his pain vanished.
Zhang Min was happy at his small success of completing one sword skill. He experienced a sudden gush of energy in his body which proved the fact that his Yuen Qi had been increased.
He read the book afterwards. There it was written that in order to enter a new stage of a realm , one had to purify his Yuen Qi and practice many sword and fist skills.
Zhang Min turned to the fist practices' page and decided to learn the Wind breaking fist.
He put his sword aside and covered his knuckles with a soft cloth. He again took a nature pill and got ready.
He shaped his hand into a fist and a gush of Yuen Qi flowed throughout his whole body. In front of him was a hard wall. He exerted full force of his body to his right hand and moved his fist forward.
"Boom!"
His fist had so much vigour and strength that the fist left a five feet deep imprint onto the wall.
He felt happy at his strength and again due to his strength , his Yuen Qi expanded and flowed ten times more.
One more sword skill he had to practice and he would enter the Beginner stage of the water realm!
He now began searching through tough class sword skills. He determined to practice the River Splashing Sword Skill.
Zhang Min took another pill , this time a water pill. The pill improved his flow of Yuen Qi in his body.
Zhang firstly slowed his hand and did a "swish". Then he increased his strength and did a strong curve which a emitted a very strong sword breath of a river flowing.
He then again practiced his skill and used his full strength. He was using his Yuen Qi wisely which could improve his cultivation.
After he practiced ten times , he was exhausted and had used up his Yuen Qi. He had to refine and increase his Yuen Qi.
Just as he was about to rest , intense pain again was felt by his whole body. His temple again was feeling strong pain and Zhang Min could not tolerate it.
After some time , the pain stopped and his temple's mark glowed. He smiled faintly.
He had just entered the Beginner stage of Water Realm!