Book of Beast : Heavenly Soul
In a forest of icicles and white snow. Lonely silence reigns , forlorn wind pervades every part of the gray and white land . It is an image of stillness as if untouched with time.
The solemn silence suddenly shattered with a soft crunching of snow . Small light steps but it still breaks the eerie silence. Then a small murmuring voice ask himself.
"Haishh! Where's that little bro?, He's not in the lake, but this way where he came from the first time we met..." Brows slightly wrinkled , little Song Xi stop from walking and look to the endless coldness around him. He's been walking for couple of hours looking for the little bro he met last time. But he got no luck finding him. He didn't saw any houses or any person while walking in this path.
Our Protagonist float beside the young boy like a ghost while fiddling with his fan in his boredom. He's been here for a while now, still stuck and didn't know how to come back the present.
in front of them are enumerable trees covered in snow ,the farther he look, the dimmer the atmosphere . Occasionally, there are some sounds coming from different beasts roaming around the forest. Above him, he can see three eyed crows flying around, as if spying at the little boy, ready to dive down for a munch anytime he loosen his guard.
" This bird will be a lame barbeque , all feathers and all bones" Our protagonist languidly said. Not caring about the beasts.
"Hmph! Dare try fly low near me , you'll be a roasted bird in a flash" , little Song Xi said to the crow that answered with hastily flapping wings of fleeing crow, as if afraid when they heard him talk to then ." Maybe I'll go back for now, seems like luck is not on my side today"
He is about to turn around when suddenly something caught his attention. There is a faint smell in the air . A sweet aroma that makes his stomach announce its presence! His eyes turned lively at the smell of it!
Maybe I'll came back later. I need to check this out first. His curiosity kicks in in a flash!, His feet started walking to where the smell is coming from before he even decided to see what he is smelling.
This smell is too fragrant that it wakening his craving for food especially to a person like him who only started practicing Enedia. Just when does he last eaten a real food? Two or three days ago? His mother is keen on guiding his cultivation! So the moment he started to absorbed energy , She immediately order him to stopped eating food everyday and focus on absorbing energies and cultivate for him to not get hungry! For a growing child like him, curving his hunger is too difficult ,Especially in times like this.
"Oi, what if that's a trap?" Song Xi close his fan with a snap. " Ridiculous! How can you be led by a mere food?! But still followed the little boy. What's with this kid nose? Are you a dog? Quit sniffing around!
After walking for a a while, the two saw a cave near a cliff. Some traces of smoke are still in the air and the sweet aroma of spices assault little Song Xi's senses.
"Found you" his bright eyes just gets livelier with the salivating smell, but stop himself, Wait, he didn't know what's inside, better be safe than sorry. He take out a talisman inside his pouch and activate it instantly. It is a concealment talisman.
With the talisman activated, he found out his body is transparent, almost like a ghost! He almost puke blood in irritation.
What a fraud! Concealment talisman? More like ghostly apparition talisman! To think that slit eyed monkey dares sell this substandard thing to me!? Tsk!
I am already here! Hah! I already looked like a ghost!, Then I'll just pretend to be one!
With renewed determination, little Song Xi carefully walk towards the poorly lit cave. One ghost and one pretending to be one, side by side enter the cave. Once inside, he felt much warmer . Looking around, he notice that the cave is quiet small . With low ceilings and some plants even growing inside.
Deep inside the cave, he saw a back of a person in front of a fire ,burning some logs with a pan settled above it. He can hear some sizzling sound coming from the pan and that concentrated heavenly smell he is smelling for a while now. Beside it is a fairly big carcass of a deer ,already cleaned and chop on some parts.With a gulp , he walk softly nearer. But some questions appears in his mind.
How is this person cooking in the dark? Hmm , He had some suspicion . Then he look closely at the back of the person . Little built, smaller than him. Thinner than him and has a something like dangling at the back of his hair.
Oh? You actually found him. Our Protagonist curiously float near the little boy who is busy on whatever he is cooking.
Hahahhaha! Luck is still on my side! This is lil' bro! Ahahahaaa. Young Song Xi almost laugh out loud when he realized who the person in front of him. Grinning to himself, he walk towards his lil bro.
"Leave!" Without looking back, the kid stiffened and shout that echoed loudly around the cave. Obviously, the talisman he used didn't hinder this person to sense his presence.
" Don't want~" little Song Xi answered playfully. Not even stopping his steps.
"Tsk! Just leave!" The little kid stand but didn't look at him. His hands fisting on his robes. With just that voice, He already recognize the intruder!
"Ah, maybe ....No, Hahaha ! Don't wanna~" Young Song Xi enjoyed himself by teasing this lil bro! His steps are almost skipping.
"You! , Don't come near me! I am warning you!" The little kid said loudly while stepping back until his back touch the end of the cave!
"Yes ! Yes! Thanks for the warning" he grinned at him and sit where this lil bro sitting a while ago. And with a swipe of a finger , he already take two meat that is skewered in thin sticks that's already cooked in the fire. "Ah, this smells heavenly lil bro!"
" Shameless! How dare you!, Just leave already!" Jeez!, This kid's voice is trembling while looking on the ground. One of his hand is holding on to the ribbon covering around his eyes.
"Hai! Bro! Are you planning to eat this whole deer alone? Isn't it much better sharing it with your friends?"
The little kid crunch his brows when he heard him.
"We're not friends! Leave immediately!"
"Huh? Say that again? We're friend so it's ok to stay? Good!" With a wide smile , little Song Xi bite the still hot and juicy barbeque in his hand. " What are you still doing there? Come here! Come here, What do you like?" , The proceed on acting as the host. Even Song Xi floating on the side covers his face with his fan in embarrassment.
" What are you even doing ,lil bro? If you want to help, just help. What with this shameless act?you bully! "
"You-! You! " As if lost for words, the little kid can't even follow up his sentence. In frustration, he suddenly punch the stone wall in his side that make a loud booming sound echoed around them! Half the cave is blown away with just one punch! The next thing little Song Xi saw is the little kid make a run for it using the hole he made from punching the wall. He ran so fast there is no chance to catch up to him!
"Eh! He really run away!? " Astounded! Little Song Xi stare at the hole where the little kid run. " His body cultivation is really amazing! With just one punch and boom! " , Looking around ,he sigh while eating another stick of barbeque.
" Hai !, You think I will stop just because you escape this time? Hurhurhur!" And take another bite of the juicy barbeque, " Hmm! This so good!"
While eating, he glance at some unknown floating things near the broken wall , it is like a fire fly but carrying black and gray light , eerie and suffocating. Such unwelcoming sight. Only few of this lingers after that lil bro left the small cave. Some even try to come near him.
"Shoo!shoo! Shoo! , Don't even try to switch your target on me" , those little light fly farther from him when his hand almost smack them away. Then eventually leave after a few moments of lingering. They fly in to the direction where his lil bro go.
After eating a dozen of that heavenly food. Little Song Xi carefully covers the rest and left a little pouch filled with useful things beside it as payment . Of course! I will pay! I am not the kind to just eat and run no?
The following days, Little Song Xi's determination to find the little kid and approach him doesn't dwindle a bit. Everyday as if he had a radar ,he always manage to find the little kid whether he's in a mountain, forest ,lakes or wherever. He always finds him ! Just the same as the little bro always run away whenever he saw him! So in return , little Song Xi constantly teasing him, even using some talismans just to hide his presence and further tease the poor little kid in our Protagonist exasperation.
" This little bully enjoys himself teasing this little Zhen a lot , he's not even scared if that little boy just lost his patience and smack him down with one hit!" He remembers all the life saving treasures in Little Song Xi's possession. " Hai! Too confident! Just because you got tons of defensive treasures doesn't mean you can play with death with any chances you got! " His hands are itching to slap him with his fan everytime he remembers all the antics this little bully has done to little Zhen, but manage to stop himself and just settled on shaking his head on frustration while watching little Song Xi readying another stash of talisman to approach Zhen.
"Why don't you wonder first why little Zhen is too keen on escaping and don't want to face you?" He said to the little bully although it's futile,
" Hhmm... That kid's senses is too wicked, ! Always manage to detect when I am near! Tsk! What to use this time? Hhmm.."
" Mother said we're going home tomorrow. So I will take out my best choices today! Hurhurhur!
After our Protagonist sudden slumber and lingering inside his long dream of memories. His body is being carried by Zhen in his arms. Head comfortably leaning on the wide shoulders and long silvery silky hair is flowing naturally on his back in contrast with the person clad in dark carrying him. Walking slowly through a long pathway of red and yellow leaves carpeting the forest floor. Multiple ray of sunlight breaking through the dense canopies of maple trees everytime the wind blows gently. It is a picture of a blissful afternoon.
Zhen lowered his head as if peeking at Song Xi's slumbering face.
" You lose your last chance, Xin " he whispered with a shadow of smile lingers on his lips.
" Strange..., " One of the Cultivator from Nine star Alliance who is staying out and observing near at the volcano's mouth said to the person beside him.
"Yes, This thing is going on for so long and the way it is absorbing all kinds of energies is strange" an old Cultivator assent to him and take out a small square board with enumerable symbols around.. It has a pin in the center that keeps spinning around. This device is especially made to use for locating heavenly treasures.
" Certainly abnormal", another one cultivator said when he glance at the board. The pin is almost ballistic in spinning around. All of them are curious of how powerful is this treasure ?
But all the Cultivators in the vicinity pause when they heard a voice.
" Wwuuuu"
An eerie sound merge with the thundering storm that's bringing heavy rains above them.
"Wwuu" like a moaning wind.
It is an eerie and airy sound. The kind of sound that one would think if it is a fantasy or in a boarder of reality or in between.
" Haahh! Aah! Hahaha!
A derange cackling sound of laughter assault everyone's consciousness that's leaves their ears ringing cut up the eerie moaning . It is not the sound of happiness, but a manic of madness! . The massive wave of energies react to this mad laughter as it becomes a wave! Crushing everything , destroying everything in its path! The small volcano just reduce to nothing in a flash! Even the islands near disappeared! Nothing left behind but that massive swirling of energies.
The Clans use spell of flight or ride their swords when the lands disintegrated . But still mentain the barriers around them . Song Tian take out his River of gold to shield his clan. While the Xuan clan rides a massive turtle that floating just below the clouds. Fang Clan has their own formation as a barrier , while Nine star Alliance has their Nine star constellation grand barrier. It has the appearance of Black massive fishes floating around the nine point stars that makes a grand barrier.
As the cackling sound receded, the massive energies turned to become far more destructive than before ! The sound turned to murmurs of undefined rage! It sounds as if millions of mad people murmuring its rage blasted all around. Deafening and tumultuous!, Countless whirlwind made up of energies ravage the seas, threatened to wreck the barriers ,destroying everything in its path and beyond! It felt like the sky and the earth is bound to be destroyed this moment!
After all the rage and destruction ,all that's left is weakness and grief.
A faint sound of crying is almost drowned by the loud sound of the raging energies around it. Then for the first time . A real voice can be heard.
"Don't leave ...." a little trembling voice came from a little ball of light in the middle of violent and massive swirling of energies under water. The ball of light is faint as if it will be blown out by the slightest wind. The swirl of energies react to the sound coming from the ball of light and gain an unprecedented force than before and attack it as if it wants to consume that weak and faint entity.The scene is like a thunderstorm of divine energy and spirit energy flood the Weak existence of the light! But as strong and massive of that wave of energies, the weak ball of light suddenly absorbed all of it even faster than the wave of energies! It is as if that small ball of light is a void that can never be filled even with that magnitude of energies.
"Wwuuuu",
Under the deep and boiling waters. The crying voice goes on for a long while in the midst of its fast absorption of energies. The voice can already be distinct.It is a soft crying voice of a young child. The ball of light incandescents slowly getting stronger, then change its form. First, the ball formed a torso ,then four stumps that became its arms and legs. As the form changes, the crying stops.
The ball of light slowly changes to a form of a little girl. Her long black hair flows into her smooth Alabaster skin . Her small feet has a marks of runes that is emitting a powerful aura. Her clear eyes still wet from tears can be compared to a newborn infant but in a matter of moments of absorbing energies, her eyes gain a certain clarity.
"Too many people ", she glance above and muttered in her soft voice.
The clans above the boiling waters of the volcano felt the sudden massive force of energies being pull down the bottom of the waters!, The skies and ground are trembling tremendously. The Cultivators around solidify their barriers and put more layers to protect themselves.
The Clans around the area noticed the signs. This is not a birth of a new heavenly component or treasure. Just by that mad emotion surrounding this whole plain they knew. Their first assumption is wrong . This is far critical than that! The kind of thing that is far from their mind as it is one of the mysterious thing in this world! An existence that is only known in Myths and legends. This is a re awakening of an special being! This is a heavenly soul!!
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" Shameless!!! How can a child be this shameless!?, You dare enter my world and destroy my peace! This little runt! You even eat my food Everytime we met! Take my meat! My fruits ! My vegetables! My fishes! You are too Shameless you Glutton!!! And what with that pouches? Why would you even give things that cannot be open? Shameless! shameless!
"I even warned you everytime and yet you never take me seriously! , Why don't you just leave me alone?"
- Little Zhen ,after few days of being hunted by Little Song Xi.