Capital of Hong Empire
"A life for a life! Since you have saved me, I can only withdraw from my current plans." along the darkness of the night, Zi Ye mumbled his final decision. If he continue to avenge the death of La'er, he will lose his life principles. He will no longer take his revenge!
"Young master, then shall we go back to our sect?" one of his companions asked him.
"You may go back first. I have some personal matters to do." he responded.
"But young master!" his companion was about to reason him about his safety after the incident but Zi Ye signaled them to stop speaking by raising his palm in front of their faces.
"I want to see the ability of this White Death. This may be beneficial to me." he told them and his companion did not speak anymore.
That night, Zi Ye pondered thoroughly how the arrow had stopped inches away from his face. It was as if it had hit an invisible barrier! He also remembered the stabbed wound in the assassin's throat
Such violent way of inflicting a wound in human flesh! He could not imagine a thought that a lady who bears a tranquil demeanor is capable of violent attacks! A brutal wound with a little action! Now he finally understands the feeling of the youngest Sword Master when the guy asked to exchange pointers on her. The boy was impressed just like him.
Zi Ye started to scatter his sword and started cultivating. He had gained a new insight from the assassination incident. His sword's physical body and consciousness slowly vibrated until it produce a single harmony.
Zi Ye remembered the young Sword Master's word during their first visit. 'I can do it through awakening the consciousness of the weapon.' This new understanding suddenly crossed his mind.
Indeed, Zi Ye wondered about whether he can do what the lady had done. He then concentrated on the consciousness of his sword and focus to let it separate from the physical body.
A buzzing sound from the weapon becomes louder. Zi Ye was drenched in sweat but he still maintained his attention on separating the consciousness of his sword. In his mind, if he can use the plain metallic sword with his hands and command the consciousness of the weapon using his mind at the same time, wouldn't he be terrifying?
Hours passed and Zi Ye started to feel an extreme exhaustion but he did not stop. He forced himself to continue! Soon, the buzzing sound stopped. An illusory sword had appeared above his sword.
It was a success! He had completely separated the consciousness of his weapon from its physical body. Zi Ye tried to command the illusory sword in his mind.
'Slash!' As Zi Ye started to imagine the slashing, the illusory sword also slashed. The only problem is that it was too slow!
"I need to practice on speed." Zi Ye told himself before his body completely collapsed from fatigue. The illusory sword also disappeared.
The next day, the ten Sword Masters who are supposed to go back to Zikun Sect could not leave. Their Young Master was still sleeping and no one has the guts to wake him up. They did not dare to leave him in his vulnerable state. They gathered around and started discussing.
"Young master always adheres to his training. He never slept so late like this."
"The palace incident may have traumatized him. That's why his body needs plenty of rest!"
"But isn't it unusual to see young master sleeping next to his sword?"
"Very unusual, indeed!"
Their conversation started in the morning until afternoon. They waited for Zi Ye to wake up but the man is still dead asleep. Another evening come and Zi Ye finally woke up.
His eyes show deeper comprehension of his sword skills. He looked at the floor and casually picks up his sword that is lying next to his feet. A smile slowly spreads on his face. Last night was a big leap of his sword's skills!
That night, his companions finally bid their goodbye to him. Zi Ye decided to explore the small territory of Hong Empire. Under the bright shining moon, he rides his sword and flew above. Soon, he looked at the people below, observing them from a distance.
On the other side of the Capital, Emperor He Mo is already resting. Ye Shin looked closely at the manual she had bid on the auction event.
Soul Voyager!
There are only few pages compiled in the manual which all have blank pages. She held the papers in her hands with light force. In her mind, some memories of the elder's soul suddenly appeared.
To remove a seal from a legacy, practitioners must insert their soul into the heart of the legacy. Another method is to challenge the legacy and subdue it. This is when a legacy is sealed inside the pet of a practitioner.
Ye Shin ponders for a while. She can only insert an inner force and not her real soul! This is because, just like her clan where only sword cultivator can manifest a weapon, inserting a real soul is an innate ability only people born with soul practitioners blood can do it.
"Elder, you can read this manual?" Ye Shin asked the elder in her mind.
"No, I have tried reading them but the seal is consuming myself! I suspect that the owner of this manual used a curse as the seal of a seal. This means, whoever owned this legacy, he does not want any soul practitioner to use it since there are two barriers in this manual. You have to overcome the curse and then removed the seal. Unfortunately, I don't know how to deal with curses!" the elder replied to her.
Ye Shin looked at the front of the manual for a long time. Whoever wrote the title of the manual can be seen as artistic in writing. At first glance, the title looks ordinary but when stared longer there are thin red ink that looks like the border of the fourth, fifth and sixth letter of the voyager. It was as if the writer is secretly placing an emphasis of these three letters.
AGE.
After Ye Shin noticed these details, the red ink gradually thickened and formed like a liquid. Then it moved! Her eyes calmly followed its movement.
Few words flashed below the title of the manual. Ye Shin managed to read those words before it completely disappeared.
~ "The eagle can spot its prey even with the distance of two miles."
"What does it mean? What is really inside this manual? There is no such thing as eagles in soul cultivation!" the voice of the elder's soul sounded. The manual had given him a mixed feeling of being curious and also being confused!
Ye Shin did not say anything. She just looked calmly at the red ink on the three letters. The ink was still moving. This time, it reaches the tip of her finger and then it transferred to her hands! It travelled to her arms and settled on the two orbs of her face! She maintained her calmness and did not
Her vision suddenly becomes blurry. She focused her inner force to normalize her sight. The red ink was trying to occupy her eyes! She closed her eyes and concentrated stabilizing the force in her eyes. Soon the red ink seeped through her pupils and then, like the message she had read, the red ink also vanished.
The first page of the manual is no longer blank. There are small words written in the most upper part of the paper. Yi Shin solemnly read its content.
"To travel, one must have a telescopic eye."
- Legacy of Red
"Aha! Lady, this manual is not just a legacy but the Manual of Legacies! Inside your manual are records of abandoned legacies from different soul practitioners! Those are practitioners in the past that did not think how strong their abilities are and just left this world without passing their legacies. It is said that an extreme being evaluates our legacy and if it passed through the test, it will be recorded in the Manual of Legacies! I didn't know that this legend exist in this world! Back when I was the same age as you, we were told that there is an ultimate legacy that collects every abandoned legacy. But nobody has believed it. Even I did not believe such ridiculous idea! It turns out, it is true after all!" the elder's soul jumped with excitement.
At first, the elder's soul thought that the manual has been sealed twice. But now, this manual has actually a seal that corresponds to the numerous legacy written on it. The many the legacy is recorded inside the manual that is also the number of seals to be removed to gain them. The elder's soul was fully astonished of what he had discovered!