(Chen Kai's POV)
" W-w-what do you mean with cut our ties with ourselves? " I asked with a confused voice
" Hoho, let's leave that for later so what do you say? " Shallot just chuckles softly maintaining a mysterious smile
I was about to say something else when the skinny guy asked with a serious face " From what sect are you? it must be a very powerful one. it's from the Shang Continent? "
Shallot makes a dull expression when he hears him then he shakes his head " Nah, my sect isn't even known "
" Then how do you spect that we will join you without knowing anything about your sect? " I said with a face full of doubt
" Talk for yourself! " Said the skinny guy to my right with annoyance so I turn to see him with a surprised expression then he says to Shallot with a very determined face " I will join your sect, if you say I can become strong, I will do it, besides I have been alone in this sh*tty world since I have memory, so f*ck those ties! "
Shallot nods with a slight smirk on his face " Great... you have guts skinny brat " Then he turns his head to see me expecting my response but I can't give him my answer yet
I bowed my head a bit ' Cut my ties with my family and friends? friends... I have some and my father and mother... They are still out there... and maybe her... ' I was even thinking in Ying Yue when Shallot speaks again
" Really? Are you seriously doubting it for that f*cking family of yours? " Said Shallot with an annoyed expression that made me turn to see him again with a surprised face, he smiles coldly saying " So I'm right, let me tell you something, no one cares about you, just like no one cares about this skinny brat here, you two would be dead now if I haven't arrived to save you, no one moved even a finger to save you, not your friends, not your parents, not even that bratty girl you care so much, no one " What Shallot said took me by surprise so I whisper " Ho-how do you know that? "
" Hahaha! " Shallot laughs loudly seeing my shocked expression then he says " I know many things about you two, even more than yourselves, first you, Chen Kai 15 years old part of a 'remarkable' clan of a small city, you lived with your parents till the age of 2 when your mother suddenly left, your father went in her search a few weeks after that leaving you with your grandmother, after that, he never come back, your grandmother died when you had just 6 years leaving you with the family who sees you as drag and shame of the clan, you have been engaged with that bratty girl since you were born, the relationship between you two was good until she began to behave colder and colder towards you, you tried to mend the things between you for an entire year until she turned you into a cripple "
" ...!! " He left me speechless and surprised once again, how the hell did he know all of that
Then he turns to see the skinny guy and says " Now you are 14 years old, you have lived on the streets since you were a baby, a couple of homeless people took care of you until you were 4 years old they wanted to sell you to a pervert man when you reached a suitable age to survive his 'violations', you escaped, that was a smart decision for someone of that age, nothing remarkable happened to you until now, living off stolen or rotten food daily, you became a small criminal until yesterday someone caught you when you were running from some men after you stole a bunch of potatoes, despite it was just a small crime they were about to hang you for an order of a higher-up who was passing there, now the important, skinny brat, do you want me to tell you who are your parents are and what is your name? " Shallot said with a mocking smirk seeing the skinny guy
" ....!? " The skinny guy trembles in surprise as well but he was shaking in anger with his head bowed he was even crying in frustration. He shakes his head slightly then Shallot speaks again " So what do you say, you want to keep being a pair of weakling losers just to keep those pointless ties of yours? "
' He... he is right, everything he had said is right, I was about to die in Chen Wen's hands and if he saved me then.... ' I thought with doubt to then say to him with resolution " I will join your sect " My answer made Shallot grin as he narrows his eyes ' Maybe, just maybe I can find my father and mother after I become strong with his help, I need to know many things and Ying Yue... I need to talk with her '
" I will do it too when we will go to the sect " Said the skinny young man with a serious face
Shallot shakes his head with a calm expression " Later, are you sure that you don't want to know your true name and who is your family, after all, it could be a huge shock so I hid it on purpose, haha, so, what do you say skinny brat? " he said seeing the skinny guy with a smirking face
The skinny guy frowns with a face full of hatred then he shakes his head a little saying with a cold voice " No... I don't have anything to do with them, I have told you that before, I had no family, no friends, and not even a name, so that turned me into a nameless "
Shallot then chuckles in amusement " Haha, then that will be your nickname for now, when you join officially you will receive a new name, just like me "
' So that's why his name sounded weird, but that means... ' I thought with a little bit of worry, after all, I didn't want to change my name so I asked him " We have to change our names once we will join "
Shallot shakes his head with a dull expression " No, that will be your choice, now the next step " Then he makes a serious face for the first time we meet him then he puts out a black shiny gauntlet from the small bag on his waist. The gauntlet is elegant it must be very expensive but somehow it gives me the feeling of power so...
" What is that? " we asked with wonder seeing that strange gauntlet
" As you two should know, your cultivations were useless from the start or they were getting worse with time, first you " He turns to see me and says " You... You were born with one of the worst body constitutions that exist in the Primordial Domain, not only does it decrease the speed of your cultivation but it makes you gain weight at an alarming rate, and when you reach a certain cultivation level you could have died "
" ...!! " I was surprised by that and I bowed my head to watch my hands ' That's why I couldn't progress anymore and my body becomes like this?! but why did no one tell me anything about it? not even my grandmother... why? '
Shallot turns to see Nameless and says " And you, you have been a cripple since you were a baby because of a disease, so your parents throw you away because you were a shame to them "
" ... " Nameless clenches his fists with anger while he sees him, I can guess a little bit about this guy's parents, they must be from a well-renowned clan or something like that
" But now remember that this is a restart, for both of you " He walks towards Nameless and the black gauntlet suddenly begins to shine in a black light " You first, this may hurt a little " Shallot said with a cruel smile then he *PAM* hits Nameless's stomach with his palm and a light blue aura appeared around Nameless's body. The gauntlet in Shallot's hand shines with even greater intensity making Nameless body blink in a green and blue color
Nameless starts to shake with his eyes wide open then Shallot pulls back his hand and a human blue transparent silhouette comes out from Nameless's body. The light blue silhouette is glued to Shallot's gauntlet and it seems to have a lot of tiny dark green veins all the same to come from the same place from a small clear blue orb the size of a pebble where Shallot was grabbing
' Wait those are his Spiritual Veins and his Dantian?! He pulled them off his body?! ' I watched the whole situation with disbelief as Nameless was shaking, his body turned pale and then he fell to his right side unconscious
Shallot watches nameless with a calm expression and tights his grip on the small clear blue orb destroying it completely, then the Spiritual Veins begin to fade until they and the silhouette disappear without leaving anything behind after Nameless falls unconscious to the ground, Shallot knells beside him to then put his right hand inside his pants then he takes a small bag to open it and take out three small bottles with Green, Blue, and Yellow liquids, those three liquids shone with intensity. Shallot opens the three bottles with a swift movement of his index finger and makes Nameless drink the three liquids one after the other while he is still unconsciously forcing the liquids to go down his throat after the bottles are empty he throws them, puts the gauntlet on Nameless face and whispers some strange words, the gauntlet shone once again and *BOOM* Nameless body shines for less than a second, finally, he stands and says " That's one, now " he turns to see me with a calm expression
" What did you do to him? " I asked him with slight fear, after all, Nameless was rolling in pain on the ground as he grabbed his stomach and throat
" You will find out later, now..." Said Shallot with a smile then *ZOOM* he disappeared and appeared in front of me with his right hand on my Dantian then he did the same thing, he pulled my Spiritual Veins and Dantian out of me, and my Dantian was a little bigger than Nameless's Dantian, just of the size of a fist but it has a lot of cracks and missed pieces on it, suddenly my whole vision become blurred and I lost all my energy so I fell to the ground just like Nameless the last thing I saw was Shallot crashing my Dantian core as he did with Nameless
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(Author's POV)
In a wide grassland, two kids were running, a young cute silver-haired girl wearing a white dress and a young cute brown-haired boy wearing a dark blue Hanfu. The young boy was running with a wide happy smile as the young girl was chasing him with an almost imperceptible smile on her face
The girl ran faster than the boy so she approached him fast to then just touch his back with her right hand. The boy laughs happily and both of them stop running then the boy says with a tired and smiling face " Haha, you win... you run very fast now "
The girl keeps a stoic expression as she says " My mother started to help me in my cultivation "
The boy was surprised seeing her clear blue eyes then he made a face full of resolution and said as he hit his chest with his right fist " Don't get used to being stronger than me, soon I will start my training too and I will become as strong and fast as you... no, even more! "
The young girl nodded slightly and said " I will wait " She kept her stoic expression all the time but her voice sounded a little happy
The boy nods with a smile and turns around to leave as he says " I have to go, my grandmother is waiting for me "
" Wait " said the young girl with a soft voice
" What? " The young boy turns to see her with a smile then the young girl says with a serious face " Where is my reward? "
" Eh? " The boy makes a face of doubt seeing her very serious expression
The little girl frowns slightly and says " You promise me that if I catch you I can ask anything from you "
The boy frowns with a complaint and with a pout he says " But you cheated, you used your cultivation to catch me "
The little girl had an expressionless face and said softly " I want my reward " She approached him changing her voice to a little angered one
The boy takes a step back and makes a wry smile " Ugh... okay, what do you want me to do? "
The little girl suddenly bows her head and mutters " I want you to call me Yue "
The boy was surprised and smiled widely " Just that? Okay, that's easy! " then she turned to see him with a hopeful expression saying " And I want you to promise me something "
He tilts his head once again and says with a grinning face " Why? you already asked me something "
" ... " She just keeps seeing him without saying anything
He rolls his eyes with annoyance but he still says " ...okay, what is it? "
" Promise me that we always will be together " Her words were said with a grinning face something that the boy hadn't seen her do so he stayed quiet for a few seconds until he said " ....Okay I promise you that we always will be together no matter what " Then the boy with a smile on his face saw an elderly woman walk towards them that's when he removes a little collar from his neck. The collar was made of a golden chain that had a small green jewel in a tear shape, the jewel had so many details in it that made it look even more beautiful to the eyes
The little girl's eyes shone with surprise when she saw the collar but she was left in shock when the boy put the collar around her neck she turned to see him in the eyes once again that's when the boy said " Now this is your reward, you have to take care of it until my mom returns, after all, you have always liked it, besides I don't think my mom would be angry if you take care of it "
Then the little boy begins to run towards the old woman as he turns around waving his little hand at the girl saying " I'm not gifting you the collar! remember that you have to give it back! unless my mom says otherwise when she comes back! "
The girl clenches the jewel in her small hand wan with a small smile on her cute face she nods and the boy leaves with the old woman, a middle-aged woman approaches the girl from behind having a happy grin on her face
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" Yue... " Whispered an unconscious Chen Kai making Shallot who was standing at the entrance of the cave with his arms crossed turn to see him with a frowning expression, he turned to see the outside of the cave again and said " Pathetic brat " Then he grinned coldly and says " let's see if you still love her after you finish the third phase "