"Who I am?"
This question left Daniel blank, he never expected the boy to ask him such a question.
"Who am I? What should I answer you? Are you one of the children of the prophecy, who ended up as the other's scapegoat, losing all your future? Or perhaps, are you the son of my aunt, sister? of the current patriarch of the Aegis family, whose father is unknown and your mother does not even care about you? a change of era?"
Seeing Daniel that he couldn't answer him while he was thinking a lot about it, the boy found it amusing, but he was also surprised that he was so hesitant to answer.
"You must know more about my background than I do, otherwise, I would not be hesitating so much to answer that question."
Anticipating what Daniel would answer, the boy waited patiently, when he realized that Daniel had made up his mind and responded, his words only disappointed him.
"To be honest, nothing I answer you will understand, so I'll just tell you that I don't know."
Hearing this, there was only disappointment on the boy's face, any other answer at least would have given him more information, but that was not all, that question was also asked with an important reason for the boy.
"If you did not even mention my name, it can only mean that my parents did not even give me one, I am 100% sure that, if they granted me this meeting, it must be to clarify my doubts, so at least my parents should have left my name for him to say, but apparently not the case, hahaha, it seems I ended up in a family that doesn't even care about their son."
This thought filled the boy with sadness, although in his previous life he had a very good family and gave him all the love he needed, he still felt sad because in this life they did not even give him a name.
Daniel was surprised to see the change in the boy's mood, before he was serious and serene, but after his answer, the boy seemed very sad and dejected, with loneliness in his eyes, so he thought that his words had hurt the boy, so he tried to comfort him, but couldn't find the words to say.
"I don't even know the name of him, how am I supposed to comfort him?"
But before he thought of any solution, he saw that the boy had collected himself, his gaze was more serious and determined, like a bottomless pit, which for a moment even pressed him, causing him to look away from the boy, which was greatly surprised.
"Did you have a breakthrough in his mental state? No, I must be wrong, he's just a 5-year-old boy, something like that can't happen."
Telling himself that it was impossible, he quickly put that thought aside and turned to the boy, who now looked as if nothing had happened, somewhat relieved, he decided to speak:
"Any other questions you have?"
What Daniel did not know was that he was right, the boy became quite depressed when he learned that his parents in this world did not even care about him, at first he already knew that the one who fought to keep him alive was his grandmother originally, but he thought that It was because her mother had interceded, but now, she realized that was not the case.
"Well, it was the Aegis family that did me a favor, so in the future, if I can help them, I will, but to be honest I don't have a name, my family doesn't recognize me, including the distinctive color of Aegis family hair, crimson, is not present in my hair, except for the tips and some highlights, my cultivation technique was not given to me by my family either, I did not receive any resources, *sigh*, I do not belong here."
Reaching this conclusion, the boy was no longer discouraged, until now, everything he had achieved he had done without the help of the family, in addition, he did not have his bloodline either, so when putting all this together, the boy took your decision internally
"Well then, so be it, I owe a huge favor to the Aegis family, but that's it, I don't belong to this family, so I will cut all connection with them by giving myself my own name, from now on I will be just Abel."
With this decided, the child, or rather, Abel, put aside all doubts and concerns for his parents and family, from now on, he will continue on his way without thinking about it.
It was this change that Daniel saw, which he interpreted as an advance in his mental state, clearing his doubts and concerns was very difficult for a cultivator, coming to terms with his inner self, was what they most sought, and each advance in it represented an advance in his state of mind.
Abel originally had many more questions, but after reaching that conclusion, those questions disappeared leaving only the most important one.
"At what point can I start cultivating together with the other juniors?"
Hearing this, Daniel's complexion paled, his expression turned unsightly, hesitating on what to answer.
Noticing this, Abel's heart sank, a bad feeling began to grow inside him, but he did not let this make him impatient, and he waited patiently for his response.
Daniel, for his part, debated on how to properly answer this question, on the part of his father, he already knew what happened the day before, but telling a 5-year-old boy hoping to cultivate that he will never be able to do it was almost impossible for he.
"I will tell him at once, and sooner or later he will find out about this whole matter, so better now than to give him hope."
Making the decision he looked at Abel and said:
"Your cultivation path is cut off, because your connection with the heavenly dao was sealed, you will not be able to feel the presence of spiritual qi in the environment, so you will never be able to cultivate."
These words were like thunder in Abel's mind, sending waves of despair to his heart, just when he thought he had found a way of survival, reality turned its back on him, it seemed that fate only played and made fun of him, giving him hope only to send him into an abyss of despair.
When he saw the state that Abel was in, Daniel only sighed, when he heard about the ritual they performed to seal Abel's cultivation path, Daniel was horrified, to think that there were people who would force that extreme just because it was a possible threat... for a moment he even thought it would be better to be dead.
But also upon hearing that they used heavenly qi to seal his dantian and that he did not absorb spiritual qi he left him with a doubt, which he asked his father:
"Father, but that doesn't mean that while he can't absorb spiritual qi, heavenly qi couldn't be easily assimilated by him?"
Hearing the naive question of his son, he replied:
"You're right, he has a large amount of heavenly qi in him right now, which is the basis of the seal, but tell me son, is there any cultivation technique or manual that allows cultivating with heavenly qi from the mortal realm?"
Daniel, hearing this, was a little embarrassed, but remembered something and responded quickly to his father.
"Father, on one of my missions in a secret world, I met a fellow Daoist who cultivated with celestial qi, though not from the mortal realm, when I asked him about it, he just laughed and told me that it was because his cultivation method It was based on an ancient rank cultivation method."
The father, seeing where his son wanted to go, replied:
"Son, sometimes you are quite insightful, but other times you are a complete idiot, of course, it is said that with an ancient rank manual it is possible to cultivate with celestial qi, but tell me how many of these manuals are there? Not to mention our family, great sects and dynasties throughout Kunlun would fight to the death for that manual."
Daniel, realizing his mistake, only laughed in shame, he would only put that side of him in front of his father, with whom he rarely had this type of meeting.
Seeing that he had understood, his father said:
"I know it hurts you to see your cousin in that state, but keeping him alive is the maximum that this family can afford, also, don't forget that thanks to this means the ancients were calm, so that must be their destiny."
Daniel, realizing that his cousin heard those words and seeing hope in his eyes, quickly added:
"Well, it is said that an ancient rank manual can cultivate heavenly qi, and the seal you have and disconnect you from spiritual qi was made with heavenly qi, so you could cultivate using this one, but don't get excited, in all Kunlun, There are only 8 ancient rank cultivation manuals, and they are owned by stocks that everyone fears, so forget about it."
Hearing this Abel feigned sadness on his face, but inside, he almost wanted to scream with happiness and go back to the mansion and kiss the librarian.
"Damn librarian, this time if you got one, practically all my life and cultivation path are thanks to you, I will definitely find that inheritance and get it, I swear!"
Abel's happiness was evident; he could barely fake a sad expression with all the joy that was inside him.
"Now I just have to find some quiet place and corroborate this, hahahaha, stupid old folks, you still can't stop me."
Abel lowered his face as he headed for the exit, noting that he just wanted to leave and not know more about the matter.
Daniel, seeing this, thought that his cousin had given up and just wanted to leave, so to cheer him up a bit he said:
"Isn't there a place you want to go? If so, the family will take you there"
Abel stopped short, did not turn around, but in a hoarse voice he said:
"The mountains of Khar"