The young man continues to fell, the wolf took one last look at him and roared before leaving.
It is upset because his lunch escaped.
The young man also took his last glance at the wolf and remembered its feature in his mind.
'If I survive here then you are dead' He thought after falling for far too long.
The cliff that he fell through seemed to be like a deep abyss, after falling for too long he no longer see anything. Darkness engulfed everything, no light can enter this abyss.
"My time is up?" The young man said after losing the sense of time.
"Not yet human" A voice within the abyss replied.
"Who? How can you talk to me? Are you also a human?" He said with enthusiasm, he no longer thought of the threat of his life.
He is excited because it is the first time that he can talk to someone, someone can finally understand him. At this time, he no longer felt heavy in his heart.
The loneliness that he always felt, this loneliness that engulfs his heart seemed to fade. He has always been jealous since beasts of the same kind can communicate with each other, from his observation it seems like they also have their own language.
Yet why is it that he has language but has no one to talk to? The language will be useless if he can't even use it but now he realized how important it is.
It can establish a connection to those who can understand it. For the first time in his life, he finally realized the importance of it.
He felt a bond with the one who spoke to him now hence he replied quickly with gusto.
"No, I am not a human" the voice replied to his question.
"It doesn't matter that you are not a human, as long as you can understand me then this loneliness that I have been feeling will be gone." He replied, just now he realized that he no longer felt pain.
"Oh! Are my injuries healed? Quick tell me is it your doing?" He added quickly after he felt the changes in his body.
"Indeed, it doesn't matter that I am not a human but we used to be one. You need to remember me so that we can be one again."
"Then how old are you ...No how old are we?" he asked but stopped midway to changed his question.
He no longer has any sense of time nor did he ever tried to count how old is he. He only thought that he is young because he is still full of vigor, those who are old are going to stagnate when it came to their strength. Based on his knowledge he is still at his peak.
"How old are we? We are older than those whose footsteps are long gone" It replied in a solemn voice and it gives him a feeling that it is someone sophisticated.
"Many years?" He responds and then quickly thought of something. "How come I can't remember it?"
"Because it is to go against this world's will. Have you remember it then we will walk the same path" It replied instantaneously and then it stops.
"... Again" It added.
"Then does that mean we can be one again? If we became one again I don't have to be lonely anymore! I will finally have something I can call my kin!" He replied again after realizing the seriousness of the voice that is talking to him.
"Yes, that is why if you wanted to be with me again then you need to remember me!" It answered his question while adding more information. "Remember that back then, we are never one without each other. We will always be together forever."
"Call my name and you will never be alone, call me so we can be one again"
"Call your name?" At this thought the young man suddenly felt nostalgia, it is as if foreign memories are invading him. Many words have surfaced inside of his thought.
He called those names out. " precision, resignation, budge, sea, soil, cut, horn, decisive, new, clearance, falsify, subject, whisper.... strength, wise, mind, body ..."
He continued saying new words and repeated some in the process. He lost track of how many he has said but deep inside he knew that it has been a long time.
He lost sense of time hence he can't tell how long it has been but with his short black hair becoming longer he knew that it must be a very long amount of time. He can still feel some changes to his body and what he knew is that in this darkness he can never die.
After saying out new names and spending a very long amount of time in darkness without having the ability to move is torture itself. He can't help but asked the voice in front of him "Why can't you just tell me your name? So we can be one again"
"Because even I don't know my name but you should" It replied to him, after a long amount of time, he can finally hear its voice again.
"Don't be disheartened for tomorrow is another hope that we will be one again" It added.
Hearing the answer of the voice the young man no longer questioned it, he just acknowledged it and continue speaking out various words.
He continues until he felt that he is already stagnating, his long black hair that is still healthy is already losing some of its hair. His body that is still full of vigor is already weakening until he felt that even he can no longer speak easier.
He already forgot his purpose but he knew that he has to continue, he never stopped. Giving up now is the worst choice that he will ever do other than trying to live.
"Wisdom, intelligence ..." He sighed, his indomitable will is being broken but he continued and he suddenly felt an epiphany.
"If only you are here to fight with me, the spirit of faith" The moment he said the last word he suddenly felt rejuvenated, various memories entering his mind.
"You call me?" the voice that he no longer heard talked to him.
"Hehehe, we are finally one" He laughed at the question.
"Indeed, it took you a longer time than expected" It replied to him, and the abyss that he is in suddenly became lively.
Various stones with blue lights on them have lit up the whole place and he is in a cave, the cave is full of vitality and a spring flows through it. Various flowers grow near the spring, the place is full of life. The place is also full of small white light balls that surround him.
He is actually sitting down the whole time but he never knew it, due to the darkness his mind might have been having fooling him already. It is not just the sense of time that he lost, his sense of touch is already long gone in that period of time.
That he can say since he felt that he is still floating for a long time.
"It is time for us to retake back the strength that we have lost," He said after feeling rejuvenated, his old appearance reverted to that of a young one. He is now full of strength so he stood up.
"Everywhere and everything you do, I follow" His spirit, the white aura that surrounds him replied. The white lights that surround him earlier entered his body giving him strength, at the same time it became his aura.
"It is now time for us to be remembered. Now call the other spirits for we have returned!"
"As you wish!" The white aura that surrounds him shoot into the sky.
"I Yu Zheng have returned to go against the world's will!"
This is the Legend of Yu Zheng, the first spirit cultivator of mankind and every human's ancestor.
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Zhang Clan's Spirit Spring Awakening Ceremony
"Yu Zheng who remembered the name of the first spirit ever known became the first-ever spirit cultivator!"
"The Spirit of Faith is very important since it will be the key to awakening one's soul vessel. Soul Vessel is very important to spirit cultivators because that is where the spirit cultivators place their spirits which will strengthen them and support them."
"That's not the only purpose of soul vessel, it is also the place where one's spirit essence resides. As you know, only beasts with spirit and spirit cultivators can use the spirit essence. Spirit essence that a human can use to cultivate can only be found in spirit stones!"
"Spirit cultivators will use spirit stones in order to advance their tiers or recover spirit essence! You need to know this since if you have the talent to be a spirit cultivator then you will need these resources!"
"Our clan will be providing you those resources so your only worry if you become a spirit cultivator, is the path that you will take as you grow stronger" Zhang Shi, the clan head said after looking at the youths at the age of 15 who are very nervous in front of him.
He also talks about the Legend of Yu Zeng to every youth here, this story will play a very important role as they grow stronger.
There are at most a thousand youths that are going to participate in this awakening ceremony yet it will be a miracle if 100 among them awaken a talent, even if it is just the lowest type of talent.
With this, it can be said that spirit cultivators are very rare.
Every youth in the place is very nervous at the moment but among them, one is just calm and every youth looks at him with either admiration or jealousy.
'I am finally back! 1000 years, I am back 1000 years to the past' Xi Yun thought and a hidden smile crept up his face.