Kei now sat down and used his divine consciousness to peer into himself, peer into his dantian
"Wow..." he was left speachless
His golden core had indeed rested inside of his beautifully made earth, the golden core now acted as this earth's core, and all around and in the background many small lights could be seen, just like a starry night
Then Kei stopped using his divine consciousness and looked around at the now scorched cave
"Well, time to leave"
*
Later
Kei had now packed all his stuff up and was flying through the sky on a magical tool cultivators used, The flying sword.
The sky had a few clouds but overall it was clear
While Kei didn't have a need for a flying sword now that he was in his Golden core realm, the flying sword did boost his movement speed, sadly a flying sword couldn't be used for attacking
As he was flying, he finally reached a city, Tokyo. Keisuke was heading over to Akira's sect, the cherry blossom sect
While he was flying over the city he noticed a few people in mage's clothing
And flew down stealthily to listen to them, his flying sword now in his dimensional bag and his feet on the ground
The mages wore purple clothing. A short purple cloak, a black tight shirt and purple pants/skirts for men and women respectively, both the mages had a staff on their back. Last but not least, a badge from the Vox Mage Guild. The guild of Keisuke's one and only disciple
'NEWS GUY!'
Kei then listened in to the conversation the mages were having all while hiding himself and his presence
Mage 1
"Did you feel those fluctuations too!"
Mage 2
"Right!? Some cultivator must have broken through to Golden core realm!"
Mage 1
"Lets report back to master!"
Keisuke then thought
'WHAT!? SOMEONE BROKE-oh wait that was me'
And then Kei continued flying towards the Cherry Blossom Sect
'this country was "saved" thanks to the cooperation of countless cultivators, withought powerful Nascent soul cultivators this country would have fallen just like all the others, thankfully its not the only country that survived, every major country survived, except for those four.... The dragons... If a dragon had instead been in this country instead of the others, I'm afraid I wouldn't be here. I got lucky for once.. '
After Kei's reminisced of the past he had finally made it to the sect
And he knocked on the front Gates
And a mighty voice resounded from withing
"Who. goes. there.? For what reason has a Golden core master come to my sect?"
Kei then with a smirk
"Oh come on, even if my cultivation realm changed, surely you can tell who it is with my Aura, heh... Or maybe not, since my Qi evolved...hmmm.... Damn... I should buy a crepe soon..."
The doors then slowly opened
And from within, a familiar silhouette could be seen
It was Akira, now wearing his traditional sect attire, a pinkish cultivator robe, ones reserved for the direct disciples of the sect leader
"Nice hair.. So, you are back" Akira bickered with a questioning look
Kei then said with a big smile
"I broke through to golden core! Now we can spar evenly!"
Akira already expecting something like this says
"Sorry to burst your bubble, but I'm at the peak of Golden core stage, you just reached the low stage. Even a small realm can make a huge difference so what makes you think we are on the same footing?"
Bubble now burst Kei holding back his tears
"we can still spar though right? I came all the way here after all"
"Follow me" Akira started heading to the training ground
Akira too had changed, but not by much, the biggest difference was his clothing
*
Training grounds
"I needed to stretch a little anyway, now then, take out your swork Kei, let's see how much you've progressed" Akira said while taking out his own sword, it was a beautiful sword, a new sword, white like the whitest white, with a blacker than black handle and a grey hilt with some modest decorative engraving
With a saddened look
"Actually..." Kei took out the remains of the sword given to him by Akira
"That...!" Akira was surprised, he didn't expect his old reliable to be broken so soon
"It broke while I was fending off my Heavenly tribulation... It was a good sword... I'm sorry"
Kei's eyes started tearing up while the heartbroken Akira stood there without making a sound
...
"It's a shame... Well, no reason to dwell on it for longer, hmm its about time you got a better sword anyway.... And some cultivators clothes! Why are you not wearing the ones I gave you?!"
"Because pink doesn't suit me! I'm not a member of the cherry blossom sect anyway! why should I wear that pink uniform?!" Kei protested against Akira's request
Akira with a beaten look
"Ugh... You don't understand the quality of pink! Fine! So be it. I'll prepare some cultivator robes in black. Is that to your liking YO UNG MA S TER?!"
Said Akira in a mocking tone
Then Keisuke with a happy expression put his hands together and bowed to Akira
"I will gladly accept being spoiled by your majesty"
Now with that out of the way Akira focused on a none cosmetic issue
"What rank alchemist are you now? You should be able to make your own sword now"
[Ding ding, Sword making intention registered, revealing the best suited sword blueprint for The true breathing technique, blueprint will be minimised to golden core level materials, you will be able to strengthen the sword with better materials as you progress through your cultivation.
Required materials:
Cold iron,
1000 year old bamboo,
10,000 year old cherry blossom petals or petals resembling that from any 10,000 year old tree]
Akira noticed Kei looking of into blank space and asked "The thing?"
"Yes The thing! It seems I have a sword blueprint to make!" said Keisuke with a smiling face
Akira with a devious smirk said
"Congratulations! Do you have the required materials?"
Keisuke's face then took a 180
"About that... I need Cold iron, 1000 year old bamboo and 10,000 year old cherry blossom petals..."
Akira's smirk grew wider while he spoke
"Our trusty sword that met its tragic end was made of Cold iron so you've got that already, and I believe we have a 1000 year old bamboo and 10,000 year old cherry blossom petals in our storage..."
With a bright look
"Then!"
"But... I can't keep giving you stuf for free.. he.. he.. he" Akira's smile kept growing wider and wider
Kei caught on
"Fine, tell me what you want from me."
Akira swiftly closed the distance between Keisuke and himself and spoke quietly into Kei's ear
"..."
Keisuke's eyes widened
"!... You!..... Fine. I accept."
"Well then! I'll, prepare the materials! And then let's go into the alchemy room so that you can start working!"
Kei was defeated
"Yes... Let's."
To be continued
*
After show
Akira's request
Kei was wearing a certain pink cultivator robe with an embarrassed look, while Akira had the biggest smirk he could muster
"... Satisfied?"
"Very."