A little further than the mountain range, Ming Liang let down Kei on a small dirt valley
"You'll train me here?" asked Kei
Without speaking a word Ming flattened the area with his Qi
"Take out your sword, before I train you, I should see for myself how strong you are" said Ming as he was taking out a twig from his own spacial bag
With an excited look Kei took out his sword as well
"Is that twig some king of treasure?"
"Pffff, its a normal twig, now come at me!" announced Ming as he unleashed his Aura
Kei dashed forward and put strength and Qi into his sword getting ready to swing with all his strength the moment he reached Master Ming
Ming was surprised and thought to himself
'That Qi! It is so pure! And it feels very strange... Hooo?'
~swing~ ~clang~
"It didn't even budge...?" even with Kei's full strength the tree branch remained unmoving at the hands of Ming
"weak." as Ming proclaimed Kei's weakness he swung his branch twice
Once throwing Kei back
And second hurling a slash of Pink Qi towards Kei
"Figures...." Kei braces himself to block the Qi slash
Point of contact,
Kei poured a lot of Qi into his sword and tried blocking the mighty Qi slash
~ting ~
Kei was struggling "GGRRRRAAAAAAAAA"
'SHARPER, MORE POWER'
Kei poured more Qi throughout his body and eventually the Qi slash was exhausted enough for Kei to cut through
~slash~
"YOU THINK YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN UNLEASH A QI SLASH?"
Kei threw a thicc Qi slash toward Ming and followed closely behind said slash
His presence was almost hidden as he tried to suppress his presence and hide himself behind his Qi slash
As the Qi slash eventually reached Ming, so did Kei
Kei slid under his own Qi slash and as Ming swung to disperse the Qi slash, Kei got to Ming's back
Kei poured his all to his sword and went for a slash attack
But then
"Too slow"
~swish ~ ~ smack ~ crack ~
Ming swung his twig and knocked Kei into a nearby mound, knocking him out in the process
Kei was stuck and he had made a human shaped hole in said mound, and a circular crack was around him
"Damn, he got knocked out by just that...?"
*
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*back at Japan in the Cherry blossom sect
John and Akira were having a chat
"Hey, do you think Kei has made it to China right about now?" asked Akira
"He should have, he must have given my Master the letter I gave him as well"
Akira got curious
"Say, what did you write in that letter anyway?"
"Oh just a few things, I wrote a few greetings and that the Cherry blossom sect is blooming, oh also a few things about Kei, I also asked him to help Kei as he could since he will have a tough journey ahead"
Puzzled Akira asked again
"Help? How so? Will he give Kei an elixir or something?"
John chuckled and spoke
"No way that stingy bastard gives Kei an elixir, HAHHAHAA, he probably will give a few pointers to him for a week or two"
"Ah, I see..."
Akira prayed that Kei would bring home a 10.000 year old bamboo, who knows, maybe, it's always a possibility...
*
*
*back to China at the training ground
~slap slap slap~
"Wake up kid"
~slap slap slap slap slap slap slap slap slap~
"Kid wake up already!" Ming Liang was getting impatient
But then
Kei's eyes slowly opened
"ouch... My face hurts..." As Kei got up he couldn't help but notice a human shaped hole on a nearby mound, but he decided not to mention it
"Bliaxx, what's this bitter taste in my mouth?!" a weird, bitter and strong taste was currently in Kei's mouth
"Relax kid, I gave you some medicine to heal and wake up faster, anyway, ready to hear what I thought of your little mock fight back there?"
Kei gulped and braced himself as if he knew what was going to happen next
Ming Liang took a deep breath
"YOU IDIOT WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO FIGHT!? MY GRANDMA FIGHTS BETTER THAN YOU(no joke) WHEN I HURLED A QI SLASH YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST DODGED, FROM NOW ON YOU'LL TRAIN A LOT IN DODGING. AND WHEN I LET YOU GO BEHIND ME WHY DID YOU GO FOR A SLASH? HAS YOUR SWORD TECHNIQUE NO THRUSTS?! WHAT A LOUSY TECHNIQUE! WITH A THRUST YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN FAST ENOUGH TO NOT GET KNOCKED OUT BY ME! SERIOUSLY IS SLASHING ALL YOU KNOW? AND DON'T LET ME GET STARTED ON YOUR MOVEMENT TECHNIQUE! OH SURE IT HID YOUR PRESENCE A LITTLE BUT IN EXCHANGE FOR WHAT?! IN EXCHANGE FOR SPEED!? IT'S A GODDAMNED M O V E M E N T TECHNIQUE, IT'S MEANT TO BE SPEEDY! NOT BE A SUBPAR CAMOUFLAGE! ANYONE FROM THE SAME LEVEL AND ABOVE WOULD SEE THROUGH THIS! WHAT'S IT'S NAME?"
" E-eclipse steps... "
" FORGET ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE EVEN THE NAME IS CRINGE! LISTEN HERE WE WILL TWICK MY MOUNT HUA MOVEMENT TECHNIQUE TO FIT YOUR STRANGE QI AND YOU WILL USE THAT! UNDERSTOOD?"
" Y-YES SIR! "
"OH AND SURE THAT COMBO OF COMMING ALONG WITH YOUR QI SLASH IS OK BUT YOU STILL ARE TOO SLOW ALONG WITH YOUR QI SLASH! "
*
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*A few days later
" YAAKKK! AAA! IIIIK!"
Kei was now dodging multiple flying swords
'THAT CRAZY BASTARD OF A MASTER! IS THIS REALLY HIS IDEA OF TRAINING?! PHYSICAL TRAINING, DODGING AND SWORD TECHNIQUES DURING THE DAY AND CULTIVATION DURING THE NIGHT! Well, it's not that I haven't been Cultivating every night, BUT THE PHYSICAL TRAINING IS TOO MUCH! He makes me Lift massive bounders to train my body, he makes me dodge real flying swords(ones for fighting not for riding) and says that it's alright he can heal me when I get hurt... WHEN! And after all that I get to get yelled at and revise my swordsmanship...But, I understand the purpose of this training, I am indeed weak, oh wait movement... Spacial movement! I forgot to ask about the spacial law!'
Kei got a little distracted
~ slash ~
"AAAAYYKK, my back!"
"STINKY BRAT YOU CAN'T EVEN CONCENTRATE ON THIS TRAINING! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THAT'S SO IMPORTANT!?" The master was rightfully angered, his new disciple just a few days into the training got distructed and lost focus
Master Ming stopped the sword assault for a little to let the brat speak
"Master I apologise! I just remembered something I wanted to ask you!"
Kei respectfully bowed slightly, his hands together as he said this
"A question? If it's something that would make you lose focus it must be important.... Alright speak child" Master Ming held a curious look, what would this youngling want ask?
Kei firmed his resolve
"Master Ming, this sect knows about spacial laws right! I figured that out from how the inside of the sect was so much larger than outside! I wish to learn the Law of space!"
After hearing the brat's speech Master Ming didn't utter a single word, he just raised his hand into the air and resumed controlling the flying swords to continue Kei's training
" W-Whhhaat! AAAAA! "
A sly grin started appearing on Ming's face as he started covering it with his hand
'That stinking brat, He is... Not so bad.'
*To be continued