Kai balanced on his left pointer finger, with his right hand behind him as he did a handstand. He had started from walking on poles to one handed handstands, but now here he is, using only one finger to maintain his balance. He has mastered all his basic training in almost one month, and now he is at level with all the other disciples. Master Zhou even told him that with a little more training, he might become even more skillful than Qing yuan.
About his lotus aura, he still hasn't mentioned it to anyone. And he tries his best to conceal it. He has been tinkering with it a bit, by reading scrolls about his biological father. And what he did to master its powers. He also finally got to go on the tour of the cultivation school with Taio, which was a thrilling experience for the both of them. Especially Taio who man up and kissed Kai on the cheek, when he got distracted looking at a hill of crystals that it was said decades ago, a dozen Prospectors combined their water and wind elementals and formed the crystals.
Kai had been taken aback when he suddenly felt Taio's soft warm lips on his cheeks. It didn't spark butterflies like when Qing yuan is looking at him, but it made him feel fuzzy inside.
Anyways, Kai had made a ton of friends, both in the Cultivation and Prospector parts of the school. A few only hang around with him because of his bloodline, and others because of his personality and need to get master Zhou angry. He also had been hanging out with Huang Ling, even though Qing yuan forbade him to. Shufen has also started to be extra nice to him, and always appears by his side when Hu Delun tries to talk to him. He has gone on two hunts, where people in two neighboring villages had started to get poisoned by some evil charmed Fong Woo who had used the dark moon orb to contaminate their water supplies. And Kai along with Qing yuan, were the ones that cleansed the charm from the rivers, lakes and Wells. They even cured a few villagers that weren't too far gone. But Kai, he did something that made him feel proud but also dreadful. It was a little boy who was poisoned, his body was further away from the rest. Kai went over to look at him and saw that he died with his eyes open, so he bent down and fanned his hand over his eyes, closing them. His heart saddened when he saw the black veins all over the boy's deadly pale lifeless body, due to the poison. And without knowing, Kai laid his hand flat against the boy's chest and his palm started to glow. And before Kai could figure out what was happening, the little boy's eyes snapped open and his body started to look lively and healthy again. Kai stumbled back as he saw the little boy eased off the ground. His heart started to pound rapidly, and his head filled with confusion and a lot of questions. 'W-what did I…..how did I?' Were so of the questions running around in his head.
"M-mr, did you-" The boy asked, looking confused as well.
"No! I d-didnt…I didn't do anything." Kai interrupted the boy, freaking out as he ran away and back to where the group had gathered to leave.
The group walked around for a few minutes to check if everything was all good, and Kai couldn't be more than happy to leave. Taking one last glance at where the boy had once been laying dead just a few minutes ago.
Kai got out of his handstand position, and started to do some hand work with a practice sword Qing yuan had given to him to practice with. Kai swung that sword left and right, jabbing it back and forth. Slowly then in a fast swift phase. He did a quick spin, flashing the sword left and right, before coming back around with a quick jab.
"Woah, what have I done to be in this position?" Kai heard a somewhat familiar laugh, and when he looked up, he saw none other than Hu Delun standing there with his hands up in a surrendering motion due to Kai's sword pointing directly at his chest.
Kai felt chills run down his spine, but he did his best to not let Hu Delun know that he was affected by his presence.
"I finally got a chance to talk to you, your friends have been guarding you from me like I am some kind of monster ready to destroy you." Kai fake a laugh, not letting how uncomfortable he was shown.
"Sorry about that brother Delun." Kai bowed, in result, causing the sword to jab Delun in the chest. Kai laughs awkwardly, and hesitantly lowers the sword. "Ha, t-they are just overprotective. B-because I am n-new to this new kind of living, they w-want me to be as comfortable and adjusting as possible." Kai scold himself for stuttering so much.
Delun chuckled and pat Kai on the shoulder. "Well, I want to be one of those good friends like the ones that you have. I want to be your close friend that you can share your secrets with, comfort you when you are feeling down and be there in your good times and bad." Delun said, as he smiled a smile that didn't sit quite well with Kai. And the way he was gripping his hand, it was as if he was trying to slip it from his joints.
"Haha, I hope we can be that close too." Kai grabbed onto Delun's hand to pry it off his shoulder, but got stuck in a pit of darkness before he was pulled back out after pulling his hand away from Delun's. He gasps silently, and slowly looks up at Delun who still has that creepy smile on his face.
"Is everything alright?" He asks Kai.
Kai slowly nodded his head, still shaken up by what he saw and the abnormal feeling that he got when he touched Delun.
Delun nodded, and they both stood there not saying a word and stared at each other. It wasn't until Qing yuan came and called Kai's name that they blinked and moved away from each other.
Kai turned and ran to Qing yuan, thanking God that he came when he did.
"Are you ok?" Qing yuan asked Kai, when he felt how much he was shaking.
"Yes." That is what Kai wanted to say. But the no came out instead because the Prospector's side of him wouldn't let him lie. He was so shaken up that he felt like throwing up. "No, I am not." Kai mumbled.
"What is wrong?" Qing yuan asks, pulling Kai into his arms, fighting the urge to stroke his back to comfort him.
"It's Delun." Kai whispered, his voice muffled by him hiding his face in Qing Yuan's chest.
"What about him?" Shui asks, holding Kai even tighter as he locks eyes with Hu Delun, who was looking at him like a predator studying the movements of his prey.
"Since he first arrived, I have been scensing this dark presence from him. And he has been trying to get near me ever since, but Taio and Shufen have been keeping him away from me." Qing yuan hugged Kai even more as a possessive growl left his lips when he mentioned Taio's name. "And just now when he grabbed a hold of my shoulder and I tried to get his hand off me, when I t-touched him. I was pulled into this darkness, and the feeling that I got. It was like I was surrounded by pure evil." Kai wrapped his arms around Qing Yuan's waist and buried his face deeper into his chest.