The Beginning of a Legend
It took Xue Feng a few hours to build his best Isolation Formation, but even after he was finished, Xue Bai still didn't look confident and asked his father to construct a few more.
The Celestial Void Fruit was a low Heaven-grade natural treasure, after all. And though Xue Bai wasn't sure what phenomenon it would make after he ate it, it had to be something that wouldn't dishonor its rank.
Of course, Xue Bai didn't think that these formations could mask the phenomenon completely.
He only hoped that whatever did leak out was something they could explain logically.
Xue Bai wasn't afraid of the people on the Southern Continent but of the central one. Though they were millions of miles away from the Central Continent, if the phenomenon were large enough, peak experts would definitely be able to sense it.
The Spiritual Sense of cultivators in the later realms of the Xiantian Great Realm could spread millions of miles easily, and sensing a huge world eclipsing phenomenon would be natural.
And after the powerhouses figured out that it was Xue Bai who created the phenomenon, they would simply do a soul search that would not only end his life but also reveal information about his previous life.
So realistically, all Xue Bai hoped for was that the formations that Xue Feng was setting up could lower the exposure enough to where it seemed only to be a low Earth-grade natural treasure.
That way, it would never reach the Central Continent and only scare the people in the Southern Continent.
After explaining his goal to his parents, they both agreed readily. This matter is related to their lives, after all. They wouldn't slack off in the slightest when it came to their lives.
And wanting to ensure their safety, the two would spend the next two days building dozens of different types of concealing formations in his courtyard.
Anything to suppress the phenomenon to its lowest possible output, from noise suppression to camouflage formation, whatever Xue Fen could think of, he made.
However, eventually, Xue Feng couldn't create anymore.
"This is the last one I can make, Bai'er. Any more, and I think your courtyard would collapse on itself." Xue Feng spoke.
Though formations worked well to stack upon each other and amplify each other, they also needed Spiritual Qi to function. And at this point, almost all of the Spiritual Qi within miles of Xue Bai's courtyard was being used.
Xue Feng knew that building anymore would serve no purpose and also potentially cause a dangerous outcome.
"Let's just hope this is enough." Li Rou sighed, "Alright, Bai'er, sit down in a lotus position just like we taught you. We'll protect you while you refine the Celestial Void Fruit."
Xue Bai nodded obediently at this.
And without hesitation, he sat in a lotus position on a meditation mat he had prepared earlier.
But once he sat down, he felt rather emotional. As he held the Celestial Void Fruit in his hand, Xue Bai was filled with an odd emotion that he couldn't describe.
This fruit would start his cultivation journey. After eating it, he would embark on a road filled with countless corpses, struggles, and peril. But at the same time, he would also find his closest friends and spouse and create a family because of it as well.
Just by taking a bite of this purple apple Xue Bai would become a genius capable of becoming a god.
It was something extremely hard to comprehend, especially for someone who was a disabled boy bound to a hospital bed just a few years ago.
He could also choose not to eat it and live a lavish life as the child of a Duke. Though he wouldn't inherit his father's dukedom as a strong cultivation base was required to be a duke, and most likely, his next sibling would inherit the dukedom.
Xue Bai would still be able to live a prodigious life.
It was while Xue Bai was feeling the most conflicted when something happened. Both of his parents grabbed his shoulders. Then, turning around to face them, he saw the gentlest looks on their face.
They didn't care what decision he would make. They would stand behind whatever he chose, whether he would stay a cripple or embark on the path of a genius destined to trample against his peers. They didn't care because, at the end of it, he was still their child, Xue Bai.
Seeing his parents look at him with so much faith Xue Bai knew he couldn't let them down. Resolving himself, he ate the fruit in 3 quick bites.
And almost immediately after he ate it, Xue Bai felt something flow within. A gas appeared within him. Starting from his throat, the unknown gas slowly yet methodically explored every inch of his body.
From the tip of his toes to the top of his head, the gas flowing inside of him was changing him inside out. It was gently strengthening his physique and giving his body the ability to withstand the low Heaven-grade Martial Vein.
Xue Bai thought that it would make him feel indescribable pain and had even readied a rag to bite on just in case. But it actually felt euphoric, as if he was ascending from his mortal body into a higher type of being.
Xue Bai was even changing on the outside. His originally silky black hair was dying into a purple shade like his eyes. His pupils also soon lost their black color turning entirely purple like his irises.
Xue Bai's metamorphosis took around an hour, during which the entire time, Xue Feng and Li Rou were laser-focused on Xue Bai to make sure everything went right.
Before Xue Bai ate the fruit, they were apprehensive about it, thinking that Xue Bai was being plotted against. However, after they saw their son change from the inside out, they knew that this was the real deal.
Time slowly passed, and eventually, his first transformation was complete. Then after a slight flutter of his eyelashes, Xue Bai opened his eyes.
But he didn't speak to his parents, who were extremely curious but instead looked up at the sky.
"It's coming. Get ready. This is what we prepared for." Xue Bai announced suddenly.
After saying so, he stood up from his meditation mat and calmly looked up at the sky to witness the phenomenon he had created.
Thousands of miles above the sky of the estate, space suddenly severed open.
Like a scene out of an apocalypse movie, the clear blue sky suddenly had a crack in it, as if someone had slashed a sword that severed space leaving only a purple void.
And in the purple void that radiated emptiness, a slitted eyeball opened itself.
Calmly and almost robotically, the eyeball looked down on the Baishen Plane with unknown emotions. The eye scanned the Baisehn Plane as if looking for something. However, it soon found the target it was searching for, Xue Bai.
After staring down Xue Bai with enough pressure that it could make the surrounding space tremble, the eyeball slowly closed, along with the severed space.
However, a sentence rang in Xue Bai's ears before the space was closed entirely.
"You've inherited a path belonging to a descendent of mine. Honor him well, or you'll be doomed for eternity!" A deep resounding voice popped into his head.
The voice itself was old. It sounded archaic and was filled with majesty. But oddly enough, Xue Bai couldn't tell which gender was saying those words. It was like he was trying to remember a dream he had a few days ago. Almost as if something was stopping him from remembering the pitch it sounded in.
It was weird, but Xue Bai didn't dare to voice his complaints about it.
After hearing the archaic voice, Xue Bai cupped his fists and bowed to the space above. While he didn't know if the eye could still see him, he still thought to honor it.
The Celestial Void Fruit would be the start of his legend, and the person who allowed him to eat it deserved his respect and thanks.
After the eye disappeared and the space healed, a purple-colored gas also descended from the sky and slowly moved towards Xue Bai, seemingly ignoring every object in its path.
At first, Xue Feng and Li Rou thought it was dangerous and stepped in front of Xue Bai, wanting to protect him, but Xue Bai waved them off.
Xue Bai knew that this was the true baptism from the eyeball. The Celestial Void Fruit itself wasn't the true treasure. Instead, it only carried a marker that, when ingested, would summon the eyeball. And only after being accepted by the eyeball would you finally receive the low Heaven-grade set of Marital Veins.
That was the only reason he could carry it casually and even contain it, as even treasures of Earth-grade would develop a minor form of sentience and try to defend themselves. Let alone something in the Heave-grade.
Seeing the purple gas near him, Xue Bai sat back on the mat and opened his mouth. And like a magnet, the gas entered his mouth.
Sadly for Xue Bai, right after he sucked it in, the indescribable pain he imagined came.
His body felt like someone was putting wires throughout his entire body. But Xue Bai knew that these were the Martial Veins. For them to truly help him cultivate, they needed to run throughout his body, like his normal veins.
If they weren't, then not only would his Spiritual Qi circulation be severely impacted, but also lower his Spiritual Qi absorption speed.
And thankfully, he was prepared.
Without wasting a moment, Xue Bai grabbed the rage he had prepared earlier, stuffed it into his mouth, and accepted the pain with relish.
This pain was something that would help him ascend. This pain was the beginning of his legend. If all he had to do was endure for a few minutes and become a genius rivaling a Child of the Plane, he would accept it.
He needed to kill Xiao Mo, and if he couldn't even handle some physical pain, how would he contend with the final antagonist of his world?
Steeling his will, Xue Bai bit down so hard that he almost ripped right through the rag. The resolution on his face was so profound that even his parents wondered what he was thinking about. However, he ignored everything and focused on the pain surging through him.
Xue Bai was repeating the same words in his head over and over again to the point where he didn't know how much had passed but only realized that the pain had subsided.
Taking the shredded rag out of his mouth Xue Bai opened his eyes to look at the world that had changed in front of him.
In front of him, the world had gained a new layer that he couldn't see before. The colors were brighter, and the air was glistening.
"So this is Spiritual Qi, huh?" After saying so, Xue Bai passed out.
"BAI'ER" Were the last words he heard as he saw both his parents shout as they rushed to catch him.
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