Ramiel and Lin were almost done assembling the block remote-activated robot and made sure all the plastic blocks that they put together were properly glued so they won't fall apart. grandma Mao was reading a book while taking small glimpses of Ramiel, Lin, and Amelia as they worked together to finish the young boy's project when she notice that it was already afternoon and Grandpa Tang was busy cleaning his basement went the old grandfather clock made a bell sound addressing that it was already 5 pm.
Ramiel and Lin were almost done assembling the block remote-activated robot and made sure all the plastic blocks that they put together were properly glued so they won't fall apart. grandma Mao was reading a book while taking a small glimpse of Ramiel, Lin, and Amelia still on Video call talking to Guan Yu, as the two worked together to finish his science project the following day,
Grandpa Tang was also busy cleaning his basement as he moves certain wooden containers when their grandfather clock made a sound announcing that it was already 5 pm. and when grandma Mao heard this she closed the book he was reading placed it beside a small desk beside her reading chair and stood up, Amelia also heard this bell and told Guan Yu that she needs to cut their conversation because she will help Grandma Mao to prepare dinner, satiny she places her left two fingers in her lips and gave a flying kiss to Guan Yu as he receives this affection and answered with the same action.
Grandma Mao teaches Amelia her famous crispy honey glaze chicken wings and shares with her that Guan Yu love to eat this but due to his work she never had the opportunity to cook it for him, but because of Amelia he became more emotionally accepting and open, she never expected that Guan Yu will change drastically while maintaining his manners and work professionalism.
Amelia was sitting on a stool facing Mrs Mao while she share more personal details about her nephew, Amelia was preparing the chicken wings and listening attentively to her story, Ms. Lin Siniang came into the kitchen to get a glass of water when Amelia saw her and asked her to join them as grandma Mao shares the embarrassing moment when he was still young, slightly shifting to the time where Guan Yu was still an ordinary child after hearing those tales the three laughs and Amelia blush knowing that the person she loves and respected was just like any other person, Mrs Mao even mention that Ramiel and Guan Yu were so similar when it comes to manners and way of thinking.
the only difference was Guan Yu decided to change his personality to ensure his late father's legacy will continue because he knew showing too much will eventually leak his weakness with this he was always calculating and observant around him, using any means to be always one step ahead his competitors and ruthless toward his enemy. Ms Lin also share a few things in conversation, mentioning those days when he was so awkward facing a woman that wanted to date him before. most women flock around him due to his looks and of course his wealth,
Ms Lin utters a very peculiar tale where Guan Yu had to put a certain disrespectful merchant and his arrogant family in his proper place by ending all of it. Grandma Mao suddenly change her mod and acted and with her clumsy hands accidentally drop a fork on the floor, Amelia Responded get getting up from the stool and pick up the fork on the floor with a smile, as Ms Lin Siniang understood her mistake, and waited for the right moment to change the topic of her conversation, she was now holding her composure as Mrs Mao aura was leaking out her body is was small knowing that it might affect Amelia, but enough to make Ms Lin Siniang sweating in fear.
the moment Amelia lifted her head and place the fork on the kitchen countertop Mrs Mao was her old self again she was about to ask Lin to finish her story when grandma Mao ask Amelia to preheat the wok with cooking oil because its time to deep fry the chicken wings and tell Lin to cook rice while she prepares a simple sweet dessert.
Lin finally calm down after hearing Mrs Mao's soft voice and gave a rub on the shoulder indicating its perfectly fine now she walked toward the sink and washed her hands and smelled the chicken that Amelia was personally working on Mrs Mao took out dough from the refrigerator and went back to the counter and started making a simple custard pie.
meanwhile, Ms Eu-meh Fang was still looking and calling Samuel and wondering what ever happen to Megan Walsh she was already in her car secretly driving toward the location still trying to get in touch with Samuel when he answered asking why was she calling her at this time but before Eu-meh could ask him he told her he was on another location and even mention that the woman she sent was uncooperative so he had to let her go, this irritated Eu-meh telling him he was an idiot to let her leave just like that, he told her don't work he made sure won't be a burden anymore.
she asked if he killed Ms Walsh, but he gave no answer and just told her to meet her at the bar and bring some cash, after a few minutes they saw each other and he told her that everything was prepared and that a day from now he will take Amelia Back from Guan Yu and just make sure she will be alone at that time, Ms Eu-meh Fang rise her beer bottle and told him the words trust me!
the following morning as everybody was full of positive energy Mr Tang and Mr Mao was watching the news that most country in the world has change their way of life and openly accepted this, Ramiel was eating beside his mother and asked Grandpa Tang if he could explain what was happening,
Grandpa Tang looks at Ramiel and told him that the world is always changing and everything that was happening today are part of mankind's evolution he mentions even before history that we knew was not accurate and true, certain aspects of those events were washed rewritten or were never even mentioned in books, there are unnatural things in the world that mankind can never understand before, humanity was too scared to face the unexplainable and uncontrollable.
he further explains that mankind's evolution stop when we started to fear the unknown, too afraid to venture out to seek more than what we are accustomed to in life, most of humanity wanted to acquire and create marvellous things the easiest way possible, and no longer wants to wait patiently endure pain and overcome any problem by facing their limitation and shortcomings and become stronger.
mankind has become too dependable on its invention and forgotten the real reason why man needs to change and that is to survive. he even mentions before technology became humanity's new god every man and woman were equally allowed to be on top regardless of age and skin colour, they endured so many harsh and deadly things and circumstances but were able to overcome these issues with a strong mind and body.
Grandpa Tang assured that magic was real and when he was a young boy personally saw amazing and unbelievable things that their clan elders do when they were forced to protect their family. he firmly believes that when there was no technology to help us men learn to maximize the usage of our minds so that is why he thinks the ancient people who became kings and queens were descendants of those so-called Ethereal that they once considered gods.
he showed Ramiel pictures from his phone pointing out obvious things that now the new generation neglect to understand or confirm these things as remnants of a forgotten race, he pointed to some ancient structures and told him that our ancestors created massive great things with their bare hands and used their intelligence to control empires and create tools and even weapons that enhance one's skill but suddenly as humanity develops thru out the century mankind also develop nasty personalities to feed their ego like laziness and greed and has forgotten those wonderful gifts our ancestors left now we have grown weak and dependent toward man-made machine so we can face the harsh world they live in now.
even if technology continues to progress mankind must understand that the world also changes and nothing is permanent, it is important to remember that technology is a tool to make our lives easier, but it does not necessarily improve our well-being, it even makes us weak if left uncheck, Grandpa Tang pointed out we all need to accept the reality and they need to grow and go back to basic, and that is to train there mind and body so they can have a chance to live in this new world.
lastly told Ramiel to always face his fear and learn to adapt, survive and overcome his limitation so he can use his skill to save the people who were important to him. with a big smile Ramiel answered
"you can count on me, Grandfather."
Amelia stroke Ramiels hair while sipping her coffee her phone rang, and she suddenly blush knowing that the only person who would call her would be Guan Yu she asked to be excused and stood up and answered her phone it was Sunday, and Mr Tang Remind Lin Siniang to prepare Ramiel for his training later on. this was his second year in teaching the young boy to master the flow of his Meridian energy.
Ramiel was always fascinated by Chinese martial arts at a very young age he wanted to learn kung fu and be like a hero on the tv shows he usually watch with his mother he even told Grandpa Tang that some of his classmates show off their newfound abilities and he at times he gets envious toward them but he asked the new boy what will he do if he gets the same abilities, he answered directly and mention he will be using his powers to save and protect the weak and ensure the safety of his love ones.
Grandpa Tang stood up and told him he was right but he always remember without practice and proper training he can never use it efficiently. always assume the worst and be prepared to face the enemy but do not act without gathering the right information so you can formalize the perfect counter and defence toward any situation, Ramiel nodded and said that Grandma Mao and Ms Dolores Tesfaye told him the same thing before, then having a strong body but with a weak mind is useless.
Grandma Mao looked at Ramiel and gave him a thumbs up, and in return, he returned the gesture by giving her two thumbs up. Grandma Mao and Ms Lin Siniang smiled, Amelia came back to the kitchen and told the two elders that her work leave was on put hold due to some issues with the product that was supposed to be received today by the buyer but mysteriously it hasn't come yet and it is her responsibility since she gave clearance to be shipped out.
so with this news, Ramiel became sad when Amelia saw his son's reaction she held his hand and told him that being responsible and never being a burden are the things that even Grandpa Tang Grandma Mao told them before, she held Ramiel Cheeks and said I told my supervisor that I will fix the problem after she needs to attend Ramiels school exhibit and reminded her only son that she never in her entire life made a promise that she didn't keep. Ramiel felt relief and hug his mother and with a happy feeling told Grandpa Tang to begin his training,
Ms Lin Siniang was already helping Grandma Mao in cleaning the table and Ramiel took out two aprons and individually gave it to them with a huge smile as he thank them both with a kiss on the cheek, Amelia also thank them and ask forgiveness if she cants help out with the house chores because the problem that she needs to sort out,
Grandma Mao replied by just waving her hand and told her its ok and went back in to pick up the plates, Amelia went to her room and took out folders from her bag that looked like logistic papers and sat down on her small room desk and opened her laptop and scrolled and click each document folder double checking all of her transaction files to make sure everything was in order meanwhile Grandpa Tang and Ramiel change their clothing so they could start his new training and this was his session and the most crucial, Grandpa Tang took many precautions when he opened the first Meridian veins in such a young and fragile body.
with the help of Grandma Mao, they were successful in opening one of the twelve and the results were overwhelming at that time it took
Grandma Mao had all of the skills to ensure the boy wouldn't die because his Qi flow was like a storm it was wild and strong, luckily even at a very young age of four he was able to suppress the energy by meditating daily with Grandpa Tang while under treatment from Grandma Mao acupuncture Amelia saw the changes in her son's body from a weak boy he slowly gains weight and became energetic after years of abuse from her ex-husband and frequent visit to the clinic due to sickness, she was open to any kind of help just save his son from dying and after seeing the changes in her son condition she openly entrusted the two elders in helping his son.
but after the second meridian up to the tenth nothing happened no outburst of energy, they assumed that the first time they witnessed it was just accumulated Qi based on the harsh past the child had to endure, both elders could see the Qi flowing in his body and there was no an abnormal reaction from his Center Qi core was very much normal.
and every day after his class he would meditate in the basement with shear determination at a young age he was able to achieve control sadly he wasn't able to see his QI and he could only feel it as the heat coming out of his body Grandpa Tang told him that the moment he opened his twelve meridian vain he can finally see the Qi flow in his body. as for now train harder so he can control that heat and gets focus at the centre of his meridian core, he further explained the abilities that some of his classmate posses are different from what he is doing, Qi and Mana are similar but also different in terms of use, Qi is self-enhancement of the body, spirit, and mind while mana focuses more on capacity conjuring and controlling elemental energy, at a young age he was rather confused to what was the difference of the Qi and Mana at that time.
but now two years had passed Ramiel at the age of 6 was prepared to finally see his Qi flow, Grandpa Tang remind him to never forget to train even harder after the last training session.
he sat down and positioned himself in a meditation stance and deeply breathing in and sat quietly and let his mind be filled with positive energy as Grandpa Tang was sitting behind him placing his two palms at his back and softly uttering the words of comfort and making sure Ramiel was calm and collective toward his surroundings when the temperature in the room began to raise and that heat was piercing his back as it circulates in his body.
Ramiel was 6 years old but had a maturity of an adult he stood 3 and a half feet tall and weight around 45 lbs was enduring the same pain that made older people at Fu Xi Shi cry out, he bite his lower lip and clench his hand and took all the pain thinking that this is more bearable than the abuse he got from his wicked father every single day before.
after a few minutes, everything went quiet and the sweat covering Ramiel's body began to react his body was heating up and the moment Grandma Mao opened the basement door to check up on the two a sudden burst of wild energy came out of Ramiels body so strong the very foundation of their home shook and the wooded flooring check as steam rose from the floor and escape from the cracks Lin Siniang and Amelia felt saw the hot steam gushing out of the basement.
Grandma Mao push forward and began to descend downstairs as Lin Siniang and Amelia also rush to see what was going on and to ensure Ramiel ad Grandpa Tang's safety.
Grandma Mao saw that Ramiel was floating as his Qi was encircling his body she saw Grandpa Tang was trying his best to control the Qi but gradually it gets stronger by the minute like a typhoon the two elders had seen these strong Qi in their lifetime like the energy has a will of its own. Grandma Mao had no choice but to seal Ramiel Meridian Vain until he can control his massive force. even the cars that were parked outside their home reacted to this force all of the cars' alarms suddenly activated and the earth move side to side even the street pole lights and trees began to wave one by one people in the neighbourhood began to panic thinking that a dimensional portal gate opened in their area.
it was greatly increasing as people are now coming out of their homes in panic and fear Grandma Mao was finally able to grab Ramiels Hand while Lin Siniang and Amelia were assisting her with all their might to push Grandma Mao closer so she can close the young boy Qi vain after a few attempts everything went back to normal Grandma Mao and Grandpa Tang were exhausted, Amelia Grab Ramiel as he fell asleep and hug him tight and whispers he is safe now, the two elders stood up and bow down to Amelia and ask for forgiveness.
Amelia look at them with tears in her eyes and said without your guiding hand and care we should have died years ago we own you our lives and what you did to ensure my son's survival was right and seeing that you both risk your lives to save him prove that my decision to entrust my son to you was the right thing to do Amelia stood up and kiss the two elders in the forehead and took Ramiel upstairs,
Ms Lin Siniang assisted Grandma Mao but she insisted that Ms Lin go outside and see what happened and to make sure everybody in the neighbourhood was doing well after the incident, Ms. Lin Siniang rush outside and was shocked to see the concrete street was cracked and it can be seen the force originated from Mr and Mrs Liu Chen basement and spread outward almost 20 meters but most people were not interested in the crack thinking that is was just a strong earthquake, the people were mostly fascinated by a dozen twisted steel light poles that were still in working order.
with a big sigh! Grandpa Tang just stood on his porch and couldn't believe that Ramiel was able to do such damage, grandma Mao waved to the bystanders hoping to have a sense of control over the situation and to tell everybody that the incident that occurred was the cause of their basement boiler exploding due to age and promise everybody that they will pay for any damage to their houses and even their well being.
Mr and Mrs Liu Chen were widely known in the entire area as kind and charitable people dedicated to helping those who are in need so after the fire department came and saw the area and investigated the Liu Chen residence and saw personally the basement boiler was completely imploded inward by immense pressure and cant explained the reason behind it decided to just file the incident at accidental and orders the Liu Chen couple to just pay for the damages.