"A yellow light? Am I still on the Tribulation?" Bing Qing Yang said half absently.
The yellow light that covered all his vision turned into a mint green, then, tiny specks of 'veins' filled the edges of his vision.
He stood up slowly, but was stopped by a soft hand, Bing Qing Yang raised his gaze and glanced at a man in front of him.
He looked at him with a warm smile on his face, the man had a dense yellow hair, with a few curls and braids with a mint and light green shade.
Each of his curls looked as if they're on a 'loop', being repeated over and over again, it looked rather hypnotic.
This man looked contradictory, half of his face looked young whilst the other half was old, he had a tan skin, and many white 'freckles.'
His aura was incredibly large covering dozens of meters and was multifaceted, on its edges there was a dense yellow aura that moved chaotically, but softly like the wind.
Whilst most of the green aura on it's core looked to be like a flowing river constantly spiralling on itself on a 'loop', finally when the yellow and green aura collided, white spheres would appear.
"Hello, Bing Qing Yang.
Allow me to introduce myself.
I am normally called the 'Destined Healer', as my title implies, I'm an specialist on healing.
Most healers rely on using hard methods, like the fire healers that cauterize wounds, accelerate the flow of the blood and evaporate the poison, or like the earth Cultivators that directly inject certain minerals on the blood and 'fill' the wounds with materials like dirt.
Am I not going to lie, those methods, are practical for most human beings, however they're also very intrusive.
On my case, I use a far softer method.
Firstly I use Luck path, through Luck path I automatically find the most 'lucky' scenarios for you, by reading your luck, I inject luck in your body so it automatically repairs itself.
Of course, luck alone isn't enough, after all the essence of luck is the randomness, of what can't be measured.
Besides there are many 'lucky' scenarios that nullify each other, thus I use my second path to alleviate this.
Time path, through the use of time path I'm able to rewind certain unlucky scenarios on selected parts of the body, I rewind, loop, accelerate, and erase the outcomes I don't like, through this method.
By fusing those two methods, I can manipulate partially the threads of Destiny."
Bing Qing Yang gulped.
Destiny.
In many books and legends this hypothetical pathway had been described as the most powerful one, with the highest potential.
However, no matter what they did, Destiny couldn't be Cultivated alone.
Destiny was on itself something that 'depended' on something else to exist, this was a weakness that not even Immortals managed to resolve.
Even if partially, the ability to manipulate Destiny has always been an admirable quality of any Cultivator, the only other Bing Qing Yang knew that had achieved such feat was his father.
"Boy...Let me tell you, regardless of whether you awakened an aperture, you're still too weak.
Someone like you can easily die by any wanderer talented Cultivator that is why, I am going to offer you a deal.
I can raise your luck, I can stabilize your Cultivation and strengthen you.
For a price, of course." The doctor known as Destined Healer said.
He shrugged.
"Of course, you don't have to make a choice just yet, just take me card, with it you'd be able to communicate with me, no matter the distance, I'll be able to help you.
Luck reading? Cultivation guidance? Healing? Luck increase?
And even to use my Destiny powers to allow you to breakthrough, anything, you want, my friend."
After saying this, the doctor left the room and went to the side of the guard.
"Bu Zhu Hou, you truly found a great seedlings this time around, hahaha, your volunteer work truly paid off, right?" The Destined Healer asked nonchalantly.
Bu Zhu Hou, the guard who stood on the middle of the ritual of the two young man smiled widely.
"Hahaha, you're goddamn right!
Not only that, I also found a kindred soul.
Someone, who acquired a curse, a sickness, someone so desperate that he'd do anything to set himself free from it."
The man took a veil that he used to hide his face, revealing his inflated cheeks, with brown stains of blood.
"The Brown Blood Disease has affected my home country for generations, despite our efforts we have merely managed to suppress it's growth.
In my case, as a Void Cultivator I can merely prevent others from being affected...
Hah, hah, hah...
You already know the song and dance, this sickness can't be cured, at least not when it has reached such a level, we, the strong can merely endure a huger burden to ensure the rest of the nation doesn't collapse.
The only existing treatment for such a 'well-developed' plague would be to kill enough of it's hosts until it's weakened permanently, but how could I do this?
That is why, I'm a forger, I am going to forge another path, but through the years I realized, I don't have what it takes to do it.
But Bing Sheng Wang is different, I know it from his gaze, from his talent, from his natural abilities.
He has the talent of fire and ice, the ability to temper and melt any metal, with those abilities he'll make for an excellent forger, that is why I'm going to take him under my wings.
As a friend, I ask you to not interfere." Bu Zhu Hou finally concluded.
The Destined Healer smirked.
"Very well, I'll let him on your hands.
But, on exchange I want you to..."
The two man began to discuss.
Bing Qing Yang had a huge smile on his face.
"So, I succeeded.
I actually acquired an aperture.
I have heard countless legends about their strength, obviously the current of state of mine is pale in comparison to such legends, like the difference of a drop of water and the ocean.
Still, it doesn't matter, I still acquired the ultimate cheat, a 'System.'
Heh, System activate."
[One Step Back, Two Steps Forward System.
"To gain something, you must lose something.
To reach further heights you must learn to sacrifice everything you have worked so far."
(Do you want to sacrifice your current Cultivation base to gain 2,500 OSBTSF Points? Y/N)]
"What?" Bing Qing Yang was astonished, after all the work he put in, he actually acquired such shitty System, he refused to believe it.
"T-There must be another way to gain points, right?"
["Of course, user!
To gain points you can also use your Lifespan, memories, knowledge, soul foundation, muscle mass, brain cells or even a Bloodline Ability"]
Bing Qing Yang bit his lips until they began to bleed.
"What do you offer exactly on exchange of this?"
["There are a myriad of uses, however you currently have unlocked two.
The ability to Derive abilities in base on the ones you currently possess and second the power to buy a myriad of skills from the System's shop.
(Current Top-Skill: Minor-All-Skills-Improvement; Lv1. Cost: 1000 points. Description: This skill will permanently increase your intelligence, physical strength, quality of Qi, aptitude and Soul Foundation permanently regardless of your Cultivation Realm by 2%.)
"..."
Bing Qing Yang was dumbfounded by this.
"Well...At least, if I think about it, most of my Cultivation sutra focuses on soul path and what not, if I raise my soul foundation I can create a virtuous cycle and ascend faster.
Furthermore, I simply cannot use this System!
If I don't my aperture won't develop and it will remain dormant.
Wait a second, my aperture, that's right.
System, can I use your points to awaken my aperture fully?"
["Naturally, user.
This can be done so, by using a small, small price of a 150 points." (Do you want to awaken your aperture? Y/N]
"Ok...now, I have another question, can I sacrifice my Cultivation partially, like from 3th stage of Qi gathering to 9th stage of Body Tempering?"
["Of course, user.
However you'd acquire merely 1350 Points if you do." (do you want to make this transaction? Y/N)]
"I accept, then I want to buy the Minor-All-Skills-Improvement, together with awakening the world of my aperture."
There was an strange blue light flowing through the room, the two men that were discussing stopped abruptly.
"Is he testing the powers of his aperture?
What do you think what powers has he acquired?"
The two men muttered to each other.
But Bing Qing Yang paid no heed to their words, instead he closed his eyes fully and immersed himself on his own 'world.'
The first thing he saw upon entering to this world was an scattered celeste mist, this mist covered the whole 'skies.'
As for the ground, it was composed of countless wires made of copper, silver and iron.
Bing Qing Yang allowed himself to enter the world fully, he lowered his body and grabbed the wire, cutting it entirely to study its interior.
Inside there were even more thinner wires, but also there was an strange viscous dark-blue liquid.
This liquid quickly began to expand and boil, due to the lack of pressure it slowly ascended towards the skies, creating many strange looking clouds.
Afterwards, those clouds began to drop many dark-blue drops of 'water.'
Bing Qing Yang attention was momentarily taken by this, however he decided to keep moving inside his aperture and investigate the rest of the phenomena.
He walked until he reached around a 'river', this river looked like a ring that was constantly spinning around itself, it was bursting with bubbles and sparkles of light, creating many flames that vanished on mere moments.
Inside the river there were also some pieces of diluted carbon, floating randomly.
This 'carbon', could be both the chemical material and the wide forms of the common material, such as the forms of purple diamonds that floated on top of it, or the black-carbon sink deep in.
Along with it, there were also some patches of dirt, floating like tiny islands, constantly flowing with the rest of the river.
In each of those patches there were some strange liquids of all colors and sizes, those were the chemicals that Bing Qing Yang had messed up on the past.
Finally, there was also a strange scent, a powder-like smell.
"I see...
Most of my aperture is composed of an strange blue liquid, this liquid has a high temperature and if it leaves the body will begin to boil, this liquid also has a huge quantity of soul essence.
This liquid...Is like my blood.
My 'blood' grants most of the form to the world, is the driving force that sustain everything, the 'wires' are like my veins, whilst the celeste fog is the law power of my aperture.
Other things like the patches of dirt are random paths I've delved into, on the past, however as I lack many achievements and are too disperse, they lack 'substance.'
With all said and done...
My aperture looks rather boring, there's no constant driving force that pushes the aperture, rather is most like an abandoned wasteland.
Let's see if I can fix that."
He moved towards the center of his aperture again, this time he had another strategy.
Bing Qing Yang began to slash one by one the 'wires' on his aperture, to stablish more clouds.
After doing this, he returned to the edges of the river that was slowly dropping on height, revealing more and more patches of 'dirt.'
"I wonder, if I were to grab something outside, could I drag it to this world?"
He thought.
Bing Qing Yang re-appeared back on reality and took a pillow, immediately upon trying to enter back into that world there was some friction, tiny sparkles of light began to appear, and the pillow was reduced to ashes, whilst his aperture was very, very lightly injured.
"If that won't do, could I drag something like this..."
This time, he activated an investigative technique, quickly he found some scattered copper hiding beneath the ground.
He took it and pulverized into a powder and then opened his aperture again.
This time, there wasn't much resistance.
"I see...
So to speak of, my 'aperture' only holds resistance against things that defy it's inner nature.
I could for example buy a ton of silver or put soil, and slowly grant shape to my aperture.
The more elements it contains, and the more synergy they have it between them, the more resources I'd be able to acquire and the more I'd be able to develop my 'world.'"
Another idea came to his head.
"Now...I want to make a last experiment.
It is said that those who acquire an aperture acquire the grasp of their own Heavenly Energy.
This Heavenly Energy is a representation of the power of laws they possess.
A world whose core is 'fire', will have a 'fire' Heavenly Energy.
In my case, I wonder what kind of Heavenly Energy I possess."
He raised his hand, immediately he began to invoke it's power.
As he did, many symbols began to appear and surround him, together with a thin mist on his arm.
This energy was easily moved and commanded by him, it was like an extension of his arm, however when he tried to use it to interact with it's surrounds the effects were too subtle, as only tiny blue sparks surged, and nothing else happened.
Bing Qing Yang turned his head and glanced at his brother.
"It seems I'm not the only one who is testing their new powers..."
Bing Sheng Wang stood in front of his aperture, he had awakened a distinct power.
A power known as 'Contradictory Superposition', the power to add contradictory, opposite qualities to a material.
A dark light, ice that burnt materials, or something that didn't happen but whose consequences were real.
The duality between time-space, fire and ice, light and dark, earth and heaven, yin-yang.
Anything was within his grasp.
The insides of his aperture were obviously very different, instead of being something neatly organized, it looked more chaotic and abstract.
Inside this world the nature of anything constantly changed, the solid stone may suddenly turn into something like jelly, whilst the skies may suddenly become as dense as tungsten.
The only constant on his mini-world was disaster and chaos, there was a dark light constantly absorbing and devouring everything it found, with fire-tornados that suddenly froze in the spot, a rain that suddenly began to go up instead of down.
Snowy plains that were scorching hot, sticky water and other odd events occurred.
Bing Sheng Wang stood silently, instinctively he knew that the state of his aperture was unacceptable!
After all, now that he had acquired an aperture the life and death of it, represented his own, if the aperture thrived so would he.
Thus, after a long analysis he finally raised his arm.
He used his newly gained power to create a new contradiction, order in the chaos.
Bing Sheng Wang activated and activated this method, slowly refining a tiny pathway on it's center, in this pathway, the temperatures were warm and the ground was relatively stable.
Finally after three hours he had made the firsts steps to develop his aperture correctly.
The two brothers kept practicing their newly-gained abilities for the rest of the day, whilst Bu Zhu Hou informed to the duke, about the new two seedlings from the Bing Clan.