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The Sheathed Sword

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Chapter 1 - Reminiscent

The wind blows across the valley on a sunny day where the light pierces through the clouds. The river meanders across the lush greenery amidst the mountains and hills. A sight to awe at if seen upon the modern man, except the picturesque landscape is all but common in this unfamiliar world. In the midst of the valley stood a man, contemplating where the future lay.

"It's been 10 years already since I arrived in this world" the man whispered to himself. The man walked closer to the water and looked upon his facial reflection reminiscent of his sudden arrival.

His originally appearance of blonde hair was now replaced with black hair. His original face that was of western descent was now replaced with an Eastern appearance. One could even say he looked more handsome then the usual Asian in the modern world. He could still notice a tinge of his old face but that was it. He had no choice but to adjust his mentality and accept it his new look.

He was hiking in the forest of Asia alone when he slipped and fell upon a forest crevasse. Regret shadowed his heart wishing he brought someone however it was too late. Upon falling into the darkness of the crevasse, a bright light suddenly emerged from beneath the crevasse. Shocked and surprised, the light engulfed him. He could only voice his thoughts in his head thinking, this was it. He felt a sudden urge as if his life was ending so with no hope, he closed his eyes and accepted his fate.

The man woke up suddenly, unknown how long he had been knocked out for. He slowly looked around as he lay on the ground surrounded by lush green forest. He then examined himself and realised he wasn't badly hurt except for a few scratches. He slowly stood up and pondered his situation.

"Where am I!?" Said the man internally.

With a cautious gaze he looked at his surroundings

"Why does this forest look different. This doesn't look like the forest in Asia where I was hiking in"

"I can't help but feel I'm in some sort of fantasy world"

"The trees are as tall as skyscraper and these plants have an extraordinary appearance to them"

The man carefully examined his surroundings cautiously when suddenly a voice pierced through the forest stunning the man

"INTRUDER!"

The voice itself was loud enough to vibrate his whole body painfully as if his internal organs were about to explode.

"What the heck" the man groaned as he fell down on all fours from being weakened from the shout

A few seconds later a man flying in gushed through the thick forest appearing before the man

"Intruder, how dare you trespass in our sect"

"You're the first person to ever trespass undetected"

The flying man looked upon the dirt riddled man on all fours with the intent to kill suddenly realising this pitiful human was a mortal with no cultivation.

"Please don't kill me" cried the man, looking up towards the flying man

" I swear I didn't mean to trespass on your property"

"I suddenly appeared here and I have no idea where the I am"

Despite the fear that had enveloped him, he was also full of curiosity on how a person can fly.

The flying man wore some sort of exquisite robe coloured blue and white.

"Seriously what the crap is going on!!" The man cried in his mind.

"For you to appear suddenly sounds suspicious, especially as you're in our sect's agricultural field"

The flying man squinted his eyes trying to examine this weak individual before him before deciding to take him and interrogate him inside the sect compound

"You have no right here. You'll be coming with me. Whether you live or die depends on what you say and whether I believe you or not"

He then saw the man move his arms as if in a grabbing motion and then lift it up.

The man completely unable to respond back suddenly found himself floating. His body was unable to move despite how hard he tried.

They flew towards the centre of the sect compound until they both landed in what looked like a prison. The man unable to move was placed inside a dirty room and opposite to him was the flying man.

The flying man then unbounded the weak mortal

Allowing him to move his body

"Interesting to see a mortal here inside the Sects agriculture fields"

"You should know the sect is surrounded by level 6 array formation, yet a mortal like you managed to trespass into our sect undetected"

"So tell me, how did you get in?"

"You better not lie lest I torture you or kill you"

The man panicked and replied "Look sir, I swear to you I have no idea what happened"

"I can promise you, I was hiking up a mountain then I slipped and fell into a crevasse"

"I fainted afterwards then suddenly woke up"

"I don't even know where I was before you showed up"

The man left out the details regarding the bright light that engulfed him as he had a feeling the situation would be more problematic explaining it, when he himself didn't know what happened.

The flying man examined the man's words and facial expression before deciding to reply

"Although hard to believe what you said, sometimes the impossible does become possible"

"There is a possibility you may have stumbled upon a space fissure and landed in our sect agriculture field"

"What's even more surprising is how you made it out alive despite being a mortal"

"I will detain you here a bit longer before I decide on what to do with you.

The weak mortal looked at the flying man unable to make sense of what he said. All he knew is that he somewhat believed him. He also found the clothing peculiar as it reminded him of the ancient robes used in Asia.

"Look sir, thank you for believing in me"

"What I said is true. I hope you can let me go"

"You're fate will be determined soon"

"Before I leave what exactly is your name"

"My name is Alistair winters" replied the man nervously.

"Alistair Winters… interesting name you have there. I don't think there is anyone that has such a unique name"

"Why do you say that sir?"

"Because your name sounds too foreign and unheard of"

"Even myself who had lived for quite sometime haven't heard such a name"

"I don't quite understand sir, my name sounds ordinary"

The flying man looked at the weak mortal curiously before responding back to him.

"My name is Zheng Liu"

"Hopefully that should give you a clue"

"Alright enough chatting , I'll be leaving"

Just as Zheng Liu was about to leave

Alistair shouted "Wait Zheng Liu!"

However Zheng Liu disappeared from Alistair's sight vanishing.

Amidst Alistair's contemplation in the valley, Alistair was suddenly disturbed from his thoughts as a fellow disciple shouted out

"Senior brother Yang"

"There you are!"

"The disciple ceremony is about to begin"

"According to the sect master we'll need you to do the opening speech"

Alistair turned around and replied to his fellow disciple "Chen Wu, let's go"

They both flew towards the direction where the disciple ceremony was.

It was a ceremony to introduce the new disciples who entered the Sky Sword Sect