Chapter 11: Picking up the Torrent of the Weapons, and almost Shattering Jun Zhantian's State of Mi
Scoring the Sacred Body of the Ancients from the Get-go
Jun Zhangjian's expression consisted of heavily mixed emotions.
Just moments ago, he was thinking of going somewhat easy on Jun Xiaoyao so he wouldn't the boy.
Yet, there he was at that moment, all dusty, haggard, and very injured.
"Hehe, little brother Xiaoyao, you sure did look like some god back there. I'm impressed…" Jun Zhangjian managed to stand up, flashing a smile so ugly that he might as well be crying.
There was no doubt his reputation had crumbled within the span of the day.
Jun Xiaoyao went full force and performed way better than expected, so much so that Jun Zhangjian was unable to even use the advantages of his Undying Sword Body.
Even so, he still doubted if he would actually be able to overpower Jun Xiaoyao even if he were to be able to make full use of his Undying Sword Body.
After all, Jun Xiaoyao triggered the Reverence of the Ten Thousand Saints when he was born.
One would wonder if there was anyone capable of beating someone who could trigger such a phenomenon.
'He surely is one hell of a monster,' Jun Zhangjian thought to himself. 'He's already capable of so much despite being only three years old. In a few years, he might even be able to take on the top five sequences.
Everyone around them still had their mouths agape. It wouldn't be long before the news of that fight spread throughout the entire Jun family like wildfire.
Jun Xiaoyao just broke through the Extreme Stage of the Eons and shattered the Old Tablet of Taiyue just days ago, and now he defeated Jun Zhangjian.
A few members of the Jun family had some doubts about Jun Xiaoyao's abilities before the fight. Now, all of the doubters were impressed by the fighting prowess he had just displayed.
"You truly have a bright future ahead of you, little brother Xiaoyao. Surely, you'll be able to make it as one of the sequences when you reach 10 years old. Your position might even be higher than mine," Jun Zhangjian continued.
The rules of the Jun family dictated that those of the younger generation had to be at least 10 years old before they could be considered for a position within the sequences.
Jun Xiaoyao simply shrugged at what Jun Zhangjian just told him.
After all, the Eighteenth Ancestor already bestowed upon him the position of Sequence Zero.
That position of Sequence Zero placed him above even that of Sequence One.
The fact had yet to be announced to everyone.
One was left to wonder how Jun Zhangjian would have felt when he learned of the news at Jun Xiaoyao's Ten Years Old Banquet.
"Farewell, little brother Xiaoyao." Jun Zhangjian wanted nothing more than to just go back and train in isolation at that moment.
Jun Xiaoyao then added casually, "Oh right, brother Zhangjian. You're a sequence position holder yourself. There's no need for you to just pick up anybody you can find to be your follower. That seems like something that is beneath you."
Jun Zhangjian's eyes flickered when he heard that as he said, "I know."
Lan Qingya's face looked very reddened when she heard that, feeling extremely insulted deep down.
It was obvious that Jun Xiaoyao was referring to her.
Jun Zhangjian and Lan Qingya both left the scene shortly afterward.
'Man, I really do have much left to learn still…' Jun Xiaoyao thought to himself.
Despite being at the stage of building foundations, he deemed it imperative to start picking up on martial arts moves and techniques.
Otherwise, his moves would have been too predictable.
As one of the Clans of the Ancients, the Jun family possessed texts and records on a variety of rare martial arts.
'I guess I'll just ask grandpa then,' Jun Xiaoyao noted to himself.
"You've done enough, and I thank you for your service. Now leave the Jun family," Jun Zhangjian said coldly.
"No please, Sir Zhangjian, don't kick me out!" Lan Qingya's expression worsened, looking very ashen.
Within the Jun family, she had access to all of the cultivation resources that she ever wanted. Her status was higher than many others as well.
If she were to leave the Jun family, she would have been no different from those other female cultivators who were struggling as bottom-feeders.
"Get lost. Had it not been for you, I wouldn't have gotten in so much trouble and destroyed my own reputation!"
Jun Zhangjian waved his arm and threw Lan Qingya off, causing her to spit blood.
As she watched Jun Zhangjian casually walk away, all of the pain on her face gradually morphed into an expression of resentment and hate.
"This is all your fault, Jun Xiaoyao! You think you're so important that you're allowed to bully others…"
"A Sacred Body of the Ancients... Is it one that already had one shackle broken? I wonder what would happen if this information reached the enemies of the Jun family or maybe the Far ancient royal families…"
Lan Qingya's expression shifted as she went about with her speculations.
Her limited imagination dictated that she was utterly incapable of figuring out that Jun Xiaoyao's Sacred Body of the Ancients was one that had all 10 shackles broken.
The way she saw it, a Sacred Body of the Ancients having even a single shackle broken was extremely rare.
"Right. That Jun Xiaoyao is gonna have a birthday party when he turns 10 eh? If I were to get the family's enemies to storm the place by then…"
Lan Qingya knew very well that her abilities were such that she wouldn't stand a chance at taking revenge against Jun Xiaoyao in that life, or in her next life, or the next life after that.
The only way for her to take revenge was to have others do the dirty work for her.
"Just you wait, Jun Xiaoyao. You too, Jun Linglong. You'll both pay for what you did!"
Lan Qingya looked very haggard at the moment. She was eventually hauled away by the Jun family's guards before being thrown out of the door altogether.
On the other hand, Jun Xiaoyao didn't even bother wondering what happened to a weakling like Lan Qingya for a second.
She was less than an ant to Jun Xiaoyao.
The reason why he gave such advice to Jun Zhangjian was so he could get rid of such an eyesore.
At that moment, Jun Xiaoyao was seeking Jun Zhantian's guidance.
"What was that? You wanna learn martial arts moves already? Boy, don't you think you're biting off more than you could chew…?" A frown was seen underneath Jun Zhantian's silver eyebrows.
The way he saw it, Jun Xiaoyao was simply too eager to get ahead of himself.
The boy was currently just three years old. He was still at the stage of building his foundations, which meant that he had no business learning martial arts moves right now.
Furthermore, picking up martial arts moves didn't just require a certain degree of innate talent. One would also need to spend plenty of time studying the moves.
"Just let me try it out. If it takes too much time, I'll just drop it altogether," Jun Xiaoyao said.
Unable to continue arguing with him, Jun Zhantian agreed to let Jun Xiaoyao learn a set of martial arts moves.
The old man had also deliberately picked a set of moves that was extremely powerful and of very high level, but the moves were also extremely complex and varied as to discourage his grandson from learning them.
"This is Torrent of the Weapons. When you have mastered the art, you could then conjure your innate powers into weapons like the saber, spear, sword, halberd, battleax, glaive, and trident amongst many others. Once the move is activated, thousands of weapons would work at your will, raining devastation upon anyone before you. It's very powerful," Jun Zhantian explained.
"Alright, I'll be picking up the Torrent of the Weapons then." Jun Xiaoyao was hardly able to contain the excitement in his eyes.
Jun Zhantian chuckled and thought to himself gleefully, 'Oh, grandson, you're still too young to go against your grandpa. Back then, even I had to spend a whole year to even get the basics nailed down…'
Jun Zhantian speculated that his grandson would just train in the art for a couple of days before giving it up altogether.
...
Several days had passed.
A rumble was heard within the Heavenly Emperor Palace as boundless golden light burst and shot to the heavens.
The golden aura washed out everywhere like a storm before conjuring a variety of weapons that soon fell.
"Well, grandpa, it took me days to even get the basics nailed down. Gosh, that art truly is complicated." Jun Xiaoyao walked out shaking his head slightly, talking about his disappointment.
Jun Zhantian coughed, feeling as if he was about to spit out blood after hearing what his grandson just said.
"Grandpa?" Jun Xiaoyao asked, feeling puzzled.
"Umm yeah… I'm fine. Whatever you wanna learn from here on out, just look for it in the martial tower yourself. I'm gonna go out and take a breather."
Jun Zhantian turned around and left, not wanting to spend a second longer around his monstrous grandson.
If he were to stick around any longer, he feared that his state of mind would be on the verge of collapse as he questioned himself on just what he had been doing all this time.
Jun Xiaoyao scratched his head in puzzlement.
…
Five years passed before long.
Jun Xiaoyao was eight years old by then.
The boy began to grow old enough to possess the features usually seen on a young man, looking as dashing as a demigod.
Jun Linglong found herself capable of just sticking around watching that unbelievably dashing face of his for a whole day. She never felt bored or tired for even a second as she did so.
Being able to lay eyes on such a handsome face was a blessing to any woman. It was definitely something that one could work for three lifetimes and never achieve.
Jun Xiaoyao, on the other hand, spent the past five years training without allowing himself to take a break.
The method he trained in was the supreme method of the Jun family: the Taixuan Sutra.
Meanwhile, the body forging method that he used to train was the Divine Elephant Overpowering Force.
The soul forging method that he was training in was the Meditative Methods of Chaotic Divinity.
Other than that, there were also other martial arts moves and techniques like the Torrent of the Weapons found in the Jun family. He was training the moves in tandem with the aforementioned methods.
His cultivation level had also surpassed the Nine Levels of the Spirit Sea Stage and broke right into the Divinity Stage, which made him on par with Jun Zhangjian as the latter was five years ago.
Due to special traits inherent through his Sacred Body of the Ancients, the vast spirit sea of his body was of a golden color.
His reserve of power was so huge that nobody could rival him, as his spirit sea was known to be practically boundless.
"Two years to go before my Ten Years Old Banquet. Once that's over with, I should head out into the world. Maybe I can look into the Supreme Treasure of Yuantian along the way," Jun Xiaoyao mumbled to himself.
Over the past five years, he never forgot about those two check-in locations.
He had acquired both the Accomplished Sacred Body of the Ancients and the Divine Elephant Overpowering Force before from check-ins. He wondered what treasures he would find at his next check-in locations.
On the other hand, Jun Linglong was also training in one of the halls within the Heavenly Emperor Palace. She had completely become a very faithful maid to Jun Xiaoyao.
Jun Linglong sensed something one day and took out her jade scroll that was for communication out. Inside, she saw a message.
"It's her?" Jun Linglong's eyes shifted.