CHAPTER 2
Tian Xie and Li Bing Chuan are the last to participate in the ceremony, moments later, the two came out together with the San Tong.
Earlier inside the awakening platform, San Tong told the kids that he will personally talk to their parents about their admission to an Academy. To the Sun and Moon Academy to be exact.
After coming out, San Tong immediately talked to the parents or Bing Chuan and Xie. Bing Chuan's parents immediately agreed to San Tong's proposal. Unexpectedly, San Tong was not a facilitator from the Star Continents' Martial Soul Hall branch but from the Moon Continent.
As for Xie's father, he told San Tong that he will give his answer the day. He also added that he wanted to talk to his about this matter.
After arriving home, Tian Xie and his father did not bother to start a conversation. Tian Xie knows really well his father, he is a just a common laborer in their town and barely able to generate a stable income. So, he thought that his father was thinking of declining the offer of him studying in an Academy.
Unlike Bing Chuan, although his parents are also poor, they are at least able to have a stable income and has many source of income. Bing Chuan's father is farmer with a few hectares of land to harvest while her mother works as a cleaner in a small inn.
Until the night comes, Tian Xie was sitting on his bed while facing his window which shows the beauty of the moon when he heard a knock on his door.
"May I come in?" It was his father. Actually, Tian Xie was also thinking of goin to his father's room to tell him that, it would be fine if he will not allow him study. Although Xie did not answer, his father still enters his room.
"Do you want to study?" That was the first thing that his father asked, which made him look back.
"I do!" He enthusiastically answered, but his enthusiasm faded when he answered again. "But, I would understand if you cannot allow me." he added.
"Here!" His father handed him a very worn-out book. Xie received it.
"This--?" Xie did not finished talking and his father explained what the worn-out book is.
"The reason why I always avoid to answer when you were asking about your mother was because, even I do not know what her origin is." His father said. Then he started to tell a story about how he met Xie's mother.
"I was 30 years old then, when I decided to quit working as a mercenary and be settle in a small town in Star Continent, which is here. The reason fro my quitting was because, I am not able to break through anymore." He started. Xie does not know where this story will come but he attentively listen. The his father also sat on his bed.
"Unlike what you know, I am actual a soul artist at 34th level. It has been like that 10 years ago, that is why I decided to quit and live peacefully here. 6 years ago, when I was picking a place where I would settle in here I saw a
barely breathing woman carrying a child. I pitied them and took them to the new home I picked, which is here." He added. This time Xie was able to somehow understand the story, the barely breathing woman must be her mother while the child it carries was him.
"When I checked the condition of the woman and child, I discovered that she just undergone labor and the baby's umbilical cord was intact. Though the baby was covered in white, blood stains are still there while the woman was covered in blood. I decided to clean the baby and cut his umbilical cord. As a mercenary, I work as a medic in our group and my martial soul was of healing type. Using my knowledge and martial soul, I was able to heal and clean both of the. However, I was very tired and passed out."
"The next day, the woman was not on the bed where I put her, but the baby was still there. In the baby's cloth, a letter, your name, and a book was there."
"I am thankful for your help, I cannot express how grateful I am to you but I must leave here immediately or else you will be also in danger. I cannot take my baby with me as I am afraid he would be also in danger and I cannot protect him. Even though we did not know each other, I request you to take care of my child. If I am not yet here until he awaken his martial soul, please pass him this book, under the circumstance that he will awaken an eye type martial soul like mine. But I was actually hoping him not to awaken an eye type martial soul or awaken his martial soul at all, so that he can have a normal life.
I do not know when I can come back but I will definitely come back for him, no matter how long it is."
"That is the content of the letter." His father said. Xie was crying after hearing the sad story of him and his mother.
"According to San Tong, you awaken an eye type martial soul, the one your mother hoping you did not have. So, I am now giving you this book. I tried reading what is in there but I cannot see anything. It seems that, your mother has a reason why she told me to only give it to you when you awaken an eye type martial soul." He added.
"I guess that is all, you should sleep now. I already told San Tong about my decision, you should be departing tomorrow." Then he left Xie's room.
Tian Xie was still crying when he felt something was calling him from the book he was holding. He opened it and his surrounding change.
It was an all black but still bright. Xie tried running butit seems the place was endless. He also tried shouting for help, thinking his father might be able to hear him.
He stayed like that for 30 minutes when he heard a voice.
"My child, if you are able to be in this place I created. It means you awaken the martial soul I hoped you never have. The contents of this book was divided into 5 parts as each parts contain the secret of me, you and our family." The voice was coming from a female but she is nowhere to be seen.