"What!!"
"Patriarch! D-don't tell me you're about to give him THAT spear!" The first elder, who was the most calm before, said in shock as he got up from his seat, his eyes widening like crazy.
"Indeed I am!"
"Do you have any problem if I give my own spear to this lad who brought a spiritual mine back home!?" Patriarch Long Yang questioned the first elder with a serious tone as he gazed at him with his cold, emotionless eyes, which made the first elder sweat bullets and bow his head.
"I-I'm sorry for overstepping my boundaries!!" He apologized with a small bow before sitting back in his own seat.
"Elder Zhiang! What's so special about that spear?" A young, curious man who recently became an elder and didn't know the history of the Long family asked him.
As soon as his question was heard by the other elders and the first elder, they all sneered at his ignorance! They wondered how such an ignorant young man became an elder.
"Humph! You ignorant fool!" Before the first elder could reply to the young man, the third elder spoke before them and sneered at the young elder, who gave no heed to the elders' insulting words as he knew that he'd die if he questioned them back in the same way. He was the weakest elder of the Long family, with his cultivation being only at the first stage of the nascent soul, barely meeting the criteria of being an elder of the Long family.
"Humph! I'll tell you since you're as ignorant as an elder!"
"The spear that the patriarch is about to give to the young lord is called the Hei Tian Miesha Qiang."
"And that spear is no ordinary weapon, as it is a spear that can grow with the owner itself, making its way from an earth-grade weapon to its current grade, the immortal grade, which is so rare that it's said to be only about 200 pieces in the entire cultivation world!" The third elder sneered as he explained, his chest puffed out, seeing the amazed look on the youngest elder's face.
"Wow! Is that so!" He muttered in an amazed tone.
"Indeed! And that's not all there is about the spear! In the hands of the patriarch, this spear has gained immeasurable fame and legends, making it a legendary spear!"
"I, Long Tian, humbly accept the weapon that the patriarch entrusts me with all my heart!" Long Tian said, his head bowed as he knelt on one leg and extended both of his hands to accept the long, red spear that was beaming with powerful, killing intent, ready to assist Long Tian in finishing off all his enemies with great enthusiasm.
He then put the spear inside his spatial ring as he didn't have any use for it right now.
"Good, you may leave now." The patriarch nodded his head in satisfaction, seeing his son's way with words and behavior.
Without any words to say, all the oldies and Long Tian left the great hall and went their own ways.
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[Long Tian's Room!] [Long Tian's Pov]
"Dang, I didn't expect father to give me his own personal weapon...!" I muttered, my surprise still palpable since that meeting in the great hall.
And as I took the spear out of my spatial ring, I could feel it, the energy it was emitting and how eager it was, making my blood boil with excitement, seeing my new weapon so enthusiastic and ready to assist me.
"Haha, don't be too excited, Hei Tian Miesha—"
"Dang, its name is too long and troublesome to pronounce."
"How about I give you a name?" As soon as I mentioned giving the spear a new name, it wiggled, vibrating with intense enthusiasm.
"Good, good, I like your excitement!"
"Since you're a growth-type spear... how about the name Akhilleus?" I said, even though I'm shitty at giving names, I thought it was a great name myself, greater than all names in any fantasy works.
"Zzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!" It vibrated once again, this time even more powerfully as it flew out of my hand and excitedly floated in front of me.
"Haha, I guess I'm not as shabby at giving names as I thought myself to be." I nodded in satisfaction.
"Haha! Alright then, let's head outside... back to the spiritual mine... I've got a hunch that what I saw beside the spiritual mine is going to be of great benefit to me." I muttered. Surprisingly, back then, I could only see the spiritual mine clearly while I couldn't see the thing that was just a bit away, but I did feel a really strong... overwhelming pressure from there that made me curious about what it was.
With that thought, I made my way out of the Long family estate and went back to the forest near ZhenYi city, which took me no more than a minute.
...
"Hmm... what's that!?"
"Why did the overwhelming pressure that I was sensing just before disappear?" I muttered to myself, sensing no immense pressure that I had previously felt.
Confused by the situation, I continued to fly over the forest, looking everywhere for a sign of the immense pressure I had felt before.
"Aaagh!" Suddenly, while I was flying by the spiritual mine, which was in the middle of the forest, I heard a high-pitched cry for help.
"Hm.. who's crying with such a loud-pitched voice?" I muttered, a bit confused, but I still went down to take a look at the one who cried for help.
However, I maintained enough distance to only observe and not be sensed by the other person, as I didn't want to get into any trouble.
But when I finally looked properly at the one crying for help, I was surprised to find that it was not a monster or any demon, but a pure white fox with two tails wiggling in pain, its body fully covered in bruises.
"Aaahh!" It cried for help once again, glancing at me.
'Hmm... to think that the fox managed to sense and find me even when she's a lot weaker than me and I had even concealed myself.'
'Interesting.'
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A/N: Interesting... I got a contract ahead of the time i estimated it to arrive.
Rejoice, my people! For you are about to get to support this heavenly author. (Jk)