Rage..Unwillingness...Fury.., Xie Long experienced myriad of emotions within fraction of seconds. He wanted to tear apart the enemies infront of him but his body was not moving any more. A sword stabbed through his chest and he powerlessly fell to the ground.
"I hate my weakness....
Hate this powerlessness.....
Only if I am stronger.....
Mother, I'm sorry....This unfilial child can't protect you.....",these are the last thoughts of Xie Long before his consciousness drifted away.
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"Hey, wake up. How long are you planning to sleep?", Xie Long heard a sweet voice as he gradually woke up from his slumber. He found a little girl staring at him with both of her hands on her waist. She had some impatience as well as curiousity in her eyes as she looked at him from the sky.
The girl had silver hair and big limpid eyes. Starlight seemed to be simmering in her two luminous eyes as she stared at Xie Long.
"Hmph! You really are an ungrateful little human. Instead of protresting in front of this princess, you are looking at me foolisy", the girl snorted. Xie Long found her amusing despite her haughty behaviour.
"Princess, it is my bad. It is big brother's fault that I do not thank you earlier", Xie Long spoke as he slowly sat up. He took a look at the surrounding and a lost expression appeared on his face.
'Am I alive or dead? What is this place? Am I experiencing some kind of after life after dying to those enemies', Xie Long murmured to himself. A lost expression appeared on his face as he took in the changes in his surrounding.
"Hey, you foolish little human, how dare you adress yourself as my big brother. At best, looking at your pitiful, ignorant appearance, I can take you as my follower", the otherworldly looking little girl interjected. She appeared somewhat exasperated after Xie Long addressed himself as her big brother.
"Okay, as you wish. I can consider being your follower if you answer some of my questions", Xie Long replied.
"Ask away. Considering your ignorant appearance, your questions will not be much difficult, I think", the little girl spoke.
"Where am I? Am I alive or dead?", Xie Long asked. He looked at the little girl with complete seriousness as these questions were very important for him.
"Of course, you are alive. Dead people can't possibly come inside this pagoda world", the little girl spoke. Her eyes were slightly uncertain because she herself was not clear about her second statement.
"I am alive!", Xie Long murmured in disbelief. He pinched himself to ascertain the truth after hearing the little girl's answer.
"Princess, what about others? Did they manage to escape the enemies?", Xie Long asked with an expectant expression on his face.
A slightly pleased look appeared on the otherworldly little girl's face after she heard Xie Long's question. She liked it how Xie Long calling her little princess.
"Your enemies are very weak but unfortunately there is only a single cultivator in your household. I do not know how he fares after you are brought away", the little girl replied.
"Then I most hurry up. I don't know how my mother and uncle Jie is holding up at this moment", Xie Long spoke. He clenched his fists involuntarily as he though about his enemies.
"Are you a pig? What is the point in leaving now? According to my estimate, it has been three days since that incident. Even if you charge outside, what can you do with your almost non existent cultivation base?", the little girl snorted.
Xie Long felt like a bucket of cold water fell on his head after he heard the little girl's words. 'That is right. What is the point in charging outside when I can't even cultivate anymore', Xie Long murmured to himself. Unconsciously, he tried to absorb heaven and earth energy into his body and an expression of utter disbelief appeared on his face.
"Wait, how is this possible! I can finally draw heaven and earth energy into my body", Xie Long thought to himself with an ecstatic expression on his face. The disdain on the little girl's face didn't dampen his enthusiasm as he continued to absorb heaven and earth energy into his body.
"How stupid! With your bloodline, it is a given that you will excel in your cultivation", the little girl commented.
"What do you mean? My bloodline?", Xie Long asked in a somewhat confused manner. After years long survival in mediocrity, he had stopped dreaming about any bloodline advantage.
According to him, his bloodline couldn't be more mediocre than the rest. Other boys of his age found some support regarding cultivation due to their bloodline but he had enjoyed no such advantage.
With an ancestoral bloodline, cultivator grew closer to a particular element while starting their cultivation. Depending upon their affinity with that certain element, the cultivation talent of a cultivator was decided.
Xie Long never felt any closeness towards any elements in particular. So, the notion of bloodline support confused him more.
"Both of your paternal and maternal bloodline are excellent. Although the purity of your maternal bloodline had reduced, it can be nursed back to the ancestral level with the Pagoda world's resources.
As for your paternal bloodline, even I can't see through it. The reason this divine pagoda has accepted you is most probably linked to your paternal bloodline", the little girl spoke. Even with her haughty nature, she was impressed with Xie Long's paternal bloodline.
"Father", Xie Long had bittersweet emotions about his father. He resented him because his father was never there when he needed him the most. Yet, he could never bring himself to hate him because he was the most heroic figure in his mother's eyes.
Xie Long had grew upon hearing stories about how brave and powerful his father was. But the impression of his father gradually faded away as he started to face the difficulties of life. He unconsciously reached towards his chest to hold the pendant his father had left him but upon reaching out, he found no pendant on his neck. The pagoda shaped pendant was the only memento his father had left him.
"Could it be....!", Xie Long's eyes widened as he thought about a shocking possibility.