Chapter 96
A lone female figure was seen walking through the endless plains and mountains of snow. The figure walked through it as if the cold and piercing air felt like ordinary breeze for her. This snowy mountain area is an exclusive mountain area. Endless amount of snow and cold piercing breeze in the air. It's located in the Snow Region of Extreme Ice, the extreme north of the Blue Wind Empire.
The lone figure had exquisite figure as she walks through the snowy storm like fairy walked through a flower field. Her radiating beauty s.h.i.+nes the brightest as she slowly playing with the snow as she walks. The figure was none other than Chu YueChan or Little Fairy. She arrived here moments ago after flying away from him after her little stunt.
Her recent action to him declared to him that she has feelings for him and she wasn't hesitating to show it before she returned to the sect. The moment she remembered it, she had a healthy blush covering her cheeks radiating her beauty even further. She was already beautiful but the most beautiful of woman is when she was under the influence of love.
"Is it wrong for me to love someone younger? But he didn't seem to mind about it. Besides, how could I deny this feeling of happiness." She thought as she slowly smiles while walking to the destination she intended. The snow storm was thick but it doesn't stop Little Fairy to arrive back at the very sect that raised her.
She arrived in front of a large gate covering the sect frontal area. The sect was surrounded by ice walls that will never melt and had only one single gate. Moreover, the frontal area of the gate was protected by a formation to prevent unwanted intruders but its disciples are equipped with special marks to enable them to walk through the formation unharmed. The formation was activated before when the hollows a.s.sault the sect but due to the coldness and formation around the sect, the hollows ceased their attacks and this place was left alone. She also was one of the frontal a.s.sault back then.
The frontal gate was huge to begin with and looks like typical gate from a Chinese fantasy novel. The moment she arrived at the frontal gate, it slowly opens without any warning to allow the disciple to get in.
The two female disciples guarding the frontal gate was startled by its sudden opening. "Is somebody entering the sect?"
"Impossible, the sect master gave out an order three months ago that no one is leaving the sect until the Blue Wind Tournament."
"Then, who is the one approaching?"
When the two female guarding disciples witness the figure that entered the frontal gate. Both of them were shocked as they immediately recognized the face of the figure.
"S..Senior Chu YueChan?!?"
"Greetings senior, we didn't know it was you. Please forgive us."
However, Little Fairy simply approached the two disciples and give them a pat on the shoulder before smiling. Then, she simply walked away like it was nothing.
The two female guards immediately stumbled on the ground, shocked while regaining their composure.
"What just happened?"
"Last time she went out, she dismissed us like we were nothing."
"But, she smiled?"
"I admit, she looked really peaceful and warm to look at."
Unaware of the dilemma she caused, she walked across the frontal area of the sect. Looking from where she is, the sect was pretty large. The frontal area merely looked like a front gate from where she stood right now. The sect large and had a row of housing as well as Chinese cultured buildings from everywhere she looked. Each of the buildings are made literally from ice.
The sect consists off a frontal, central, southern, eastern, western and northern area of the sect. The southern and central are connected with various facilities while the eastern and western are cultivation zones for the disciples to cultivate the frozen cloud arts. While the northern sector lies the treasure hall of the sect where only the chosen of the sect master can enter such a place. The northern sector also lies the living quarters of the seven fairies and the sect master herself. The Frozen Cloud Asgard was really ma.s.sive from the sky as its protected by a storm barrier covering the whole sect.
As for the disciples, the sect was full of countless female disciples and most of them were talented and extremely beautiful. If Kon were here, he might mistake this place as paradise.
"To think that I've been raised in such a ma.s.sive sect, why didn't I noticed such things before?"
As she walks from the frontal area to the southern area, disciples all over the sect bow and greet her as she walked past them. The thing is she just smiled at them and simply walk away. Most of the disciples were whispering that why is she smiling and nodded at the disciples. Usually, she was famous for being a cold-hearted beauty.
Her destination was none other than the ma.s.sive central palace located in the central area of the sect. This is where the sect master handles the matters of the sect alongside with the seven strongest disciples of the sect. The Seven Fairies of Asgard. The surrounding female guards bow their head upon her return. Aside from the sect master, she holds the highest status in the sect and all the disciples treated her like a princess. After all, she and Chu Yueli are the sect master's personal disciples.
The hallway of the palace seems bigger and everything out of everything in the sect was made literally from snow and ice. There's no decent furniture made out of normal materials. If Yun Che were here, he might think this place was unique compared to other places in the continent.
"Chan'er, you're finally back. I was worried." The voice came from the throne of the Asgard. The current ruler or the sect master, Gong Yuxian. Little Fairy bows her head towards her so called motherly figure. She was also the one who picked up Chu Yueli along with her and she raised them as daughters.
"I have return mother, please forgive this unfilial daughter for returning late." As she was speaking, the hall was soon joined by the other six fairies with absolute beauty among them. These girls are known as Chu Yueli also known as Xia Qingyue's current master, The twin sisters Feng Hanxue and Feng Hanyue, Jun Lianqie, Mu Lanyi and Murong Qianxue.
"Elder sister?!? We were worried about you. You didn't return three months ago after leaving to pursue your breakthrough." Chu Yueli suddenly jumped and arrived next to her sister.
"Hmm? Then, how come none of you tried to find me?"
Then, Murong Qianxue arrived as well and said "Your life force was normal and it was the sect master's order not to find you. She knew you were cultivating after finding a fortuitous encounter."
All of a sudden, the sect master asked her. "Chan'er, I a.s.sume you had one yes?"
Little Fairy was in dilemma. She might be her mother figure but she couldn't actually tell her about haki, energy manipulation and her breakthrough from Yun Che and Retsu. She couldn't even tell her about her adventures as it involves Yun Che. So she did what she had to do. "Yes, but it wasn't enough to initiate a breakthrough. However, I do make some improvements."
"Then, all is well. So, do you find anything about those energy spikes?"
"Energy spikes?"
"The other energy spike occurred before. The one emitting thick killing intents that covers the whole continent."
"I am sorry mother. I didn't find anything." Now that she mentions it, she felt those two energy spikes from before. The one that all seven of them went together and the last one she investigated on her own but she couldn't find anything. However, she felt similar energy came from Yun Che's Tensa Zangetsu and Retsu's Minazuki because she was close to them at some point.
Suddenly, she was struck with realization. "Those two, don't tell me…."
"What is the matter daughter?"
"Nothing, it was just a hunch. Then again mother. Please excuse this daughter of yours. Three months is a long time for me. Let me get some rest." With that, Little Fairy cupped her hands before walking towards the door of the palace.
The rest of them stared at her back before saying "Her aura is even more purer compare to before. It's like she became a new person."
"Purer?"
"Before she left, she had this cold air around her and her aura was full of coldness. But, this time, her aura felt warm and pure. She might be the peak of Sky Profound Realm but I felt that she's much stronger than that."
The twins girls were shocked before looking at her retreating back. "Is she a throne?"
"No, even as a throne. The coldness in the aura doesn't change but for her to emit this kind of aura. What happened to her?"
"Elder sister, what kind of fortuitous encounter did you met?" As they were pondering behind her, Gong Yunxian also noticed the same thing. Her so called daughter has become a different person but she remains the same as she was before.
Little Fairy walked out of the palace unaware of the doubts she triggered among her comrades and sect master. As for her aura transformation, she didn't notice it but her so called transformation was triggered by her emotions.
When she lost her Ice heart before, Little Fairy's will power started to influenced her cultivation as well as her aura. Emotions maybe a distraction to martial artist as it tends to cause the cultivator to become disarray. However, if the cultivator remains calm and use the emotions to empower the cultivation, it'll become much stronger. Yun Che noticed the change from before but he rather let her to be the
The moment she felt those emotions with Yun Che and the others, she wasn't aware that her aura evolved to much purer and warm sensation unlike the usual coldness emitting from the rest of the Asgard disciples. It's true that Frozen Cloud Asgard needed the Ice Heart to successfully cultivate the Frozen Cloud Arts but Asgardians wasn't aware that shattered ice heart evolved their arts even further thus transforming their aura. This is what she experienced right now.
Little Fairy was oblivious to the fact that her Frozen Cloud Arts has been empowered but she dismissed that thought as she walks to the arena zone of the palace. The arena was large and according to her memory, it serves as a battle zone for any intersect compet.i.tion. This is where she gained all her fame before journey the outside world.
"Elder sister?"
"Li'er, what are you doing here?" She turned her head and saw her little sister, Chu Yueli.
"Nothing, I missed you though. After three long months of apart, I could finally see you."
Little Fairy slowly approached her sister and pat her head while smiling. "I missed you too. It's good to be back actually." As she said that, Chu Yueli was quite shocked. Usually, she would dismissed her and went back but she actually smiled at her? Has her sister always this warm? In the end, she was relieved to see that her big sister was actually cared for her.
"Actually, Li'er. I want to ask you for a favor."
"Favor? If its within my ability, I'll fulfill it within the best of my ability."
"Actually, can you spar with me? It's been a while since we spar with each other."
"Eh? Oh, sure." Chu Yueli was dumbfounded. Sparring is quite normal but for this to come from her sister? It seems quite rare for her to ask for such things. She was not the only one but the rest of her comrades were feeling the same as well. After feeling her warm sensation, they wanted to try and approach her but they were widening their eyes the moment they saw both of them on the arena.
"Then, come at me when you're ready." Little Fairy didn't draw her sword but she just stood there observing her.
Chu Yueli immediately draw her sword expecting Little Fairy to do the same but she didn't move or anything. She just stood there, calmly. She activated her Frozen Snow Dance Steps to gain distance towards her but as soon as she arrived, Little Fairy simply make a small movement and dodged her attack.
"Ehh? How?" Chu Yueli's attack was faster but its impossible to dodged it even from a short distance but Little Fairy just made a small movement and she automatically dodged them.
"Li'er, you need to be faster than this." With that, Chu Yueli immediately increased her attack speed and tried to hit Little Fairy even once but her strikes were easily avoided by Little Fairy. No matter how fast she goes, her intent was clearly read and Little Fairy avoided her attacks easily. The rest of the fairies were gawking seeing her performance.
"Are my eyes playing tricks on me?"
"Sister Yuechan was actually this fast? Chu Yueli is one of the strongest fairies in the Asgard. She's one of us. But, she's like child's play in front of her. She didn't even use any of her arts."
Chu Yueli executing her sword arts while using some of her Frozen Cloud Arts but all of them were easily avoided by Little Fairy. In the end, she was slowly panting while Little Fairy still remain calm as if she wasn't breaking any sweat.
She remembered that Yun Che once said that if some attacks can be avoided so why bother taking them on? If she can avoid them, she can tire her opponents easily while searching for an opening to counter attack. Observation Haki allows her to see what they are planning after that attack, allowed her to fix any weaknesses to her reaction.
"*pant *pant Are you really my elder sister? When are you this fast?"
"Li'er, you need more training after that. Your attacks are still slow in my eyes." Little Fairy was really overpowered. She was using her Observation Haki the entire time. Since her reaction and speed improved, Chu Yueli's attack was getting slower.
"Elder sister, you're stronger than me. How am I supposed to defeat you?"
"Well, you might be right about that. Sorry, get some rest. Li'er." She slowly supported her sister and bring her to the side of the arena. Chu Yueli didn't know why but her sister was a lot nicer compared she was before. Last time when they spared, she was quite merciless with her but this time she slowly guides her and didn't go too far. It makes her quite relieved.
"All right. The five of you over there. Care to take her place and spar with me?" As she said that, all five of them approached her instantly.
"Sister YueChan, after you easily defeated Yueli, there's no way the five of us stood a chance against you."
"Really, then. This time I want to test something. Don't worry, I'll play nice."
"Sister YueChan, what happened to you? You usually cultivating on your own and never bother to spar before."
Little Fairy was quite shocked the moment she heard it. Has she always this 'cold'? "Really? that's too bad then. Maybe we can spar later."
"No..no..no.. Its not what I mean. Sure, we'll spar with you. Just don't make it too hard for us."
"Hai… Come at me, when you're ready." She said while maintaining a relaxed expression.
"Hai??" The other fairies suddenly grew dumbfounded.
"I mean..Sure…" Little Fairy immediately changed her words. Looks like she picked up quite a few words from Retsu. She tried them sometimes with her but never expected to spill it here. Her sudden change sparks quite a few looks from the others. Has she always like this?
Furthermore, she never heard her spoke more than a few words and she never knew her voice was actually this soothing. Even Chu Yueli was stunned, her sister's voice was not cold as she used to.
All five of them drew their swords before a.s.suming their fighting stance. "But sister YueChan? Isn't this unfair for you. The five of us against you?"
"Don't worry, I'll be fine."
Suddenly, all five of them jumped towards her in an attempt to slash or at least land a hit. However, Little Fairy didn't do anything but suddenly lift both of her arms and straighten both of her hands. Then,
*Clash
"What?"
"Impossible." Various reaction came from all five fairies including her sister. All slashes, all swords were actually block by…
"She block it using her arms?!?!"
As for Little Fairy, her mind suddenly drifted as she remembered the day Yun Che taught her how to use energy manipulation back then.
Three days ago (Just after Little Fairy mastered the intermediate form of Armament Haki.)
"How do you manipulate your energy to do such things?" Little Fairy asked while coating her hand with haki.
Yun Che at that time was finished with Cang Yue by hitting her head with a paper fan as the girl needs more improvement on her haki. He answered without making an eye contact. "Using your profound energy and aura of course. You think that aura of yours merely used for intimidation? It has a lot more function compared to that. Armament haki isn't functioning only by enhancing or empowering your armor and weapons. It serves as a catalyst for aura and weapon solidification."
As he said that, Little Fairy had a confused look."…." "How does one solidifying the aura?"
"Using your imagination of course." He said while straightening the paper fan.
"… And imagination is?"
Yun Che stopped what he was doing and looked at her dumbfounded. "You seriously don't know what is imagination? You don't have any shred of it? Even a little?"
Little Fairy simply shook her head. Yun Che hold the bridge of his nose and shook his head. "*Sigh, How do you people even cultivate?"
"*sigh You still have a lot to learn, Little Fairy."
"…." Little Fairy grew speechless. She really wants to retort but comparing her profound knowledge with him was like comparing a drop of water and the ocean. In the end, she sucks it up and accept that she was oblivious to all things.
"Sigh, let's start from the basic. Profound Strength is like an energy source and imbued it with haki enable you to solidify it according to your imagination. Like this," With that, Yun Che infused his energy and form it into a ball of destructive energy before shooting it towards the nearby rock. The rock immediately explodes as a result. This kind of attack is weaker compare to a kido but at least he can teach this one to her after mastering haki.
Little Fairy widen her mouth after seeing such display of simple solidifying technique.
"Aura solidification is like using your aura to manifest a weapon based on your imagination. You imagine yourself making a leaf shaped blade using your palm. The haki will channel your aura around it and solidify it making it into a shape of a leaf around your palm." Then, Yun Che demonstrate to her how he infused his arm with haki before channeling his aura around his palm. Little Fairy can see that his palm was surrounded with energy from his aura. But, the aura around his palm was solidified but the energy was still sluggish.
"Then, imagined the leaf around your palm is sharpen. Keep your focus on it or it will lose its sharpness." Then, her eyes are widening as she sees the sluggish edges of the leaf shaped blade around his palm was slowly sharpen itself before it glows brightly according to the color of his aura. Yun Che slowly lift up a rock and threw it in the air before slicing it with his leaf shaped blade made from his palm. The poor rock was clearly sliced into two without any doubts.
"If you master your imagination, haki and profound energy control. You can conjure anything from it. That's how I created the sliding board from the barrier dome a month ago. Remember?"
Then, he continued. "Then again, this is useful if you one day encountered the day you were not be able to use a sword. You can transform your palms into a sword if you want to. Pretty useful ability in a pinch situation.
"How does one imagine such methods?"
"Its like visualizing. You visualize the type of sword you want to use and shaped the energy according to your imagination." Yun Che said while acting more like a strict sensei to her.
"....." Little Fairy looked at him as if he was a monster.
"You don't have the slightest clue on what I am talking about aren't you? Aiyaaa, this is going to take a while." He slowly sighs as he sat down in front of her and explained to her the methods of imagination.
After her training, that's how she was able to use the ice rope made from her aura and imagination back then. It took her a while to grasp and fuse her imagination and energy together alongside Cang Yue. She was envious of Cang Yue as she could grasp the imagination part easily but her energy control was still lacking. Retsu was even faster as she's already mastered this concept a long time ago, that's why she was able to create weapons using her aura and reaitsu. Kon wasn't able to create weapons but he can manifest his energy into exploding energy b.a.l.l.s with high destructive force.
As she remembered her training, the aura around her palm solidify itself automatically but she wasn't aware of it until….
*CLANG!!!
Murong Qianxue's sword was sliced into two parts by her energy blade causing the other four stunned. Then all five of them immediately moved away from her and observe her from a distance. Her arms didn't have any speck of injury as if those arms of her were made out of jades but the most shocking thing was the glowing blue leaf shaped energy around her palm was glowing brightly. When Little Fairy noticed it, she immediately power down her haki to dismissed the blade.
All six of them were stunned and gawking at the same time. First, she was able to dodged her sisters attack relentlessly, blocked all five attacks using her arms and now she has an energy blade around her palm?
"Elder sister, what are you?" Chu Yueli was shocked to the core as she slowly trembling at the sight of her sister.
"This is..." Little Fairy was shocked as the energy blade on her hand formed automatically. She wasn't planning to show them but looks like the cat is out of the bag.
Without any warning, all of them immediately approached her like curious cats and looked at her with eyes of adoration.
"Sister Yuechan, how did you do it? Can you teach us?" All six of them bombard her with questions she never expected.
"Eh, but I broke your sword." Little Fairy expected them to look at her like a monster but they were more curious on the methods compared to the her stunt just now.
"Never mind that, how did you cultivate such arts? Is this why you were missing for three months?"
"Hnn..."Little Fairy was in a pinch from them. They started to bombard her with questions. However, Yun Che prepared some story for her to avoid any suspicious from them. He was like "use the story and you'll be fine."
She pulls her breath and said "I almost died three months ago." The moment she said that, all of them ceased their questions.
With a shocked expression, Chu Yueli widen her eyes. "Almost died?"
"Hnn, I was poisoned by a profound beast during one of my adventures. But a senior saved me and nurse me back to health."
"Senior?" Chu Yueli widen her eyes.
"I don't know more about that senior. but that senior also gave me this." She points out her arm and allow her sister to touch it. All of a sudden....
"Goodness, Heavenly G.o.d Spiritual Veins?!?!" The other fairies also curious and touched her arms.
"All Profound entrances are opened. This is indeed the Heavenly G.o.d Spiritual Veins. Her veins are even pure and there isn't any impurities in it." Murong Qianxue exclaimed. All the others basically had the same expression once they felt her profound veins.
"You know about it?" Little Fairy was dumbfounded when she asked her sister."
"My disciple also has it. So our sect was blessed with two Heavenly G.o.d Spiritual Veins?" Chu Yueli was shocked. This senior also help her disciple became the rare cultivator possessed such veins. What kind of senior to have that capabilities to give and purify her veins?
"Disciple?"
"Yes, Xia Qingyue, she was also blessed with this Heavenly G.o.d Spiritual Veins. It was the sect master's order to keep it a secret. So, you met that senior as well?"
Little Fairy simply nodded but all the others looked at her with envious eyes. "How fortunate. It was really a fortuitous encounter. We really envy you, sister." Little Fairy didn't know how to respond. The story Yun Che gave her was surprisingly fits the bill. Technically, she didn't lie but she didn't actually tell the truth either. It was a win-win situation.
"So that senior taught those methods to you? What did the senior look like?" All of them asked her curiously. Who knows maybe they have their own chance encountering this senior in the future.
"I don't know, that senior was cloaked the entire time. And Yes, I was almost crippled by the poison so that senior modified my spiritual veins when that senior nurse me back to health. So, that senior taught me this energy method but it only works for my current spiritual veins." Little Fairy fabricated the story according to Yun Che. She was able to keep a straight face without exposed any hidden truths but she wasn't lying either.
"Even if I want to teach you, but I actually can't. Please forgive me." After she said that, all of them had disappointing look on their faces. That energy circulation method was tempting but she couldn't teach them even if she wants to. Despite all of that, the others regained their composure as they were happy enough to have another expert bestowed to them by the heavens.
Unaware to her that Gong Yunxian was observing from a distance. She was out of Little Fairy's haki range so she didn't detect her but she was listening every word from the beginning. She was really shocked seeing Little Fairy's performance but also shocked when she mentioned about this 'senior'. Because of this 'senior', Xia Qingyue became their most dazzling disciple and the sect focused on her at this upcoming tournament. However, never expected that this senior helped her daughter as well as bestowed her the 'Heavenly G.o.d Spiritual Veins'. Too bad, the energy cultivation method was sealed so she can't pa.s.sed them to others. If she could, the sect will be an unstoppable force in the future. She secretly hoped that she can meet this senior in the future.