1 Transformation - 1
Far eastern lands of the Tristone Kingdom, there was a small town known as Blackwood. The town was relatively small and contained only a few thousand people. A huge mountain range stood to the east of the town, called mount Blackwood. One could see endless plains in the south, and Blackwater river in the north, west led to the capital city of the Kingdom.
The town rarely hosted a guest, as guests were infrequent in this town.
The town was in the midst of a blizzard, raging storm chilled the air, cold enough to freeze the bones, and burying the town in snow. Today, the town was totally quiet, the streets were empty and shops were closed down.
A small wine shop, located at the corner of the street was still open. The owner of the shop was an old man, who looked quite bored and sitting in front of burning firewood. Today, the shop was empty, and customers were nowhere to be found.
THUD
Suddenly, the door opened, a young man entered the shop, about the age of fifteen and covering himself with the large coat. He looked around, and removed the coat, then occupied the table next to the old man.
"Old man! Bring me a jar of strong wine." The young man said.
"Huh! It's unusual to see a guest, particularly in this season." The old man looked at him and said.
An old man went inside, and bought a jar of wine, then placed on the table. The young man grabbed the cup and filled it with wine, then started drinking in a carefree manner.
The young man was Leon, he was an outer disciple of Sun Moon Sect. He was an orphan, who grew up on streets, each day was life and death struggle for him, and spent most of his days beaten, chased out, poverty and hunger.
When he was ten, Sun Moon Sect came to the city to recruit disciples. Sect did not demand much, and only restricted age which had to be below twelve, so he decided to participate and luckily got selected.
Today, he was here, in Blackwood town, drinking wine and lost in the thought.
'This is my last chance, I have to stay alive and complete the mission, otherwise, it's hopeless for me to reach the Origin Core realm.'
His life was going steadily, but one day, he accidentally offended son of the third elder. From that day on, his life became miserable. He was forced everywhere in the sect, his contribution points were sized, his resources were blocked and finally, he was forced to accept the mission, which was impossible to complete. Anyone who attempted this mission ended up dying.
*Sigh*
"It's been Five years." Leon Sighed, and his mind was filled with recollections.
"Though it was not easy, I practiced Body Refining to its peak." Leon said to himself.
'I must reach the Origin Core Realm as soon as possible, and become the inner disciple.' There was a resolution in his face.
Inner disciples had better resources, and freedom to reject the missions. Disciples were required to complete only one mission each year which they were free to choose themselves.
He gazed at the mountains of Blackwood, and he picked wine jar, then drank all of it in one breath.
"If I can't complete the mission, I will leave Sun Moon sect domain. They would probably think I died in the mountains." Leon thought.
He stood up, threw some coins at shop owner, then left the shop.
He left the town and went towards the mountain, it was the biggest mountain range he had seen, and ferocious beasts were living inside the mountain. there was a rumor that even demonic beasts lurking deep inside the mountain. It was declared forbidden for that reason.
He took out a map and observed it carefully. It was the map of the mountain range, there was 'X' mark on it. It's been said that hundred thousand years ago, A Greater Saint left his inheritance on the mountain.
He looked at many places on the map, and carefully formulated a plan. He selected the safest locations on the map, then created two routes in mind. Both of them would lead to 'X' mark on the map. He took out an old looking copper coin, it had an image of the tree on the one side while on the other side, there was an image of the skull.
An old lady sold him this coin when he was young, who ran fortune teller shop in the city. He was tricked by her, and he spent his hard earned money on it. He could not bear to throw it away and kept it.
He thought of the first route, then flipped the coin, to decide whether to take this route or not. This was an old habit, he formed over the years. Finally, the coin landed on the side of the skull, so he decided to take the second route, then walked into the mountains.
After he left, three figure appeared behind the tree, a handsome young man in the front, and two people standing behind his back.
"Hum! He really got the map, however, it's fake or real is still unknown." the young man said.
His name was Song Ye, and he was the son of the third elder of Sun Moon Sect.
'clomp clomp'
A man walked out from behind the tree.
"Map is indeed real, it is exactly the same copy which our Mighty Sword sect has." He said.
There were also two people standing behind him, these three men belonged to the Mighty Sword sect.
"Zhou Ming! This is our Sun Moon sect domain, leave! before you can." Song Yu said in a cold tone.
"This is the border area of your Sun Moon sect, besides, I am also interested in Great Saint's inheritance". Zhou Ming said in a carefree manner.
The map, Leon had was more detailed than what Mighty Sword Sect had in possession, someone has shorted out safe places and explained the dangers one might face in different places.
After glaring at Zhou Ming, finally, Song Yu looked at Leon tracks and went into the mountains, the second group also followed after.
