Completing the Lie

'Let's not think too much. I need to reach the fourth rank of Tiger and Dragon Realm to awaken my first martial soul ability. Since I have two martial souls, I would have two martial soul abilities in the fourth rank.'

The first realm of Body Cultivation is called Tiger and Dragon Realm. In this realm, one starts with the strength of a tiger and slowly reaches the strength of a dragon. This realm is divided into thirteen stages.

The first, second, and third stages temper blood which means the martial art needs to be related to blood.

The fourth, fifth, and sixth stages temper muscles which means the martial art needs to be related to muscle.

The seventh, eighth, and ninth stages tempers with bones which mean the martial arts needs to be related to bone.

The tenth is related to the lung. The eleventh is related to the kidney. The twelfth is related to the heart. And, the thirteenth stage is related to the brain. The fourth stage awakens the first martial soul ability, the eighth stage awaken awakens the second martial soul ability, and the twelve-stage awakens the third martial soul ability.

This is for someone who awakens the ninth rank martial soul ability. As for others, even though they improve, they don't awaken more innate abilities.

Gu Tan released a deep breath and opened his eyes. As he opened his eyes, he saw the crowd staring at him with amazement. But, he also noticed some negative emotions around him. Because of his Buddha Heart, he could easily sense negative and positive emotions.

He frowned and turned his head to the left. His eyes fell on Ming Shen and surprisingly, he had not awakened his martial soul. This made him frown. In his previous life, Ming Shen didn't awaken a martial soul even though it wasn't high.

But, he did still awaken the martial soul. So, why not now?

Did he mess up something? Because if this doesn't go as he planned, it would huge trouble. He didn't want to mess up with a timeline. That's why he knew he must not do anything major unless he is ready to bear the consequences.

He frowned even more and tried to understand the reason beyond Ming Shen's unable to awaken the martial soul. He stood up and walked towards Ming Shen. At this moment, Zhu Ping, Zhao Yin, and Xin were also awake.

Gu Chen tried to ask Gu Tan but then when he saw the serious look on his son's face, he calmed down. Gu Tan reached in front of Ming Shen and pressed his forehead with his right-hand thumb.

"Amitabha!"

Gu Tan chanted a Buddhist word and pressed his forehead. This move wasn't something fancy but it does help the person to stay completely calm for a moment. And, awakening needs a person to keep his mind calm.

Gu Tan didn't understand why Ming Shen's emotions were messy and filled with fear but Ming Shen must remain calm to awaken his martial soul. That's why Gu Tan forcefully pushed him to a calm state.

Then, he turned around and walked towards his father.

"Is he alright?" Gu Chen asked with concern in his eyes. Ming Shen was like a child of his own. Both Ming Shen and Gu Tan were the same in age and Ming Shen was an orphan. They are taking care of him like their own son.

Gu Tan nodded his head "Yeah, his mind was too messy. Master helped me calm his mind. By the way father, I will take leave for a few hours."

Gu Chen was relieved when he heard his son's words but he also got confused.

"Where are you going?"

At this moment, Gu Tan sighed with a trace of sadness in his eyes. He slightly raised his head and bites his lips.

"Master said his time has come."

"What? How can I receive two good news in a single day?" Gu Chen shouted in shock and disbelieve.

Hearing his father's words, Gu Tan rolled his eyes. Fortunately, he had no master otherwise it would take a lot of mental endurance to bear this line.

"Father, even though master entered my body without asking anyone, he did teach me everything in just eight years. Can't you be at least a little grateful to him?"

Gu Chen hearing his son's words made a serious face. He patted his son's shoulder and said "Son, childhood is something that every child should enjoy. Because once you become adult, you will be tasked with several responsibilities."

"As your father, I wished nothing but you to enjoy your life as a child. Now, your life will be filled with thorns and blood."

Hearing his words, Gu Tan sighed and walked away.

'How can I not understand you father? You gave me every bit of fun I could have in my previous life. But this time I can't enjoy such a life. There are many things I needed to do. And, my responsibilities are only increasing.'

'Heh! If I knew coming back in time would give me such responsibility, would I have chosen this life?'

Just when he thought that his footsteps stopped. He turned back and saw two more persons standing next to his dad. They were his mom and grandfather. Slowly, a smile appeared on his lips as he turned around.

'Yeah! For living my life with my family, I would have chosen this life even if I had known the consequences.'

Gu Tan silently walked away. He had to prove that his master was gone and what he is now is all because of his master.

But, that's not it. He had something important to do as well. Xuan Village was pretty big, especially for normal villages. It extends nearly a thousand square miles and it was also far away from the royal capital of The Great Sun Kingdom.

The entire kingdom was nearly twenty times bigger than Xuan Village. Near Xuan Village, there were some small villages on the east and north side. But on the west and south side, there was a massive forest.

The Great Sun Kingdom houses Ten Great Families excluding the royal family, Five Great Sects, and Three Major Guilds.

Yu Family, Lan Family, Lu Family, Zen Family, Che Family, Gu Family, Xiao Family. Xin Family, Zhang Family, and Jian Family. And, his Gu family was indeed the part of Great Gu Family. Unfortunately, it was that exact family who slaughtered his village.

There was a traitor in the village that comes from his family. It was his uncle though calling him adopted uncle would be correct. He was adopted by his grandfather and due to immense greed, he told the Great Gu Family about the Elemental Vein.

Of course, many people knew about their Elemental Vein, many already know about this. But, what they didn't know was the level of Elemental Vein. His Elemental Vein is actually an evolving elemental vein. Originally, he didn't know about this.

But, when he came back for the revenge, he found his Elemental Vein has actually reached Sacred Rank and it could still be improved. Elemental Veins are divided into six ranks starting from Common, Rare, Sacred, King, Emperor, and Saint.

Of course, there were higher ranks but they were in the saint world. And, even Saint Rank Elemental Vein was hard to find in Mortal World. Elemental Veins are formed from the essence of a dead dragon but some dragons are so unique that they can evolve even after death and re-condense their soul.

Great Family and Royal Family, there is a major difference between them. Royal Family possesses an Elemental vein with a dragon soul while Great Family does not. The dragon soul has many advantages and one of the main advantages would be using the dragon soul to strengthen the strength of a person for a battle.

And, this is why he came here. Because the Veins are spread throughout the Xuan Village, he can do something that he must do. After cultivating and reaching the peak of a mortal world, he found a way to make a bond with the soul.

Because the vein was formed recently, its soul is still in an infant state. Now is the perfect chance to form a bond with the dragon soul as such it is much now. He walks to the southern part of the village. Here, there are fewer people than on another side.

He sits under a tree cross-legged. He closes his eyes and slowly falls into a meditation position. As he falls into the meditation state, he releases his martial soul. The best bond that a human can make with another soul is through his martial soul.

And, it is even more beneficial to make such bonds when the martial soul is just awakened. That's why Gu Tan came here in hurry. While releasing his martial soul, he didn't hold back. He released both of his martial souls.

The giant black cube and the giant eye appeared above him. He slowly released pressure from his martial soul to call the dragon soul. But, he was still a little skeptical. He was worried whether the dragon's soul was even formed into an infant state now or not.

He stayed in such a position for almost an hour but the dragon soul didn't even make a move. Just when he assumed that the time hasn't arrived, he heard a voice in his head.

"Human, do you want to form a life and death bond with me?"