17 Dongxuan Sutra
Bian and the feral manticore began a peculiar type of hunt.
Bian would throw his spears, they would kill a butterfly or two before being re-summoned, the butterflies would go up in flames but the spear being long gone would receive no damage.
The manticore shot the spikes on its tail at the ghost butterflies killing them in droves. Eventually Bian heard the most wonderful sound ever.
"Sacred-blood ghost butterfly killed. Beast soul gained. Meat inedible. "
He gained lots of beast souls. The cave was filled with primitive ghost butterflies, a few mutant ones and a small number of sacred-blood ghost butterflies.
When the butterflies got too close, the manticore would flap its mighty wings and blow them back. They continued to travel while hunting the butterflies
"Sacred-blood ghost butterfly killed. Beast soul gained. Meat inedible. "
After three days of careful hunting, the cave was cleared out. Bian counted about two to three hundred ghost butterfly beast souls among which two dozen were mutants and three were Sacred-blood.
He walked deeper into the cave following the river, after more than half a day he entered a large space. Water started to go down straight and became a waterfall.
Bian put out his touch and saw a glow in the distance, he lit up the torch again and came before a dead glowing body who he presumes to be dongxuan. He was sitting on an elevated platform and had a scroll by his left hand. With a gentle touch of his fingers dongxuan's clothes turned to dust and parted.
Bian sighed, went up the platform and picked up the scroll by the left hand side. He brought dongxuan down and buried him under some rocks.
"Rest in peace. You Dongxuan are an untold legend" Bian said a short prayer.
Having acquired what he came for he returned to the underwater cave and dropped of the manticore before going back to steel armor shelter. He bought an armor beast soul, the scaled armadillo. Although it was only a primitive beast soul it covered the entire body and was quite popular in steel armor shelter.
He returned back to alliance central military academy and studied the dongxuan sutra, they were lots of miniature characters written on the scroll. At least 30 000 characters on the 3 foot long scroll, he could perfectly read it.
After going through the entire scroll it became embedded in his memories.
Back in his room, no one else was around, he began practice for the dongxuan sutra.
Blood flows through all living things. After 36 small cycles, a major cycle is completed. Bian Manwei felt the heaviness of his body disperse, taking on the weight of a feather. There was a serenity to his existence that he had not previously felt, as if the cells in his body had all come alive. His metabolism had quickened, and it energized his cells. The sweet smell of fresh, virgin grass permeated the air.
Just then Xue Wen walked in through the door, he sniffed in and asked "did you put in an air freshener"
"Something like that" Bian said awkwardly.
Xue Wen looked out of the door, he saw no one in the corridors. He entered the room and locked the door coming before Bian.
Sensing the change in atmosphere Bian stood up, Xue Wen spoke up first "what you said was true. The patriarch of the family said so. He has asked for a way to contact you."
'The patriarch of the Xue family, a demigod' Bian thought before carefully responding "we can talk through professor Wen or Professor Bai"
He had to be careful when dealing with a being who could kill him with a sneeze. Xue Wen brought out a device and spoke to someone, he looked at Bian before walking out.
Bian halted his practice and translated the remaning 200 documents and set all to be uploaded once in every two days.
...
Bian was walking around campus looking for Han Yan but he found no trace of her, on his way back a student called him.
"Bian Manwei right? Professor Bai has called for you." He said his piece and left. Bian made his way to Bai Yishan's office, he walked in and greeted the professor who had a serious look on his face.
"Sit down" Bai Yishan said. Bian gulped down hard. Before his thoughts could spiral out of control, Bai Yishan said "professor Min and some others have tried to find a solution to the Xue family's problem for six years now, and you say you've figured it out" Bai Yishan raised a brow
'Oh it's just that' Bian responded "I think so but I need to see the geno art to be sure of it"
Bai Yishan "Bian, have you heard of qigongs before?"
Bian Manwei "yes, when translating ancient texts some speak of qigongs and their immense power" Bian seemed to be lost in thought then he said "is the Xue family hyper geno art a qigong?"
Bian made sure not to say the word Jadeskin since Bai Yishan had not mentioned it either.
Bai Yishan narrowed his eye at Bian before the serious expression on his face dropped. "They practice a hyper geno art called jadeskin it was derived from a qigong. They dont want outsiders to know about it"
He paused then asked "if you could solve their problem what would you like in return"
Bian thought carefully then responded "I want three copies of jadeskin, I've seen the strength and defense it grants. Do you think they would agree?"
"If its only that much, probably. Pack up, professor Min is on his way were going there now" Bai Yishan said.
Bian went to the sanctuaries, found the waterfall and entered the cave he kept the dongxuan sutra there and made his way out. The manticore stood at the edge of the cave if anything popped in the cave it would be turned to a sieve by the spikes it would shoot out of its tail.
After returning back to alliance central military academy he found plenty of students outside. He heard words like "professor Min is here" "do you think he's going to teach here"
Bian sighed and made his way through the crowded students. He was about to become a celebrity, he was pushed back by a student at the very front with an imposing stature, it was An Luofeng
"Bian you can't just cut in line, we all want to speak with professor Min" before Bian could clarify professor Min spoke up
"There you are" he walked past An Luofeng and came before Bian before dragging him on the space craft.
The crowd of students turned dead silent in a moment, An Luofeng looked like he had eaten a pile of dog shit.
Han Yan came out of the teleporter, she saw the frozen crowd and a spaceship lifting off the ground as it flew into space. She asked a random person "what happened here?"
Random student "professor Min came and took a student on his personal spacecraft"
"Really, I wonder who it was" Even Han Yan was surprised.
Ouyang Ming walked over and said "it was Bian Manwei, he's actually a roommate of --" Han Yan turned around and left.
"Haha" Ouyang Ming scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
"Manwei Bian, just who are you?" Han Yan was left pondering.
