CHAPTER 4
「 At daybreak, in the distant east, the sky was a pale grey dawn color. On a small hundred meter tall hilltop adjacent to the Holy Spirit village was a thin and small six-year old silhouette.
Evidently, he endured the heat of the sun everyday since he started cultivating. His skin was a healthy wheat colour, his black short hair appeared very neat, and his clothes, though simple, were clean.
The short black haired boy sat down on the hilltop, with his two dark blue eyes were unwaveringly looking to the east where the dawn sky was gradually brightening. Slowly he started inhaling through his nose, and gently exhaling through his mouth; continuous inhalations and faint exhalations, in the end, synced to become a splendid cycle.
During this process, his eyes suddenly opened wide. A faint trace of purple qi seemed to flash in the light of the growing bright grey dawn in the distant horizon. Without astonishing vision and concentration, it would be impossible to notice it.
At the sight of the purple qi, the boy's spirit was so focused that he no longer even exhaled, only a light and slow inhalation remained. At the same time his two eyes firmly stared in concentration at the flickering purple light.
The purple qi didn't last long; by the time the eastern light gradually rose to become daylight, the purple qi had completely vanished already.
Only then did the boy, with a long exhalation of internal turbid qi, slowly close his eyes. White qi poured out through his mouth like a bolt of unrolling silk before it slowly dispersed. 」
Mysterious Heaven Skill [0★] - max
Mysterious Heaven Skill is the top inner cultivation technique. The inner qi fuels the other techniques from Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record
Purple Demon Eye [0★]
Purple Demon Eye, had its maximum heightening effect on eyesight from practicing in the brief moment when the sun rises in the east.
Mysterious Jade Hand [0★] - max
Mysterious Jade Hand could cause the palm of the hand to become extremely tough and durable, moreover it could block any poison.
「 "My Mysterious Heaven skill is still unable to break through the first serious bottleneck. It's already been a full three months, so why is the result like this? Even Purple Demon Eye, which relied on purple qi from the east that could only be cultivated in early morning, has shown better progress. With Mysterious Heaven skill unable to break through the bottleneck, my Mysterious Jade Hand is also unable to advance. How come, when Mysterious Heaven skill altogether has nine tiers, it's this first tier that is this troublesome?
This child was Tang San. The same Tang San who died on the Hell's Peak.
Though he came into this world naked,Tang San still possessed the greatest wealth - his memory. As Outer Tang sect's most outstanding genius, the methods of manufacturing Tang Sect's various mechanisms, including hidden weapons, were all engraved in his mind. In addition, he had made off with Inner Tang Sect's rare manuscript that he had yearned to try for many years. While learning it, he had committed to memory and learned by heart Inner Sect's Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, and with it, Tang San hoped to reproduce Tang Sect's brilliance in this world.
What was the essence of Tang Sect? Hidden weapons, poison and lightness skill. The greatest difference between Inner and Outer Tang Sect was the usage methods of hidden weapons. Outer sect gave priority to mechanisms, and for inner sect the standard was genuine technique.
Poison use was likewise an Outer sect talent, while in the inner sect, hidden weapons were handed down in a direct line from master to disciple and very few employed poison, since they were basically not needed.
Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record only described six types of martial skills, separated into
• Mysterious Heaven Skill [inner strength internal technique]
• Mysterious Jade Hand [hand skill practice technique]
• Purple Demon Eye [vision cultivation technique]
• Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon [capturing technique]
• Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track [light body technique]
• Hidden Weapon Hundred Separation [hidden weapon use technique].
The first five were basics; after all, without a robust foundation, how could one bring out the quintessence of Tang Sect's hidden weapons?
The reborn Tang San needed nearly a year to learn this world's language. He started cultivating right when he was a year old. His mother in this world at that time was already dead from a difficult childbirth. He still remembered that, at the time he was born, though he was still unable to open his eyes and see, he heard the deep sound of a man's heart-rending lung-splitting wail. That man was his father Tang Hao. Tang Hao named him Tang San as a memento of his dead wife. 」
Navigate to the house
Following the golden glitter, the avatar reached his house.
「 Entering the house, Tang San already smelled fragrant rice. That wasn't Tang Hao making him breakfast; rather he cooked for Tang Hao.
Starting from four years old, before Tang San was tall enough to reach the kitchen counter, cooking was already his daily task; even if he had to stand on a stool in order to be able to reach the top of the kitchen counter.
It wasn't because Tang Hao demanded it, but rather because if he didn't do it, Tang San would practically never be able to eat his fill.
Arriving before the kitchen counter, he stood on the wooden stool with practiced ease, lifting the lid of the large iron cooking pot, the scent of fragrant rice wafting out. The cauldron's congee had cooked thoroughly for a long time.
Every day, before going up the hill, Tang San always made sure to put rice in the pot to cook and prepare the firewood so that when he returned, the congee would be cooked well.
"Dad, food"
It was a middle aged man, his appearance seemed close to fifty years old. His stature was still extraordinarily large and stalwart, though one dared not compliment his style of dress.
His worn robe covered with holes, without so much as a patch, exposed bronze colored skin. His previously good facial features now appeared waxen in color. He had a pair of sleepy eyes and a dazed manner; messy hair that looked just like a bird's nest, a beard that had gone who knew how long without being straightened out. A dim and lifeless look was visible in his eyes. Even though the night had already passed, he still reeked of alcohol, yet Tang San didn't frown.
This was Tang Hao.
The way Tang Hao treated him was always the same regardless, being firm right from the beginning. Athough he knew how to make a little food for him to eat, but nevertheless, as time passed, right after Tang San started taking the initiative to cook, Tang Hao became even more uncaring of anything. In this way their home was so impoverished that they didn't even have decent furniture. Food also was a problem, mainly due to Tang Hao using all that meagre blacksmith income to trade for alcohol.
Tang Hao's work and rest habit had a very regular pattern: sleeping all morning, making a few farm tools in the afternoon, obtaining income, and drinking in the evening 」
I rather found this odd and funny... He treats his son like he doesn't care about him. Isn't it ironic? All day he would mourn for his wife, but he doesn't care about his wife's greatest creation, doesn't love the bond between him and her i.e their son, Tang San.
「 Tang San suddenly called out his father. Tang Hao stopped, turning his head to look at him, his brows clearly indicating a little impatience.
Tang San pointed at a corner with shining black chunks of pig iron:
"These chunks of iron, can you give them to me to use?"
The pieces of pig iron Tang San currently pointed at, delivered only yesterday, had made Tang San astonished; these chunks of iron ore actually definitely contained iron source, which was perfectly suitable for making hidden weapons! 」
~~ New x Quest ~~
Quest : Hidden Weapon
Obtain fine iron to make hidden weapons
Use the knowledge from the previous world to make a new kind of weapons - hidden weapons. Start your journey of hidden weapons by obtaining fine ore.
Reward: Hidden Weapon (wrist) Blueprint
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「 Tang Hao's gaze shifted to the pig iron, "Huh. Isn't this fine iron?"
Walking over to take a look, he turned his head to look at Tang San, "You want to become a blacksmith?"」
~~ New x Quest ~~
Profession Quest : Blacksmith
A master blacksmith is someone who can create divine objects with just common materials. Learn blacksmithing from Tang Hao.
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