Learning 2

After Wang Li Tian had finished inscribing a runic symbol for the first time, the boy entered a dream. It was a dream that Li Tian would welcome any day. It was a typical day at Deathwater Mountain. Wang Li Tian had basically moved into the cavern space with Mr. Dragon. From sunrise till sunset, Li Tian would undergo a rigorous language training session with Drago Firestorm.

The millions of years old beast was strict, yet patient with his teachings. He knew that excessive forcing would do Li Tian no good. He may even not be willing to learn the crux of the Demonic Beast Language. Mr. Dragon needed to minimally teach him the one hundred Truth Words.

Since the beginning of his journey with his other four sworn brothers, the five origin beasts had come across and interacted with the human race countless times. They were not the friendly type of interactions, but it did allow them to get a glimpse of their civilisation.

When the five brothers were finally able to shape shift into the human body, they went ahead to dabble and experience the life of human cultivators. They made sure to do this in the Divided continent as there, there weren't many people that would be able to identify that they were Demonic Beasts. In the Martial Continent, however, the number of experts in cultivation were countless.

One of the things that the five of them realised was the presence of human cultivators called Artificers. These Artificers practiced in the art of craftsmanship, but most importantly, they used the ancient Demonic Beast characters to create arrays, scrolls and weapons. It was a very interesting sight for the five of them, considering how the demonic beast race and the human race were always banging heads together. There, they also realised that the human race did not actually know the real proper definition of one. It was easy to come to the conclusion that this was pillaged from their race.

The five origin beasts were not furious or angry at the human race. After all, the end result of war would always be to gain spoils and the Runic Symbols was the human's gain. Not only that, most of the Demonic Beast race lacked the intelligence to create such complex combinations using the Truth Words. Instead, the powerful demonic beasts used chants that called upon the Truth Words. This would enable them to use the power of the earth to attack their enemies. Although the five origin beasts did not like wage war randomly, they are by no means a peace advocate. As such, just like other demonic beasts, no one ever told them of the truth about the runic symbols that they used.

For the little runts case, Drago Firestorm trusted him. Wang Li Tian's Braveheart Manual was in fact evidence that there was some demonic beast other than him, that believed in a human race cultivator. That person would be Mu Zhi Xuan's close friend and she had indeed cultivated with a Demonic Beast in her time. Hoping that someone would accept her lineage someday and learn about the Demonic Beast race like her, she had written an inheritance message to them.

That day, when Wang Li Tian had finished learning a new set of words in the Demonic Beast Language, Mr. Dragon asked the boy to sit down in front of him. Wang Li Tian obediently listened and flipped open his manual. Behind the book cover itself was the message that Mu Zhi Xuan's close friend had written.

"You should be able to read this now. Give it a go." The dragon said with a calm voice.

"Okay." Wang Li Tian raised the book slightly higher as his brain started to think faster and faster.

"To the inheritor of the Brave Heart Manual,

This is the creator of the manual speaking. If you are able to read this, it must have meant that a Demonic Beast was willing to teach you their language. It is a very rare sight to see a human become accepted by the other race. You have managed to do that and you should be proud. A person cultivating this manual requires a pure and unbiased heart. That is why you must remember to always to see things in both perspectives. The Demonic Beast race had far more to offer than meets the eye and I am sure you will gradually realise it when living in this world.

One day, when you are stronger and have managed to cultivate till the Soul Emergence Stage, head to the center of the Heavy Glade Woodland. There, I have left an inheritance that will aid you in your cultivation.

Train well,

Lin Xue Le."

It took Wang Li Tian a very long time to read to the very end of the letter, but he managed to do it. Mr. Dragon was very proud of him. There was a long way to go, however. He had yet to teach the boy the one hundred Truth Words and those were the most important part of the Demonic Beast language.

Regardless, the letter gave Wang Li Tian another reason to strive hard to reach the Soul Emergence Stage. One, was so that the boy could finally see his master again. And second, he would be able to receive the inheritance from the creator of this manual, Lin Xue Le.

Master had never told him the name of his close friend. Mainly because she had offended someone extremely strong in the time that she was alive. Mu Zhi Xuan told Li Tian that if they were to ever reunite again would he then reveal the lady's name, except it was pointless now as he already knew of it before that. However, for the time being, it wouldn't matter the boy as he was still far too weak.

As the dream slowly came to an end, Wang Li Tian woke up in his small bedroom in the dormitory.