2 Lore City

After washing his face, Sasuke departed from his room and walked toward his mother's room as usual. The distance between the two wasn't far; it was only 20 meters away from his own room.

Shortly after entering the room, Sasuke saw his mother at the dressing table putting on makeup with the help of her own two servant girls standing next to her.

"Xiang Tian, you're here earlier than usual today." With a glance at Sasuke, a gentle smile full of love and adoration could be seen.

Seeing that expression of love on her face, Sasuke's own heart could not help but became soft.

In his previous life in the Elemental Nations, the Uchiha had lost both parents when he was small during the Uchiha Massacre and did not experience the feelings of a mother's love for too long. But when he had came to this world, he had clearly felt the power of this motherly love.

His previous mother was Mikoto Uchiha, and he knew that and would never forget that, but in this life the woman called Yuntian had pampered him and showered him with love, as he was her son.

And so because of that, he had started to treasure this feeling of love slowly over time.

Sasuke walked over to her side and rubbed his stomach lightly.

"Is there any food . . . Mother?"

After the rigorous exercise last night, he felt slight pangs of hunger.

Bi Yuntian placed a gentle hand on top of Sasuke's head and laughed, "Then in a moment mother will take you to the dining hall to eat."

Sasuke nodded his head, a look of satisfaction on his face. In his heart, he secretly enjoyed the loving concern this woman had shown him, which he had been deprived of so early in his previous life.

Pausing for another second, Sasuke opened his mouth again, ". . . Mother?"

Bi Yuntian looked at Sasuke warmly and said, "Xiang Tian, if you have something you want to say, say it!"

The Uchiha hesitated for a second before recollecting his inner thoughts. Looking at his mother again, he said, "Mother, could you tell me what the outside world is like?"

Hearing Sasuke, Bi Yuntian was clearly shocked by his question. Opening her mouth, she asked, "Xiang Tian, could it be you're interested in the outside world?"

"Only a bit curious." He answered.

Yuntian laughed, "Xiang Tian, the outside world is extremely vast and also extremely complicated. The matters of the outside world could not be made clear through words alone. If you want to learn about it, then it would be best if you went to the library and read a few books on it."

Even as she voiced her answer, Bi Yuntian's face had looked a little bit helpless. "But son, you still don't know how to read, even if you go to the library, you wouldn't be able to read any of the words."

"Mother, then why don't we bring some people to teach me how to read?" Sasuke's voice contained some dissatisfaction.

He too wished to learn the language. As a Shinobi, he knew gathering information was extremely important before making any plans.

Besides, although the Uchiha could speak to his mother well enough, he was not equipped with the knowledge to understand this foreign language.

Giggling, Bi Yuntian said, "Xiang, you are only 2 years old. Your mother has never heard or seen a 2 year old child learn how to read before. Even in the entire Tian Yuan continent, this type of situation has never happened before. Generally speaking, the earliest any child has ever started to learn to read was when they were around 4 to 5 years old."

Sasuke understood instantly, "Mother, your son wants to learn to read. Could you find some people to try and teach me still?"

Sasuke knew what her mother was saying was reasonable, but she did not know that he had the mind of a grown adult and could also use the Sharingan which provided him with Eidetic Memory and a learning speed hundreds of times faster than normal.

Although it was hard to activate the Sharingan without Chakra, and Saint Energy was a poor substitute, it still got the job done, but the Uchiha found the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan nearly impossible to unlock without chakra, and he would have to do something about that in the future.

Back in the room, Yuntian was speechless, but a happy smile crept up on her face nonetheless. "Xiang Tian, learning to read is an exhausting task as well as being extremely boring. You must understand that there are many different words in the continent. This isn't something that can be learned quickly, are you sure you want to start learning now?"

Sasuke nodded his head in confirmation, "I am."

Hearing her son's answer, Yuntian's smile became even more splendid. With a happy laugh, she said, "If this is what your request is, then mother will support you entirely." Turning her head, she called out, "Xiao Liu! In a moment, go to Lore City and hire the most prestigious teacher and bring him to the mansion so he can teach my son how to read"!

"Yes, my lady!" The servant girl who was combing Bi Yuntian's hair agreed respectfully.

"My child, it's been a decent amount of time, let us go to the dining halls before the both of us starve."

The day went by quickly, and when the second day came, the teacher Bi Yuntian had hired arrived at the mansion and began to teach him to read.

And so from that moment on, Sasuke would spend his daytime earnestly studying how to read. Since he retained the mental fortitude and knowledge from his memories of the past along with the Eidetic Memory function of the Three Tomoe Sharingan, learning the written language of this new world was not all that difficult. Combined with the teacher who was putting his heart and soul in teaching him as well as his amazing memorization capabilities, learning to read was extremely fast and easy for him. In just a short span of three months, he had already mastered the most basic words of the continent.

Sasuke's learning rate had made the teacher exclaim in astonishment. Immediately after Bi Yuntian had learned that he had learned most of the written language in three months, she couldn't believe it. In the end, she had put the Uchiha in a test before she could accept the fact. If one wanted to read and write most of the words used in the continent to the extent Sasuke had, then one needed to spend at least 2 years. To have Sasuke accomplish this in 3 months while it took most 2 years, not even any of the geniuses could claim to have accomplished this feat.

This achievement quickly reached the ears of Sasuke's father. Shangyang Ba had then personally paid a visit to Sasuke about it.

"Xiang Tian, you have endured much in such a short amount of time, it's time to relax for now. Let your father give you a reward; since you have painstakingly learned to read in these past few months, I don't know what reward you would want though." Shangyang Ba's face contained a smile as he looked down at the Uchiha as he spoke. Having such a genius for a son, he was extremely proud of himself and cared much more for Sasuke than any other child automatically.

Hearing this, Sasuke's eyes brightened and thought for only a few seconds before responding, "Father, can I go to the library and read some of the books there so I can get some experience and learn even more?"

Shangyang Ba's eyes brightened as he looked at Sasuke with gratification. With a loud laugh, he said, "This is no problem at all, Xiang Tian. You have a heart that desires to improve itself, and your father is proud of this. I approve of your request, the library will be free to you whenever you desire."

"Thank you father!" Sasuke's face exuded a happy expression. To be able to enter the library was an achievement that the Uchiha could truly be happy about. After all, he had understood that the library wasn't a place anyone could walk in freely. One had to be 6 years old or older and had to be directly descended from the Shangyang clan in order to enter. Of course, if one received the permission from the clan leader then the requirements could be waived.

Soon after, Shangyang Ba began to dote upon Sasuke for a while before departing from his room. After he had left, Sasuke wasn't able to sit in his room any longer. Immediately exiting his room, he headed toward the direction of the library. After studiously learning how to read for 3 months, it all led up to this moment of being able to enter the library and look up information pertaining to the outside world. Even if there wasn't much details on the outside world in the books, Sasuke could always go ask his mother. But the books definitely had more details than his mother as well as being quite comprehensive. As a result, Sasuke had placed more importance on the books.

The location of the library had already been answered for Sasuke a long time ago; it was in the back of his family's courtyard in a large pagoda. When Sasuke entered the courts in the back, he immediately felt the presence of many experts concealed in every directions and were staring at him with viper like eyes.

With his head high and proud, Sasuke pretended that he didn't sense the experts and walked further into the tower. In his previous life, he had been a godlike Shinobi, and felt not a tinge of apprehension or fear.

Although, If he let other people know that he could sense people that were looking at him from concealed areas, then a series of troublesome questions would follow. He was a 2 year child after all without any knowledge about combat.

Shangyang Mansion had many direct descendants, but not many people were heading toward the library. So the only people Sasuke had seen were the guards that protected the area, and almost no other clan member.

Sasuke quickly reached the doors to the tower before stopping to lift his head up to see the extremely large board hung above the doors of the tower. The words "Book Pavilion" were written in fancy writing, with 2 guards standing below it. When he looked at the two guards, he could tell these guards were definitely not lacking in strength.

Waiting for the gates to open, Sasuke then walked in directly without being obstructed by the two guards. They were almost like woodcarvings that stood motionlessly on the side with their backs straight. Even when Sasuke had appeared, the two did not even greet him. He could not help but feel a bit surprised, as such discipline could only be expected from a well trained Chunin or Jounin.

As Sasuke entered the inner tower, a long and narrow corridor greeted his eyes. It was daytime on the outside, and light shined down beautifully, leaving a sight like none other. On the walls of the corridor, a bright moon pearl was hung and gave off a light to illuminate the hallway.

The length of the corridor was quite long, before finally splitting into two paths. Sasuke estimated that both paths followed the opposite sides of the tower before finally rejoining again after a distance.

"Fourth master, the clan leader has said you have the authority to access the left side of the tower." An elderly voice called out. Coming out from the shadows slowly was a tall figure.

Sasuke turned around after hearing this; although the light in this part of the tower was dim, he could clearly make out the appearance of the figure in the midst of the shadows. It was an elderly figure with white hair and wrinkles all over. Wearing a silver robe that was devoid of any other colors, even still he was relatively normal looking, no one would suspect he wasn't anything more than an ordinary elderly man.

No matter how much Sasuke looked at the old man, he couldn't see anything but mediocrity. Although he still didn't dare underestimate the old man.

However his inner instincts honed from his years of being a Shinobi that told him that this old figure was an expert with extraordinary strength. The strongest man he had seen since he had entered this world was his father Shangyang Ba, but it was impossible to measure his father to what Sasuke was feeling from this old man.

Although Sasuke could see through his frail appearance and find the true strength of the old man, he remained motionless and did not reveal anything on his face. With a silent nod to show his thanks, he stepped by the old man and proceeded down the left corridor.

Arriving at the end of the corridor, Sasuke's eyes began to shine brightly as he walked into a large room. The light in this room was exceptionally bright, so much so that it was comparable to the light outside. Many neat and tidy bookshelves that contained thousands of books lined the walls of the library.

Sasuke slowly tilted his head to look at the ceiling. He knew that the reason why the light was so bright was due to the ceiling. He had no idea what material the ceiling was made from, but it was strangely emitting a strong glow. Although the light was somewhat intense, it was not to the point of irritating the eyes.

He felt intrigued as he had never seen such an object being used for illumination back in his Shinobi World. Sure there was electricity invented in the later years, but there was certainly nothing like this to his knowledge.

However, although the ceiling had piqued his interest, he wasn't willing to squander time by trying to figure it out. Walking up to a bookshelf, he finally grabbed a book and started flipping through it.

The book had fairly clear descriptions written inside, despite it not being as thick as the others.

Activating his Sharingan, It had taken Sasuke less than an hour to completely read through the book. After reading the book, Sasuke had memorised it perfectly.

Because of this, he had finally gained many insights regarding this strange world.

This continent was called the Tian Yuan continent and was fairly big.

There were numerous countries of various sizes and even more cities of all sizes. The biggest cities were known as the Capitals and each one stretched across countless miles, and each of these Capitals were ruled by a city ruler. Each ruler was also in charge of several million up to ten million guardian soldiers.

However, within the entire Tian Yuan continent, there were only 7 Capitals while 3 of the 7 were controlled by a single strong empire.

Among the strongest empires were the Karl Empire and the Felicity Empire who both controlled two Capitals each. It was the Holy Empire that controlled the first 3 Capitals.

Under the Capitals were the King Cities, but the King Cities were smaller than the Capitals by a huge amount. Practically every kingdom had at the very least one King City and each King City had a million guardian soldiers. Under the King Cities were the First Class Cities which had 800,000 guardian soldiers. The Second Class Cities had 400,000 guardian soldiers each. Under the Second Class Cities were the varying villages which all had their own guardian soldiers but their numbers wouldn't reach over 50,000. Even their strength and numbers varied greatly.

The Tian Yuan continent had people that all practiced something called the "Saint Force".

When their Saint Force reached the 10th level, then based on the expert's ideology, the saint force will condense into a Saint's Weapon. There were over 10000 shapes and each were completely dependent on the person's own choice.

As a result of the Saint Weapon forming from the "Saint Force", once it formed, it formed a special link with the expert. Some people with an outstanding gift would receive a Saint Weapon with a special attribute. These attributes were classified as Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, Thunder, Light, and Dark. Among these elements, light and dark were rarely seen, but were still extremely powerful.

Sasuke had never heard of Light or Dark elements back in his world, and the closest possible parallel he could draw was Yin and Yang Release.

The light element was extremely strong in the healing aspect, and those who had light attributed Saint Weapons were given the title of Immortals in the Tian Yuan continent. They were given this title due to the fact that while on the battlefield, they could easily restore any damage taken. On the battlefield, if they were not killed in one strike, then they would be nearly impossible to defeat.

Sasuke found it quite similar to the Medic-Nin from his previous world.

Those with the dark element had a corrosive nature. Not only was this a troublesome element, but those with dark attributes were also in demand. At night, they could come and go as they pleased, earning them the titles of Night Lords, for the night was under their command.

The rest of the 5 elements each had their own corresponding strengths. The amount of power they had depended on one's own strength and judgement.

Of course in the Tian Yuan continent, those who had a Saint Weapon with an attribute was 1 in 10 compared to those who didn't have an attribute. On a battlefield, those with an attribute were often harder to fight against than those who didn't.

The Saint Weapons were the strongest of weapons. In a war, Saint Weapons could be freely summoned at will and provide assistance to their masters to help overcome their limits. At the same time, a Saint Weapon and its master's life were intertwined. Whatever injury the Saint Weapon sustained would then be equally reflected back to the master. Also, if the Saint Weapon ever broke, then the master would receive a fatal wound as well. If the situation was grave, then even a wound may cause death.

However, Saint Weapons were extremely hard to break. As long as the Saint Weapon was stronger than the opposing force, then it would not be harmed in any way.

After a Saint Weapon takes shape, then this new way of cultivation would absorb the saint energy from the world to become stronger. This method would improve one's own strength as well.

Once the Saint Weapon was formed, then the expert would be called a "Saint".

In the Tian Yuan continent, the Saints are classified into 9 different levels: Saint, Great Saint, Saint Master, Great Saint Master, Earth Saint Master, Heaven Saint Master, Saint Ruler, Saint King and Saint Emperor.

Within each of the levels, they are further separated into 3 levels: Lower, Middle, and Upper.

Within the Tian Yuan continent, there lies a mountain range that was spread out across the continent called the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts. The range was filled with countless magical beasts. The further you went in, the stronger the beasts would get.

These magical beasts were also separated into 9 levels. The class 1 beasts were equivalent to a Saint, while the class 2 beasts was equivalent to a Great Saint. Continuing on with this, a class 8 beast was on par with a Saint King and finally, a class 9 beast was equivalent to a Saint Emperor.

At the same time, the Tian Yuan continent had a very prominent profession called the Mercenary.

According to this book, the Tian Yuan continent had many mercenaries. These mercenaries would accomplish a variety of tasks for money, although many mercenaries would enter the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts to hunt monsters and sell the monster cores for money.

Although the dangers were big, the rewards were just as generous due to monster cores being highly valued in the continent. The higher grade a monster core was, the higher priced it was. There were some high ranked monster cores that could not be bought with money alone.

Monster cores were one of the most desired items in the continent. Inside the center of a monster core was a large amount of pure energy and could be absorbed by humans for a faster training speed. Absorbing the energy from a monster core was ultimately faster than trying to absorb the World Essence into one's body. However, using the monster cores to increase the cultivation speed wasn't a method the general populace could do without having plenty of money.

Other than a few odd things, Sasuke was finally beginning to understand many things about this world. This world was exceptionally cruel and wars happened everywhere, even more so than his previous world. The people of this world were far more dangerous in comparison to his old world. If one wasn't strong enough, then they would find it hard to survive. Most of the people on the continent were practitioners as well, although the average practitioner would be of average strength. The average person wouldn't be able to cultivate their Saint Force to the 10th level and be able to condense it into a Saint's Weapon. If these people don't have the proper training and support, then they would remain at the lowest levels similar to a peasant in the village.

After finishing the books, Sasuke finally understood the new world to a better degree. Saint Weapons, elements and attributes, magical beasts, monster cores and mercenaries, everything was a new experience to Sasuke that gave his heart a thrill. He was looking forward to the new world and desperately wished to leave the Shangyang mansion immediately. To be able to experience the outside world would be a refreshing change of pace. This was how he had always been and did not like being confined to one place, even back in Konoha.

However, Sasuke knew that he would not be able to fulfill his desires in the upcoming years. His parents would never allow a three year old child to leave their home for the outside world. Even if he could leave his home, he would have no way of defending himself.

After a long period of time, Sasuke decided to put even more effort into his training. Aside from his daily meals, everyday was spent training alone within his room. He still hadn't completed the basics of the cultivation stage of Primordial Chaos Tempering, so the World Essence he had been absorbing was distributed equally throughout his body, entering each cell and strengthening his body.

It was only when his body could no longer be strengthened by the World Essence would Sasuke be able to break through to the second stage, where he would start the formal training of his Saint Energy. Currently, Sasuke still had the physique far beyond that of a normal person, however some regions of his body where Chakra previously gathered in his past world were still empty.

Although Sasuke normally spent the entire day hiding in his room to train, neither of his parents had outwardly expressed any sort of bafflement or concern. The reason for this was because in the Shangyang mansion, the parents would generally teach the children a method of training and let them train for a year. By the third year, these children would take a test to see how strong their Saint Power was and evaluate their potential as well as their aptitude. When Sasuke was 2 years old, Bi Yuntian had taught him the same method as the other children had learned. However, Sasuke had taken this exercise and tossed it into the depths of his mind, for Sasuke had felt that this sort of training was like giving an adult a child's toy to play with.

Sasuke already had ample experience with controlling Chakra, and could even be called a master in internal energy. On a fundamental level, he still felt Saint Energy and Chakra shared quite a lot of similarity and had no problems controlling the former.

As a result, Sasuke had locked himself in his room. People passing by had only thought that Sasuke was practicing the family method, and paid no attention to him.

The following morning, Sasuke had finally finished last night's training exercise. Today was a special day for him, since it was his 3rd birthday. At the same time, today would be the day that he would undergo the very same test as any other 3 year old in the Tian Yuan continent–the Saint's Test.

Accompanying his mother Bi Yuntian to the dining halls, Sasuke was then later taken to the Shangyang clan's official main hall.

The Shangyang mansion covered a large amount of area, and compared to the area Sasuke was used to, he had only experienced a small portion of the land. Walking along the road, Sasuke looked at the mansion without stopping. In his first 3 years, Sasuke had spent the vast majority of his time within his own room and cultivated, very rarely did he stroll around the mansion.

Within the Shangyang mansion, a large group of uniformed patrolmen were walking around the area. Many sharp eyes were staring all around from hidden areas, and despite it being the daytime, they still did not show the slightest sense of relaxation.

As Sasuke walked past a series of training grounds, a young, but soft shout had gotten his attention from the inside. A mere glance inside would show a small group of 10 year olds being taught some martial art drills by a middle aged man.

Sasuke understood in his heart that these children were born directly into the family line. The Shangyang clan had about 1000 clansmen. Although half of them were guardsmen and servants, the other half were members that were born from within the clan line.

Walking past the training grounds, Bi Yuntian led her son to the middle of an official looking hallway. This was where Sasuke would undergo the Saint's Test.

Even though the outside hall was vast, the interior of the Shangyang main hallways were even larger. Currently there were dozens of people strewn about, among them were a few middle-aged men who were dressed differently that stood out from the rest.

Bi Yuntian led Sasuke to their seats in the front of the hallway. Those who had wanted to sit at the front had to have a high status in the clan, and since Sasuke was the fourth son of the clan leader, he had the right to sit at the front. However, his own seat wasn't created yet, so he had to share a single chair with his mother.

The Uchiha sat down besides his mother gently and didn't say anything.

In a flash, a line of people came streaming into the hall one by one before stopping in front of their seats. Among the newcomers was Sasuke's third aunt carrying her child along.

"Hey… brother, today is the day you take the Saint Test. You have to work hard so you don't let your sister down." His sister Mingyue's pretty face smiled at Sasuke as she spoke in a soft but enthusiastic voice. Although she was soft spoken, everyone in the hall had clearly heard who and what she was talking about.

"Ming Yue!" Her mother looked at her sharply as she spoke with soft rebuke.

Mingyue laughed and stuck her tongue out at Sasuke. Without any further words, she peacefully sat down right next to her mother's side as her bright eyes blinked rapidly as she sized up the other people in the hall.

Soon enough, everybody in the hall were all seated while they all looked at Sasuke from time to time with looks of expectations shown clearly on their faces. The reason why many people were gathered was due to Sasuke's Saint Test.

If it was any other child of the clan, then there would not had been such a massive turnout for the Saint Test. But Sasuke wasn't a regular child with no status; he was the child to the clan leader of the Shangyang clan as well as having an innate talent blessed by the Gods. The whole clan had practically placed all of their expectations on this child, hence why when it was Sasuke's turn to undergo the Saint Test, every clan member would be there.

After all, Sasuke had many different achievements under his belt, and the Saint Test would be another important milestone for him.

When everyone had settled down, Sasuke's father Shangyang Ba stepped towards the middle of the hall and sat down on the throne that signified his status as the clan leader with a great blade right next to him.

Shangyang Ba's eyes stopped on Sasuke for only a second but Sasuke could see the faintest of smiles on it. Immediately afterwards, a voice spoke out, signifying the start of Sasuke's Saint Test.

"Shu, I'm sorry to have you take control of the Saint Test ceremony." Shangyang Ba said politely towards the elder.

The man looked to be around 60 to 70 years old white haired man who wore gray clothing. Although his face was full of wrinkles, his eyes were bright and filled with excitement.

The old man laughed, "The clan leader is too modest." Walking towards the center now, he carried a smile on his face as he looked at Sasuke before calling out in a friendly tone, "Fourth Master, if you please!"

Bi Yuntian looked at Sasuke with a great look of affection and whispered, "Xiang Tian, please go to where Shu is standing so he can test for your Saint Force."

"Okay." Sasuke said lightly. The clever child got off of his seat and with his small paces, he slowly approached to where the Elder Shu stood.

Without further ado, Shu lifted his right hand where a small silver ring began to glow with a dazzling white light. Waving it over, the smallest of trembles could be heard coming from the ground before slowly increasing in sound. Right where there was nothing in front of them, a white stone half a meter large suddenly appeared. It was clear to see that the white stone had been polished countless of times; the entire rectangular shaped rock, the width and thickness was both at a meter long.

Looking at the newly emerged white stone, Sasuke's eyes blinked in surprise, he had felt quite curious about this stone but Elder Shu's right hand had also caught his interest. He stared intensely at the ring on his middle finger, it was the ring he had seen from the books.

The Space Ring was made from rare but special materials, and could store items within the space of the ring. The smallest object it could store was a meter cubed, while the biggest object it could store was a hundred meters cubed. One could store and take out any inanimate object as they pleased. This was an item that was so expensive in the Tian Yuan continent that the common person would not be able to afford it.

This item reminded him of the Storage Scrolls mage through Fuinjutsu back in his Elemental Nations, however this looked to be far superior to the Uchiha.

Seeing Sasuke looking at the Space ring adorned on his middle finger, Elder Shu laughed. Whenever he had summoned the white stone for the Saint Test, everyone around would give him the same exact look. In fact, he had seen the look so many times, he had lost count.

"Fourth master, please place a hand on the Saint Stone." De Shu smiled.

The Saint Stone is a special rock that could measure the amount of Saint Force within a person's body. Within the large Tian Yuan continent, there are many different items that could measure one's personal strength.

The Saint Stone used colors to represent a person's strength–Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, and Purple.

Having the stone flash red meant that the person was still below a Saint in strength while an orange color meant that the person was at the same level as a Saint. The yellow color represents a Great Saint and blue meant the person was an Earth Saint Master. Lastly, a purple color represented a Heaven Saint Master. Any rank higher than the Heaven Saint Master like a Saint Ruler, Saint King, and Saint Emperor could not be ranked by the Saint Stone.

Hearing Elder Shu, Sasuke focused back on the task and extended his hand onto the white stone called the "Saint Rock".

At that moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the Saint Rock. They all stood up in anticipation, anxious to find out how strong the gifted Sasuke would be.

When Sasuke placed his hand on the Saint Rock, Shu extended his own arm to activate the Saint Rock through seemingly magical means.

Immediately, Sasuke could only feel an odd type of energy pulse from the stone and into his arm. While the energy felt odd to him, it entered his body quite gently where it slowly circulated around before pulsing back out from his body and into the stone.

Shu stared at the Saint Rock for any change in color, but after a short period of time, there was no change at all. Not even a single shade of color other than its original one could be seen.

"How is this possible, the Saint Rock doesn't even have a sliver of color reflected!" Shu couldn't help but cry out in alarm. The smile that had been on his face slowly disappeared from his face and turned to look at Sasuke's own face with an odd expression. Neither of the two could believe what was going on.

Taking note of the look of shock on Elder Shu's face and the still white Saint Rock, everyone subconsciously came to a realization. Their faces couldn't help but slowly change as they looked at their neighbors, then back at the front. Blinking once, the look of abject bewilderment was noticeable on most people's face while some people even sighed with looks of pity.

Shangyang Ba's face grew ugly while even Bi Yuntian's face drained of color. Neither of the two looked as if they were refusing to believe the news.

Elder Shu gave a gulp, this result was unbelievable to even him. Immediately starting up the Saint Rock again, he had hoped that it was a mistake the first time. But alas, the tree had bore no fruit, and the rock no color.

Again, this result was inconceivable to Elder Shu. The fourth master had been called a gifted genius since he was born, but it had seemed as if he was nothing more than a useless cripple who couldn't cultivate or use Saint Force at all.

Elder Shu couldn't help but give a disappointed sigh as he looked at the silent Sasuke with a complicated look. He turned around to face Shangyang Ba, "Clan leader, the results are in. The Fourth master is unable to cultivate the Saint Force in any way."

Upon hearing this declaration, Bi Yuntian's face grew even more pale to the point that it was almost devoid of color. Looking at Sasuke dumbfounded, she muttered, "That's…that's…not possible…how can Xiang Tian…be a cripple…?" Right as she finished, her eyes rolled to the back of her head and crumpled down to the ground from her chair. For her son that was widely regarded as a genius to suddenly be found as a cripple, she couldn't handle this shocking news at all. No mother in the continent would be able to, let alone a member of a very prestigious clan.

As everyone that had gathered around heard the results, they all gasped and looked at Sasuke with pity and disappointment. Sasuke's aunts Yu Feng Yan and Ling Long on the other hand, let loose a breath of air. Seeing the mother and son's unfortunate situation, the two aunts couldn't help but rejoice silently to themselves.

"Ah, fourth sister…fourth sister, what's wrong? Fourth sister, please wake up! Fourth Sister, please…please wake up!" Rushing to her side, Bai Yushuang anxiously tried to awaken the unconscious Bi Yuntian, but to no avail.

Hearing Bai Yushuang's frantic yells, Shangyang Ba immediately bounded over to Bi Yuntian and began to cry out, "Shuang Er, bring my wife to her bed!"

Sasuke frowned and rushed to his mother's side without paying attention to anyone else. His right hand was already pressed against his mother's wrist to check for her pulse. It took a few precious seconds, but he had eventually confirmed that his mother was in no immediate danger.

Sasuke looked at his disappointed father amongst the crowd, and gave him an unreadable look. He smirked inwardly at the strange turn of events and followed his mother back who was now being carried.

"sigh…" Watching Sasuke leave, his father's face clearly had a look of extreme disappointment. He had placed high hopes on Sasuke before, but as the expectations were very high, so was the later disappointment. With this result in the end, his fourth son Xiang Tian was merely a cripple.

"Clan head, don't pay too much attention to this. Although the fourth master cannot cultivate Saint Force, it doesn't mean he isn't a genius in other aspects or fields." A young male clan member tried to console him.

Shangyang Ba waved his hand and said sadly, "Let's not mention this topic anymore. Everyone is dismissed." Finishing his sentence, Shangyang Ba stood up to leave the hall. Although he had acknowledged the fact that Sasuke could be a genius in the other fields as said earlier, but Saint Force was the most important factor in this world, after all, strength is what mattered in the end.

The fact that the fourth son of the leader of the Shangyang clan was a cripple spread throughout the Shangyang mansion like wildfire. Some people regarded this new piece of information with joy while others were grievous. One thing was sure however; Sasuke's previos status in the clan would rapidly drop after this affair.

In a wide spacious room, Sasuke sat quietly by the bedside. His face had a tranquil expression and his eyes were closed in deep thought what he was thinking about was unknown to everyone else. His mother Bi Yuntian still hadn't woke up, her eyes were still shut as she laid in bed. Aside from Sasuke and some servant girls, only his third aunt Bai Yushuang and his second sister Shangyang Mingyue were in the room.

Looking at the mute Sasuke, Shangyang Mingyue blinked a few times. She walked up to Sasuke's shoulder and said, "Fourth brother, please don't feel too sad. If anyone in the future bullies you, tell your older sister and I'll beat them up." Shangyang Mingyue thought that Sasuke was feeling sad because he was a cripple and that he didn't have the ability to defend himself from anyone that would mock him.

Hearing what Ming Yue had said, Sasuke couldn't help but lift his head to smirk at Shangyang Mingyue, "Don't worry sister, I am not an easy person to bully."

The truth was, Sasuke couldn't care less about the derision of the masses. In his previous life, he had fought against the entire world, deemed to be a traitor, a murderer by the entire world.

He had lived through thousands of battles, survived two massive wars, his hands were stained with the blood of innocents and wicked alike. The thoughts of a few hundred? Not enough for him to care.

In fact, the Uchiha preferred this. Now, no one would care what he did, and he was free to do what he want. This was ideal for a Shinobi like him.

On the other hand, Sasuke was clear on the reason why the Saint's Test did not work on him.

Only Sasuke understood that it wasn't because he was unable to cultivate Saint Force, it was due to the fact that he had been incorporating the Saint Force into the cells of his body. Because of this, his body was essentially an empty shell, with no Saint Force remaining in his body. If he hadn't used this method, then today's Saint Test would have had a different result.

It was unfortunate that Sasuke wouldn't be able to explain this situation to people. Even if he wanted to, he wouldn't be able to explain how he came about this method. Not to mention that if he were to talk about Primordial Chaos Tempering, then Sasuke feared that the the history of both the technique and himself would become a great problem.

Although Sasuke had understood that because of this situation, his status within the clan had taken a major hit. He didn't care at all for that however and had secretly wanted a situation like this to happen. If things had progressed as well as they did just now, then in the future he would be able to leave the Shangyang mansion with more ease. If he had still been stuck with the label of a genius, then departing from the mansion would not be as easy. At the very least, as long as he didn't have their approval, they would ignore his trips in and out of the mansion.

"Xiang Tian…Xiang Tian . . ." A voice came calling out from the bed, Sasuke's mother had finally awakened.

Right after hearing his mother call his name, Sasuke's mind was jolted back to consciousness. He turned around to look at her, "Mother, I am here, everything is fine now."

Bi Yuntian had a complicated look on her face as she gasped, "Your mother is fine, but . . .sigh…." As she spoke, a myriad of expressions were shown on her face ranging from sorrow, sadness, and even pain.

"Yuntian, please don't trouble yourself too much. Xiang Tian has been highly intelligent since birth, so although it is regretful that he cannot cultivate Saint Force, but in my opinion, Xiang Tian is not so simple. After all, no child in the clan is smarter than him." Yu Shuan was trying to console the still grievous Bi Yuntian.

Bi Yuntian lifted her head slowly, "I had already understood this fact,." Looking a Sasuke, she gently started to caress the back of Sasuke's head. "Xiang Tian, don't feel sad, what your second aunt said is correct. Although you cannot cultivate Saint Force, you are still a very intelligent child, we still don't know in what areas you would be best suited for."

Sasuke hesitated a bit when he heard his mother speak, even though his mother was awake, he was not feeling all that much better. In reality, he had really wanted to tell the truth to the people there, his mother most definitely. He wanted to say that he wasn't a cripple that couldn't cultivate Saint Force, but Sasuke chose to endure this, for he was a Shinobi. "Mother, don't worry, your son won't disappoint you." Compared to his mother's love for him, Sasuke had utterly cherished it.

He would later spend the whole day by the bedside of his mother before leaving at night. Periodically, Shangyang Ba would drop in to see his wife but he would then leave just as quickly as he came. When it came to Sasuke, Shangyang Ba's attitude towards him had been completely different these days in comparison to before. With each passing time, Sasuke could clearly see that Shangyang Ba had been treating Sasuke with a colder expression.

In the Uchiha's mind, his "Father's" previous image of a kind and caring man took a massive blow, and he realised that only due to this great difficulty he faced was he able to see who were his friends and who the enemies.

Sasuke smirked once again at how things had turned out. To him this was the best option, the lesser people he had to care about, the better it was.

In the blink of an eye, four years had passed after Sasuke's Saint Test. During the days that he wasn't busy, Sasuke would shut himself in his room to continue training. The amount of training he needed nowadays was considerably longer than in the past; so much longer, that sometimes, Sasuke would not be seen walking out of his room for the entire day.

In those four years, Sasuke's status in the clan had dropped immensely as expected. Shangyang Ba had been treating him more coldly now, and no one had ever bothered to take the initiative to seek him out first. It was vastly different than from his mother who saw him everyday, her love had never wavered at all.

Early one day, Sasuke slowly opened his eyes from his crossed-legged position once more to show that he had finished last nights training. Immediately extending both arms palmside up, a light round ball gradually came into view. He flipped the beautiful ball into the air from his hands and watched it fall towards the ground where it came to a stop as both his hands were focused on it.

Hearing only the slightest of sounds, Sasuke clapped his tiny hands together as if they were 2 steel plates and started to do pushups on the normally soft ground, occasionally bringing his head so close to the ground he could kiss it and even left an imprint on the ground afterwards.

Looking at his own hard work with a joyous smile, Sasuke laughed. Half a year after the Saint Test, Sasuke had already finished the cultivation stage of the first principle of the Primordial Chaos Tempering. This meant that he officially started to cultivate the Saint Force without having to assimilate it into his own body.

His cultivation rate was extremely fast, so fast that in the span of a just few years, he had already reached an astounding result. As he was now, he could use the Saint Force that was stored inside of him to reinforce his hands so that they could break through stone without effort, similar to how Chakra was used to reinforce various parts of the body.

Early in the morning, Sasuke walked out of his room to wander around the Shangyang Mansion alone. However, a group of patrolmen were walking around at the time spotted him, with each member having a different expression on their faces. Some had a mocking look, while some looked at him with disdain, but very few looked at him with pity. The fact that Sasuke was a cultivation cripple had long ceased to be a secret within the clan, and so even the guards that patrolled the mansion had started to look at him differently.

But Sasuke turned a blind eye towards them. His stomach was growling from hunger, and so Sasuke had decided with a small sigh that it was time to head towards the kitchens.

It had been a long time since he had accompanied his mother to the dining halls to eat together. Nowadays, he would go to the kitchens himself to eat breakfast, and would only eat lunch and dinner together with his mother and some of his aunts.

When Sasuke reached the kitchens, over a hundred servants could be seen running about. The kitchen was a tremendous mess due to the stove where it stood like a smoking hot steamer basket.

"Oh! Isn't this the fourth master? The fourth master has come to the kitchens! Oi, this isn't the proper place for someone as pampered as fourth master to be. The kitchens are for lowly servants like us, so why have you come here?" The teasing voice of a 20 year old servant came calling out. Judging by his odd tone of voice, it was clear to tell that he was mocking Sasuke.

Another voice continued straight after the first servant, "If my guess is correct, then fourth master came down to the kitchens to get some raw tomatoes. But that's weird, why isn't the fourth master eating at the dining halls with the rest of the clan? Has he wronged himself and so wanted to eat the tomatoes from the kitchens? These things are only fit for us lowly servants and guards to eat however." Another 30 year old servant continued to sneer at Sasuke.

Upon hearing the two people talk, the other servants in the kitchen all started to look at the spectacle. Both of these servants had the support of some of the superiors; for example, the 20 year old servant was not only introduced by Shangyang Ba's first wife Ling Long, but he was also the servant of Sasuke's eldest aunt. Rumors had it that Ling Long had hired him because he was a family relative, but because his body had lacked the power, he could only work in the kitchens.

As for the 30 year old servant that spoke second, his brother is the group leader of the Shangyang mansion guards.

Hearing the two servants mock him, Sasuke could only narrow his eyes slightly as anger flashed through his eyes.

Biting back any sort of rebuke, he moved towards the giant vegetable basket and held his hand out to take off the lid of it before all of a sudden, two giants hands came out of nowhere and quickly moved the vegetable basket away from him.

"I should really bring these tomatoes to the guards right away, our honored guards haven't yet eaten breakfast yet after all." Whisking away the basket, the servant muttered out loud as he exited from the kitchens, "What a crying shame, the fourth lady gave birth to a good for nothing cripple."

At that last remark, Sasuke froze. At last, the anger within his heart had finally broke free. Without saying a word, his legs blurred as both of his legs stamped across the ground. Reaching the servant with the basket within a few seconds, he raised one fist and brought it down onto the servant's back!

"Bang!"

Completely caught off guard, the servant carrying the basket was sent staggering to the ground. The basket he had carried dropped to the floor and with a great big smash, the nice and red tomatoes scattered across the floor in four directions one by one.

Everyone in the kitchen stared at this unforeseen event with a shocked look. Seeing where Sasuke now stood, no one could believe what they saw. No one had saw clearly how fast or even when Sasuke had moved. For the 7 year old fourth master to have brought down the 30 year old servant with a single punch to his knees, it was inconceivable. Although the vegetable basket had been dropped and the food wasted, everyone was still amazed by this show in front of them.

"Hahaha, Qiu Lao, you really amaze me. Even though you are an expert that has reached the 3rd layer of Saint Force, yet you were knocked down by the fist of a little child! Did you waste too much energy with a girl last night to become this weak?" Looking at the servant at the ground, the first servant who had made fun of Sasuke was now roaring with laughter at the second servant.

The servant called Qiu Lao crawled up from the ground, his eyes burning with fury towards Sasuke as the words of his younger servant friend reached his ears. For a 7 year old child to push him down to the ground, especially a child that was a cripple in the ways of cultivation, this was the ultimate form of humiliation and shame for him. After all, although he had not yet condensed his Saint Force into a Saint Weapon, he was still a practitioner that had reached a level far above that of the cripple!

Shaking his head in rage, Qiu Lao had forgotten in that moment that Sasuke still held the status of being the fourth master. With a snarl, he jumped towards where Sasuke stood and sent a punch towards his stomach.

Watching Qiu Lao fist get closer, Sasuke had a look of disdain on his face. He realised he did not even require his Sharingan for this.

To him, even without his Sharingan he could see the punch that the man had thrown out was full of mistakes and openings, and so he dodged by moving to the side very slightly to avoid the fist. Throwing himself forward, Sasuke's right leg arced in a beautiful way and brutually kicked Qiu Lao firmly on the nose.

Blood flowed like waterfall, as Qiu Lao clenched his nose with both hands.

"Ah!"

Qiu Lao let loose a blood curling scream. Even then, a steady flow of blood leaked through his hands. Sasuke's leg had not been merciful, Qiu Lao's nose had been kicked in and broke. The acute pain in his face had already drained it of color.

Qiu Lao looked at Sasuke with obvious anger in his eyes, making it seem as if he was a wild beast that wanted to take Sasuke down.

"You little bastard, I'm going to teach you a lesson today!" Qiu Lao roared angrily. He dashed towards Sasuke and sent a kick towards his head. The kick was fairly fast, and if it connected, it definitely would not result in a small wound for any normal person. But since Sasuke was still in the body of a child, a direct hit from such a strong kick had a high chance of killing him.

Assessing the strength of Qiu Lao's kick, the 20 year old servant's face suddenly lost its humorous expression and became pale. Shouting out in alarm, he cried, "Qiu Lao, stop!" Sasuke was still the fourth master as well as the son of Shangyang Ba despite being a cripple, he still had some degree of respect around the Shangyang Mansion. It was barely okay to mock him, but to raise a hand against the fourth master was unforgivable. Even if they had the support of any of the elders they would still incur a terrible punishment upon them.

Seeing the intensity of Qiu Lao's kick, Sasuke's face changed as well. His eyes grew cold as he leaned to the side again. Calmly staying outside the reach of Qiu Lao's kick, he didn't retreat. Instead Sasuke rapidly approached Qiu Lao's body, he placed his arm on Qiu Lao's still outstretched thigh while the other hand went to the other thigh. Sasuke then released all of the Saint Force he had stored in his body into his waist and surprisingly lifted the over a hundred pound Qiu Lao above his tiny body.

Raising Qiu Lao's body, Sasuke didn't bother giving him time to retaliate, both his legs began to move across the ground as Sasuke threw the heavy body of Qiu Lao forward.

The man's body flew over 5 meters before slamming into a table meant for cutting vegetables. Coincidentally, underneath his falling body was a stack of iron skewers, falling down onto that would make him resemble a bizarre human porcupine.

This was done intentionally by the Uchiha, as he had never been one to take insults lying down.

Qiu Lao fell on top of the skewers, and at least an inch of skin had been pierced through by them. Immediately, Qiu Lao screamed in pain as the skin of his body was distorted and the pain in his nose was still piercing through his mind.

Sasuke smirked in satisfaction as he saw the bloody scene.

Every servant in the kitchen suddenly came to a standstill from the unbelievable event they had just watched. A single 7 year old not only fought back against a heavyweight person like Qiu Lao, but he even defeated that person, who had reached the 3rd layer of Saint Force. If news of this got out, no one in the Shangyang clan would be able to believe it.

Sasuke looked at Qiu Lao suffering with cold eyes while making a mocking face at him. He didn't say anything, and decided to leave the kitchen instead, without taking even a single tomato with him.

After exiting the kitchens, Sasuke frowned. He didn't think that even the servants in the kitchens would begin to mock him.

Throwing away the depression from his heart, Sasuke began to stroll around the Shangyang Mansion once more. With the mansion being so vast, Sasuke had never once seen the entirety of it. Even the scenery around the place was nice to look at, as gardens surrounded every inch of the outside yards. There were many lakes as well as flower gardens that had very rare specimens that could not be seen anywhere else and they carried a sweet fragrance.

Compared to the barren and desolate Uchiha Clan Compound of his previous life, this was a breath of fresh air.

As the fourth master of the Shangyang clan, Sasuke was free to wander wherever he wanted. As he wandered to and fro, he would come across important roadways and buildings that had many experts concealed everywhere. When he saw those experts however, he had decided to think no more about it; after all, he knew that the Shangyang clan is one of the four great clans of Lore City. Lore City was was a First Class City, so the title of being a big clan was a prestigious one.

As he walked, he had unconsciously came to the middle of a calm flower garden. Sasuke had not noticed that his third brother Shangyang Ke had been carrying a wooden axe as he trained within the same flower garden. However, in the eyes of a battle hardened Sasuke, it looked as if Shangyang Ke was just recklessly swinging the axe around with no particular style in mind at all.

Although Sasuke had mainly studied and trained in the way of the sword in the past world, he had also studied many different axe wielding experts and how they fought later in his life. So even Sasuke was familiar with how one should use an axe, but the way Shangyang Ke was handling it, Sasuke was speechless at his brother's incompetence.

Sasuke shrugged, knowing it was none of business what his half-brother did, nor did he have any familial feeling for him, which would make him go out of his way to guide him.

Just as Sasuke was about to turn around to leave, Shangyang Ke noticed him out of the corner of his eye. Slowly ceasing his movements, Shangyang Ke's face started to show signs of ill intent as he smiled.

"Brother, come on over, your older brother has some candy for you to eat." Shangyang Ke cried out to Sasuke.

Hearing Shangyang Ke's words, Sasuke nearly fell down onto the ground in disbelief. Secretly thinking to himself, he thought, "Even a 7 year old wouldn't fall for such a line." However, Sasuke had forgot to account for that aside from the experiences of his past world, he was still no better than a 7 year old child.

But he paid no mind to the words of Shangyang Ke and continued to keep on walking without even turning his head back.

Seeing that Sasuke was getting farther and farther away, Shangyang Ke began to get angry. Throwing the wooden axe in his hands to the ground, he dashed towards Sasuke and eventually caught up to him.

"Little brother, did you not hear me just now?" Shangyang Ke blocked Sasuke's path like a cork in a bottle, his face red with anger as he stared at Sasuke.

"Is something wrong?" Sasuke looked at Shangyang Ke with an emotionless gaze while implying a hint of coldness in his question.

Sasuke did not harbor any good sentiments towards his older brother. In the past two years, Shangyang Ke would always look for some way to ridicule Sasuke, and ever since the news of Sasuke being a cripple, his actions became much more severe. If it wasn't for the fact that Sasuke rarely went outside, the amount of times Shangyang Ke bullied and ridiculed Sasuke would have been increased tenfold.

However, every time he had tried to bully Sasuke, it would always result in failure and sometimes Sasuke would also find a way to bully him back. This had created a sense of resentment within Shangyang Ke's heart which made him seek revenge even more.

"Little brother, come accompany your older brother in practicing some martial arts." While talking, Shangyang Ke had already started dragging Sasuke towards the place where he practiced and did not give Sasuke a chance to respond. Shangyang Ke was actually very excited at the moment, for although he was not a match for Sasuke when comparing their intelligence, he did not think he would be weaker than Sasuke in terms of strength. After all, his younger brother was a cripple in terms of martial cultivation and could not even cultivate any Saint Force, in Shangyang Ke's mind, this was the perfect opportunity to exact his revenge.

Not long after Sasuke had been forcefully dragged by Shangyang Ke to where he was practicing his martial arts, Shangyang Ke picked up the wooden axe he had thrown to the side earlier and then said to Sasuke, "Brother, are you ready? I am going to start attacking now."

Seeing Shangyang Ke's gentle smile, Sasuke let a hint of playfulness appear within his eyes. Holding both of his palms in a clueless manner, he asked, "Brother, you have a weapon in your hands, don't tell me you want me to fight against you barehanded?"

Hearing his brother talk, Shangyang Ke looked distracted for a second. Looking at the wooden axe in his own hands, he hesitated only for a second before tossing it towards Sasuke, as he said, "Then I shall give you the axe brother, and I will be the one that will fight bare handed." Although the axe was wooden, it was still 10 pounds. Even for a 10 year old child, swinging this around would prove to be difficult. Shangyang Ke had thought of this and threw it towards Sasuke for this reason. He wanted to make Sasuke humiliate himself while he would look like the gracious one.

Sasuke took the wooden axe in front of him and started to inspect it. The axe was very crudely made, only the shape of the axe was there, while the blade of it was almost non existent. Even if he were to try to chop at a person, it would not cause significant harm. At the very most, the axe would only leave behind a sore bruise.

Seeing Sasuke hold up the 10 pound axe with ease, Shangyang Ke's eyes revealed a trace of shock. He had not been expecting this change of events.

Sasuke looked at Shangyang Ke and gave a faint smirk, "Brother, perhaps you should use this axe instead." Right as he spoke, he tossed the axe back at Shangyang Ke.

Catching the axe he had only just thrown at Sasuke, Shangyang Ke began to feel suspicious, "Brother, could it be you still wanted to fight me bare handed?"

Sasuke began to smirk as he shook his head. Grabbing a nearby tree, he snapped off a branch one meter long. Shaving away the little twigs and leaves, Sasuke was left with only a single branch.

"This will be my weapon!" Raising the branch, Sasuke smiled gently.

Shangyang Ke looked at the tiny stick that could be quickly turned into chopsticks in Sasuke's hand and laughed. He was no longer angry as the day that he would be able to beat Sasuke with ease seemed to be getting closer and closer. The dream of being able to bully Sasuke without taking any losses had finally come for Shangyang Ke. This would make him extremely happy.

Shangyang Ke clasped onto the axe firmly, "Then, you'd best be careful. Your brother will begin to attack!" Right after saying it, Shangyang Ke immediately stormed towards Sasuke with the axe held in both his hands before trying to bring it down onto Sasuke.

This axe wasn't able to inflict a fatal wound, so Shangyang Ke didn't bother to hold back and swung with all his might.

Sasuke's legs crossed forward each other as he dodged the axe. Swinging his tree branch with frightening speed, the branch had suddenly became more frightening in power. Even Sasuke's demeanor had changed abruptly, as he pressed forward, the normally safe branch became a deadly sword in his hands, just like how he had wielded Kusanagi in his previous life.

Sasuke was swinging the sword with unbelievable speed, leaving Shangyang Ke with almost no room to counter when at last, the tree branch had already placed itself on Shangyang Ke's throat.

"Older brother, you've lost!" With a playful banter, he returned the axe that Shangyang Ke had dropped shortly in the middle of the match.

Shangyang Ke could only stare at the tree branch at his neck with disbelief flashing across his eyes. He had not seen the tree branch move at all, by the time his eyes had saw a sign of movement, the match had already finished.

Still in shock, Shangyang Ke shook his head. Grabbing the tree branch at his throat, he snapped it in two and cried out in disbelief, "That didn't count. It definitely didn't count! Xiang Tian, you weren't fighting fair at all."

Sasuke laughed as he looked at the red faced Shangyang Ke. "Brother, you don't even know if I was fighting fair or not." He said in a strange voice.

"That…that is…" Shangyang Ke scratched at his cheek and stammered as he tried to think of an excuse. In the end, he still couldn't accept the result and said, "Either way, that match just now didn't count. Let's fight one more time!"

Sasuke gathered the pieces of the tree branch that Shangyang Ke had snapped with a laugh, "Okay, let us fight one more time then." Without further ado, he walked 5 meters away from Shangyang Ke.

Both of Shangyang Ke's hands clenched his axe tightly, as he attentively looked at Sasuke. Thanks to the lesson he had just learned, he wouldn't dare to underestimate Sasuke a second time, so in this round, Shangyang Ke moved around carefully.

Sasuke could not help but smile at Shangyang Ke, causing him to scowl in confusion, "Brother, can we start sparring now?"

Shangyang Ke tightly gripped his axe; this time, he used his Saint Force to help him. Once again he charged at Sasuke, but this time he was much faster.

Sasuke casually waved around the less than half a meter long tree branch in his hands. He was feeling fantastic for some odd reason; it was almost as if the branch had some sort of secret connection with himself.

At the same time, within Sasuke's heart, he couldn't help but feel the same sensation he had in the previous world when he had used to wield Kusanagi and cutting down his opponents, no matter how powerful they were.

Thinking of that moment, Sasuke sprung into action, as the tree branch in his hand was sent flying towards Shangyang Ke.

"Whoosh!"

Bending to Sasuke's will, the tree branch looked as if it was alive, and flew from his hands. Flying at incredible speeds towards Shangyang Ke, the tree branch was enveloped by a faint white glow of light. A strong yet acute amount of Sword Energy was emitted from the tree branch, making it look like a bolt of lightning. With a brilliant flash of light, the branch had already reached Shangyang Ke's stomach.

Immediately realizing the trajectory path, as well as the amount of Sword Energy on the tree branch, Sasuke turned pale with fright. He frantically tried to stop the branch from reaching its destination. If the tree branch was not stopped, then it would have, without a doubt, pierced through Shangyang Ke and kill him. Even if he wasn't immediately killed, Shangyang Ke would still have suffered from a fatal wound, which would lead to a disaster for Sasuke.

Right as the branch reached Shangyang Ke's stomach, it began to slow, but not before piercing into his stomach just by a small amount. Looking closer, the tree branch had merely penetrated through the skin, but if Sasuke had been a tiniest bit slower with his command for it to stop, then Shangyang Ke would had been left with the branch straight through his body. Such a thought was too horrible for Sasuke to imagine.

Wiping away the sweat on his forehead, Sasuke noticed that there was still a thin line of his soul connected to the tree branch. Confirming once more with his soul that the branch had only pierced Shangyang Ke's skin, Sasuke let out a sigh of relief.

Feeling the slight pain from his stomach, the somewhat plump Shangyang Ke couldn't help but start to pale. When he looked down and saw the bloodstains on his stomach, his face changed drastically. A wail was heard as he started to cry, with teardrops falling in a never ending stream down his cheeks as if his eyes were fountains.

"Bl..blood…I'm bleeding! Waaah, brother, you…you hit me! Waaaah, Mo…Mother, I'm going to tell my mother about this. Mother….younger brother hit me…!" Shangyang Ke immediately transformed into a child who only knew how to cry. Throwing down his wooden axe, he fled from the garden, bawling nonstop. Shangyang Ke was barely 10 years old after all, he had not yet matured enough to withstand an ordeal like this.

Looking at the slowly fading away Shangyang Ke, Sasuke couldn't help but shake his head. As he walked out from the gardens by himself, he felt a small bit of apprehension in his heart. What type of strict punishment would he receive for this?

"What? Shang Bai, are you playing a joke on me?" In a study room, the leader of the Shangyang clan, Shangyang Ba stood up from his chair in surprise. Focusing his attention on the elder in front of him, Shangyang Ba couldn't help but be amazed by what he had just heard.

The elder that stood in front of Shangyang Ba was the housekeeper of the Shangyang Clan, Shang Bai.

Shang Bai nodded his head solemnly, "My lord, even I didn't believe this matter at first, but dozens of the kitchen servants all saw it clearly. The fourth master really did beat one of the servants, as well as lift up a servant who weighed 100 pounds more than him, before tossing him five meters away. The most important part is that this very same servant is of the third Saint Force layer."

Hearing Shang Bai, Shangyang Ba's eyes widened in awe from this piece of incredible news.

Shang Bai looked at the clan leader, and after some hesitation, continued to say, "My lord, I also received more information about this, but the fourth master was recently involved in a spar with the third master. Using a single tree branch, the fourth master was able to injure the third master!"

"What? Xiang Tian and Ke fought, and Xiang Tian was the victor?" With each passing second, Shangyang Ba's eyes widened more and more.

"That is correct my lord. The fourth master had used only a tree branch while the third master was using a wooden axe." Shang Bai added.

"How is this possible!" Shangyang Ba flew from his chair once more, "Xiang is unable to use the Saint Force, while Shangyang Ke is 3 years older and is also at the third Saint Force layer. Combined with the fact that Ke practices martial arts everyday, how was he not able to beat Xiang Tian?"

Taking out a tree branch from within his robes, Shang Bai held it out for Shangyang Ba to take, "My lord, the fourth master had used this tree branch to beat the third master."

Shangyang Ba took the tree branch that was no thicker than his fingers. Inspecting it over, he noticed the tip of it had been dyed with blood.

Shangyang Ba focused onto the dried up blood on the broken tip of the branch while concealing all sorts of emotions from his face, "Shang Bai, is Ke fine?"

"The third master is uninjured besides some broken skin." Shang Bai replied.

Shangyang Ba nodded his head slowly with a neutral face. Inspecting the tree branch even more closely, he started to grow more and more suspicious. Finally, he spoke, "Shang Bai, this tree branch is nothing special. In addition, the tip is not sharp at all. Based on Xiang Tian's strength, it is impossible for a tree branch to injure Ke at all."

Shang Bai nodded his head in agreement, his eye glistening with a single luster, "My lord, I just had an outrageous thought; what if the fourth master is not a cripple unable to cultivate Saint Force? Seeing the fourth master's display of might today, perhaps the fourth master had already cultivated Saint Force to the fourth level? There would be no other way for the fourth master to beat the third master otherwise."

Hearing Shang Bai, the clan leader's face grew bright with emotion.

To treat his son who was regarded as a genius badly after being revealed as a cripple, this was Shangyang Ba's biggest regret.

"Shang Bai, what you're saying is that Xiang Tian is not only able to use Saint Force, but that he is actually a genius at it as well." Shangyang Ba's voice began to tremble with emotion. For a 7 year old to reach the fourth layer of Saint Force, this could only be accomplished by geniuses of the Tian Yuan continent.

Shang Bai nodded his head, "I have watched fourth master grow up since he was a child. He is an outstanding genius in my eyes, and I believe in him. I can tell that the fourth master will be able to surpass even me in the future ."

Shangyang Ba started to tremble and shake as he listened, his eyes expressing rapt excitement and minor disbelief.

Shang Bai continued to speak, "Back when the fourth master was revealed to be a cripple unable to cultivate Saint Force, I had found it quite strange. I had always found this situation to be fishy, but I couldn't figure out exactly what was off until today. With the fourth master's two displays of strength today, I'm finally able to confirm my suspicions; the fourth master was never a cripple, but indeed a genius of cultivation."

Shangyang Ba deeply inhaled to calm down his increasing heart rate, but before he could say anything more, a clans member came running in and said to him respectfully, "My lord, the third master has been injured. The third lady wishes for the lord to come visit right away."

"I understand, you may leave." Shangyang Ba waved his hand, dismissing the clan member indifferently.

"Yes my lord!" The clan member bowed respectfully before slowly exiting.

Shangyang Ba looked back at the housekeeper, "Shang Bai, it would be best if we head on over while checking up on Xiang Tian. He has been neglected for so long after all." After he had spoke, he immediately paused gravely. "Shang Bai, the two servants that dared to bully Xiang Tian in the kitchen, I'll leave it to you to drive them away from my mansion. Hmph, those two lowly servants, to think that they could bully my son without consequences."

Shang Bai laughed briefly, "My lord, those two servants have already long since been driven off. Although one of them was introduced by the first lady Ling Long, the other servant's older brother is the leader of one of the team captains of the patrol guards. But since they dared to bully the fourth master, they no longer have any reason to stay behind in this mansion. Otherwise, I would not dare to show face around the Shangyang Mansion ever again."

In a largely decorated room, the recently injured Shangyang Ke lay on the bed. With a pale face, he stared at the freshly bandaged wound on his stomach.

Sitting at the edge of the bed was Shangyang Ke's mother Yu Feng Han, with a look of distress as she tended to her son. Not too far away, Sasuke and his mother Bi Yuntian, as well as first aunt Ling Long, second aunt Bai Yushuang, and second sister Shangyang Mingyue all stood around the bed.

Yu Feng Han looked back at Bi Yuntian with an angry look, "Fourth sister, your treasured son is getting more and more outrageous. To have assaulted my Ke with such a dangerous weapon; it's a good thing my Ke is very strong and didn't suffer a deadly wound. Otherwise, who knows how this might have gone?"

Sasuke scowled as he listened to her, not accepting her words even a tiny bit and spoke coldly, "This can't be blamed on me, it was your son who had asked me to spar with him. A small injury like this is unavoidable. Besides, I was not using a dangerous weapon, but a tree branch. If anyone is to blame, then it is your son's lack of skill."

Yu Feng Han's face went ashen at Sasuke's remarks; what he had said made perfect sense and she could not refute them in any way.

Just thinking about how she had been outspoken against by a mere child, an unholy rage rose up within her.

Along with the words, "If anyone is to blame, then it is your son's lack of skill.", Yu Feng Han's face went from green to white in rapid succession. These words meant that her son was no stronger than a cripple who could not even cultivate Saint Force at all.

Hearing that Yu Feng Han be beaten by a child, Bai Yushuang could not help but laugh merrily, while Ling Long sat there with an expressionless face.

Bi Yuntian held Sasuke's head in a loving way as she slowly walked forward, "Yu Feng, this was only some playful sparring between kids; not something we should worry about. It's pointless to get angry; in the end, the two of them are just children after all. Right now, we should instead concentrate on healing Ke's wounds."

At the words of Bi Yuntian, despite still being quite mad, all Yu Feng Han could do was fume silently. She was afraid that if she continued to nag everyone about the acts of such small children, her three fellow wives would begin to see her in a darker light.

Bi Yuntian walked up to where Shangyang Ke reclined, closed her eyes and brought her two hands over the boys wounds. Her hands hovered there for a moment before letting off a faint white glow.

At that moment, Sasuke's raised his eyebrows in interest. He could clearly sense that a special power was gradually gathering in his mother's hands, forming that faint white glow. However, it was different from the green glow used by his wife in his previous life when healing.

Moreover, this type of special power was the exact same power that he was able to contain inside the ball he had made earlier.

Sasuke began to pay close attention to his mother's movements, and in doing so he suddenly realized that he was actually unsure if he was able to understand the very same method his mother was using to manipulate the energy. After all, he had discovered ages ago that this ability to integrate the strength of the world was complicated.

The white glow in Bi Yuntian's hands grew stronger and stronger, yet the light never hurt one's eyes. After a few deep breaths, she flicked her arms and the milky white light left her hands and floated down to Shangyang Ke's stomach, slowly merging with the wound there. The white bandages that were already there obstructed Sasuke's view of what exactly the white ball of energy was doing, and what changes were occurring.

After completing her task, Bi Yuntian let out a deep breath, "Yun Feng, Shangyang Ke is fine, his injuries should be nonexistent now."

A happy smile finally appeared on Yu Feng Han's face. She thanked Bi Yuntian briefly before quickly stepping over to Shangyang Ke's bedside. She gave a concerned look towards her son and asked, "Ke, how are you feeling? Does your wound still hurt?"

Shangyang Ke raised his hand to rub at his stomach area, and laughed before starting to tear at his bandages, "Mother, your son is all right now. It's very comfortable.".

After the bandages fell off, it was clear that the wound on Shangyang Ke's stomach was nowhere to be seen. Only a small bloody scar remained, but other than that, the wound had ceased to exist.

Upon seeing this, Sasuke suddenly understood. This type of mysterious energy was the unique energy that belonged to Radiant Saints.

Their energy had a special healing effect that could heal any injury, no matter how grave. Under the care of a Radiant Saint, any wound would be healed rapidly. Since his own mother was a Radiant Saint, she was able to use this healing power.

Legends said that some very strong Radiant Saints were able to regrow someone's arm, as well as having the power to resurrect the dead, which Sasuke found impossible as even his wife, Sakura who was the world's best medical ninja could not do so.

Inside Sasuke's head, he had a secret thought: If he was able to understand and absorb the energy of the Radiant Saint, then he may be able to be like his mother, and have the same amount of control a Radiant Saint had to heal wounds.

As he had this thought, Sasuke couldn't help but feel impatient, and wanted to test it out. However, in the end he still endured the temptation, since his current situation was not appropriate for experimenting.

At that moment, the doors to the room opened wide. Sasuke coldly glanced at the people who walked in together; it was his father, Shangyang Ba, and the Shangyang clan's housekeeper, Shang Bai.

"How is Ke, his injuries are not that severe are they?" Shangyang Ba asked with a voice of concern.

"I thank my love for his concern, but Yun Tian has already healed him, so Ke is fine now." Yu Feng Han's face showed a hint of a smile. Shangyang Ba was showing some concern for his son, so she felt happy.

"Then everything is fine now! Shangyang Ba nodded his head and looked at Sasuke, "Xiang Tian, how have these past few days been treating you?" Even when talking to Sasuke, some concern was being shown as well.

"I thank father for his concerns, your son has been doing very well." Sasuke's voice was very detached and cold. Ever since the end of the Saint Test, this was the first time Shangyang Ba and Sasuke had talked to each other.

Hearing Sasuke's voice sound so cold with a sense of detachment, Shangyang Ba couldn't help but sigh to himself secretly. "Xiang Tian, come accompany your father to the study room." Shangyang Ba then turned around to exit from the room.

In a flash, Sasuke followed Shangyang Ba and Shang Bai into the study room. Sitting down on a chair, Shangyang Ba stared at Sasuke for a moment, before asking him, "Xiang Tian, I have heard that earlier this morning, you injured Qiu Lao of the kitchen servants this morning."

"That is true." Sasuke had already realized that his true strength had already been revealed, so there was no point in trying to hide it, which was quite unfortunate, as he did not expect his cover to be blown so quickly.

Shangyang Ba's eyes had a cheerful expression as he laughed and said gently, "Xiang Tian, why don't you tell your father, can you already use Saint Force?"

Sasuke nodded his head faintly and answered as neutrally as before, "Yes, I can." He knew that there was no way he could conceal this fact, so he admitted it with straightforward answer.

Although he already could guess that Sasuke could cultivate Saint Force, hearing the confirmation from Sasuke's own mouth made Shangyang Ba feel even more emotional.

"Shang Bai, may I trouble you to test Xiang Tian's Saint Force again?" Shangyang Ba was happy now, but he still spoke to Shang Bai politely, not at all having an attitude of the clan master asking for a housekeeper to do something.

But Shang Bai only laughed, and brought the hand with his Space Ring up, causing the Saint Stone to once more appear right in front of Sasuke's eyes. "Master Xiang, please put your hand on top of the stone!" He said in a warm tone.

The moment Sasuke put his hand on the Saint Stone, Shang Bai also activated it. In that instant, Sasuke once again felt that mysterious power being emitted from the Saint Stone, entering his body through his arms. Within him, the power roamed around in a circle, before finally returning back to the Saint Stone. At the same time, the only thing that could be seen was the entire Saint Stone suddenly emitting a faint red glow.

Seeing the Saint Stone glow red, Shangyang Ba's face showed an excited expression. Even Shang Bai now had a faint smile, and he looked at Sasuke with a gratified look in his eyes.

"Clan leader, based on the strength of the glow, fourth master has already reached the fourth Saint Force layer." Shang Bai said with a faint smile.

"The fourth layer…the fourth layer…" Shangyang Ba gradually stood up from his chair, and in excitement, he wrung his hands together. Before this, he had already guessed such a result, but it had only been a guess. Now that he knew the actual situation, he felt a new feeling in his heart.

Sasuke had already reached the fourth Saint Force layer at the age of seven.

Perhaps this level was not very outstanding compared to the entire Tian Yuan Continent, but within Gesun Kingdom, this was enough to qualify as a first class genius. Moreover, his third brother, Shangyang Ke, was three years older than Sasuke, and yet his inner Saint Force power had just reached the fourth layer.

Shang Bai once again placed the Saint Stone within his Space Ring. With a gratified look, he smiled, "Fourth master, you really have not disappointed me."

Shangyang Ba quickly calmed down, and glanced at Sasuke in a completely transformed light. His eyes were now filled with surprise, excitement, and gratitude.

By the time Sasuke left the study room, it was already almost noon. Right after Sasuke left, Shangyang Ba looked at Shang Bai, and with a slightly doubtful tone he said, "Shang Bai, since Xiang Tian has Saint Force, then how come last time he was tested, it wasn't detected? It had even scared me into thinking that my son was a cripple that could was not able to cultivate Saint Force."

Shang Bai furrowed his brows, and after pondering for a bit, slowly said, "I'm not completely sure either. Perhaps the last Saint Test malfunctioned somehow. However, this is no longer of any importance!"

Shangyang Ba nodded, "Currently, Xiang Tian is only around seven years old, and he has already reached the fourth Saint Force level. If this continues, I predict that the latest that Xiang Tian will break through the tenth Saint Force level is by the age of eighteen and condense his Saint Force into a Saint Weapon. Moreover, Xiang Tian has always been an outstanding genius since he was young, so I want to quickly send him to Kargath Academy to study. What does Shang Bai think?"

Hearing these words, Shang Bai pondered for a bit, then replied, "Kargath Academy is the most famous academy in our Gesun Kingdom. However, the threshold to enter the academy is high. The person's strength must have reached the eighth Saint Force level, and his or her age cannot be over eighteen. If clan leader wants to quickly send fourth master to Kargath Academy, I'm afraid that is impossible in such a short period of time. Although the fourth master has already reached the fourth Saint Force level, the distance to the eighth Saint Force level will most likely take quite a long time. After all, the higher the Saint Force level, the harder it is to raise."

"I hope that Xiang Tian can quickly train to the eighth Saint Force level within the next few years." Shangyang Ba said softly.

Shang Bai smiled, "Don't worry, clan leader. I believe that fourth master will reach the eighth Saint Force layer sooner or later. The only issue is time, since just now, when I assessed fourth master, I discovered that fourth master's Saint Force wasn't far from reaching the fifth layer."

Hearing these words, Shangyang Ba was unable to contain his joy, as he mumbled, "I hope that Xiang Tian will really surpass Shang Bai in the future, and become the clan's pillar of support."

Shang Bai stood on the side, smiling wordlessly. However, his eyes did not at all hide his expression of anticipation.

After leaving the study room, Sasuke immediately walked quickly back to his own room. He tightly closed his door, and he recalled the entire frightening scene of his fight with Shangyang Ke.

Just thinking about that remarkable ability sent the Uchiha into a spiral of joy and excitement.

He remembered that this power was a strange form of energy, that was able to exponentially enhance the attack power and sharpness of an object which could then be used to attack.

In his previous Life he had never been able to use this ability, but had been able to do so only after practising the Primordial Chaos Tempering.

Realising that the Primordial Chaos Tempering was primarily a Sword Technique, he decided to call this ability Sword Aura.

But when Sasuke thought back to when the tree branch had mysteriously emitted Sword Aura, he started to feel some doubt. He no longer had the same strength he had from the previous world, so how was it possible for him to control an ordinary tree branch with the same Sword Aura?

As he contemplated this, Sasuke decided to give it a try once more. Scanning the room, his eyes noticed a nearby wooden clothes rack. Snapping off a 2 foot wooden strip, Sasuke would use it as a makeshift sword.

Holding the two foot wooden strip, the Uchiha slowly entered a state of tranquility. Deep in his mind, Sasuke slowly began to convince himself that the wooden strip in his hand was not a wooden strip, but a sword instead. A sword that could overcome anything. He then imagined that he was the sword in his hand was Kusanagi, the sword that he had wielded once.

Slowly as he harmonized with it, he could feel the grains in his hands, and see them very clearly within his own head so well, he could even understand their internal compositions.

Sucking a deep breath, he tried to quell the feelings of emotions within his heart. Taking hold of his emotions, the item in his hand flew into the air.

Right as Sasuke's mind had reached this state, he had already established a connection between the wooden strip and his spirit. As the wooden strip separated from his hand, it floated by itself in midair while still being under Sasuke's control. It slowly inched forward before emitting a white ray of light, revealing the sharp Sword Aura he was familiar with.

At this moment, Sasuke had realized his soul had completely harmonized with the wooden strip, to the point that it had felt like his own arm that could easily be controlled with his will. At the same time, he had realized that the Sword Aura in the wooden strip had something to do with his spirit.

With that realization, Sasuke could only see a bright ray of light coming from the hovering wooden strip and flew around his body with a speed so fast, even Sasuke couldn't see it clearly.

His heart pulsed quickly as his face revealed a look of extreme anticipation.

He felt that he had managed to understand something so abstract, so mysterious that no one in the Shinobi world could have known. He felt as if he had understood the very soul of the sword itself.

If it was in the Elemental Nations, he would be called the Strongest Swordsman in the World, if he still had his former skills with him.

From that day on, the remarkable ability of the Sword Aura was not only Sasuke's strongest attack, but also a skill that could save his life.

Unknowingly, a few years passed.

The current Sasuke was already fifteen years old. During these past few years, Sasuke had rarely gone outside, and spent every day in his room training the Primordial Chaos Tempering.

His strength had already been revealed, and he had even been recognized as a cultivating genius. Thus, his position in the Shangyang household had changed; there was no longer a single person in the household that dared to look down on him.

Moreover, Shangyang Ba had been extremely caring to Sasuke in pretty much every possible way. Among this, the happiest one was Bi Yuntian. Originally, her son that was deemed as a cripple unable to cultivate, but now he had transformed into a cultivating genius, especially since he had reached the fourth Saint Force layer at the age of seven. Anyone could imagine how happy Bi Yuntian was about her son being extraordinary.

However, Sasuke discovered that since he had revealed his true strength, his eldest aunt Ling Long and third aunt Yu Feng Han seemed to always look at him with an unfriendly expression. This situation was one that the Sasuke with memories of his previous life was well aware of.

Within the past few years, Sasuke had already reached the eighth Saint Force layer. Moreover, this was only because Sasuke had purposely slowed down his pace. That was because during the past few years, Sasuke had used almost half the time to familiarize himself and his body once again with the sword techniques from his previous life as a Shinobi. Otherwise, he most likely would have broken through the eighth level ages ago. Because of this, Sasuke was currently not far from reaching the ninth layer already.

Right now, within the Shangyang household, Sasuke's strength had already well surpassed his second sister Mingyue, and his third brother Ke. Although Mingyue was over three years older than Sasuke, her Saint Force had stopped at the seventh layer. As for Ke, he had never really had any talent for cultivating, and his current seventeen year old self had only achieved the fifth Saint Force layer after much difficulty.

In the early morning, a large group of people gathered outside the great hall. Amongst this group were Sasuke's parents, his three aunts, and even his third brother, Shangyang Ke, and his second sister, Shangyang Mingyue. Aside from them, a few of Shangyang household's chief figures were also present. There was also a bird-type magical beast about 3 meters large that calmly sat on the ground, not too far from the crowd of people.

Today was the day that Sasuke would leave for Kargath Academy to study.

The minimum standard to enter Kargath Academy was having achieved the eighth level. In addition, the person's age could not be over eighteen. Currently, Sasuke met both of these standards. Moreover, today happened to also be the enrolling general assembly for Kargath Academy that only occurred once a year.

Bi Yuntian's face was covered in tears as she looked at Sasuke. With a loving gaze, she said, "My child, you have to study diligently at the academy. Try to stay out of trouble, understand?" Bi Yuntian spoke with a tone filled with deep concern.

Sasuke nodded, and said, "Don't worry, Mother, I know what I should do."

Shangyang Ba walked up to Sasuke, and said, "My child, this Space Belt is something Father prepared especially for you. Although it isn't anything priceless, and the amount of space inside isn't very large, it can still store some small things. If you break through the tenth level by the time you turn eighteen and condense your Saint Force into a Saint Weapon, then Father will reward you with a Space Ring and a Monster Core." While speaking, a very exquisite belt had already appeared in his hands. Seeing the size of the belt, it was obvious that it had been specifically tailored for Sasuke.

Seeing Shangyang Ba be so concerned about Sasuke, Linglong and Fenyan, who were standing nearby, couldn't help but show a trace of deep jealousy and dissatisfaction. However, currently, everyone's gazes were gathered on Sasuke, and nobody had noticed them.

Sasuke accepted the belt, and said with a strong self-confidence, "Father, I will definitely become a Saint soon."

Shangyang Ba expressed a trace of a smile, and he looked at Sasuke with a gaze full of gratification.

"Fourth master, it's getting late. We should go on our way." At that moment, the housekeeper Shang Bai that was standing on the side, spoke up.

Sasuke gave one final glance at his mother, and then walked over to Shang Bai without once turning his back, and said, "Shang Bai, let's leave."

Shang Bai reached out and lifted Sasuke onto the back of the flying magical beast. Afterwards, he jumped on as well, sitting next to Sasuke. Faintly smiling at Sasuke, he said, "Master Xiang, sit tight please."

Afterwards, he only saw Shang Bai pat the magical beast's back. In an instant, the flying magical beast seemed to have received a command, and stretched out its 10 meter long wings to fly up. It directly rose up into the air, and began to quickly fly off into the distance.