C20. Spiritual Vines

Kai Chen was returning to his room when he sensed that someone was peeking at him from behind the wall. The person was a novice at hiding his presence. The person didn't have any killing intent. Which made Kai Chen lose his guard a little.

"Who is there? There is no use in hiding, show yourself!"

A little boy around eight years old came out behind the wall. He had big brown pupils that made him innocent-looking.

He slowly came close to Kai Chen, grabbed his clothes, and said, "Big Brother they said that you died but I told them that my brother is very strong and can't die. I was sad when I saw you yesterday and then everything suddenly turned dark. I don't know what happened but when I woke up they told me that you are alive. So I came to see you." Past Kai Chen's little brother Kai Yun fainted yesterday when he saw his big brother's body.

He loves and respects Kai Chen blindly, Kai Chen remembered that past Kai Chen also loved his brother dearly and willing to do anything for his sake. He wanted to get stronger to protect his family.

Kai Chen felt similar emotions toward Kai Yun that he had for his own brother that died during the battle. A strange connection instantly built between him and Kai Yun.

"Kai Yun don't worry I am stronger than I look. I am not gonna die this easily. Just you wait your big brother will become stronger than everyone. Do you believe in your brother?" He stroked Kai Yun's instinctively as he used to stroke his little brother's hair.

"Yes!" Kai Yun said without a second thought and gave an innocent smile.

"Now go to your room and for a while." Kai Yun was showing the sign of tiredness so he told him to rest.

Kai Yun nodded and returned to his room.

Kai Chen finally entered his room and sit down on the mat. He was taking the first steps on the path of training in both his past and present lives.

One had to say, the past Kai Chen was the epitome of laziness. His potential was in the top percentile amongst all commoner clans heir, but the effort he put forth was without a doubt the lowest.

The start for a commoner clans heir and a wealthy and noble family's heir is the same in cultivation. The pills for the mortal realm cultivator are not very expensive but as the people rise in cultivation the resources also get expensive, and it becomes hard to catch up to those rich people.

Thankfully, the path of cultivation can not only be about achieved with expensive pills and resources. It's all about proper training, diligence in training, hard work, and also some luck.

"This kid was seriously a week spirited. All this potential wasted, up till now." Kai Chen was a bit dissatisfied with the past Kai Chen.

The divisions of the martial dao mastery in this world were defined by the initial step of training Qi.

Apart from cultivation realm, there were nine Spiritual Vines in a person's body, and the nine Spiritual Vines channel the yin or the yang energy in the meridians.

One could open an Spiritual Vines by circulating the Qi energy. There are some other methods too like using needles. The more Spiritual Vines one successfully opens the less harder it becomes to cultivate further.

But in all four kingdoms, there existed no one who had been able to open nine Spiritual Vines. The best one has achieved was only five Spiritual Vines and he is a peerless expert in the four kingdoms. There would be only two or three people who had seen his face.

Therefore, a sentence existed in the world of training: nine levels of Qi separate snakes and dragons.

Whether a practitioner was a dragon or snake depended on how many Spiritual Vines he could clear in his body.

Generally speaking, clearing one meant just passing.

They were suitable for joining the military and fighting in wars.

clearing three meant genius.

These types of people can reach in peek Spirit realm in their life time and can become nobles. There were exceedingly few within the third level. If one became an advanced level practitioner, then he would be quite a character in the Eastern Kingdom.

If one surpassed three and was four levels, that counted as heroic. This level of practitioner enjoyed higher status and even the kings have to give them face. They are hailed as Qi masters, but those were as rare phoenix and dragon.

They was only one in the entire Eastern Kingdom. Anyone who could train to the fourth level would be respectfully titled a Qi master and genius of martial dao.