Chapter 10: Thirteenth Elder, Gui Ying! [1]

It has been one week since Yu Chen, his family, and Tuxuan started their journey to the Yu Dueksom. They are now 6.2 li* away from the first town, Xi'an town.

They are still south in the Qin Regime, so they will not arrive east in the Yu Regime for the next month and about three to four weeks.

During this journey, Yu Chen has learned a lot of things about cultivation and more about the Orion world.

In the Orion world, one can increase their cultivation in various ways: absorbing the star or spiritual power from the environment, elixirs, spiritual crops or animals, practitioners essence, medicinal magic herbs (MMH), formations, and animal dan or essence.

But the two most conventional ways are absorbing the star or spiritual power from the environment and hunting demonic animals and absorbing their essence or Dan's* into the dantian.

The dantian is a round-shaped crystal-like ball or orb that takes the color of one's innate power and is located a little bit to an inch above the navel. If one's innate power or element is fire, then their dantian would be a fiery red. Dantians are normally categorized by size. The larger the dantian, the more star power can be absorbed and the higher the cultivation.

On the journey, Yu Chen has been simultaneously absorbing star power, or should I say the star power came to him naturally without making an effort to absorb any of it, while practicing the sword techniques he has learned from his father and the magic spells from his mother.

Witnessing how Yu Chen could grasp any concept in less than ten minutes, they could not help but feel astounded. While they were astonished and baffled, Tuxuan, the young master-con, was more proud than a peacock showing off its wings.

When other practitioners* passed by, he would brag loudly to let them know that his young master, was a peerless genius. Not even Yu Chen could tell why Tuxuan was so fond of him or when he had been so fond of him.

Regardless, Yu Chen was the CEO of a multi-company. He was an all-A student back in college. Even though Yu Chen was an orphan, he worked hard to accomplish his set goals until he built his company, Huoyan* Empire.

Even after becoming the CEO, he still did not slack off. He was not just hardworking and diligent, Yu Chen was one of the most intelligent people in China, if not in the world. So, of course, our Yu Chen would grasp any knowledge with astonishing speed.

But what they did not know is that Yu Chen did not understand their concept of teaching or the terms of cultivation they spoke of. He merely analyzed what they said in his terms and from his understanding of the human body.

Additionally, Yu Chen was also killing demonic beasts to hone his sword technique and magic spells and understand the process of absorbing their essence and Dan's.

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"Kuaaaaargh!" An ear-piercing shriek could be heard from a distance. It was not the shriek of a human but that of a demonic animal.

"Looks like Yu'er killed it on his first go," said Jia Li to her husband as she fed Xiao Feng.

"Ahhh," Jia Li mouthed, swinging a mouthful of rice with some of the level 2 demonic beasts' meat, Yu Chen had not stopped hunting since two days ago, like an airplane to get Xiao Feng to open his mouth.

Xiao Feng, who likes it when his mother does these funny things for him, happily took the mouthful of rice in his mouth. He then grinned adorably at his mother.

"Awwww, my baby is so cute!" Jia Li said as she took Xiao Feng into her arms and started rubbing her cheeks with his.

Li Jie, who was watching this, could not help but feel warm and a bit isolated because he could not get any airplane mouth feeding and rubbing his cheeks.

Before he could go all Li Jie's dimension zone, a roar could be heard, slicing through his dimensional zone like knife slicing a bread.

"Young Master!" Tuxuan roared as he rushed to Yu Chen, who was single-handed carrying the level five Lizerds beast he just slew.

Yu Chen's beautiful sky-blue robe was dyed red with blood like a Halloween costume. His beautiful face was sullied with red blood. He looked so dangerous yet alluring in the bloody mess.

But Tuxuan, with the young master complex, sees differently. What he saw was his young master on the brink of death with deep wounds bleeding profusely, as he limped with the level-five demonic beasts.

Seeing Tuxuan running towards him with that terrified expression on his face, was almost comical if it did not show how concerned he was.

Yu Chen could only sigh helplessly, as he looked at the adult who resembled a hopeless child.

Over the past few days, Yu Chen and Tuxuan hit it off. Tuxuan sincerely apologizes to Yu Chen for what he did when they met (chapter 8).

Tuxuan was too stunned. He explained to Yu Chen that he looked exactly like his mother, and it could not be helped. His response was, 'If your father saw you, he would probably react the same way or worse'.

At that time, Yu Chen wanted to ask why he had to release his scent. Is it a normal thing for people in this world when they experience different emotions?

"Young Master! Young Master!" Tuxuan yelled anxiously. Has he scurried to Yu Chen's side, looking him up and down, even rotating him 360 to check if he was injured.

'Hah! He is more overprotective than Mom and even worse than Dad. Why does everyone think that I am as fragile as butterfly wings?' Yuh Chen thought helplessly.

"Young Master! Are! You! OK?" Tuxuan asked when Yu Chen did not respond to his first questions. He held Yu Chen's shoulders and shook him nonstop.

'You are most likely the one to cause my death,' Yu Chen thought as Tuxuan shook him lifelessly.

"Take your filthy hands off my son! You weird thing!" Li Jie said as he brushed Tuxuan's hands from Yu Chen's body.

"You were the one who sent my Young master to die! You fire-breathing mutt!" Tuxuan retorted ruthlessly. Yu Chen could see the red and blue sparks between his father and Tuxuan.

'Why are they like this!?' Yu Chen thought, tired of these two children in an adult's body.

"Not again Dad--," Yu Chen was suddenly cut off by an ominous aura that was emitting where they were. Seeing what looks to be an attack, Li Jie quickly sprints into action to protect his family as Tuxuan quickly runs before his young master.

"This!….this is!" Li Jie said, feeling a familiar aura. His eyes bulged as he quickly whipped his head to look at his wife. Jia Li, who saw the look on her husband's face was visibly tensed but forced herself to be calm.

Yu Chen was slightly startled. It was his first time feeling such immense intent.

'This...Is this the feeling of a killing intent?' Yu Chem thought with a bit of excitement and anxiousness.

Yu Chen felt his blood rush with excitement at his current situation. He wanted to witness the fight of the strong, but he could not help but feel anxious because he did not know if his parents were strong enough to handle what was to come.

Yu Chen could not explain why he felt more exhilarating instead of apprehension. It was almost like an innate feeling. It felt familiar yet unfamiliar.

He thanked the Gods one more time for blessing him with a cold face. If it were not for his rigid face, the expression on his face right now would be a look of passion and feverish. A bloodthirsty succubus.

Tuxuan, who saw this, received the shock of his life! He could not believe his eyes when he turned to look at his young master.

Facing this type of situation for the first time, Tuxuan thought his young Master, would be cowering in fear, like a cat without its nails.

But when he looked at his face, no, his face showed no reaction. It was just like a beautifully carved stoic ice wall, what caught his attention was Yu Chen's eyes.

Yu Chen's eyes were feverish. The desire in his eyes was running wild in frenzy. His eyes were clouded with anticipation and excitement.

'This!....this look!' Tuxuan thought incredulously.

"Young..Young Master?" Before Tuxuan could register his shock. They were surrounded by 20 to 60 people coated in full black robes.

They had complicated tattoos on their bodies, and their faces were covered with a red cloth, revealing only their eyes. They all had different weapons in their hands.

"Hoho, what do we have here!?" One of them spoke. He seemed to be the leader. He walked to the center to face the family and Tuxuan.

He wore a dark red robe from the others, and his face was completely exposed. He was somewhat good-looking, even with a big x scar at the center of his face.

"I have an order to take back a beauty and kill the rest. Please save us the trouble and kill yourself, and then let us have the big beauty. Aren't I kind?" He arrogantly said.

He kept looking for the big beauty that his mission entails. When he saw Jia Li, he thought she was the mission target. He then looked towards Tuxuan, who had a protective stance.

He then saw a long white strand of hair blowing with the wind. Realizing the reason for Tuxuan's protective stance, the leader was curious to know who it was.

With a frightening speed, he launched a red dagger with a pointed hilt in the direction of the white strand, and as he expected, Tuxuan hurried to protect whoever was behind him.

When Tuxuan slightly stepped aside to block the dagger attack, Yu Chen's slender figure and unparalleled face were exposed. The leader was utterly astonished!

'Is he the mission target!? When the elder gave the mission, I thought it was the regular beauty of his preference, like the beautiful woman here. But this, he is indeed a big beauty!' The leader thought in a daze.

All the men coated in black robes with red cloth like a mask, pupils dilated. They could not believe their eyes. How could someone so beautiful exist in this world?

"I have seen and tasted countless beauties, BUT you, you are a peerless beauty!" another man clad in dark blue said as walked out and stood beside the leader.

He gazes straight into Yu Chen's ocean-blue eyes and is astounded by the bright blue cinnabar mole in the crease of Yu Chen's eyes.

"OH? And you are a hermaphrodite! Haha, that makes it better. Come to ge--"

"Swish!" It was only a glimpse, but everyone saw a long sword with a blue gleam flash before their eyes at lightning speed.

'Thud!' Before everyone could register what happened, a thud sound was heard like a boulder fell.

A red cloth like a knitted ball rolled and stopped in front of the rest of the black-clothed men.

When they saw what it was, they were horrified.

"Depu….lea....it is the deputy leader's head!" A shrieking scream echoed from within the black-cloth man.

"How dare you try to covet my Young Master!" Tuxuan said menacingly with a ruthlessness clouding his sky blue eyes.

The family of four was greatly shocked, especially Yu Chen. This was the first time he saw Tuxuan with this look.

He was normally uhm…..a weirdo, with a young master complex. It would be a lie if he said he did not like this side of Tuxuan.

'I got to have this man! He got to be one of my backers in this world! And if he does not want to, I will tell Father to cut him down! I know Dad would love to get rid of him, just look at him,' Yu Chen thought as he looked at his father's displeased expression. Tuxuan suddenly felt a chill running down his spine.

'This guy is much more protective than my husband. So ruthless! Hahaha! I love it! Jia Li thought with a small smile on her beautiful face.

Li Jie, who saw the looks both his son and wife were giving to the bastard, was instantly jealous!

It was his job to take care of HIS family! There is no way a damn butler can take his role! Li Jie was instantly riled up.

Tuxuan, oblivious that his performance had just now garnered attention from the family of four, each for a different reason, was mulling over how cool he looked to his young master.

"What are you waiting for? Kill them and bring their heads back to the thirteenth elder!" A black robe woman stepped up and said.

"Remember not to hurt the beauty. The thirteenth elder is interested in him!" the leader added as they charged at the family of four and Tuxuan.

'Thirteenth Elder!'

'Thirteenth Elder!'

Jia Li and Li Jie thought at the same time, with a look at each other, they understood the situation. Jia Li then turned to Yu Chen.

"Honey, take Xiao Feng and stay here. After we give you a signal, you would run north about 6.2li*ahead, and Xi'an town would come into view." Jia Li informed her eldest son as she rubbed the blood stain from his beautiful face.

"Find a tavern called The Devil's Tavern and ask for The Devil. Tell him 'The Stars are the Universe', and they will know what to do. Both your father and I will meet you later. OK?" Jia Li said gently, gazing into her son's ocean-blue eyes.

"Mom, I can fight! I am not going to leave you behind!" Yu Chen said in a fighting stance, his eyes fierce like a tiger in the wild. But his stance and determination were soon blunt.

"You can not even control your star powers! How are you going to help!?" Li Jie yelled as he cut down a black robe man, blood splattering all over his dark blue robe.

"Dad, I," Yu Chen stuttered and stopped.

'What he said is true. Over the past few days, I have been trying so hard to control the release of my star power, but it was an impossible feat to accomplish. I am useless here. I would only give them more trouble," Yu Chen thought, dejected.

Li Jie's heart bled at the look of his son's face. He did not wish to tell, but it was the only way to get them to leave.

"OK," Yu Chen replied after a long pause.

"Tuxuan, you will go with your young master on the signal. Leave these nobodies to us," Li Jie said as he continued to cut down more black robe men effortlessly.

"Of course!" Tuxuan replied as if it had long decided since the start of the ambush.

The couple looked at him incredulously as Tuxuan danced elegantly, chopping and slicing down the black-robed men with a contented smile.

'I can finally bond alone with my young master,' Tuxuan thought as he killed ten black-robed men in one fell swoop.

If Li Jie were to ever hear Tuxuans thoughts, he would change his mind about sending his eldest son away.

"Huh? Honey, is it a good idea to send Yu'er and Feng'er with Tuxuan?" Li Jie could not help but ask his wife.

Witnessing a ruthless adult man being so cheery on the outside because he could spend time with his son!

"Haha!" Jia Li could only chuckle at these childish men.

While Yu Chen was lamenting in his mind. Xiao Feng curled up at his feet, shivering like a leaf.

'WHAT kind of big brother am I? My brother is only three years old, yet he has to witness all these gory scenes.

Yu Chen took his little brother in his arms and hugged him tightly, hiding Xiao Feng's face in the crease of his neck.

Attempting to console his brother's frightened soul.

Suddenly, a tremendous pressure and an ear-piercing scream dawned on the battle zone.

"Ahhh!" Yu Chen groaned from the painful sensation of his ears.

He immediately covered Xioa Feng's ears, as he suffered.

Seeing his Young Master was hurt, Tuxuan immediately covered them using a water barrier.

"Tcch! What a hindrance," a very gentle voice said as the shrieking scream died down.

"Young Master! Are you alright!?" Tuxuan shouted in a panic. Yu Chen, who was dizzy from the painful experience seconds ago, could not respond.

His mind and eyes were hazy from the pain.

'I did not realize I had a weak body. I hope Xiao Feng is alright,' Yu Chen thought as the sky looked like it was descending.

He hugged Xiao Feng tight and close, not letting him go.

"Yu'er!"

"Son!"

"Gege!"

The couple and Xiao Feng called out at the same time, anxiousness evident in their voice.

As Yu Chen was about to fall to the ground, Tuxuan flashed to his side, catching him before he hit the ground.

He pulled Yu Chen to lean on his shoulder to stand steadily. Tuxuan gritted his teeth in anger.

"Who! Who dares to hurt My Young Master!?" Tuxuan yelled as he released a turbulent coercion. Almost all the black-cloth men who could not stand his pressure directly exploded. Those who could barely stand it were kneeling with both hands pressing to the ground, attempting to push their bodies against the coercion.

"OH? And who do we have here?" A grim voice said as a red light clashed with Tuxuan's blue ones.