The Garden of Gods

His body was glowing even brighter than the sun at peak mid day. Saint Yong was dumbfounded when he saw the scene unfolding before him.

'This brat, If this is what I think it is then I can't take him there. I need to take him as far away as I can. They can't, find out about this mark on his body.' Zhu Yong was lost in thought. He was frowning, thinking about an extremely awful thought.

At the Zhu Grounds.

"Look at that, Zhu Mountain glowing in such a shiny gold color!"

"This must be our Saint Zhu trying a new move! I can't wait to see its power!"

"Looking at it from here I can see it's really powerful!"

"It must be a new move that blinds enemies."

"That sounds so cool! I can't wait to get to saint stage!"

The disciples of Zhu Clan were gossiping about the new phenomenon that just occurred and also making many theories about it.

"Look! The gold glow turned into blood red, It looks very frightening now!" A disciple with a very good eyesight reacted when he saw the color of the glow change.

"Indeed, very frightening!"

"I don't want to go near there"

Many disciples started to fear and trembled as they felt the strong presence and changed in the atmosphere.

On a large throne, a huge muscular man was seated. He was examining the scene on the Zhu Mountain. Even though he was far away, everything was clear in his eyes. He felt like he was there himself.

"What is that oldie now up to? Every time I see him, he comes up with a new move, I wonder what this move is." The man mumbled as he looked at the glowing mountain peak.

...

Back at the Zhu Mountain.

Zhu Long was still in his meditative state, but as soon as the red light appeared from his body, soon his body was burning and he was in agony.

"ARGHHHHHH!!!!!"

Zhu Long yelled in pain. It was the most agonizing feeling he ever felt in his entire life. It felt as though someone was ripping his body slowly, limb from limb and restoring them together in order to rip them again. Crushing his bones into paste and again healing it just to crush it. It was a continuous repeating cycle.

"Hahaha! Boy, you've finally awakened me. This means, it's time again" A ghastly voice said in Zhu Long's mind. This voice causes Zhu Long's whole body to tremble.

"Who are you? How are you talking to me? Are you the source of this pain I'm feeling? If you are then please stop, it hurts! It hurts!" Zhu Long tried to shout, but he couldn't open his mouth.

"Lad, no need to try to talk, every thought of yours, I can hear them, so calm down. The pain will be over soon, then we can talk properly." The voice said calmly to Zhu Long. Even though the voice was a little bit scary, Zhu Long felt calm as he heard that voice.

After calming down, Zhu Long felt as if the pain was decreasing. The pain was still there, but it was bearable as if his body started to get immune to it, truly surprising.

Time went on and Zhu Long was still in his meditative state, unknown to the outside world.

Even Saint Yong was surprised. As he watched his grandson meditate, he muttered to himself. "It's been nearly a day and he still hasn't woken up, I'll punish this brat as soon as he wakes up, I might even make him do the hell course. Wait, that might not be enough, I'll make him do it 10 times. Haha, I would love to see his face when he hears that!"

Saint Yong's facial expression turned from worried to simply evil. Truly a 180° turn, How shameless!

Meanwhile, in a beautiful garden. A small shed stood at the center of the garden. A black clad boy was meditating. The boy was none other than Zhu Long.

Suddenly, he jolted awake from his meditation. Still in a daze of everything, he looked around at his surroundings. His eyes suddenly dilated from what he was seeing as Zhu Long rubbed his eyes in disbelief of what he just saw.

A huge garden!

Zhu Long was somehow in a huge garden filled with many types of beautiful flowers. It was an amazing scene.

"This... Is this The Garden Of Gods! Oh my god! How did I get here? Did grandfather take me here? But he told me that the Garden of Gods didn't exist. How am I here then?" Zhu Long was asking questions after questions. He was truly confused on where he was as it seemed like he teleported from the Zhu Mountain to a place which seemed to fit the description of a place known as The Garden Of Gods!

"This kid asks a lot of questions. I'll answer your first question, This is indeed The Garden Of Gods but not the real one. Just the one I created recently after I woke up so it's not that accurate. Anyways, this place is your mind space. Everyone has it, but mostly it's very small but luckily, yours is quite big." A very old and elegant looking man said as he walked up to Zhu Long. He had a very noble aura around him and a friendly look on his face. He must have been very handsome in his prime.

"Senior, who are you? Wait, are you the same person who told me to stay calm and meditate when I was feeling pain all over my body?" Zhu Long said respectfully to the old man. Even the rudest person would talk to the old man with respect due to his aura.

"Yes, I was the one who guided you during your rebuilding stage. I know that it must have been agonizing, but you bared with it and I shall reward you later. For now, you must go back, someone is cursing at you."

Zhu Long was excited as well and scared shitless when he heard the old man speak.

He was happy to hear that he'll be getting a reward from the old man, but also scared shitless when he heard about someone cursing him. He knew it was his grandfather who's known to have one of the worst tempers.

"I'll be sending you off now. And remember before you go, you can call me Old Yang." Old Yang said as he raised his hands and watched Zhu Long disappear. He seemed very happy right now, but the reason for his happiness was unknown.