Learning Experience

As the day proceeded, everyone only sat and drank tea, enjoying the beautiful landscape. Many had surrounded Senior Qing wanting to talk to her about what she had experienced in her breakthrough. They exchanged pointers and talked about the Dao, their own personal understandings of the topic and how they implemented it into their techniques.

Ming Yue could be found mingling with the other disciples of Clear Spring Mountain. After spending some time staying here, she had become familiar with a few of them, namely those that she had fought before.

It couldn't be said that she was in good relations with them but they had reached a form of understanding. Although, many of them were quite curious about the relationship between her and Senior Qing.

In any case, they found her to be quite an interesting character, especially with the way she fought.

"How did you get your strength?"

"What kind of sword is that?"

"Whose your teacher? Where did you learn to move like that?"

Seeing her in action made them curious about her background. After all most of them came from well known families while few came from random villages or even abandoned by their families.

Of them all, it was mainly Ling Cai Yun who asked the questions. After apologizing for provoking Ming Yue earlier, she spoke with a carefree manner and asked many things about Ming Yue's style of fighting.

She was a little overwhelmed by the interrogating. But since none of them were made with ill intent, she took her time answering. She even took this opportunity to learn more about soft martial arts. As the conversation continued, Ming Yue's curiosity continued to grow as she listened intently to everyone's thoughts and understanding of their martial arts. Sometimes she would interrupt and give her own advice or ask about any parts she did not understand. Her earnest attitude and curious nature was cute, the many disciples who had reservations about her began to feel comfortable talking to her. Most importantly, everyone had improved to some capacity.

Slowly but surely a group began to form up with disciples from other sects joining them in curiosity. Most of them were quite bored having been been dismissed by their elders. Free to roam, they had nothing to really do but talk among themselves. The sight of this gathering attracted them.

Some even took the time to demonstrate their attacks and do some light sparring.

Ming Yue was very surprised at the various styles she saw. Weapons of all types and designs, skill sets that ranged from brute power to pure control. Not to mention, all of the disciples from the many sects were high ranking and skilled. Some had already made a name for themselves during their time traveling the continent.

It was at this time that Ming Yue learned about the greatest geniuses of her generation.

Outside of those like Ling Cai Yun and Qing Lei Jiang, there were many others that are of the same caliber. Among these many young martial artists there are six unique characters that stood out. Known as the "Six Stars", they were the strongest of Ming Yue's generation in the entire human continent.

The Human Continent was a vast land with billions of people. A land divided into numerous kingdoms and six regions: the Tri-Colored Sea in the north, Southern Plains, Xue Mountains in the east, and the Western Wastelands. The remaining two regions take place in the middle, one to the east and one to the west. In the west, there was the Four Swords Regions and in the east, it was the Seven Gates Domain.

Each of these six regions were named such due to their special features. The Tri-Colored Sea was a gigantic sea that filled most of the northern side of the continent. Separated into three sections, each one displayed a different color: crimson red, emerald green, and azure blue. Dotted with islands of varying shapes and sizes, only the crimson sea was devoid of people. Filled with unholy beings, it is a dangerous territory that few would dare to enter. As for the other two, the emerald region was said to house dragons in the past. Now people enter it in hopes of finding their bones, perhaps some flesh that had yet to rot. Even absorbing a drop of blood could turn an ordinary person into a powerful warrior. The Azure Region is a bountiful land full of beauty, the weather was simply perfect all year round. It is an ideal place for those looking to relax or retire.

The Xue Mountains was different than that. A mountain range that featured hundreds of towering rock. It snowed in the Xue Mountains all year round and because of this there were many beasts that inhabited these mountains. Highly sought after for their bodies, multiple cities were founded there in order to make it easier to hunt them down. Furthermore, the high level of natural energy and the cold environment made it a haven for those who cultivated the Dao of Ice.

The Western Wastelands was an example of the former glory that was the Warlord Age and the other eras before it. Despite the barren lands and destroyed architecture, it is a treasure trove filled with powerful and rare objects that cannot be found outside of it.

The Southern Plains was where Ming Yue and everyone else was from. It is a beautiful region that holds many sights and treasures. But this region was considered the weakest as it did not have as many resources. Many view this region to be ordinary with its lack of any special features. At the very best, the Southern Plains was filled with numerous herbs and rare medicines.

As for the Four Swords Region and the Seven Gates Domain, these were titled this way due to the powers that watched over their territories. The Four Swords Region found itself under the influence of four sects, each of which represented a different form of the sword. There was the Everlasting Sword Union, the Rushing Saber Manor, the Hundred Dagger Realm, and the Circling Spear Faction. The Seven Gates Domain was only controlled by one power, Heaven's Gate. Of course, Heaven's Gate was a group powered by many other kingdoms and powers. That being said, the Seven Gates Domain is mainly a neutral land that any power could enter.

This was the Human Continent.

Hearing all of this, Ming Yue was incredibly shocked at the size of the Human Continent. Something that everyone else had no problem accepting. What came after her shock was excitement, after all there were five other regions she had never seen before and numerous territories that she wanted to visit now.

Those that told her more about the world found themselves amused by Ming Yue's lack of knowledge. It was amusing because despite that aspect, they themselves had secretly sized her up along with each other. The feeling she gave off was almost non-existent, like a hidden blade. At the same time, it felt like a storm that could be released at any moment. Thus when met with this genuine curiosity and pureness, they found it a little shocking. When she demonstrated some of her skills and talked about how she had developed the basis for it, they were impressed. She had achieved as much as they had without any real form of guidance.

"What's going on here?" a rather loud and obnoxious voice asked.

Despite this, few bothered to see who it was. Those that did turn around to see found a group of purple uniformed young woman who was surrounded by male disciples. Realizing that they were members of the Tao Feng, none of them bothered to respond.

To them, the Tao Feng was a greedy sect that was always looking for someone to swallow. Through the use of shameless actions and schemes, the Tao Feng was seen in a very bad light. In a gathering such as this, it was no wonder they would be isolated.

But it seems that this disciple was not willing to be ignored. Instead, she looked to one of her followers and pointed into the crowd.

"Go and find out what's happening", she said.

He was a small and thin boy with an ordinary appearance, yet he followed her orders like a dog. Pushing his way through, he took note of the situation and found Ming Yue to be the core of it all. He quickly returned and told the young woman before retreating back into her group of followers.

"Hmph, all this for a girl?" she said, "I wonder how special you are."