Chapter 3 - Astro Keys, Star Demons and the Purple Door
Authors Note: In the least, every chapter has a thousand words 😪
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"Elder Li, please lead these Young Disciples on this Sacred Ceremony!"
Directed by the Clan Master to one of the respected Elder seated.
Elder Li grunted with a smile, "It'll be my honour Clan Master!"
The person seated on the Clan Masters' left side stood.
Elder Li is a lean old man with long white hair, full of wrinkles, and a goatee. He wore a Sky-blue robe printed with a towering lush tree.
Despite his looks, an elderly person with one foot in the grave, Elder Li was brimming with vitality.
Elder Li walk towards the crowd, he lifted his arm in front of the crowd, and he brought out an object on his palm out of thin air.
The object is one meter long, with a thickness of one foot.
It has a bit or blade, and a bow.
It was shaped like an old key.
Its surface was coasted with crystals, it radiated a dazzling light, like a shining star in the dark sky.
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The audience was amazed by the sight.
Everyone was aware that it took many years for the people of the clan to produce or give birth to a child.
So it was rare for them to witness this grand ceremony.
"It's the Astro Key!!!" Exclaim by a bystander.
"Hmm... It's a great fortune to be qualified to see this heavenly Treasure."
"Yeah, it's our fortune to be part of the ChaosWind Clan, only members of the Clan are qualified to participate in this magnificent Ancestral Ritual."
"Of course, even the Stellar Emperor is not qualified to peek in here."
"Does any of you know the origin of this Astro Key?"
"It was unknown, however, there are rumours that this key is made of a Star Demon." An old man with short messy white hair said.
"Star Demons?!!!!"
The bystanders who are listening to the chatters are all stunned.
It's not like they know what is a Star Demon, they just knew that anything related to a star is a terrifying existence.
"Senior, what is a Star Demon?" A youngster gathers his courage to ask a question.
The old man looks into the youngster's eyes with some appreciation. "It is said that a Star Demon is a Cosmos God that treats the Stars as its Food."
"Sssth"
Everyone was speechless, for them, a star is already an inexpiable thing, and now there is an even more terrifying existence that preys on stars.
After they calmed down they ask the Oldman for more knowledge, and the chatter continued.
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As Elder Li began to pour an unknown power into the key.
Blinding crystalline light began to exhibit around the grand hall.
Most are forced to cover their eyes, as they were deprived of their sight.
Suddenly 12 illusory Pagoda began to manifest around Elder Li.
The Pagodas has nine levels, and a shade of gold on its surface. The Pagoda Has a Height of 12 meters.
As the illusory Pagoda began to show strangeness, they became twisted, like a broken mirror.
The Pagoda became a two-dimensional object, like scrap paper that stacks together to form a Purple door and the 12 Pagoda as its decoration.
If you looked carefully, you will notice that there is also a depression in every first level of the Pagodas, shaped by a keyhole.
The Purple Door has a height of 50 meters, 20 meters wide with an unknown thickness.
The 12 Pagoda was positioned in the door similar to the clock. The surface of the Purple Door has exquisite and intricate silver patterns, like blood veins in the Human body.
Elder Li slowly put the crystalline Astro Key, with the utmost solemnity, into one of the keyholes.
As expected or unexpected, 11 other blinking lights also shot out from the other 11 seated Elders into the keyhole.
A light "Catcha" sounded from the door, the 50 meters high and 20 meters wide door suddenly show oddity.
The gigantic purple door trembled with a great force, even the floor shakes a little, like a small earthquake.
In the centre of the Purple Door, a small swirl suddenly manifested, from a small swirl into a big spiralling hole.
"Bang"
With the 'bang' of the former door nowhere, what appeared in front of the audience is a gigantic rectangular purple film, with small waves on its surface, it was completely transparent. It looked like a portal, shaped quadrilateral, into the other world.
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"Young disciples of the Clan, go in, and choose carefully!" The Clan Master said as he surveyed the Young Masters'.
"We thanked the Clan's magnanimity!!!"
The Young Masters cupped their fist and bowed towards the Clan Master and the 12 distinguished Elders.
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The moment Seven passed through the door, he felt this familiar and unfamiliar feeling of being adrift, he sensed his vision shifted, his eyes a little disoriented.
After a while of being able to adjust. He completely opened his eyes, what greeted him was a spectacular scene.
He felt like he was in outer space, with countless stars shining brightly, constellations, milky way, cosmos.
As gigantic objects with different kinds of colours, and designs past their view. They could see around Heavenly bodies up closed.
Everyone felt very lucky for being able to peek at such splendid, superb, and majestic scenery. They felt fortunate to peep a glance into these heavenly secrets.
As the 24 Young Masters' and Mistress are admiring such an unforgettable scene.
They suddenly notice as different kinds of lights suddenly appeared around the group, they focused their vision on the lights as doors could be seen manifesting surrounding the group.
There are 12 kinds of doors of different colours and made with different materials, and a plaque was fixed in every centre of the door.
Every young Master and Mistress's wondered in confusion what are these doors for.
Only Seven could be seen silently gazing at these doors with a heated gaze. Like a thief who had seen a mountain of gold.
These are all treasures, Seven silently muttered.
Each door is exquisitely made, it has the size of twelve meters high and four meters wide. Like the Purple Portal Door, every 12 doors here also had intricate silver patterns, like capillaries, veins seen in every living being.
As they focus to study the doors, they suddenly heard a voice.....