After battle

"Grandpa Yi, where did you get this kid from?"

The beautiful woman with short hair, vice leader of the medical pavilion of the Moon Sword sect, asked the third elder, Hou Yi, with interest.

Ning Yue's body was now wrapped in bandages, making him look like a mummy.

"Our disciple attacked him when he was a commoner, so it is our responsibility to take care of him."

Hou Yi expresses his disappointment, unable to believe the moon sword sect disciple would do such a thing.

"Oh."

The lady didn't know he was a commoner, making her even more interested in him.

Because Ning Yue is now a cultivator in the body purification realm!

"Can you heal him?"

Hou Yi asks the woman.

"Of course, but it may take time for the child to recover fully. The only way to accelerate it is to enter the awakening inner power stage, which I doubt he can do at this age and with this level of injury."

The lady watches Ning Yue with care and pity in her eyes. This kid will have a very short future awaiting him.

But at least he is now a cultivator. He can do physical labor much more than a normal person can.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, Ning Yue wakes up.

"Where am I? Who are you?!"

He jumps up and raises his fist. The last thing he remembers is that he fell asleep in Qiao's hug.

"Woah, Woah. Calm down, kid. You are currently in the Moon Sword Sect's medical pavilion."

"Moon sword sect? Are you an enemy too?!"

"No! If I were, you wouldn't be alive, would you? "

"That's true…"

Ning Yue calmed down and sat on the bed.

"Ouch... My body really hurts. "

After coming to his senses, the pain of broken bone and bruised muscle exploded.

"That it?"

The woman felt surprised.

"Huh?"

Ning Yue was confused. What did she mean by "that it"?

"I was anticipating seeing your crying reaction, just an ouch? No screaming and clawing like a squashed bug? "

"Wha?"

"Please, hold yourself, Xiaoli. You are speaking to a kid... "

"What's wrong?"

"Uh... forget it. So, how are you? It seems like you can walk. "

Hou Yi is surprised too that Ning Yue still has the energy to walk around, even raising a fist in that condition.

"Yes, moving around is painful, but I can endure it."

Ning Yue stands up and walks around the medical room without issue.

"That would be because you are in the body cleansing stage. Your muscles, bones, and innards are now cleansing with martial power."

The first stage has the biggest impact on one body. The body will drive out waste heaped inside a body in the form of black goo or sweat.

But in Ning Yue's case, there must have been an excess of blood that flowed out of his body while he was being carried here.

"So, am I officially a cultivator now?"

Ning Yue asks the two.

"Yes, congratulations."

Hou Yi claps his hands.

"WOW! I must tell my father about this! He must be so happy…"

He then realizes how much his father didn't want him to become a cultivator.

Now that he is one, can he still face his father's face?

"What's wrong?"

Hou Yi asks

"Just family matters…."

"Ok, if you can walk, then isn't it time to leave? It is against the rules to let outsiders use our sect's medical pavilion resources. "

Xiaoli warns the two that it may be awkward if other elders come in.

Gook lucks in already nighttime because Ning Yue has been unconscious for many hours, so not many elders are walking around.

"Elder Yi."

"Call me Uncle Yi. I'm not your elder."

Hou Yi quickly corrects Ning Yue's pronoun.

"Uncle Yi, what about the other two that fight me?"

Ning Yue felt worried about the one who got attacked by him.

"They will get the punishment they deserve, so don't worry, they will not bother you anymore."

Ning Yue awkwardly laughs before remembering something important.

"And talk about my father. Can you help me with something?"

"What?"

"Can I borrow your sect's doctor?" My father is very sick! "

"... Fine, consider it payback for our disciple's wrongdoing. Xiaoli, you heard him."

"I can't believe you want me to work overtime and outside?!"

Ning Yue can hear Xiaoli's disaffection in her voice.

"Isn't the elder's order absolute? "

Hou Yi smiles.

"Tsk! OK, grandpa. But remember, you owe me this time! And hurry, I want to sleep before midnight. "

Xiaoli speaks to Ning Yue, and she can't believe this boy drags her out.

"Sorry... But my father needs help. I'll pay you later somehow. "

Before taking Xiaoli and herself to Azure Cloud village, Ning Yue bows deeply to her.

It takes around an hour to walk from Azure City to the village, so the two adults felt they got tricked a little bit.

"You should have said it was this far out, so we can come tomorrow…."

Hou Yi speaks calmly.

"Sorry…."

Ning Yue sadly answered and opened his home door.

He leads two of them inside the house to the bedrooms.

"Father, wake up."

He shakes his father a little, but there is no response.

"Father, I'm back! I did bring the doctor but didn't pay any money, so it's probably fine with you. "

Ning Yue shakes his father with more strength, but the father is still asleep.

"Let me check."

Xiaoli suddenly puts up a serious tone. She pushes Ning Yue out of the way and presses her hand on Ning Fangjie's pressure point to check for a pulse.

"This is bad! He is dying! "

As a doctor, she can't let someone die before trying. She put her hand inside her clothes, pulled out one pill, and put it in Fangjie's mouth.

Fangjie eats the pill as if it were a bodily reaction, as he had done so many times before.

"Bring him back to the sect, now!"

"O-Ok!"

Hou Yi carries Ning Fangjie on his back and uses his movement skills to run back to the sect.

"Meet us at the sect. I'll tell the guard to wait for you. "

Xiaoli turns back and speaks, and then she follows the third elder back to their sect.

"Please save my father!"

Ning Yue shouted before noticing something lying on the floor.

"My parents' painting? Why is it on the ground? "

He picks it up and finds writing behind it.

And after reading it, his face turned pale in realization.

--

Dear beloved son, Ning Yue,

I must have gone from this world by the time you find this message.

My body can't keep up anymore. I used all of the stored power to the last drop.

I'm no longer a proud cultivator but a simple human on his deathbed.

I hope when you read this, you read it as a cultivator.

I can tell by watching your face that you have already figured something out to break through the wall destiny created for you.

I wish I could see the moment you prove me wrong, prove to me that I should have trained you.

I always knew about the secret training you did in the forest. Good job, my son. Keep working hard.

You didn't think you could lie to your father, did you?

I always knew every lie you ever told me, little brat.

Watching you makes me realize that maybe it wasn't because I'm too weak or a 1 star, but because I gave up.

Yes, your father gave up on the training and started a family. Maybe if I push myself harder and riskier, I could break into the Earth Realm.

After all my friends left, I was afraid of fighting; I always hid in the sect and trained with a dummy.

But after seeing you punching the wood until your fist is broken and kicking until your feet are shattered. It makes me remember how I first broke through the realm.

I fight.

I keep fighting against a stronger enemy to grow stronger. But one day, the comfort of being a cultivator got to me, making me slack off and stop fighting.

To make matters worse, I've met a formidable foe I couldn't face at the time. They destroyed my pride and killed my ambition, making me a coward.

All the reasons combine, making me what you can call "a fucking weakling."

I lost to destiny because I gave up. I failed because I was too afraid to get up again.

But you are different; you fight.

Even if I stand against your dream, you still go out and train yourself.

Ning Yue, Life may be difficult for us, but those abandoned by fate must claw their way to heaven with discipline and determination.

Don't be like me; if there is a wall, beat it; if there is an opponent, beat it.

If you can win against my discouragement and the hardship of training every day with no sign of breaking through, You can win against everything.

Keep fighting, my son; I'm sorry I can't fully support you because I'm a failure.

I'm afraid I will pull you back, so I've decided to watch from the side.

You are different from me; you are better. Your ambition and motivation far surpass mine.

Your mother must be proud. You are truly our son.

You got my goal and your mother's motivation.

Giving birth to you wasn't a mistake. If I continue to train as I did in the past, I will be stuck forever in a deluded dream and fail your mother.

But now that I saw you figuring something out, I knew my duty was complete.

Even if fate and heaven say you are destined to be an ordinary person, you are always an extraordinary son to me.

You only lose if you stay down. The winner is the one who stands at the end, no matter how many times they fall.

But sometimes, running away is OK; being scared is OK, but staying scared is not.

If you face a strong opponent that you can't beat or a challenge that you can't overcome, all of it is just not "yet" in your reach.

You are my son. You can beat it; you can overcome it. Just train and fight until the last drop of your life. Don't stop!

You can reach heaven. No! Go even further beyond!

Grab destiny by the throat and punch it in the face! Show them that Ning Yue doesn't give a fuck!

Just keep fighting. Fight until you can't move. Fight until you exhaust the last bit of your existence!

Whatever happens! FIGHT!

And not end up like me.

But don't forget to be a good person. Your mother will beat my ass in heaven if she sees you become an asshole.

(She really hates bad people.)

(I never won a fight against her, so be serious.)

Take care of yourself.

Don't forget to eat and sleep. It is very crucial for your muscle growth.

Goodbye, my son. I love you.

Ning Fangjie