~The Inner Space~

~Five And A Half Months Later~

'Again,' Luna said, with two wooden swords in her hands. Noelle and Endo one after another attacked her with a wooden sword in their hand. She blocked Noelle's attack, but couldn't block Endo's own. Before she had time to react, Noelle attacked again, and Endo followed in. Luna blocked the first and quickly dodge the second and counter the both of them. Noelle could block but Endo, he didn't expect her to attack immediately after dodging.

'We call it a day,' Luna said, and handed over the swords. The two nodded. Endo collected the sword and Noelle handed Luna a small towel.

'Madam's hard work is paining off,' Noelle said. 'Thank you,' Luna replied and turned towards the building. Xue Li stood at the door, looking over. 'you two are free for today,' she said and walked over to Xue Li.

'Senior sister,' Luna yelled and hugged her. 'You've been walking hard. In swordsmanship, you are almost on par with Endo. I can see the effect of your continuous training for five months,' Xue Li said. 'Your determination, I admire it,'. 'Our family is my determination. As the strongest, I need to get stronger to protect everyone,' Luna said. Holding her in her arms, Xue Li pinched her nose and said, 'always remember to rely on us sometimes. You can't protect everyone alone,'. 'I will, senior sister,' Luna said. 'Let's get you a bath, you stink,' Xue Li said, still pinching her nose.

'Senior sister is still treating me like a little girl,' Luna retorted. 'No matter how big you get, you'll still be that little girl who couldn't (whispers) have a bath by herself (speaks normal) in my eye,' Xue Li said. Luna pouted, 'Let's go,' Xue Li said and dragged her.

Giving no form of resistance, Luna followed and Xue Li led her to the bathroom.

...

'Thank you, senior sister,' Luna said, hugging her arm. 'Welcome. What you going to do now?' Xue Li asked. 'Umm I'll go disturb senior brother to play with me,' Luna said. 'If you keep disturbing him, he won't be able to cultivate, even though he doesn't mind and enjoys playing with you, he still needs to cultivate,' Xue Li said. 'With his aptitude he should already be at the high rank with big brother but he is still in the mid-rank,'.

'Fine, I'll go disturb big brother,' Luna said and brought her tongue out.

'I don't know what I will do to you. Big brother would have reached the peak by now too bad his Qi stones finished a month ago. Junior brother wanted to give him his but big brother refused,' Xue Li.

'I told you guys to go meet husband, you guys insisted on not disturbing him,' Luna said.

'The stronger senior brother gets, the better for you and for everyone so we can't disturb him when he finally gets the chance to cultivate,' Xue Li replied.

'I know, but I really miss him,' Luna said, pouting.

'Oh, why do you miss him? Tell me what does he do with you,' Xue Li asked.

'Nothing, I mentioned the only thing we did to you before,' Luna said, and blushed.

'I really wish big brother and I could do something too, but he said until he reaches the same realm with me he won't, I would have slow down my cultivation but I know he'll get angry if I did,' Xue Li said hugging a pillow.

'Big sister is a big baby,' Luna said, and brought her tongue out.

Xue Li threw the pillow at her and said, 'leave me alone, both our men are wicked, they care more about their pride than us, hmm they are really brothers, just the same,' Xue Li said pouting.

'Well, in their defense, they care about the family,' Luna said.

'I know that's why I can't retort against big brother,' Xue Li said. 'I wonder how he is doing. He kept cultivating even without the Qi stone. He really wants to get to the peak quickly,'.

'I wonder what realm husband is in,' Luna said.

'You and I know you can find out if you want to. You just choose not to,' Xue Li said. 'Senior sister, it's better if I didn't know before he came out,'. 'Yeah whatever, give me my pillow back,'. 'Senior sister no, it's with me now haha,'. 'Hey give it back,'. 'No,'. 'Don't let me come get you,'. 'Nah, ah-ah, nah,'. 'You! I'm going to deal with you,'. 'Senior sister, you can't catch me,'. 'Just you wait,'. 'Haha,'.

...

~In A Small Ice Building~

'It's too slow, just one opening left now, but if I continue with absorbing like this, I won't be able to open it soon. Why did my Qi stone finish? Brother, please come out quickly,' Lee Wei lamented. 'Xue'er is probably angry at me. I have to apologize seriously when I break through to the peak,'. 'My love, I'm sorry,' he low cried.

~In Huno's Room~

'Too slow, why are am I too slow?' Huno questioned. 'If it was brother or junior sister, they'll probably be in the mid-rank at the least. Is my aptitude terrible? My speed of absorbing energy is high, but why aren't I getting more openings? The amount of Qi stone I consumed is three times that of the others, so why is my speed a lot worse?' Huno cried out angrily but lowly.

'Luckily I could get to the true realm... It's not something to be proud of. Let me try my divine sense,' Huno said, closed his eyes and urge his divine sense. With him as the centre, his divine sense spread around the room from one point to another. Wherever he pass with his divine sense, everything in that place could be seen but was slightly blurred. He felt like he had a moving eye. He wanted to know how far, but he didn't want to be disturbed, so he didn't try.

After a while, he viewed his body and this time he found something he had never seen before. In his left arm there was a small black cuboid, on one of its side was a gate. The gate was closed, rectangular, with a circle in it and a line that divides it into two equal parts. There were strange patterns all over it. 'Luna's prison?' Huno thought. 'Open,' he thought again and immediately the gate opened.

For the first time Huno could see the inside, but the inside felt strange. The time in here was, he could not determine the space in here. He felt two familiar energies at an intense amount, yet he didn't feel it.

He didn't understand how it was possible and doubted his judgement. 'It's probably because of the divine sense. Maybe if I could enter, I'll be able to feel things well,' he thought. 'I wonder if it's possible for me to enter,' he thought again.

Almost immediately he thought about it. He felt a pulling force all over his body and soon he appeared inside the space. At first he was shocked, but after a while he smiled and looked around. He could clearly see the place, blue sky, white cloud and white colored sand all over. Huno felt the cold energy and the black energy were intertwined with each other. The two energies were sometimes felt at an enormous amount and then it wasn't felt at all and the time and space in this place were sometimes distorted and sometimes okay. He sat down and perceived his surrounding as soon as he did; he felt a resonance with his surrounding. It was as if he was connecting to a part of himself. 'Weird,' he voiced, but continued.

After some time he was fully connected with the place and he realized why this place felt like another him. His blood which was absorbed by the patterns was the reason, but Huno realized something else he was not the only one in this place. At first he was frightened, but when he discovered the other person had his aura, he became confused.

'I believe we both are aware of each other's presence. Don't you think we should meet and end this game of hide and seek?' Huno said. There was no response. Huno looked around, though he could tell there was someone here but he couldn't find the person.

The reason was the person had his aura, or rather the person's aura was very similar to his and this entire place had his aura, so it was like finding spit in a sea of water. Huno closed his eyes and continued to perceive trying to find the person but couldn't. He could only give up searching and try to understand why the energies were fluctuating.