Chapter 345: Peak True God - 345
Master Iroh looked at Tong.
"Very very good. You have exceeded my expectations." He said while stroking his beard.
"Really?!" Tong said in excitement.
"Indeed. To control earth without Qi should normally be impossible. You have great potential. Now, try doing the same thing, but add Qi during the process." Master Iroh said.
Tong nodded and got into position. He repeated the same movements as before, but this time, attempted to put Qi into the earth during the process. Unfortunately, he miserably failed.
Tong turned around, scared that Master Iroh would be disappointed.
"Do not worry, Tong. It is not unexpected to fail on your first try. It is the effort that you put in afterwards that shows your true character." Master Iroh said.
Tong nodded with glee.
Over the next 24 hours, Tong practiced under Master Iroh's instruction until he successfully added Qi to his earth manipulation.
The size of the pillar of earth that came out did not change, but it was many times stronger than before.
While Tong was still excited, Master Iroh led him away from the cliff and back to the cave. When they arrived, Master Iroh sat across from Tong and began to speak.
"I have seen the earth side of your talent. It is incredible, and in the future, we will continue to hone it." Master Iroh said. "Now, we will begin the spiritual part of your talent. Drink this."
Master Iroh held out a cup of tea for Tong to drink.
"I've made this with special methods. Consuming it will allow you to essentially enter your mind. Inside there, you will find the answers we seek." Master Iroh explained.
Tong nodded and quickly gulped down the tea. Then, under Master Iroh's guidance, he began to meditate against the cave wall.
Soon, he fell into a trance, and moments later, he woke up in an endless dark void. Although he was in an unfamiliar place, he felt calm, as if he was at a loving home.
As he looked around the endless void, he spotted what appeared to be a boy his age sitting down and covering his head with his hands. His knees were also covering his face and his body was turned away from Tong.
Out of curiosity, Tong began to walk towards the boy while speaking.
"Hello. Can you hear me?" Tongs voice echoed. There was no response.
As he got closer, he could make out some mumbling from the boy.
Soon, Tong was within touching distance, and put his hand on the boy's shoulder.
"Hello. Who are y—-." He began to say, until the boy quickly turned around and screamed at Tong.
The boy's face was full of blood and rage.
Tong jumped in shock, and suddenly appeared back in the cave with Master Iroh.
"Welcome back, Tong." Master Iroh said.
Tong had cold sweat on his body as he spoke. "What was that, Master Iroh? The boy's face was exactly the same as mine, but he did not feel like me."
"That was a part of your talent. Simply put, you have two personalities, or souls. One, you. The other, that boy you saw. He has the same memories as you, but he is filled with hatred and rage." Master Iroh said.
"Master Iroh, if he is another me, then can we bring him out. Even if he is filled with rage, we can just calm him down, right?" Tong asked.
"Perhaps I misspoke. He is not exactly filled with hatred and rage, he is hatred and rage. There is no saving him, for taking away his hatred and rage would cause him to cease to exist. If you do not control him, then he will take over your body. Like everything else, he hates you as well." Master Iroh explained.
"I understand, Master Iroh, but I would still like to try. Both you and my mother have told me that kindness is the way. I feel I should not simply abandon a part of me because he was born bad." Tong said.
"Haha. It seems you truly are a good soul. Fear not, as long as I am around, nothing can harm you." Master Iroh said, assuring Tong.
For the next few days, Tong and Master Iroh practiced his earth talent at day, and his spiritual talent at night.
And so began the journey of Ying Xiong and his most talented disciple.
Meanwhile, Zhou Fan was still doing his own thing.
"It's about time I begin to cultivate again." Zhou Fan said to himself.
He was interested in the growth of another cultivator with talent almost at the same level as Ying Xiong, but he could not watch forever. He still had his own duties to attend to.
Zhou Fan crossed his legs and began to cultivate. As expected, the length of each session was extremely long.
Zhou Fan only stopped cultivating 8.1 billion years later, his longest seclusion yet by far, after reaching the peak of the true god realm.
Perhaps only Ying Xiong could somewhat disregard such a long amount of time.
His one seclusion lasted nearly a fifth of a lesser dao creation realm cultivator's lifespan.
Ying Xiong had successfully nurtured Tong to success and cultivated for a long time. He had reached the 3rd level of the inner world realm, as cultivating took even him a large amount of time now.
If not for the river of cultivation, he may have gone faster, but that was the price he had to pay.
Ying Xiong had also created the Cosmic sect. It was a sect exclusively for those with talent that Ying Xiong would consider worth nurturing. So far, the only other member was Tong, who had reached the peak of the lesser dao creation realm.
Tong had become an old man himself, but he still treated Ying Xiong as his revered Master Iroh, although he had discovered the truth long ago.
Ying Xiong was satisfied with the "youth", as he was perhaps the most loyal person in the universe.
On this day, the cosmic sect welcomed a visitor.
Chapter 346: The Cosmic Sect - 346
The cosmic sect was an extremely beautiful place. It was based within the biggest galaxy that Ying Xiong had found in his journeys. It was a sect that floated in space, as its name hinted.
Just from a single glance, it was clear that Ying Xiong must have spent an extremely large amount of time designing it, and another long length of time gathering the materials and building it.
The cosmic sect was surrounded by a large ring, similar to some planets. On the large ring were a bunch of buildings. The place seemed like a city, but it was many times bigger than a planet.
Within the large ring was a much different scene. The only thing inside were a few large halls, many of which could be compared in size to a continent.
Multiple stars rotated around the cosmic sect. There were also many floating orbs that gave off different colors.
Each building seemed to be made out of space and stars, although that was just how they were designed.
Inside the centermost building of the cosmic sect, its only two members were cultivating silently.
It was hard to call it a building, as it was just a platform with a few starry pillars and a roof.
It was completely open to the outside.
Suddenly, Tong jumped as he had just heard footsteps outside the building. Ying Xiong's eyes snapped open in surprise, before he realized that he had a familiar visitor.
Tong looked around, and soon spotted Zhou Fan walking towards the building. Tong did not speak, and only looked at Ying Xiong in confusion.
"It has been a long time since we last met, Zhou Fan." Ying Xiong said.
"Really? It felt like yesterday to me." Zhou Fan joked, although he was somewhat serious.
"I suppose time would move faster for stronger people. This is my disciple, Tong. I don't believe that you've met." Ying Xiong said.
"Hello." Tong said.
Although he was very clearly an old man, he gave off a feeling of childishness.
"Hello, Tong. Just before I went into seclusion, I was watching you two start your journey. A pity that I missed out on most of it." Zhou Fan said.
Hearing his words, not just Tong, but even Ying Xiong was momentarily surprised.
"Your methods are truly incredible. I didn't sense a thing the entire time." Ying Xiong said, while Tong stayed silent in shock.
Zhou Fan nodded and spoke. "I saw what you were doing here and came to take a look. I must say that I admire you. I could never settle down like this."
Ying Xiong laughed, not knowing if he was truly being complimented or accidentally insulted.
"It took me a while, but I've realized my true passions. Exploration, teaching others, and tea." He said as he lifted a tea cup.
"Well I'm glad you managed to discover that. I almost forgot to mention, I've come with gifts." Zhou Fan said as he took out two large rectangle gift boxes with ribbons on top.
"Gifts? You never seemed like the type." Ying Xiong chuckled as he got up and walked over.
He could have dragged them over or used Qi, but it was a sign of respect to equal or superior cultivators to manually do some things.
As Ying Xiong pulled the wrapping paper down, he was surprised to see two 10 year old children in a rectangle block of ice.
"While I was in seclusion, I detected these two people's births, and thinking of you, I took them and put them in cryostasis until today." Zhou Fan explained.
In his freetime, he had mastered the art of cryostasis, which was what he had done to the manor long ago.
Different from then, his control and ability was on a different level.
The manor's cryostasis was imperfect, and Zhou Fan had fixed it once he had mastered the art.
Once he entered the true god realm, mastering the art took only a few seconds, which was why he had never mentioned it.
It was difficult to put someone in cryostasis, and even for mortals like the two in front of him, it took a large amount of Qi. Only a void traversing cultivators could produce enough Qi to keep them in cryostasis.
The only person that Zhou Fan could not put into perfect cryostasis with his current strength was Ying Xiong. He could do it to Tong, but it would require the constant use of nearly a fourth of his Qi, an unacceptable expenditure.
"These two are incredible talents, even I must say that. The boy on the right is only slightly less talented compared to Tong, and the girl on the left is in between Tong and you in terms of talent." Zhou Fan explained.
"I see. I have mixed feelings about the process, but I suppose it would be different for people like us." Ying Xiong said. As a Buddhist and the strongest member of the righteous path of the Zhou Galaxy, human trafficking and slavery were not something he liked. Still, there was a vast difference between that and Zhou Fan's actions.
"Don't worry about it too much. They'll live much better lives here than wherever they would have." Zhou Fan said.
"Anyway, let me describe these children's talents. The boy has a great affinity with dragon Qi, and some sort of dragon divine physique. The girl has a great affinity with Ice Qi, and also has some sort of Ice divine physique. You'll have to go over the specifics, I couldn't be bothered to check." Zhou Fan said.
Ying Xiong and Tong, who had come to accept the situation, studied the two with great curiosity. They could almost sense the talent radiating off of them.
Ying Xiong put his hands on the ice and began to melt the two blocks.
Soon, two children were standing confused. The girl had long white hair and wore white clothes, while the boy had dark black hair and wore yellow clothes.
Luckily, the two of them were born as orphans, so Zhou Fan did not need to bring any parents or relatives.
"Hello you two. I am Ying Xiong. Nice to meet you." Ying Xiong said in a gentle voice.
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