Chương 2: Chapter 0.2 : Past life ( part 2 )
At Jian family's treasury.
The treasury was the place where all valuable treasures of the clan were kept stored in a strong formation to prevent them from being taken away by some unknown intruder or a traitor who had broken their rule.
its uses were not to simply store them and let those treasures rot away in course of time, but it is used mostly by fore members of the family and also to reward family's disciple on a note for their meritorious deeds they perform benefiting the family.
Treasury palace was divided on basis of their rarity, demand for use and quality of the product into five respective zones, the zone five which was located deep within the land was highly secured in comparison to zone four which is present superimposed on top of it and so on to zone one that was present relatively closer to surface.
The zones are covered by a gigantic formation used to preserve the freshness and durability of the treasure when a certain disciple earns sufficient contribution points, he can exchange those points at treasury palace for treasures of equivalent value in the family's treasury.
Jian lu carrying his family's patriarch token, went to family's treasury, raising his token before the guards that had blocked his way from entering into the treasury.
" This humble guard pays respect to the patriarch's token " you may feel weird right, yes, they were trained in such a way that they only had to pay respects to the token, and not to your status or to your bribes, even patriarch was not exempted from this rule.
The treasury guards all cusped their hand together and bowed humbly on the presence of the patriarch's token, paying respect to him, stepping aside from the entrance, making way for the Jian lin to enter in. He started waking amidst the rows of guards that were bowing to his token.
The treasury guards were all martial king peak level cultivators, they carry an air of arrogance and domination, they never bowed to anyone other than higher-order tokens recognized by them, such as his token which had to be carried by patriarch, even a stranger carrying his token would receive same treatment as him, as he was carrying that specific token used by him.
Nodding to the guards, Jian lin left quickly to find treasury grand elder " Jian Jin " to get the pill which can recover his sons' injury.
"Grand Elder Jin... " after entering the treasury palace the first thing he exclaimed out was an old senior brother who had become the grand elder the person left incharge for this palace.
"Oh..... isn't this our Patriarch lin... what brings your self to my humble treasury...? " grand elder jin exclaimed out with a face which appeared quite cunning, Grand Elder walked down the stairs, sighing him to take a seat on the table and savour some fresh tea kept in front of him.
"Grand Elder Jin..... my contribution points are those enough to exchange for a pill ."
Contribution points that I was telling previously are awarded when a family disciple or members of family complete certain tasks, participate in certain events to raise family's name or some with meritorious deeds they are awarded contribution points, like an internal currency they use to maintain order.
These points are decided and distributed at the end of the month by elders and Grandelder based on the type and worth of their deed presented to the family.
Contribution points can be exchanged for land, position, cultivation resources and wealth, and even slaves that family catches for their disciple to use.
" Patriarch with your contribution points...., what pill....., that is troubling our patriarch to exchange for, that even patriarch have to ask this strange question to this humble one ".
" Chong... Jian.... pill..... " hearing these three words, the complexion in the face of grand elder changed.
" I am afraid that I can't comply with that request ."
" Are my contribution points not sufficient... "
Jian lin exclaimed out hearing the blunt reply from grand elder jin.
" It's not that, but Grandelder fan required it..... Ancestor command ... not to be distributed... under any circumstances... "
" Grand Elder jin, my son is at a critical condition and needs that pill to survive, I hope elder may spare the pill from my contribution points ."
"Patriarch Jian... Chongjian pill... ! you can't have it, Grand elder fan requires it, if not Grand elders cultivation realm may fall down few realms, loss to our entire Family when pressure from other families is looming on top of us ."
Suddenly Grand elder zing who was ba blood-related brother of grand elder fan exclaimed out, roared back to Jian lin, who had just caught the wind of Jian lin entering the treasury.
Grand Elder zing was second only to the patriarch in regards to status, a super influence of Jian family a martial ancestor realm powerhouse, half step away from venerable realm and can become the third ancestor of the clan, an old rival of Jian lin and Elder brother of Grand Elder fan.
" Grand Elder zing my son may die..... if not for the pill... It's a slap to our family's face if our Jian family's young master is dead, Grand Elder fan..... he may still be able to retain his life. Other families, leave that trouble to myself I shall resolve it in his stead ."
" Grand Elder zing how about a match with the patriarch, since both have enough reasons to get ChongJian pill, a fair duel will settle for it ."
Grand Elder jin exclaimed out, which was quite reasonable.
"Enough reason..., slap to our family's face..., patriarch should I remind you, what face does our family's young master has left, does he even have some ."
"Have you forgotten about the incident, in million flower garden, your so-called our family's young master made ."
Every dragon has its reverse scale and his children were his reverse scale when Grand Elder zing was badmouthing his son, how was he able to keep his calm, his blood started to boil, anger builder up until his face, sounds of muscles tightening were heard. " Do you dare to accept my challenge grand elder zing ", Jian lin facing Grand elder zing said coldly as his crimson red hair blew up, his true martial force circulated in his body suppressing all nearby cultivators.
The expression on Grand Elder jin changed slightly and he stepped back a little being suppressed by Jian lin.
The elders and guards started to panic.
The atmosphere in the treasury palace became tense
If Grand Elder zing doesn't accept Jian lin's challenge his build-up prestige would be crushed, as he did not even have guts to accept a challenge of patriarch and gossips of him being afraid of patriarch will be talked.
" How about your Partriach position at stake ".
Grand Elder zing finally revealed his true colour. He was aiming for patriarch position for a long time, if not for Jian lin he would have been the current patriarch, how would he miss such a wondrous chance.
"How do we compare patriarch lin, " Grand Elder zing asked out excitedly.
" Three... hit.... spar... ".
<< Three hit spar normally used by family juniors to compare themselves, it consists of three consecutive strikes to suppress and dominate the challenger, the challenger wins if he takes three consecutive strikes and later returns three hits back to suppress the opponent to win, rather than long spar as it may bring about some hidden injuries and complications in the years to go >>.
Remember this it was you who instigated this challenge.
Grand Elder Zing took out his dao weapon silver flying sword, started to circulate true martial force within his body sending waves of qi that were leaking from his body subconsciously, his eyes turned silvery-white with hair that was standing upright as silver needles originated from his scalp, amidst the combination of lightning and thunder that was condensed by the qi leaked from him, Grand elder zing was flying in the sky like a thunder emperor descending from sky, he started to condense arcs of thunder which were made up of his concentrated qi was directed on top of Jian lin, he started with his strongest attack holding back nothing showing no mercy for Jian lin.
Silver white arcs of lightning slashed Jian lin figure, which had turned apart his figure into several pieces, appeared quite brutal to one's eyes, it had also left behind a deep gash on the floor, coating the treasury which was made from the hard black iron, which even martial emperor failed to scratch under their full power. There was a wide sneer on Grand elder zing's face and an ugly smile which he was unable to hide from the spectators viewing the fight.
When the grand elder excited about the thought of him killing the patriarch, in an honourable duel, he may even become the next one succeeding him for that position, but his dreams were shattered by a silhouette who was clapping his hands * claps *, * claps * and appeared out of the smoke flying up in the sky at an level equal to his altitude, it was Jian lin, after he had removed the dust from his shoulders he exclaimed out, " Well, after slashing my afterimage does it felt better ."
"Hah...., that was me going easy on you, don't feel happy, I still have few tricks up my sleeves ."
He was reluctant to show his weakness in front of others, he took his cherished fire dragon bow from his storage ring whose arrows were a single time usable artefacts, he obtained it from an ancient inheritance when he was young, no one had ever forced him enough to use it, but Jian lin was not the same, he then started to condensed his martial force to a golden brown lightning arrow, combined with his lightning law and ice law that he had comprehended, he managed to manifest a terrifying might residing in that small arrow after it was released the temperature of the air surrounding it was boiled up, the arrow travelled at a lightning speed before reaching Jian lin and was about to burst out as a ball of lightning which carried a terrifying coldness with it, it had nearly destroyed the hard floor of the treasury palace in Jian mansion, nearly destabilizing the formation that was holding the palace, notifying the entire mansion about a high scale battle occurring at the treasury palace.
" Ha... ha... ha... ha... ha... "
Grand Elder Zing started to laugh out loudly, confirming himself of the fact that the current patriarch Jian Lin of Jian family is dead and his thorn in becoming the patriarch of Jian clan was no more.
Grand elder Jin, started to feel dizzy, he was taking deep breaths, unable to stand still, his facial expression revealed as if he lost half of his life span.
" I am finished... I am finished... " he murmured to himself because the responsibility of patriarch's death would befall him, if Jian lin died in the spar, as he was the one to suggest them.
Few seconds later, the dust has settled down, a huge crack was seen on the but his corps was no where to be found.
Suddenly a chill sensation was felt in his spine, a tall silhouette having crimson red hair floating in hair, his face had a smirk at the corner of his left cheek, he was caring a golden brown arrow, which had resembled quite similar to the arrow, grand elder zing had used, he had found Jian lin without any injuries over his body.
" I think this one belongs to you, too bad it can't be used again. " Jian lin gave the used artifact to him, mocking him for wasting a precious artifact that had achieved no purpose till the end, only to be left as waste in his storage ring.
" Impossible... how did you survive, unless... unless you reached that realm.... fuck ! you were holding back from the start ."
Jian lin was holding back from the very start, if not for him hold back, his condensed martial force may eventually kill all nearby elders who were at early to peak realm of martial king who were two major realms shorter than him and also the guards of the family guarding the treasury, faraway from him would not be spared from its effects.
Yes, he reached that realm, the realm of so mortals refer to as a reverent venerable, even tens of thousands of ancestor at their peak of strength don't dare to offend a venerable, as the cultivator who had attained the realm of vegetables had condensed the law seed in their qi core, which can provide them with unlimited powers surpassing any mortals at emperor class, and when it finally blooms into a plant the person attains so we commonly called sainthood, the saints were all legendary characters that can ascend into 9 heavenly realms and enjoy the immortal saint qi which makes them immortal to have a never-ending life unless they desired their own death.
It was not stated incorrectly that dream of every mortal was to achieve sainthood, as the mortal ages and left behind their bones before they leave for an eternal rest, but saints were not the same they don't age, they don't die, they can create miracles, they can bring back the dead and many more.
Jian lin was one step closer than many other mortals, as he reached venerable realm at a young age and was closer to attain sainthood reaching martial saint realm and leave for nine heavenly realms to attain immortality.
" So what if you reached attained the impenetrable body of a martial venerable, can you also block my next attack ."
Grand elder zing was now holding an ancient golden halberd which he had pulled out from his storage ring, it was sending out a thick layer of blood lust aura, that had nearly chocked those elders of the palace, under its field of influence with an air of dominance radiated from it that can make people worship it. A true martial force which was released from the golden halberd had sucked qi from surroundings and had made nearby elders lose their power and directly squat on the floor with a load of mountain crushing pressure exerted on top their bodies exhibited by it.
" Xuan saint artifact... "
Suddenly an elder in treasury palace, viewing the legendary halberd in hands of grand elder zing exclaimed out.
" Xuan saint artifact... so the second ancestor was backing you ah...? " Jian lin said coldly as he gazed his sight over the grand elder zing who was presently levitated floating up in the air above him maintaining a safe distance from Jian lin.
He knew grand elder zing's character, even if he was given 100 lives he would never dare and resort to challenging Jian lin's patriarchal authority, Unless..., he has become stronger than him or found someone to back him up, someone strong enough to dominate the whole clan didn't expect the second ancestor who was neutral to support him, only a saint artifacts that can condense nature around itself may necessarily damage the body of a martial venerable, and that's where Grand elder zing's confidence was originating from.
" Stop! Fights over, pack up and get lost from here! "
" Martial Venerable... and a Saint Artifact! Get the fuck out of here, do you want to collapse my treasury palace. " Any damage to the palaces caused in the mansion, the responsibility will fall upon the grand elder who was left Incharge for it, and the treasury palace which held more riches than any other combined palaces worth, it's remuneration was not something this grand elder jin could afford.
Grand Elder jin was naturally worried as the scale of battle may not only damage the palace, but may necessarily destroy whole Jian mansion, so where could this small treasury palace he's Incharge account for.
These two strikes previously had nearly destroyed this entire palace, should I say it would be considered lucky enough for the family if only treasury palace was destroyed in his upcoming strike.
Author notes :
New character
Grand Elder Jin - head of treasury palace.
Treasury palace guards :
1 loyal guard only bow to clan Elders and patriarch token, without token even patriarch would not be allowed into the treasury.
2 Can be deployed by clan authority under crisis managed by treasury Grand Elder.
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