Year 11 of the Human Calendar - Southwest district of the Holy Land of Xue - Linjian house

(Tang POV)

Master Linjian was acting strange when he returned to the holy land, so I decided to take a look at how he was doing.

After leaving Benjamin with Usain, I went to his house but...

“...?“ Tang

After knocking his door he didn't open it, was he sleeping?

I have a bad feeling about this.

It is rude, but I take a look from the window of his bedroom.

“...“ Tang

It was empty.

“!!!“ Tang

Maybe him...?!

“I hope I am wrong“ Tang

I went to the south gate.

...

And there he was.

*♪♪♪*

“With only a Bronze coin in my pocket♪“

“And yet you wanna be my friend♪“

“We are, We are on the cruise!♪“

“We are♪“

*♪♪♪*

I can faintly hear Yue singing for the celebration.

“Ziyun, Xue“ Linjian

I hear him speak with the memento of his wife.

“Today, I will be testing my limits fighting a Jade Rank cultivator“

I knew it, he is going to fight by himself!

“Please look after me as always“ Linjian

I cant leave him alone, not against this threat.

“...“ Tang

I waited until he had a kilometer of distance to follow him, or else his skill would locate me.

......

...

He's fast, I'm only halfway there but surely he has already arrived in the city.

“I need to hurry!“ Tang

...

I reached the north gate.

“Permission to cross“ border guard

“Here“ Tang

Before going to the south gate I took my old pass.

“Everything is in order, open the gate!“ border guard

In this city, and in the entire world of cultivators, twelve years of absence is nothing.

...

I was about to enter the training ground, when a green light began to grow in the center of the city.

“That is not good“ Tang

I draw my Bastard sword from its sheath at my waist.

“Sword Art - Blue sword“ Tang

[2 MP CONSUMED]

The green light had kilometers of reach, both the Secondary sects section and the City lord domain were engulfed by it.

“Here it comes“ Tang

I nail my sword to the ground to keep me in this place against the shock wave that is approaching.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM*

The green explosion didn't reach where I was, But the deafening sound and the wind shock wave did.

“UOOOOOOOOOHHH!!!!!!!“ Tang

I am doing my best to don't go flying around, but this is not going to do it!

“WIND MANIPULATION - ARROW DEFENCE!“ Tang

[16 MP CONSUMED]

I created two wind currents in front of me, one diverting to the left and the other to the right.

“Uuuuuhhhhh!!“ Tang

It didn't stop the shock wave, but it weakened the pressure enough for me to stand on the ground.

...

Three minutes after, the shock wave finally ended.

“HAH, Hah, hah“ Tang

I try to recover my breath for a while.

“Status“

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-Tang Lv. 55 -

HP 84%

MP 01/56

Stamina 35/161(+7)

Brawn 58(+6)

Awareness 56

Endurance 29(+6)

Resistance 25

SKILLS

Page of Enlightenment

Sword Art Lv. Max

Wind Manipulation Lv. 3

Mana Attuned Lv. 1

OTHER

Trained body (Stamina + 7, Brawn and Endurance + 6)

29 years old

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I don't have any MP left to use, but that doesn't matter.

“Master Linjian!!!“ Tang

And I force myself to keep going to the center of the Heavenly Phoenix City.

...

Almost at halfway in what before was the training ground, a crater started to spread in front of my eyes.

“Unbelievable“ Tang

I jumped inside of that crater and kept going forwards.

...

The crater keeps going down...

...

As I approach the center of the crater, I visualize a Humanoid figure with tattered clothes standing on one leg.

“Linjian!“ Tang

After hearing my voice, his body begins to fall backwards to the ground.

I grab him from his back before that happens.

“Master Linjian, are you o...“ Tang

As I take a look at his body, only burns appear in my vision.

The only part of his body without damage is his face.

His scalp is completely burned, his ears disappeared, his arms seemed to absorb most of the fire so his torso only has a few burns, his right leg is completely burned and his left one...

“...“ Linjian

It doesn't look like he's going to wake up anytime soon.

“Don't worry, I will take you back to the Holy land of Xue“ Tang

I don't know how he did it, but all his wounds seem to be as healed as possible.

“Hang on“ Tang

I put him on my back, with his face on my right shoulder and his arm on my left.

We have to get out of here.

“You dare to run away?“ Silver rank cultivator A

“?“ Tang

A voice appeared behind me.

“You will not leave this place alive!“ Silver rank cultivator B