Chapter 10 - Shin Xuanji (1/2)
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”Ugh,” Yan Zaizen slowly awoke from state of forced unconsciousness. His entire body felt both itchy and wet as he opened his eyes to survey the room. Observing the room, he saw an emerald color room with a black door that stood out considerably. The room itself was quite large, and even with a glance around, he felt that he couldn't see it all. He was situated in a rather shallow pool of liquid.
”What's this?” He lifted up his palm to find green liquid seeping through his fingers. It was reminiscent of water but thicker. It smelled of a unique fragrance that made him feel relaxed and safe, like entering the embrace and solace of nature. Despite the itchy feeling on his body, he didn't feel like it was uncomfortable, but more so like that itch was constantly being scratched.
”I'm surprised. With your injuries, I thought it'd take longer.” A voice said from behind him. Yan Zaizen's pupils constricted to a needle as he immediately turned around causing soft waves to ripple in the pool.
”Who?!” He loudly asked.
”Shin Xuanji, Master's eighth disciple. It's a pleasure, Ninth Brother.” Appearing before Yan Zaizen with soft steps, Shin Xuanji held a slight smile emitting friendliness. This smile of friendliness made Yan Zaizen feel odd, and his instincts were tingling at the sight of this youth.
Shin Xuanji looked to be around 19-20 years of age, incredibly handsome, soft black eyes that brimmed with intelligence, and long shoulder-length black hair. He wore black robes in a similar fashion to Han Genji, but they weren't dirty or torn, and instead looked rather decent. The dirty old man looked like a bum off the side of the street, but this man looked like a handsome young master of some clan.
”Where am I?” He cautiously inquired, staying at the edge of the pool away from Shin Xuanji. For some reason, he kept feeling odd looking at that harmless smile of his.
”Home, Ninth Brother.” He answered.
Yan Zaizen frowned at this. It seems like this youth and that dirty old man was more alike than he realized. They both loved to give crypt answers. Decisively deciding to ignore this youth, Yan Zaizen inspected his body with self-observation of his spiritual sense. He exclaimed in surprise upon finding out a majority of his injuries were almost healed completely. There were faint motes of green light fluttering about his body, constantly helping his body self-repair his body properly and correctly.
Shin Xuanji didn't take being ignored to heart, ”You've been healing in the Earthly Wood Spring for four full days, Ninth Brother. If you feel any discomfort, please, inform me.” He approached the side of the pool while maintaining that slight smile filled with a friendly aura.
”Earthly Wood Spring. This...?” Ceasing his self-observation, he turned towards the Earthly Wood Spring only to find out it indeed carried traces of wood-attributed essence. World Essence that was attributed carried all types of miraculous effects, and if used to cultivate in, one would have a greater understanding towards that specific law. If one had a cultivation method aligned with that element, their initial stages of cultivation would be far easier, and their foundation thicker than other cultivators of the same level. A single drop of attributed essence was one hundred times the worth of a drop of world essence.
Too many uses, too little in the world.
”Yes. The Earthly Wood Spring is filled with wood essence and through a formation set up by Master, can help rejuvenate and heal the body.” He replied patiently, then added upon some thought, ”But you, Ninth Brother, were in the pool for four days, your injuries must've been quite intense.” Shin Xuanji reached the pool, kneeled, and slowly caressed the Earthly Wood Spring.
”May I know the name of Ninth Brother?” Shin Xuanji innocently asked. However, Yan Zaizen's soul felt a strange intent emitting from Shin Xuanji. Vigilant and curious, he once more looked Shin Xuanji up and down in re-evaluation. This youth felt dangerous. However, he couldn't think of a reason to hide his name.
”Yan Zaizen.”
The entire room stilled suddenly, making the atmosphere feel awkward and thick.
”Yan? From the Yan Clan?” Shin Xuanji asked.
”Yes.”
”Zen? From the head family line?”
”...Yes.”
He wasn't surprised that the youth knew the Yan Clan or his family line, Zen, but what surprised him was the feeling of danger kept increasing with each passing second. Typically, the names of a few races in the myriad realms were named with their surname originating from their family, their family line name being integrated with their actual name. Therefore, Yan Zaizen's actual name would simply be 'Zai'. Han Genji and Han Zhenji were great examples of this, seeing as they were biological brothers.
”Zai?” Shin Xuanji asked as if recalling something.