Chapter 30 (1/2)
“Do it?”
Yaara Ming didn’t understand.
Donford Wu sat by the fire and sneezed, he knew that Yaara Ming wouldn’t understand so naturally he wouldn’t explain.
“Go rest, I’ll come find you tomorrow.”
Said Yaara Ming.
“Okay.”
Donford Wu replied with enthusiasm.
It seemed like Yaara Ming didn’t expect for him to be so enthusiastic, after hesitating a few seconds, she turned around and went down the mountain.
After Yaara Ming left, Donford Wu didn’t think too much about things, putting his head down he went to sleep. Everything that happened to him today caused him to have a bit of a headache. Sleeping should help him calm his head down.
Not sleeping for long, he was woken by Food Dump. Food Dump currently had diarrhea. It was probably because its tummy wasn’t feeling too well that it started walking around him “Hn”ing.
Helplessly, Donford Wu raised the fire. Hugging the Food Dump that was afraid of fire but wanted to be warm, Donford Wu sat by the fire to bask in the flames. Maybe because it was excessively startled, maybe because what it ate before wasn’t good for it, Food Dump “Hn”ed half the night away.
Early in the morning, Donford Wu went out to find food for Food Dump to eat. This time he didn’t try to find meat for Food Dump but rather carried back a pile of soft bamboo. These things had a lot of fiber, it could help clean the digestive system.
Without a watch he couldn’t know what time it was so he could only guess. Around eight, Yaara Ming came by.
“I’m going out for a bit.”
Donford Wu climbed to a standing position.
“What are you going to do?”
Yaara Ming asked.
“Find food.”
Donford Wu picked up his bow and arrows and went down the mountain.
When he brought back fish, Yaara Ming was currently playing with Food Dump. But Food Dump didn’t like her, gnawing away at the bamboo, it ignored her.
Donford Wu lit back up the fire, splitting open the fish, he started grilling it. Maybe because of the environment she grew up in and her position was different, even though Yaara Ming cared about him a lot, but she wasn’t like Walda Ming who took care of his living quarters, eating, and clothing. This wasn’t because she didn’t want to, but she didn’t know how to.
“Tell me about your ways of controlling the laws.”
Donford Wu started rolling the tree branch that pierced through the fish.
“Let me think were to start from.”
Yaara Ming walked over.
“Anything’s good.”
Donford Wu told her.
“Being a pure Gold blood is the first requirement for cultivating our Gold clan’s way of controlling the laws. Without pure Gold blood, then you wouldn’t be able to sense the Gold Qi, which means you can’t absorb and borrow the Gold Qi in between the heavens and earth.”
Yaara Ming stated.
“Are the other four clans like this as well?”
Donford Wu inquired.
“Yes, every shaman from different clans can only cultivate and absorb the Spiritual Qi that match their own bodies.”
Yaara Ming told him.
“In the period of time I lived in, there are also people like you, but the Qi they cultivate isn’t separated so clearly like yours. But rather through meditation and breathing techniques, they directly absorb the Spiritual Qi in the word. At most they split it into Yin and Yang Qi, but there isn’t any five different cla.s.ses.”
Donford Wu stated.
“You were a shaman in your period of time?”
Yaara Ming not understanding, asked.
“No, I told you before, I was a warrior.”
Donford Wu sprinkled some salt on the grilled fish.
“Then how do you know about and meditating through breathing techniques, Yin Yang and the five cla.s.ses?”
Yaara Ming asked.
“In my time, there was books, TVs, and even advertis.e.m.e.nts of old men and women doing Taiji (Tai Chi). These kinds of things aren’t unfamiliar to us.”
Donford Wu shook his head saying. Conversing and communication are two different things, to be able to smoothly converse doesn’t mean he can smoothly communicate.
Yaara Ming nodded her head. She didn’t ask for details about what books were and what televisions were. This wasn’t because she wasn’t curious, but because she knew that Donford Wu didn’t like remembering the past.
“You guys cultivate through meditation and breathing techniques too?”
Donford Wu asked.
“Yes, but if you want to control the laws, you must also learn different chants and footwork. In your period of time, are there shamans too?”
“There is, but they aren’t called shamans, they are called Taoists (same as Daoists). What they wors.h.i.+p aren’t the Gold Deity, Wood Deity and whatnot, but the Three Clarities.”
Donford Wu pa.s.sed the grilled fish over to Yaara Ming.
“Thanks.”
When taking that half of a grilled fish, Yaara Ming felt very sweet. She noticed that Donford Wu took off the charred part.
“I told you a lot of times already, there is no need to say thank you between couples.”
Donford Wu helplessly shook his head. Yaara Ming spoke like that of a lady, a lady is good and all, but she couldn’t just let it go and she always kept her manners.
“I heard you talk about the Three Clarities before, what kind of Deities are they?”
“How can I say this, the Ancestor of the Great Balance, do you know their master, Ancestor of the Great Balance?
Donford Wu asked.
“No.”
Yaara Ming shook her head, confused.
“Then what about Pangu, Nuwu, f.u.xi, and Shennong, do you know about them?”
Donford Wu asked again.
Yaara Ming continuously nodded her head.
“These I know, they were deities from long ago.”
“Are they still here?”
Donford Wu asked. It was fortunate for the names of people from legends to actually match the names in ancient times. If not, Yaara Ming wouldn’t know who he was talking about.
“They’re the same as our Gold Deity Rhys, they gave their control over the laws back to the heavens and earth long ago.”
Yaara Ming stated.
“What exactly is giving control over the laws back to the heavens and earth?”
Donford Wu questioned.
This wasn’t the first time he asked this question. Last time, Yaara Ming wasn’t able to explain it to him, seeing him asked this question, she thought very carefully before opening her mouth.
“It is to return all your Spiritual Qi back to the heavens and earth. Even though the body isn’t here, but their Qi is still with the heavens and earth. Some people can feel the Qi that they left behind, and through controlling the laws, they borrow their power.”
“If you say it like that, then I understand. Let’s eat first.”
Donford Wu started his breakfast.
Smelling the delicious fish, Food Dump threw away the bamboo and stumbled over and raised its head to look at Donford Wu. Seeing Donford Wu ignoring it, it turned its head to look at Yaara Ming. Yaara Ming shredded a piece of fish meat over to it. Just when Food Dump wanted to bite down, Donford Wu s.n.a.t.c.hed it away first.
“It has diarrhea, don’t let it eat meat.”
With the hard to get fish meat being taken away by Donford Wu, Food Dump’s started to be anxious. Climbing on top of Donford Wu’s leg to try to take it back, it discovered the fish meat was already stuffed into Donford Wu’s mouth. Because of this, it started a discontent protest. “Ah, Ah, Ah……”
“The h.e.l.l you “Ah”ing for, go gnaw on your bamboo.”
Donford Wu pointed at Food Dump then pointed at the pile of bamboo at the entrance of the cave.
Hearing Donford Wu’s tone turn serious, Food Dump didn’t dare call out, depressed, it went back to its original position.
“You’re too strict with it.”
Yaara Ming said.
“Maybe because you haven’t raised this kind of animal before, so you guys don’t know its diet. Its diet isn’t the same as dogs and bears, you can’t just feed it meat.”
Donford Wu told her.
“I see.”