Chapter 5 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Who is it…”

A very displeased voice could be heard from within the room.

This was a voice Rong Kaixuan had been extremely familiar with from a young age. It was the incessant discipline of this voice that had enabled him to practice his boxing every single day without fail for the past ten odd years. Because of that voice, he had now accumulated a sufficient foundation to successfully gather true Qi.

Rong Kaixuan smiled as he quietly replied, “Father, it’s me.”

“Oh, Kaixuan? Give me a minute.”

This estate belonged to the Rong family. There weren’t any powerful people in the vicinity who would dare threaten ordinary folk. Those ferocious wild beasts in the deep mountains were also limited by some mysterious force, so they never stepped into the estate either. Rong Yiyang had been overseeing this estate for the past 10 or so years without suffering any attacks from any form of enemy. One was easily able to imagine how poor his vigilance was.

After some time, Rong Yiyang and his wife came out of the room together.

“Kaixuan, why are you looking for me at this hour?” Rong Yiyang asked in a low voice.

Rong Kaixuan’s mother, Fang Xiuli, looked worriedly at her one and only son.

Rong Kaixuan couldn’t hide the excitement on his face. Besides, he was a young man who wasn’t even 15 yet. If he was able to remain calm and collected after suddenly being able to gather and refine true Qi, that would have been very strange.

“Father, Mother, I’ve succeeded.”

“What?” His parents looked at one another and didn’t understand what he was talking about.

Rong Kaixuan glanced around the room. He took a deep breath, clenched one fist, and threw one punch toward a large closet.

The moment he swung his fist out, the true Qi in his energy center flowed along his blood vessels and filled his fist.

PAAAK!

Of course, the poor large closet was unable to endure the impact of the true Qi. It fell to pieces the moment the force hit it.

“Ah!”

Rong Yiyang and his wife exclaimed at nearly the same time.

The reason behind their yelps was completely different.

Fang Xiuli was completely in shock. She didn’t know what was wrong with her son. He had come knocking on their door in the middle of the night and suddenly blasted the closet to pieces. She wondered if her husband had pushed this poor child too hard in practicing boxing and now her child had gone bonkers.

In Rong Yiyang’s eyes, the effect of the punch was seen very differently.

He had dreamed of gathering and refining true Qi all of his life, so he was fairly familiar with the effect that true Qi could cause.

When he saw that his son could exert such power with a simple punch, he understood immediately that this boy had most likely managed to gather and refine true Qi.

Rong Yiyang reached a hand out to pat his son. His fingers started trembling as he asked with great excitement, “You… Have you succeeded?”

Rong Kaixuan nodded profusely and replied, “Yes, Father. I didn’t let you down. I’ve succeeded.”

“That’s wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful!” Each time Rong Yiyang said the word “wonderful, its emphasis and his joy both increased by one level.

He had finally seen his wish come true after so many years, and this wish had come true just when he had decided to give up hope.

The feeling of getting something back after it had been lost filled his heart with tremendous joy.

Fang Xiuli was stunned for several moments before she tried to confirm her suspicions. “Kaixuan, have you gathered and refined true Qi?”

She was the woman closest to this father and son. Even though she had never cultivated or trained in martial arts, she was familiar with the one thing that they had both been fixated on for years.

When she saw how happy they both looked, she was able to make a pretty good guess.

Rong Kaixuan nodded and said, “Mother, I have indeed gathered and refined true Qi.”

Fang Xiuli’s eyes lit up. She said, “My dear, this is certainly something worth celebrating. Kaixuan has managed to gather and refine true Qi before he turning 15 years old. Now, he can become an inner disciple of the clan.”

Rong Yiyang paced the room for a while. He finally managed to calm himself down.

“Kaixuan might have managed to gather and refine true Qi, but he’s only managed to do it right before turning 15,” Rong Yiyang said in a slow voice. “Within our little estate, he’s the only one around. When it comes to the Rong clan, then he’s nothing special. But…” There was a faint smile on his lips as he said, “As long as you can gather and refine true Qi and you’re a direct descendant, then you can be part of the Inner House. So, you’re definitely going to have a much brighter future than me.”

Fang Xiuli nodded her head several times. When hearing that her child had a bright future ahead of him, any woman would have felt a tremendous joy deep within.

Rong Yiyang went into deep thought for a while. He finally said, “Kaixuan, go back to your room and stabilize your true Qi first. I’ll take you back to the Main House after three days and let them test your true Qi level. Once you pass the test, you will become one of the disciples of the Inner House.”

Rong Kaixuan nodded vigorously. His eyes were filled with happiness.

True Qi was not something that disappeared after it had been successfully gathered and refined. The exceptions were if one lost control of one’s soul during cultivation or suffered such a severe injury that it caused damage to the energy center.

After successfully gathering and refining true Qi, it would go through a fairly unstable and erratic stage. It usually took a few days of cultivation to stabilize it.

After taking his leave, Rong Kaixuan headed back to his room. All three family members were too excited to go back to sleep that night.

Once in his room, Rong Kaixuan started thinking about the various scenes in which he fought the ferocious tiger. He had grown to better understand that situation.

He wanted to go back into the deep mountains to see what happened to that strange body.