37 Disciple Greets Master (1/2)

”What don't I understand?” the voice spoke again after a brief silence. ”He can be considered talented, but not talented enough that you have to take him as a disciple.”

”I agree with you.” The man started. ”But do you really think that I, Chiwenga, would just ask him to be my disciple for nothing?”

”Then what is your reasoning?” the voice retorted.

Chiwenga sighed. ”My bow is a very peculiar weapon as you know, after all which tier 7 spirit weapon isn't queer. My soul power is the most powerful thing that I possess, as you know I managed to attain it way before the required level. As such I am very sensitive to other people's soul power.”

”Wait! That boy already has access to his soul power?” The owner of the voice was visibly shocked. Taku was only at the very beginning of his life as a cultivator. How could he possibly be able to use his soul power?

”Not only that,” The man began as his face turned solemn. ”I tried to look into his soul with my soul power. He is weaker than me in both soul power and cultivation. But all I saw was a haze of smoke and purple and golden lights that were very indistinct. If someone more powerful than me in both areas was to look into my soul he would find that my soul is surrounded by a golden hue, because I am fire attributed. His soul was hazy and had two lights. Tell me what that mean?”

The voice was completely silent after this, so Chiwenga continued. ”At first I thought his soul was weak. But then I thought that if his soul was weak then how come I couldn't see through it. The only person who I know who can answer this question is that Muroyi who helped me with my soul all those years back.”

”You're talking about Saru? Should I contact him?” the voice asked.

”No let's not contact him now. I will only go look for that old man after this kid has accepted me as his master.” The man said as his usual lazy expression returned.

”You don't even know his name…” The voice retorted.

Chiwenga. ”…”

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By the time Taku got back into the hall, he noticed that Tino was already done with his training and all four of them were waiting for him. Tino was feeling rather low because he had just endured what he described as the hardest training of his life, but after seeing how miserable Taku was, his mood lifted a bit.

The rest were lost for words when they saw him. It was silent for a while then Ranga decided to ask. ”Did you sneak out to go to a brothel or something? This King has never seen a person like this after archery training. I know the look you have now so well, this King has been to many broth-…”

Ranga did not get to finish his sentence as he was struck down by Tadi, who looked to be fuming. Taku who was miserable at the moment because of his training and Ranga's words could not help but smile when he saw him getting beaten. Taku smiled at Tadi and gave her a slight nod, Tadi returned a wry smile as she kicked out at Ranga again.

”But seriously though…” Nyasha Started as he sized up the exhausted Taku. ”How can archery tire you out so much? I can understand if you say that your arms or fingers are numb, but you look close to death.”

Taku just smiled as he lifted up both of his shivering hands. Tadi and Ranga were baffled by the ten thing rings around Taku's fingers. They did not understand what exactly he wanted to show them. After a brief silence Tino spoke. ”Your fingers must be going through hell right now right? Those are weights, judging by the quality of the rings they should weigh over five hundred kg's, each!”

The trio's faces hadn't changed much when they heard the explanation, because 500 kg's was nothing to the average adult in the Gutu Empire, but when they heard the ”each” from Tino, they could not help but suck in a breath of air. They knew Taku's condition. He was not exactly the most powerful person when it came to raw strength, in fact he would be somewhere towards the bottom. So for him to carry around 5 tonnes with him every single day should be extremely difficult. Not to mention that the weight was concentrated on his fingers.

All four of them looked at Taku sympathetically. All of them then left then left the training Hall and went straight to eat. After eating and grabbing a lot of meat for Shumba the team finally left for home. When Taku got into his room he threw the meat towards Shumba and then collapsed on his bed. He slept soundlessly that night. He had slept right after sunset and then woke up the next morning at dusk.

He took a quick bath and then went out to have breakfast. This time only Nyasha was awake, and just like the previous morning Nyasha handed him a plate of meat. ”Why are you up so early? Tino told us that you guys have to be back at the training hall at noon.”

”That's what he was told?” Taku asked as he received the plate and sat down. ”I was told by my instructor that I should come there as early as possible.”

Nyasha smiled. ”Such a slave driver.”