12 The path forward (1/2)

Bai Yun contemplated how he should change his plan, as he started walking once again. He knew that reaching the late qi condensation stage and skin sewing stage simultaneously in seven months was going to be extremely difficult.

The butler had left his side after he started to ponder. Bai Yun continued walking, while taking out the different books that he had gotten from the library and reading from them along the way. He kept on switching them around and at the same time polishing his plan in his mind.

After spending over a day, Bai Yun finally reached home. Just as his hand touched the doorknob, his god sense started throbbing in warning. Bai Yun froze, and then opened the door anyway.

The next instant Bai Yun felt an ungodly pressure descend on him. He felt as if a mountain was placed on top of him. Bai Yun instantly fell on one knee, and put both of his hands on the floor to prop himself up. His three tendrils of soul quickly went to work resisting the pressure placed on him. Sweat broke out through his entire body.

With great difficulty he looked up. The front room of his house felt like a gateway to hell. All he could see in front of his was red and black. He felt a hot wave of air blast at him from inside the darkness. In the middle of the darkness he could see four spots of light. He knew that they were his parents.

”I heard about the situation outside the library. Aren't you ashamed to be defeated by someone who is younger that you?” His father asked.

Bai Yun opened his mouth to answer. But his throat felt dry. No words would come out of his mouth.

”Tell me what you intend to do.”

Bai Yun knew that he had to answer. They were trying to determine how he would proceed on his cultivation path. Under this suppression brought about by the state of existence, a normal person at the first ring stage would instinctively tell the truth from their subconscious. Perhaps even the person who spoke would not be aware of their true intentions until that moment.

Bai Yun was a titled god. This did not have much effect on him. But the pressure brought about by their aura still caused his mind to crawl to a slow speed.

Bai Yun also knew the importance of this moment. This would be where the dao of his heart would be decided.

Suddenly Bai Yun thought of the Grand War. On the first day of the Grand War, after he constantly defeated by immortal step devils, he was very depressed. He remembered what his mother said to him.

”I am not going to anything. The only person I intend to defeat is the me of yesterday.”

For a moment silence reigned. Then the pressure that was suffocating him suddenly lifted. Bai Yun fell on the floor, spread out and panting like a dog.

”What do you intend to do from now? Old Hai told me you told him about the clan meeting. Do you want to participate in it?” His fathers voice sounded i his ears.

Bai Yun raised his head and looked. The aura that seemed to be coming from the depths of hell had disappeared. His parents sat on two chairs at the end of the hallway. They were clothed in regal clothes, depicting their power and status, and not the casual robes they used to wear around the home when he was ill.

'Is there any need for all of this.' Bai Yun thought. 'You could have just asked me and I would have told you the truth. You should try to solve problems with words. Are your mouths for biting people.'

”I don't want to participate. I want to win.” Bai Yun declared.

”It is good that you have targets. Based on what I heard your combat instincts seem to be good, you just lack experience. You should be able to win the clan meeting next year.”

Bai Mu had heard how his son fought. Everyone saw him attack people at their weak and unguarded moment and disrupt their rhythm. For a person who had never fought before, it would take incredible fighting talent to fight like this. When Bai Yun was still damaged Bai Mu would also tell him about the fights he had in his life as well as many fighting tactics when he was free. The tactic of disrupting the opponents momentum was also included in this list. They also saw how his body would shiver every now and then. They attributed this to the fact that he was reacting by instinct and was scared after he moved. All of this together created the misunderstanding.

Bai Yun smiled in his heart. He probably had over a hundred times more fighting experience than both his parents combined. It was true that he was talented, but it was not to such an expend as the two of them believed. And the reason his body shivered was because he had use a lot of energy to stop himself from killing them all.

”I don't have time until the next year. I need to win in seven months.”

Bai Yun's parents frowned. ”It will be difficult for you to reach the foundation establishment stage in seven months.”

”I don't need to reach foundation establishment, I only need to reach the peak of qi condensation as well as skin sewing.”

Bai Mu thought about this. With the skill shown by Bai Yun earlier, he might have a chance. ”Are you serious about this. Walking both paths is going to be difficult. If you were to wait for a while it would be easy.”

”Yes I am. And the reason I can't wait is also because of that. I am already fourteen. I don't have a lot of time when it comes to the body tempering path. Soon my body would finish growing and body tempering would become even more difficult. I don't have the time to wait for a year and a half before stepping into the muscle tempering stage.”

”And how do you propose to do that?”

”There are two things I need to watch out for: improving my techniques, as well as maintaining the stability of my foundation. Staying here and cultivating will not help. Which means I need external help.”