33 REVEALING INFORMATION, KEEPING SECRETS (2/2)
She looked at her right palm, which was also facing upwards, and, no doubt at all, the White Tree and Black Dragon were there!
But why though, had they had not appeared alongside the Purple Moon? It was as if... They weren't of the same kind? Suddenly, she had a hunch: could the Purple Moon, Black Dragon and White Tree actually not be the same Martial Way? Could they actually be several?
”Are these... two Martial Ways?”
Cheng Hao nodded, ”Three, to be exact. However, the process to separate the last two is a bit tricky. We'll try that out later on, after you improve your cultivation base a bit first... Also, I was hoping to teach you a skill connected to the Purple Moon first; 'I See A Moonlit Purple World'.” His eyes then gleamed with expectation, ”The technique aside, what else can you tell me? Surely you can deduce a few things that stem from having more than one Martial Way, can't you?”
Xiao Wu stammered, ”W-Well, if my Martial Ways are multiple, then... then I can just alternate them to both keep one in the Pseudo-Core, and at the same time use the others in combat, can't I?”
She turned to find a smiling Cheng Hao. He, looked happy, as if he had designed a difficult treasure hunt and somebody had actually held out until the end and found the treasure...
”Yes. Your three Martial Ways allow you to create a Pseudo-Core with three Martial ways, and at the same time keep it at bay with a single one! This, of course, is only possible because of the three Qi you have complementing each other... Sigh! The ability to possess multiple Qi is truly marvelous...”
Xiao Wu was stunned for a moment then a malicious smile appeared on her face ”Brother, oh brother... Could you possibly jealous of your sister's talent?”
”Maybe... Maybe not. Possible... but overall improbable.” Cheng Hao chuckled. ”Alright, it's late. Let's go to sleep. We'll have to wake up early tomorrow at dawn, as I want you to learn the technique I told you about earlier. Unfortunately, this skill can only be cultivated the moment the sun rises, so waking up that early will kind of become part of our... or rather, your routine!”
With this, the day came to and end, and the two children both prepared to go to bed: it was night, and it wouldn't do them well to fall asleep too late with their bodies of eight-something-year-old kids, even with the support of a cultivation base.
”Good night!”
”Night-night!”
After a while, regular breathing noises rang out from their bed as the two fell asleep... Not.
Secretly, Cheng Hao was still awake. He turned around, his front facing the wall. He opened his hand and a strand of faint, blurry Qi emerged and twisted around his fingers. This strand bent and changed shape and consistency until it had acquired the shape of an oak, around which coiled a black dragon. A purple moon also took shape in a small starry 'sky'.
His Sovereign Qi had two characteristics up to record.
Firstly, it was incredibly pure, much more so than any Qi he had ever encountered, surpassing them by far too. Being pure, it also meant it was extremely overbearing and impossibly heavy, capable of crushing and overtake any other Qi that stood in its way.
Secondly... it could change itself to take up any attribute he wished it to, a monstrous ability that would remain his greatest trump card beside the Immortal Ascension Tower, the knowledge from the Tower of Babel, and the drop of Supreme stage blood.
Goldy looked on from the side. There was a trace of admiration and even envy in his eyes as he watched the youth summon different kinds of Qi, bending them all to his will. The dragon then shook his head: Cheng Hao being Jealous of Xiao Wu's three kinds of Qi?
Xiao Wu may have three of many kinds of Qi, but Cheng Hao secretly also had them.
As a matter of fact, amongst the countless Qi that made up the known universe... Cheng Hao had ALL of them!
”Jealousy? Envy? I find it hard to believe anyone would feel any such thing when put in my shoes...” With a bitter smile, Cheng Hao wiped away the apparition and slowly fell asleep…