6 Choosing a weapon. (1/2)

After the affinity ceremony ended, the children who had taken part all returned to their own homes. Since they now knew what they had an affinity for, they would be able to progress their cultivation much smoother.

Of course, before anything else, they would have to absorb some Qi to open their dantian. Only once their dantian was open could they start engraving runes and harness their power.

After the ceremony ended, Li Yang returned to the same tree where he had rested earlier. He sat down in a cross-legged position and calmed down his breathing. To absorb the surrounding Qi, one would first have to empty their mind and allow themselves to sense the existence of the Qi.

This first step of sensing the surrounding Qi could cause some people to be stuck at their current stage for years. But it was not a problem for Li Yang, as he had been able to sense the existence of Qi ever since he had first been born into this world.

He could sense the surrounding Qi at all times, but he preferred to sit down with his legs crossed and calm his breathing before interacting with the surrounding Qi. When he sat down and calmed his breathing, every breath of his would drag in the surrounding Qi, pulling it into his body.

Some people struggled to control the surrounding Qi, as it was not their own Qi. But Li Yang had never had a problem with this, whenever he interacted with the surrounding Qi, it was like soldiers following the orders of their general.

Li Yang continued to sit with his legs crossed, calmly breathing in the surrounding Qi, for the rest of the day. Even as the sun set, he did not stop his tedious cultivating. Ever since he was born, he had found that he quite enjoyed spending his time like this, just peacefully cultivating.

Despite spending half the day and the entire night cultivating, there was not a single change in his dantian. The Qi entering his body felt like a drop of water entering the ocean. He had long realized that he would need a truly massive amount of Qi to progress his cultivation, so he was not surprised.

”Brother Yang. My father told me to bring the two of you to the weapon storehouse so that you can choose a weapon before you enter the wilderness.”

When the sun started rising, Li Yang's quiet cultivation was interrupted by Liang Zhou and Liang Xinyi. Liang Xinyi was slightly surprised that Li Yang was sitting under this tree instead of at his house, but Liang Zhou was already used to it.

Li Yang had a house of his own, the house that his parents had left for him when they died. But he had always preferred sitting under this tree, so almost everyone in the village knew that it was better to look for Li Yang by this tree, rather than at his house.

”Good morning Big Brother Zhou, Sister Xinyi.”

Li Yang stopped his cultivation and stood up, stretching his body and enjoying the sound of his joints popping. After stretching his body, he gave the two of them a polite greeting, a slight smile on his face.

Liang Zhou was clad in a gray linen robe that seemed to be a slight bit too large for him. This robe could only be worn by the leader of the Liang tribe or the person who was to be the next leader of the Liang Tribe.

Liang Xinyi was clad in the same white cotton robe that she had worn at the affinity ceremony. Her raven black hair hung down past her shoulders, and her blue eyes looked at Li Yang with a curious gaze. She was slightly thin, but Li Yang noticed that she was not as thin as yesterday. It was clear that the Liang tribe had given her plenty of food after the affinity ceremony.

”The tribe has a weapon storehouse?”

After greeting them, Li Yang turned towards Liang Zhou, raising his eyebrow as he asked. He had never heard about the tribe having a weapon storehouse, nor had he heard about them handing out weapons to the children who enter the wilderness.

”The weapon storehouse is typically only open for people who help the tribe, or during times of war. But father is worried that something might happen to you if you enter the wilderness without a weapon, so he has made an exception for you.”

Liang Zhou had a wide smile as he spoke, grabbing Li Yang's arm and dragging him into the village. While some elders were slightly disgruntled about Liang Zhu's choice, Liang Zhou completely agreed with his father. Li Yang was much calmer and smarter than most children, but there was no telling what could go wrong when he entered an unfamiliar wilderness.