15 Demon Lands 1 (1/2)
Tie Nse looked at ed as though in thought. He took out a jade slip and handed it to Ed.
”Link your spirit to it. You will be able to see the technique.” he said and Ed did as he said. He felt his consciousness sink into a dream land. The world was grey and without colour. A single tree stood at the middle. On it was a green leave; the only colour as far as the eye could see. He approached the tree and tried reaching for the leave. When he touched the leave, everything turned green. Except a clear water droplet.
The droplet fell to the green ground and suddenly, he was standing on water. He looked around and there was no land in sight; all around there was only this great sea.
Looking down at the water beneath his feet, he saw the reflected sky. Dark clouds hovered above him, making him look up. As his eyes looked upon the clouds, he found himself standing among them. A vortex of crackling lightening spring and surrounded him. Soon, the lightening descended on the tree and it caught fire. The fire blazed, turning the tree to ash. The ash melted in with the dark earth and a small bud sprung from the ashes.
Ed opened his eyes to Tie Nse looking at him expectantly.
”What did I just see?”
”A heaven grade contemplation technique.”
”Heaven Grade?” Ed was shocked. He knew that heaven grade techniques no more existed.
”Yes. What did it seam like to you?” Tie Nse asked.
”Images. That is all. Nothing like I've ever felt before.”
”So, you saw something.” Tie Nse muttered.
”Why?” Ed frowned.
”I only suspected it was a heaven grade technique. After all, they are considered myths. Any time I looked inside, I saw darkness. Nothing but darkness.”
”Why?”
”Have you ever heard of the Heavenly calamity?” Tie Nse asked.
”Yes.”
”Legend has it that the heavenly calamity was caused by a great war. No one is sure what it was about. But a lot of people died. A lot of great powers left the realms. This caused the power of the realm to sink. All the soul residence stage martial artists left the realms. There was no more a need for some great techniques. They just seized to exist. Even if I have now come across this heaven grade technique, I can not see inside. Neither can anyone else.”
”Then why can I?”
”Well, you can not be classified into everyone.”