4 The Shinsoo Gathering Manual (2/2)
”Yes, she is just trash. You already have us three followers, why would you need more red robed thrash ?”
”Big Sister Chu, tell her to get her own Big Sister to follow !”
In less than ten breaths of time since she had tried to meet the three girls, Shin Sumi was rebutted violently.
Before she even realized, one of the girls pushed her hard and she stumbled across the platform.
Snorting loudly, Chu Erlong gathered her followers and left.
Soon, all the people who were looking at the commotion shook their heads and went back to cultivation.
Chu Erlong was after all an orange robed disciple. Her talent was far better than that of normal red robed disciples, so who would dare to butt head with her ?
Shin Sumi got up as fast as she could. Her palm was bleeding after scraping against the hard floor but she didn't care.
All she wanted was to get away as fast as possible.
She ran for a few hundred meters, ignoring the puzzled look on every disciple's face, until she found herself under the cover of a few trees.
Hiding in a clearing that resembled the one where she found the strange nut, Shin Sumi sat against a tree.
She was still crying a bit, remembering the last time she went to school a long time ago.
”So much for having a new life here. Maybe it's really for the best that I go back to the Big City.”
Her face was inside her hands, between her knees, when a sudden heat from her wrist made her open her eyes again.
As soon as she flipped over her hand, the inside of her wrist flashed with a deep red leaf pattern and the nut appeared in its place.
”That's where you've been ?! How did you - Wait what are you doing ? Stop it, I- Ouchiiie !”
Instantly rolling between her fingers, the grey nut bit the side of her index before Shin Sumi had the chance to do anything.
”Why are you always biting me ?! What are you ? Stop following me !”
Without thinking about it twice, Shin Sumi waved her arm violently, throwing the nut away.
Once again, a strange vortex appeared in mid air, and the nut transformed once again into a book.
This time the book didn't change back into the form of a moving nut but stayed there, in the air, unmoving.
Forgetting momentarily about her recent problems, Shin Sumi stood up and approached the book.
It wasn't her first time seeing it, but every time she threw it away before, it would turn back into a nut and fly towards her.
But not this time.
The book was hovering a meter above the ground. Once again Shin Sumi observed the bark-like covers of the book, and the leaf pattern that was entirely covering it.
Before she could even get her hand close to it, the book suddenly jerked open to the first page.
There on the blank page, a character was slowly forming.
The process rapidly gained speed as Shin Sumi couldn't do anything but watch words appear all over the page.
In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the page was entirely covered with miniscule characters.
At the top of the page, three words were written in deep green.
”Shinsoo Gathering Manual”
As if she were in a trance, Shin Sumi put her fingers on the page. Rapidly going over the page, it didn't take long for her to read the entire thing.
”This page... The beginning is the exact same as the last part of the newcomer's manual that I read last night ! Even the title 'Shinsoo Gathering Manual' is the same. But after the middle... Where do the fourth and fifth steps come from ?”
As every book she had ever laid eyes upon, how could Shin Sumi forget the content of the newcomer's guide ?
But this strange old book in front of her was almost the exact copy of the book in her bag of holding.
The only difference is that for some reason it seemed more... complete.
The newcomer's manual not only described the sect as a whole and show the rules. It was also a guide for the Honorary Disciples to get to the Liquid Realm cultivation stage.
The book clearly described the three steps necessary to progress in the cultivation world.
First, find a source of Shinsoo and breath it in to fill the body. Second, circulate the Shinsoo to awaken the Shinsoo passageways. Third, condense the Shinsoo to form a vortex, leading to the Liquid Realm.
But the information recently appeared on the old leafy book was different. A fourth and a fifth step were added.
Or more precisely, another two steps were now between the already existing ones.
Out loud, Shin Sumi recited.
”After the Shinsoo has entered the body using the previously mentioned breathing technique, the next step is to use the Flowing Shinsoo breathing technique to refine the Shinsoo and leave out all impurities.”
”After the first passageways have been cleared, the steps one through four should be followed again until all the sixty-four passageways have been opened.”
For some reason, the added steps seemed to be more precise than the other three.
For the first time in her life, Shin Sumi started to doubt her reading abilities. Since when did she start forgetting about a book's content ?
The old book was still floating unmoving in the air when Shin Sumi took out the newcomer's manual from her bag of holding.
Quickly opening it up, she tried to find the passage about the three steps of the Shinsoo Gathering Manual. But no matter how much she flipped the clear white pages, she couldn't find it again.
Instead Shin Sumi only found a couple of blank pages where the Shinsoo Gathering Manual was located.
”What is going on here ? It's almost as if... the old book stole what was written on the guide. But I'm certain there were only three steps. Could it be that this magical book upgraded the information ?”
Shin Sumi was feeling a mix of emotions that couldn't be described with words.
Pondering for a moment, she put the newcomer's manual away in her bag of holding.
”Why did only the Shinsoo Gathering Manual get stolen ? Is it because it describes cultivation ? After all it's the only part of the book that was really about Immortal stuff.”
A new idea slowly bloomed into Shin Sumi's mind.
Her eyes were shining like two pearls with excitement.
”I know my talent is severely lacking. I think for now it is best if I keep a low profile. But if the information on this page is true then once I get to the second step of Shinsoo Gathering, I should see changes in my cultivation that nobody else has !”
Shin Sumi had decided that this new life of hers in the Dark Sky Starry Sect was a good opportunity for change.
She had tried to make friends, but that was a failure.
Considering her severe lack of talent, she quickly discarded the idea of going back to that Chu Erlong girl after getting her green or blue robes. She might be able to scare the girl with her apparent talent, but if any altercation ensured her true level would be instantly revealed.
But if instead Shin Sumi could cultivate with the method inscribed in the true Shinsoo Gathering Manual her talent would advance by leaps and bounds !
If Shin Sumi couldn't make friends in this new life, she wouldn't let people bully her again.
Taking the old leafy book in her right hand, Shin Sumi didn't have to do anything. Instantly the vortex reappeared and transformed the book back into a small nut.
In a flash of light, the deep red leaf pattern on her wrist shone and the nut disappeared completely.
”Strange... It must be some sort of summoning magical art.”
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Shin Sumi had no idea what she was talking about but in the history of the Dark Sky Starry Sect there were many instances of magic use. With her shallow knowledge she could only take a guess at what was happening with the nut.
***
Shin Sumi decided to not go back to her courtyard for now.
The lower valley in the sect was a big place spanning a few kilometers and there were many things to see.
Most of the valley was occupied by forest areas or dormitory for Honorary Disciples.
The Dark Sky Starry Sect could only be described as a middle ranking sect in the Light Shore country, and was the house to a bit more than ten thousand mortals who hadn't attained the Liquid Realm yet.
Obviously all those Honorary Disciples couldn't have their own courtyard like Shin Sumi did.
In fact all of the red robed disciples lived in big dormitory areas, sharing rooms with each other.
Only the orange robed disciples and above could have their own houses, and only those above yellow could be considered for a courtyard.
But in a small sect like the Dark Sky Starry Sect, the yellow talent individuals could be counted on the fingers of two hands.
Above the yellow robes, green blue or the mythical violet robes were virtually nonexistent.