Chapter 31 - Start of Training (1/2)

It was late at night, and the formation of the spirit vein's restoration had now finished its task. All the weeds on the ground seemed to have been invigorated and were brighter than ever.

After Bao Bei's speech, all those present were silently admiring the stars waiting to finish the formation. Their mood was sad, but everyone had a resolute look after making a promise with themselves.

When the process ended, Hei stood up. The words his mother had said still echoed in his head. Suddenly he noticed something and asked his mother,

”Mother, you said you gave me your bloodline. So I have a spider's bloodline?”

His mother immediately replied affectionately, ”Yes, and no. Every divine beast, even if of the same species, diversify themselves by the element they maneuver. In my case, the bloodline I possess allows you to control the Law of Poison.

It must be said, however, that in my time, I was known as the Spider of the Nightmare. That was because of my ability with another elemental law: the Law of illusions.'

Law of Illusions. Among the rarest for a living being, whether it be a divine beast, human or demon, to learn, it allows casting illusions to confuse the enemies' minds. The more powerful the illusion, the more real it would appear to the target.

That law caused the scene of bandits who committed suicide by scratching their necks in desperation.

”Mother, if your bloodline allows me to control poison, then I still have another element, right?” Hei curiously asked as he turned his eyes to her.

Inside himself, he felt a little better now because his bloodline belonged to the poison element. Even though he didn't know what elements there were, he was grateful to have the chance to be able to maneuver poison in the future.

'Yes, in total, there are 18 types of elemental laws. Excluding the Law of Space, the Law of Time, and the Law of Energy, there are 15 elemental laws that can be learned. When you open your meridians, you will undergo a trial to understand your innate element.'

”Innate element?”

'Yes, even if I told you that you could control a single element; in reality, it isn't entirely true. It is possible to try to study various elemental laws. The problem, however, is that the person in question will end up exhausting all his talent without getting anything. There have been many genes that have ruined their futures for that reason. Therefore, in the end, it became a common rule that one could only control an element because the study of a single elemental law is already in itself so demanding. In order to overcome this, various methods were invented to understand which element was the most suitable for each being.'

When Bao Bei finished saying this, Xing who had recovered from before, asked,

'Mother, and what about Ye and me? What element do we have?'

Bao Bei turned therefore to her daughters,

'Because you are divine beasts, you can control two elements like Hei. You, Xing, have my same bloodline and so you can control poison; you instead, Ye, took from your father, so you can control darkness.'

Initially feeling sad that only she didn't have the same bloodline as her mother and her brothers, Ye felt distressed by this. But she was immediately relieved because she had her father's bloodline instead. Xing, on the other hand, was happy that she had the same element as Hei and Bao Bei.

'Mother, if there are 18 elemental laws, why there are only 15 that can be learned?' Ye asked immediately after, while she scratched her back with her tail.

'Actually, they are all learnable. It's just the Law of Time, the Law of Space, and the Law of Energy are very particular. Theoretically, anybody can learn the Laws of Time and Space, but the difficulty in acquiring them is superior to those of other laws. Usually, it is something that one tries to do only after having reached a certain level of power, and it is often possible that you cannot succeed.

The Law of Energy is particular instead. Initially, it should bound together with the other elemental laws, but the fact is that there was only one being that had such elemental law: a divine beast, Bai Ze. He was your father's advisor.'

Now that she had told her story, Bao Bei could refer to her old companions, although with difficulty. Even though many years had passed, it had only happened a decade ago to her. Then she resumed her speech.

'The other 15 laws are: Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Lightning, Blood, Poison, Wood, Metal, Gas, Ice, Ghost, Illusion, Darkness, and Light. Among these, the rarest are the Laws of Darkness, Light, and Illusion. In addition to the element of your bloodline, your second element belongs to one of these 15.'

Although it was very intuitive to understand what they could do, Hei couldn't understand two of the laws announced by his mother, and so he asked,

”Mother, what is the Law of Gas and the Law of Ghost?”

'The Law of Gas should be divided into 2 in reality: Steam and Smoke. It simply consists in modifying one's spirit power in one of these.'

To facilitate their understanding, Bao Bei sent them mental images depicting some human martial artists who used this law.

'The Law of Ghost instead allows you to control and modify the corpses and to maneuver them to your liking. Furthermore, it is possible to enhance them, making them stronger than when they were alive. Users of this law can also change their bodies, making them non-corporeal for short moments or increase the density of their bones to use them as weapons.'

Concluded this further explanation, Bao Bei looked at the sky and said,

'It's late. It's time you go to sleep. We have a long day ahead of us. We need to start your training.'

Hearing about training, the eyes of her three children lit up. Although it had been a while since their spirit power awakened, they hadn't yet done any sort of training. Now they could finally start it.

While they were caught up in the excitement over the news, Hei remembered one thing.

”Mother, can we bury that woman before we go?”

Remembering what he had told her in the merchant's home in Green City, Bao Bei slowly pulled out the corpse of the woman they had taken in the same room as they found Lian.

When the woman's body came out of nowhere and was placed on the ground, Lian began to tremble and resumed her crouching position in which they had found her for the first time. Seeing her in that state, Hei approached her and knelt down. Then he put his hand over her head, stroking it lightly.

”It's okay. You don't have to be afraid. I just want to bury her, that's all. You are no longer in that place.”