32 Wandering the World (1/2)
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The Ether family, and friends were currently in the midst of happy reunion within the Patriarch Room of the Elysian airship.
Cestra Ether stared in awe at his son before him; he was so bewildered he didn't even notice the woman who looked remarkably similar to his wife next to him.
Grandmother Anemone chuckled to herself, quite pleased with Cestra's reaction.
The chuckle brought Cestra out of his daze; his body immediately went stiff when he noticed Anemone.
How could his wife not tell him about his mother-in-law over the past thousand years?
He immediately bowed deeply towards her, ”Cestra Ether greets mother-in-law!”
Grandmother Anemone gave a nod of approval, and said, ”Jasmine, you sure did pick a great husband. His looks are superb, his disposition seems delightful, and he's even managed to reach such a level in the secluded Astral Realm.”
”Of course, I'm only going to have one husband in my life; I needed to make sure he was the best for me.” Jasmine gave a light giggle, her breasts jiggling in the process.
Cestra was almost drooling, causing the mother and daughter pair to laugh with even more glee.
”It seems he likes this side of you more, my lovely daughter,” Anemone said with mirth.
”I think… they all do, Mother.” Jasmine replied.
Grandmother Anemone quickly looked around; all the men, including the women, were all staring at Jasmine, and her new look.
'Good, good. Stare at the beauty of the Religion,' Anemone thought arrogantly.
'Wait, what are the women looking at?' Anemone turned towards what they were gazing at, 'Oh, I don't think so.'
An overwhelming pressure landed on the women, and a voice was transmitted into their heads, ”Do not even dare to have any ideas about my grandson. He's only nine.”
The women all quickly looked away, sweat forming on their backs. The men were woefully unaware of the catastrophe that nearly occurred.
”Brother Astrallis, how did you get wings?” Azui, the phoenix asked her friend.
Spreading his obsidian wings out in all their glory, he said, ”I comprehended a movement technique called Helical Rising from the East. My body went through a transformation when I was in my grandmother's Religion, and it seems my comprehension of the technique had reached such a level that it became something innate within me; forming these wings,”
Azuielle, Azui's mother, also moved towards Astrallis staring at his wings, ”Odd. These wings look very similar to the wings of an archaic Anthrazit Phoenix, which I've seen inside some ancient canons,”
”All I know is that I comprehended the wings when I saw a vision of a cosmic creature with wings just like these fly over a supernova, the Astral God called them sera...
Before he was able to say anything, a golden monkey flew into him. They both rolled multiple times finally coming to rest next to the shore of the lake, where the pavilion they were seated at rested.
”Wukong, I know you were excited to see me, but you didn't have to do that,” Astrallis said not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
”I didn't, a force controlled me and pushed me into you,” Wukong said in confusion.
Astrallis immediately stared at his grandmother, who was conspicuously whistling with her head facing the sky.
He decided to ignore it, as she apparently had reasons for what she did.
”Oh yes, Wukong how did your inheritance go?”
Wukong, now much taller than last, puffed his chest out in pride, ”I managed to become a spiritual-disciple to Immortal Golden Ape,”
”Spiritual-disciple?” Astrallis asked confused.
”I didn't become a soul-disciple as he obviously isn't dead. Therefore he took me as a spiritual-disciple until I can reach a certain comprehension of his technique I cannot become a full-disciple. He also said that once I achieve a satisfactory level of comprehension, he will send me to his abode, 'Cave Behind the Falls' and learn with my other senior-brothers and sisters.”
Astrallis then asked both Baihu and Azui their experiences; they also had similar situations to Wukong.
This left Astrallis amazed, as all his friends managed to acquire an immortal inheritance, and a chance to join the pinnacle sects of the universe. At the same time this made him realise that it wasn't just the geniuses within the pinnacle sects or ones who have immortal masters that he must be wary of, there were also people who stumbled across lucky chances. One's birth does not define the height which they can reach.
Azui gave Astrallis a long look, ”Astrallis, you are completely different, and I don't just mean physically; your temperament and personality seem to have changed.”