Pathway

Chapter 27: A Delightful Day [2]

The boy was with teary eyes as he tried to scoop the thing off the floor. With caution, Ju Feng steadily approached him since it was the same road leading to the market. Instinctively, he uttered some words of greeting.

Who knows who or what the boy was? Better to say something before reaching the boy. He needed to know if he would have to stay, or make a quick run for it.

"Uhm, Hello there."

The boy just kept on looking at the thing on the floor without paying any attention. As Ju Feng got much closer, he discovered that the thing on the floor was a broken jar. Looking more closely, he realized that the liquid spilled on the floor was honey. Seeing the bottom half of the jar in pieces, Ju Feng knew the honey on the floor was from the broken jar.

"Hello there. Is that yours?"

Ju Feng asked as he was almost by the boy's side. This time, the boy raised his head to look at him, and nodded.

"I'm Ju Feng. What happened?"

"We... We collect wasp...honey...to sell. My mother was sick, and my father was attending to her... he asked me to collect the honey. Now look at..."

"If I may ask, how much do you sell a jar like this one?"

"Five gold coins."

"Five gold coins. That's a lot, but I'll pay for it."

"Really? You will?"

"Yes I will. No need to worry yourself to death. Here, have it. Five gold coins as promised."

Ju Feng removed five gold coins from his entire savings of ten gold coins.

"Ah, than- thank you. Thank you."

He stuttered for words with a happy face, not quite believing what was happening.

"Name is Tao Cheng. Thank you for this favour. I won't forget it. One day, I'll repay you."

He said happily as he hurried off.

"You don't need to worry about that, Tao Cheng."

Ju Feng shouted gently to his departing back. It wasn't that easy to make friends, and not too hard trying to make friends either. As he walked along the major road towards the market, sometimes, he would wave or say hello. All in good mind. He delivered the milk to the merchant who paid in gold, and he left the market place.

Ju Feng reached home later in the afternoon feeling satisfied. He had been in a good mood since morning, and he had been happy since coming back from the market. His mother and grandparents didn't want to ask him about it, they just went along with his joyful flow. With a thought, Ju Feng went to the quiet and peaceful pond area, to train his sword mystical art, the Skylight.

There were four stages to this technique.

The first one was the Heavenly-Asunder.

The second one was the Ethereal-World.

The third one was the Dawn-Of-Dusk.

The fourth one was the Eternal-Sky-Light.

He was still at the first level of skylight, the Heavenly-Asunder. This level involved drawing in the visible lights, and compressing them to form the radiant rainbow light. Releasing this rainbow light will bring the bust of vanquishing rainbow lights in the form of rains.

Inner peace! Ju Feng sat by the pool and was about to close his eyes to meditate with the soul serenity technique, when he noticed the movement of the gentle wave ripples on the pond's surface caused by a single beautiful butterfly. Several wave fronts from the ripples were approaching the stone arc at the edge of the pond. Upon reflection off the stone arc at the edge of the pond, the water waves changed direction and headed towards a single point.

All the energy carried by the water waves converged at this single focal point before spreading out through the water.

The profound unity and harmony of the scene was a total comprehensive insight. Ju Feng closed his eyes, calmed his mind with the Soul Serenity technique, and began to dwell on the insight from the wave ripples. Two hours later, he had discovered the basic secret of the Heavenly-Asunder.

"YES!"

He shouted as he pumped his fist in the air, and performed a little jump around. He went to the training area to test out the White-flare. He took one of the bronze sword, and performed a little form of Heavenly-Asunder. Rainbow sword light started converging at the tip of the sword before busting outwards in an encompassing rainbow light. It was really a beautiful scene. He had uncovered the knowledge of the first stage of the skylight technique.

Now, he need to start practicing it which could take many years before mastering it. Nonetheless, it was turning out to be a really good day.

His mother who had been watching him came over to congratulate him.

"Congratulations, my son. I'm truly proud of you."

"Thank you, ma. After so many years, I finally learned the basics of the first stage. I still have many years of practice to master it, but only three more to go now."

His grandparents who were working in the farm, also came over to check the situation after seeing the bright bust of rainbow sword lights.

"We saw the rainbow lights that's why we came over. Is everything alright?"

"Yes father. Ju Feng was only trying out the first stage of his Skylight technique he recently learned its basics. It's all good, father."

"Ah, I guess it is."

Zhang Wang Jing glanced at her husband smilingly before focusing on her grandson.

"Congratulations, Ju Feng. You have worked so hard for it, you deserved it."

"Thank you, grandma."

"Indeed. You deserved more than a big congratulations, this calls for a celebration. The making of a young man."

Zhang Li Qiang grinned widely.

They celebrated Ju Feng's achievement that evening with a great deal of magical delicacies.

After the celebration, Ju Feng went to the cultivation chamber and started his soul cultivation, using the astral primal technique. His dantian and meridians had enlarged to their maximum capacity with focus now on their depth. His dantian had began to get deeper in depth. When he reached the Chi condensing stage, the ocean of Chi would be compressed into a sphere of energy. That would prevent the leakage of Chi energy from his body.

He popped one needle-edge sized crystalline one into his mouth, and controlled the energy safely without collapsing before continuing his cultivation. Nothing better than a good cultivation. He exited the cultivation chamber, and headed towards his room smiling brightly.

"What a great day."