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Thundering dragon! Im back!

chapter 21: Enclosing danger, first breath, first step

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A few days had passed since the events that occured on Yin Long planet. Wenru couldn't believe it but his master was injured, what didnt make sense was the injury wasn't light and every time he questioned Leiming, he was told to forget about it.

Eventually, Wenrou ceased asking anymore questions related to the incident. After all it was all a massive blur to him. Not to mention he was absorbed by all the changes happening to his body.

Leiming was just a mere metre away from Wenrou. He looked up, and spoke to the boy who was in a lotus position utilising a breathing technique.

'Your body is extremely feeble right now. The amount of Ki coursing throughout your body is truly immense. To be able to extract all of that Ki, from your Dantian, your body must be strong enough to withstand the pressure of the Ki. Your muscles, skin and bones have to act as canals guiding the Ki, if it is weak it will collapse. Worse, shatter!

Wenrou, over the past few days has constantly listened to his master lecture. He knew his bodies conditions better than anybody else. Everytime, he moved the Ki from his Dantian, it was agony. He felt the bones shatter into tiny parts. His muscles would distort. The one time he managed to move Ki to his fist, he felt the feeling of complete swelling. Swelling like his fist would pop under the immense pressure of the Ki.

He nodded, staying in complete silence continuing the breathing excersise. He would be seated in the lotus position, occasionally he would move his hands in a circular motion as if drawing the outline of a planet and bring them together. This breathing technique was known as the chained lightning breathing technique. It was personally passed to Wenrou, from Leiming.

Before passed onto him, Leiming and Wenrou both swore an oath of blood. Both cutting their hands and touching their wounds together a blood pact was formed as both Leiming and Wenrous Ki touched. A sacred bond was created, thus allowing Leiming the proper authority to train Wenrou as an official desciple. The bond was set so that Wenrou, would never expose the breathing techniques special trait and all the teachings of Leiming.

He remembered what Leiming had told him before he swore the oath. 'These breathing techniques and arts that I will teach you is extremely important that you do not show anybody how they are performed. These techniques are ancient and the most powerful techniques that belong to me and my school. My school has only one descendant, there was just me and now, there is you.' Leiming had a stern look and he continued as he noticed Wenrou shrugging of the importance. 'If anybody finds out you are my direct desciple, not only will you be killed for these techniques, but you will be tortured till not even a body is left for your mother to recognize!'

Wenrou didn't look phased at all, not taking the words seriously he was jubilant at not only the vhanges to his body at that time but he was being trained by probably the very best! He said in a playful manner 'Not to worry master, as long as we are together who will dare touch me?'

They both continued to stay in complete silence, Wenrou practised the breathing techniques with utmost diligence. There was something special about him as he trained, it looked like he had done this many times before. It looked completely natural. Slowly the morning came to a closure, and Leiming began to instruct Wenrou. 'We have to strengthen your physique, not only to withstand the immense Ki, but tomprepare your body to channel an elemental power.' As the word 'elemental power' was spoken, Wenrou lost all concentration and his eyes opened wide sparkling.

Leiming ignired Wenrous gaze and continued, 'to stregnthen the physique we will go to the basics. The kost fundamental way to strengthen thr body! Running laps, squats, situps and press ups!' This kethod was extrmely basic, Wenrou had a look of dissapointment when Leiming only mentioned something so simple. He looked up at Leiming, some of the sparkling in his eyes faded as he said. 'Master... what the hell technique is that to strengthen the body? How will I catch upto the 16 years I've lost with the most basic method? There has to be another way to bypass that and to strengthen the body quicker!'

There was no possible way in Wenrous mind that the most basic stuff anybody could do from a farmer to a merchant that would help him quickly close the years he missed. If it was this simple, why would he need a master at this point?

Leiming leaned in to speak to Wenrou, like he had discovered something and was willing to sell it to Wenrou. He said, 'You have something nobody else, are you ready to hear what it is.'

Wenrou slightly looked confused, he leaned in as well, he asked in a curious tone 'what is it master?'

'Determination' Leiming leaned back with a satisfied look. This word could answer everything for him when it concerned Wenrou.

'Are you serious?! Fucker, I wish people told me that when I was a kid I wish somebody had said this to me then!' His voice was sarcastic and he looked down on Leiming. Leiming noticed this and wasn't going to be shouted at by a kid.

Leiming looked extremely agitated, he slightly clenched his jaw which made a cracking sound as his teeth rubbed each other. Wenrou seeing this action, swallowing his next set of words and quickly got up. He asked in a conceeding tone, 'what should I domfirst master?' Coupled with his obediant tone, Leiming looked pissed off. This kid could play the little bitch roll to escape a beating. He said nonchalantly '50 laps around the city. If you can't even do this don't even consider eating tonight! Now scram you little rat!'

'Ah fuck 50 laps!! Is this real!?' 50 laps? This is impossible the xia ban city wasn't massive, but it would take at least 50 minutes for a lap... as Wenrou thought of this, was there even enough hours left to finish 50 laps?? It's an impossible feat...

'ban ban go look after him, dom't get to close, let him concentrate on his running.'

'rarara' ban ban flew up in the air. Following behind Wenrou.

Wenrou seeing Ban Ban follow felt pleased. At least when he collapses from this impossible task Ban Ban will give him a ride home. 'Ban Ban come on you little baby let's go!' Wenrou shouted to him, ban ban hearing Wenrou shout him forgot Leimings orders and quickly flew next to him.

Leiming seeing this just heaved a deep sigh. They were both idiots, how did he end up with both of them?

The moment Ban Ban and Wenrou departed a deep red light bloomed and died. 'You took him officially as your desciple? This... you have never agreed to train anybody before, even when the alliance sent over deciples with much greater aptitude than him? Not only that, you never took a liking to any of them, but it seems different with him... why?'

Naturally this was Chihong, she was confused by this change in Leimings demeanor. He didn't resemble the ruthless killer he is. He changed overnight to a low-key martial artist. Not even that his devil aura had dissipated only a tranquil master remained. This change was far to outrageous. The master of the heavenly chained lightning. The twelve steps tournament dominator and the man who warred against the martial arts alliance federation alone...

'You know our breathing technique passed by father! Has twelve points to completely master, not only that when the first twelve points are mastered the breathing technique is extremely unfathomable and anybody without a divine element will be unable to complete even one step. This boy... this boy he has already completed the first step!'

'What? How, just how is that possible?! You have the Chained Lightning Technique, me the Blazing Sun Domain... not only that your technique nobody except you has mastered all twelve points since the start of time... you even said nobody else could ever master a single step without the ability to comprehend such a volatile breathing technique, but the strain on the body is immeasureable...'

'The great master, your father once allowed me to test the breathing technique. At that time I had already mastered 6 steps of my breathing technique and stepped into the rank of elemental bound god. Yet, yet! I almost destroyed my Dantian trying to manifest the first step within my body! Nothing about him makes sense... is it not safer to...' as Cihong comtinued she hesistated, 'safer to dispose of him? If the Martial arts federation captures him he will be dangerous to us in the future.'

'Who says they will capture him? I could always take him with us to the Alliance.' Leiming said as he entered in a state of thought.

Chihong thought for a bit then interjected the quiet atmosphere, 'Even though his mind snd Dantian is special, there is still the problem of his body.'

'I know, right now even I havn't got a clue about how to change that. We will cross that bridge once we get to it.'

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