《Emperor of the Era》Chapter [4] - [Pain!][Cultivation Realms!]
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These chapters are for the next weeks as I am only free in weekends,probably no more chapters coming soon.
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Chapter 4 -
Jian Lang was gritting his teeth.He was making a difficult decision,should he interfere if it went extremely bad?Or should he let the heavens decide his son’s fate.He was his first son,and he only had another son,who was barely five years old.
He named him Jian Rui.He wanted him to be as sharp as the heavens.The test of talent grade comes at the age of four,thus the test had already ended.His other son had a talent grade of 85,a bit better than Jian Yun’s false talent grade.
But he still knew that Jian Yun’s talent was better than his brother’s one.He was looking at Jian Yun sitting cross-legged.He knew that such training would drive a person insane.Yet he endured,endured and endured without stopping for a moment.
Was that a level of endurance a child should possess?Of course no!He was forcing him to do that!Was he a good father?He didn’t know...He had no idea...But he knew one thing,he wouldn’t surrender.Not to his wife,not to his brothers or even sisters.
He had decided,to become a BAD father,just for his sons…
This was a trial,a trial for his son,Jian Yun…
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Jian Yun felt his heart saddening each moment.His cultivation was soaring,straight to the third layer,but he only felt sad.God knew how much thought had his father given this situation.It wasn’t easy even for him.If it were a normal genius,let alone ten meters,even twenty would be extremely hard to endure.
But even if they endured,they would be in four legs and crying.Yet Jian Yun did what nobody thought would do,moved even closer.He was eight meters away from the lake of lava!And his breakthrough to the third layer was nearing and nearing.Instead of crying,he was laughing loudly.
Why was he laughing?Was what everyone present there thought(4 people...One is hidden).The reason he was laughing was because he somehow managed to realise what the first of the two gifts the beautiful girl of the reincarnation hall had given him was,a small metal.
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But the small metal could easily destroy planets like nothing,it held the aura...Of a GOD!Even The Beast God,him Jian Yun wasn’t actually a god,and neither was he an immortal!He was merely at the top of the planet he resided!
Why did he know that?It was because it was helping him!”Hahaha,the heavens are helping me!” Jian Yun couldn’t help but think loudly in his heart.”With this metal even a fourth layer Martial Refiner would have to be careful to not be close to me!”
Unfortunately he could barely use less than 1% Of It’s real powers.If he could use all of it’s powers,even a God himself would be slashed like tofu easily!”But what about the second one?!”Jian Yun was excited but he forgot that he had a task to complete.
“Urgh.”He sighed,with his current cultivation of the third layer,it still wasn’t easy to block the hotness.He sighed. “If only I could use my cultivation to evade the hotness and sent it in another direction.”But the main point was to endure the hotness.
He sat cross-legged more carefully this time and tried to sense the Hot Qi.It was barely visible,but it still was there.He tried absorbing it,but he couldn’t.Then an idea sparked inside him mind.He sucked the Qi which was helping him.He immediately absorbed the Hot Qi and then switched to his usual Qi.
He did the switch each two seconds.Then three,four and finally five.Jian Feng was looking at him with eyes wide open.He looked at him for a moment again before starting to madly laugh.”A genius!He really is a genius!No wonder Brother said he is a prodigy!”Before,he didn’t want to teach his only nephew and now one of his two nephew’s such a dangerous technique,but now he was sure!
He,Jian Yun was the only one who can complete the technique!Nine Marks Of Hell was founded by the fourth patriarch years ago in an ancient ruin thousands of kilometers away,now it is one of the main cities of the Jian Clan.
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But even the strongest and best genius of the clan barely reached the fourth mark,and that was twenty years ago!Currently that genius was...Jian Feng himself!A Grand Elder!One of the extremely few Grand Elders!
The reason Jian Feng never told Jian Yun the second or third mark of the hell was because it was nearly impossible for him to enter it!The people who have reached the second mark can be counted in one hand,the third were only three and fourth only one,Jian Feng.As for the first mark?They can be counted in two hands!
“Nice,nice…”Jian Feng muttered happily,forgetting his daughter,and then noticing it.He laughed loudly and hugged his daughter.Maybe even their opponents would be long destroyed soon.”He will probably become A Martial Fighter before twenty!”
There were five realms of cultivation they knew:Martial Refiner,Martial Ki Refiner,Martial Fighter,Martial Artist and Martial Master.Jian Yun’s father,Jian Lang was a Martial Master.Actually,Qian Clan’s patriarch and most enemies and allies were all at the Martial Master Realm!
The Grand Elder of the Jian Clan,Jian Feng was also a Martial Master!One of the thirty Martial Masters!
Jian Yun had no time to look at that lovely moment as he was in a big danger.He neared the lava lake two more meters,six meters away from it!God,maybe only Martial Masters would dare to directly enter it.
“Stop,You have already mastered the first mark!”Jian Feng’s voice rang out like a thunder.The lava disappeared!For him sucking lava out of the lake was nothing!Jian Yun could only disappointedly stand up to his feet and sigh.
He had reached the intermediate level of the third layer.A layer had several levels:Early,Intermediate,Late,Advanced,Peak and Pinnacle.In total six levels!The first three levels had little difference,but the last three levels had a lot of difference.
Then Jian Yun noticed a beast coming towards Jian Wei.It wasn’t strong,actually it was barely counted as a second layer beast,but it still could easily devour her in one go!Jian Feng hadn’t noticed it because of his happy condition so only Jian Yun could act.
“Flying Wind Palm!”He thought in his mind as he thrust his palm forward,summoning a huge compressed wind palm which shot towards the beast.The beast hadn’t expected for such a weak kid to be stronger than it so it was caught surprised.Whoooosh!The Beast died!
Jian Feng had finally noticed the beast!For a moment his heart skipped a beat,but after seeing the beast die he calmed.But then yet again,his heart skipped a beat!His mind couldn’t register the information!
“H-hhh-ee-HEAVENS!”He shouted loudly.A kid had killed a beast!How shocking would that be for the child?!What would he say to his brother?!He had ruined his talent,probably!
“Are you okay?!”He asked shocked and worried.”Y-ye-s.”Jian Yun tried to sound as scared as possible.But he had no idea that the acting had worked extremely well!Jian Feng sighed in relief.When Jian Wei noticed the dead beast she was left speechless!Her Junior brother had done that!
He was just barely eight.”Junior Brother…”She muttered slowly.She felt sad,sad that she would leave a bloody mark in his memories!But unfortunately none knew that killing that beast had no effect in his body at all,he only felt small sadness for killing his own race,which he had been years ago!
Jian Feng quickly took Jian Wei and flew towards Jian Yun who was lying in the ground breathing heavily and drinking a cup of water quickly.He had gotten the cup and the water from his bag.The bag was made from a Martial Fighter’s fur and claws so it’s endurance was top notch.
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