“Jia Wan Wan, what state of Spiritual Qi are you in now?”

“Ummm... I’m at the Greater Spiritual State...”

“Oh.... how old are you?”

“I’m 17 years old.....”

Ah Fei looked at Jia Wan Wan with a serious smile.

“Achieving Greater Spiritual State in at the age of 17.... You are really, really smart”

Said Ah Fei with a smile, Jia Wan Wan was also curious about him, she never met people from the Heavenly Blessing before, they say that the Heavenly Blessing Sect only accepted gifted person, not only gifted, they must also pass numerous test, kind towards everyone and dedicated in discipline and respect, Jia Wan Wan then asks Ah Fei.

“Ah Fei how old are you?...”

“Hmm I'm 18....”

Jia Wan Wan felt a bit happy, he was not too young nor too old, she didn’t have many friends who are at the same age as her, most of her friends were Lin Xia friends, and none of them lived in E Mei or at Sichuan Province, she then asked him.

“Umm... what state are you at now?”

Ah Fei smiled

“Greater Heavenly State.....”

“*Cough!”

Jia Wan Wan was shocked, so shocked that she almost mess up her painting, She looked at Ah Fei with a dumbfounded yet amazed looks, Greater Heavenly Stage at the age of 18, that is impossible! in this world, the ancient people had written down the stage of cultivation for mortals to achieve immortality, the stage was as follow :

Basic – Middle – Converging – High - Cosmic – Greater

And the state is written as follow :

Earthly – Spiritual – Heavenly

But the order changed when you reached the Greater Heavenly Stage, in old document and myth, it was said that after one had achieved the Greater Heavenly Stage, they must face a trial bestowed by the heaven, when one accepted this trial, they would pass the Greater Heavenly State and went through the Heavenly Tribulation State, while on this state, if one still regained sanity and still lived, they would achieve The Heavenly Unity State, and thus the person would gain immortality and given the chance to go to The Sacred Kun Lun mountain to meditate and achieved the God State. there was no document that wrote what kind of trial that one must endure, or how one able to accept the Trial it self, the document only wrote, that this trial would make one lost their sanity, will to live, and physically made them lose their life.

History had never written anyone who could achieve Greater Heavenly State before the age of 30, even Guan Yu, The God of War, who said to be blessed by the Heaven, reached The Greater Heavenly State at his old age. Jia Wan Wan only knew 1 person who achieved the Greater Heavenly Stage before the age of 30, and that was only her master, Lin Xia! and to achieved that, Lin Xia must do some extreme life-threatening things, For example, eating poison that could kill you in second but could increase your spiritual Qi by ten fold, letting his enemies to strike him, only to absorbs their own spiritual Qi, risked his life to find a rare artifact that could increase your overall power, Lin Xia could be said, Picked a fight with fate! for Jia Wan Wan, her master was the strongest person on earth and history, and even him achieved the Greater Heavenly Stage at the age of 24! Lu Luo the leader of the Crimson Sect, also achieved the Greater Heavenly Stage at the age of 47! For Ah Fei to reached the Greater Heavenly Stage at the age of 18, there are no words to express how ridiculous and how scary that is, Jia Wan Wan looked at Ah Fei with disbelief, maybe he was lying, but why would he lie? Many emotion started to fill Jia Wan Wan mind, she was confused, she was dumbfounded, she was afraid.

"Ah... Ah Fei you are not lying right?"

Ah Fei then smiled at her, he then pondered for a moment, then,

"Jia Wan Wan it is hard to show proof that I'm not lying... hmm... by any chance, did you ever feel the Spiritual Qi of a person who is at Greater Heavenly State before?" Asked Ah Fei with a gentle tone.

"I... I have, do, do you want to show yours?" Answered Jia Wan Wan

Ah Fei then held out his hand for her, Jia Wan Wan, with heart full of curiosity, grabbed his palm, Ah Fei then held Jia Wan Wan hand gently, he gripped her finger and closed his eyes, Jia Wan Wan also closed her eyes, Ah Fei then transferred some of his Spiritual Qi to her, this let Jia Wan Wan to also felt Ah Fei Spiritual Essence, from there, she could determine what state Ah Fei was most likely at. Looking at a person Spiritual Essence was one of the ways to determine the person Spiritual State, each Spiritual State had their own characteristic, for example, if a person still at Basic Earthly State, then their Spiritual Essence most likely looked like a small burning fire that starting to grow bigger, If the person was at Greater Earthly State, then their Spiritual Essence most likely looked like a chaotic burning flame, still without colour, still without form, and still without sensation.

Jia Wan Wan once looked Lin Xia Spiritual Essence and also other people who were already at Greater Heavenly State. for Lin Xia, his Spiritual Essence looked like a thunderous blue wolf that roars at the Heaven, his Spiritual Essence was absolutely chaotic yet powerful, when you felt it, you would feel like a person who stood in the presence of an almighty monster, fear and awe would engulf your mind and you would feel like you wanted to run away.

Now, Jia Wan Wan was about to see Ah Fei Spiritual Essence, a genius from the Heavenly Blessing Sect. she was curious to see the Spiritual Essence of someone like Ah Fei. she concentrated her mind and started to venture inside his Spiritual Essence.

She then felt herself standing inside an empty space, she then started to feel Ah Fei Spiritual Essence...

"Ah Fei Spiritual Essence... is so calm, so orderly, and so comforting...I feel like flying...."

As she felt his Spiritual Essence, she could feel the flow of Ah Fei Qi, it was so calm like the flow of river, she felt like she was in a relaxing place, she noticed that she was starting to venture deeper and deeper into Ah Fei Spiritual Essence, She let her consciousness fly to him, but suddenly she realized that she was not venturing inside his Spiritual Essence, it was more like as if The Spiritual Essence pulled her in deeper and deeper.

"Wait! this is not the feeling of flying, this is the feeling of falling!"

Jia Wan Wan was surprised for a bit, she tried to control her consciousness, but she couldn't! like people who fell from the sky, she was unable to do anything, she could move, she could think, she could control herself fully! but it was useless when you are in the middle of falling. She then noticed a presence below her, as if the presence was trying to catch her, but rather than the feeling of security and peace, she felt a sense of helplessness and despair, as if there was no hope for you anymore, as if there were no ropes for you to grab, the feeling of knowing, that the absolute reality of your situation was death...

Jia Wan Wan forced herself to turn back and looked below her, she noticed a black figure sitting on the white floor with its wide black robe covering most of the floor. She felt herself landed little by little on its black robe, she felt comfortable, yet restless, she felt in peace, yet distressed, she felt afraid, yet accepting, the black presence then started to embrace her gently, it pulled her deeper into its overwhelming presence, so comforting, so depressing, so peaceful, so helpless, Jia Wan Wan then thought of something to describe this feeling.

"Is this how it feels.... when you are about to embrace death..."

Jia Wan Wan couldn't move anymore, she just rested herself, deeper and deeper, into Death gentle embrace, until its swallow her whole..........

"Hmm....." Utter Ah Fei

"*Brug!"

Ah Fei quickly but gently hold Jia Wan Wan body with his hand as she about to fell to the floor, he held Jia Wan Wan with one hand embracing her body, he then smiled at her and asked

"How was it?"

The tired Jia Wan Wan who was resting on Ah Fei hand looked at Ah Fei, she then started to sit back and calmed herself down, she touched her forehead and tried to wipe her sweat, she then looked at Ah Fei and thought to herself...

"So that is how Ah Fei Spiritual Essence is, I.... it's hard to explain... his spiritual essence feels like Death itself.... Hah.... but, but, he is not lying when he said he is already at Greater Heavenly State "

Jia Wan Wan was shocked beyond help, Ah Fei was truly scary, Jia Wan Wan didn't know how to express her opinion about him, she grabbed a piece of paper, roll it like it was some kind of stick, burn the tip with the lantern on her house, held it with her 2 hands and said

“Ah Fei, are you a God disguised in human form?....”

Ah Fei just smiled at Jia Wan Wan, and jokingly said

“Yes, I’ve come to stop the war, bring peace to the world and to spread the Dao to mortals”

Jia Wan Wan looked at Ah Fei expression, Jia Wan Wan laughed a bit, she still couldn’t believe that Ah Fei was able to achieve something that people never achieved before, compare to her, he was like the Gods in Heaven, while she was only a Beggar dreaming of Heaven, she didn’t feel down that she was unable to be like him, she just felt a little bit sad that him and her were living in a different world

Jia Wan Wan continued to paint the E Mei mountain quietly, her expression was not as collected as always, Ah Fei saw Jia Wan Wan, with a gentle smile, he leaned his body toward the table then looked at her

“Jia Wan Wan.... would you let me pat your head?”

Jia Wan Wan stopped moving her hand as she heard Ah Fei request, she then looked at him...

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Note:

It was a custom for Chinese people when they worshipped a Deity, they would sometimes burn a stick of incense, Jia Wan Wan burn the roll of paper to show Ah Fei her opinion, that she thought Ah Fei was like a God