Sun proved to be the most useful of them all to Lin in the days after his second birthday.

As the male tiger grew healthier with Lin's care and daily training, Sun became the boy's transportation from the cave to their new home construction site.

When Lin's father was away, Lin would intensify the tiger's training and teach him new moves be that on hard ground or inside the soft waters of the pool.

He even started to teach Sun how to scale mountains, fast respond to his orders, Lin even started to give the animal more complicated requests.

"Come on Sun, you already know how to do this one! You even did it three times before, why are you refusing to listen to me buddy? Are you bored?"

Lin was confused by his friend's strange attitude, for almost a week now he felt as if Sun is irritated with him.

"Mrrrr....."

Sun rested his head on his paws lazily as he made a sound, unfortunately Lin doesn't understand what does that mean.

"It's alright, how about a treat of steak?"

Lin ruffled his fur as he spoilt him.

"Growl...."

Sun growled faintly and turned on his back to show Lin his belly, he clearly was asking for a tummy rub instead of his back.

"Want to go spend some time with Moon instead? You can go if you want."

Lin smiled and offered his partner to go take a break from all the training.

"Mrrrr....."

When Lin started to give him the complicated orders Sun was clearly happy with the change, especially since Lin made sure to present his training in a fun game simulation.

As he watched Sun leave he started to think about this problem, clearly Sun hit a wall with his training progress.

"The mental chart that I drew of his progress in his training is clearly behind the actual progress, should I change to a simpler routine instead?"

Lin sat alone under the pavilion in front of the pool to think this one thorough.

Sun made very slow progress in his earliest days of training, Lin gave the excuse of Sun being young and not that mentally developed plus the fact of animals inferiority in brain function.

The days he spent with Sun sitting in front of him wagging his tail similar to a whip like a little child in the garden, telling him to push Lin in the pool waters would end up in Lin getting pinned down on the floor.

That gradually developed to Lin getting carried by the tiger like a mother carrying her cub between her teeth, only difference was Lin getting waved left and right like a pendulum by the naughty tiger.

Finally after one month of trying and getting played with by the tiger, Lin managed to get Sun to use his head to push him in the pool waters.

He was happy for it succeeding, and the boy started to make variations in the movements and changed it to a game.

If Lin managed to reach the pool waters before the tiger pushed his butt then Lin wins, if it was the other way then Sun wins.

The tiger found it extremely exciting game in the beginning, then as it got harder the tiger would get bored and rarely responded to Lin's orders.

"The chart of Sun's progress doesn't match the chart of his intelligence chart over the past 15 days, obviously he's at least ahead of this routine by at least 3 moves. Was it wrong to keep repeating old routines? But animals tend to learn only if you repeatedly gave them the exact lesson for extended periods then made it harder on a gradual pace, it's common knowledge!"

"Mrrrrr....."

As Lin got deeper in his analysis Sun returned to him after one hour.

"What's it buddy? You can stay with Moon and Lily for the whole day if you want."

Lin found Sun being clingy and refused to return to play with Moon some more, he even kept nudging him with his head as if urging him to do something.

"Then let's test if this theory of mine is correct, if it turned out to be my mistake for boring you. Then you'll eat my famous steak until you're full tonight, let's go buddy. Go back, some more. Now!"

Lin widen the distance between him and Sun then calculated the exact steps between him and the pool start, after making sure everything is the same as the advanced routine.

Lin started to run in a zigzagging pattern while keeping his back facing Sun as he ran for the pool waters.

"Growl...."

"Whoah.... Hahaha, you did it buddy. You dipglh.... Splash."

Lin laughed aloud as he ended up on Sun's back with a backflip, after pushing Lin's butt up with his head Sun took a high leap with the boy on his back and jumped to the pool.

"You're definitely eating steak tonight, I wasn't aware that you're trying to tell me that you know this move and bored with it. No longer will I make you do boring things for too long since you're so smart, come let's go again one more time before we do the next move."

Lin was very happy with the results of the training for the day, he did 4 more advanced moves successfully with Sun and stopped for the day to make him steak.

"Lin is cooking tonight! Mommy is feeling blessed, Lily we're having steak tonight, little cute Lao grow up to be amazing like your big brother Lin. Make mommy delicious food everyday alright!"

"Giggle..."

"Aren't you the cutest thing ever? No, you're definitely the cutest thing ever!"

Lin's mother exited the cave carrying Lao and found Lin grilling steaks and preparing the table outside, sitting on the recliner by the pool she got busy playing with Lao.

"Half done for me and Moon, let's go chase butterflies Moonie."

Lily exited on top of Moon and gave orders like a spoilt princess then ran for the garden to play with her partner.

"Go play if you want Sun, you did really really good tonight."

Lin scratched his partner behind the ear and throat to please him and told him to go play if he wanted, surprisingly Sun refused and gave Lin a look that said : that's something for Cubs to do, I'm no longer a Cub.

"Alright, one crispy slap of meat with extra sauce coming right up, here you go, watch it since it's still hot. Want me to cut it for you?"

"Growl...."

"Right, I tend to forget about these Claws. Bon appetit."

When Lin's mother saw the interaction between her son and his tiger and compared it with Lily and Moon she saw a clear difference, Sun was acting like a small baby the same as her boy Lao especially when she saw Sun pull the plate with his paw away from the knife in her son's hand, then use one of his claws to hold the meat and the other to cut it.

It was a lot like when Lao would cry if she opened his bottle for him and stubbornly refuse to take it open, her boy was really making her prouder everyday.

She tried to ask her man about what are they making down south of the cave, but the man for the first time tried to avoid the question and didn't tell her.

When she asked Lin he smiled and said that it was a gift for her and a surprise, he kissed her hand and told her to wait patiently for the right time and she'll never regret waiting.

She was feeling a scratch in her mind that wouldn't go away, and she enjoyed it this feeling of wanting to know so bad yet time would seem to refuse to budge.

Days went and Winter arrived again.

The palace south only missed the last finishing touches, but Lin already did his best for the gardens and greenery to grow 3 times faster so, by the time next summer arrives the small family will be ready to move in their new home.

Especially since the father did manage to bringe more than one sample of metal and some of them were novel to Lin, his exploratory nature got ignited by this discovery he even planned to spend the winter forging these new metals and adding electricity to this cave and their new home.

The tunnel linking the cave to the new palace up the mountain was made to enable Lin and his father to keep working during winter, and the father did as Lin asked from him and brought many seeds for flowers and fruit trees even branches and pieces of exotic plants and herbs.

"That Bow, has been installed with the strongest bowstring so far. 5 layers of bowstrings were added, even someone with your strength will find it hard to draw it open. These arrows have also been remodeled to withstand the air pressure after being loosened, ordinary arrows will bend or veer off target by the air currents when aiming for a very far away target. I couldn't make more than 50 of them in the short span you left to hunt."

"Humph, what do you mean I wouldn't be able to draw it open? Are you looking down on your old man now! I'll show you what a full moon means you brat, tsk."

At the last day of Autumn after the family had their last proper meal in the open air for the three months to come, Lin made Sun carry the upgraded Bow and one arrow quiver to his father and told him how much better are they.

The man was displeased with his son's words and snatched the Long Bow in excitement to test it's weight and resistance as he spoke.

"Bet, bet, bet."

Lily started banging with her fists on the table when she saw her father being displeased, despite how reasonable Lin was she knew about his love for gambling and trying his luck.

"So, old man. You in?"

Lin smirked and asked, obviously trying to provoke his father.

"Of course i'm in! You're still light years away from beating your "Old Man" what's the bet? What's in it for me? What do I lose if I lose the bet?"

The ex-caveman was becoming smarter.

"The bet will be you shooting targets, 50 arrows will do for the number of attempts. The target can't be less than 4 km away or it will be pointless since our main objective is to taste the Bow capabilities, you'll gain one month of free liquor and full permission to enter the wine cellar and take what you want. You'll loose your freedom in the next three hunting trips and will do your best watching over Sun-Moon. I think this deal is more than fair."

Lin's mother kept her silence and watched the ongoings between her man and oldest child, she hugged little Lao to her chest and kept faintly teaching him how to speak like Lily taught her.

Lily told her that if she thought that all the babies will be like her first twin shen she'll end up with dumb kids, taking Lily's words as a warning the mother kept doing everything her daughter instructed her to do.

"It's actually to your advantage dad, this Bow should be able to send arrows 5km at least with these arrows. I say you go all in and clean his liqour, he's planning to let it ferment until he reaches the right age and enjoy it. With his character you won't get a second chance like this in the near future."

Lily was more excited than the father, like an addict gambling on the underdog for a chance at the biggest win.

"No, you're not allowed to bully the man anymore, aim northeast at that white peak it's a little less than 4km as well. As if it wasn't enough to ruin his home once, now you want to use the chance to do it again! What if he froze to death? Can you live with it?"

When Lin saw his father prepare to aim northwest at the poor neighbor's mountain he stopped him.

"Let him turn into an icicle, snort."

"Bffft...."

The father said something cruel and the mother found it amusing.

They never wanted to talk about that mysterious neighbor, their mother only said that the man used to live with them and later the mother and father made this cave to live "Alone".

"The wind is blowing from the northeast, don't forget that this is an experiment on these arrows against air currents and pressure. Going against the wind is the best option, so how many shots are you confident on landing? I say about 7 of 10 shots will Miss."

Lin gave his reason with his predictions and Lily nodded.

"Damnit, you're definitely looking down on me. Watch as I beat your odds."

The man took his sideways pose after relaxing his arms for a few seconds, with a straight back and elbows at shoulder level he calmed his breath and slowly started to draw open the extremely resistant bowstring with a nocked arrow between his fingers.

The father took aim at the white peak and let loose of his arrow, drawing the bow open was really hard but the caveman was the same as the Bow.

He was upgraded! Better call it evolved!

"Sou...."

After his son's training his basics figures more than doubled, now he could beat up animals he couldn't before, race animals which he couldn't catch up to in the past.

"Miss, dad was daydreaming. Focus, liqour is at stake here, one month of free entrance to the heavenly cellar."

Lily read the man like a book and gave him the right incentive.

Lin didn't mind, the Bow was hard to use 50 times repeatedly that's why he said the father will miss 7 times out of ten.

"Still the sound of the arrow cutting the air is scary enough, that arrow left my sight and passed the target in two seconds. Good power, I even saw the air fluctuate in it's wake."

Lin's mother spoke as she raised Lao up and leaned him left and right in his cute fur clothes.

"Isn't daddy great? little Lao Lao!"

"Dad... Good... Giggle..."

Lao answered in his cute voice.

"Hahaha Lao is the best baby ever, you're mommy's favorite now, aren't ya!"

"Lao Lao.... Best...."

Even Lin snickered at the two's comical cuteness, Lily was terribly envious.

She climbed up on Moon's back and threw herself on the mother to get some of that excessive amount of motherly love.

"See Lao Lao, mommy is being taken advantage of because of your cuteness, mommy's squeeze hug."

During the trio's fun game, Lin's father let another arrow loose and it also missed.

His target was the tip covered in snow if such an arrow hit it will be very obvious.

"Tsk, dad! You're still not using your back or chest muscles, right now you're only straining your arms needlessly."

Lin gave his father a hint then went to sit on Sun's back, the male tiger obediently crouched for Lin to mount his back he even gave the young boy a lift with his left forelimb.

"He's right dad, your competition is helping you win. Just try to feel the wind, and you'll be alright."

Lily topped Lin's hint with a better advice, as long as it was something that brought Lin to his knees then she's all in.

Just to witness him lose.

"Sou.... Zzzt...."

This third arrow sounded scarier than the previous two, still it also missed and the father felt it easier to use the Bow after taking his kids advices.

"Third miss, you're on a roll dad."

Lin smiled and started to enjoy making fun of his father, but he noticed that the man found the trick to increasing his strength and empowering the shots.

"Snort..."

The man scoffed at his son then relaxed his arms once before taking another arrow from the quiver, once he nocked the arrow snow started to fall.

"Sou.... Vzzzt.... Whoosh...."

This arrow not only made a more frightening sound, it caused a shockwave of air in it's wake and reached the target faster.

"Waah.... Mommy...."

The air shockwave pushed some of the snow at little Lao's face and he was scared into crying.

"Bullseye, dad you didn't miss this time."

"Humph, look what you've done to poor little Lao, I was planning on joining you for a couple of drinks after you win. Who knows, maybe I would've let you do something you didn't do in a long time."

As Lily encouraged her father, Lin's mother got up and carried Lao inside as she did the catwalk Lily taught her.

The man carrying the Bow seemed to find another layer of motivation when he heard his woman speak and his eyes never left her swaying waist until she disappeared in the cave with his youngest son, tightening his grip on the Bow's handle he nodded once to himself and took the fifth arrow from the quiver.

Pulling the bowstring, the ex-caveman did something that made Lin turn his head and give his sister a look.

The corkscrew draw of the bow drawing technique!

Lily shrugged with a smile and watched her father standing under the falling snow.

"Bang.... Vzzzt.... Whooosh.... Boom...."

Once Lin's father let go of the arrow, he was able to see with his eyes the phenomenon of breaking the sound barrier, then a single cylindrical hole devoid of falling snow linked the Bowman to the targeted mountain peak.

Before the shockwave carrying the snow blinded Lin's eyes, he saw a side of the mountain summit starting to fall.

"Growl.... Whoah...."

"Cough..... Cough..... Ptooey....."

Lin almost fell from Sun's back despite being over 30m from his father, Sun was quick to act and covered his body from the snow carrying wind.

Lily was resting in the pavilion somewhat far but snow still forcefully entered her mouth, Lin rested in Sun's cover and enjoyed watching her swallow snow.

Moon hid behind Lily and covered her head with her paws.

"Dad wait, don't continue shooting. You'll only end up hurting yourself."

Lin stopped his father because being exposed to this phenomenon of sound barrier getting broken can lead to heart failure and internal injuries, he only shot 5 arrows so far, add 45 more of these and he can really die or at least get mortally wounded.

Such wounds are child play to Lin in the previous life, but now he's completely helpless against them and can only try alleviate them slightly if they happened.

Stopping them before happening is the best way.

"Ugh, the snow this year is not to my liking at all, he's right dad. You can't continue anymore."

Lily noticed Sun protecting Lin and her Moon hiding behind her small body, she gritted her teeth once then affirmed the words of Lin as she walked closer to her father.

"But, the bet. Does that mean that I lost?"

The ex-caveman squinted slightly at his children and tried to see if they're targeting him intentionally.

"No, you didn't lose. You didn't win either, consider it a tie."

Lily looked at Lin who kept his silence then her father who was unwilling and continued : "However, we can solve this."

She waited for her brother to speak and found him remaining silent, clicking her tongue she turned to look at her father.

"How's that?"

"One arrow to decide the winner."

Lily gave one finger to her father and said as she waited for Lin to speak, but he irritatingly kept quiet.

"Alright, see how it's almost completely removed, this time i'll obliterate that mountain top."

Lin's father was more than happy to end it with one shot, that last shot gave him the feeling of wanting to cough blood but he forcefully endured it.

"Wait, if we end it with one shot without making it hard on you dad then it's unfair for Lin, you need to add another layer of bowstring before taking the shot. That way it will be a true win or lose in one shot, what do you think brother?"

Lily stopped her father and told him the extra condition before the final shot deciding the bet is taken, turning to ask Lin she ruffled Sun's fur as she felt envious.

"I'm okay with the new terms of the bet, but, dad has to wear his full armor for protection. I can lose the bet but I can't lose my dad, that's my only condition."

Lin consented and the trio started to add another layer to the bowstring, 6 layers of bowstrings on the long Bow made from melted bones.

Just opening this Bow to a full moon is considered an achievement of great strength, not to mention aiming.

"Alright, remember dad, after this you can enter and stay inside where it's warm and wet, getting drunk for a whole month. Or, lose and be under your son's mercy for the whole winter, telling you when to drink or not."

After seeing her father in full armor Lily demonically gave him a very flaming speech, the man's eyes reddened in enthusiasm and his morale reached the top limit.

Glaring at his smart boy once he took a very cold breath in and nocked an arrow on the Bow, then after letting the stifled breath out he focused on the far mountain top which is his target and took another breath in and drew his bowstring open.

It was harder and tried to resist his pulling force, but he refused to simply draw it.

He already got the technique of using his back and chest muscles, his pose and form were perfect after Lily drilled him into the perfect shape and positioning.

"Lin will take the chance to add some fun to the family, betting and gambling is a way to cheer the family and spice the air between us."

"You need to be prepared, when he declares his intentions don't be happy or show anything on your face or he'll notice."

"Ask for the rules and such, that's enough to distract him."

"Increasing your power, correcting your form, and most importantly. Never show your absolute best too early, keep your strength hidden until it's time for the finishing strike."

As Lily watched over her father do one finger push-ups and change fingers after every push-up, she told him how they'll scam Lin when he tries to entertain the mother.

As he remembered these moments, Lin's father smiled in glee for having Lily on his side.

"He didn't use his full strength earlier!"

Lin was currently 100m away from his father and hiding partly behind Sun's body as he watched his father draw the 6 layered bowstring open, not only that, he was using the same corkscrew drawing technique as well.

"Arrraagh......"

"BANG...... BZZZT..... WHOOOSH..... BOOOM..... CREAK.... CRASH....."

Lin saw a great swirl of snow behind his father's back and the cylindrical zone connecting the man to the mountain, this time the arrow didn't hit the tip but the center of the mountain.

As the shockwave pushed the snow gathered on the ground towards Lin and Lily's direction, Lin saw the aftereffects of the projectile hitting the mountain like a missile.

One hole in the center, then the mountain imploded from within and rocks and stones started to fly up with the first signs of a mushroom cloud appearing.

As snow covered his sight, Lin heard the sound of large masses of stone falling he even felt slight vibrations underneath his feet.

"Whine..... Howl....."

Sun covered Lin and Lily hid herself underneath Moon's belly and clung to her leg.

"Grunt.... Cough..... Cough....."

Then Lin started to hear the stifling coughs of his father.

Once the shockwave carrying the snow cleared he saw his father kneeling on a single leg and the Bow thrown to the side, a small buddle of blood in front of him and more was coming from the protective part of his helmet.

"Dad..."

"Sun..."

Lily shouted in panic as she tried to get on top of her timid partner's back and head for her father, while Lin ran towards his father and called for Sun.

Lily found it strange because she'll reach her father faster on top of Moon, while Lin choose to run then get on top of Sun after crossing some distance on foot! Just how far can your short feet carry you before Sun reaches you?

Lily was always trying to find ways to compete with Lin, even in such situation she tried to beat Lin in reaching her father's side.

Then she saw a sight, she'll never be able to forget.

"Growl..... Hurry Sun...."

She saw Lin suddenly do the motion of a backflip and Sun, while maintaining his run forward, lower his body underneath her brother then lightly push his butt upwards and continued to run forward.

The end result of this acrobatics stunt was her brother mounting Sun's back and smoothly going forward without the slightest pause in motion, when she was on top of Moon Lin was already jumping down next to her father!

"Fuck me! What was that?"

Lily muttered to herself as she forgot to guide Moon to her father's side.

That simple stunt from Lin, stole the joy of conning him with her father earlier and winning the bet.

"Lily, go get mom. Hurry!"

Lin's call woke her from her daydreams.

"Dad lay down on your back, don't try to speak please."

"Sun bite this and lift it up with me."

Lin started to unstrap his father's armor and remove the pieces with Sun's help, the father was pleased with the win and grinning with bloody teeth from ear to ear and enjoying the sight of the dimming sky and falling snow.

"Hubby, are you alright?"

Lin's mother ran towards them and worry was written all over her face.

"I.... won.... Cough...."

The injured man raised his hand to make a winning fist as he spoke then coughed some more blood.

"Dad! I told you not to speak, it's really dangerous."

Lin frowned at his father and begged him to listen to his advice.

"Humph, since you already know it's dangerous, why didn't you stop this foolish endeavor? Just you wait you two"

The mother glared at Lin and Lily then started to remove her man's armor as she threatened, but her eyes started to get watery

"Cough... Now you'll join.... Cough.... Me for a drink in the nights...."

Even though it was a romantic sight, Lin felt like chocking the man's throat because the sorrier his sight was, the higher the possibility of him getting spanked later.

It already happened once, and he never ever ever wants it to happen again.

"You know that i'll join you even if you didn't win, such a dummy you're. Big idiot, sniff."

The mother gently wiped the blood from her man's face with her sleeve and said as she placed a finger on his lips to stop him fr speaking anymore.

The woman seemed delicate and voluptuous, but she easily carried her man like a princess and hurried to place him on the double king size bed.

Before she got to get angry at the twins and give them a piece of her mind, she found them very busy taking care of her man with anxious looks on their faces.

Especially Lin, he stole glances at her every 10 seconds.

Finally after her man's state stabilized, she saw Lin run for the door room.

"I'll go get the Bow and arrows and close the cave door."

Lin said and sneaked out under the amused eyes of his mother.

"I'll go make some broth for father to get well soon."

When Lily found Lin escaping faster than her, she ran for the kitchen while giving an excuse as she stretched out her lips in defeat.

The mother humphed as she thought : 'It will take much more than that to wash what you monkeys did, i'll take my time to decide the punishment' while watching the twins trying to get on her good side.

Once Lin exited the cave it was starting to get dark and windy outside, the snow didn't stop falling but he was wearing furry clothes keeping him warm.

He wasn't afraid of anything because Sun was next to him, if it was something scary Sun would notify him or carry him and return to the cave.

When he reached the area covered in his father's blood, Lin noticed some rocks of all sizes scattered around the place near the Bow and these rocks weren't there before they took his father inside about an hour ago.

"The radius of the explosion scattered rocks 4km away from the mountain! That's not a Bow, that's a rocket launcher."

Lin was scared by the destructive force of the 6 layered bowstring coupled with the corkscrew technique and the upgraded arrows.

Before he turned his sight to the objective of exiting the cave in this bad weather (the Bow), Lin noticed something reflecting the light of the Moon in his eyes amongst the rocks scattered from the mountain his father shattered with a single arrow.

"What's that? A metal ore!"

Curious about it, Lin pushed the rocks nearby with his foot and reached out to pick it.

"DO YOU WANT TO FLOURISH?"

"Uaaah...."

When Lin caught it he heard that voice in his mind, it was a simple ring from gold or bronze with no ornaments whatsoever.

He didn't get to see it clearly before the voice scared him into dropping it while taking more than 4 steps backwards in fear.

Come on, he's the Great Sage and nothing unreasonable ever happened to him or at least in front of him before.

Now, a talking ring! "Get out and don't waste my time" would've been the answer from Lin if someone said it to him in his earlier life.

Yet, it happened to him now.

And he still couldn't believe it after taking 10 seconds to calm down!

Bending over to catch that simple ring again, slowly this time.

"Who are you?"

If Lily was here right now she'll be on rolling in the floor laughing at his sight talking to a small Ring.

"My name is Jin Bao, Cultivator from the southern continent's Mercenary Guild."

"Huh! Cultivator? Mercenary Guild? What do you want from me?"

When Lin heard the sound say strange things he warily asked, if the answer wasn't to his liking he'll bury this Ring in one of the concrete blocks of his new home.

"Child, right now you're of no use to me, maybe, if you manage to awaken your Martial-Spirit in the future i'll be needing your help. If you couldn't do it before the age of 10 then you're of no use, i'll be feeding on the excess soul energy coming from your body until you die. Then i'll look for another candidate to help me."

"Martial-Spirit? 10 years old? Soul energy? Then what do I do to succeed in awakening this Spirit?"

Lin kept hearing new names and terms that ignited his curiosity from this mysterious talking Ring.

"I once heard from a senior that meditation in the early childhood before reaching the known age of awakening the Spirit which is 6 years old, increases the chances of awakening the Spirit and advancements in the later stages."

"Until you reach the age of 6 years old try not to hurry into training in martial arts or strengthening your body, consider it a warning."

"The Soul, sense your soul and your Spirit will be much easier to awaken. Only this land will make it much harder for you, now, do you accept my legacy?"

Lin listened to the sound of the old man speaking in his mind closely and dissected his words and analyzed the meanings.

"You're not asking for anything if I couldn't awaken my Spirit? Won't you ask me to do anything else?"

Lin still felt something missing from the man's words.

"If you awakened your Spirit then you need to help me gather 5 materials to remould a body for my Soul to relocate from this Ring, if you didn't awaken your Spirit then it's got nothing to do with you. I'll only act once you're dead and search for another person to carry my legacy."

The sound of the old Jin Bao was calm and unhurried, the matter of Lin's accepting or not didn't seem that critical for the man as if he's someone who lost hope.

Lin only heard that tune of voice from people about to die from incurable diseases.

"I accept."

Lin raised the Ring between two fingers and said, he was terribly bored for almost one year with no goal or ambition other than his future plans for a journey to explore the world.

"Drip your blood on the Ring."

Jin Bao said to Lin in the same apathetic tune.

"Should I grab a container and soak this Ring in my blood?"

Lin asked as he got down to grab the Bow, he didn't get a certain estimate from this Jin Bao of how much blood should he drip on the Ring! If it was too many then he needs a container to collect the blood otherwise Lin will bleed to death.

"Huh! A single drop of blood is enough, just prick your finger once and smear it on the ring's surface."

Jin Bao gawked slightly and helplessly told this ignorant barbarian kid.

"Uh-huh alright then, Sun, lend me one of your claws."

Lin nodded then did Jin Bao told him.

"Huh! It's gone! Oy, old Jin Bao. Where did you go?"

Once Lin's blood touched the Ring it disappeared!

He jumped again in shock when this happened and started to look at the ground while calling faintly.

"Sigh, look at your right hand fingers. With a mere thought you can make it disappear or appear, focus on your meditation and be diligent in seeking your awakening."

Jin Bao said then his sound and presence faded from Lin's mind.

"Liiiin.... Snow is piling up inside the cave."

As Lin was looking at his right palm and making the Ring fluctuate between appearing and disappearing in complete wonder, he heard the sound of his mother calling from the cave.

"Uh, mom is still angry we better hurry inside, Sun carry the Bow."

Grabbing the arrow quiver he mounted Sun's back and ordered him to carry the long Bow then hurried up to return to the cave, from that moment Lin's thought process didn't rely on reason or facts anymore after the encounter with Jin Bao and gaining this Ring.

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We lived together.... We were happy.

The big guy always snatched my food and beat me up if I snatched his, still, we were happy.

The big guy always touched the one with the soft chest and beat me up if I did the same, still, we were happy.

The big guy and the one with the soft chest made another hole for themselves and the big guy beat me up when I tried to join them, I am lonely.

Still, I have the shiny thing buried in the sand.

I wanted to give it to the big guy and make him stop beating me all the time, he beat me up before I give it and took my food for himself.

I won't give it away.

They started making small ones, even these things walking on four legs lived with them.

But I have the shiny thing buried in the sand.

The big guy did something that caused my hole to become no more, I was angry because I only managed to escape and all my food was gone.

I am hungry, but I have the shiny thing buried in the sand.

The big guy ended up beating me up again in front of his small one, the small one made sounds with his face and gave me delicious food and things to cover the body and keeps me warm.

I am happy.

I see them making strange things and scary things all the time, but I have the shiny thing buried in the sand.

Today the shiny thing told me to make another hole in another mountain, I am happy.

The shiny thing told me to break these stones and collect the small shiny things next to it, I am happy.

The shiny thing told me to break the whole mountain and dig a great hole, I am happy, but, I am hungry.

No other food is the same as the food the little one gave to me, they're all chewy and hard, I am sad.

But I still have the shiny thing buried in the sand.

I was sleeping in my new hole underneath the mountain when large stones started to fall from above! I am happy.

Now I no longer need to break all these stones when the cold is over.

The shiny thing buried in the sand told me to grab the small shiny things and place them next to it, I need to climb the mountain.

I am cold.

Shiny, shiny, shiny, shiny also shiny.

Shiny things everywhere, I am happy.

"Vzzzzt...... BOOM....."

As the man held his most precious item on his palm and laughed aloud, the final arrow from Lin's father blew up the mountain beneath him.

He floated higher and higher in the sky while wondering what happened, but the happiness in his heart was genuine.

He flied and saw the land he was born in, the setting sun the far away waters and clouds around him.

Spreading his arms like an eagle after carelessly letting go of the circular shiny thing that he considered his most valuable thing for more than 15 years, the man was truly happy as he went higher.

"Scree....."

Before he got to enjoy the fun of flying for long his body got covered by a shadow, and darkness replaced the light around him.

The same large bird Lin saw before noticed the explosion of the mountain, and before it got to fly towards the cave Lin's family lives in.

It saw this strange human who shouldn't be able to fly, fly higher than it!

That was an insult to the bird who rules this part of the sky, it charged right behind him and swallowed him whole in one bite.

That was too easy!

Never mind, he'll do as a snack.

Crunch!

He still dares to resist? Ouch!

The fight between the king of this Sky and the caveman was gruesome, and the bird ended up not being able to overcome the man in it's mouth.

Like a cockroach he refused to be swallowed or crushed between it's beak, after the 90m large bird had some wounds in the interior of it's mouth and throat.

It decided to go up and spit him, humph.

Refuse to be eaten by this king? Then fall to your death.

Lin's neighbor fought bravely, and died after sending him the gift that will change his life in the few years to come.

Really change his life.

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"Snort, what took you so long?"

Once Lin entered and closed the cave door his mother exited the parents room and snapped at him while supporting her waist with one hand and waving the other in the air.

"Sorry mom, I got distracted."

Lin was in an excellent mood, he didn't argue with his mother and admitted his wrongdoings.

"Humph, Lily is feeding your father, you, what're you going to do?"

Squinting her eyes at Lin, the mother was clearly asking Lin how he'll redeem himself.

"I can take care of little Lao."

Lin pointed at the small brother playing with his toys.

"No, Lily said she'll take care of that after feeding your father, what else."

The mother smiled a smile that wasn't a smile and told Lin to seek another way of redemption.

"Cook food."

"Lily will take care of that too, what else?"

"Take care of the laundry?"

"......"

"Give you a daily massage?"

"......."

"Sigh."

Lin sighed and turned his back to his mom, lowered his trouser and showed her his butt.

'Lily you evil bitch, wicked evil bitch. You cornered me, I will make sure to make you grovel under my feet to know the secrets of my new discovery. Go on mom, spank until the hands fall off' Lin was fuming inside while bending over and waiting for his punishment.

"So smooth and soft, mommy is envious of little Lin's bottom. Can I touch it everyday?"

When Lin's mother started to feel his butt with her tender fingers he felt electricity run through his body, then he heard her words and knew he wasn't going to be punished.

His mother was teasing him all this time and he gave her such a shameful sight!

At once, he raised his pants and ran for his room with blushing cheeks under the uproarious laughs of his mom.

"Little Lin, this will be our little secret."

Feeling her treasured eldest son being full of shame as he ran for his room, the mother said after laughing for a while.

She laid on her side lazily on the couch and ate some of the grapes her son planted, she was going to let her husband start finish inside on their winter fun games to make another baby.

Now according to her kids she's forbidden from doing that activity with her man for a month, she was bored and will be enjoying teasing her little Lin for that month.

"Mom, do you want a massage?"

Lily peaked her head from the parents room after feeding her father and letting him sleep, then she tried to get on her mother's good side to avoid punishment.

"Oh, thank you Lily I would love to."

Lazily she answered her daughter, while knowing all too well what she wants.

"Mommy, did something happen with Lin before."

Lily expertly pressed the right spots as she asked her moaning with comfort mother.

"Mmm yes that's the spot, something did happen."

When Lin heard his mother's reply he got nervous and worried, if she told Lily then his situation will become very awkward in the coming days.

'Come on mom, you promised to keep it a secret' Lin was about to head outside and stop his mom when he heard her continue speaking.

"But, that's something between..... Mnnnnh me and Lin, why do you ask Lily."

Sighing in relief, Lin rested his back on his bed and looked at the golden Ring on his hand with a smile.

'Safe, for now' he thought as he made plans on how to distract Lily from that instance towards the topic of Jin Bao.

"Won't you tell me mommy? Me and Lin are twins, we should know everything about each other."

"No, sorry not this one, I promised to keep it a secret."

"Stingy."

"Hehehehe, don't forget to take care of little Lao while I take my nap, I expect the food to be ready when I wake up, laundry basket next to the water tank. Thanks for the massage Lily, you're a good girl mommy loves you very very much."

Lin bursted out laughing in his room when he heard his mother's words.

"Come Lao, let's play in our room."

Giving her smiling mother one last look of unwillingness, Lily grabbed Lao's hand and walked to the kid's room.

She was planning on confronting Lin who managed to miraculously avoid her trap of humiliation, he seemed to be free unlike her with too many responsibilities on her shoulder for a month.

"Oh, look who's here, parasite. Is it babysitting time or cooking time, uh, maybe it's maid time. Go on go on, make this room livelier as you teach Lao."

Lin stepped all over Lily's face because of what she tried to do earlier and enjoyed watching her gritting her teeth.

"Oy, shitty sage of nowhere, you lost the bet. Accept your loss like a man."

Lily used the losing card on Lin, unfortunately for her, right now, Lin didn't care about all the liquor in the cellar.

"I accept my loss, anything else? Dear P A R A S I T E."

Lin was calm in the face of provocation from his sister and fueled her displeasure with his counter provocation.

"Hrmm, what happened?"

Lily felt something different with her brother, and asked him as she hugged his neck.

She liked his defiant attitude and kept herself close to his body to anger him, he never liked it when she got touchy feely with him.

"Oh, nothing happened, only dreams come true."

Lin unusually hugged his sister's waist with his left hand and raised his right hand in front of her face, then very quickly made the Ring appear and disappear once as he spoke.

"Huh!"

Lily's eyes enlarged and her curiosity was peaked in a split second.

She snatched Lin's hand and kept turning it face up and face down in confusion, magic tricks wouldn't be able to elude her eyes.

She was sure of what she saw, a Golden Ring!

But, how can it disappear?

"What did you do? Where's that Ring? Where did you find it?"

Lily pushed Lin on his chest and repeatedly asked.

"Uwah such a violent girl, don't hit me."

Playfully, Lin jumped on his bed to avoid Lily's reach as he spoke.

"You're not allowed to run, hnnngh, now speak."

Lily chased Lin and pushed his body underneath her and sat on his belly then asked from her dominant position.

"You're a naughty girl who wouldn't behave herself, why would I tell you? You'll only cause more mischief and troubles for me. Only if you give me a true promise to be obedient forever will I let you in to the secret, believe me, this one is looking to be much more fun than what we experienced in the previous life."

Lin willingly made the Ring appear again on his finger and even let Lily take it off his finger, when he made the Ring disappear it returned to his finger again and Lily gawked in shock as the Ring in her hand returned to Lin's finger.

"Just what is that ring?"

Lily was excited about this strange item like a cat following a dot of light.

"Are you in? Or are you out? Behave or mischief?"

Lin smiled as he watched his the pigtails on his sister's head shake with her excitement and offered.

"En, I will be good, I promise. Now tell me."

Lily slept next to her brother and hugged his hand wearing the Ring and asked, something that's more fun than what happened before in the previous life isn't a small thing at all.

"Inside it there's a cultivator called Jin Bao...."

Lin told Lily everything about that Ring and what Jin Bao said to him about Martial-Spirits awakening, meditation, Soul.

"Such a thing even exist! Uh, that thing you did earlier with Sun, how did you teach him these tricks."

Lily remembered the acrobatic stunt with Sun and asked as she hugged her big brother.

"I discovered that Sun's mental capabilities exceed other animals, you see in the beginning he was stubborn and refused to do what I wanted him to do...."

Then he started to teach the amazed Lily about the discoveries he found in Sun as the training progressed.

"No wonder why I felt Moon being a dummy whenever she was with Sun, following behind everywhere he goes. No I need to teach her to be smart, or your pet will take advantage of mine."

Lily was startled and got up to find Moon as she spoke.

Unaware that this topic will actually happen sometime in the future, poor Lin will literally barge in when it happens and he'll bear the consequences of his partner's act.

"Don't forget to meditate Lily, that whole thing wouldn't happen unless we awaken our Spirit."

Lin reminded his leaving sister and shook his head at her lackluster reaction, but he wasn't worried about a thing.

Lily might seem careless but she was someone who knew what to do and how to take care of herself on top of taking care of her family.

"Well, let's start with my first meditation session."

Lin sat cross-legged and tried to reach the optimum state.

"Ka ba bam.... Bew bew.... Aaa...."

Little Lao was a few meters away from Lin and playing with his toys.

Who would be able to meditate next to that noise?

"Little Lao draw something with your colors."

Lin gave him some colors and papers to draw instead.

"Tear..... Tear..... Crunch.... Crack...."

Lao tore the papers and broke the color sticks.

"Wanna sleep? It's getting late."

"Hug.... Lin.... Hug...."

Lao got up on shaky legs and threw himself on Lin to cuddle him while yawning slightly.

"Come little Lao let's tuck you to sleep."

Sighing, Lin decided to meditate away from Lao from now on, he couldn't remove the distractions once.