Chapter 5: Pills on Pills

Unfortunately, Jia Yuan had chores to do before he

could leave the village.

Fortunately, the master only had a few chores for him

to do, and Jia Yuan performed them at his quickest speed. After finishing, he

sprinted toward the cave.

He pushed the large boulder blocking the entrance aside and entered..

He looked at the Song.

As part of the dream the previous night, the Elder had showed

him how to acquire the song.

Jia Yuan walked toward the pillar holding the scroll,

and picked the scroll up, then sent a part of his soul into the scroll.

A flurry of information entered Jia Yuan’s brain.

Images, words, and most distinctly, a solemn melody flowed through his mind. However, the melody quickly faded away, and Jia Yuan could only hear some faint drum beats.

Jia Yuan had acquired his Song. In a person’s entire

life, they may only acquire one Song. Even if one grew up an extravagantly rich

household and had endless resources, they would only be able to acquire a single Song, no different from

a commoner. As such, the only way a rich family could ensure success for their child was to provide them with a higher level scroll. As such, medium and high level Songs were in high demand and sold for absurd amounts of fire shards, while the vast majority of the population was left with low level Songs, where were much cheaper. In fact, a typical medium level Song was worth 100x that of a low level Song, while a high level Song was worth about 100x a medium level Song!

Jia Yuan was a slave who had worked his entire life

with only the goal of becoming a foot soldier in the Burning Legion.

Yet he had acquired the Song of Swords.

THe information overwhelmed Jia Yuan's brain, and he sat down to meditate. After about 2 hours, Jia Yuan moved again. The information

that had been coursing through his mind had stopped about an hour ago, but he

had spent yet another hour entranced by his newly found knowledge.

While he did not understand the vast majority of the

information that he had received from the scroll, he was sure of one thing. He

had definitely struck gold.

This is definitely not

a low level scroll. It is definitely at least a medium or high level scroll.

Otherwise, there definitely should not have been such a level of information…

But what element is

this Song?

I thought for sure

that this would be a Song of fire, but it doesn’t seem so.

…

I guess I should just keep training and see how things go.

Jia Yuan was very puzzled, but even this feeling of

puzzlement could not dampen his happiness of receiving a Song.

“Now I should be considered to be in the first level of

Absorption! That means that in two years, I’ll be worth a thousand more

small fire shards than big bro! Haha, I’ll have to tease him when I meet him in

the Burning Legion!”

At that moment, he surveyed his surroundings.

Huh? Where did the pillar go?

The pillar had disappeared, and in its place, was an

ordinary black box.

Jia Yuan reached down and opened the box.

The box was filled with little circular orbs and seemed to

be divided by type. In total, there were eight types of these little orbs, and

there seemed to be over 200 orbs of each type.

Another ghostly image floated out of the box.

”Hello, receiver of the Song of Swords. I am the creator of

these pills, as well as a close friend of the creator of the Song of Swords. At

the time of the creation of this message, the creator of the Song of Swords has

already died. Betrayed by his family, betrayed by his nation, he was a victim

of slaughter. As his last close friend, I felt it my duty to pass on his

greatest success, this Song of Swords.”

“I hope that these pills will help you on your path. Use

them well and bring the Song of Swords to the forefront of the world! Please,

for the sake of this old man and the betrayed creator of your Song,

give us this last shout of defiance.”

“The top four types of pills in the box are used to train the soul,

so that your understanding of the Song may improve by leaps and bounds.” “The

first can be used in the absorption stage, the second can be used during the

manipulation stage, and the third can be used during the True stage, while the

fourth will help you establish the Truth.”

“The bottom four types of pills in the box are used to train the

body. These pills are very precious, and it was only by sacrificing the lives

of thousands of people that these pills were made. As you may or may not know,

the average body can only handle one element of a Song.”

“For example, most people in the Fire Kingdom can only train

in a Song of Fire, because they were only born with the capability to accept

this element. The same applies to the Water Kingdom, Air Kingdom, and Earth

Kingdom.”

“However, there existed a small nation comprised of people with

the element of the Sword, the Sword Kingdom. Alas, my friend was among the royalty of this Kingdom. Unfortunately, his family and friends were tricked by the other

nations, and my friend was betrayed. Soon thereafter, the Sword Nation

collapsed, and the vast majority of the citizens were killed. The land of the

Sword Kingdom was divided amongst the other four nations, and its name has

slowly faded from history.”

“The Sword Kingdom had an important secret. With the

consumption of certain pills, a descendant of the Sword element is able to

train in more than one element. However, training in more than one element puts

great strain on the body. As such, it is almost mandatory to consume a massive amount of pills.”

“I have prepared the required pills for you. There are 200

Fire Pills, 200 Water Pills, 200 Air Pills, and 200 Earth Pills. If you choose

this path, you should train your body while consuming the Pills. Even if you

choose to only train in one element, these pills will help you train in that

element. But since you received the Song of Swords, it means that you are a

descendant of the Sword element, so you are able to train in more than one. It

is my wish, and probably my old friend’s wish as well, that you train in multiple

elements to bring his Song to the pinnacle of the world, but it is

understandable if you are not willing to do so.”

“I would recommend only consuming one type of elemental pill

at a time, as consuming multiple types at the same time could bring about

adverse effects or even death. Also, you will receive a small power boost in

the associated element after consuming a pill. If you are in a situation of

life or death, you can use a pill to boost your fighting prowess during the battle. Just keep in mind that the pills are precious, and using too many in such a matter will mean that you will have less pills to use while properly training.”

“Finally, look at the center of the box. In that small

compartment is a ring. It may look like a bland wooden ring, but it is in fact

a priceless treasure, capable of storing any item. The inside of the ring has a

space of 729 cubic feet. To become the owner and to use it in the future,

simply send a strand of your soul into the ring. If you are the first to do

this, it will recognize you as its only owner, and not allow anyone else to

access the items within.”

“This is all I can do to help you, oh descendant of the

Sword element.”

And with that, the ghostly image faded into the air.