Art of Arkean Eon
Chapter 5's

February 9th, on a moor outside Eastcalm City. Dreary skies.

Screeches! The sweet cry of a bird sounded. A giant bird bathed in thunder dived down from the clouds. On his back sat two figures.

Booms!

As the flying bird approached the ground, the entire wilderness trembled like wings.A huge explosion from beyond its lightning snaked into the distance before disappearing.

Two figures descended from the bird's back.

One was a middle-aged woman, the other was an old woman holding a cane.

"Young Sister Huang, you don't need to accompany me any further now that I'm back in my hometown. Go home," said the old woman with a smile while propping herself up with a cane.

"Sister Meng." The middle-aged woman's eyes were filled with tears. Her Meng sister wasn't this old in the past. His injuries showed his age. However, one could still tell that she was beautiful when she was young.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to meet again after this separation," said the old woman with a *******happy. "However, I think I'm fine. At least I can go back to my hometown before I die and spend the last few years here. Those who die in battle are but a pile of dust."

"Sister Meng, just send me a letter if you need my help. I, Huang Xiangning, will do my best," the middle-aged woman said earnestly.

"I'll do it if I need to." The old woman smiled. "All right, come back soon."

The middle-aged woman carefully glanced at the old woman before finally jumping onto the back of the fowl creature. Immediately, the bird flapped its wings and lightning filled the void.

Whooshs.

Accompanied by lightning and thunder, the fowl creature flew into the sky and disappeared into the horizon.

The old woman watched her friend leave before turning to look at Eastcalm City. She smiled.had treated me well, after allowing me to go home. Heaven is back at my roots!

Dong!

Ripples surrounded the old woman as she lightly tapped on the ground with her staff. Numerous ripples spread out in all directions enveloping a 1000 foot radius.

He held onto his staff as he walked towards Eastcalm City completely covered by ripples. Each step he took traveled hundreds of feet. No one seemed to notice him, even as he walked past several traveling merchants along the way. They kept laughing and chatting.

He arrived at the city gate a short while later.

Eastcalm city.

The old woman held onto her staff and stared at the majestic city before her.

This was his hometown where he lived when he was young!

The old woman smiled as she continued forward. Despite the large number of people at the gate, no one saw the old woman including the guards. As if he doesn't exist. He walked through the streets and arrived at the ancestral home of the Meng family.

He entered the ancestral home.

Many clan members were patrolling the ancestral home, but also, none of them could see the old woman.

Inside one of the Gulps! Gulp! Gulp! the courtyard of the ancestral home, a fat elder was drinking in low spirits.

"Pingping, is that a secret drink I'm spying on?" A voice sounded in the courtyard.

The fat elder shuddered in fear. He looked around and could not help but ask, "Third Brother, is that you? Third Brother?"

A smiling old woman with a stick appeared from thin air in the courtyard.

"Third Brother."

The fat elder's eyes reddened. She was the only younger brother of Fairy Meng. The other family elders called him the "Third Brother" because of his practicality. The family clan was too big with a long history of thousands of years. Many families are separated by generations. The name of the fat elder was Meng Yanping, the current leader of the Meng family clan. She was about twenty years younger than Fairy Meng. Therefore, she was raised by Fairy Meng when she was young. He treated her as his sister and mother.

In his heart, his little sister had always been young, beautiful, and almighty. Now, he's very old.

"Why are you crying? Am I not living well?" said the old woman with a smile.

"Third Brother, are you really unable to treat your injuries?" ask the fat elder.

"As long as I don't fight at full strength, I'll stay alive for another eight years" the old woman said calmly. "Godfiend-influenced humans also had a limited lifespan. What to regret? The next few years gave me plenty of time to get the Meng family back on track. Did anything happen when the news of my severe injuries came to illness and death, and Eastcalm Prefecture?"

"Our family broke off the engagement with the Yun family. It was the engagement of the little one, Meng Chuan," said the fat elder.

"The rest, the four Godfiend family clans only engaged in cheap sonme tricks.

"Yes. Back then, Yun Wanhai wanted to use our family engagement as a way to improve his family. Now that I'm seriously injured, it's no surprise that she's canceling her engagement."

The old woman instructed, "Right, Pingping..."

"Third Brother, I am ninety years old. I am the leader of the Meng family clan. Can you call me by my real name?" The fat elder could not help but wail.

"Oh, okay, okay. I won't embarrass you" the old woman said with a smile. "Meng Pingping, gather all the Clan Elders to the Blazing Fire Hall. I want to meet them."

"What is Meng Pingping? My name is Meng Yanping," the fat elder muttered as he quickly went to gather the Elders.

Her sister was like her mother who raised her. He protected her and let her get this far.

Hearing his elder sister call him "Pingping" made Clan Leader Yanping walk with a leap in his step.

......................

The ancestral home of the Meng family, the Hall of Fire Flared.

Only the most important thing about the family clan would get here. The area around the Flaming Fire Hall was heavily guarded today.

In the main hall.

Fairy Meng stood there with her wand. He looked at the placard in the hall: "Fire Flared."

The clan leader and elders all stood up respectfully, not daring to let out a sound.

In terms of age...

Fairy Meng is 112 years old this year. He is the oldest in the family. In terms of strength, Fairy Meng had become a Godfiend at the age of 35. He had protected the Meng family for nearly eighty years and the Meng family had flourished for eighty years. There was no doubt about the prestige he held in the Meng family. With a single command, many clan members would not hesitate to die.

After staring at the words "Fire Blazing" on the plaque for a long time, Fairy Meng turned around. His gaze swept across all the Elders present. All the Elders bowed nervously.

"Is there any talent in the younger generation of our Meng family, who has the chance to become a Godfiend?" ask Fairy Meng. Although the Meng family had taken root in Eastcalm Prefecture for over a thousand years, it had only produced two Godfiends. One was the Yushan Family Head from five hundred years ago, while the other was Fairy Meng. Their era allowed the Meng family to reach its peak. What Fairy Meng wanted the most was...

To be able to nurture the third Godfiend in the history of the family clan.

Initially, he could patiently look for a suitable junior. However, time was very important, and he was worth nurturing.Picking from anyone could only be available.

"Dajiang is quite talented. He discovered the sword secret technique at the age of 19 and gained insight into the Sword Force at the age of 30. Now, he's only 47. There was a glimmer of hope for him to become a Godfiend," said a bald elder.

"Dajiang?"

Fairy Meng looked at Meng Dajiang.

"Auntie." The plump Meng Dajiang immediately bowed.

"Have you condensed your core?" ask Fairy Meng.

Meng Dajiang shook his head.

Fairy Meng frowned. Not condensing the core at the age of 47 made his chances of becoming an epoch Godfiend extremely slim.

"What about the young?" press Fairy Meng.

"Among the young ones, three of them are not bad," Clan Leader Meng Yanping said immediately. "Meng Zhu is 23 years old this year and in the Seamless Realm. He was in the middle of military service at Qinyang Pass. He invented the secret technique at the age of 19. And there's Meng Wenying. He was 16 years old and he achieved Mastery over a larger sword arts notch at 12. There was also Dajiang's son, Meng Chuan. He was 15 this year, achieving Greater Mastery of the best sword arts at the age of 13. Meng Wenying and Meng Chuan were both young, but they had yet to discover the secret technique."

Fairy Meng fell silent.

Meng Zhu only learned the secret technique when she was 19 years old. It's too late for those who become Godfiends! This was because it was unknown when he would get the insights to happen, the chances of him becoming strong. At that time Godfiend became even more distant.

Meng Wenying and Meng Chuan; one was 16, while the other was 15. Time was very narrow, and they had yet to master the secret key technique.

Even if he wanted to choose from the second best, they could not be considered good.

"You can all go back," Fairy Meng said coldly. "For the next few years, juniors of the entire family clan would receive better nurturing. This was an important matter for the family clan. Nothing else replaces this interest. Before I die, I want to see a seedling that has a chance to become a Godfiend."

Clear, seedling. All he could do was spread the net, hoping that a nine to twelve year old would not see anything out of the ordinary to be a genius.

"Yes," the clan leader and the elders replied in unison.

"This issue involves the ups and downs of the family, so there is no room for procrastination. If anyone siphons off the profits when this happens, they will be punished according to family rules." After Fairy Meng said that, she walked out with her cane.