Light Cultivation
Eps. 9 — Demon Gems
“Chen’er is my son, my wife and I who took care of him since baby.” Jian Wu said after a few seconds, one of his hands stroked Jian Chen's head.
Jian Chen smiled. When he first read the news Jian Chen did not care whether they were genuine parents or not, Jian Chen still considered Jian Wu and Jian Ran to be his father and mother.
Jian Chen loved his parents more than anything, including his own life. He also considered that he was a descendant of the Jian Clan.
Jian Ya nodded. “That means there is a possibility that Jian Chen is someone who was chosen. It's just that I don't understand, why Chen’er has such a rare type of element but the lighting is dim. Shouldn't his talent not be rend.. The point is I don't know the reason Chen’er's destiny can be born in our clan like this” Jian Ya looked at Jian Chen's face more thoroughly, he said, he found nothing special about her.
“Will the chairman hide this fact from the Jian Clan?” Jian Wu asked, he thought the existence of Jian Chen was something bad
“Hide? Wh why? I'm glad to hear this news.” Jian Ya then took out something behind her dress. “This is my gift to Chen’er, a stealth gem and some pills.”
“This..” Jian Wu who received it hesitated a little.
“This is something small, I want Senior Wu to train Jian Chen even more vigorously, I give this so that Chen’er can get stronger.”
“Thanks, Clan Leader.” Jian Wu was deeply moved, he was so happy that his son could be glimpsed by a person like Jian Ya, the number one person of the Jian Clan.
“Chen’er, you have to learn again. I'm sure you'll be the number one hero in the province.”
Smiling, Jian Ya poked Jian Chen's nose which made the empress misbehave as she looked at her face without blinking.
“Te-thank you chairman, junior won't let you down..”.
Jian Chen stood up from his seat then fused his hands together, paying respect to Jian Ya.
“It's okay, as the chairman, Big Brother should indeed help children like you.” Jian Ya stroked Jian Chen's hair.
After that, Jian Chen or Jian Wu said goodbye to go home because it was already afternoon. Jian Ya smiled, saying that she would probably stop by her house in the near future.
As the father and son were leaving, Jian Ya then turned to look at the Soul Readers Ball that was still on the table. He furrowed his brows as he found the golden light Jian Chen had left was still there.
The previously dim light began to glow brighter as time went on, the golden color was even brighter than the twilight.
“This, why can it be this bright.” Jian Ya difficult to hide her surprise.
Stunned by his astonishment, it suddenly created a fine crack on the glass ball of the Soul Reader. The crack grew so much that eventually the glass ball of the Soul reader shattered into fragments.
“This... is this real..” Jian Ya gulped his saliva.
According to the history Jian Ya knew, if the glass ball of the Soul Reader were to crack then two possibilities would occur. First because the tool is old and damaged, and second because the glass ball can not hold something in it.
Jian Ya still remembered the Soul Reader Ball was a tool that was still newly purchased by his clan. This means it's the second possibility that makes sense.
“That kid from Senior Wu has a terrible talent even my light used to be not that bright. My present talent is like a child in front of him.” Inexplicably talking about this made Jian Ya goosebumps. “It looks like Jian Chen was no ordinary child.”
***
“Chen’er, do not think about your talent, low or no talent will be meaningless if not accompanied by hard work.”
Jian Wu thought that Jian Chen looked quiet during the trip for thinking about his low talent so Jian Wu wanted to comfort or motivate him.
Had Jian Wu known, Jian Chen had not thought about it, he already knew what had happened including his father's reaction. Jian Chen was thinking of something that made him wonder.
‘Life before when I had tested talent, the people around me regretted about my light element with my low talent. Today it is quite the opposite, because there is a Clan Leader there and no one who sees, it makes the conditions different.’
It was still remembered fresh when Jian Wu was struck with Jian Chen's low talent in his previous life.
Jian Chen had rare elements but lacked sufficient talent, it was the same as planting expensive seedlings but not being able to grow them, meaningless.
Jian Wu could only comfort his son so as not to despair in fighting. He would also try to train Jian Chen as best he could.
Jian Chen smiled. “Thanks, Dad. I'll keep trying.”
Seeing the reaction of his already optimistic son, Jian Wu laughed. Randomize Jian Chen's hair.
Jian Chen was of course very confident with his current self, he was not an innocent 12-year-old boy but one who had become a great swordsman in his previous life.
He could have been a genius in this clan or even the most formidable genius in his province. It was an easy matter but that was not Jian Chen's main goal right now.
The first mission he has to do now is how to save his destroyed village 4 more years.
Like his father said, the Soul Reading Ball is just a tool. As long as a person works hard and tries he will still be able to become a high swordsman.
Jian Chen had a friend in his previous life who experienced it, he was a great swordsman but had low talent in talent tests, it proved that the Soul Readers Ball was just a cover picture.
It did not feel that the two stepped finally reached the courtyard of the house. Jian Ran welcomed their return while asking about Jian Chen.
The smile that was previously plastered clearly started to fade away when Jian Wu did not cover up the incident earlier in the Pavilion. Jian Ran's feelings were jumbled between happy and sad.
Glad that Jian Chen was so cared for by the clan head and saddened by Jian Chen's talent that did not match his expectations.
“Chen’er, no one expects you to be perfect, they just want you to do your best.” Jian Ran hugged Jian Chen so that his son would not be sad.
The treatment did indeed touch Jian Chen's heart, not feeling his tears coming out involuntarily. “Mother..”
Jian Ran smiled with that, he wiped the tears on his son's cheeks.
“Now eat, Mom has cooked well today..”.
Jian Chen nodded, wiping his tears which again came out, he smiled widely.
***
During the night, Jian Chen did not go straight to sleep but instead looked at the red gems and pills given by Jian Ya earlier.
What shocked Jian Chen was that red gem which was none other than the demon gems that the clan head had given him.
The stealth gems served to increase the inner power capacity on the swordsman's body and this was what Jian Chen needed now.
The stealth gem, which is the size of a hand grip, has a hard density that shows how good it is. The harder the density, the better the stealth gem will be.
Jian Chen guessed that the demon gems held by his hands were now in their 30s.
Demon gems as the name suggests are derived from the core of the demon.the demon lives in the forest like ordinary animals, the difference from demons and ordinary animals is the location of its different strengths, which is different, you could say that stealth is the evolution of animals.
Old and strong demons usually have good gem quality.
Jian Chen needed the Demon Gems for his cultivation enhancement, he had to rise to the next stage and could not possibly be as weak as this continuously.
By closing his eyes and concentrating, Jian Chen began to absorb the stealth gems on his body. It flows from the hand toward its dantian, where the inner energy is located.
After an hour had passed, Jian Chen opened his eyes as he had absorbed the stealth gems entirely. Jian Chen opened his palm and found that the red gem had already turned into an ordinary chunk of stone.
By absorbing the demon gems, Jian Chen felt his inner circle of energy increase. If previously he had 3 circles now there are 7 new circles created.