Liuxiang continued to stare at me with his blank expression, as if unsure of what I meant, but he sat silently to allow me to continue.“I… it’s very complicated but to put it very simply, my soul has two halves. One that lived its life in this world as Yuan for almost twenty years, unaware of his past life almost completely. And the other that slept through it all, only knowing the past life it’d lived and nothing else,” I looked down, petting Twilight’s head gently as she chimed, not understanding a word I meant but still happy to be listening. Feeling a bit more calm, I looked up to meet Liuxiang’s eyes.“I was that half. I woke up from a head injury a couple months ago in a spar and found myself here, lost and confused with memories I did not recognise or understand. And so I tried to put myself away from danger at first, thinking I would run from the sect and be free. It didn’t take more than a couple of minutes to realize that it wouldn’t be so easy to wander around with nothing

The morning rays filtered in over the horizon, touching upon the gathered crowd standing around. A light breeze rustled my hair as Flee crackled with purple lightning, flickering her ears in nervous anticipation.I raised my hand, petting Flee’s fuzzy head, echoing her nervous excitement.“Chirp!” Ren exclaimed, bumping his head against my hand, as I held him. Twilight chimed alongside Ren, excitedly twirling as she sat upon my head. I grinned at the excitement I felt from Twilight, and her desire to explore and an undercurrent of the desire to hunt.My hand went into one of my sleeves, feeling at the drugnades present inside, and the single Gu-nade which I hoped I didn’t need to use. I scanned the crowds present, glancing at the various cultivators standing around, wearing the robes of the outer sect. I felt slightly out of place as I stood among the many young cultivators, some extremely so, looking close to 14 years old and so on.We’d all gathered just outside a little section of

Lightning crackled in a spiral of purple, gathering around Flee’s body with rising fury. I watched as Flee leapt from my shoulders, glowing a bright purple as a powerful beam of lightning surges from her body and shot towards the boy.I watched as the guy’s eyes widened in shock at seeing the lunar lightning rushing towards him. Mist exploded around him, as the boy leapt, gracefully lifting off the ground briefly for a moment. The purple lightning struck the cloud of mist a moment later, spreading across the cloud, making it look like a thunder cloud hanging near the ground.I didn’t waste time, quickly commanding Flee for the next move. “Flee, thunderbolt again!” I shouted, but sent a different thought to her through our bond.“Aim a few crescents near the ground, to trip him while you pretend to throw lightning.”Flee gave me a mental acknowledgement, and I grinned, watching my thunder rat crackle in all her glory as she shot towards the boy. Lightning surged around Flee once more,

Lightning crackled in Flee’s core, as she waited in ambush for her Master’s signal. Her Qi was replenished by now by the bond with her Master, and Flee felt as ready to go as she could be. Her ears flicked in joy, as she felt the scent of the burning Qi of the sun coming from the two medallions up ahead.It touched against her Lunar Qi, calling to it. Like the Yang for her Yin.Joy filled Flee’s heart to finally be able to help out her great Master like such. He’d relied on her, back during the fight. He’d let her take the charge and show that she was worthy of being his spirit, someone to follow him on his path. She’d failed him once, back against the wrath of the heavens, and she’d sworn to never be so useless again.It was time to prove that.“Okay, Flee. Are you ready?” her Master’s voice asked her.“Flee is ready!” she quickly sent by.“Good, wait for my word before going in. Speed will be the key, remember that. Just go in and get the medallions, I’ll take care of the rest,” her

“Brother, don’t you think that the boy there had been similar to that odd book we’d grabbed?” Li said in a quiet whisper, as he walked with his brother.“Perhaps. But he looked to be older than everyone else around, and I noted nothing special about the boy, besides the fact that he had a turtle next to him. The girl sitting right next had caught my attention a lot more,” Lei replied, glancing over at his brother, who crackled with barely contained energy.The two of them had quickly fought and grabbed a hold of the medallions, passing the selection round with ease. Lei wondered why they ever bothered conducting these, it was obvious that the only competition the two of them had was from each other.“Do you think we should perhaps share the book with the Elder?” Li asked.“And achieve what? Strength is all that matters Li, you know this. And cousin Yan Yun is still the clan heir. A mere book or two will simply be brushed to the side and taken care of. Not to mention, how will you expl