Drunken Master

Chapter 3: Bold Statement.

Su Jin finally saw sunlight after cultivating for a full ten years even though he didn't know, the scenery on the surface was quite beautiful. Beautiful flowers grew on the green healthy grass and the tall trees provided fresh air, it was a perfect place if one wanted to relax or if lovers were out on a date. Seeing this, Su Jin felt all his worries disappear and his mind also became clear of any disturbing thoughts. 

The other two also felt relaxed, to stumble on the underground cavern could be considered their luck or bad luck. They were just chilling when the young man suddenly fell into the hole, flustered, the young girl also jumped in to save him. Never did they ever think that instead of treasures, they'd disturb a powerful cultivator who was sleeping, a drunkard to boot. "Lead the way." Su Jin dragged them out of their thoughts and they started their journey to the capital city. 

It wasn't long before Su Jin stopped them, "Hey, can you smell that?" he asked. The duo also sniffed around but couldn't smell anything except for Su Jin's strong alcohol scent that caused them a headache just thinking about it. Excitement filled Su Jin's eyes as he rushed towards a certain direction, the two followed behind him, fortunately they were at the Outer region of the Silent Forest and this place didn't have many dangers. 

After running for a minute or so they stopped, not because there was any danger but because Su Jin had also stopped, in front of them was a huge tree, about five hundred meters tall and would take about twenty adults to hug the tree. What confused the two was that there was nothing special about this tree or at least judging from their observation there wasn't. 

Su Jin was so excited that he couldn't even stop himself from shaking as he slowly approached the tree, the grass around the tree was really tall, measuring up to a meter in length. Su Jin then bent his waist, trying to pick something up obviously but before he could pick it up, he felt slight danger and jumped meters away from the tree. A huge python then rose from the ground, there was a red flower on its head and a small gourd hanging besides it. 

The python was huge and its head was almost the same size that of the tree's stem, it was white in colour with a pitch black tongue. The two youngsters were also frightened when they saw the huge python which had only shone its head. "Human, how dare you try to steal my Blood Purifying Flower, courting death!"

This was a magical beast which was different from an ordinary snake. Magical beasts are capable of cultivating just like humans and their strength is separated by ranks from first to the ninth rank and no one has ever seen a ninth rank magical beast. The python was called Wealth Blessed Python due to how rich and lucky they were, whenever a treasure was discovered, the Wealth Blessed Python would already have claimed it and they hid many treasures in their holes. 

"Don't be mistaken, I have no interest in your Blood Purifying Flower but the small gourd hanging besides it. If you give it to me, I won't disturb your rest and will immediately leave." Su Jin's eyes burned when he looked at the gourd. The python wanted to refuse but when it sensed Su Jin's aura, it knew that it wouldn't be beneficial for it if they were to fight, besides, it was also very close to breaking through to the Unification Realm. 

Still, the python was very smart, it first studied the small gourd and when it saw that it wasn't anything special, it tossed the gourd over, "You've obtained what you wanted now leave!" Su Jin didn't immediately leave. He opened the gourd and a strong wine aroma of wine permeated the air, the two behind him became drowsy just by inhaling the aroma, even the python was slightly affected. Su Jin then greedily gulped down the wine inside before exclaiming, "Good wine!"

The gourd imprint on his forehead was shining in a golden light as Su Jin's face became flushed red. "For giving me my gourd back, I'll give you something in return. Show me your cultivation technique." seriously spoke Su Jin. The two behind him had strange expressions on their faces, even the python was angry. Asking someone about their cultivation technique was taboo because it was the same as someone demanding that you strip naked in front of them just because they wanted to have a look. 

Seeing how tense the mood was, he quickly explained, "Don't misunderstand. I don't crave for your cultivation technique nor do I have any ill intentions towards it or you. I won't force you if you don't want to." "Why do you want to see it?" the snake didn't immediately reject Su Jin. Judging from his appearance, it was obvious that he was pretty young but was already at the peak of the Soul Forming Realm. 

"To see if it has any flaws ofcourse and help you improve it or give you pointers if there are any." Su Jin didn't hide anything and straight out spoke about his objective. The python laughed hard as if it had heard the most funniest joke, even the two looked at Su Jin as if he was crazy, humans and magical beasts were fundamentally different so even their ways of cultivation were different and here was Su Jin trying to give a magical beast some pointers in their cultivation technique. No one in this world would dare make such a bold statement.

Seeing how serious Su Jin was, it knew that Su Jin wasn't joking and sent a glow that struck in between Su Jin's eyebrows or rather his gourd imprint. There was no harm in showing Su Jin's its cultivation technique as humans couldn't understand a thing about it. Su Jin stood there, motionless with a dazed expression. Inside his Soul Sea was his Gourd Soul that he had formed which had many mysterious carvings.

The Gourd Soul then absorbed the cultivation technique and started glowing, it carvings changed continuously until they resembled the white python which had its mouth opened as if it was trying to swallow the heavens themselves. Su Jin started moving in a non human way as he spoke, the Spirit Qi in the surroundings surged towards him as if he were controlling it. 

"My entire body doesn't just slither in the ground, my body connects with the earth while my raised that's raised up high devours the heavens above it to become a dragon. This is the path I follow!" when Su Jin spoke these words, a snake much larger than this one formed behind him as it opened its mouth and devoured all the Spirit Qi in the surroundings before it shot for the heavens above it. 

ROOOAAARRR!!!

A dragon's roar in the ears of all those present, the python had already entered a profound state, its body had dug out from the ground and was coiled around the tree roots, if it wasn't coiled, it would definitely be very long. The two youngsters couldn't believe that Su Jin had comprehended the cultivation technique of a magical beast and at such a short time. He then came back to his senses, the imprint on his forehead had returned to normal but something about him felt different, in the youngsters eyes, Su Jin had become a deity, a being above everything and everyone. 

Before they could ask him what exactly had happened, something more magical happened, the white python copied what the snake that Su Jin had created did, waves of Spirit Qi surged towards it and it opened its huge mouth and devoured it all, it then looked at the sky and shot towards it. Clouds condensed in the sky as strong rumbling shook the earth, it was then struck by lightning bolts but didn't care, some lightning bolts were even swallowed by it.

The pressure emitted by the clouds made it that all creatures in the Silent Forest including humans dare not look up,all those feeling the pressure felt their hearts palpitate as if they were war drums. The white python reached the highest point and the clouds dispersed when this point was reached and the snake became white mist that continuously shrank in size until it was the same height as an adult human, it turned into a human body before slowly descending the ground. 

Since the Silent Forest was full of huge trees, no one knew what exactly caused this uproar except for cultivators who were very knowledgeable or had lived for a very long time. The human body of the python was that of a young man wearing pure white robes made of scales, two tiny horns protruded from the young man and his eyes had slits like that of cats or crocodiles. No aura leaked out from the body, "Thank you human for the grace you've shown me, without your guidance, I'd probably would have wasted many years without the certainty of even reaching a higher realm. As a gift, I'm offering everything inside my nest, you can use it as you wish. May I know my benefactors name?"

"My name is Jin, Su Jin!" at this point, Su Jin seemed larger than the world and looked unfathomable, the snake man said it again and again as if he wanted to embed it on his mind. "Well Su Jin, I hope the next time we meet, we'd both have reached new realms in our cultivation bases." then disappeared, it didn't even allow Su Jin to refuse such a gift. Looking inside the nest, the were many treasures, Su Jin didn't recognise a single thing here except for a beautiful ring which was actually a storage artifact. After collecting everything, he left with the two youngsters, their destination, the capital city. 

Not long after they left, a few people wearing clothes appeared in the same place where Su Jin and the python were, "I wonder from which clan the one who broke through here comes from. From the looks of the nest, he's probably very young too. This generation truly has many talented youngsters, it's only a matter of time before they surpass us from the older generation." even though they were talking, one couldn't distinguish whether they were male or female. "Let's leave before the humans come here to investigate. It would be very bad if we were to clash with them right now." they then also disappeared. 

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After a day of travel, Su Jin looked at the huge tree in front of him as many memories resurfaced in his mind, almost his entire childhood was spent here, both good and bad memories were also created here, this was the exact same tree that Su Jin used to nap under, "Let's go!" his mood became bad when he thought of the day he was kidnapped and killed and could only imagine how devastated Huizhong had been. When he thought of his child, his mood immediately became good again, excitement and anticipation filled his heart.

They soon reached the city but it wasn't as bustling as he remembered it to be and also seemed to be a little desolate, it didn't take a smart person to realise that something was wrong and he urged the two youngsters to make haste. It didn't take long to reach the city lord's residence. "Father, I've returned!"