Gift

"No need for that, there isn't much that you need to know again, come back here tomorrow, your training would officially begin, you can leave now" Master Yang said has he then waved his hands, with this he raised his feet and walked farther from Lee.

Lee nodded his head and gave a deep bow, with this he walked out of the shop. 

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Outside the shop

"Master Yang is not only arrogant but sly, with a teacher like him, I don't need to be emotionally attached, it would be pretty easy to find a better teacher when i reach Master Grindsea's sect!" Lee quickly resolved in his heart, though he didn't have a favourable expression of Master Yang, he was extremely excited about the fact that he had become the disciple of the famous arrogant blacksmith, with this his status would immediately skyrocket, as a lot had tried but failed.

Lee lifted his steps, but he hadn't walked far when Azure popped out of his garment, Lee couldn't help but wonder how the cub was able to sleep comfortably while he was fiercely battling with Bloodsnake. Azure quickly sat on his shoulder and then Lee merged with the human crowd till his figure vanished.

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"You sleep a lot boy!" 

Lee who immediately after he returned from Master Yang's shop hit the hay, he slept for hours, till the sun returned to the horizon and night came.

Lee who had been slowly yawning, suddenly sprang up upon hearing the coarse strange voice in his room, where he assumed should be only him present.

"Father, that wasn't nice at all" Lee pursued his lips, and couldn't help but frown a little.

"Hey, you slept all day, did you lift mountains at Master Yang's place" Skyfire who was sitting quietly on the only chair in Lee's room, said with s grin on his face.

"Ohh, Master Yang" Upon hearing this name, Lee's eyes lit up and then a slight smile appeared on his face.

"Father, I have a surprise for you!" 

"And, what could that be?!" Skyfire said while he slowly rubbed his chin.

"I've become the disciple of Master Yang!" Lee poured out excitedly.

"Ohh!" Skyfire was extremely surprised, was it the same arrogant blacksmith, who even he had to respect, take his son as a disciple, if Master Yang was a powerful cultivator, he would have assumed the man had been attracted by his son's talent, but a blacksmith... his son had never practiced forging before, there wasn't any connection!

"Lee, tell me all that happened?" Skyfire immediately asked, all of it seemed outlandish to him.

"Ok, when I first arrived at...." Lee began to narrate everything that happened, and didn't leave out his battle with Bloodsnake, and how shameless Master Yang had acted.

"Lee, you are already at the second stage of spiritual refinement?....How did you do that?" Skyfire felt has though his head was eddying, in just two weeks!

" I was just lucky father!" Lee couldn't tell that Azure supplied him with mystical cores, it was too big a matter, not that he didn't trust his father, but sometimes certain issues are better left unknown!

Skyfire stared at his son, and began to wonder how the lad reached the second stage in few weeks, he was very experienced and so he knew that opening spiritual paths needed an enormous supply of energy in addition to talent.

Lee had the talent, but for the supply of energy, he didn't know where the lad got that.

"*Sigh*"

"Whatever means he used I don't care as long as it isn't vicious and unscrupulous, I'm satisfied!" 

"That arrogant Yang, he tried to use such means, If Bloodsnake had defeated you, he would still accept you, but it would seem as though he did it out of pity, I don't like the character of that blacksmith!"

"Lee are you sure you want to become a blacksmith, you know as a swordsman!" Skyfire couldn't help but ask worriedly.

"Father, I want to, though master Yang words can't be trusted, there is still an iota of truth in his explanation"

"But if things doesn't turn out the way he says, I have nothing to lose, I would just quit!"

"Ohh, that's good" Skyfire nodded his head, he was satisfied with Lee's thought.

"But, son you should be proud, if those elders, especially that elder chu hears you have become the disciple of Master Yang, haha...I can't wait to see the expression on his face"

"Hahaha" Lee chuckled, the father and son duo should be ready for a heart attack.

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Darkness dispersed and light took turn, bringing in the morning gladness, creatures staring at the scorching sun which never lose it's beauty and glamour, Vine city in appreciation to this was as busy as ever.

Lee stood in front of Master Yang's shop for a while, with Azure standing gallantly on his shoulder. He closed his eyes for a breath and then reopened it with a bright light of determination and readiness in his eyes, with this he opened the door of the shop.

The beautiful inside of the shop filled his eyes once again, but this time with a sense of familiarity, even with this admiration still flashed across his eyes.

Surprisingly, this time he didn't have to search around for Master Yang the latter was already seated on a metal chair, with a blank expression on his face.

Lee quickly cupped his hands and bowed "Master Yang ".

" Hmm, welcome, know you are no longer a nobody in my sight, but my student, so I need to gift you something small" With this Master Yang waved his hands and a light shot towards Lee.

Lee gently stretched his hands, and the light dropped on his palm, it was then that Lee stared at it, and to his surprise, it was a ring, not just any ring but a storage ring!

"Master Ya...." Lee was stupefied, in his clan you had to have a very high status before one could be gifted a storage artifact, but here was Master Yang just casually handing him one....a blacksmith was indeed rich, this even spiked his interest in blacksmithing!