Heavenly Rings

After the rapid scanning of his room, old Dong look at Yang, seizing his body and the change brought by the second medicinal bath.

"Tomorrow we will depart soon, your tribulation will be eye catching so people in the city will be able to see it. I have hear of a lac. We will need around a day, if we hurry, we will be able to arrive there before dark and cover your tribulation like a natural thunderstorm."

With only a slight nod Yang enter his room.

'Why does he want us to go away, even if other saw the manifestation of the tribulation, they would just think at a matter that doesn't involve them, unless some cultivator were in that town, but even then... Could it be that he need to do this underhand ? Something feel off, It's better to be careful'

Even knowing that something may happen, Yang also know that he have no means to fight back, after all he ad yet breaktrough the first layer of body refinement and was completely unaware to the old man cultivation.

Because of is own weakness and impossibility to control his fate, Yang found hard to be completely relaxed and found sleep this night.

.....

"Little Yang, it time to go. The sun will soon rise, if we want to be in time, we need to go now."

Outside the chamber, old Dong briefly remember Yang before continue the preparation for the travel.

Before exiting the room, he didn't forget to take the two pot containing the pulp of the two different berries.

With the shade of the forest tree, two shadows could be see. Yang and the old man were traveling for the entire day to reach the lac. During this day, the improved condition of the little boy was clearly definite, not only was he able to travel faster put is stamina have also greatly increase.

But has much has he could have progress, the poison still kick every time, making him unable to go further and letting his sweating pool every time.

Because of this, they have to wait at least twenty minutes every time for him to come back to a relatively normal state.

During their travel, Yang also have sense the chance of mood of the old man, the more they approach of they destination, the more impatient he became, as if his long exil will be take an and soon.

If they were to be someone else than Yang, they will surely think that the old man was really caring for him, becoming a little restless at the soon healed child, without knowing the imminent danger while thinking that he was still not exposed. Regretfully for him, Yang have already know that it was not for him and even start to think that perhaps something big will happen.

After few hours of travel, they exit the forest to enter a low mountain area. The lac itself was a the very inner center of this little ring like mountains chain pics.

The area was quite good as one will need to escalade the mountain to reach the lac, letting those here see them in advance.

The inside of the ring was entirely composed of a small 25 000 sq meter lac and a lone flat pic in his middle.

"Let's start now."

Out of the bag that he have take with him, old Dong take out nine jade bottles along side the last fruit. Smashing it rapidly, the juice was soon mix with the nine other solution.

"This one his different than the other, you will need to ingest it to let your meridians absorb it and cleanse them. Because of it your body temperature will rise, you will need a great amount of water to cool down, that why we are their. One you will have finish we will need to process further and made you breakthrough during the night."

Holding the bowl with the crimson red liquid, Old Dong wait for Yang to walk toward the water. After swallowing down the medicine, he directly enter with is cloth still on him.

'It will me my only chance to take it'

Just after entering he stood not to far, the water only at his thight. On the shore, old Dong see him stoping.

'Hum? What have him stopped? What it the thing on his hand....'

What the he just see was the pulp of the fruit that he have keep on his hand, as wanting to lost the less of time, he rapidly take out a larger sealed jade bottle that originate of the old man chamber. Putting the pulp on his mouth, he glup the content in one go before dissapearing in the water.

Even if that was bref, Dong was able to see what it was and with the wind a faint fragence of medicinal solution was blow to him. Sniffing it faintly, he was able to tell the different component of it. Is eye constrict instantaly while is gaze dart on the surface of the water, wanting to found his position.

'Don't tell me this little bastard have found something? That won't do! The young master will soon arrive, if I'm not able to found him before that all will be for nothing!'

THe old man immediatly flare up, knowing that he have been see trough he throw away his composture and launch immeself on the water to trak the young boy.

....

'I must hurry and need to escape...'

Before being able to go to far, the surface of the water explode and something came crash against his back, making him caught a mouthful of blood and air.

Because of the force of attack, his body was throw further, as his mind blur. As single attack of the old man nearly kill him, leaving him groggy.

Unable to control his body, he came in an abrupt halt when he strike a hard surface. Bone cracking sound resound in all his body as he couldn't help but scream, letting only is small reserve of air exiting his lung.

"Here you are your little bastard."

With an and, the old man extirpe Yang of the water, revealing a body full of wounds were red water flow out, being mixed with blood.

The pain of his broken bones and ruptured skin have already made him pass away but he immediately awoke as the solution finally take effect.

Only hoarse sound close to a beast howl exit his throat. With or without is consent, the solution activate a severing pain in his body when seeping in his meridians, rising rapidly his body temperature.

Before coming, Yang have use his small rest between each run to gather and prepare the solution supposed to alleviate his pain was completely overwhelmed.

Glancing at the blooding crope in his hand, the old man throw him on the island without management before withdrawing a metallic cylinder and activating it. Out of it a dark snake of smoke raise in the sky.

As a puddle of blood start to form on the ground beside Yang, a large group rapidly appear on the opposite side.

The group easily surpass the hundred; without stopping, they cross over the water without leaving a single ripple. The group was composed of eighty soldiers, a young boy as well as a old man. Each of the soldier where caring a large linen bag on they shoulders.

"Elder Dong, it been long."

"Young master." Bowing to the young boy in front of him before indicating Yang." We need to hurry, this little bastard have wretched our plan."

"Will it have consecence?"

Hearing it the little boy not older than Yang show some distress and anger.

"No, thankfully he have a rather high bloodline, even if he have still not breakthrough the refinement layer that should do."

"Ok, elder Feng, please."

"Yes young master, leave it to me."

On the sign of the old man, each soldiers put the bag on their feet before opening it. Inside each of the eighty bag where youngs, all sharing the same silver hair than Yang, that seem asleep.

Rapidly nine circle with nine youngs who where back to back, in three circle of three. Before each of them where a soldier and in the center the young and the old.

"Start!"

On the order of the old man eighty swords flash, cutting the throat of each young. Blood sputting every where before the old man act.

Out of is hand, mysterious symbols made of a bloody light melt in the nine puddle of blood forming. Reacting to those symbols, filet of blood start to rise in the air. But this blood was not a normal one and was in fact tint with a golden hue.

Slowly, a ball of less that a tenth of the total amond of blood gather above the young boy who was already sit cross leg.

With a last hand move, a larger symbol flee out of his palm, caming before the chest of the young and merge with him.

As the ball of golden blood dscent, the two old men retreat to the shore along the slodiers, leaving the ilsand full of corpse and blood.