The Other Side of A Cultivation Story

Qai felt that the sage elder would never leave the remains of a valuable prey had he survive the fight, so he figured out that the elder must either be holding on for his life or is actually lying dead somewhere.

So he kept on looking. Then, few hours passed.

Realizing that the sun is already setting, he decided to give up looking and walk towards his home.

But not long after taking a couple of steps, a strong burst of wind aura suddendly circled around and hovered over the battlefield before it quickly dissipates in the air.

He glanced towards the source of the aura. It was under a pile of large tree trunks.

He immediately ran towards it. He removed the stacked tree trunks and found the dead body of the sage elder.

'It was a tie after all,' he said to himself realizing that the fight ended up in a draw with both fighters dead. That strong burst of wind was the last sign of the sage's life. But now it's gone.

Realizing that recovery is out question, Qai shamelessly picked up the storage ring of the elder before he buried the dead body just beside the wind white tiger.

He paid some respect to the dead bodies before departing his way home.

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Right at that moment, Qinlun was giving birth to her first child with the help of Shu Ling and Shu Liang back in one of the rooms in the plateau.

The expectant father, Shu Wu together with the expectant grandfather Shu Wei are anxiously waiting just outside the room.

Finally, after few hours of hard labor, a baby boy was born.

"Uwwaaaaaah, uwaaaaaah," a large cry echoed all over the plateau.

"Congratulations my son," Shu Wei said as he grabbed Shu Wu's shoulders. The father and son duo are all smiles and tears when,

"You two may come in now," Shu Ling melodiously shouted.

The duo hurriedly went inside to witness the birth of another Shu child in the family.

"Ha ha ha ha," Shu Wei happily laughed, "can't believe I'm a grandfather now. Our family just got bigger."

"Father," the 10 year old girl Shu Liang intercepted, "why does it feel like you're even happier than big brother Wu?"

Everyone laughed at the innocent remarks of the young girl.

'Now that I think about it, Qai seems to have a good foresight,' Shu Wei thought. 'Starting a clan is not a bad thing after all!'

"Anyway, what would you name him son?" the old man asked Shu Wu the all important question.

"Kongxu," Shu Wu answered.

"He's name shall be Shu Kongxu!" Qinlun followed.

"Me and Qinlun have long decided for his name--hoping that he's gonna bring our family great fortune," Shu Wu added.

"Great, great. What a fine name!" Shu Wei said.

'Bang!'

The door slammed all of a sudden.

"Congratulations Big Brother," it was Qai. He goes straight to the room from training together with the black colored tiger cub.

They all looked at him with eyes wide open.

Everyone was surprised--not because of the sudden appearance of the young Qai nor because of the black-colored tiger cub.

"Qai," the mother Shu Ling called, "your cultivation!?"

They were surprised to see Qai leapt to mid earth stage in just a week.

"Ha ha ha ha, not bad! This calls for a double celebration," Shu Wei exclaimed.