Chapter 56: Chapter 56: Golden Sands (1)
"What?!" Quan Shi shouted with all his might on the info he received.
"Why is that idiot awake now?" he continued as he began speaking angrily remembering his past encounters with Solace.
"Dunno, it might have noticed your presence already Hahaha." the fisherman began laughing and he looked at Shi Fan with domineering eyes. He pointed at Shi Fan and looked at Quan Shi. "And this is?"
"Oh, that's my disciple Jian Huang." Quan Shi introduced the boy which is still confused about what is going on and why is this man inside his head.
The fisherman which is still holding the bamboo pole began walking towards Shi Fan as he extended his right hand towards him.
"Hello, I'm Makiling, a fisherman of this place." the fisherman spoke in a warm tone as he smiled at Shi Fan the next scene abruptly happened as Makiling's physical body began speaking.
"So? Why are you two here and to bring such beauty to this place?" Makiling laughed as he winked at Shi Fan which Cecil failed to notice.
"We are just grinding for monsters when a portal appeared us and we curiously entered it." Shi Fan understood the reason behind his wink and began playing along. Although Makiling and Quan Shi spoke for about a minute inside his head he noticed that not a single second passed by in the virtual world.
"I see, so what is it your purpose then? Treasure? Powerful skills?" Makiling got straight to the point as he put down his fishing equipment at his back except for the bamboo pole.
"That." Shi Fan pointed into a direction that even Quan Shi didn't expect him to do, yet instead of being angry he just smiled with his flaming body.
Makiling slowly turned his attention to his finger that is pointing at a certain place inside the hut. The fireplace.
Shi Fan concluded that if Makiling has the ability to get inside his head and able to know who his master is it means one thing. "This guy is powerful."
"How greedy Hahaha that's impossible" Makiling just laughed as he stared at Shi Fan with serious eyes. There are some entities who once stumbled upon the place yet not a single one dare take the Will of Fire.
"Sorry to burst your bubble kiddo, that fiery thing is still way out of your league," Makiling said as he finally understood why Quan Shi picked such a young man. He said to himself "They are very alike"
"Nevertheless I still want that." Shi Fan insisted, after hearing his master's explanation about the Will of Fire he couldn't possibly just let such a huge opportunity slip through his fingers especially if he could become more powerful by it.
"I told you, it's impossible." Makiling flatly said.
"Why is that?" Shi Fan questioned as Cecil couldn't understand a single bit of what they are fighting for.
"Because you're weak." Makiling honestly said as he stared deep into Shi Fan's eyes.
"I'm not weak" Shi Fan rebutted, he is not the type of person that wants to be insulted.
"Is that so? Can you prove it?" Makiling smile and then he began pacing for the door.
"How?" Shi Fan's eyes look deep into Makiling's back with seriousness.
"It's simple, I'm testing you if you really are not weak." Makiling turned around to both Shi Fan and Cecil and opened the door as shining rays of sunlight entered the hut he went out.
The splendid thing rays if light seems to attract both Shi Fan and Cecil as they slowly walked out. Both of them saw Makiling walking out towards the riverbank filled with golden-colored sands so bright they are sparkling with the sun's rays.
Makiling walked on the sandy area up to the part where the river flows. He took his bamboo pole behind his back and pierced it into the sandy part near him. He looked straight at Shi Fan and smilingly said. "This is your test, if you are able to pull out this bamboo fishing pole from here I'll acknowledge your strength."
"Is that it?" I just had to walk there and pull out that pole?" Shi Fan is deeply confused about the happenings as if other's could already hear him thinking "Isn't this way to easy?"
Makiling just smiled at him and walked back into the soil leaving the sandy part behind him. With a distance of almost 50 meters from the soil up to the pole, Shi Fan looked around for any traps that are possible nearby.
He just smiled as if the Will of Fire is in the bag not noticing Quan Shi which is silently laughing on thinking what will happen next.
"Be careful." Cecil full of worry tried to remind Shi Fan as he began walking towards the pole.
Shi Fan raised his right leather shoes into the sandy soil as he began his walk. His next course of action is, of course, he placed his left foot forward to continue walking until.
"What the hell." Shi Fan tried to lift his right foot forward and felt a heavy weight in his shoes as if they are made of gold. Despite struggling for a little longer he still struggled on lifting his shoes to the point he had to exert all of his force just to lift a single shoe. He tried it in his left shoe but to no avail, he still couldn't lift it to return to the soil.
"Hahahaha" A mocking laughter came from somewhere as Shi Fan looked around to find the source of the laugh. His face darkened when he realized it's not Cecil nor Makiling but his master Quan Shi.
"Nothing hahaha it's so funny my disciple is experiencing this." If he had a human body right now he would fall off the floor laughing with tears of joy in his eyes.
"What is wrong with me, why can't I move this darned feet." Shi Fan seems to notice that his master knew the answer to his current predicament.
"There's nothing wrong with you Hahaha. It's just that I betted on myself if you will be able to take the third step and I was right." Quan Shi continued laughing.
Shi Fan angrily reverted back to his physical state and began pulling out just one of his shoe.
"Don't try kiddo, even Diyo won't be able to get out of there." Quan Shi just decided to tell him to stop struggling as he still laughed.
"If even 10th Saint Diyo cant do this it's definitely impossible for me! What is going on anyway?" Shi Fan cried in despair as he thought of a solution on how to get out.
"Of course, The problem is that your shoes are currently stuck by fine grains of sand. It is known as the Golden Sands, one of the heaviest materials known in the Main Continent." Quan Shi explained as he smiled on his students struggling.
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