Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Confident Lin Xiao and Meeting Celestial Demon Marten
The abnormal flush on his face slowly dissipated and what appeared instead was a healthy flush as he exhaled his breath "poof".
Stunned by the change, Liu Yan's face paled to an almost white color, and subconsciously ran and jumped toward her husband. She clutched her husband's wrist tightly while worriedly asking "Xiao-Ge, what's wrong? Xiao-Ge don't scare me! Tell me what is going on!"
Lin Xiao patted his wife's pal with his other hand while comforting her "Ah Yan, I am fine.". He then slowly closed his eyes to sense the injuries within his body for a moment as he can clearly feel that the permanent trauma caused by that Lin Langtian a few days ago had been instantly recovered to a large extent. Immediately opening his eyes in shock "My injuries…" then glanced at the celadon bowl on the table. Using his extremely quick reflexes, he looked at his wife and asked, "Ah Yan, what kind of medicine did you give me to drink just now?"
Liu Yan, who was still a bit shocked, looked at her husband in a dazed manner while replying "It is just a medicinal liquid which I boiled using an ordinary first-grade spirit medicine. Why? What's wrong Xiao-Ge?"
Lin Xiao laughed wildly in front of his family while hugging his wife tightly "Nothing, nothing is wrong! Ahahaha it is just that my injury has healed completely, hahaha, my injury has healed, hahaha, I am no longer a half-crippled person, hahaha, I am no longer a ruined person who cannot advance further in my cultivation..." He had thought he would remain in the state of decay for the rest of his life, but who knew that on his second day of this dark life he would already have recovered from his severe injuries? God has blessed Lin Xiao's family!
The moment she was hugged tightly by Lin Xiao, Liu Yan cried out with joy, "Xiao-Ge's injuries have healed? Is this true?" God knows how she had overcome the pressure that weighed above her these past few days. She was so happy that she started to hug her husband even more tightly.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Lin Dong smiled faintly and subconsciously clutch Qing Tan's small hand. He was happy he decided to act sooner rather than later as he can see the joy, happiness, and overwhelming change in aura within his father and mother. He was glad that his father only had to handle one day of that state of depression and torment, though a bit sad that he even went through it. He can see that his father's face is turning red from all that laughing.
The red-faced Lin Xiao suddenly looked at his son with confidence that disappeared without a trace after his return from the great defeat "Son, from tomorrow onwards, your father will start teaching you cultivation. As you are eight years old, it is time for you to embark on the path of cultivation."
Lin Dong forced down the joy within his heart and replied in a respectful voice "Yes, father."
In the original story, he had only started cultivating at the age of thirteen and a half. After cultivating for about a half year, he managed to break through to the second level of Tempered Body at the age of fourteen. But now, since he healed his father sooner, he can start cultivating earlier. As the saying goes, "Being one step ahead makes you a leader", there is nothing better than this.
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Night has fallen.
Inside the main master bedroom, the mother and father couple were preparing to rest.
Liu Yan hesitated slightly for a moment before finally deciding to tell the scene that she had seen during the day "Xiao-Ge, actually the medicine within the celadon bowl which you drank today is not simple. Lin Dong had stepped forward saying that he would give you the medicine. He must have added something to the medicinal liquid when he was delivering the medicine. I believe that was key to allowing Xiao-Ge to recover completely from your previous severe treatment."
Lin Xiao's movement of undressing the two of them stalled abruptly. He then said softly, "Let's just pretend that this matter never happened. It is normal for everyone to have some secrets of their own even if the person is our child."
There was a slight silence before a soft female voice sounded out from the darkness, "Yes, Xiao-Ge."
Both then continued to do what they were about to previously begin and began to cuddle as they fell asleep.
In a room not far from the one next to Lin Xiao's, Lin Dong their son fell into a deep sleep as his face was slightly colored green and his body was wrapped in a blanket. Suddenly, a drop of light began to blossom from his chest which came from the Ancestral Stone that he had retrieved during the day. The light emitted from the Ancestral Stone became more and more dazzling and dragged Lin Dong's consciousness into a mysterious place.
"Buzz~"
The void squirmed slightly, and an illusory light figure slowly emerged from the slightly dim space. This slightly illusory body looked down at himself and quickly reacted. Lin Dong pondered to himself 'Wasn't I sleeping? Hmm…no, this is the Stone talisman space? Hmm… it's just that I have not yet started cultivating yet. I am not even at the first level of the Tempering Body realm, so how and why am I able to have access to this space? Oh yeah, there is…' He continued to explore this mysterious space seven times before he was able to find the hint of abnormality which he already knows about "Who is it? Come out!"
The abnormality saw Lin Dong's palm steeply probe into the position he stood in the darkness. The abnormality, a black rat about the size of a palm, realized it was dragged into Lin Dong's grasp.
As soon as the black rat appeared, it cursed at Lin Dong "I say, kid, what is wrong with you? You had to stare around the space a total of seven times at such a young age to find me? Are you a fool? What are you trying to achieve? Amuse me?"
Although Lin Dong was prepared for this to occur, he still acted as if he was very surprised to see the supposed abnormality and said in surprise "A rat?"
The black rat's eyes instantly became big and filled with anger as he glared at Lin Dong "Bullshit! You're the rate, your whole family is a rat!"
Lin Dong's eyes which were filled with mischief and laughter continued to tease his 'future second brother' "Huh, a talking rat?"
The black rat hissed shrilly and kept trying to struggle to escape from Lin Dong's palm "I will tell you again, Master Marten is not a rat! Celestial Demon Marten is a Demon Spirit! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!!!" Though no matter how hard he tries to struggle out of Lin Dong's grasp, he can't show how seemingly weak he has become.
Lin Dong, as though he realized, knocked his head with his other hand lightly while making a 'Naruhado' expression as he stated "Oh, a rat that has a name and can talk."
The black rat, now named Master Marten, that was struggling a second ago shook its body and went limp in Lin Dong's palm as it muttered in a daze "Kid, you are tough. Master Marten…I am convinced…"
Looking at the Heavenly Demonic Marten demon spirit who had given up completely, Lin Dong couldn't help but laugh "Okay, okay. I am just teasing you. You can get up now. Celestial Demon Marten, I know is from one of the four hegemonic clans of the Demon Domain. Are you really from the Heavenly Demonic Marten clan?"
The Heavenly Demonic Marten demon spirit that was limp in Lin Dong's palm instantly stood up and looked towards Lin Dong in surprise. He had a feeling he was going to be recognized and was really excited "Huh, you dirtbag still knows about the Four Hegemonic Clans of the Demon Domain?"
Lin Dong nodded his head slightly "Mm, I read about it in an ancient book within the clan." But before he continued, he narrowed his eyes "But what did you say about being a dirtbag?"
The Heavenly Demonic Marten demon spirit's bright black eyes dipped downward for a brief second before sophisticatedly changing the subject and beginning to pull Lin Dong into a brotherly relationship "Ahem, then you must have misheard me, little brother. By the way, let me introduce myself. This Master's name is Marten. Of course, I do not mind if you call me Master Marten."
Lin Dong nodded his head slowly before saying "Well then, your name will be Lin Diao from now on. I will call you Ah Diao and you will be my second brother from now on. I, Lin Dong, will cover you."
The Heavenly Demon Ferret (at least that is what Lin Dong said in his thoughts) shook his head frantically in refusal "Why should I be the second brother? I was the one who want to start the brother relationship first with you. You are not allowed to call me second brother!"
To think that he was a strong cultivator who once was at the peak of the Samsara realm and the young clan leader of one of the four dominant clans within the Demon Domain is called brother by a country boy who doesn't have the slightest bit of cultivation. Did he want to lose more face than he already by being called the second brother?"
A voice full of perfunctory words lightly passed into the ears of the Heavenly Demonic Marten now known as Little Marten or Ah Diao "All right, second brother."
Little Marten "…."
Cultivation Ranks:
Rank 1: Tempered Body – 9 Stages – (1-9)
Rank 2: Earthly Yuan – 3 Stages – (Early, Middle, Late)
Rank 3: Heavenly Yuan – 3 Stages – (Early, Middle, Late)
Rank 4:
Rank 5:
Rank 6:
Rank 7:
Rank 8:
Rank 9:
Rank 10:
Rank 11: Samsara – 3 Stages – (Ordinary Samsara, Ultimate Samsara, Reincarnation Enlightened Samsara)
I know that Ranks 4 – 10 are blank, but they are for a reason. This chapter mainly provides the cultivation rank of the Little Marten, so I decided to include where he was in the realms. In future chapters where the blank ranks are mentioned in more detail, I will add the information. If you do not like that, you can go back to the Auxiliary chapter: Cultivation Ranks (From Fandom).
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MashiroSymphony
MashiroSymphony As I was editing the end of this chapter, I found that Death Xuan realm was not a realm. It is Samsara realm. Marten's name is not Sable and his race is not Heavenly Demon Sable but Heavenly Demonic Marten. Editing is difficult...
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