The Elders were impressed but angrier than anything. Never had a younger member act so brazen like this.
"As long as you are part of this family, you will obey!" The Elder bellowed.
"Pfft, this family ain't shit!" Shen Yue flipped the old man off and walked away. "You don't have the authority to tell me what to do, old man." The elder was incensed, he channeled his spirit energy and attacked in anger. Just as Shen Yue wanted. He took the attack without a defense. 'This works to, might hurt a little though.'
*Bam!* A solid blow was delivered to Shen Yue's back. He slid across the room before stopping. Forcing some bad blood up himself, he turned in anger at the Elder putting on an act.
"The Elder in charge tries to kill a member of the family, how brazen!" Shen Yue yelled loudly. His voice carried far in the place. Helped along by his Astral Sense. "I won't stay in a den of vultures like this waiting for death! I hereby renounce my heritage in this shitty family!"
Shen Xiu was close by having finished her tasks in the library and was heading to find Shen Yue to asks some questions. Hearing this, she rushed overseeing Shen Yue's slightly disheveled appearance. She hefted him and was about to ask what was going on but was stopped.
"Just get me out of here." Shen Yue whispered to her.
"Elder.. I think you went to far." Shen Xu said in a mumble. A few of the other elders whispering even lower than him. None said anything like him, however.
"If.. if you won't listen, then get out of my Sacred Family!" Elder Ming shouted. He did not expect this to happen especially with how Shen Yue defeated those servants earlier and withstood his pressure. Besides that, his palm hurt quite a bit. As if he punched a solid metal plate. 'Shen Yue does not have any treasures, so what was that?'
Shen Fei walked up hearing the commotion with Shen Ning. The smile on his face from what he heard was short-lived. Shen Yue was helped out by Shen Xiu smiling like everything was happening as he wanted.
The moment they made it into the courtyard, Shen Yue stood up straight and walked on his own. He did not answer Shen Xiu who asked him questions. He just kept moving. The servants of his mother following along dutifully.
The Elders were discussing how to explain this to the patriarch when he came out of seclusion. Shen Fei on the other hand already had plans to spread that Shen Yue was expelled from the family.
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A nice little place of his own-
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"This will be your bed chambers." Shen Xiu said angrily. She was not happy with the silent treatment while coming over. She did not like what happened but she figured Shen Yue would get over it. There was a tightening in her chest about how quiet he was on the matter, however. Little small panic attacks floated in her head about the Sacred Family. "Tell me what happened already!"
"Thanks, aunty but I could find my own accommodations really." Shen Yue responded thankfully enough. He planned on going to the forest since it would allow him to train quickly as well as give him the chance to gather material. "Hmm, the Xiao Ninger matter should come up soon but already have something to take care of that. My strength is what matters right now."
"Your strength?" Shen Xiu gathers he was attacked by the elder from the words she heard. But Shen Yue was fine. Even if he was at the 5th Bronze Rank he should have been that durable. Right? "How strong are you?"
"Silver Rank, but keep it quiet." Shen Yue smiled at her. Her shocked face was funny to look at. "What did you find in the family library?" He sat down on the bed scribbling a few things down on a few blank books. He then passed it to the two servants. "Practice this if you want the strength to protect yourself."
"Thank you!" The two thanked him and moved to adjacent rooms to practice. As servants receiving anything was a big help.
"Training servants now are we?" Shen Xiu sat in a chair crossing her legs. The slit in her dress exposing a little to much. "How did you reach the Silver rank so quickly?"
"By constantly cultivating for one." Shen Yue was actually doing it as they talked. Unlike with qi it was easier to absorb spirit energy. "I am not great at Acupuncture, as that was never my field of medical study but I picked a few things. If you want I can clear your points and help you strengthen from enemy attacks and deadly energy."
"Humph, when did you study medicine?" Shen Xiu never really rembered seeing him study in medicinal books. But it could be true he did so while she was doing other matters. "You have a lot of secrets dear nephew."
"Want the help or not?" Shen Yue teased. He gave her legs a once over and smiled evily. "How in the world did you get this place by the way? Not by unsavory means was it? Not like I am judging of course."
"Unsavory means..." She followed his eyes and immediately corrected herself. Cheeks slightly red in embarrassment. "You are starting to act unruly brat!" She threw a scroll and a quill at him. "Just right down how to help and I will have it checked out."
"Not even." Shen Yue grabbed her hands as he stared at her. "Either let me do it or not. Not letting other knows of this method. That's how the wrong people get involved. As well as have more power than is safe for the general public."
"Fine then. Just do not do anything.. weird." Shen Xiu did not want to pass up the chance to become stronger. He already helped her once before. "Are you starting it now?"
"Yeah. Just hold still." Shen Yue slowly circled his spirit energy into her. In his eyes, the appearance of a Lion silhouette appeared before vanishing. Remnants from the refinement he did of the Lion statue in the Star Martial Technique Dimension. 'Not like I found anyone to pass this onto. I am sure she can develop something with it.'
'What in the world is this suppressing pressure?!' It was a good thing Shen Xiu was sitting down as her body went limp. She then fainted on the spot.
"Well... her soul is to weak. Go figure." Shen Yue blinked as he tucked the Lion away back into the Flame Vortex Core. "At least I can take care of her Meridians easier now."
*Bzzt!* A gentle lighting flowed inside her entire body. As it passed back into Shen Yue, he sent a gentle flame into her next. Small little pieces to help her strengthen them herself.
'At least I was able to learn more of the difference between males and females here. Gonna need a few more bodies to make it better.' Shen Yue moved to his bed and started cultivating once more. His Astral Sense stretching far as he pinpointed concentrations of spirit energy in places. 'Gonna have to guide it all to me quickly. Defintely need to check out the forest. To many people in this city that cultivate.'
As the rune papers flew out of his Internal Space further, a glow of spirit energy became visible to the naked eye in a few minutes. The fox and the snake hopped around enjoying the air in the room.
An hour into it, Shen Xiu woke up. She rubbed her eyes thinking she was dreaming from the sight before her. Shen Yue had blue-white flames that shined like starlight around his body.
'I have got to be dreaming still.' Shen Xiu thought almost delirious. Her body ached a little and she wanted it to stop. Not having anything to take care of it on her person, she left the room. Only looking back in a moment of hesitation before heading off. 'There has to be something in the Family Archives to explain this more! Just has to be!'
As Shen Yue cultivated through the night and early morning, a few people in the city felt something odd in the air. Anyone at the Black Gold Rank felt a throbbing. Both that of suppression and of anticipation.
A change in their Soul Realm if they were able to survive the burden. A mixture took place as the Soul Realm changed in quality. Some could not handle it and coughed up blood before fainting on the spot.
But at least 15 scattered throughout the city held on. Completely bewildered they all kept it to themselves. Afraid of what it meant. Cultivators in Glory City were a bit superstitious of Omens such as these.
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Cultivation Not Enough-
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Shen Yue opened his eyes after cultivating so much. The snake and fox were stronger than before. As well as having a little more intelligence than before.
The runes in the papers absorbed a good bit of the spirit energy that Shen Yue missed. Several pieces of glass contained some energy as needed. With a little injection from his Flame Vortex Core, the quality improved even further.
"Material for selling. As well as to help develop some people further." A quick look with Astral Sense gave an update on things in the area. "The quality of spirit energy has risen but is sparse in the city for a while. At least it will accumulate a little faster now. Gonna have to move further out to keep from turning the place into a wasteland by mistake. Hmm, Shen Xiu is on her way here?"
Having picked her up with his Astral Sense Shen Yue moved to clean the place up. Suppressing himself back to the 1st Silver Star Rank. Now at the threshold of stepping into the Gold Rank.
The desire for metals and blood to return the Metal Seed Technique to the upper ranks was to much to ignore for much longer. Fire Body was climbing along nicely to return back to the upper levels but Shen Yue found so many ways to improve that he didn't push it along fast.