Chapter 1 : Li Yan

In the small city called Moon City, many people start their daily lives as merchant, scholar, trader, business owner and many more especially people who choose a path as cultivator. They received huge fortune and wealth especially for powerful cultivator. Not only in Moon City, but all other city around the country will have same situation for cultivator.

In the morning, a young boy with plain cloth sweeping dust on the floor at one restaurant in the city. "argh...what a pain for me to work in the early moring" said the boy who is around 14 years old. This restaurant is one of the busiest restaurant in the city especially when a new academy building open next to their building. "i should have enter that academy..why am i stuck doing this shit job". Suddenly, a sound from kitchen "don't even dream about entering academy, Li Yan" says the old man, who is chef at the restaurant. "Maybe when you are 5 years old, many people regard you as one of geniuses when you suddenly can open your Qi at such young age" the old man said while preparing material for his cooking. Li Yan asnwer with proud "of course I am a genius. who else can sense and open their Qi source in their body at such young age. There no one but me. Hahahaha". Without a warning, a strange object flying straight to Li Yan head and hit it. Li Yan growling in pain as his eyes stare straight into the kitchen. "What are you doing old man, are you trying to kill me with this pan" said Li Yan with his hand in his head covering the pain. "Yeah you are genius. But that when you a little boy. Right now many people who same age as you right at least in fourth level Qi Refining while you are only at first level Qi Refining same as when you five years old. So, stop complaining and do your work properly" said the annoyed old man.

After hearing what old man said, Li Yan can help but felt dejected because what the old said is all true. Many people who in same age as him right now at who can cultivate is in fourth level Qi Refining and some of them already in fifth level. Li Yan also heard that Moon City mayor's youngest son already in sixth level Qi Refining and what more, Mayor's son is a year younger that him. The starting point for people to start cultivator life is when they can feel their Qi source. That feel signifies that person is already enter first level Qi Refining Realm, first realm of cultivator life. In this realm, there are total of seven stage or level Qi Refining before they reaching peak level Qi Refining and ready to make a realm breakthrough to next realm which is Qi State Realm.

While rubbing his head, Li Yan can help but feel jelous about other achievement in their cultivating life." If i continue to follow this cultivating life, maybe i can enter Qi State Realm when i am more than 30 years old." thought Li Yan. Generally, when people who follor cultivate life can enter Qi State Realm at 20s or some of then enter the realm earlier than anyone. While Li Yan lost in thought, the old man can help but feel sorry for Li Yan misfortune who is also an orphan. Li Yan lost both his parent as a baby and the old man took him as adopted child. When Li Yan feel Qi source at such young age, many people in the city thinking that their city will have another Saint Realm cultivator, which is one realm upper that Qi State Realm. But, not all can get fortune and luck, Li Yan still can't progress and stuck at first level Qi Refining after nine years feel Qi Source. "i also thinking back then that this Li Yan kid can make to Saint Realm and became second Saint cultivator in this city, beside City Moon's mayor who is also Saint cultivator." thought the old man.

In the evening, the old man told Li Yan to go buy ingredients for cooking because most of the ingredients in the kitchen has finished. Then Li Yan took the money and goes straight into the market. On the way to the ingredients store, Li Yan took a detour and stop in front on the cultivator academy. Sign board of acadamy shows "Baek Academy Moon City's branch". While looking at the sign board, Li Yan had been seen by academy's disciples and the three boy's took this time to show off their uniforms to Li Yan and make fun of him. This make Li Yan feel more feel jealous and attack them. While the three boy's are younger and smaller than him, there are fourth level especially the bos of the group is fifth level Qi Refining. The result is clear when there is a huge gap in their level and Li Yan took the besting from the boy's group. After the fight is over, Li Yan, with minor injuries at his body walk away while the bos of the group gave warning to Li Yan not to wander around the academy in the future if didn't want the beating from him. After finished buying the ingredients, Li Yan dropped the ingredients at the restaurant and walk away to a mountain near the City. Li Yan occasionally went to a small cave in the near mountain and training by himself.

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