Chapter 2: The World of Aearth

Fifteen years later…

Bain learned everything about the world he now lives on.

This world is called Aearth. Unlike Idris Continent where he lived before, this world's lands are surrounded by every mass of water like oceans, rivers, seas, lakes, and so on. He learned that right now, he is living in a country named Pantheralia. [Basically Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea]

He also learned that spirit energy in this world is scarce and the energy only exists inside the center of the forests and underground caves where humans are very limited or non-existent. 

So to live a normal life in this world, they invented technologies. He, as an experienced martial artist from the world of Idris Continent, has advanced knowledge about physical training so at the age of five, he trained himself, shocking his Aearthian parents, Margerie Solt and Lanis Solt.

His parents are tall and elegant. Unlike his Idris parents that appear to be weak, clumsy, skinny, and depressed. But the only similarity that both his parents here and in Idris is that they love their son with all their heart, mind, and soul. They will do everything for their son.

"Zian, look at the mirror. You really look like you're a soldier that's going to fight against the Eastern Empire! Hahahaha" his father Lanis chirped. [Eastern Empire is just Imperial Japan of WWII but they conquered more of China, Mongolia, and the bottom right of Russia. Excluding Philippines. Less cruelty, every conquered nation's citizens were made as workers. More of the Japan of this day.]

"Hehe…" Zian said shyly while scratching the back of his head.

His mother Margerie then clapped and said with a happy voice, "Right! Anyways Zian, we are going out for now. We left money inside the drawer. Go and bathe early tomorrow so you can go to school without being late." Margerie points at Zian and poked his nose, "Remember. Without. Being. Late." Margerie emphasized every word.

"Yes mom, I'll go to school early tomorrow morning so I can't be late." he said stubbornly.

"Okay!" His mother chirped happily.

They opened the door going outside of the house. He waved goodbye to his parents until they shut the door.

"Alright. Let's get back to business!" He murmured.

He climbed the stairs up to the second floor directly to a room in front of his bedroom. After entering it, tons of exercising materials were laying on the ground. He then does what he always does for ten years; working out.

The only thing he can do is work out. Because, mysteriously, every knowledge of his about cultivation scriptures and techniques has been erased completely, leaving him with the memories of him training in his past life when he was a kid.

The next morning…

He wakes up laying on the mat where he worked out last night. He stands up, goes to the bathroom and washed himself up. Afterwards, he cooked some breakfast to satiate his hungry stomach.

'Knock knock knock'

Sounds of knocking continued non-stop in front of Zian's house door. He hurriedly ran downstairs , got to the door and opened it, seeing a plump boy that was carrying a bag and wearing a cap. The boy then walked inside of the house towards the plate where Zian's food is placed and picked up the spoon, scooped some rice and meat and swallowed it.

"Yum! You really know how to cook your food Zian!" the boy babbled while chomping the food.

This boy's name is Lexus Heart, his classmate this year in the Academy.  He's a funky, handsome, and a playful one. He loves to play games and even he has beaten Zian on everything in terms of online games. They always go to school with each other because they're neighbours, and because of that, they became friends since Zian was seven years old. 

"Lexus, try not to speak while eating. You always looked like a squirrel munching on acorn while talking." Zian replied.

"Zian, squirrels don't talk, it's-" Lexus babbled while doing sign language.

"Weird. Yes. That's what you look and sound like. Weird. Very Weird. You won't have a chance on Redclover if you still act like that." He said while turning back to get his things.

"You-"

"Yeah yeah babble and babble until you look like a frog sticking its tongue out to catch insects while talking."

Lexus became silent. He doesn't want to go on babbling anymore. He can't even think of something that can refute Zian. He sat on the chair while finishing his seemingly endless munching. Zian finished packing his things up the same time as Lexus finished munching and gulped the remaining food. He drinks water and stands rubbing his stomach. Zian tapped Lexus' shoulder and signaled;

"Let's go!"

The two got out of the house. Zian locked the house up and walked to the gate to leave Marsh Villa, a middle class villa in the city where Zian and Lexus live. After exiting the gate, they walked to the bus stop while Zian looked at the surroundings. Cars moved everywhere. People were chatting on the street, others sitting in the local coffee shop while drinking beverages, some riding their bikes, and others doing their work like cleaning, maintaining peace, assisting elderly people and many more.

Zian sniffed the air. 

"It smells smokey.." he thought

After a while, a blue bus stopped right in front of them. The bus' doors opened for them.

"I'm surprised once more. I've been experiencing this for years but I am still surprised. This 'bus' never gets old." He thought to himself.

If Lexus knows what Zian is thinking, he would be weirded shitless. 'Damn. What are you, a primate?'

They walked right inside of the bus and the door closed behind them. Inside of the bus, there are thirteen students, and one driver. They walked until the end of the bus and sat at the comfy chair. Zian was always at the window side of the bus so he could see everything that's going on outside. 

Thirty minutes is a long ride for some normal people. But for Zian, this is just like a second to him. Being a person that traversed a world that spans for over hundreds of trillions of miles, he knows the difference of what's long and what's short, and this kind of distances can be traversed using a tiny time for him.

People of cultivation are bound to go against the will of the heavens. They can have long lives that can span up to millions of years, having power a million times more than normal people, travel distances while flying with the never ending winds, and more so, ascend to the heavens themselves. 

After the ride, all of them got off the bus, and walked right into a huge building, with ten floors, and a sigil on the top right side of the building. This building is The Order City Academy. It's majestic size grants it the place of the top third school of the whole Pantheralia. Here, every subject can be discussed, from the advanced Academics, to the basic Manners. They walked towards the gate, greeted Bard the Security Leader of the Academy, and walked towards the Archeological District, where the Archeology students study.

"See you later Zian!"

Lexus walks towards another way while waving to Zian.

Lexus, as a Technology Student, studies at the Technological District. He wanted to create games and consoles for himself. As for Zian, he enrolled in the Archeological District for one thing; to search for traces of Heavenly Martial Arts existence. 

As he studied how lives work in this world, he has seen remnants of basic Heavenly Martial Arts skill from the empires of old in this world, especially the old dynasty of Orienta that persisted against the invasion of the Empire. 

From Wind Riding, to basic sword skills like the 32 stance from his world. So he hypothesized that this world is somehow connected to the Martial Worlds. 

With this in mind, he continued walking forward towards the District where he studies. After some minutes, he arrived at a small version of the school that has a board that has the words 'Archeological District' in bold letters. He entered the gate.

"Oii! Zian-nii!"

He looked at a small girl with a ponytail running towards him. She jumped at Zian in a happy manner.

"Zian-nii, you are almost late for class!" The girl pouted.

"Sorry Nika. The bus got late."

Nika is one of Zian's sisterly friends in school. She is a refugee from Tei, a resistance made from pure Teishin people who opposes the empire from conquering other nations.

Nika looked suspiciously at Zian. She knew he walked slow.

"Anyways, Zian-nii, how are the results on your Martial Arts seeking?" Nika asked.

"Before I answer that, can you please go down now?"

"Ah. Hehe.." Nika goes down from Zian's embrace.

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