Heavenly Dragon Descendant

Chapter thirty

Nian sighed, he back flipped quickly, another blow missed him, he thanked his speed, if not for it he would have died a thousand times before.

This beast is just too strong, that ASURA BLOODY PALM STRIKE, was really powerful, it could be comparable to a silver core realm expert's attack, Nian was sure that the attack would deal a good blow, actually it did, half of the cave was already ruined and shaken by it, it also caused the beast a fatal injury, any other spiritual beast, even a hundred combined would have died in an instant but this big wierdo got injured to only heal up again.

“ run quick, I see a hole in that side, the beast can't follow you in, it's too big, it's your only option now ”  Master Xian said.

Nian heeded his advice and dashed forth, Xiao Huo tried to catch up too, luckily he didn't have a serious injury.

They reached the hole, it looked dark, it signified its deepness, only goodness knows what awaits him if he jumped in, Nian could do nothing but hope that what he was about to do would not bring more misfortune to him.

The white lion roared again, Nian noticed that this time it was more earth shattering, although he didn't know why but he could tell that the lion was extremely furious, he couldn't take his fury, he had to jump, it's the only reasonable thing for now.

Nian jumped in,

Xiao Huo followed too, they slid down, Master Xian is a spirit so he had no problems it was like they were caught in a mud slide, Nian steeled himself for what would be met below, he could hear the raging lion slashing at the entrance of the hole, he could tell that it was already so mad,

Nian suddenly began to feel uneasy, he began to sweat profusely.

“ what happened ? ” Master Xian asked.

“ I... I can feel it, the fire .... it's underneath ” Nian mummerd .

Several moments would pass until they would reach the bottom, only goodness knew what sort of tunnel it is.

Nian pummeled downwards, his stomach pummeled with him too, finally, after only goodness knew how long, Nian landed on something hard but somehow it didn't seem too hard, it felt like something was responsible for  cushioning his fall.

Nian groaned as he rolled, a sudden brightness pierced his eyes as he opened it,

he quickly closed them back to avoid it, he tried to stand up - and get his bearings too, his head swayed hard that he held it, he tried to open his eyes again - slowly this time, as he peeled it open, the brightness slowly reduced in harshness too, it helped him get a better view of the picture before him, something he didn't understand formed the lights, they looked like golden circles with some sort of signs inside them, they seemed to be floating too.

It left Nian mesmerized, he sank into thinking.

T...this, where is this place ?, why is everything so bright and beautiful?, is.....is this heaven?!, have I died ?!, *sigh*, if I died from that fall then I won't be blamed, dying from such a steep fall is not unreasonable, but if i died and this it heaven, that means my sins are not that much, even though I've killed and injured people.

Lei Cheng and Yu Zhong, please I'm sorry that I've failed you, I hope you can fulfil your dreams without me and create a sculpture in remembrance of me.

Nian thought, his face filled with grief and sorrow, his eyes welled up with tears too that a tear almost dropped.

“ what's gotten into you ?” Master Xian asked, it looked like he was confused.

Nian seemed shocked at those words, he could remember the voice well, it was indeed Master Xian, how could he be in heaven too ?!, he has lived for almost or if not infact a millennium, he would definitely have too many sins that can't be forgiven.

“ are you okay ?!” Master Xian said, this time his eyes were filled with concern.

Nian felt even more dumbfounded, he looked around and found Xiao Huo trying to get up too.

“ alright, whatever happened to you is useless to know, I think that fall affected your brain ” Master Xian said, he went towards the floating golden circles.

Nian, pinched himself, it served as a punishment for thinking weirdly, he stood up too, a question suddenly popped up in his head.

“ how come I survived that damn fall, the ground...., it felt like I landed on a sofa ” Nian said, he followed behind Master Xian.

“ use your head boy !, what about your physique, is it all for fun! ” Master Xian said.

He loosened his concentration on Nian and tightened it on these golden circles and inscriptions, from Nian's perspective and analysis, it seemed like this old geezer who knew nothing else than rubbing those ancient breads knew something about them, infact he didn't look like he was surprised at seeing them, that means he is not seeing it for the first time.

Then it certainly meant he know about it, it looked as if he was studying the inscriptions, like he was trying to figure something out, Nian laughed inside, how smart he was, to already figure out all of this.

“ so what are these exactly ? ” Nian asked.

“ runes, they are spirit runes, don't tell me you don't know them ” Master Xian asked.

“ I'm sorry, I don't listen in class so I actually don't know what runes are ” Nian said, demanding an explanation, further explanation to be precise.

“ you don't listen in class ?, even in my class too ?, how dare you!” Master Xian asked, anger flushing through his eyes.

“ take it easy old geezer and explain what runes are ” Nian said, waving him off as if his anger meant nothing.

Master Xian sighed.

“ actually, it has to do with the talismans that I have told you about earlier, I would explain better later, not now ” Master Xian said.