The Ancient godly monarch

Repaying Gratitude with Enmity

     Repaying Gratitude with Enmity

The air in the morning was refreshingly clear. Qin Wentian, after meditating through the night, felt refreshingly clear-headed and invigorated. As a result of not absorbing the Yuan Qi from Heavens and Earth, his body was relatively weak. Hence, Qin Wentian would go for a run every morning, using the oldest and most original method of body tempering technique in order to strengthen his body. Everyone in the Bai Clan would see what he was doing daily, and though in the beginning they felt that this type of training method was extremely bizarre, gradually, everyone got used to it.

With his broken meridians, it was impossible for the Young Master-in-law to cultivate even the most basic forms of martial cultivation arts, so it seemed like he was hoping to temper his body by using running as a method to enter into the first level of the body refinement realm. This was nothing but a fool’s dream, and as a result, everyone in the Bai Clan despised Qin Wentian. If it wasn’t for his good fortune in that he was the young master of the Qin Clan, the Bai Clan Leader would never have chosen such a trashy Young Master-in-law to marry Autumn Snow.

“I heard that the eldest missus broke through and became a Stellar Martial Cultivator last night, I wonder if the marriage engagement will still hold.” A few voices, which belonged to the servants of the Bai Clan, were sneakily discussing as they watched Qin Wentian doing his running regime.

“Yeah, I heard that last night, Clan Master gathered all the elders for an urgent meeting, in order to disseminate the news throughout the city. Rumour has it that the Eldest Missus Autumn Snow has managed to form an innate link with a constellation from the 3rd Heavenly Layer! Even among the Stellar Martial Cultivators, she could be considered to be a peak-level genius.”

“Yup, I agree. Humans naturally have an Astral Gate within them that can be used to store an Astral Soul. But, if one has no talent, there’s no way an Astral Soul will be condensed, and yet, the Eldest Missus could already sense the constellations from the 3rd Layer of Heavens. In the future, when she breaks through the 9th level of the Body Refinement Realm, and steps into the Arterial Circulation Realm, she can open yet another Astral Gate, which would then easily aid her in condensing her second Astral Soul. At the very least, it too should be condensed from the 3rd Layer of Heavens… That’s just too terrifying… I don’t dare imagine what level of power she’d have if she opened even more Astral Gates…..”

“Not only that, an Astral Soul that’s been condensed from the 3rd Heavenly Layer, contains an immense amount of energy when compared to Astral Souls that were condensed from the 1st Heavenly Layer. It really appears that that trash’s position will soon disappear.”

What these servants didn’t know was that their low voices had still been heard by Qin Wentian. Qin Wentian had meditated for many years, and thus his sensory abilities were extremely powerful – far beyond that of a normal human. He could even hear and differentiate minute variations in vocal tones. However, Qin Wentian didn’t put the gossips whispered by these servants in his heart. He’d already known Autumn Snow for three years, and had had close interactions daily. The two of them had already reached a stage similar to kinship. Even if Autumn Snow didn’t love him, it didn’t matter, as the two clans they belonged to could just settle the matter easily with some discussion. It didn’t really matter to him even if this marriage failed to go through, for he had long regarded Autumn Snow as his own sister.
“Seven days from now will be Uncle Bai’s 50 year old birthday celebration, and I shall condense my Astral Soul on that exact day – that could also be considered a gift to Uncle Bai.”

Qin Wentian smiled as the scenario appear in his mind; everyone thought that he couldn’t cultivate due to his broken meridians, yet what they didn’t know was that his Uncle Black was the one that’d instructed him to cripple his own meridians! Qin Wentian had never once questioned the words of his Uncle Black, and by using the methods Uncle Black had taught, he’d greatly assisted Autumn Snow in her condensation of her Astral Soul. However, Uncle Black’s personality was eccentric, and had strictly forbidden Qin Wentian to mention his existence in front of others.