Age of Heroes (Age of Heroes Chronicles)

Chapter 491: Severing fate (3)

'Three Manuals? What do you mean?'

'So, it seems Huangdi Zhu did not tell you everything. How did Senior get to learn the manual?' Jiexiu ask.

'The Huangdi of Ming lent it to me as a goodwill present and I already returned the book to the Huangdi. My achievement in the technique is because of my high comprehension and my familiarity with the flow of internal energy.'

'The Book you learn from is one part of three. Because you only learn one, you only understand one third of the manual true intention.' Jiexiu explains

'What do you mean?' Arial ask. He did not know any of this, neither did the Huangdi of Ming thought that Arial would know this.

Ming rarely has contact with the outside world other than to trade, their Jianghu rarely populated the Human Continent which is filled with people who to them, is quite different from them and have different culture and worldview from them.

Jiexiu smiles bitterly and then he spoke some words resembling that of a poem to explain to Arial about the Three Manuals.

'Having The Three Manuals, thus the Path to Immortals are shown, Heaven will Bless, World Could not Hinder. The Three Truth Manual, all Jianghu seeks this miraculous manual. Gaining eternal life, possessing eternal Youth, who could defeat such man who practices all three manuals? Mystery or mysteries, the gate of all wonders! The Way produced One; One produced Two; Two produced Three; Three produced All things.'

Hearing this Arial is suddenly enlightened. So, the technique he learns is not complete. No wonder he always felt that there is something missing in the manuals. 

So this is the reason why he felt like that.

'Where is the location of the other manuals?' Jiexiu did not want to lie and then he sighed as he explains about the location.

'Library at Ming, the Huangdi stores the blood soaked manuals and most sought manual, the Blood Heavenly technique, sucking life essence bringing death and calamity wherever it goes. Shaolin, resides in the Shaoshi Mountain, reputed to be the strongest school in Jianghu, respected and revered, its Eighteen golden Arhat monk guarded the Celestial Divine Body Refining technique, making the body tough as diamond, even when Heaven is rend apart, the Body will remain, godly might unleashed, The Heavens will not allow! Huashan, peach blooms in the middle of spring, peace and tranquility it provides for those great hermits, there resides the Supreme Sword God technique. Sever fate with one slash, sever destiny with one slash, sever death with one slash. Cultivate the martial heart and create the sword intent, and sever all! The soul, the body and technique. Three Truth Manuals, manuals of Celestial Beings, invoking Heaven jealousy.'

Arial did not know why but hearing Jiexiu describing about the three manuals no wonder so many sect would shed blood for these manuals.

However it was the 'Cultivate the martial heart and create the sword intent, and sever all!' that make Arial heart tremble. 

'No wonder! No wonder!' he said.

Then Arial smiles as he said 

'You are an honest man, brave and valiant. You have suffered for my disciple and even help her in her predicament. As her teacher, I am grateful. You said you wanted to return to Tangmen with glory yet you despise their conduct? Tell me then, why do you still want to return?'

In Arial eyes his eyes was cold and severe and this is showing an expression of an inquisitor.

He then said

'Because a mistake of a few men, should all the good one be abandoned? My brothers are there, my family is there. Who in the world like to sever relationship with their family, wandering alone in the mountains and lake?'

Arial nodded. This is reasonable.

'Then what is your goal when you have returned?'

'To once again make Tangmen return to its former glory, to stand tall in Jianghu again.' He said passionately.

However, Arial sigh hearing Jiexiu answer.

'I have experienced many things in my life. You could change yourself but to change others? That is hard. But since you do not want to sever relationship, then you will be bounded by it. I was bounded by my emotions and I became a Devil. You were bounded by your filial piety and could not let go. I pity you and I pity myself. We are greedy. We could not let go, could not sever, yet we want it all.'

But then he smiles bitterly.

'You are an idiot and I am an idiot. And I have a very soft spot for idiots so I will give you a gift. Let me hope that you would one day manage to see that sometimes doing nothing is doing something, following the nature way, letting the flow the way it was naturally supposed to be. Watch the turmoil of beings, but contemplate their return. When there is no desire, all things are at peace.' 

Then Arial waved his hand and tyrannical killing intent infused with his internal energy shot out from his simple movement and the five people on the other side of the caves were thrown away from the caves and became unconscious.

'Senior?' At first Jiexiu feel fear but then when Arial explains what he wanted to give him, he understood. 

Kneeling on the cave, Arial give him Jiexiu his gift, knowledge, a gift but also a curse.

That day, after warning Arial that Reoh will send many more assassins after him and might even attack him directly with his tribesmen, Jiexiu and his men return home to Ming.

Arial on the other hand pack his belonging and began his journey to the Green plains.

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ON THE PORT OF RAGRAN

The crowds on the port all moved away when the woman is walking toward them. They all looked at the woman with fear in their eyes.

They just see a Sea Monster with three horns and claws as big as a house deliver this woman onto the port

The woman face was covered by a veil but even looking at those eyes, one could deduce the face under that veil is a beauty.

The woman looks at the foreign sceneries in front of her and said.

Am I at Novus Gaia already? To think there is such an easy way to traverse the New World Sea. She inwardly thought

Thanks to Mikael, she got to Novus Gaia faster than she expected. Mikael on the other hand will accompany Yang Guifei to Ariundus searching for the fountain of youth.

Looking at the sun, she smiles and pray to the Water Maiden.

'Let me find him' she prayed.

Unknown to her, in a place near the Border of the Shadowlands, under a gigantic tree, a woman chained under a tree smiles, full of adoration.

'And so, they will meet again. In the first life and this life, they will meet again. Love that transcends life and time, is there any greater story than a story of love?' the woman under the tree whispers.

'Since you did not sever the fate, no matter how many lives you would experience, both of you would always find a way back to each other.' 

On her eyes, the Goddess Amara looks at the retreating figures of Arial from the city of Ragran while Rhyssa just arrive on the port.

'But, I guess it is still too early' she said and she smiles.

She still remembers in the first life of Arial when the Great savior make her promise that in the next life, she would spare Rhyssa from meeting him so that she could live happy.

And Amara fulfill her promise. 

But there is such bond that could not be broken. In the third life, the third time, she tries to win, Rhyssa find him again, like he would find her again.

At this time she wanted to mock Death. 

She wanted to say to him, that this is not a tragic hero story. But it is a tragic love story..but this time she is intending to make it a happy ending.

Looking at those two, she smiles. 

'The descendant of an Artagnan and a descendant of Mont. Everything come to full circle.'

Saying this she closes her eyes in satisfaction as she enters the Dreamland again, to guide Arial again.

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