Double Moon - Chapter 52

Just as Chi An entered the region, the first thing he saw was an old man lying lazily in the shade of a tree. Chi An went toward the direction. The old man was sleeping and snoring.

Mingli Fan! An old man with a modest demeanor. He wore a simple robe, and beside him by his left was a walking stick.

Immediately, Chi An moved to take the stick. The old man opened his wrinkled eyes that were filled with flashes of power. He casually flipped his hand, Chi An slammed on the ground. He groaned sharply.

“Old thing, do you want to kill me!?” he angrily shouted as his eyes showed bitterness.

“Oh, my… my bad. Forgive me, young one.” Mingli Fan’s voice was weak and sluggish.

“Wait, can you see me?” Chi An asked in confusion.

“Nonsense, what is there not to see. Everyone on the island can see your form. However, you have to recast your body. It just that the material for that is scarce.”

“Are you talking about this?” Chi An presented the silver cube.

“Yes, yes.” Mingli Fan wickedly smiled as he moved with the speed of light to take the cube. However, a red light instantly enveloped Chi An, and the place began to shake. His eyes changed from blood red to silver. A double moon appeared in each of his eyes. Nonetheless, that phenomenon did not last long as the eyes changed back. The old man noticed it. That said, Chi An did not even understand what had happened.

He suddenly felt weak as the red light faded away. The man was lost in thought for a moment. Then he spoke.

“My name is Minglin Fan. I can help recast your body if you serve me. Also, you have to do as I command. That being the case, if I ask you to start schooling, better prepare to begin.” Mingli Fan spoke with his old eyes showing a glimmer of light.

“Let me see that quickly,” Mingli Fan commanded.

Chi An hid his hand away from the man.

“Not that,” Mingli Fan smacked his head.

“The goldenrod on your hand. What is your name?” he inquired.

“Me? Chi An.”

Chi An handed over the rod to him. He stopped his movement as his eyes reflected a brief history. In God wolf island, Yuanjun Choa and Chung Guan-yin came to the old man. They were both elegant.

“Old Fan, we have to set out for the journey of freedom and leisure. We both decided it.” Yuanjun Choa spoke in a gentle tone, different from the previous attitude he used for his son. Nevertheless, he was calm and relaxed.

“Younger ones are always hasty and full of energy. There is no doubt that you can defeat the rulers and transcend the rule. Why did you decide to leave your divinity as a second choice?”

“Even though we could. There is always no guarantee that things could work out the way we want. Moreover, taking our divinity to the lower order will only incur more Reverence and duties as well. I want to be free from all of those things.” Yuanjun Choa communicated.

“Well, if that is what you want, there is no helping it. Just in case, I will secure it.” Mingli Fan said as he gave a rod to Yuanjun Choa.

“Take it. It will be of help to you.” He added.

At this moment, the old man deeply sighed as he broke out of his trance. “Well, there is no helping it.” He muttered to himself.

“What?” Chi An asked. However, the old man waved his hand, signaling that it was nothing.

“Let’s go!” Mingli Fan’s weak and sluggish voice whispered. He took his walking stick as they both left.

In no time, they came to an old and mysterious hall. The hall was gloomy and cold. In the depth of the hall, there was a historical chair that stood proudly. On the antique chair was someone.

Pengfei Yang! A mature man with an angry and annoyed expression. His jaw was full of beards, and he gazed at the incoming Chi An and Mingli Fan with indignation.

“Old Fan, what is this?” Pengfei Yang sounded angry as though the two people in front of him woke him up from sleep.

“Don’t always be angry, Pengfei Yang. What happened years past shouldn’t bother you again. Here today, I came for something important. That is, to take this injured younger generation as my apprentice.” Mingli Fan elucidated his priority.

Pengfei Yang snorted angrily and focused his gaze on Chi An. Chi An was instantly shocked as he fell to the ground, coughing.

“He is weak. Be that as it may, why does he look like him?” he spoke with disgust.

“That is not the problem here. I came to tell you that this child is under my care, is all. I am recasting his body. I hope you won’t have any opinion with that.” Mingli Fan gazed at Pengfei Yang, who sat on the chair indignantly.

“Let us go,” Mingli Fan beckoned on the Chi An that lay miserably on the ground.

“Wait, what does he mean by l look like him?” Chi An was confused

“That means little to you. Let us go. Else, I will leave you here. He is going to use you for his food later.”

“I will go. I will go,” Chi An nodded like a clove of garlic, expression confused and fearful.

Just as they left the place, Chi An hounded the old man with a series of questions. “you tell me. What did he mean by that?”

The old man stopped and sighed. “You ask too many irrelevant things that are not even important. Anyway, he is very dissatisfied with your father for leaving. Your father used to beat him up. I guess his image had been printed in his mind for thousands of years. Regardless, let me warn you, don’t ever think that you will use your father’s glory to earn a place here. You need to have equal or greater power to make waves here. That is why you will start with the Academy..” The old man sighed deeply.