Gojo flopped back onto his own cushion, tossing the towel aside and resting his arm lazily over the back of his chair. "So," he said with a sly smile, "looks like you're finally back to normal, O Grim One?"
Han Yan didn't respond immediately. Instead, his eyes lingered around the room for a moment, wondering what exactly he had just experienced. He then turned towards Gojo, his dark abyss-like eyes examining him from top to bottom.
"So it's true then, you cultivate the Dao of Space-time.." He spoke, his eyes still weary, but despite all this, his eyes flashed with a tinge of different emotion- Respect.
"More like the Dao of Dimensions but potato potahto.. Am I right?" Gojo shrugged with a small chuckle and then cleared his throat sheepishly. Han Yan didn't get the joke judging by the look on his face. "Want anything to drink? I have cold water, some Peach juice, freshly brewed sweet wine, some snacks, food.." Gojo ransacked through his cooler, taking out dozens of foods and drinks.
"How do you get all these?.." Han Yan tasted one of Gojo's glazed dumplings and his eyes softened considerably after tasting. "What? You don't think I spend all my time cultivating? Well I do, technically, but I still have time for one or two hobbies..." Gojo shrugged, a chuckle escaping his lips as he grabbed the sweet wine and poured two cups full, along with a tray of desserts.
Han Yan wasted no time and dug into Gojo's tray of desserts, dropping the whole nonchalant and unfriendly devil act in an instant. Gojo sipped from his cup, smacking his lips in enjoyment. He made it from simple ingredients, fermented sugar cane juice, the Heaven Peach fruits and honey. It was a sweet fruity natural mix with a sour burning after taste that he loved. Once he perfected the recipe, it was gonna go on the market soon.
Speaking of his business, he had assigned the girl who had handed him the missions in the Mission Hall to take care of it in the outer court, handing her most of his recipes. He took 70 percent of the profit every week and was planning on starting a branch here in the inner court.
The tray of snacks and wine were finished rather quickly by the two. "I heard everything from the healers while I was chained up in the medical Hall. You singlehandedly stopped my execution.. How did you do that?" Han Yan asked after a short period of silence. Gojo whose head was resting on the edge of the couch smiled.
"You said it yourself. I'm a prodigy of the Dao of Space. A never before seen genius in the Sect's history. I see things, dimensions, the fragile network of lattices of dimensions spread across this reality..." Gojo lifted a finger, the blue and purple Yuan power that gathered atop tore a veil. Bells tolled, cracks ran through the air and shards of space, like mirrors gathered and revolved on top of his fingertips like a black hole. "Of course they'll listen to me.."
He paused for a moment, allowing Han Yan to take it all in and then he scoffed. "That is just part of the reason. Of course the main reason why they spared you is because you're a genius with a talent probably on my level. If you were some random jack of the mill, you would've been killed on the spot.."
Gojo made a dramatic slash with his hand across his neck and then fell back into the couch.
Han Yan exhaled gently. "I see. They want to use me...." His fists clenched dramatically. Gojo chuckled. " Hey, don't be dramatic. We're all being used everyday, like whores, Han Yan. We just sell different parts of our beings. Like a whore sells her body, we sell our potential. Not even the strongest amongst us is free from this ordeal.." Han Yan seemed to understand and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"So how are you planning on helping me to seal the monsters inside me once and for all?" He asked and Gojo sat up enthusiastically. "I'm not. My plan is to help you control the factors that affect your transformation, the rage, the fear, through intense Yuan power control sessions.." Gojo cracked his knuckles, Han Yan furrowed his brows. "Someone else would do the sealing .."
"What exactly do you mean by intense Yuan Power control sessions? Are you going to train me?" Han Yan asked...
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BANG!!
Within a small training room, a figure was sent crashing into a concrete wall, his figure leaving a human shaped dent in it, sending splintered cracks flying. Han Yan slid down the dented wall, a trickle of blood flowing down the corner of his lips to his chin.
His eyes were blurry for a moment there, and in that moment he felt it. The rage, the hate, the fear, it all came crashing down onto his psyche, an avalanche of negativity. His heart skipped a beat, his breathing laboured. But, he heard a voice, a stern one that pulled his soul from the dark abyss..
"Control it Han Yan. Exert pressure on it. Use your Yuan power. Call upon the power inside you.." He heeded, pulling and holding onto the invisible strands of power in his grasp. For a second there, his consciousness forcibly broke free of the chains, light returning to his eyes as he lifted his head to see Gojo in front of him.
"That's much better than before.." Gojo smiled. He was dressed in a loose sweater and pants and was barefooted, while the middle neck of his glasses rested on the bridge of his nose. "I nearly lost myself. Just how hard did you hit me?" Han Yan pulled himself off the ground, staggering to his feet. The way he looked at Gojo had changed drastically.
He knew Gojo was stronger than him, but having a gap this wide thrust in his face, when they were both at the same cultivation level was rather depressing. "Clearly not hard enough." Gojo adjusted his glasses. "The aim of his training is to have you fully control your devilish side by exerting pressure with your Yuan power...effortlessly.
If you're still losing yourself to the emotions, then you're not meeting my expectations.."
Gojo shook his head bitterly. "But then again, what did I expect. It's only been like 30 minutes.."If you can reach my expectations, you should be able to manifest and command your devil power even without the seals.."
Han Yan nodded solemnly at Gojo's words and then readied himself. Dark green devilish Yuan power exploded forth, bringing with it a pressure that caused the air around them and the ground to tremble.
"Abyss Devil Palm!" He exploded towards Gojo in a burst of speed, and his palms smashed out. A hurricane of incredibly destructive Yuan power soared, tearing and exploding towards Gojo with incredible might. But.. he scoffed. "This again?" He didn't even bother to move. His hands remained in his pockets. The resultant waves of the attack nearly destroyed the training facility, however, seals and arrays were put in place to resolve all damage.
The dust settled, revealing Gojo once more, completely unharmed with his signature smile. "How?" Han Yan's eyes widened. Gojo chuckled. With a wave of a hand, a crushing wave of blue and purple Yuan power soared. He blasted incredible power towards Han Yan's chest, his body recoiling from the impact, the shards of space splintering in an earth shattering crash. Like thousands of glass windows shattering at the same time.
A/N: Check out my new project. "Yellow Flash x Bleach". Stay tuned for more of this. Extra chapter loading.