"There is a reason behind it but I will explain it in the clan meeting, till then, I suggest you go and meet your sisters, they have missed you a lot.", Vihaan said as he took Rudra out of the main hall. Whereas sohaj went out to handle the unloading of those metal crates.
Vihaan seemed very happy as he said. "great, I always knew that you will get your reward for your efforts."
"Thanks, Grandpa! Soon I will cross your level too.", Rudra said with excitement.
"Ha Ha Ha Ha, sure you will!. Right now as you have become a saint, of course, you have excellent control over your kundalini. This means now you can use your spiritual energy for magic too. I have a surprise for you, something related to magic.", as Vihaan informed him about the surprise, Rudra frowned as he felt excited as well.
"Leader, elder Devendra wants to talk to you immediately.", a young man informed Vihaan.
Vihaan left Rudra right there and went away. While Rudra stood there alone, he decided to meet his sisters, after all he wanted them to know that he isn't weak anymore. But upon checking out their rooms when Rudra didn't find them, he wondered that where to find them.
But before Rudra could find them, "Everyone, Leader Vihaan has summoned all the clan members for an immediate clan meeting", the announcement for the clan meeting was done, and very soon all the members of the clan from the nearby towns too began to gather in the meeting room.
As Rudra entered in the meeting room just he began to look at all the members from the nearby towns.
"Rudra!", a familiar female voice cried out.
As Rudra swept his gaze towards the source of the voice. He found a familiar figure, his own elder sister Mayra, who had already rushed towards him. Within no time, Mayra took Rudra in her embrace.
"You fool, who told you to go on a venture of the forest all alone, why didn't you inform me.", Mayra couldn't stop her tears. She hugged Rudra very tightly.
"brother!", Anya and Kavya also had tears in their eyes as they hugged Rudra.
Rudra didn't answer, as he was lost in his thoughts.
'Why can't I never understand Mayra, she is sometimes strict and the sometimes very emotional, I cant understand her true feelings.', Rudra though as he hugged those girls.
"Ha ha, you shouldn't worry about me, in fact I have a good news.", Rudra laughed.
"What do you mean?", Mayra was confused.
"I unlocked my first chakra, I will contribute in the clan missions too. Soon I will cross you in terms of power.", Rudra said.
But as soon as Mayra would give any reaction, Rudra looked around and said, "Okay, now we should take our seats too, soon the meeting will begin."
Rudra then ran away in search of a seat and all of them took their seats, the leader, vice leader, clan elders, and the members, all of them were now present in the main hall.
Let the meeting begin, recently we have received the news of a mystical beasts ambush in the Besaak city. A group of mystical beasts from the forest have gone rogue and many innocent were killed in this. Besaak was a neighboring city, it's an emergency for all the neighboring cities, therefore I gathered all the forces in the main base for a few days."
Mystical beasts are dangerous and weird animals with many powers, they took had power ranks among them like humans. The warriors have the responsibility to protect the innocent from these beasts. This is one of the reasons why warrior are respected so much by normal people.
In rare occasions these beasts gather, forming an army or gang and the most powerful among them leads them, venturing to different areas and cities, just to fulfill their thirst for blood, and to get resources, territory, for power.
Such a group of beast had attacked the Besaak, and there are chances that it could attack the Kashvyagiri as well.
When Vihaan spotted the tense expression on everyone's face, he explains the., "There is no need to worry, the authorities of the empire, considering the seriousness of the situation, are sending some troops to deal with those beasts.
I just want all of you to be alert, they are mystical beasts, they can unexpectedly take action, therefore we need to be alert and be prepared for any situation. Therefore I have called all the clan members in the surrounding towns, we need to be prepared to face any kind of situation.
Devendra ..", Vihaan gestured for Devendra to continue.
Devendra nodded, "For now we will have to focus on the upcoming tournament, that is about to be held tomorrow, tomorrow the clan tournament will be held, it will give you a chance of competition and to present your potential in front of others, and according to your scores the clan will focus on you, provide resources and guide you to help you to become more powerful.
Except these all the others will prepare for clan defense in the upcoming days, we couldn't lose our attention on the matter of mystical beast ambush too."
"This meeting ends here.", Vihaan sighed as he walked out of the main hall.
Vihaan then walked out of the main hall. Vihaan has very tense expressions on his face as he walked out the clan mansion and behind the mansion, where there was a huge old tree, which looked a hundred years old.
Very soon a young man who seemed a spy came running and whispered something to Vihaan and ran away as fast as he came. But Vihaan had very tense expressions on his face. He looked a the huge tree in front of him.
"Whenever you become serious you always come to this Ancestral tree! Guess some big reason made you so serious!", elder Devendra said as he came and stood beside Vihaan.
"Masaan clan is planning something big, their leader went on a venture on the eastern islands, and now there are rumors that they have found a treasure, due to conflicts between our clans, I fear our clan will be their first target. Also the risk of mystical beasts attack, I am worried for my clan.", said Vihaan.
"If you are so worried then why planning to leave the clan after the clan tournament?"
"That is why I am worried, that for the better safety of our clan, there are some deals that I need to complete, after that our clan will have rapid growth and many more powerful members, maybe after that our clan's security will be assured.
But within all this the only thing that gives me relief is my Grandson was finally able to unlock his first chakra."
"Don't worry, as a clan leader you are the most responsive one I have ever seen.", Devendra says as patted Vihaan's back.
"Did you ready all the carts with those minerals crates we imported from riverside town?", Vihaan asked
"Yes, almost, a little more work is left."
Vihaan nodded and sighed as he walked into the mansion, Here Rudra was going back to his room, but suddenly Vihaan appeared there and dragged Rudra with him. Rudra wasn't sure that what his grandpa was doing.
After a few moments Rudra asks, "Grandpa, where are you taking me?"
"Just remember, or wait!"
Vihaan had already exited the mansion and was walking on a muddy road towards the hills. Very soon that muddy path turned into a small trail through the trees of the hills, surrounded with green leaves and grasses.
After walking for a few more moments, they finally arrived near a small house made of wood, and it was surrounded by a brick wall, and the wooden house seemed as if it had began to rot. Vihaan together with Rudra entered inside the wall fencing, and stood at the entrance of that wooden house, "Do you remember this place?"
"Is this saint Vashnaakar's house?", that place seemed familiar to Rudra.
"Yes, it is, the saint who taught you the way of kundalini cultivation. He was 2nd chakra saint.", said Vihaan, and waited to see if Rudra remembered something.
"He was your previous teacher, until nearly six years ago he went on an expedition, he had left behind something special for you, which will be useful for you in the future. But the most unfortunate thing is that he never came back from that venture, as the news says, he left his body on his own will.", Vihaan said in a sad tone.
Saint Vashnaakar, was like a special member of Rudra's life. He was Rudra's previous teacher.
In his childhood, everything taught to him about every prospect and the saint way was done by saint Vashnaakar. If one had the will to train the saint way or the Kundalini way, one could only learn about it from another saint. Everyone didn't have its knowledge, or considering how powerful and sensitive it is. Everyone would try to cultivate through this Kundalini way, whether suitable for it or not, and end up throwing their lives in the hands of Yamraaj.
Now, those memories had gone blurry and turned shady, but he still remembered that face, he didn't know what happened to him as he suddenly disappeared.
"But why did you bring me here?", Rudra asked.
"Go inside and find out yourself."
Hearing this, Rudra walked towards the door of that small house and slowly, pushed it open. Entering inside all he saw was darkness, with a little bit of light coming inside the room, through the gaps between the planks on the roof.
From inside that house was very cozy, with just a stove for cooking food, a bed that did not seem in a much better condition, and a chest thrown in a corner. It was clear that no one had even set a step in that house.
All the wooden things in that room had green marks on them as if they were slowly being spoiled by the atmosphere. But still, Rudra felt a refreshing energy radiating from that room. As Rudra went a little inside, towards the center, he found something weird.
He noticed that the wooden floor at the center of that cabin was broken as if something heavy had been dropped on it. The pressure and weight of that thing caused the wooden floor to break and sink in the floor.
Rudra squatted down as he put his hand in that hole, and sensed a very solid thing inside it. It was a piece of rock.
'What is this rock doing here?', Rudra pulled that rock out of the ground.
It seemed just like a normal stone. Rudra couldn't sense anything special within it. But he doubted this fact, otherwise, why would that stone be kept there under the ground? Rudra used his spiritual energy and injected it inside that stone.
That stone absorbed all of the spiritual energy, as a few symbols and signs with a few words written on that stone began to shine in a radiating orange light. Soon Rudra felt as if he was sucked inside that stone. He tried to resist but that power forced him to such an extent that his resistance had no effect.