CHAPTER 53: A FLASH.
Time froze in an instant, everything seemed to move slowly, even breathing was short. Bai Guoer placed her hands on her chest as she uttered those words, a secret she planned to keep to herself, never revealing it to her elder brother. Bai Guoer's friends were also aware of the tense situation in the sacred church of Motzu; After all, they were part of the Fifth Church. They had spread out their divine sense and were prepared to help Bai Guoer if necessary.
However, Adrián remained motionless. He couldn't move. Hearing those words, his consciousness began to spin. Although he hadn't spent much time with Master Sonu, he cherished him deeply. Whether it was for having taken care of him when he was injured or for having helped him at critical moments in his development, they were gestures that he would never forget.
Hearing those words struck him like lightning. From the beginning of his cultivation, he had been alone, watching the world crumble around him. He had looked up at the sky several times, longing to return to the days when he could walk and smile while gazing at a toy store. He didn't understand why he was the only one still alive, but he decided to move on and find a way to become strong. If the elders' stories were true, cultivating would help him reunite with his family.
"What happened to Master Sonu?" Adrian asked, despite the pain in his heart. He wanted to know what had happened, how an expert of his caliber could fall.
Bai Guoer was in a daze, not knowing how to respond to the revelation she had impulsively made. The discomfort of the moment did not go unnoticed by his friends, who came forward to offer their support.
Misa, with his characteristic warm smile, presented himself as the emotional pillar of the group. Although she never imagined that the two brothers would be involved in such a delicate situation, she was willing to give them her unconditional support.
Ana, for her part, barely sighed, reflecting her concern that she had said something that could have complicated things. Carlos and San Simons shared a sense of unease, although Carlos was still affected by the strange aura that had emanated from Adrian, feeling an inexplicable fear that made him fear being consumed by it.
St. Simons, worried about Bai Guoer's well-being, wished he could help, but he felt helpless in the face of the difficulty of the situation. At the gathering of everyone, Bai Guoer summoned up courage, perhaps unaware of his own dependence on the friendship he had cultivated in his elder brother's absence.
Adrián longed to understand what had happened. With his friends around him, Bai Guoer took a breath and began to speak. The presence of her friends gave her the necessary support to face the situation and share what was in her heart.
"A year ago, the capital of the Empire sent a decree to the two powers of our continent, they requested all cultivators to prepare for war, only cultivators with a cultivation from the second realm could participate, Master Sonu guided all cultivators of the Fifth Church in such a campaign, leaving behind a few..."
All of Bai Guoer's friends frowned when he mentioned the Imperial decree, it was the same for everyone, their families also participated in such an event. Only humble cultivators of Qi condensation couldn't come to it.
"When the war ended, of the more than one hundred thousand disciples sent by the Holy Church, only a few dozen returned, of the elders only a few were restored, but the teachers of the different churches did not appear in public again, the First Church and the Sixth Church gave an announcement that their teacher is recovering from his wounds."
"However, the Fifth Church has not issued any statement, I tried to ask the twins, but they did not want to say anything about it, apart from the First and Sixth churches, all the other churches do not have their teachers, so the rumor that they are dead is stronger than ever. Whereupon the sixth church became more arrogant."
When Bai Guoer said such words, everyone lowered their heads, when the war ended in the imperial capital, a poster was displayed with countless names, many of them were in red, implying that they had died.
Many of those names belonged to high-level disciples, even some were considered heaven-blessed geniuses, yet regardless of status, many of them had died in the process.
After the fall of the jinn, many others rose up, it could be said that the Holy Church of Motzu was thriving, but the truth was that their battle strength had decreased drastically, clearly the external powers which could take advantage of this moment of weakness to attack, did not do so for two reasons.
They feared the vast resources that the Church stored, and the patriarch was still alive.
Adrian processed all the information he had in his mind, for the moment he could not open the disciple file, because he had not yet managed to unlock his divine sense.
After calming down, Adrian had a lot to think about so he disappeared from that place in an instant.
The strength in Adrian's body was monstrous, so none of them could see him with the naked eye. When Adrian left, Bai Guoer started crying, he didn't want his elder brother to find out about all these troubles. I just wanted him to rest, but it seemed like he had complicated things.
Misa came over to comfort Bai Guoer, while the others retreated to their rooms.
Adrian returned to his cave inside the mountain of the fifth church.
He sat down and began to cultivate his Myriad Mountain cultivation technique, he had not yet stabilized his cultivation. He needed several hours to achieve it, after all, he now knew that perhaps this would be the last gift that Master Sonu had prepared for him.
But, as he cultivated, thoughts of sadness began to take over his mind, he had lost a lot, and he was still not strong enough to achieve his goals.
He couldn't even protect his younger sister. He even managed to get her to get away from him a little.
Suddenly all the energy in his body went out of control, his Ki channels caused his organs to bounce.
"Buagh!" – Adrian vomited a large amount of blood to the floor. He couldn't fully concentrate.
He slammed the floor.
"Master Sonu!" – Adrian said, as some tears fell from his face to the ground.
(The human race has survived because we stand together! Let us never forget that we are cultivators who are against the sky, we are against all races, we are against the gods and the Demons!) – It was the words that Master Sonu had said that resounded in his head.
However, while Adrian immersed himself in his pain. From the darkness of the entrance to his cave.
Master Dan appeared and slowly approached. He looked at the state Adrian was in, he was able to confirm that his feelings were genuine, it really was a sadness and desolation.
Adrian had noticed that Master Dan had entered.
"Did you know?" – Adrian asked, his chest hurt, as did his whole body, his Qi channels were torn, it was an unbearable pain.
Seeing such a situation, Master Dan raised his arm, suddenly a sea of spiritual energy appeared over the entire cave, which flooded Adrian's entire body, suddenly his entire body calmed down and his Qi channels recovered.
Even so, tears did not stop falling from his face.
"The Imperial Decree mobilized all available troops on the Suaking continent, the Imperial capital was besieged and almost fell more than twice, Master Sonu joined along with other experts to seal the God of Death, while the Sun Emperor of Omen fell seriously wounded" – Master Dan commented, Really what he said was something that was forbidden to talk about, since they were secrets so as not to alarm humanity.
But he had said it all today, in front of a mere disciple of Qi condensation.
Adrian understood Master Dan's words, only he didn't understand why he said such things to him. He didn't need to know about the Imperial capital, he just wanted to know what happened to Master Sonu.
"Master Sonu, together with the experts of the Empire managed to imprint a seal on the torso of the god of death, this caused the Devils to retreat from the capital, the Sun Emperor of Omen unleashed the celestial treasure Onigulus again causing multiple injuries in the process, but wiping out more than 30% of the army of the devils, however, the God of Death before falling into a deep sleep took the lives of many experts of the Empire with him, Master Sonu tried to save himself, but he was grabbed and swallowed along with the God towards the seal, his state of life is unknown"
Adrian listened to Master Dan's last word, and understood that what he was trying to tell him was that there was a possibility that Master Sonu was still alive.
However, he still didn't understand how he could help him, Master Sonu was someone powerful, it was even said that he had been hiding his true cultivation level, because he didn't want to be showy, as was his personality, he was just an old man who liked to educate, laugh, and help others.
Actually, Master Dan had come for another matter, but with his powerful divine sense he was able to know what was happening in the city with great ease, it was at that moment that he decided to tell him a little about what happened with Master Sonu.
However, now, she had another mission, when Adrián calmed down and his eyes transmitted hope and concern.
Master Dan pulled out a Book.
"Before Master Sonu left, he told me to hand over this cultivation technique to you, he said that he had chosen it specially, I hope he can help you in your future."