Thanks." Ye Yaming thanked his tutor and turned back to enter his room.
...
Elder meeting,
"What do you think?" Elder Ye Xuanming glanced at everyone before asking. The Clan elders were present for a meeting.
A meeting to decide whether to invoke the promised mentorship by the Azure Sky Sect’s Elder for Ye Yaming.
The Ye clan had been promised by an Elder of the Azure Sky Sect. A member of the Ye clan who showed cultivation talent could be sent to him for mentorship.
"Waste of the opportunity. That ominous child should be put down!" Ye Zhenyu spat his venomous words with a straight face.
"Don’t be impatient. Wait until he shows the results." Ye Canglan suggested he have patience. Whether that child was wasting his time or utilising it didn’t matter if the outcome turned out to be fine.
The Clan needed a talented member to invoke that favour. If nobody else was present then they might as well send Ye Yaming. He was better than others at least.
"What results? He is still training like before!" Ye Zhenyu retorted. He did not speak nonsense. He had gone and checked on that boy’s schedule.
The boy was still training like he normally did.
"Let’s wait for a few months. He should at least be given a year of time, right?" Ye Canglan didn’t want to jump to conclusions. As long as Ye Yaming did it within a year, he would be a good candidate.
That much talent would be enough for the Ye clan to get some backing in the sect. A better future for the upcoming generation.
"What if he doesn’t?" Ye Zhenyu was still of the same opinion but he backed down slightly after seeing that Elder Ye Xuanming and other Elders seemed to share the same opinion as of Ye Canglan.
They wished to give the boy an year to prove his talent. Only he was of the thought that the shrewd boy was faking his talent and was ominous for the future of their clan.
He did not exactly have the premonition eyes but his intuition was telling him that the boy was ominous. Within a few months of his birth, that boy was abandoned by his father and got his mother killed.
There was no predicting what the impact would be if he grew stronger.
"He is not a warrior, neither a cultivator, if he doesn’t show his talent then he’s yours." Elder Ye Xuanming finally made a decision and announced. The clan only protected useful members.
If Ye Yaming didn’t show the results, he would be Ye Zhenyu’s to deal with.
"Do whatever you want if he fails." Ye Xuanming announced. There was no opposition to his opinion. All the Elders including Ye Zhenyu accepted the decision. It was normal. None of them believed in raising freeloader.
"Moving to the next topic..."
The discussion moved to different topics. A clan as big as theirs had too many things to consider. The recent death of their Inner clan member was another topic of discussion.
...
In Ye Yaming’s courtyard,
A month had passed since he got the manual to practice cultivation. By the first week, he was already accumulating Pure Qi.
Maybe it was his 4 and half times the talent of an average person but he didn’t have any difficulty following the instructions in the manual.
But more than that, he spent most of the day doing physical activity and stopping the tussle between Pure Qi and Beast Qi.
Both of these were training of sorts and helped him increase his Talent by a huge margin. He didn’t know what or when the next talent limit would be. So, he didn’t stop training and even further intensified his training, keeping his cultivation to the side.
And the results were worthwhile.
Physical Talent: 310 -> 510.
Spiritual Talent: 451 -> 651.
Mental Talent: 501 -> 522.
Bloodline: Mutant Raven(+).
Beast Mastery: Stage 1 (263.)
Beast Qi: 966
He could see the increase in his talent. The Mental Talent seemed to be stuck but that was because he didn’t have materials to train that.
As for Physical and Spiritual Talent, they increased by a lot. Especially the Physical Talent, he was beginning to get stronger, his body was getting better.
Unfortunately, the effect of his Mutated Raven Beast Soul also seemed to be increasing. It was getting harder to control as his Beast Qi also increased.
Technically, he was in the same position as before. He got stronger and so did the suppression of his body by the Mutated Beast Soul.
’At least I found out that my body is weak because of my bloodline’s strength.’ He sighed as he thought. His physique was actually being burdened by the mutated Beast Soul which seemed too powerful for his body.
Even basic traits manifestation like the premonition was unbelievably exhausting for his body. The one time when he actually saw the dying warrior’s Raven, he was dizzy and about to fall.
Now that it got stronger, he needed to train physically to bear the strain and gain better control over the Beast Soul.
As he was lost in his thoughts, he heard Shen Wenhao’s voice. "Yaming?"
"Why are you here, Teacher?" Ye Yaming glanced at Shen Wenhao calling him from the gate of the courtyard and asked.
The teacher was his academic teacher only. They were close but his teacher didn’t visit his courtyard normally.
"I was here to check on your progress. It’s only been thirty days but the Clan elders are not happy with your schedule. They feel like you’re wasting time by not focusing on cultivation." Shen Wenhao didn’t want to burden the child but he had to be reminded that the Clan elders wanted results.
If Ye Yaming wasted his time on unnecessary practice and not cultivation then it would not be good.
’How can I skip martial arts training? I need to keep increasing my physical Talent or any Talent that is increasing.’ Ye Yaming thought. He couldn’t skip the training.
He was not even sure if this was the last time his beast soul could increase the upper limit. He needed to make the best of it.
"It’s fine, Teacher. I have already understood the cultivation manual."
"Also, a Clan warrior fell in the battle. So, I came here to remind you that you have to attend the funeral today." Shen Wenhao was here to tell Ya Yaming to attend the funeral.
It was not his official duty. He just cared for Ye Yaming and wanted to check on the young child of the Ye clan who seemed to be isolated in the clan.
’Finally!’ Ye Yaming smiled slightly. He was hoping to attend another funeral and experiment.
Could his independent beast projection devour another Raven? Could his upper limit be increased once again?
’Is he resenting the clan already? Or he wants to get out of this house arrest situation.’ Shen Wenhao looked at Ye Yaming’s restrained smile after hearing of his clan men’s death. What could be the reason behind a young child feeling happy about a death?
The resentment towards the clan!
’Understandable, he’s only a child.’ Shen Wenhao didn’t say a word and left quietly.
Ye Yaming on the other hand was lost in his thoughts. ’The training was really effective but the effects seem to have dwindled. Maybe another meal would help.’