An Unexpected Encounter

It's already been several hours since Lin xiao has entered the forest with no idea in which direction he has to go. As the situation for him is already worse than he has ever imagined. All he can see are big trees and weird plants everywhere with no idea if they are edible or not.

"What should I do? I can't go out of the forest or I will get killed by them but if I stay here I will become some beast's dinner, even if I be able find a place to hide; I will die out of hunger", Lin xiao said hopelessly. "Grrrr.....grrrr......", a roar of some beast. "What was that? It came from nearby, I have to hurry and hide somewhere", he said while trembling in fear. "I have to run; don't know in which direction but I have to", Lin xiao said while sprinting up.

He started running in the opposite direction of where the roar came from. After 15 minutes of continuous running, he stopped for taking a heavy breath.

"Huff....huff......the roaring can't be heard now, I guess I am safe here for now; if it was a beast then it won't be able to find me here", he said while panting. "I can hear the sound of a waterfall somewhere, maybe I will find water if I follow the sound", he said and started walking towards the direction of the sound. After walking for some distance, the sound of the waterfall became clearly audible to him. "Here it is, a waterfall at least I can drink some water here", Lin xiao said while moving towards this waterfall.

As he was drinking water he saw something moving behind the waterfall. "What was that thing? By its shape, it looks like a human being but according to me people doesn't enter in Demon Beast Forest", he said while moving near the waterfall. "It's a cave and amazingly it is behind the waterfall; beast won't be able to find me if I hide here and I think so, that person who entered before me was seeking shelter too in the cave; maybe we can help each other", Lin xiao said while entering the cave.

As he entered the cave he saw the fresh blood trails. "The person who entered the cave before me seems to be heavily injured", Lin xiao said and started following the blood trails.

~After walking for some minutes

"It's an old man. What is he doing here while heavily injured like this? He seems to be resting by taking the support of the cave's wall", Lin xiao said while moving towards the injured old man.

The old man opened his eyes.....

" Who are you? and what are doing here in this forest, kid?", said the old man while staring at Lin xiao suspiciously. "This old man doesn't seem to be someone I should offend", Lin xiao thought and replied, "I am Lin xiao, a member of Xiao branch clan and I live at the border of the Mizu region". "May I ask you something elder", Lin xiao questioned courteously. "Yes sure", the old man replied. "Who are you, sir?", Lin xiao asked. "I can't answer that question now, but what are you doing in this forest with no cultivation", the old man said calmly. "To be honest, I ran here to save myself from being killed by two clan members; I don't know who they were as they have covered their faces, but they wanted to kill me because of my poor talent in martial arts", Lin xiao said with desperation on his face. "We don't know each but I think it was fated that we met each", the old man while looking at lin xiao. "Why you say so elder?", Lin xiao asked in confusion.

"I never thought that this day would ever come like 300years I am stuck on stage 9 of the Martial Saint Realm and now my life span is about to end and there are peoples who want my cultivation manuals by killing me as I am getting weaker now", the old man said to Lin xiao.

Lin xiao didn't say a word as he was totally surprised that he is in front of a formidable entity.

"Listen, kid, I don't have much time left but I do have a last wish; would you complete my wish", the old man said. "Yes sure, as long it will be within my ability", Lin xiao said with a firm voice. "I never had a disciple in my life; so would you like to be my disciple?", the old man asked Lin xiao. "I would love to. But I can't, I have very poor talent in martial arts", Lin xiao replied sadly. "Boy, see towards the positive side; you do have poor talent in martial arts but you do have some, it's better than those who have no talent. Right?" the old man said in a loving tone. "Hmm....but why you chose me?", Lin xiao asked. "Because we met by fate and if these cultivation manuals which are with me goes into the wrong hand then it will bring a great calamity, but you know what that's the second reason to make you my disciple", the old man said in a convincing way. "What you mean by that? And if that is the second reason then what is the first", Lin xiao questioned. "It's mainly because you remind me of the younger me. Those eyes filled up with so much hatred, the desperation to gain the power to protect their loved ones", the old man said with his eyes slightly filled up with tears.

By seeing the tears in the old man eyes and by realizing that the man in front of Lin xiao has suffered much more and also had lost his loved ones; Lin xiao lost his words

"I want to be powerful, and want to protect those who are important to me; please be my master and accept me as your disciple", Lin xiao said while bowing to him to show respect.

"Now, get up. Forget about the ceremony, now let me check your meridians as I don't have many days left", said the old man while holding Lin xiao's left hand.

"What I have to do, master?", Lin xiao asked. "I am going to transfer a bit of Qi into your left hand, you have to circulate it through your meridians and have to transfer it back to my hand from your right hand", the old man instructed Lin xiao.

"Master, previously whenever I tried this with my father it caused great pain in my meridians", Lin xiao said hopelessly.

"Try with me I will analyze your meridians while you do so", the old man said while transferring a Qi & bit of his consciousness through Lin xiao's left hand.

"Aaaaaaa.......Nooooo......dammmm......it hurtsss....", Lin xiao screamed in pain. "What is that? Why this boy's meridian is sealed with a heavenly seal; Who is this boy actually?", the old man thought.

"Lin xiao, it's not that you have poor talent that you are not able to cultivate", the old man said.

"Then what is the reason that I am not able to cultivate, Master?", Lin xiao asked shockingly.

"It's because your meridians are sealed", the old man replied. "What? Why? Who does this to me?", Lin xiao asked in confusion.

"I will try to unseal your meridians, then we will see.....", the old man said.

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