The Hidden Myth of Ji Dara

"Hmph! Can you mundane minds comprehend what is possible in the field of forgery!?"

Elder Smith bellowed with authority as an aura of a master descended on him through the ventilated roof, surrounding him in a unique glow of light as all the workers went silent and bowed their heads slightly, unwilling to look at him in the eye…

Though no one knew the phenomenon that just occurred, not even Elder Smith himself, but Long who was far away within the depths of Min Hong\'s consciousness could sense it, but not precisely since he was using Dara\'s current strength cannot allow him to use even 1% of his mental prowess;

\'A Master has been born within this backward planet!?\'

He was truly stunned and surprised, but back at the Forgery, no one knew what happened, but Elder Smith only felt slightly spaced out and realized that not only has his mental prowess increased drastically;

It also seemed to possess more speed unlike before, whilst he could also feel a sense of loftiness that was natural to him but was the simple cause of the aura of a master that descended on him…

He felt unmoving and unfazed, but not from impetuousness, but because he now possessed and increased level of composure and calmness, which was also a byproduct of the aura of a master!

Then after about half an hour, the glow automatically bored through Elder Smiths body, creating some unique meridians whilst clearing some things it found unworthy of being within a master;

But it happened in such a subtle way that not even Elder Smith felt anything;

"Alright, for the final part of this demonstration…" Elder Smith called the attention of the workers back to the situation at hand;

"Take!"

He handed the bow and arrow to the curious youth and told him;

"Shoot me!"

"Not at any vital area, but a place like my thigh would be okay… Any other part of my body and I won\'t be able to forge anything for life!"

Elder Smith quickly added as the youth kept looking at him with a stunned expression as Elder Smith bellowed at him in a bid to snap him out of his daze;

"Come on, I don\'t have all day! I still have to go-"

Huala!

Spurt!

"Eh!?"

Elder Smiths bellow did its job, as the Youth fired the arrow, but just as the arrow reached a few inches from Elder Smith\'s thighs, it glowed brightly like it was resonating to something within that thigh;

Then as if having a mind of its own, it made a beeline for the Youth who fired it and stabbed the exact spot where the Youth aimed on Elder Smith…

The arrow went through the youth\'s thigh coming out of the other side as blood spurted like fountain all over the area…

Though, they youth had been stabbed, but the sheet suddenness and mysteriousness of the entire scene placed him into such a shock, that he didn\'t feel the pain from the stab until he looked down at his leg and saw another worker passing their middle finger straight through the hole in his thigh without any hindrance whatsoever…

"Ahk!"

"Arggghh!" The Youth cried like he was a chick being ran over by a freight train…

"Master, why did you do this to me…" The Youth cried;

"Master tell me why!?"

He cried as the rest of the workers quickly tied a leather around that area and bound it tight, to prevent him from losing much blood;

This was the First Aid training Elder Ting had ordered her Eldest Disciple to teach them the last time she came over, and it was working…

"Sorry Kid, it wasn\'t my intention to do that to you…" Elder Smith apologized immediately;

"I had predicted that the arrow would react to my Qi, but I only thought it would simply grind to a halt; I never knew it would come back to hurt you…" Elder Smith explained apologetically as the youth nodded his head;

"Yeah, I had a slight rejection feeling from the stone when I infused my Qi into the arrow earlier…"

"Perhaps it somehow identified my Qi as the intruding Qi and used that to trace the Qi back to its source; Me!" The Youth speculated;

"That\'s right, a backlash!"

"People have that very often when they use techniques or arts not meant for them!"

Elder Smith snapped his finger in joy and realization, as he walked forward and tapped the youth on the shoulder;

"Weldon kid, what\'s your name?" He asked with a bright smile whilst the youth simply replied;

"Master, all of us who are born into the Qi Stone farm are not given names…"

The youth spoke whilst the rest of the workers also seemed a bit dejected by the situation;

"Well, you have all been freed and are now native members of the Ji tribe, so that stops today…"

"You all can choose whatever names you want to bear and put the name Ji behind it…"

Elder Smith spoke and the eyes of the workers lit up as, but then they simply looked at Elder Smith and responded;

"We don\'t know many names, Mater… How about you give us some?"

The youth asked with a bright smile, whilst Elder Smith\'s brows twitched wildly;

\'What makes these guys think I know so many names….\'

\'Fuck it, I would just give them numbers then…\' He thought to himself before looking at the youth;

"Are you willing to be my disciple, and I will teach you all I know?"

Elder Smith asked, stunning everyone in the area, as the youth nodded with teary eyes;

"Sorry Master, I would have been able to kowtow to you but my thigh hurts!"

The youth who was about 18 or thereabout fought back his tears as he replied;

Elder Smith understood how emotional the situation was; after all, these were people who had been in captivity all their lives, being treated as resources instead of the human beings they were…

Being able to live an ordinary life within the Ji Tribe was already a dream come true for them and the epitome of what they wished for, but now, Elder Smith was now giving him an opportunity to become more, and just the way the youth reacted to it made Elder Smith himself emotional;

"No need for formalities kid…"

"But now that you are my first disciple; I guess you should also go by the name…"

"Thus, from now henceforth; you are Ji One!"

Elder Smith blurted as tears finally leaked out of the youth\'s eyes whilst Elder Smith turned to the three workers who brought out the equipment and also named them;

"Ji Two, Ji Three, Ji Four; pack everything up…" He ordered as the three workers answered to their names;

"But master, wont this weapon hurt the Tribe Leader if he fires it?" Ji Two asked as the rest of the workers also nodded and frowned slightly;

"What nonsense!?"

"I would never hurt the Tribe Leader!" Elder Smith debunked the thought instantly…