God Slayer Chronicles 11 4.2 Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks

"Although the Sun's Fury Technique was indeed potent, it was only a lesser Sky Ranked Technique. My improvements though, they're incredible making it a peak grade technique… Hmm, I bet you don't even know how techniques like that work, such a shame." The old and somber voice resounded throughout his head once again.

"Who are you?" Yang Gou angrily demanded.

"How are you able to communicate through divine sense? There are no other Coloured Star Realm cultivators here apart from me!" He shouted into the darkness of the cold, wet cave.

"You aren't stupid Patriarch, I've heard the stories of when you were a child. You were neither the strongest or most influential one out of your siblings when inheriting the Yang Clan patriarch position. Instead, you were quick-witted and intelligent, and here you are… and here they aren't." The old voice chuckled.

"You're Yang Chi aren't you?" Yang Gou questioned.

"Indeed."

"Are you… a reincarnator?"

"Correct again."

"Should I call you Yang Chi, or…"

"Yang Chi will do for now." Yang Chi interrupted him, not wanting to utter his old name with his new body.

"Let me ask you a question Patriarch, do you like the name – Wen Empire?" Yang Chi continued.

"Wen Empire… I guess so, why?" Yang Gou was confused.

"Really? That's a shame; I thought the Yang Domain sounds far more appealing." Yang Chi sighed.

"What?!" Yang Gou was shocked, unable to control his breathing.

"Why don't you think so?" Yang Chi smiled in his mind.

"O… O… Of course I do!" Yang Gou stuttered, starting to feel his blood boil and ambition he had not felt since his youth grow in his bones.

Yang Gou took a deep breath, "But we don't have the power to hold off Azure Cloud and Dark Moon, let alone the Wen Empire!" he sighed slightly.

"Great-grandfather, you have something neither Azure Cloud, Dark Moon or the Wen Empire have." Yang Chi smiled where he was sitting on his bed, cross-legged sweating from his brow as all his concentration went into using his divine sense.

"What's that? You!" Yang Gou answered his question, a smile started to emerge from his face.

His damaged Dao Heart started to become clear, the thought of his clan's dominance in the world began to emerge in his mind as the grin become wider and wider.

"I may currently be a child, but my knowledge of the Heavens themselves could be said to rival any living being. You cultivate the sword do you not?" Yang Chi asked.

Yang Gou nodded, "Indeed, yet my achievements in it are worthless in comparison to others. My sword intent is only at ten percent purity, even though I'm at the Coloured Star Realm." He hung his head in shame.

Yang Chi chuckled at Yang Gou's dismay, even though ten percent purity was considered pitiful when in the Coloured Star Realm it wasn't as bad as Yang Gou thought.

The reason that the Yang Clan was able to even cultivate to such a boundary when using Mortal Ranked Techniques was that of their faint bloodline, which drove them ever forward not wanting its possessor to be weak.

The Yang Clan was indeed an anomaly in the country of Zi, their clan only possessed Mortal Ranked Techniques, yet they cultivated to Coloured Star Realm. Only precious Earth and Sky Ranked Techniques should logically be able to accomplish this. To any other cultivator, their foundation would collapse when shattering their Qi Core and entering the Coloured Star Realm!

"Perhaps I have underestimated the might of their – my new bloodline. The Nine Yang Palace did chance their ancestor Yang Ozai… so there must be something precious in their blood." Yang Chi said to himself while frowning.

"Yang Gou, as a sign of my goodwill I shall give you two gifts today." Yang Gou was knocked out of his daze as Yang Chi spoke.

"Gifts?"

"Yes, the first gift I shall provide you with is a sword technique that was somewhat popular around the time of my demise. Its known as the Soul Subduing Sword Technique. At its highest levels, it will transform your sword intent, causing its very presence to harm your enemies souls. It has three levels and is a Mid-Sky Ranked technique." As Yang Chi stopped speaking a stream of information was transmitted through his divine sense entering Yang Gou's mind, causing shock to appear in his face.

Even if he had the opportunity to stare at this technique for a few hours, it'd at least increase his sword intent by twenty percent, let alone learning the thing!

"My second gift to you is a Daoist Chant; it should subdue your body and calm your mind. It will prevent and reverse any future or current Qi Deviation." Yang Chi sent this through divine sense as well.

"I expect you to have at least recovered before the Dark Moon Sect descends upon this place. I think it has real potential… and the netherworld judges seemed to have already moved some things around for me if I repaid them by dying as a child what face would I have?" Yang Chi's voice snorted, disappearing form Yang Gou's mind.

In the dark cave, there sat a man… a man who had regained hope!