Chapter 38 - 200 Years Old

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"We're finally here!" Jun yelled out as he forced his jade dragon to descend from the sky into the land which looked like death itself had come and decided to take out all its anger on it. All the tried were tried up. There was no grass nor animals which lived on the land. All there was as a dirt land which look like it couldn't even sustain crops.

"What happened to this place?" Julius asked in pity.

"War… this is what happens when there is war between all the kingdoms," Jun relied as the finally got down on the ground. Once off his dragon, Jun told his dragon to wait for them elsewhere while they looked around for something.

When Julius looked around, he found a group of people which looked to be huddled around a pile of trash as they searched inside it for left over food. Julius couldn't help but feel pity but more than that, anger.

As they walked for a couple minutes which turned into a few hours, the two of them finally stubbled across a village which was signified by the short wooden wall around it and the small houses which looked to be made of dried weak wood and dirt with a combination of off rocks.

"Why couldn't we just have take your dragon instead of having to walk all the way here?" Julius asked in a complaining tone.

"I guess that would be a fair assumption but the reason why I did that is so that you could at least get a sense of what these people have to go through daily to go to the trash and come back," Jun replied as he finally walked into the village whose walls had an opening at which they acted as an entrance. As he should, Julius followed him inside the village but as he took his first step inside, Julius felt a large presence which sent a calming gust of wind to him and Jun which was a little too familiar.

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"What was that? Could it be.." Julius asked as he caught his breath.

"Yes it is, that is what it feels like when someone's aura who's cultivating through meditation feels like," Jun replied as he continued to walk towards a specific small house. Around it was a patch of grass which had some crops growing inside it. As they continued to get closer to the house, the aura continued to increase to a point where it felt like it was pushing them away. It was like when to magnets in the positive were forced to stick together. No matter how hard Julius tried to walk towards the house, he couldn't get any further than the door.

Seeing that Julius was struggling, Jun caught the prince by the wrist and began to pull him inside the house. Once inside, Jun closed the door behind them and let go of Julius who was getting pushed back so much that his body was forced to stick to the wall.

As for Jun, he looked down on the ground at which a young boy who looked to be around the age of 16 at max with eyes of pity. The body was completely still just like Julius when he cultivated through meditation in his sleep.

"What happen to him?" Julius asked as he tried to sympathize with Jun.

"He's been in a coma for 200 years. That's around the time the Great War had come to an end. However, since that day, he had never woken up to eat or move, all he does is cultivate through meditation. The most bizarre thing is that he doesn't age even though he's over 200 years old," Jun explained.

"Is there a reason why he doesn't wake up?" Julius asked in wonder.

"No one knows the answer. All that we know is that he has an amazing aura and is most likely a rank 20 since he's been cultivating for so long. There's even a hint that he might be able to bring life into things which are already dead…" said Jun.

"Oh I see why you brought me here," said Julius as he through that him and Jun were on the same page.

"So you understand the plan? Just to clarify, we're going to examine what his body is doing and try to learn how to replicate the way he allows life to bloom so that you can give life to the kingdom. That would be the first step into rebuilding this kingdom," said Jun however that was not what Julius had been thinking.

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"Well, my idea is similar but a bit different… can you make it so that I can touch his head?" Julius asked.

"It's too dangerous, we don't know if he can inflict the same sickness he has onto you," Jun tried to refuse.

"Come on now, you already know that my second entity will probably protect me. Plus it's for the sake of the kingdom, just trust me on this one master. I have a good feeling about it. And if you allow me to go through with the plan, I'll do as much training as you ask when then is all done," said Julius as he tried to put on a convincing face.

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"Okay fine, but if you end up in a coma, I'll kill you myself!" Jun said as he warned Julius.

"…that doesn't really make sense but okay," Julius agreed. Once they were both in agreement, Jun forcibly moved Julius' palm onto the 200 year old teenager's head. The moment the made contact, Julius ended up passing out was no longer getting pushed away from the 200 year old teenager.

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Once Julius opened his eyes, he was awake in a dark and empty space just like the one where he faced the dragon from the dragon tier scroll.. However unlike the previous time, there want a dragon but a large warrior clothed in pull red and golden armour with a spear and shield which looked down at Julius with eyes of disapproval.