Fate Cultivation

The wind picked up and the scent of blood was heavy in the air. The formless pressure created by Shen Wenyan weighed heavily on these girls. Despite being a mortal he thoroughly enthralled the girls.

It wasn't just his unique purple hair and red eyes. The stone-cold, marrow-freezing look that cold kill. It wasn't something that could be copied it was through years of suppressing feelings and emotions that one could cultivate.

And that was then.

"Are ask of you... are you my enemy?".

His smooth sounding, yet cold and jagged voice was also unique but also appealing in its own way.

Yet none of these affected the youngest member of their group.

"Nuh uh. We were just watching and were going to save you from that Shadow Wolf Big Brother!". They all turned their gazes towards Junior Sister Lin indicating with their eyes to be quiet.

"Big Brother was so cool! You were like swish and woosh and kablam and smash and they were all defeated! Tell me Big Brother who did you do it?". Junior Sister Lin said with stars in her eyes. Eyes that were naturally drawn to the spear within Shen Wenyan's hand.

"Big Brother is that a Spirit Weapon?". The little girl stopped and tried to examine Gae Bolg but the tip suddenly appeared at her throat.

Shen Wenyan narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you my enemy?".

"Let go of her!". One of the other girls, who had a good relationship with Little Lin jumped forward with a speed greater than the Shadow Wolf. Her palm thrusting forward to attack Shen Wenyan.

He gazed at her for a brief moment before muttering, "Connection, Root Directory, Search _ Ruler _".

He sidestepped to avoid the palm thrust before smacking the girl with the blunt end of the spear causing her to be thrown several meters away coughing heavily.

"Junior Sister!"

"Senior Sister Yan!".

The rest of the group turned to face Shen Wenyan who now had blonde hair and purple eyes. This caught them off guard and the only just caught what he was saying, " _ Ruler _ found, True Name Jeanne D'Arc, Noble Phantasm, Luminosite Eternelle"

A large white flag with blue and gold highlights appear within his hands. With a elegant twirl his smooth voice resounds again, "Since you have attacked me I can only assume you are my enemy. Don't worry I will not kill you, but you will not leave here without receiving a punishment".

With a sudden burst of strength Shen Wenyan leaped forward with a destructive force causing the ground beneath him to crack.

'So fast!'

Each of the 8 girls look at each other and disperse while Senior Sister Lien stands before him.

'They want to surround me huh? In that case..." Muttering something under his breath his hair and eyes once again changed.

Bang!

Several dozen rifles suddenly manifested in the air with at least 4 pointing to each girl. A single warning shot was fired at the feet of each of them.

They each watched the floating rifles in front of them and looked back at their Junior Sister Lin who had her hands clasped together with stars in her eyes.

"That was so cool Big Brother! That flag possessed some sort of Divinity didn't it? But when you summoned those strange crossbows all the divinity in the area was erased!". The words shocked the girls and made them cringe a little.

'Junior Sister! Shouldn't you try and not compliment the man who placed a spear near your throat?'. They only swayed their heads and sighed. Little Lin's temperament was something they had all gotten used too.

Shen Wenyan, whose hair turned back to black and eyes from purple to red looked at Little Lin with a raised eyebrow. "You haven't stated whether you are friend or foe. You attacked first so I retaliated. So I will ask one final time... are you my enemy?".

The other girls looked at the rifles and then each other before Senior Sister Lien answered, "We are not your enemies. You threatened our Junior Sister thus we believed you to be a threat. It is all a misunderstanding".

"So why have you been watching me?". Shen Wenyan retorted.

"This...", the group looked a little embarrassed. They couldn't say 'we want to take you back with us and have you procreate to populate and expand our Sect'.

With a wave of his hand the amount of rifles in the air doubled and every one of them clicked and loaded simultaneously. This caused a cold sweat to appear on the backs of the young women.

"We wanted to ask you if you'd come back with us to the Sect!", Little Lin responded with a smile.

"Explain", said Shen Wenyan immediately.

"You are a mortal but you can defeat Danger Beasts half a Great Realm above you. We thought that since you possess a small amount of divinity you must either have just entered the Half-Saint Realm or be the descendant of God". explained Little Lin.

Despite the memories from his new body, Shen Wenyan had more questions about this world and this so-called cultivation than he had answers to.

He retorted, "It could've just been my weapons. They're far more superior to your's. As you said, I'm just a mortal".

Little Lin smile widened as she said, "That's impossible. There's no way weapons possessing that much divinity would be in the hands of a mortal. You would've been killed and the weapon stolen since you could not contain the divine aura the weapon emanates. It has to be 'you'".

He sighed before whispering something, causing his eyes to return to it's normal black color. The floating rifles also dissipated back into motes of light as well.

"I sense no lies from you. I am placing my trust in you... I'm sorry your name?", asked Shen Wenyan.

"It's Lin Xifeng. But Big Brother you can call me Little Lin!", placing both hands on her waist her tilted her head towards the sky arrogantly. However the action only increased the girls cuteness.

"Is that so. My name is Shen Wenyan. And I'm not a mortal. In fact I'm older than all of you put together", he said with a smile.

Senior Sister Lien couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "Well how old are you?".

"I don't exactly remember... but I stopped counting after 310". He responded.

Once again the girls were shocked. Even more so than when he killed the Shadow Wolf.

"T-t-three h-hundred?". Said Lin Xifeng, barely above a whisper.

One should know that the average lifespan for a mortal is roughly 80 years. For a Peak Foundation stage it's easily 100. A Peak Houtian stage is easily 200. And a Peak Xiantian stage cultivator has a 500 year lifespan.

"A Xiantian..."

"But he looks 15... maybe 16 at most".

"Yeah but...".

They couldn't believe it. A Xiantian level cultivator was at least an Core Disciple in the Four Great Sects and Four Profound Families of the Heavenly Swallow Continent. Even in the other continents the Xiantian level boundary was a boundary that normal people couldn't cross. To ascend even higher and become a Martial Earth was akin to becoming a god in the eyes of mortals.

"I don't believe you! You can't be a Xiantian level cultivator, you just can't-"

"I never said I was a cultivator. But I mean it. I'm over 310 years old. I could be your grandfather". Interrupted Shen Wenyan.

"You- whose your grandfather?! You scoundrel. You monkey. You beast!". The girl that he interrupted was the same girl he hit with Gae Bolg. She appeared a little pale however her face quickly turned red as she tried to hit Shen Wenyan.

When he dodged and realized she missed she grew even redder than before, "Come back here! Don't run away!".

"Nuo Mei! Your actions are rude stop it at once!", said Senior Sister Lien while giving her junior sister the stink eye.

Now aware of her actions and posture, Nuo Mei somehow reddened even further and lowered her head in embarrassment.

"That's alright. She's just being herself. There's nothing to restrain or hold back. I'm not the type of person to judge one another", he said before whispering, "I don't have the right".

This entered the ears of Little Lin and Senior Sister Lien who looked at him puzzled before he smiled at them, as if he never said it.

Little Lin also forgot about it and only smiled while her senior sister merely frowned in confusion.

"Big Brother! Do you have anywhere to go? Shen Lien should let you come with us isn't that right Senior Sister", questioned Lin Xifeng. Shen Lien the beautiful masked woman was stunned before nodding slowly, "If you truly have no place to go and would like to come with us then I will allow it. However the choice is up to you"

He swayed his head before responding, "No. I don't have anywhere I want to return too".

Once again his wording caused her to frown but she ignored the feeling in her heart, 'I feel as though I've met him before... his face may be the new but his voice reminds me of...'.

A handsome face flashed through he mind, causing her cheeks to flush slightly.

'No that's impossible. He's 18 nearly 19 and possess a Martial Earth Level cultivation. A genius above geniuses. Shen Wenyan is 15 and doesn't possess a cultivation base whatsoever... I must be imagining things'.

Shaking her head she looks at the group of girls talking with Shen Wenyan.

"Lets go. If we want to return to the Lunar Crown Sect before tomorrow we have to leave now". Said Shen Lien.

Although the girls had just arrived at the Swallowing Mountain Range and were a bit reluctant to leave they all followed Shen Lien's words. Their trust and loyalty in her impressed Shen Wenyan causing his impression of her to increase.

'They don't seem bad... but I need a place to sort out these memories. Too many things missing and and even greater amount jumbled. I need to find out who I am... where I belong'.