Fate Cultivation

A group of beautiful young girls caught the eyes of many within Spring Water City. Although they had all covered their faces with masks, they couldn't hide their charming eyes and sweet voices. All the men and even some women that they passed stopped and watched them for a moment before quickly turning away.

Why?

Because of the crest on the back of their white and blue robes. A crescent moon in the shape of an 'n', with the top part being adorned with seven colored jewels. Everyone in the Heavenly Swallow Continent knew what this means.

Lunar Crown Sect!

The only Sect that doesn't accept men into their ranks, that naturally means... that it's all women!

It was a forbidden unmarked Holy Ground in the eyes of all males, mortal or cultivators. No man could enter the Lunar Crown Sect without signing a special contract that forbid them to tell anyone else about the things they saw inside.

This isn't to say that the other Sects don't do this, however everyone seems to forget this fact and only focus on the Lunar Crown Sect.

"So how are we getting there?, asked Shen Wenyan.

"Nuo Mei's family. Her grandfather brought us here and agreed to take us back", responded Shen Lien. Shen Wenyan's gaze turned to the former who went red and held up her fist, "What are you looking at?!".

Smirking, Shen Wenyan replied, "Nothing. You defended your Junior Sister valiantly and serve your comrades excellently as well. If you didn't get to red all the time you'd be so much cuter".

Nuo Mei's face turned as red a tomato before she bowed her head and covered her face with her bangs.

Shen Wenyan could almost hear the imaginary 'idiot' going off inside her head.

That was when...

"Meimei! Meimei, are you alright!", a gust of wind far surpassing the speed of the Shadow Wolf came and swerved through the group of girls and stopped directly in front of Nuo Mei.

Her eyes widened for a moment before giving off a radiant smile, "Grandpa!".

The old man that had ran faster than the Shadow Wolf revealed himself as he hugged his granddaughter.

He was completely dissimilar to Zelretch. While Zelretch had a sort of foreboding and irritating aura, this old man was like the sun.

It completely caught Shen Wenyan off guard until.

"Hey boy! Who are you! Get away from my granddaughter", with a wave of his hand the old man pushed Shen Wenyan over 50 meters back causing him to create a parabolic arc before landing on his feet.

The old man was surprised that a mortal could take on of his blows and still be standing so he turned around and saw that the boy's hair had turned green and his eyes an exquisite gold.

Once again the pressure in the air shifted and the old man stood in front of his granddaughter and looked at Shen Lien.

"Go take them inside, I'll deal with him".

But before Senior Sister Lien could respond he used his qi to gently push them inside his house.

"No! Wait Senior Nuo! He's not an-". She was cut off before she could finish and on the street their was only him and Shen Wenyan.

Shen Wenyan stood up straight and asked, "Why did you hit me?".

"I'm not going to let them take you back to the Lunar Crown Sect. The power you possess is not something that his continent can take. You'll upset the balance, which is why I separated you from them. Return to your realm and I'll forget about this entirely or...". Senior Nuo took a single step and caused the surrounding buildings to quake and fall into the ground slightly. This was done just by unleashing his cultivation base. It wasn't something a mortal could handle.

"There is no place for me in the world. And I have no d.e.s.i.r.e to return to 'that' place. They offered to help me and I accepted. You 'balance' is irrelevant", responded Shen Wenyan.

The old man swayed his head, "The balance between the Four Great Sects and Four Profound Families has resulted in a 1,000 year equilibrium. They are all looking to be greater than the other seven. Your need to leave. Your power is too great for this realm to handle".

"Realm. Don't you mean continent?", retorted Shen Wenyan.

"Don't think you can fool me. You're body may come this realm but at least the 'one' in control isn't. He or she is far older than-".

"Enkidu isn't a boy or a girl. Enkidu is Enkidu", said Shen Wenyan as he interrupted the old man. The old man merely raised an eyebrow before his squinty eyes widened and his mouth dropped. "Y-y-you mean he has allowed you to stay in control? The other entity inside your body is co-existing with you. That demon?"

"Demon! Enkidu isn't a demon! He's human!... Wait no...". Shen Wenyan rubbed his chin before saying, "The closest thing that Enkidu is too is a... 'lump of clay?'".

The old man was taken back, 'Not a demon. Lump of clay?'. He retracted his aura but was still ready for a battle, "What do you mean. Be more specific!".

"Enkidu was originally a being created from clay, created to be the 'Chains of Heaven' that bound a certain demi-god King. As a result of this he was animalistic and savage. His creator wanted him to possess a human-like intelligence so he bought him to the divine harlot, Shamhat. There Enkidu spent seven days and seven nights with Shamhat and fell in love with her beauty. He then shed his monster form and became more human at the cost of most of his divinity.

"With his newfound rationality he determined that the demi-god King he was tasked to watch over has become a tyrant and confronted him for it. After a long a arduous battle the two never became enemies, but rather friends and enjoyed that their was someone as strong as them in the world.

"Enkidu and the King were friends in the truest of sense. However later on Enkidu was killed by his creator in order to punish the demi-god. His soul, or at least his memories, feelings and knowledge are all contained here now", Shen Wenyan placed his hand above his heart, were the invisible organ was located.

The old man was dumbfounded after hearing the story.

'Lump of Clay? Chains of Heaven? Gilgamesh? Shamhat? What the hell? Where is this young man from?'.

He gulped and asked him, "So this Enkidu... he's not a demon that has possessed your body?".

"No".

"But he's not human?".

"That's correct".

"And he likes to be referred to as a lump of clay?".

"No. He likes to be called a weapon".

The old man sighed and said, "Can I directly... talk to Enkidu?".

Shen Wenyan was a little taken back. He could feel Enkidu's emotions and feelings but he couldn't directly communicate with the Heroic Spirits unless he summoned them. This however caused an even bigger drain on his prana than demi-Servant. He might have an inhuman amount of prana, but everyone has their limits.

'Enkidu. I'm going to do it. But afterwards you will need to absorb mana from the air. This world has an abundant amount so you will need to protect me after I do it alright'.

A feeling of security filled his body before he looked at the old man and said, "You may, but don't be surprised when you meet him".

Shen Wenyan raised his hand in front of him directly pointing at the Senior Nuo which made him get out of the young man's line of sight believing her may be attacked.

'This is really confusing. First their was a BOY talking to my granddaughter, then he's possessed by a member of the demon race, then he isn't, then he says it's a lump of clay... this is going to be a long day', he said in a whisper.

He looked over at Shen Wenyan who was muttering something under his breath.

"Connecting to the Throne of Heroes..."

"Connection established, Root Directory found, Search _ Lancer _".

" _ Lancer _ found, True Name Enkidu".

"Action _ request summon _, Action received".

"Initiate summon... Start!".

With a burst of red light the the hand of Shen Wenyan glowed and three seals were formed in the shape of a spear. The red light expanded until the shape of a runic circle appeared on the ground.

The old man had to cover his eyes for a second before looking back at the large amount of smoke.

'Was he lying? He couldn't be. A 15 year-old with no twitches or increase in heartbeat when they lie is non-existent. Even if he started training in his mothers w.o.m.b he wouldn't be able to reach that level of skill'.

With a wave of his hand the smoke cleared away leaving only Shen Wenyan and a white robed, green haired figure in the center of the circle.

The old man's heart nearly stopped when he saw the robed figures face. It was perfect in every sense of the word. Symmetrical, unblemished pale skin. It was blue eyes instead of golden ones but these were a lot more serene only adding to the tranquil aura the figure emanated. The man or woman had no prominent curves where it really mattered leading the Senior Nuo to believe that this was a man... a very beautiful man.

This was when he realized that Shen Wenyan has fallen to the ground, clutching his c.h.e.s.t. Steam coming off his body is if it was burning from the inside out.

"What's wrong with him?", asked Senior Nuo.

Enkidu only smiled and replied in magical sounding voice, "He's fine. My summoning took all the prana he had left. is there some place were their is an abundance of ice or even cold water?".

Senior Nuo nearly choked as he responded to Enkidu, "Um, yes... right this way. My apologies for earlier. I believed you to be a threat to my granddaughter".

"It's fine. I would do the same for my Master as well... is this the place?". Said Enkidu as he blinked several times while looking at the giant building.

"Yes. I am the City Lord of Spring Water City and Nuo Mei's grandfather. Please make yourself-". before he could finish Enkidu, with a burst of speed, ran towards the shallow man-made lake and gently placed Shen Wenyan inside. Immediately layers upon layers of steam rose up causing their surroundings to become a little blurry.

"Big Brother! What are you- Who are you pretty lady?", a familiar voice rang out and a short, cute girl ran up the shallow lake kneeling beside Enkidu asking her questions at a rapid pace.

"What's your name? How are you so pretty? Do you work here? How do you know Big Brother? Why do you smell like Big Brother... why do you smell like dirt?". She tilted her head while her big beautiful eyes stared at Enkidu.

"Little Lin where are you? This isn't the Lunar Crown Sect have a little-". The rest of the group of girls stood still while looking at Enkidu.

As the City Lord found Enkidu by the lake he already saw that the group from the Lunar Crown Sect had found him and the unconscious Shen Wenyan.

"Who are you and what have you done to Shen Wenyan?", questioned Shen Lien.

Enkidu merely looked at her then turned his head to face his Master.

"I am Servant Lancer. I am the spear that pierces my Masters enemies and the spear that he leans on when in need. My name is Enkidu and you are?".