Chapter 8

"Master… do I really have to learn this?"

"If you want to live, yes. You have less than five years before the Yang energy overwhelms your body. If you don't start soon, death will come for you whether you're ready or not."

Ye Chen tucked the book away with a resigned sigh.

The old man rose to his feet. "Good. Now, Chen — it's time to begin your training." He reached into his sleeve again and produced a small, glowing object.

He held it aloft. Light poured from it, and in moments, the surrounding sky and earth dissolved into a boundless white expanse.

"This is the Wheel of Time. While inside it, time passes far more slowly — one month here equals only one day in the real world."

"So if we train for ten years inside here, only about four months will have passed outside?" Ye Chen's eyes lit up.

"Ahem." The old man coughed. "This item is extraordinarily rare. I only have twenty in reserve. That's enough for twenty months of real-world time."

"Chen —" The old man fixed him with a firm look. "Prepare yourself, body and mind. Over the next twenty months, I intend to push you to your absolute limits." A slow, dangerous smile spread across his face.

Ye Chen knew that His Lord could fly but he did not expect it, he took him to leave the earth's atmosphere, and a black hole appeared in front of them.

At this moment Ye Chen did not know where the old man would take him and he too Blum knew the name of his master, "Master do I not know your name yet?"

The old man: "Oh yes, I was so excited I almost forgot to introduce myself, my name is Gu Xuan, then your name?"

"The student's name is Ye Chen"

Ye Chen looked around and as far as the eye could see. There was only darkness and a few thunderbolts began to grab, but the master made a blue protective shield around the two of them and protected from lightning strikes, out of curiosity he asked "teacher where are we now?