Chapter 6 - Is This My Fate?

Li Jie woke up after some time trying his hardest to open his eyes which felt like they were stuck by some adhesive, when his eyes opened up,

he noticed his mother gazing at him with a worried expression and his younger twins sitting at the corner of the room playing with some toys, while his father was looking at him with a stern expression, and relieved that he finally woke up,

"Li Jie dear, how are you feeling now, are you alright?" asked Li Na worriedly,

"No mother I am feeling OK right now," said Li Wei with a smile, "OK if you say so," said Li Na with a loving gaze. "It's good that you are feeling well and that you have no injuries thankfully," said Li Wei in a relaxed manner.

Li Jie nodded and smiled and then he asked "father mother, what happened to me and what bloodline did I awaken what kind of power do I have, do I have the power to control gravity or mother do I have your mysterious bloodline,"

asked Li Jie expectantly, upon hearing which, both his parents turned sad not knowing how to answer their son and tell him the cruel reality that is life.

"Li Jie first tell me when you held that crystal in your hand, how did you feel?" asked his father with some nervousness. Then after contemplating for some time Li Wei explained to both his father and mother that

"father when I was holding the crystal it started to emit a blood-colored light which gave one a feeling of eeriness when looked at and when the crystal started to glow, it started to produce heat which started penetrating through my hand to my body, at that time I wanted to remove my hand from it,

but I remembered how serious your expressions were regarding this ritual, that's why I didn't want to disappoint you regarding this matter".

after hearing what Li Wei mentioned about the procedure their face became solemn with a sorrowful expression, Li Wei said to his son "Li Jie the ritual showed that you have no type of bloodline and you probably can't cultivate".

hearing which Li Jie's expression turned frigid not knowing how to digest this news for some time he has been waiting for the news of his bloodline and wanted to start cultivating to become stronger but the sudden news destroyed all his hope of ever reaching the path of supremacy.

he replied with lamentation

"but father, isn't it said that every human in this world has some kind of bloodline, how can I not have"?

hearing her son's sorrowful tone made her almost burst into tears, she didn't know how to comfort her son in this matter.

"Li Jie the "Chrymosomic Crystal" is one of the wonders of nature, it awakens a bloodline deeply hidden in a human being even if the rate of bloodline inside a person's body is in minuscule amount, the heavens are unfair to you my son but fret not, your mother and father both will take care of you, you don't have to worry about having a bloodline or not, no one will ever think of harming you," said Li Wei with an exasperated sigh.

"Father, isn't there any way for me to get a bloodline from outside," said Li Jie with a hopeful expression, his father sighed and said "there used to be such techniques in the previous era, now not anymore after all now everyone has a bloodline from weak to strong, you are an only exception son.

Li Jie became helpless after hearing his father's lamenting and clenched his hand tightly in trepidation. After some time his father got up and reached beside him, he took his hand and said to him

"my son I know how you feel but please don't ever give up on life, you have us your father and mother who love you so much and your younger brother and sister who also love you and look up to you, they are small and with not much intelligence

but I can see the admiration they have in their eyes for you, I am sure they will always love you no matter what, so don't give up on life".

"Yes my dear Li Jie, your father is right, we love you a lot, you have no idea how hopeful I became when I had you, I have never been that much happier in my whole life," said his mother wiping her tears sliding with a tinge of melancholy.

"Li Jie your maid will be bringing you some food after some time, we will be going now, you rest for now we will talk tomorrow and discuss your future ok," said Li Wei, and then he signaled his wife with his eyes to have

Li Jie rest alone to rest.

after that, they left his room taking both the twins in their arms, and closed the room door. while they were walking towards their room Li Na suddenly produced a force-field which had a grayish hue on it's surface, seeing the force-field appear suddenly which was only visible to him and not to anyone else Li Wei became shocked and asked his wife in fear

"Dear what's the matter".

"Li Wei dear no one should ever know and by that I mean no one, not even our closest ones not even Li Jie himself should know and that's why I asked you not to tell him that Li Jie is a "TRUE MORTAL," said with extreme fear and worry present on her face.

"why dear, I am not able to understand are you saying this because of how everyone will look at Li Jie with unpleasant expression and that he will be insulted everywhere is that why," asked Li Wei,

sighing Li Na said with disgust "like anyone here has the audacity to have any kind of bad intention towards my child, hmph I will rip their tongues and eyes out, but I am not worried for this just please believe me and never mention this ever to anyone, before we were in the cave which naturally isolated everything,

all I can say dear is that the term "TRUE MORTAL" is not simple as it looks, just never mention it to anyone and to others or your close ones just say his body has been crippled due to some problems occurring in the ritual it's rather safe that way."

"ok dear if you say so," said Li Wei sighing and then they reached their room.

In Li Jie's room on the bed he was staring at the palm of his hand which had some blood leaking out due to clenching tightly, he sighed "So I don't have a bloodline, huh, father mother I know you all love me and accept me for who I am but I am not what you have always wanted me to be, the same is with me,

I wanted to cultivate, roam the skies and become stronger but now I am not even qualified to embark on this path, what future will we talk about tomorrow father for I don't have a future anymore" lamented the small boy Li Wei in frustration and had tears floating out of his eyes which had a tinge of red.

"Is this my fate? is this what I am, and will be while everyone goes stronger and live their life to the fullest and fulfill their dreams while I am in the same area,

Oh god oh heavens whoever you are whatever you are, why did you turn me this way" cried with heaviness the boy who was just 5 years old with the intelligence of an adult while his parents and everyone knew that he had high intelligence and was capable of high understanding they all forgot one thing, in the end, he is just a kid,

a kid who has lost hope for his future and everything not knowing how to face everyone, regardless of his intelligence he was still a kid who wanted to show off his abilities and cultivation like others but now this kid is all alone not knowing what to do or how to live his life.