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"Alright! I will talk with your father. But, why didn't you tell this to father by yourself?" Gu Shi sighed and asked.

"Mother, I don't want to make the father feel helpless. The Old Grandpa is very strong but he told me that his time will come soon. And before that, he wants me to inherit all of his knowledge." Gu Tan answered while lowering his head with guilt.

He didn't want to continue lying. That's why he had already prepared the end of this old grandpa when he reaches the age of ten.

But when Gu Shi heard his words, her eyes narrowed. She hurriedly held his arms and asked "Did you promise him anything like taking revenge or doing something for him?"

Gu Tan raised his head and stared at his mother with confusion. Seeing his eyes, Gu Shi spoke "Son, don't make promises that you might not be able to fulfill. As you said, the old grandpa is very strong, but his enemies might be even stronger. If his condition to make you genius is revenge or a responsibility, ask him to leave."

Hearing his mother's words, Gu Tan couldn't help but get speechless. He took a deep breath and shook his head "Mother, the old grandpa told me that he is a monk. He didn't make any condition. But, he did say when someone does a good deed, something good will happen to him."

When his mother heard his words, she was startled. Soon, a smile appeared on her face. She patted his head and sighed "Why didn't you tell us that he is a monk sooner? If you had told us, we wouldn't be worried so much. Alright, I will go and talk to your dad. This news will definitely relieve a lot of his stress."

As she left, the trace of desolation appeared in his eyes. Gu Tan raised his head and clenched his fist.

'Everyone, almost everyone believed that you are good. But, in the end, we were just foolish to believe that. Buddha is indeed good but not all of his followers. Lord Buddha, in this life, I can't follow your footstep.'

'As a child, I lied. As a young boy, I will kill. As a human, I will embrace the power of the devil. But, I will always keep you in my heart. In this life, I will become a demon Buddha. In this life, nothing can stop me from protecting those who are dear to me.'

After that, he got his hands on spirit stones due to another lie. Slowly, the time passed as if it had no end.

.....

Seven Years Later,

"Gu Tan, catch it!" Suddenly, an arrow heads towards his chest with an extreme speed. A young boy standing in front of the arrow slightly moves his upper body to the left. His silver hair flutters and his red eyes catch the vision of the arrow.

Whoosh!

His left-hand moves up and catches the end of the arrow just before it reaches near him. In front of him, there was a young boy wearing a grey shirt and pants.

"Hush! I still can't hit you. How come you are so fast?" The young boy wearing a grey shirt pouted with his small lips and spoke. His head was round and the skin was a bit dark. He had black hair and black eyes.

"Haha! Shen, if he couldn't catch your arrow, how can he become our leader? And, your arrow was slow like a snail. You need to improve a lot." A young boy wearing a green shirt and pants walked towards them while laughing at the young boy wearing a grey shirt and pants.

"Ming Shen! Zhu Ping! Gu Tan! Hu! Hu! How can you guys start playing without us?" Suddenly, two girls rushed towards three of them while panting hard.

"It's your fault for being late for awakening. Didn't Uncle Gu tell us that we can awaken Martial Soul at the age of ten and even give us the cultivation technique?" Zhu Ping scolded those girls with an angry expression on his white face. He had a tall and slender body which was quite opposite to Ming Shen, chubby and short body.

"Humph! Unlike you, we had something else to do." One of the girls wearing a blue skirt snorted at him. The girl next to her was wearing a red skirt. She also nodded her head in response. Both of them had an identical faces which makes them almost the same as twins and they were.

The girl with the blue skirt was called Zhao Yin.

The girl with the red skirt was called Zhao Xin.

Both of them were born at the same age.

"Tch! Don't make excuses!" Zhu Ping clicked his tongue and snorted at them.

"Alright! Alright, let's not argue here. We need to awaken our martial soul before noon." Gu Tan spoke and walked in front of them. Ming Shen closely followed him.

"Humph! Don't waste resources by awakening low rank martial soul." Zhu Ping snorted and followed Gu Tan. Zhao Yin clenched her fist but Zhao Xin patted her shoulder and said "Let it go, Xin! He is just heart-broken by what you said."

"Humph! It's his fault for proposing me when he knows I like Gu Tan." Zhao Yin snorted while watching Zhu Ping's back.

"Hush! Let's not talk about this now. We are still young. And, Gu Tan already knows about your feelings for you. But, he hasn't responded yet. This mean he is either not willing to accept you or he thinks the time hasn't come yet." Zhao Xin sighed and patted her twin sister's shoulder.

"Humph! I will make him fall in love with me. As for time, mother said father promised to marry her when they were just six and he kept his promise." Zhao Yin stubbornly walked away.

Seeing this, Zhao Xin. In fact, she too likes Gu Tan but unlike her twin sister, she isn't very confident with her feelings. She feels these are just child feelings that could change in the future.

"Hey, are you girls daydreaming or what?" Suddenly, Zhu Ping shouted from a far making her chuckle. Even though Zhu Ping shows hatred towards them, he still cares about them.

After all, that's what a childhood friend does.