Chapter 6: I Am Not The Culprit
I opened my eyes and sat in the lotus position, which is meant to be the favourable position for cultivation and meditation.
I started as per of Heaven Shaking Technique. In foundation building, a person gain control of it's meridians and make the narrower meridians larger so that they can hold more energy.
After that the cultivation starts as per of fancy novels and animations.
Energy?
"By the way, Shu Feng. What is meridians and energy system or method called here?"
I asked.
"Huh? Don't you have my memories?"
Shu Feng looked at me and then went again to sleep.
"How can I forgot it? I have the inheritance of King of the Heaven. So, let's look at it."
I take a look at the memories I inherit from Shu Feng. It was same as Shu Feng told me before. With no more questions in my mind I started cultivating. Little some amount of mist was coming out from my body, but it was that small that it can't be seen with naked eyes.
'Huh? This kid has this ability. I should have expected this from him as he is…'
Shu Feng's eyes looked down from the dark place looking at me. But I wasn't sufficiently strong to noticed him.
Soon, a crack can be seen in the dark place and from it, blue coloured liquid started coming in. It was till it touched the floor. After touching the floor the liquid blend in it becoming black as the surrounding.
Shu Feng glared at the crack and smiled.
'As expected of him.'
After half an hour I opened my eyes.
"I cultivate for half an hour, but I am only at First-Level of Body Tempering Realm. What's the matter?"
I was puzzled.
"Perhaps it is a good speed."
"Good? It's not even comparable to me. Till you don't do it without caring about time. You won't be able to conquer the world."
Suddenly Shu Feng's voice echoes in my head.
"Conquer the world? Why should I do that?"
I asked.
"If you have enough power, you can conquer the whole continent anytime, if you want."
Shu Feng exclaimed.
"Oh, so I will cultivate more harder."
I was now dedicated to cultivate even more than before.
"It's not about harder. It's about doing it gently. The more finely you do it, the better your cultivation became."
Shu Feng exclaimed.
"That's the case. Okay, I will take care about that. You can sleep again."
I raised a thumbs-up to the sky.
Shu Feng rolled his eyes.
I closed my eyes again and started cultivating. Soon, after a hour someone knocked on the door. I opened my eyes and moved to open the door. At the same moment the crack in the dark place vanished as it wasn't there before.
"What are you doing here? Butler Ho."
As I opened the door I saw Butler Ho standing, waiting for me.
"You are summoned by City Lord. Follow me."
Without any questions, I started following Butler Ho. Soon, we arrived at the court. There were princess Qing, Varnilda, Butler Yi, some unknown figures and especially City Lord Min.
City Lord Min was sitting upon a throne and on their left was Butler Yi. Some stairs below there were two thrones on left and right side. On left there was princess Qing and on right there was Varnilda Margo.
City Lord glared at me. Butler Ho leaving me alone in the vast court with someone who I don't know. It was a mid-aged man who had nearly reached his fourthy.
The mid-aged man glared at me, up to down then turned around.
"Sami, do you know this guy?"
City Lord looked at me.
"No."
I replied.
I had never met this old hag before. But now he was staring at me like I had robbed his home.
"Look. He refused."
Butler Ho said.
"His only statement can't judge the whole scenario."
Butler Yi looked into Butler Ho's eyes with disdain.
"So, what now? Butler Yi."
Butler Yi smirked. Butler Yi walked down from the stairs and came in front of the mid-aged man.
"What was the whole story? Can you tell us again?"
Butler Yi asked the mid-aged man.
The mid-aged man with no expressions started telling the whole story and I was listening in case there will be anything that can profit me.
"I was sleeping in the stables. I woke up because of the noise made by the horse. I thought they want water. But as I stood up from the bunk I saw a boy with a egg in his hands and wearing blue clothes. His face can't be seen in moonlight. So, as I stepped to see who he was. He ran away, I run before him but get crashed to the wall from where he leaped outside the palace. I was unconscious and woke up just some moments ago. I came running to the Butler Yi and told him what I had seen."
The mid-aged man said.
"So, can you tell us are these clothes of his same as the boy you saw last night?"
Butler Yi asked the mid-aged man who was the stableman.
Now, I had understood all the scenario. This stableman can't see that person's face so because of our same clothes he had understood me as the boy he saw last night.
"Yes."
The old stableman nodded.
"That's it my lord."
"Did you see his face?"
I asked the old stableman.
"Who do you think you are, slum boy?"
Butler Yi looked at me with disdain in his eyes.
"Didn't I became a member of Min family yesterday?"
I exclaimed.
"You are a criminal right now."
"But it's not proven. And I have right to save myself. Don't I have City Lord?"
I looked at City Lord. Butler Ho who was about to saw something to defend me seeing my actions remained stunned.
'Wasn't he a dumb one before?'
Butler Ho said something in City Lord Min's ears. And City Lord looked at me.
"Ok, you can proceed."
"I am thankful my lord."
I bowed and looking at the old stable man I asked again.
"Did you see his face?"
"No."
The old stableman replied.
"Did you notice something in his clothes that's missing in mine?"
I asked the old stableman.
"Hmm…"
The old man started pondering.
"What's the matter, young one?"
Butler Yi glared at me.
"You know I used to be a slum boy. I have no fancy clothes nor any skills. To leap above a boundary wall of palace isn't in my range. If this old man had seen the boy he might have seen something…"
Before I could say further the old man unintentionally interrupted.
"Yes, there was some designs on back of his clothes. A symbol of roaring dragon."
"Look at me I don't have one."
I flexed my clothes.
"That don't prove your innocence…"
"Nor my crime."
I interrupted Butler Yi.
"Also I want to ask Butler Yi what happened after you found the feather and the secret tunnel?"
I asked Butler Yi, going little near them and bending a little. I was looking straight in their eyes.
"How do you know? Wasn't you proving yourself innocent?"
I smirked and interrupted Butler Yi.
"Wasn't it me who discovered the feather under the table, and it is so easy to understand that there is a secret tunnel by seeing the tile little bit above from it's surrounding."
Butler Yi smiled.
"Kid, there is no tunnel under that tile. Under the tile there was the real Marnildo egg."
"So, there were two eggs who are stolen?"
I asked, dumbfounded.
"Not exactly… Why should I tell it to someone like you? Are you even trustworthy?"
Butler Yi stopped.
Seeing my double face Butler Ho was little some shocked. She recalled the scene when the princess Qing said to her that she wanna know if I have some skills or talents other than wrecking the carts.
Butler Ho said something in City Lord Min's ears and held back to her position.
"The real one was hatched so the Marnildo is roaming somewhere in the palace. But the fake one is stolen. It is someone from our trustworthy ones. The thievery of the fake Marnildo egg shows someone is about to backstab us. And the thieves cultivation is less than fifth stage Body Tempering Realm because none less than this can differentiate between fake and real Marnildo egg."
City Lord Min said.