I moved out from the Dojo yesterday and here I came back and the first person I happened to run into was a troubled Senior Sister who happened to be the same person who told me not to appear before here again and the person who I didn't want to run into the most .
What are you doing here ? .
But dreams and hopes didn't matter when fate and destiny already sent their rules, but I never would have expected that her reaction would be this severe, she directly unsheathed her long sword and pointed it at my neck .
I was already in a weakend state due to the loss of a lot of Soul Power, Soul Power I had come to accept that once it was unlocked, the second I used most of it, even my control over my body would deteriorate greatly .
I had already forced myself to act strong in front of Yang Mo and Gu Xing for more time than I could, already overtaxing myself beyond limit, yet when I came to finally get some rest, I face such a cursed situation that was completely uncalled for .
What's going on here, Liu Ru Yu why are you acting like this towards your junior brother ? .
Luckily Uncle Li was present, otherwise she might have real went ahead and slitted my throat, seeing how cold and angry she was, I already determined what could be the reason .
My words to Chen Boa'er yesterday were indeed hurtful and I do regret them dearly, but now that they were spoken, I have no way to take them back, all I can do is to properly apologize and try to make this place steady enough again .
But other than her anger, there was also another expression on her face, one that was quite conflicted and troubled, when she was suddenly being asked for an explanation to her actions, she just glared at me and finally said :
Nothing, I want to go back and check on my family, Dojo Master .
Go ahead .
After giving her a deep look, he stepped out of her way and so did the mighty figures blocking the entrance with their crowding bodies, he let her go, she stepped out of the Dojo, but I still felt her gaze at me and how bewildered she was at seeing these guys in front of her .
Practicing some special Martial Arts can make the body get taller and that's especially for those at the Bone Forging Realm experts, those guys muscle density with much higher than both the norm and those in the other realms of practice under them .
So I didn't blame her since they even stood almost as tall as Uncle Li, who was still towering over them and he was also the one who wanted to figure out what exactly was I planning on doing with them, but he didn't ask .
My plans was actually quite simple, since the dojo lack in staff, those guys will make up for the lack and help strengthening the dojo, all while enhancing our reputation through the completion of tasks .
I looked at Tai Yu who looked to be quite wretched due to the fact that while we were discussing the competition and the wager with Yang Mo, that stupid guy started to go ahead and fight with the city guard .
He was wining first, but soon his defenses were broken and was instantly swarmed by them and got himself a vicious beating, he might be one of the actual reasons to why Senior Sister spared them a glance, he was rolled in bandages and was like a mummy .
Not to mention he was being held on the shoulders and looked to be more closer to be considered a corpse than a living being .
After she walked away, I saw Uncle Li stare at her back while saying :
If you did manage to beat that Gu Xing, your senior sister might forget all the greaviances that happened between the two of you and she will even hail you as her benefactor .
Hearing what he just said clearly, I couldn't help but turn to him, wondering what exactly was he saying, but as he saw my confusion grow, he just smiled at me and refuse to explain further, but instead asked :
Normally, your senior sister would be more composed and collected, what exactly did you do to anger her like that ? .
Seeing that the place wasn't appropriate, I whistled and two guys appeared right after my loud whistle, Mu Lu and Ti Tu, for Mu Lu I told him to prepare accomodations for the dozen of guys here, room to sleep in and such, as for Ti Tu, I told him to take them to the Rejuvenating Hall .
They all bowed again to show their gratitude and Ti Tu seemed to not be having it with those guys for some reason, he wasn't aware of how strong they were and so, he started to push them towards the Hall intended .
After no one stood there in the entrance but me and Uncle Li, I started to tell him about what happened with Boa'er right from the start and as I suspected, he raised his hand up and I already prepared myself for the impact and instinctively closed my eyes, but after a while, the hit hadn't come and there was no impact, so I couldn't help but open my eyes and saw that he had decided against hitting me at some point and just sighed .
His sigh wasn't out of anything but exasperation and tainted with a little bit of disappointment, it was unclear, if he was disappointed at me or was the disappoinment was at her .
But either way, the old guy who looked like a steady mountain in front of me seemed to be quite troubled by this as he fallen deeply into his own thoughts and after what seemed to be a few minutes, he finally returned to reality and told me to not worry about this for now and that he will talk to her .
I wanted to dissuade him against doing this, but he just brushed my warnings off and he instead brought another serious topic up, this new serious topic was related to my so-called Master, he wanted to meet him and discuss a few things with him .
I nodded my head passively and didn't have an exact date to when the two could meet, the reason was pretty simple, I had no such thing as a Spiritual Master, so how could I possibly be able to arrange a meeting between them .
He eyed me suspiciously, so all I can do was to agree for now and see what could I possibly do in the future, luckily the excuse I used didn't seem to increase these much suspicions of his .
I wondered if I could come here with a mask on, could this be enough to fool him, I seriously doubted that, but this currently was all that I can think of, the reason my excuse was accepted by him .
I told him that he said that he is an old man who like to travel and solve people's misfortune and enmities, I feigned ignorance at what that meant too, but my words meant that he was shuttling from one place to another .
He happened to encounter me in the place I was staying in and gave me the message related to him willing to help us out in this predicament as for when will he actually come to visit, well that's completely unclear to me .
After hearing all that I have to say, he sighed and accepted that help might be coming any time soon, but I completely disagreed with him in my heart, help had already arrived, since I'm here and all, but I can't say this out loud .
Well, I guess there is really not much that we can do, at most we will have to wait for your Master to arrive before our difficult situation can start to loose up a bit .
" Don't worry uncle Li, my Master will surely help us out, he is quite strong after all, when I see him next time, I will ask him to hand over some of the pills to me and tell him about you wanting to meet him .
I don't want to hear promises, I had enough of it for one day, when you run into him next time, tell him to guide you in the art of alchemy, else you really want even touch the doorstep of concocting pills .
I nodded my head and saw that his expression had already sunk for a few minutes now, I wanted to assure him that everything was going to be okay, but then he would just ask me how did I know and I might get kicked out again .
I will go to calm my mind in the Garden, unless it's something important, do...., what's with that weird expression on your face ?
" Huh, weird expression, me, hahahaha, you must be imagining things .
What happened, all of it, nowww .
He was using a solemn tone and since he was going to see everything already, I informed him about what happened to the garden and how it looked currently, he looked at me and just kept hitting me with his silent gaze .
I wanted to shout and tell him that I had no connection whatsoever to what happened this time, but looking at his expression, I decided to endure in silence, after a while, he finally came back to his senses and said :
So, the resources there..... !?.
I become a bit ashamed to be the one responsible for relaying the bad news to him without even letting him have a break, but for all fairness, he is the one who kept asking questions, I just kept answering him and that's all, but even with such thoughts in mind, I continued to say :
" Well, we had managed to save as much as we can, that Moon-Whispering Willow tree was okay and should be able to bear fruit in 5 or 7 months, but the fields are filled with holes and the still growing planets will need to be relocated to elsewhere if we still hoped for them to mature, you will understand when you see it .
He took my words and I could swear that I heard his heart getting broken, the sound was clear to me without even my enhanced senses, he suddenly hunched forward as if he was carrying a heavy burden on his back and without even sparing me a second glance, he started to move towards the garden, taking weak step after another .
Seeing him like this, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he was making such a big deal out of it, if he was aware of what I have in mind for that Garden and how much I was going to develop it, he would have most likely be happy, but I see him beating me to death still .
I headed towards the Rejuvenating Hall, on my way I once again ran into Mu Lu and he had already finished with arrangements for those guys to stay at the dojo, he being quite nosy after he got a chance to reporn asked about who were these guys .
Seeing no issue with telling him about what occurred today, he wanted to ask again if I trusted them, but in the end he just stayed silent and accompanied me to where they were currently stationed .
On the way, I first asked him about Lu Chiang, but he said that he hadn't seen him in days, as for Su Niu, that wretched guy seemed to have unofficially left the Dojo, he didn't get a permission or take a leave, his room was now empty and no one had seen for the whole day .
They were very much accustomed to this happening and what it meant, it meant that this guy had left for good and wasn't coming back, a few of those cases happened before and some were still happening currently, but I paid them no mind .
The Dojo won't collapse just because these good for nothing left, I will make sure of that, as we were walking, I couldn't help but ask Mu Lu about something that I have in mind, two things in fact .
The first was whether there was another force that we can trade with for pills and other resources other than that Alchemy Hall, wanting to completely submerge their business and if things went my way, they might even be the one to ask for forgiveness .
Actually, there is one more legitimate faction that doesn't even care to offend the Alchemy Sacred Hall, Trading Merchants Hall, as long as you arrive there to do business, no one would even say no to you .
Knowing about the existence of such a fiction, made my heart more at ease, even though I'm planning to spread the news about the Dojo recruiting a peerless alchemist, there was still a question about where to sell the excess pills that we will have on our hands at that time .
But now with being able to find a market for it, everything had started to become clearer than ever, after that came the next thing that I wanted to inquire about, I asked Mu Lu about where to go, if someone wanted to by secret skills and forbidden methods .
He furrowed his eyebrows at me asking this, the first words that came out of his mouth were warnings against using such a methods and I understood why he was acting like that after he finished answering my question .
Young Master shouldn't use any of those things, you are still vigorous and quite young and the path to the peak of Martial Arts is still wide and bright ahead of, but answering your question, the best place one should go if he was looking for such methods would be an official place like Trading Hall .
But even though, items like those always have some value but not a stable market there, every single item is genuine and there is no chance for one to con the other person .
I didn't want to mention this, due to how dangerous the other method that could allow you to find the things you want to find, but since you asked, it's better to tell you all and everything as to let you avoid making grave mistakes .
There is another channel you can go through if you want to acquire such items, the Underworld would be the perfect place to go looking for the most shady methods and secret skills, the ones that even the dynasty had labeled as forbidden to pass around .
But unlike with the Trading Hall, that place was completely lawless and even though all bizarre things appeared in that market, there will always be some trickery from those who sold the items there and some items might look genuine but in fact they would end up being completely useless .
And when it comes to manuals of skills and techniques, if you get scammed and bought such a usless and fake item, you might be digging your own grave, but why are you asking about such things, Young Master ?! .
After comprehending what he was saying, I already anticipated most of answer, the Trading Hall part took me by surprise, but I already planned to focus on finding what I need in the Underworld, as for whether the methods acquired were genuine or not,this wasn't that much of an issue .
Even if they were fake, I won't get injured or anything like that, I might be able to use them as a reference and increase my understanding of the human body, so it's a beneficial situation either way .
But their was a slight bit of problem, that problem laid in the fact that I would very much be found out by the people there and might get captured, if that Gang Leader of their decided to make a move .
I couldn't forget about the fact that they previously had sent people to watch my every move, even with a new disguise with a new mask, they could very much have other methods they could use to find me, what a headache .
As we continued to walk, I couldn't help but focus on Mu Lu for a while, gazing at him intensively to the point that he was starting to get uncomfortable, I had an idea in mind that should work without any problem .
I was thinking of sending someone else to deal with this problem for me, but Mu Lu wasn't the only one I had in mind for the job, no matter how I looked at him, I understood that it would be troublesome to send him to the Underworld .
But it should be fine for him to deal with the Trading Hall directly, since it's a legitimate faction and all, I also already have a candidate in mind that can be sent to the Underworld, but unless he agreed, I really can't say or do anything to force him to go .
We finally reached for the place that we were heading to, the Rejuvenating Hall looked quite dusty, it seem that the Dojo was short on even the staff responsible for cleaning and dusting up the place, or maybe it was because this Hall was already abandoned with Fa Shi leaving .
Anyhow, I entered the Hall and saw that Ti Tu was already there and his face had a frown as he saw me coming, he didn't stepped towards me, keeping his distance he said :
So all of these guys are poisoned and that guy is close by a hair to the death doorstep and I too believed that I had gotten infected by that same poison, can I now ask what in the world are you planning to do ? .