They arrived at the plaza of the Inscription Association.
Aiko had the constant feeling of being watched and she didn't like that at all.
"This place is no good." Aiko grabbed i's clothes.
"Well..." i had similar thoughts, but since they were already here might as well exploit her prowess to get so goodies.
"At first you were supposed to stay at the Inscription Hall for 3 months and learn from each other, but since you are a month late, we won't be extending that ti." The Patriarch said staring at the pretty Fox and Rune Fox.
"Better for us, this place slls bad." i stared at the Patriarch and said in a normal voice.
A few Elders frowned, but they couldn't say anything as it was not their turn yet.
"That is true, we don't have that many disciples and when we do they don't like cleaning." The Patriarch agreed. He despised cleaning, so he never cleaned his place.
Aiko stared around. Except for the Patriarch with blond hair, everyone had black or brown hair. He had such a unique and blinding colour that he stood out.
This plaza was located on one of the 3 peaks of this place. Each peak was shrouded in mist and it was quite a magical sight, but even that magical sight couldn't make up for the bad sll.
"It slls like shit..." Aiko comnted.
The Fox Elders smiled faintly. They couldn't say anything, because they didn't dare, but that didn't an the Jade Fox with her Mate couldn't say anything.
"Sweetie you have to understand that not everyone likes to bathe." i smoothed Aiko's hair.
"Stinky Humans." Aiko nodded adding another insult.
The Human Elders were already red from rage, but they really couldn't go against the Rune Cultivator. If they caused discomfort to their Patriarch, they would surely lose their heads.
The Patriarch chuckled. "That is quite the strong opinion." He was smiling and not smiling at the sa ti.
"As strong as your odour." Aiko frowned and waved her hand in front of her nose to clear the air.
*Pfft*
So Fox Elders finally couldn't endure it and strange noises left their mouths.
The Patriarch no longer smiled. "I'm only interested in you because of your Runes."
"See? Now that is sothing I can agree with, at least you are no longer talking rubbish." Aiko nodded smiling.
i was having a tough ti ignoring the popping veins on the Patriarch's face. She really wanted to laugh, but at the sa ti, she didn't want to trouble her sweetie, since she was looking forward to learning more Runes.
The Patriarch turned around with hmpf, followed by the Human Elders.
Wei ca towards the Jade Fox and said. "I have no intention to protect you."
"Why would you protect us?" Aiko spat at him. "At best you might be a good chair, but that's about it you bald fuc-"
i finally couldn't endure it and covered Aiko's mouth, she would have a really hard ti keeping a calm face with Aiko's slippery mouth.
Wei's forehead twitched in a similar fashion to that of the Patriarch.
"Don't think I won't dare to hur-Ujhlksdg" Wei foad from his mouth.
Aiko blew on her small fist that cracked those eggs at a speed incomparable to before.
i laughed loudly patting Aiko's back. "Nice, nice! Let's go."
Aiko nodded and walked with the Jade Fox. The nearby haughty servants turned obedient within monts and guided them around.
They told them about history and whatnot, but Aiko wasn't listening, she was looking around at the vast expanses of forest and mountains. It was a truly magical sight, she wished she could see this from above, flying through the clouds.
They were guided into their side of the Inscription Hall but were stopped halfway by the Human Inscription Cultivators.
"Oh my, isn't that those vixens? And here I thought they gave up and tucked their tails between their legs." A very irritating female voice assaulted their ears.
Aiko hated those high-pitched voices, the Princess's voice was of higher pitch, but it was not grating on the ears, she had quite the smooth voice.
Aiko observed the situation where Foxes bickered with Human Cultivators. Both sides flared their Qi, but it had no effect on Aiko and she imdiately lost interest.
She stared around, this place was completely huge, there were massive ornated pillars supporting the roof, but even then this felt like one of those old cathedrals built by Great Architects.
She sneaked away from the ground, but i still watched her.
She looked around the pillars. All of them were carved with dragons and phoenixes, so even had so Inscriptions engraved, but those were mostly to increase the durability and were too boring for Aiko.
She sniffed the air, but there was too much dust and she sneezed.
"Kya!" A body rushed towards her, much faster than what Aiko could manage in her Human form and trapped her between huge soft pillows.
"I have never seen sothing so cute before." She smothered Aiko, but Aiko didn't like her, she slled too bad.
*Poof*
She turned into Fox and dashed away at top speed, startling that person.
"Wait! This Elder wants to play with you~!" She giggled excitedly.
Aiko rushed away from this weirdo and into i's embrace. She was safe there.
i was looking at her holding back the smile that was creeping up on her face, she was really happy that Aiko would find her whenever she was troubled. This ant that Aiko thought about her a lot.
i smiled. "What's wrong?"
"This place slls alright, but it's filled with dust and weirdos..." Aiko murmured, burying her head in i's arms.
"Certainly the sll is better, but there are too many weirdos." i agreed and broke away from the group, she never liked these kinds of rivalries. It was useless.
Even if you prove to them that you are strong, soone will always be stronger, if you don't spend ti polishing your craft you will be left behind while doing sothing as pointless as challenging others.
"Challenging others is only useful when you have t obstacles during your Cultivation. It can help you achieve enlightennt, but you should not rely on it. The more powerful the person is, the less likely he will want to fight you, so if you can't solve those obstacles by yourself, eventually you will be left behind." i spoke gently.
Aiko nodded. The better they were the higher their pride was and the less likely would be to help you, why would they help you if it would decrease their Fa?
Or what if they were defeated? They would lose face and nobody in this world wants that.
i walked around pointing at things and teaching Aiko Inscription Techniques.
"This one had the Purity, Durability and Qi Gathering."
"Why the last one?" Aiko suddenly asked.
"Do you rember that table that you have disintegrated?" i asked gently and giggled when Aiko frowned.
"At that ti I thought that the Elders would eat alive from their looks." Aiko really didn't like those stares at that ti.
"Because that Rune was too powerful, everything in this world has Qi inside, so have more and so less, but if you overdraw Qi from it they will turn into dust. As it happened with that table, the Rune was too powerful and thus 'swallowed' that table." i explained.
"Aha, so it's to gather that Qi and use it as so sort of battery to power the rest of the Runes." Aiko nodded in understanding.
"Battery?" i narrowed her eyes.
"Do you need to draw that as first Rune or is it fine to do it last?" Aiko changed the topic as she only knew the word, but didn't know from where she knew it.
She only knew that a battery is used to store energy, but didn't know how it looked, what kind of energy it stored or what it did.
"You would need to finish all the Runes at once if you want to draw it as last, so it's advised to do it at first or at least middle, of course, the Runic Array would be stronger if it was last, but so things take months to create and you won't be able to keep that much energy in your Beast Core." i was very enthusiastic whenever she taught Aiko.
Aiko nodded, she wouldn't be able to create things for months at a ti, so it would be better to make blueprints.
"What will we be doing here?" Aiko asked as they were not on the ground.
i found a small courtyard and settled down near a pond with Koi fish inside.
Aiko stared at those beautiful fish but then turned her attention back.
i was smiling. 'She has good concentration, this place has the bewitching Array so it was surprising that she was not affected as much.'
i was unaware that Aiko had a powerful Mind coupled with Soul. Only so things would be able to affect her.
"I will be teaching you about Runes, as there is no need to compete with others." i smiled.
Aiko nodded in understanding. "I don't believe that anyone in here can beat you."
i narrowed her eyes. "You think so?"
"Except of course." Aiko proudly lifted her nose high up and i laughed.
"I'm looking forward to our duel." She was still giggling while caressing Aiko's fur.
Aiko turned back into her Human form and tapped the Sect Token, dressing her up.
"Let's start the learning, it will get boring soon." Aiko already heard voices approaching.
"Which place do you like the most?" i asked, also noticing those voices.
"Sothing with a nice view?" Aiko tilted her head. She didn't know herself as she spent too much ti in Dens and was not used to normal houses.
"Then let's take that one." i pointed at the most secluded place, but also the largest.
Aiko turned around to look, that place was really secluded and there was sothing strange about it, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
"That place has Qi Gathering Array." i told her and Aiko looked at her strangely.
"Isn't that Array supposed to, you know, gather Qi?" Aiko frowned, that place was completely deserted of Qi.
"That is only the case when they are not using the Reversing Array. It turns Qi Gathering Array into Qi Repelling Array." i smiled.
"Then why do you want to go there?" Aiko didn't understand.
"Because with a few tweaks, we can return it back to the Qi Gathering Array, and since that Qi Gathering Arrays is huge we will have plenty of Qi to create stuff." i's eyes were sparkling with mischief and she couldn't help but lick her sweet, tiny lips.
Aiko nodded, not quite understanding what was so good about it.
i giggled. "If we gather enough Qi we can experint with Runes more, didn't you want to create that strange massage chair?" She smoothed Aiko's hair.
Aiko's eyes shined this ti. She really wanted to create that chair as she experienced it in the past and she even couldn't forget it, but the chanism was too difficult for her so she had to consult with i.
"i? I like you~" Aiko hugged i and i was startled.
The last ti she got so much affection was from her previous Mate, she was really weak to these kinds of advances.
"I like you too." She murmured and the group arrived behind them.
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