Jian had quickly started his demonstration, especially since the woman looked effectively pissed off at all tis. Not a single ti did she appear to be impressed or anything.
In fact she looked quite dead whilst watching Jian perform different movents to show off his kishin powers. What surprised Jian the most was that she didn't appear to be shocked at his powers. He was pretty sure most people didn't know those powers even existed and a boy manipulating so strange black gas wasn't what one could call a common occurence.
He finally finished after a few minutes and saw as the woman removed her glasses and dragged her eyes all over his body.
" Your movents were quite intense, yet not a single drop of sweats can be seen. Your breathing is stable and your body isn't trembling in the slightest. Good stamina..This could land you a job in the army. Now for your powers...."
She volontarily stopped talking to let the anxiety sink in. Jian's life didn't depend on this, but she was making the whole experience so dramatic he felt like it did.
"...I would say they could easily land you on the first spot. We have been testing people for two days already, and the best one we got was a little girl who could summon fire beasts. I would say you power is a bit less 'spectacular' than hers, but the properties of that black gas would astonish more than one noble....Or scientists. Actually, make sure to demonstrate it's properties before you do any impressive movents. The scientists lose interest very quickly, because they are looking for 'useful' abilities, the rest is just powder to the eyes. " She simply said while crossing her legs. She had obviously decided to let him pass, however Jian hadn't registered that just yet.
He was more fixated on Mara's constant catcalling.
' Damn ! That's one woman I would've never dared to ignore ! Even that Zero girl isn't such wife material ! ' Mara exclaid.
' Would you knock it off a little ?! This is important !'
'Yeah yeah, I got that. You should actually focus on her, instead of being angry at .' Mara said while letting out a toothy grin.
"A-Ah yes, thank you Ma'am !" Jian exclaid. The woman glanced at him before getting up and giving him a hand.
" It's Lady Bei, not Ma'am. Actually, I never asked for your na. You may end up becoming my colleague as I work for the army, so tell ....What's your na, child ?" She asked as he accepted her hand. They both looked at each whilst the woman nad Bei gauged Jian's strengh.
' Qi Core realm, maybe 5th or 6th step ? He can't be older than 16...Pretty damn good.' She thought. However her calm thoughts were completely changed when he answered her.
" Ah....Thank you Lady Bei. My na is Jian. Just Jian. " He said before letting go of her hand...Or atleast trying to. Yet he was suddenly thrown back on the couch he previously sat on.
Looking up in shock, he saw Bei standing over him, her face rely inches away from his. He was quite confused, but her next actions were even more bizarre.
She put her her forehead against his and looked at him directly in the eyes.
**********
(With Huang Lei and Wang ilin )
Huang Lei couldn't believe his eyes. And yet, no matter how many tis he blinked and pinched himself, the scene that laid before his eyes never changed.
Wang ilin who was sitting besides him was looking at the disciple with amusent barely hidden on his face. He kept sipping on his tea while enjoying Huang Lei's expression.
" H-How ?" Huang Lei asked, his mind failing to provide even a bit of explanation for what he was seeing.
" Amazing ain't it ? And the Zhao Warriors don't know about it. They wouldn't even dare dream of it. After all we couldn't possibly possess such a weapon. And yet we do. It's useless to us of course, but I think my previous explanation provided enough informations for you to understand who exactly can use that weapon. " ilin said. Huang Lei grabbed his own cup and brought it to his mouth with shaking hands.
" T-Those Kishins guys, right ? So your first goal is to steal the dragon of that mad Sect Leader...Your second goal is to find one of those Kishins to wield that weapon....And then you want to combine the might of the dragon AND the weapon to wipe out the Zhao Warriors once and for all ?" Huang Lei asked. He was now feeling more comfortable around ilin, since he was obviously an enemy of the Zhao Warriors. And as the saying went, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. ilin seed like a good friend to have right now. Especially to Huang Lei who kept stealing glances at the weapon laying to his right. They were both sitting on a couch located on a small balcony that gave a good view on the whole cave in which ilin and his associates were residing.
"Yes and no. The Zhao Warriors aren't our only goal of course. And that's when you guys co in. You children of Raja will be very important to us for our future plans. Which is why I told you to give that ssage to your superiors. I know you have no desire to betray the knights, but they will never allow us to accomplish our goal, especially with how hard they are going on the Vishnu Institute because of their demon's contract...No need to think about what they'll do to us if they knew about our true goals. I will tell you what's our next plan, simply because you'll be killed instantly if you refuse to join us, so you'll never be able to reveal the truth to our enemies. If you accept, you'll also never be able to betray us...Trust , I know how impossible it is to betray the flies..Another organisation, one much stronger than the flies, made sure of that. " ilin said before he finished his tea.
He looked down and watched two mbers of the flies fighting.
The two were wearing uniforms similars to the one Jian wore, with the sa crow symbol, though theirs were simply made out of leather and had no fur anywhere. They were two girls, relatively young and yet obviously well trained.
They both bowed to each other before getting into their positions as another mber of the flies acted as the referee.
" Lu lu, ready ? Lance, ready ?" He asked the two girls. They both nodded and he brought his arm down to start the fight.
Huang Lei approached ilin to watch the fight too, while also waiting for ilin to explain what the next plan was.
And so they both watched as the two girls fought, one using fire while the other used wind. They had a weird style that Huang Lei only heard of....It was called the Garam, a martial art that used a mix of two energies, Qi and another one most people didn't know about. It had multiple forms, one for the elents and so other unique forms, though Huang Lei had only seen the form that used pure Qi to unleash boosted strikes.
As Huang Lei watched the fight, completely entranced by what he was seeing, ilin sighed.
" Ya know, those two girls aren't from here. They are from another continent. On the red sky continent, you can see powerful people yes...But you don't get to see a lot of incredible skills. It wasn't the case at so point in ti....It wasn't the case when the red sky continent was much bigger and had so many diverse cultures. But sothing happened and the continent broke down, and the many pieces that went away beca continents of their own. " ilin said. Huang Lei had already stopped watching the fight as ilin's words profoundly shocked him. He already knew where this was going, because he had heard these words before. Apparently the Flies didn't have such an original goal, but they had a dangerous one.
"Y-You....You want to unite the world like it once was ?" Huang Lei asked, his voice cracking all of a sudden. ilin turned around and gave Huang Lei a smile filled with sadness.
"I joined the flies for this goal, or at least a different version of it. I do not know which version of the plan the others want to go with....However my version is the reason i am even fighting...To not just unite the world by constructing bridges or use the Deep Gods to physically bring all the continents back together....I want sothing different....I want a unified world rid of all the problems that made it impossible for the new continents to communicate freely with the old one that is the red sky continent....A world rid of all the filth. Be it the Zhao Warriors, the greedy sects...Or even...."
Huang Lei will forever rember the words that ca out of ilin's mouth, for they were the ones that brought him to a decision he never regretted.
****************
(With Jian and Bei )
"U-Um Lady Be-"
"Jian ? Just Jian ? You are an orphan nad Jian ?" She asked, her breathing getting heavier by the seconds. Her hands were twitching for so reasons, and Jian was ready to call for his wolf if she tried anything. The wolf wasn't that strong and Jian used him to reinforce his weapon, however it was still a big wolf that could easily overpower cultivators with brute force.
"Y-Yes ! But what's going on ?!" He exclaid as she reached for her pocket. He was now ready to grab his halberd and cleave her in half if whatever she took out ressembled a weapon. However she simply took out a sheet of paper. It was a wanted poster.
Jian completely froze as he saw the face on it. He read what was written on the poster just to be sure....And his mind went blank for a second.
'Dear Satan....I rember seeing this face in the kid's mories...This ain't good.' Mara said as he paled...While eating fruits. He was quite the drama amateur.
[ Wang Houxi who goes by the na of 'Tor'...Wanted in thirteen countries for theft, murder, assassination attempt on a noble, arson and sabotage of military equipnt.....Thought to be residing in the Wukong Empire.....Bounty: 1 000 000 Silver Qin. ]
'Oy, robot ! How does that work on that continent ? I don't rember you or the kid talking about money so I have honestly no idea how that works. Are there copper, silver and golden coins or sothing like that ?' Mara asked as he kept stuffing his face with fruits.
[ No. The only coins that can be used are made of silver and bronze. They are the basic coins on this continent, at least they beca the basic coins a few centuries ago. According to my datas, it seems that Golden Qin doesn't have coins equivalent, for gold isn't that common on the Red Sky continent. Golden Qin are issued on banknotes. I do not have any data on the bank that releases those banknotes though. According to my data, 1 000 000 silver Qin coins would be enough to buy three tons of sugar. Which is a lot on the red sky continent. ]
'Satan...That's a lot. This guy is definitely so sort of super criminal or sothing...I like him already. Especially the sabotage and arson parts. Seems like a rebel to ...Or a madman. ' Mara said before laughing while Jian finally focused enough to speak again.
"W-Why do you have that ?" He asked, dread filling his heart as he feared her answer. This wasn't supposed to go like that. Not a lot of people even knew this man existed, simply because Tor was more of a myth than anything. Except for a few very famous events that got his na to travel around the continent, no one ever heard of him. And ever since those events, he kept a low profile.
However so countries did put bounties on him, even though bounty hunters weren't exactly known for going after such targets, at least not on the Red Sky continent. Most bounty hounters accepted bounties for beasts, maybe even so bandit groups at tis...But never the direct targets of a governnt...Or even worse, many governnts. Those targets tended to be insanely powerful AND dented cultivators.
Tor wasn't a powerful and dented cultivator. He was a talented thief, spy and demolitionist and a man who loved fire a bit too much...However he was anything but powerful. He was the living proof that a creative mind could go up against cultivators with the right tools.
And yet he wasn't able to stand up against the most powerful ones, and as such kept disappearing from ti to ti so as to not get ganged up on by multiple sect leaders or anyone strong and greedy enough to attack him.
"Answer the question first." Bei said in such a cold tone, Jian finally understood how urgent it was for him to answer.
"I am Jian ! Jian the orphan ! I grew up as a slave in the kingdom of-"
He wasn't even allowed to finish. Bei imdiately released him and sat back on her own couch, or rather crashed directly on it.
" Just my damn luck. Are you so sort of spy sent by my Older brother ?" She asked, glaring at Jian who was getting tired of this confusing situation.
"Older brother ? Who are you talking about ?" He asked, getting a sigh from Bei.
" You can't be a spy working for that dumbass. Guess you are just the orphan Jian he once knew. Sorry for the trouble, but since I already heard about you from my dumbass of an older brother, I thought you worked for him."
"Wait...Older Brother....Don't tell ...." Jian gulped loudly, knowing that Bei's answer could be sothing he really wouldn't like. Wang Houxi wasn't exactly soone Jian wanted to rember.
" You're quite slow, child. Then again I didn't tell you my na...It's-"
' System !' Jian preferred to ask the system directly, because her na wasn't the only thing that interested Jian.
[ Na: Wang Bei
Known Relatives: Wang ilin, Wang Houxi
Age: 29
Talent: 200
Rank: Mortal Realm, 9th Form
Unique Technique: ????? God Form ( Rank: Law Realm, First Law )
Martial Spirit: Non-Existent
Soul Heritage: ????? God Bloodline ( Rank: ????? )
Thoughts: Anger, Curiosity, Embarassnt ]
"Wang Bei. Wang Houxin is my oldest brother. I have a younger brother too, but no one ever told his na...Maybe you know him ?"
".....Ah....No.....I really don't."
Reviews
All reviews (0)