Before leaving, Sage t with his wives and children. He had a long conversation with each of them and found his first daughters antics to be particularly enjoyable. Yaling had chosen the route of the Insect Tar, following in the footsteps of both Sage and her grandfather, Lings Uncle Yuhan the Beast Tar. She had used her expertise to explore the Insect Continent on the Inner World and collect strange resources that she supplied to Yatings business empire. In the outside world she was excited to explore the many insect species, but she had recently been sidetracked.
The Ci Clan had just beco the Lang Clans branch family and Yaling was the one assigned to supervise them. The Ci, which ant sting or thorn, were known for their bees, wasps, and hornets. Yaling was also unusual in the Lang Clan in that she used her own variant insect derived from the Silverbees that Sage used so long ago. Since she was also a bee user, she seed to have drawn the short straw. Sage found her complaints about the situation to be hilarious, which was a good distraction from the sadness of bidding everyone goodbye. Just like hed parted ways with the Tiankong Clan, he was heading off by himself for a while. All of them had their own dreams and ambitions they wished to fulfill and hed already spent hundreds of years with them all on the Inner World.
It was ti to move on.
Sage had quite a few errands he needed to run, and the first one was tied to why he chose this ti specifically to leave. That reason being that the Chong Clan was about to leave 10,000 Wave for good and he needed to et with them before that ti. Well, to be honest, he didnt have much to talk with them about. His friendship with Xiezie had already fallen apart in the past, so he no longer had much of a connection to anyone in the Chong Clan. They were still technically close allies of the Lang Clan, but he had no personal attachnts any longer.
He used a rciful Mollusk Transportation Array to jump directly to Golden Cricket Cove and arranged a eting with Xie Bian.
Chong Matriarch. Its always a pleasure eting with you. Congratulations to you for your conquest! The Chong Clans new treasure halls must be overflowing now.
Chh, no need to resort to so much flattery when were alone. What is it you want, Lang Sheng?
Eh? You dont like pleasantries anymore? Fine, have it your way. I just ca to get that technique you used before the war. The one you used to create an illusionary map in the sky.
She gave him a strange look, Is that it? You could have just purchased it from Thousand Treasures. Its nothing special, it just takes a lot of Qi to perform so only Nascent Souls care to use it.
Sage could only sigh and give her a shrug, I am still new to all the intricacies of higher ranks. In fact Im going to go and redy that problem soon so I probably wont see you for a few decades.
Leaving the Lang Clan so quickly? Arent you worried about them?
He gave the Chong leader a sly smile, You have no idea what theyre capable of. I pity the ones that try to bully them like I was bullied in the past. Its better if Im gone so those targeting wont have an excuse to aim at the Lang Clan. You should be happy to have them as your allies.
Xie Bian gave him a strange look and then just waved him off, Fine, continue to be mysterious about where they ca from. Theres a copy of that technique you want in the library. Go ask the Clan Librarian to take a look. All the books have already been collected for the move.
Sage waved to her as he left and proceeded to find the person in question. The Librarian was an old woman with an extrely piercing gaze that belied her age. She seed able to see right through him with a glance and he found it sowhat disconcerting. Before he could even ntion what his purpose was, she turned her hand over and a Jade Tablet appeared on her palm. Then she held it out to him, This is what youre looking for.
He wasnt going to argue with her and he quickly sent his consciousness into the tablet. A mont later he handed it back to the old woman with a smile, Thank you. Can I see any of the others? Nothing sensitive of course, but youll save so ti.
She gave him a weird look, considering that he barely had ti to glance at the technique before handing it back to her. Was he just checking the title or comparing a specific verse? She was told he wanted to learn the technique. Was she mistaken? How could she ever imagine that he had a clone living in a world with a different speed of ti and that instant was far more than enough for him to copy the whole technique into a mory Sphere. She was only asked to share that single technique, but the strangeness of the situation made her curious so she gave in to his demand and passed him another utility technique common among Nascent Souls.
He glanced at it just as quickly and before he said anything she handed him a third. At that point she suddenly decided that he was just teasing her and she took back the tablet then turned on a heel and left. She didnt listen to him any further and while he could have gone back to ask Xie Bian for more, his goal for coming here had already been fulfilled so he decided to move on. Leaving the forr Chong Clan compound he brought out the Red Cot and leapt into it. He shot into the sky and flew directly towards the south.
So ti later, he left the territory of the Dou Kingdom and entered the wilderness between Kingdoms. He traveled through the vast unclaid land quickly, wondering if he should take a detour on the way back to explore what the Tianren to the West and the Eightfold Kingdom to the East had to offer. It was certainly an interesting idea, but for now he had a goal in mind and didnt want to detour too far.
That said, he did make a quick stop along the way, flying over to the secluded mountain valley where he had once set up a hidden settlent of Hoplites. Before hed ever developed the Dragoons and before he had the Inner World at his disposal he started a Hoplite village to act as a backup for their species and also an ergency hideout he could take use of. He didnt want to spend much ti here so all he did was observe them from above. He was pleased to find that they were prospering, though they hadnt changed at all from the simple place hed left. There werent really any advancents in culture, technology, or even comfort. They were using the sa simple huts he helped them make, but they had rely built more of them.
I suppose its good enough that they have increased in number and dont seem to be suffering.
After watching them for a few hours, he left once more and shot through the sky towards the Shihu Kingdom.
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