"Little Abdu, are these really the only books about Holy Crest in the Library?"
Sol finished reading the pile of books around him and looked up at Abdu who was laying casually so distance away.
"You can go check for yourself."
Sol frowned as he looked around the library.
The number of books here was in the hundreds of thousands. It would be too difficult and ti-consuming for him to go through all of them.
Sol was currently in the library reading as well as collecting the books he found interesting.
His current focus was on books containing information about Holy Crests, but after reading these dozen or so dusty old books, he was disappointed.
"Why is there so little information on Holy Crests? Were they not a big deal back then?"
"They were but the power of a God was looked down upon. Those who cultivate Aether strive to beco an Immortal Deity and challenge the heavens, as well as the Gods’ power and authority."
"What happen to those marked by a Holy Crest?"
Abdu paused before saying.
"They were hunted down and crucified. We did not acknowledge the power of Gods so why would we try and learn it? You are lucky to even find those books in here, after Su Jin gained a Holy Crest Su Moon search everywhere for information about them."
Sol sighed before he flopped down on the ground, which kicked up a lot of dust.
The library was pretty unkempt.
"Little Abdu, let rub you."
"No."
"Why not? Just once, let pet you, like for a little bit."
"No."
"..."
After a period of silence, Sol suddenly sprung up from his position and vanish with a step.
He reappeared next to Abdu and grabbed at him with a fervent expression. However, Sol grabbed nothing but air as Abdu easily dodge his advance.
Sol was right behind him as he used his Heavenly Steps to chase Abdu around the large library.
"Little Abdu you’re being unfair, Little Zeel lets pet him."
"Give it up brat, I don’t like being pet."
Abdu appeared on top of a bookshelf and casually lick the fur on his paw.
Sol’s figure appeared below the bookshelf and he looked at Abdu with an agitated expression.
"Why are you so fast?"
Sol was confident in his Heavenly Steps, and coupled with the fact that he started opening the acupoints in his legs which increased his speed, when he fought in the Martial Hall Pagoda he was exceedingly faster than most disciples.
But Abdu’s casual ease at how he was dodging his advances left him quite shocked.
"I’m barely moving, you’re the one who’s too slow."
"Are you using a Movent Skill? Why don’t you teach it to ?"
Sol’s eyes suddenly brighten, but Abdu’s next words caused him to almost fall over.
"What’s a Movent Skill?"
"Wah-You don’t know what a Movent Skill is?"
Sol looked at Abdu with surprise.
"Brat, do you know how long I’ve been in here? Is it the way how you move your legs?"
"That’s part of it, but it also involves the circulation of Aether in my legs."
"You circulate Aether in your legs to boost your speed? Interesting..."
After Abdu said that, Sol watched with his jaw on the floor as Abdu vanished from atop the bookshelf.
"That-That’s my Heavenly Steps! You copied ?"
Sol spun around to look at Adbu who appeared on one of the many tables in the library.
"I did, was it supposed to be hard?"
Sol stood there gobsmacked for a brief mont then said with a bitter smile.
"I thought Martial Skills were harder for Spiritual Beast to learn because of the difference in our bodies. It was also said that you all were born with all of your ridians and acupoints closed. The only way Spirit Beasts could open them was by training their bodies extensively."
It was also said that Spirit Beasts were this world’s greatest Fleshly Bodies cultivators. Even the Barbarian Race have created most of their Runic Physique cultivation thods from observing the Spirit Beasts in the Eternal Desert.
"Well, I don’t know about Spirit Beasts but I’m far from being one. I was born with all of my ridians and acupoints opened."
Sol almost gasped upon hearing that.
"Is that possible? Can I see?"
Sol hurried over to Abdu, but Abdu suddenly leaped out of his reach.
"Nice try, but that won’t work."
"Little Abdu you’re really being too stingy!"
Sol yelled after having his thoughts figured out.
He then started chasing Abdu around the library once more.
At so point in the chase, Sol got fed up.
Abdu was faster than him before he learned his Heavenly Steps, but now with it, he was exponentially faster. No, it seed as if the more ti passed he was getting more used to the Martial Skill and was thus getting faster and faster!
Maybe for an existence like Abdu a Martial Skill of this level wasn’t anything special, but for Sol, it was sothing extrely valuable.
"What was the na of this thing which is called a Martial Skill? Was it Heavenly Steps? How fitting. My injuries prevent from using one-tenth of my speed, but with this thing, I’m able to increase my speed sowhat. I should thank you, brat."
Sol stopped in the middle of the library and gritted his teeth.
"If you’re so thankful why don’t you let pet you?"
"Brat do you think everything in life cos free? If you want sothing you should work for it!"
"Okay!"
Sol yelled before he suddenly started doing squats with a serious look on his face. He also did a few waist stretches with his arms high up.
Abdu watched Sol stretch with a bit of amusent in his eyes.
Sol soon stopped stretching and stared at Abdu with determination in his eyes.
"I’ll definitely pet you."
"Co get brat."
Sol grinned before a loud bang echoed out.
The anklet on his right foot fell to the ground as he took a step forward.
Sol’s speed almost doubled and he appeared in front of Abdu, who was seated on a table. His arms were outstretched to block all of Abdu’s avenues of escape.
"You weren’t fast enough before you took off that anklet and you’re not fast enough after taking it off."
Sol’s hands went right through Abdu’s image which was staring at him with a smirking expression.
"Perhaps you should go back to reading those books, you won’t even be able to get within a two-ter radius of no matter how hard you tried."
Abdu was on another table, and he licked his fur casually after saying this.
He was pretty confident, however, Sol’s now golden eyes flickered as he spun around to look at him.
Abdu only heard another loud bang echo out before Sol’s hand was rely inches away from him.
"???!!!"
Abdu was shocked and his figure blurred to escape Sol’s grasp. He did manage to escape in ti by increasing his speed up a notch, but Sol’s fingertips managed to graze his fur.
Abdu appeared on the ground so distance away before he turned to look at Sol still slightly shocked.
Sol was currently laughing excitedly at the fact that his fingers had grazed Abdu’s fur.
It wasn’t much, but Sol felt a lot better.
Without delay, Sol reached out with his hand to call back his two anklets.
The first one clamped back onto this right leg, and his golden hair and eyes lost a bit of luster. The tattoo of the golden sun and black crescent moon also faded a bit.
The last anklet was about to clamp back onto Sol’s left leg but Abdu suddenly called out.
"Wait!"
He then appeared on the table in front of Sol.
"What are those?"
Abdu said as he looked at the anklet hovering next to Sol.
"They’re Family heirlooms."
"No, they’re terrifying treasures that have the power to seal my Innate Ability. The restriction runes on them are even greater than those on the Heavens Canopy Grand Formation Array. If I didn’t have this form I would have never been able to escape the one you trapped in."
"Ah, that too."
Abdu looked away from the anklet to observe Sol’s appearance; golden hair and eyes. Soon his gaze drifted towards the sun and crescent moon on Sol’s forehead.
"How long has it been since you had been marked?"
"You an this..."
Sol touched his forehead.
"...I think I always had it."
He recalled the mories of that little boy. If that was him, then his words might be true.
anwhile, Abdu visibly looked terrified when he heard that and he took a step back from Sol.
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