Stepping beyond the door, even Wu Xiaotian, who can consider himself to have seen a lot of absurd things in this life due to the existence of his system, was surprised from what he just saw. Beyond the door, a completely different world resides, one that seems to be completely independent from the outside, a mountain standing tall from far away, lush greeneries covering the entire space with exception to the place near them, where a river flows directly from the top of the mountain.
Near the river, three flat and smooth white rocks are located on each one of them a different old man sitting unmoved, holding a fishing pole with its line cast into the waters of the river, their wise gaze never diverting from the running water despite the interruption of Hua Jingxian and Wu Xiaotian entering.
Looking at the three old men sitting near the river, Wu Xiaotian secretly activated his [True Sight Technique], his activation not being noticed by anyone in the area.
[Name: Hua Lingtian]
[Age: 242]
[Affiliation: Heavenly Secret Tower]
[Cultivation: Half Step Celestial Realm]
[Physique: Acquired Four Directions Body (West)]
[Stats]
[Strength: 150 low celestial stars (Each star is equivalent to 108,000,000 worldly might]
[Agility: 150 low celestial stars]
[Intelligence:140 low celestial stars]
[Stamina: 160 low celestial stars]
[Vitality: 150 low celestial stars]
[Aptitude: Intermediate Quality Celestial Level]
[Name: Hua Yingtian]
[Age: 245]
[Affiliation: Heavenly Secret Tower]
[Cultivation: Half Step Celestial Realm]
[Physique: Acquired Four Directions Body (East)]
[Stats]
[Strength: 140 low celestial stars (Each star is equivalent to 108,000,000 worldly might]
[Agility: 140 low celestial stars]
[Intelligence:150 low celestial stars]
[Stamina: 160 low celestial stars]
[Vitality: 160 low celestial stars]
[Aptitude: Intermediate Quality Celestial Level]
[Name: Hua Xuantian]
[Age: 252]
[Affiliation: Heavenly Secret Tower]
[Cultivation: Half Step Celestial Realm]
[Physique: Acquired Four Directions Body (North)]
[Stats]
[Strength: 150 low celestial stars (Each star is equivalent to 108,000,000 worldly might]
[Agility: 150 low celestial stars]
[Intelligence:150 low celestial stars]
[Stamina: 150 low celestial stars]
[Vitality: 150 low celestial stars]
[Aptitude: Intermediate Quality Celestial Level]
“Let them be for a while, they just love fishing quite a bit” Hua Jingxian muttered towards Wu Xiaotian while looking at him helplessly, expressing that even he can’t do anything to stop these three old men from fishing.
Nodding towards the bearded middle-aged man, Wu Xiaotian then decided to patiently wait, his gaze also peering into the depths of the river, seeing all sorts of marine life forms, from ones with strength of a normal fishes to sea creatures who can probably compete with even Soul Formation Realm cultivators.
As he peers into the waters, the three old men starts paying attention to him, surprised at the fact that this young man their nephew brought here is even capable of seeing through the waters of the world they created despite him only being in the Perfection state of the Pedestal Establishment Realm.
“Boy, come sit with us, here is a pole, try catching something from the water” the old man nearest to Wu Xiaotian and Hua Jingxian speaks, pulling out a bamboo fishing pole from his spatial ring, throwing it towards Wu Xiaotian before pointing on a space in the ground, another one of those rocks similar to the one they sit in appearing exactly from where his finger is pointed.
“Go now brat, I’ll leave for now, I still need to deal with a lot of things” Hua Jingxian said helplessly as he urges the immortal-like young man to move towards the three old men, before taking a bow towards the three and moving back to the door again.
As Hua Jingxian closes the door, it magically disappears, and despite his overwhelming soul power, Wu Xiaotian still got not idea where the entrance and exit of the place goes.
Unable to do anything else, he moves towards the open seat, sitting down on it before casting the fishing line, not even creating a sound as it dives through the river.
“Hoh… not bad…” another one of the old men, praised as he observes Wu Xiaotian’s movements when fishing, nodding his head when he saw how he casts the line.
“Thank you, senior…” while attentively watching the floater of his fishing pole bobbing up and down, Wu Xiaotian replies with his tone between a respectful and neutral one.
“Neither servile nor overbearing, committed to his task, respectful to elders, and most of all, bearing an absolute confidence towards oneself, HAHAHAHA, what a rare young man Little Jingxian found outside” the same man, the one sitting farthest away from Wu Xiaotian said, smiling as he starts feeling comfortable while talking with the immortal-like young man.
“First brother, don’t forget that it is Xian’er that found the young man, Jingxian only brings him to us” the one in the middle interjected, his tone also quite comfortable as if he also approves of Wu Xiaotian.
“Don’t sweat the small details Old Three, it doesn’t really matter since he’s here with us” the one nearest to Wu Xiaotian added, forcing the two to stop their conversation.
“Come to think of it, we haven’t introduced ourselves to you yet boy…” the old man nearest to Wu Xiaotian said, pointing to himself before continuing, “This old one is granted the name Lingtian, the one beside me is my third brother, Yingtian, and the one farthest from us is our oldest brother, Xuantian, we have another brother, the father of the one that just brought you in, our second brother, Xingtian”
“We’re all old men who hides inside the tower, just coming out to defend it in times of crisis, well you can say we are the final cards of the faction if not for our second brother” the eldest speaks, looking up as a face similar to them appears in his mind, this one bearing a proud and unfettered look in his face despite him being the one who values the faction and their family the most, recalling the good times where the four of them are just all laugh as they face the entire continent without anyone else behind their back.
“You know why you’re here right?” the third brother asked as he saw that their eldest brother is currently lost in reminiscence of their childhood.
“There really is another reason than my request to join the Heavenly Secret Tower?” Wu Xiaotian asked as he diverted his attention from the fishing pole towards the one asking.
“Indeed, normally, anyone who joins us will need to work their way from the bottom up, but that would be quite a waste of time especially when it comes to existences such as yourself, not to mention your relation with our grandnephew” the youngest, Hua Lingtian explained as he reel in his pole, disappointed once he found out that only a normal fish bites the hook.
“Jingxian already told us, apparently, despite the difference in realms, you screwed the current temple master candidate of the Purple Lightning temple into being terrified to you, not to mention the multiple mention of you being a monster in refining not only artifacts but also alchemical pills, and you’re also adept with runes” the third, Hua Yingtian pointed out, not surprising Wu Xiaotian as there’s nothing more than what he had shown previously that they mentioned.
“Seeing as you’re quite the monster, we took it upon ourselves to offer you another route which is better not only for you but also for us” the eldest added, pausing for a bit before adding another statement.
“We also heard that you have quite the business acumen, creating products on the fly, things that might sell for massive amounts of money. We’re willing to support you and give you a privilege equivalent to the ones we give towards direct heir such as little Feng and Xian’er. However…” the old man dramatically paused as he looks at the immortal-like young man direct in the eyes, nothing but conviction and determination in the young man’s eyes.
As he realizes that the young man is not going to try and interrupt him, the eldest’s opinion of him grew even further as he reveals the condition of their deal.
“You can’t join any other faction boy, and aside from that…” the old man paused as he raises his fingers, signaling the number three in it as he said, “Three requests, nothing that would take more than two months to accomplish, nothing that might put you or your love ones into danger, and nothing that you can’t agree with”
“That’s too good of a deal, isn’t it?” hearing the seriousness in the eldest’s voice, Wu Xiaotian thought that he’s bound to become extremely restricted by the faction but the results are otherwise, a polar opposite of his expectation.
Seeing the confusion in the young man’s eyes, the three old men couldn’t help but laugh as they never expected that despite the bearing this young man shown them, he can still have a reaction like this, much befitting to kids of his age.
“Because you’re more than worth the things we’re giving, Wu Xiaotian”
