“Ughhh… everything is spinning…” after a couple of hours enjoying talking and playing around with themselves, Hua Xian’er and Wu Xiaotian eventually decided to leave the establishment now given that it is already deep into the night, people are moving less and less in the streets, and the sidewalk stalls as well as the buildings are already starting to close.
Carrying the drunk Hua Xian’er on his back, Wu Xiaotian looks at the old restaurant owner with both apologetic and thankful eyes, the old man not speaking but instead opted to just smile then nod at him as he guides them towards the door, Wu Xiaotian’s steps still straight and constant, testament to the fact that he’s still pretty sober even after all the bottles of heavy hitting alcohol that they took in.
“Thank you for today old sir” the immortal-like young man said before nodding towards the restaurant owner, the old man nodding to him as well, then turning his body around to walk the night streets, with a beauty of a lady constantly mumbling while tightly clinging on his back.
Looking at the two figures leaving for the night, the old man’s modest and elderly smile switches to a jovial welcoming one, looking at a corner of the room before pulling two cups and a teapot from his spatial ring, creating a mixture in the teapot before using his qi to heat it before breaking the silence.
“That little lass is your granddaughter, isn’t she? Are you sure you’re just going to let that young man take her while she’s drunk? What if something happens? Why don’t you meet him now and teach him a lesson or two?” the old owner teased as he pours tea into the two cups, a shadow appearing from the corner of the room, from it, an old man, appearing to be an older version of Hua Jingxian, appearing, his eyes rolling as he clearly knows the character of the old man in front of him, completely aware of why he is saying like that.
“Lucius, you sure love stirring trouble huh? How about instead of that young man, I give you a lesson or two?” unceremoniously sitting in the chair opposite to the old owner of the restaurant, the other old man replied, snatching a cup from the two the old owner had taken out, taking a whiff of the tea first before taking it down in one gulp.
“I’m just kidding you know? Why are the people of the east so direct?” the old man said before sitting on a chair as well, taking in the aroma of the tea before taking a small sip of it, sighing in satisfaction as he finishes doing so.
“I think you’re just using me as a reference, most of the people here are just like most of those forces in the west, full of sophistry and bullshit, only caring about their face” the other old man replied as he hands his cup towards the old owner again, the old restaurant owner pouring another cup of tea for the old man.
“Xingtian, I saw things on that young man…” as silence engulfs the night, the old owner informed, the air turning serious as the old man named Xingtian looks at him.
“Your west continent’s magic is really something huh? It’s even better in clairvoyance compared to our divination arts” Hua Xingtian praised, his face eases up a bit, this look only appearing for a few moments before he returns to seriousness again as he asks, “So, what are those things you saw?”
“Well, the first one is this…” the shop owner, Lucius, said while raising his palm up, a volatile mass of qi that seems to start creating a formation appearing on top of his palm, its grotesque movements as it squirms and moves around as if it’s a living being rather than pure gathering of qi.
“A Broken Body Manipulation Seal… and it’s extremely old, implanted into that brat more than five years ago… that bastards from the Extreme Martial Sect, to try and do it to a kid that age…” seeing the moving mass of qi, Hua Xingtian couldn’t help but frown, his impression of the Extreme Martial Sect plummeting the moment he laid his eyes on this thing.
“Taking a part of one’s body to create an array core to completely control an individual like a living puppet, what a cowardly technique…” looking at his hands, Lucius proclaimed before crushing the mass of qi, everything dissipating into nothingness as he does so.
“It’s probably Wu Xiaoyang’s machinations, what makes me wonder is why, or rather, how can he not complete this process?” Hua Xingtian muttered to himself as he recalls watching someone use this technique, and once it is started, nothing can ever be done to stop it, and even a full pledged celestial may not necessarily be able to stop the completion of the process.
“Whatever takes place for this to happen might be related to the other thing I saw on the young man” Lucius answered before taking a deep breath, as if to prepare himself to tell the old friend in front of him something that even he himself refuses to believe when he saw it the first time.
“That young man, his depth is something far beyond what anyone can ever imagine, and his growth is not stopping, only getting faster and faster as time goes by….” as Lucius starts his words, Hua Xingtian pays more and more attention to his words, his eyes filled with disbelief as his old friend recalled to him everything that he saw when he peer into the immortal-like young man’s depth, how he’s exponentially and endlessly growing as his cultivation base grows, how his character is already that of an expert’s and he’s still in the beginning years of his cultivation life.
“So you’re saying that whatever is inside of him sealed that thing but refuses to purge it outside, not as a mean to control him as well but more of a mean to pull negative attention towards the Extreme Martial Sect?” Hua Xingtian asked, already well aware of the answer to his question yet still asking just to confirm it.
“Indeed, I feel not a single hint of ill will from that thing hiding inside him, in fact, I feel like it’s a part of him more than anything else” the old restaurant owner replies as he takes another sip on his tea before looking aimlessly, his gaze seemingly peering beyond the building’s walls and reaching into the unknown.
“Our world might give birth to another celestial just a few decades after you, old friend” Lucius looks at Hua Xingtian after he finishes speaking, his words implying something that will definitely shock the entire world once it comes out.
“All the better, isn’t it? We need more hands if we want to make our existence known in that greater stage after all” Hua Xingtian replied as he calmly closes his eyes, digesting all the information he got from the old restaurant owner, starting to plan a training regime for the young man that just left with his granddaughter in tow.
“The night is still young, how about we play some go before you leave?” the old restaurant owner said before taking out a board from his spatial ring, the other old man smiling as he couldn’t help but agree with this old friend of his, the two bantering as they progress through the game.
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Meanwhile, the topic of the two old men is currently struggling as the lady on his back frantically moves around, resulting him to almost fall into the ground numerous times.
“Hehehe… Su Tian…. Su Tian….” As the young man tries his best to walk straight amidst her frisky movements, the lady rubs her face on the back of the young man, all while repeatedly saying his name.
“This drunkard…” even while her actions made his heart skip multiple beats, Wu Xiaotian still couldn’t help but complain as they’re barely in the vicinity of the Heavenly Secret Tower, all the alcohol he drunk already hitting, making him feel a bit tired and drowsy more than anything else.
As he reaches the tower, he struggles to bring Hua Xian’er towards her room, the lady not even speaking coherently when he asked him where her keys are, and there also seems to be no person inside given that on one answer however he knocks.
“There’s no one around… damnit, whatever…” Wu Xiaotian curses as he walks along the direction of his room, still carrying the empress-like lady on his back.
