Ryuu again made his way to the village the next day, he had expected that like the previous day they would all avoid him but to his amusement he found the little girl and his brother walking towards him with unsure steps.
Ryuu smiled at them which the girl beamed back at him, although her brother was much more reserved than him, the girl raced towards him with a bright smile followed closely by her brother trying to keep her in check, "Big Brother you came again."
Ryuu nodded at that as he replied, "Yep, I was bored and I had nothing to do."
The boy gave a small grateful bow to him as he spoke, "Thank you healing my sister, my name is Percy and this is my little sister Estelle, may I ask for your name 'Esteemed Hero'."
Ryuu frowned inwardly again with this esteemed hero thing, he put a happy smile on his face as he spoke, "My name is Ryuu, and please do not refer to me as a 'Hero', I have done nothing note worthy for such a title."
Estelle and Percy just smiled back at him.
Estelle, "So big brother Ryuu, what was that thing you used on me yesterday, and how did you bring it out from air."
Ryuu:" That was just a healing sap, as for the vial, I summoned it out from my space ring."
Percy: "Space Ring?"
Ryuu: "It is type of object where you can store your belongings, the vial containing the healing sap was stored inside it."
The siblings listened with wide eyes, and as they were speaking with Ryuu other children of the village gained enough courage to speak with him, as such they made their way towards him, under the watchful eyes of Ryuu's escorts who kept an eye on them like a hawk.
A total of 8 children were present there the oldest one was about a year older than Ryuu where as the youngest one was younger than Estelle.
The older one introduced himself, "Hello Esteemed Hero, my name is Landon and this here my friends."
The others quickly introduced themselves" Toni", "Xavier, "Silvestre", "Antonio", "Channah", "Salome", "Narcisa".
Ryuu happily replied back towards them, "Hello everyone my name is Ryuu, and please do not call me "hero' as I have done nothing to garner such title."
The others just smiled warmly at him as a thought ran through their mind, 'Everyone said cultivators are scary, but Ryuu is nice.'
Narcisa: "Ryuu if you do not mind, may I ask can you fly?"
Ryuu heard the question as a memory of long past popped in his mind, 'Mama I want to be a cultivator because I want to fly', he shook his head to clear it of those memories, before he put a bright smile on his face, "Well I still cannot without some external help, people can only learn to fly instinctively upon reaching 'Primal Daoist' realm, not before that without any external help, and as I still have sometime before I reach that level I cannot fly yet."
Everyone looked at him with awe, before Landon asked him, "Ryuu how high is Primal Daoist Level? Are they much higher than Xiantian Level?"
Ryuu nodded as he replied, "Of course there are two more realms between Xiantain and Primal Daoist realm."
Estelle: "Big Brother, can you teach us to cultivate." she asked with a cute expression here big brown eyes adding to the effect.
Ryuu smiled in an apologetic manner as he replied, "Sorry Estelle, I am not allowed to teach anyone moreover I myself am learning so I am unqualified to teach."
The children all around him frowned, they so wished to be a cultivator and become like those legendary Heroes and Heroines but unfortunately Ryuu was not willing to help them.
Ryuu noticed there look as he explained to them, "I am really sorry but I sworn an oath on Dao, as such if I break it I will die so I am sorry I cannot help you."
They grudgingly accepted his answers as they asked a lot of questions about any adventure he had, as such Ryuu shared with them some of the adventure he had including the ruin exploration a few days ago.
Ryuu thought inwardly, 'I should ask my sisters to inquire about how the Shadow Wolves are doing it has been over 4 years since I last heard from them.'
As they spoke they moved from their position and sat under the banyan tree.
Salome pouted as she spoke for the first time, "Can you stop asking about boring cultivation and let's talk about something else."
At that she gained everyone's undivided attention, but still she spoke with utmost confidence, "Ryuu, how do you spend most of your days?"
Ryuu: "Well I spent most of my days cultivating and studying."
The children looked alarmed at that as the shouted in disbelief, "What, What do you mean by that? Don't you have any friends, or play any games?"
Ryuu shook his head negatively as he replied, "No, most people I know are older than me so I do not have anyone with whom I could play any games."
Antonio spoke looking alarmed:"Do you know what 'Hopscotch is?"
Ryuu nodded his headed negatively, causing the other children to sigh as they dragged him to a clearing a few distance away from the banyan tree.
The children of the village quickly drew the grid for playing hopscotch and soon Ryuu started playing.
Ryuu with his face clearly full of joy as he laughed loud, "Hahahaha, this is so amazing I have never had so much fun before."
Some of the children of Tardide had a smug look on their face as they have something this cultivating brat did not know or had.
Soon it was time for them to return back home as they waved Ryuu goodbye, "Bye bye Ryuu see you tomorrow."
Ryuu waved back towards them with a smile, today he went back home with a wide smile, as he walked no he literally skipped back home happy that he got experience something new.
Meanwhile in another place a figure kneeled in front of a person hidden in darkness, as the figure finished the report the person let out a loud laughter, before the person send the figure kneeling with a new set of instructions as the figure murmured "Soon, Very soon."