"Light Prince immortal, you call me despicable, but aren't you the one accusing the young man of lying and trying to kill him before even confirming it?!" The Green Sparrow Immortal wasn't one to lose out in a battle of words.
"Humph, Green Sparrow Immortal, don't pretend to be righteous, the only reason you want the boy to live, is because I want him dead!" The Light Prince didn't believe Green Sparrow for a second.
"Two seniors, there is no need to bicker like this. All you need to do is give me some special technique and watch, to find out whether I'm telling the truth." Nick wanted to prove himself and escape this disaster, but if he could make off with a skill or two on the way it wouldn't be that bad.
"Hehehe, brat, that was well said! Here, this is a Gathering level technique, go ahead and show us what you can do?!" The Light Prince was happy to accommodate Nick, because if Nick failed it would prove he was right and he could probably heckle the Green Sparrow for years reminding him of the time he had been believed such a lying fellow.
And as Light Prince was getting happier, Green Sparrow's face grew overcast. He had stood up for the young man without considering the matter thoroughly. He hadn't thought through what the consequences were going to be following Nick's failure. But one simple look at the large grin on the Light Prince's was all it took for him to understand them now.
"This...senior, this is too low grade. My master, the Lightning sage had cautioned me against learning low-level skills as they might ruin my great collection." Nick really didn't want to learn the technique, not only due to it being of a lower level but also because the technique was an incomplete transcendence level skill, and it needed a lot of points to restore it, and after restoration, it wouldn't even be as good as the Deboning fist he had just learned earlier.
"You want something of a higher grade?!" Both the Green Immortal and Light prince responded in sync, they were just too shocked by Nick's request.
"Yes, preferably a technique above the transcendence level." Nick was not only doing this to get a technique, but he was also hoping to show the two immortals his value, and give them a reason to believe he was actually the Lightning sage's disciple. If only his storage space wasn't locked, he would have convinced the two using some of the Lightning sage's personal possessions.
"Hahahaha, I like your confidence brat, here, this is a technique I got some time ago after killing some poor sap at the Immortal core realm. The technique is very unique as you will soon find out, but it should be at the Immortal core level as well." The Green Sparrow had forgotten about all his worries at the moment, he had never expected to see someone that would bang so heavily on death's door.
"Thank you senior Green Sparrow, you are as wise and generous as you are handsome." Nick thanked Green Sparrow and accepted the book that was handed to him with both hands respectfully. Unlike his lackluster response to the Light Prince's technique.
"What about me boy?! Am I not handsome and wise?!" The Light Prince didn't quite enjoy being left out in the praise.
" Very well senior, you are also as wise and generous as you are handsome!" But contrary to Green Sparrow, this praise had a different meaning when applied to the Light Prince, who had stingily sent over a Gathering level technique to a transcendence realm expert! So in other words, it meant since Light prince was not generous he was not handsome...
Ding! Do you want to learn the 'Space Shock' technique?
[Space shock(Immortal Core level): A technique created by a genius several thousand years ago by observing the Space maneuvering, Wale. The man had failed a hundred times to understand the Wale's unique ability to shift between space, but had to finally give up after countless tries, he later developed this instead. A technique that can create a varying degree of space shock depending on the amount of energy inputted, and these shock waves can potentially disrupt any momentum built up by an enemy!]
Nick was nearly drooling by the last few words, any technique which has the slightest relation to the word 'Space' had a natural appeal to any cultivator since space and time were the hardest elements to grasp. And this technique was especially awesome since it could potentially stop any attack or attacker coming towards him by disrupting space!
This technique just like the other two he had learned today had three levels altogether, and Nick didn't hesitate in leveling it up to its maximum level. But he didn't let his excitement get the better of him, as he sat down calmly right where he stood and began reading the technique seriously.
And about ten minutes later, just as the Light Prince was about to make some snarky comment to embarrass the Green Sparrow, Nick activated the technique at its first level as he placed the book down and clapped with rigor.
Boom! Rattle! Rattle!
The shockwave from the clap resonated throughout the area. And the Light Prince felt like the clap was a slap to his face since the boy before him did something that he had deemed impossible!
"How did you...?!" But it wasn't just the Light Prince that was shocked. In fact, Green Sparrow was much more shocked than he was. He really didn't think the young man could do it as either! When he gave the young man this powerful and special technique that was rarer and much more difficult to learn than most techniques of higher levels, he did it because he was certain that the boy wouldn't be able to cultivate it!
Even he had spent hours seeing if he could gain a glean into the first level of this difficult technique, but sadly he couldn't even understand most of the words let alone cultivate them!
"Shhh, please don't disturb me, I need complete silence when I study." Nick placed his index finger on his lips and made a shushing gesture.
And that was what the two powerful Immortal did, they both used their hands to clamp their mouths shut and continued watching. What Nick did had just proved he was talented enough for the Lightning sage to recruit him, in fact, cultivators much more powerful than that sage would be interested in recruiting Nick, they would have probably fought the Lightning sage for him if they knew the boy's potential.
Then, about an hour later. Nick placed the book down once again and clapped with his eyes closed. And he used the second level of the technique this time.
Boooom! Bang! Bang! Bang!
This time there was chaos as the air distorted and tiny invisible cracks appeared randomly in the middle of space. And if these cracks had enlarged by about a thousand times one would be shocked at how closely they resembled the spatial chaos that existed around Nick's palace!
"Is...is that the second level of the technique?!" The Light Prince must have been really shocked since he turned towards his archnemesis, the Green Sparrow to ask this question, and it proved that the Green Sparrow was more shocked than he was when he replied honestly, "How would I know, I was too stupid to understand even the first level of the technique!"
"Shhhhh!" Nick shushed the two immortals again without regard for his life. This was the only way he could bully back the two bullies. He could only shush them like an angry old librarian.
"Wait, is he going to continue?!" The Light Prince was unable to believe his eyes. But then, as if he thought of something weird he looked at the Green Sparrow Immortal who was watching Nick wide-mouthed in amusement.
"Are you still going to keep pretending?!" The Light Prince asked the Green Sparrow.
The Green Sparrow then looked behind him to see if the Light Prince was actually talking to him. And when he finally confirmed it, he looked confused as he asked, "Hey, fellow Immortal Light, has all the shock gone to your head?! What in the hell are you talking about?!"
"Humph, yeah, keep pretending! How could someone at the transcendence realm learn the technique so fast unless he had practiced it before?! You must have known each other from the start, both of you must have conspired amongst yourselves to trick me?!" The Light prince Immortal felt like he had seen through it all. He was just too smart for these tricksters!
"Senior Immortal, you can defame me as much as you want, but don't insult Senior Green Sparrow like that! He has been honest and kind this whole time!" Nick stood up in Green Sparrow's defense. He needed to be on someone's side to survive this ordeal.
"Oh really?! Do you really have a death wish, lying brat?! Well then, why don't you try cultivating this technique?!" The Light Prince took out the technique that he believed to be the most difficult to cultivate out of his arsenal.
Nick looked at the Light Prince with watery eyes. What a nice little Senior immortal, he gave him powerful techniques as punishment?!
Ding! Do you want to learn the 'Rage of the Black Tiger' technique?