"I'll get straight to the point, I'm here for the map"
"Of course I'll give it to you, but would you mind listening to this old man's story?" Murong Jun Yian answered.
"Sure" Zi Hua didn't reject his offer, after all, he was her master's sworn brother, her uncle-master, she had to show him some respect, though she didn't feel it was quite right when he referred to himself as an old man, which part of him looked old, if he wanted to, his could've probably passed off as someone in their early 20s.
"It was a sunny day when I met your master, the sky was clear and the sun shown vibrantly, but paled in comparison to your master's radiance"
First sentence in and Zi Hua was already regretting her choice due to the cringe.
"It was love at first sight, we became friends and went through many trials and tribulations together, unfortunately for me, the person whom I fell in love with was a workaholic and dense, she only knew to get stronger but I still loved her, since I couldn't become her lover, I became her sworn brother to protect her from the shadows, though in the end, I failed to do so"
"After I had gotten the news that she got attacked, I wanted to avenge her, but I found a message that she had left me, she said that I should not seek for revenge, it will only do harm to me, I didn't want to disappoint her wishes yet I wanted vengeance so I decided to start a academy to build power by recruiting a group of experts and only take action when I have reached High Stage Complete State, after 2000 years, I am now at Mid Stage Complete State, but it will take a while until I reach my goal" Zi Hua could sense his self blame as he continued his story.
"She left a map for me to give to her inheritor" Murong Jun Yian retrieved a map from his space ring and handed it over to her.
"I can tell that you are not someone who will take your master's grievances lying down, so when you are ready for revenge don't forget this old man"
"Of course, uncle-master"
"Thank you for sharing the story with me, since I have completed what I need, I shall not intrude on you any longer" The quicker she gets away, the more brain cells and ear cells she'll save.
"Haha, like master, like disciple, both only caring about work, goodbye now" And with a flash, Zi Hua disappeared.
Now that she had gotten the map, she teleported back to the dorm room.
Teleportation although useful when travelling wasn't efficient during missions since when she teleported to somewhere, she couldn't analyse the surroundings before she arrives so it may cause her to be found out.
Zi Hua studied the map and memorized it before burning it like always.
It would be some time until she could leave the academy and when she graduates, she has to join a family, putting her in a difficult situation.
She could've ask her uncle-master to give her leave but that could potentially reveal her identity or cause suspicions on the headmaster's side, plus if she leaves and return, it was arose the suspicion of her classmates.
Zi Hua wasn't about to let the headmaster find out about her identity since if anyone threatened him like Zi Hua did, he would spill it without thinking, spineless people like him will repeat those mistakes over and over again.
Zi Hua carried on with the boring days for a while until the 11th month arrived and she found out that disciples were allowed to leave for two months starting from the 1st of the 1st month for New Years, Zi Hua hadn't known this and was delighted, but she wasn't the only happy one, the other students were too, except from Anqi Qing Shan and Anqi Feng.